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REPUUUtf IV! A 1 1. 24 The Arizona Republic Phoenix, Tuesday, Dec. Gretchen S. DeSort Hugh E. Jones Paul Piorkowskl Mtaaries Ralph F.

McGrew SUN CITY Ralph F. McGrew, 69, who had been regional director for the Western Auto Supply Co. 40 years in Detroit, Cincinnati and Kansas City, died Sunday in Mountain View Hospital. Mr. McGrew, 10720 El Dor- ado, came here in 1962 from Kansas City and was a menv ber of the United Church of Sun City, Peoria Lodge, Sun City Square Club, Rod Gun Club and Sun.

City Golf Club. Survivors Include his Wife, Margaret; two sons, Donald of Peoria, Dl, Ralph W. of Seattle; a brother and a sister out of state; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Lundberg's Golden Door Chapel, 11211 Michigan Youngtown.

Cremation will follow. The family sug-' gests contributions to the Sunshine Service. Joann Dan forth GLENDALE Services for Mrs. Joann Danforth, 27, will Mrs. Shinier Carden Mrs.

Shimer P. Carden, 52, a Civil Service employe at Luke AFB, died Sunday in Phoenix Veterans Administration Hospital. Mrs. Carden, 2946 N. 28th Place, had served in the Navy WAVES as a yeoman first class during World War Born in Oklahoma, she came to Phoenix 16 years ago.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Shimer Beaver, Nawata Lee Carden; a son, Boyd; and a sister, Mrs. Inez White, all of Phoenix, and a grandson. Services will be at 4:30 p.m. today in Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N.

Hayden, Scottsdale. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery. Lonnie H. Lloyd SCOTTSDALE Services for. Lonnie Lloyd, 55, mail supervisor for the Arizona Highways magazine, will be at 2 p.m.

today in Carr Mortuary, 26 E. Fifth Tempe. Burial will be in Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe. Mr. Lloyd, 3022 N.

84th Place, died of a heart attack Saturday in Scottsdale Baptist hospital. Born in Millsap, he came to Tempe in 1919 and had been with the magazine 16 years. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; four daughters, Mrs. Lula Taft of Phoenix, Mrs. Ruby Cruse of Las Vegas, Mrs.

Betty Spurio and Mrs. Donna Moherman, both of Youngstown, Ohio; his mother, Mrs. Lula M. Jackson of Tempe; a brother, Ivan of Scottsdale; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Jackson of Scottsdale, Mrs.

Lula Rampey of Garden" Grove, 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Lenord J. Mansfield DOUGLAS Services for Lenord J. Mansfield, 77, who died Saturday in Cochise 'County Hospital, will be at 3:30 p.m. today in the Brown-Page Chapel.

Burial will be the veteran's plot of Calvary Cemetery here. Mr. Mansfield was a 4 -year resident of Arizona and was a retired customs inspector. A veteran of World War he was a member of the American Legion, Elks Lodge, Masonic Lodge and Broken Arrow Barracks of World War I veterans, all in Douglas. Survivors include his wife, Nell; one son, Dr.

Edward Mansfield of South Dakota; one daughter, Mrs. James Shupe of West Virginia; and five grandchildren. SCOTTSDALE Bible services for Paul P. Piorkowskl, 50, who died yesterday in Scottsdale Baptist Hospital, will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N.

Hayden. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery. Mr. Piorkowski, had been a machine adjuster for the Gotham Staple Co. in bis native Cleveland before coming here about a year ago.

An Army veteran of World War II, he was awarded the Purple -Heart with oak leaf cluster, distinguished unit badge, four bronze battle stars and -bronze arrowhead. Survivors include his wife, Edna; a daughter, Mrs. Patricia Barry of a 1 1 a Ohio; his mother, Mrs. Florence Mielke of Glendale, and two granddaughters. Service is one human being helping another.

We never forge that at Camelback Sunset Chapel. 301 W. Camelback 277-2603 MESA Hugh E. Jones, 74, a former machinut for Waukesha Motors in Wisconsin 26 years, died Sunday in Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Mr.

