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7 REPUBLIC REPUBLIC THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19., 1907, 0. Obituaries them through their mortuarles in the paid classified advertising section. ANDERSON, Gunnar Carl BABB, Bert M. BALL, F. Morley BERGER, Jack BLACKMAN, William L.

BOONE, Dorothy M. BRZEZINSKI, Edward J. CARTER, Helen Gall CHRISTENSEN, Bernice E. CLARK, Gary D. CLOSSON, Jane DANISH, Steve Sr.

DAVEY, Lois May DEL GADILLO, Maria DENBY, Edkar DOUGLAS, Karen Elizabeth GASS, Charlene Reberta GODFREY, Ruth M. GONZALES, Narciso 'Chico' GORDON, Howard F. 'Storky' GRAYSON, Melvin L. HOLMAN, Edward Logan JAYCOX, Elizabeth JIMESON, Roland Basil JONES, Harold LAW, Edgar Simpson MANGUM, Toni MARTHENS, Marjorie P. McLAUGHLIN, William Edward McRUER, Judy MILLER, John Otto MORRIS, Elizabeth E.

NAIL, Helen Thorp NEMCHECK, Phyllis Stickley OLIVER, June Elaine ORRIS, John A. 'Jack' PAINTER, Luella T. PICKRELL, Ruby Reagan REED, Mildred RICHARDS, Don B. RIECK, Roy F.W. ROY, Elvie 'Elaine' RUIZ, Cynthia Nicole SCALES, Harold E.

SHARK, Bernard A. SHARP, Ira W. 'Jake' SOWELL, Rosa Belle ST. CLAIR, Marie Soledad STEPHENSON, Charles Alfred STOCKER, Jessie Lucille SYKES, Hugo THURBER, George W. Sr.

WEAVER, Irene M. WHITESELL, William E. WISLER, Margaret M. WOOD, Rosena Hatfield Obituaries published by The Arizona Republic in its news columns are provided free of charge as a public service. Parties desiring specifically worded obituaries may place Gunnar Carl Anderson, 73, a Phoemix sheet metal worker, died Feb.

14, 1987, at Capri Nursing Home. Survivors include sisters, Evelyn Zielhl and Gladys Northstrom. There will be no services. Bert M. Babb, 80, a Phoenix auto salesman, died Feb.

17, 1987, at Good Samaritan Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Elsie; and son, Milford. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Whitney Murphy Arcadia Funeral Home, 4800 E. Indian School Road.

Rosary will be at 8 p.m. today with mass at 10 a.m. Friday St. Thomas The Apostle Church, 24th Street and Campbell. F.

Morley Ball, 75, a retired Mesa accountant, died Feb. 18, 1987, at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Frances; and son, Sam. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Bunker's Garden Chapel, 33 N.

Centennial Way. Services will be in Salt Lake City. Jack Berger, 86, a Mesa retired farmer, died Feb. 17, 1987, at Mi Casa Nursing Center. Survivors include a sister, Clara B.

May. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Bunker's Garden Chapel, 33 N. Centennial Way. William L.

Blackman, 69, a Glendale sheet metal worker, died Feb. 17, 1987, at Phoenix Baptist Hospital Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Doris; sons, Steve and Gary; and mother, Floretta Kester. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Chapel of the Chimes Mortuary, 7924 N.

59th Ave. Dorothy M. Boone, 85, a Cottonwood homemaker, died Feb. 15, 1987, at Foothills Care Center. Survivors include grandchildren, Maragret and Danny.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Westcott Funeral Home, Cottonwood. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Valley View Cemetery, Clarkdale. Edward J.

Brzezinski, 74, a hammer and press operator for the Ladish Manufacturing Co. in Wisconsin for 25 years, died Feb. 16, 1987, at his Phoenix residence. Survivors include stepsons, Walter Johnson, Robert Johnson and William Johnson. Mass will be at 12:30 p.m.

Friday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, 3220 W. Greenway Road. Helen Gail Carter, 26, a Tempe nurse, died Feb. 17, 1987, at Desert Samaritan Hospital and Health Center. Survivors include her husband, Edward W.

and mother, Margaret Talley, Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at Carr Memorial Chapel, 1445 W. Southern Ave. Friends may also call from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Friday at Immanuel Southern Baptist Church, 1000 E. 24th Yuma, Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Desert Lawn Cemetery, 1400 S. First Yuma. Bernice E.

