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OBITUARIES
Lawrence Acomb Lawrence T. Acomb died on Sunday, Feb. 15. at his home in Yellow Springs. He was 86. Larry was born on Nov. 7, 1918, in Cincinnati, to a large family. He attended Withrow High School and continued his education at the University of Cincinnati. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps having served during World War II. Larry was a well-known member of the Yellow Springs community, both through his work as proprietor of the Village Variety store and his many charitable contributions to society. Notably, he was a founding member of the United Methodist Church of Our Saviour in Montgomery, Ohio. As a member of the Lions Club, he provided eyeware for underprivileged, sight-impaired children. He organized fundraising events that provided tractors and farm aid to African countries during the droughts and famines of the 1960s. A strong believer in public education, he worked to increase funding for public schools and hosted international students from Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and Japan who studied in this country. Larry, an avid golfer, spent many mornings on the course, and as an active member in several square dance associations, he spent many evenings dancing in the company of his friends. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 47 years, Luella; brothers, Everett, Gordon, Harold, Richard and Robert Acomb; and sisters, Jeanette and Ruth Acomb. He is survived by his brothers, Donald and Jerry Acomb; sisters, Marjorie and Jane Acomb; children, Patricia Ryther, Sam Sellers, Lawrence, Robert, James and Jack Acomb; and eight grandchildren. Services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m., at the United Methodist Church in Yellow Springs. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the United Methodist Children’s Fund or to the Glen Helen Association.
Heinz and Cleo Eulau Former Antioch College professor Heinz Eulau died Sunday, Jan. 18, of bone cancer at his home on the Stanford University campus. He was 88. His wife, Cleo, an adjunct clinical professor in the Stanford department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, died on Friday, Jan. 23, at Stanford Hospital. She was 80. Heinz Eulau specialized in legislative research and the theory and practice of political representation and electoral behavior, the Stanford Report wrote in an obituary on him. Eulau joined the Stanford department of political science in 1958 and served as its chair during periods of great change from 1969–1974, and 1981–1984, the Stanford Report said. He was the William Bennett Munro professor of political science emeritus at Stanford He was born in Offenbach, Germany, in 1915. In 1934, as the Nazi Party came to power, he was sent from the country to obtain an education, arriving in the United States in 1935, according to the Stanford Report. Eulau earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of California-Berkeley. During the war, he worked at the U.S. Department of Justice as a propaganda analyst. From 1944 to 1947, he worked as an assistant editor at The New Republic in New York. After the war he taught political science at Antioch College from 1947 to 1957. He was an active member of the Antioch community, serving on the board of the Antioch Review and the Community Council. In 1957, Eulau came to the Bay Area as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Stanford Report said. A year later, he joined the Stanford faculty. Eulau retired from Stanford in 1986 but remained academically active. That same year, the Heinz Eulau Prize was established. The award is given annually for the best article published in American Political Science Review. In 2001, he co-wrote a family history, The Mishpokhe from Eulau-Jilove. Eulau is survived by his brother, Frank, of Terrytown, N.Y.; his son, Peter, and daughter, Lauren Eulau, of Portland, Ore.; and three grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the Cleo Eulau Center for Children and Adolescents, 415 Cambridge Avenue, Suite 21, Palo Alto, Calif. 94306.Thomas White Thomas E. White of Venice, Fla., and Centerville, and a former resident of Yellow Springs, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, in Venice. He was 68. He was born March 20, 1935, in Barberton. He graduated from Ohio State University and the University of Maine. He retired in 1993 as a professor of electrical engineering technology at Clark State Community College, where he taught for 22 years. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou; brothers, Rocky of Tampa, Fla., Robert of Sunbury, Ohio, and William of Worthington; and sisters, Jean White and Geraldine White, both of Akron, and Dorothy Stewart of Clearwater, Fla. A gathering of friends and family will be held today (Thursday) at 2:30 p.m., at the Engineers Club of Dayton. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the U.S. Chess Trust, 3084 U.S. Route 9 West, New Windsor, NY 12553, or a favorite charity.Raymond Pollock Raymond R. Pollock of Cedarville died in Greene Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, Feb. 10. He was 74. Born on Dec. 27, 1929, in Perry, he was the son of Homer and Daisy (Towne) Pollock. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a member of American Legion Post No. 544 of Cedarville and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 1689 of Xenia. He retired as a pattern-maker from Morris Bean & Company in 1992. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Francis (Red), Edward and Donnie Pollock; a daughter, Sandra Pollock; and a granddaughter, YaVette Pollock. He is survived by his wife, Mary C. (Overstreet) Pollock, whom he married on July 24, 1953; sons and daughters-in-law, Jesse and Brenda Pollock of Cedarville, (Bo) Danny and Lora Pollock of Xenia, Randy (Pete) Pollock of Cedarville and Kenneth and Hope Pollock of Xenia; three daughters, Raylene Bowen of Xenia, Linda Pollock of Bowersville and Lois Patrick of Fairborn; 15 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren; siblings, Irene Howell of Xenia, his twin brother, Ralph Pollock of Pampano Beach, Fla., Bob and Merle Pollock of Okeechobee, Fla., Glenn Pollock of Cedarville, Everett and Janice Pollock of Xenia and Richard and Denise Pollock of Springfield.Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 14, with burial following in North Cemetery. Barrett Hollister memorial service Hollister died on Friday, Feb. 6, just short of his 90th birthday. |
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