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The Arizona Republic Sunday, December 29, 1996 Obituaries published by The Arizona Republic in its news columns are provided free of charge as a public service. It is the newspaper's policy to provide this service for residents of Maricopa and Pinal counties and the residents of other counties -whose funeral or burial will be in Maricopa or Pinal counties. Photos of publishable quality are printed on a space-available basis, also free of charge. The Republic cannot be reponsible for returning unsolicited photos. Parties desiring specifically worded funeral announcements may place them through their mortuaries in the paid classified advertising section.

ALLIE, Russell ANSON, Lillian Creete BAUM, Evelyn E. BENTLEY, Shari Ann BIGELOW, Ruth C. BLACK, Todd Avery Annette M. BUSMA, Cora B. CARROLL, Iva.

CHRISTIANSEN, Kent CISEWSKI, Delores M. CLARK, Rodney C. DOBNEY, George E. DUKES, Lynne Bauer FENNELL, James DeMarion FORD, Madeline M. HEDERMAN, Ellen K.

HINRICHS, Deborah L. HUNTER, Velma Rae HYSLOP, Marlena M. JANISZEWSKI, Matilda H. JOHNSON, Ralph E. KNUTSON, Richard C.

LESLIE, Mary A. LOPEZ, Armando N. MANNEY, Lyle CO, Jr. MARTINEZ, Fredicanda G. MENDIVIL, Ralph P.

MORAN, John Louis NELSON, Willis J. PALMER, George C. PALMER, Jenevieve PANFIL, Violet M. PINA, Mary Helen POGUE, Carmen B. POKRASS, Albert PORTER, Folvia SCHULZE, Warren A.

SHAYER, Francis R. SHELTON, Henry F. TALLBULL, Coleman Martin THOMPSON, Ruby A. ZAUN, Evelyn L. Russell Allie, 76, of Scottsdale, a retired telemarketing representative, died Dec.

27, 1996. He was born in Chicago and was a World War II Army veteran. Survivors include daughter, Beverly; son, Ronald David; sister, Louhis, ise Hamilton; and one grandchild. Services: 9 a.m. Monday, Green Acres Mortuary and Cemetery, 401 N.

Hayden Road, Scottsdale. Green Acres Mortuary. Lillian Creete Anson, 90, of Phoenix, a retired retail worker, died Dec. 26, 1996. She was born in Geneva, and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and the Rebeckah Lodge.

Survivors include her sons, Harold D. and Gary E. Banta; sisters, Dolly Skinner, Sue Decker, Belo Salisbury and Beva Wright; brother, Dean Brown; 14 grandchildren; and 29 great grandchildren. No services are planned. Contributions: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, 2323 S.

Hardy Drive, Tempe, AZ 85282. Maryvale Cremation and Burial. Evelyn E. Baum, 75, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died Dec. 27, 1996.

She was born in Akron, Ohio. Survivors include her daughter, Robin E. Whipple; sister, Juanita Thurston; brother, James Griffin; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday, New Christian Life Center, 2831.

W. Glendale Ave. Contributions: Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower Phoenix, AZ 85014. Camelback Sunset Chapel Funeral Home.

Shari Ann Bentley, 48, of Mesa, an insurance writer, died Dec. 26, 1996. She was born in Algoma, Wis. Survivors include her daughters, Shannon and Michelle; son, William; mother, Ramona VanDrisse; and grandmother. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m.

Monday, Lakeshore Mortuary, 1815 S. Dobson Road, Mesa. Ruth C. Bigelow, 71, of Buckeye, a retired schoolteacher, died Dec. 26, 1996.

She was born in Sterling, N.Y. Survivors include her husband, Charles; daughters, Deborah Fullerton, Elaine McBryde, Rebecca Williams and Yvonne; son, Timothy; sisters, Carol Mayfield, Dorothee Fields and Kathleen Johnson; and brothers, Kenneth and Arthur Campbell. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Funeral Home, Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, First Southern Baptist Church, Buckeye.

