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HOWARD H. FINK, 70, of Sunman, Ind., died Monday. He was a retired machinist for Cincinnati Inc. and a U.S. Army veteran. Services: 10 a.m. EST Saturday at St. Johns Lutheran Church, Hubbles Corner, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EST Friday at Cook Funeral Home, 107 Vine St., Sunman, Ind. Memorials: Cancer Society, St. Johns Cemetery or donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 05-04-2000
INGRAM R. HICKS, 70, of College Hill, died Monday. Services: noon Saturday at Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill. Visitation: 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-04-2000
MARIE (MILLER) LAUDERBAUGH, 98, of Vevay, Ind., died Monday. A retired school teacher, she taught at Vevay High School, Vernon School in Vernon, Ind., and Saluda School in Saluda, Ind. Services: 2 p.m. EST Sunday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. EST Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: Ruter Chapel United Methodist Church.
Date of announcement: 05-04-2000
LOLA BERNICE LINDSEY, 84, of Owensville, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-04-2000
CAROLINE STOTT, 84, of Silverton, died Wednesday. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Jamison and Jamison Funeral Home, Avondale, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-04-2000
LARRY Washington, 42, of Clifton, died Tuesday. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Towns Chapel A.M.E. Church, Lincoln Heights. Visitation: 6 p.m. Friday at the church. Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-04-2000
Sam Droganes, fireworks/candy shop owner
For 63 years Sam Droganes operated Sam's Confectionary, also known as the Premier Firew orks Co., in Covington.
His father, Soterios Delta Droganes, began the business on Madison Avenue in Covington in 1918. Later, the business, which sold candy and ice cream and later fireworks, moved to its permanent location in the 200 block of Pike Street.
"The original sign hangs until this day," said a daughter, Laura Roach of Park Hills, Ky. "My father didn't know a stranger. When people talk to me about my father, they tell me how lucky I am."
Mr. Droganes, 82, of Fort Mitchell, died at 1:52 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood, Ky.
Other survivors include his wife, Laura Grout Droganes; a daughter, Janet Droganes of Covington; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Visitation: 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington. Burial: St. Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky. Memorials: American Cancer Society, 6612 Dixie Highway, Suite 2, Florence, Ky. 41042; or Leukemi a Society of America, 100 Merchant St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45246.
Date of announcement: 05-05-2000
ELMER W. BARNHORST, 87, of Oldenburg, Ind., died Wednesday. He was an employee of Ford-Philco. Mass: 9 a.m. EST Saturday at Holy Family Church, Oldenburg. Visitation: 4 to 8 tonight at Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville. Memorials: American Heart Association or Holy Family Cemetery Fund.
Date of announcement: 05-05-2000
EMILY MCGREGOR BOTZ, 94, of Traverse City, Michigan, a former Milford High School employee, died April 30. Her body was donated to the University of Michigan Medical School. Martinson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Memorials: The Leelanau Conservancy's Empire Project, P.O. 10077, Leland, Mich. 49654.
Date of announcement: 05-05-2000
WILLIAM LEVERN COMMINS JR., 60, of Mount Airy, died Tuesday. He was owner of Commins Heating and Air Conditioning Co. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at Little Flower Church, Mount Airy. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. today at Miller-Simminger Funeral Home, Western Hills. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 05-05-2000
PETRONIA (HUFF) LEWIS, 92, of Cumminsville, died April 30. She was a homemaker. Services: Noon today at 1st Baptist Church of Cumminsville, 3640 Roll Ave. Visitation: 11 a.m. today at the church. Renfro Funeral Service Inc. is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-05-2000
ROSA LEE ORGAIN, 76, of Avondale, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: Noon Monday at Memorial Baptist Church, Queensgate. Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-05-2000
JOHN H. WHITE, 86, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. Mr. White was a retired technical engineer for Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: First Baptist Churc h of Dent, 3384 Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, 45247.
