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HELEN M. SAYLOR, 69, of Williamsburg, Ohio, died Friday. She was retired from Dorman Products Inc. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Maham Funeral Home, Williamsburg. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 05-31-1997
Judith Ann Carleton, microbiologist
Judith Ann Carleton, 69, of Cincinnati, died May 27.
Ms. Carleton was a retired microbiologist with the city of Cincinnati and a tireless volunteer with the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Krohn Conservatory, the Cincinnati Park Board's Adopt a Plot Program and other organizations.
She was co-author of several scientific papers, a member of the Cincinnati Tennis Club and a volunteer with the ATP Championship.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Seventh Presbyterian Church, Walnut Hills. Arrangements: Elden A. Good Funeral Home, Hyde Park. Memorials: Cincinnati Art Museum.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1997
GEORGE B. BEDEL, 76, of Batesville, Ind., died Friday. Mr. Bedel worked for Steinkamp & Co. and was an Army veteran. Mass: 10 a.m. EST Tuesday at St. Louis Church, Batesville. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EST today at Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville. Memorials: Batesville Rescue 10 or Phi Beta Psi Sorority Cancer Research Fund.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1997
THOMAS J. BOWLING, 83, of Brookville, Ind., died Friday. He was a retired driver with Greyhound Bus Co. Services: 2 p.m. EST today at Cook Funeral Home, Brookville. Visitation: 1 p.m. EST at the funeral home. Memorials: Brookville EMS No. 2.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1997
WILLIAM HOWARD JONES, 96, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Friday. He worked for Sullivan Shoe Co. and was a Navy veteran. Services: 11 a.m. today at Confidence Cemetery, Georgetown. Arrangements: Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1997
ELLEN C. SCHUBERT POPE, 70, of Bethel, Ohio, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Arrangements: Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1997
RALPH E. WEBBER, 81, of Lexington, Ind., formerly of Vevay, Ind., died Sunday. Mr. Webber worked for Madison State Hospital and was an Army veteran of World War II. Services: 11 a.m. EST Wednesday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: Alzheimer's Disease Research.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1997
DOROTHY MAE WILLIAMS, 67, of Forest Park, died Thursday. She taught at Hoffman Elementary School in Walnut Hills. Services: noon Tuesday at New Sardis Primitive Baptist Church, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Arrangements: Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home, West End.
Date of announcement: 06-02-1997
W. Posey, civil rights leader
Webster Willie Lesley Posey, attorney, civil rights leader and former clerk of Cincinnati City Council, died Thursday. He was 84.
Current council clerk Sandy Sherman said the city was fortunate to have known his one-time boss.
"He was always here for us in council, he was always here for the young men and women who needed his legal services," said Sherman, deputy clerk under Posey.
"If he had been paid all he was owed, he would have been a millionaire by now."
Posey, of Avondale, was a leader in the civil rights movement in Cincinnati dating back to the 1950s. He was among a group of African-American leaders who emerged in the '50s, a friend of the late Council Member Myron Bush and a protegee of the city's first black mayor, Theodore Berry.
A graduate of the University of Cincinnati and Chase Law School, Posey was a trustee and president for several terms of the Cincinnati branch of the NAACP. He was a lead attorney in the case that led to the integration of Coney Island amusement park.
He was active for many years in the YMCA and headed the Defenders group at the 9th Street YMCA. He was active in both the Democratic Party and the Charter committee, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Hamilton County Municipal Court, and twice a candidate for Cincinnati City Council.
He was named Clerk of Council in 1973.
"He used to sit around after work and tell stories of his battles over Coney Island," Sherman recalled. "He always said it was possible that council would someday have a majority of minorities on council. He predicted it. And he came close to living to see it happen."
Posey retired from council in 1984 and has been in private law practice. He also was active in his church, the St. John AME Zion Church, Avondale.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. John AME Zion Church, 425 Forest Ave., Avondale. Visitation will be 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave.