Contributions: Ruth C. Bigelow Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of Stockmans Bank, P.O. Box 1202, Buckeye, AZ 85326. Todd Avery Black, 34, of Chandler, a sales clerk, died Dec. 22, 1996.

He was born in Key West, Fla. Survivors include his. mother, Shirley J. Estock; sisters, Diana Dacey and Tina; and brothers, Roger and David Gooch. No services are planned.

Bueler Mortuary. Annette M. Blair, 88, of Peoria, a homemaker, died Dec. 28, 1996. She was born in Pennsylvania.

Survivors include her daughters, Linda Merdick and Clarice Rutherford; sister, Lillian Gebhardt; five grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, 2300 W. Van Buren Contributions: Fellowship of Grace Presbyterian Church, Property Building Fund, W. Thunderbird Road, Peoria, AZ 85381.

Best Funeral Services and Chapel. Cora B. Busma, 71, of Scottsdale, a retired anesthetist, died Dec. 26, 1996. He was born in Allison, Iowa.

Survivors include sister, Grace Folkerds. Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 6261 N. Granite Reef Road, Scottsdale.

Contributions: Scottsdale Memorial al Home Health Service-Hospice, 5111 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85250. Messinger Mortuary and Chapel. Iva Carroll, 72, of Glendale, a retired secretary, died Dec. 26, 1996.

She was born in Corbin, Ky. Survivors include her daughter, Carla sisters, Sarah Root and Ruby I Lutterman; and brothers, Carl and Sam Bunch. Visitation: 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sunland Mortuary and Cremation Center, 15826 Del Webb Sun City. Services: 1 p.m.

Monday at the mortuary. Contributions: American Heart Association, 2929 S. 48th Tempe, AZ 85282. OBITUARIES Kent Christiansen, 67, of Tempe, a retired professor of education at Arizona State University, died Dec. 27, 1996.

He was born in Moreland, Idaho, and was an Air Force veteran. Sur- vivors include his wife, Margaret Blood Bird; daughters, Maureen Collette, Mary Ann Lane, Karen White, Jane Raley, Susan and Carolyn; sons, Stephen and John; mother, Thelma Park; sisters, Ruth Russell, Margene Rich and Rayola Twiggs; brothers, James and Park; and 24 grandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1050 W. Grove Parkway, Tempe.

Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Meldrum Mortuary and Chapel. Delores M. Cisewski, 74, of Apache Junction, a homemaker, died Dec.

27, was born in Wisconsin. Survivors include her husband, Frank; son, Keith; sister, June Gilmore; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Monday, Mountain View Memorial Gardens Mortuary and Mausoleum, 7900 E. Main Mesa, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m.

Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday, St. George's Catholic Church, 300 E. 16th Apache Junction. Rodney C.

Clark, 80, of Tempe, a wholesale produce broker, died Dec. 26, 1996. He was born in Farmington, and was a World War II Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Iola daughters, Joan C. States, Lynne C.

Westover and Kelly C. Hinton; sons, Jon Rodney and Charles Allan; sisters, Naomi Perry, Athelia Mara, Rampton, Clella and Afton Bair; brothers, Ezra, Cliffton, Alton and George; 24 and 17 great dren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Tempe Mortuary, 405 E. Southern Tempe, with visitation an hour before services.

George E. Dobney, 67, of Phoenix, a restaurant cook, died Dec. 22, 1996. He was born in Racine, and was a World War II Army veteran. Services: 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, National Memorial Cemetery of' Arizona, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road. Crystal Rose Funeral Home. Lynne Bauer Dukes, 60, of Phoenix, a medical consultant, died Dec. 25, 1996.

She was born in Pittsburgh. Survivors include her husband, Tom; son, Scott; and stepdaughter, Rita Britton. Services: 3 p.m. Monday, Shadow Mountain Mortuary, 2350 E. Greenway Road.

