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HELGA LEWIS, 67, of Madei ra, died Friday. She was a retired teacher. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Cincinnati.
Date of announcement: 04-18-1998
GEORGE RAWLINGS, 58, of West End, died April 13. He was a custodian. Services: noon Thursday at Southern Baptist Church, Lexington and Reading Road, Avondale. Visitation: 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home in charge.
Date of announcement: 04-18-1998
REESCHEMAH REED, 27, of Cumminsville, died Sunday. She was a cashier. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-18-1998
EUGENE SELLERS, 60, of Cincinnati, died Thursday. He was a shipping clerk at Home Depot and a butcher. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Evanston Chapel, Cincinnati. Visitation: 6 p.m. Monday at Evanston Chapel. Arrangements: Jamison and Jamison Jr. Funeral Home, Cincinnati.
Date of announcement: 04-18-1998
RAYMOND R. THURMAN, 74, of Aurora, Ind., died Wednesday. He was a chemical operator for National Lead of Ohio and Automobile Business. Services: 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday at First Church of Christ in Greendale, Ind. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. EDT Monday at the Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, 455 Ridge Ave., Lawrenceburg, Ind. Memorials: First Church of Christ, Greendale.
Date of announcement: 04-18-1998
CHARLOTTE GELTER WATSON, 87, of Hillsboro, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 04-18-1998
Norman A. Cutter, served Ohio County
Former Ohio County commissioner Norman A. Cutter, 80, of Rising Sun, Ind., died Friday.
The World War II Army Air Corps veteran was a member of VFW Post 6230 at Rising Sun. He also was a past president of the Ohio County Farm Bureau and had served on the Ohio County Board of Education and Soil and Water Board.
A farmer, Mr. Cutter was born and lived his entire life on the same land.
He leaves his wife, Marcella; son, Allen Cutter of Rising Sun; brother, Marvin Cutter of Dillsboro, Ind.; and sisters, Eleanor Selmeyer and Marjorie Meyer, both of Dillsboro.
Services: 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Bear Branch, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. today at Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Memorials: St. Peter Church Building Fund, Vencor Hospice or charity of donor's choice.
JOHNNIE CLAUDE BENTON, 74, of College Hill, died Thursday. He was a sanitation worker for the city of Cincinnati. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Lockland. Visitation: noon Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-20-1998
MABEL ENGEL, 89, of Norwood, died Saturday. She was a retired nurse. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Brown's Chapel Cemetery. Arrangements: Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia, Ohio. Memorials: St. Francis Hospice.
Date of announcement: 04-20-1998
TONY EUGENE ESTES, 61, of Dexter, Mo., formerly of Cincinnati, died Friday. He was an electrical engineer. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Milward Funeral Home, Lexington, Ky. Visitation: noon Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-20-1998
STARR R. GILLESPIE, 6 months, the daughter of Tina Bell and Arlie Gillespie of Mt. Orab, Ohio, Friday. Services: 3:30 p.m. today at Mt. Orab Cem etery. Arrangements: Thompson-Stevens Funeral home, Mt. Orab.
Date of announcement: 04-20-1998
HARRY A. HILL, 81, of Bethel, Ohio, died Saturday. The Ford Motor Co. retiree was an Army veteran of World War II. Services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-20-1998
RUTH B. LINKMEYER, 93, of Versailles, Ind., died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: noon EDT Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church, Farmers Retreat, Ind. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Memorials: donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 04-20-1998
SAMUEL LEO MERANDA, 85, of Lincoln, Neb., formerly of Decatur, Ohio, died Friday. He was retired from Square D Corp. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Knechtly-Potts Funeral Home, Russellville, Ohio. Visitation: 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: charity of donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 04-20-1998
Business, civic leader John Magro
brought opera to life for Cincinnati
John L. Magro was a prominent businessman and president of companies, but his passion was music, especially opera.
Mr. Magro, 91, died Saturday in Camden, Maine, where he had moved from Cincinnati in 1992.
