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LAWRENCE D. SHAFER, 65, of Cincinnati, died Sunday. He worked for Mechanical Industrial Co. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Confidence Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio. Arrangements: Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, Ohio. Memorials: Shriners Burns Institute.
Date of announcement: 06-17-1997
WILMA F. TAYLOR, 65, of Williamsburg, Ohio, died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Batavia Baptist Temple. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel, Ohio. Memorials: to the church.
Date of announcement: 06-17-1997
DORRANCE JAMES WARNER, 87, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. He was an accountant with Schenley Distillery. Arrangements: Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, Memorials: Greendale Rescue Unit.
Date of announcement: 06-17-1997
John McSweeney, physician
Dr. John E.J. McSweeney, a retired Cincinnati physician and founder of Group Health Associates of Cincinnati, died Monday. He was 74.
Dr. McSweeney was a graduate of St. Xavier High School, the University of Notre Dame and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
In 1974, he founded Group Health Associates.
"Dr. McSweeney's vision, wisdom and persistent hard work helped develop Group Health Associates into Cincinnati's largest integrated medical group, caring for over 100,000 patients," said Dr. Thomas Fischer, current chairman.
Dr. McSweeney was also a member of the medical board of Good Samaritan Hospital and the board of directors of P.I.E. Mutual Insurance Co. He was a member of the American College of Physicians Executives.
Dr. McSweeney leaves his wife, Doris McSweeney; daughters, Marianne Wright and Ellen Bingham, both of Kenwood; a son, J. Kevin McSweeney of Hyde Park; a sister, Helen Gray of Wyomissing, Pa., and eight grandchildren.
Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday at the Church of the Annunciation, Clifton. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at Gilligan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Memorials: Good Samaritan Hospital Education Fund, or charity of donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 06-18-1997
VINCENT DWIGHT CARTER, 13, of Fairmount, died Friday. Vincent was the son of Darrell and Donna Carter and a sixth-grader at Heberle Elementary. Services: 6 p.m. Thursday at Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church, Northside. Visitation: 5 p.m. Thursday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-18-1997
HENRY PRICE DICKEY, 92, of Forest Park, died June 14. Mr. Dickey was a meat cutter for Khan's Meat Packing Co. Services: 8 p.m. Sunday at Greater New Hope Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 7 p.m. Sunday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-18-1997
MINNIE A. FLOWERS, 86, of Clifton, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-18-1997
MAGGIE LEAN (MCCLENDON) MCKINNEY, 74, of Silverton, died Thursday. Ms. McKinney was retired from St. Margaret's Home. Services: noon Thursday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton. Visitation: 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-18-1997
OLLIE RHODES, 86, of Clifton, died Saturday. Ms. Rhodes was a domestic worker. Services: 1 p.m. today at St. Mary's Baptist Church, Over-the-Rhine. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 06-18-1997
Dr. William Ahlering, obstetrician
Dr. William C. Ahlering, 80, of Madeira Beach, Fla., formerly of Cincinnati, died Tuesday.
Dr. Ahlering was a former Cincinnati physician of obstetrics and gynecology - serving at one time as head of the obstetrics department at Christ Hospital - and was on the staff at Bethesda Hospital, delivering more than 11,000 babies during his career.
He was a 1944 medical school graduate of the University of Cincinnati and served in the South Pacific with the Navy in World War II.
Dr. Ahlering leaves his wife, Nellie; son, Dr. William X. Ahlering of the United Arab Emirates; daughters, Sandra Kiser of Gulfport, Fla., Susan Andrews of San Marcos, Calif., and Jenny Ahlering (Antoniolli) and Joan Barngrover, both of Cincinnati; sisters Marian Ahlering and Frances Browne, both of Cincinnati; and four grandchildren.
Arrangements are through E. James Reese Funeral Home, Seminole, Fla.
Date of announcement: 06-20-1997
RUSSELL V. CURLIN, 81, of Vevay, Ind., died Wednesday. He was a farmer. Services: 1 p.m. EDT Saturday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, Ind. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EDT today.
Date of announcement: 06-20-1997
JESSIE MAE CURRENT, 55, of Evanston, died June 15. She was a nurse's aide. Services: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Date of announcement: 06-20-1997
DAVID L. "BUTCH" FISCUS, 54, of Batavia, Ohio, died Wednesday. He owned Fiscus Trucking and Excavation. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mt. Orab, Ohio. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Date of announcement: 06-20-1997
EMMA LOU FOSTER FITHEN, 65, of Bethel, Ohio, died Thursday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home, Bethel. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today.
