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B6 SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2002 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR WWW.INDYSTAR.COM OBITUARIES AREA DEATHS Xavier Montsalvatge was noted Sharon Sheeley wrote '50s hit 'Poor Little Fool' 20th century Spanish composer about Cuba, and feature an exotic rhvthm that reflects Montsalvatee's Deborah A. Resener Bemis, 43, Greenwood, died May 17. She had worked eight years for Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Services: 10 ajrt May 21 in Forest Lawn Wilson St Pierre Funeral Home, State Road 135 Chapel, Greenwood, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

May 20. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood. Survivors: children Mark Jr. and Andrea Bemis; father Kenneth Resener; mother and stepfather Joan and Dale Bechert; brothers Jeffery David Kenneth Timothy C. Resener, companion Mark Bemis.

Associated Press MADRID, Spain Xavier Montsalvatge, an eclectic composer whose works ranged from opera to folk tunes and was considered one of the leading figures of 20th-century Spanish music, has died at the age of 90. Montsalvatge died May 7 of emphysema at his home in Barcelona. Born into a family of bankers, Montsalvatge entered the world of music after receiving a violin as a Christmas present at age 8. He began to study music, but as a young man realized he lacked the talent to become a concert violinist. He turned instead to composition.

His most famous works include a set of vocal pieces with piano accompaniment "Cinco Canciones or "Five Black They are Taryam Omran, 60, was founder of Arab Emirates' first newspaper Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Taryam Omran, founder of the first newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, has died at the age of 60, his newspaper group reported Friday. Omran died in London on Thursday, The Gulf Today reported. The paper did not give a cause of death, and staff members said they did not know. Omran ran the Al-Khaleej Press and Publishing House, which publishes the Arabic-language daily Al-Khaleej, the English-language The Gulf Today, and two weekly and two monthly magazines. He also had careers in politics and diplomacy.

After the formation of the seven- Delbert D. "Dink" Dowell, 92, Morgan-town, died May 17. He had been a carpenter 25 years and had worked for Collins Farm Agency. Previously, he was a farmer. Services: 1 p.m.

May 21 in Meredith-Clark Funeral Home, Morgantown, with calling from 10 am. Burial: East Hill Cemetery, Morgantown. Survivors: wife Opal Herring Dowell; children Barbara Fletcher, Jane Perdue, Patricia Martin, Susie Anthony, Thomas, Frank, Luther Dowell; stepchildren Alvin, Dale Casad, Betty Bray; 27 grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren; 68 great-grandchildren; 29 great-great-grandchildren. Martha M. Butler Fairman, 81, Indianapolis, died May 17.

She was a bookkeeper and secretary 20 years for Internal Medicine Critical Care, retiring in 1982. She was a member of University Park Christian Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Memorial services: pending. Survivors: husband Doyle K.

Fairman; son Michael Fairman; three grandchildren. A.R.N. Cremation Services is handling arrangements. Richard H. Gauchat, 79, Port Charlotte, Fla, formerly of Indianapolis, died May 17.

He was a mechanical engineer 30 years for Naval Avionics Center, retiring in 1975. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Retired Enlisted Men's Association. Services: May 21 at 9:30 a.m in Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary and at 10 a.m. in St. Pius Catholic Church, of which he was a member.

Calling: 4 to 8 p.m. May 20 in the mortuary. Burial: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Fishers. Survivors: children Charlie Sue Rogers, Douglas Richard H. Gauchat; seven grandchildren; a great-grandchild.

Pearl A. Hubble Gilmour, 86, Indianapolis, died May 17. She was a homemaker. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or Lynhurst Baptist Church, of which she was a member. Services: 11:30 a.m.

May 21 in Conkle Funeral Home, Lynhurst Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. May 20. Burial: Maple Hill Cemetery, Plainfield. Survivors: husband Paul L. Gilmour; son David Denny; sisters Flora Thompson, Florence Grider; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildrea Lee P.

Hanlon, 95, Coatesville, died May 17. He had co-owned Katie's Grill, Amo, and also had owned Hanlon Trucking 20 years. He was a Navy veteran. Memorial contributions may be made to Amo Alumni Association, in care of White Lick Heritage. Services: 10 a.m.

