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WEDNESDAY -4C AUGUST 14, 1996 N. Emmanuel Kisic KORCULA, Croatia N. Emmanuel Kisic, O.P., 84, died Aug. 8, 1996, at Washoe Medical Center of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Highway 395 near Lemmon Valley Drive exit. A native of Bremerton, he was born Dec.

5, 1958, and had lived in the Reno-Sparks area for the past 27 years. Northrup was a truck driver for Olcn-Wilford Construction. Surviving are widow, Catherine, son, Richard Northrup and stepson, Kenny Howell, all of NEXT GENERATION How to send us Next Generation The Reno Gazette-Journal has a feature called Next Generation that includes a photo and short announcement about your baby 's birth. To participate in this free feature please submit the form (available at Reno-Sparks hospitals) with a color or black and white newborn photo (baby only) within five days after the birth. Please note that announcements in Milestones will be published on a first-come, first-served basis We cannot guarantee that all will run in the newspaper.

There is no charge for this announcement. Questions? Call: 788-631 0, 788-6397 or fax 788-6458 of Truckee; brother, Noval Shimamoto of Prairie City, Iowa; two grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. Cremation will be at Mountain View Crematory, Reno, under the direction of Truckec-Tahoe Mortuary, with inurnment at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif. A memorial is being established with Tahoe Forest Hospice, Box 759, Truckee 96160. Jack Samuel Curto SACRAMENTO, Calif.

Jack Samuel Curto, 87, died Aug. 12, 1996, at his residence. A native of Lane City, he was born Dec. 29, 1909, to Dominic and Amanda Silliman Curto, and had lived in Sacramento for the past 54 years, coming from Ely, Nev. Curto was a mechanic and a 32nd degree Mason.

He attended White Pine County schools. His wife, died April 15 and brother, Gail "Bud" and sisters, Estella Maxwell, Margaret Lage and Alice Mae Curto, preceded him in death. Surviving are son, Thomas Gordon and sister, Muriel Phillips, both of Sacramento; daughter, Jacqueline Ann Surviving are daughter, Wendy Martin of Sun Valley, sons, John Brent Matthews of Reno and Benjamin J. Parker, serving in the military; sister, Annette McCarlcy of Ukiah, Calif, and three grandchildren. Cremation will be under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Home.

Christine Turek Hoff CARSON CITY Visitation for Christine Turek Hoff, 85, who died Aug. 12, 1996, at Washoe Medical Center, Reno, is scheduled from 4 until the 7 p.m. recitation of the rosary today at FitzHenry's Funeral Home and Crematory. A native of Czechoslovakia, she was born Nov. 9, 1 9 1 0, to John and Anna Turek Turek, and had lived in Carson City for the past 1 2 years, coming from Florida.

Mrs. Hoff was a seamstress and a member of the Catholic church. Her husband, Eugene, died in 1967. Surviving are sons, Eugene of Carson City and John of Carnegie, five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Thursday at St. Teresa of Avilia Catholic Church. Cremation will be under the direction of the funeral home. A memorial is being established with the American Diabetes Association, 2785 E. Desert Inn, Suite 140, Las Vegas 89121.

with the American Lung Association of Nevada, P.O. Box 7056, Reno 89509. Roberta Pearl Russell Baldwin Roberta Pearl Russell Baldwin, 74, died Aug. 9, 1996, at the Life Care Center of Reno. A Sparks native, she was born April 17,1 922.

to W. C. and Sasha Connel Russell, and was a lifelong resident of Sparks. Mrs. Baldwin was a homemaker.

She attended Sparks Junior High School and graduated from Sparks High School in 1941. A sister, Helen Hall, died in 1993. Surviving is a nephew, Dennis Hall, of Sparks. No funeral is scheduled. Cremation will be at Masonic Memorial Gardens Crematory, under the direction of Ross, Burke Knobel Mortuary, Sparks.

William Lon Dratcher CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. William Lon Bratcher, 65, died July 20, 1996, at his residence. A native of Auburn, he was born Dec. 1 5, 1 930, to Glen and Retha Waldrup Bratcher, and had lived in Clackamas County for the past five years, coming from Reno, where he had lived since 1 954. He also lived in Portland, for many years.

