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B4 The Arizona Republic Friday, April 16, 1993 Obituaries Obituaries published by The Ari Reggie Monroe Price, 60, of Phoenix, a teacher at Camelback High School, died April 10, 1993. He was born in Phoenix, and was an Army veteran, Survivors include his I errm Carmelita Brotherton, 88, of Phoenix, a cafeteria server, died April 11, 1993. She was born in Kansas City, Mo. Survivors include her sister, Mesne E. Hopperton; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services: 11 a.m. Sunday, Encunto Community Church, 2710 N. Seventh Phoenix, AZ 85007, Contributions: to the church. Whitney and Murphy Arcadia Funeral Home. Florence I.

Buls, 77, of White Mountain Lake, a cashier, died April 8, 1993. She was born in Spencer, Neb. Survivors include her husband, Walter; son, Durrell Burley; and one gnindm)n. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, Shepherd of the Mountain Lutheran Church, Pinetop-Lakeside.

Jackson Mortuary. Mary E. Burnos, 76, of Peoria, a homemaker, died April 11, 1993. She was born in Akron, Ohio. Survivors include her daughter, Kathleen A.

Aragon; son, Thomas three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services have been held. A.L. Moore and Sons Mortuary. John Allen Burt, 30, of Phoenix, an aerospace machinist for Garrett Aerospace, died April 14, 1993.

He was born in Douglas. Survivors include his parents, Betty and James; sister, Janet; and brothers, James Jr. and Roliert. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Greer-Wilson Funeral Home, 6921 W.

Thomas Road. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Resthaven Park Cemetery, 6290 Northern Ave. Contributions: Ronald McDonald House, 501 E. Roanoke Phoenix, AZ 85004.

Kenneth Evers, 80, of Mesa, a health inspector for California, died April 13, 1993. He was born in Redwood City, and was an Army veteran. Survivors include his sister, Cheridah Nolan. There will be no services. Arizona Cremation and Burial.

Curtis Fairchild, 66, of Scottsdale, died March 24, 1993. Services have been held. ScotUdale Memorial Mortuary. Herbert E. Funk, 87, of Sun City, the owner and operator of a Western Auto store, died April 11, 1993.

He was born in Milwaukee. There are no known survivors. No services are planned. Sunland Mortuary. Avis Pitts Garland, 81, of Phoenix, a musician, died April 12, 1993.

She was born in Cleveland. Survivors include two stepsons, Robert and Richard; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be private. Green Acres Mortuary. John Gerrlck, III, 29, of Tempe, a waiter, died April 9, 1993.

lie was born in Cleveland. Surv'vors include his parents, Phyllis E. and John; and brothers, Jeffrey D. and Christopher. Memorial Mass: 11a.m.

Saturday, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, 2121 S. Rural Road, Tempe. Contributions: Malta Center, 2000 N. Seventh Phoenix, AZ 85006. Tempe Mortuary.

Mary Virginia "Ginny" Gorla, 77, of Scottsdale, a former Census Bureau employee and an election judge, died April 13, 1993. She was born in Arlington, Texas. She also wait a former teacher and bookkeeper. Survivors include her daughter, Ginny Reinhardt; three stepdaughters; sons, Joseph W. and Lyn S.

Patton; one stepson; one brother; and five grandchildren. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Messinger Mortuary and Chapel, 7601 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale. Services: 11 a.m.

Suturday at the mortuary. Contributions: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 752, Scottsdale, AZ 85252. Charles Harold Guthrie, 69, of Fountain Hills, an employee in the security field, died April 12, 1993. He was born in Independence, and was an Army veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret; daughter, Barbara Courtney; sons, Earl and Richard; and two grandchildren. Services will be held out of state. Arizona Cremation and Burial. Catherine P. Gworek, 79, of Phoenix, a retired department-store clerk, died April 14, 1993.

She was born in Buffalo. Survivors include her son, Frank Paterno; one sister; one brother; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services will be held in New York. Greer-Wilson Funeral Home. Richard E.

Hebson, 54, of Phoenix, a chef, died April 11, 1993. He was born in Alabama. Survivors include his wife, Ber-nadette; daughters, Marsha Bowes, Elaine Khan and Andrea; son, Richard; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services will be held in Illinois. Greer-Wil Earl D.

McClure, 73, of Phoenix, a dock checker for Swift Meat Packing died March 16, 1993. He was born in Omaha, Neb, and was a Marine Corps veteran. He also was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was a Mason. Survivors include his wife, Marian daughter, Linda Joyce Daniell; sons, Donald Allan and David Earl; and nine grandchildren. Memorial services: 3 p.m.

