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William D. Peeks, was Tuskegee Airman
William D. Peeks, 73, who served with the famous Tuskegee Airmen, died Friday.
Mr. Peeks, of Walnut Hills, was a veteran of World War II and the 
Korean War. The Tuskegee Airmen broke the color barrier in the former U.S. Army Air Corps and went on to be among World War II's most distinguished combat squadrons. He was retired from the Melrose YMCA.
Mr. Peeks leaves his wife, Bessie; sons Darryl and Douglas; brother Freddie; sisters Eloise David and Roberta Thomas; and three grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 09-25-1997
SANDRA ANN BORDERS, 40, of College Hill, died Friday. Ms. Borders was a legal secretary for GE. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Kingdom Hall, Mt. Airy. Visitation: 6 p.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 09-25-1997
RUTH MAE FIRSICH, 85, of Batesville, Ind., died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Mass: 11 a.m. EST Saturday at St. Louis Church, Batesville. Visitation: 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville.
Date of announcement: 09-25-1997
FRANK M. HALL, 68, of Dupont, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a refrigeration repairman. Services: 11 a.m. EST Saturday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EST Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Date of announcement: 09-25-1997
Mary Ellen Sweet, teacher, activist
Memorial services for Mary Ellen "Marilla" Sweet, a teacher, pacifist, feminist and social activist, will be 5 p.m. Monday at St. John's Unitarian Church, 320 Resor Ave., Clifton.
Mrs. Sweet died Wednesday at the Scarlet Oaks Retirement Center in Clifton at the age of 84.
She was a graduate of Ohio State University and the University of Cincin nati. After receiving her master's degree in education in her late 40s, she taught for nearly 20 years in schools in Winton Place, Avondale and Clifton and at Rothenberg Elementary School in Over-the-Rhine.
After she retired, she vowed to spend the rest of her life working for peace and justice. Her friends included people of all ages, races and cultural groups.
In the 1930s, Mrs. Sweet and her husband, Fred, published the Union Register, a weekly newspaper in Mt. Gilead, Ohio. The couple also initiated Production Now, a grassroots effort to organize rural community support for the war in Europe. For that effort, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt invited them to have Sunday dinner at the White House.
Arriving there, their car broke down in front of the White House.
During World War II, the couple lived in Detroit and worked for the United Auto Workers Union, moving to Clifton in 1948 where she was active in Girl Scouts and the Charter Party.
For many year, Mrs. Sweet shared her home on Woolper Avenue with UC students. Among her more notable guests were Spanish poet Luis Maristany and Austrian cellist Julius Berger. Berger sent her a ticket to his concert at the Salzburg Music Festival and an invitation to go with him afterwards to hear him play for the queen of Denmark.
Over the years, Mrs. Sweet was active in the Cincinnati Teachers Union, Camp Joy, the Women's City Club, Noonday, The Center for Peace Education, the ACLU, the advisory committee of the Otto Armleder Memorial Trust and St. John's.
She leaves two sons, David Sweet of Santa Cruz, Calif., and John Sweet of Atlanta; and two daughters, Marnie Sweet of Philadelphia and Ann Brubaker of Bethel; a sister, Barbara Reinert of Northport, Mich., and five grandchildren.
Mrs. Sweet was cremated. Memorials may be made to the Community Women's Resource Center, (MUSE), or the Cincinnati Women's Chorus in care of Diana Porter, 1334 Wittekind Terrace, College Hill.
Date of announcement: 09-27-1997
Margaret Lytle, volunteer, decorator
Margaret Gilfillen Lytle, 88, honored for her volunteer service with the American Red Cross during World War II, died Wednesday.
She was the widow of Dr. Floyd Lytle and was most recently a resident at Deupree Community Health Center in Oakley.
A graduate of Glendale College, her passions included gardening, floral arranging, and travel. She had a flair for interior decorating and at various times decorated homes in Pointe Au Baril, Canada; Ryland Lakes, Ky., and Naples, Fla., as well as her last apartment at the Seasons Retirement Community.
She was a former member of the Cincinnati Woman's Club, the Queen City Club, Cincinnati Dental Society Woman's Auxiliary, the dance group known as the Merrymakers, and Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church. As an avid traveler, she also was a member of the Cincinnati Travel Club.
