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ROBERT H. HAMMERLE, 79, of Batesville, Ind., died Friday. Mr. Hammerle was a retired mail carrier and an Army veteran. Mass of Christian burial: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Louis Church, Batesville. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville, Ind. Memorials: Gibault School for Boys.
Date of announcement: 12-05-1998
LONA M. WOODRUFF RILEY, 99, of Felicity, Ohio, died Friday. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, 323 North Union St., Felicity. Visitation: noon Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-05-1998
MABEL JANE HUFF, 97, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Monday. Ms. Huff worked for Seagram's. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: noon Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: Rising Sun Baptist Church.
Date of announcement: 12-09-1998
LIMMIE BRADY KENNEDY, 42, of Madisonville, died Sunday. Mr. Kennedy was a truck driver. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-09-1998
VICTOR GENE THOMAS, 34, of Madisonville, died Sunday. Mr. Thomas worked at the Vernon Manor. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-09-1998
John R. Funke, retired business executive
John R. Funke, 56, of Town and Country, Mo., formerly of Erlanger, Ky., died Nov. 30 at his second residence in Mineola, Mo.
He was a retired vice president and chief financial officer for Jefferson Smurfit Corp., St. Louis, Mo., and worked 12 years for Hoerner Waldorf Corp., Middletown, Ohio.
Survivors include his mother, Dorothy Funke of Erlanger; his wife, Mary Ellen Ryan Funke; sons, John R. Funke Jr. of Edwards, Colo., and Thomas Funke of Town and Country, Mo.; daughters, Nancy Funke Cassaday of St. Peters, Mo., and Katie Funke of Town and Country, Mo.; brothers, William Funke of Demossville, Paul Funke of Louisville and Lawrence Funke of Baltimore; and a sister, Dottie Funke Hayes of Erlanger.
Arrangements: Bopp Chapel Funeral Home, Kirkwood, Mo. Memorials: John R. Funke Charitable Foundation, 1198 Clayton Place Drive, St. Louis, Mo., 63131.
Date of announcement: 12-10-1998
MARY BETH CALLERY, 71, of Cincinnati, died Sunday. Services: noon Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-10-1998
HENRY LEWIS HILL, 68, of Madisonville, died Nov. 29. Mr. Hill worked for Frazier Williams Buick. Services: 1:30 p.m. today at United American Cemetery, Oakley. Visitation: noon today at Renfro Funeral Service, Avondale.
Date of announcement: 12-10-1998
ANGELA C. TEBBE, 83, of Brookville, Ind., died Wednesday. Ms. Tebbe was a homemaker. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael Church, Brookville. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Cook Funeral Home, Brookville. Memorials: St. Michael School Building Fund or Franklin County EMS.
Date of announcement: 12-10-1998
GARY VOGELGESANG, 47, of Bethel, Ohio, died Tuesday. He worked for Federated Department Stores. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Bethel Church of Christ. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Memorials: Matthew Vogelgesang Educational Fund or American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 12-10-1998
ANNA WEHRUM, 86, of Felicity, Ohio, died Tuesday. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: Felicity Methodist Church, Felicity.
Date of announcement: 12-10-1998
Joint service Saturday for Lincoln Heights couple
A joint service will be held Saturday for the Lincoln Heights couple killed in an apparent murder-suicide.
Rosalind Pollard-Braunskill, 34, and her husband, Anthony Jerome Braunskill, 30, were found dead at their home on Sunday.
Mr. Braunskill was a security guard for Protective Services. Mrs. Pollard-Braunskill was a manager for Winton Auto Sales.
Among survivors are their children and step-children, who include Mrs. Pollard-Braunskill's children, Darren Browder, Ronald Pollard and Kali Neeley; and Mr. Braunskill's children, Kayla and Keira Braunskill.
Mrs. Pollard-Braunskill is also survived by her mother, Alice Pollard; brothers, John Ruffin and Mitchell Pollard; sisters, Stephanie Pollard, Collette Lyles, and Cossette Pollard; and a grandmother, Marie Littles.
Mr. Braunskill is also survived by his mother, Rosie Braunskill; brothers, Arnold, Leonard, Wayne, Bruce, Ricky, Gerald, Dana, and Andre Braunskill; sisters, Sheryl Carson, Maryann Braunskill, Catherine Norwood, Ronell Braunskill, and Tondalaya Braunskill.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lincoln Heights Baptist Church, 9991 N. Wayne Ave., Lincoln Heights.
Visitation is at the church from 9 a.m. Saturday until the service. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-11-1998
Olga Bibza Adkins, dancer and former Miami professor
Olga Bibza Adkins, 90, dancer, musician and professor emerita of health and physical education at Miami University, Oxford, died Monday at Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell, Kan.
Mrs. Adkins, who taught at Miami for 22 years until her retirement in 1977, studied piano and dance in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s until Hitler's invasion of the country forced her return to the U.S.
She returned to become a choreographer and performer with the Pittsburgh Civic Ballet Co., and after additional study in New York, accepted a graduate assistantship at Mississippi State College for Women where she taught until going to Miami.
At Miami, she taught ballet, modern dance, folk and social dances and won national recognition for her expertise in exercise for senior citizens. She published a book "Get Moving: Exercises for Later in Life" and conducted an exercise segment on "Old Friends," a public TV magazine program aimed at seniors.
An accident which injured a leg forced her early retirement in 1977.