Bratcher retired in 1 989 as shift manager at Bally's Hotel and Casino, Reno. He was a Navy and Air Force veteran and graduated from Gresham High School, Gresham, Ore. His father, Glen, died in 1979 and a brother, Robert, died in 1990. Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center ADAIR To Jeffrey S. and Kathleen M.

of Reno, a son, Aug. 13, 1996. BAKER To Bill S. and Mary Ann of Reno, a son, Aug. 12.

1996. DOWLING To Joseph G. and Erin A. of Carson City, a daughter, Aug. 12.

1996. GOODALE To Chad and Marcy C. of Carson City, a daughter, Aug. 1 2, 1996. RANGEL To Francisco and Ana of Reno, a daughter, Aug.

13. 1996. SNOW To Dan B. and Sheila K. of Reno, twin daughters, Aug.

12, 1996. Washoe Medical Center HANSEN To Spencer and Heidi ofSunVallev. a daughter, Aug. 13, 1996. HILLI ARD To Falisa of Reno, a son.

Aug. 12. 1996. RAMIREZ-SALDAN A To Maritza Ramirez and Jose Alfredo Saldana of Reno, a son, Aug. 12.

1996. ROGERS To Shaun and Yvonne of Sparks, a son, Aug. 12, 1996. VATELLA To Prasan and Donna of Reno, a son, Aug. 12, 1996.

MEMORIES How to send us Memories Tell us about someone who lived in northern Nevada and was special to you. and who died within the last 30 days Letters should be no longer than 150 words Write to Memories. Reno Gazette-Journal, 0 Box 22000. Reno, NV 89520-2000 List the funeral home and writer daytime phone number, and the deceased name, age and date of death. Editors will decide if the quality of a submission merits publication.

Questions? Call: 788-6310. or fax 788-6458 Fred Chase Aiken Fred Chase Aiken, 85, died Aug. 12,1 996, at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. A native of Syracuse, N.Y., he was born Nov. 28.

1910, to Daniel and Jennie Chase Aiken, and had lived in Reno for the past 47 years, coming from Binghamton, N. V. Aiken owned a plumbing business and was a member of the Baptist church. Surviving are widow, Margaret and son, Richard, both of Reno; daughters, Carol Walker of Sparks and Barbara Gatewood of California; brother, Clinton and sister, Genevieve Miner, both of Syracuse; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A graveside funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Friday at Mountain View Cemetery, under the direction of Walton Funeral Home, Reno. A memorial is being established O'Dwyer of Berkeley, and several grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews. No funeral is scheduled. A memorial is being established with the American Cancer Society, 7 1 2 Mill Reno 89502. Bessie Mae McElheran Edson CARSON CITY Bessie Mae McElheran Edson, 9 1 died Aug.

1 2, 1 996, at Sierra Convalescent Center. A native of Green Valley, 111., she was born Aug. 21,1 904, to Alec and Ina Mae Fruit McElheran, and had lived in Carson City, for the past five years, coming from Topaz, Calif. Mrs. Edson was a homemaker.

Three brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Surviving are daughter, Pat Myers of Labelle, brother, Marshall McElhernofMaupin, sister, Patricia Peck of Sun Valley, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. No funeral is scheduled. Cremation will be under the direction of FitzHenry's Funeral Home and Crematory. Carol Williams Hoberg FALLON A memorial service for Carol Williams Hoberg, 55, who died Aug.

9, 1996, at her residence, is scheduled for 10 a.m. today at the Masonic Memorial Gardens Cemetery Chapel, Reno. A native of Burley, Idaho, she was born Dec. 21,1 940, to Otis C. and Alice Boynton Williams, and has lived in Fallon since 1995, coming from Laurel, Mont.

Mrs. Hoberg was a registered nurse and worked for Joseph Ward, M.D. She was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. DEATH NOTICE DELIA DAY MARIE TSCHOPP November 18, 1905 Auguit 9, 1996 Delia Day Marie Tschopp, age 90, died at her residence in Reno. Nevada.

She was bom in Somerset, Manitoba, Canada, to Octave Rivard and Alexina Trotter. She was preceded in death by husband Ernst Tschopp. She was a Reno resident tor 38 years, coming from Sacramento, California. Delia was a seamstress. Survivors include daughters Smiley Armstrong of Reno, Dee Bianucd of Vancouver, Wash; sisters Jackie Jackson of Portland, and Rose Memmett of Napa, grandchildren Steven Gorrell of Dayton, Ohio; Greg Gorrell of Reno, Leslie Scott of Salt Lake City, Utah; Chnsta Bianucd of Vancouver, Linda Adamson of Reno, and Shelly Veneris of San Luis Obispo, and great grandson Dylan Scott ol Salt Lake City, Utah.

