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AMBROSE J. BRACKMANN, 81, of Batesville, Ind., died Monday. He was a retired farmer and router operator with Romweber Furniture Co. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursdayat St. Anthony Church, Batesville. Visitation: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursdayat Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville. Memorials: Batesville Rescue 10 Lifesquad, or Hospitality Hall at Margaret Mary Community Hospital.
Date of announcement:03-28-2000
CONNIE A. KNOECHEL, 50, of Aurora, Ind., died Saturday. She was a long-term care administrator with Woodland Hills Care Center. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cincinnati First Seventh Day Adventist Church, Clifton. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Memorials: Adventists Development Relief Agency.
Date of announcement:03-28-2000
CHARLES V. TSCHAENN SR., 59, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. He was a disabled supervisor from Cummins. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, 455 Ridge Ave., Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Heart Association.
Date of announcement:03-28-2000
MICHAEL S. WARD, 18, of Batesville, Ind., died Sunday. He was a student at Batesville High School. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Batesville Church of Christ. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Weigel Funeral Home in Batesville, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Memorials: Phi Beta Psi Sorority Cancer Research.
Date of announcement:03-28-2000
Shawn Barnes, coach's ultimate player
Services will be held Friday for Shawn Michael Barnes, 15, a sophomore at Madison, Ind., High School and a member of last year's state champion baseball team, who collapsed and died after he was struck above the heart by a baseball thrown during a scrimmage Monday.
"We were finishing up practice with a little scrimmage, a fun game that we do," Madison Coach Gary O'Neal said. "Obviously he wasn't running right (after being hit). Then he collapsed. Our first thought was that the wind was knocked out of him, and we were trying to get him air.
"After about a second and a half we realized he was in trouble."
Barnes, one of three freshmen who played on last year's championship team, was expected to start in center field for the top-ranked Cubs this season.
"He was the ultimate in what a coach looks for," O'Neal said. "He had an outstanding attitude. He was committed, he had a positive attitude and was very enthusiastic towards the game.
"This is the most tragic of all tragedies. When you think of a severe injury on the field or death, it's definitely a coach's nightmare."
Barnes was the third Madison athlete to die since last summer. In August, swimmer and cross country runner Curtis Wright was killed in an automobile accident, and three weeks ago baseball player Heather O'Banion died in a fall at Clifty Falls State Park just outside Madison.
Visitation for Barnes will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, 325 Demaree Drive, Madison.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement:03-29-2000
ANNA LAVENIA ADAMS, 72, of Walnut Hills, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement:03-29-2000
NELLIE L. BRAMEL, 76, of Ripley, Ohio, died Tuesday. She was retired from U.S. Shoe Corp. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation: 5 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement:03-29-2000
HENRIETTA H. DIMMERMANN, 95, of Perrysburg, Ohio, formerly of Mount Washington, died March 25. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Graceland Memorial Gardens, 5989 Deerfield Road, Miami Township. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Witzler-Shank Funeral Home, 222 E. South Boundary, Perrysburg.
Date of announcement:03-29-2000
JAMES A. GLUTZ, 68, of Sardinia, died Monday. He was a delivery salesman for Butternut Bread. Mass: 10:30 a.m. today at St. Elizabeth Church, Sardinia. Visitation: 9 a.m. until services at the church. Memorials: Alzheimer's Association of Cincinnati. Arrangements: Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia.
Date of announcement:03-29-2000
IMMA A. HOFF, 87, of Weisburg, Ind., died Monday. She was a homemaker. Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul Catholic Church, New Alsace, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at Cook Funeral Home, 107 Vine St., Sunman, Ind. Memorials: the Sunman Area Life Squad Volunteer Fire Department or donor's choice.
Date of announcement:03-29-2000
MARY LEWIS, 52, of Lincoln Heights, died March 22. She was a child-care worker. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 400 N. Wayne Ave., Lockland. Visitation: 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement:03-29-2000
SUE ANN RIST TEDESCO, 67, of Moores Hill, Ind., died Monday. She was a homemaker. Mass: 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary Church, Aurora, Ind. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, Ind., is handling arrangements. Memorials: St. Mary PTO or St. Mary School.
