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D- IC PHASED ALL EDITIONS Phoenix, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1974 The Arizona Republic C-1 Obituaries Croaff, 56, dies; public defender Vernon B. Croaff. 56, an attorney here since 1945 and the first public defender appointed in Arizona, died Sunday in Doctors Hospital. Services will be at 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday in Paradise Chapel Funeral Home, 3934 E. Indian School, with burial in Memory Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Croaff, of 2034 E. Glendale, was appointed in 1965 as Arizona's first public defender.

Prior to his appointment, he was an unsuccessful candidate for Maricopa County Attorney in 1964. He had been Phoenix city prosecutor from 1961 to 1964, and chief criminal deputy for the county attorney from 1957 to 1960. Mr. Croaff was born in Phoenix, was graduated from Phoenix Union High School, took a master's degree at Arizona State University, and studied law at Willamette University, Salem, Ore. He became an attorney in 1945, and authored the retirement plan 1 for City of Phoenix employes.

He is survived by his wife, Velma; his mother, Carolyn B. Croaff; two sons, Evan and Adley; two daughters, Mrs. Ronna Franke Miss Marva Croaff, and five grandchildren. Harold K. Deady SUN CITY Rosary for Harold K.

Deady, 75. a retired mechanical engineer, will be at 7 p.m. today at Lundberg Golden Door Chapel, 11211 Michigan Youngtown. Mass will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St.

Joachim Catholic Church, 11625 111th Ave. Burial will be in Sunland Memorial Park. Mr. Deady, of 10813 Connecticut died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Marion; a daughter, Mrs.

Charles Horton of Las Vegas; and four grandchildren. Douglas B. Ranney Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of the Chimes, 7924 N. 59th for Douglas B.

Ranney, 24. of 3801 W. Marshall, who died Oct. 25 in California. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, 2300 W.

Van Buren. Friends may call at the chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Ranney; five sisters, Mrs. Debbie Whittaker, Mrs. Peggy Franklin, Mrs. Judith McSimov, Mrs. Janice Bruce, and Tammy Ranney; one brother, Thomas; amd his grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas C. Ranney and Mrs. R. J.

Einspahr. Esther Judge Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today in the Paradise Valley Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3010 E. Thunderbird, for Mrs. Esther Judge, 81, of 16424 N.

29th Place. Mrs. Judge, a retired factory worker who came to Phoenix 11 years ago from Garden City, died Sunday in her home. She Paradise was a Valley member Ward of the LDS Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.

Edna Brotherton and Mrs. Dorothy H. Clark; a brother, J. E. Row; seven grandchildren, 15 greatgrandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

Burial will be in Livonia, Mich. Wanda M. Varney MESA Funeral services and burial will be in Muscatine, for Mrs. Wanda M. Varney, 66, of 29 W.

Southern, space 16. She died Monday in Tempe Community Hospital. Born in Rock Island, she came to Arizona in 1959 from Muscatine, and worked for 10 years in central supply at Tempe Community Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Robert: four sons, Robert Thomas, Richard and Stephen; two daughters, Mrs. Betty J.

Karthaus, and Mrs. Della Mae Miller; 19 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Chapel of the Roses, Larry J.

Melcher Mortuary, 43 S. Stapley Drive. Carolyn Bendheim. Carolyn Jane Bendheim, 21, who was born in Phoenix, died in London, England, Oct. 22 of injuries resulting from a horseback riding accident.

Burial was in London. Survivors of Miss Bendheim, 6111 N. Palo Cristi, Paradise Valley, include her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Otto Bendheim; sisters, Vicki and Margo, and brothers, Paul and Fred.

Contributions in Carolyn's may be, made to Hadassah Medical Organization for the Hadassah School of Nursing in Jerusalem. Rollie E. Foulk Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Third Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 3rd Street and Ashland, for Rollie E.

Foulk, 66, a retired electrician. Mr. Foulk, who lived at 516 W. Vernon. is survived by his wife, Leslie; three stepdaughters, Deborah Sav.

age. Sandra Sofgreen and Vicki Lofgreen; three sisters: three brothers; and ten grandchildren. Burial will be at Memory Lawn Memorial Park. 719 N. 27th Ave.

Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at A. L. Moore and Sons, 333 W. Adams.

Reuben H. Martin SCOTTSDALE Services for Reuben H. Martin, 56. of 16624 N. Second Phoenix, will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday in the Thunderbird Academy School Chapel, with burial to follow in Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Mr. Martin died Sunday at Tempe Community Hospital. Born in Cleveland, N.D., he came to Arizona in 1950 from Huntington Beach, Calif. He was employed as a farming and production manager for the past 18 years at Thunderbird Academy, and was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Nerissa; two Comstock daughters, and Mrs. Mrs. Marilyn M. Champion; a son, Gene: his mother, Hanna Martin: two brothers, David and John; a sister, Mrs. Esther Hamilton and five grandchildren.

Friends may call today from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N.

Hayden Road Norma Valenzuela MESA Funeral Mass for Norma Valenzuela, 16, of 615 S. Hobson, will be at 10 a.m. today at Queen of Peace Church, 36 W. First with burial to follow in Mesa Cemetery. She died Friday at Desert Samaritan Hospital from injuries suffered in an auto accident.

Miss Valenzuela was born in Tucson and was a student at Mesa High School. She is survived by her mother, Rita Medina; her father, Juan Valenzuela; two brothers, Juan and Sergio; three sisters, Glenda, Gravuela and Aida; grandmother Petra Avelard, and grandfather Eugenio Udiarto. Arrangements are being handled by Larry J. Melcher Mortuary, 43 S. Stapley Drive.

Dr. Van D. Clark dies; school counseling chief Dr. Van D. Clark.

64, head of the Counseling and Guidance Department at Camelback High School, died Sunday in Good Samaritan Hospital. Dr. Clark, 2326 E. Clarendon, came to Phoenix in 1945 after serving Air Force in World 'Warne and was employed in the Phoenix Union High School District since 1948. He had articles published in professional journals and made contributions to the field of children's literature.

He was president of Arizona School Counselors' Association, a member of the National SCA, the Arizona and National Personnel and Guidance Association, Camelback Teachers' Association, Parent Teacher Student Association, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Phi Delta Kappa and Kappa Sigma fraternities. Dr. Clark received his early education in his native Deming, N.M., and earned the bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of New Mexico. He did post graduate work at New York University and received his doctoral degree from Arizona State University.

Survivors include his wife, Jeanne; a daughter, Mrs. Vandi Schilleci; a son, Perk Clark; and sisters, Mrs. Grace Pratt and Mrs. Carrie Payton. There will be no services and the family suggests contributions to the Division of Radiation Oncology, Arizona Medical Center, University of Arizona, Tucson.

A. L. Moore Sons Mortuary handled arrangements for private burial. Leo A. Bivens A funeral mass will be at 9 a.m.

Wednesday in St. Anthony's Church for Leo A. Bivens, 27, of 6229 S. Sixth who died Sunday in a Phoenix hospital. Rosary will be at 8 p.m.

today in the Whitney and Murphy Funeral Home chapel, 330 N. Second Ave. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Mr.

Bivens was a four year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Marine Reserves. He was a member of St. Anthony's Church. Surviving are his wife.

Cynthia: his daughter, Gail Marie; his father, Albert L. Bivens: his mother, Mrs. Velia Canez: five brothers, Albert, Albert Gary and Eddie Joe and Raymond; five sisters, Beverly, Janet and Linda Bivens. Yvonne, California, and Miss Velia Lozano of Phoenix. Friends may call after noon today at the Whitney and Murphy Funeral Home.

Graveside rites will be conducted by the Marine Reserve. Omer E. Overman Omer E. Overman, 84, of 2547 W. Cactus Road, died Sunday at Phoenix Baptist Hospital.

He is survived by his wife, Lena; a daughter, Mrs. Florence Guy; a brother; a sister; and four great grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of the Chimes, 7924 N. 59th Ave.

Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, 2300 W. Van Buren. Mary E.

Wortham Mary E. Wortham, 49, of 3008 E. Larkspur Drive, a housewife, died Sunday at John C. Lincoln Hospital. Services will be held at 7 p.m.

today in Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 W. Bethany Home Rd. Mrs. Wortham is survived by her husband, Josiah a son, Josiah H. III; a daughter, Mrs.

