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I C12 SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2000 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR William Roscoe Mercer, Obituaries Cartoonist Charles Swinford, 82, was active in Anderson youth sports MARION COUNTY Baker, Sally Irene Reenee, 76 Duncan, Paul L. 63 Gilman, Steven Lewis, 48 Hogue, Ray 82 Katona, Ella, 88 Mascus, Ann I. Tarullo, 87 Nelson, Jeffrey 40 Schrock, Chester 79 Stowe, Betty J. Holloway, 65 Woods, Mildred, 74 Zook, Opal 100 BOONE COUNTY Mueller, Mary B. Jones, 89 HAMILTON COUNTY Griffin, Dennis 54 Scott, William, 86 HANCOCK COUNTY Blythe, John 79 HENDRICKS COUNTY Douglas, Paul 77 Morton, Shirley A.

Pace, 58 Rushton, Florence Herron, 82 JOHNSON COUNTY Bryant, Violetta Young, 94 Karstedt, John K. "Jack," 82 MADISON COUNTY Baldwin, Martha L. Ellis, 77 Lawson, Charity 85 Morrison, Leonard K. "Jack," 75 Swinford, Charles Russell, 82 MORGAN COUNTY Balay, LaVerne Siddons, 81 SHELBY COUNTY Cuzzort, Betty Joan Stroup, 71 Haas, Ronald Phillip, 67 FORMER RESIDENTS Bruner, Steven Ray, 42 Harsin, Donald 77 Kevers, Alice Fulton, 86 Martin, Ronald 43 Pogats, Mae Elizabeth, 81 Aug. 6, 2000 was free-form By Jon Pareles THE NEW YORK TIMES William Roscoe Mercer, known for decades to New York radio listeners simply as Rosko, died on Tuesday.

He was 73 and lived in New York. The cause was cancer, according to his daughter, Valerie J. Mercer. Mercer was the first black news announcer on WINS in New York and, as Rosko, the first black disc jockey on KBLA In Los Angeles. He went on to become a pioneer of free-form FM radio in New York City.

On WOR-FM in 1966 and on WNEW-FM from 1967 to 1970, his calm, husky voice with its hint of Southern drawl and his wide-ranging programming made him an authoritative companion amid the musical ferment of the late 1960s. He delved into rock, soul, folk and jazz; he read poetry and conversed with his unseen listeners in almost fatherly monologues. In one set during the late 1960s, he recited antiwar poetry by Yevgeny Yeytushenko to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing the Lord's Prayer, then played Richie Havens' antiwar song Handsome Johnny as a lead-in to a news report about bombing In Vietnam. Mercer was born on May 25, 1927, in New York City and attended a Catholic boarding school In Pennsylvania as a charity student. His first jobs were as a government clerk and then a men's room attendant at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, N.J.

He began his radio career as a Jazz disc jockey at WHAT in Chester, moved to'WDAS In Philadelphia, and then to WBLS in New York, playing Jazz in live broadcasts from Palm Cafe in Manhattan. He played rhythm and blues on WNJR in Secaucus, N.J., in the late 1950s, but after refusing to cross a picket line during an effort to create a union for disc Jockeys, he was blacklisted for six months. He became the first black announcer for WINS, and was then hired as a disc Jockey by KDIA in Oakland, Calif. Radio station KGFJ in Los Angeles Thomas Ottenstein, 70, built belittled tower at Gettysburg MARY B. JONES MUELLER, 89, Zionsvllle, died Aug.

5. She was an office clerk several years for J.C. Penney Co. in Milwaukee, retiring In 1975. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Aug. 7 in St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Zlonsville. Calling: none.

Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee. Survivors: daughter Virginia M. Avery; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Flanner Buchanan Zionsvllle Mortuary is handling arrangements. JEFFREY R.

NELSON, 40. Indianapolis, died Aug. 4. He worked five years for E.S.G. Security.

Previously, he was a skip tracer. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society. Services: 2 p.m. Aug. 9 in Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel, with calling from noon.

Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. Survivors: parents John E. and Joanne I. Craig Nelson; brother John V. Nelson.