Jones, 2135 N. Center, moved here in 1964 from Genesee Depot, Wis. Born in Wisconsin, he was a veteran of World War I. Survivors include his wife, Lena; a broth- er and two sisters of Wisconsin. Services will be at 2 p.m.

tomorrow In Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N. Hayden, Scottsdale. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery. Tucson man crushed to death at gravel pit TUCSON (AP) A 23-year-old Tucson man, Ronald Joseph Orona, was killed last night when he was crushed to death at a sand and gravel pit 5 miles east of Tucson. Pima County sheriff's deputies said the man, an employe of the Empire Machinery was working with a gravel loader when the device fell on him.

Lacking food bulk? ALL-DRAir the natural way to regularity. Pearl W. Isaacson TEMPE Mrs: Pearl W. Isaacson, 63, who was born in Colonia Diaz, Mexico, and brought to Arizona 52 years ago, died Sunday in St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix.

Mrs. Isaacson, 25 E. 14th moved to Tempe in 1949 from northeastern Arizona and- was a member of the Tempe First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Shirley Brock of Tempe, Mrs.

Nadine Pell of Phoenix; two sisters, Mrs. Lou Hancock of Tempe, Mrs. Julia Riggs of Phoenix; six brothers, Bryant Whiting of Mesa, Fernard Whiting of Phoenix, Edwin Whiting of Scottsdale, Elmer Whiting of Eagar, Loren Whiting of St. Johns and Herman Whiting of Kingman, and five grandchildren. 1 Services will be at 10 a.m.

tomorrow in the IDS Stake Center at College and Alameda. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale. Carr Mortuary of Tempe made arrangements. David A. Moreno AVONDALE Rosary for David A.

Moreno, 26, will be recited at 8 p.m. today in Cannon Funeral Home, 310 N. Litchfield Road, Goodyear. Funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow in St John Vianney Catholic Church.

Burial will be in Litchfield Park Cemetery. Mr. Moreno, Apartment 148, Avondale Circle, was found dead Saturday in his car at 1850 E. Hess, Phoenix. He had done custodial work in his native Phoenix.

Survivors include his wife, Emma; two sons, David and Mario; his mother, Mrs. Nellie Moreno all of Avondale; two brothers, Leonard of Phoenix, George of Cashion; a sister, Rosemary Moreno of Avondale; a stepbrother and four stepsisters all of the Valley. Richard J. Willcox WINSLOW Services are pending in Chicago for Richard J. Willcox, 58, of Wins-low, who died Friday in Wins-low Memorial Hospital.

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Mrs. DeSort's father founded the Schwinn bicycle industries. Mrs. DeSort and her husband, Gus, last month sold their ranch, located 14 miles west of here, to the Girl Scouts Inc. of Phoenix.

The couple then established their home in Prescott. Mrs. DeSort came to Arizona in the early 1950s. Gertrude Pribbenow Mrs. Gertrude Ailene Pribbenow, 75, a native of Auburn, who came here in 1940 from Chicago, died Sunday in Doctors Hospital Survivors of Mrs.

Pribbenow, 3030 E. Indian School, Include her husband, F. three sons, Robert E. and Hobart both of Phoenix, and Richard of Yermo, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Thursday in the Garfield United Methodist 13th Street and Roosevelt. Burial will be in Memory Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. tomorrow in A. L.

Moore Sons Mortuary. Robert E. Lichty: Robert E. Lichty, who was employed the past four years by the Moon Valley Country Club, died Sunday in John C. Lincoln Hospital.

Mr. Lichty, 3811 E. Lupine, retired in 1966 as a senior master sergeant after serving 26 years the Air Force. Born in Waterloo, Iowa, he came here in 1966 from Tampa, Fla. Survivors include his wife, Kaethe; two daughters, Mrs.

Waltraud Sorensen and Susan Lichty, all of Phoenix; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Rosemarie Rogers of Flint, his mother, Mrs. Hortense C. Lichty of Phoenix; two sisters, Mrs. Susan Moss of Tempe, Mrs.

Ruth Martori of Phoenix; a brother, Richard A. of Scottsdale, and two grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Mercer Mortuary, 1541 E. Thomas.