Victoria Lucas; her mother, Mrs. Ruth Hedron; a brother; a sister and two grandchildren. Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Jerome's Catholic Church.

10815 N. 35th Ave. Friends may call at the Bethany Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Marion Tillery Services will be at 3 p.m.

today in the Grimshaw Bloom Chapel, 3800 S. Central, for Marion Tillery, 76, of 430 E. Roeser Road, who died last week in a local hospital. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Katherine Moffitt.

Cremation will follow the services. Friends may call at the chapel from noon to 3 p.m. today. George Walsh A funeral mass will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in St.

Francis Xavier Church for George Walsh, 57, of 4620 N. 10th St. Mr. Walsh was pronounced dead on arrival Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. today in Arcadia Funeral Home chapel, 4800 E. Indian School. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery.

Mr. Walsh retired after 30 years with the Southern Pacific Railroad as a car inspector. Later, he worked for the Arizona Sash and Door retiring last June. He was a member of the Southern Pacific Brotherhood and St. Francis Xavier Church.

Surviving are his wife, Mary; two sons, David and James; two daughters, Mary Frances Walsh and Mrs. Patricia Weeks; a brother and three sisters out of state; and seven grandchildren. Willie McReynolds AVONDALE Services for Mrs. Willie M. McReynolds, 88, will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in Cannon Funeral Home, 310 N. Litchfield Goodyear. Burial will be in Glendale Resthaven Park. Mrs. McReynolds, 420 S.

Fourth died Sunday in a Phoenix hospital. She came here 34 years ago from her native Texas. Survivors include four sons, Virgil, Milford, Heron and James; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Killman; 46 grandchildren, 110 great grandchildren, and 25 great great grandchildren. Mary 0.

Stephens MESA Funeral services for Mrs. Mary O. Stephens, 75, of 101 N. 38th space No. 128, will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in the Chapel of the Roses, 43 S. Stapley Drive, with cremation to follow. She died Monday in Mesa General Hospital. Born i in Choteau, Montana, she came to Mesa in 1947. She was a housewife.

Mrs. Stephens is survived by her husband Allen; two sons, David Giboney and Carl Giboney: five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Larry J. Melcher Mortuary, 43 S.

Stapley Drive. Eda Belle Snyder A memorial service to follow private cremation for Mrs. Eda Belle Snyder, 86, of Sedona, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Valley View Cemetery in Sedona. She died Saturday at Marcus Lawrence Hospital in Cottonwood.

Mrs. Snyder was born. in Chicago, and came to Arizona for the first time in 1921. She moved to New Mexico, then returned to Arizona in 1934. She was a member of the Church of the Red Rocks in Sedona.

She is survived by a son, Ted; a daughter, Mrs. Eda Belle Crawford, and five grandchildren. Local arrangements are being handled by Camelback Sunset Chapel, 301 W. Camelback. Forest W.

Spencer Forest W. Spencer, 65, of 4639 E. Almeria Road, died Saturday in John C. Lincoln Hospital. Services will be held at graveside at Greenwood Memorial Park, 2300 W.

Van Buren, at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Survivors include his wife, Dora; a son, John; a sister, Edith Spencer; and two grandchildren. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at A.

L. Moore and Sons, 333 W. Adams. Adult male gorilla tells herd what to do KISANGANI, Zaire (AP) Gorillas know how to enjoy life. They rise about 8 a.m., eat for a couple of hours, rest between 10 and 2, then eat a little more before retiring to their pads about 6 in the evening.

Although they live in the forest or mountains where it is often foggy and rainy, they love the sun will lie for hours on their backs basking in the warm sunshine, according to Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Muralist Jay Datus dies; founder of Kachina school Dr. Van D. Clark Raymond Deal Services for Raymond Deal, 55, a retired Army warrant officer, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Shepherd of the Hills Congregational Church, 5524 E.

Lafayette Blvd. Burial will be in Paradise Memorial Gardens, 9300 E. Shea Scottsdale. Mr. Deal, of 7845 E.

Sage Drive, died Monday in Veterans Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Georgeanna; a son, Gary; a step-son, Michael McPherson; two daughters, Mrs. William Sims and Mrs. Janet Carrender; a step-daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Stonecipher; two brothers and three sisters out of state; and six grandchildren.

