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B6 THE COURIER-JOURNAL DEATHS METRO FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1999 LOUiSVIlLE-AFiEA CHAT 11 BY JAMES WALLACE, THE C-J Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton said he generally favors continuing the research program's funding. Patton says attracting scientists worthwhile He favors program of 'bucks for brains' LOUISVILLE Ruby E. Arms, 83 Mary Maxine Bell, 71 Mary Catherine Orton Brown, 89 (Story, Page 5) Patricia Braden "Big Mom" Brown, 65 The Rev. Lawrence Browning, 79 Arthur Reginald Collard, 67 Catherine Kate Cuniffe, 93 David Allen Evans, 37 Harvey Everett 79 Mary R.

Freeman Donald E. Gaddis, 67 N. Cromwell Hammack, 89 Mary C. Hampton, 75 Lucy Hepp, 55 Jodie Higdon, 83 Kenneth "Piggy" Kallin, 67 John H. Keck 84 Destiny Nakale Krages, infant daughter of Tiffany L.

Zehnder and Robert L. Krages Joseph L. Kuchenbrod, 87 Wilbur F. Lang, 82 Carolyne Marie Moody, 49 Cecilia C. Mueller, 92 Lonnie C.

Odle, 67 Norma Jean Osborne, 71 James L. Plattus, 77 Bonnie Ruth Pohlmann, 78 John Thomas Rankin, 80 Mary Fabiola Reid, 86 Vivian Virginia Sadler, 86 Augusta Lyons Sallee, 86 Robert K. Smith, 73 Chester Louis Stout, 82 R. Willis Stout, 88 Ruby Lee Whortenbury, 80 Martin G. Wirth, 93 CORRECTED OBITUARIES Marie C.

Antes, 91 Thomas R. Morris 63 Mrs. Jesse Stone, 93 Indiana deaths, Page 5 grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Fern Creek Funeral Home, 5406 Bardstown Road.

Burial: Jeffersontown Cemetery. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Friday and after 11 a.m. Saturday. Memorial gifts: Baptist Hospital East, co Baptist Healthcare Foundation, 4000 Kresge Way, Louisville, Ky.

40207. Ruby Lee Whortenbury, 80, died Thursday at Hillcreek Manor. She was the former Ruby Lee Hat-chett, a native of Spencer County and a Baptist. Survivors: sons Donald and James M. Patton; daughters Peggy Coward and Mary Etheridge; sisters Nora Chasteen and Ivy P.

Crosswell; and 15 grandchildren. Funeral; 11 a.m. Saturday, Green-well-Jenkins Funeral Home, Taylors-ville. Burial: Briar Ridge Christian Church Cemetery, Spencer County. Visitation: 3-9 p.m.

Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Martin G. Wirth, 93, died Thursday at Norton Audubon Hospital. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for the Housing Authority of Louisville and a member of the Army National Guard.

Survivors: a daughter, Marie Daili-donis; sons Henry K. and John R. Wirth; a brother, John F. Wirth; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral: noon Saturday, Owen, 5317 Dixie Highway.

Burial: Cave Hill. Visitation: noon-4 and 6-9 p.m. Friday. CORRECTED OBITUARIES Marie C. Antes, 91, died Wednesday at her home.

She was the former Marie Light, a native of Pennsylvania and a member of Bedford (Ohio) Assembly of God. Survivors: a brother, Kenneth Light; a grandchild, Christine Rhea, who cared for her; and a great-grandchild. The funeral will be private. Burial: Logan Valley Cemetery, Bellwood, Pa. Arrangements: Highlands.

Thomas R. Morris 63, died Tuesday at his home. He was a native of Raywick and a retired employee of the old Celanese where he worked 35 years. Survivors: daughters Anna Maria Verwest and Theresa Byrne; sons Thomas R. John P.

and Stephen Morris and Andrew McKinley; sisters Lucille Bland and Jean Lee; and six grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church, Hess Lane and Pindell Avenue. Burial: Calvary.

