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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2010 THE LOCAL NEWS ENQUIRER Funeral Directory To To express your condolences or pay tribute; please visit Cincinnati.Com and click on obituarles. Service Date Age and Time Funeral Home 86 Dec. 13 11:00 A.M. Hodapp-College Hill 63 Dec. 14 1:00 P.M.

Radel Funeral Service 68 Peoples 75 Dec. 14 10:00 A.M. John C. Brater 89 Dec.18 10:00 A.M. Mueller Parker 39 Neidhard-Minges-Westwoo 89 Dec.

20 11:00 A.M. Gilligan 75 Dec 13 12:00 P.M. Gwen Mooney 84 Dec. 14 12:00 P.M. Hodapp -West Chester Dec.

14 1:00 P.M. Tredway-Pollitt-Staver 94 Dec. 15 10:00 A.M. Linnemann 53 Dec. 14 7:00 P.M.

Evans 51 Dec. 14 12:00 P.M. McDaniel Dec. 13 10:15 A.M. Geo.

H. Rohde Dec. 16 2:00 P.M. Twin Towers 86 Dec. 13 2:30 P.M.

Gate of Heaven 82 Dec, 13 12:00 P.M. Schmidt Dhonau Kucner 85 Dec. 13 1:00 P.M. Peoples Dec 14 6:00 PM Thompson, Hall Jordan 71 Raiph Meyer Deters 75 Dec. 14 11:00 A.M.

Minges 36 Dec. 14 1 P.M. Dobbling, 89 Dec. 13 11:00 A.M. Paul R.

Young 67 Dec. 18 12:00 P.M. Mueller Parker 95 Roberson Dec. 14 11:30 A.M. Evans -Goshen 82 Dec.

14 11:30 A.M. Dennis George 79 Dec. 18 10:30 A.M. Neidhard-Minges 69 Dec. 14 1:00 P.M.

Jackman-Kercheval visit www.jonestheflorist.com SYMPATHY FLOWERS Ohio- Indiana obituaries HATFIELD Robert Beloved husband of Shelby (nee LeFevers) Hatfield. Devoted father of the late Pamela Hatfield. Cherished brother of Theda H. Cinnamon, Dorothy H. Collett, Donald (Polly) Hatfield, and Barbara H.

(C.Lee) Gambrel, Sr. Loving brother-in-law of Billye H. Hatfield. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Laura (Laws) Hatfield, brother, Ancil Hatfield, sister Pearl H. Walker and brothers-in-law, William Cinnamon and Thomas Collett.

He passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at the age of 75. Visitation will be held Monday, December 13, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. until time of service 12:00 P.M. at the Gwen Mooney Funeral Home: (513-853-1035); Interment Spring Grove Cemetery. Bob was a life time member of a local Masonic Lodge.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Shriners Hospital for Children. Sympathy may be expressed at www.springgrove.org. HATTER Betty Jane (nee Thompson), beloved wife of the late Esker (Carl) Hatter, loving mother of James (Bette) Hatter, Sandra (Frank) Ostenkamp, and Doug (Roberta) Hatter, devoted grandma of Duane, Jennifer, Tony, Nick, Sarah, Emily, Anne, Samuel, Isabel, Jake, Troy, Josh, Wyatt, Teddy, and Camille Jane, dear sister of Sharlene (Lou) Morgan and Howard (Sue) Thompson. Passed away Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, age 84.

Visitation at the Hodapp Funeral Home, 8815 CincinnatiColumbus Rd. (Rt 42), West Chester, Tuesday, Dec. 14 from 10:30 am until the funeral service at 12 noon. Condolences at hodappfuneralhome.com HAYS Hershel H. Beloved husband of the late Okley Hays.

Dear father of Thomas, Dan, Larry and Dace Hays. Hershel is also survived by sisters Shirley Whicker, Sadie Smith, brothers Fred, Delbert and Eldon Hays, grandchildren Christy McAfee, Melissa Procter, Tracy Martin, Merissa Conner, Michael, Mathew, Mike and Scott Hays and many great grandchildren. Friends may call at Tredway-Pollitt-Staver Funeral Home (2131 Cameron Norwood, OH 45212 631-0311) Monday and Tuesday at Lakes Funeral Home (McKee, KY) until time of service Interment at Hays Family Cemetery. KANE Kenneth beloved husband of Kimberly Dunham Kane, devoted father of Michael (Tricia), Justin (Holly) and Kelli Kane, loving grandfather of Madison Moore and Elise Cooper, dear brother of Julie Mack, Steven, David, Joe Kane and the late Sherry Hasty and Jim Kane, also survived by his step mother Christina Kane and many nieces and nephews, he was preceded in death by his parents Robert and Joyce Williams Kane. Saturday, December 11, 2010, age 53, residence Loveland, OH.

