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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1983 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PACE 20 Murder suspect wrote letter describing decapitation plan Obituaries James Heltsley dies; inspired terminally ill THE LETTER, which referred to Mrs. Smith as the "Lady of Illusion," was dated Aug. 1, 1981 A day later, Mrs. Smith, 26, was found dead. She had been stabbed 20 to 25 times; she was nearly decapitated.

Ms. Heald, 44, Plainfield, a former Indianapolis librarian, is charged with murder and burglary in the subbing death. Although she has confessed to the murder, Ms. Heald has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. In the letter, which was confiscat- ed by Lafayette police before it was mailed, Ms.

Heald refers to a book in which a princess saves the life of a prince by chopping a snake into By JOHN J. SHAUGHNESSY SUr Staff Reporter Lebanon, Ind. Hours before she met Shelley Smith, Marcia Heald wrote a letter describing how God had planned for her to decapitate the Lafayette woman. The letter, written to her 15 year-old son, was submitted into evidence Monday during Ms. Heald's murder trial in Boone Superior Court After thanking her son for his birthday card, Ms.

Heald wrote: "My mission, my battle, as I perceive (is) chopping the head off a redheaded creature. "This will be a very strange day, a singular day, probably the last day of my earthly life. Tonight I meet the Thornton also was a friend of Mrs. Smith. Three psychiatric reports note that Ms.

Heald thought Mrs. Smith prevented Thornton from recognizing himself as Christ They also indicate that for Thornton to be free from the satanic influence of Mrs. Smith, Ms. Heald believed she had to kill Mrs. Smith by decapitating her.

In introducing the letter into evidence, the prosecution attempted to attack Ms. Heald's -insanity defense by claiming she was aware of her actions. Also Monday, a fingerprint expert testified that Ms. Heald's fingerprints matched those found on the broken frame of a mirror that was smashed on Mrs. Smith's body.

A blood analysis expert also testified that a sample of Ms. Heald's blood matched blood found on the kitchen floor of the Smith's three parts. Ms. Heald wrote ner son Lady of Illusion with the flowing red that she gave a copy of tnat book to hair. She is a fallen angel and 1 am just a human being Yahweh's human being.

Yahweh (God) will cause me to do whatever he plans for me to do." a mend, Brian u. mormon oi Lafayette. MS. HEALD told psychiatrists she believes Thornton is Christ. Broke law to set money Life grim for unemployed father Hallena E.

Butrum Services for Hallena Roark Butrum, 77, Indianapolis, the widow of Ezra Butrum, will be held at 1130 a.m. Wednesday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, where friends may call from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. She died Sunday in a local nursing home.

She was a packer at Zenite Metal for 20 years, retiring in 1950. Born at Scottsville, she lived here 60 years. Survivors include two daughters, Wina Miller and Irene Powell, and a son, Billie Butrum. Grace V. Baker Grace V.

Hoagland Baker, 78, Indianapolis, died Monday in Methodist Hospital. The lifelong Indianapolis resident was the widow of Orville E. Baker. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Conkle Lynhurst Funeral Home, where friends may call from 2 p.m.

to 9 p.m. today. Survivors include eight daughters, Lona Norris, Vera King, Betty Gibson, Helen Thompson, Kathryn Followell, JoAnn Powers, Linda Ash-er and Judy Darring, and two sons, Johnnie and Jimmy Baker. Raleigh E. Clark Services for Raleigh E.

Clark, 71, 3560 N. Sherman Drive, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Bethesda Baptist Church, of which he was a member. Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Tuesday in Williams Meridian Chapel. He died Sunday in Roudebush West 10th Street Veterans Administration Hospital. He was retired from Royal Crown Bottling Co. and was an Air Force veteran of World War II. Born at Mystic, Iowa, he lived here 3'4 years.

Survivors include his wife, Mary E. Clark. Lowell Evans Sheridan, Ind. Lowell Evans, 84, Sheridan, died Monday in River-view Hospital at Noblesville. Services will be held at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in Kercheval Funeral Home here, where friends may call from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. He was a machinist at Biddle Screw Products retiring in 1968. He also was a farmer until 1965.

