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Norman Grant, Miami U. geology professor
Norman K. Grant, professor emeritus of geology at Miami University in Oxford, died July 31 in Appleton, Wis. He was 65.
The native of Edinburgh, Scotland, was known for his research into the atomic formations of the earth's crust. He earned his doctorate at the University of Edinburgh, in 1961. He also taught at the University of Oxford and the University of Leeds, the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and Oberlin College. He came to Miami in 1975 and retired in 1995.
He leaves daughters, Alexandra Grant and Florence Grant; and sons, Olaf Grant, Finn Grant and Karl Grant.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Miami's Kumler Chapel.
Date of announcement: 08-24-1999
CHARLES EDWARD DEWBERRY, 51, of Mount Auburn, died Aug. 19. He worked for Metal Fabrication. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 1 p.m. Wednesday until service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-24-1999
MARY GENTRY, 75, of Cincinnati, died Aug. 18. Services: 7 p.m. today at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, Springfield Township. Visitation: 5 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 08-24-1999
RAMSEY JOHNSON, 84, of Cincinnati, died Thursday. He was a retired construction worker. Arrangements were through Renfro Funeral Service.
Date of announcement: 08-24-1999
MATTIE E. LOVETT, 74, of Avondale, died Saturday. She worked at the Vernon Manor. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: noon Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-24-1999
DORIS H. MOORE, 88, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Sunday. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab, Ohio. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-24-1999
Robert Breitenbach, Madeira businessman
Madeira businessman Robert G. Breitenbach died Saturday. He was 81.
"He was just an old-generation type that kind of worked hard, took care of his family and really didn't seek any praise," said his son, Thomas Breitenbach, president of Premier Health Partners.
During the Great Depression Mr. Breitenbach, 81, of Loveland, dropped out of school at age 15 to work in his father's plumbing store and help support the family. He stayed with Breitenbach Plumbing - now in Madeira - until his death.
Mr. Breitenbach attended night classes at the University of Cincinnati for 18 years and graduated in 1964, the same year his oldest son, Robert, now of Evergreen, Colo., graduated. He also started a Boy Scout Troop at St. Gertrude Church in Madeira and was a leader in getting Freedom Shrines - displays that include the Constitution and Declaration of Independence - displayed in public places.
He leaves another son, John, of Batavia; brothers, Vernon, of Lebanon, and Paul, of Madeira; and five grandchildren.
Mass: 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Gertrude Church, Madeira. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at Gilligan Funeral Home, Kenwood. Memorials: the church.
Date of announcement: 08-25-1999
GEORGE W. BELL, 83, of Monticello, Ky., formerly of Cincinnati, died Monday. He was retired from the Formica Corp. Services: 11 a.m. CDT Thursday at Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. CDT today and 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Marvin Hicks Funeral Home, Monticello.
Date of announcement: 08-25-1999
CHARLES BOYER, 76, of Evanston, died Sunday. The World War II veteran worked for the Cincinnati schools. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Jones & Simpson Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-25-1999
DENNIS R. DIRKHISING, 60, of Batesville, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a farmer and a U.S. Army veteran. Mass: 10:30 a.m. EST Thursday at St. Marys of the Rock Church, St. Marys, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EST today at Cook Funeral Home, Brookville, Ind.
Date of announcement: 08-25-1999
MARY E. GARRISON, 78, of Madisonville, died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, Madisonville. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 08-25-1999
BERTHA "BEA" S. JACOBS, 90, of Winchester, Ohio, died Monday. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at the Winchester Church of Christ in Christian Union. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Bradford Sullivan Funeral Home, Winchester.
Date of announcement: 08-25-1999
EDITH PURSLEY, 91, of Batavia, Ohio, formerly of Mount Orab, Ohio, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-25-1999
LAMONT TURNER, 52, of Sterling, Va., died Saturday. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Nativity Christian Church, Pleasant Ridge. Visitation: 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Arrangements: Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 08-25-1999
STELLA HUDSON WILLIAMS, 94, of Bond Hill, died Sunday. Services: noon Thursday at Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill. Visitation: 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-25-1999
Harold Kassen, banker and volunteer
Harold H. Kassen, who worked for the First National Bank of Lockland for 42 years and dedicated much of his life to volunteer work, died died Tuesday. He was 92.
