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a a a a a a a a a Friday, September 27, 1991 The Arizona Republic F7 OBITUARIES public service. Photos of publishable quality printed on a space-available basis, also free of charge. The Republic cannot be responsible for returning unsolicited photos. Parties desiring specifically worded funeral announcements may place them through their mortuaries in the paid classified advertising section. ADAMS, Clarence BENDICKSON, Ole Martin BILAZZO, Marie Rose BROWN, Theresa CARPENTER, Francis T.

Jr. CARRELL, Fred B. CHILDERS, Homer C. CLEVELAND, James H. Jr.

COOPER, Philip F. DE LA GARZA, Manuela Vela DOWNEY, Agnes I. DUTSCH, Edward Anthony ECKMAN, Frank David FLORES, Arnold 'Chito' FRITZ, Robert Michael GLUCK, Myrl JAY, Raymond W. Jr. JENNINGS, Carlton iw.

JOHNSON, Anne Teresa JOHNSON, Tina Louise KAPLAN, Edward Herbert LEE, E. Rodney LOGAN, Ella Mae MANUEL, Lorraine MCALLEN, Marie I. 'Minnie' MCCARTY, Marlon L. MOOMEY-EBBING, Myrldean NEAL, Jessie D. PEREZ, Jose Manuel RAMIREZ, Christopher ROGERS, Jerold Kenneth ROPE, Milton SALAZAR, Jamie E.

SCHWARTZ, Helen Matilda SCOTT, Donald D. SEARLES, Beatrice SIMMONS, Ruth Jane SNODGRASS, Thedora H. SPRAKE, James O. TERRY. Elizabeth A.

TONICH, Jack TOWNSDIN, Maudie M. TURNER, Harvey H. Sr. VAN ASPEREN, Bonnie WAHPETA, Albina Mary WEBB, Albert 'Al' WIGG, Ruth E. WILSON, Gladys Muriel Obituaries published by The AriRepublic in its news columns are.

provided free of charge as a Clarence Adams, 64, of Phoenix, a machinist for died Sept. 24, 1991. He was born Ohio. Survivors include his wife, Helen. Services will be private.

Greer-Wilson Funeral Home. Ole Martin Bendickson, 92, of Phoenix, an auto-body repairman, died Sept. 24, 1991. He was born in Lake Mills, Iowa. Survivors include his wife, Lydia Amelia; daughter, Shirley Slaughter; Donald and Jerry; one sister; eight grandchildren; and eight, grandchildren.

Memorial services: great Hall of Jehovah's Witness, 801 E. Desert Lane. Greer-Wilson Funeral Home. Marie Rose Bilazzo, 75, of Phoenix, a born in Norristown, Pa. Survivors include seamstress, died Sept.

25, 1991. She was her sons, Girard and Joseph; five grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. Services will be private. Contributions: Arizona Kidney Foundation, 4019 N. 44th Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 85018.

Greer-Wilson Funeral Home. Theresa Brown, 60, of Phoenix, a retired secretary for the federal government, died Sept. 25, 1991. She was born in Concho. Survivors include her daughters, Bernadette Klipping and Barbara one sister; two brothers; and three grandchildren.

Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, A. L. Moore and Sons, 333 W. Adams St.

Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Timothy's Catholic Church, 1730 W. Guadalupe Road, Mesa. Francis T.

Carpenter 66, of Queen Creek, a beekeeper, died Sept. 23, 1991. He was born. in Morenci and was a World War II Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Christa; daughters, Caren C.

Townley and Sharron C. Milne; sons, Francis III, Lee Roy and Gary; one sister; 15 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services have been held. Contributions: American Heart Association, 2828 N. 44th Phoenix, AZ 85008.

Botimer Funeral Home Inc. Fred B. Carrell, 81, of Clifton, former Greenlee County sheriff and a retired employee of the Phelps Dodge died Sept. 23, 1991. He born in Wilburton, Okla.

