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MERRILL RICE BOLENDER, 74, of Cherry Grove, died Saturday. He was a retired metallurgist with General Electric. Services: Noon Tuesday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Tri-State Parkinson's Wellness Center.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
CHARITY R. CLAYBON, 90, of Evanston, died Wednesday. She was a pantry worker. Services: 7 tonight at Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 6 p.m. at the church. Jamison and Jamison Funeral Home, Evanston, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
ROOSEVELT CONSTON, 95, of Avondale, died Wednesday. He was a custodian with the city of Cincinnati. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Jamison and Jamison Funeral Home, West End. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
VIRGINIA J. "TOOTIE" HERBST, 68, of Milan, Ind., died Wednesday. She was a former employee of the Ripley County Court House and the Arkenberg Restaurant, and a member of Milan Baptist Church. Services were Sunday at Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral Home, Milan. Memorials: Alumni Society of Milan High School.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
DONALD CHARLES HOUDEK, 65, of Ripley, died Friday. He was a truck driver, a diesel mechanic and an Air Force veteran of the 
Korean War. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
ANDY HOWARD, 27, of Winchester, Ohio, died Friday. He was a resident service coordinator with Sunshine Residential Care, Mount Orab. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
ROBERT A. KIDWELL, 70, of Vevay, Ind., died Saturday after an extended illness. He was a retired heavy equipment operator in Indianapolis. Services: 2 p.m. EST Tuesday at Truth Apostolic Church, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay; 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Memorials: Truth Apostolic Church.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
JAMES LEROY SMITH, 65, of Madison, Ind., died Saturday. He was an employee of Robus Leather Products and an Army veteran. Services: 1 p.m. EST Tuesday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight, and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
REV. SALLIE THRASHER, 75, of Avondale, died June 21. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John A.M.E. Church, Avondale. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
EDNA L. WILLINGHAM, 92, of Forest Park, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Jamison and Jamison Funeral Home, Evanston. Visitation: 6 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-28-1999
Rev. Thomas Finn, served Covington diocese
The Rev. Monsignor Thomas Bernard Finn, a retired vicar general for the Diocese of Covington, died Sunday. He was 88.
Monsignor Finn was a former vicar for religious affairs, domestic prelate and consultor with the diocese, and also served as director of Diocesan Catholic Charities, now known as Catholic Social Services. He also served as pastor at St. Thomas Church and Holy Cross Church in Northern Kentucky.
After retiring in 1981, Monsignor Finn served on the St. Elizabeth Medical Center Board and as chaplain of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Cincinnati. He leaves a niece, Mary Truong of Cincinnati.
Mass: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 to 10:15 a.m. Thursday at the cathedral. Arrangements: Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Date of announcement: 06-29-1999
KURT CHAPPELL, 38, of College Hill, died Thursday. He was a construction worker. Arrangements were through Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-29-1999
WILLIE J. MILLER, 73, of Pleasant Ridge, died Friday. He was a railroad watchman. Services: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton. Visitation: 6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-29-1999
BERTHA LEE PARSON, 71, of Mount Auburn, died Thursday. She was a foster parent with Beech Acres. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Friendship Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-29-1999
LOUISE WILLIAMS, 82, of Clifton, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-29-1999
Campbell jailer Earl Ping
Former Campbell County Jailer Earl Ping, 56, who oversaw construction of a new $3 million jail that is credited with saving money and improving conditions for inmates, died Monday.
Services for the Highland Heights resident are 10 a.m. Friday at Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights, and noon Saturday at Somerset (Ky.) Undertaking Co.
Visitation: 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Radel Funeral Home and 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Somerset Undertaking Co.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
Elma Jean Bowers, church, school leader
Elma Jean Bowers, 71, of Amberley Village, religious activist and long-time teacher at Taft High School, died Monday at Deaconess Hospital.
Dr. Bowers was the wife of Bishop Paul Alexander Bowers, the former presiding bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. The University of Cincinnati graduate taught for 27 years at Taft High School, 13 of them as English curriculum coordinator. She also taught at UC and Xavier University.
Dr. Bowers was a member of the advisory board of the Grace Apostolic University and dean of the Grace International Apostolic Bible College, where she earned her doctorate. She served as a wedding consultant at the Greater Emanuel Apostolic Temple, where she was active for the past 43 years.
She and her husband celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on June 19.