May 21 in Hays Funeral Home, Coatesville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m May 20. Burial: Stilesville (Ind.) Cemetery. He was the widower of Kathleen Kersey Hanlon. Survivors: children Mary Gipson, Gary, Robert, Donnie, Dick Hanlon; 13 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren. Lola Harlan Hause, 86, Indianapolis, died May 14.

She was a homemaker. Services: noon May 21 in Trinity CME Church, with calling from 11 a.m. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. She was the widow of John T. Hause Sr.

Survivors: son John T. Hause five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Lavenia Smith Home for Funerals is handling arrangements. Ilene Gail Lederman Hughes, 54, Indianapolis, died May 17. Memorial contributions may be made to Indiana Children's Wish Fund, of which she was a member of the ball committee.

Services: 11 a.m May 20 in Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Meridian Hills Mortuary. Burial: Lincoln Memory Gardens, Whitestown. Survivors: husband Dan Hughes; daughters Tina Ayres, Tracey Callahan; mother Ro-chelle Schuchman Lederman; sisters Fre-die Blyveis, Sue Rekuc; three Indiana college graduates join pledge for social change Marion County Buchanan, Sallie Ruth Harris, 67 Collins, Sim 74 Dodson, J.W, 72 Fairman, Martha M. Butler, 81 Gilmour, Pearl A. Hubble, 86 Hause, Lola Harlan, 86 Hughes, Ilene Gail Lederman, 54 Kimmerling, Victor 75 Miller, Laura E.

Manion, 77 Moore, James R. 79 Southgate, Frank 77 Steele, Virginia D. Wurz, 76 Hamilton County Peterson, Gay U. Crill Simpson, Linda Jean Long, 54 Hendricks County Hanlon, Lee 95 Trackwell, Horace David, 57 Woods, William, 78 Johnson County Bemis, Deborah A. Resener, 43 Miller, Kenneth 76 Madison County Bilbrey, Hattie L.

Short, 79 Brandenburg, Geneva G. Taylor, 95 Cook, Melvin D. "Cookie," 71 Manship, William R. "Bob," 72 Swain, Robert L. 50 Vanderluit, Paul 85 Morgan County Dowell, Delbert D.

"Dink," 92 Walls, Robert 85 Former Resident Gauchat, Richard 79 May 19, 2002 Corrections Allen G. "Big Al" Belcher, a sur- viving son, Gary Belcher, was omitted from the obituary May 18, and Pee-Wee Belcher, a surviving sister, was misidenti-fied. Sarah Hannah "Sally" Yount Broecker: Services will be May 20 at 9:30 a.m. in Feeney-Hornak Keystone Mortuary and at 10 a.m. in St.

Pius Catholic Church. Service information was incomplete in the obituary May 18. Helen M. Holste Eickelberg: survivors include son Cary Eickelberg. His first name was misspelled in the obituary May 18.

Funeral home and family changes James Joseph Barker. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Plainfield. The cemetery was incorrect in the obituary May 18. Laura E. Manion Miller, 77, Indianapolis, died May 17.

She worked for Severns Bennett elder law attorneys office, retiring in 2000. She was a member of Greenwood Order of the Eastern Star. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or Shriners Hospital Burn Unit. Services: 10:30 a.m. May 21 in Singleton Herr Mortuary, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

May 20. Burial: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Glenns Valley. Survivors: husband Paul F. Miller; children Vemon, Russell Miller, Susan Stowers; brother Kenneth Manion; sisters Marjorie McAllister, Mary Chance; three grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren.

Gay U. Crill Peterson, Camel, died May 17. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Homemakers Club. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.

Services: 10:30 a.m. May 22 in Flanner Buchanan Carmel Mortuary, with calling from 9:30 a.m Entombment: Washington Park North Cemetery. She was the widow of Lowell E. Peterson. Survivors: daughter Martha Lee Kiplinger; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

Linda Jean Long Simpson, 54, Cicero, died May 17. She was an administrative assistant for Cingular Wireless. Memorial contributions may be made to the Linda Simpson Memorial Fund, 9 Bay Shore Drive, Cicero. Services: 10 a.m. May 21 in Randall Roberts Funeral Home, Noblesville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m May 20.

Burial: Cicero (Ind.) Cemetery. Survivors: husband David Simpson; children David B. Simpson Stephanie S. Rivera; Robin S. Vasquez; brothers David, Billy Long; sister Susie Stephans; seven grandchildren; a greatgrandchild.