She was married to the late Arthur Adkins, an Englishman, whom she met in 1973 at Oxford.
She leaves four sisters: Ann B. Larys, of Prattsville, N.Y.; Millicent Skarzynski, of Elizabeth, Pa.; Irene Suzanne Bibza, and Margaret Rose Thouvenelle, both of Russell, Kan.
There will be no services. Burial will be in the Miami Uni versity section of Oxford Cemetery.
Memorials: Miami University, Panuska Development Center, 725 E. Chestnut St., Oxford.
Date of announcement: 12-11-1998
JOHN LEWIS MAYBERRY JR., 67, of Fairmount, died Tuesday. Mr. Mayberry was a retired inspector for Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday until time of service at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-11-1998
REV. LUTHER O. DAU, 65, of Farmington, Minn., formerly of Aurora, Ind., died Wednesday. Services: 2 p.m. Monday at St. John Lutheran Church, Aurora. Memorials: Lutheran Hour Ministries; American Heart Association; or Dilley Care Nursing Unit, Northfield, Minn. Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-12-1998
FLOYD V. 'FERGY' FERGUSON, 73, of Madison, Ind., died Thursday. Mr. Ferguson was a retired metal worker and machine shop supervisor for Jefferson Proving Ground. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: charity of donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 12-12-1998
PEARL KINNETT, 86, of Aurora, Ind., died Thursday. Mrs. Kinnett was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church, Aurora. Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-12-1998
DELORES MARIE MAXTON, 65, of Evanston, died Dec. 7. Ms. Maxton was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. today at Faith Temple Church of God, 825 Rockdale Ave., Avondale. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. today at the church. Renfro Funeral Service Inc. is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-12-1998
FRANCES PULLIAM, 93, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Friday. Ms. Pulliam was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Washington Cemetery, Elrod, Ind. Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Memorials: charity of donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 12-12-1998
SISTER MARY REGIS SABEL, 91, of Oldenburg, Ind., died Thursday. Sister Sabel was a member of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg. Mass of Christian burial: 3 p.m. Monday at Motherhouse Chapel, Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg. Visitation: 1 to 3 p.m. Monday at the chapel. Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-12-1998
GISELA YASA, 67, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of Mariemont, died Tuesday in Hanover, Germany. She was born Jan. 19, 1929, in Cologne, Germany. She was a manicurist and a nurse's aide. Services will be held in Steinhargen, Germany, in early January. Survivors include a daughter, Yasemin Yasa of Golf Manor; a brother, Yavuz Kurt Yasa of Golf Manor; and a sister, Ushi Lipold of Germany.
Date of announcement: 12-12-1998
CHRISTINE U. ZANDER, 73, of Cincinnati, died Monday. Ms. Zander was a teacher for Cincinnati Public Schools. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at New Prospect Baptist Church, 1829 Elm St., downtown. Visitation: noon Tuesday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-12-1998
EDWARD J. TUCKER, 51, of Mt. Carmel, died Thursday. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-12-1998
Thomas Roderick, Federal Reserve manager
Thomas J. Roderick, who spent 33 years working his way from mailroom clerk to bank manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cincinnati, died of a heart attack Friday. He was 63.
A lifelong resident of Fort Thomas, Ky., Mr. Roderick spent his work career at the Federal Reserve Bank and had been named manager of the bank's check collection department.
He suffered chest pains from a heart attack late Thursday and died Friday.
Family members recalled Mr. Roderick as someone who enjoyed a good laugh, had a keen interest in local sports teams and often watched sports with his three brothers: Lawrence, of Bellevue, Robert, of Fort Thomas, and Patrick, of Dayton, Ky.
'We were all close and liked to get together all the time,' said Robert Roderick, 57.
After joining the Federal Reserve Bank out of high school, Mr. Roderick quit for a time to serve in the U.S. Navy during the 
Korean War. Although he did not see any combat, he was involved in a car accident that left him disabled. During his retirement, Mr. Roderick became a fixture at the swimming pool at the Campbell County YMCA. He often swam more than three hours a day.
Tony Roderick, the couple's oldest child who also went in to banking, said his father had a strong sense of determination for getting ahead in his profession.
Mr. Roderick was a member of Disabled American Veterans and Catholic Order of Foresters St. Stephen Court No. 1380. A son, Kenneth, preceded him in death.
Other survivors are his wife, Nancy; a daughter, Deborah Ballard of Louisville; sons, Thomas Roderick of Wilder and Vincent Roderick of Ft. Thomas; and three grandchildren.
A memorial mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-14-1998
RETHA A. BAKER, 71, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Friday. She was a former employee of Seagram's Distillery in Lawrenceburg. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: American Diabetes. Association.
Date of announcement: 12-14-1998
JAMA NICOLE HAMILTON, 10, of Aurora, Ind., died Saturday at Children's Hospital. She was a student at Aurora Elementary School. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Markland-Denney Funeral Home, Rising Sun, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the family.
Date of announcement: 12-14-1998
ROY 'PRIMER' HOFF, 85, of Lawrenceville, Ind., died Friday. He was the retired owner of Hoff Hotel in Sunman, Ind. Services: 11 a.m. today at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Memorials: Sunman Area Life Squad or Volunteer Fire Department.
Date of announcement: 12-14-1998
FRANKIE SANDLIN, 90, of Bethel, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. today at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-14-1998
