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OPAL A. MESLOH, 87, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Wednesday. She was a retired Kroger's cashier. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Memorials: Area 12 Council on Aging.
Date of announcement: 01-22-1998
BRUCE CALVIN PALMER, 47, of Wyoming, died Saturday. Services: noon today at Thompson, Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Lockland. Visitation: 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 01-22-1998
ROBERT STOKES, 73, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. He was a Procter & Gamble executive and Navy veteran of World War II. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Knox Presbyterian Church, Hyde Park. Arrangements: Bartlett-Burdette-Cox Funeral Home, Charleston, W. Va. Memorials: Cancer Society or Association for the Blind.
Date of announcement: 01-22-1998
HAZEL P. SUMNER, 88, of Sunman, Ind., died Wednesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Cook Funeral Home, Sunman. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 01-22-1998
VIRGINIA WEBB, 92, of Kenwood, died Tuesday. She was a medical and psychiatric social worker with Children's Hospital and officer with the Hyde Park Square Business Association. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Knox Presbyterian Church, Hyde Park. Arrangements: Elden A. Good Funeral Home. Memorials: Cincinnati Association for the Blind.
Date of announcement: 01-22-1998
Joseph A. Hall, business leader
Joseph A. Hall was a highly respected man in both the business and social welfare communities in Greater Cincinnati, colleagues say.
Mr. Hall, 89, died Monday at Deaconess Hospital.
In 1948, Mr. Hall began his association with the Division of Negro Welfare which was the forerunner of the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati. As the Urban League's first executive director, he worked to bring about positive social changes in breaking discrimination barriers.
"Joe Hall brought people together around issues in which they agreed so that they could resolve issues in which they did not agree," said United Way President Dick Aft. "(He) built bridges among diverse people where none existed before."
Mr. Hall retired from the Urban League in 1973.
He was a certified social worker and a past president of the National Association of Social Workers Cincinnati and Ohio chapters. He served as an officer with the National Urban League Council of Executive Directors, the Ohio Welfare Conference and the Ohio Advisory Council for Vocational Education. He also served on the Cincinnati Musical Festival Association Board and the Children's Home Board, which later established a scholarship at the University of Cincinnati School of Social Work in his name.
Later in life, Mr. Hall was recognized with several awards for his lifetime achievement, including being honored by the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce as a "Great Living Cincinnatian."
He was a guest lecturer and consultant to more than 150 local business firms.
Survivors include his wife, Marguerite L. Clemmons; a son, Joseph A. Hall; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Allen Temple AME Church, 7181 Reading Road. Memorials: The Urban League of Greater Cincinnati. Renfro Funeral Home, Avondale, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-23-1998
Marlene Holwadel, parks booster
Marlene Holwadel, a longtime Cincinnati Parks Board member and booster, died Wednesday at age 65.
Credited with renovating Ault Park in the early 1980s, Mrs. Holwadel also started the Park Board Volunteers and Krohn Conservatory gift shop, which she ran for nearly two decades, said her daughter, Lauren Niemes, of Cincinnati.
"She was a wonderful person," said Parks Board president Roger Ach.
Mrs. Holwadel was also a booster for her alma mater Withrow High School.
She leaves her husband, Kent; two other daughters, Kathy Holwadel of Cincinnati, and Jody Holwadel- Taylor of Los Angeles; a son, David Holwadel of Madeira; and five grandchildren.
A public service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Krohn Conservatory. Memorials may be made to Withrow Alumni Association Inc. No visitation. T.P. White Funeral Home is in charge.
Date of announcement: 01-23-1998
JESSIE MAE BELL died Jan. 16. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home, 3437 Montgomery Road, Evanston. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 01-23-1998
L.C. GROVE SR., 73, of Cumminsville, died Tuesday. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, 3640 Roll St., Cumminsville. Visitation: noon Monday at the church. Thompson, Hall-Jordan is in charge of arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-23-1998
ELEANOR C. SOMMER, 84, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Thursday. Ms. Sommer was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Bear Branch, Ind. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. today at Ulrich Filter Home, Dillsboro. Memorials: Bear Branch Fire Dept. or Dillsboro Emergency Unit. Ulrich Filter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-23-1998
Rev. Robert Hoffer, teacher, chaplain at Motherhouse
The Rev. Robert Hoffer, 78, of Delhi Township, died Friday. He was a Franciscan friar.
