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JAN. 12, 2001 'ASBURY PARK PRESS PAGE B5 OBITUARIES nerals, 233 Carr Keansburg. A Mass will be offered 9:15 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church, I Keansburg.

Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Keyport. CLARA WENZEL, 94, NEW BRUNSWICK, died Tuesday at Francis E. Parker Memorial Home in New Brunswick. Many years ago, she was a self-employed beautician in Somerville.

She and her late husband, Frank, co-founded Wenzel's Furniture Store, formerly of New Brunswick and currently in North Brunswick. She was a communicant of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, New Brunswick, and a former member of the Metuchen Country Club. Born in Milltown, she lived in New Brunswick for more than 50 years. In addition to her husband, who died in 1971, she was predeceased by a daughter, Jane Fekete, in 1994.

Surviving are a granddaughter, Barbara Kizis of Cream Ridge, Upper Freehold Township; a grandson, Frank Fekete of San Francisco; a sonin-law, Joseph Fekete of Palm City, and three great grandchildren. Selover Funeral Home, North Brunswick, was in charge of arrangements. ELSEWHERE DR. DAVID FRYER, of SEATTLE, a neurologist well-known for his medical writings, died Monday of cancer. He was 72.

As a fellow in neurology at the University of Washington and a staff member at Virginia Mason Medical Center, he wrote for 15 publications, including a report on his diagnosis of a case of Refsum's Disease, a rare inherited condition. He practiced medicine in Great Britain and became a ship's doctor on the ocean liner SS Oronsay. He also worked at Vancouver General Hospital in British Columbia and Boston City Hospital. The Associated Press MARTIN KONIGSBERG, of NEW YORK, the father of Woody Allen, died Monday. He was 100.

Mr. Konigsberg was a former restaurant waiter and jewelry engraver. "My father is a classic example of guy who smoked two packs a day since he was said Allen, who was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg. "Eats two eggs for breakfast and meat for dinner seven days a week, dishes of ice cream before bed at night." The Associated Press THE REV. DAVID H.

C. READ, a pastor who brought an outspoken approach to the issues of the day and a flair for showmanship to the pulpit of one of Manhattan's most prominent churches, has died. He was 91. The Rev. Read, who died on Sunday, was the pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church from 1956 until 1989.

Drawing analogies from Mother Goose and quoting Shakespeare, the Rev. Read commanded the room on Sundays with stirring oratories from the pulpit. The Rev. Read also broadcast a regular radio sermon from the classic Victorian Gothic church, some which broadcast nationally by the National Council of Churches. He published more than 30 books of his sermons, and every Monday, transcripts of his sermons from the previous day were mailed out as part of a subscription service.

Born in Scotland, the Rev. Read served as a chaplain in the British army during World War II. He was captured by the German army at Dunkirk and spent the rest of the war being shuttled from one prisoner-of-war camp to a another. It was his time in the camps that reinforced the Rev. Read's deep belief in God.

The Rev. Read was also active in working for human rights and pressing for a freeze on nuclear arms. The Associated Press JAKE RUSSELL, of PONTIAC, an autoworker with 10 children who sent five sons to NCAA Division I basketball teams and three to the NBA, died Sunday. He was 97. Campy, Ted, Frank, Larry and Walker all played Division I basketball.

Campy went on to play for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks, while Frank played for the Chicago Bulls and Walker for the Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers. The Associated Press JOHN G. SCHMITZ, of COSTA MESA, the ultraconservative politician whose fiery rhetoric defined right Southern California Republicanism for nearly two decades, has died at age 70. Additional obituaries B4 OCEAN Park North, BERKELEY, died Wednesday at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1950 at Stratfield Baptist Church, Fairfield, Conn.

