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Edwin P. Berger, Indiana farmer
Edwin P. Berger, a retired farmer and owner of Berger's Water Service, died Wednesday in Lawrenceburg, Ind. He was 79.
Mr. Berger, of Sunman, Ind., enjoyed music and loved to gather his large family for get-togethers that sometime numbered 40 people. He and his wife, Dorothy Riehle Berger, who survives him, had four daughters and four sons. They also have 25 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mr. Berger is preceded in death by another great-grandchild, Austin.
"Every kid was kind of unique to him," said his son, Chuck, of Milan, Ind. "He had little nicknames for each individual one."
In addition to farming and hauling water as Berger's Water Service, Mr. Berger was also a school bus driver for 22 years.
When his own children were younger, Mr. Berger was in a country west ern band, called the Melody Pioneers. "He loved to - as he called it - make music," his son said.
And every Saturday night he would call the square dances held at the local American Legion Post.
"He called the square dances and I'd grab a partner and dance," Mrs. Berger said. The two, whose favorite song was "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You," were married for more than 53 years.
An Army Air Force veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Sunman American Legion Post and the VFW of Batesville.
Mr. Berger was a former precinct committeeman and longtime Franklin Township Board member. He was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society.
Mr. Berger also is survived by his daughters Norma Newton and Mary Sapp, of Milan, Ind., Pauline Rodmak er, of Georgetown, Ind., and Linda Jackson, of Sunman; sons Jim and John Berger, both of Milan, and Danny Berger, of Indianapolis.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Nicholas Church, 6461 East St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Cook Funeral Home, 107 Vine St., Sunman, with a rosary service at 7:30 p.m.
Memorials: St. Nicholas School, 6459 East St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman, 47041, or Sunman Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 11-19-1999
WILLIAM WALLACE LAMSON, 73, of Hanover, Ind., formerly of Vevay, Ind., died Thursday. He was a retired self-employed painter and welder, and a member of Spring Branch Baptist Church. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 11-19-1999
Dennis R. Meeker, 49, teacher and trustee
Dennis R. Meeker, a high school teacher and township trustee, died Thursday after battling colon cancer for nearly three years. He was 49.
Mr. Meeker, who lived in Mount Orab, Ohio, would have retired this year after a 30-year career at Western Brown High School as a bus driver and teacher.
He taught Occupational Work Experience (OWE), a work-study program, teaching in the morning and visiting students on their jobs in the afternoon, as well as driving a school bus.
"He developed OWE at Western Brown, made it into a good program," said Principal Ray Wisby. "He helped direct some of the kids who might not have been regular classroom-type students into staying in school, getting their credits and going into the workplace as good workers. He had a wonderful rapport with the kids."
The last year he taught, Mr. Meeker would spend his mornings at school and his afternoons taking chemotherapy treatments, said his wife of 10 years, Kathleen R. Meeker.
"It was hard, but he was determined," Mrs. Meeker said.
Mr. Meeker was active in the community, serving as a Green Township trustee for 18 years and a life squad volunteer for 10 years.
"He liked to get out there and do things," Mrs. Meeker said. "If he could have, he'd eventually have run for (Brown) county commissioner."
Mr. Meeker also is survived by two sons, Brad and J.C. Meeker; two stepchildren, Melanie and Josh Allton; parents, Edward and Hazel Meeker; and sister, Judy Meeker, all of Mount Orab.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Union Plain United Methodist Church, Ohio 68, Mount Orab. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 11-20-1999
ERNA B. BOEHLER, 82, of Aurora, Ind., died Thursday. Mrs. Boehler worked at Wal-mart in Aurora and formerly owned Western Auto in Lawrenceburg. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Mount Sinai United Methodist Church. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Memorials: Mount Sinai United Methodist Church or Red Wolf Sanctuary.
Date of announcement: 11-20-1999
HAZEL M. (BRUCE) COURTNEY, 80, of Vevay, Ind., died Thursday. She was a retired inspector for U.S. Shoe Corp., Vevay, and a former employee of Schenley Distillers, Lawrenceburg. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Haskell and Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Switzerland County Emergency Unit or Cross Plains Church of Christ.
Date of announcement: 11-20-1999
DOROTHY M. (MORGAN) GAST, 87, of Mount Orab, Ohio, died Thursday. She was a nurse's aide for Sardinia Medical Clinic. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Michael Catholic Church, Mount Orab. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Memorials: St. Michael Catholic Church.
Date of announcement: 11-20-1999
JAMES H. PERKINS III, 71, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. He was a retired mail handler for the United States Post Office. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church, 816 York St., West End. Visitation: noon Tuesday until time of service at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 11-20-1999
GAYLA THOMAS RIEMEIER, 92, of Cincinnati, died Friday. Mrs. Riemeier was the oldest past president of the Westwood Women's Club. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Westwood United Methodist Church, Cincinnati. No visitation. Memorials: Hospice of Cincinnati. Arrangements: Miller-Busse & Borgmann Funeral Home, Cincinnati.
Date of announcement: 11-20-1999
EDWARD MCKENDRICK SMITH, 78, of Aurora, Ind., formerly of New Castle, Ind., died Thursday. He retired in 1991 from Dunlap Co., Columbus, Ind. He was a World War II Army veteran. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service, 3406 S. Memorial Drive, New Castle. Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Crescent Beach Baptist Church, 6975 A1A South, St. Augustine, Florida 32086 or to the Vilano Mission Church c/o Anastasia Baptist Church, 1650 A1A South, St. Augustine, Florida 32084.
Date of announcement: 11-20-1999
Dr. Nelson Boyd Sr., family doctor
Dr. Nelson E. Boyd Sr. was a family practitioner in every sense of the word.
