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B4 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10 1993 INDEX OF METRO-AREA OBITUARIES OIiituEries Ex-businessman Rev. Coffindaffer erected roadside 'crosses of mercy' Harold Resler, schools superintendent JOHNSON COUNTY Carroll F. Bohley Robert L. Coffey Charles D. Duncan Allie 0.

Johnson Clifton H. Short Eugene H. Waltz SHELBY COUNTY Martha Elizabeth Krise Faye Hartzell Swinford Alberta K. Valastek FORMER RESIDENTS Roy A. Geider Richard E.

Pridemore Mercedes Miller Robbins Mattie Fisher Reynolds Robin L. Gallion Spears Orville D. Stonebraker Verlm D. Wesley Bessie Mae Wheeler Craig Steven Williams Jr BOONE COUNTY Ruth W. Neal HAMILTON COUNTY Mildred Johnson Deaver Nolan Richard Martin Josephine LaRue Tatro HENDRICKS COUNTY Bernard Hughes Joseph T.

McLain MARION COUNTY Deborah Kay Bereman Christy Dawn Burdsall Kathleen M. Yount Byrd Herman Paul Clark Mary R. Early Mamie M. Heady Flake Connie Loving Hall Rachel Jean Harker Claude D. Henderson Helen Elizabeth Hudgins Maude Asay Knebel Myrtle I.

Kreitlein Margaret E. Krueger Nan Elizabeth McMullen Theo Miller Jr. Francis Eugene Mills Nettie Carr Passwater which stood 25 feet high, was erected 1984 about 65 miles north of Charleston. "The crosses are to remind people remember that Jesus was crucified a cross at Calvary for our sins and will soon return," Rev. Coffindaffer; said.

I Rev. Coffindaffer estimated he spent $843 per cluster, wiping out money he made after selling his coal- washing mill. He spent 82 million of his own money on his mission; the rest came from a nonprofit group for Delphi (Ind.) High School. He received a bachelor's degree from Ball State University and' his master's degree and certification for superintendent from Purdue University. Mr.

Resler was a vocational education consultant for Purdue University. He was a member of Mount Zlon Methodist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Harold Dean Resler Memorial of Western School Corp. Survivors: wife. Janice D.

Dunk Resler; sons, Bradley D. and Matthew J. Resler: brothers, Herb and Don Resler. Stout Son Funeral Home, Russia-vllle, Is handling arrangements. CARROLL F.

BOHLEY, 49, New Whlteland, died Friday. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday In Forest Lawn Wllson-St. Pierre Funeral Home, Greenwood West, with calling from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday. He had been a machine repairman 12 years for Allison Transmission Division of General Motors retiring In 1990. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Indiana or the American Diabetes Association. Survivors: wife, Patricia Bunnell Bohley: daughters, Lori L. Rich and Lisa A.

Bohley; mother, Cora Richards Bohley; brother, Robert E. Bohley; sister, Rose Anna Gibson; a grandson. CHRISTY DAWN BURDSALL, 19, Indianapolis, died Friday In an auto accident In near Rochester. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday In Southport Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member.

Calling will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday In G.H.

Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home. A 1992 Perry Meridian High School graduate, she was a sophomore environmental studies major at Purdue University. She had been a teller one year for NBD Bank. She had. also worked for the Purdue library and the State Geneology Library.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Christy Burdsall Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of the church. Survivors: parents, Don and Peggy Cedervall Burdsall; brother, Scott Burdsall; grandparents, Irene and Arne Cedervall. HERMAN PAUL CLARK, 74, Indiana-polls, died Friday. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday In G.H.

Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. He had been a service representative 43 years for Pitney Bowes, retiring In 1983. He was a member of Southport Christian Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the church. Survivors: wife, Hazel Smith Clark; daughters, Herma Deen Karr Houdek. Linda S. Franklin and Gloria J. Calvert; sisters, Margaret Renlck, Genelve Clark, Betty Greene, Nellie Mae McKlnsey and Martha Cherry; brothers, Luther, Raymond and Jim Clark; nine grandchildren.

ROBERT COFFEY, 70. Greenwood, formerly of Indianapolis, died Friday. There will be no services or calling. He had been a self-employed cabinetmaker. He was an Army veteran of World War II.

