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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2002 2ND THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR WWW.INDYSTAR.COM OBITUARIES Arthur Lee "Bitty" Baldon, 84, Indianapolis, died Nov. 29. He was head custodian at Tech High School before retiring. Mr. Baldon was an Army veteran.

He was a member of Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church. Services: 1 p.m. Dec. 4 in Williams and Bluitt Funeral Home, with calling from 11 a.m. Burial: New Crown Cemetery.

Survivors: daughter Cheryl L. Baldon-Harlin; sisters Rosetta Baldon-Russell, Dorothy M. Baldon-Gibbs; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Roscoe M. Benton, 80, Indianapolis, died Nov.

30. He was an administrative analyst 40 years for the Indiana Employment Security Division, retiring in 1990. Services: noon Dec. 5 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Washington Park North, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Washington Park North Cemetery.

Survivors: wife Wanda J. Shannon Benton; sons Brian Marc A. Benton; brother Isham G. Benton; sister Mary Louise Rose; two grandchildren. Carroll E.

"Buster" Bowman, 73, Jamestown, died Dec. 1. He was a water plant operator 30 years for Lebanon (Ind.) Utilities, retiring in 1996. He was a member of Advance (Ind.) Community Church. Memorial contributions: a favorite charity.

Services: 1 p.m. Dec. 4 in Russell Hitch Funeral Home, Lebanon, with calling from 11 a.m. Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lebanon. Survivors: wife Zora "Tiny" Culley Bowman; sons Paul, Richard Joe, Russell, John Jeffery Bowman; sister Betty Wethington; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

INDIANA DEATHS Deaths reported from outside the Indianapolis area: Cambridge City Charles 1 M. Allen, 82, husband of Mildred L. Allen (Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel). Celestine Frank L. Laux, 44, husband of Antonia M.

"Toni" Hasenour Laux (Becher-Kluesner Funeral Home, Jasper). Connersville Helen Mary Wolfe Carey, 84, widow of William D. Carey (Phillips Meyers Funeral Home, Brookville). Don Wendell Williams, 75, husband of Patricia Williams (Miller, Moster, Robbins Funeral Home). Evansville J.

Silas Robinson, 59 (Stewart Funeral Home, Scottsburg). -Greensburg Lambert B. Dierckman, 80, widower of Julia M. Decker Dierckman (PorterOliger-Pearson Funeral Home). Ireland Kathleen E.

Wagner Schwenk, 53, wife of Michael Schwenk (Becher-Kluesner Funeral Home). Jasper Margaret C. "Markie" Lorey Hoffman, 82, widow of Paul Hoffman; Eleanora C. "Ellie" Pfaff Vogler, 87, widow of Edwin A. Vogler (Becher Funeral Home).

Lexington Homer Cloud, 83, husband of Mary E. Soper Cloud (Vail-Holt Funeral Home, Madison). I Logansport Robert L. Shepard, 76, husband of Jean Groninger Shepard (Marocco Funeral Chapel); Hilda Marie Tatman Winn, 85, widow of Reginald Dean Winn; Angela Marie Pasquale Perkins, 90, widow of Herbert A. Perkins (Kroeger Funeral Home).

Madison Adelia Mora Kidwell Barrar, 85, widow of Nicholas B. Barrar (Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home). Florence B. Dean, 79, widow of Clarence Cozad Dean (Lytle-Gans Funeral Home). North Vernon Henley M.

Hobson 70, widower of Evelyn Mink Hobson (Dove-Sharp Rudicel Funeral Home). Peru Marvin E. Brower, 71, husband of Mary Robinson Daniels Brower (Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Service). Richmond Betty Carlton, 75 (Stegall-Berheide-Orr Funeral Home). Joan M.

Dubbs Van Etten, 82, wife of Edward P. Van Etten (Doan Mills Funeral Home). I Rochester Katherin E. Smith Wilson, 86, widow of Lyman G. Wilson (Gundrum Funeral Home, Logansport).

Versailles Lonnie L. Adkins, 75, widower of Ruth Everett Adkins (Stratton Karsteter Funeral Home). Fannie L. Grant Caldwell, 99, Indianapolis, died Nov. 27.

She was a homemaker. Services: noon Dec. 4 in Phillips Temple CME Church, with calling there from 10 a.m. Burial: New Crown Cemetery. Survivors: children Walter Combs, James Caldwell Harris, Maxine McClury; 20 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren.