Survivors include his wife, Ida daughter, Barbara Jean Ballard; son, Stevean Wayne; one sister; brother; five grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. Visitation: 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, Caldwell Funeral Home, Safford. Services: Saturday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, Clifton, with visitation before services. Homer C.

Childers, 76, of Spring Valley, near Meyer, a retired owner of a nursery and landscaping business, died Sept. 24, 1991. He was born in Flat, and was a World War II Army veteran. He also was a Mason. Survivors include his wife, Beverly daughter, Myrna Yvonne Maybury; four sisters; three brothers; and two grandchildren.

Memorial services: 7 p.m. Friday, Spring Valley Community Church. Contributions: Spring Valley Community Church Building Fund, Spring Valley, AZ 86333. Sunrise Funeral Home. James H.

Cleveland 61, of Phoenix, 'a railroad clerk, died Sept. 22, 1991. He was born in Kansas City, and was a veteran. Survivors include his cousin, Mary Ann Rowe. Services will be private.

Brown's Colonial Mortuary. Philip F. Cooper, 30, of Mesa, a lawn-maintenance man, died Sept. 23, 1991. He was born in Columbus, Ohio.

Survivors include his son, Arron; his parents, Margaret and Pete McGinnis; and one sister. Services: 3:30 p.m. Friday, Mountain View Memorial Gardens, 7900 E. Apache Trail, Mesa. 801-Funeral Manuela Vela De La Garza, 78, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died Sept.

25, 1991. She was born in Texas. Survivors include husband, Lorenzo daughters, Angie Carrasco, Anita Garza Zamorano, Lidia Celaya and Celia; sons, Ralph, Eleasar, Lorenzo Roberto and Ed; two sisters; one brother; 34 Wake: 7 p.m. Friday, Temple Emmanuel, grandchildren; and 35 great 3101 W. Palm Lane.

Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Greenwood Mausoleum, 2300 W. Van Buren St. Universal Memorial Center. Agnes I.

Downey, 82, of Scottsdale, a homemaker, died Sept. 23, 1991. Survivors her daughter, Joyce three sisters; two brothers; and two grandchildren. Memorial services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Messinger Mortuary Chapel, 7601 E.

Indian School Road, Scottsdale. Edward Anthony Dutsch, 34, of Tempe, a pressman, died Sept. 19, 1991. He was born in Covington, La. Survivors include his daughter, Lezah; his parents, Evelyn and Edward; and two sisters.

Memorial services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Grace Community Church, 1200 E. Southern Tempe. Contributions: a favorite charity. Payson Funeral Home.

Frank David Eckman, 66, of Scottsdale, an insurance appraiser, died Sept. 25, 1991. He was born in Missouri and was a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include his sons, Daryl D. and Donald and three grandchildren.

Services: 9 a.m. Saturday, Paradise Memorial Gardens, 9300 E. Shea Scottsdale. Contributions: Hospice of the Valley, 240 W. Osborn Road, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85013.

Messinger Mortuary. Arnold "Chito" Flores, 50, of Phoenix, a truck driver, died Sept. 23, 1991. He was a native of Phoenix. Survivors include his daughters, Christina Zapata and Gloria Quintero; sons, Arnold Jr.

and Ricky Flores and Pete and Eddie Valenzuela; his parents, Amanda and Frank; four sisters; five brothers; and 18 grandchildren. Mass: 8:30 a.m. Friday, St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic Church, 6200 S. Central Ave.

Botimer Funeral Home Inc. Robert Michael Fritz, 30, of Glendale, a tile setter, died Sept. 21, 1991. He was born Ontario, Canada. Survivors include his daughter, Jessica; son, Justin; his parents, Jeanette and Donald one sister; and two brothers.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Lundberg White Rose Chapel, 5310 W. Northern Glendale. Myrl Gluck, 61, of Phoenix, a restaurant owner, died Sept. 24, 1991.