Date of announcement:03-29-2000
Banker, reformer Clement Buenger
Clement L. Buenger, remembered by friends and associates as one of Cincinnati's most industrious and likeable business leaders, died Wednesday.
He built Fifth Third Bank into a top financial institution, headed numerous civic organizations, inspired school reform and impressed everyone with his rare blend of vibrant work ethic and unassuming manner.
"Clem worked harder than anybody else at the bank," said Fifth Third Bank President George Schaefer.
"If it needed to be done, Clem stepped up and did it," said Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce President John Williams.
"Clem," said former Congressman Bill Keating, "was in a class all by himself."
Mr. Buenger, 73, died after suffering several lengthy illnesses, including Alzheimer's Disease.
Joining Fifth Third Bank in 1969 after a career in the insurance industry, Mr. Buenger made an immediate and huge impact and in 10 years was at the top of the bank's ladder.
He was Fifth Third's president and chief executive officer from 1979 to 1989 and chairman from 1989 to 1993. He remained as a director through 1996.
Under Mr. Buenger's leadership, Fifth Third grew from $1.1 billion in assets to over $12 billion and from 33 offices in Cincinnati to 289 offices throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Florida.
"Clem is the person who inspired the bank's hard work culture," said Schaefer. "When Clem would have meetings, they would be at 7 o'clock in the morning or at 6 o'clock in the evening.
"When he wasn't working at the bank, he would be out working in the community," said Schaefer. "Clem was just an all-out giver to the community."
One of Mr. Buenger's most notable community contributions was heading the Cincinnati Business Committee Task Force on Public Schools a decade ago.
The group became known as the Buenger Commission and its recommendations for sweeping, dramatic changes to improve Cincinnati Public Schools was known as the Buenger Report.
School officials used the report as a blueprint for reform and put most of the 39 recommendations into effect.
"It was a blockbuster," recalled former Cincinnati School Superintendent Michael Brandt. "It called for a complete restructuring of the district, on a dime, quickly."
Mr. Buenger was a leader of numerous civic groups, including United Way, Fine Arts Fund, Boy Scouts, and Greater Cincinnati Boys & Girls Club.
He was a founding member of INROADS, a job training program which connects African-American student interns with local businesses.
He helped raised more than $1.5 million to endow the Fund for Independent Schools of Cincinnati, which provides academic scholarships for African-American students to attend Cincinnati's top independent high schools.
The Clement and Ann Buenger Foundation funds scholarships for students to attend Xavier University.
"Clem was most generous with his time and resources in supporting a variety of civic and charitable causes, but most importantly in the areas of education and children," said Keating. "He believed that education was the vehicle that made everybody equal.
"He was a very kind and gentle man who never forgot a friend. Loyalty was a key word with him. He believed in it and he expected it.
A native of Fort Thomas, Ky., Buenger lived a simple life despite his success.
"He did not have a fancy home or a vacation home or drive a big car," said Schaefer. "He never spent anything on himself. What he did was give it all back to the community."
Mr. Buenger was named a Great Living Cincinnatian by the Chamber of Commerce in 1994, won the Ohio Governor's Award that same year and was voted Cincinnatian of the Year by the Juvenile Diabetes. Foundation in 1993.
He also won the United Way's Neil McElroy Award in 1989 and Northern Kentucky University' s Lincoln Award in 1992. He also was enshrined in the Greater Cincinnati Business Hall of Fame.
Survivors include his wife, Ann; a sister, Barbara Kahle of Louisville, Ky., and two brothers, Thomas Buenger of Dayton, Ohio, and Paul Buenger of Newport, Ky.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Xavier Church, 607 Sycamore St., downtown Cincinnati. There will be no visitation.
Arrangements are in care of the George H. Rohde & Sons Funeral Home in Mount Lookout.
Date of announcement:03-30-2000