Marion H. Smith Services for Marion Hous- ton Smith, 61, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Phoenix 33rd Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4601 W. Encanto Blvd. Burial will be at East Resthaven Park Cemetery, 4310 E.

Southern Ave. Mr. Smith, of 2330 W. Monroe, died Saturday in Good Samaritan Hospital. He was president of BluSapphire Pools and a recognized builder of Olympic diving and swimming pools.

He was a commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America for 10 years. Survivors include his wife, Edna; two daughters, Mrs. Wayne Watkins and Mrs. Frank Estes; his mother, Mrs. Edna Ester Hegman; two brothers, George Smith and Dick Smith; and two sisters, Mrs.

Dorothy Creed and Mrs. Rita May Munn. H. V. Renteria WINKELMAN Mass for Hermenejildo V.

Renteria, 86, who died Oct. 24 in the Kennecott Hospital at Kearny, will be at 9 a.m. today in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery at Hayden. Mr.

Renteria was a retired copper caster for American Smelting and Refining Co. Survivors include his wife, Reyes; his children, Ralph, Nasario, Mrs. Angela Perez, Beatrice Fuentes, and Mrs. Minnie Ross; 22 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Griffith Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Spectators applaud concession robbery OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A crowd shouted and cheered as a gunman robbed the concession stand at the city auditorium of an undetermined amount of money, police said. Officers said a crowd of about 40 to 50 persons were around the refreshment stand when a man produced a gun and demanded money. They said the crowd watched the robbery and cheered as the suspect fled. Jay Datus Ettie Ryan Ettie Young Ryan, 83, who had been a teacher 35 years in the Murphy School District until retiring in 1958, died Saturday in Desert Terrace Nursing Home.

Mrs. Ryan, 3114 E. Earll Drive, came to Clifton in 1898 from her native Texas and lived in Phoenix since 1919. Survivors include a son, Dow B. Ryan; a sister, Mrs.

Carrie P. Lawrence: and four grandchildren. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in A. L.

Moore Sons Mortuary, 333 W. Adams. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Alfred Perrone Mass will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Sts.

Simon and Jude Cathedral, 6351 N. 27th Ave. for Alfred Perrone, 54, who died Sunday in John C. Lincoln Hospital. Mr.

Perrone, of 9609 N. 42nd Drive, worked as a design engineer for Sperry Flight Division for 20 years. He was a native of New York, coming to Phoenix in 1965. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, and a member of Sts.

Simon and Jude Cathedral. Rosary will be at 8 p.m. today in Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 W. Bethany Home, where friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

Burial will be in Resthaven Park Cemetery. Mr. Perrone is survived by his wife, Agnes; a daughter, Darlene Whites of Phoenix; three brothers and his mother. Maria A. Elliott SCOTTSDALE Services for Mrs.

Maria A. Elliott, 57, of 4714 E. Oak St. Phoenix, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N.

Hayden with burial in Green Acres Memorial Gardens. She died Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born in Germany, she came to Arizona in 1964. She is survived by ber husband, George; two daughters, Mrs. Renate Blanchard and Mrs.

Schlueter; a sister, Griese; Ciesela, and three grandchildren. Friends may call today from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

at the mortuary. Candidates to appear' at Prescott inn today PRESCOTT A Meet the Candidates session will be held at 8 p.m. today at the St. Michael Hotel. All candidates for federal, state and local positions, including the Prescott School Board, have been invited to appear, said Jerry Busby, chairman of the sponsoring Prescott Jaycees.

Jay Datus, 60, who was nationally known for his portraits and murals and was founder and director of Kachina School of Art Phoenix, died Sunday in Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr. Datus, 3801 N. 30th was listed in Who's Who in American Art, also Who's Who in America, Illinois and the Southwest and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts of London. Among his works is "The Pageant of Arizona Progress," an eight panel mural in the Arizona State Department of Library Archives, painted in 1937-38, and "Foundations of Confidence" in the Arizona Public Service main office, formerly the home office of the First National Bank when that mural was painted in 1955-56.

