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CLYDE HENDERSON, 88, of Walnut Hills, died Sunday. Mr. Henderson was retired from the Orthodox Nursing Home. Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-16-1997
ERIC LEWIS, 34, of Finneytown, died June 10. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-16-1997
JULIUS ORSO JR., 66, of Columbia Township, died Saturday. He worked for the VA Medical Center. Services: noon Thursday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-16-1997
BETTY C. RHODES of Evanston, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 7:30 p.m. today at Rose Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, North Avondale. Visitation: 6 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Renfro Funeral Service.
Date of announcement: 07-16-1997
RICHARD C. "DUCKY" SCHROEDER, 80, of Batesville, Ind., died Monday. Mr. Schroeder worked for National Lead. Mass: 10 a.m. EST Friday at St. Louis Church, Batesville. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. EST Thursday at the Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville. Memorials: Rescue 10.
Date of announcement: 07-16-1997
Richard Lewis, rights activist
Over his life, Richard Lewis toppled many racial barriers in Cincinnati.
Mr. Lewis, 77, died Thursday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center of heart failure.
He was a union leader who wrote a job-posting agreement hailed as a positive way for blacks to use seniority to secure and earn jobs and advancements in the work force.
He also served for the West End Employment Committee to help blacks get jobs, the West End Development Corporation - where he supervised the development of 362 residential units - and was assistant bureau chief of the Ohio Department of Urban Affairs for Gov. John Gilligan in the 1970s.
He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Cincinnati and was a World War II veteran.
Mr. Lewis was an unsuccessful candidate for Cincinnati City Council in 1975. The city proclaimed March 22, 1996, as Richard Lewis Day for his accomplishments.
He taught at many area colleges and in the Cincinnati Public Schools before founding with his wife the private school, Cincinnati Community Academy in 1980. He retired in 1985.
He leaves his wife, Rachel of Avondale; mother, Iline Scott of Walnut Hills; daughter, Charlotte Lewis of Yellow Springs; sons, Richard Jr. and Mark of Oxford, Ohio; stepdaughters, Regina Wal lace, of Richmond, Va., Emma Kelly of Bond Hill and Sylvia Williams of Silverton; stepsons, Arnold Stenson of Avondale, Dwight Stenson of Pomona, Calif., Michael Walker of San Diego and Bill Walker of Hyde Park.
Services: 7 p.m. today at Avondale Carmel Presbyterian Church. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Renfro Funeral Service, Avondale.
Date of announcement: 07-17-1997
INA MAE (CURRY) CAPLINGER, 76, of Madison, Ind., died Tuesday. Ms. Caplinger was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. EST Friday at Haskell and Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EST today and 8 a.m. EST Friday.
Date of announcement: 07-17-1997
JUSTIN WILLIAM CLAYPOOLE, 2 months, of Florence, Ind., died Sunday. Justin was the son of George W. and Lisa K. Claypoole. Arrangements: Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind.
Date of announcement: 07-17-1997
ROSALIND M. NEAL, 76, of Mt. Orab, Ohio, died Tuesday. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Mt. Orab Church of Christ, Mt. Orab. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Beam-Fender Funder Home, Sardinia, Ohio.
Date of announcement: 07-17-1997
LEOLA PRICE, 58, of Lockland, died Tuesday. He worked for Connectors Industry of America. Services: 8 p.m. Friday at House of Prayer, Lockland. Visitation: 5 p.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements by Hall-Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 07-17-1997
KEN RAMEY, 58, of Greenville, S.C., formerly of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. He worked for Michelin Tire Co. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn Funeral Home, Greenville. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-17-1997
Theodore Benseler, physician
Dr. Theodore "Ted" Charles Benseler, 73, a Middletown, Ohio, family physician, died of lung cancer Wednesday at Hospice of Dayton.
The native of Long Island, N.Y., he practiced family medicine 41 years in Middletown.
After graduating Miami University, he did cancer research at Sloan Kettering Institute in New York, said his wife, Rita. He also graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathy Medicine and Surgery in Kirksville, Mo.
After illness forced his retirement, he recently began volunteering as a clinical instructor at Corwin Nixon Health Center and the Grandview Outpatient Clinic, both in Dayton.
Other survivors are a son, Dr. Jeffrey Benseler, Springboro; daughters, Pamela Patrie of Trenton, Ohio, and Nancy Price of Ashville, N.C.; a sister, Ruth Peters of Tucson, Ariz.; and five grandchildren.
Memorials: to Hospice of Dayton, 324 Wilmington Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45420; or Dayton District Academy Memorial Fund, 405 Grand Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45420.
Date of announcement: 07-18-1997
WARREN W. MCCLOUD, 47, of Bond Hill, died Tuesday. Services: 6 p.m. Sunday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Visitation: 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-18-1997
GENEVA MONROE MILLER, 86, of Vevay, Ind., died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. EST Saturday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. today and 8 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-18-1997
CATHERINE MARKSBERRY RIMSTIDT, 95, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Wednesday. She was a homemaker and a member of Ludlow Hill Baptist Church, serving as the church Sunday school secretary and flower chairman. Services: 10 a.m. EDT Saturday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. EDT today at the funeral home. Memorials: to the church or Vencare Hospice in Cincinnati.
Date of announcement: 07-18-1997
ROGER G. TURPIN, 52, of Sunman, Ind., died Tuesday. He was a self-employed wrecker driver and an Army veteran. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Saturday at Cook Funeral Home in Sunman. Memorials: To the family.
Date of announcement: 07-18-1997
CLARA LEE WILLIS, 81, of Silverton, died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 7 p.m. today at Gaines United Methodist Church in Madisonville. Visitation: 5 p.m. at the church. Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 07-18-1997
PEGGY J. BRADLEY, 63, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Her body was donated to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. No services. Arrangements: Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg.
Date of announcement: 07-19-1997
CLYDE B. FARRELL, 74, of Aurora, Ind., died Thursday. He was a retired driver for Bruce Miller Oil Co. Services: 10 a.m. EDT Monday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. EDT Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 07-19-1997
Sister Richard Marie Elstro, teacher
Sister Richard Marie Elstro, 94, died Saturday.
She entered the convent of the Sisters of St. Francis of Oldenburg, Ind., in 1922 and made her final vows in 1928. Sister Richard Marie was a business teacher and among her assignments were Sacred Heart School in Cincinnati and the old Our Lady of Angels High School in St. Bernard.
She retired to the order's motherhouse in 1980.
Mass: 3 p.m. EST Tuesday at the motherhouse in Oldenburg. Visitation: 1 p.m. EST Tuesday at the motherhouse. Arrangements: Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville.
Date of announcement: 07-21-1997
GRANVILLE FISHER, 85, of Russellville, Ohio, died Friday. He was a former assistant fire chief of Russellville. Services: 2 p.m. today at Bethlehem Church of Christ, Winchester, Ohio. Arrangements: Knechtly-Potts Funeral Home, Russellville.
Date of announcement: 07-21-1997
ANNIE FLANIGAN, 71, of Forest Park, died Friday. She was a homemaker. Services: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Glendale. Visitation: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Lockland.
Date of announcement: 07-21-1997
MARY KELCH, 82, of Winchester, Ohio, died Saturday. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Knechtly-Potts Funeral Home, Russellville, Ohio. Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-21-1997