Friday, Christ United Methodist Church, 2602 N. 51st Phoenix, AZ 85035. Contributions: to the church. Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, Olive R. McDonald, 92, of Paradise Valley, a homemaker, died April 9, 1993.

She was born in Spokane, Wash. Survivors include her husband, Weir. Services will be privute. Brown's Colonial Mortuary. Tina Marie Mercado, 22, of Mesa, a grocery clerk, died April 12, 1993.

She was born in Globe. Survivors include her daughter, Angelina; parents, Nora and Albert; one sister; one brother; and her grandparents. Rosary: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mountain View Mortuary and Chapel, 7900 E. Apache Trail, Mesa, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m.

Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday, Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1244 S. Power Road, Mesa. Anthony F. Meyer, 77, of Apache Junction, a restaurant owner, died April 9, 1993, He was born in Aurora, 111., and was a Navy veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Jean; stepdaughter Jean Kamm Gage; and two grandchildren. No services are planned, Contributions: American Cancer Society, 1901 E. University Drive, Mesa, AZ 85203. Apache Junction Mortuary. Louis Halpern Miller, 89, of Scottsdale, a retired merchant, died April 14, 1993.

He was born in Philadelphia. Survivors include his wife, Rose; daughter, Star Stacks; one sister; one brother; three grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. Services: 11a.m. Friday, Sinai Mortuary of Arizona, 4538 N. 16th St.

Contributions: Jewish National Fund, 7330 N. Kith Suite 202C, Phoenix, AZ 85020 or Beth El Congregation Rubbinical Fund, 1118 W. Glendale Phoenix, AZ 85021. Martha Minkler, 65, of Glendale, died March 18, 1993. Services have been held.

Sunwest Funeral Home. Elizabeth Monroe, 64, of Birdsprings, a homemaker, died April 11, 1993. She was born in Tolani Lake. Survivors include her husband, Buryle; daughters, Elsie Hon-genza, Lena McKabe, Rena and Amy; sons, Raymond and Johnny; nine sisters; three brothers; 15 grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m.

Friday, Greer's Scott Mortuary, Winslow. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Leupp Presbyterian Church. Romeo Moody, 75, of Whiteriver, a cowboy, died April 8, 1993, He was born in Whiteriver, and was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife, Alma; and four daughters.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Eastfork Lutheran Mission. Jackson Mortuary. William R. Mor Gary W.

Tidwell, 40, of East Strouds-burg, formerly of Casa Grande, a general manager, died April 13, 1993. He was born in Eloy. Survivors include his wife, Pama; daughters, Melissa and Heather; son, Dustin; mother, Onieda; five sisters; and five brothers. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Simes Mortu-aries-Coolidge Chapel.

Services: 11a.m. Monday at the chapel. Laurel Smith Uren, 90, of Tempe, formerly of Douglas, a retired kindergarten teacher for Clarkdale Public Schools and an artist, died April 11, 1993. She was born in Minocqua, Wis. Survivors include her daughter, Marjorie Conder; sisters, Myrtie Lee and Fern Walsh; brother, Mercer Smith; five grandchildren; and 10 greatgrandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday, St, Matthew's Episcopal Church, 901 W. Erie Chandler, AZ 85224. Contributions: to the church memorial fund or to a favorite charity. Carr-Tenney Mortuary.

William Lawrence Vail, 72, of Scottsdale, a retired major in the Air Force, died April 3, 1993, He was born in Freeport, 111., and was a Korean War Air Force veteran. Survivors include his wife, Etta daughter, Linda Pettersen; son, Larry three grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. No services are planned. Maryvale Mortuary. Jimmy B.

Valencia, 49, of Chandler, died April 7, 1993. He was born in Chandler. Survivors include his sister, Marlinda V. Enriquez; and brothers, Henry, Pete Freddie, Martin and Frank. Services have been held.Botimer Funeral Home Inc.

Victoria Villegas, infant daughter of Tomasita, of Phoenix, died March 30, 1993. Services have been held. Mortensen-Kings Funeral Center. Nanetta Dewey Watson, 66, of Phoenix, a bookkeeper and accountant, died April 10, 1993. She was born in Chicago.

Survivors include her brothers, Thomas and William. No services are planned. Brown's Colonial Mortuary. Richard Harry Weber, 62, of Phoenix, died March 23, 1993. Services have been held.

Hansen Mortuary. George Weiner, 92, of Phoenix, a retired business owner, died April 12, 1993. He was born in Russia. Survivors include his daughter, Toby Behar; son Marc; and four grandchildren. Services were held in California.

Contributions: Alzheimer's Foundation, 2323 S. Hardy Drive, Tempe, AZ 85282. Sinai Mortuary. Patricia Anne Welch, 52, of Scottsdale, staff coordinator at Scottsdale Memorial Convalescent Plaza, died April 13, 1993. She was born in Kenosha, Wis.