She was born in Cleveland. Survivors include her husband, Etienne; daughters, Robin Trexler and Laura Benson; sons, Tim Jamie; two sisters; one brother; and three grandchildren. Family gathering: 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Sarah and Tim Smith's residence, 4681 N. 84th Way, Scottsdale.

Contributions: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 752, Scottsdale, AZ 85252, or the City of Hope, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010. Messinger Mortuary. Raymond W.

Jay 41, of Phoenix, a self-employed maintenance man, died Sept. 24, 1991. He was born in Newark, N.J. Survivors include his wife, Maria; daughter, Lisa; and his father, Raymond Sr. Services: 10 a.m.

Saturday, Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, visitation an hour before services. Contributions: a favorite charity. Co Carlton W. Jennings, 93, of Mesa, a retired merchant, died Sept.

24, 1991. He was born in New York and was a Navy veteran. Survivors include his daughters, Karla Greer and Edna Zeavin; nine grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. Services: 8 a.m. Friday, Mesa City Cemetery, 1212 N.

Center St. Contributions: American Heart Association, P.O. Box 7038, Phoenix, AZ 85011. Lakeshore Mortuary. Anne Teresa Johnson, 68, of Glendale, an assembly worker for Sperry died Sept.

25, 1991. She was born in New York. Survivors include her daughters, Cathy Polly, Linda Shams, Carole Linde and Patty Morgan; son, Larry Cunningham; and eight grandchildren. Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday, Greer-Wilson Funeral Home, 5921 W.

Thomas Road. Tina Louise Johnson, 74, of Spring Valley, near Meyer, a retired custodian for the Paradise Valley School District, died Sept. 24, 1991. She was born in Kentucky. Survivors include her husband, sons, Jim F.

Storig and Lee Miller; two brothers; eight grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Home, Services: 2 Prescott p.m. Val- Friley. Contributions: American Heart Association, P.O. Box 7038, Phoenix, AZ 85011.

Edward Herbert Kaplan, 69, of Tempe, a retired salesman, died' Sept. 25, 1991. He was born in Chicago. Survivors include his wife, Iris; daughter, Debra Low; and one grandchild. Services Skokie, Ill.

Contributions: TempieneBeth Sholom of Mesa, 316 S. Lesueur Mesa, AZ 85204, or East Valley Hospice, 1450 S. Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ 85202. Sinai Mortuary. E.

Rodney Lee, 73, of Phoenix, a plastering contractor, died Sept. 25, 1991. He was born in Globe. Survivors include his wife, Beatrice; daughters, Lona and Nancy; sons, Raymond Elvin, Terry James, Larry Louis, John Doyle, Jack Grover, Robert Edward and Rodney Eldred; three sisters; two brothers; 39 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m.

Sunday, Paradise Chapel Funeral Home, 3934 E. Indian School Road. Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Gateway Ward, of 3. Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2222 N.

40th St. with visitation 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the church. Ella Mae Logan, 86, of Peoria, a retired schoolteacher, died Sept. 22, 1991.

She was born in Minnesota. Survivors include her husband, Calvin; daughter, Barbara Gatewood; one sister; and two grandchildren. Services: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Christ Presbyterian Church, 6440 W. Indian School Road.

Chapel of the Chimes 822-Florists ROSES Doz. arranged Reg. $39.95 NOW only $14.95 while supply last. Donofrio 254-6763. 859-Cemetery Lots, Monuments Services East Resthaven, companion lot vaults.

perpetual 897-8936 after 4pm RESTHAVEN PARK West Valley Location 2 Spaces, Markers, Vaults $2000. 931-0502 Resthaven, Glendale, companion lot marker 2 sealed vaults. $2250. 834-0175 Tandem double crypt in East Resthaven at eve level. $2400.

817-784-1431 TWO adjoining Glendale Resthaven Cemetery Lots, $750. WEST Rest Haven comp. space of block 58 lot 10. Sec 12. Circle the Pines, Bronze memorial 931-0455 burial Lorraine Manuel, 66, of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, a homemaker, died Sept.

