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CAROL J. MORLING, 69, of Manchester, Ind., died Sunday. She was retired from Seagrams. She previously worked for Schenley Distillery and Thatcher Glass Manufacturing. Services: 10:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EDT today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-29-2003
George Spencer Jr., started baseball league
George C. Spencer Jr., whose World Wide Basketball League brought European semi-pro and American college teams together, died Sunday at his home in Petersburg, Ky. He was 62.
He began the league in the 1970s, arranging for American colleges to play a foreign team in America and then to play the team in Europe. Then he started annual Christmas and Thanksgiving tournaments hosted by the American University of San Juan.
The University of Kentucky and University of Cincinnati both played in the tournaments over the years, said Mr. Spencer's widow, Sharynn Page Spencer.
She estimated that her husband made 150 trips to Europe. His full-time job for 36 years was with the city of Cincinnati., where he was recreation supervisor at the time of his retirement.
Through that job, he worked with inner-city youths to get them scholarships or jobs with the European teams, his wife said.
"He was a mentor and a friend, and nobody ever knew about it," she said. "He never bragged about himself."
Mr. Spencer's son, Samuel R. Spencer, preceded him in death.
Other survivors include sons, George C. Spencer III of Hamilton, Ohio, and Rhet C. Spencer of Mount Lookout; daughters, Jody Mangeot of Villa Hills and Suzanne Benaidrene and Leslie Spencer, both of Forest Park; a sister, Debra Spencer of Dayton; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Wall, 213 W. Ninth St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
CREZEL BEASLEY, 100, of Lockland, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Services: noon Thursday at First Baptist Church of Covington. Visitation: 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Jones Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
JALE CLEO (BROOKS) BYRD, 45, of Bond Hill, died Sunday. Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Kennedy Heights. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling the arrangements
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
VERA E. CHENAULT, 80, of Wyoming, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Unity Christian Church, Hartwell. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
LUTHER LEO HALL JR., 77, of Forest Park, died Thursday. He was a retired assembler at General Electric Co. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at New Friendship Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
SR. MARIE ELIZABETH HIEB OSF, 92, of Oldenburg, Ind., died Tuesday. She taught in schools in Cincinnati and Hamilton in Ohio and in schools in Indiana. Mass: 3 p.m. EST Thursday at Sisters of St. Francis Motherhouse Chapel, Oldenburg, Ind. Visitation: 1 to 3 p.m. EST Thursday in the chapel. Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville, Ind., is handling the arrangements. Memorials: Sisters of St. Francis, P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, Ind., 47036-0100.
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
ROBERT LEE HILL, 53, of Amberley Village, died Sunday. He was a systems technician for Cincinnati Bell. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at St. John AME Zion Church, Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Jamison and Jamison Funeral Home, Silverton, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
ALFREDA LOVELESS, 69, of Walnut Hills, died Saturday. She was an express mail clerk for the U.S. Postal Service. Services were this morning at Jamison and Jamison Funeral Home, Evanston. Visitation was this morning at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
ALMA H. LOWMAN, 95, of Madisonville, died Sunday. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at New Mission Baptist Church, Madisonville. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
THERESA ELIZABETH McADAMS, 89, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Thursday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Friday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EDT Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: Woodland Hills Care Center.
Date of announcement: 04-30-2003
Lela Robinson, still played golf at age 101
Lela W. Robinson lived to be 102 -- and for most of those years, she really lived.
At an age few people see, the Cynthiana, Ky., resident continued to play bridge and golf.
She played in the Twilight League at the Cynthiana Country Club, still pitching and putting past her 101st birthday, said her nephew, Kenneth W. Brumback Jr. of Cynthiana.
"She was a very strong-willed woman," he said. "She had a tremendous amount of ability."
Mrs. Robinson died Wednesday.
She earned a fine arts degree from the University of Kentucky, then taught high school art classes in Tulsa, Okla.
When she returned to Kentucky, she helped start the Cynthiana Country Club, where she was co-creator and one of the first presidents of the Ladies Golf Association.
She was the kind of woman who turned heads whenever she walked into a room, her nephew said.
"She had her extremes, as any strong woman would. There were times when she was hard to deal with. At times, she could be very gracious," Brumback said.
Mrs. Robinson asked for a closed casket at her funeral, wanting her friends to remember her the way she looked in her prime, he said.
Her family planned to put on the casket a photo of her taken when she was about 85. "She is beautiful. She looks about 40," Brumback said.
Other survivors include a niece, Nona B. Macias of Guadalajara, Mexico. Her husband, Earl Robinson, preceded her in death.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation begins there at 11 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Date of announcement: 05-01-2003
BERTHA EMELINE BERTLINE, 89, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 3 p.m. EDT Friday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 1 p.m. EDT Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society, American Heart Association or Emanuel Lutheran Church.
Date of announcement: 05-01-2003
DEMOND BOOKER, 64, of Madisonville, died Friday. He was a maintenance worker/assembler for General Motors Co. No visitation or services is planned. Renfro and Piper Funeral Home, Avondale, handled the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-01-2003
MAGGIE MAE CROWELL, 96, of Deer Park, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. today at Union Baptist Church, Downtown. Visitation: 10 a.m. today at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-01-2003
SYLVESTER WALTER 'DUTZ' NEARY, 82, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a retired optometrist for Neary & Burton. Mass: 10 a.m. EDT Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Aurora, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 pm. EDT Friday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, Ind. Memorials: St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Date of announcement: 05-01-2003
LAWRENCE ROSS, 84, of Avondale, died Tuesday. Private services are plannedat the convenience of the family. No visitation is set. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-01-2003
FRANCES E. VAN DYKE-GRAY HAYNIE, 63, of Kennedy Heights, died Wednesday. She was a field service officer for Non Profit Housing Organization. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 05-02-2003
DR. SYLVESTER WALTER "DUTZ" NEARY, 82, of Aurora, Ind., died Tuesday. He was an optometrist and a Navy veteran of World War II. Mass: 10 a.m. EDT Saturday at St. Mary Church, Aurora. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at Rullman Hunger Denney Funeral Home, Aurora. Memorials: St. Mary Church.
Date of announcement: 05-02-2003
OPAL ELLIS SCOTT, 77, of Florence, Ind., died Wednesday. She was employed for the U.S. Shoe Corp., Vevay, Ind. Services: 1 p.m. EST Saturday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EST today at the funeral home. Memorials: Hospice of King's Daughters' Hospital.
Date of announcement: 05-02-2003
SISTER OF CHARITY MAURA LANDERS, 90, of Delhi Township, died Thursday. She was a retired teacher for St. Jude School, Bridgetown. She served as a sacristan at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Mass of Christian Burial, 3 p.m. Monday at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in the Immaculate Chapel, Delhi Twp.
Visitation: 2 p.m. Monday at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in the Heritage Room. Memorials: May be made in Sister Maura Landers' name to the Sisters of Charity Retirement Fund, 5900 Delhi Road, Mount St. Joseph, Ohio 45051.
Date of announcement: 05-03-2003