Services Evans Funeral Home, Milford, December 14, 7:00 PM, visitation 5 PM until time of service. Memorials to the American Cancer www.evansfuneralhome.com MANGO Mary, peacefully Therese, Wednesday, passed Decem- away ber 8th, 2010 with her loving She is survived by her children; loved husband, Vito E. Mango. children by her side. She was preceded in death by her beMary "Cheech" (Michael) Kain, Michelle Marie Costellanos and Dominic L.

Mango. Grandchildren; Alyssa, Connor, Madison, Brendan, Nathan. Her sister; Sister Frances Hogan (OSU) and dear friends; Mary Riportella of Tahira Aziz. The Family will receive visitors Monday, December 13, 2010, from to prior to the Memorial Mass of Christian Burial at St. Clare Catholic Church 1443 Cedar 45224.

Lunch to immediately follow. Donations in Lieu of flowers are appreciated by the Ursulines of Brown County, 20860 St. Rt. 251 St. Martin, Ohio 45118-9705 or the family suggests a donation to the American Cancer Society or local Hospice.

Condolences and tributes at rohdefuneral.com obituarles. LINE The Swinger Stuffed animals, notes and prayers were left as a memorial for the family members that were killed in a house fire in Ludlow. Teddy bears pay tribute to twin fire victims Dozens visit scene Saturday By Jim Hannah said. The investigation into LUDLOW A car stops in front of 107 Elm a small girl steps out and stretches to sit a white teddy bear on top of a stone wall in front of the burned out home. Jessica Sebastian, 10, of Covington was one of dozens of people Saturday who came to the scene of a house fire that killed twin 4-year-old girls and their great-grandmother late Thursday night in Ludlow.

"My mother said the bear could be their Christmas gift in heaven," Sebastian said. "I just wanted to do something for them." Funeral arraignments for twins Madisynn and McKynsee Spencer and their greatgrandmother Nancy "Carole" Spencer are being handled by Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home but were not finalized as of Saturday afternoon. The funerals are likely to be Tuesday or Wednesday. That didn't stop people like Jessica from paying respects to the family.

By Saturday afternoon more than a dozen teddy bears lined the stone wall in front of the burned home. "I want the family to remember we are praying for them," said Stephanie Hall, 47, of Kenton County. "I'm a mother and can't imagine what it would be like to lose a child. It's such a tragedy." The twins' father, Dustin Spencer, was rescued from a third-story window by firefighters. His wife and the twin's mother, Beth Spencer, escaped out the front side door of the home with the couple's 2-year-old, Ethan Spencer.

Beth Spencer's 11-year-old daughter, Christina Renaker, also escaped the home but sustained burns on her arm and face. She remained Saturday at Shriners Hospital for Children in Cincinnati. Some people on Saturday left personal messages in the form of notes and prayers at the home for the survivors. "It's such a sad, sad event just before Christmas," said John Reynolds, 52, of Covington. "I wanted to come by to show my support for the family.

We have to help each other out to survive this world." Ludlow Fire Chief Matt Chastain arrived at the scene 30 seconds after receiving the alarm at 10:52 p.m. but the fire was too intense for him to enter the back room of the home to save the twins and their great-grandmother. Authorities and family members think they were trying to exit the back door. There were no smoke detectors in the home, Chastain said. Overloaded electrical wiring is being blamed for the fast-moving blaze, Chastain Obituaries at Cincinnati.Com Data Center If you missed a death notice, you can search the area's most comprehensive listing of paid and editorial obituaries at Cincinnati.Com.

Some notices allow you to sign a guestbook with wishes, stories and messages. Search: obits Name BUNCH, Patricia (Shea) DETTMER, Ronald J. ENGLISH, Mary Alice ESTES, Lillie (McKee) FOX, Norma E. (Shields) GENTRY, Janet Rae GOOSMAN, Fred Jr. HATFIELD, Robert HATTER, Betty J.

(Thompson) HAYS, Hershel H. HERZOG, Marcella KANE, Kenneth R. LAMBERT, Richard A. MANGO, Mary Therese. MARKSBURY, Alice T.

MATTHEWS, John Jr. MENCHEN, Opal MOOREHEAD, Stanley RAYMOND, Ashtonya ROGERS, Rita ROWE, Lottie (Ferry) RUSSELL, David A. RUTZ, Irvin SCHEFFLER, Dora (Baca) SHADRACH, Donald G. SMITH, Irene (Phillips) SWOPE, Evelyn R. THOM, Stan G.