He was an Army veteran of World War I and president A-Justo-Jig a model aircraft parts company. Survivors include his wife, Nellie E. George Evans; four daughters, Betty M. Hall, Loretta McCuI-lough, Marcia J. McCullough -and Anita Jean Gwin; and a son, Thomas Lowell.

Herbert E. Holt Jr. Services for Herbert Eugene Holt 61, San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Indianapolis, will be held at 1 p.m. today in Porter Loring Mortuary at San Antonio. There will be no calling.

He died Sunday in Brooke General Army Hospital at San Antonio. An Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he retired in 1965 as a first sergeant after a 20-year Army career. He lived here most of his life. Survivors include his wife, Mathilde Holt; a daughter, Lorie Searcy; and three sons, Werner, Terry and Marvin Holt Other obituaries, Page 30 a bind. And he is still desperate, not for a handout, but for work.

HE APPEARED Monday in Municipal Court, Room where his case was continued until March 21. He said he will plead guilty to the charges. Court officials took a special interest in Parker because they were convinced that he was not a career criminal. After he was released from jail on his own recognizance, they tried to find help. None could be found.

Like thousands of others in India- By EUNICE McLAYEA Out of work and money, with a wife and two young children to feed and clothe, George Richard Parker was at wit's end. So the former security guard tried to break into a coin-operated washing machine for money. Instead of getting money, however, Parker was arrested and jailed for attempted theft and criminal mischief. Now, a week later, Parker, 22, who never before had been in trouble with the law, still finds himself in Counci Services for James E. Heltsley, 48, Indianapolis, will be held at 7 p.m.

today in Flanner and Buchanan Shadeland Mortuary. He died of cancer Monday in his home. Mr. Heltsley, who held a doctorate in speech communications, was told by physicians in October 1978 that he had 12 months to live. He responded by living a positive life, by "creating memories and not becoming a professional sick person." IN NOVEMBER 1979, Mr.

Heltsley surpassed his predicted lifespan and declared: "If I died tonight, there would be no wasted moments." It was his hope to influence other terminally ill patients to begin thinking the same way. He worked the last five years in the Department of Development and Training at the Defense Information School at Fort Benjamin Harrison. He taught future public affairs officials and trained them in the military and civil service. During his battle with cancer, Mr. Heltsley became a sought-after speaker across the country, helping other patients and their families deal with the disease.

He served as a consultant to the television show "The White Shadow" after the pro-David R. Boner Services for David R. Boner, 69, Indianapolis, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Little and Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, where friends may call from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.

today. He died Sunday in St. Francis Hospital Center. He' was a dispatcher at Consolidated Freightways for 30 years, retiring in 1978. Born at Wolf Lake, he lived here 51 years.

Survivors include his wife, Marguerite Boner, and a son, Robert Boner. Albert L. Hart Services for Albert L. Hart, 40, a lifelong Indianapolis resident and self employed truck driver, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Farley West Morris Street Chapel, where friends may call from 3 p.m.

to 9 p.m. today. He died Saturday in his home. He was a member of the Indianapolis Baptist Temple. Survivors include his mother, Sarah Hart, and two sisters, Kristina and Lorie Hart.

14th worker dies on ramp STAR STATE REPORT East Chicago, Ind. A 31-year-old construction worker was killed Monday at the Cline Avenue Extension ramp, where 13 workers died in a bridge collapse last April. Victor Filipek, of Whiting, died instantly when he was struck in the back by a steel pile casing. Lake County Coroner Dr. Albert T.

Willardo said the 65-foot long ramp supports were being unloaded from a truck when one of them struck Filipek, who was standing on the truck. ducer asked for assistance with an episode dealing with death and dying. MR. HELTSLEY received his doctorate in speech communications from the University of Denver and his undergraduate degree from the University of San Francisco. He retired from the Navy after 15 years.

He was active in the American Cancer Society and in 1981 was one of four recipients of the federal Employee of the Year Award. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Survivors include his wife, Rose-marie Heltsley; and his parents. De-lores and Clarence R. Heltsley.