MAE ELIZABETH POGATS, 81, Wailu-ku, Hawaii, formerly of Indianapolis, died Aug. 3. She was a homemaker. Memorial contributions may be made to the Maui Humane Society Spay and Neuter Fund. Mokulele Highway, Puu-nene.

HI 96784. Services: private. Calling: none. Survivors: children Duane L. Wells, Claudia L.

Alban; stepchildren Ronald, Richard Pogats, Shirley Vieira, Marilyn Bullock, Lori Gianelli; sisters Ann Barham, Gloria Pilon; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Ballard Family Mortuary, Kahului, Hawaii, is handling arrangements. FLORENCE HERRON RUSHTON, 82, Clayton, formerly of Indianapolis, died Aug. 4. She was a homemaker.

She was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church. Services: 1 p.m. Aug. 7 in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 2 to 6 p.m.

Aug. 6. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery. She was the widow of Francis L. Rushton.

Survivors: daughter Patricia A. Stack; sister Ellen Toste; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. CHESTER W. SCHROCK, 79. Indianapolis, died Aug.

4. He was a truck driver 26 years for Kroger, retiring in 1981. He was a member of Kokomo Masonic Lodge and American Legion Post 495. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society. Services: none.

Calling: none. Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport. Survivors: wife Teresa J. Carney Schrock; children James A. Schrock, Donna Byrd; four grandchildren.

Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements. WILLIAM SCOTT, 86, Noblesville, died Aug. 5. He worked as a maintenance worker for the city of Noblesville. Services: 11 a.m.

Aug. 8 in Randall Roberts Funeral Home. Noblesville, with calling from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7.

Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Noblesville. Survivors: nephews Arnold, Wilbur Dale Scott; nieces JoAnn Perdue, Betty Scott, Shirley Thomas. BETTY J. HOLLOWAY STOWE, 65, Indianapolis, died Aug. 4, She was an owner and operator 17 years of Big Ts Bait Tackle Shop.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation and the Kidney Foundation. Services: 1 p.m. Aug. 8 in Singleton Herr Mortuary, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Aug.

7. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery. She was the widow of Louie T. Stowe. Survivors: children Guy, Joseph, Raymond Halfaker; brothers Leonard, Everett, Clessie Holloway; sisters Helen Hanley, Wanda O'Brien, Nancy Harris, Janet Starr; three grandchildren.

MILDRED FRANCES ESTELLE WOODS, 74, Indianapolis, died Aug. 4. She was an inspector and packer 40 years for RCA, retiring in 1988. Services: 11:30 a.m. Aug.

8 in Conkle Funeral Home, Lynhurst Chapel, with calling from 3 to 9 p.m. Aug. 7. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors: former husband Harlin C.

Woods; children Linda C. Wernke, James William Thomas J. Woods; sister Ruth Henson; brother Jerry Estelle; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. OPAL E. ZOOK, 100, Indianapolis, died Aug.

5. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Senior Citizens of Indianapolis. Memorial contributions may be made to the Order of the Eastern Star, of which she was a member. Services: 2 p.m.

Aug. 8 in Harry W. Moore Lawrence Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7.

Burial: Oak-landon Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery. She was the widow of Lewis Zook. Survivors: son Billy D. Zook; 11 grandchildren: several greatgrandchildren. Mustafa Mitwali, 51, was a popular actor in Egyptian theater Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt Mustafa Mitwali, a popular Egyptian film and stage actor, died Saturday of a heart attack.

He was 51. Mitwali died at home shortly after returning from Cairo's Pyramids Theater, where he was in Bodyguard, a long-running comedy, his family said. Family members said he had complained of chest pains on the way home. He was buried later Saturday in Cairo. Mitwali starred in several plays alongside Egypt's most popular comedian, Adel Imam.

