Obituaries
Kettering & Centerville OH Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kettering, Centerville OH and Surrounding Areas

Howard E. Balbach
Jul 24, 2001
BALBACH, Howard E. (Retired Capt. U.S. Army), age 91, of Kettering, Ohio, died Tuesday, July 24, 2001. He graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in mechanical engineering. Howard was a veteran of World War II, serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army Artillery stationed in the Pacific Theatre where he received his Bronze Star for service in...

Tillie R. Calhoun
Jul 24, 2001
age 79, of Kettering, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2001. She was a 1943 graduate of North Dakota State University, with a B.S. in Home Economics. Tillie retired as Office Manager for Buckeye Trails Girl Scout Council where she was employed for 33 years. She was a member of Fairmont Presbyterian Church where she served on Board of Trustees, past...

Harry S. Price, Jr.
Jul 23, 2001
age 90, of Oakwood, died Monday, July 23, 2001. Born October 11, 1910 in East Jordan, Michigan, he attended the Principia School in Saint Louis, Missouri, was a 1932 graduate of the University of Michigan Engineering School, and attended that University’s Law School. As a boy, he began working each summer for his father’s company, Price Brothers Company; he became...

Brita M. Muckenheiter
Jul 20, 2001
age 87, of Dayton, died Friday, July 20, 2001. She had worked in the Human Resources Dept. and the Travel Dept. for Winters National Bank (now Bank One), retiring in 1975. She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Dayton. Preceded in death by her brothers, Egon von Greyerz in 1994, Theodore von Greyerz in 2000 and her sister,...

J. Bachman Brown
Jul 18, 2001
age 78, passed away on July 17, 2001 at his home in Kettering, OH. Born October 24, 1922, he was the only son of Hayward Brown and Lillian May Eaton. Bach graduated with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and worked as an electrical engineer for the Thomas Strip Division of U.S. Steel, at Pittsburgh...

Richard ''Dick'' S. Harmer Iii
Jul 16, 2001
age 59, of Kettering, died Monday, July 16, 2001 in Dayton. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Ceramic Engineering at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana). While a graduate student at the University of Illinois, Dick managed the university's electron microscope lab. Upon graduation, he came to the University of Dayton where he set up and managed the electron...

William H. Shade
Jul 16, 2001
age 75 of Centerville, died Monday, July 16, 2001. He was a graduate of Miamisburg High School and Miami University and retired from NCR. William was also a WWII Army Air Corps veteran, former Coast Guard Auxiliary member, and a former Special Agent with the FBI. He was Centerville Volunteer of the Year in 1998, headed the Myasthenia Gravis Local...

Mary Clunet Sawtelle
Jul 13, 2001
age 93, died Friday, July 13, 2001 after a long illness. She was born in Oakwood and resided there most of her life. Mary graduated with the first class from Oakwood High School and attended Smith College for two years. She was a past President of the Junior League of Dayton, Chairman of the Occupational Therapy Association Board, the first...

Ted H. Goss
Jul 8, 2001
age 77, a life long resident of Dayton and Washington Twp., passed away Sunday, July 8, 2001 at Walnut Creek Nursing Home. He was a graduate of Roosevelt High School and the University of Dayton. With his love of airplanes, he quickly secured a position with the United States Air Force at Wright Patterson Air Force Base as an Acquisition...

Suzanne Scutt
Jul 6, 2001
''Suzy'', age 71 of Centerville, OH passed away on July 6, 2001 at Southview Hospital after a brief illness. Suzy was born in Traverse City, Michigan on February 11, 1930 but grew up on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee, always remaining proud of her Southern upbringing. After Graduation from the Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, she studied music and piano...

Francis James Jankowski
Jul 6, 2001
, 78 of Albuquerque, N.M., formerly of Kettering, OH, died July 6, 2001 in Bethany Lutheran Village, Kettering, Ohio. He was a native of Tribes Hill, New York. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, NY with a BS in Civil Engineering in 1943 where he was a Recipient of the Physics Prize and the Building Construction Award. He graduated from...

Frederick Joseph Lenz
Jul 6, 2001
age 76 of Oakwood, died Friday, July 6, 2001. He was a WWII Army veteran serving in the European Theater Group. Frederick was employed of Construction Management Company of Ohio, retiring in 1991. He was a member of Carpenters Local 104 and a life time member of the Shelby County Deer Association. Preceded in death by a son, Mark Frederick...

Ethel Marie Weeks
Jul 4, 2001
age 99 of Beavercreek, died Wednesday, July 4, 2001. Ethel was involved in many social and business activities throughout her life. After graduation from high school, she taught 8 grades in a one room schoolhouse in the Trotwood school system. She was a founding member of the Kettering Senior Citizens at Christ United Methodist Church and a member of the...

Howard Lee Wey
Jul 3, 2001
age 103 of Oakwood, died Tuesday, July 3, 2001 at Kettering Memorial Hospital. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut in October of 1897, the son of the late William Lei Wey and Eva (Stechert) Wey . Howard was a graduate of Lehigh University in 1920. For many years, he was employed as a Civil Engineer at WPAFB. Earlier in...

Robert William Moore
Jul 3, 2001
age 78 of Centerville, died Tuesday, July 3, 2001. Robert was a teacher and administrator for EFFICA Montessori School. Survived by his wife Joan of Columbus; 4 sons, Robert S., Richard W., and Thomas C. all of Columbus, and Timothy J. of Melbourne, FL; daughter, Deborah Buss of Columbus; and 8 grandchildren; and dear friend, Asha Mahambrey of Centerville. At...

Shiu Ruan Jeng
Jul 2, 2001
age 85 of Springboro, passed away, Monday, July 2, 2001. Survived by 5 daughters, Mei Chin and Mei Hui, both of Cincinnati, and Mei Hung, Mei Yun and Judy Y. Ying all of Dayton; 2 sons, Andy Jeng and Chii Pin, both of Dayton; 17 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; 1 brother; and 2 sisters. Funeral services will be held at...
James R. Ahart, Pe
Jun 25, 2001
age 75, of Dayton, OH, died Monday, June 25, 2001. Born on April 27, 1926, his mother named him after James Russell Lowell, one of her favorite poets. Jim served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and earned his BSME from Case Western University in 1948. Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Orris Joseph Ahart and...

Clark J. Haines
Jun 23, 2001
age 88 of Centerville, died Saturday, June 23, 2001. He was an active member of Grace United Methodist Church where he was Choir Director for 40 years. Clark graduated from The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1935 and received his Masters from Ohio State University in 1942. He taught music at Centerville at 19 years of age while he was...

Yoko Boulerice
Jun 21, 2001
age 68 of Riverside, died Thursday, June 21, 2001 at home peacefully surrounded by family and friends. She was a devoted and active member of S.G.I.-USA for 39 years. Survived by her husband of 45 years, Delphis Edward Boulerice; 3 daughters, Debi (Dale) Shiers of WA, Rita (Jeff) Simons of FL and Karen (Tim) Castle of Riverside; a son, Robert...

Wilma W. Markley
Jun 21, 2001
age 58 of Centerville, died Thursday, June 21, 2001. She graduated from Southern High School in Oakland, Maryland. Wilma was employed with James Costas dental office for 17 years. She was a member of the Kettering Hospital Volunteer Association, a community volunteer and avid runner with many of her friends. Preceded in death by her parents, Luther Russell and Bessie...