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ANTONIO SHAWN DANIELS, 31, of Madisonville, died Thursday. He was a cook with the Westin Hotel. Services: Noon Tuesday at New Mission Baptist Church, Madisonville. Visitation: 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-24-2000
JOE ROBERTS, 78, of Hanover, Ind., died Friday. He was a self-employed milk hauler and a retired employee of the Cummins Engine Co. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 12-24-2000
GRACE "BETTY" SMITH, 90, of Bethel, died Saturday. She was a teacher and librarian with New Richmond School. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bethel United Methodist Church. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Kennedy- Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, is handling arrangements. Memorials: Bethel Tate Life Squad, Bethel United Methodist Church or St. Mary Church in Bethel.
Date of announcement: 12-24-2000
Paul England, 48, fought disabling heart ills
Paul England figured a lifelong heart condition would kill him early, so he never had children of his own.
But that didn't stop him from becoming a father figure to the many youngsters in his life.
"Children were just drawn to him," said Mr. England's sister, Beverly Fugazzi of Crescent Springs, Ky. "My boys love race cars and he did that with them. His girlfriend's children played in a band and he always attended their concerts. He went to my granddaughter's ballet recital. He was such a neat person. But he knew he didn't have long to live."
Mr. England, 48, of Independence, Ky., died Saturday at his home.
Mr. England had retired from his job as a plumber and construction worker. Ms. Fugazzi said her brother's disabling heart condition prevented him from continuing to work, although he had wished to do so.
Mr. England had been on a list for a heart transplant for several years, according to his sister. A donor heart never became available.
She said he had some hope several years ago when he was given a medication that increased the oxygen supply to his heart. However, she said he was not able to afford the prescription drug and no longer took it.
"He knew he didn't have long," said Ms. Fugazzi. "He had even gotten the dimensions and was going to build his own coffin."
Other survivors include his mother, Lillian England of Florence, Ky.; fiance, Margret Ryan Green of Latonia, Ky.; and two brothers, John England of Berea, Ky., and Roger England of Columbus, Ohio.
Visitation: noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Chambers & Grubbs Funeral Home in Independence. Services: 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial is in Independence Cemetery.
Memorials: Paul England Memorial Fund or the University of Cincinnati Hospital Heart Failure Transplant Clinic. Contributions for either are to be made c/o Chambers & Grubbs, P.O. Box 6049, Florence, Ky. 41042.
Date of announcement: 12-26-2000
FANNIE M. BANKS, 81, of Evanston, died Dec. 14. She was an elevator operator. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Greater New Light Baptist Church, 710 N. Fred Shuttlesworth. Visitation: 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan is in charge of arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2000
MYRON L. BENNETT, 78, of Aurora, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a retired electric shop teacher with Western Hills High School. Services: 4 p.m. Thursday at Markland Funeral Home, Rising Sun, Ind. Visitation: 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2000
RODGER L. FIELDS, 50, of Mount Orab, died Sunday. He was an employee of the Nalco paper products company. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: Mount Orab Fire Department or Mount Orab Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2000
ALFRED W. GUTZWILLER, 85, of Batesville, Ind., died Monday. He was a retired general manager for the W.A. Gutzwiller Co. Mass: noon today at St. Louis Catholic Church, Batesville. Visitation: 10 a.m. today at the church. Weigel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Memorials: St. Louis Building Fund or the Batesville Volunteer Fire Department.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2000
VELEATE T. JONES, 92, of Aurora, Ind., died Sunday. She was retired from the Alton Box Co. Services: 2 p.m. today at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: noon at the funeral home. Memorials: charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2000
LILLIE B. LYLES, 79, of Fairfield, died Dec. 21. She was a domestic worker. Services: 7 tonight at Mount Zion Glendale Missionary Baptist Church, 40 Coral Ave. Visitation: 6 tonight at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2000
MELVIN E. "MEL" WISE, 65, of Anderson Township, died Sunday. He was the co- owner and chief financial officer for Healthcare Specialist, Inc. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today and 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society or Madison- Jefferson County Youth Shelter; cards available at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-27-2000
Murl Fox, farm and family veterinarian
When Murl Fox took over his father's veterinary practice in 1945, he was one of the few small-animal doctors in southeastern Indiana. Veterinarians were few and far between in rural communities, and most specialized in treating farm animals, not family pets.
Like his father, he treated farm animals, and even owned a farm where he kept horses, cows and pigs. But his real love was dogs and cats, and he frequently adopted the strays he couldn't find homes for.
His reputation spread and soon he was making house calls from Lawrenceburg, Ind., to Petersburg, Ky., to North Bend, Ohio.
Dr. Fox, 83, a lifelong Aurora, Ind., resident, died Dec. 24 at Dearborn County Hospital.
