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PAUL G. BRAUN, 48, Sunman, Ind., died Wednesday. He was an employee of American Lifts, Greensburg, Ind. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Church, New Alsace, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman. Memorials: Sunman Area Life Squad, Sunman Volunteer Fire Department, or American Heart Association.
Date of announcement: 12-18-1998
NOVELLA CASTLEBERRY, 83, of Madisonville, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at New Mission Baptist Church, Madisonville. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-18-1998
WALTER R. MCELROY, 73, of New Richmond, Ohio, died Thursday. Mr. McElroy was a World War II veteran. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Monroe Township Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 12-19-1998
OSS STALLINGS, 73, of Madisonville, died Thursday. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Jerriel Baptist Church, West End. Visitation: noon Monday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 12-19-1998
YOLANDA YVONNE SYLVESTER, 30, of Silverton, died Wednesday. Ms. Sylvester was a sales associate for Delta Airlines. Services: noon Monday at First Baptist Church, Kennedy Heights. Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 12-19-1998
WILFRED E. 'BILL' WASINGER, 74, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Friday. Mr. Wasinger was retired from Union Pacific Railroad. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Lawrence Church, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg.
Date of announcement: 12-19-1998
Charles "Red' Crawford, inspected welding on the Saturn 5 rocket
Charles W. 'Red' Crawford once worked with the U.S. space program as a welding inspector on the Saturn 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla. He also traveled across the nation inspecting interstate highway projects.
Mr. Crawford, 58, a Mays Lick, Ky., resident who owned a welding shop in Aberdeen, Ohio, died Sunday. Mr. Crawford had two kidney transplants, in 1970 and again in 1987, and two heart attacks and open heart surgery in 1992, said his wife, Annette.
Mrs. Crawford said her husband succeeded in jobs ranging from welder to cattle dealer. She said he especially enjoyed working for the space program and the government road program.
'It was an exciting time to be at Cape Canaveral. He would be getting on or off a plane and pass Walter Cronkite, who was arriving or leaving,' Mrs. Crawford said.
Recently Mr. Crawford began to buy, sell and transport cattle, Mrs. Crawford said.
Other survivors include half-brothers, Ricky Crawford, Danny Crawford and Jimmy Crawford. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Palmer Funeral Home, Mays Lick. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-21-1998
LUCY F. UTTER EDWARDS AYERS, 95, of Felicity, died Friday. Services: 3 p.m. today at Felicity Church of Christ. Visitation: 1 p.m. at the church. Memorials: To the church. Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-21-1998
ROBERTA CALLAHAN, 81, of downtown, died Friday. She was a former owner of the Golden Goose Restaurant and Roberta's Rib and Steak House in Northern Kentucky. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at College Hill Presbyterian Church. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at Charles A. Miller Funeral Home, Northside. Memorials: College Hill Presbyterian Church Missions.
Date of announcement: 12-21-1998
CERRIE LEE FLOWERS, 62, of Sardinia, Ohio, died Saturday. She was a licensed practical nurse. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia. Visitation: noon Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials to American Diabetes. Association.
Date of announcement: 12-21-1998
ALMA K. GRIFFITH, 78, of Sardinia, Ohio, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. today at Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials to charity.
Date of announcement: 12-21-1998
Judith Arron, of CSO and Carnegie Hall
Judith Arron, 56, former Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra manager and Carnegie Hall general manager and artistic director, died Friday of breast cancer.
A cellist and pianist, Mrs. Arron was a graduate of the University of Puget Sound. She managed the CSO between 1976 and 1986, before leaving for New York, where she oversaw many important projects, including Carnegie Hall's Centennial Celebration in 1991.
CSO executive director Steve Monder remembers her affectionately.
'Judith Arron has left a significant legacy to those who knew her personally and to those whose relationship to her was professional,' he recalled. 'She accomplished many things while at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.'
Among her accomplishments at Carnegie Hall were creation of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and its debut recording; creation of the Carnegie Hall Archives and the Rose Museum with more than 2,500 square feet of documents; professional training workshops; and overseeing construction of the 60-story Carnegie Hall Tower.
She was married to musician Ronald D. Arron, a violist with the Met and a former member of the CSO. She also leaves sons, Joseph and Edward; parents, Richard and Berenice Hagerty of La Quinta, Calif.; sister, Colleen Fretz; brothers Richard Hagerty Jr. and Dale Hagerty.
Memorials: Bone Marrow Transplant Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; or to Carnegie Hall. Services are pending.
Date of announcement: 12-22-1998
Genevieve Kress, College Hill civic leader
Dedicated College Hill volunteer Genevieve Kress died Sunday of cancer. She was 82.
The University of Cincinnati graduate served on the boards of the College Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corp., as well as the College Hill Historical Society, College Hill Forum, the Christ Community and the College Hill Business Association.
In 1988, she was recognized as one of the top 200 Greater Cincinnatians by the Greater Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission. She also was a member of the National Huntington's Disease Board. A lifelong member of St. Clare Church, she served as parish council president and co- chaired the St. Clare Ladies Society for many years.
She leaves a son, David Kress of Cincinnati; daughters, Patricia Froelicher of East Lansing, Mich., Peggie McQuiston of Dayton, Ohio, and Elaine Bobbey of Loveland; and eight grandchildren.
Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Clare Church. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hodapp Funeral Home, College Hill.
Date of announcement: 12-22-1998
MELISSA NEVE JOHNSON, daughter of Mark S. and Edith N. Richards Johnson of Vevay, Ind., was stillborn Monday. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Vevay Cemetery. Arrangements: Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay.
