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LT. MELVIN NELSON, 59, of Colerain Twp., died Wednesday. He was a Hamilton County deputy sheriff. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen's Baptist Church, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 10-03-2002
ROBERTA R. WALKER, 89, of Mount Orab, died Tuesday. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel.
Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-03-2002
CAROL E. BRICHLER, 65, of Cincinnati, formerly of New Alsace, Ind., died Tuesday. She did clerical work. Mass: 11 a.m. EST Monday at St. Paul Church, New Alsace, Ind. Visitation: 4-7 p.m. EST Sunday at the Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home, Dover, Ind.
Date of announcement: 10-04-2002
WARREN G. BURDEN SR., 81, of Bond Hill, died Saturday. He retired from the Cincinnati Water Works in 1987. Services have been held. and visitation were held today at the Greater New Hope Baptist Church in Avondale. Renfro and Piper Funeral Home, Avondale, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 10-04-2002
FRANCES VICTORIA PHILOMENA (ZIEVERINK) BUSCH, 91, of Madeira, died Wednesday. She was a private duty nurse. Mass: 10 a.m.Saturday at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dodge City, Kan. Swaim Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Memorials: Sacred Heart School Endowment Fund in Dodge City or St. Rita's School for the Deaf.
Date of announcement: 10-04-2002
EDWIN J. FEDERLE, 86, of Batesville, Ind., died Wednesday. He was a retired carpenter for the Romweber Furniture Co., Batesville, and an Army veteran of World War II. Services: 10 a.m. EST Saturday at St. Louis Church, Batesville. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville, is in charge of the arrangements. Memorials: Lifetime Resources or Waters of Batesville.
Date of announcement: 10-04-2002
Miriam Kockritz, devoted to music
Miriam Otto Kockritz shared a profound musical partnership with her husband, the late Hubert Kockritz. He taught voice at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and she provided piano accompaniment for all his lessons.
"She was as devoted to music as he was," said their daughter, Andrea Wiot of Cincinnati. "It was wonderful for me to grow up in a house of classical music."
Mrs. Kockritz died Sunday at Mercy St. Theresa Center in Mariemont. She was 95.
John Iden, piano accompanist with the Cincinnati Ballet, described Mrs. Kockritz as "a wonderful lady, a great artist and a terrific accompanist. She had tremendous insight into what it took to accompany a singer. She was a perfectionist, yes, but she was very kind. She would make a student do a selection over, but she understood she was dealing with people who had feelings."
Mrs. Kockritz began teaching at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1938 along with her husband. She was the niece of Bertha Bauer, who directed the Conservatory from 1912 until 1930.
She played with the Heermann Trio, served as opera coach for the Cincinnati Summer Opera and played the piano for staging rehearsals for many years at the Cincinnati Zoo and later at Music Hall.
She also played the organ, celesta and backstage piano for opera performances as well as for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Other survivors include sisters, Caroline Sanger of Seattle and Pauline Swing of Sarasota, Fla.; a son, Chris Kockritz, of Venice, Fla.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Because Mrs. Kockritz donated her body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, there will be no visitation or funeral service. Memorials are suggested to the Hubert and Miriam Kockritz Fund for the Performing Arts at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, 200 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati 45237, or the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati Foundation, P.O. Box 19970, Cincinnati, 45219.
Date of announcement: 10-05-2002
DONALD "ANDY" ANDERSON, 84, of Aurora, Ind., died Friday. He was a retired machinist with the Fernald Power Plant. Services: 1 p.m. EDT Monday at Rullman Hunger Denney Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials: Evangelical United Church of Christ Aurora or Dearborn County Animal Shelter.
Date of announcement: 10-05-2002
GERALDINE HUMPHRY, 62, of Covington, died Thursday. She was a retired clerk with the Internal Revenue Service. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, 120 E. Ninth St. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Jones & Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 10-05-2002
JANET LEE CRAVEN, 72, of Aurora, Ind., died Friday. She was a retired secretary with St. Mary Church rectory in Aurora and a member of the church. Mass: 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday at St. Mary Church, Aurora. Visitation: 6 to 9 tonight and 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Memorials: Dearborn County Hospice or St. Mary Church.
Date of announcement: 10-07-2002
Thomas Schuetz, repair man
Thomas J. Schuetz, of Corinth, Ky., died Monday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Grant County. He was 71.
In 1961, he opened his first electric motor repair shop, on Pike Street in Covington. He moved to a larger building in Park Hills in 1985, and last year opened a Florence location.
Survivors include his wife, Joan Barkus Schuetz, four sons, and one grandchild.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Rogers-McDaniel Funeral Home in Corinth. Visitation will be there from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery.