WILLIAMS, Betty Jo TO SEND Ohio- Indiana obituaries DETTMER Ronald J. Beloved husband of Linda (Nee: Hurdle) Dettmer. Loving father of Katie (Tony) Wright and Carrie (Mark) Slye. Cherished grandfather of Chloe and Lydia Wright and Olivia and Brooke Slye. Caring brother-inlaw of Cindy (Bruce) Sohngen and Vickie (Charlie) Sebastian.

Also survived by nieces and nephews. December 11, 2010. Age 63 years. Visitation will be held on Tues. Dec.

14th from 11am until the time of the funeral service at at the Radel Funeral Home 650 Neeb Rd. 451-8800. If so desired memorials may be made to the American Heart Assoc. 15120 Collections Center Dr. Chicago 11.

60693. www.radelfuneral.com ESTES ESTES Lillie Ellen (nee McKee.) Beloved wife of the late Brad Estes. Loving mother of Deborah (Jon) Milesky, the late Herbert Estes and James (Rhonda) Wonderful grandmother to Christopher Kaitlyn Milesky, Ashley, Nathan, Carly, Brady Kylie Estes. Sister to Gordon (Linda) McKee. Age 75.

Passed away Dec. 9, 2010. Visitation will be held on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 from 5 to 8 pm in the John C. Brater Funeral Home, 201 S.

Vine Street, Harrison OH. Funeral Services will be held on Dec 14 at 10 AM in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association through the funeral home. Online condolences at www.braterfuneralhome.com Norma E. (nee Shields), 89, beloved wife of the late Albert B.

'Dates' Fox for 60 years, devoted mother of Richard T. (Sandy) Fox O.D. and Robert B. (Terri) Fox D.D.S., dear sister of the late Robert, Edwin and Melvin Shields and Edith Moulton and Delores, loving grandmother of Bryan, Jennifer, Matthew, Eric and Stephanie and greatgrandmother of Dominic, Mia, Brady, Kiely, Lily and Jackson. Life long resident of Mason passed away December 10, 2010.

Norma dearly loved her family. She was proud of her children, grandchildren and great She always thought of others before herself. Until recently Norma still worked at the Lebanon Countryside YMCA and enjoyed every day. Visitation at Mueller Parker Funeral Home, 6791 Tylersville Road, Mason, on Friday, December 17 from 5-8 PM. Mass of Christian Burial will be at St.

Susanna Church, 616 Reading Road, Mason on Saturday at 10:00 CAM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Deerfield Commons or Countryside YMCA. For details or to send a visit www. muellerparker.com 513-398-9100 GENTRY GENTRY Janet Rae. Age 39yrs.

beloved wife of Roy Gentry. Visitation Wednesday until time of services at 7pm. Please check neidhardminges.com Thien for additional info. GOOSMAN GOOSMAN Fred beloved husband of Barbara (nee Haye) Goosman who he was married to for 60 years. Loving father of Fred (Kathy Schutte), Gosman Ill.

Proud grandfather of Derick IV, Kaitlyn, Taylor, Kevin, and Alexie Gosman. Departed Sunday November 14, 2010 at the age of 89. While playing in the CSO under the name of Eugene Goosman he joined the Army where he was stationed in Kentucky. He was later put in the band and sent to England where he played in the Glenn Miller Band. On returning after WWII he came back to earn three more degrees and became Supervisor of Music at Loveland City Schools.

A Memorial Service will be held on Monday December 20th at St. Paul United Meth: odist Church at the corner of Miami Ave. and Galbraith Rd. Visitation will be at 10:00 am until the time of the service at Condolences may be expressed at www.gilliganfuneralhomes.com funeral homes VORHIS LOCKLAND NORWOOD 821 0062 SPRINGDALE WALKER 522-6100 Date of Death Dec, 9 Dec. 11 Dec.

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died in Cincinnati on November 29, 2010, at the age of 95. The eldest daughter of Waldo and Carrie McBeth Trisler, she was born on the family farm near Hamersville, Ohio, on November 11, 1915. After graduating from Bethel-Tate High School in 1933, Alice married Theodore T. Marksbury in 1934. To this union were born two sons who died in infancy.