Mitwali studied at Cairo's Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts. After graduating in 1970, he started his career in television soap operas and went on to act in historical dramas. His first film was Bah Zuweila, directed by Nour el-Damerdash. Later he acted in theater and look lead roles alongside Imam in his four successful plays: A Witness Who Saw Nothing, The Leader, Bodyguard and Seyed, the Servunt. Mitwali is survived by his wife and three sons.

radio pioneer Jiire him awav. leading to a precedent-setting lawsuit that changed the way disc-Jockey contracts were written. For a time in the early 1960s, Rosko was heard live on KGFJ and on tape in Oakland six nights a week; fie spent the seventh In Oakland, live on KDIA. Then he was hired by KBLA, playing rock and rhythm and blues at a formerly all-white station. He returned to New York to work at WBLS.

In 1966, the Federal Communications Commission required radio stations to broadcast separate content on AM and FM stations, and rock music beyond the Top 40 rushed to fill the new air time. The disc Jockeys Murray the and Scott Muni, along with Rosko, moved to WOR-FM to Introduce a new style, with disc jockeys freely choosing the music and speaking conversationally -to listeners. But In October 1967, WOR-FM de, cided to change to a restrictive format. On his last show, without warning the station's management, Rosko spoke for five minutes about why he was resigning, saying, "When are we going to learn that controlling something does not take it out of the minds of people?" and declaring, "In no way can I feel that I can continue my radio career by being dishonest with you." But within the month, he was hired for an evening shift by WNEW-FM, which picked up WOR-FM's format. Rosko stayed at WNEW until 1970, then moved to France for five years; there, he worked for the Voice of America.

He returned to the United States and was heard during the 1980s on the dance-music station WKTU in New York; he also did voice-over work for commercials. Most recently, his voice was heard in announcements for CBS Sports, In 1992, when he learned he had cancer, he refused chemotherapy, turning Instead to alternative medicine. He is survived by his wife, Joanna; five children from three previous marriages, Valerie, William, David, Scott and Melissa Mercer; a sister, Bernice Reid; and two grandchildren. strip of motels, drive-ins, fast-food res-taurants and assorted tourist traps. Adding to his problems was a court fight over property rights.

Pickett's Charge, which probably changed the course of the Civil War, left 10,000 Confederate soldiers dead or wounded in a futile assault on a line of 6,000 Union troops. The tower also was close to where Abraham Lincoln in November 1863 dedicated a national cemetery on the site with one of history's most famous addresses: "Four score and seven years Among the earliest foes of the project were the surviving veterans of the Army tank corps from Camp Colt, in the shadow of the tower. There, a young captain named Dwlght D. Eisenhower commanded 10,000 World War I corpsmen In 1918. A change In the law placed the tower Inside the park in 1990.

The Park Service said its demolition with an explosive charge last month was part of an effort to rid the battlefield of commercialism and restore what Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt called "sacred ground." Litigation remains pending over how much compensation the government owes for that eminent-domain action. Thomas Ray Ottenstein was born in Washington and graduated from Syracuse University and Georgetown University's law school. He served in the Army from 1954 to 1956 and went Into the family's newspaper distribution business before becoming a well-to-do real estate developer. He Is survived by his wife of 48 years, Nina Judis Ottenstein; two daughters, Maria Ottenstein and Doria Reese, and two sons, Grant and Todd, all of Washington; a brother, Victor, of Solana Beach, Calif; and six grandchildren. was at forefront tured and mentored many U.S.

and European-emigre photographers, Including David Bailey, Frank Horvat, Jeanloup Sleff, Louis Faurer and Saul Leiter. "She was the only art director I wouldn't question," Bailey said. "She could put 22 pictures on a spread, and I wouldn't worry. She'd always do It right." Denhof was born in 1912 In Trieste, Italy, raised In Austria and educated In Vienna and Berlin. She left Germany for New York with her family in 1938.

One of her earliest design Jobs was as an assistant to the Modernist designer Paul Rand at Esquire and Apparel Arts magazines. She was also art director of Conde Nast Books, responsible for such titles as Vanity Fair: Photographs of an Age 1914-1936 with Diane Edkins, and The Success-ful Face with Amy Green. After leaving Conde Nast in 1977 she designed exhibitions, catalogs and a documentary book for the Guild Hall in East Hampton, which also mounted an exhibition of her editorial layouts. She spent the last few years archiving the photo albums and diaries of her father, Bernhard Bardach, a doctor in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. Recently she donated 900 of the photographs to the Leo Baeck Institute In New York.