Georgia A. Hanlon Georgia A. Hanlon, 55, St. Petersburg, formerly of Indianapolis, died Monday in Community Hospital. She was a factory worker for Tape and Label Engineering Co.

at St Petersburg. Born at Washington, she lived here 30 years, moving to Florida about 10 years ago. The widow of Hugh H. Hanlon, she was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary at St. Petersburg.

Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Feeney-Hornak Shade-land Mortuary and at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

today and from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Survivors include three daughters, Debra Caudiil and Ta-mara and Terry Hanlon. Memorial contributions may be made to the Marion County Cancer Society.

Indiana deaths Bicknell John H. Ennis, 76; Amy Fewkes Shaw, 87, widow of John S. Shaw. Burnett Annie Constance McClain, 74. Camden Lena Ray Wahid, 84, widow of Abdul Wahid.

Clinton -r Evalyn Shaw, 81. Decatur Hilda I. Gaunt Staley, 85, widow of James K. Staley. Delphi Pauline Michter Fife, 88, widow of Orville V.

Fife. Flora Vesta Colvin Reed, 88, wife of Willis Reed. Lafayette Alberta Goris Dyk-huizen, 94, widow of George P. Dyk-huizen; May Loft Eavey, 83, widow of Homer P. Eavey; Minnie Eberle Hal-sema, 93, widow of John J.

Halsema. Logansport Virginia Dale Strong, 69, wife of Maurice E. Strong. Mecca Sarah A. Wilson, 74.

Milan Carrie M. Kirby, 79, widow of William Kirby. North Vernon Jack Marvin Eberts, 63. Paoli Edward W. Baylis 60.

Peru Nellie McGuire Moody, 63, widow of Glen Moody. Reynolds Ivan Taggart, 81. Rockville Ralph E. Hill, 76. Rushville Mary Edith Norris, 93, widow of William P.

Norris. Sexton Ralph Conner, 88. Vincennes Pearl Rhinehart Kimmell, 62, wife of Gale Kimmell. West Terre Haute Margaret M. Lanfair, 94.

Continued from Page 19 recently asked health and hospital to at least ask if private hospital management firms would like to bid on the Wishard contract. napolis, Parker. 4025 Whittfield Court, has sought jobs for several months, but to no avail, he said. "I've got applications everywhere, but no one seems to call. I have to survive the best way I can.

So I did that" he said. "It was stupid. And I know it. But we needed money for food and rent" PARKER IS a clean-cut young man who worked as a security guard until he was laid off in October. Then he received unemployment benefits until, January, when his $123 weekly checks stopped coming.

He borrowed money from his mother, who also was drawing unemployment benefits, and from friends. He did odd jobs. But those sources of help were quickly exhausted. A high school graduate, he also has been a shoe salesman and a laborer. Those fields are not open, or there are few, if any, jobs in them, he said.

"I just don't know what to do." PARKER AND his wife, Lan-netta, 21, and their children moved to Indianapolis from Los Angeles about a year ago. They had hoped to find a better economy here. Indianapolis is Parker's hometown. What they found, however, was a reflection of urban centers throughout the country, with this city also suffering from the ill effects of a sagging economy and cutbacks in social programs. He and his wife are ineligible for Aid to Families with Dependent Children, since Indiana law requires that the able bodied father of dependent children be out of the home.

HIS 2-YEAR-OLD daughter is in need of surgery, but that will have to wait too. Fortunately, his wife is enrolled in a federal program which provides milk and juice for the couple's 5 month-old son. "Me and my wife love each other and we don't want to separate. But separation may be the best thing for her and the kids. Then they could get doctor's treatment and money to live.