24, 1991. She was born in Sacaton. Survivors include her daughter, Glendora Parker; sons, Clifton Jerry; 14 grandchildren; and three great Salt River Cemetery, Services: 8 Salt a.m. Satur- River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Bunker's Garden Chapel.

Marie I. "Minnie" McAllen, of Prescott, a retired employee of the Social Security Administration, died Sept. 25, 1991. She was born in Illinois. Survivors include her sister, Vivian Zender, and brothers, E.J.

and Dr. Robert R. Irish. Services will be private. Contributions: Prescott Heights Baptist Church, 700 Rosser Prescott, AZ 86301.

Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home. Marlon L. McCarty, 69, of Phoenix, a parts chaser for D-Velco Diesel, died Sept. 23, 1991. He was born in Pennsylvania.

Survivors include his wife, Mary; daughter, Linda Little; son, Dennis; three grandchildren. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at National Memorial Cemetery, 23039 N. Cave Creek Road. Contributions: Advent Lutheran Church, 7310 W.

Camelback: Road, Glendale, AZ 85303. Camelback Sunset Chapel. Myrldean Lavina Moomey-Ebbing, 68, of Phoenix, owner of the Scientific School of Cosmetology and a retired supervisor of examinations for the Arizona State Board of Cosmetology, died Sept. 25, 1991. She was born in Mount Carmel, Ill.

Survivors include her daughter, Vicki Lynn Honesto; sons, Steven R. and Michael D. Moomey; one sister; and 11 grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Messinger Mortuary Chapel, 7601 E.

Indian School Road, Scottsdale. Contributions: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 752, Scottsdale, AZ 85252. Jessie D. Neal, 93, of Scottsdale, a homemaker, died Sept.

20, 1991. She was born in Texas. Survivors include her son, Cecil R. sisters, Vi Mayfield and Oma; four grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. Memorial services: 11 a.m.

Saturday, Paradise Chapel Funeral Home, 3934 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix. Contributions: American Lung Association, Phoenix, Az 85003. Jose Manuel Perez, 73, of Mesa, a laborer, died Sept. 25, 1991.

He was born in Cuba. Survivors include his wife, Isabel Maria; daughters, Victoria Sibaja, Juanita Sanchez, Mara Blanco and Kattia Vega; and 10 grandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Bunker's Garden Chapel, 33 N. Centennial Way, Mesa.

Services: 8 a.m. Saturday, Tempe Spanish Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 1016 S. River Drive, Tempe. Christopher Ramirez, the infant son of Deborah and Rodney Ramirez, of Phoenix, died Sept. 12, 1991.

Survivors also include his sisters, Erica and Stephanie; brother, Steven; and his grandparents. Services been held. Botimer Funeral Home Inc. Jerold Kenneth Rogers, 70, of Mesa, owner of barbershops and beauty shops, died Sept. 26, 1991.

He was born in Aberdeen, S.D., and a World War II prisoner of war. Survivors include his wife Jeff Phil Todd and Chad two sisters; and 20 grandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Henderson's Colonial Chapel, 3529 E. University, Mesa.

Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, Church of Jesus Christo of Latter-day Saints, Alta Mesa Ward, E. University Drive, Mesa, with visitation one hour prior to services. Bunker's Garden Chapel. Milton Rope, 58, of Bylas, a rancher and cowboy, died Sept.

18, 1991. He was a native of Bylas. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Tortice; daughters, Sally Kenton, Elizabeth Thompson, Martha Wilson, Pearl and Olivia; sons, Milton James, David and Gabriel; four sisters; four brothers; and 13 grandchildren. Visitation: 4 p.m. Friday at the Milton Rope residence in Bylas.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Stanley Hall, Bylas. David's Safford Funeral Home. Jamie E. Salazar, 25, of Waddell, a welder, died Sept.