Burial with full military honors will be in Memory Lawn Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the American Heart Association. Martha Veach Services for Mrs. Martha K. Veach, 78, who died Sunday in Klondike, will be at 2:30 p.m.

today in Monte Vista Baptist Church, 2409 N. 36th St. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale. Mrs. Veach, 2111 N.

25th Place, came herein 1960 from Moravia, Iowa, where she was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She was born in Appanoose County, Iowa. Survivors include her husband. Charles; a daughter, Mrs. Delma Wintermute of Klondike; a son, Duane of Phoenix; a sister out of state, and eight grandchildren.

Ralph M. Foote SUN CITY Ralph M. Foote, 76, who had been an accountant 37 years for the Audit Bureau of Circulations in Chicago, died yesterday in the Walter O. Boswell Hospital. Mr.

Fotte, 10525 Oakmont Drive, moved here in 1961 from Beverly Hills, Calif. He had attended the University of Illinois and was an Army veteran of World War I. He was born in Champaign, 111. Survivors include his wife, Mary. Private services will be today in Lundberg's Golden Door Chapel.

Cremation will follow. understanding ft w.w- IS nracTive ana aeugnnui caras I Independent burning bulbs. UL ap- I I many different subjects. Complete I JSL will I Proved strand. Complete with bulbs.

I I with envelopes. I Vttl Belle Ray 'SB. Belle Ray Graveside rites for Mrs. Belle Ray, 96, who died Sunday in the Arizona Pioneer Home at Prescott, will be at 11:30 a.m. tomorrowin Greenwood Cemetery.

2300 W. VanBuren. Mrs. Ray was born in Nota-sulga, and came to Phoenix in 1906. She had been in the Pioneers Home since 1964.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Funk of Phoenix; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Arrangements were made by A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary, 333 W.

Adams. Charles P. Johnson Charles Perry Johnson, 70, who owned Johnson's Shoe Shop at 2730 W. Van Buren until retiring in 1965, died Sunday in a Phoenix hospital. Mr.

Johnson, 3311 W. Palm Lane, came here in 1938 from his native Dover, Ark. He was a member of Arizona Masonic Lodge No. 2. Survivors include his wife, Eval; two daughters, Mrs.

Charlie Whitmore and Mrs. Eldon Tripp both of Phoenix; three brothers and three sisters- out of state; four grand-children and four greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Grimshaw's Bethany Chapel, 710 W. Bethany Home.

Burial will be in Double Cemetery, Tempe, with a Masonic funeral committee assisting. William J. Muller William James Muller, 52, owner of the Scottsdale Copying Printing died Sunday in Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr. Muller, 4402 E.

Monte Rosa, established the printing firm in 1965. He was a member St. Theresa Catholic Church, Scottsdale Rotary Clubj an Elks Lodge in Brai-nerd, and was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a son, William of Phoenix; a daughter, Mrs. Gaylene DePorter of Anchorage, Alaska; his mother, four brothers and two sisters, all out of state; and two grandchildren.

Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in Whitney Murphy's Arcadia Chapel, 4800 E. Indian School. Funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the church, 5045 E.

Thomas. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Rosezella DeGroat TEMPE Services for Mrs. Rosezella DeGroat, 41, who died yesterday in Scottsdale Baptist Hospital, will be at 10 a.m.

tomorrow in Mes-singer Mortuary, 7601 E. Indian School, Scottsdale. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale. Mrs. DeGroat, 1014 Blue Bell Lane, was born in Truman and came here in 1961 from Fresno, Calif.

She was a member of Scottsdale Road Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Jack; three sons, Larry, Gary and Joseph; and a daughter, Cindy, all of Tempe; four brothers and two sisters out of state. Mrs. Gun Shee Wong Services for Mrs. Gun Shee Wong, 70, who died yesterday in Good Samaritan Hospital, will be at 2 p.m.

tomorrow in A. -L. Moore Sons Mortuary, 333 W. Adams. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Wong, 5516 N. 41st was born in Canton, China and came to Phoenix 36 years ago. Survivors include a son, Walter of Idaho Falls; two daughters, Mrs. Chung Wan Chow of Los Angeles and Mrs.