Survivors include her husband, Tim; daughters, Leslie and Holly; sons, Thomas, Theodore and Christopher; her mother, Laura Barden; two sisters; and one brother. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 10815 N. 84th Scottsdale.

Contributions: Patricia Welch Memorial Scholarship Fund, in care of Scottsdale Convalescent Plaza, 1475 N. Granite Reef Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85257. Messinger Mortuary. Wilson Werkhiser, 49, of Chandler, a maintenance electrician for Intysis died April 14, 1993. He was born in Phillipsburg, N.J., and was a Navy veteran.

He was a member of the American Legion. Survivors include his wife, Mary; son, Jeffrey; and brother, David. Services: 4 p.m. Friday, Bueler Mortuary, 14 W. Hulet Drive, Chandler, with visitation an hour before services.

zona Republic In its news columns are provided free of charge as a public service, Photos of publlshable quality are printed on a space-avail able 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. ANIENT, Thomas W. I1AI.I-, Olive Belle Hay ward DARKER, Clifford Furl BENAQUISTA, Josephine BENNARDO, Michael Lawrence BERKOY1TZ, Wllllum BROTH ERTON.Carmelita BULS, Florence I.

BURNES, Mary E. BURT, John Allen CARDFNAS, Jaime CARPIO, Antonio Lomiis COI.K, Sarah A. COYI.E, Barbara L. DANIEL, Thomas DEGREE, George DINFFF, I.ldia DIXON, Marv Michael DOUGHERTY, Florence Alice FDDLEMON, Charles Judson EGBERT, Bruce F. FI FIS, George J.

FI.1IS Henry Grady, Jr. FVFRS, Kenneth EAIRCHH I), Curtis I CS Herbert F. GARLAND, Avis Pitts GFRRICK, John, III GORl.A, Mary Virginia 'Ginny' GUTHRIE, Charles Harold GWORFK, Catherine P. HFBSON, Richard F. HELIUMS, Paul Gordon HFTCIILER, Albert S.

HILL, Harry Brian I Victoria Owze JOHNSON. Gladys Ruth JONFS, Sam Jl'FRGFNS, Arthur W. KUBAN, Nina Bell KILLS, Helen S. UFA, Audrey I.L'TFY, Christopher I.ucas MACFARLANE, Beatrice MATTHEWS, Odie Sears MCCLL'RE, Farl I). MCDONALD, Olive R.

MFRCADO, Tina Marie MEYER, Anthony F. MILLER, Louis Halpcrn MINKLFR, Martha MONROE, Elizabeth MOODY, Romeo MORRIS, William R. MORSE, Dakota LcEIlis MOULDER, William C. II PAKAN, Crystal Pearl PAXSON, Steven PERE, John Islie P1CAGLI, Concetta PILKINGTON, Kenneth Jack PINKUS, Harry S. POUCH, Rudolph J.

PRICE, Reggie Monroe QUEZADA, Esther QUILT, Michael William RYAN, Darwin Clinton SAENZ, Primitivo M. SCHAD, Delia L. SCHRECK, Mildred Marie SCOTT, Flora Helen SEARS, Allen C. SHEFFIELD, Alfred B. SHIRLEY, Goldie Mae SITOSKY, Ivory Nell SOEHLIG, Mae Powell SOMMER, Robert A.

SPAULDING, Bly STAMPER, Geraldine M. TAGER. Ida TAYLOR, Mildred F. THOMAS, Redbone TIDWELL, Gary W. UREX, laurel Smith VAIL, William Lawrence VALENCIA.

Jimmy B. VILLEGAS, Victoria WATSON, Nanetta Dewey WEBER, Richard Harry WEINER, George WELCH, Patricia Anne WERK1 USER, Wilson R. WILSON, Justin 'Case' WINN, Betty Mae WOMACK, Bond M. Jr. WORC1IECK, Joseph WYLIE, Margaret T.

YARBROUGH, Stella A. YAUS, Bess YEAGER, Denise R. ZOTOI'F, Olga F. Thomas W. Ament, 41, of Phoenix, died March 23, 1993.

Services have been held Whitney and Murphy Funeral Home. Olive Belle Hayward Ball, 91, of Sandstone, formerly of Ajo. died April 7, 1993. She was born in Mount demons, Mich. Survivors include her daughters, Carolyn Nelson and Josephine Anderson; son, George; 12 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held in Minnesota. Methven Funeral Home, Sandstone, Minn. Clifford Earl Barker, 64, of Salome, a truck driver, died April 8, 1993. He was born in Orwell, N.Y., and was a Navy veteran. Survivors include his daughter, Teena Van Dusen.