25, 1991. He was born in Peoria. Survivors include his wife, Betty Jo Lynn; daughter, Heather; sons, Jamie Daniel and Miguel; his parents; his grandmother; and four sisters. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sun West Funeral Home, 15399 Grand El Mirage, with rosary at 7 p.m.

Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday, Our Lady of the Sun International Shrine, 12534 W. Peoria El Mirage. Helen Matilda Schwartz, 88, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died Sept. 26, 1991.

She was born in Argentina. Survivors include her sons, Leonard and Berton; one sister; two brothers; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Beth Israel Cemetery, 305 S. 35th Ave.

Contributions: Temple Beth Israel, 3310 N. 10th Phoenix, AZ 85013. Best Funeral Services. Twila; sons, D. Kim, Donald D.

Scott, 60, of Phoenix, a bridge operator, died Sept. 24, 1991. He was in Pennsylvania. Survivors include his wife, Patricia; daughter, Sheila; and son, Glenn. Services will be private.

Brown's Colonial Mortuary. Beatrice Searles, 85, of Phoenix, a music teacher, died Sept. 25, 1991. She was born in Portsmouth, Ohio. Survivors include her sons, Richard T.

and Denis four sisters; one brother; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Visitation: to 8 p.m. Friday, Mercer Mortuary, 1541 E. Thomas Road. Services: 10 a.m.

Saturday, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2801 N. 31st St. Contributions: Arizona State Music Teachers Association Scholarship Fund, in care of Barbara Johnson, 8008 E. Del Laton Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.

Ruth Jane Simmons, 85, of Phoenix, a retired private duty registered nurse, died Sept. 19, 1991. She was born in Salida, Colo. Survivors include her companion, Dorothy O'Neal; stepdaughter, Martha Bolen; stepson, Carl; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial services: 1 p.m.

Saturday, Augustana Lutheran Church, 2604 N. 14th Phoenix, AZ 85006. Contributions: to the church. Mercer Mortuary Chapel. Thedora H.

Snodgrass, 76, of Lake Havasu City, homemaker, died Sept. 25, 1991. She was born in Wood River, Neb. Survivors include her sons, Richard B. and William and two grandchildren.

There will be no services. Palms Mortuary, Tucson. James O. Sprake, 65, of Apache Junction, a retired engineer for McDonnell Douglas, died Sept. 24, 1991.

He was born in Seattle. Survivors include his wife, Thelma; daughter, Heather Graman; sons, Art and James; two sisters; one brother; and one grandchild. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Mountain View en Memorial Gardens, 7900 E. Apache Trail, Mesa.

Elizabeth A. Terry, 77, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died Sept. 25, 1991. She was born in Wisconsin. Survivors include her daughter, Lynn Barlow, and two brothers, Norman and Roland Laubenstein.

Services will be held in Green Bay, Wis. Green Acres Mortuary. Jack Tonich, 79, of Phoenix, a cabinetmaker, died Sept. 24, 1991. He was born in Indianapolis.

Survivors include his sister, Vera Batchko. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, Whitney Murphy Arcadia Funeral Home, 4800 Indian School Road, with visitation an hour before services. Maudie M. Townsdin, 81, of Pinetop, a homemaker, died Sept.

25, 1991. She was born in Cedaredge, Colo. Survivors include her daughters, Betty Lou Boyle and Juanita L. Lawrence; one sister; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m.

Friday, South Lawn Mortuary Mausoleum, 5401 S. Park Tucson. Owens Mortuary, Show Low. Harvey H. Turner 84, of Camp Verde, died Sept.

23, 1991. He was born in Texas. Survivors include his daughters, Peggy Kovacovich and Virginia Ross; son, Harvey one sister; one brother; 10 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Memorial services have been held. Hepler Funeral Home.

