The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 17

The Des Moines Register! Wednesday, June 22, 1994 7M ADVERTISEMENT Almanac Obituaries Postal Carrier Siain Suspect seeks trial byjudge Hildred H. Bivans, 91, of Indian- ola died of a respiratory ailment Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Medical Vern Dodd 57, of 3701 Valdez died of carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday at home. The death has been ruled a suicide. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Glendale Cemetery.

Mr. Dodd was born in Jasper County and had lived in Des Moines all his life He was a dentist, an Army veteran and a member of the American Dental Association and the I Club. Survivors, all of Des Moines, include a son, Joel; his mother, Faye Dodd; and a sister, Judi Nielsen. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hamilton's Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Activity Center at Fleur Heights Care Center. Nellie De Geus, 86, of Pella died of a heart ailment Monday at Pella Community Nursing Home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Reformed Church in Pella, of which she was a member. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery there.

Mrs. De Geus, a homemaker, was born in Leighton and had lived in Pella most of her life. She is survived by her husband, Marion; three daughters, Marilyn De Geus of Kansas City, Janice Jones of Lakewood, and Ar-lene Vander Loon of Grand Rapids, two sisters, Helen Vander Wilt of Pella and Lorraine Mork-ert of Des Moines; and three grandchildren. Friends may call all day today at VantDyk-Duven Funeral Home in Pella, where the family will be present from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Des Moines Births DES MOINES GENERAL HOSPITAL HILGENBERG Tona and Dirk of Adel, a son, Tuesday.

IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER CLAYPOOL Mmdy and Dan ot Newton, a daughter. Monday HADACHEK Gloria and Joe ol Des Moines, a son. Monday. HAYES Jennifer and Russ of Pleasantville. a son.

Tuesday. HAYS Lori and Patrick of Saudi Arabia, a son, Sunday. McCLATCHEY Kim and Curtis ol Perry, a daughter. Tuesday OGLE Michelle and Kevin of Indianola. a son, Sunday RAMOS Barb and Rich of Indianola.

a daughter, Tuesday RUZKOWSKI Susan and Chuck of Waukee. a son. Tuesday. MERCY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER DALE Valenria Moore and James Dale of Des Moines, a son. Monday.

GLASENER Liza and Kendal of Des Moines, a daughter. Monday. JOHANNSEN Betty and Joel of Ankeny, a daughter. Monday. OVERTON Kimberly and Tim of Des Moines, a daughter, Tuesday.

PRITCHARD Glee and Dave of DeSoto. a son, Tuesday SCHUHARDT Denise and Tim of Perry, a son, Monday. YAW Jenny of Des Moines, a daughter. Monday. Film, Slides and Photos to Video Foreign Tape Conversions 1905 Ingersoll 282-4411 WE SERVICE ALL MAKES SPECIAL Clean and Check Central AC 10 Off Parts 5391 NE 46th AVE.

Mil Death Notices BERMETZ Emit J. Ber-metz, 93, of Omaha, N6, died June 19. He was preceded in death by wife, Helen. Survived by daughter son-in-law, Emily Don McWhirter, of Omaha; grandchildren Jeffrey Langdon, Cheryl Aiax, Randal Langdon, Cvnthia Hamilton; step-grandchildren, Karen Mass, James McWhirter; 9 great grandchildren; 4 step great grandchildren; nieces nephews. Services Tuesday 7 PM.

Cros-bv-Burket Colonial Cnopel, Omaha. Further services Wednesday 1 PM Zion Lutheran Church, 4300 Beaver Ave, Des Moines. Rev. Dean Hofer-er officiating. Interment Resthaven Cemetery, Des Moines.

Memorials to Morningstar Lutheran Church, Omaha; Zion Lu-theron Church, DSM. HILDENBRAND Services tor Walter E. Hllden-brand, of 8009 Dema will be 10 AM Thursday at the funeral home. Interment Lowman Cemetery, Runnells, IA. Visitation both Tuesday Wednesday after 9 AM at the funeral home, with family receiving friends from S-8 PM Wednesday at Southtown Funeral Home MOOS.W.Hh 283-3911 HUSS Services for Ruth R.