"He really changed veterinarian medicine in Dearborn County," said his sister, Jean Bauer. "Before Murl started practicing, most people didn't think about getting surgery for their pets. This was farm country."
His son, Jeff Fox, grew up with lots of dogs and cats his dad brought home.
"If he had a farmer that had too many cats or too many dogs and wanted to put some to sleep, he'd bring them home until he could find a home for them," Jeff Fox said.
Dr. Fox served on the Aurora school board, the Dearborn County Salvation Army and the Dearborn County Red Cross. He was elected to two terms as the Dearborn County coroner. He also started Dearborn County's first rabies clinic, in 1950, which is still in operation, Mrs. Bauer said.
He is also survived by a daughter, Ann Fox Knopp; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His wife, Marjorie, died in 1974.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Rullman Funeral Home, 219 Mechanic St., Aurora. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Rullman Funer al Home. Memorials may be given to Aurora Emergency Unit or Dearborn County Humane Society.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
LINDA LEE BARNES, 45, of Roselawn, died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Friday Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday until time of service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
DORA LEE BURGESS, 81, of Kennedy Heights, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Friday until time of service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
JOHN L. COLLINS, 79, of LaFollette, Tenn., who has a daughter in Hamilton, died Frid ay in Fairfield. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Services: 1 p.m. today at Cross Funeral Home, LaFollette.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
SISTER MARY LOIS HACKMANN EVERS, 90, of College Hill, died Tuesday. She was a retired teacher and the director of the Siena Home, Dayton. Services: 10 a.m. today at McAuley Convent, College Hill.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
DARRIS ELMO FRIEND, 82, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Monday. He was a truck driver. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Drop Inn Center.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
ARTHUR HACKETT, JR., 70, of Silverton, died Monday. He was a retired manager for General Electric, and the former mayor of Silverton. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 6943 Montgomery Road, Silverton. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: United Negro College Fund.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
FRED C. LEADBETTER, 91, of Metamora, Ind., died Wednesday. He was retired from Philco-Ford, Connersville. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Metamora Pentecostal Church. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Cook Funeral Home, 929 Main St., Brookville. Memorials: Life Center Building Fund of the Bible Baptist Church, Metamora, Ind.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
CLARENCE EDWARD MILLER, 78, of Roselawn, died Friday. He was a supervisor at Cincinnati Milacron. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen's Church, 2315 Park Ave. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
CLEO MILNER, 76, of Madisonville, died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Greater Liberty Baptist Church, Cincinnati. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday until time of service at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
RAYMOND PEACE, 60, of Moscow, died Wednesday. He was a plater at Leonhardt's. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: noon Friday until time of service at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
MARY ELIZABETH POWELL, 77, of Cincinnati, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services : noon Saturday at Southern Baptist Church, Cincinnati. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday until time of service at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
MABEL H. ZACHARY, 75, of Walnut Hills, died Dec. 23. She was a licensed practical nurse. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Second Trinity Baptist Church, 911 Nassau. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-28-2000
'Dobbie' Verkamp, radio singer
Dorothea "Dobbie" Ponce Verkamp, a well-known performer of the Tin Pan Alley era and former wife of the late civic leader and Cincinnati industrialist J. Richard Verkamp, died Monday.
The Milford resident was 99.
Mrs. Verkamp began her career in the performing arts as a singer in the 1920s in New York City with her sister, the late Ethel Ponce Fenley. Known as the Ponce Sisters, they were the first female duo to sing cross country for NBC on the National Radio Network.
"Mother has always loved entertaining as a piano player and singer," said a daughter, Natalie Schocny of Cincinnati. "She would sing for you and recite poetry at the drop of a hat."
The sisters appeared on the Paul Whiteman Old Gold Hour, Rudee Valle Fleischman Hour and Park Central Hotel Series. They played Carnegie and Radio City Music halls.
Other survivors: daughters Phyllis Coffin of Old Greenwich, Conn., and Frances Dillon of New York City; sons, J. Richard Verkamp Jr. and George H. Verkamp, both of Cincinnati; and 17 grandchildren.
Visitation: 4-7 tonight at George H. Rohde and Son Funeral Home, 3183 Linwood Ave., Mount Lookout. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Church, 2853 Erie Ave. in Hyde Park. Memorials: Dorothea P. Verkamp Scholarship Fund.
Date of announcement: 12-29-2000
MARY CATHERINE ANNA BRATFISH, 87, of Athens, Ga., formerly of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. Mass: 3 p.m. Saturday at University of Georgia Catholic Center. Visitation: Noon-2 p.m. Saturday at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Athens. Memorials: St. Monica-St. George Catholic Church.