A 1932 graduate of Harvard, Mr. Magro formed his own advertising company and later became president of Candle-Lite Co., director of Dextra Sugar Corp. and president of Doro d'Italia. He served on the boards of several civic and cultural organizations, including the National Ballet Theatre Foundation, the American Ballet Theatre, the Cincinnati Park Board, and the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority. He was co-chairman of the Cincinnati chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
In 1946, Mr. Magro joined the board of the Cincinnati Opera, where he later became board president and general manager. He is credited with reviving opera in Cincinnati and making its Summer Opera Association one of the best in the country. Mr. Magro managed at least 60 grand operas for the company and several recordings.
Mr. Magro co-founded the American Opera Auditions and, in 1961, received one of Italy's highest civilian awards for outstanding efforts in furthering Italian-American relations and in launching singers in their careers.
"People are not always aware of everything he did. He was very humble," said Mr. Magro's daughter, Victoria Pfeil, of Cincinnati. "He was president and director of all these things, but he was very real. He had a way of interacting with all people in a very loving way."
He also leaves his wife, Nancy P. Magro; other children, Susan Pfeil of New Canaan, Conn., Jonathan Magro of Cincinnati, Nancy Magro of Brookline, Mass., and Benjamin Magro of Union, Maine; a sister, Mary Wilder of Harper's Ferry, W.Va.; and nine grandchildren.
Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sea View Cemetery, Rockport, Maine. Local memorial service: 4:30 p.m. May 3 at the Indian Hill Church, 6000 Drake Road.
Memorials: J.L. Magro Italian-American Artist Fund (attention, Nicholas Muni), Cincinnati Opera, Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., 45210.
Date of announcement: 04-21-1998
Rev. Alexander Choate, known for ecumenical work
The Rev. Alexander "Sandy" Choate, retired Episcopal priest, died Friday in Madison, Ind. He was 67.
Rev. Choate was a graduate of Amherst College and received a master of divinity degree from the Virginia Episcopal Theological Seminary. He was best known for his ecumenical endeavors, pastoral care to fellow clergy, preaching and teaching scripture.
He leaves his wife, Joan Linnewerth Choate, of Mad son; daughter, Lauren Gail Choate, of Palatine, Ill.; sons, Perry L. Choate, of Quartz Hill, Calif., and Stephen A. Choate, of Indianapolis; sister, Margaret Jackson, of Newark, Del.; brother, Henry Choate, of Lake Mary, Fla., and five grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. EST Wednesday at Christ Episcopal Church, Madison, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EST today at the Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison.
Date of announcement: 04-21-1998
Rev. Joseph Heskamp, retired pastor
Rev. Joseph F. Heskamp, 74, a former pastor at Resurrection Parish in Price Hill, died Saturday at Lodge Care Nursing Home in Loveland.
Father Heskamp became pastor at Resurrection in 1971 after 23 years in the priesthood. He served there for four years, until moving on to Incarnation Parish in Centerville, Ohio. He retired in 1989.
"Father Heskamp was known as an avid reader who loved to travel and who was a fine athlete," said Rev. Malcolm S. Grad, vice chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. "But he was better known as a man with deep spiritual insight and as a gentle, loving pastor. He will be remembered with great love by all of those whom he served."
Father Heskamp served as associate pastor of St. Martin Church in Cheviot, Holy Trinity in Middletown, St. Ann Church in Hamilton, and Annunciation Church in Clifton.
Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, Kenwood. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Gilligan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 04-21-1998
MADOLIN R. SCHUMAN BROOKS BLANK, 94, of Bethel, Ohio, died Sunday. She was a cafeteria worker with the Bethel-Tate Local Schools. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Bethel Assembly of God or American Heart Association.
Date of announcement: 04-21-1998
MOSE COWANS, 79, of O'Bryonville, died Saturday. The World War II veteran was retired from Ohio Brass Co. Services: noon Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 04-21-1998
ALICE G. EDWARDS, 74, of Avondale, died April 16. Ms. Edwards worked for General Motors Co. Services: 7 p.m. today at First Baptist Church, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 6 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 04-21-1998
LOUISE FOSTER, 76, of Lincoln Heights, died Saturday. Ms. Foster was a housekeeper. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Burress Temple Church of God, Lockland. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 04-21-1998