Huss, of Hot Springs Village, AR, will be 12 noon Friday ot the funeral home. Interment Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation 5-8 PM Thursday at Ham I lions Near Highland Memory Gardens UlN.yfMth 2814442 O'KEEFE Groveside services for Doris Kather-ine O'Keefe, of 1620 Pleasant will be 10 AM Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Southtown Funeral Home 54PO tLm mr RIBBEY Services for Mary C. Ribbey, of 1118 Oak Park will be 9: 30 AM Thursday ot All Saints Catholic Church.

Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery. Visitation 5-8 PM with a scripture service at 7 PM Wednesday at Hamilton! Near Highland Memory Gardens 289-2442 SULLIVAN Services tor Merrill J. (Sully) Sullivan, ot 3307 E. 25th Ct will be 10:00 AM Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

HamlltonsNear Highland Memory Gardens 289-2442 SULLIVAN Services tor Tammy Sullivan of Phoenix AZ will be 10am Wednesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. ifHMman 27MS47 TAYLOR Services for Mrs. Grace M. Taylor, of 430 Grand Avenue, will be 1 1 AM Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment 1:15 PM Wednesday at Lynwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA.

Westover Funeral Home tHmiSiunan Rd, 27HM7 Services Scheduled Wednesday Helen M. Lewis 2761 Skeies Drive 1 PMat the funeral home Glendale Cemetery Edna Luella Denhardt 4036-54thSt. 2 30 PM at the funeral home Elizabeth A Ins worth 4006-UthSt. 1 PM Central Lutheran Church Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery Thursday Linda Sue Wolfe Frailer 717 Lyon 2 30 PM at the funeral home Berwick Cemetery Berwick, IA Friday Lucille Haul Walnut 2:30 PMat the funeral home Glendale Cemetery AMILTONcS ruiuw Minia MS Lyon, Des Moines (515) 243-5221 HIGHLAND MEMORY GARDENS Burial Spaces S3S0S400 Grave Opening M-F S3S0 Sat. $450 Burial Vaults Bronze Memorials S375 Starting at Pre-NeedOnly InderSSOO lo month) no interest on prt-nttd plan 289-2230 Des Moines RIDOUT Services for Irvin D.

Ridout of 1224 East 21st Street will be 10:00 am WED. at Merle Hay Funeral Home Chapel. Interment Hill of Zion Cemetery, Zion I A. MERLE HAY at Chapel Hill FUNERAL HOME MAUSOLEUM CEMETERY COLUMBARIUM CREMATORIUM 4400 MERLE HAY ROAD DES MOINES, IOWA 50310 515-278-4633 Of Having Assistance Always Available. 967-4511 Call Connie Clark, Administrator, for more details A UAKIIIUtKITC i.

HI '1 Helen M. Lewis, 88, of 2761 Skeies Drive, died of Lou Gehrig's disease Sunday at home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Hamilton's Funeral Home, with burial at Glendale Cemetery. Mrs.

Lewis was born in Fort Wayne, and v. 12 had lived in Des LY Moines most of her life. She was a retired supervisor with Farm Bureau and was a member of Easton Place United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Jean Richards of Des Moines; a brother, Richard Garwood of Des Moines; a sister, Majorie Budd of Indianola; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association or Hospice of Central Iowa.

A previous obituary contained some incorrect information. Robert C. Fellinger, 71, of Ames died of cancer Sunday at Mary Greeley Medical Center there. The body will be cremated and memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at St.

John's By the Campus Episcopal Church. Mr. Fellinger was born in Burlington and had lived in Ames for many years. He was a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as well as several honorary professional organizations. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and had worked on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program at the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia; a daughter, Ann Olson of Ames; a son, Michael of Boulder, and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the ISU Foundation for the Fellinger Prize in Thermal Sciences. Arrangements are being handled by Adams Funeral Home in Ames. Kenneth Eugene Page, 65, of Osceola died of cancer Monday at Clarke County Hospital there. Services will be at 10 a.m.

Thursday at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola, with burial at Maple Hill Cemetery there. Mr. Page was born in Clarke County and had worked for the Burlington Northern Railroad for nearly 40 years. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Osceola Eagles. Survivors include his wife, Betty; three daughters, Becky Jo Murray of Clive, Vicki Lee Thompson of Fort.

Worth, Texas, and Debbi Lyn Johnson of Rialto, two stepdaughters, Robin Fitch and Rhonda Was-son, both of Osceola; a stepson, Richard Fitch of Des Moines; a brother, Larry of Osceola; his step-grandmother, Flossie Page of Leon; two grandchildren; and five step-grandchildren. Friends may call after 10 a.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 7 to 8 p.m. Emil J. Bermetz, 93, of Omaha died of complications of a stroke there Sunday.

Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Zion Lutheran Church in Des Moines, with burial at Resthaven Cemetery in West Des Moines. Mr. Bermetz was born in Des Moines and had lived here many years before moving to Omaha in 1991. He was retired from Dahl's Food Stores.

Survivors include a daughter, Emily McWhirter; four grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; and four step-greatgrandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Morning Star Lutheran Church in Omaha or Zion Lutheran Church in Des Moines. Arrangements are being handled by Crosby-Burket-Swanson-Golden Funeral Home in Omaha. Autopsies Recent investigations have determined these causes of death for the following residents, according to medical examiners: Kenneth L. McKnight, 79, of Chariton died of carbon monoxide poisoning May 15 at home.

The death was ruled a suicide. Cecil C. Grantham, 79, of Rock Island, 111., died of arteriosclerotic heart disease May 24 at Trinity Medical Center East Campus in Moline, 111. Divorces These people have been granted divorces In Polk County. Mark and Jacque Walker.

Larry and Linda Lindblom. Cheryl and Robert Dow Sharon and Michael Scott Diane Kruse and John Allen. CharleneM and Glen Bell Diane J. and Roger Kirkpatrick-Havens. Paul and Michelle Dawn Marlene and Robert Knox Jr.

lien and Donald Wood Jr. Paula and Kevin Jakobe Donna and Jerome Saltzman. Dawn and Kenneth Le Cram Beverly and Michael Gustalson, Sterling and Rachel Kosmicke Tell us what you think. Express your opinion in a letter to the editor. Send it to: Letters to the Editor, P.O.

Box 957, Des Moines, Iowa Linda Sue Wolfe Frazier, 36, of 1614 E. Grand Ave. died Monday at Des Moines General Hospital after undergoing heart surgery. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Hamilton's Funeral Home, with burial at Berwick Ceme- rorv ft I Mrs.

Frazier, a Moines resident, was a dietary technician at Des Moines General Hospital and was a member of St. George's Greek Orthodox Church. Among survivors are her husband, Thomas; her parents, Richard and Helen Wolfe of Des Moines; four brothers, Leo Wolfe, James Wolfe, Lee Wolfe and Guy Wolfe, all of Des Moines; three sisters, Belle Porter and Shirlee Johnston, both of Des Moines, and Deborah Eatwell of St. Paul, and her grandmother, Belle Baker of Des Moines. Friends may call after 3:30 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Variety Club of, Iowa. Edna I. Vandenburg, 90, of Nor-walk died of a heart ailment Monday at Regency Care Center there. The body will be cre- I mated and grave- 1 side mpmnrinl services will be at 3 p.m.

Friday at Jordan Cemetery in West Des Moines. Mrs. Vandenburg was born in Washington, and had lived in West Des Moines most of her life before moving to Norwalk seven years ago. She was a homemaker and a member of Order of the Eastern Star, the Des Moines Women's Club and West Des Moines Christian Church. Survivors include a son, Charles of West Des Moines; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to her church or Order of the Eastern Star. Arrangements are being handled by McLaren's Funeral Home in West Des Moines. Saramae "Sally" Crim, 65, of Boone died of cancer Monday at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Evangelical Free Church in Boone, with burial at South Marion Cemetery near Stratford.

Mrs. Crim was born in Corydon and had lived in Boone since 1983. She was a retired elementary school teacher in Manson and Dayton. Among survivors are two sons, Danny of Boone and Andy of Stratford; two daughters, Polly Rine-hart of Boone and Jody Klaver of Rockwell; three brothers, Don Baker of Clear Lake, Keith Baker of Kim-berling City, and John Baker of Chicago; a sister, Doris Richard of Corydon; and 23 grandchildren. Friends may call after noon today at Schroeder Memorial Chapel in Boone, where the family will be present from 7 to 9 p.m.

Des Moines Deaths BIVANS Hildred 91. of Indianola died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center, BROWN Doris. 7 1 of Fort Dodge died Friday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. DODD Vern 57. of 3701 Valdez Drive, died Saturday at home HAMILTON Bruce 79.

of 219 Rimrock Drive. West Des Moines, died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. WATERSON William. 31. Of 1726 E.

