PONCHOT Clara Madeline (nee Bickers), 44, 528 Linden Ave., Newport, died 3:50 a.m. Monday St. Luke long illness. Former sales clerk Lerner's Dept. Store. Survivors, widower Fred Jr., Cincinnati Post pressman; daughter Melanie Ponchot, Newport; Mrs. Kathy Tarsis, Ft. Thomas; mother Mrs. Mary Ann Bickers, Newport; one granddaughter.

Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Vonderhaar-Stetter-Betz, Newport. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.