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Walter Chambers Jr., retired newspaper GM
Walter S. Chambers Jr., general manager of the Courier-Times of New Castle, Ind., for more than 25 years, died Saturday at his home in New Castle. He was 78.
The Chambers family, which owned the newspaper since 1895, sold it in 1985.
He was the first owner of radio station WCTW in New Castle and later headed the drive to bring cable TV to New Castle. Among his legacies is the New Castle-Henry County Public Library.
He was active in the community, serving several terms as president of the YMCA. He was a 53-year member of the Rotary Club and was named New Castle Citizen of the Year in 1975.
He was the father of Rebecca Chambers, assistant metro editor of The Cincinnati Post.
Other survivors include his wife, Anne Chambers; two daughters, Catherine Kennedy of Indianapolis and Anne Topp of Montclair, Va.; a son, Walter S. Chambers III of San Francisco, and five grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Presbyterian Church, New Castle. Visitation: 4-7:30 p.m. today, Hinsey-Brown Funeral Home, New Castle. Memorials: Henry County Community Foundation, Walter and Anne Chambers Fund, or to the Alzheimer's Association.
Date of announcement: 12-04-2000
ROSALIE "ROSIE" CHRISTIAN, 64, of Lawrenceburg, died Friday. She was a nurse with the Sunman Dearborn School System. Services: 10:30 a.m. today at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Memorials: Charity of the donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 12-04-2000
ELEANOR M. EWBANK, 78, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Saturday. She was the retired director of the Lawrenceburg Public Library. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Lawrence Church, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 5 to 8 tonight at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 12-04-2000
JEANETTE M. MORLING, 88, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Thursday. She was a housekeeper. Services: 2:30 p.m. today at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 1 p.m. Memorials: Zion United Church of Christ, Lawrenceburg.
Date of announcement: 12-04-2000
NORMA JEAN SCRANTON ROBINSON, 63, of Vevay, Ind., died Friday. She was a former sewing department employee of U.S. Shoe Corp., Vevay. Services: 11 a.m. today at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Memorials: American Lung Association.
Date of announcement: 12-04-2000
James Russell was marketing researcher
James R. Russell, vice president of research for Directions Research Inc., died Saturday at his home in Hyde Park. He was 51.
Mr. Russell worked in research for 26 years, the last 10 of them with Directions. Before that he was with the Small Business Marketing Planning Center and Burke Marketing Research.
He earned a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in business administration and a master's degree in advertising from Michigan State University.
He was a member of the American Marketing Association and Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church.
"Jim was a devoted husband and father with a wonderful sense of humor and fun," said his wife of 28 years, Jennifer Russell. "He was generous with time and attention for family and friends and was an exemplary role model for his sons."
Also surviving are two sons, Jeffrey and Timothy Russell of Cincinnati, and a sister, Jan Russell of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, 1345 Grace Ave. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Elden A. Good Funeral Home, 2620 Erie Ave., Hyde Park.
Memorials: National Foundation for Cancer Research, 4600 East West Highway, Bethesda, Md., 20814.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
JIM R. BUCHANAN, 56, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. He was an employee for the former Schenley Distillery Co., Lawrenceburg. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
LEWIS B. BURTON JR., 52, of Kennedy Heights, died Friday. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Forest Park. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
EDITH ELEANORE CURRENCE, 92, of Batesville, Ind., died Friday. She was a clerk for Hessler's 5 & 10 store in Mount Healthy. No services or visitation. Weigel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
CHARLES RALPH DE VAUGHN, 79, of West Union, Ohio, died Sunday. He was a retired farmer and a World War II Navy veteran. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown, Ohio. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: Gideons International, P.O. Box 277, Mount Orab, Ohio 45154.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
ADA L. (HEWETT) FINK, 79, of Bethel died Monday. She was the former owner of Midway Theater. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Tate Township Cemetery. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
JUDIE CATHERINE GRAY, 89, of Mount Healthy, died Nov. 30. She was a retired dog groomer. Services: 10 a.m. today at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 9784 Wayne Ave., Lockland. Visitation: 9 a.m. today at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
ESTHER MCCONNAL, 77, of College Hill, died Saturday. She was a cook. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of College Hill. Visitation: 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
NICOLE A. MURPHY, 18, of Aurora, Ind., died Saturday of injuries suffered in an auto accident. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Dearborn County Animal Shelter.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
BEECHER ROBERTS, 56, of Seaman, formerly of Franklin County, died Saturday. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Cook Funeral Home, Brookville, Ohio. Visitation: noon Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: to the family for expenses.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
J GORDON TEETER, 91, of Mount Washington, died Friday. He worked in the machine tool field and operated Quality Techniques in Lockland. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Elden A. Good Funeral Home, Hyde Park. Memorials: Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Date of announcement: 12-05-2000
Flora Cornett taught 30 years
For more than 30 years, Flora Riddle Cornett taught youngsters from rural southeastern Kentucky to inner-city Cincinnati.