Services will be private. Arizona Cremation and Burial. Josephine Benacjuista, 78, of Chandler, a homemaker, died April 11, 1993, She was born in Pittsburgh. Survivors include her daughters, Dorothy Williams and Donna Moldovan; sons, Michael and Vince; two sisters; six grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. Services will be held in Pittsburgh.

Bueler Mortuary. Michael Lawrence Bcnnardo, 37, of Scottsdale, an attorney for Citibank, died April 15, 1993. He was born in New York City and was a member of the Arizona Bar Association. Survivors include his wife, Marie sons, Michael and Thomas; parents, Sandra and C. Michael; one sister; two brothers; and his grandmother.

Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Messinger Mortuary Chapel, 7601 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Paradise Memorial Gardens, 9300 E.

Shea Contributions: Barrows Neurological Institute, Brain Tumor Research, 300 W. Clarendon Phoenix, AZ 85013. William Berkovil, 77, of Paradise Valley, a retired general contractor, died April 20, 1993. He was born in Pittsburgh. Survivors include his daughter, Paulann Fessinger; sons, Jay Berk and Kenny; two sisters; three brothers; and eight grandchildren.

Services were private. Contributions: Hospice of the Valley, 2601 E. Thomas Road, Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 650J6. Green Acres Mortuary. wife, Janice McKay; daughters, Christine A.

Quielente and Jennifer L. Brown; and four grandchildren. Memorial services: 8 a.m. Friday, Maryvale Church of the Nazarene, 3201 N. 51st Ave.

Contributions; American Diabetes Association, 2328 W. Royal Palm Road, No.D, Phoenix, AZ 85021. Mortensen-Kings Funeral Center. Esther Quezada, 61, of Tempe, a homemaker, died April 13, 1993. She was born in Wilmington, Calif.

Survivors include her husband, Ruben; daughters, Anna Somoza and Eva Serrato; sons, Ruben, Arthur and Ramon; one brother; and 15 grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Friday, Carr-Tenney Mortuary, 2621 S. Rural Road, Tempe, with visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Mass: 9 a.m.

Saturday, Church of the Resurrection, 3201 S. Evergreen Road, Tempe. Michael William Quilt, 40, of Phoenix, died March 24, 1993. He was born in Hot Springs, S.D. Services have been held.

Hansen Mortuary. Darwin Clinton Ryan, 66, of Kingman, a retired high-school science teacher, died April 14, 1993. He was born in Humbolt and was a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include his wife, Shirley; daughters, Sheila Bayard and Roxanne Freiday; son, Casey; one brother; and five grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m.

Saturday, Sutton Memorial Funeral Home, Kingman. Contributions: Mohave Historical Society, 400 W. Beale Kingman, AZ 86401. Primitivo M. Saenz, 86, of Globe, a gardener, died April 13, 1993.

He was born in Brownsville, Texas. Survivors include his daughters, Gloria Castillas and Minnie Hernandez; and four grandchildren. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Miles-Damron Funeral Home, Globe, with a rosary at 7:30 p.m., Holy Angels' Catholic Church, 1300 W. Cedar Globe, AZ 85501.

Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday, at the church. Contributions: to the church. Delia Schad, 88, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died April 11, 1993. She was born in Laraysville, Pa.

Survivors include her stepsons, Pershing L. and Harding and one sister. Services were private. A.L. Moore and Sons.

Mildred Marie Schreck, 84, of Sun City, a homemaker, died April 12, 1993. She was born in Chicago. Survivors include her daughter, Barbara Iwan; son, George; one brother; and one grandchild. Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Lundberg Mortuary, 11211 Michigan Youngtown.

Flora Helen Scott, 76, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died April 12, 1993. She was born in Frisco City, Ala. Survivors include three sisters and one brother. Services are private. Tolleson Funeral Home.

Allen C. Sears, 74, of Scottsdale, a business writer, died April 8, 1993. He was born in Stuttgart, and was a Marine Corps veteran. Survivors include his wife, Karen M. No services are planned.

Contributions: Hospice of the Valley, 2601 E. Thomas Road, No. 100, Phoenix, AZ 85016, or Arizona Humane Society, 9226 N. 13th Phoenix, AZ 85021. Messinger Mortuary.

Alfred B. Sheffield, 86, of Phoenix, an accountant, died April 14, 1993. He was born in Ohio, and was a Mason. Survivors include his daughter, Frances Loynes; sons, David and Leighton; one brother; 19 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m.

Friday, Tempe Mortuary, 405 E. Southern Tempe. Goldie Mae Shirley, 87, of Glendale, a retired technician for Gates Rubber died April 14, 1993. She was born in Rosemont, Neb. Survivors include her daughter, Evelyn C.