Date of announcement: 06-20-1997
JOHN AUSTIN WAYNE ROHRIG, 2 months, of Milan, Ind., died Wednesday. He was the son of John F. and Amanda Jo Sapp Rohrig. Arrangements: Cook Funeral Home, Sunman.
Date of announcement: 06-20-1997
George Kirch, oratorio singer
George Kirch, one of Cincinnati's finest oratorio singers, died Tuesday in his Anderson Township home. He was 70.
"He was one of the last of the old school of Cincinnati's bass-baritone singers," said friend Phyllis Pierce. "He was an amazing renaissance man of our city."
Kirch was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Hungarian immigrants. Beginning at the age of 13 as a boy soprano in his church choir, he was singing in 12 choirs by his senior year in high school. In New York, he sang with such renowned conductors as Robert Shaw and Peter Wilhousky.
He graduated from Brooklyn Technical School and, after a brief stint in the Navy, the University of Cincinnati. He won a Metropolitan Opera Scholarship, which he used to study voice at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
He sang various roles with the Music Drama Guild (later Cincinnati Music Theater) and with the Zoo Opera Chorus. He sang and directed choirs at a variety of churches and synagogues in the city, as well as the P&G Men's Chorus and the Middletown Civic Chorus.
Kirch also was a 12-year member of the May Festival Chorus and a 30-year member of the Cathedral Choir at Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church.
He worked as an engineer for Procter & Gamble for 32 years, retiring in 1983.
He was married for 43 years until his wife, JoAnn, died in March 1994. He is survived by a son, Steve Kirch of Pleasanton, Calif.; and two daughters, Kimberly Kirch, and Carol Armstrong, both of Eastgate.
Memorial services will be at the Hyde Park church at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Memorial contributions may be made to the FreeStore/FoodBank of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, whose board he served on for many years, or to the Capital Funds Drive at the church.
Date of announcement: 06-21-1997
JOHN L. CLARK I, 44, of Madisonville, died Wednesday. He was a warehouse clerk. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at New Life Temple Church, 4836 Ward St. Visitation: 6 p.m. Monday at the church. Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-21-1997
DOROTHY (BLANK) KLING, 75, of Bridgetown, died Thursday. She was a volunteer food server at St. John's Social Service Center. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine's Church, Westwood. Visitation: 4-7 p.m. Sunday at Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, 3155 Harrison Ave. Westwood. Memorials: Fresh Fund of St. Catherine's Church or St. John's, 121 E. 13th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45210.
Date of announcement: 06-21-1997
VIOLET KLUMP, 81, of Georgetown, died Thursday. Services: 2 p.m. today at the Russellville Presbyterian Church. There is no visitation. Arrangements: Knechtly-Pott Funeral Home. Memorials: Hospice of Brown County.
Date of announcement: 06-21-1997
STANLEY M. MCCOWAN, 76, of Goshen, formerly of Felicity, died Friday. He was a World War II veteran. Services: 2 p.m. today at Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, 323 N. Union Street,Felicity. Visitation: noon today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-21-1997
JACOB MILLER, 96, of Avondale, died Tuesday. He was a former supervisor for General Motors. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Greater New Hope Baptist Church, 3655 Harvey Ave. Visitation: 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-21-1997
VIRGINIA (WHITT) MONNING, 69, died Thursday. She was a retired member of the Cincinnati Bar Association and was active in the Cincinnati Historical Society. Visitation: noon-1 p.m. Monday at Seventh Presbyterian Church, 1721 Madison Road. Services: 1 p.m. at the church. Memorials: Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45241.
Date of announcement: 06-21-1997
VONDALE POPE, 34, of Clifton, died Wednesday. He was a lawn clerk. Services: 7 p.m. Monday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave. Visitation: 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 06-21-1997
JOHNNIE MAE ROGERS, 69, of Mt. Auburn, died Wednesday. She was a nurse's assistant at University Hospital. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Walnut Hills Baptist Church, 2386 Kemper Rd. Visitation: Noon Tuesday at the church. Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 06-21-1997
