Obituary of Annalisa Bishop

BISHOP, Annalisa (nee Reese) age 57 of Maineville, Ohio and formerly of South Lebanon, Ohio, passed peacefully Friday evening, June 3, 2011. Born July 10, 1953 in Stuttgardt, Germany, Annalisa was the daughter of Eugene and Mary Eileen (Evans) Reese and a 1971 of Kings High School. Annalisa was a retired accountant who loved spending time with friends and family. Annalisa was a loving and caring wife, mother, sister and grandmother who enjoyed crocheting prayer shawls for hospice patients as well as afgans and baby blankets. Preceded in death by her parents and loving husband of 36 years Larry Bishop in 2007, Annalisa leaves behind her loving daughters Deanna L. Bishop of Maineville, Ohio and Jennifer L. (Mark) Sweitzer of Pleasant Plain, Ohio; sisters Tobhe (Bill) Halcomb of Fleming Island, Florida (formerly of Lebanon, Ohio) and Sue Ann Griffith of Dayton, Ohio, mother-in-law Radie Bishop, sister-in-law Sharon Abney, grandson Connor Lee Sweitzer and nephew Mark Halcomb and her lifelong friends the LouAllens, Hackers and Bishop families. Friends may call on the family Tuesday evening, June 7, 2011 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at the Stine Kilburn Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 11:00am with Brother Larry Brandenburg and Reverend Arthur McFarland officiating. Burial will follow in the Deerfield Cemetery in South Lebanon, Ohio. The family appreciates memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, 2808 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206; the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 307, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 or the American Lung Association, 4050 Executive Park Drive, Suite 402, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241.