All Obituaries

William "Bill" Henry Lancaster, Jr., 73, of Liberty, IN, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022, at the Whitewater Commons Senior Living Center. He was born December 11, 1948, in Hamilton, Ohio, the son of Merle (nee Elliott) and William Henry Lancaster. Bill was a United States Army Veteran and served time in the Vietnam War. On November 27, 1970, he married Jennifer G. Lintner in Oxford, Ohio.  Bill worked many years at Square D in Oxford, Ohio,...

ELIZABETH ANN (CLAIRE) MELAMPY March 23, 1939 - June 24, 2022 Ann was born in Birmingham, Alabama on March 23, 1939, to Lillian (nee Kendall) and James E. Frost. Her family later relocated to the Cincinnati area where she grew up and graduated from St. Bernard. Ann graduated high school on a Friday and started a four-decade career with the Ford Motor Company the following Monday. It was there that she met her husband, Chuck Melampy, of 28 years. Ann is the beloved wife of Chuck Melampy; dear...

"Born in Poland, educated in a Seminary" Donald Clyde Kelly was born August 18, 1933 in Poland, Ohio, the son of Pauline Gatrina Fetherolf Kelly and Leroy Clyde Kelly. He graduated from Poland Seminary High School in 1951. In 1955 Don married Jane Arlina Williams and they shared 67 wonderful years.  Don loved Oxford - a great place to live, work, play, raise a family and grow old with your friends. He graduated from Miami University in 1955 and 1956 and Yale University in...

Carole S. Rothacker (nee Haefele). Beloved wife of 60 years to the late Fred R. Rothacker. Cherished mother of Dana (John) Pacheco and Nanci (Blaise) Kah. Proud grandmother of 4 grandchildren, Alexander, Joseph, Andrew and Kathryn. Dear sister of Jane (James) Dirksen. Also survived by nieces, nephews and treasured friends. Passed away peacefully on June 22, 2022 at the age of 82. Carole was a Graduate of Mt. Healthy High School (1957) and the University of Cincinnati (1960). She had a true...

John Leeper McNay, Jr. was born on November 23, 1931 to parents Ruby Ann (nee McCall) and John Leeper McNay, Sr. in Bates County, Missouri.  John was the beloved husband of Mary Jane (nee Adelsperger) McNay for 45 years; devoted father of Richard Clark McNay and Karen Ann McNay Bauerle and stepfather to Timothy Aaron Burdsall and Thomas Andrew Burdsall; dear brother of Joseph Claudius McNay and Mary Ann McNay Lawhead.  John was a physician who attended Yale University for his...

John Calvin Scheffel, Jr. died June 17 in Cincinnati.  He was born on November 7, 1932.  John was pre-deceased by his beloved wife Nellie and his brother Dennis.  He is survived by his son, John III (Linda) of Katonah, New York and his grandchildren Andrew of White Plains, New York and Victoria of Washington, D.C. John was raised in Mt. Healthy.  He graduated from Mt. Healthy high school and Ashland College;  he excelled in basketball...

Shirley was born to Ethel and Eugene Buechel in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 14, 1938. She grew up in the Cincinnati area, graduated from Mother of Mercy High School and was a long-time member of St. Margaret Mary Parish in North College Hill.  Shirley is the beloved wife of James McDade; devoted mother of the late Kathy (Bob) Schierer, Kim (George) Collins and David (Ron Lunsford) McDade; loving grandmother of Aj Schierer, Brandon Schierer and Tyler Collins; dear sister of Nancy...

Tiffany Plowman, age 33, of Hamilton, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. She was born to her late father Mitchell Plowman and her mother Melinda (Bennie) Hobson on September 22, 1988. Loving mother to four children Alicia (17), Rachelle (16), Adiel (6), and Reina (5); Survived by her siblings Michelle (Danny) Vierling, Tammy (Bob) McIntosh, and Mitchell (Linda) Plowman and preceded in death by her brothers Jimmy and Bobby Plowman and sisters Alice Faye, Betty, and Eunice. She was...

Michelle was born to Mi Yu and Bo Li in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 18, 2020. She was a joyful and happy baby who loved music, playing her piano and intently watching the people around her talk. Michelle loved to play with her toys, especially the ones that could spin. She especially enjoyed her two favorite films, Frozen and Moana; but she was most content in the loving arms of her mother and father.  Michelle is the beloved daughter of Mi Yu and Bo Li; cherished granddaughter of...

Doris Elaine Franks ~ Elaine was born in Minneapolis Minnesota to Edwin and Thyra Hansen.  Elaine went to Grandview Collage in Des Moines Iowa. There she met and later married Gene Franks.  They both graduated from Western Michigan University. She taught 4&5th grades in Muskegon and Grand Rapids Michigan.  After moving to Oxford, Ohio she taught kindergarten at Kramer Elementary for 25 years.  For a few years after retiring she spent a couple years supervising...