Arrangements: Payne Woods Funeral Service. Paul Adolph Day, 92, Indianapolis, died Nov. 30. He was a city freight agent 31 years for New York Central Railroad, retiring in 1960. After retirement, he worked eight years for Clark Lift.

He was a member of Knights of Columbus Council 3660, Indianapolis Traffic Club and American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame. Services: 11 a.m. Dec. 4 in Good Shepherd Catholic Church, of which he was a member, with calling there from 3 to 8 p.m. Dec.

3. Entombment: Calvary Cemetery. Survivors: wife Cecilia Zimmerer Day; children Thomas, Richard, Donald, Kenneth Day, Janet Walker, Alice Meisberger, Judith Brizendine, Kathleen Henderson, Pauline Morell, Mary Louise VanNoy; brother Bernard Day; sisters Agnes Mohney, Dorothy Naville, Frances Gibson; 24 grandchildren; 11 great -grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild. Arrangements: Daniel F. O'Riley Funeral Home.

Scott R. Dobbs, 42, Indianapolis, died Nov. 30. He worked 20 years for Allison Transmission Division of General Motors most recently serving as group leader for electrical systems. He also coached Pike Youth Baseball.

Mr. Dobbs was a graduate of Purdue University. Memorial contributions: Covenant Christian High School Baseball Fund. Services: 11 a.m. Dec.

3 in Traders Point Christian Church, of which he was a member and instrumental in establishing its youth basketball program. Calling: 3 to 9 p.m. Dec. 2 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Washington Park North. Burial: Washington Park North Cemetery.

Survivors: wife M. Sue Hise Dobbs; sons Steven Kevin Brian S. 1 Dobbs; mother Donna Smith Dobbs; brothers Todd Craig M. Dobbs; grandparents Isabelle Dobbs, Lucille Smith. Lorene Downey Dodd, 75, Greenfield, died Nov.

30. She worked several years for Howard Hughes Motel, Greenfield. Memorial contributions: a favorite charity. Services: 1 p.m. Dec.

4 in Pasco Memorial Mortuary, Greenfield, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3. Interment: Park Cemetery, Greenfield. Survivors: husband Ellis Dodd; daughters Joyce Halsey, Willean Morris, Evelyn Basham, Patricia Montani; sister Emma Benson; six grandchildren; eight great Dorothy Mae Balay Flake, 79, Franklin, died Dec.

1. She had been a meat cutter for the Franklin Co-Op Locker Plant. Services: 11 a.m. Dec. 4 in Franklin Church of the Nazarene.

Calling: 2 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3 in Vandivier-Tutor Funeral Home, Franklin, and from 10 a.m. Dec. 4 in the church.

Survivors: husband Albert Marion Flake; children Grace, Lowell Vernon Flake; sister Pearl Irene Dinn; three grandsons; a great-granddaughter. Hazel Lee Joyce Flanagan, 68, Indi- anapolis, died Nov. 28. She worked for Commercial Tile, before retiring. Services: 1 p.m.

Dec. 4 in Good Hope Community Baptist Church, of which she was a member, with calling there from 10 a.m. Burial: New Crown Cemetery. Survivors: husband John L. Flanagan children John L.

Michael Debra A. Flanagan, Barbara K. Flanagan Burnette, Terwonnia M. Flanagan Sublett, Mary Brookins; 19 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Arrangements: Bluitt Funeral Home.

Betty J. Gump Fox, 76, Martinsville, died Nov. 30. She had worked in the cafeteria for Indiana University, Bloomington. She also had co-owned an antique and collectible shop in Bedford.

Services: 11 a.m. Dec. 4 in Costin Funeral Chapel, Martinsville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3.

Burial: Gosport (Ind.) Cemetery. She was the widow of Charles Gump and James Fox. Survivors: children Jeff Morton, William Morris, Harold Allen, Charles Gump, Anthony Fox, Deborah Anderson; brothers Robert Canner, Alonzo, John French; sisters Janet Marshall, Martha Jannett; nine grandchildren; a great -grandchild. ommunity Funerals in Familiar Places Pre-plan funeral arrangements. Hold the service anywhere.