Memorial services on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the family home in Reno, with a private inurnment and a cremation at Mountain View Crematory in Reno, Nevada. Ross. Burke Knobel Mortuary in Reno, Nev, handling the arrangements. Memorials established with Hospice of Northern Nevada, 235 W.

6th St. Reno, Nevada. A native of Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, he was born June 10, 1912, to Peter and Pauline Kisic, and came to the United States in 1949 from Yugoslavia. Kisic Kisic was a chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital from, 1 969 to 1975 and pastored at St.

Michael's at Stead and St. Margaret Mary, Verdi. He was a chaplain at Mount Zion Medical Center and the Presbyterian Medical Center for nine years and served as an assistant pastor at St. Dominic's Church, all of San Francisco and was chaplain at Houston Medical Center and Baylor University in Texas. He retired from the priesthood in 1982, returning to Yugoslavia in ivoj.

ne ceieoratea nis auin anniversary in the priesthood in 1 988. He was a graduate of the University of Zagreb with degrees in romance languages and Yugoslavian literature and entered the priesthood in 1930 and was ordained July 3, 1 938 in Dubrovnik. He attended school in Yugoslavia and did post graduate work in France. He was president of Missio Pontificia Vaticana, Graz, Austria. He was a professor of Christian philosophy at the Catholic Institute in Paris and of experimental psychology at Sorbonne, Paris.

Kisic was a member of the Dominical Order, the B.P.O. Elks Lodge and the Knights of Columbus serving as chaplain from 1963 to 1969 in San Francisco and Vallejo, Calif. Pilar Boquer Muniosguren A memorial Mass for Pilar Boquer Muniosguren, 77, who died Aug. 10, 1 996, will be celebrated at 7 p.m. today at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Sparks.

A native of Manila, Philippines, she was born Oct. 22, 1 9 1 8, to Daniel and Rosario Ramirez Boquer, and had lived in Reno for the past 1 8 years, coming from the Philippines. Mrs. Muniosguren was a bank cashier for the Bank of the Philippine Islands, retiring after 37 years. She was a member of the Catholic church.

Surviving are husband, Ignacio of Reno, daughters, Pilar Aldecoaotalora of Sparks and Angeles Groeneveld and Rosario Churruca, both of Reno; sisters, Maria Chidotti of Grass Valley, Teresita Campos and Andrea Aranar, both of the Philippines, and seven grandchildren. Bruce Allen Northrup Bruce Allen Northrup, 37, of Lemmon Valley, died Aug. 6, IN MEMORIAM IN LOVING MEMORY Of our son, Denny Higgins. We miss you and love you always. Dad Mom District judge of murderer's Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa's office, under fire for delays in two death penalty cases, has gained a split decision from a district judge who has been critical of delays in the cases.

District Judge Mike Griffin permitted an execution date to be set for Thomas Nevius, convicted in Las Vegas of a 1980 murder. Nevius will appear Thursday before Clark County District Judge Joe Pavlikowski, who will set the execution date. Griffin had complained earlier that the attorney general's office did nothing on the case from 1989 to 1994. When Deputy Attorney General keith Munro told Griffin on Monday that death-penalty cases are tangled in technicalities and procedures, the judge replied, "Don't give me that. Your office was responsible fora five-year delay." Griffin said he doesn't have the authority to issue a stay of execution.

But the case is expected to Lemmon Valley; mother and stepfather, Donna and Larry Foutch, of Las Vegas; brother, Terrance, sister, Sheryl Galleron and father, Richard, all of Sparks; three nieces and three nephews. No funeral is scheduled. Cremation will be at Masonic Memorial Gardens Crematory, under the direction of Ross, Burke Knobel Mortuary, Sparks, with private inurnment at a later. Mary Darlene Joyce Trigueiro Stevens LORANE, Ore. Mary Darlene Joyce Trigueiro Stevens, 63, died Aug.

2, 1996, at her residence. A Lovelock native, she was born Feb. 7, 1933, to Antonio F. and Marie Alves Triguerio, and had lived in Lorane since 1971, coming from Hayward, Calif. She lived in Reno from 1941 to 1971 and in Lovelock from 1933 to 1941.