Date of announcement: 12-29-2000
RALPH B. MOHLENKAMP, 83, of Aurora, Ind., died Wednesday. Services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church, Aurora. Visitation: 5-8 tonight at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Memorials: St. John Lutheran Church and Aurora Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 12-29-2000
SARAH SOLOMON, 72, of Mount Healthy, died Dec. 24. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 11400 Winton Road, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday.
Date of announcement: 12-29-2000
HERMAN WHITE, SR., 85, of Silver Springs, Md.., died Monday. Services: 7 p.m. today at United Methodist Church, Madison Road. Visitation: 6 p.m. tonight at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-29-2000
MARY WITHERED, 92, of Nokomis, Fla., formerly of Aurora, Ind., died Tuesday. Services: Noon Saturday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday. Memorials: Physicians Committee for Reasonable Medicine.
Date of announcement: 12-29-2000
MARY L. ZWICK, 83, of Price Hill, died Tuesday. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Teresa of Avila Church. Visitation: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday at Radel Funeral Home, 650 Neeb Road. Memorials: St. Teresa of Avila Educational Fund.
Date of announcement: 12-29-2000
Charles Carroll, computer buff
Charles Curtis "Sandy" Carroll was fascinated by computers long before they became a common fixture in many homes.
"Most of the jobs he held were database related, and he enjoyed what he did," said Quinn Carroll, his daughter. "He always piddled around on the computer, and was looking forward to going online soon at home."
Mr. Carroll, a computer analyst and longtime Avondale resident, died Dec. 26. He was 59.
He was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church since childhood, and served there as an alter boy during his youth. After graduating from Withrow High School in 1959, he attended Howard University where he majored in biology. He then continued his professional development at the University of Cincinnati.
In 1964, Mr. Carroll was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served in Vietnam until his honorable discharge two years later.
Shortly after his discharge, he married Karen Bradshaw and had two children. After a divorce, Mr. Carroll met and married Diane Butler, and had three more children.
He was employed in a managerial capacity by Rike's and Shillito's department stores, and became director of merchandising systems for their parent company, Federated Department Stores. More recently, Mr. Carroll was the business and financial manager at the Carrie Lyons Preschool Academy and the Wesley Child Care Center, respectively.
Mr. Carroll is survived by his mother, Susan E. Carroll; a sister, Deborah Long; two daughters, Quinn Marcelle and Courtney Crista; three sons, Curtis Elliott, Charles Joseph and Justin Richard; three stepchildren, Donald and William Butler and Chandra Shelton; two grandchildren; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Services: 11 a.m. today at Renfro and Piper Funeral Service, 647 Forest Ave., Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-30-2000
Sandra Grove, collector of quality
Sandra Grove, a lifelong antiques collector and dealer, had an appreciation for past treasures and their preservation, and she tried to find them good homes.
The Brownsburg, Ind., resident died Thursday. She was 63.
"The word unique is overused, but she truly was," said a son, Randy Ludlow, chief of The Post's Columbus bureau. "She had an undefeatable spirit and loving soul, and any of us should be so blessed to have so many friends and loved ones."
Mrs. Grove admired Rookwood Pottery made in Mount Adams and sold pieces in an antique mall near her home in Brownsburg.
Other survivors include her husband, Donald; sons Scott Ludlow of Indianapolis, and Patrick Ludlow of Pontiac, Mich; a daughter, Julie Steahly of Brownsburg, Ind., and nine grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Conkle Funeral Home, 4925 W. 16th St., Speedway, Ind. Visitation: 3 to 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials: The American Lung Association.
Date of announcement: 12-30-2000
RUTH AUSTIN, 89, of Avondale, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. today at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-30-2000
RECIAL E. BALDWIN, 32, of Evanston, died Dec. 22. He was a laborer. Services were Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park.
Date of announcement: 12-30-2000
CASSANDRA M. BETTS, 25, of Fairfield, Ohio, died Dec. 21. She was a media buyer. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church, 9991 Wayne Ave. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-30-2000
DR. LAURA JEAN BRIM CAHALL, 70, of Kenwood, died Wednesday. She was a retired associate professor of nursing at University of Cincinnati. Service: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Madeira-Silverwood Presbyterian Church. Visitation: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Memorial: Our Daily Bread, PO Box 14862, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250 or UC College of Nurse and Health Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221.
Date of announcement: 12-30-2000
BARBARA L. FARROW, 70, of North College Hill, died Thursday. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Calvary United Methodist Church. Visitation: 5 p.m. Monday at the church. Jamison & Jamison Jr. funeral home is in charge.
Date of announcement: 12-30-2000
ARTHUR ROBERTS, 93, of Madisonville, died Tuesday. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Greater Liberty Baptist Church, 6209 Desmond, Madisonville. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge.
Date of announcement: 12-30-2000
