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Francis J. "Franny" Lang, loved city
Francis J. "Franny" Lang loved the city where he served as a U.S. postal employee for 44 years.
He held a variety of positions with the U.S. Postal Service in Cincinnati, including superintendent of parcel post, superintendent of delivery and special assistant to the regional director for employee relations.
During the Kennedy Administration he was offered the position of director of delivery for the United States, but he declined so that he could stay in his beloved city, family members said.
Mr. Lang, of Western Hills, died Thursday. He was 94.
He retired from the postal service in 1969, but continued to serve in leadership positions in his community and in the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
Mr. Lang was dedicated to fulfilling his commitments, both professionally and personally, his family said.
He was both vice president and director of the Price Hill Civic Club and was chosen the club's Man of the Year in 1978. He was active in the Knights of Columbus and Kiwanis and the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Mr. Lang's wife, Loraine, died in 1980. He leaves three daughters, Joan C. Valentine, Dr. Judith A. Schwartz and Jane F. Gibson; a son, Thomas J. Lang; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services were today at St. William Church in Price Hill. The Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Funeral Home, Delhi Township, was in charge of arrangements. Memorials: charity of one's choice.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
CYRUS "CY" ROBERT BUCK, 83, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesdayat St. Lawrence Church, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Memorials: St. Lawrence Church.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
LOIS JEAN KLINKER DRAGOO, 69, of Ripley, died Sunday. She was an employee of Bristow Drug Co. in Ripley and a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Ripley. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Ripley Life Squad, Alzheimer's Disease Association or American Diabetes. Association.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
THELMA DOROTHY FITZPATRICK, 88, of Springdale, died Thursday. She was a school teach er. Services: 1 p.m. today at 1st Antioch Baptist Church, 1511 Gilpin Ave., Evanston. Visitation: Noon today at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
RUBY DELL FOSTER, 66, of Hyde Park, died Friday. She was a nurse's aide for Drake Hospital. Services: Noon Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 400 N. Wayne Ave., Lockland. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday until time of service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
PRESTON WADE JONES, 67, of College Hill, died Saturday. He was owner of Dependable Auto Service and a 
Korean War veteran. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Southern Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
MARY LOU R. RODENBECK KLUM, 80, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. She was a retire d public accountant with Klum, Sutton & Strzynski Accounting. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Greendale Rescue Unit or Juvenile Diabetes. Association.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
CLAYTON E. SMITH, 85, of Aurora, Ind., died Sunday at Ross Manor, Dillsboro, Ind. Mr . Smith was retired from Reliance Electric Co. in Madison, Ind. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John Lutheran Church, Aurora. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Rullman Funeral Home, 219 Mechanic St., Aurora. Memorials: St. John Lutheran Church or to the Aurora Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
MINNIE L. SUTTLES, 66, of Walnut Hills, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 7 p.m. Sunday at Willing Spirit Baptist Church. Visitation: 6 p.m. Sunday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
WILLIAM WOODROW WOODS, 85, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. Graveside services: 3 p.m. Wednesday at Rising Sun New Cemetery, Rising Sun, Ind. Memorials: Aurora Rescue Unit.
Date of announcement: 02-01-2000
Sister Helen Rezanina, nursing supervisor
Sister Helen Rezanina, a Sister of Charity for 70 years and a nursing supervisor, died Tuesday.
Sister Rezanina, formerly Sister Francis De Sales, served as a nurse or nursing supervisor for more than 35 years. She was a supervisor at Good Samaritan Hospital from 1935-36 and 1939-40 and at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton from 1942-57. She also supervised at hospitals in Pueblo and Trinidad, Colo.; Santa Fe, N.M.; and Kenton, Ohio.
The fifth child in a family of nine, Sister Rezanina told others her family was poor but happy. She once wrote, "We were rich in the love our parents had for us ... On Sundays my dad hitched his horses to a wagon and we all piled in to get to Mass."