Save thousands of dollars. 780-0207 AREA DEATHS Marion County Baldon, Arthur Lee "Bitty," 84 Benton, Roscoe 80. Caldwell, Fannie Grant, 99 Day, Paul Adolph, 92 Dobbs, Scott 42 Flanagan, Hazel Lee Joyce, 68 Gibbons, Coleen M. Calvert, 74 Grider, Ernest Cleveland, 86 Knoop, Raymond 85 McPherson, Charlotte 76 McClimon, Harriett Anderson, 87 Phillips, Phyllis I. Miller, 81 Shea, Frank 61 Smith, H.

Clyde, 86 Sopke, Johannes G. "Hans," 92 Sullivan, Audrey Heacock, 96 Sullivan, John 72 Webb, Valinia E. Dodd, 90 Boone County Bowman, Carroll E. "Buster," 73 Hancock County Dodd, Lorene Downey, 75 Hendricks County Hammons, Chester, 90 Linn, George 84 Smith, Helen Copeland, 84 Johnson County Flake, Dorothy Mae Balay, 79 Morgan, Wilmot Arnold, 97 Routier, Elmer Ray, 77 Madison County Jones, Patricia K. Quire, 54 Lynch, Glenna I.

Sosbey, 87 Morgan County Fox, Betty J. Gump, 76 Malott, Linnis Elgin, 82 McCord, Frederick William, 64 Former Residents Roller, Ruth L. Wechsler, 92 Shearon, Howard L. 83 Dec. 2, 2002 Corrections James H.

Hermsdorfer: Serv- ices will be at 2 p.m. Dec. 3 in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 2 and from noon Dec.

3. This information was incorrect in the obituary Dec. 1. Rodney L. Lewis: Services will be at noon Dec.

2 in Lavenia, Smith Summers Home for Funerals, with calling from 11 a.m. This information was omitted from the obituary Nov. 30. Funeral home and family changes Thelma Ruth Johnson Lanham: The name of her husband, Leonard Joseph Lanham, was incorrect in the obituary Dec. 1.

Coleen Mahaney Calvert Gibbons, 74, Indianapolis, died Nov. 28. She worked 13 years for Public Service Indiana, retiring in 1993. Services: 11 a.m. Dec.

3 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Morris Street, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 2. Burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Glenns Valley. She was the widow of Elzie Calvert and Lowell Gibbons.

Survivors: children Thomas, Richard Michael K. Calvert, Robert Gibbons, Jacqueline M. Curl, Sharon K. Fraley; sister Iva McQueen; brother James Mahaney; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two greatgreat-grandchildren. Ernest Cleveland Grider, 86, In- dianapolis, died Nov.

30. He was a custodian 29 years with Indianapolis Public Schools, mostly at School 67, retiring in 1985. An Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of the American Legion. He also served in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Memorial contributions: Fairfax Christian Church, of which he was a member.

Services: 11:30 a.m. Dec. 4 at Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, with calling from 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 3.

Burial: Maple Hill Cemetery, Plainfield. Survivors: wife Norma Jean Gaskin Grider; daughters Kathy Grider-Carlyle, Shirley Grider Roberts; brother Allen B. Grider; two grandchildren. Chester Hammons, 90, Brownsburg, died Dec. 1.

He was a welder 40 years for Tube Processing, retiring in 1981. Services: 1 p.m. Dec. 3 in Matthews Mortuary, Brownsburg, with calling from noon. Burial: Brownsburg (Ind.) Cemetery.

Survivors: wife Marie Pearson Hammons; children James, Chester Hammons, Betty Padgett, Vicki Cox; stepsons Larry, Montie Heath; sisters Hazel Gray, Lula Wyatt; half brother Herman Bowling; sisters Mary White, Rachel Gray; 14 grandchildren; 21 two great-great-grandchildren. Patricia K. Quire Jones, 54, Anderson, died Nov. 30. She worked six years for Applewood Marathon, Anderson.

Memorial contributions: Community Hospital Anderson. Services: 1 p.m. Dec. 4 in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, South Chapel, Anderson, with calling from 11 a.m.

Survivors: son Charles Jones; stepmother Scottie Quire; sisters Sharon, Tonya Quire, Donna Gray; brother Robert Kip Quire; three grandchildren. Raymond G. Knoop, 85, Indianapolis, died Nov. 29. He worked for Union Carbide 43 years, retiring in 1979.