Survivor: cousin, Charles Coffey. Conkle Funeral Home, Lynhurst Chapel, is handling Kokomo, Ind, Services for Harold Dean Resler. 48, Kokomo. superintendent for Western School Corp. here, will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday In Chapel Hill Christian Church, Kokomo. Calling will be from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday In France-Wilson Colonial Mortuary, Kokomo, and In the church an hour before services Tuesday. He died Friday.

He was the school district's superintendent since 1991. Previously, he was principal of McCutcheon High School, Lafayette, and Klondike Middle School, West Lafayette, and assistant principal, biology teacher, coach and athletic director O.D. Stonebraker, ex-vice president ofHaag Drug Co. Services for OrvlUe D. Stonebraker 84, Indianapolis, former vice president of Haag Drug will be Tuesday at 10 a.m.

In Leppert Hurt Mortuary and at 10:30 a.m. In St. Luke Catholic Church, of which he was a member. Calling will be from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday In the funeral home. Mr. Stonebraker He died Friday. Mr. Stonebraker also had been general manager of Huddle restaurants before retiring In 1975.

Previously, he was general manager of Katz Drug Co. In St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. He was a graduate of Rubedue Business College, St. Joseph, Mo.

Mr, Stonebraker was the widower of Mary Frances Stonebraker. Survivors: sons, Dale E. and OrvlUe D. Stonebraker daughter, Rosemary Drake; 18 grandchildren: 18 great-grandchildren. DEBORAH KAY WARRUM BEREMAN, 35, Indianapolis, died Saturday.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Conkle Funeral Home, Lynhurst Chapel, with calling from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. She was a member of Lake-view Christian Church.

Survivors: husband, Kevin Bereman: daughter, Karen Bereman; son, Krlstopher Bereman; parents, Richard and Pat Allen Warrum; sister, Rhonda Norman; grandmothers, Lena Warrum and Ruby Allen. KATHLEEN M. Y0UNT BYRD, 87, Indianapolis, died Saturday. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Harry W.

Moore Peace Chapel at Woodruff Place, with calling from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. She was a member of Centenary Christian Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the church's building fund.

She was the widow of Virgil A. Byrd. Survivors: daughters, Virginia J. Chllds and Betsy E. Llnd; sons, Richard L.

and Bradley A. Byrd; 11 grandchildren. called Cast Thy Bread. Jacob Young, a filmmaker at a public television station In Morgantown, made a documentary about Rev. Coffindaffer titled Point Man Jor God.

"Bernard worked very, very hard to make his peace with the Lord," Young said. "I hope that he achieved his goal and that he Is sweeping the streets of heaven. That's what he told me his goal was." CLIFTON H. SHORT, 75, New White-land, died Saturday. Services will be at 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday In Wllson-St. Pierre Greenwood Chapel, with calling from p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. He had been powerhouse operator 30 years for Indianapolis Power Light retiring in 1978.

He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Temple Baptist Church, Franklin. Memorial contributions may be made to the Leukemia Society of America. He was the widower of Charlotte I. New-house Short. Survivors: son, Gary E.

Short; daughters, W. Lynn Short Roberts and Marcla A. Schweitzer; brothers, William Robert R. and Roy D. Short; sister, Mildred Bergman; four grandchildren.

ROBIN L. GALLION SPEARS, 25. Indianapolis, died Sept. 24. Services will be at 4 p.m.

today In Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel, with calling from 1 p.m. FAYE HARTZELL SWINFORD, 97. Shelbyville. died Friday. Services will be at 10 a.m.

Monday In Carmony- Ewing Harrison Street Funeral Home Shelbyville, with calling from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today. She was a member ol Mount Gllead Baptist Church, bmlth land. She was the widow of Raymond Swinford.

Survivor: daughter, Shirley D. Swinford. JOSEPHINE LaRUE TATRO, 86, Noblesvllle, formerly of Lawrence, died Saturday. Services will be at 1 p.m Monday In Harry W. Moore Castleton Chapel, with calling from 10 a.m.

until services. She had owned a grocery story in Columbia, Tenn. She was a member of Franklin Road Christian Church. She was the widow of Thomas L. Tatro.

