REDOLFI, Donald Ray
News Death Notice REDOLFI, Donald Ray 71, of Wilmington, Ohio died 7:14 AM, Sunday May 3, 2009 at the home of his daughter, Donna Mullins. He was born January 11, 1938 in Jackson Co. Ohio, Parents: Albert and Mary Miler Redolfi, both preceded in death. He was a National Member of the American Legion. He had been a member of the U.S. Navy Reserves, but transferred to the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was a retired Machinist from Chrysler in Dayton. His hobbies were boating, woodworking, and flying small aircraft. He was a self-made man, deeply loved by his family. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law: Donna [Michael] Mullins of Wilmington; a son and daughter-in-law: Donald A [Cindy] Redolfi of Union; a sister: Ruth Ann Hakes of Columbus; seven grandchildren: Kyle Williams and Kaitlyn Mullins; Andrea Binkley, Kara [Clint] Simpson, Michael Redolfi, Rachel Redolfi and Jonathan Redolfi; great-grandchildren: Milo, Molly and Katie Simpson; Andrew Binkley. Services will be held Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM at Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home, 327 N. South St., Wilmington, Ohio, with James Vaughn officiating. Burial will be in the Clinton County Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home 12 noon to 2 PM. Service time on Thursday.

Larry E. Morgan, 70, of Russells Point, Ohio, died Wednesday, November 5, 2008, in The Ohio State Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, as a result of a September 19 auto accident at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio.

He was born in Dayton on May 2, 1938, a son of Ruth Bailey, who survives in Kettering, Ohio, and the late Robert Morgan. He also was preceded in death by two brothers, Virgil and Mike McGraw. Also surviving are his wife, Diane, whom he married January 19, 1968, in Newport, Kentucky; daughters, Lori (Mike) Hogan and Amy (Zac) Miller, both of Russells Point; brothers, Robert (Connie) Morgan of Russells Point and Earl Lee Morgan and Jimmy Morgan, both of Dayton, Ohio; a sister, Barbara (Earl) Smith of Kettering; a brother-in-law, Wayne (Robin) Nicley of Kingman, Arizona; special friends, Matt (Margie) Haines of Bellefontaine; grandchildren, Michael, Katelyn, Brian, Tara, Traci, Alan, Andee and Blake; and great-grandchildren, Brooke and Bradley.

A 1957 graduate of Wilbur Wright High School in Kettering, he was a loving husband, father, grandfather and a hard, hard worker. He was self-employed and formerly owned and operated the Kenton Skate Land skating rink and Morgan’s Landing on Tecumseh Island at Indian Lake.

Previously, he worked for Zimmerman Realty and currently was employed by the Transportation Research Center. He also served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and was a member of the Indian Lake Moose Lodge, Indian Lake Eagles and the United States Trotting Association. He loved horses, boats, fishing and traveling to Florida.

Randy Miller conducts the funeral service at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 8, 2008, at the Eichholtz Funeral Home in Bellefontaine, where calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening. Interment is in the Poplar Hill Cemetery in Vandalia. Ohio
 

LUDWIG, Bernard Anthony 70 of Ruskin FL., passed away May 25, 2008. Bernard was born in Dayton OH, attended Wilbur Wright High School, graduated from Antioch. He worked at Elder Beerman for more than 20 years. He moved to Seattle, Washington, then Medford, Oregon and later retired to Tampa, FL. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Barbara; Sons John and his wife Pam of Springfield, OR., Mike and his wife Renee of Englewood, OH.; Daughter Patricia Ravlin and her husband Greg of Washington Township; Sister Shirley Goodpaster of Kettering. He has 7 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Memorial services will be held at Christ Methodist Church, 3440 Shroyer Rd., Kettering, OH at 11:00 AM Saturday, July 19, 2008.
Published in the Dayton Daily News on 7/17/2008

BEST, Larry J. Age 69 of Tipp City, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frances & Vernon Best; and brother, Jack Best. Larry is survived by his loving wife, Sandi Boston Best; 4 step-children, Mark Kramer, Brian Kramer, Tara Germann, Jason Boston; 2 children, Anne Marie & Lawrence Best; 6 grandchildren: Sara, Hayley, Rachel, Rayna, Sofia, Michael; his sister, Linda Berry; sister-in-law, Betty Best; family friend Inderjit Sodhi and 6 loving nieces & nephews. He was a retired engineer after many years of service with companies in Dayton and Chicago. Larry was loved for his dry sense of humor and was a loving husband, father,grandfather, uncle and friend. He will be dearly misssed by all who knew and loved him. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7PM Sunday at the MAGETTI GAVIN FUNERAL HOME, 1508 Valley Street, where Funeral Services will be held 1PM Monday. Interment to follow in Valleyview Cemetery, Xenia, OH.
Published in the Dayton Daily News on 2/10/2008.
 

 George J. Graham died on November 30, 2006, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 68 years old. George is survived by his daughter, Carmen Michelle Graham Christgau. George was born in Dayton, Ohio, graduated from Wilbur Wright H.S. and earned his bachelor’s degree from Wabash College. He received a doctorate in government from Indiana University in 1965. His honors included a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, and the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Ernest A. Jones Faculty Adviser Award in the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt. He also was awarded a fellowship at The National Humanities Institute at Yale University. George received a Fulbright grant in 1995 to hold the John Marshall Chair in Political Science at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences in Hungary. There he led graduate-level courses on democratization and American institutions and said that he was pleased to have the opportunity to work with colleagues at a time of transformation for democratic institutions. George was a member of the Vanderbilt faculty for more than 40 years, and served as associate dean in the College of Arts and Science from 1986 to 1988 and from 1997 to 2000. He was also a former chair of the Department of Political Science. George was a political theorist, with a deep and enduring passion for good arguments and books, whatever their discipline or politics. The evening he left his office for the last time, a Marx reader and a book of Leo Strauss’s were open on his desk. Although his first love was for political philosophy, George had a great interest in, and knowledge of, work being done in the other fields of political science and would regularly scold his fellow theorists if he sensed an intellectual narrowness in them. His publications reflect the breadth of his intellectual engagements: American political thought, Rousseau, ethics and public policy, discourse analysis and research methods. George was also actively involved in the profession, and took great pride in his role in creating the Foundations of Political Theory Section.

George was a teacher through and through. His courses on Marx and on the early moderns were legendary among Vanderbilt undergraduates. But it was as a mentor to graduate students, in all subfields, that George excelled. He had an essential kindness about him, not a saccharine bonhomie but an interest in the intellectual welfare of students. He could be a severe critic of their work, when that was called for, but he never sought to demean or belittle them. His concern for them was repaid in their affection for him. It was a rare hour that one walked by George’s office without seeing a graduate student there talking with him. When I visited George in hospital, a few days before his death, his principal worry was for his graduate students and undergraduate classes. George led a full and rich life. He was a first-rate chef, and a dinner at his home, or even one of his pastries, were much sought after treasures. He loved to travel, especially to Budapest, Rome and Paris. George’s walls were covered with photographs from these voyages, and he delighted in regaling visitors with tales of dishes eaten in his newly discovered restaurants. George Graham was a scholar, teacher and colleague. He will be sorely missed.

W. James Booth
Department of Political Science