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6B THE PALM BEACH POST FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1989 Obituaries Dr. Herbert Virgin, of Dolphins Gen. John Knight Waters, hero during World War II guys," he once said. "Also, I get to go on trips. For me, that's a big thing, because my family is scattered around the country." Other survivors include his wife Frances; another son, Herbert III; a daughter, Frances Betsy Owen; eight grandchildren and a great grandchild.

A memorial service will be held today at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Coconut Grove. There will be a family service Sunday to spread Dr. Virgin's ashes in the Gulf Stream. the companionship of a group of intelligent athletes," his son said.

"He also welcomed the opportunity to be rather innovative." Dr. Herbert Virgin helped develop several helmets with special cushioning designed to protect football players against head injury. He also was a member of founding groups for three Miami-area hospitals. "I have always been interested in young people, and I have found the Dolphins to be a great group of The Associated Press MIAMI Dr. Herbert Virgin, the Miami Dolphins' first team physician, died Wednesday at 82.

A graduate of Northwestern University Medical School, Dr. Virgin was among the first people Dolphins owner Joe Robbie hired after Miami got a professional football franchise in 1966. The orthopedic surgeon was the team's doctor until he retired in 1983. He was succeeded by his son, Dr. Charles E.

Virgin. "He enjoyed both the challenge and, literally, Irene DuVal-Lewis, granddaughter of president By ALFONSO A. NARVAEZ New York Times News Service POTOMAC, Md. Retired Army Gen. John Knight Waters, a highly decorated veteran of World War II, died of heart failure Monday at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.

He was 82. Gen. Waters, a 1931 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, was a son-in-law of Gen. George Patton Jr.

In 1943, as a lieutenant colonel commanding a tank unit in combat in Tunisia, he was captured and taken prisoner by the Germans. In the closing days of the war in Europe, Gen. Waters, still a prisoner of war, was one of several hundred Americans at a prison camp near Ham-melburg, Germany. As the Allies advanced, he was sent out with other officers to negotiate with an oncoming American tank unit. German soldiers shot and severely wounded him.

The American force was routed, but a week later another American unit captured the camp. The liberators were part of the Third Army commanded by Patton, who said he did not know his son-in-law was in the camp. Gen. Waters spent a year recuperating from his wounds. After returning to active duty, Gen.

Waters served as military aide to Secretary of War Robert Patterson. He also commanded various armored division units in the United States and Korea, was chief of the Military Assistance Staff in Yugoslavia and was commanding general of the Continental Army Command, responsible for ground defenses across the nation. In 1951 he was commandant of cadets at West Point. He retired from the Army, a full general, in 1966 as commander of the U.S. Army of the Pacific.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, with clusters; the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, with clusters; the Knight Commander Order of the British Empire and the Croix de Guerre, with palm. She was born Nov. 13, 1883, in Tallahassee, and spent most of her life in Florida. She was a Red Cross volunteer for 50 years. Her husband died eight years ago.

Center, where she had lived since November. Asked recently whether she recalled the White House days in 1889-93 when Harrison was president, Mrs. DuVal-Lewis replied playfully, "I lived there, you silly fool." The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. Irene DuVal-Lewis, a granddaughter of President Benjamin Harrison and a niece of the French pirate Jean Lafitte, has died. She was 105.

She died Monday of natural causes at Park Villa Convalescent FUNERAL NOTICES CLASSIFIED CLASSIFIED Area Deaths ANNIE K. MCDUFFIE 756 West 4th Street, Riviera Beach, Florida. Funeral Services Saturday, 11 a.m. at STEVENS BROTHERS, RIVIERA BEACH CHAPEL. Friends may call today 4-9 p.m.

ALICE SAMPSON 710 9th Street, West Palm Beach, Florida. Funeral Services Saturday, 11 a.m. at STEVENS BROTHERS WEST PALM BEACH CHAPEL. Friends may call today 4-9 p.m. JOHN J.

WITTMER Age 87, of North Street, Lake Worth died Wednesday, January 11, 1989. He is survived by his wife, Mae Wittmer, of L.W.; a nephew, Melvin Ebert of Linden, N.J. Memorial servies will be held at a later date in North Branford, Connecticut. LAKESIDE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, in charge of arrangements. IDA MAE JOHNSON 908 Fifth Apt West Palm Beach, Florida.