Survivors: daughters, Charlene Collins, Lois Davis and Edith Gilliam; brother, Coleman LaRue. ALBERTA K. RIGGS VALASTEK. 76, Shelbyville, died Friday. Services will be at 10 a.m.

Monday in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shelbyville, of which she was a member. Calling will be from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today In Murphy Funeral Service, Shelbyville.

Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Survivors: husband, Kalman J. "Sarge" Valastek; daughter, Car-mella Hammond; son, Kalman S. Valastek; brothers, James Earl, Oliver T. and Charles R.

Rlggs; four grandchildren. EUGENE H. WALTZ, 63. Edinburgh, died Saturday. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Tuesday In Edinburgh Full Gospel Church. Calling will be from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday In Eskew-Eaton Funeral Home, Edinburgh. He had been a meat cutter for Waltz Food Market, Edinburgh.

He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Survivors: wife, Marilyn Cook Waltz; daughter, Ginny Cunningham; sisters, Virginia Lakatash and Ruth Purcell; brothers, Orval and Ralph Waltz. VERLIN D. WESLEY, 77, Indianapolis, died Friday. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.

Monday in Wilson-St. Pierre Chapel of the Chimes, with calling from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. He had been an exterminator several years for Pesco Pest Control Services retiring in 1984.

Survivors: wife, Edith Williams Wesley: daughter, Elaine Wesley: sisters, Mable Miller, Edna Herrin and Ina Denton; brothers, Herman, Roland, Elwood and Blaine Wesley. CRAIG STEVEN WILLIAMS 21, Indianapolis, died Wednesday. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in New Crown Cemetery. Calling will be from 11 a.m.

to 1:30 p.m. Monday In Summers Northeast Funeral Chapel. Survivors: daughter, Marlnda Smith; father, Craig S. Williams mother, Elols Crosby; sister, Yolanda Williams; grandfather, Ello Crosby: grandmother, Catherine Williams. BESSIE MAE DOWNS WHEELER, 75, Indianapolis, died Friday.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday In Conkle Funeral Home, Speedway Chapel, with calling from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today. She had been an assembly line worker 21 years for Western Electric retiring In 1971.

Survivors: daughters, Sue McGee, Jwell Dean Trump and Sandra Holland; sons, Jerry, Eddie and Roger Wheeler, and Bobby Young; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Record Associated Press Cralgsville, W.Va. The Rev. Bernard Coffindaffer, a former businessman whose spiritual awakening led him to erect roadside crosses around the world, has died of a heart attack. He was 68.

Rev. Coffindaffer, a Methodist minister and a World War II veteran, received national attention with his quest to cover the world with the trios of one gold cross flanked by two blue' crosses. He said a spirit appeared to him after open-heart surgery In 1982 and told him to begin erecting the "crosses of mercy." Rev. Coffindaffer spent more than S3 million over 10 years on them. He died Friday.

In a recent interview, Rev. Coffindaffer said he erected 1,842 cross clusters in 29 states, the Philippines and Zambia. The first ensemble, JOSEPH T. McLAIN, 86. Plalnfield.

died Saturday. There will be no services or calling. He had owned Penn State Restaurant in St. Petersburg. for four years.

Survivors: wife. Catherine McLain: sons, David Leigh and Jerry Thomas McLain; three grandchildren. Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home, Plalnfield. Is handling arrangements. THEO MILLER 48, Indianapolis, died Friday.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Matthews Mortuary, Brownsburg, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. He was a construction worker for Glen Mark Construction Co.

Survivors: wife, Sandra Monday Miller: sons, Jackie and Jeffrey Cram: sisters, Evelyn Starnes and Margaret Ann Barnett; brothers, Isaac and Ernest Miller; four grandchildren. FRANCIS EUGENE MILLS, 48, Indianapolis, died Thursday. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday In Williams and Blultt Funeral Home, with calling from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday. He was an employee 25 years at Von Duprln Inc. Survivors: mother, Bertha E. Anderson Mills; sisters, Bertha E. Ransom and Dorothy L.

