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Barbara Buechner, of Hyde Park
As a woman "who did it all," Barbara Buechner led a "full and wonderful life," said her son, Bob Buechner, of Hyde Park.
"It's sad to have lost her, but it's great to reflect on her life and say: 'This lady really did it all," he said.
Mrs. Buechner, 84, died Wednesday.
Mrs. Buechner was valedictorian of her high school class in Syracuse, N.Y., graduating at the age of 16. She then attended Vassar College, where she earned a bachelor's in social work in three years and began a career as a professional social worker. She and her husband Donald, who were married for 52 years, came to Cincinnati in 1950.
Mrs. Buechner, a resident of Hyde Park, was a devoted wife. She spent 10 years taking care of her husband, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He died in 1991.
As the mother of four, grandmother of six and great-grandmother of one, Mrs. Buechner was dedicated to her family and their educations. She was a supporter of Country Day School in Indian Hill, where three of her grandchildren now attend.
Mrs. Buechner volunteered at Planned Parenthood, and was a dedicated member of Christ Church Cathedral Chapel, the Cincinnati Garden Club, the Cincinnati Country Club, the Junior League and the Vassar Club.
Mrs. Buechner is survived by three other sons, Northrup, Donald and Bruce; sisters Arlene McKee and Ursula Wallower; six grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. Visitation at Elden A. Good Funeral Home, 2620 Erie Ave., from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Saturday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ Church Cathedral Chapel.
Date of announcement: 05-21-1999
LEOLA BYERS, 85, of Madisonville, died Wednesday. Ms. Byers was a homemaker. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Metropolitan C.M.E. Church, 2815 Melrose Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 6 p.m. Sunday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-21-1999
DR. WILLIAM CHITTERSON, 69, of Evanston, died May 15. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Rockdale Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill.
Date of announcement: 05-21-1999
EARL H. GREEN, 91, of Aurora, Ind., died Wednesday. He was an employee of Aurora State Bank and a World War II veteran. Services: 2 p.m. EDT Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church, Aurora. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight, and from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials: St. John Lutheran Church or Aurora Emergency Unit. Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-21-1999
ALBERTA STRODE, 81, of Bond Hill, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at True Holiness Church of God, Lincoln Heights. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 05-21-1999
ELNORA WRIGHT, 82, of Evanston, died May 16. Ms. Wright was a cook. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Evergreen Baptist Church, 702 Gholson Ave., North Avondale. Visitation: 6 p.m. Monday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-21-1999
Rev. William C. Johnson, former Ripley pastor
Rev. William C. Johnson, the first black elected official in Boone County, Ky., and a former Ripley, Ohio, minister, died Thursday. He was 81.
Rev. Johnson served on the Walton City Council for six years, resigning in 1985.
"He saw it as his duty to get involved with the council," said his son, Dwight Johnson of Walton. "It was probably for the betterment of all the people in town."
Rev. Johnson died at 2:30 p.m. at Gallatin County Health Care Center. He was a retired clerk for Lazarus Department Store.
Rev. Johnson was the pastor of First Baptist Church in Ripley, Ohio, for 16 years. After retiring from the Ripley church, he served as interim pastor for several churches, including First Baptist Church in Burlington and Zion Baptist in Walton.
"He loved church," his son said. "He was a minister who tried to help everybody. He spent a lot of his time going to Baptist conventions and any kind of religious meetings they would have in various places."
Other survivors include his wife, Anna Pearl Johnson; sons, Billy Johnson of Lexington, Ky., and a daughter, Gladys "Doll" Arnold of Walton, Ky.; a brother, Rev. Mack Johnson of Lexington, Ky.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Zion Baptist Church, Walton, Ky. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the church. Burial will be in Walton Cemetery. Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton, Ky., is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-22-1999
LEE MORGAN JR., 71, of Batavia, Ohio, died Wednesday. Mr. Morgan was a laborer. No services are planned. Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-22-1999
ROBERT W. ZIMMERMAN, of Mount Washington, died Wednesday. Mr. Zimmerman was a retired design engineer for KD Lamp, and also worked at Valley Golf Course in Newtown. Mass of Christian burial: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Jerome Church, California, Ohio. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at T.P. White and Sons Funeral Home, Cincinnati.
Date of announcement: 05-22-1999
William Martin, founded toy store
William M. Martin began his endeavors in a small candy and school-supply store, but over the past 60 years it has grown into one of the most recognizable businesses in the region - Johnny's Toys.
Mr. Martin, 79, of Covington died Friday.
According to a son, John, Mr. Martin had worked a half-day on Friday. It was in keeping with his regular working habits, at a business he acquired in 1939, his son said.
