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Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Virginia Kunz (formerly Sister Jerome Marie), pastoral care director at Mother Margaret Hall and Bayley Place nursing homes, died Friday at Mother Margaret Hall. She was 58.
She celebrated 40 years as a Sister of Charity in September.
"Sister Virginia Kunz was a deeply spiritual person who was in love with the Lord and who saw Christ in the persons to whom she ministered," said Sister of Charity Claire Foken, a lifelong friend. "She loved life and knew how to enjoy it."
Sister Virginia was an elementary school teacher and principal for 21 years before she assumed pastoral care duties. She recived her bachelor's degree in education from the College of Mount St. Joseph and a master's in education from Xavier University. She taught and was principal in several Ohio schools until the mid-1980's.
In 1983, she completed the clinical pastoral education program at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, and became pastoral care director at Mother Margaret Hall. In 1996, she also assumed pastoral care duties at Bayley Place, the Delhi Township nursing home sponsored by the Sisters of Charity.
Sister Virginia grew up in Price Hill, and was a member of St. William Parish.
She leaves a sister, Mary White, of Bridgetown, several nieces and nephews and many cousins.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, 5900 Delhi Road, Delhi Township. Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Motherhouse Chapel.
Date of announcement: 11-30-1998
RHODA BURNS BARGER, 92, of Bethel, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Services were Sunday at Britton Funeral Home, Manchester, Ky. Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, handled arrangements.
Date of announcement: 11-30-1998
FRANKIE W. CHERRY, 36, of Mt. Orab, died Wednesday. Mr. Cherry was a carpenter. Graveside Services: noon Tuesday at Graceland Memorial Gardens, Milford. Visitation: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Maham Funeral Home, Williamsburg.
Date of announcement: 11-30-1998
FLORENCE ELDER, 85, of Mount Healthy, died Thursday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Date of announcement: 11-30-1998
AUDREY NEAL HAUKE, of Ripley, died Friday. She was a retired foreman with U.S. Shoe Corp., and a member of St. Michael Church in Ripley. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Memorials: Hospice of Hope, Maysville, Ky.
Date of announcement: 11-30-1998
LEORA R. LONG, 73, of Bethel, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Date of announcement: 11-30-1998
GERALD W. RUGG, 30, of Lawrenceburg, died Saturday. He was a maintenance worker with Argosy Casino. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 11 a.m. Tuesday. Memorials: To the family for funeral expenses.
Date of announcement: 11-30-1998
ROBERT V. SULLIVAN, 58, of Vevay, Ind., died Saturday. He was a retired block lineman with Cummins Engine Co., Columbus. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 4 to 8 tonight. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 11-30-1998
OLIN OTIS TOLER, 83, of Milan, Ind., died Saturday. He was a cube cutter with Hillrom Industries in Batesville. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials: Switzerland County Emergency County.
Date of announcement: 11-30-1998
Rev. Donald Noll, served at parishes and as teacher
Rev. Donald T. Noll, 64, retired teacher and pastor, died Friday after a long illness.
Father Noll studied at St. Gregory and Mount St. Mary seminaries and Xavier University, and was ordained in 1961. He served as associate pastor at the former St. Matthew Parish in Norwood and at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Cincinnati.
He also served at St. Henry and Our Lady of Immaculate Conception in Dayton, Ohio, at St. James in Wyoming and Holy Family and St. William parishes, both in Price Hill.
During these assignments he also taught at McNicholas and Elder high schools in Cincinnati and at Alter High School in Dayton. He served as pastor at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Cincinnati, St. Susanna Parish in Mason and St. Patrick Parish in Fayetteville, Ohio.
Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Church, Price Hill. Arrangements: Harry Meyer & Geiser Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 12-01-1998
Bruce Weidner, professor emeritus at MU
Bruce V. Weidner, 90, professor emeritus of chemistry at Miami University, died Wednesday at Oxford View Nursing Home.
Mr. Weidner joined the Miami faculty in 1947 and taught for 32 years, retiring in 1970.
He was one of the most active participants in the chemistry department's program of seminars and field programs for other colleges, universities and high schools. For many years, Mr. Weidner was the director of the annual National Science Foundation Summer Science Institute at Miami.
Before Miami, Mr. Weidner taught at Hazleton Undergraduate Center, Pennsylvania State College, the University of Alaska, Middlebury College and Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Mr. Weidner married the former Elsa Ottinger, a longtime teacher in the nursery school program at Western College, in 1934 in Scranton, Pa. She survives him.