Gllmore; brother, William A. Mills. RUTH W. MEDSKER NEAL, 67, Lebanon, died Saturday. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in Russell and Hitch Funeral Home, Lebanon, with calling an hour beforehand. She had been a manager two years for the Community Action Against Poverty office, Noblesvllle. retiring in 1992. Previously, she owned a beauty salon In Lebanon for six years and was In charge of the Boone County motor vehicle license branch two years. Memorial contributions may be made to Mainstreet Enterprise.

Lebanon. Survivors: daughter, Rita Crane; son, Eugene Neal; brother, Harold Medskcr: sister, Juanita Baker Lister. NETTIE CARR PASSWATER, 90, Indianapolis, died Saturday. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday In Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, with calling from 4 p.m.

to 8 p.m. Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Survivors: sons, Lloyd B. Richard, Keith A.

and Rolland M. Passwater; daughter, JoAnn Compton; sisters, LaZetta Klncald and Gertrude Ellis: 13 grandchildren; 24 greatgrandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. RICHARD E. PRIDEMORE, 56. Florence, formerly of Indianapolis and Amo, died Friday.

Services will be at 5 p.m. today in Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill, with calling from 1 p.m. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday In StilesviUe Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Project Inform, 1965 Market Street, Suite 220, San Francisco, Calif.

94103. Previously, he was a photographer nearly 28 years for The Kentucky Post, retiring In 1993. He had been a photographer four years for the Army until 1962 when he went to work for The Indianapolis Times. Survivors: parents, Edgar and Sarah Pridemore; sisters, Carolyn Buchanan and Marjorle Hurt. MERCEDES MILLER ROBBINS, 82, Tampa, formerly of Indianapolis, died Friday.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Conkle Funeral Home, Speedway Chapel, with calling from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. She had been an executive secretary for RCA retiring In 1973.

She was the widow of John L. Beasley. Survivors: husband, Gilbert Robbins: sons, Ron and Don Beasley; daughter, Dena Ray Aleksa; sister, Virginia Gray; brother, Jack Miller; eight grandchildren; a stepgrandchlld; five greatgrandchildren, MATTIE FISHER REYNOLDS, 69, Indianapolis, died Friday. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday In Trinity CME Church, of which she was a member.

Calling will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday In Williams and Blultt Funeral Home. She had been a housekeeper 17 years for Indiana University Medical Center, retiring In 1978, Survivors: daughters, Brenda Tutt Lewis, Linda Rochelle Artls and Stacey Lynn Wllklns; sons, Donald E. Tutt and William James Fisher; sisters, Mary Lee Copeland and Ella Jones; 31 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren, For The DEATH CERTIFICATES Pence Aughe.

78. Wishard Memorial Hospital, cerebral vascular accident. Opal Bartley, 67, St. Francis Hospital Center, sepsis. Holland Check.

84, 4704 Noah Drive, cardiovascular disease. Mary Carroll, 49, Community Hospital North, myocardial infarction. Kenneth Hall, 57. St. Vincent Hospital, myocardial infarction.

George Heineman 79. St. Francis Hospital Center, pulmonary disease. Dennis Long. 46, Indiana University Hospital, respiratory failure.

Geneva Louis, 79, Westview Hospital, cardiac dysarr-hythmia. Sylbert McKmney, 73. St. Francis Hospital Center. In to on he 5 a Dr.

Roy A. Geider, 91, had been staff president at Indianapolis hospitals Services for Roy A. Geider, 91, Sa-llen, formerly of Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday In Irving-ton Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member. Dr.

Geider was a retired physician and past president of staff at Methodist and Community East hospitals. Calling will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday In Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel. He died Friday.

Dr. Geider had been a general practitioner 37 years before retiring In 1982. He received the Distinguished Physicians Award In 1986 from Community Hospital, where was on the board of trustees. Dr. Geider was a graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine, where he became an assistant professor emeritus of anesthesiology.

He was an Army veteran of World War II, receiving seven battle stars. He was the widower of Margaret Peters Geider. Survivors: daughter, Elizabeth Sel-mler; son, Carl R. Geider: two grandchildren; a great-grandchild. MILDRED JOHNSON DEAVER, 80, Cicero, died Saturday.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday In Randall and Roberts Logan Street Chapel, Nobles-vlUe, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. She had been a surgery aide at Rlvervlew Hospital, retiring In 1977.