Bonnie Van Asperen, 57, of Phoenix, former office manager at Heather Glen Retirement Home, died Sept. 25, 1991. She was born in McCook, Neb. Survivors include her husband, Larry; daughters, Brenda, Lori and Vicki; her mother, Mary; two sisters; and four grandchildren. Memo- of rial services: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Valley Cathedral, 6225 N. Central Albina Mary Wahpeta, 81, of Santan, homemaker, died Sept. 24, 1991. She was a native of Santan on the Gila River Indian Reservation. Survivors include her sons, in Gregory a and Vincent Antone; sisters, Angelina Moffett and Anity Apkaw; brother, Benedick Enos; 12 grandchildren; and nine great Wake: 7 p.m.

Friday at the Wahpeta residence in Santan. Mass: 9 a.m. Saturday, St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Sacaton. Bunker's Garden Chapel.

Albert "Al" Webb, 67, of Glendale, a retired wholesale supervisor for Colonial Bakery, died Sept. 24, 1991. He was born in Stigler, and was a World War II Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Mildred daughter, Linda D. Jeffries; son, Jerry one sister; one brother; and three grandchildren.

Services: 9 a.m. Friday, Chapel of the Chimes Mortuary, 7924 N. 59th Glendale. Ruth E. Wigg, 75, of Mesa, a secretary, died Sept.

17, 1991. She was born in Atlanta. Survivors include her daughter, Marsha Grouch; son, Kent; and five grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Apache Wells Community Church, 2115 N.

Gayridge Road, Mesa, AZ 85205. Contributions: Phearson Memorial Hall, in care of the church. Green Acres Mortuary. Gladys Muriel Wilson, 81, of Payson, his retired retail clothing saleswoman, died Sept. 24, 1991.

She was born in Illinois. Survivors include her husband, Harold; son, Alan grandchildren. Services: 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Community Presbyterian Church, Payson. Contributions: favorite charity.

Payson Funeral Home. Child-agency workers given lawsuit shield By Pamela Manson The Arizona Republic Child Protective Services cannot be sued under a federal civil-rights law for their actions in trying to take custody of a child, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The court said the state agency's caseworkers have "absolute immunity" in the initiation and filing of a petition for the state to take custody of a child in a suspected abuse case. The ruling also said that caseworkers have a "qualified immunity" under federal law for their actions leading to the initiation of the petition. Caseworkers are protected from liability in civil lawsuits if their conduct does not violate a right that a reasonable person would have known about, the ruling said.

The court said the caseworkers can be sued under Arizona law, which requires the plaintiffs to prove that caseworkers acted with malice. "The caseworker must act quickly, often with incomplete information in a hostile environment," Judge Joe Contreras wrote for the court. The case involves James Nation, who died in January 1985 at the age of months. According to court records, the boy was placed in a hospital in December 1984 with a broken leg. Because the injury was unexplained, a doctor contacted Child Protective Services, a division of the Arizona Department of Economic Security.

A week after the baby went into the hospital, caseworker Michelle Colla filed a petition for the state to take temporary custody of him. The boy was placed at the Mesa Crisis Nursery. On Jan. 4, 1985, James was found not breathing in his crib at the nursery. The medical examiner stated that the cause of death was sudden infant death syndrome.

The baby's parents, Sheryll and Jeffrey Nation, sued Colla and the department, charging negligence. A jury awarded the couple $90,000. Colla appealed on immunity grounds. Jeffrey Nation committed suicide last year. Friends said he was despondent over personal problems, including the death of his son.

Robert Hommel, an attorney for Sheryll Nation, said he probably will appeal the Appeals Court decision to the Arizona Supreme Court. Knapp confessed, former in-law says By Pamela Manson The Arizona Republic The former mother-in-law of John Henry Knapp has testified that a friend told her in 1973 that Knapp had admitted killing his two daughters. Louise Stamey, 56, of Pedley, said Wednesday that she discounted the alleged confession by Knapp because she thought her friend was joking. The friend, Melba Powers, was angry and "used to say things she didn't mean," Stamey said. Knapp is being tried in Maricopa County Superior Court on two counts of first-degree murder in the 1973 deaths of his daughters Linda Louise, 3, and Iona Marie, 2 in a fire at the family's house east of Mesa.