Some were used in the 1999 exhibition "Fighting for the Fatherland: The Patriotism of Jews in World War Denhof was divorced from Hans Denhof, who Is deceased. She has no Immediate survlyors. ANDERSON, Ind. Services for Charles Russell Swiiiford, 82, a civic leader, will be at 10 a.m. Aug.

8 in Brown-Bute-Diedring Funeral Home, Anderson, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7. Burial will be in Anderson Memorial Park. Mr.

Swinford died Aug. 5. He owned and sold packaging supplies through Sacs Inc. Previously, he was self-employed as an Insurance and restaurant equipment salesman. A cartoonist, he performed a comedy act throughout the Midwest.

He often donated his talents to local nursing homes, Camp Hope and other youth organizations. He was the first president of the Westvale Parent-Teacher Association, SALLY IRENE REENEE BAKER, 76, Indianapolis, died Aug. 4. Services: 1 p.m. Aug.

8 in Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors: brothers John Gene Baker: sister Elizabeth Baker Trott. LaVERNE SIDDONS BALAY, 81, Martinsville, died Aug. 4.

She was an active evangelist 40 years, playing the piano and organ and singing at revivals. Services: 11 a.m. Aug. 8 in First Church of the Nazarene. Martinsville, of which she was a member.

Calling: 4 to 9 p.m. Aug. 7 in Neal Summers Mortuary, Martinsville, and from 10 a.m. Aug. 8 in the church.

Burial: Nebo Memorial Park Cemetery, Martinsville. Survivors: husband Georgie Mayfield Balay; son Terry S. Balay; brothers Maynard, Kenneth, Mel Siddons; sisters Ruby O'Neal. Ruth Pryor, Norma-liegh Reed; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. MARTHA L.

ELLIS BALDWIN, 77, Anderson, died Aug. 4. She worked 15 years at Community Hospital, Anderson, retiring in 1980. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary's Catholic Church, of which she was a member.

Services: 10 a.m. Aug. 9 in St. Mary's Catholic Church. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m.

Aug. 8 in Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home, Anderson. Burial: East Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson. She was the widow of Charles Baldwin. Survivors: children Greg, Bnice, John Baldwin, Anne Gruemmer, Julia Tolle, Joan Lager; sisters Ruth Ann Parry, Carolyn Livingston; brother David Ellis; seven grandchildren.

JOHN A. BLYTHE, 79, McCordsville, formerly of Lexington, died Aug. 3. He worked for Fortville Lawn and Garden and Storage. Previously, he worked as a mechanic for Blue Grass Trucking Lexington, Ky.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Services: 11 a.m. Aug. 7 in Hinton-Turner Funeral Home, Paris, with calling from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug.

6. Burial: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Ky. Survivors: wife Mildred R. McCord Blythe; children Anna F. Smoot, Johnny Blythe; brother Eugene Blythe: five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.

Ronald L. Seals Funeral Home, Fortville, is handling arrangements. STEVEN RAY BRUNER, 42, Oldsmar, formerly of Indianapolis, died July 25. He was a construction worker. Services: none.

Survivors: son Sean R. Bruner; mother Roxie L. Nichols; sister Kathy Joseph; brother Paul James Leach; grandmother Ressie Bruner Harrell. Abbey Parklawn Funeral Home, Palm Harbor, is handling arrangements. VIOLETTA L.

YOUNG RICHARDSON BRYANT, 94, Greenwood, died Aug. 5. She was an owner and landlord of several properties. Previously, she worked for P.R. Mallory.

She was a member of Banta Methodist Church. Services: 10 a.m. Aug. 8 in G.H. Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

Aug. 7. Burial: Nineveh (Ind.) Cemetery. She was the widow of Ernest Richardson and Jack Bryant. Survivors: children Jack, Earl Duane Richardson.

Annabelle Batten; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. BETTY JOAN STROUP CUZZORT, 71. Shelbyville, died Aug. 4. She was a cashier 16 years for Kroger, Shelbyville, retiring in 1985.