Ted and Alice spent more than thirty years in farming, including twenty on the Trisler family homestead near Hamersville, and then moved to Bethel. The couple belonged to the Bethel Methodist Church before transferring their membership to the Hamersville Bible Chapel United Church. After Ted's death in 1976, Alice began to work in the library of the Clermont County Hospital, and showed an active curiosity in learning new skills such as faxing and later the use of computers and e-mail. Alice was a lifelong music lover. With her clear soprano voice, she was a mainstay of the choirs at all the churches she attended, and, at the Twin Towers retirement home, continued to sing with the choir well into her 90s.

She was also a lover of opera, and could take part very knowledgeably in debates about the best tenors or sopranos of the past seven decades. A devoted wife, a loving sister to her siblings Dorothy and Rachel, who preceded her in death, and a doting aunt, Alice will be greatly missed by her nieces, Mary Althaus, of Tokyo, Japan, Fran Althaus, of New York, and Diane Althaus Dodaro, of Seattle. The memorial service will be held at 2 pm, Thursday, December 16, 2010, at the Wilson Chapel of Twin Towers, 5343 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224. Donations in Alice Marksbury's name may be made to the music program at Twin Towers. Condolences to hodappfuneralhome.com.

MATTHEWS John Jr. Age 86. Passed away Dec. 8, 2010 in Peachtree City, GA. Husband of Marion Matthews (nee Vorhis).

Father of Thomas, Jack and Donna Matthews, Mary Steinbrunner, Carol Wethington and the late Bob Matthews. Also survived by 11 grand and 7 great grandchildren. John was a retired Manager with GE Aircraft Engines. Committal services with military honors will be held at on Monday Dec. 13, 2010 at Gate of Heaven Cemetery Chapel in Montgomery.

Neidhard Minges Funeral Home handling local arrangements. MENCHEN Opal "Jaye" Menchen (nee Mays), age 82. Beloved wife of the late Harry. Dear mother of David (Julie) and Vicki (Charlie) Butler. Dear grandmother of Jason, Keith, Laura, Katherine and John; great grandmother of 5.

Loving sister of the late James Mays. Funeral Service will be held Monday, December 13, 2010 at 12 Noon, at SchmidtDhonau-Kucner Funeral Home, 8633 Reading Rd, Reading OH, 45215. Family and friends may visit one hour prior to services. In lieu of flowers, family suggests contributions to Cincinnati Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 5202, Cincinnati, OH 45201.

Online condolences at www.schmidtdhonaukucner.co RAYMOND Ashtonya Funeral service will be Tuesday at 6pm at Thompson, Hall Jordan Funeral Home 11400 Winton Rd. Friends may call from 5pm until time of service. ROGERS Rita F. Passed away Thursday December 9, 2010 after a long illness. 71.

Devoted friend for 30 years to Joan McGannon of Cincinnati. Also survived by her many nieces and nephews. Dear sister of the late George, Curl, Irvin and Harry Rogers, Marcella Wright and Frances Mallory. Preceded in death by her parents, Will H. and Pauline (nee Baird) Rogers.

No services. If desired, memorials may be made to the Animal Shelter of the donor's choice. Ralph Meyer Deters Funeral Home serving the family. To view online memorial or leave condolences, please visit www.rmdfuneralhome.com Residence Pendleton Co. Mason Elsmere Loveland Corinth Cincinnati Peachtree City, GA Foster Miamitown 2010 Dayton Colerain Twp.

Port Charlotte the fire was conducted with the assistance of the state fire marshal's office. The more than 100-year-old home was being heated by multiple space heaters plugged into extension cords, Chastain said. The gas to the home was disconnected. Dustin Spencer's father, Scott Spencer, said the gas was apparently cut off because his son didn't have the money to pay for a $1,500 repair on the furnace. It was a fact Scott Spencer, of Menifee County, said he didn't know until after the fire.

"It is just a bad situation," Scott Spencer said. "It is very tragic." Kentucky obituaries THOM Stan Beloved husband of the late Margaret Alice (nee Dammarell) Thom, Dear Father of Jonas (Martje Van Geenen) Thom, Nora (Erce) Gokhan Carrie (Jason) Moore. Grandpa of Nico Thom, Ella Gokhan and Julia Moore. Dear Brother of the late Dr. Jay Thom and Virginia Anne Dammarell, Mary FitzpaSchiering.

Brother her in Law of trick, Elizabeth Simon and the late Dammarell. Died suddenly 10, 2010 Age 79 Michael. years. Stan was retired teacher. Family will receive friends on Friday from pm at Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home 3155 Harrison Westwood.

Mass of Christian Burial Saturday at Our Lady of Victory Church, 810 Rd. (Delhi). Burial Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Mother of God Church (Parish Kitchen) 119 W. 6th St.