"It was known as Miss Mary's, selling candy and school supplies. After the lady died, he took it over," John Martin said.
Mr. Martin then discovered that toys were popular, his son said. "He just kept adding on, and put up the new building in the 1960s," he said.
Johnny's Toys became perhaps the premier toy store in the Greater Cincinnati area. The company also owns stores in Greenhills, Milford, Norwood and Westwood.
Other survivors are his wife, Grace; another son, Tom, of Covington; a sister, Madeline Eichenlaub, of Amherst, Mass.; and one grandchild.
Mass will be at 7 tonight
at Holy Cross Church, Covington. Visitation: 3:30 to 6:40 p.m. today at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Covington.
Memorials: Eternal Word Television Network, 5817 Old Leeds Road, Irondale, Ala. 35210.
Date of announcement: 05-24-1999
REBECCA K. FISK COVERT, 95, of Rising Sun, Ind., died Saturday. She was a homemaker and a member of Aurora, Ind., Methodist Church. Services: 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday at Markland- Denney Funeral Home, Rising Sun. Visitation: 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Woodland Hills Hospice.
Date of announcement: 05-24-1999
THELMA SANDERS CRAWFORD, 86, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Hyde Park, died Thursday. She was a mortgage loan officer with Coast Federal Savings and Loan in Naples. Memorial services: 11 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church of Naples. Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elden A. Good Funeral Home, Hyde Park. Memorials: Thelma S. Crawford Scholarship Award, Pilot Club of Naples, P. O. Box 8674, Naples, Fla. 34101.
Date of announcement: 05-24-1999
SISTER COLUMBA MARIE LEAHY, R.S.M., 87, of College Hill, died Saturday. She taught at Blessed Sacrament, St. Stephen, Our Lady of Lourdes, Nativity, St. Teresa and St. Margaret of Cortona schools here before becoming a pastoral worker with St. Mary Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn. She retired to McAuley Convent in 1989. Mass: 11 a.m. today at the convent. Memorials: Sisters of Mercy Retirement Fund, 2335 Grandview Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. Miller-Busse & Borgmann Funeral Home, Clifton, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-24-1999
ERNEST "RIP" LIMING, 76, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday. He was a retired meter reader with Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. and an Army veteran of World War II. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Wednesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 05-24-1999
FRANCES M. JACOBS SHROUT, 72, of Bethel, died Saturday. She was a retired sewing machine operator with Gillman Knit Wear. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: Noon Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-24-1999
JIMMIE D. TAYLOR, 68, of North Vernon, Ind., died Friday. He was owner of Mr. Maid Cleaning Service and a former employee of Bircher Volkswagen in Madison, Ind. Services: 11 a.m. EDT today at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison. Memorials: American Heart Association or American Diabetes. Association.
Date of announcement: 05-24-1999
WILLIAM STANLEY WATERS, 63, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Sunday. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: Noon Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 05-24-1999
Donald Ritter, served with police 32 years
Retired Cincinnati police sergeant Donald Ritter never bragged about his accomplishments.
A Cincinnati police officer for 32 years, Mr. Ritter served as a sharpshooter on the division's first SWAT team and was range master of the police firing range. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover once personally presented him with an award for his work.
The Mason resident died Saturday of leukemia at the age of 70.
Mr. Ritter won a shooting competition sponsored by the FBI but never mentioned it. "Don came in first in the entire country in all of the divisions they had there - and he never told anyone about it," said friend Bob Frith, of Morrow, Ohio. "He never, never talked about any of his accomplishments."
Frith said he once asked Mr. Ritter how he was able to talk a criminal into submission.
"He said, 'I just spoke with a very soft voice, and they always did what I told them to do,' " Frith recalled.
After his retirement in 1982, Mr. Ritter worked as a security director for United Dairy Farmers.
His family, co-workers and friends admired Mr. Ritter for his humility and integrity.
"He said, 'Never worry about anything you can't do anything about. And if there's something you can do, do it and don't worry about it,' " said his wife, Madeline "Sugar" Ritter.
"That was his philosophy in life."
Mr. Ritter, whose first wife, Lynn, died of cancer in the early 1980s, also leaves daughters, Donna Kim and Micky Ritter of Green Township, Sue Ritter of Dayton and Betsy Thomlinson of Newman, Ga; step-daughters, Julie Beckham of West Chester, Debbie Morgan of Alpharetta, Ga., and Vicky Jenny of Anderson Township; and 21 grandchildren.
Mass: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John Church, West Chester. Arrangements: Nurre Brothers Funeral Home. Memorials: Don Ritter Scholarship Fund, University of Cincinnati Foundation.
Date of announcement: 05-25-1999