Funeral Services Saturday, 1 p.m. at Peaceful Zion Baptist Church, W.P.B. Friends may call today 4-9 p.m., STEVENS BROTHERS, WEST PALM BEACH CHAPEL. JOHN YOUNG 733 West 9th Street, Riviera Beach, Florida. Funeral Services Saturday, 3 p.m.

at STEVENS BROTHERS, WEST PALM BEACH CHAPEL. Friends may call today 4-9 p.m. JOHNNIE B. COWAN Of 638 7th St, WPB, passed Monday, Jan. 9, 1989.

He leaves to cherish his memory a devoted friend, Diane Baker; live sons, Johnny Cowan, Diaries Baker, Willie Ferguson, Henry Ferguson, Kenny Baker; three daughters, Irene Cowan, Mary Ann Baker, Louise Baker; four sisters, Corene Cowan, Clara Woodall, Mattie Williams, Minnie Cowan; four brothers, Jesse Cowan, Nelson Cowan, Joseph Cowan, Richard Cowan; 13 grandchildren; daughter-in-law, wan is Cowan; one brother-in-law, Kufus Williams; two sisters-in-law, Corine Cowan, Katie Cowan; two aunts, Bessie Sanders, Mattie Cowan; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives A sorrowing Mends. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, In Tuske-gee, Ala. McKenzie Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Friends may call today from 2-7 p.m. at the WPB CHAPEL COLEMAN FUNERAL HOME.

DONALD A. SCHNEIDER Age 56, of Lake Worth, Fla. passed away Tuesday, January 10, 1989. He is survived by his loving wife Luann; two sons, Brian and David; daughter Julie Medina; brother Norbert Schneider; two sisters, Lorena Schneider and Arlene Strassburg; four grandchildren. Funeral Service will be held 8PM Saturday at the W.S.

Davis Funeral Home, Arcade Y. with the Rev. Ken Snyder officiating. Interment will be in Sardinia Rural Cemetery, Sardinia, N.Y. DORSEY FUNERAL HOME, 3525 South Congress L.W.

in charge of arrangements. JEROME SMART Age 76, of 1233 West 36th Street, Riviera beach, Florida, passed away January 9, at home. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Riviera Beach, he is survived by his wife Rosanna Smart; daughters Bessie Dell Cepheus, Gloria Jean and Peggy Mickens, one sister Viola Smith; two brothers in laws Willie Smith and Dan Ivory; two nephews; six sisters-in-laws, a hoast of other relatives and friends. Funeral Services Saturday, 1 p.m.

at Mount Olive Baptist Church. Friends may call today 4-9 p.m. STEVENS BROTHERS, RIVIERA BEACH CHAPEL. PALM BEACH COUNTY Aronowitz, Morris, 86, of West Palm Beach. Menorah Gardens Funeral Chapels, West Palm Beach.

Funeral today. Bailey, James 69, of Boynton Beach. Dorsey Funeral Home, Lake Worth. Funeral in Westminster, Md. Beseler, Miriam, 81, of West Palm Beach.

Riverside Guardian Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Funeral in Manalapan, N.J. Doyen, Ann, of Lake Worth. Lakeside Chapel, Lake Worth. Eby, Kathleen, 59, of Riviera Beach.

E. Earl Smith Son Funeral Home, East Chapel, Lake Worth. Frank, Sylvia, 69, of West Palm Beach. Levitt-Weinstein Guaranteed Security Plan Chapel, West Palm Beach. Funeral Sunday.

Gump, Mauricia 79, of Boynton Beach. E. Earl Smith Son Funeral Home, East Chapel, Lake Worth. Holdsworth, George 81, of West Palm Beach. Dorsey Funeral Home, Lake Worth.

Funeral in Richmond, Va. Houss, Edward 79, of Boca Raton. Robert J. Babione Funeral Home, Boca Raton. Funeral Monday.

Little, Robert, 80, of 121 S.W. Ninth Boynton Beach. Boynton Memorial Chapel, Boynton Beach. Martin, Annie 50, of 1255 S.W. Sixth South Bay.

Taylor-Smith-West Funeral Home, Paho-kee. Funeral Saturday. Palmer, Wallace 74, of Boca Raton. Robert J. Babione Funeral Home, Boca Raton.

Funeral Saturday. Paone, Anthony 74, of West Palm Beach. Tillman Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Funeral in Revere, Mass. Pugliese, Lillian 72, of Palm Springs.

Tillman Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Schneider, Karl, 90, of 1800 S. Drive, Lake Worth. Lakeside Chapel, Lake Worth. Schreiber, David 81, of West Palm Beach.

