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JOAN ELIZABETH HANNAH-TILLSON, 54, of Blanchester, died Thursday. She was a legal secretary for Freund-Freeze and Arnold in Cincinnati and a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Blanchester. Services: 2 p.m. Monday at Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home, Wilmington. Visitation: 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials: the American Cancer Society Southwest Ohio Area, 5400 Dupont Circle, Suite J, Milford, Ohio 45150.
Date of announcement: 11-25-2000
MARY L. (BOOTH) STROHOFER, 84, of Mount Orab, died Wednesday. She was a retired secretary for Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home. Services: 2 p.m. Monday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Visitation: noon Monday at the funeral home. Memorials: Mount Orab Church of Christ or the American Heart Association.
Date of announcement: 11-25-2000
Ella Miller of Wyoming, maybe world's oldest person
Funeral services will be held this morning for a former Cincinnati resident some considered to be the world's oldest person.
Ella Miller was believed to be either 118 or 119, although no known reliable birth certificate exists. The Guinness Book of World Records did not recognize her.
Mrs. Miller lived in suburban Wyoming from her teens until she was 106 and listed her birth date as either Dec. 6, 1880, or Dec. 6, 1881, said Jon Patterson, chief operating officer of Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
"She was alleged to be 118 or 119, as best we can recollect," Patterson said. "She left town to live with her niece in 1989."
Services for Mrs. Miller, who died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at her niece's home in Vienna, Va., will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home in Forest Park. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the service.
While Mrs. Miller resided locally, she generously donated her time to the community, Patterson recalled. A housewife, she volunteered at the Valley Interfaith Food and Clothing Center and the YMCA and served on the Women's Committee at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Woodlawn.
Her husband, Isaac Miller, died in 1943, Patterson said. The couple had no children. Mrs. Miller will be buried beside him at Beech Grove Cemetery in Wyoming.
On Nov. 2, the oldest living person with authenticated birth records, Eva Morris, 114, died in a British nursing home.
Date of announcement: 11-27-2000
SISTER MARY LEONILLE, S.N.D., 81, of Covington, died Friday. Formerly Estelle R. Back, she taught in the Diocese of Covington and Archdiocese of Cincinnati for 45 years. Mass: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sisters of Notre Dame convent chapel. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the convent's Provincial House in Park Hills. Wake service: 5 p.m. Burial: In the convent cemetery. Memorials: Sisters of Notre Dame, 1601 Dixie Highway, Park Hills, Ky. 41011.
Date of announcement: 11-27-2000
VIOLET S. STEPHENS RADEMACHER, 81, of Green Township, died Sunday. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, Ky. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial: Baltimore Pike Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials: Cincinnati Zoo, 3400 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45220.
Date of announcement: 11-27-2000
ALVERTA "SIS" SCHMIDT, 89, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, 455 Ridge Ave., Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Greendale Rescue or the Emanuel Lutheran Church.
Date of announcement: 11-27-2000
'Kay' Taft, devoted to family
Katherine W. "Kay" Taft, former wife of the late U.S. Sen. Robert A. Taft Jr. and former stepmother of Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, died Sunday in Springfield, Mass., after a long illness.
She was 79.
Mrs. Taft, who had a home in Kenwood, married then-U.S. Rep. Robert A. Taft Jr. in 1969, a year before he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
They divorced in 1978 or 1979, said Mrs. Taft's daughter, Margo Stever, of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
Taft was a distant cousin of Kay Taft's first husband, Taft Broadcasting executive David Taft, by whom she had six children. They married in 1946. He died in 1962.
Mrs. Taft then married Indian Hill Mayor John Perry, and that union lasted until he died in 1968.
Mrs. Taft grew up in Hyde Park and was graduated from Westover School in Middlebury, Conn.
She helped start and was a longtime supporter of the Hudson Valley Writers Center in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
She also was on the board of the Anderson Family Foundation, which supports Cincinnati charities, and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst, Mass.
"She was devoted to her children and grandchildren. She was fond of tennis and painting, and she loved Maine," Mrs. Stever said.
Other survivors include daughters, Dorothy Ahlgren, of Kittery, Maine, Kathy Sparrow of Charlotte, N.C., and Mary Taft of Amherst, Mass.; a son, David Taft of Las Vegas; stepdaughters, Piper Perry Morris of Dedham, Mass., Francy Perry Jacober of Carbondale, Colo; Adele Perry Rex of Boston, Cynthia Perry Colebrooke of Indian Hill, Sarah Taft of New York City and Debbie Taft of Paris; a stepson, Jonathan of Portsmouth, N.H.; brothers, Harry Whittaker of Hyde Park and David Whittaker of Indian Hill; and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral service is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, Norman Chapel, Spring Grove Cemetery, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Winton Place.
Memorials are suggested to Camp Stepping Stones Center, 5650 Given Road, Cincinnati, 45243 or Applied Information Resources Drug and Alcohol Program, 830 Main St., Suite 900, Cincinnati, 45202.
Date of announcement: 11-28-2000
Carl Richard Steinbicker was oldest priest in archdiocese
The Rev. Carl Richard Steinbicker, the oldest priest in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, died Monday.
He was 95.
Father Steinbicker was a pastor in Cincinnati from 1933 until his retirement in 1971. He served at Holy Name Parish in Cincinnati from 1960 to 1965 and was pastor of St. Andrew Parish in Milford from 1965 until 1971.
Through most of his retirement, he presided at daily noon mass at St. Teresa of Avila.