"I won't break the law again, but for now all I can do is hope and keep looking. Maybe something will go my way." $300,000, may be installed within a few months. In other action, the council also rejected a proposal that would have chastised Steven C. Beering, dean of the Indiana University Medical School, for threatening to pull I.U.'s medical operations out of Wishard if the university does not also get the hospital's management contract. (Beering is president designate of Purdue University.) The vote was 22-5 to strike the proposal, which said "the council will not tolerate such intimidation of its citizens by any person, group or government agency." A CONTRACT is nearly completed between I.U.

and the Marion County Health and Hospital Corp. to expand I.U.'s medical control of Wishard to include the hospital's fiscal management. But the council Thomas Neal, attorney for health and hospital, said that of five firms initially interested in Wishard, two have indicated they will study it and may be ready by the end of March with a bid proposal. BEERING HAS said the university might pull out of Wishard because it's nonprofit educational motives might not mesh with the profit-motivated policies of a management company. The council also endorsed a $5 million economic development bond issue asked by the F.C.

Tucker Co. for renovation of the old Warren Hotel, 123 S. Illinois St. The plan is to remodel the landmark, closed for 10 years, as a luxury hotel with 100 rooms. Drugs may have led to murderer's death Social Security NEED HELP? STAR STATE REPORT Michigan City, Ind.

Results from toxicology tests are expected later this week to determine if drugs contributed to the death of Indiana State Prison inmate John Jeffers. Jeffers, 23, of Washington, was serving a 30-year prison sentence for the 1975 torture slaying of Sherry Lee Gibson, 23, Vincennes. HE WAS found semiconscious in his cell by another inmate about 9 p.m. Friday. He was taken to the infirmary, then transferred to Memorial Hospital here where he later died, said Robert Bronnenberg, assistant superintendent An autopsy showed Jeffers asphyxiated on his own vomit.

Bronnenberg acknowledged drugs may be involved, adding that foul play is not suspected. Jeffers was serving a l-to-10-year sentence for a Daviess County theft and 30 years for Miss Gibson's murder. IN MARCH 1975, Sherry Gibson had been to a movie with her boyfriend, Lindy G. Alton. As the two sat in Alton's car 4 miles north of Monroe City, at least one man robbed them of $35.

Alton was locked unharmed in the car's trunk and Miss Gibson was abducted. Her body, stabbed several times and beaten, was found later in a burning vacant house. Jeffers, then 17, was charged with the murder after he told an Indiana Youth Center guard of his involvement. He was convicted in June 1978. Symptoms of senility result from excessive medication Q.

My husband died Jan. 22 after spending the last 2Vi months of his life in the hospital. After he died, the Social Security Administration wrote and asked me to return his -last check because, they said, he -was last due benefits for the month before the month he died. What -about Medicare? Will I have to pay all of his hospital expenses for 22 days in January? A Nft A cpnnratp rnla annlioc ir TO YOUR HEALTH V. Medicare.

When a beneficiary dies, Medicare protection continues through the month of death. BY PETER J. STEINCROHN, M.D. My ANSWER by eating more than usual. Will that help? Mrs.

D. DEAR MRS. Overeating will make you fat not the baby. It's difficult to disregard statisitics: smoking mothers tend to give birth to babies who are underweight. is a stubborn disease which tries the courage of both child and parents, and also the patience of the doctor.

But it is an important condition and should not be underrated says Dr. Steincrohq in his booklet, "Acne: A Family Problem." For a copy write him at The Indianapolis Star, P.O. Drawer Catonsville, 21228, enclosing 50 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Dr. Steincrohn welcomes reader mail but is sorry he cannot answer personally.

Letters of widest interest will be answered in his column. McNaught Syndicate BY BILLY GRAHAM DEAR DR. STEINCROHN: A cousin of mine suffered severe burns to at least 50 percent of her body. Why do they seem to be force-feeding her in the hospital? In the beginning they even gave her -food intravenously. Even now, they ask her to eat as much as she can.

Mrs. O. DEAR MRS. Severe burns produce a shock and insult to the patient's body. To maintain normal function, the organs require additional amounts of protein and carbohydrates.

To supplement increased intake of food at mealtime, patients are encouraged to take snacks in between meals so that caloric needs are sufficient to prevent much weight-loss. DEAR DR. STEINCROHN: My father is 72 and we were sure that he was suffering from Alzeheimer's disease. As you know, with all the publicity, many are apprehensive that this disease is the reason for any mental deterioration in an aged member of the family. I said we were sure but fortunately the story has a happy ending.

