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WILLIAM H. OSBON, 73, of Peebles, Ohio, died Tuesday. He was a labor foreman for Turner Construction Co. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, Ohio. Visitation: noon Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Child Focus Inc., 555 Cincinnati, Batavia Pike, Cincinnati 45244.
Date of application: 07-27-2000
JEFFREY ALLEN STRUCKMAN, 31, of Addyston, died Wednesday. He was a former employee of Ken Neyer Plumbing Co. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Friday at Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral Home, Milan, Ind. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of application: 07-27-2000
JOSEPH J. VERKLEY, 63, of Cedar Grove, Ind., died Tuesday. He was retired from Roots Division of Dresser Industries, Connersville, Ind. He also was an Army veteran. Services: 10:30 a.m. EST Friday at Holy Guardian Angel Church, Cedar Grove. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EST today at Cook Funeral Home, 929 Main St., Brookville, Ind. Memorials: Hospice of Margaret Mary Community Hospital or Holy Guardian Angel Cemetery Fund.
Date of application: 07-27-2000
Siegfried Braune made difference
Siegfried "Sig" Braune, born 83 years ago in St. Michaels, Germany, died Monday across the globe in Anchorage, Alaska. But almost half his life was spent making a difference in Whitewater Township.
He organized the Miamitown Volunteer Fire Department in 1950 and remained active with it 25 years, including 11 as its chief. Mr. Braune founded Cub Scout Troop 53, Boy Scout Troop 53 and Explorers Troop 53 in the early 1950s.
He served as a township trustee during the late 1980s and brought water lines into Blue Jay, an area on the township's western outskirts. He and his second wife, Cecelia Schallick, helped set up an emergency food pantry for the poor, with much of the money for food coming from them.
As an electrician, he was township maintenance coordinator for six years.
As he prepared to retire as a trustee in late 1989 and move to Alaska where his daughter lived, he told The Post his immigrant heritage probably led to his tendency toward altruism, because he wanted to leave his adopted country - his family moved to the United States in 1927, when he was 10 - in better shape than he found it.
"It makes life worthwhile when good people feel you've done a good job," he said at the time.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Miamitown United Church of Christ. Visitation will be 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Mr. Braune was preceded in death by his first wife, Alice D. Hanaway Braune; son Gerald S. Braune; second wife, Cecelia Schallick Braune; and daughter Judy Ann Braune. He is survived by son Dirk "Pat" Braune of Texas ; daughter Beverly Ovitt of Alaska; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Diabetes. Association.
Date of application: 07-28-2000
Margaret Hough, arts supporter
Margaret Isabelle Carter Hough, who co-founded the first national program to support African-American artists, died Tuesday at her home on Spring House Lane in Avondale. She was 84.
In the early 1960s, Mrs. Hough and Vivian J. Beamon developed Links, for the promotion and support of African-American artists. With artist and friend Donald Sowell in 1969, she conceived and assembled the national exhibit, "Discovery '70."
She was the first woman to serve on the board of the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, which raises funds for three arts organizations, and was a board member of the Cincinnati Opera, Playhouse in the Park and the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Mrs. Hough was born in East Providence, R.I., earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University and masters degrees from Columbia and Harvard universities and completed the doctoral program in psychology from Harvard. After World War II, she became the first clinical psychologist at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Northampton, Mass., and later founded the psychological services center at Hampton University. She worked as a clinical psychologist for the juvenile courts after moving to Cincinnati with her husband, Dr. Paul Hough, in 1954.
Survivors in addition to her husband are a daughter, Gina Hough; two brothers, Dr. U.T. Carter and Dr. Gregory P. Carter; and three grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Andrew Episcopal Church, 1809 Rutland Ave. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Renfro Funeral Services is handling arrangements. Memorials: Beamon-Hough Arts Fund, Cincinnati chapter Links Inc., c/o Catherine Buford, 3900 Rose Hill Ave., Cincinnati, 45229.
Date of application: 07-28-2000
RICHARD A. GARRISON, 50, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Wednesday. He was a self-employed home improvements worker. Services will be at the convenience of the family. Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, is handling arrangements. Memorials: Lawrenceburg Rescue.
Date of application: 07-28-2000
OREAR GULLETT, 91, of Bethel, died Tuesday. He was a contractor-builder and a carpenter. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 07-28-2000
BESSIE MAE HILL, 75, of Avondale, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Union Baptist Church, 405 Seventh St. Visitation: 8 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of application: 07-28-2000
VIOLA HILL, 68, of Avondale, died Monday. She was an EKG technician. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 07-28-2000
HELEN ROSSMAN, 87, of Hamersville, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker and a member of the Tennessee Walking Horse Association. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of application: 07-28-2000
CHARLES BERRY III, 61, of Forest Park, died Friday. He was an Army veteran. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 07-29-2000
MARY EVELYN EVANS, 81, of Felicity, died Thursday. She was a wife and mother. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday at Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 07-29-2000
JANET R. HIRT, 77, of Fort Meyers, Fla., died Tuesday. She was a retired bookkeeper for the Hirt and Ellco Co., in Batesville, Ind. Private graveside services for the family will be held at a later date. Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville, is in charge of arrangements.