He was an Army veteran of World War II. Services: 11 a.m. Dec. 4 in St. John United Church of Christ, Cumberland, of which he was a member.

Calling: 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3 in Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel. Entombment: Washington Park East Mausoleum. Memorial contributions: the church.

He was the widower of Jacqueline Irene Hasseld Knoop. Survivors: children Gary L. Knoop, Carolyn K. Rahn; brother Harold Knoop; sisters Bertha Trikle, Irma Koepke; two grandchildren; a great-grandchild. George T.

Linn, 84, Brownsburg, died Nov. 30. He was a accountant 10 years for Block, retiring in 1992. Mr. Linn was a veteran of World War II.

Services: 11:30 a.m. Dec. 4 in Bethesda Baptist Church, Brownsburg, of which he was a member. Calling: 3 to 8 p.m. Dec.

3 in Conkle Funeral Home, Hendricks County Chapel in Avon, and from 11 a.m. Dec. 4 in the church. Entombment: Lincoln Memory Gardens, Whitestown. Memorial contributions: the church.

He was the widower of Edith L. Carter Linn. Survivors: children Judith Ramadan, Jacquelyn Chamberlin, Kimberly Woodward, Michael S. Linn; six grandchildren; two great -grandchildren. Glenna I.

Sosbey Lynch, 87, Alexandria, died Nov. 30. A 50-year member of Alexandria First United Methodist Church, she was its secretary for 17 years. Previously, she worked for Davies Roofing and Siding Anderson. She was a member of the Alexandria Senior Guild and Kappa Delta Phi.

Services: 10 a.m. Dec. 4 in the church. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m. Dec.

3 in Owens Funeral Home, Alexandria, and from 9 a.m. Dec. 4 in the church. Memorial contributions: church renovation fund. She was the widow of Ralph D.

Lynch. Survivors: son Donald Lynch; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three great Charlotte F. VanGorkom MacPher- son, 76, Indianapolis, died Nov. 30. She was a homemaker.

She was a member of Clayton (Ind.) Presbyterian Church, where she was a past president of the women's association and an elder. She also was a member of the Indiana Organ Society. Memorial contributions: Alzheimer's Association or the church. Services: 1 11 a.m. Dec.

4 in Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home, Plainfield, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3. Burial: Clayton Cemetery. She was the widow of Dwight A.

MacPherson. Survivors: children Damen, Stephen, Wayne, Craig A. MacPherson, Belinda A. Maar; brother John VanGorkom; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Linnis Elgin Malott, 82, Mooresville, died Dec.

1. He was a crane operator 30 years for International Union of Operating Engineers Local 103. He also owned and operated Beacon Hill Kennels, Mooresville, for 48 years. Mr. Malott was a member of the Cloverdale (Ind.) and Johnson County Beagle clubs and Bargersville (Ind.) Masonic Lodge.

A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of the American Legion, Mooresville post. Memorial contributions: the van fund at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mooresville post, of which he was also a member. Services: 10 a.m. Dec. 5 in Carlisle Son Funeral Chapel, Mooresville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

Dec. 4. Burial: White Lick Cemetery, Mooresville. He was the widower of Carlene Frances Clark Malott. Survivors: wife Stella Frances Gregory Malott; children Perry J.

Malott, Judy K. Witherspoon; sister Marjorie Clifford; three grandchildren; three great- Harriett Anderson McClimon, 87, Indianapolis, died Nov 30. She worked in the accounting department 25 years for Merchants National Bank before retiring. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Prospect chapter. Services: 10 a.m.

Dec. 4 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Broad Ripple, with calling from 3 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery.

Survivors: children Patricia L. Weirich, Stanley Stephen Robert James Daniel Michael J. McClimon; 17 grandchildren; 14 great dren. Frederick William McCord, 64, Mar- tinsville, died Nov. 29.

He worked 31 years for Ford Motor retiring in 1988. He was an Army Reserve veteran. Services: 10 a.m. Dec. 4 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Washington Park East, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

Dec. 3. Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. He was the widower of Edna Maxine McCord. Survivors: former wife Betty McCord; children Cynthia Ellis, Rebecca, Mahailey, William, Christopher McCord; stepchildren Glenda White, Larry, Rod, Bruce Justice; brothers Howard Wagner, Les, Virgil, Charlie, Frank, Jerry, Ernest McCord; sisters Caroline Sue Hall, Hazel Carpenter, Peggy Learned, Anna Lychar, Marilyn McCord; 17 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Wilmot Arnold Morgan, 97, Frank- lin, died Dec. 1. Memorial contributions: National Kidney of Indiana or Gideons International Johnson County Camp, P.O. Box 512, Franklin, IN 46131. Services: pending.