Mrs. Stevens was a real estate agent. She also worked as a meat wrapper and for a glass factory. She was a member of Women of the Moose Lodge 570, Reno, and the Catholic Church. She attended Fairview school in Lovelock, Mary S.

Doten, Morthside Junior High and Reno High schools. A son, Richard, died in November 1953; her father died June 28, 1973. Surviving are husband, Clifford of Lorane; daughter, Sherion Fulton of Eugene, brother, Tony Trigueiro, and mother, both of Reno; brother, Larry Trigueiro of Casa Grande, sister, Irma Welch of Abilene, Texas; and several nieces and nephews. Cremation was under the direction of Rest Haven Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Eugene. A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Aug. 1 8 at the Reno Moose Lodge. Inurnment is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at Mountain View Cemetery, Reno. A memorial is being established with Women of the Moose 570, 1126 E.

Fourth Reno 89512. COPING WITH DEATH ISN'T NEITHER IS PA YING FOR A FUNERAL "THE SIMPLE ALTERNATIVE" TELOPHASE Cremation Society $370 Serving RenoSparks Immediate area 359-4171 IN MEMORIAM JESSE SCOTT THOMPSON July 25, 1964 -August 8, 1996 Memorial services will be held Aug. 24, 1996, in Fairbanks, Alaska, for Jesse Scott Thompson. He was born July 25, 1964, in Reno, and died Aug. 8, 1996, near Fairbanks, Alaska.

Mr. Thompson is survived by his son, Taylor N. Thompson, of Fairbanks, Alaska; father, Jack G. Thompson, of Delliker, mother, Marilyn Thompson Rodriguez, of Fairbanks, Alaska; grandmother, Sherry L. Thompson, of Reno, brother, Darren Ferret), of Anchorage, Alaska; uncles, Grant Thompson of Reno, Steven R.

Thompson of Pacific, aunts, Sherry Doritrty, Shingle Springs, and Lois Thompson, Reno; and numerous great aunts and great uncles and cousins. After cremation, his ashes will be scattered in Alaska. permits setting execution date be appealed to the state Supreme Court to see whether a hearing is needed on the issue of effective legal representation. Nevius and three others broke into a Las Vegas home in July 1980. As Nevius tried to rape a housewife at gunpoint, her husband came home from work and was shot to death by Nevius.

In the second case, Griffin granted a defense motion for a district court hearing to determine if Jimnry Neuschafer had adequate representation at his trial for strangling another convict, Jimmy Johnson. Neuschafer's conviction became final in September 1985, when the Supreme Court affirmed it. Despite a missed deadline in the appeal, the judge said that Neuschafer ought to have a chance for a hearing on the competency of his lawyers. Neuschafer initially was sentenced to life in prison for killing two teen-age girls in Carson City. Surviving are daughters, Desna Young and Dawn Bratcher Gustin and son, Dana, all of Reno; brother, Karl and mother, Retha Bratcher, both of Boring, brothers, John of Gresham and Gene of Portland; one granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.

Cremation was under the direction of Bateman-Carroll Funeral Home, Gresham, with a private memorial service in Reno at a later date. May Hana Shimamoto Bretthauer TRUCKEE, Calif. May Hana Shimamoto Bretthauer, 80, died Aug. 8, 1996, at her residence. A native of Bakersfield, she was born Jan.

1 1 1 9 1 6, to Toriachi and Hatsu Okomoto Shimamoto, and had lived in Truckee since 1946, coming from Bakersfield. Mrs. Bretthauer owned Tony's Cocktail Lounge for 16 years and later became a real estate broker, owning May's Home and Land Sales for 1 6 years. She was a member of the Soroptimist Club, Tinkerbelle Garden Club, Wyethia Women's Club, C.O.F.Y Club, Hi Sierra Senior Citizens, the Crafts Group and the Historical Society of Truckee. Her husband, Ralph, died in 1967.

Surviving are daughter, Janice Alberg of Eugene, son, Ken and cremations MEMORIAL BURIAL SOCIETY bike path road because of public opposition and the terrain. Many Franktown Road residents opposed the trail because, they said, it would bring too many people to the area. They said it would be dangerous because the path would weave back and forth across the road. However, the park commission endorsed the idea of building a path of some sort in the neighborhood as ranchers subdivide their property between old U.S. Highway 395 and Franktown Road.