Frank E. Southgate, 77, Indianapolis, died May 17. He was a truck driver for Muesing Oil retiring in 1995. He was a member of Old Bethel United Methodist Church and a volunteer for the church's food pantry. He was a member of Moose Lodge 17.

Services: 11 a.m May 21 in Feeney-Hornak Shadeland Mortuary, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Park Cemetery, Greenfield. Survivors: wife Ruth Wier Stanley Southgate; children Larry, Michael, Delbert Southgate; stepchildren Karen Stanley Crocker, Kim-berly Stanley Solmes, William Stanley; brother Donald Southgate; sisters Betty Lou Clayton, Mary Jane Southgate; 12 grandchildren Virginia D. Wurz Steele, 76, Indianapolis, died May 17. She was a customer representative for Citizens Gas Coke Utility, retiring in 1988.

Previously, she was a secretary for Indianapolis Public School 13. Memorial contributions may be made to Camp Allendale. Services: 1 p.m May 20 in Garfield Christian Church, of which she was a member. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m May 19 in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home.

Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. She was the widow of Bruce F. Steele. Survivors: children Beverly S. Mathis, Marilyn M.

Steele, David B. Steele; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. fondness for the sounds of the West Indies. Written in 1945, they earned Montsalvatge international fame. For all his creation he wrote more than 100 songs Montsalvatge believed his role as a composer was secondary.

"In music, the performer is more important than the author," the newspaper El Mundo quoted him as saying. "That's the advice I always give young people. If they want their mu-" sic to be played, as they write they should think about the performers. If there is no performer, music is just writing on paper." Montsalvatge is survived by his wife Elena, daughter Yvette and son Xavier. emirate U.A.E.

in 1971, Omran became his country's first ambassador to Egypt and representative to the Cairo-based Arab League. In 1977, he was elected speaker of the Federal National Council, an appointed body that issues nonbinding decisions to the government. He served in the position until he retired from political life in 1980. In 1970, he and his brother, Abdullah, set up Al-Khaleej Press and Publishing House and began publishing Al-Khaleej. The Gulf Today staff said he was buried Friday after noon prayers in the emirate of Sharjah.

He is survived by his wife and four daughters. formal part of the commencement ceremony. "Instituting the pledge gets at the heart of a good education and can benefit society as a whole," said Neil Wollman, a psychology professor and program director at Manchester, two hours north of Indianapolis. "Not only does it remind students of the ethical implications of the knowledge and training they received, but it can help lead to a socially conscious citizenry and a better world." Dana Nixon, 27, graduated from Manchester in 1996 and took her biology degree and the pledge to the Indianapolis-based Hoosier Environmental Council, the state's largest environmental advocacy group. The council lobbies lawmakers on environmental policy and handles political action campaigns, such as registering people to vote.

"I wanted a job where I could work for change to improve our current state of recklessness with nature, urban sprawl, energy consumption and fossil fuel dependence," Nixon said. Sinead Walsh, a native of Dublin, Ireland, organized the pledge during her senior year at Harvard in 2000. She said the pledge led her to change her life, beyond turning off lights and recycling. She now works in Rwanda for Population Services International, a nonprofit health organization based in Washington, D.C. Some of the program's critics contend that students don't stick to the pledge they made in college, Durnall said.

the diocese's past. "The tone of several calls was sad but not angry. They said they had forgotten it, but it had come back to their minds (after recent revelations)," he said. Melczek declined to identify the former parishioners, the priests or the parishes involved. Although he has not launched a full investigation to seek evidence, he said he had no reason to question the accusations.

He blames psychiatric advice of the 1950s and 1960s, which counseled that some pedophiles could be rehabilitated. "It was the wisdom of the time," he said. After the recent phone calls, letters and e-mails from victims, Melczek cross-checked dates and the names of, priests and parishes against the recollections of those who contacted him He thinks all the priests in question are deceased or have left the country. He said one is working at a post in Asia. Melczek said he has informed officials there of the allegations.

Melczek's predecessor, the Most Rev. Norbert F. Gaughan, died in 1999 at age 78. He was installed in 1988, succeeding the diocese's first bishop, the Most Rev. Andrew G.

Grutka, who served from 1957 to 1984 and died in 1993. Canon Law the internal rules under which the church functions calls for each diocese to maintain a secret archive of its most sensitive investigations, including but not limited to charges of sexual impropriety against clerics. Associated Press LOS ANGELES Songwriter Sharon Sheeley, who as a teen-ager wrote the 1950s hit "Poor Little Fool," has died of complications following a cerebral hemor rhage. She was 62. Sheeley died at Sherman Oaks Hospital Medical Center on Friday, family friend Elizabeth Asher said.