Barnes; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held in Colorado. Contributions: American Heart Association, P.O. Box 7038, Phoenix, AZ 85011 or Arizona Lung Association, 102 W. McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85003.

Lundberg Mortuary White Rose Chapel. Ivory Nell Sitosky, 63, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died April 9, 1993. She was born in Camp Creek, W.Va. Survivors include her husband, John; daughters, Ivory O'Malley, Shozett Crean and Wavoka Robinson; two sisters; two brothers; and seven grandchildren. No services are planned.

Phoenix Memorial Mortuary. Mae Powell Soehlig, 73, of Scottsdale, a retired bookkeeper, died April 11, 1993. She was born in Arkansas. Survivors include her son, Larry sisters, Rachel Lancaster, Pansy Danford, Lenore Carroll and Alta Powell; and two grandchildren. Services have been held.

Grimshaw Bethany Chapel. Robert A. Sommer, 58, of Phoenix, a college professor at Western International University, died April 10, 1993. He was born in Queens, N.Y., and was an Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Anne; daughters, Stephanie Tomich and Marlene Sommer-Winch; son, Jesse; one brother; and five grandchildren.

Services have been held. Heritage Funeral Chapel. Bly Spaulding, 66, of Coolidge, an employee with the Arizona Department of Corrections in Florence, died April 11, 1993. He was born in McLean, 111., and was an Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Bertha; daughter, Linda McRae; son, Tim; one brother; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Simes Mortuaries. Geraldine M. Stamper, 66, of Glendale, a security guard, died April 13, 1993. She was born in Kentucky.

Survivors include her daughters, Sharyn R. Whiting and Starr Bendtin; son, Paul II. Spradlin; parents, Edna and Greenville Humby; two sisters; six brothers; and six grandchildren. Services are private. Maryvale Mortuary, National Cremation and Burial.

Ida Tager, 85, of Phoenix, a home-maker, died April 13, 1993. She was born in Russia and was a member of the American Jewish Congress, Survivors include her husband, Nathan; daughter, Bryna Canin; one sister; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services have been held. Contributions: Chabad Lubavitch Center, 2110 E. Lincoln Drive, Phoenix, 85016.

Sinai Mortuary. Mildred F. Taylor, 83, of Cottonwood, a homemaker, died April 14, 1993. She was born in Arkansas. Survivors include her daughter, Marilou Prosser; stepdaughter, Jackie Brinson; one brother; five grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren.

Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, West Glendale Baptist Church, 6401 N. 67th Ave. Best Funeral Services. Redbone Thomas, infant son of Kathleen Zuniga, of Laveen, died April 10, 1993.

He was born in Phoenix. Survivors also include his sisters, Grasiela Zuniga and Darrella; and brothers, Cornelio Zuniga and Gaudencio Gutierrez. Services: 9 a.m. Saturday, St. Anne's Catholic Church, Gila River Indian Community.

Bunker's Garden Chapel. 3 Jaime "Jr." Cardenas, 16, of Phoenix, a student at South Mountain High School, died April 10, 1993. He was born in Phoenix. Survivors include his parents, Sandra and Jaime; sister, Sabrina; brother, Anthony; and his grandparents. Mass: 9 a.m.

Friday, St, Catherine of Sienna Catholic Church, 6200 S. Central Ave. Botimer Funeral Home Inc. Antonio Lomas Carpio, 24, of Phoenix, a roofer, died April 10, 1993. He was born in Mexico.

Survivors include his wife, Esmeralda Hernandez; son, Lorenzo; his parents, Maria de Jesus and Lorenzo; two sisters; and three brothers. Services have leen held. Romero and Boykins Mortuary. Sarah A. Cole, 90, of Phoenix, a retired antique appraiser, died April 14, 1993.

She was born in New Castle, Pa, and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include her daughter, Shirley Ebner; three grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary, 719 N. 27th with visitation an hour before services.

Contributions: NCHA Scholarship 74 W. Genessee Skaneateles, NY 13152. Barbara L. Coyle, 66, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died April 13, 1993. She was born in Grand Junction, Colo.

Survivors include her husband, Charles; daughter, Kathleen D. Whaley; sons, Rich ard James P. and Robert two sisters; one brother; and seven grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 Bethany Home Road.

Burial: 12:30 p.m. Friday, National Memo-riul Cemetery, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road. Thomas Daniel, 77, of Show Low, a comptroller with the White Mountain Apache Tribe, died April 12, 1993. He was born in Saltfork, and was a World War II Army veteran.