Sister Rezanina is survived by one sister, Elizabeth Ruttner, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and nieces and nephews. Mass: 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel auditorium of the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, at 5900 Delhi Road in Delhi Township. Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. in the Heritage Room. Memorials: Sister of Charity Retirement Fund, in memory of Sister Helen Rezanina.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
JAMES CARMICHAEL, 68, of Avondale, died Saturday. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Gold en Age Nursing Home, Avondale. Visitation: Noon to 6 p.m. today at Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
PHYLORIE E. GRAY-MITCHEM, 22, of Avondale, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Service s: Noon Thursday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
SAMUEL L. GRAYSON SR., 85, of Avondale, died Friday. He was a construction worker. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Greater New Hope Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
FAY HART, 83, of Vevay, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a farmer and a retired school bus driver for Switzerland County schools. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: Caledonia United Presbyterian Church, Moorfield Volunteer Fire Department or the Switzerland County Emergency Unit.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
DR. WILLIAM HATTON, 72, of Aurora, Ind., died Monday. He was a chiropractor. Service s: 11 a.m. Friday, Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at funeral home. Memorials: Aurora First Baptist Church Building Fund.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
MICHAEL THOMAS KNIGHT, 50, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. He was owner of Q Laboratories, Cincinnati. Memorial services: 11:45 a.m. Sunday at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas, Ky. Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, is handling arrangements. Memorials: Knight Family Scholarship Fund, in care of Q Laboratories, 1400 Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45214.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
ALICE MAY MCCOOL, 79, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. She was a homemaker and a member of Hamline Chapel United Methodist Church. Services will be at the convenience of the family. Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, is handling arrangements. Memorials: Lawrenceburg Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
MARGUERITE RYAN, 93, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Tuesday. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Lawrence Church, Lawrenceburg. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Memorials: St. Lawrence Church, Catholic Extension Society or charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
ANNA MAE UPDIKE, 75, of Higginsport, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker and a member of Higginsport Christian Church. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: Higginsport Christian Church.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
JANET WILKS, 41, of Winton Place, died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m . Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
CARLTON WILLIAMS, 72, of Fairfield, Ohio, died Jan. 29. Mr. Williams was a chemist f or Dow Chemical. Services: Noon Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-02-2000
Michael McSwigan, former UC assistant dean
Michael P. McSwigan, a former assistant dean at the University of Cincinnati who oversaw renovation of French Hall, died of cancer Saturday.
Mr. McSwigan, 61, of Park Hills, Ky., was an associate professor of mathematics who spent much of his career teaching adults. He joined the UC faculty in 1966 and became assistant dean of the University College in 1986. He served five years, then in 1991 decided to return to full-time teaching, joining the University College teaching staff.
Survivors include his wife, Hope McSwigan; sons, Paul McSwigan of Cincinnati and David McSwigan of New York; a daughter, Anne Marie McSwigan of Cincinnati; a stepson, John Earls of Norwalk, Conn.; a stepdaughter, Mary E. Meadows of Park Hills; brothers, James McSwigan of West Palm Beach, Fla., Charles McSwigan of Cincinnati and John McSwigan of Portland, Ore.; and three grandchildren. Memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright, Ky.
No visitation. Mr. McSwigan bequeathed his body to the University of Kentucky Medical School.
Memorials are suggested to St. Agnes Church, 1322 Sleepy Hollow Road, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011; St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014; or American Diabetes. Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., West Chester, Ohio 45069. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling the funeral arrangements.
Date of announcement: 02-03-2000
ELTON E. CLIFTON, 82, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Tuesday. He owned and operated the Clifton Excavating Co., and he was a World War II veteran. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Hospice of Hope, Browning Medical Building, 2A, 1 West McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Date of announcement: 02-03-2000
CYNTHIA "CINDY" EYRE, 42, of Sardinia, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia. Visitation: Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-03-2000
DOROTHY LEE MANNING FLETCHER, 64, of Sardinia, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-03-2000
FLOYD HARRIS, 84, of Cincinnati, died Jan. 30. Mr. Harris was a molder for G&R Found ry. Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Sardis Primitive Baptist Church, 2601 Stanton Ave., Walnut Hills. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 02-03-2000
MICHAEL THOMAS KNIGHT, 50, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Jan. 29. He was the owner of Q Laboratories. Memorial service will be held at 11:45 a.m. Sundayat St. Paul United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas, Ky. Fitch-Denney Funeral Home is handling the arrangments. Memorials: the Knight Family Scholarship Fund, c/o Q Laboratories, 1400 Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45214.
Date of announcement: 02-03-2000
CARRIE M. MCFERRAN, 99, of Kennedy Heights, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Ser vices: 11 a.m. Monday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Monday until time of service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 02-03-2000
H. J. SCHAICH, 81, of Aurora, Ind., died Wednesday. He was a retired emp loyee of Pierson- Hollawell Lumber and Veneer Co. and a World War II veteran. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, Aurora. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, is handling arrangements. Memorials: First Presbyterian Church.
Date of announcement: 02-03-2000