Burial: First Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Johnson County. He was the widower of Imogene Morgan. Arrangements: Vandivier-Tudor Funeral Home, Franklin. Edward Latimer Beach was Navy captain, author By Ron Kampeas Associated Press WASHINGTON Edward Latimer "Ned" Beach, the U.S. Navy captain whose 1960 record for circumnavigating the globe in a submarine still stands and who wrote the best-selling undersea thriller "Run Silent, Run Deep," has died.

He was 84. Beach, who was suffering from cancer, died at his Washington, D.C., home early Sunday, said Edward Beach III, his son. Beach was born in New York City in 1918 to a Naval officer, a captain who had served in actions in the Philippines and the Caribbean. His father tried to dissuade him from the rigors of a Navy career, but Beach persisted, graduating second in his class at the Naval academy in 1939. Beach earned 10 decorations for gallantry in World War II, including the Navy Cross, won for his role in sinking Japanese ships in shallow waters just miles from the enemy coast.

He later recalled saying goodbye to the crew of the USS Trigger in May 1944, where he had served as second-in-command, when he was transferred to another submarine. "What I didn't realize was that we were splitting those who were going to live from those who were going to die," Beach said. The Japanese sank the Trigger in March 1945, and all aboard died. The drama of the cramped quarters of a submarine at war Phyllis I. Miller Phillips, 81, Indianapolis, died Nov.

27. She was a door greeter one year for Wal-Mart. She was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Services: 1 p.m. Dec.

4 in Lavenia, Smith Summers Home for Funerals, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: husband Noble Phillips; children Ricky, Steven, Barry, Darryl McNeal, Robert, June, Vivian, Nancy, Marsha, Daisy Mansfield, Brenda Hoskins, Karen Williams, Lynn Pierce; brother Robert Miller; 56 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren. Wechsler Roller, 92, Mount Prospect, formerly of IndianapoNov. 29.

She was a homemaker and a member of Indianapolis Baptist Temple. Graveside services: 2 p.m. Dec. 4 in Floral Park Cemetery. Calling: none.

Arrangements: G.H. Herrmann South East Street Funeral Home. Elmer Ray Routier, 77, Greenwood, died Nov. 30. He was a machine operator for Sonoco, Edinburgh.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Memorial contributions: The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home, Knightstown. Services: 11 a.m. Dec. 3 in Vandivier-Tudor Funeral Home, Franklin, with calling from 9:30 a.m.

Inurnment: Mast Chapel Cemetery, Morgantown. Survivors: sons Alan, Donald Bruce Routier; sisters Opal Hamilton, Lucy Margason; four grandchildren. Frank J. Shea, 61, Indianapolis, died Nov. 28.

He was a printing manager 40 years, most recently for Printing Partners. He was involved with Community Little League for 34 years and received the St. John Bosco and Monsignor Busald awards from the Catholic Youth Organization. Services: Dec. 3 at 10:30 a.m.

in Shirley Brothers Drexel Chapel and at 11 a.m. in Little Flower Catholic Church, of which he was a member. Calling: 1 to 8 p.m. Dec. 2 in the funeral chapel.

Entombment: Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions: Little Flower Athletic Association. Survivors: wife Mary Helen Endres Shea; children Lori Finnigan, Angie M. Huffman, Dennis J. Shea; sister Eileen Wilson; six grandchildren.

Howard L. Shearon 83, Venice, formerly of Indianapolis, died Nov. 28. He was an accountant 40 years for RCA Corp. An Army veteran of World War II, he was a past commander of American Legion Post 220 and a member of the American Legion, Venice post.

Memorial contributions: Venice Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member. Graveside services: private in Washington Park East Cemetery. Calling: none. Survivors: wife Verna Sharpe Shearon; sons Howard L. III, Gary A.

Shearon; a sister; four grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren. Arrangements: Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Washington Park East. H. Clyde Smith, 86, Indianapolis, died Nov. 29.

