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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Dr. Cesare A. La Ruffa, M.D., 88, longtime Family physician of Blanchester, died January 1 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Columbkille Church in Wilmington. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Columbkille Church/Holy Name Chapel or Chatfield College. …

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Sister Olivia Marie Stier was celebrated on Jan. 5 in the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Olivia Marie, 97, died Jan. 3 at Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of St. Joseph Marie Andre Raymond was celebrated at Mount St. Mary Convent in Wichita, Kan., on Jan. 6. Sister Marie Andre, 96, died Jan. 4 at the convent.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Elizabeth (M. Irmina) Massarek was held Jan. 8 at Salem Heights in Dayton. Sister Massarek, 81, died Jan. 6 at Maria Joseph Center in Dayton. She was a Sister of the Precious Blood for 64 years.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Rose Mary Aeberle, 82, died Jan. 3. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Camp Washington. Imwalle Memorial Funeral Home in Cincinnati handled the arrangements.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Sister Stanislaus Poehnelt, a Sister of Mercy of the Holy Cross, died Dec. 19 in Merrill, Wis. She was 96.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Jesuit Father Stephen A. Meder, who served as a teacher and librarian at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati from 1944-55, died Dec. 21 in Pontiac, Mich. He was 98.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Father Marne Breckensiek, who devoted his life as a friar to parish ministry in Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky, was celebrated on Jan. 2 at St. Clement Church in St. Bernard. Father Breckensiek, 71, died Dec. 29 at St. Margaret …

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Mark Schmieder was celebrated on Jan. 2 at St. Francis Seraph Church in Over-the-Rhine. Father William Stockelman served as celebrant and homilist. Father Schmieder, 69, died Dec. 24 in Richland, Wash, where he was being treated for pancreatic cancer.

Loretto Jane Humbert, 89, died Wednesday, Dec. 16. She was a member of St. Vivian Parish in Cincinnati. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Vivian Church. Imwalle Memorial Funeral Home in Cincinnati is handling the arrangements.