Visitation: Bosse, Barret and Ellison avenues, 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Memorial gifts: Kentuckiana Cancer Institute. Mrs. Jesse Stone, 93, died Tuesday at Baptist Hospital East.

She was the former Estelle Lynn, a member of University of Louisville Alumni Association and a former member of Highland Presbyterian Church. Survivor: a daughter, Lynn Stone. Memorial service: 11:30 a.m. Friday, Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane. Burial: Cave Hill.

Memorial gifts: University of Louisville or Kosair Charities. KENTUCKY DEATHS ADAIRVILLE Ruth E. Mason, 80 ALBANY Needa Conover, 52; Kenneth W. Thurman, 53 BEDFORD Henry Alfred Jones, 90 BOWLING GREEN Rayford L. Brown 66; Donald Lee Creek 56; Galiean Ha- gan, 67 CALHOUN Marie Cobb Cissna.

61 CORBIN Rachel Fore Carter, 93 FLEMING-NEON Benjamin E. Williamson, 34 FRANKLIN Erbin Mayhew, 85 FRENCHBURG Olney Little, 77 FULTON Gladys Evans GLASGOW Moaty Compton Estes, 63; Malcolm Tom Miller, 78 HARDINSBURG Pauline Alexander, 75; Margie Bunnell Brookshire, 76; Gilbert McAfee, 89; David Earl Thurman, 42 HARTFORD The Rev. Leonard Norris, 90 HAZARD Arthur Chaney, 77; Lucy Hayes, 91; Cassie Hicks, 74; Ishmael Lawson, 70; Delia Mae Whitt, 92; Nettie Wilson, 96 HINDMAN Lillie Inmon, 87; Paul E. Turner, 68 HOPKINSVILLE Irene Snider Pluskis, 79 LAWRENCEBURG Ashley Nicole Barnett, infant daughter of Wilma W. Barnett LAWRENCEBURG J.D.

Collins, 82 LEXINGTON Marian Frakes, 44; Lillian Fricke, 86; Terry Howard, 31 James Ryle, 86 LIBERTY Waymon Allen, 73; Clifford Mills, 77; Stella Shouse, 80 LONDON Martha Jane Lewis, 62 MADISONVILLE Emma Jean Harralson, 62 MAGNOLIA Edith Lee Wheeler, 91 MANCHESTER Hazel Ball, 76; Polly Fitch, 66; Orville Ross, 64; Thurston Sawyers, 53; Linda Jane Smallwood, 51 MAYFIELD Bennie Crawford, 54; Norman H. Reilley, 81 MOREHEAD Henry Emerson Kelly, 85; Diana Sue Fute Messer, 52 MORGANTOWN Gusta Tuck Byers, 88; William Harvey Cannon, 75; Imogene Ruby E. Arms, 83, formerly of Louisville, died Wednesday at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. She was the former Ruby E. Smith, a native of Park City, a retired nurse at Jewish Hospital and a member of Berean Baptist Church in Elizabeth-town.

Survivors: sons Gary and Michael Arms; brothers Franklin, Cleon and Leon Smith; sisters Goldie Smith and Deany Oliver; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, Arch L. Heady Southern, 3601 Taylor Blvd. Burial: Smith family cemetery, Barren County.

Visitation: 2-9 p.m. Friday. Mary Maxlne Bell, 71, of 909 S. 17th died Tuesday at University of Louisville Hospital. She was a native of Indiana and a member of St.

Augustine Catholic Church. Survivors: her husband, John R.Bell stepdaughters Barbara Harris and Doris Thomas; and a stepson, John R. Bell Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, A.D. Porter Sons, 1300 W.

Chestnut St. Burial: Louisville Cemetery. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Friday. Patricia Braden "Big Mom" Brown, 65, of Cary, N.C., died Monday at her home.

She was a native of Louisville and a retired state employee in North Carolina. Survivors: sons Michael D. and Craig A. Thornbury; a daughter, Gail T. Ostrishko; a brother, Paul Braden; sisters Sharon Herp, Pam Hall, Joan Marsall and Judy Clark; and three grandchildren.