Christensen, 82, a retired Sun City teacher, died Feb. 15, 1987, at Boswell Memorial Hospital. Survivors include a daughter, Janice C. May. Services Lakeside Chapel, 15826 Blvd.

be at 10 a.m. Saturday, at Sunland Gary D. Clark, 51, a Phoenix nance man for Granada Management died Feb. 16, 1987., at Good Samaritan Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Marylou; daughter, Linda L.

Kelly; and son, Lesley B. Horgen. Graveside services will be at noon Friday at Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road. Jane Closson, 66, a Mesa clerical worker, died Feb.

17, 1987, at Chandler Community Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Eugene. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today with services at 10 a.m. Friday at Chapel of Prayer Funeral Home, 108 N.

56th St. Steve Danish 78, a Phoenix engineer, died Feb. 16, 1987, at Good Samaritan Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Helen; daughter, Helen Marie Blomlie; and sons, Steven F. Robert A.

Sr and Richard E. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today with services at 11 a.m. Friday at Green Acres Chapel of Light, 401 N. Hayden Road.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 752 Scottsdale 85252 or to the American Heart Association, 1445 E. Thomas Road, Phoenix 85014. Lois May Davey, 73, a Phoenix homemaker, died Feb. 15, 1987, at Highland Manor Nursing Home.

Survivors include her husband, Clifford; and sons, Robert and Clarence. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Greer Chapel, 5921 W. Thomas Road. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Friday at North Freeway Assembly of God Church, 2828 W. Country Gable Drive. J.O. Miller; helped create Valley Lutheran Hospital John Otto Miller, 75, who was active in the creation of Valley Lutheran Hospital in Mesa, died Feb. 16, 1987, at the hospital.

He also was a secretary of Lutheran Healthcare Network. Mr. Miller, of Mesa, was born in Detroit and moved to Arizona in 1974 from St. Clair Shores, Mich. He was a retired managementsystems analyst and a 37-year employee of the Burroughs Corp.

From 1974 to 1975, he was the director and president of the Sunland Village Community Association. In that position, he realized the urgent need for more hospital beds in the east Valley, said Dean Osterberg, who succeeded Mr. Miller as president of the community association. From Oct. 15, 1974, to March 15, 1975, almost all east Valley hospitals were full, Osterberg said.

This meant that people were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix and charged much more because of the long ambulance ride, he said. Mr. Miller was active in fund raising for, and the building of, Valley Lutheran Hospital and was a director of the hospital and of Valley Lutheran Healthcare Network, the board that governs Valley -and Mesa Lutheran hospitals. Maria Del Gadillo, 91, a Goodyear homemaker, died 17, 1987, in Goodyear.

Survivors include daughters, Maria Salazar, Christina Bustos, Antonia Espinosa, Elena Morales, Russell and Nancy Krugers; and son, Ralph. Friends may call from to 9 p.m. with services at 7:30 p.m. at Chapel of the Chimes, 7924 N. 59th Ave.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church, 7102 N. 58th Drive, Glendale. Edkar Denby, 92, a retired Phoenix gardener, died Feb. 16, 1987, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Phoenix.

Survivors include daughters, Gussie L. Wooten, Winie Walker, Ruby Peoples, Rosie Burdee and Willie Mae; sons, E.D. Rufus, Andrew, Jack and Harry; and stepson, John E. Cooper. with Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m.

today services at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Webber Sons Chapel, 1641 E. Jefferson. Karen Elizabeth Douglas, 8 Glendale medical records clerk for Phoenix General Hospital, died Feb. 16, 1987, at her Glendale home.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Holden; sister, Kelly Pendrick; and brothers, Mathew J. and John E. Wilson.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today with services at a.m. Friday at Lundberg's White Rose Chapel, 5310 W. Northern Ave. Charlene Reberta Gass, 45, a Phoenix dispatcher for Ted's Towing, died Feb.

16, 1987, at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Albert; sons, William Chester, David Dewayne and Mickael Dale Coombs; and mother, Lorene Davis. Friends may call one hour prior to services at 1 p.m. today at Memory Lawn Mortuary Cemetery, 719 N.

27th Ave. Ruth M. Godfrey, 94, a Mesa homemaker and president at four different times of the Arizona Boys Ranch, died Feb. 18, 1987, at Golden Mesa Nursing Home. Survivors include her daughter, Phyllis M.