He also leaves a son, Scott B. Anthony of Evanston, Wyo.; and daughter, Gail Freno of Santa Cruz, Calif.
Services: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oxford Presbyterian Church. Arrangements: Smith & Ogle Funeral Home, Oxford.
Date of announcement: 12-01-1998
Rev. Carl Geers, pastor and missionary
In his life, the Rev. Carl Joseph Geers proved true the maxim that Roman Catholic priests never really retire.
"Even after his retirement, he wanted to continue to serve the church in whatever way he could," said the Rev. James Bramlage, of St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, where Father Geers was last assigned.
Father Geers died Thursday at age 84.
The Norwood native was ordained in 1943 and went on to serve as assistant pastor at parishes in Cincinnati and southwestern Ohio for the next 20 years.
He was assistant chaplain from 1951 to 1955 at the summer camp Fort Scott and taught part-time at Elder High School. Upon being named associate pastor at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral in 1983, Father Geers began to pursue a lifelong interest in missionary work.
He sought permission to permanently live and work in Grenada in the West Indies but had to be airlifted in 1983 after U.S. armed forces invaded that island.
According to nephew Ric Calme, Father Geers recently told family members, "The Mass and the Lord are the center of my life."
He also leaves a brother, Thomas J. Geers of Springfield, Ohio.
Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk will say Mass at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Peter in Chains, downtown. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home, Groesbeck.
Date of announcement: 12-01-1998
AUDREY L. EDWARDS, 63, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Arrangements: Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg.
Date of announcement: 12-01-1998
EULAH HERD, 78, of Sunman, Ind., died Sunday. She was retired from Hillenbrand Industries. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-01-1998
HELEN E. LODWICK, 77, of Mt. Orab, Ohio, died Monday. Ms. Lodwick was a farm manager. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mt. Orab. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-01-1998
ROBERT V. SULLIVAN, 58, of Vevay, Ind., died Saturday. He was retired from Cummins Engine Co. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-01-1998
MAUDE B. THOMPSON, 75, of Cincinnati, died Sunday. Ms. Thompson was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, West College Hill. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 12-01-1998
HOMER WILLIAMS, 84, of Walnut Hills, died Sunday. He was a retired laborer and World War II veteran. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-01-1998
Carl R. Osborn Sr., left legacy of values
Carl Russell Osborn Sr. spent a lot of time visiting his son, Cincinnati Post photographer James W. "Jim" Osborn.
The younger Osborn, who has won many professional awards during a 20-year career at The Post, attributes his work ethic to his father, who left school in the ninth-grade during the Depression to work on the family farm in Ashley, Ohio.
"He gave me my sense of values as far as what's right and what's wrong," Jim Osborn said.
"He always told me, "If you are going to do something, do it right the first time. Don't do it halfway.' I try to pass that on to my own kids."
Carl Osborn, 79, of Houcktown, Ohio, died Monday at Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy, Ohio.
Mr. Osborn was retired from National Lime & Stone Co. He also worked for Findlay & Mt. Blanchard Landmark and was a member of the Houcktown United Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Jean Shaffer, two brothers and four sisters.
Jim Osborn was the first of Mr. Osborn's children to attend college, and the elder Osborn was a proud father on graduation day, his son said.
"I remember him grinning from ear-to-ear. He said, "You know I love you, don't you?' " Jim Osborn said.
Mr. Osborn was a quiet man who was slow to anger. However, he wasn't afraid to express his opinions and taught his children to do the same.
"The biggest thing is my dad never quit. He was extremely competitive," Jim Osborn said.
"I owe an awful lot to him. The older he got, the closer we grew. I was holding his hand when he died. I'm glad I was there with him."
Mr. Osborn also leaves sons Michael A. Osborn of Piqua, Ohio, and Carl R. Osborn of Findlay; daughters, Virginia Irene Osborn and Sarah J. Osborn of Findlay; sisters, Minnie Redden of Columbus, Ohio, and Grace Cramer, Vera Osborn and Daisy Osborn, all of Ashley, Ohio; and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Crates Funeral Home, Arlington, Ohio. Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m. today and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: Muscular Dystrophy Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter, 2421 Edgehill Road, Toledo, Ohio, 43615; or Houcktown United Methodist Church, 15931 County Road 8, Findlay, Ohio, 45840.
Date of announcement: 12-02-1998