A funeral Thursday at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Cary. Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Cary. The Rev. Lawrence Browning, 79, formerly of Louisville, died Wednesday in Chicago. He was a former associate pastor at St.

Agnes Catholic Church; a former chaplain for Resurrection Hospital and St. Benedict's Home, both in Chicago; an Army veteran of World War II; and a member of the Passionist Congregation. Survivors: a brother, the Rev. William Browning; four sisters, Sister Clarita, Sister Marie Goretti, Aggie Watts and Josephine Browning. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m.

Monday, St. Agnes Catholic Church, 1920 New-burg Road. Burial: Passionist Cemetery. Visitation: the church, 6-9 p.m. Sunday.

Arrangements: Bosse. Memorial gifts: Passionist Community, 1924 Newburg Road, Louisville, Ky. 40205. Arthur Reginald Collard, 67, died Wednesday at his aunt's home in Ohio County. He was a native of Ohio County, a retired employee of the Federal Reserve Bank, a retired Army veteran and a member of Bethany United Methodist Church.

Survivors: his wife, the former Irene Ziebarth; sons Mike and Arnold Collard; a daughter, Elaine Herrmann; his mother, Lavada B. Collard; brothers Luther James, Murriel and Maburn Collard; sisters Dottie Vincent and Brenda Sears; and seven grandchildren. Funeral: noon Monday, William L. Danks Funeral Home, Beaver Dam. -Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Ohio County.

Visitation: 1-9 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday. Catherine Kate Cuniffe, 93, died Jan. 26 in Arlington Heights, 111.

She was the former Catherine Duffy and a native of Louisville. Survivors: her husband, James J. Cuniffe; a daughter, Susan Cox; a son, James D. Cuniffe; a sister, Mary Blanche Packer; a brother, Martin J. Duffy and six grandchildren.

Funeral Mass: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 1960 Bardstown Road. Burial: Calvary. Arrangements: Barrett-Nusz.

Memorial gifts: Maryknoll Fathers, P.O. Box 301, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545. David Allen Evans, 37, died Wednesday at Norton Audubon Hospital. Survivors: foster parents Betty and James Ramsey and Michael and Pamela Baxter; foster brothers Douglas Tapp and Ronald Slaughter; foster sisters Stephany Baxter and Brenda Gaddie; and foster grandparents Mr.

and Mrs. Homer Gibson. Funerals: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Arch L. Heady Hikes Point, 4109 Taylors-ville Road, and 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn. Visitation: Arch L. Heady, noon-3 p.m. Saturday. Harvey Everett 79, died Wednesday at his home.

He was a native of Nashville, a retired employee of Brown-Forman an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War and a member of Greater Salem Baptist Church. Survivors: a son, Harvey Everett daughters Dorsette Mayes, La-Donna Cumberlander, Dianne and Harvetta Everett; 18 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, his church, 1009 W. Chestnut St.

Burial: Green Meadows Memorial. Visitation: the church, 6-9 p.m. Friday. Arrangements: G.C. Williams.

Mary R. Freeman, formerly of Louisville, died Feb. 26 in Sun City Center, Fla. Survivors: daughters Gayle Calkin and Jackie Humkey; nine grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Memorial Mass: 11 a.m.

Saturday, St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, Bardstown Road and Lanca where he worked 35 years; a Navy veteran of World War II; and a member of The Temple and Jewish Community Center. Survivors: a daughter, Becky Plattus; a son, Alan Plattus; a sister, Jeanne Wasserman; a brother, Simon Plattus; and three grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Friday, Herman Meyer son, 1338 Ellison Ave.

Burial: The Temple Cemetery. Visitation: after noon Friday. Memorial gifts: University of Louisville College of Arts Sciences' Taus-teine scholarship fund. Bonnie Ruth Pohlmann, 78, died Thursday at Masonic Homes of Kentucky. She was the formei Bonnie Bean-blossom, a native of Mauckport, a retired cafeteria worker for Wagner High School and a member of Third Lutheran Church.