Bliss, and son, Howard W. Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Melcher's Chapel of the Roses, 43 S. Stapley Drive, Mesa. Memorial contributions may be made to Arizona Boys Ranch, Rittenhouse and Hawes Roads, Queen Creek.

Narciso "Chico" Gonzales, 74, a retired copper miner, died Feb. 16, 1987, at his Miami residence. Survivors include daughters, Connie Chaidez, Alice Lazarin and Vera Reyes; and son, Manuel. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. today at Miles Mortuary.

Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today with Mass at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Miami. Howard F. "Storky" Gordon, 81, a Phoenix founder and owner of Valley Stationers, died Feb.

16, 1987, at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Phoebe, daughters, Sondra Maskell and Carolyn Carter; and sons, John and Harold Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m., today at A.L. Moore Sons, 333 W. Adams.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Christ Church of the Ascension, 4015 E. Lincoln Drive. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 33187, Phoenix 85067.

Melvin L. Grayson, 52, an employee of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, died Feb. 15, 1987, at Hopeville residence. Survivors include his wife, Jewell; daughters, Inez, Jackie, Beatrice, Geneva, Rushona and Delores; and sons, Johnny, Daniel, David, Kevin and Melvin Jr. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m.

today at Buckeye Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Buckeye. Edward Logan Holman, 87, a Sun City resident and owner of an electrical appliance business in Pennsylvania, died Feb. 18, 1987, at Valley View Community Hospital.

Survivors include his wife, Gladys; daughters, Carol Ann Stephen and Karen Marie Parnell; and son, Vern L. Services will be at 11 a.m Friday at United Church of Sun City, 11250 N. 107th Ave. Menke Funeral Home made arrangements. Elizabeth Jaycox, 77, a homemaker, died Feb.

17, 1987, at Good Samaritan Hospital. Survivors include a daughter, Beverly McCauley, and son, Herb C. of Phoenix, Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today at Sunland Lakeside Chapel, 15826 Del Webb Blvd. Services will be at 9 a.m.

Friday at St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church, 15800 Del Webb Blvd, Sun City. Roland Basil Jimeson, 71, a Gilbert civil service employee, died Feb. 17, 1987, at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Era; daughters, Marjorie Joanne Solis and Marian Diane Meenach; stepdaughters, Faye Spaulding and Betty Davis; and stepsons, Glenn, Tommy Peaton and Charles Peaton.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today a with services at 2 p.m. Friday at Bunker's Garden Chapel, 33 N. Centennial; Way. Harold Jones, 88, a Phoenix resident and manager of Viner Chevrolet Agency in Denver, died Feb.

17, 1987, at Phoenix Baptist Hospital Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Edith; and daughters, Dona Anderson and Shirley Martin. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until time of graveside services at 11 a.m. Friday, at Sunland Memorial Park, 15826 Del Webb Blvd.

Chet Perkins, a former Valley Lutheran Healthcare Network board member, said one of Mr. Miller's main contributions while he served on the network's board was his constant effort to get the Mesa hospital built. In 1976, Mr. Miller also was a vice president of the board of directors of the Central Arizona Health Systems Agency, a nonprofit, federally funded group that researches and plans health systems in Gila, Maricopa and Pinal counties. In Detroit, he had been deputy director of the civil-defense office and was a member of that city's chapter of the System and Procedures Association and of the Northeastern Area Council of the International Association for Systems Management.

He also was president of both organizations. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, and brother, Edward. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. today, and a service will be held at 11 a.m.

Friday in the Henderson Funeral Home, 3539 E. University Drive. Memorial contributions may be made to Valley Lutheran Hospital, 6644 Baywood, Mesa 85206. Edgar Simpson Law, 90, a Clarkdale manager of an auto parts store, died Feb. 16, 1987, at Marcus J.

Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Survivors include a son, Mack. Rosary 7 p.m. today at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church.

Graveside services will be 'at 10 a.m. Friday at Middle Verde Cemetery. Westcott Funeral Home made arrangements. Toni Mangum, 44, a Tucson home-' maker who worked, with elderly in nursing homes, died 1987, in Mammoth as the result of an auto accident. Survivors include her husband, Wayne; daughters, Sheree and Melodee Hancock; sons, Kievan and Durk Hancock; and father, Alvin Keno Sr.

Friends may visit from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Meldrum Mortuary, 52 N. MacDonald. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the same place.