Walnut St. died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. Fire, Rescue Calls DES MOINES FIRE DEPARTMENT June 21, 12:16 a.m 1900 Seventh medical call. 1:57 i.m. 1 726 Walnut medical call 2:24 i.m.

5300 1st Court, medical call 2:49 a.m. Martin Luther King Parkway and University Avenue, medical call. 3:50 a.m. 2909 E. 14th medical call 6:23 a.m.

2737 E. Grand medical call. 6:53 a.m. 2744 Market medical call. 7:23 a.m.

803 Hartford St. vehicle tire. 7:37 a.m. 988 26th medical call 7:43 a.m. 1509 36th medical call 7:50 a.m.

Ninth Street and Army Post Road, medical call. 8:57 a.m 3000 Grand Ave, vehicle fire. 8:59 a.m. 1216 E. 27th smoke.

9:19 a.m. 603 Phillip medical call. 9:28 a.m. 2201 Bell Ave medical call 9:33 a.m. 1801 Hickman Road, false call 10:14 a.m.

614 E. Watrous unauthorized burning, 10:42 a.m. 2901 Rutland system malfunction, 10:58 a.m. 732 1 8th St medical call 4911 19th St call 1 1:39 a.m. 601 Locust medical call 1 1:59 a.m.

1 333 57th Place, medical call 12:20 p.m. 1900 Carpenter medical call 12:36 p.m. Southeast Ninth Street and Grand Avenue, medical call. 12:47 p.m. 27 1 2 Raccoon medical call 12:50 p.m.

801 E. 27th system malfunction. 1:01 p.m. 18th Street and Ingersoll Avenue, medical call 1:03 p.m. 3030 Ingersoll hazardous condition, 1:35 p.m.

3800 Merle Hay Road, hazardous condition. 2:02 p.m. 1458 Fifth smoke scare 2:36 p.m. 2588 Hubbell Ave medical call 3:43 p.m. 700 E.

University system malfunction, 3:47 p.m. 500 Sixth medical call 3:49 p.m. 1801 Hickman Road, system malfunction. 4:22 p.m. 210 Walnut medical call 4:32 p.m.

MacVicar Freeway at 31st Street. medical call. 4:52 p.m. 12th Street and Euclid Avenue, medical call. 4:59 p.m.

5725 12th Street, brush fire 5:05 p.m. 1016 W. Leland medical call. 5:39 p.m. 2800 Fleur Drive, medical call.

5:42 p.m. 1 600 University Ave medical call 5:45 p.m. 37 1 5 Merle Hay Road medical call. 1731 13th St call 6:30 p.m. 19th Street and Walnut Avenue.

medical call 7:16 p.m. 1141 Pine structure fire, 7:24 p.m. 622 3 1st St smoke scare, 7:40 p.m. 2708 40th Court, medical call 7:53 p.m. First Street, medical call 1317Fourth St call 8:47 p.m.

1307 Sixth medical call. 9:07 p.m. 1 082 36th St medical call 9:50 p.m. 833 Gratis Ave medical call 9:55 p.m. 1124 E.

Seneca medical call. Center in Des Moines. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Overton Funeral Home in Indian-ola, with burial at Lowman Cemetery in Runnells. Mrs.

Bivans was born in Run nells and had lived in Indianola since 1964. She had been a homemaker and had farmed near Beech and was a member of Beech Ladies Garden Club. Survivors include two sons, Junior Vaughn of Milo and John Bivans of Sacramento, three daughters, Jeanne Vermie of Des Moines, Olive Brown of Guthrie Center and Gwendolyn Kuhn of Milo; 14 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Indianola Fire and Rescue. Mary C. Ribbey, 83, of 1118 Oak Park Ave. died of a heart ailment Monday at Iowa Lutheran Hospital. bervices will be AkhV' at 9:30 a.m.

1 Thursday at All baints Catholic Church, of which she was a member. Burial will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Ribbey was born in Pen Argyl, and had lived in Des Moines since 1952. She was a home-maker and a member of her church's Altar and Rosary Society.

Among survivors are a daughter, Emily McColly of Ankeny; a son, Joseph Consola of Wilkes Barre, a sister, Theresa Tondre of Long Island, N.Y.; three grandchildren; a step-grandchild; and four greatgrandchildren. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at Hamilton's Near Highland Memory Gardens Funeral Home, where a Scripture service will be held at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to her church or the Iowa Heart Association. Bernice Miller, 64, of Kellogg died of cancer Monday at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, with burial at Hazelwood Cemetery there. Mrs. Miller was born near Corydon and had lived in Kellogg since 1952. She was retired from Midwest Manufacturing in Kellogg and was a member of Kellogg Christian Church and the Christian Women's Fellowship.