Survivors: daughters Donna Davidson and Jeanne Pohlmann; a son, Fred Polhmann III; and seven grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday, her church, 1864 Frankfort Ave. Burial: Resthaven Memorial. Visitation: Arch L.

Heady-Cralle, 2428 Frankfort 2-8 p.m. Sunday. Memorial her church or Alzheimer's Disease Related Disorders Association. John Thomas Rankin, 80, formerly of Louisville, died Thursday at Willow Brook Manor in Clarksville, Ind. He was a native of Breckinridge County and a retired Army sergeant.

Survivors: daughters Rebecca Hayes, Pauline Weaver, Patricia Rankin and Karen Dennison; sons Earl Patrick Donald L. and Ronald L. Rankin; a sister, Shirley Flagg; brothers Tommy, Burlle, James, Ray and Billy Joe Rankin; 20 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday, Embry-Bosse, 2723 Preston Highway.

Burial: Lebanon National Cemetery, Marion County. Visitation: 1-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Memorial gifts: The Salvation Army. Mary Fabiola Reid, 86, died Thursday at her home.

She was the former Mary Fabiola Ballard, a native of Holy Cross, a retired bookkeeper for St. Pius School and a member of St. Pius Catholic Church. Survivors: her husband, Alfred C. Reid; a son, Charles Reid; daughters Marilyn Ward, Patricia Murr, Catherine Veltman, Jane Gibbs and Joan Reid; sisters Catherine Spalding and Matilda Dawson; a brother, Joseph Ballard; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, her church, 3521 Goldsmith Lane. Burial: Calvary. Visitation: Ratterman's, 3800 Bardstown Road, 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday.

Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville. Vivian Virginia Sadler, 86, formerly of Louisville, died Wednesday at Jeffersonville (Ind.) Nursing Center. She was a member of Broadway Temple AME Zion Church. Survivors: daughters Wilma Sadler Morton and Roxianne Sadler Sherles; sons Robert W. Jr.

and Jimmy Sadler; a sister, Florence Dickerson; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday, her church, 1301 W. Broadway. Burial: Louisville Cemetery.

Visitation: A.D. Porter Sons, 1300 W. Chestnut 1-3 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday. Augusta Lyons Sallee, 86, died Thursday at Mount Holly Nursing Center.

She was a native of Mercer County and a member of Shakertown Baptist Church in Mercer County. Survivors: her husband, James A. Sallee; sons Jim and John Sallee; daughters Mary DeVary, Margaret Watts and Betty Buckley; a sister, Ruby Mullins; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday, McClellan Funeral Home, Harrodsburg.

Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg. Visitation: 3-9 p.m. Saturday. Memorial gifts: American Cancer Society. Robert K.

Smith, 73, died Wednesday at St. Matthews Manor. He was a native of Waddy; a retired employee of General Electric a former fireman for Lyndon Fire Department; a Marine Corps veteran of World War II; and a member of Suburban Christian Church and American Legion Post 180. Survivors: his wife, Evelyn Jackson Smith; daughters Marsha S. Elder and Susan S.

Lennon; and four grandchildren. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Pearson Ratterman 12900 Shelby-ville Road. Entombment: Evergreen. Visitation: noon-4 and 6-8 p.m.

Friday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville or his church. Chester Louis Stout, 82, died Thursday at Caritas Medical Center. He was a native of Fairdale, a retired maintenance employee of Brown-Forman a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Bethlehem United Church of Christ. Survivors: sons Chester L.

Jr. and Robert E. Stout daughters Rose M. Brooks, Thelma L. Abell and Margaret A.

Johnson; 15 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday, Joseph E. Son-South Central, 2815 S. Fourth St.

Burial: Resthaven Memorial. Visitation: 2-9 p.m. Saturday, noon-9 p.m. Sunday and after 11 a.m. Monday.