Marjorie P. Marthens, 74, a Sun City nurse, died Feb. 15, 1987, at Boswell Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Chester; daughter, Mary Byers; and sons, Robert Perkins and Richard Perkins. William Edward McLaughlin 60, a retired Scottsdale train master for the Elgin, Joliet Eastern Railroad, died Feb.

17, 1987, at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Margaret daughter, Patricia; and sons, William Michael, Jerome and John. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. with rosary at 7:30 p.m. today at Messinger Mortuary, 7601 E.

Indian School Road. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 7655 Main Scottsdale 85251, where memorial contributions may be made to. Judy McRuer, 72, a Phoenix homemaker, died Feb. 17, 1987, at St.

Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Duncan; daughter, Sherrill Ofstedahl; and son, Duncan. A.L. Moore Sons made private arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Judy McRuer Memorial Fund, in care of the YMCA Endowment Fund, 77 E.

Thomas Road, Phoenix 85012. Elizabeth E. Morris, 92, a Hobbs, N.M. homemaker and former Phoenix resident, died Feb. 15, 1987, at Lea Regional Hospital in Hobbs.

Survivors include a daughter, Pauline Arnold; and sons, Paul and Andy. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N. Hayden Road. Helen Thorp Nail, 79, a Sun City physical therapist, died Feb.

16, 1987, at Boswell Memorial Hospital. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Susan Ely. There will be no services. Phyllis Stickley Nemcheck, 62, a Phoenix retail store clerk, died Feb. 1987, at Thunderbird Samaritan Hospital Health Center.

Survivors include her husband, Blaise daughters, Linda Stekervetz, Betty Jo Smith and Susan Bates Puckett; and son, Ronald Faulkner. Services will be in Urbana, Ohio. Henderson Funeral Home made arrangements. Memorial contri-, butions may be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona, 1624 E. Meadowbrook, Phoenix 85016.

June Elaine Oliver, 83, a Duncan homemaker, died Feb. 18, 1987, at Sunshine Haven Nursing Home. Survivors include a sister, Mary Cox; and brother, Gus Sanders. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Duncan Cemetery.

Caldwell's a Chapel of the Valley made arrangements. John A. "Jack" Orris, 65, a Sun City West engineer, died Feb. 17, 1987, at Sunwest Nursing Center. He worked for Wean United Engineering for 30 years and for Del Webb Development Co.

for seven' years. Survivors include his wife, daughters, Valerie Bell and Elaine Pedicone; and sons, John Jr. and James. Services be at 2 p.m. Friday at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 13724 W.

Meeker Sun City West. Memorial contributions may be made to Lord of Life Lutheran Organ Fund, 13724. W. Meeker Sun City West, 85375. Luella T.

Painter, 83, a Mesa homemaker, died 16, 1987, at Desert Samaritan Hospital and Health Center. Survivors include a daughter, Louise Davis. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday with services at 10 a.m. Saturday at Carr Memorial Chapel, 1445 E.

Southern Ave. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Tempe, 215 E. University Drive, 85281. Ruby Reagan Pickrell, 86, a Phoenix homemaker, died Feb. 17, 1987, at Beatitudes Campus Care Center.

Survivors include a nephew, Dr. Harry Owens and niece, Leilani Owens Dobric. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at A.L. Moore Sons, 333 W.

Adams. Memorial contributions may be made to the Esperanca Project, 1911 W. Earll Drive, Phoenix 85015. Mildred Reed, 72, a Phoenix homemaker, died Feb. 17, 1987, at Chris Ridge Village.

Survivors include her husband, Ernest H. Reed; daughter, Louise N. Reed; mother, Rotheram; four grandchildren; and three great Services were held. Memorial contributions may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, 711 E. Missouri Phoenix, 85014.

Don B. Richards, 58, a Phoenix resident and territorial manager for Arizona Wholesale Supply Company, died Feb. 1987, at Phoenix Baptist Hospital. He received several awards for services to retailers, including counseling. Survivors include his wife, Bertha; daughters, Roxanne and Kathleen; and sons, Donald and Thomas.

Friends may visit from 5 to 9 p.m., with rosary at 8:15 p.m., Friday at Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 W. Bethany Home Road, and services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Louis the King Catholic Church, 4331 W. Maryland Glendale.