He was executive director of the Goodwill Industries of America, Bridgeport, and executive vice president of Goodwill Industries of America in Washington, D.C. He retired in 1987. He received the first Kenneth King Award in 1972, and the Helms Award in 1987 for outstanding contributions to the Spiritual Dimension for Goodwill Industries. He was honored at the 1987 Delegate Assembly in Oklahoma City for his service to the National Movement and for 36 years in Goodwill. He served as chaplain of the Adair Chapel at the national office.

In 1992, he was inducted into the Goodwill Hall of Fame. On his retirement he received a personal letter from former President Reagan, commending him for his service to the President's Committee and to the disabled of the country. He served as chaplain of the Bridgeport Police Department for 14 years, and was State Police chaplain in Connecticut. He was in charge of the after-care breavement program at Timothy E. Ryan Home for Funerals.

He was a World War II Army veteran with the rank of private first class, serving in the 334th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a 1950 graduate of Gordon College, Boston, with a degree in theology. Born in Bellingham, he lived in Bridgeport, and Gaithersburg, before moving to Berkeley in 1987. Surviving are his wife, Elinor Legoza Pouliot; three sons, David of Cape Canaveral, Joseph Jr. of Indian Harbor, and John of Columbus, Ohio; a brother, Alfred Jr.

of Nevada; a sister, Ceciel of Bellingham, Mass; five grandchildren; and a great -grandchild. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Timothy E. Ryan Home for Funerals, 145 St.

Catherine Toms River. Funeral services will be held 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in New Jersey Veterans Cemetery, Arneytown.

Condolences may be sent to www.ryanfunralhome.com. THE REV. JOSEPH E. POULIOT, 77, of Silver Rige J. SANTORO, 81, of Tenafly, whose daughter lives in BRICK, died Wednesday at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune.

He was the former owner of Park Exxon and Ramar Leasing, Jersey City. He was a meter reader for Jersey City Water Department for 20 years before retiring. He was a World War II Army veteran, and a communicant of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Tenafly. Born in Jersey City, he lived there most of his life before moving to Tenafly. He was predeceased by his wife, Margaret Kelly Santoro; his parents, Ralph and Rose Piscotta Santoro; and sisters, Cele Ruggiero and Connie Santoro.

Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Judith and Frank Ebel of Brick; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Ralph and Nancy Santoro, and William Santoro, all of Tenafly; a sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Tom Schember of Allenhurst; and two grandchildren, Craig TenBroeck, and Frank Ebel. Visiting hours will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at McLaughlin Funeral Home, 625 Pavonia Jersey City. A funeral Mass will be offered 9:30 a.m.

Saturday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Tenafly. Interment will follow in Brookside Cemetery, Englewood. MIDDLESEX ELLEN NOLTE, 80, of 'OLD BRIDGE, died Wednesday at Beachview Nursing Home, Keansburg. She was a bookkeeper at Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, for 20 years, retiring in 1977. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2179, Port Monmouth, Middletown.

Born in Jersey City, she lived in Keansburg before moving to Old Bridge 23 years ago. Surviving are two sons, Ronald of Marlboro, and William Smyth of East Brunswick; a daughter, Ellen Schaffer of Concord, N.H.; a brother, Edward Woznicki of Florida; a sister, Catherine Waldron of Dumont; seven grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at M.

Ryan Home for Fu- Mr. Schmitz's legislative career ended in scandal, and years later his daughter, schoolteacher Mary Kay LeTourneau, gained her own notoriety and went to prison for having sex ing with two an children underage with pupil, conceive. A one-term congressman who also in the state Senate, Mr. Schmitz died Wednesday in Washington, according to a statement from the Orange County Republican Party. He had been suffering from cancer.

"Congressman John G. Schmitz played a significant role as a state senator and a member of the House of Representatives during a very colorful era of politics in the Orange County community," Thomas A. Fuentes, the local party chairman, said in a statement. Mr. Schmitz, whose political hero was Sen.

