WORTHINGTON — Mary Lois (Carpenter) Suhr, 58, died Thursday (March 8) at her home in Worthington.

Mrs. Suhr was born in Noble County and played in her neighborhood bridge club for over 30 years.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Alva and Mary (Yost) Carpenter.

She leaves two daughters, Erika (Michael) Huffman of Hilliard and Megan (Eric Dolby) Suhr of Columbus; five sisters, Zelma Huebner of Marion, Olive Mauer of Columbus, Lenna (Alfred) Clauss of North Olmstead, Dorothy (Robert) Morris and Norma (McKinley) Morris, both of Summerfield; six brothers, Rodney (Erma) Carpenter, Max (Sharon) Carpente, Herbert (Esther) Carpenter, all of Quaker City, Robert (Elaine) Carpenter of West Lafayette, Frank (Bessie) Carpenter of Sarahsville, Connie (Marsha) Carpenter of Westerville and many nieces, nephews, cousins and close friends.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Rutherford-Corbin Funeral Home, Worthington Chapel, 515 High St., Worthington (614)885-4006, where services will be officiated by Pastor David Myers.

Graveside burial services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Friends Cemetery, Quaker City.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Carmel Hospice, 1144 Dublin Road, Columbus, OH 43215.

CALDWELL — Rolen Rene Radcliff, 73, of Caldwell, died Monday (March 5, 2001) at his home.

He was born Dec. 5, 1927, in Noble County, son of Irene (Willey) Anderson and the late Glen Anderson.

Mr. Radcliff farmed most of his life. He graduated from Caldwell High School in 1945 and was a World War II veteran.

He was preceded in death by three sisters and five brothers.

He leaves three aunts, Hope Mitchell of Dexter City, Ethelyn Ogle and Clela Delancy, both of Caldwell, and several cousins.

There will be no visitation. Burial will follow graveside services at 1 p.m. Monday at Dudley Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Pickenpaugh officiating.

Hiawatha G. King, 65, of Coryville, Pa., formerly of Newcomerstown, died Thursday (March 8, 2001) in Eldred Twp., Pa.

He was born Sept. 6, 1935, in Oxford Twp., Tuscarawas County, son of Josephine Dorothy (Farley) King of Cambridge and the late Chief Fisher King. He married Mary C. Himes on April 4, 1980.

Mr. King was a self-employed lumber mill operator, a graduate of Newcomerstown High School and a U.S. Army veteran.

In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a son, Paul Richard King, and a grandson, Ricky King Jr.

He leaves his wife, Mary (Himes) King of Coryville, Pa.; his mother, Josephine Dorothy (Farley) King of Cambridge; three sons, Randy L. King of Bradford, Pa.; Ricky A. King Sr. of Eldred, Pa., and Raymond A. King of Smethport, Pa.; three brothers, Pawnee (Shirley) King of Byesville, Alvin (Jennifer) King of Newcomerstown and Timothy King of Byesville; seven sisters, Juanita (Robert) Clark Jr. of Sugarcreek, Alla (Roger) Johnson of DuQuoin, Ill., Jean (Wayne) Whiteley of Byesville, Fawn (Raymond) Wayble of Freeport, Lassy (Charles) Street of Anderson, S.C., Wenonah (Hershell) Waugh of Newcomerstown and Brenda (Jimmie) Collins of Byesville; 10 grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Friends may call 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge. Military gravesite services will be conducted by the Guernsey County Veterans Council noon Monday at the King Family Cemetery.

COLUMBUS — Helen Joan Bartek, 81, died Saturday (March 10, 2001) at Mount Carmel West, Columbus.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Anna (Pachuta) Bartek; brothers Joseph and Andrew Bartek; and sisters Anna Patchen and Mary Sheskey.

Ms. Bartek leaves three sisters, Margaret Weiland, Lenora Ries and Wilma (Victor) Bavetz; and many nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Schoedinger Hilltop Chapel, 3030 W. Broad St., Columbus. Mass of Christian burial will be 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Agnes Catholic Church with Msgr. Mario Serraglio officiating.

Burial will be 2 p.m. Monday at Bethlehem Cemetery, Robins, Ohio.

