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Bennie Merrill, Senior Olympics honoree
Bennie Merrill, a lifelong sports enthusiast who won recognition in Kentucky in the Senior Olympics, died Sunday at age 86. He lived in Robertson County, Ky.
Mr. Merrill lettered in four sports at Deming High School in the 1930s - baseball, football, baseball and track.
Decades later he earned numerous governor's awards as a pacesetter for the Senior Olympics. One year he was honored for walking more than 1,000 miles in a year, said his niece, Kathryn Jane Merrill of Maysville.
Mr. Merrill was a World War II Army veteran who served in Europe and later in the Philippine Islands.
"He was a very proud veteran. He was a patriot," said his great-nephew, Ryan White of Robertson County.
Mr. Merrill had been a member of the Masonic Lodge 291 since 1940 and attended lodge functions in 18 states and two foreign countries. He was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge 333 and a member of New Hope Christian Church.
Survivors include stepdaughters, Pat Coppage, Fort Worth, Texas ; Mary Northcutt, of Union; Jamie Ball of Royal, Ark., and Joyce Doss of Columbia, Ky.; and eight nieces and nephews.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Robertson County Funeral Home, Mount Olivet, Ky. Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight. Memorial: New Hope Christian Church.
Date of announcement: 06-01-1999
ALFRED F. "AL" BECKMAN, 74, of Miami Heights, died Saturday. He was a member of the Cincinnati Bell Telephone Pioneers and an original member of the Miami Township Hamilton County Fire Department. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Visitation Church, 3172 South Road, Mack. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church.
Date of announcement: 06-01-1999
JAMES C. HARDING, 56, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. He was a machine operator for Anchor Glass, Lawrenceburg. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Thursday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EDT Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: to the family.
Date of announcement: 06-01-1999
MARIE MUSSINAN, 83, of Ripley, Ohio, died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley, Ohio. Visitation: noon thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: Ripley Church of Christ.
Date of announcement: 06-01-1999
Bob Blake, was Miami U admission official
Bob Blake, 69, associate director of admissions at Miami University from 1965 through 1990, died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital.
The West Virginia native began a teaching and coaching career in Mariemont, while earning a master's degree from Miami.
While at Miami, Mr. Blake held both state and national offices in the College Admission Counselor Association. In 1986 he received the Jack Scott Award from the Ohio Association of College Admission Counselors. He and his wife, Carol, were named Miami's Parents of the Year in 1988.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Lynette Blake of Milford, Cynthia Blake of West Carrollton, Ohio, Mariann Reinke of El Dorado, Ark.; a son, Robert Blake of Altamonte Springs, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
Arrangements were through Smith and Ogle Funeral Home, Oxford.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1999
PAUL WAYNE LONGWORTH, 43, of Arlington, Texas, formerly of Cincinnati, died May 21. Mr. Longworth was a real estate investor. Arrangements were through Moore Funeral Home, Arlington.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1999
SHERMAN RALPH WALDO SMITH V, 16, of Downtown, died May 27. He was a student at Mount Healthy High School. Mass: 7 p.m. today at St. Joseph Church, West End. Visitation: 5 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1999
Teacher Cindy Schaub, fought cancer
Cindy L. Schaub, whose need for a bone marrow transplant became a public controversy last year when the state of Kentucky refused to allow her brother to leave prison to be her donor, died Tuesday at University Hospital.
The Crescent Springs, Ky., resident was 44.
Mrs. Schaub was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in May 1996. Chemotherapy, a transfusion of her own stem cells and a bone-marrow transplant with her younger brother, Rick Wienecke, as the donor failed to stop the cancer.
Doctors at the Cancer Research Center in Arkansas said Wienecke was the only choice for another bone-marrow transplant. But he was in prison in LaGrange, Ky., for robbery.
State legislators worked out an arrangement allowing Wienecke to donate his bone marrow cells at the University of Louisville Hospital, then have them shipped to Arkansas.
Mrs. Schaub received the first transfusion in April, and it was successful. Another transfusion was scheduled Tuesday.
But she tripped on a cord in the darkness of her mother's home early Tuesday and died of a brain hemorrhage several hours later, her mother, Gerri Wienecke of Erlanger, said.
"We were almost there," he mother said. "But God wanted her."
Mrs. Schaub worked at the Internal Revenue Service for 10 years while going to night school at Northern Kentucky University, where she graduated in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in teaching. She taught special education until she had to quit in 1996 because of the cancer.
