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EMILY CATHERINE ACKLEY, 82, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday. She was a homemaker and a member of Georgetown Church of Christ. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Brown County General Hospital or Georgetown Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 02-22-1999
CLAYTON W. BATCHELOR, 100, of Aurora, Ind., died Saturday. He was a retired guard with Seagram Distillery and a World War I veteran. Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials: First United Methodist Church, Hillforest, or to charity.
Date of announcement: 02-22-1999
LURENA FLAUGHER, 99, of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Friday. She was a homemaker and a member of Courts-Fussnecker American Legion Post No. 367 Auxiliary. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation: Noon Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Aberdeen or Ripley life squads.
Date of announcement: 02-22-1999
JACK LEOPOLD HESS SR., 79, of Brookville, Ind., died Friday. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials: Masonic Eye Bank of Ohio, in care of Cook Funeral Home, P. O. Box 232, Brookville, Ind. 47012.
Date of announcement: 02-22-1999
Sister Anita Frances Rennekamp, educator
Sister of Charity Anita Frances Rennekamp, a primary school teacher and principal at several local schools, died Sunday at Mother Margaret Hall nursing home in Delhi Township.
Sister Rennekamp, 95, taught at St. William School in Price Hill, Holy Trinity in Middletown and St. Elizabeth in Norwood. She served as principal at St. Matthew School in Norwood, St. Lawrence in Price Hill and St. Mary in Hyde Park before returning to teaching at St. Saviour in Rossmoyne and St. Dominic School in Delhi Township.
After retirement in 1973, Sister Rennekamp served as sacristan for the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in Delhi Township, and lived there until moving to Mother Margaret Hall in 1994.
'(She) loved being helpful, and loved her job as sacristan,' said Sister of Charity Pauline Apodaca, who knew Sister Rennekamp during that time.
Mass: 3 p.m. today in the Motherhouse chapel. Visitation: 2 p.m. today in the Motherhouse Heritage Room.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
John J. Finnegan, 50-year dentist, oral surgeon
John J. Finnegan, 73, of Anderson Township, a dentist and oral surgeon for 50 years, died Saturday.
Dr. Finnegan had maintained a private practice in downtown Cincinnati since 1954 and also was a professor at the University of Cincinnati Oral Surgery Clinic. He attended Tufts University and served his dental residency at Loyola University.
He leaves his wife, Eugenia; children, Laura, Rebecca, Susan, Sally, Mary Beth, Steven, Patrick and Mark; and brothers, Michael and Jerome.
Arrangements were through T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
JAMES E. BARE, 58, of Hanover, Ind., died Monday. The Army veteran of the 
Korean War was a truck driver. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
BESSIE ORLIFF BUELL, 98, of Vevay, Ind., died Wednesday. Ms. Buell was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Resthaven Cemetery, Keith, Ky. Arrangements: Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
CYNTHIA L. DALL, 35, of New Alsace, Ind., died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home, Dover, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
RITA ELIZABETH DEAN, 78, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Monday. She was a nurse. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at St. John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky. Arrangements: Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
ANNA GERTRUDE HARPER, 80, of Clifton, died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Holy Name Church, Mount Auburn. Visitation: 6 p.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
CHARLES EDWARD LANHAM JR., 43, of Bethel, Ohio, died Friday. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: noon Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
EVA 'TOOTSIE' MARTIN RAMSEY, 75, of Madison, Ind., died Monday. She was retired from Joyce Shoe Factory. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
HELEN I. ROBINSON, 45, of Atlanta, formerly of Cincinnati, died Friday. She was a medical secretary. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
VIRGINIA SMITH, 86, of Kennedy Heights, died Friday. She was a housekeeper. Services: noon Wednesday at St. Paul AME Church, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
JANIE M. STEVENS, 61, of Elmwood, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: noon Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
LUCY TAMA, 85, of Whitehouse, N.J., formerly of Cincinnati, died Sunday. Arrangements: Kearns Funeral Home, Whitehouse, N.J.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
CLARENCE P. TURNER, 70, of Forest Park, died Sunday. Mr. Turner was a World War II veteran and a General Electric retiree. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-23-1999
Bert Sells, GE engineer, volunteer and father
When a nurse entered Bert E. Sells' hospital room at Bethesda North about a week ago, she asked him what he did all of his life. He replied, 'I'm a family man.'
That's what was important to Mr. Sells - his wife, seven children and 13 grandchildren.
His highly successful career as an engineer at General Electric and his community involvement took a back seat to his family. 'His family mattered more to him than anything else,' said one of his daughters, Elisabeth Faber of Cincinnati.
Mr. Sells, 81, of Wyoming died Monday after suffering a stroke on Feb. 10.
For 40 years, he worked at GE and was recognized for his expertise with aircraft gas turbine technologies. He went to work at GE Evendale in 1952 and served in various management positions until his retirement in 1982. In 1989, Mr. Sells was inducted into the GE Propulsion Hall of Fame.
After his retirement, he became very active in community affairs and worked with the Explorer Scouts for 12 years. He also helped establish the Talking Books Program for the Cincinnati Association of the Blind. Under the program, retired GE engineers repair talking books.
The Valley Interfaith Food and Clothing Center, which serves needy families, also benefited from his community effort.
Mr. Sells was a longtime member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a former president of the Cincinnati and Ohio chapters and most recently was treasurer-general of the national organization.
In 1997, Mr. Sells was awarded the Ohio chapter's highest honor, the Hub Scott medal. He helped raise more than $1 million and recruit new members to the national organization. In 1998, it bestowed its highest honor, the Minuteman Award, on Mr. Sells.
Mr. Sells leaves his wife of 57 years, Dorothy Sells; other daughters, Julia Sells and Janet Hertlein, both of Cincinnati, Meredith Klein of California and Mary Sells of Boston; sons, Ralph Sells of Cincinnati and Jon Sells of Florida; sisters, Virginia Jones of Wichita, and Martha McQuown of Texas ; and a brother, George Sells of Albuquerque.
Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. James of the Valley Church, Wyoming.
Arrangements: Hodapp Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 02-24-1999
Sister Marie Elizabeth, nurse
Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Marie Elizabeth Seymour, 80, who worked in the field of nursing for nearly 50 years, died Saturday.
Sister Marie Elizabeth was director of nursing services at Good Samaritan Hospital from 1967-81.
'Sister Marie Elizabeth was the most talented nurse I ever knew,' said friend and nursing colleague Sister Anna Sutman. 'She was an excellent bedside nurse as well as a nursing supervisor.'
After retiring, she was a clinical nurse at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in Delhi Township from 1981-83.
She attended St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, Mount Clemens, Mich., before joining the order. Sister Mary Elizabeth also earned a bachelor's degree from the College of Mount St. Joseph in 1953 and a master's degree in nursing from Wayne State University in 1968.
She leaves a sister, Betty Ruttledge of Kalamazoo, Mich., several nieces and nephews.
Visitation: 4 p.m. today followed by Mass at 7 in the Heritage Room at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, 5900 Delhi Road.
Date of announcement: 02-24-1999