Survivors include her husband, R. Dean; a daughter, Linda Blackmer of Independence, her mother, Sara McCarty of Grinnell; and two sisters, Vicki McCarty of Grinnell and Cleo Tostenof Urbandale. Friends may call after 9 a.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kellogg Ambulance Service or her church.

Marriages TheM people have applied for marriage licensee In Polk County. Donald M. Chartier. Grimes, and Janet Larson. Grimes.

Robert R. Kirkman. 58. Des Moines, and Sally J. Kirkman.

55. Des Moines. Kelly W. Jones. 22.

Des Moines, and Denise M. Crew. 23. Altoona. Jeffrey A.

Prangler. 27. Ankeny. and Alicin K. Carlson.

23, Ankeny David E. Engle. 32. Des Moines, and Debra L. Helland.

25. Des Moines. James Eaton, 22. Urbandale. and Kristin L.

Riuteel. 23. Urbandale, Richard A. Belden, 37, Des Moines, and Kathleen A Holmes. 44.

Des Moines. Bobby Daiton III. 18. Des Moines, and Jennifer Bauman. 22, Des Moines Todd Azinger.

Des Moines, and Kathy A. Hourihan. 25. Des Moines. James E.

Sixta II. 24. Des Moines, and Debbie A. Schueller, 29. Des Moines.

Iowa Deaths ALLERTON Harold Hickie, 79. BAXTER Aleta Herzog. 9 1 BONAPARTE Claude (Dick) Sexton, 82, CEDAR FALLS Lorence L. Hesse. 51.

Donald Laipple. 65: Ferrol Coffman. 84; Dr. William Metcalte. 76: William C.

McKinley. 61: Richard Webb. 88 COLFAX Carl Dicks 94 CORYDON Lena Mae Condit. 89: Barbara Ann Carlson. 51.

DONNELLSON Mac Seeley. 18. EVANSDALE Edith Brown. 88 FARMINGTON Sue Stanton. 59: Marguerite Van Patton.

91: Fred Anders. 79. FERGUSON Catherine Swab. 73. GARRISON Genevieve Auld.

86 GILMAN Marie Medhus. 92: Joel Anderson. 74. GLADBROOK Francis Smith, 68 HARLAN Anna Hemminger. 84, HOLLAND JakeSchoneman.84.

HUBBARD Gle Nehring. 7 1 INDEPENDENCE William Nolte. 83. JESUP Mildred Schmit. 75: Alma Gooden-bour 86: Robert I Perkins.

79 KEOKUK Corwin Toben, 72: Virgil Nichols. 93: Thelma Myers. 81: Iva Wilsey. 94: Julian Smith, 69 Flmer Gooding. 71.

LA PORTE CITY Lucille Porter. 89 LA MONT Gladys Paulson. 89 MARSHALLTOWN Margaret Naylor. 85: Russell Freland. 95: Orin Tweed.

77; Alfred Lolwing, 85, Homer Shamley. 78: Peter Schmidt, 79; Meredith Helm. 76; Carlton Lynk. 76: Walter Buchwald. 76: Dean Yantis.

80; Peter Schmidt. 79; Mayme Crabtree. 97; Jan Casey. 55; Phyllis Hullon. 69 MILTON Aletha Kaiser.

74 NEWHALL Viola Koopman. 84 NEWTON Roger Owens. 75: Delia Dobbs. 88 PRAIRIE CITY Dorothy Birkenhollz. 64, SEYMOUR Wilbur Carpenter.

74; Isabella Ar-genta 74 STATE CENTER Ralph Moody 7 1 SULLY William Baarda. 88 TAMA Lucille Porter. 89. Betty Plowman. 65.

TRAER Roy Fuller. 58 UNION Rudy Voll. 79 VINTON Maiel Brown. 94. WATERLOO Bernice Hamilton, 80: George Mnnter.

83: James I Smith. 58, Anna Enckson. 77 Dorothy Anderson, 67: Walter MrCann 85 Pearl Norris. 70 Delbert Mikcsh. 58 Hirland Nerison.