R. Willis Stout, 88, died Wednesday at Baptist Hospital East. He was a farmer. Survivors: a daughter, Susan Hack; a son, Douglas Stout; and three ra Harrison; a daughter, Kartrina Metcalf; sons Fred and Tom Kallin; sisters Ruth Morrison, Shirley Rogers, Betty Burris, Martina Elmore, Beverly Coffey, Marilyn James and Ruby Leslie; a brother, Sherman Kallin; and seven grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m.

Sunday, Howell-Jessie, Hillview. Burial: Hebron Cemetery, Shepherdsville. Visitation: 2-9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday.

John H. Keck 84, died Thursday at Hospice of Louisville's inpatient unit at Alliant Medical Pavilion. He was a native of Kansas City, a retired salesman for Sears Roebuck an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Masonic Lodge 951, Kosair Shrine Temple, Scottish Rite and St. James United Church of Christ. Survivors: his wife, the former Al-yce Hughes; a son, John H.

Keck a sister, Evelyn Gibson; a brother, George Keck; and a grandchild. Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Monday, Arch L. Heady Southern, 3601 Taylor Blvd. Burial: Resthaven Memorial.

Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Saturday, and 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. Sunday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville.

Destiny Nakale Krages, infant daughter of Tiffany L. Zehnder and Robert L. Krages, died Saturday at University of Louisville Hospital. Survivors besides her parents: grandparents Sharon Brown, Tammy Krages and Pat Brown, Ronnie Krages, Ronnie Brown and Danny Short, and great-grandparents Ronald Krages, Ruby Krages and Wanda Burchette. A memorial service will be held later.

Joseph L. Kuchenbrod, 87, died Wednesday at Norton Audubon Hospital. He was a retired sheet-metal employee for Stewart Mechanical where he worked 25 years; an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 110, Sheet Metal Retirees Club, 40 8, St. Xavier Alumni 50 Year Club, St. Joseph Orphan Society, Knights of St.

John and Flaget High School Flageteers; and past commander of American Legion Post 193. Survivors: a daughter, Juanita M. Perry; a son, James D. Kuchenbrod; a daughter-in-law, Lee Kuchenbrod, who cared for him; 13 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Saturday, St. Denis Catholic Church, 4205 Cane Run Road. Burial: Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation: J.B. Ratterman Sons-Southwest, 4832 Cane Run Road, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Friday. Memorial gifts: Mass of the Air. Wilbur F. Lang, 82, died Thursday at Regency Health Care Center. He was a native of Leachville, a retired assembler for the old Container Corp.

of America and an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: daughters Donna Johnston and Linda Wagner; seven grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, Evergreen, 4623 Preston Highway. Burial: Evergreen.

Visitation: noon-8 p.m. Friday. Carolyne Marie Moody, 49, died Wednesday at Regency Health Care Center. She was a native of Erie, an employee of Wal-Mart and a member of the old House of Prayer. Survivors: a sister, Lauren Johnston; a brother, Charles Moody; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Arch L. Heady Okolona, 8519 Preston Highway. Entombment: Evergreen Mausoleum. Visitation: 2-9 p.m.

Friday and after 11 a.m. Saturday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville. Cecilia C. Mueller, 92, died Wednesday at her home.

She was the former Cecilia Rusch and a former cafeteria volunteer at the old St. Basil Church. Survivors: a son, Gerald F. Mueller; daughters Bonnie F. Hardy, Wanda L.

Mosgrove, Carol M. Sattich, Joann M. Bockting and Donna M. Spink; a sister, Anna Kraus; 38 grandchildren; 77 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Saturday, St. Clement Catholic Church, 5431 John-sontown Road. Entombment: Resthaven Mausoleum. Visitation: J.B. Rat-terman's-Southwest, 4832 Cane Run Road, 2-9 p.m.

Friday and after 10 a.m. Saturday. Lonnie C. Odle, 67, died Wednesday at Caritas Medical Center. He was a native of Grayson County, a retired self-employed truck driver and a member of Teamsters Local 89 and Valley Station Church of Christ.

Survivors: his wife, the former Ne-vasta L. Taylor; sons Michael and David Odle; daughters Mary Spurgeon and Carol Bibee; brothers Thurman and Dubbie Odle; and nine grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, Arch L. Heady Son, 7710 Dixie Highway.