She also had owned and operated the Arcadia Greenhouse. She was a member of Arcadia Christian Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross, Hospice of Central Indiana or Visiting Nurse Health System, Noblesvllle. She was the widow of James I. Johnson and John A.

Deaver. Survivors: sons, James H. and Michael S. Johnson; daughter, Johanne "Jody" Moore; stepdaughters, Barbara Landls, Loret-ta Cavanaugh and Margie Erney; eight grandchildren; 13 stepgrandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; 18 great-stepgrandchlldren. CHARLES D.

DUNCAN, 84, Greenwood, died Friday. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday In G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

today. He had been a clerk for the U.S. Postal Service eight years, retiring In 1974. Previously, he worked 29 years for Unlroyal. Survivors: wife, Stella D.

Helnrlch Duncan; daughter, Kay Kingsley; sister, Audron "Doll" Dreler; brother, Robert Duncan; two grand children. MARY R. EARLY, 79, Indianapolis, died Saturday. Services will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. In Feeney-Hornak Shadeland Mortuary and at 11 a.m.

In St. Philip Nerl Catholic Church, of which she was a member. Calling will be Monday from 9 a.m. until services in the funeral home. She had worked for the Army Finance and Accounting Center at Fort Eienjamln Harrison 30 years, retiring In 1979.

She had been an actress for Civic Theatre and the Catholic Theatre Guild. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Survivors: several nieces and nephews. MAMIE M. HEADY FLAKE.

72, Indianapolis, died Saturday. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday In Round Hill Cemetery. There will be no calling. She had worked in sales for Singer Sewing Machine Co.

Survivors: husband, Vern M. Flake; sons, Jerry and Bob Flake; brother, Carl Heady; sister, Mary Diggs; stepbrother, Bill Wright; stepsister, Earllne Hlldroth; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Singleton Herr Madison Avenue Mortuary Is handling arrangements. RACHEL JEAN LACEY HARKER, 98, Indianapolis, died Thursday. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m.

Friday In the Indianapolis Retirement Home, to which memorial contributions may be made. There will be no calling. She was the widow of S. Kenneth Harker. Survivors; son, Kenneth Allen Harker; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

The Cremation Society of Indiana Is handling arrangements. CONNIE LOVING HALL, 46, Indiana-polls, died Friday. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday In St. Luke Catholic Church, of which she was a member.

Calling will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday In Leppert Hurt Mortuary. An Indiana University graduate, she was a secondary-education substitute teacher for Washington Township Schools. Memorial contributions may be made to a fund for her children, In care of the funeral home.

Survivors: daughter, Allyson and Christine Hall; son, Edward Hall; mother, Lillian V. Loving; father, George Loving; sister, Carole Smith; brother, Mark Loving; grandmother, Anna DeGanuttl. CORRECTIONS MARVIN E. EDGAR His middle Initial was Incorrect In his obituary Saturday. CLAUDE D.

HENDERSON, 78, Indianapolis, died Friday. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday In Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, with calling at the cemetery an hour beforehand. He had been a tool and die maker. Survivors: son, Donald Henderson; sisters, Louise Duncan and Jeanetta Braun: six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

Malone-Gray Funeral Home, Dunkirk, Is handling arrangements. HELEN ELIZABETH HURT HUDGINS, 71, Indianapolis, died Thursday. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday In Western Star Missionary Church, of which she was a member. Calling will be from 6 p.m.

to 9 p.m. Monday In the church. She had been a maid for Holiday Inn, retiring In 1985. Survivors: daughters, Tonl Brooks, Teresa Richardson and Lisa Harris; sons, William, Vetchel and Reggie Hudgins; sisters, Hazel Graves, June Jones, Betty Jean Armstrong and Betty June Footman; brothers, Ted, Ollle and Dennis Lee Hurt; 19 grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren. Peoples Funeral Home Is handling arrangements.

BERNARD HUGHES, 79. Danville, died Friday. Services will be al 2 p.m. Monday In Weaver Funeral Home. Danville, with calling from 4 p.m.

to 9 p.m. today. He had been an inspector 20 years for Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors retiring in 1979. Survivors: wife, Thelma Cooper Hughes: daughters, Carol Vescovl and Bernadine Buntin: four grandchildren; a great-granddaughter. ALLIE 0.