"He organized family and friends, and every year we decorated Easter eggs for all the patients at Drake Hospital," said his niece, Ruth Schnier. "All the patients received one."
Mr. Kassen, of Hartwell, began at the bank as a teller and eventually worked his way up to vice president before retiring at age 65. He did volunteer fund-raising for the American Heart Association and organized honorary awards for the Dan Beard Boy Scouts, his niece said.
The Reading native also traveled with his best friend, William Christman, on cruises and to Europe. He was a lifelong member of St. John United Church of Christ.
Mr. Kassen also leaves a 103-year-old sister, Henrietta Schrank of Wyoming.
Services: noon Friday at Vorhis Funeral Home, Springdale. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials: St. John United Church of Christ, Reading.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
DORIS L. ALLEN, 80, of Versailles, Ind., died Wednesday. She owned the Ohio Valley Lanes Bowling Alley, Vevay, Ind. Services: 2 p.m. EST Saturday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EST Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
VELMA MARIE CUTTER, 95, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11:30 a.m. EDT Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Olean, Ind. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. EDT Thursday at Ulrich Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Memorials: St. Paul's Cemetery Fund.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
TIMOTHY FALLON, 25, of West Harrison, Ind., died Tuesday. He worked for Brenna Manufacturing Co. Mass: 10:30 a.m. EST Friday at Holy Guardian Angel Church, Cedar Grove, Ind. Visitation: 8 to 10 a.m. EST Friday at Cook Funeral Home, Brookville.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
RUTH L. FIALA, 85, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Tuesday. She was retired from Montgomery Ward. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Oakland Cemetery, Salon, Iowa. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. EDT today at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, and 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday at Brosh Chapel, Salon.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
DAVID J. JOHNSON, 74, of Springdale, died Aug. 21. He was a retired nurse at University Hospital. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Southern Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
JOHNNY LEE JOHNSON, 55, of Cincinnati, died Aug. 21. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home, West End. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
ROSIE LEE JONES, 80, of Cumminsville, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, North Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
MARVIN D. MAKEUPSON, 61, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. He was a security officer. Services: noon Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
RALPH RAYMOND MARTIN, 80, of Hamersville, Ohio, died Tuesday. He was retired from CG&E. Arrangements were through Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown, Ohio. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
HATTIE A. REAVES, 76, of Kennedy Heights, died Monday. She was a food handler. Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
TERRY "TANKER" LYNN TEKE, 50, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Tuesday. He worked at Schenley and owned Tankers Sportswear. Services: 1 p.m. EDT Friday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. EDT today and 11 a.m. EDT Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Greendale Rescue Unit.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
BETTY JANE WINSTEAD, 75, of New Orleans, formerly of Cincinnati, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Arrangements: Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home, New Orleans.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
WILBUR L. WOOLFORK, 56, of Roselawn, died Aug. 17. He was a minister of music. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday at New Jerusalem Baptist Church, Carthage. Visitation: 1 to 7 p.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
LINDA DIANE WOODS, 45, of Madison, Ind., died Monday. She was a homemaker. Arrangements were through Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison. Memorials: Jefferson Company Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 08-26-1999
C. Jackson Cromer, lawyer
C. Jackson Cromer, 78, an estate and tax attorney, died Wednesday.
Mr. Cromer spent his 50-year career as a partner at the law firm of Thompson, Hine and Florey.
" Jackson was more than just a good attorney, he was a trusted adviser and friend," said Stan Johnson, a client and former owner of Van Luenens and All About Sports.
A 1948 Harvard University Law School graduate, Mr. Cromer began his career the following year with the law firm of Gatch, Kleinman, Roberts & Kuhn. He graduated from Withrow High School, then earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati.
An avid bird hunter and fisherman, Mr. Cromer enjoyed hunting with his sons in the eastern Ohio hills and flyfishing in Michigan.
Survivors: three sons, Jeff and Richard, both of Seattle, and Michael Cromer of Anderson Township; and two grandchildren.
Visitation: 6 tonight at T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home, 2050 Beechmont Ave., Mt. Washington . Services: 10 a.m., Saturday, at Norman Chapel Spring Grove Cemetery. Memorials: to Cincinnati Area Senior Services, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, OH 45203.
Date of announcement: 08-27-1999