His first trial on the charges ended in a mistrial in 1974. Knapp was convicted in a second trial that year and sentenced to death. His conviction was overturned in 1987, when a judge agreed with defense claims that the girls might have set the fire accidentally. Murder charges were refiled against him last year. Powers testified Tuesday that Knapp had told her he killed his daughters.

Under questioning by a defense attorney, she acknowledged that there is no record that she ever mentioned the alleged confession during four 1974 interviews with investigators and prosecutors, or during the first two trials. Stamey, whose daughter, Linda, was married to Knapp at the time of the fire, said Wednesday that she passed on the statements to the prosecutor at the 1974 trials. She never was asked about it when she testified at those trials, she said. Stamey also said that Knapp showed emotion only once over his daughters' deaths. Her son-in-law started crying a few days after the fire when he saw newly developed pictures of the girls taken before their deaths, she said.

Prosecutors have characterized Knapp as cold and unemotional over the loss of his daughters. Billy Vaughn, big-band musician The Associated Press ESCONDIDO, Calif. Billy Vaughn, a big-band musician who prospered through the beginning of rock and roll with such hits as Melody of Love and A Swingin' Safari, died Thursday. He was 72. Mr.

Vaughn died of cancer, Palomar Medical Center spokeswoman Nancy Sayre said. He began his career as a singer with a vocal group, The Hilltoppers, in the early 1950s, and moved on to become a composer, arranger and big-band leader with Paramount Recording Studios. He left The Hilltoppers in 1954 and ACCORDING TO CHAPTER, BE A REAL SUPPOSED SENSE OF BY CONNECTION Saturday, Sept. 28 WITH OUR BABY 1 to 3 p.m. p.m.

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Plus, have them autograph their book, "Baby This is going to be tougher than we thought." Copies of the book are available at the NewsCart for $7.95 each, plus tax. THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC To subscribe, call 257-8300. Meet Baby Blues. Cartoonists sts Jerry Scott Rick Kirkman DEATHS ELSEWHERE formed his own band, Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra. The band's trademark was its "twin-sax" sound.

The band had a number of instrumental hits in the 1950s and 1960s. Mr. Vaughn was the musical director of the now-defunct Dot Records and arranged songs for Pat Boone and the Mills Brothers. His band's other hit records included Hawaiian War Chant, Trying, Blue Hawaii, Come September, Berlin Melody, Look for a Star, La Paloma and Sail Along Silvery Moon. MISCELLANEOUS FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Classes 801 Through 859 801-Funeral Announcements GLUCK, Myrl, 61, died Sept.

Family and friends 1991 will gather at Sarah Tim Smith's residence, 4681 N. 84th Way in Scottsdale after 12:30 P.M., Sunday. Sept. 29, 1991. Family suggests contributions be made to American Cancer Society, P.O.

Box 752. Scotts. 85252, or the Hope, Duarte, CA. Arrangements by Messinger Mortuary, Scottsdale. Announcements FLOWER, Iva 92, died 1991.

Past President AZ Federation of cratic Women's Club, Globe Democratic Globe Recreational Club, Member of 1st United Gold Methodist Star Church, Mother's Club, American Legion, Business Professionat Women's Club. Globe Phx Precinct Vice Chairwoman State Central Committee, on the State Orphan Home Board. Survived by daughter, Ollibeth M. Henderson; sons, BurP. Flower; 13 17 Services 1:00 P.M.

Chapel in the Mercer Mortuary, 1541 E. Thomas Rd. Family suggests memorials to Alzheimers Hardy Foundation, Tempe 2323 AZ S. 85282 or 1st' United Methodist Church, 5510 N. Central, Phx AZ 35020.

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