He worked for Best Inns, Champaign, retiring as manager in 1978. He also was a farmer for 30 years. Services: 1 p.m. Dec. 2 in Robison Chapel, Catlin, with calling from noon.

Burial: Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin. He was the widower of Leona Green Smith. Survivors: children Mark Smith, Marsha Miller; three grandchildren; friend Louise Roach. was the basis for his best-selling 1955 novel, "Run Silent, Run Deep," about a clash between a revenge-obsessed captain and his crew. Beach wrote it while working as a Naval aide to President Eisenhower.

The novel was made into a popular 1958 movie starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, but Beach didn't like its melodrama. "It's not true to the Navy that I saw and tried to describe," he told All Hands, a Navy periodical, in 1999. He wrote 11 other books. In 1960, he commanded the USS Triton, a submarine that circumnavigated the globe in 84 days a record that still stands. His account of the voyage, "Around the World Submerged," was published in 1962.

Beach retired in 1966 and turned his pen to sometimes sharp critiques of his former employer. In his 1995 book, "Scapegoats! A Defense of Kimmel and Short at Pearl Harbor," Beach made the case that Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and General Walter C. Short were wrongfully blamed for being caught off-guard in the devastating 1941 Japanese air attack. Beach will be buried in Annapolis, directly across the street from Beach Hall, headquarters of the Naval Institute Press.

This building was dedicated in tribute to both Captains Beach, father and son, in 1999. Beach is survived by his widow, Ingrid, a sister, two sons, a daughter and four grandchildren. Helen 1 Virginia Copeland Smith, 84, Brownsburg, died Nov. 30. She was a homemaker and a member of Liberty Baptist Church, Brownsburg.

Services: 11 a.m. Dec. 4 in Matthews Mortuary, Brownsburg, with calling from 8 p.m. Dec. 3.

Burial: Brownsburg Cemetery. She was the widow of Smith Jr. Survivors: children Phyllis Jack Richard David J. Smith; nine grandchildren; five great -grandchildren. Johannes G.

"Hans" Sopke, 92, Indianapolis, died Dec. 1. He was president of Hans Optical Service for 30 years. Previously, he was general manager and dispensing optician 39 years for Hoosier Optical Co. Mr.

Sopke was a member of Greenwood (Ind.) First Church of the Nazarene. Memorial contributions: Gideons International Johnson County Camp or Parkinson's Awareness Association of Central Indiana. Services: 11 a.m. Dec. 4 in Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

Dec. 3. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood. Survivors: wife Gladys M. Herr Sopke; children Karl William, Daniel David Michael R.

Sopke, Doris L. Martin; 10 grandchildren; 11 great -grandchildren. Audrey Heacock Sullivan, 96, Indianapolis, died Nov. 30. She worked 23 years for U.S.

Steel retiring in 1961. She was a member of Greensburg (Ind.) Baptist Church. Services: noon Dec. 3 in Stevens Mortuary Chapel of the Flowers, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Dupont (Ind.) Cemetery.

She was the widow of Archie Sullivan. Survivors: son Virgil Sullivan; sisters Mildred Monroe, June Sherman; eight grandchildren; 12 great John R. Sullivan, 72, Indianapolis, died Nov. 30. He was an instructor 23 years for the Navy Junior Reserve at Pike High School, retiring in 1995.

Previously, he served 21 years in the Navy before retiring. Mr. Sullivan was a member of the Pike Alumni Retirees Association. Memorial contributions: Christopher Reeve Foundation. Services: 1 p.m.

Dec. 4 in Leppert Hensley Mortuary, Nora Chapel, with calling from 11 a.m. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. He was the widower of Mary Winifred Ross Sullivan. Survivors: wife Martha A.

Sullivan; children John Michael P. Sullivan, Debra K. Roberts; mother Josephine E. Sullivan; brother Jerry Sullivan; sister Maureen Grider; nine grandchildren; a great-grandchild. Valinia E.

Dodd Webb, 90, Indian- apolis, died Nov. 27. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Dec.

5 in Pleasant Union Missionary Baptist Church, of which she was a member. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 4 in Williams and Bluitt Funeral Home. Burial: New Crown Cemetery.

Survivors: children James Esther Webb, Mildred P. Shanks, Norma S. Cruz, Merlene M. Green; brother Cooper Dodd; sisters Lucille Beamon, Merlene. Nash, Mildred Hayes; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild.

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