She leaves her husband, Robert Schaub Jr.; son, Robert J. Schaub III; daughters, Renee Schneider, and Christine Schaub; father, Robert Wienecke; brothers, Rick W. Wienecke and Randy Wienecke; and five grandchildren.
Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Augustine Church, Covington. Visitation: 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Catchen Funeral Home, Elsmere, Ky.
Date of announcement: 06-03-1999
CLARENCE E. COMBS, 83, of Bainbridge, Ohio, formerly of Withamsville, Ohio, died May 30. He was a retired sexton of Mt. Moriah Cemetery and a former caretaker of the Hertenstein Farm. Arrangements were through T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home, Mount Washington .
Date of announcement: 06-03-1999
DEMERO PALMORE, 2, of Finneytown, died Tuesday. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Good News Church of God in Christ, Finneytown. Visitation: 6 p.m. Monday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park.
Date of announcement: 06-03-1999
MATTIE A. PEEK, 92, of Kennedy Heights, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: noon Friday at First Baptist Church of Kennedy Heights. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 06-03-1999
JESSE RINGER, 70, of Cumminsville, died Saturday. Services: 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Lebanon Elms Chapel, Spring Grove Cemetery. Visitation: noon Saturday at the chapel. Arrangements: Renfro Funeral Service.
Date of announcement: 06-03-1999
John P. McEvilley, bank president
John Paul McEvilley, 83, of Sarasota, Fla., a retired president of First Savings and Loan Association in Cincinnati, died Saturday. Mr. McEvilley moved from Cincinnati in 1979. He also lived in Venice, Fla., at one time.
While in Cincinnati he was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Eagles and Disabled American Veterans. He served as a corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Mr. McEvilley leaves a daughter, Virginia L. McEvilley of Fairfield, Iowa; a son, R. Michael McEvilley of Cincinnati; four sisters, Helen Siemon, Mary Granger, both of Cincinnati, Lois Jones of Auburn, Ala., and Joanne Childers of Gainesville, Fla.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The Ewing Funeral Home in Venice was in charge of arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-04-1999
JULIA M. (BANKS) BURNS, 69, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 11400 Winton Road, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday until time of service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-04-1999
MABEL COLBERT, 76, of Westwood, died Saturday. She was a retired housekeeper at Christ Hospital. Services: 7 p.m. today at Southern Baptist Church, Lexington and Reading roads, Avondale. Visitation: 6 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Johnson Brown Funeral Service, Bond Hill.
Date of announcement: 06-04-1999
LILLIAN CLARA LOWE, 84, of Cortez, Colo., formerly of Cincinnati, died Wednesday. Services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorials: Zion United Methodist Church, Miami Heights. Arrangements: Ertel Funeral Home, Cortez.
Date of announcement: 06-04-1999
GEORGE A. MARTIN, 72, of Westwood, died May 28. He was an Army veteran. Services: Noon today at Renfro Funeral Home, 647 Forest Ave., Avondale. Visitation: 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-04-1999
JOHN ANTONIO "SQUARE" POPE, 36, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Cincinnati, died Sunday. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at New Jerusalem Baptist Church, Carthage. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-04-1999
INEZ STEINMETZ, 68, of Sunman, Ind., died Wednesday. Ms. Steinmetz was a homemaker. Mass: Noon EST today at St. Paul Church, New Alsace, Ind. Visitation: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST today at Cook Funeral Home, 107 Vine St., Sunman. Memorials: Hospice or Hospitality of Margaret-Mary Community Hospital, Batesville, Ind.
Date of announcement: 06-04-1999
NANCY E. THOMAS, 47, of Cincinnati, died May 28. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Renfro Funeral Home, 647 Forest Ave., Avondale. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Saturday until time of service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-04-1999
Elmer Lloyd, 90, retired from paper firm
Elmer Lloyd, 90, of Hamilton, Ohio, formerly of Bellevue, Ky., died Friday at Huntington Court nursing home in Hamilton. He was a retired factory worker for Taylor Wharton Paper Box Co., Norwood, Ohio, an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Bellevue Vets. Survivors include daughters, Linda Asher of Hamilton, Ohio, Georgianne Dwelly of Harrison, Ohio, and Nancy Schulenburg of Indianapolis; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at noon Monday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Ft. Wright, Ky. 41011.
Date of announcement: 06-05-1999
VERNON ALLEN HARRIS SR., 52, of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Wednesday. Services: 2 p.m. today at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley, Ohio. Visitation: noon today at the funeral home. Cahall Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-05-1999