Contributions: American Cancer of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower Phoenix, AZ 85014. James DeMarion Fennell, 71, of Mesa, a retired oil-field construction worker, died Dec. 27, 1996. He was born in Wadena, Iowa, and was a Navy veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Gladys; and sister, Mary Justice. Rosary: 7 p.m. Monday, Chapel of Prayer Funeral Home, 108 N. 56th with visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Mass: 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1234 S. Power Road, Mesa. Contributions: St. Vincent DePaul, 420 W. Watkins Pin Phoenix, 325 AZ E.

85003, Elliott or LHS Suite Hospice Care, Road, 27, Chandler, AZ 85225. Madeline M. Ford, 75, of Phoenix, a sales retailer, died Dec. 25, 1996. Survivors include her daughter, Sharon Stevens; sons, William Edward and Raymond Lee Vickery; brothers, Freddie Meyers, Martin Vanorder and Harvey; and 10 grandchildren.

No services are planned. Crystal Rose Funeral Home. Ellen K. Hederman, 85, of Scottsdale, a retired school-district secretary, died Dec. 23, 1996.

She was born in Chicago. Survivors include her daughter, Barbara H. Wuebbels; sister, Beth Conley; and four grandchildren. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Messinger Mortuary and Chapel, 7601 E.

Indian School Road, Scottsdale. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 6261 N. Granite Reef Road, Scottsdale.

Contributions: Eagen Hope Scholars, De Paul University, 25 E. Jackson Chicago, IL 60601. Deborah L. Hinrichs, 34, of Mesa, an administrative assistant, died Dec. 26, 1996.

She was born in Shelbyville, Ind. Survivors include her husband, David parents, Janet C. Shrewsbury and William Judge; stepmother, Mary Judge; and sisters, Deadre L. Baxley, Danette C. and Deanna M.

Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Tempe Mortuary, 405 E. Southern Ave, Tempe. Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Tempe Seventh-day Adventist Church, 41 E.

13th Tempe. Velma Rae 'Hunter, 64, Casa Grande, a waitress, died Dec. 27, 1996. She was born in Desert, Utah. Survivors include her husband, Johnny; daughters, LaRae Riedenoar, Valencia Norwood and Darcus Rickman; sons, William and Dewey Brunson; stepson, Johnny Lee; sisters, Peggy Hunsaker, Sandy Cook and Clara Belle; and two brothers.

Visitation: 9 to 9:45 a.m. Monday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1555 N. Colorado, Casa Grande. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at the church.

Cole and Maud Mortuary, Casa Grande. Marlena M. Hyslop, 31, of Mesa, a homemaker, died Dec. 25, 1996. She was born in Indianapolis.

Survivors include her husband, Greg; daughters, Teren Posey, Sarah Posey and Amber; sons, Zackary and Thomas; and mother, Bonnie Phillips. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday, Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1244 S. Power Road, Mesa. Contributions: Hyslop Children Education Trust Fund, Bank of America, Account No.

254601330. Mountain View Memorial Gardens Mortuary and Mausoleum. Matilda H. Janiszewski, 84, of Scottsdale, a retired homemaker, died Dec. 26, 1996.

She was born in Scranton, Pa. Survivors include her sons, Richard and Albin; sisters, Jane Farrell and Marcella Marich; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Rosary: 7 p.m. Monday, Green Acres Mortuary and Cemetery, 401 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m.

Mass: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, St. Agnes Catholic Church, 1954 N. 24th St. Ralph E.

Johnson, 76, of Mesa, a turbo assembler for Allied Signal, died Dec. 26, 1996. He was born in StromAir Forces veteran. He was a member of burg, and was a World a War II Army the American, Legion. Survivors include his wife, Ramona; son, Rickie; and sisters, Marian Weary, Maxine Young and Grace Burnham.

Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Valley of the Sun Mortuary and Cemetery, 10940 E. Chandler Heights Road, Chandler. Contributions: Lutheran Hospice, 487 W. Elliot Road, Gilbert, AZ 85233.

Richard C. Knutson, 60, of Scottsdale, a regional manager for Prattard Whitney Aircraft died Dec. 27, 1996. He was born in Tracy, and was an Air Force and National Guard veteran. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lee; daughter, Jordan; sons, John and Jason; and sisters, Doris, Lois and Karen.

Services: 8:30 a.m, Monday, National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road. Messinger Mortuary and Chapel. Mary A. Leslie, 66, of Sun Lakes, a retired press operator, died Dec.

26, 1996. She was born in Indianapolis. Survivors include her husband, Harrell; daughter, Marilyn Sue May; sons, James Edward and Harrell E. sisters, Margaret Storms, Eva Woodley, Laura and Sally Middleton; and three grandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday, Bueler Mortuary, 14 W. Hulet Drive, Chandler. Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Armando N.

Lopez, 72, of Glendale, a farmer, died Dec. 27, 1996. He was born in Glendale and was an Army veteran. Survivors include his sisters, Rosa and Augustine Espinoza. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m.

Monday, Chapel of the Chimes Mortuary, 7924 N. 59th Glendale. Services: 9 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Lyle G.

Manney 36, of Chandler, a regional manager for Americom Inc. in Phoenix, died Dec. 27, 1996. He was born in Milwaukee. Survivors include his wife, Barbara.

Arrangements are pending. Brothers Funeral Home of Waukesha, Wis. Fredicanda G. Martinez, 90, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died Dec. 27, 1996.

She was born in St. Johns. Survivors include her daughters, Virginia Espinoza and Dolores Ferruccio; son, Jose; sister, Flora Bradley; brother, Willie Garcia; 15 grandchildren; 29 great-grand-. children; and three great-great-grandchildren. Rosary: 7 "hose Monday, Lundberg Mortuary, White Chapel, 5310 Northern Glendale, with visitation from 4 to 8 p.m.

Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday, St. Louis the King Catholic Church, 4331 W. Maryland Glendale. Contributions: Vista Hospice at Bryans Care Center, 9155 N.

Third Phoenix, AZ 85020. Ralph P. Mendivil, 83, of Phoenix, died Dec. 25, 1996. Survivors include his daughter, Della; sons, Roy, Eddie, Arnold, Rudy, Ruben and Rafael; sister, Molly; brothers, Richard, Tony and Gilbert; 12 grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren.

Rosary: 7 p.m. Sunday, Botimer Funeral Home 8802 S. Central with visitation from 6 to 9 p.m. Mass: 8 a.m. Monday, St.

Anthony's Catholic Church, 909 S. First Ave. Contributions: American Cancer Society, 2929 E. Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85016. John Louis Moran, 64, of Scottsdale, vice, president and director of Motorola for 31 years, died Dec.

26, 1996. He was born in Staten Island, N.Y., and was an Air Force veteran. He was a member of Tau Beta Phi and the National Engineering Society. -Survivors include his wife, Peggy; son, Michael sisters, Harriette Moran O'Connor and A. Susan Arthur; and brothers, Albert "Buddy," Noel A.

and Charles L. Vigil service: 7 p.m. Sunday, Messinger Mortuary and Chapel, 7601 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale, with visitation from 3 to 7 p.m. Mass: 10 a a.m.

Monday, Blessed Sacrament Church, 11300 N. 64th Scottsdale. Willis J. Nelson, 88, of Phoenix, a retired physician, died Dec. 23, 1996.

He was born in Gulfport, and was a World War II Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Marie daughters, Adelaide Gonoatos and Jennifer Felps; stepdaughters, Tanya Fahey and Alana Wingfield; stepson, Stuart Melton; three grandchildren; eight stepgrandchildren; and one great grandchild. Rosary: 7 p.m. Monday, Whitney and Murphy Arcadia Funeral Home, 4800 E. Indian School Road, with visitation from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday, St. Mary's Basilica, 231 N. Third St. George C.

