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DUANE "BROWN" SMITH, 44, of Miamisburg, Ohio, died Sunday. Services: 2 p.m. EST Thursda y at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman, Ind. Visitation: 11 a.m. EST Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: to the family.
Date of announcement: 06-10-1998
WILLIAM B. TROXELL, 86, of Batavia, Ohio, died Monday. Mr. Troxell was a truck driver. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Bradford-Sullivan Funeral Home, Winchester, Ohio. Visitation: 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 06-10-1998
Louise Davey, operatic singer and teacher
Louise Kleve Davey was a graduate of the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, Germany, and a successful opera singer before she turned to children and teaching.
Mrs. Davey studied piano and voice and earned a bachelor of music degree from the conservatory. She sang operatic roles in Germany before returning to Cincinnati to sing opera at the zoo under Fausto Cleva as La Cieca in "La Gioconda."
She also sang in the May Festival, some Wagnerian parts at Music Hall under the direction of Eugene Goossens as well as at many other musical events.
Mrs. Davey died Tuesday at University Hospital. She was 87.
After returning to Cincinnati, she did volunteer work with children at Girls' Town and pursued a master's degree in education at the University of Cincinnati and began teaching at St. Ignatius School.
She also taught at Washington Park School when it was a demonstration school. Later in her career, she taught conversational French and German and other language arts at Cheviot School.
Mrs. Davey, who was born in Westwood, graduated from St. Ursula Academy and from the College of the Sacred Heart in Clifton.
She retired from teaching in 1978 and became active in the Town Club, Westwood Women's Club, Clifton Music Club, West Hills Music Club, MacDowell Society, English Speaking Union, American Guild of Organists and Cincinnati Travel Club.
She leaves a sister, Sylvia Sheblessy, and a brother, Karl Kleve, both of Cincinnati.
Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Westwood. Visitation: 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Miller-Busse & Borgmann Funeral Home. Memorials: Glenmary Home Missions.
Date of announcement: 06-11-1998
MICHAEL LAMONT BURRESS, 31, of Roselawn, died June 5. He was a truck driver. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Burress Temple Church of God, Lockland. Visitation: 6 p.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-11-1998
LOUIS A. CURRY, 56, of Mt. Auburn, died June 5. Services: Noon Friday at Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home, Evanston Chapel. Visitation: 11 a.m. Fri day at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-11-1998
JULIANA F. DOBER, 87, of Milford, Ohio, died Tuesday. Ms. Dober was a teacher and a social worker with Catholic Charities. Mass: 11 a.m. EDT Saturday at St. Lawrence Church, Lawrenceburg, Ind. Visitation: 9:30-11 a.m. EDT Saturday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Memorials: Charity of donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 06-11-1998
JOYCE RODGERS GARDNER, 42, of Mt. Healthy, died Sunday. Ms. Gardner was a homemaker. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Kingdom Hall, Forest Park. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-11-1998
JAMES ROBERT HART, 83, of Hanover, Ind., died Wednesday. He was a bus driver with Greyhound Transportation. Services: 11 a.m. EST Saturday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. EST Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Moorefield Community Fire Department.
Date of announcement: 06-11-1998
GRAYSON E. PORTWOOD, 72, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Tuesday. He was a mechanic for Joe Kidd Dodge. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, Ohio. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-11-1998
Milton Bloom, 91, bar leader
Milton M. Bloom, 91, a former Cincinnati Bar Association president and law professor, died Tuesday. He had been a partner in the law firm, Long & Bloom.
He was a graduate of University of Cincinnati Law School and taught at Salmon P. Chase College of Law, when it was at UC. He also was a former president of the UC Law School Alumni.
He is survived by his wife Helen K. Bloom; a daughter, Susan Trentkamp; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and three step-great grandchildren.
Services were today at Weil Funeral Home. Friends may call on the family at the residence of Susan Trentkamp Saturday and Sunday evening, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Memorials to the Cincinnati Bar Association, 35 E. 7th St., Cincinnati 45202, or the Isaac M. Wise Temple, 8329 Ridge Road, Cincinnati 45236.
Date of announcement: 06-12-1998
IDELLA PRICKETT ANDREWS, 89, of Georgetown, died Thursday. She was a retired teacher with Eastern Schools, and a member of the Retired Teachers Association. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Knechtly-Potts Funeral Home, Russellville. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: Russellville Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 06-12-1998
IDA BURTON, 83, of Bethel, Ohio, died Wednesday. Ms. Burton was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: Bethel Tate Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 06-12-1998
EVELYN V. CARR, 69, of Avondale, died June 5. She was a homemaker. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-12-1998
LEROY P. GESELL, 98, of Brookville, Ind, died Thursday. He was a retired farmer. Services: 1:30 p.m. EST Saturday at Cook Funeral Home, Brookville. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EST today at the funeral home. Memorials: donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 06-12-1998
FRANCIS R. PAUL, 61, of Batesville, Ind, died Thursday. He was a machinist for Romweber Furniture Co., Batesville. Mass: 9 a.m. EST Saturday at St. Louis Catholic Church, Batesville. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. EST today at Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville. Memorials: Batesville Rescue 10 Lifesquad.