Date of announcement: 06-03-1997
Jane Ruxton, 50-year volunteer
Jane Davis Ruxton of Indian Hill, who spent more than 50 years volunteering for local organizations, including the Junior Cooperative Society at Children's Hospital and the Indian Hill March of Dimes, died Saturday. She was 83.
Mrs. Ruxton was a member of the Symphony Club, Town Club, Arthritis Foundation and a former president of the Maternity Society, which furnished layettes for babies born at General Hospital. She said her father promoted her community service.
"He always told me, "Leave the world a better place than when you came in it,' " she told The Post five years ago. "I hope I have done that and I know our children will continue the goal."
Mrs. Ruxton was born in Indianapolis in 1913 and her family moved to Cincinnati during World War I. She attended prep schools in the Northeast before meeting her future husband, William W. Ruxton, at Ohio State University in the '30s. The couple celebrated their 61st anniversary earlier this year.
Mr. Ruxton said he will remember his wife for her love of flowers, as well as her "generosity, charity, devotion to the family and her respect for people."
Other survivors include a sister, Betty Anderson of Kenwood; five sons, William of Miami Township, Phillip of Rising Son, Ind., Bryce of Cos Cob, Conn., Scott of Muncie, Ind. and Craig of Mariemont; three daughters, Sherry Paterson of Symmes Township, Jane Bowman of Blue Ash and Linda Osborne of Indian Hill; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 1 p.m. today at Spring Grove Cemetery, 4521 Spring Grove Ave. Visitation: noon today at the cemetery. Memorials to the Junior Co-op Society, c/o Children's Hospital, 333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati 45229.
Date of announcement: 06-03-1997
Edward Elliott Lea, 93, prominent in construction
Edward Elliott Lea was prominent in the Cincinnati construction industry for 40 years - from the mid-1920s through the mid-1960s.
"He was very outgoing, very gregarious," said Mr. Lea's daughter-in-law, Ann Lea. "He was just a delightful person, enjoyed by everyone who knew him."
Mr. Lea, 93, died last Friday at the Marjorie P. Lee Retirement Community in Hyde Park.
A native of Clifton, Mr. Lea graduated from Yale University in 1926 and returned to Cincinnati to live most of his life in East Walnut Hills.
He was purchasing secretary at Ferro Concrete Construction Co. and then at Turner Construction Co., after Turner acquired Ferro. He retired in 1967.
Mr. Lea was a longtime member of the Cincinnati Country Club, where he was a director and head of the building committee for many years. He also served on various philanthropic boards of directors, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati.
Other survivors include a son, Edward E. Lea Jr., and a granddaughter, Ann Roberts Lea, both of Raleigh, N.C.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Chapel of the Marjorie P. Lee Retirement Community, 3550 Shaw Ave., Hyde Park. Arrangements are being handled by Schaefer & Busby Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati or to charity.
Date of announcement: 06-03-1997
Sister Mary Edmund, 59 years as nun
Sister of Charity Mary Edmund Bensman, 83, died Sunday at Mother Margaret Hall nursing home in Delhi Township. She was a Sister of Charity for 59 years, working in food service, before retiring in 1971 due to poor health.
"She was a very religious and gentle woman," said her sister, Sister Joseph Maria Bensman, also a Sister of Charity.
"She had a beautiful disposition. I know everyone loved her."
Born July 4, 1913, Sister Mary Edmund was a cook for the Sisters of Charity at Holy Angels Convent in Sydney, Ohio, before spending 14 years working as a nutritionist at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse.
She returned to the Motherhouse after spending eight years at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton.
Sister Virginia Kunz said Sister Mary Edmund had extraordinary patience and a quiet disposition.
"Sister had a very good sense of humor and always gave good support to young sisters in training," she said. "She took a lot of pride in her work . . . and had a lot of patience."
Other survivors include a sister, Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Josephine; three brothers, Joseph Bensman of Russia, Ohio, Victor Bensman of Anna, Ohio, and the Rev. John Bensman, of Chickasaw, Ohio; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sisters of Charity Motherhouse Cemetery, 5900 Delhi Road in Delhi Township. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Heritage Room at the Motherhouse.
Date of announcement: 06-03-1997