She was a member of First Baptist Church. Shelbyville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Shelby County. Services: 10:30 a.m. Aug.

8 in Glenn E. George and Son Funeral Home, Shelbyville, with calling from 4 to 9 p.m. Aug. 7. Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville.

She was the widow of Donald Zeke Cuzzort. Survivors: daughters Connie Phillips, Sandra Cradic, Beverly Hall. Julia Fix: sisters Alberna Stroup. Reba Wilson, Deannie Denny; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. PAUL D.

DOUGLAS, 77, Browns-burg, died Aug. 4. He worked 55 years as a controller for Electric Steel Casting, Speedway, retiring in 1996. He was a member of the Brownsburg Masonic Lodge, and the Eagles and Moose lodges in Brazil. Services: 10 a.m.

Aug 8 in Faith Congregational Church, Brownsburg, of which he was a member. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7 in Matthews Mortuary, Brownsburg. Survivors: children Peggy Albertson Turner, Steven Douglas; brothers Bobby, Donald Douglas: sisters Rosemary Roblson, Lucille Nelson.

Joan Phillips; seven grandchildren: 10 great-grandchildren. ANSWERS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE www.crownhill.org (3 17) .2 5-3800 and co-founder and commissioner of the Anderson Junior Football League. He was past president of the Erkskine Little League in Anderson. A Navy veteran, he served during World War II and as a recruiter during the Korean War. He was a founding member of the American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam Norman McClaln Post 9, of which he served as state commander and on the National Executive Committee.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Hospice program in Anderson. Survivors: children Beth Furnish. Steve, Dan H. Swinford; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; companion Dorothy Graves.

PAUL L. DUNCAN 63, Indianapolis, died Aug. 3. He worked 28 years in the foundry for Daimler Chrysler retiring In 1992. He was a Navy veteran.

Services: noon Aug. 8 in Stuart Mortuary, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors: daughter Paulette Duncan; brother Delbert Duncan; four grandchildren. STEVEN LEWIS GILMAN, 48, Indianapolis, died Aug.

3. He was the owner 15 years of Gilman's Carpet Care. He was a Marine veteran. He was a member of Brookside Masonic Lodge, Eagles Lodge 207 and American Legion Post 64. Services: noon in Shirley Brothers Drexel Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

Aug. 7. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors: daughter Brooke Everhart; mother Lela Gooch Gilman; brother Jerry Gilman. DENNIS K.

GRIFFIN, 54, Sheridan, died Aug. 4. He worked eight years for Hamilton County Co-op. Previously, he was an auditor 21 years for American State Bank. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Heather E. Griffin Education Fund at Farmers Bank of Sheridan. Services: 10:30 a.m. Aug. 8 in Kercheval Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

Burial: Crown View Cemetery. Survivors: wife Myrna E. Goff Griffin; daughter Heather E. Griffin: sister Anita Beck. RONALD PHILLIP HAAS, 67, Shelbyville, died Aug.

5. He was a Navy veteran. Services: 1 p.m. Aug. 10 in Murphy-Parks Funeral Senice, Shelbyville, with calling from 4 to 7 p.m.

Aug. 9. Burial: Sand Creek Cemetery, Greensburg. Survivors: brothers Lawrence, David, Gordon Haas: sister Beverly Haas; half brother Mike Haas; stepbrother Larry Rush. DONALD D.

HARSIN, 77, Prescott, formerly of Indianapolis, died Aug. 2. He was a custom home builder 30 years and founded Custom Millwork. He was a member of the Mu-rat Shrine, Englewood Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis. Memorial contributions may be made to First Southern Baptist Church, 1071 Mogollon Road, Prescott, Ariz.

86301. Services: 10 a.m. Aug. 9 In Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, with calling from 2 to 8 p.m. Aug.