We took our father to our family doctor who said he was senile and there was nothing to do about it. However, he referred us to a doctor who is a specialist in geriatric medicine. This doctor spent much time questioning him about the medicines he was taking. He discovered that he was taking so many prescriptions that he had saved from doctor to doctor that it affected his brain. Even a younger person taking all that stuff would have acted senile.

To make a long story short, most of the medicine was discontinued. Within a month my father was as mentally alert as ever. No more senility. I wonder how many other patients have been labeled senile prematurely. Mrs.

Y. DEAR MRS. Your father's case is one of many which prove that what seems to be mental deterioration may not be a permanent condition. Every elderly patient suspected of having Alzheimer's or any other serious condition in the brain deserves to be carefully studied before being hopelessly abandoned. Sometimes the cause is not in the brain, but in the heart, kidneys, blood or elsewhere.

But I find that a common and too often overlooked reason for senile changes is overme-dication. Always check on medication in the elderly. HEALTH CAPSULES by Mirhx-I A. Pelti, M.D. Q.

What is the form I need to have my Social Security checks sent directly to my bank? Where can I get the form? A. You can arrange for direct; deposit of your Social Security, checks through your bank, savings and loan, or other financial organization. The direct deposit form SF-1199 is furnished by the financial organization. Q. My husband just turned 60 and plans on working until he is 65.

I need to know if I can get Social Security benefits when I turn 62 if my husband is still working? A. You can draw Social Security benefits on your own record only if you worked long enough in jobs covered by Social Security. You are, only eligible for Social Security benefits as a wife when your husband retires. For answers to your Social Security questions, or if you want' to file a claim for benefits, call 269-7500 itr, Indianapolis. If calling from the Indianapolis area, dial toll-free 800-382 9000.

Indianapolis-area residents may-obtain further aid in solving their: problems by calling 926 HELP, a service of the Community Service Council of Metropolitan Indianapolis. A. senior citizen specialist also is avail-, able at that number to deal with-problems of the elderly. IF YcUR OULVACCl-VehTaLLY OUT A PfRAfANENr Toon, jhahi Viii rA i 0 your husband. SEEK GOD'S will and trust Him, because His will is best.

"Which of you," said Jesus, "if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him!" (Matthew This is why I am convinced the most important thing you can do right now is to give your life to Jesus Christ and ask Him to come into your heart and live within you. You need forgiveness for your sins, and you need God's guidance for the future as you commit each detail of your life to God and seek His will. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5 6). Look for a husband who honors Christ in his life and wants His will. That man will be loving and sensitive, and it will be your joy to be loving and sensitive to his needs in return.

Tribune Company Syndicate DEAR DR. GRAHAM: My boyfriend is not perfect and sometimes I wonder if he would make a very thoughtful or sensitive husband, but I am afraid of letting go of him because I wonder if I will ever find another husband. What should I do about him? H.K. DEAR H.K- I suspect there are many women reading this who would like to write you and say, "Don't feel you have to take the first eligible man who comes along! If he is insensitive and selfish now, he will be insensitive and selfish as a husband. This is what I did, and I have regretted it ever since!" No husband is going to be perfect, of course; after all, you probably have your faults as well! But seriously, my concern for you is this: more than anything else, you need to learn to trust your future to God and obey him.

This is true for everything in your life, including your marriage. One of the greatest truths of the Bible is that God loves us. And because He loves us, He wants to give us what is best for us. I firmly believe that if it is God's will for you to be married, then He has already chosen a young man who should be i FOR MR. I'm in favor of fitness programs.

Unfortunately, many immediately think of physical exercise as the only answer, and sometimes overdo their exertions. Taking long, daily walks is a good way to being. And don't forget the basic no no's: overdrinking, oversmoking and overeating. DEAR DR. STEINCROHN: I want my first baby to begin life with normal weight.

I admit I smoke, but will try to overcome any bad effects pur Tub TooTh in AfK ahd etr-ro The. pe.hT$t right Amy Fop, i FBlMPLAHTATtctf: Health Capsules gives helptut information. It is not intended to be ot a diagnostic nature..