Palmer, 84, of Phoenix, a retired dairyman, died Dec. 26, 1996. He was born in Mineral Wells, Texas, and was a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include his daughter, Dixie Lee Pickett; sons, Lawrence and Donald; sister, Euela Thornton; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m.

Monday, Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 W. Bethany Home Road, with visitation an hour before services. Jenevieve Palmer, 81, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died Dec. 26, 1996. She was born in Snowflake.

Survivors include her daughter, Dixie Lee Pickett; sons, Lawrence and Donald; sisters, Helen Harrison and Grace Mulhausen; brothers, George Elvin and Morris Mickelson; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 W. Bethany Home Road, with visitation an hour before services. Violet M.

Panfil, 92, of Youngtown, a homemaker, died Dec. 16, 1996. She was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Survivors include daughter, Ruth McKinley. Services have been held.

Sunland Mortuary and Cremation Center. Mary Helen Pina, 70, of Phoenix, a homemaker, died Dec. 24, 1996. She was born in Phoenix. Survivors include her husband, Ernest; daughters, Mary Helen Lugo, Gloria Altamtrano, Alice Flores and Lydia; sons, Ernest Tony and Tommy; sisters, Mary Aragon, Virginia Conner and Maybelle Woods; brothers, Albert and Eddie Joe Bivens; 22 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Rosary: 6 p.m. Monday, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 909 E. Washington with visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church.

Mortensen-Kings Funeral Center. Carmen B. Pogue, 91, of Tempe, a homemaker, died Dec. 26, 1996. She was born in Phoenix.

Survivors include her sons, Dave, Arnold and Rene; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. No services are planned. Tempe Mortuary. Albert Pokrass, 72, of Sun City, a foreign-service officer, died Dec. 27, 1996.

He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a World War II Army veteran. Survivors include his daughter, Marya Arata; sons, Kirk and Richard; sisters, Millicent Brill and Gloria Silverman; and four services are planned. Services and crandchildremerto Chapel. Folvia Porter, 83, of Mesa, a homemaker, died Dec. 26, 1996.

She was born in St. George, Utah. Survivors include her husband, Lorin Donald daughters, Donna Gibbons, Mary Tenney, Barbara Wilson and Leslie Lee; sons, Dean, Vernald, Lon and Jack; sisters, Millie Jesperson, Neola Scott, Birdie Tanner and Annie Osborn; brothers, Emir, Tony, Warren and Andrew Jarvis; 57 grandchildren; and 87 great-greatgrandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Heber, with visitation two hours before services.

Owens Mortuary, Show Low. Warren A. Schulze, 82, of Sun City, a retired electronics salesman, died Dec. 27, 1996. He was born in Albany, Minn.

Survivors include his daughter, Judith; sons, Richard, James and Robert; quist; 14 grandchildren; and six greatsisters, Edith Martin and a Loraine Elmgrandchildren. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sunland Mortuary and Cremation Center, 15826 Del Webb Sun City. Mass: 10 a.m. Monday, St.

Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, 9728 Palmeras Lane, Sun City. Contributions: Arizona Humane Society, 9226 N. 13th Phoenix, AZ 85021. Francis R. Shayer, 83, of Scottsdale, a retired fireman, died Dec.

27, 1996. He was born in New York City and was a volunteer at the North Resource Bureau of the Phoenix Police Department. Survivors include his wife, Claire; daughter, Arlene; grandchildren; a and one great grandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday, Sinai of Arizona, 4538 N.

16th St. Contributions: American Cancer Society, 2929 E. Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85016. Henry F. Shelton, 79, of Sun City, a retired general contractor, died Dec.

