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Date of these obituaries: 05-13-1998
Thomas Oates, Bellevue fire captain, active in vets' group
Firefighting runs in Thomas Sheridan Oates' family.
His father and brother were firefighters in Cincinnati, and Mr. Oates was a retired captain with the Bellevue Fire Department.
"That was probably his all-time high," said a daughter, Shirley Janson of Bellevue. "He grew up with it. That's probably why he held a special place for it in his heart."
Mr. Oates, 83, died at noon Monday at his home.
The Cincinnati man, formerly of Bellevue, had cancer.
He grew up in Cincinnati, where he played on a semi-professional football team with the father of Cincinnati baseball legend Pete Rose.
In 1934, he married
his wife of 64 years, Cora M. Jones Oates.
The couple raised their four children in Bellevue, where they lived until 1970, when the government bought their home for the construction of Interstate 471.
Mr. Oates graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, then went to a technical school.
He worked for 37 years as a stationary engineer, taking care of the boilers at the American Book Co. in Cincinnati.
Around 1954, he started volunteering for the Bellevue Fire Department, helping recruit and train new members.
By the time he retired, he was captain.
Mr. Oates also was a charter member and past president of the Bellevue Vets.
Even after he moved from Bellevue to Cincinnati in 1970, the Navy veteran remained active in the organization.
He was a member for more than 50 years.
While his children were in school, Mr. and Mrs. Oates chaperoned at a canteen for Bellevue teen-agers, Mrs. Janson said.
"He was a good time. He was a fun-loving guy, a good dad, a great husband," Mrs. Janson said. "He and my mother in their later years had an RV and they traveled a lot," she said.
"He was one wonderful man."
Besides his wife and daughter, other survivors include daughters, Sharon Boberg of Bellevue and Susan Betigheimer of Anderson, Ind.; a son, Thomas Oates Jr. of Cincinnati; a brother, Robert Oates of Cincinnati; a sister, Ann Oswald of Cincinnati; 14 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, Bellevue.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Dobbling Funeral Home, Bellevue.
Burial will be in St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to Bellevue Volunteer Fire Department, Van Voast and Poplar, Bellevue, Ky. 41073; or Vitas Hospice Care, 1132 W. Kemper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45240.
Margaret Ann Barker Hall, of Crescent Springs, died at 10:23 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
She was a retired secretary, first for Monsignor Thomas Finn and later for the Rev. Robert Vater at Holy Cross Church, Latonia.
She was a member of St. Joseph Church, Crescent Springs, and an avid golfer and card player.
Survivors include her husband, Walter T. Hall; a son, Craig S. Hall of Crescent Springs; a daughter, Mary Ann Brazee of Kalamazoo, Mich.; sisters, Evelyn O'Connell of Crescent Springs, Jane Tretter and Pat Barker, both of Covington, and Billie Adams of Cincinnati; and two grandchildren.
Memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at Holy Cross Church, Latonia.
Mrs. Hall's body was donated to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
Sister Marie Angelique Lepine, C.D.P., 86, of Melbourne, died at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Home, Melbourne.
She was a member of the Congregation of Divine Providence for 64 years, and was active in food-service work in seminaries, orphanages and convents.
Survivors include sisters, Therese Gladue of Oakdale, Conn., and Sister Marie Norbert Lepine of Fall River, Mass.; and a brother, Gerald Lepine of Ruskin, Fla.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Anne Convent, Melbourne.
A wake service will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the convent, followed by a visitation until the time of Mass.
Burial will be in St. Anne Convent Cemetery, Melbourne.
Memorials are suggested to Sisters of Divine Providence, 1000 St. Anne Drive, Melbourne, Ky. 41059.
Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Louis E. Ottlinger, 87, of Cincinnati, died Sunday at Franciscan Hospital Western Hills Campus in Cincinnati.
He was an accountant with Meyer Dairy Co., Cincinnati.
His wife, Nancy "Agnes" Harney Ottlinger, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, John A. Ottlinger of St. Louis; a brother, Mike Ottlinger of Boston; two step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Harry Meyer & Geiser Funeral Home, Cincinnati.
Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220.
Emogene Russell, 69, of Independence, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Mattie Stansel, 96, of Covington, died at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at St. Charles Care Center, Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