Covington, Ky 41011 neidhardminges.com Ohio- Indiana obituaries BUNCH Patricia M. (nee Shea) beloved wife of the late Jess E. Bunch. Devoted mother of Sally A. (Victor) Hall, Susan M.

Heimkreiter, Stephen P. (Kathy), Michael J. (Marilyn), Rev. Timothy S. and Nicholas E.

(Kathy) Bunch, Patricia M. (Wayne) Becker, Karen B. (Roger) Perdrix, Teresa C. (Kevin) Powell, Mary B. (the late Bobby) Junker and Katie M.

(Jim) Sheanshang. Also survived by 25 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Sister of Nancy (William) Swallow and sister-in-law of Mary Lou Walpole. Thursday, December 9, 2010. Age 86.

Visitation will take place at the Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton College Hill, Monday from 5PM til 8PM and Tuesday at St. Saviour Church, 4118 Myrtle Rossmoyne 45236, from 10AM until Mass of Christian Burial at 11AM. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Mercy Franciscan Terrace Palliative Care, Nancy, 100 Compton Cincinnati, OH 45215 or to Hospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 633597, OH 45263. Condolences to Hodappfuneralhome.com in memoriam Alexander Clayton Thien Alex, we can't wait to see you again! We miss you so much, you were the best.

Love, Mom, Brian, Grandma, Grandpa and Family. In Memory of Theodore W. "Ted" Howe May you rest in peace Gone but not forgotten funeral homes Thomas-Justin Funeral Homes Madisonville Kenwood Covington Harriosn 513.961.6622 Ohio-Indiana obituaries ROWE Lottie. (nee Ferry) Age 75. Viewing Monday 5-7pm.

Services Tuesday 11am at Minges Funeral Home, Harrison. Call 661-6630 for recorded obit or check neidhardminges.com RUTZ Irvin J. Beloved husband of 58 years to Jean A. Rutz (nee WWW Braleyl: Devoted faPamela Rutz (Bruce) Ballhaus; Loving grandfather of Lance and Shad Koenig; Caring brother of the late Dorothy E. Freeland; Dear uncle of Aleta Freeland (Timothy) Killian and great uncle of Jane E.

Killian and Kathleen D. Killian. Irvin served his country proudly during World War I1, serving in the Navy for four years aboard the USS Wichita. He also dedicated his time for over 50 years to the Gymkhana Horse Club. He passed away on December 9, 2010 at the age of 89.

Residence Colerain Twp. Funeral Services will be held on Monday at 11am at Arlington Memorial Gardens Lakeside Chapel, 2145 Compton Mt. Healthy. Visitation will be prior to the funeral services from 10am-11am at the Lakeside Chapel. Donations may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association or Destiny Hospice.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.paulyoungfuneralhome.co SCHEFFLER FOX Dora (nee Baca), 67, beloved wife of Stan, dear mother of Margie Jimenez, Marty (Cindy) Jimenez and Jeanette 'JJ' (Bill) Brady, loving grandmother of Jason, Maggie, Sami, Matthew, Ariel, Vincent and Violet and the late Joseph, great-grandmother of Magdalena, Madison and Mason, devoted sister of Trudy Araujo, Morris and Cruz Baca. Passed away December 10, 2010. Gathering at Mueller Parker Funeral Home, 6791 Tylersville Road, Mason, on December 18 from 11:00 AM until time of service at 12:00 noon. Contributions may be made to the Animal Friends Humane Society. For details or to send a condolence, visit www.muellerparker.com SMITH Irene (nee Phillips) Services, Evans Funeral Home, 1944 State Route 28, Goshen, Tuesday, December 14, 11:30 AM, visitation 10:30 until time of service.

www.evansfuneralhome.com. SWOPE Evelyn R. (nee Metz). Beloved wife of the late Irwin J. Swope.

Devoted mother of Gregory Swope (Linda), Leslie Bingle (the late Bob), Paula Sunderman (Steven), David Swope (Viki), Maureen Fennell (Jeff) Kevin Swope (Shannon). Loving grandmother of 15 great grandmother of 16. Dear sister of the late Marian, Mildred Charles L. "Buddy" Metz Jr. Lorene Fisher.

Dec. 10, 2010. Age 82. Visitation Dec. 14, AM, followed by Mass of the Christian Burial at 11:30 AM, all I at St.

Joseph Church, 25 E. Harrison North Bend, OH. Memorials, if so desired, to the benefit of Cameron Swope, Dennis George Funeral Home, 44 S. Miami, Cleves, OH 45002. Betty Jo.

69, Dec. 14, 1pm jkmfuneralhome.com.