23, 1996. He was born in Arizona and was a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include his wife, Genevieve daughter, Rita Phillips; sister, Edna Powell; brother, Donald; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services: noon Jan. 5, Lakeview United Methodist Church, 10289 Thunderbird Sun City.

Contributions: Sun Health Residence for Alzheimer's Care in care of Sun Health Foundation, P.O. Box 2015, Sun City, AZ 85372. Maryvale Cremation and Burial. Coleman Martin Tallbull, 34, of Phoenix, died Dec. 25, 1996.

He was born in Montana. Survivors include his daughter, Stephanie Rae; and brother, Matthew Jr. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Botimer Funeral Home 8802 S. Central Ave.

Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Ruby A. Phoenison, 78, home- of maker, died Dec. 26, 1996.

She was born in Kansas City, Mo. Survivors include her daughters, Helen Brown, Sophia and Mary Perdue; sons, Bernard, James, Da- vid, George, Marvin and Billy; 25 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary and Cemetery, 719 N. 27th Ave.

Evelyn L. Zaun, 90, of Mesa, a homemaker, died Dec. 24, 1996. She was born in Cleveland. Survivors include her daughter, Carolyn sons, Ralph W.

Jr. and Richard seven grandchildren; and 17 great Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Lakeshore Mortuary, 1815 S. Dobson Road, Mesa. Services: 1:30 p.m.

Monday, Green Acres Mortuary and Cemetery, 401 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale. Clifford, Kenneth, Clifford, Kenneth, Nguyen Tho, revolutionary Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam Nguyen Huu Tho, an ardent Communist who escaped from a South Vietnamese jail to become a key revolutionary and later a leader of reunified Vietnam, died Dec. 24. He was 86.

Mr. Tho first made his name as a lawyer who defended nationalists and led strikes against French colonial rule. Insurgents expelled the French in 1954, but Vietnam was divided into a Communist north and south. Mr. Tho spent seven years in South Vietnam's jails before escaping in 1960 and joining the National Liberation Front, eventually becoming its chairman.

The NLF was the political arm of the Viet Cong, the South Vietnambased guerrilla group that spearheaded North. Vietnam's campaign to topple the Saigon government. John Condon, planned attack on Yamamoto ALEXANDRIA, Va. John Condon, a retired Marine Corps major general who helped plan one of the most important intelligence missions of World War II, died Dec. 26 of lymphoma and an aneurysm.

He was 85. While an aviation planning offiin the Solomon Islands in WWII, Mr. Condon coordinated the operation that led to the death of Fleet Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, Japan's navy minister and the commander in chief of the Combined Fleet. Yamamoto approved the plans for a quick attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec.

7, 1941, which brought the United States into the war. Mr. Condon also commanded Marine air groups during the Korean War. Tom Green, newspaper entertainment writer LOS ANGELES Tom Green, a senior entertainment writer for USA Today, died Dec. 24 of complications of pancreatitis.

He was 55. His 14-year-career with USA Today began with the newspaper's inception. Mr. Green opened the Los Angeles bureau in 1982 and later served as bureau chief and entertainment editor. Hafez Mahmoud, headed journalists union in Egypt CAIRO Hafez Mahmoud, a former head of Egypt's journalists union, died Dec.

26 of pneumonia. He was 80. Mr. Mahmoud became secretarygeneral of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate in 1941. He was elected its head in 1964 and served until 1967.

Aram Karamanoukian, general, senator, scholar FORT LEE, N.J. Aram Karamanoukian a retired Syrian general and senator who became a scholar in Paris and then in his adopted home of the United States, died of cancer Dec. 23. He was 86. Mr.

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25 of cancer at home in southern Indiana. He was 69. Mr. Schottelkotte, a former reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer, had been battling cancer for about two years. Despite his illness, the retired senior vice president of Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co.

continued to serve as president and chief executive officer of the Scripps Howard Foundation until earlier this month. Michael Bruno, Israeli economist, bank leader JERUSALEM Israeli economist Michael Bruno, a a former World Bank vice president and head of the Bank of Israel, died Dec. 25, He was 64. Mr. Bruno held several key economic posts and was part of the group that formulated the government's economic stabilization policy between 1988 and 1991.