She also leaves daughters, Paula Massey, Patricia Daniel and Pamela Bowers; a sister, Earlene Lyons; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Service: 7 p.m. Friday at Greater Emanuel Apostolic Temple, Finneytown. Visitation: 12 to 7 p.m. Friday at the church and also 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Tri-County Assembly of God Church, Fairfield. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
LUCY WILLIAMS-LANIG, 80, of Roselawn, died Friday. She was a caterer. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Norman Chapel of Spring Grove Cemetery. Visitation: 10 a.m. Thursday at the chapel. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
GLENN PINDELL, 86, of Blue Ridge, Ohio, died Monday. Mr. Pindell was a farmer. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Knechtly-Potts Funeral Home, Russellville, Ohio. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
RUSSELL RULLMAN, 73, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a truck driver. Services: 10:30 a.m. EDT Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Dillsboro. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EDT Thursday at Ulrich Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
MELVIN E. SCHULTIAN, 79, of Metamora, Ind., formerly of Cincinnati, died Friday. The World War II veteran was retired from the Cincinnati schools. Arrangements: Cook Funeral Home, Brookville, Ind.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
ROBERT A. STEINER, 39, of Aurora, Ind., died Monday. He was a truck driver. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Thursday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EDT Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
NEAL A. WHITSITT, 76, of Deputy, Ind., died Monday. He was a home builder. Services: 11 a.m. EST Thursday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison, Ind. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EST today and 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
GARET WILLIAMS, 71, of New Richmond, Ohio, died Tuesday. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday at Tate Township Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, Ohio.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
VIRGINIA WOODS, 68, of Mount Auburn, died June 25. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Christ Memorial A.O.H. Church of God, Mount Healthy. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 06-30-1999
Joseph Koch, of west side bakery family
Joseph F. Koch, a retired baker from the west side, died Monday. He was 82.
The Koch family owned and operated the Koch Bakery for more than 40 years in the West End. Joseph Koch's father started the bakery, which Joseph moved to Eighth Street and Overlook Avenue in Covedale in the mid-1950s. Later the bakery was sold and Joseph Koch worked as a baker for Pasquale, which later became V.I.P.
During his years as a baker, Koch was known for his generosity and for providing baked goods to the Little Sisters of the Poor. He remembered the nuns' birthdays with special birthday cakes. He retired in 1979.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy Hauser Koch; a daughter, Diane Oberjohann, of Mack; a son, Ronald Koch, of Middletown; a sister, Helen Becker, of Dania, Fla.; a brother, Chris Hines, of Bridgetown; seven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Dominic Church, Delhi Township. Visitation: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Funeral Home, Delhi Township. Memorials: Little Sisters of the Poor.
Date of announcement: 07-01-1999
BURNETTE CALLIS, 77, of Madison, Ind., died Wednesday. Ms. Callis was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. EST Friday at Morgan-Webster Funeral Home, Madison. Visitation: 10 a.m. EST Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: charity of choice.
Date of announcement: 07-01-1999
JOSEPH HALL, 63, of Forest Park, died Monday. He was a retired truck driver for the city of Cincinnati. Services: noon today at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-01-1999
RAYMOND J. HAMILTON, 65, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Tuesday. The
Korean War veteran was a welder. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: Higginsport Christian Church.
Date of announcement: 07-01-1999
REV. GEORGE T. Johnson SR., 72, of Fairmount, died Monday. He was a maintenance worker. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at New Gospel Missionary Baptist Church, Avondale. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 07-01-1999
RAYMOND B. POE, 69, of Versailles, Ind., formerly of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday. The Army veteran was a truck driver. Arrangements were through Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley.
Date of announcement: 07-01-1999
RAYMOND WELLS III, 18, of Cincinnati, died Monday. Services: noon Friday at Miracle Faith Temple, Roselawn. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 07-01-1999
VIRGINIA WOODS, 68, of Mount Auburn, died June 25. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Christ Memorial A.O.H. Church of God, Mount Healthy. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 07-01-1999
Retired Jergens CEO dies
Franklin G. Meeker, 92, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Cincinnati, died Wednesday. He was a retired president and chief executive officer of the Andrew Jergens Co., and was director emeritus of Star Bank.
Mr. Meeker was a certified public accountant with the Los Angeles office of Ernst & Ernst before joining Jergens in 1937. He retired from the company in 1971.
He was a former member of First Presbyterian Church of Naples, the Royal Poinciana Golf Club, the Naples Yacht Club and the Moorings Country Club of Naples.
Locally, he was a member of the Armstrong Chapel United Methodist Church in Indian Hill and the Queen City Club.
Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Fekety of Portland, Ore.; a son, Franklin Meeker Jr. of Shelby, N.C.; and four grandchildren. Mr. Meeker's wife, Marie Ellis Meeker, died in January 1998.
Services will be private. Memorials: Alzheimer's Association of Southwest Florida, 660 Tamiami Trace North, Naples, Fla. 34102. Walter Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home, Bonita Springs, Fla., is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 07-02-1999