Date of announcement: 05-05-2000
JOSEF B. WILKE, 72, of Bright, Ind., formerly of Lohne, Germany, died Wednesday. He was retired from the Procter & Gamble Co. Mass: 10:30 a.m. EDT Saturday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 110 N. Hill, Harrison. No visitation. Arrangements: Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home, Highway #1, Dover, Ind. Memorials: Fr. David Hiller Endowment Fund, c/o the Catholic Kolpi ng Society, 10235 Mill Road, Cincinnati, 45231.
Date of announcement: 05-05-2000
'Jimmy' Woods in Black Golfers Hall of Fame
James "Jimmy" Woods Jr., a member of the Black Golfers Hall of Fame and the Hamilton County Sports Hall of Fame, died Tuesday at his Avondale home. He was 80.
Mr. Woods won his first tournament at 16, but the color barrier kept him out of competition golf for more than 30 years before he began making his mark in Cincinnati amateur tournaments in his late 40s.
His wins included the Greater Cincinnati Public Links, the Metropolitan Seniors Championship and the Men's Senior Amateur Championship.
Last year, The Post named him to its list of the Greater Cincinnati area's top 100 sports figures for the 20th century.
Mr. Woods, who worked for nearly 40 years as a railroad dining car waiter, started the Jimmy Woods Golf Foundation in 1980 to help young golfers. In 1995, the Jimmy Woods Jr. Learning Center was dedicated at Avon Field Golf Course.
Survivors include his longtime companion, Bernice Moreland; a daughter, Barbara Allen of Cincinnati; two stepsons, Leroy and Elex Campbell; James and Marjean Moreland, whom he helped raise; a sister, Rose Richard, of Winton Terrace; and a brother, Wilbur Woods.
Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 11400 Winton Road, Forest Park. Visitation: 5 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-06-2000
RALPH R. CORNELIUS, 92, of Louisville, formerly of Cincinnati, died Friday. Mr. Cornelius was a retired salesman for Reecer Refrigeration Co. Mass of Christian burial: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Helen Church, Louisville. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at W.G. Hardy Funeral Home, Louisville.
Date of announcement: 05-06-2000
BEN ULMER SR., 87, of Woodlawn, died May 2. He was a laborer. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-06-2000
GWENDOLYN SMITH, 52, of Avondale, died Tuesday. She was a licensed practical nurse. Services: 10 a.m. today at Gallilee Baptist Church, 2835 Beekman, English Woods. Visitation: 9 a.m. today at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-06-2000
Mary Elizabeth Johnson loved kids
Mary Elizabeth Johnson tended to the needs of Northern Kentucky children for 35 years as they shopped for their hearts' desires in the aisles of Johnny's Toys in Latonia.
At Christmas her husband would sometimes pitch in by playing Santa Claus while Mrs. Johnson handled business in the store's layaway department.
"She loved kids and she loved to work, and she never would stop," said her husband, William Edgar Johnson of Taylor Mill. "I used to even call her 'busy bee' because she was always doing something."
Mrs. Johnson, 75, of Taylor Mill, died at 1:13 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
Other survivors include sons, Richard S. Johnson of Morning View and Terry D. Johnson of Taylor Mill; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Connley Bros. Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Burial: Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials: Latonia Christian Church, 3900 Decoursey Ave., Covington, Ky. 41015.
Date of announcement: 05-08-2000
RALPH R. CORNELIUS, 92, of Louisville, Ky., formerly of Cincinnati, died Friday. He was a retired salesman with Reecer Refrigeration Sales Co., and a member of St. Helen Church, Louisville. Mass: 10 a.m. today at St. Helen Church. W. G. Hardy Funeral Home, Louisville, handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-08-2000
WILLIAM KNAUS, 81, of East Enterprise, Ind., died Friday. He was a retired farmer. Graveside services were Sunday at Vevay Cemetery. Haskell and Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, handled arrangements. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 05-08-2000
MORRIS C. MCKEE SR., 90, of Vevay, Ind., died Sunday. He was a retired farmer. Services: 11 a.m. EST Wednesday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Mount Sterling Baptist Church.