Mary M. Gibson, 78, of Barnesville, died Friday (March 9, 2001) at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, Cambridge.

She was born June 22, 1922, in Barnesville, daughter of the late Earl and Blanche (Nicholson) Finch.

Mrs. Gibson worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, during World War II and was a former employee at the former Garvin’s Dairy Store in Barnesville. She was a long-time member of Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church near Somerton before joining Barnesville First United Methodist Church. She and her husband, “Hoot,” served as custodians for First United Methodist Church for many years. She also was a member of Bittersweet Twig of Barnesville Hospital, WSCS of the Church and the Rebecca Lodge.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, George Finch.

She leaves her husband, Robert D. “Hoot” Gibson; a son, Michael Finch of Pickerington; a brother, Carl Finch of Alliance; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Friends may call from 2 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. until time of the services at 11 a.m. Monday at Campbell-Plumly-Milburn Funeral Home, 319 N. Chesnut St., Barnesville, with the Rev. David McKinnon officiating.

Burial will follow in Northern Cemetery, Barnesville.

Jennifer “Jenny” Alicia Cornelius, 15, of Cambridge, died Wednesday (March 7, 2001) at her home.

She was born June 23, 1985, in Cambridge, daughter of Samuel “Sam” K. Cornelius of the home and the late Judith Ann (Woltz) Cornelius.

Miss Cornelius was a sophomore at John Glenn High School, where she was a member of the choir, color guard and was a three-year member of the marching band.

She was a member of Otsego United Methodist Church choir, Guernsey County 4-H, Indian Camp Grange and Bethsego Youth Group. She was a Christian by faith.

Jenny loved animals and her church.

She leaves a brother, Samuel Allen “Sam” K. Cornelius of the home; a sister, Kelly A. Cornelius of Mt. Perry; maternal grandparents, Richard M. and Janet L. (Dershen) Woltz of Cambridge; paternal grandparents, Floyd H. “Sam” and Evelyn Cornelius of New Concord; several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Calling hours were Friday at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge.

Services were Saturday at Otsego United Methodist Church with Pastor Larry Lake officiating.

Burial was in Otsego Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Amercian Red Cross, c/o the Cornelius Family, 142 N. Ninth St., Cambridge, OH 43725; or Otsego United Methodist Church, 11695 Plainfield Road, New Concord, OH 43762; or the Music Department of John Glenn High School, 13115 John Glenn High School Road, New Concord, OH 43762.

MASSILLON — Word has been received of the death of Beverly Jean Jodon, 66, of Massillon, who died Wednesday (March 7, 2001).

She leaves her husband of 47 years, Theodore Jodon; a daughter, Mrs. Scott (Renee) Jones; sons, Perry (Tiffany) and Bryan (Susi); a sister, Mrs. Layne (Gloria) Bays; a brother, Donald (Karen) Wilcox; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church, Massillon.

Frank H. Johnson, 88, died Tuesday (March 6, 2001) at Hearthstone Alzheimer’s Care Facility in Manhattan, N.Y., due to liver cancer.

He was born Oct. 7, 1912, in Cambridge.

Mr. Johnson was one of the early and influential practitioners of modern direct mail advertising.

He spent 40 years of his career as an advertising executive at Time Inc. and American Heritage. His best-known work, however, is a promotional letter he wrote for the Nature Conservancy featuring a bug-eyed sandhill crane, which has solicited contributions from millions of Americans for almost two decades.

Mr. Johnson’s father, Frank H. Johnson Sr., ran a women's clothing store on Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge. Mr. Johnson and his sister, Martha Goddard, both worked in the store as they were growing up.

The store, originally called “Johnson's” and then “Johnson and Rose's,” was later rented for many years to J.C. Penney's Department Store. In the absence of the family in town, the store was managed by Don Braun, who still lives in Cambridge.

The family sold the store several years ago and it is now Penny Court.