Mr. Datus attended the Worcester (Mass.) Museum School of Fine Arts and Yale School of Art and studied portraiture with Wyman Adams in New York and London. He formerly wrote an art column for The Arizona Republic. An Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of Masonic Lodge 43, Scottsdale, York Rite and El Zaribah Shrine. Survivors include his wife, Edette; a daughter, Mrs.

Cynthia Wilkinson; two brothers and a sister; and a grandchild, Private services and cremation were arranged by Paradise Chapel Funeral Home. Vernon B. Croaff Elmer M. Foster APACHE JUNCTION Elmer M. Foster, 91, of Apache Junction, a retired farmer, died Sunday in a Phoenix hospital.

Survivors include three sons, Kenneth: 0.K. Foster; and Clinton B. Foster: a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Lowell; a sister out-of-state; five grandchildren, and one. great-grandchild.

Services and cremation will be private, GibbonsBunker Garden Chapel announced. Jessie Maneely Jessie K. Maneely, 56, a microbiology technician 15 years at Phoenix Indian Medical Center, died Sunday in Phoenix Medi Center. Miss Maneely, 6320 N. 16th was graduated from Arizona State University and had served in 1 the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps in World War II.

Born in Brewster, Ohio, she came to Phoenix in 1952 from Youngstown, Ohio. Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Margaret Maneely; four brothers and three sisters out of state' and 12 nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Glendale Resthaven Park, 6290 W.

Northern. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Lundberg Golden Door Chapel, 11211 Michigan Youngtown. Joseph W. Latapie PRESCOTT Services for Joseph William Latapie, 57, who died Oct.

23 in 1 Prescott, will be at 2 p.m. today at Ruffner Funeral Home. Private interment will follow. Mr. Latapie was a truck driver for Concrete Services.

A Navy veteran of World War II, he moved here 1969. Survivors include his children, Robert and Mrs. Joanne Arias: his mother, Mrs. Mary Walker, and a sister and brother out of state. Karen M.

J. Calvert PRESCOTT Services for Mrs. Karen Marie Johnson Calvert, 83. who died Monday at Whipple Veterans Administration Center, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Ruffner Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Ft. Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso. Mrs. Calvert was nurse and served as an Army nurse in World War I with two years service. After the war she was a nurse with the newly created Veterans Administration was with it from 1921 to 1956.

She had served at Whipple from 1934 until her retirement in 1956, and made her home in Prescott all that time. Survivors include two nieces out of state and a half brother in Denmark. Friends may call from 5 to p.m. Wednesday at Ruffner Funeral Home. The family prefers contributions to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.

Ruth E. Stevens SUN CITY Services for Ruth Eleanor Stevens, 79, a registered nurse, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lundberg Sunland Chapel, 15826 Del Webb Blvd. Burial will follow at Sunland Memorial Park. Mrs.

Stevens, of 10337 Caron Drive, died Sunday in Boswell Memorial Hospital. Survivors include a brother. Elbert G. Stevens, and two sisters, Mrs. Harriette Bellinger and Mrs.

Lulu S. Wood. Cecil Schuster Mrs. Cecil Schuster, 69, of 1120 E. Lawrence, a Chicago native who came here from Milwaukee in 1950, died Sunday in St.

Luke's Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Maurice, two sisters and a brother. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sinai Mortuary, 4538 N. 16th St.

Burial will be in Beth Israel Cemetery. Family court's process absurd, says NY judge NEW YORK (AP) After six months on the bench, Simeon Golar, former New York City commissioner of human rights, says the family court is "an absurd process" with a noble mission it can no longer fulfill. He told a symposium here that because of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, defense maneuvers and administrative procedures, tens of thousands of youngsters who reach juvenile court are neither punished nor rehabilitated but are educated in disrespect and contempt for the law. He recommended that "we start talking again about right and wrong and about accountability" and that "we acknowledge that punishment within limits can be appropriate." Californian is killed in collision of 2 cars RIVERBANK, Calif.

(UPI) A two-car collision Saturday outside this Stanislaus County community killed Robert T. Hix, 21, Oakdale. The California Highway Patrol said Hix died when his small foreign car collided with a station wagon driven by Keith E. Hootman, 35, Salida, at an intersection. The five persons in the Hootman car were not hurt..