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John H. Cooper, was leader in community and his faith
John H. Cooper, 73, a deacon at St. James of the Valley Church in Wyoming and founder of the John H. Cooper Electrical Contracting Co., died Wednesday.
Mr. Cooper was active in his church for more than 20 years, having served as a coach for the CYO football league in the 1950s. He was a former firefighter and chaplain with the Wyoming Volunteer Fire Department, and was honored as the city's Citizen of the Year in 1994. He also was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and the 
Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Cooper; sons, Kevin Cooper and Michael Cooper, both of Wyoming, and Dennis Cooper of Wadsworth, Ohio; daughters, Rose Ann Matonis of San Antonio and Maureen Kearney of Greenhills, Ohio; and 14 grandchildren. A son, Brian Copper, preceded him in death.
Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. James of the Valley Church. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials: St. Vincent DePaul Society of St. James of the Valley Church. Arrangements: Hodapp Funeral Home, Carthage.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
ELLA ODOM BROWN, 87, of Bond Hill, died Monday. Ms. Brown was a nurse's assistant. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Renfro Funeral Service, 647 Forest Ave., Avondale. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
JOHN "JACK" G. BUENING, 74, of Western Hills, died Tuesday. The World War II Army veteran was retired from Great American Insurance Co. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Victory Church, Delhi Township. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at Harry Meyer & Geiser Funeral Home, Covedale. Hills. Memorials: Our Lady of Victory Tuition Assistance or Hospice of Cincinnati.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
GERALDINE CLARK, 70, of Walnut Hills, died Monday. She was a nurse's aide at Christ Hospital. Services: 7 p.m. today at First Pentecostal Church Zion Temple, Avondale. Visitation: 6 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
CLARA COLLIER, 91, of Walnut Hills, died Saturday. Ms. Collier was a homemaker. Arrangements were through Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
CORNELIUS O. FELLER, 77, of Sunman, Ind., died Wednesday. The World War II Army veteran was retired from Seasongood Box Co. Services: noon EST Saturday at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman. Visitation: 10 a.m. EST Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: to the family.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
MARY B. MAYNARD, 90, of Williamsburg, Ohio, died Wednesday. Ms. Maynard was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. today at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, Ohio. Visitation: 1 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: Hospice of Cincinnati.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
HAROLD CREIGHTON NEWBERRY, 61, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Wednesday. The Navy veteran was a general contractor. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Georgetown. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Arrangements: Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
FRIEDA I. PREBBLE, 96, of Bethel, Ohio, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker and a bookkeeper with Shields Lumber Co. Arrangements were through Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Memorials: Bethel United Methodist Church Bell Chimes Fund.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
LEO SWANN, 49, of Kennedy Heights, died May 26. He was a chef. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 6943 Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-28-1999
Kathleen Wellman, founded modeling agency
Kathleen Wellman, a former Cincinnati fashion leader and businesswoman, died May 20 at her home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She was 99.
Ms. Wellman came to Cincinnati from Chicago in 1954 to open the Kathleen Wellman School of Fashion, Modeling and Employment Agency on East Fourth Street, downtown.
The school provided courses in ballet, yoga, speech and drama, business etiquette and social graces.
Ms. Wellman also sponsored the first experimental theater in Cincinnati in the early 1960s.
She leaves no survivors, and no services are scheduled.
Date of announcement: 05-29-1999
ROSA CARSON, 94, of Avondale, died Wednesday. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Arcadia Nursing Home, 5500 Verulam Ave. Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-29-1999
FOREST DALE FROST, 71, of Sardinia died Wednesday. He was retired from the U.S. Marine Corps and also was a factory worker. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Beam-Fender Funeral Home in Sardinia. Visitation: noon Sunday at the funeral home. Marine Honor Guard services graveside at Buford Cemetery. Memorials to donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 05-29-1999
JAMES MCDOWAL HUGHES, 64, of Hyde Park, died May 25. He was a technician for Ford Motor Co. Services: noon Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 11400 Winton Road, Forest Park. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home and 10 a.m. Wednesday until time of service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-29-1999
LOUIS W. LEIVE, 94, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Friday. Mr. Leive was retired from Cochran Chair Co. Services: 10:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Dillsboro. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EDT Monday at Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Memorials: Trinity Lutheran Church Elevator Fund; Trinity Lutheran Church Student Aid Fund; or charity of donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 05-29-1999
RONALD EVERETT SMITH, 65, of Georgetown, died Thursday. Mr. Smith was a retired Air Force veteran of the
Korean War and worked for Wild Willie's Oil Lube. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Georgetown Church of Christ. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church. Memorials: Georgetown Church of Christ; or Camp Dovetail. Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-29-1999
Joan DeVore Roth, art museum volunteer
Joan DeVore Roth, of Hyde Park, was devoted to the Cincinnati Art Museum. She was a member of its first training class for docents and volunteered at the museum for more than 30 years.
Mrs. Roth, 79, died Friday.
A lifelong member of Knox Presbyterian Church and an avid traveler, Mrs. Roth served with the U.S. Navy in the WAVES during World War II.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Roth Jr.
Survivors include daughters Barbara Boswell, Diana Roth and Nancy Cooper; brothers, David DeVore and Leonard DeVore; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Knox Presbyterian Church, Hyde Park. Elden A. Good Funeral Home, Hyde Park, is handling arrangements.
Memorials: Cincinnati Art Museum.
Date of announcement: 05-31-1999
PATRICK CURTIS DEAN, 45, of Bethel, died Friday. He was an employee of Barrett Paving Co. Memorial services: 8 p.m. Thursday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: Patricia Dean Trust Fund, 2876 Oakland-Locust Ridge Road, Bethel, Ohio 45103.
Date of announcement: 05-31-1999
MARVIN CARL FRONSOE, 60, of Mount Orab, died Saturday. He was a former supervisor with Seneca Building Maintenance and a charter member of Batavia Heights Baptist Church. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: Noon Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Hospice of Hope.
Date of announcement: 05-31-1999
EARL WESLEY WHITE, 75, of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Sunday. He was a retired truck driver with OK Trucking Co. and operated White Construction Co. He was an Army veteran of World War II and the
Korean War. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-31-1999
Dominic Million, Sycamore football senior
The way Dominic Million lived his life could be seen in his death.
About 1,200 people - classmates, 120 football teammates and 5 busloads of students from Sycamore High School - turned out for visitation and funeral services today.
Tearful mourners crowded the parking lot and the chapel of Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home in Forest Park. Inside the chapel, mourners stood two deep along the walls.
Dominic Million, 18, was killed Friday in a traffic accident on northbound Montgomery Road at Cornell Road in Symmes Township.
Today would have been the Sycamore senior's last day of classes.
Marjorie Million, the mother of the varsity football team running back, said the loss had been buffeted by the community's outpouring of support.
"I always tried to teach him that whatever life deals you, try to deal with it because God never puts anything on you you can't handle," said the mother of three.
"I was really surprised ... Many people loved my son and when I see all these people..."
Dominic, who has two younger brothers, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a close friend, John San Marco, another 18-year-old Sycamore High School senior and a varsity football player.
Mrs. Million, who has visited the San Marco family, noted that John "is taking it hard.
"He was trying to avoid an accident when he hit the utility pole," Mrs. Million said.
"I told him 'I love you, and I fault you for nothing.' "
Date of announcement: 06-01-1999