BROCK JOHNSON, 92, Greenwood, died Saturday. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday In Greenwood Cemetery. She had been a secretary and purchaser five years for a department store In Wilmington, Del. She was the widow of Robert Johnson.

Survivors: daughter, June C. Gaston; sister, Evelyn Cochran; three grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren. G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home is handling arrangements. MAUDE ASAY KNEBEL, Indiana-polls, died Friday.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. She was a member of Franklin Road Baptist Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the church, Baptist Bible College, Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry P.O. Box 908, Bellmawr, N.J. 08099, or Moody Keswick Bible Conference, 5700 100th Way North, St. Petersburg, Fla. 33708.

Survivors: husband, Malcolm J. Knebel; daughter, Kim M. Knebel; sister, Marian Harris. MYRTLE I. THOMPSON KREITLEIN, 98, Indianapolis, died Friday.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday In G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.

She had owned and operated Hall's Truck Stop nine years, retiring in 1950. She was a member of Southport Church of the Nazarene. She was the widow of Charles Kreitlein. Survivors: daughter, Bettie Isaacs: son, Harold Kreitlein; 16 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren. MARTHA ELIZABETH KELLEY KRISE, 85, Shelbyville, died Friday.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph Catholic Church, of which she was a member. Calling will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Monday in Murphy Funeral Service, Shelbyville. She was the widow of Charles W. Krise. Survivors: stepdaughters, Ellse Laverty and Llbby Labolle. MARGARET E.

WEAKLEY KRUEGER, 81, Indianapolis, died Friday. Services will be private, and there will be no calling. She had worked many years for Ball Camp retiring in 1977. She was a member of the Garfield Park United Church of Christ. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.

She was the widow of Charles Krueger, Survivors: daughter, Wllma Cllne; sister, Dorothy Baase: brother, Carey Weakley; two grandchildren: one great-grandchild. G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home Is handling arrangements. NAN ELIZABETH GOODWIN McMUL-LEN, 86, Indianapolis, died Friday. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Monday in Hendryx Mortuaries, Cumberland Chapel, with calling two hours beforehand. She had worked for the Army Finance and Accounting Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison before retiring. She was the widow of Lester McMullen. Survivors: granddaughter, Michelle Davis Kent; grandson, Michael J. McMullen.

NOLAN RICHARD MARTIN, 7-year-old son of Kenneth Ray and Kim Elaine Gardner Martin, Cicero, died Saturday. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday In Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Fishers, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday In Hartley Funeral Home, Cicero Chapel.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Indiana Children's Wish Fund. Other survivors: sister, Andrea Martin; brothers, Brandon and Drew Martin; grandparents, Anne Martin and Richard and Pat Gardner. Unpick the topic. You tell us what you think. Friday Forum is a special feature appearing on the editorial pages of The Star the first and third Friday of each month.

We'll pose a question or topic then we want to hear your comments. The topic for Friday, October 15, is: HI 1 i i -u-tw i Is the Clinton healthcare proposal a good plan? Is universal coverage an idea whose time has come? How mid the plan affect your family or your business? Send your letter to: Letters must be received THE fulfill Friday Forum Letters to the Editor The Indianapolis Star P.O. Box 145 Indianapolis, IN 46206-0145 Or FAX your letter to: 317-633-9423 by Wednesday, October 13. STAR encephalopathy. Mrytle Patterson, 96, 2010 North Capitol Avenue, heart disease.

Denny Petrey, 44, St. Vincent Hospital, pulmonary fibrosis. Luella Reed. 71, Methodist Hospital, leukemia. Robert Roe, 67, Community Hospital South, pneumonia.

Gladys Seyfrled. 96. St. Francis Hospital Center, respiratory distress. Roscoe Stephens, 63, Wishard Memorial Hospital, myocardial infarction.

Verona Stewart, 94, 2010 North Capitol Avenue, pneumonia. Euvilous Stovall, 88, Methodist Hospital, cardiorespiratory arrest. Frances Walker. 95, 8350 Naab Road, sepsis. Emma Westbrook.

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