"He delivered babies and set broken bones. He made house calls, and sometimes went out when the snow was knee deep," said Dr. Boyd's wife, Virginia Kruse Hampton Boyd.
Dr. Boyd, 91, of Independence, Ky., died Saturday at his home.
He had a family medical practice in Independence for 51 years and remarked upon retiring in November 1989 that his retirement day was the saddest day of his life.
"He loved being a doctor. That was his life," said Mrs. Boyd.
Dr. Boyd joined the Army Air Corps during World War II and served in China, Burma and India.
After the war, Dr. Boyd opened an office in a house where he lived, and then next door to his residence on McMilian Drive.
Other survivors are sons, Nelson E. Boyd Jr. and Archie Boyd, both of Independence; daughters, Dorothy Dixon of Crescent Springs, Mary Styles of Paducah and Melissa Turner of Independence; a stepson, Alan Charles Hampton of Independence; sisters, Mary E. Boyd and Rebecca Bugg, both of Paducah, Ky., and Ruth Ann Thomas of Memphis, Tenn.; seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence. Visitation: 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Independence Christian Church, 5221 Madison Pike, Independence, Ky. 41051.
Date of announcement: 11-22-1999
MARY JANE BAKER, 74, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: Noon Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Greendale Life Squad or American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 11-22-1999
JANET LEE COURTER, 65, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. She was a retired Head Start aide. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 11-22-1999
CARL J. GILLIS, 80, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. He was a former Aurora, Ind., police chief, a Lawrenceburg police officer and former Dearborn County sheriff from 1966-74. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 11-22-1999
LEWIS E. HART, 96, of Sunman, Ind., died Saturday. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman. Visitation: 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: Sunman Volunteer Fire Department of Sunman Area Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 11-22-1999
GEORGE IRVIN JR., 76, of Fairmount, died Wednesday. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Services: Noon Tuesday at Jamison and Jamison Funeral Home, West End. Visitation: 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-22-1999
ISABELLA MCCOY, 93, of Roselawn, died Thursday. She was a nurse. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-22-1999
EDNA H. FISHER SCHOEN, 78, of Indianapolis, formerly of Hamilton, Ohio, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Garfield Park United Church of Christ, Indianapolis. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Herrmann Funeral Home, Indianapolis. Memorials: Garfield Park United Church of Christ, Attenheim Community or National Wildlife Association.
Date of announcement: 11-22-1999
VERN TEKE, 74, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Church of Christ, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Tuesday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, 455 Ridge Ave., Lawrenceburg. Memorials: Greendale Rescue.
Date of announcement: 11-22-1999
Memorial Mass for Doug Doench
A Mass will be said for Doug Doench, a longtime news and morning radio news anchor of WUBE-FM and WMLX-AM, on Wednesday at St. Ann Church in Groesbeck.
Mr. Doench, 57, died Sunday after being struck by a car while walking on a sidewalk near his home in Colerain Township. The accident occurred on West Galbraith Road at about 9 a.m.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the accident and has charged Elizabeth H. Pease, 22, of North College Hill, with aggravated vehicular homicide. Police are checking to see if Ms. Pease was driving drunk or on drugs at the time of the accident.
Police said Ms. Pease was driving west on West Galbraith Road when she lost control of her car, veered off the right side of the road, continued up on the sidewalk and struck Doench.
Doench had worked for many local radio stations, including WLW, WKRC and WSAI. He taught news writing at Xavier University and was currently on medical leave from his teaching job at Hughes Center, a public high school in Clifton.
Survivors are his wife, Janice; five sons, Louis, Jonathan and William, all of Clifton, Anthony of Northside and Andrew of Groesbeck; three daughters, Jessica Doench of Reading, Cordia Doench of Northside, and Kathleen Doench of Groesbeck; three sisters, Rita Southerland of Green Township, Elizabeth Lilley of Morrow, Ohio, and Dolores Schwab of Delhi Township; two brothers, Gregory Doench of Cresskill, N.J., and Joseph Doench of Finneytown; his mother, Rose Elizabeth Doench of Covedale; two grandchildren.
Visitation: 5-9 tonight at Frederick Funeral Home, 2553 Banning Road, Groesbeck. The mass is at St. Ann Church, 2900 West Galbraith Road.
Memorials: Douglas A. Doench Scholarship fund at St. Xavier High School, 600 North Bend Road, Cincinnati 45224, or the Liver Transplant Research Fund, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, c/o Dr. Douglas Hanto, 231 Bethesda Ave., Cincinnati 45229.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1999
DOROTHY M. COOK, 85, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Sunday. She was a nurse's aide with Muscatatuck State School in Butlerville, Ind. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, Ind. Visitation: Noon Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Heart Association, Aurora Life Squad or Dillsboro Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1999
CARL J. GILLIS, 80, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: To charity.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1999
MARVIN HAMMOND, 80, of Mount Healthy, died Saturday. He retired from Emery Industries. Services: 11 a.m. today at Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton Ave., College Hill. Memorials: Mount Healthy Christian Home, 8097 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45231.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1999
MICHAEL HARRIS, 45, of Mount Auburn, died Friday. He worked for the Hamilton County Coroner's Office. Services: noon Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1999
HAYDEN LOWELL LINKOUS JR., 34, of Mount Orab, died Saturday. He was disabled. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Beam-Fender Funeral Home in Sardinia. Visitation: noon at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1999
EDNA H. (FISHER) SCHOEN, 78, of Indianapolis, formerly of Hamilton, Ohio, and Highland, Ill., died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Garfield Park UCC, Indianapolis. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at G.H. Herrmann Funeral Home, 5141 Madison Ave., Indianapolis. Memorials: Garfield Park UCC, Altenheim Community or National Wildlife Association.
Date of announcement: 11-23-1999