Survivors include his daughters, Tommie Halfast and Vivian Terryman; son, Kevin; one brother; five grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. Services will be held in Kansas. Jackson Mortuary. Miecislaus Franciscus Davidowicz, 76, of Phoenix, died March 22, 1993. He was born in Jackson, Mo.

Services have been held. Greer -Wilson Funeral Home. George Degree, 77, of Glendale, a retired restaurant and motel owner, died April 9, 1993. He was born in New Brunswick, N.J., and served in the U.S. Coast Guard.

He also was a middleweight boxing champion in New Jersey. Survivors include his former wife, Jackie Vohn; daughter, Michele Clover; sons, Wayne and Mike; and two brothers. Services: 9:30 a.m. Friday, National Memorial Cemetery, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road.

Frey Funeral Home. Lidia Dineff, 52, of Phoenix, a seamstress, died April 14, 1993. She was born in Italy. Survivors include her husband, Risto daughter, Linda Donevski; son, Richard; mother, Ellena Besednjack; one sister; and two grandchildren. Services: 1p.m.

Saturday, St. George Eastern Orthodox Church, 4530 E. Gold Dust Ave. Shadow Mountain Mortuary. Mary Michael Dixon, 38, of San Francisco, a project consultant, died April 8, 1993.

She was born in Casper, Wyo. Survivors include her mother, Jean; father, William sister, Anne; and brothers, Bill, John, Steve, Dennis, Tim and Tom. Vigil services: 7 p.m. Friday, Hansen Mortuary, 8314 N. Seventh with visitation from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mass: ltpm. Saturday, St. Paul's Catholic Church, 330 W. Coral Gables Drive. Florence Alice Dougherty, 81, of Phoenix, a retired food-service manager for the Washington School District, died April 13, 1993.

She was born in Chicago. Survivors include her daughters, Virginia L. McMinds and Carol L. Peterson; son, Herbert 11 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Visitation; 4 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Hansen Mortuary, 8314 N. Seventh St. Services: 10 am. Saturday, Trinity Lutheran Church, 9427 N. Seventh Ave.

Charles Judson Eddlemon, 46, of Phoenix, died March 27, 1993. Services have been held. Botimer Funeral Home Inc. Bruce E. Egbert, 67, of Memphin, formerly of Phoenix, died April 10, 1993.

Survivors include his daughters, Nell Willits and Anna Town; sons, Ted and Glen Ridgway; two sisters; one brother; 10 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be held in Tennessee. Family Heritage Casket Gallery, Memphis. George J. Ellis, 65, of Mesa, a retired iron worker, died April 9, 1993.

He was born in Seattle and was an Air Force veteran, Survivors include his wife, Katie, son, Paul stepdaughter, Sharon Simon; one sister; one sister-in-law; and three grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Chapel of Prayer Funeral Home, 108 56th Mesa. Contributions: American Cancer Society, 1901 E. University Drive, Suite 400, Mesa, AZ 85203.

Henry Grady Ellis 73, of Seal Beach, formerly of Phoenix, a retired casually adjuster for Farmer's Insurance and former body-shop manager for Rudy Chevrolet, died April 3, 1993. He was born in Fort Worth, and vhs a World War II Army veteran. He also was past commander of the National Prisoners of War Association. Survivors include his wife, Edna; daughter, Karen Farrell; sisters, Marie Whitencr and Carol Bietz; son, Jim; stepmother, Lena; and one grandchild. Memorial Mass: 3 p.m.

Saturday, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4224 N. 44th Phoenix. Tele-phase Crematory Society, Garden Grove, Calif. 1 1 11 II II- I III son Funeral Home. Paul Gordon Heliums, 73, of Phoenix, a retired steelworker, died April 13, 1993.

He was born in Santa Paula, Calif. Survivors include his sister, Dorothy F. Knutson; and brothers, William and John D. Services; 1 p.m. Friday, Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 W.

Bethany Home Road, with visitation an hour before services. Albert S. Hetchler, 73, of Gilbert, a retired mechanical engineer at Motorola died April 6, 1993. He was born in Flint, and was a Mason. Survivors include his wife, Eileen duughters, Linda Eileen Landen and Marty Grace Mohr; two brothers; three sisters; and four grandchildren.

Services have been held. Valley of the Sun Mausoleum. Harry Brian Hill, 33, of Fontana, a structural-steel inspector, died April 10, 1993. He was born in Upland, Calif. Survivors include his wife, Rebecca; sons, Curtis Brian and Kyle James; parents, Jeanie and Church; one sister; and two brothers.

Services are private. Tolleson Funeral Home. Victoria Owze Hill, 93, of Phoenix, a cook, died April 12, 1993. She was born in Guthrie, Okla. Survivors include her daughter, Rosie L.