Northwood Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Sperry, Selma, 68, of Boca Raton. Menorah Gardens Funeral Chapels, West Palm Beach. Funeral Thursday. Stone, Helen, of Delray Beach.

Gutterman-Warheit Sentinel Plan Chapel, Boca Raton. Funeral Sunday. Taylor, Theodore 78, of Palm Beach. Riverside Guardian Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Funeral today.

Trainor, James, 39, of West Palm Beach. Lakeside Chapel, Lake Worth. Warren, Julius, 78, of 316 Farm Place, Pahokee. Taylor-Smith-. West Funeral Home, Pahokee.

Funeral Saturday. Wittmer, John, 87, of 1814 North Lake Worth. Lakeside Chapel, Lake Worth. ST. LUCIE COUNTY Erdek, Virginia 50, of 1320 Buckingham Terrace, Port St.

Lucie. Yates Funeral Home Chapel, Port St. Lucie. Parker, Harry 80, of 807 Brack Road, Fort Pierce. Yates Funeral Home, Fort Pierce.

Swanson, Jeannette 92, of 421 S.E. Gasparilla Port St. Lucie. Yates Funeral Home Chapel, Port St. Lucie.

Washer, Alice 67, of Fort Pierce. Yates Funeral Home, Fort. Pierce. MELFORD J. (PETE) PITRE Age 84, of Leisureville, Boynton Beach, died Wednesday, January 11th, 1989.

Mr. Pitre was a member of the Board of Governors, Underwriters Laboratory, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The American Society of Safety Engineers, The Board of Directors of the American Standard Association, The Leisureville Recreation Committee, The Leisureville Men's Golf League, The Leisureville Nominating Committee for the Board of Directors, and The Leisureville CPR Club. Mr. Pitre had been a Mason since 1925 and was a proud member of The Indivisible Friends Lodge 404, New Orleans, Boynton Lodge 236, A AM, The Leisureville Square Club, Scottish Rite Consistory, Valley of Lake Worth and Amara Shrine Temple, Palm Beach Gardens. He Is survived by his loving wife, Alice F.

Pitre; sons, John H. and Dr. Thomas M. Pitre, and sisters, Florestine Rau and Selina Michel. A masonic memorial service will be held Sunday, January 15, 1989, at the SCOB EE-CO MBS UNERAL HOME, US Hwy 1 and N.E.

15th Ave, ioynton Beach conducted by Boynton Lodge 236. A nemorial mass will be said Monday, January 16, i'9, at St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, Boynton Beach with Rev. W. Michael Cassell officiating.

Donations may be made to St. Joseph's Episcopal Church (Rector's Discretionary Fund) or to The American Heart Association in Mr. Pitre's memory. WALLACE RICE PALMER Age 74, of Boca Raton, died Thursday, January 12, at the Boca Raton Community Hospital. Mr.

Palmer moved to Boca Raton 17 years ago from Cape Cod. He was a member of The Congregational Church of Boca Raton, The Golden Harbor Yacht Club, The Men's Republican Club of Boca Raton and the Boston Advertising Club. Mr. Palmer retired from the Fair-child Publishing Co. in 1971 as the New England Director of Sales.

He is survied by his wife Mary F. Palmer of Boca Raton; one son Wallace Rice Palmer, Jr. of two stepsons. Curt Anderson of Dover, Mass, and Dexter Anderson of Norwalk, Conn. one brother, Donald F.

Palmer of Princeton, N.J.; two sisters Frances B. LUlie of Boca Raton and Dorothy Partridge of Sonoma, Calif, and two grandchildren. MARY SEMMENS Age 78, passed away Tuesday January 10 In Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Lake Worth, a native of Cornwall, England, and resident of West Palm Beach Preceded in death by her husband, James Thomas Semmens; she is survived by son, Raymond T. Semmens, of Baton Rouge, La, and grandson, James Bennett Semmens, EvansvUle, Indiana.

Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday, January 14, 1989, at the E. EARL SMITH SON FUNERAL HOME, WEST CHAPEL, 3772 S. Military Trail, Lake Worth, with the Rev. Bruce Sylvester, First Congregational Church of Lake Worth, officiating. Friends may call from 4:00 to Friday and until service time Saturday morning at the West Chapel.

Interment will be in Hlllcrest Memorial Park, West Palm Beach. In lieu of flowers, contributions on behalf of Mrs. Semmens, can be made to the American Cancer Society of Palm Beach County, 2724 Australian Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33407. The Rev. John Shaw of The Congregational Church of Boca Raton will conduct the funeral services at 2pm on Saturday, January 14 at ROBERT J.

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