The plan reined in Israel's spiraling inflation rate. Lee Alexander, ex-mayor jailed in extortion scheme SYRACUSE, N.Y. Lee Alexander, the former Syracuse mayor jailed for running an extortion and kickback scheme, died of cancer Dec. 25. He was 69.

Mr. Alexander was mayor for four terms, from 1970 to 1985. As head of the National Democratic Conference of Mayors in the 1980s, he was instrumental in securing federal revenue-sharing dollars for many cities. Mr. Alexander spent years in federal prison for taking $1.5 million in kickbacks from people who did business with Syracuse.

Maurice Hulbert, DJ and concert promoter TOWSON, Md. Maurice "Ho- tRod" Hulbert who introduced the music of many black artists to Baltimore radio listeners in the 1950s, died of cancer Dec. 23. He was 80. As one of the first black hosts on a radio show, Mr.

Hulbert influenced the city's musical tastes by playing songs of black artists that previously had been kept off the air. As a concert promoter, Mr. Hulbert brought such acts as Little Richard, Wilson Pickett, Chuck Berry and the Flamingos to play in Baltimore. 801 Funeral Announcements CENTER, Gerald Francis, 61, died December 26, 1996. Survived by.

wife Caliope Center; children Gerald F. (Brenda) Centner John L. (Lee) Centner Nicki L. Quesada, Theresa M. Anderson and Susie L.

(Steve) Cohen; father John L. Centner of Phoenix; brothers James and. Roy Centner: twelve granchildren. Memorial services will be held 2:00 P.M. Monday December 30, 1996 at Fast Lawn Palms Chapel, 5801 E.

Grant Tucson PINA, Helen Nellie, 70, of Phoenix, Arizona, died Tuesday, December 24, 1996 in Phoenix. Mrs. Pina, a homemaker, is survived by her husband, Ernest Pina; daughters, Mary Helen Lugo, Gloria Altamirano, Alice Flores, Lydia Pina; sons, Ernest Pina Tony Pina, Tommy Pina; sisters, Mary Aragon, Virginia Conner Maybelle. Woods, brothers, Albert Bivens, Eddie Joe Bivens; 22 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Services include a visitation Monday, December 30, PM at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 909 East.

Washington Street, Phoenix. Rosary at Immaculate Heart Monday, Decemben 30th, 6:00 PM. Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, December 9:30 AM at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, 5005 East Oak Street, Phoenix, Arizona.

Arrangements by MortensenKings Funeral Center. WILSON, Marion Shaw Kerr was born in Evansville, Wisconsin, February 27, 1906. She passed away December 23, 1996 at Vintage on the Pond, Delavan, WI. Mrs. Wilson married Harold H.

Kerr in July, 1925. Harold died in 1967. She married Claude Wilson in November 1969. Claude died in 1984. In 1989 Mrs.

Wilson moved to Elkhorn, after. spending 25 years in Arizona, Mrs. Wilson is survived by one daughter, Virginia (Rodney) Paulsen of Elkhorn, Wisconsin; one son, Richard H. Kerr. (Jean), of Escondido, California; four stepdaughters: Janyce Hotovec, Sally Wilson, Susan Johnson, all of Iowa, and Diane English of Arizona; seven grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren; 3 nieces and nephews; and many friends.

One son, John D. Kerr, preceded her in death. Marion Kerr Wilson was a charter member of the Willowbrook Methodist Church in Sun City, AZ; a charter member of the Beta Zeta chapter of the Sigma Alpha sorority, AZ; a lifetime. of the Edgerton Eastern Star Chapter 63, a member of Elkhorn Women's Club, Elkhorn First United Methodist Church and a volunteer for R.S.V.P. of Walworth County.

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