Burial: Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and after 10 a.m. Saturday. Norma Jean Osborne, 71, died Thursday at her home.

She was a lunchroom employee of Iroquois Middle School. Survivors: daughters Lana Jean Bil-lups, Sandy Stevenson and Pam Marie Sypolt; a son, Fred Osborne; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nun-nelley, 4327 Taylor Blvd. Burial: Evergreen.

Visitation: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday. James L. Plattus, 77, died Wednesday at Jewish Hospital.

He was a retired industrial designer at Colgate-Palmolive in ClarksviTle, By DICK KAUKAS The Courier-Journal On a re-election campaign swing through Louisville yesterday, Gov. Paul Patton said he'd like to budget $200 million more over the next four years to continue a "bucks for brains" program to lure research scientists to Kentucky. While he made it clear he wasn't making any promises, he said he generally favors continuing the funding, which started last year when the legislature approved a non-continuing expenditure of $100 million for the effort. "There is a difference between 'I'd like to do and 'I will do Patton said. "It is too early for me to begin making commitments on what 1 would propose." He added, however, that providing a total of $300 million in university research dollars the $100 million already budgeted and $200 million in the future "will be very high on my priorities of things we will try and get in the next budgets." The first $100 million was divided between the University of Kentucky, which was to receive two-thirds, and the University of Louisville, which was to get a third.

The money is contingent on the schools' coming up with matching contributions. At a private reception at the Jewish Hospital Rudd Heart and Lung Center, Patton met Matthew Scott, the patient who received the first hand transplant in the United States at the hospital on Jan. 25. As Scott and his wife, Dawn, posed with the governor for photos, reporters asked how he was doing. Scott replied that he was "feeling good." His left arm was still in a protective brace and sling, and there was no redness or discoloration visible on his fingers.

Scott's doctors said that he was recovering as expected and that there are no signs his body is rejecting the hand. In his physical therapy sessions, Scott has started using his left hand to pick up lightweight objects, such as pieces of plastic foam. Patton, who is unopposed in the May 25 primary, spent most of the day in Louisville, starting with a breakfast with labor leaders at the Executive Inn and including a fund-raising lunch at the Jefferson Club. During the news conference, Patton said that if the "bucks for brains" funding does reach a total of $300 million, "we will have elevated the commonwealth of Kentucky into a totally new sphere." i He stressed the importance of medical care and treatment, saying, "Health in our society has come to be perhaps one of the most valued things our society has access to." Henry Wagner, president of Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services, said in an interview after the briefing that he hopes that the added $200 million will become a reality. Although the downtown medical center "is a $2 billion-a-year enterprise," Wagner said, "all the money's spoken for.

So as we try to expand and develop new agendas, such as research, we're sort of broke." Within the next three to five years, he said, the center will try to increase its research budget, which now totals $25 million, to about $60 million. The research would be paid for by grants brought in by the endowed professors recruited with "bucks for brains" funds. Pointing out that some schools like Duke University in North Carolina have annual research budgets of about $200 million, Wagner said, "We have a long way to go. 5 6 BIPK.C WOO Onec ill XwCemetery Space mm Whti One Space is PurtluMti jl RtgiilarOusl Through March 20th Only Pre-needont, $1.00 space per family K.jiara tiTHfcif a. ZZ2 I 1 I 1 fflfYiisOlr- a retired employee of General Electric Co.

and a Marine Corps veteran. Survivors: his wife, the former Nancy Voorhies; sons Danny E. and Michael A. Gaddis; brothers Morton David, Paul and George W. Gaddis; sisters Edith Tyler, Martha Garrett, Phyllis Friends, Sharon Snoddy, Linda Ott, Beverly Johnson, Rosie Lehman and Katie Zen; and four grandchildren.

Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Arch L. Heady Okolona, 8519 Preston Highway. Burial: Evergreen. Visitation: 2-9 p.m.