He was ordained a priest in 1933 and briefly served as chaplain at St. Aloysius Orphanage before joining the faculty of Elder High School and serving as an assistant pastor at Annunciation Parish until 1937.
Father Steinbicker is survived by one sister, Dorothy Bishop of Cincinnati.
Visitation will be 1 p.m. Friday at St. Teresa of Avila Church. Services start at 3 p.m. at the church.
Date of announcement: 11-28-2000
Easy-going Bill Strayer took life in stride
An easy-going, quiet man, Bill Strayer took things in stride, said his daughter, Nancy Perisich.
"He was just the kind of person who took whatever anybody gave him and never complained."
But one of the most memorable stories about her father, she said, was about the time he helped his Ohio Wesleyan football team defeat a powerful Michigan squad - by giving up his pants.
One of Ohio Wesleyan's star players split his pants at a key moment in the game. Mr. Strayer, a reserve on the team, was the same size as the star. He nobly shed his pants and wrapped a blanket around himself as his pants led Ohio Wesleyan to victory.
Mr. Strayer, 92, died in his sleep Sunday at Mercy Anderson Hospital.
"He was pretty tough," said Al Wettstein, a fellow member of the Anderson Township Historical Society for a number of years. "He had a leg amputated at age 89 and then learned to walk again" with the aid of a prosthetic leg.
"He was a hero to my sister and (me)," said his daughter, Sue Ward. "He never complained. He just went on with life and lived it to the fullest."
Born in DeGraff, he lived in Mariemont for 25 years before moving to Mount Washington in 1977. He was a business forms salesman for more than 40 years with Uforma/Shelby Business Forms, retiring in 1988 at the age of 80.
He served three terms on the Mariemont Board of Education, was a member of Hyde Park Community Methodist Church for 65 years, and had been a member of the board of managers of Emanuel Community Center.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Perisich of Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Ward of Farmington, Mich.; a sister, Elizabeth Banks of Canton; and two grandchildren. His wife, Antoinette, died in 1986.
Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Elden A. Good Funeral Home, 2620 Erie Ave., Hyde Park. Burial will be Thursday in DeGraff. Memorial service is 2 p.m. Friday at Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church.
Memorials: Emanuel Community Center, Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church or Anderson Township Historical Society.
Date of announcement: 11-28-2000
CHARLES OWEN BLACK, 79, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Wednesday. Graveside services: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mound Hill Union Cemetery. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg.
Date of announcement: 11-28-2000
IDELLA G. (KAUTZ) HENLINE, 81, of Georgetown, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: Parkinson's Foundation.
Date of announcement: 11-28-2000
NELLIE B. LAND, 92, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. She was a retired line worker with Seagram's Distillery. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 11-28-2000
NELSON W. OUTCALT, 83, of Mishawaka, Ind., formerly of Cincinnati, died Sunday. He was a retired supervisor, engineer and draftsman for Bendix Products. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Osceola, Ind. Visitation: 2 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-28-2000
MARCELLA LOUISE SCOTT, 77, of Roselawn, died Friday. She was a taxi driver. Services: 11 a.m. today at James Temple, 1116 Lincoln Ave. Visitation: 10 a.m. today at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 11-28-2000
EMMA J. (PATTISON) TRESTER, 84, of Felicity, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. today at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 10 a.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: Felicity United Methodist Church.
Date of announcement: 11-28-2000
Rev. Charles Henry Long,
ministry covered 50 years
The Rev. Charles Henry Long had a global ministry that spanned nearly 50 years.
An Episcopal priest, he died at his Wyoming home Sunday. He was 77.
He was director and editor of the Cincinnati-based Forward Movement Publications from 1978 until his retirement in 1995. He also was active in the Church of the Ascension & Holy Trinity in Wyoming.
A native of Philadelphia, he graduated from Yale University and Virginia Theological Seminary. After being ordained to the diaconate in 1945, he became a missionary to China He was ordained to the priesthood at the Anglican cathedral in Beijing in 1947.
In 1958, he was appointed associate secretary of the World Student Christian Federation in Geneva, Switzerland, and organized the 1969 world conference on "The Life and Mission of the Church." He then became rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Glenside, Pa., until 1973, then executive secretary of the World Council of Churches in New York until 1978.
Survivors are his wife of 54 years, Nancy; his children, Christine, Charles, Robert and Jeremy; and nine grandchildren.
A memorial service is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Ascension, 334 Burns Ave., Wyoming.
Date of announcement: 11-29-2000
Joseph O'Brien, '30s tennis star
Joseph O'Brien was a star on the tennis court, winning the Kentucky state singles championship in 1932 as a high school junior.
He played baseball and baseball as well, but he was especially renowned for his smooth strokes on the tennis court.
All this despite the fact he was born with a left arm that ended at the elbow.
Mr. O'Brien, 87, of Fort Thomas, died Monday at home.
Survivors include his sister, Helen Stegeman of Fort Thomas, a daughter, Sandra Smith of Cincinnati and a granddaughter.
Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Thomas Church, Fort Thomas. Memorials: Association for the Blind, 2045 Gilbert Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 or Joseph O'Brien Tennis Scholarship Fund at Northern Kentucky University. Dobbling Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 11-29-2000
ERNEST M. ADAMS, 79, of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Monday. He was a retired farmer and a World War II Army veteran. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: Pulmonary Fibrosis Association.
Date of announcement: 11-29-2000
DENNIS BALLEAU, 64, of Colerain Township, died Nov. 22. He was a factory worker. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 400 North Wayne Ave., Lockland. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 11-29-2000