Waiters; and sons, Samuel Ill, Reuben Ray, George M. and Solomon W. Services: 11a.m. Saturday, South Phoenix Missionary Baptist Church, 2006 E. Broadway Road.

Botimer Funeral Home Inc. Gladys Ruth Johnson, 75, of Glendale, an accountant survey, died March 29, 1993. Survivors include her son, David; one brother; and one grandchild. Services have been held. Phoenix Memorial Mortuary.

Sam Jones, 89, of Phoenix, a retired bus driver, died April 13, 1993. He was born in Tennessee. Survivors include his wife, Cleo; and one brother. Services: 11:30 a.m. Friday, Greer-Wilson Funeral Home, 5921 W.

Thomas Road, with visitation two hours before services. Arthur W. Juergens, 86, of Sun City West, a former treasurer, died April 14, 1993. He was born in Cleveland. Survivors include his wife, Eladore; sons, Bruce and Kenneth; and five grandchildren.

Services will be held in Ohio. Contributions: Sunshine Services, 9980 Santa Fe Drive, Sun City, AZ 85351. Sunland Memorial Park and Mortuary. Nina Bell Kuban, 79, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died April 14, 1993. She was born in Oklahoma.

Survivors include her sons, Fred, Harry and Jerry; two brothers; 14 grandchildren; and 19 greatgrandchildren. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary, 719 N. 27th Ave. Services: 10 a.m.

Saturday, Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery. Contributions: American Diabetes Association, 7337 N. 19th Phoenix, AZ 85021. Helen S. Rules, 75, of Phoenix, a retired financial secretary, died April 11, 1993.

She was born in New York City. Survivors include her husband, George; sons, Allan and Jay; one brother; and four grandchildren, No services are planned. Phoenix Memorial Mortuary. Audrey Lea, 58, of Cottonwood, a homemaker, died April 8, 1993, She was born in Akron, Ohio. Survivors include her daughter, Tracy Lea Kaul; son, Clint; and one sister.

Services have been held. West-cott Funeral Home. Christopher Lucas Lutfy, infant child of Robin and Edward, of Phoenix, died April 13, 1993. He was born in Glendale. Other survivors include hisgrandparents, Myrna and Robert Sell; grandmother, Rosemarie Raya; one sister; and three brothers.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Resthaven Park Cemetery, 6290 W. Northern Ave. Chapel of the Chimes Mortuary. Beatrice Macfarlane, 89, of Sun City West, a homemaker, died April 11, 1993.

She was born In Sioux City, Iowa. Survivors include her daughters, Durlene Branson and Marcha Turner; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren, No services are planned. Sunlund Mortuary. Odie Sears Matthews, 114, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died April 14, 1993, She was born in Whitewright, Texas. Survivors include her daughter, Mildred Thompson; son, Clyde and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Paradise Chapel Funeral Home, 3934 E. Indian School Road. Contributions: Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 3530 N. 32nd Phoenix, AZ 85018.

ris, 79, of Phoenix, a merchant, died April 13, 1993. He was born in Springfield, Ohio. Survivors include his wife, Louise; and brother, George. Services are private. Mercer Chapel.

Dakota LeEllis Morse, infant son of Kathy and Gerald, of Phoenix, died April 7, 1993. He was born in Phoenix. Other survivors include his sister, Jessica; brother, Jasper; and grandparents. Services will be private. Green Acres Mortuary.

William Cleveland Moulder 65, of Sun City, an electronics technician in the movie industry, died April 7, 1993. He was born Elizabeth, N.J. Survivors include his son, William III. Services will be held at a later date. Sunwest Funeral Home.

Crystal Pearl Pakan, 87, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died April 9, 1993. She was born in Stevens Point, Wis. Survivors include her sons, Robert, Edward and Joe nine grandchildren; and 12 greatgrandchildren. Services were private. Hansen Mortuary.

Steven Paxson, 40, of Whiteriver, a cowboy, died April 9, 1993. He was born in Whiteriver. Survivors include his daughters, Rosella and Stephenie; son, Patrick; four sisters; and five brothers. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Cedarcreek Assembly of God Church.

Jackson Mortuary. -i John Leslie Pere. 47. of Glen. dale, a senior test equipment design A engineer for Motor ft ola died April 13, 1993.

He was born in Akron, Ohio, and worked on the Phoenix Mis- sile Program and the FMV-139 bomb fuze. He also assisted in the designing of the first pulsar light-emitting diode watch. Survivors include his wife, Lynn; daughter, Danielle Lynn; son, Michael John; parents, Sarah and John; and two brothers. Visitation: 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 W.

Bethany Home Road, Phoenix. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, All Saints Episcopal Church, 6300 N. Central Ave. Contributions: Arizona Heart Institute, 2632 N.