Mr. Johnson arrived in New York from Cambridge during the Great Depression and found a job as an office boy at the young company of Time Inc. — literally sharpening Henry Luce’s pencils. He soon rose to the position of public relations writer and in 1940 became circulation director of Life Magazine. After four years of service in the Army Air Corps, Mr. Johnson returned to Time Inc. and was circulation-promotion manager of Fortune magazine from 1949 to 1957. During those years the magazine publishing industry started relying heavily on direct mail advertising to sell subscriptions, and Mr. Johnson was one of the pioneers of the method.

In 1957, he joined a group of former Time Inc.-ers at the fledgling hardcover American Heritage Magazine. Mr. Johnson remained there as vice president and promotion director until 1976. He wrote and managed the advertising campaigns which launched both American Heritage and its sister publication, Horizon magazine, and promoted dozens of art and history books and historical reproductions for the company.After leaving American Heritage, Mr. Johnson became a freelance direct mail writer and consultant. Among his clients were the Audubon Society, the Bronx Zoo, the Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museums, Harper’s, Newsweek and Ms. magazines and, most famously, The Nature Conservancy. His 1982 letter to raise money for The Nature Conservancy was one of the most effective mailings in the history of the industry, and versions of it are still being used. Millions (not an exaggeration) of Americans have found Mr. Johnson’s Nature Conservancy letter in their mailboxes: the bug-eyed red-and-white face of a sandhill crane staring alarmingly out from next to the address label. The type on the envelope reads, “RELAX! Both of you.”

He is credited with creating the so-called “Johnson box”: a paragraph above the greeting in an advertising letter which summarizes the major points of an offer. His writing stood out for its wit, style and originality. It was not uncommon for Mr. Johnson to receive fan mail responding to his mailings. He was the first recipient, in 1966, of the National Association of Direct Mail Writers’ William Baring-Gould Award.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen (Darling) Johnson, whom he married in 1942 and who died Sept. 1, 1989; and a sister, Martha Goddard.

Mr. Johnson leaves all three of his children: Judith J. Thoms of Manhattan, Allan D. Johnson of Seattle, Wash.; and Deborah B. Johnson of Washington, D.C. A public memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. March 31 at a place to be announced. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Frank Johnson Memorial Fund at Hearthstone, 305 W. End Ave., NYC 10023.

NEWCOMERSTOWN — Joyce Lynn Cramlet, 59, of Newcomerstown, died Saturday (March 10, 2001) at Riverside Manor Nursing and Rehabilitaion Center, Newcomerstown.

She was born Jan. 5, 1942, in Newcomerstown, daughter of the late Frank R. and Ermaleen (Schlarb) Cramlet Sharrock.

She attended Starlight School, New Philadelphia, worked at the Starlight Workshop and was a member of Community Baptist Church, New Philadelphia.

Ms. Cramlet was preceded in death by a sister, Rene (Cramlet) Vicars.

She leaves her stepmother, Florence Cramlet; stepfather, Chester E. Sharrock and wife, Doris, all of Newcomerstown; and an uncle, Roy E. Schlarb of Salem.

Services are private. Burial will be at West Lawn Cemetery in Newcomerstown.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Tuscarawas County, 201 W. Third St., Dover, OH 44622.

WOODSFIELD — Claribel Fankhauser, 83, of Woodsfield, died Friday (March 9, 2001) at Wheeling (W. Va.) Hospital, Wheeling, W.Va.

She was born in Paden City, W.Va., on Dec. 25, 1917, daughter of the late Ida Barbara (Winkler) Paden and Earl Okey.

Mrs. Fankhauser was a retired beautician and former owner/operator of the former Claribel’s Beauty Shop in Woodsfield. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Woodsfield and a member of VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 5303, Woodsfield.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Kline Fankhauser; five sisters, Martha Virginia Paden in infancy; Flora Chapman, Betty Renner, Hazel Cox and Mary Katherine Renner; and four brothers, Clarence Paden, Ralph Paden, Russell Paden and Ross Paden.

She leaves two daughters, Jean Clift of Woodsfield and Penny Hannahs of Barnesville; six grandchildren and two sisters-in-law.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Watters Funeral Home, State Route 78 West, Woodsfield, on Sunday, where funeral services will be11 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Lynda Masters officiating.

Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery, New Martinsville, W.Va.