Date of application: 07-29-2000
EULA MAE MCCLUGHEN, 88, of Mount Orab, died Thursday. She was a homemaker. Services: 3 p.m. Monday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Visitation: 1 to 3 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 07-29-2000
JESSIE W. SCOTT, 69, of Avondale, died July 22. Services: noon Monday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2675 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 07-29-2000
Librarian Frances Forman knew city history
Frances Marie Bradford Forman, a long-time reference librarian for the Cincinnati Historical Society and a retired library assistant for the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, died Friday in Mercy Hospital Anderson.
She was 87.
Mrs. Forman joined the public library in 1930 right after graduation from Woodward High School, spending her entire career in the history and literature department.
After 35 years there, she signed on with the Historical Society, where she provided research on nu merous book projects for local authors, many of whom acknowledged her contributions in their volumes.
She worked 22 years there before retiring in 1988.
"She knew her Cincinnati history and where to find it," said Mrs. Forman's niece, Susan Forman-Jenkins, of Kettering, Ohio.
Mrs. Forman lived in Mt. Adams most of her life, moving to Mt. Washington in 1988. She moved to Batavia shortly before her death.
Her husband, Elmer S. Forman, preceded her in death.
Other survivors include a sister, Mary C. Forman of Cincinnati; a nephew, Daniel Forman of Birmingham, Mich.; two other nieces, Frances Schrage of Florissant, Mo., and Cynthia Seibert of Batavia; 12 great nieces and nephews and six great-great nieces and nephews.
Visitation is set from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at T.P. White & Son Funeral Home, 2050 Beechmont Ave., Mt. Washington, with the funeral following.
Memorials are suggested to the Cincinnati Historical Society.
Date of application: 07-31-2000
Lee Stecz, dedicated to family, working hard
Lee Stecz taught his five children the importance of working hard and doing the right thing.
"He very much believed that you get what you earn in life," said his son, Terrence, of Basking Ridge, N.J. "It's not just about showing up. You have to make your opportunities in life."
Mr. Stecz himself worked hard, stepping down as general manager of Hammond North Condominium in North College Hill, where he worked 16 years, just two days before he died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital of heart complications following open heart surgery. He was 74.
"He was probably one of the fairest, most generous people I knew," said his son. Mr. Stecz also took his daughter's golden retriever to hospitals to cheer patients.
He worked for Pogue's department store from 1959 to 1983, first as a buyer of cosmetics and then as vice president and general manager of three branch stores: Tri-County, Northgate and Kenwood.
The World War II Navy veteran started his retail career at Carson, Pirie, Scott and Co. in Chicago.
Also surviving are his wife of 47 years, Therese, of Montgomery; five children, Terrence, Gary and Michael, all of Cincinnati, George of Columbus and Mary Ellen Adams of Mason, Ohio; and 14 grandchildren.
Mass was today at Good Shepherd Church in Montgomery. Gilligan Funeral Home in Kenwood is in charge. Memorial contributions may be made to the church's Psalm 23 Fund.
Date of application: 08-01-2000
RUFUS BARNETT, 81, of Bond Hill, died Monday. He was a stock clerk with General Electric Co. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 08-01-2000
WILBERT "WILLIE" BIERBAUM, 85, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of Cincinnati, died July 15. He was the retired owner of Bierbaum's Food Market. Services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Spring Grove Cemetery. National Cremation Society of Port Charlotte, Fla., handling arrangements.
Date of application: 08-01-2000
IRMA ANNA DORA DORREL, 83, of Connersville, Ind., formerly of Batesville, Ind., died Sunday. She was retired from the Batesville School system and had worked before that for Hedges Drug Store in Connersville. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Meyers Funeral Home, Batesville. Visitation: 6-8 to night at the funeral home. Memorials: Old Salem Cemetery or to the Adams Lutheran Church.
Date of application: 08-01-2000
RICHARD A. GARRISON, 50, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died July 26. Graveside service will be held at 4:30 p.m. EDT Thursday in Greendale Cemetery. No visitation. Fitch-Denney Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Memorials: Lawrenceburg Rescue.
Date of application: 08-01-2000
RUBY A. GROH STAMPER, 78, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Friday. She was a housekeeper with Brown County Hospital. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, Ohio. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of application: 08-01-2000
MARJORIE THOMPSON, 71, of Ripley, Ohio, died Friday. Ms. Thompson was a restaurant manager. Services: 2 p.m. today at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Memorials: Hospice of Hope.
Date of application: 08-01-2000