Roy F.W. Rieck, 65, a retired Glendale Marine, died Feb. 17, 1987, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Alice; daughters, Applegate, Karla Williams, Marla Hernandez, Melody Teulilo and Dawn Wear; and son, Eric. Services will be at 4 p.m.

today at Camelback Sunset Chapel, 301 W. Camelback Road. Elvie "Elaine" Roy, 51; a Mesa resident and district homebound supervisor for Phoenix Union High School District, died Feb. 11, 1987, at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Survivors include a son, Philip and mother, Mrs.

Zulia Watts. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to services at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bunker's Garden Chapel, 33 N. Centennial Way.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Elvie Roy Educational Scholarship Fund for Homebound Students, in care of the Homebound Dept, 2576 W. Osborn, Phoenix 85017 Cynthia Nicole Ruiz, 18 monthold mond daughter of Josie RayRuiz, of Phoenix, died Feb. 15, 1987, at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Survivors include her sister, Camille. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m.

today at Mortensen-Kings Funeral Center, 1020 W. Washington. Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, 909 S.

First Ave. Harold E. Scales, 66, a Sun City chairman of the board of Ancor Savings Loan of Madison, died Feb. 16, 1987, at Boswell Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Doreen.

Services will be in Madison. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 33187, Phoenix 85067. Bernard A. Shark, 73, a Mesa security guard, died Feb.

20, 1987, at Valley Lutheran Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Margaret sons, Bernard Jr. and Dallas and daughters, Mabel Sizemore and Carol Smyers. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today with services at 3 0 0 000 p.m.

Friday at Mountain View Mortuary, 7900 E. Apache Trail. Ira W. "Jake" Sharp, 68, a Phoenix lawn maintenance man, died Feb. 15, 1987, at St.

Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Clyda; and son, Richard. Friends may call from 5 p.m. today with services at 11 a.m Friday at Paradise Chapel Funeral Home, 3934 E. Indian School Road.

Rosa Belle Sowell, 81, a Globe homemaker, died Feb. 17, 1987, at Gila General Hospital. Survivors include daughters, Dorothy Tower and Mildred Spurgeon; and son, Lonnie. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today with services at 1 p.m.

Friday at Miles Mortuary, Miami. Memorial contributions may be made to the Senior Citizens of Globe, Globe, 85501. Marie Soledad St. Clair, 88, a Phoenix homemaker, died Feb. 16, 1987, at Maryvale Samaritan Hospital.

Survivors include nieces, Ramilda Guglielmo and Irma Butler; and nephew Armando Delgado. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 5614 W. Orangewood. Charles Alfred Stephenson, 68, a Phoenix auto mechanic, died Feb.

17, 1987, at South Mountain Nursing Home. Survivors include daughters, Shirley Cruse, Janet Gale and Ruby Stephenson; and sons, Larry, Darrell, Steven and Danny. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Greer Chapel, 5921 W. Thomas Road.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Resthaven Park Cemetery, 6290 W. Northern. Jessie Lucille Stocker, 66, a Phoenix homemaker, died Feb. 17, 1987, at St.

Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Survivors include a daughter, Sherrie Schuderer; and sons, Brian and Jeffrey. Friends may call from 11:30 a.m. until time of services at 1 p.m. Friday at Greer Chapel, 5921 W.

Thomas Road. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 33187, Phoenix 85067. Hugo Sykes, 78, a Phoenix jewelry employee, died Feb. 18, 1987, at Humana Phoenix.

Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Miller; and son, William H. Friends may call from noon until time of Scripture services at 1 p.m, Friday at Whitney Murphy Arcadia Funeral Home, 4800 E. Indian School Road. George W. Thurber 73, a Jamestown, Pa.

truck driver and winter visitor to Mesa since 1966, died Feb. 17, 1987, a at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Winifred; daughter, Jean Hunt; and sons, George Merle, Thomas and Si. Services will be in Pennsylvania. Irene M.

Weaver, 90, a Phoenix homemaker, died Feb. 10, 1987, in Phoenix. Survivors include daughters, Ann Kelleher Elizabeth Folks. Services were held in El Dorado, Kan. William E.

Whitesell, 63, a Phoenix food broker, died Feb. 17, 1987, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Survivors include his wife, Roberta; -daughter, Jude Mack; and sons, William Larry and James. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today with services at p.m. Friday at Green Acres Chapel of Light, 401 N.

Hayden Road. Margaret M. Wisler, 70, a Sun City homemaker, died Feb. 15, 1987, at Boswell Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Frank; and daughter, Barbara Wisler-Waldock.