Friday. N. Cromwell Hammack, 89, formerly of Crescent Hill, died Thursday at his home. He was a native of Morganfield; a retired teacher, who taught at the old Anchorage High School and the old Kentucky Military Institute, Manual High School, University of Louisville and Indiana University Southeast; a member of Sons of American Revolution, Kentucky Historical Society and Filson Club Historical Society; and an honorary member of Manakin Huguenots. Survivors: his wife, the former Mary Croft, and a daughter, Betty Kay Utley.

Private graveside service: Restha-ven Memorial. Visitation: Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane, 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday. Mary C. Hampton, 75, died Thursday at Norton Audubon Hospital.

She was the former Mary Kirn. Survivors: her husband, J.D. Hampton; a daughter, Marian Shake; a son, Jerry Woods; a brother, Paul Kirn; a sister, Francis Yocum; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, St.

Ath-anasius Catholic Church, 5915 Outer Loop. Burial: Calvary. Visitation: Arch L. Heady Okolona, 8519 Preston Highway, 2-9 p.m. Friday.

Lucy Hepp, 55, died Wednesday at Hospice of Louisville's inpatient unit at Alliant Medical Pavilion. She was a member of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church and Alcoholics Anonymous. Survivors: sons Bryan and Aaron Hepp; a sister, Mary Louise Ebert-shauser; a friend, Ted Reinle, who cared for her; and a grandson. Memorial service: noon Saturday, her church, 639 S.

Shelby St. The body was, cremated. Arrangements: Rafterman's, Lexington Road. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville. Jodie Higdon, 83, died Thursday at his home.

He was a native of Grayson County; a retired warehouse employee of the old National Distillers, where he worked 30 years; and a Catholic. Survivors: a son, Joe F. Higdon; daughters Diane Pope and Ivita Johnson; brothers Clint and Oral Higdon; sisters Olita Hudron, Eunice Alvey, Cecilia Higdon and Callie Meredith; six grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, St.

Benedict Catholic Church, Wax. Burial: St. Anthony Cemetery, Peonia. Visitation: Owen, 5317 Dixie Highway, noon-9 p.m. Friday and at the church after 10 a.m.

Saturday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville or Alzheimer's Disease Related Disorders Association. Kenneth "Piggy" Kallin, 67, of Brooks, died Wednesday at his home. He was a native of Edmonson County, a retired employee of Eaton owner of Bullitt Machine Shop in Brooks and a member of Vintage Stock Car Racing Association. Survivors: his wife, the former Lau- Phelps Hampton, 62 MONTICELLO Ona Frost, 78; Edna Green, 78: Eugene Lair; Pearlie Tucker, 91 MOUNT VERNON Sammie Bryant, 63; Joe Smith, 88 MURRAY Gladys Robinson, 91 OWENSBORO Ernestine Joan Henderson, 85; Eveline Payne, 92; Mae D.

Warner, 91; Dr. Rudolph Yeagle, 63 PADUCAH Kenneth Sonnenbaum, 84 PHYLLIS Ersie Raney Anderson, 82 PIKEVILLE Mecie McBrayer, 96; Lowell Thomas Robinson, 63 PRINCETON Tina McGlone, 20 RICHMOND Madrue Florence Tussey Agee, 80; Earl C. Johns, 71 RUSSELL SPRINGS Rena Huckaby, 84; Margie Wallace, 68 SCOTTSVILLE Lewie Fuglestad, 89 SHELBYVILLE Juanita Cottrell Dale, 92 SOMERSET Anna Mae Vanhook Phelps, 83 SPRINGFIELD Eleanor Campbell Cundiff, 75; Robert Harrod, 43 VINE GROVE Eva Straney Skeeters, 74 WARSAW Floyd Seaver, -77; Randall Wayne Rider, 52 WHITLEY CITY Minnie Lewis, 91; Nettie Westfelt, 94 shire Avenue. Burial: Calvary. Arrangements: Zipperer's Agape Mortuary Crematory, Ruskin, Fla.

Donald E. Gaddis, 67, died Wednesday at Norton Audubon Hospital. He was a native of Bowling Green,.