Joseph McCarthy, was first elected to office in 1964 as a state senator. A national director of the ul ultraconservative John Birch Society, he attracted the support of wealthy conservatives and was chosen to run for Congress when the county's longtime conservative Rep. James B. Utt died. After his election in 1970, Mr.

Schmitz established himself as one of the country's most rightwing and outspoken congressmen, even enraging his most famous constituent, President Nixon, a part-time San Clemente resident. Of Nixon's historic to China, Schmitz, who considered the visit a sellout, quipped, "I have no objection to President Nixon going to China. I just object to his coming The comment cost Mr. Schmitz Republican support and he lost the June 1972 primary. That fall, Mr.

Schmitz replaced Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who was paralyzed when shot by a would-be assassin, as the American Independent Party candidate. He collected more than a million votes. In 1978, Mr. Schmitz won a state Senate seat again, but his caustic remarks about minorities had grown so extreme that he lost the support of even the John Birch Society.

The scandal that ultimately brought his downfall, though, was the 1982 revelation that the politician who espoused family values and fiercely opposed sex education in schools had a pregnant mistress and a 15-month-old son. In 1997, his daughter LeTourneau, a 35-year-old teacher in Washington was convicted of carrying on a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student whose child she ultimately bore. LeTourneau, married and the mother of four children, served a six-month jail sentence in 1997 after pleading guilty to seconddegree child rape. After her release on probation, she became pregnant by the teen a second time, drawing a seven year prison term that she is still serving. The Associated Press AYATOLLAH MOHAMMED MEHDI SHAMSEDDINE, of BEIRUT, LEBANON, spiritual leader of Lebanon's Shiite Muslims and a staunch advocate of Christian Wednesday, coexistence, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said.

He was 67. He died of cancer. Mr. Shamseddine was elected spiritual leader in Lebanon's 1.2 million Shiites, the largest single sect in this Arab country of 3.5 million. A voice of moderation among Shiite clerics, Mr.

Shamseddine stressed during Lebanon's 1975-90 Christian-Muslim civil war that the small Arab country could survive only through coexistence. Shamseddine wrote 25 books on Islamic issues. The Associated Press FIRMAR, the MATTHIAS last Chinese DUAN bishop officially ordained before the Communist Party seized power in 1949 and forced Catholics loyal to the pope underground, has died, his deputy said yesterday. He was 92. The Rev.

Duan, bishop of Wanxian city in southwest China, died early Wednesday morning, said Bishop Joseph Xu Zhixuan. Bishop Duan had been suffering from a variety of ailments including heart and lung problems, high blood pressure and diabetes, Xu said in a telephone interview from the diocese. The Rev. Duan, who studied theology in Rome, was ordained a priest in 1937 and elevated to bishop on June 9, 1949, four months before the communists declared the founding of the People's Republic on Oct. 1 in Bei- jing.

Wanxian, 800 miles to the south, did not come under communist control until two months said Xu. Communist leaders expelled papal representatives and set up a government Catholic Church in the 1950s to eliminate the Vatican's influence. Many priests who refused to proclaim autonomy from Rome were imprisoned. Bishop Duan was sent to work on cotton plantations and factories from 1954 to 1966 and to labor camps during the radical 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, according to the Vatican missionary news service Fides. A Chinese prelate, John Tong Hon from Hong Kong, recalled that the Red Guards, the Cultural Revolution's fanatical shock troops, hauled a statue of the Virgin Mary out of Bishop Duan's cathedral and ordered him to destroy it in front of his parishioners.

Bishop Duan refused. "He said: 'You can take off my head, but not my said Tong, speaking at a 1998 meeting of Asian bishops at the Vatican. In deference to Bishop Duan's status as the oldest resident bishop in China, Pope John Paul II also invited him and Xu to the monthlong meeting. But Beijing, citing the lack of official ties between China and the Vatican, refused to give them passports and rebuked the pope for inviting them. "The body is absent, but the heart is always present at the synod of bishops," Bishop Duan wrote in Latin in a message to the pope.

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