Mrs. Cornett, 91, of Latonia, Ky., died Monday.
She was awarded Teacher of the Year when she retired from the Cincinnati Public School system in the early 1970s.
She had spent 21 years teaching third-grade students at William Howard Taft Elementary School in Mount Auburn. Before that, she taught for 10 years in Perry County, Ky., schools.
She was a member of the National Education Association and a Grand Ma tron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Perry County.
Survivors include sons, Donald G. Bundy of Somerset, Ky., and Ted Bundy of Union, Ky.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services begin at 1 p.m. Thursday at Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, Ky. Visitation starts at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be given to the Cincinnati Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in memory of Mrs. Cornett's grandson Kristopher Bundy, 2011 Madison Road, Cincinnati 45208.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
Mil Staun was featured in 'What's Cooking'
An avid cook and part-time accountant, Mil Staun claimed to have unraveled one of Cincinnati's greatest secrets during her lifetime.
The Sycamore Township woman, by experimenting with various ingredients and cooking methods, believed she had discovered the recipe for Montgomery Inn's rib sauce, her family said.
She died Monday at the age of 83.
Born in Cincinnati, Mrs. Staun maintained a small accounting business to help support her and her mother after her father died. She also remained active at All Saints Church in Montgomery where she participated in the nursing home ministry and helped run a Meals-on-Wheels program.
After her first husband, James G. Farasey, died, Mrs. Staun married her childhood sweetheart, William Staun. Together, the couple had 11 children and would rent out the Airmen's Club at Lunken Airport for their annual Christmas Day dinner.
Mrs. Staun was featured in a 1967 Post column, "What's Cooking in Cincinnati," in which she shared directions for her mock turtle soup and beef tenderloin.
Family members fondly recalled her barbecues. She set her sites on the Montgomery Inn sauce and kept trying different cooking strategies until she replicated it.
"She said it took her a few years, but she finally knocked it off," said Dave Staun, her stepson.
Mrs. Staun leaves her husband, William Staun; a daughter, Mindy Burger; a son, Mike Farasey; four stepdaughters, Marge Ernst, Carol Rizzo, Mary Shinkle and Cynthia Baylis; and five stepsons, Mike Staun, Robert Staun, Paul Staun, David Staun and Bill Staun.
Services begin at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, All Saints Church, Montgomery. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Thomas-Justin Memorial Funeral Home, Kenwood.
Memorials may be directed to Catholics United for Poor, P.O. Box 14548, Cincinnati 45250-0548 or to Mercy League Nativity Church, 5138 Ridge Road, Cincinnati 45213.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
CLARENCE DOZIER, 64, of West End, died Nov. 30. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home, 437 Hopkins St., West End. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
BURNETTA HALL, 59, of Evanston, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Lee Chapel A.M.E. Church, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
PETER LARKIN, 88, of Hyde Park, died Saturday. He was a laborer. Services: noon Thursday at Joseph R. Garr Funeral Service, 930 Findlay St., downtown. Visitation: 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
CARL LOMAX, 68, of downtown Cincinnati, died Nov. 21. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at Joseph R. Garr Funeral Service, 930 Findlay St. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
JO ANN RELIFORD-LEMONS, 53, of Westwood, died Saturday. She was a self-employed seamstress. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ Temple Baptist Church, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
BETTY WALKER, 61, of Corryville, died Saturday. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Kingdom Hall, 3041 Gilbert Ave. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Joseph R. Garr Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
ALONZO WILCOX JR., 51, of Bond Hill, died Saturday. He was retired from the U. S. Postal Service and a U.S. Army veteran. Services: noon today at Everybody's Tabernacle, 2622 Gilbert Ave. Visitation: 11 a.m. at the church. Renfro & Piper Funeral Service handled arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
VERNON MAURICE YANCEY, 64, of Colerain Township, died Nov. 30. He was a retired machinist for Cincinnati Milacron. Services: 7 p.m. today at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, 11400 Winton Road, Forest Park. Visitation: 6 tonight at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 12-06-2000
PEARL COFFEY, 70, of Clifton, died Dec. 3. She worked in the housekeeping department for University of Cincinnati. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at New Friendship Baptist Church, 3212 Reading Road. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-07-2000
RICHARD E. GRAHAM, 80, of Bear Branch, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a stationary engineer for General Electric in Trenton, N.J. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Markland Funeral Home, Rising Sun. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society or Leukemia Society of America.
Date of announcement: 12-07-2000
MILDRED M. GRAY, 78, of Walnut Hills, died Nov. 29. She was a homemaker. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Trinity Baptist Church, 6320 Chandler. Visitation: 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at the church. Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Date of announcement: 12-07-2000