8. Entombment: Washington Park North Mortuary. Survivors: wife Mary A. Denney Harsin; children Donald D. Morris W.

Harsin, Terry Lynn Anderson; two grandsons. RAY S. HOGUE, 82, Indianapolis, died Aug. 4. He was a carpenter 55 years, retiring in 1985.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of Carpenters Union Local 60 and the American Legion. Graveside services: 2 p.m. Aug. 7 in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Calling: none. Survivors: children Richard Ray Hogue, Charlotte Smith, Sonia VanArsdall. Sandra Chandler, Annette Salyers: sister Lillian McComas; brothers Bill, Jasper Leonard Chris Hogue: six grandchildren: 10 great-grandchildren. Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, is handling arrangements. JOHN K.

"JACK" KARSTEDT, 82. Greenwood, died Aug. 5. He was an Internal Revenue Service agent 37 years, retiring in 1973. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.

He was a member of Southport Masonic Lodge 270, Murat Shrine Temple, Order of Eastern Star. Sahara Grotto and its drum and bugle corps. He also was a member of American Legion Post 264 and was a recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash. Services: 2 p.m. Aug.

8 in Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors: wife Mamie "Midge" Farley Eldrjdge Karsledt; daughter Nancy Barbee; stepchildren Nancy Moore.

Sherry Secen, James Eldridge; sister Mary Louise Karstedt Bray; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; three great-stepgrandchildren. ALICE FULTON KEVERS, 86, Hialeah, formerly of Indianapolis, died July 29. She worked as a consultant for Burdine's Bridal Registry. Previously, she worked several years for Curtis Publishing Co. Services: 11 a.m.

Aug. 12 in Crown Hill Funeral Home, Gothic Chapel. Calling: none. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. She was the widow of Norman Rauch Kevers.

Survivors: children Sandra Kevers Cummings, Norman Rauch Kevers sister arine Fulton Larsen; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. INDIANA DEATHS Deaths reported Irom outsitle the Mimaprils sm Bloomlngton Duane Clinton Messmer, 80, husband ol Evelyn Stouten Messmer (Allen Funeral Home). Greensburg James Phillips. 83, husband ol Bertha Caster Phillips (Gillikind-Howe Funeral Home) Jasper Kendra A. Danzer, intant daughter ot Andrew and Angela Klem Darker (Becher-Kluesner Funeral Home).

togansport Betty Gibson, 71; Vera Mae Rice Fur-low Whiternan, 77 (Marocco Funeral Chapel) Richmond Gladys Emerick Felty, 87, widow of William Felty (Stegall-Berheide-Orr Funeral Home). Salem Bruce I. Chastam. 86, husband ot Margaret Johns Chastain (Weathers Funeral Home), Seymour Lenora E. Allman.

80, wite of Clarence F. Allman (Voss Sons FiinerrJetvvice). By Wolfgang Saxon THE NEW YORK TIMES Thomas R. Ottenstein, the developer whose observation tower overlooking Gettysburg's historic fields drew tourists and wrath until it was felled by government fiat last month, died Aug. 3 at his home in Washington.

He was 70, and also had a home in Delray Beach, Fla. The cause was prostate cancer, his family said. The 307-foot galvanized steel tower with four observation decks opened In 1974 on private land on the fringe of the Gettysburg National Military Park. It has spawned legal battles and controversy since Ottenstein first conceived It 30 years ago. It was a lucrative attraction, as tourists rode its elevator for a panoramic overview of the grounds where 53,000 Americans were Killed over three days in July 1863.

Visitors enjoyed visual displays and a recorded dramatization with bugle calls, gunfire and cavalry charges in an air-conditioned "classroom In the sky," as Ottenstein called It. To others, especially historians, battlefield preservationists and some neighbors, it was a sacrilegious eyesore defiling a site consecrated by history; an insult to the tragedy of Pickett's Charge. More mundanely, some derided it as an Eiffel Tower with a pumpkin head. Parties to the fray included the state of Pennsylvania, which opposed it; Adams County, which at the time had no zoning code and wanted compensation for the real estate taxes that the park did not pay, and federal officials. Ottenstein would note that the National Park Service had allowed the park to be girdled by a honky-tonk Denhof, 88, ELIA DORFMAN HAMMER KATONA, 88, Indianapolis, died Aug.

5. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, she received her master's degree from Smith College. She had been a social worker for the Public Health Department in Cincinnati. She was a member of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation and Hadassah. She served overseas with the American Red Cross during World War II.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Wise Temple Sisterhood, 8329 Ridge Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. Memorial services: 4:30 p.m. Aug. 6 in her daughter's home. Inurnment: pending.

She was the widow of Leonard Hammer and Nicholas M. Katona. Survivors: children Steven Eugene F. Katona, Andrea K. Factor; five grandchildren.

Aaron-Rubin-Nelson Meridian Hills Mortuary is handling arrangements. CHARITY E. LAWSON, 85, Anderson, died Aug. 5. She was a homemaker.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Aug. 8 in Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home, Anderson, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7.

Burial: East Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson. Survivors: husband Clifford J. Lawson; children Nelson Boswell. Nellie Likens. William C.

Lawson; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. RONALD F. MARTIN, 43, Denver. formerly of Indianapolis, died Aug. 3.

He was a landscape architect and a member of the Indiana Land-scaper Association. Services: 6 p.m. Aug. 7 in Flanner Buchanan Washington Park East Mortuary, with calling from 3 p.m. Survivors: children Victor, Anna Martin; parents Richard and Ethel Martin; brothers Richard Randy Martin; sisters Carol Poe, Linda Kushner, Debbi Bowling.

ANN I. TARULLO MASCUS, 87. Indianapolis, died Aug. 4. She was a home-maker.

She was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity. Services: 9 a.m. Aug. 8 in Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, with calling from 4 to 7 p.m.

Aug. 7. Burial: Calumet Park Cemetery. Merrillville. Survivors: husband Justin Mascus; son Charles Mascus; two grandchildren.

LEONARD K. "JACK" MORRISON, 75, Anderson, died Aug. 4. He worked for Chrysler retiring in 1979. He served 20 years in the Air Force, retiring in 1966.

He was a member of Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge 77 and Scottish Rite. He also was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 266 and American Legion Post 127. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Association or Muscular Dystrophy Association. Services: 11:30 a.m. Aug.

8 in Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home, Anderson, with calling from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 7. Burial: East Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson. Survivors: wife Evelyn Morrison; children Jack, Jeffrey Morrison, Lora Mueller, Janis Brown; three granddaughters.

SHIRLEY A. PACE MORTON, 58, Avon, died Aug. 4. She was a home-maker. Graveside services: 3 p.m.

Aug. 7 in Old Union Cemetery, Boone County. Calling: none. Survivors: husband James Morton; daughters Nancy Peters, Candace Smith; a grandchild. Baker Funeral Home, Danville, is handling arrangements.

FUNERAL HOME AND FAMILY CHANGES SYLVIA MAE SHAFFER: She was a homemaker. Survivors include sons Paul. Billy and James Shaffer and two grandchildren. The information was omitted from the obituary Aug. 5.

AUSTIN PATRICK JACKSON: Survivors include grandfather Gary Givens and great-grandmother Helen Ramey. Their names were omitted from the obituary Aug. 5. of women magazine art directors By Steven Heller THE NEW YORK TIMES Miki Denhof, one of the first women to be the art director of a magazine, and a noted mentor of fashion photographers, died Wednesday at her home in East Hampton, N.Y. She was 88.

In 1945, when Denhof Joined Conde Nast, its fashion and lifestyle magazines were widely influential for their use of elegant typography and concep- tual photography, approaches in which she, too, excelled. The executive art director, Alexander Liberman, Installed Denhof as promotion art director of Vogue. There, "she was a creative force and arbiter of quality," said a friend and colleague, Estelle Ellis. "She also developed a keen ability to edit pictures into narrative sequences and was deft with type," Ellis continued. "She transcended the conventions of advertising design at that time." Later named the editorial art director for fouse and Garden and Glamour magazines, Denhof collaborated with Liberman, refining the typographic and photographic styles that characterized those publications.

But she was not simply a stylist. "Mikl always had a sense of the big picture," said Don Wise, who was art director of the Glamour promotion art department in the 1950s. "She designed in an intellectual way, using words as Integral parts of her pictures. Now designers routinely integrate type and image, but she did it before most others." In the '60s, at Clamolr, she nur.