He retired in 1992 but had since ministered as chaplain at the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity on Delhi Road.
Ordained in 1946, Father Hoffer was a teacher at Roger Bacon High School from 1946 to 1951, a parish priest and the treasurer of St. John the Baptist Province of Franciscan friars from 1961-66. Assigned primarily in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, he served as assistant pastor at St. Bonaventure in Cincinnati from 1959 to 1960, assistant pastor at St. Stephen in Hamilton from 1960 to 1961, pastor at Holy Family Church in Oldenburg, Ind., from 1972 to 1975, and pastor at St. Louis Church in Batesville, Ind., from 1978 to 1984. His last assignment in active ministry was at St. Mary's of Lourdes Parish, Metamora, Ill.
Survivors include brothers, Rev. Charles Hoffer of Covington, Rev. Francis X. Hoffer of Delhi Township and Ralph Hoffer of Lakeside Park; and a sister, Frances Hoffer of Ft. Mitchell, Ky.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Clement Church, St. Bernard. Visitation will be after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
Rev. Elmer R. Moore taught at Purcell
The Rev. Elmer R. Moore, 74, who taught at Purcell High School in the 1940s, died Jan. 10 at the Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Ky.
Father Moore served at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Ft. Mitchell, Ky., from 1954 to 1957 before transferring to St. Anthony Parish in Bellevue, Ky., and serving there until 1960. He then went to Lexington in 1960 and was chaplain and later pastor of the Newman Center at the University of Kentucky and taught at Lexington Catholic High School. He also was pastor at Lexington St. Paul Catholic Church. He retired in 1988.
Memorial services are Jan. 31 at Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, Lexington. Arrangements: Aaron M. Smith Funeral Home, Lexington.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
CARL RAYMOND ALEXANDER, 48, of Fairmount, died Jan. 18. Mr. Alexander was a laborer for Lazarus. Services: noon today at Thompson, Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11:15 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
ELBERT BRANDENBURG, 87, of Chilo, Ohio, died Thursday. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity, Ohio. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
DAVID RODNEY BRYANT, 31, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. Mr. Bryant was an assistant manager for Wendy's restaurant, Atlanta. Services: Noon Monday at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Cincinnati. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church. Renfro Funeral Service Inc., Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
ROBERT IRA CAHALL, 77, of Sardinia, Ohio, died Thursday. He worked for the Ford Motor Co. and was a World War II Army Air Corp. veteran. Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown, Ohio. Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials: Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show or to the Russellville Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
ROSE A. FLODDER, 84, of Batesville, Ind., died Friday. Ms. Flodder was a clerk for Western Auto and the Home Outfitters. Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Louis Catholic Church, Batesville. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville. Memorials: Gibault School for Boys or Batesville Rescue 10 Life Squad.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
KEVIN NEVINS, 5, of Madison, Ind., died Thursday. Kevin was the son of John Michael and Janet (Sharon) Nevins. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church, 2632 Michigan Road, Madison, Ind. Visitation: 3 to 6 p.m. today and 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the church. Arrange ments: Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home. Memorials: Calvary Baptist Church.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
EXSIE TURNER, 87, of Avondale, died Thursday. Ms. Turner was a private nurse's aide. Services: Noon Friday at Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Cincinnati. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Thompson, Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Cincinnati, is handling arrangements.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
LAWRENCE E. VIERLING, 55, of Batesville, Ind., died Friday. He was a financial manager for Hillenbrand Industries. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Louis Catholic Church, Batesville. Visitation: 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville, Ind. Memorials: Phi Beta Psi Sorority Cancer Research Project or to the Hospice of Decatur County.
Date of announcement: 01-24-1998
Betty Showalter King, nurse and health-field professional
Betty Showalter King, 59, of Hyde Park, died Friday at Jewish Hospital in Kenwood.
She was a registered nurse and key member of the management group that opened Bethesda North Hospital. She later led the nursing team that help start Jewish Hospital in Kenwood. Mrs. King
then entered into mental health counseling and became director of case management at CRI, which serves mentally disabled persons.
Services: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Elden A. Good Funeral Home, Hyde Park. Visitation: 5 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 01-26-1998
