PROFFIT, Claude (Pete), age 87 passed away Monday, March 10, 2003 at Kettering Memorial Hospital. He is survived by Ta-Litha, his loving wife of 29 years; son Pete and wife Janet Proffit; step children Gladys, Randy, Kay, Anna, and Charlotte; numerous nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Claude retired from Millwright Local 104 after many...

CBOINS, Benny, age 56 passed away Friday, March 7, 2003 at his home. He is survived his mother Bessie; sons Benny and Roger; sisters Pat, Mickey and Connie; brothers Tony and Stan.Funeral service will be 11:00 am Thursday at Newcomer-Farley Funeral Home 3940 Kettering Blvd. Family will receive friends from 6-8 pm Wednesday at the funeral home.

BARE, Grace G., age 71, of Dayton, passed away March 7, 2003. She is survived by her son Michael and his wife Lorna of Fountain Valley, CA. Grace retired from the Sisters of the Precious Blood. Mass of Christian burial will be held 11:00AM Thursday, March 13, 2003 at Corpus Christi Church 224 Squirrel Rd. Dayton, Ohio 45405. Visitation will...

POWELL, Verna, age 79 passed away Monday, March 10, 2003 at Kettering Memorial Hospital. She was preceded in death by parents Sam and Maggie Kelley; sisters Cleo Kelley, Ruth Helen Carter, and Mary Eliza Neely; brothers Donald, Sam, Ed, and James William. She is survived by Mitchell, her loving husband of 61 years; daughters Brenda and husband Jim Weller and...