Date of announcement: 10-08-2002
PAULINE C. ELBRECHT, 88, of Rising Sun, Ind., died Saturday. She was a homemaker and Grill's Grocery employee. Services: 11 a.m. EST Thursday at Markland Funeral Home, Rising Sun, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EST Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: First United Church of Christ Rising Sun or Rising Sun Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 10-08-2002
RITA A. SCHNEIDER, 74, of Sunman, Ind., died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Mass: 10 a.m. EST Wednesday at St. Peters Church, St. Peters, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EST today at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman. Memorials: Hospice of MMCH or Ripley County Cancer Fund.
Date of announcement: 10-08-2002
REESE L. CALHOUN JR., 83, of Avondale, died Friday. He was a retired auto mechanic. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 10-09-2002
PAULINE (HAYES) McKENZIE, 76, of Miamitown, died Monday. A teacher in the Southwest School District for 29 years, she had been named a "Teacher of the Year" at Miamitown School and an "Educator of the Year" for the district. She was a life member of the national and Ohio education associations. She also was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Miamitown and the Miami Historical Society of Whitewater Township. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Miamitown, 5830 Ohio 128. Visitation: 4 to 8 tonight at the Neihard-Minges Funeral Home, Taylors Creek. Memorials: First Baptist Church of Miamitown, 5830 Ohio 128, Box 329, Miamitown, Ohio 45041; Miami Historical Society of Whitewater Township, Box 622, Miamitown, Ohio 45041 or Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.
Date of announcement: 10-09-2002
BEULAH M. BUNTE, 91, of Western Hills, died Wednesday. She was a retired bookkeeper with the federal government. Services: 1 p.m. EDT Saturday at Sibbett-Moore Funeral Home, Moores Hill, Ind. Visitation: 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: Plymouth Congregational Church.
Date of announcement: 10-10-2002
CLYDE GRANT ELDER JR., 67, of Forest Park, died Monday. He was a clinical engineer. Services: noon Saturday at New Nazarene Baptist Church, Corryville. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park, is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 10-10-2002
TERRY J. RUFF, 64, of Guilford, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a Realtor with Cagney, Weisker & Associates in Western Hills and Century 21 Home Team in Harrison. Mass: 1:30 p.m. Friday at St. Teresa of Avila Church, Covedale. Visitation: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at Miller-Busse & Borgmann Funeral Home, Clifton. Memorials: American Cancer Society or St. Teresa Memorial Fund.
Date of announcement: 10-10-2002
CLARENCE A. DOERFLEIN, 77, of Brookville, Ind., died Wednesday. He was an employee of B&L Tractor in Brookville, Ind. Services: 3 p.m. EST Saturday at Cook Funeral Home, Brookville, Sunman, Ind. Visitation: 1-3 p.m. EST Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity of donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 10-11-2002
JAMES L. GIPSON JR., 51, of Sardinia, died Tuesday. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at New Christian Life Church, Evanston. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 10-11-2002
CHARLES WESLEY GOODIN, 55, of West Harrison, Ind., died Wednesday. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Services: 1 p.m. EDT Saturday at Jackman Kerchival Meyers Funeral Home, Harrison. Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: To the family.
Date of announcement: 10-11-2002
WILLIAM OUSLEY WOOD, 91, of Troy, Ohio, formerly of Clermont County, died Wednesday. He was a retired truck driver and a longtime member of the Clermont County Saddle Club and the Ohio Horsemen's Council. Services will be held at the convenience of the family. Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, is handling the arrangements. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 10-11-2002
Ithamar Weed, lawyer, insurance man
Ithamar D. Weed's rich life took him from farming to sales to warehouse work and finally a long career in law.
Weed spent more than 25 years working for Western & Southern Life Insurance Co., where he ended his career in 1980 as senior vice president and chief counsel.
Mr. Weed, 88, died Sunday at his home in Mariemont.
He was chief lawyer for the State of Ohio for the American Council of Life Insurers for more than 10 years, assisting the Ohio Department of Insurance with drafting and redrafting legislative bills and consulting the legislature on insurance issues.
In retirement, he developed a passion for woodworking. He crafted many pieces of furniture that his children still use today.
He also made wooden Christmas gifts for family members for many years.
Mr. Weeds' travels took him to every continent except Antarctica, including many trips with fellow Ohio State University alumni.
He served in the Army Reserve from 1935 to 1950 and was on active duty during World War II in the War Department's 
military Intelligence branch.
He was a member of the board of trustees and choir of the Mariemont Community Church, and an adult leader of the Mariemont Boy Scout Troup.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Sally Lemert Weed.
Survivors include daughter Judy Lindner of Mariemont; sons Charles Weed of Logan and Donald Weed of Zurich, Switzerland; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Mariemont Community Church. Burial will be at Armstrong Cemetery in Indian Hill.
Memorials may be sent to Mari-Elders Senior Center, 6923 Madisonville Road, Mariemont, Ohio 45227.
Date of announcement: 10-12-2002