Marian Quan of Phoenix, and five 1 be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Rest-haven Cemetery. Mrs. Danforth, 6510 N. 60th was born in Marianna, and came to Willcox in 1952.

She had lived in Glen-dale since 1962. She was injured fatally Sunday in a fall from a pickup truck. Survivors include her husband, Duane two children, Scott Byrd and Mitzi Byrd; her father, Dennis Garrison, and a sister, Mrs. Jeannette Eaton, all of Glendale; two brothers, Dennis L. Garrison and Brady Garrison, both of Phoenix.

Delia Blake SOLOMON Services for Mrs. Delia Blake, 78, who died Sunday in St. Joseph Hospital, Phoenix, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in tne aoio-mon Ward of Jesus Christ of Latter-dav Saints. Burial will be in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Blake was born in Alabama and had lived in Ari zona for 72 years. She was president of the Solomon Ward Relief Society tor many years and a Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the Flying Needles quilting club. Survivors include two sons, Ray of Phoenix and J.

Carl of Safford; one sister, Mrs. Suzy Montierth of Safford; 10 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. William R. Crooks YUMA Funeral services and private cremation were held here yesterday for Wil-, liam R. Crooks, 56, retired chief of the Federal Aviation Administrate here.

Mr. Crooks died hursdayin Parkview Baptist Hospital. He was born in Millbury, and came to Yuma eight years ago. He retired from the FAA three years ago. A U.S.

navy veteran, he was a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner and past master of the Masonic Lodge in Lewis-town, Mont. Survivors include his wife, Helen; one daughter, Mrs. Jean A. Bndgman of Yuma; his mother, Mrs. Edna Crooks of Durango, one brother and one sister, both out of state, and three grandchilren.

The family has requested memorial donations to the Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital, in care of Dixon's Yuma Mortuary, 551 W. 16th Yuma. SUNSET PLAN Please come in to our office to make arrangements for burial insurance. 169 W. Camelback TAKE-A-PARTCAR WAY CAMPER C010RED BLOCKS I I 5" 9" 333 sThisisonecarthatyourchildcan Provides many hours of educa- Let your little one build and learnfc4V nfTI S.take apart with your approval, tional entertainmentforyoung with safe colored blocks.

Large -r 1 i I T8 8 Educational and entertaining. tots. Safe for children tool can. Different sizes and colors. jr I (Jfr 1 TYKE CARGO BIKE WALKER CHAIR life I Designed for the Child walks behind I fbusy child.

Lets AQS or on thi sTTT Iff them ride ond carry g- IDEAL FOR THE training chair. Stur- I'' M7 1 PRESCHOOLTOTS 1 IM" 1 I r-8s PL rfFH Wf ment Board. He was a mem ber of Elks Lodge No 536 in Winslow. A vice president of the Arizona State Bowling Association, he was also a director of the Winslow Bowling Association and a director of the Winslow American Junior Bowling Association. Survivors include three brothers, Gordon of Winslow, and Edward and James, both of Chicago.

Scott Mortuary, Winslow, handled local arrangements. Edwin A. Fritz SUN CITY Edwin A. Fritz, 76, an accountant 20 years for the Constant Construction Co. in Lawrence, before retiring to Sun City in 1968, died yesterday in Mountain View Hospital.

Mr. Fritz, 10738 Mission Lane, a veteran of World War was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, an Elks Lodge and a Masonic lodge, all in Lawrence. He was born in Topeka, Kan. Survivors include his wife Gladys; two sons, Richard of Los Angeles, Edwin Jr. of Houston; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Services will be at 11 a.m., tomorrow in Lundberg's Sun-land Chapel, 15826 Del Webb Blvd. Cremation will follow. The family suggests contributions to the Sunshine Service. Thoughtful I WAGON OF CLOCKS ALPHABET BLOCKS LANDSCAPE SET Mu I I ate tun fe'ra oss K5JS! 288 I r.sifc 2" S5r3y-3M little ones. phabet.

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