A hospital spokesman confirmed the death and declined to give further de Sharon Sheeley tails. Asher said Sheeley had been hospitalized since she suffered the hemorrhage on May 12. Rick Nelson, teen idol and star of TV's "Ozzie and Harriet," recorded "Poor Little Fool," and it climbed to the top of the charts in 1958. Sheeley also was the girlfriend of guitarist Eddie Cochran, who sang "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody." Cochran has a wide following in England and was killed in a car crash there at age 21. Cochran influenced a generation of British musicians, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who (who covered "Summertime and Rod Stewart.

British fans mark the anniversaries of his birth and death. Cochran had just completed a tour of England in 1960 when the hired car carrying him to London's Heathrow Airport smashed into a concrete telephone post. Cochran died the next day. Sheeley and fellow rocker Gene Vincent survived the crash. "My most vivid memory of Sharon was of her living in London in the swingin' 60s," Asher told The Associated Press on Saturday.

"She was such a California gal, so she was always in a miniskirt and sandals, then complained about being cold all the time." Asher also remembers the notes commending her talent that Sheeley received from Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney. "She was inspirational to other people, certainly women, since she was an integral part of the male-dominated rock world," Asher said. Robert L. Swain 50, Anderson, died May 15. He worked 32 years for Delco Remy Division of General Motors Corp, Anderson, retiring in 2001.

He was a member of A-Town Easy Riders Motorcycle Club and United Auto Workers Local 662. Services: 1 p.m. May 22 in Bethes-da Missionary Baptist Church, Anderson, of which he was a member. Calling: 6 to 9 p.m May 21 in L.C. May Funeral Home, Anderson.

Burial: Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors: children Robin Lynn Swain Upchurch, Tiecole Robert Stacy Nathan Swain, Scott La-Mont Amo; mother Betty Sue Swain; sisters Donna M. Swain, Phoebe, Angela McClendon; brothers John Cantrell, Dwight, James, Timothy, Shannon, Donald, Keith Swain; 10 grandchildren; companion Wonda Medley. Horace David Trackwell, 57, Browns-burg, died May 18. He was a purchasing manager 15 years for Miller Pipeline Corp, retiring in 1996.

Services: 1 p.m. May 22 in Matthews Mortuary, Browns-burg, with calling from 11 a.m Survivors: wife Gail Guth Trackwell; children Matthew, Nikki, Kelly Trackwell, Kristi Drumheller; mother and stepfather Betty Pugh and George Coats; brother Charles Trackwell; sisters Billy Rae Harper, Nancy Watkins; a grandchild. Paul F. Vanderluit, 85, Chesterfield, died May 17. He worked 42 years for Delco Remy Division of General Motors Corp, Anderson, retiring as an inspector in 1982.

He was a member of United Auto Workers Local 662. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation, Bethany Christian Church Building Fund or St. Mary's School, Anderson. Services: 11 a.m. May 21 in Rozelle-Johnson Funeral Service, Anderson, with calling May 20 from 2 to 4' p.m.

and 6 to 8 p.m Burial: Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. He was the widower of Anna Marguerite Cox Vanderluit. Survivors: children Donald Stephen David L. Vanderluit, Lisa Ambrosetti; eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Robert E.

Walls, 85, Brooklyn, died May 17. He was a welder 22 years for Bryant Manufacturing. He was an Army veteran. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Services: 1 p.m May 21 in Forest Lawn Wilson St.

Pierre Funeral Home, State Road 135 Chapel, Greenwood, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m May 20. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood. Survivors: wife Freda Arnold Walls; children Edward James Cecil Russell F. Walls, Ellen R. Perkins, Delores A.

Gil-man, Marilyn R. Waldrip, Roviena F. Wagner, Dorothy Hornaday; brother Abe Walls; sister Eva R. Sutherland; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. William Woods, 78, Clayton, died May 18.

He owned Woods Garage 20 years, retiring in 1990. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Services: 1 p.m. May 22 in Hall-Baker Funeral Home, Plainfield, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. May 21.