Date of announcement: 12-22-1998
THELMA F. KAISER, 74, of Dillsboro, Ind., formerly of Morres Hill, Ind., died Sunday. Ms. Kaiser was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-22-1998
BETTY I. MORRISON, 74, of Felicity, Ohio, died Monday. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-22-1998
CHRISTINE MURRAY, 85, of Evanston, died Friday. Services: noon Wednesday at Bethel Baptist Church, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 12-22-1998
TYLER E. PLAIR, 11 days, of Fairfield, died Saturday. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-22-1998
Harold Jacobs, former health commissioner
Harold Daniel Jacobs, 77, of Montgomery, the Hamilton County health commissioner from 1973 to 1986, died Monday.
Before becoming health commissioner, Mr. Jacobs was chief of the county health department's veterinary division, serving more than 29 years for the county in all.
He also ran a small animal veterinary practice in Monfort Heights for 32 years.
Dr. Jacobs graduated from Hughes High School in 1939 and the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1943. He also served in World War II.
He was a member of the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners, the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and the Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association, serving as president in 1951.
He leaves his wife of 54 years, Clara Mae James Jacobs; daughters Pamela Petrtyl of Sycamore Township and Donna Beck of Gahanna, Ohio; and a son, H. Daniel Jacobs III of Montgomery.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of the Saviour United Methodist, Montgomery. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Charles A. Miller Sons Funeral Service.
Memorials: Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Ohio State University; or charity of choice.
Date of announcement: 12-23-1998
JOHN RICHARD MILLIGAN, 69, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday. The Air Force veteran was a manufacturing supervisor. Services at convenience of family. Arrangements: Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown.
Date of announcement: 12-23-1998
Dennis Foltz, 41; trucker loved working with cars
Dennis "D.A." Foltz's passion was cars and racing, and one of his best friends was his 1967 Chevelle.
"He loved cars, motors - anything to do with a motor," said his wife, Judy Foltz. "His garage was his home. Anything he could use a tool on, he loved."
Mr. Foltz, a truck driver who lived his entire life in Crittenden, Ky., died of a heart attack Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. He was 41.
After graduating from Grant County High School, Mr. Foltz worked for a barrel-making company in Cincinnati and then served as an escort driver for S&H Construction in Walton. He eventually started his own business, Dennis Foltz Trucking Co in Crittenden.
Other survivors include daughters, Mandy and Megan Foltz; his mother, Mary Collingsworth of Florence; brothers, Lawrence Foltz of Florence and Richard Foltz of Crittenden; and a sister, Donna Humbert of Crittenden.
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Crittenden. Visitation will begin there at 11 a.m. Saturday. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society, 7730 U. S. 42, Suite C6, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Date of announcement: 12-24-1998
BENNIE D. BRUNDIDGE, 67, of Kennedy Heights, died Monday. He was a laborer. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton. Visitation: Noon Monday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-24-1998
ETHEL LEE CRAIG, 72, of Walnut Hills, died Tuesday. She was a food industry worker. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary Baptist Church, Downtown. Visitation: 6 p.m. Sunday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-24-1998
SYLVIA R. GOOD, 59, of Aurora, Ind., died Tuesday in an auto accident near Vevay, Ind. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Mary Church, Aurora. Visitation: 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Memorials: Alzheimer's Fund, or local life squads.
Date of announcement: 12-24-1998
THEODORE MILLER JR., 67, of College Hill, died Monday. He was an independent contractor. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Bethlehem Temple, Northside. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-24-1998
Brown County's John L. Cooper, loved history, foxhounds, work
John L. Cooper, a sixth-generation resident of Brown County who strived to keep his family's traditions alive, died Wednesday at the age of 68.
Mr. Cooper's ancestors, William and Mary Richmond Cooper, arrived in Brown County in 1812 with a horse, wagon and 12 children.
Mr. Cooper, who was born near Aberdeen, collected family history such as a nose ring from a Native American who killed one of his ancestors.
He also followed the family's longtime practices of raising tobacco and foxhounds.
'He raised tobacco up until about two years ago when he was unable to and he fox-hunted until he couldn't do it no more,' said Brown County Sheriff Windell Crawford, a friend who spoke with Mr. Cooper daily.
'He loved his foxes and he loved to work.'
Mr. Cooper worked for 38 years as a Pepsi-Cola salesman in Brown County. His customers trusted him so much that they did not recount the number of bottles in his deliveries and often left him keys to their stores, family members said.
'You don't see that in 1998,' said son John David Cooper, who lives in Ripley. 'He just had a real high level of trust with people.'
Since his retirement in 1992, Mr. Cooper worked as weights and measures inspector for the Brown County auditor's office. He had served in the Army during the 
Korean War and was a member of the Courts-Fussnecker American Legion Post 367. He also belonged to Ripley Church of Christ, the Brown County Democratic Party and the Eagle Creek Beagle Club.
Mr. Cooper died in his sleep at home after a long bout with diabetes., heart disease and prostate cancer.
In addition to his son, survivors include his wife, Carol Hicks Cooper; three daughters, Gaynor Pfeffer of Columbus, Wendy Cooper of Cincinnati and Jackie Cooper of Flemingsburg, Ky.; four grandchildren; a brother, Bernard Cooper of Ripley and three sisters, Frances Bowling of Winchester, Jean Faulconer of Goshen and Bernice Reynolds of Bethel. He was preceded in death by one sister, Sharon Griffith.
Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Ripley Life Square or to the American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 12-25-1998