20th Phoenix, AZ 85006. Concetta R. Picagli, 75, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died April 8, 1993. She was born in New York City. Survivors include her husband, Romano; daughter, Aurora; son, Arthur; two sisters; one brother; and four grandchildren.

No services are planned. Greer-Wilson Funeral Home. Kenneth Jack Pilkington, 72, of Cave Creek, a retired detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, died April 11, 1993. He was born in Smithfield, Utah, and was a Navy veteran. Survivors include his wife, Eve Lyn; daughter, Jackie Davenport; son, Lance; two sisters; and six grandchildren.

Inglewood Park Mortuary, Inglewood, Calif. Harry S. Pinkus, 83, of Scottsdale, the owner of Pine Industrial Service, Milwaukee, died April 11, 1993. He was born in Indianapolis and was an Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Helen; daughter Susan son, Harry; and one grandchild.

Services will be private. Contributions: American Lung Association, 102 W. McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85003. Sinai Mortuary. Rudolph J.

Pouch, 87, of Youngtown, a retired general foreman for Ford Motor died April 12, 1993. He was born in Germany. Survivors include his daughter, Jacqueline J. Renz; two sisters; one brother; two grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. No services are planned.

Sunland Mortuary. Justin "Case" Wilson, 20, of Phoenix, a machinist for McBride Equipment died April 13, 1993. He was born in Phoenix and graduated from Camelback High School. Survivors include his mother, Judi; father, Dennis; brother Jayson; and his grandfathers. Services: 10 a.m.

Saturday, Shadow Mountain Mortuary, 2350 E. Greenway Road, with visitation an hour before services. Betty Mae Winn, 66, of Cesa Grande, died April 14, 1993. She was born in Belaire, Mich. Survivors include her husband, Carroll; daughters, Carolyn Johnson and Aimee Gossman; sons, Rod and Danny; two brothers; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Memorial services: 6 p.m. Saturday, The Rock Church, Assembly of God, 621 N. 74th Scottsdale. Casa Grande Funeral Home. Bond M.

Womack 55, of Glendale, a professor at Arizona State University, died April 14, 1993. He was born in Gary, and was a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. Survivors include his wife, Ann; daughters, Denise Fox, Sharon Cufone and Annalisa; son, Kenneth Clabaugh; one sister; and two grandchildren. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Heritage Funeral Chapel, 6830 W.

Thunderbird Road, Peoria. Services: 11 aim. Saturday, North Phoenix Baptist Church West, 5311 W. Greenway Road, Contributions: Arizona Baptist Children's Services, Attention: Shirley Cravens, P.O. Box 39239, Phoenix, AZ 85069-9239.

Joseph Worcheck, 78, of Sun City West, a retired tank inspection supervisor for the U.S. Department of Defense, died April 13, 1993. He was born in Baudette, Minn. Survivors include his wife, Ann; daughter, Patricia Benton; son: J. Douglas; one sister; and one brother.

Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 3720 W. Maryland Phoenix. Sunland Mortuary. Margaret T.

Wylie, 81, of Sun City, a payroll clerk, died April 14, 1993. She was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Survivors include her husband, George; daughters, Patricia Hungerford and Margaret Bryant; son, George eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Friday, Sunland Lakeside Chapel, 15826 Del Webb Sun City.

Stella A. Yarbrough, 96, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died April 14, 1993. She was born in May, Texas. Survivors include her daughter, Jean Hobbs; five sisters; two brothers; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held in Texas.

Best Funeral Services. Yaus, 103, of Glendale, a home- maker, died April 12, 1993, died April 12, 1993. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and was a volunteer for the American Red Cross. Survivors include her daughter, Ester Houy; and son, Robert Houy. Private services were held.

Contributions: Glencroft Care Center, 2-South, 8641 N. 67th Glendale, AZ 85302. A.L. Moore and Sons Mortuary. Denise R.

Yeager, 27, of Mesa, a former Intel Corp. employee and a student at Dwyer Court Reporting School, died April 10, 1993. She was born in Phoenix. Survivors include her daughter, Sonia; son, Robby; parents, Rosalie Kasse and Dunne Traister one sister; one brother; and her grandparents. Services have been held.

Messinger Mortuary and Chapel, Olga F. Zotoff, 68, of Youngtown, a homemaker, died April 13, 1993. She was born in Russia. Survivors include her daughter, Svetlava Jones; and two grandchildren. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, A.L. Moore and Sons Mortuary, 333 W. Adams St. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, SS.

Peter and Paul Eastern Orthodox Church, 1614 E. Monte Vista Road, Phoenix, AZ 85006. Contributions: to the church..

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