Burial: Clayton Cemetery. Survivors: wife Myrtle Maurine Bush Woods; children Charles Kenneth, Jackie, Steve, Roger, Cynthia Woods, Ruth Culley, Wanda Castetter, Mary Bryan, Peggy Richhart; sister Virginia White; brothers Ralph, Kerr Woods; 20 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren. Associated Press At her graduation ceremony, Jenny Durnall will officially join the masses searching for a job. But unlike most of her competition, she won't narrow her search by occupation or location just to employers who are committed to social change. About half of the 300 graduates at northern Indiana's Manchester College will sport green ribbons today, pledging to consider the social and environmental consequences of any job they accept.

Called the Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility, the program was born at California's Humboldt State University in the late 1980s but died out in the mid-1990s. Manchester, a Brethren college that is home to one of the country's first peace studies programs, revived the pledge in 1996. "I always wanted to work for peace, change, human rights, so the pledge makes sense to me," said Durnall, 22. In 1996, just six universities took part. This spring, some students at nearly 100 universities will take the pledge, including small colleges such as Olivet and Skidmore, and major universities such as Stanford and Harvard, where it's known as GradPledge.

Seven of the eight Ivy League campuses are supporting it this spring. A handful of high schools nationally are participating, as are two universities in Canada Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and Sir Sanford Fleming College in Ontario. At many schools, the pledge is a Hattie Short Bilbrey, 79, Anderson, died May 18. She worked 31 years for Guide Lamp Division of General Motors Anderson, retiring in 1975. She was a member of United Auto Workers Local 663.

Memorial contributions may be made to Southern Heights Christian Church, Anderson. Services: 10 a.m. May 21 in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, South Chapel, Anderson, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. May 20.

Burial: Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors: husband Sanford M. Bilbrey; daughter Patricia Barth; sisters Bertha Breeding, Lillian Key, Frances Gill, Reba Miller; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Geneva G. Taylor Brandenburg, 95, Anderson, died May 18.

She was a home-maker. Memorial contributions may be made to Edgewood Baptist Church Building Fund, 3743 Nichol Anderson, IN 46011, or to Indiana Masonic Home. Services: 1L30 a.m May 21 in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, South Chapel, Anderson, with calling from 1030 a.m. Burial: Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.

She was the widow of Farrel Brandenburg. Survivors: children Darrell Farrell Brandenburg; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren. Sallie Ruth Harris Buchanan, 67, Indianapolis, died May 17. She worked eight years for Huntington Industries, New Castle, retiring in 1975. -She was a member of Walnut Avenue Church of God in Christ, Muncie, and the Order of the Eastern Star, New Castle chapter.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Services: 1 p.m. May 21 in Bethel AME Church, New Castle. Calling: 6 to 8 p.m. May 20 in Main Frame Funeral Home, New Castle, and from noon May 21 in the church.

Burial: South Mound Cemetery, New Castle. She was the widow of the Rev. Samuel Buchanan Sr. Survivors: children Samuel Daniel, David, Lucyinda Buchanan, So-phine Williams, Queenie McClendon, Detra Davis; brothers Willie James, Otis, Clarence, Riley, Lonnie, Tom, Johnny B. Harris; sister Helen Washington; 20 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

Sim Collins 74, Indianapolis, died May 15. He was a self-employed accountant Services: private. Calling: none. Survivors: children David Danny Dennis E. Collins, Denita K.

Foust; brother Jim Collins; sisters Janet King, Linda Woodring; 12 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren. Cremation Society of Indiana is handling arrangements. Melvin D. "Cookie" Cook, 71, Anderson, died May 16. He worked for Emge Packing Plant, Anderson, retiring in 1991.

He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War. Services: 1 p.m. May 21 in First Pentecostal Church, Anderson, of which he was a member, with calling there from 11 am Burial: East Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Survivors: wife Carolyn Bucy Cook; children Brenda Meade, Chris, Michael, Jason Cook; mother Helen Keene Cook; sisters Phyllis Mulry, Barbara Lawson, Gayl Plank; brother Dale Cook; 10 grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; two great-stepgrandchil-dren.

Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home, Anderson, is handling arrangements. J.W. DodSOn, 72, Indianapolis, died May 17. He was a plumber for William F. Steck Plumbing, retiring in 1989.

He was a member of Eagle Creek Assembly of God. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Services: 11 a.m. May 21 in Flanner Buchanan Speedway Mortuary, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. May 20.

Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood. Survivors: wife Helen E. Hay Dodson; daughters Teressa Black, Jane Knight, Brenda Griffiths; brother Ray Dodson; sister Mary Swallows; five grandchildren INDIANA DEATHS Deaths reported from outside the Indianapolis area: Cadiz Patricia Butner Harter, 75, wife of William Harter (Main Frame Funeral Home, New Castle). Charlottesville Allyson Nikole Harris, infant daughter of Jeff and Elizabeth Johnson Harris (Todd Funeral Home, Butcher Chapel, Knights-town). liberty Marjorie A.

Thibaut, 78, widow of John L. "Bud" Thibaut (Showalter-Blackwell-Long Funeral Home, Baker-Fosdick Chapel). Logansport Edward Milroy Haynes, 77, widower of Blanche Mar-ler Haynes (Kroeger Funeral Home). Manilla Emily Anne Clawson Wells, 58 (Carmony-Ewing Broadway Funeral Home, Shelbyville). North Vernon William Edward Marksberry, 59, husband of Teresa Wilder Marksberry (Dove-Sharp Rudicel Funeral Home).

Peru Mary Jane Landis Hud-dleston, 72, widow of Lewis Huddle-ston (Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Service). Versailles Evelyn D. Sue Weber Werner, 92, widow of Lawrence R. Werner (Bovard Funeral Home). Westport Julia Ellen Robbins, 86 (Bass Gasper Funeral Home).

5 Gary-area priests accused of abuse in past, bishop says Victor H. Kimmerling, 75, Indianapolis, died May 17. He was a mail carrier 38 years for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 1984. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II.

Services: none. Calling: none. Survivors: wife A. Lora-nelle Copeland Kimmerling; children Jeffrey Benjamin C. Kimmerling, Nanette Gack; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild.

Shirley Brothers Fishers-Castleton Chapel is handling arrangements. William R. "Bob" Manship, 72, Pendleton, died May 16. He was a machine repairman 34 years for Inland Fisher Guide Division of General Motors Anderson, retiring in 1993. He was a building commissioner for the city of Pendleton.

He was a member of Pendleton Kiwanis Club. Memorial contributions may be made to Pendleton Emergency Ambulance Service, for which he was a volunteer. Services: 11 a.m May 20 in Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service Crematory, Bright Chapel, Pendleton, with calling from 2 to 8 p.m May 19. Survivors: wife Joan Lowder Manship; sons Dean, Michael, Roger P.

Manship; brothers John Gerald E. Manship; six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren. Kenneth Miller, 76, Greenwood, died May 17. He owned and operated a ceramic tile business for 50 years. He was a Navy veteran.

He was the widower of Anita Miller. Services: private. Calling: none. Survivors: son Dennis Miller; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Wilson St Pierre Funeral Service Crematory, Greenwood Chapel, is handling arrangements.

James R. Moore 79, Indianapolis, died May 17. He was a teacher 24 years for Detroit Public Schools, retiring in 1985. A graduate of Wayne State University, he was a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Services: noon May 21 in Lavenia Smith Home for Funerals, with calling from 11 a.m.

Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. Survivors: wife El-vue Matthews Moore; daughter Evelyn Pace; two grandchildren; a great-grandchild. OH lndyStar.com: Read published obituaries from the past week at www.indystar.comnewsobituaries Associated Press GARY, Ind. The bishop of northwestern Indiana's nearly 186,000 Roman Catholics has acknowledged that as many as five priests in the Gary Diocese used their clerical posts to sexually abuse children. But the Most Rev.

Dale Melczek said there have been no accusations of priests assaulting children in the diocese of 75 parishes and 179 priests since he was elevated to bishop in 1996. He said the abuse cases involving the five or so priests who preyed on children occurred during the 1960s and 1970s. "It was children," Melczek told the Post-Tribune of Merrillville during an extensive interview last week. He told the newspaper, which published his remarks Saturday, that as bishop he has instituted a 10-person investigative team, composed chiefly of laity and professionals, to assess any such accusations. That team includes a representative of Lake County Child Protective Services to guarantee police are informed if an accusation is credible.

Though no lawsuits are pending against the diocese involving pedophile charges, that might be more a result of victims who have chosen not to seek action and how long ago the events might have occurred. Melczek said phone calls during the past five months from former parishioners who claimed knowledge of child sexual abuse at the hands of priests prompted him to investigate.