Date of announcement: 06-12-1998
MARYLOU WATTS ROSS, 66, of Tuscon, Ariz., formerly of Aurora, Ind., died May 31. She was a homemaker. Graveside services: 11 a.m. EDT Monday at Riverview Cemetery, Aurora. Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-12-1998
LEJEUNE SCHNEIDER, 82, of Ripley, Ohio, died Wednesday. Ms. Schneider was a retired employee for the U.S. Shoe Co., Ripley. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael Catholic Church, Ripley. Cremation will follow. Visitation: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. today at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Memorials: St. Michael Catholic Church, Ripley.
Date of announcement: 06-12-1998
HELEN ANDERSON, 80, of Cincinnati, died Thursday. Services: noon Monday at Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church, 9991 Wayne Ave. Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Jamison & Jamison Inc. Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-13-1998
RAYMOND W. BRACY SR., 87, of Cincinnati, died Thursday. Services: Noon Monday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Cincinnati. Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-13-1998
JOHN M. DAVIDSON, 90, of Bethel, Ohio, died Thursday. He was a designer for Inland Container Corp. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Bethel United Methodist Church or Bethel Lions Club.
Date of announcement: 06-13-1998
MARTHA PRICE, 85, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. Services were held privately on Friday. Johnson-Brown Funeral Service, Cincinnati, handled arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-13-1998
JANIE BOMAR SHELY, 86, of Cincinnati, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul A.M.E. 2608 Kemper Lane, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-13-1998
Daniel McElroy, 80, carpenter
Daniel Richard McElroy, who installed the system that moves the blue seats in Cinergy Field and also had worked on the bleachers in Crosley Field with his father, died Saturday at Jewish Hospital in Kenwood.
At 80, he was the oldest card-carrying Carpenter Union member in southwestern Ohio.
"He enjoyed the union. There was a real brotherhood there," said his son, Mark McElroy of Rochester, N.Y., about the man who worked as a union organizer from 1952 to 1960 in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, and served as president of a millwright carpenters' local in the late 1970s.
Mr. McElroy was born July 27, 1917, in downtown Cincinnati and grew up on the West Side. The World War II Army recipient of the Purple Heart served in Belgium, France and Germany, and was one of the first soldiers to liberate Germany's Buchenwald concentration camp.
He served as a white officer in the war's mostly black Red Ball Express trucking unit and also served with the Third Army, his son said. He was a member of the Retired Army Officers Association and Carpenter Union Local 1066. In 1990 he retired from his second career of five years, as a tax examiner for the Internal Revenue Service.
On June 5 he celebrated the 52nd anniversary of his wedding to Mary Lou (Fenner) McElroy.
In addition to his wife and son, he also is survived by daughter Barbara McElroy of Western Hills; son Dennis McElroy of Salt Lake City, Utah; and grandson Daniel Robert McElroy.
Visitation will be 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Harry Meyer & Geiser Funeral Home, 4989 Glenway Ave. Mass will follow at 11 a.m. in Holy Family Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1818, Memphis, Tenn., 38101; or Holy Family Education Fund, 814 Hawthorne Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45205.
Date of announcement: 06-15-1998
THOMAS W. CREAGER, 60, of Williamsburg, died Saturday. He was a farmer and a tool and die maker with Senco Co. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mt. Orab. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials to charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 06-15-1998
RONNIE J. DENNIS SR., 55, of Bond Hill, died Saturday. Memorial services: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home, West End.
Date of announcement: 06-15-1998
WILFORD C. "DUB" HARMON, 71, of Fairview, Ind., died Saturday. He was a logger and sawer with Elston's Milling Co., Cross Plain, and with Oscar Meeks Saw Mill in Fairview. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Services: 11 a.m. EST Tuesday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 06-15-1998
CHARLES L. MCMACKIN, 83, of Vevay, Ind., died Saturday. He was a farmer, a retired truck driver with the Switzerland County Highway Department and a former Switzerland County Commissioner. Services: 2 p.m. EST Wednesday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and 8 a.m. Wednesday until the time of services at the funeral home. Memorials: Slawson Cemetery Association, Bennington, Ind.
Date of announcement: 06-15-1998
GEORGE WALTER SMITSON, 76, of Reynoldsburg, died Friday. He was a retired food service director with Ohio State University. Services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 5 to 7 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials: Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Date of announcement: 06-15-1998
Civic leader Rev. Tecumseh Graham
The Rev. Tecumseh X. Graham, a former Cincinnati Public School Board president and Cincinnati City Council member, died Sunday at age 73.
A civic leader during the 1970s, the retired pastor of St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church in Corryville also was a director of the Council of Christian Communions.
Since retiring, the Washington, D.C., native has received several community honors, including being named an African American Lion by the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati and receiving the Charles P. Taft Award for outstanding contributions to ecumenism from the Council of Christian Communions.
Rev. Graham was a graduate of Hood Theological Seminary and Livingstone College.
While on the school board, he helped appoint black principals in high schools and to include black history in the regular curriculum.
He moved to City Hall, replacing former Democrat James Cissell in 1978. He lost a re-election bid in 1979.
A former vice chairman of the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission, Rev. Graham also taught at both the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University.
He leaves his wife, Loreda; son, Tecumseh X. Graham Jr., of Houston, Texas ; daughter, Marjorie Graham Henry of Cincinnati; brother, D'Anthony Graham of Middleburg, N.Y.; and two grandchildren.
Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church, with services at 11 a.m. Memorials: the church, the American Caner Society or American Diabetes. Association. Arrangements: Renfro Funeral Service.
Date of announcement: 06-16-1998