62; Marcia Smith, 85: Mary Lou Greenwood. 65; Ellen Storks. 75 OpalL Chase. 78. ZEARING Ross Sparrow.

62 By DEBORA WILEY Of Tiik Rw hstkk's Ckiiak Rm'ii is Hi ukai Cedar Rapids, la. The man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend as she delivered mail along her Cedar Rapids postal route in January will be tried by a federal judge instead of a jury. In an unusual move, Ronald Downs 51, asked U.S. Judge Michael Melloy on Tuesday to waive his right to a trial by jury. Downs' attorney, John Lane of Cedar Rapids, also withdrew his earlier notice of an insanity defense.

The burden of proving insanity rests with the defense, but Lane said he would not present any expert testimony regarding Down's medical competency. A psychiatric report from the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, earlier found Downs competent to stand trial. The case was set to begin Monday in Fort Dodge but will be held instead in Cedar Rapids. Melloy earlier had agreed to move the trial because of prejudicial and extensive pre-trial publicity that could have influenced a jury pool from the Cedar Rapids area. Neither Lane nor Assistant U.S.

Attorney Robert Teig would comment on the case Tuesday. Downs, a former postal worker, is charged in the shooting death of Gloria Heising, 40, of Mount Vernon on Jan. 20 outside of Downs' son's home. Authorities allege that Downs mailed a certified letter to that address along her route so he could lie in wait until Heising delivered it for a signature. No one else was home about 1:30 p.m.

when the letter was delivered, but the murder was witnessed by television anchorman Bob Hilton as he drove by chance down that street. Heising allegedly ran to the street and pleaded for mercy before the gunman shot her two or three times with a sawed-off shotgun, twice reloading. She was shot at least two more times with a handgun. Downs in 1992 was given a suspended sentence for harassing Heising, with whom he had an on-again, off-again relationship for several years. Among the points of contention yet to be argued by attorneys is a confession Downs made to a police detective and a postal inspector after his arrest.

The murder trial is being held in federal court since Heising was shot while delivering mail. Clinton taps Iowan for judgeship By KAREN HSU Whitkk President Clinton nominated Mark W. Bennett Tuesday for a vacant U.S. district judge position in the northern district of Iowa. Bennett, who currently serves as a U.S.

magistrate judge for the southern district of Iowa, will replace U.S. District Judge Donald O'Brien of Sioux City, if confirmed by the Senate. In May, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin recommended four people for the Iowa position.

After Tuesday's announcement from the White House, Harkin representatives said the Senate Judiciary Committee will have three weeks to review the recommendation and set a hearing. After the hearing, the full Senate will vote on Bennett's nomination. Harkin representatives said Harkin hopes to have the Senate vote on the nomination by Aug. 15, when Congress takes a recess. Bennett graduated cum laude from Gustavus Adolphus College and received his law degree from Drake University in 1975.

Before being appointed as a U.S. magistrate judge in 1991, he was a member of the Babich, Bennett Nickerson firm in Des Moines for 16 years, specializing in civil rights law with an emphasis on employment discrimination. He also served as general counsel of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union, and has worked on three U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Bennett teaches as an adjunct professor at Drake University Law School and has taught as a lecturer at the University of Iowa College of Law.

In 1985, Bennett won a ruling that commencement prayers violated the U.S. Constitution. Luther study m.NiwsSii(in: Decorah, la. Luther College has received a $6,000 grant from the Aid Association for Lutherans to help pay for a survey of the college's alumni and parents of current and former students. ALTOONA, IA 50009 The Right Choice in Assisted Living Private Rooms I One Floor-NO STAIRS! Home-Cooked Meals Laundry, Housekeeping I Loving Family Environment! Daily Activities, Exercise Ako Available BREAKS FOR CAREGIVERS! TEMPORARY CARE RESPITE CARE Overnight Weekends Holidays Adult Day Evening Independent Lifestyle With The Security RETIREMENT CENTER JUNE SALE All Memorials Reduced Save 10 to 40 I i BLANCH ARD Jf '4kf -V- CRANITE GRANITE LARGE DISPLAY ur yuALi 1 1 MEMORIALS OF QUALITY MARKERS Indianola Memorial Works Dick and Linda Morris, Owners Certified Memorialists 706 S.

Jefferson (Hwy. 65-69) Indianola 961-3103 1-800-525-3349 I.