Services have been held. Memorial contributions may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, 3225 N. Central Phoenix 85012, Rosena Hatfield Wood, 93, a Scottsdale homemaker, died Feb. 16, 1987, at Pueblo Norte Nursing Center. Survivors include a daughter, Marie Bradfield.

Services will be in Ohio. Messinger Mortuary made arrangements. Soviet composer Associated Press MOSCOW Composer and pianist Dmitri B. Kabalevsky, best known for his operas Colas Breugnon and The Family of Taras, has died, the Communist Party daily Pravda reported Wednesday. He was 82.

Kabalevsky was a longtime member of the Communist Party and a deputy to the national Parliament. His obituary was signed by all 11 members of the ruling Politburo, headed by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Pravda lauded the composer for AP Sign here, please Josephine Comita prepares to get a signature from a pedestrian in Melbourne, Australia. Comita was walking around in a zebra bikini Wednesday after a local radio station offered $135 to any listener who could collect 125 signatures on his or her body in one hour. Comita got the required number in 30 minutes and claimed her prize.

Black teacher moves into mainly white area; house is firebombed Associated Press CHICAGO A black house was firebombed two weeks after she moved into a predominantly white neighborhood, and authorities are investigating whether it was racially motivated. "We are treating it as a racially motivated bombing. We're giving the area special attention," police Lt. Michael Halko said of Tuesday night's firebombing of the southwest -side home of Dorothy Stirgus. A neighbor reported hearing glass shatter before seeing two males near the brick home, Halko said.

Witnesses didn't know the race or ages of the males. Stirgus, 54, was unhurt. Police found small quantities of a flammable liquid and broken glass at the scene but won't know what the liquid is until laboratory tests are completed, Adams said. Federal authorities also are looking into the case. Stirgus said she was in a bedroom when she heard breaking glass in the kitchen.

She opened her bedroom door, saw flames and fled. "I have insurance to have it repaired," Stirgus said, adding that she intends to stay in the house. Two black families live across the street from the house and have not been attacked or harassed, neighbors said. One family has lived there two years, they said, and the other moved in last summer. "There's never been any trouble in this neighborhood," Anne Seefeldt, a white neighbor, said.

"This is just such a shame." The city's southwest side has had a number of firebombings of black homes and other racial incidents in recent years. The incident came a week before a heated Democratic primary between Chicago's first black mayor, 'Harold Washington, and his white challenger, former Mayor Jane Byrne. Neighbors said Stirgus moved into the house two weeks ago and had kept to herself since then. Rabbit hunter dies of plague; first Arizona death in 3 years Contracted illness near Camp Verde 1 I week previously A 35-year-old Phoenix man whose blood showed evidence of exposure to the plague has died, becoming the first person to die of the illness in Arizona in three years and only the sixth since 1950. Glen Sanders died in Samaritan Hospital on Saturday, one week after it is believed that he contracted the illness while hunting rabbits near Camp Verde.

The state Department of Health Services said blood tests showed Wednesday that Sanders had been exposed to plague bacteria. The illness can be transmitted to humans by bites from fleas on infected animals or by infected tissues while Kabalevsky dies; World Nation "developing patriotic art" and a school of composing named after him. Neither the newspaper obituary nor a report issued by the official Tass news agency said when or how Kabalevsky died. Kabalevsky was born in St. Petersburg in 1904 and studied at handling or skinning enimals.

The strain of the plague that killed Sanders was a less advanced stage of the disease than the one that wiped out one of Europe's population in the Dark Ages, state epidemiologist Michael. Wright said. Blood tests showed Sanders was killed by septisemic plague, Wright said. He said Sanders probably had handled an infected rabbit. "He probably cut himself or jabbed himself with a bone or something like that," Wright said.

Sanders was hunting in the mountains south of Camp Verde, an area where other plague cases have been reported. Sanders' was the 44th plague case reported in the state since 1950 and the sixth fatality, Wright said. The last death occurred in Chinle in lauded for works the Moscow Conservatory and the Scriabin School of Music. Max Autenrieb, 95; artist painted church frescoes EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. Max Autenrieb, a 95-year-old artist who painted more than 1,200 church murals and frescos, died Monday.

Autenrieb attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, West Germany, and did field art for the German military during World War I. Autenrieb's first and last church paintings in the United States were done at St. Boniface Church in Edwardsville..