Date of announcement: 05-08-2000
MARGARET R. (ROSENBERGER) SHAPIRO, 81, of Vevay, Ind., died Sunday. She was a retired registered nurse and a supervisor in the maternity section of Bethesda Hospital. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry St., Vevay. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Vevay VFW Post 5396 Relief Fund.
Date of announcement: 05-08-2000
CLARENCE WILLIAM SMITH, 79, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Friday. He was a chemical operator and an Army veteran. Services: 10:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday at Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: Dillsboro Emergency Unit.
Date of announcement: 05-08-2000
KEVIN E. SMITH, 31, of Kennedy Heights, died Friday. . Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill. Visitation: 6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-08-2000
NAOMI E. SPILLER, 88, of Ripley, died Saturday. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Michael Church, Ripley. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Memorials: St. Michael School.
Date of announcement: 05-08-2000
Sister Thomas Miriam Kane was educator
Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Thomas Miriam Kane knew at a young age she wanted to be a member of the order, mostly because they served as "role models of faith," she later wrote.
She became a Sister of Charity and went on to be a role model of both faith and academic guidance.
Sister Kane, 86, died Saturday at Mother Margaret Hall Nursing Home in Delhi Township.
Originally from Cleveland, she earned her bachelor's degree in English from the College of Mount St. Joseph in Delhi Township and her master's from Xavier University. Afterward, she served as a teacher and principal for 51 years at schools in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois (Chicago) and New Mexico.
In 1986, Sister Kane became an English professor and archivist at the College of Mount St. Joseph and served in that capacity until her retirement in 1989. She was a member of the North Central Association, the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the National Catholic Education Association.
Survivors include two nephews, both of Cleveland.
Mass: 7:15 tonight in the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse chapel, Delhi Township. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. in the motherhouse Heritage Room. Memorials: Sisters of Charity Retirement Fund.
Date of announcement: 05-09-2000
STEVEN RAY LATHAM, 48, of Peebles, died Thursday. He was a construction worker and a Vietnam War veteran. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Visitation: noon Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-09-2000
KEVIN E. SMITH, 31, of Kennedy Heights, died Friday. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Benevolent Missionary Baptist Church, 2450 Langdon Farm Road. Visitation: 6 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-09-2000
FATHER RAYMOND ZARATE, CPPS, 62, of St. Joseph College, Rensselaer, Ind., died Sunday. He was a former pastor of St. Mark Church in Cincinnati from 1984-99. Mass: 2 p.m. Friday at Assumption Chapel at St. Charles Church, Carthagena. Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-09-2000
Andrew DeMar, P&G executive, avid reader
Andrew R. DeMar, of Hyde Park, retired senior visualization manager for the Procter & Gamble Co., died Sunday at Jewish Hospital of complications from leukemia. He was 66.
DeMar worked for P&G almost 43 years, beginning in 1956 and holding various positions in advertising until his retirement in 1999.
He was active in local and national charitable organizations, serving on the board for the Resident Home for the Mentally Retarded and as national president of the Children's International Summer Village, a worldwide organization founded in Cincinnati to support exchange student programs.
Family members said DeMar was "an avid reader, and particularly loved classical music, travel and history ... and loved to share these passions with others."
A native of Irvington, N.J., he earned the Eagle Award in Boy Scout, was graduated from Princeton University, and served in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserve for 15 years.
Survivors include his wife, Caroline Stoddard Fairley; three children, Dr. Andrew R. DeMar, Jr., Patricia Hauver and Glenn E. DeMar; two stepchildren, Catherine Cantey and Laura Drummond, and three grandchildren.
His first wife, Geraldine Potter DeMar, preceded him in death in 1976.
Memorial service: 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Cincinnati Room at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue.
Memorials may be made to the Nature Conservancy, 6375 Riverside Drive, Dublin, Ohio, 43017; the Cincinnati Fine Arts Fund or the Cincinnati Parks Foundation.
Legacy Funeral Care Inc., Cincinnati, is in charge of arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-10-2000