She is survived by one son, Dr. James D. Lytle; grandchildren: Todd Lytle of Denver, Colo., Ayn Holley of Martinsville, Va., Holly Scherer of Cincinnati and Loren Brunemann of Columbus, Ohio; and seven great-grandchildren.
Burial and services are private. Elden A. Good Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, 1345 Grace Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45208.
Date of announcement: 09-27-1997
SHERMAN L. BLACK, 76, of Bond Hill, died Wednesday. Ser vices: 7 p.m. Thursday at Christ Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 856 Beecher St., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the church. Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 09-27-1997
BERDIE BROWN, 79, of Sardinia, Ohio, died Friday. Ms. Brown was a housewife. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at the Beam-Fender Funeral Home in Sardinia. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 09-27-1997
JEFFREY K. PURSLEY, 28, of Mt. Orab, died Friday. He was a sanitarian with Brown County Health Department. Services at the convenience of the family. Memorials: Willison Disease Association, or South Ohio Draft Horse Association. Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mr. Orab, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 09-27-1997
Frank Kirchheiner, home builder
Frank Thalman Kirchheiner didn't simply build houses - he built them on the street where he lived.
And when you live next door to the people you built for and sold to, your houses have to be of high quality, said his daughter, Janet Ehlers of Monfort Heights. "People never came to our door knocking to complain," she said.
Mr. Kirchheiner died Saturday. He was 77.
The Western Hills native was a self-employed plumbing contractor, general contractor and developer. Among his housing projects was the Jandaracres subdivision and Jandaracres Drive in Miami Heights - both taking their name from his daughters, Darlene Kirchheiner, of Harrison, and Janet.
The Navy veteran helped with 4-H clubs and belonged to Zion United Methodist Church in Miami Heights.
Mr. Kirchheiner was preceded in death by a son, Tim.
He also leaves his wife of 53 years, Charlotte; a sister, Ruth Limberg, of Glenwood City, Wisc., and two grandsons.
Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, Westwood, and 10 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Zion United Methodist. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Date of announcement: 09-29-1997
MILDRED JOHNSTON ADAMS, 74, of Neville, Ohio, died Friday. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity, Ohio. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 09-29-1997
EVERETT DEWEY FITE, 97, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday. He was a retired farmer. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 09-29-1997
CORNELIA PICKEL, 75, of Cincinnati, died Thursday. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Renfro Funeral Service, Avondale. Visitation: noon Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 09-29-1997
HOWARD SCHMUTTE, 68, of Bridgetown, died Friday. Mr. Schmutte was retired from Husman Snack Foods Co. Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Aloysius Church, Bridgetown. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Neidhard Minges Funeral Home, Westwood.
Date of announcement: 09-29-1997
MARY WALTON, 88, of Decatur, Ohio, died Sunday. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Knechtly- Potts Funeral Home, Russellville, Ohio. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 09-29-1997
Margaret Towe, hospital chaplain
Margaret Heine Towe, chaplain for the Lutheran Federation of Cincinnati at University Hospital, died of cancer Saturday at her home. She was 58.
The native Californian came to Cincinnati in 1970 after marrying Jack Towe. They lived in Over-the-Rhine, expressing commitments to both spiritual and community matters.
She was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, the Over-the-Rhine Steel Drum Band and was a board member of the Crossroads Clinic.
Mrs. Towe had been a chaplain for the Lutheran Federation since 1990. She also was a member of the Liver Transplant Team at University Hospital, and co-founded the Perinatal Loss Support Program for parents who lose their babies during pregnancy. She was inducted into the College of Chaplains last year.
She also leaves her children, Christie Kim, David Towe and Karis Towe; her mother, Hulda Heine; brother, Gerhardt Heine; and sisters, Eileen Husting, Cristel Moecker, Roberta Kresley, Faith Dyer, Anita DeWitt, Jaylene Nichols and Lori Saliga.
Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Over-the-Rhine. Arrangements: Schaefer & Busby Funeral Home. Memorials: Crossroads Health Clinic, Federation of Lutheran Churches, Perinatal Loss Support Group, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church or Sign of the Cross Housing.
Date of announcement: 09-30-1997