Park commissioners recommended that the county hang on to the few easements it does have along Richard Orville Hutchins Visitation for Richard Orville "Hutch" Hutchins, 64, of Sparks, who died Aug. 13, 1996, at Washoe Progressive Care Center, is scheduled for noon until the 7 p.m. funeral today at Walton's Sparks Funeral Home. A native ot Epping, N.H.,he was born April 7, 1932, to Orville and Ida Houston Hutchins, and had lived in Sparks for the past nine years, coming from Garden Grove, Hutchins Calif. Hutchins was a retired repairman for Carson RV.

He was a member of Comstock Gold Prospectors and a Korean War Navy veteran. Surviving are widow, Mary of Sparks; daughters, Diane Currier of Middleton, and Christine Mull of Oregon; stepdaughters, Linda Petersen of Bay City, and Shelly Bolander of Reno; brother, Ed of Huntington Beach, son, Danny and sisters, Sybil Dolber and Sandra Wright, all of New Hampshire; sister, Ellen Emery of Cornish, Maine; four grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren. Cremation will be at Sierra Crematory. A memorial is being established with American Cancer Society, 712 Mill Reno 89502. DEATH NOTICE DAVID BRIAN STULTZ ROSEVILLE.

Calif Dawl Brian Stultz. 45. died Aug. 2, 1996. at he residence.

A native of Riverside. he was bom Dec 17. 1950. to Clyde Stultz and Fem Stultz Davis. He lived a military lifestyle provided by his deceased parents.

Fem Stultz Davis and John A Davis of Reno and had lived in Roseville for the past year, coming from Davis. California Stultz was a farmer, raising rice and sugar beets for 17 years in Nalcmas and South Sutter counties. California He was active several farming committees He attended schools in Reno and studied agriculture at University of Nevada. Reno. His parents preceded hwi in death.

Survived by his former wife of 21 years. Janice Willey; his children. Margie, 15, and Diana. 7, of Davis, brother, Brett Stultz of Reno; and sister-Maw, Kay Gilbert of Reno. Cremation is under the direction of All Faith Cremation, Sacramento, California.

Inurnment is scheduled for 3:30 Wednesday, at Mountain view Cemetery. Reno In lieu of flowers, a memorial is being established with the National Council on Alcoholism. 650 Howe Ave Suite 1 055, Sacramento, CA 95825 "The parks department has never come to us, it's not been on the citizens advisory board agenda," Sheltra said. She urged county commissioners to give up the easements so residents wouldn't be left in limbo. Currently, the county has easements to three unconnected segments of the bike path.

It got the easements when developers came in with plans to subdivide their property. The largest, approximately 3,200 feet long, abuts the Lightning Ranch subdivision along the road's south end. "It's like a white elephant to us," she said. the death have been released. Sgt.

Doug McPartland said details about the case would not be released until the end of the investigation. He would not confirm a neighbor's report that Burcham lost track of the child because she had five of them in the Estate Services COURT APPROVED APPRAISALS INVENTORIES LIQUIDATIONS CLEAN-OUTS OUTRIGHT PURCHASES 14 YEARS EXPERIENCE FREE ESTIMATES CALL (702) 331-2904 Providing funerals JOHN SPARKS CREMATION AND 414 12TH STREET, SPARKS, NEVADA 331-1112 Franktown dropped from plan Franktown Road, just in case they fit into this yet-to-be planned path. Commissioner Grant Sims disagreed. "My position is, we won't have a (bike) trail there and we don't need the easements." Currently, cyclists pedal on the road's narrow shoulder or in the road. Nobody spoke in favor of preserving the bike path plan.

Franktown Road resident Debbie Sheltra said she supports the idea of building the so-called internal path. However, residents haven't had a chance to discuss it yet, she said. By Faith Bremner RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL It looks like a popular bicycling spot in west Washoe Valley will never have an official bike path. Washoe County commissioners voted 3-2 Monday night to begin the process of removing the proposed Franktown Road bike path from the county's various master plans and returning easements to the neighboring property owners. The county's park commission in June decided the bike path would probably never be built along the historic and picturesque Reno probe into tot's death expected to be complete by Friday strapped in a car seat in the vehicle in the driveway of her home on Hilltop Road.

Just after the incident, police said Burcham did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. She had no history of child abuse. But few other details about Stanton, chief deputy district attorney, who will determine whether criminal charges will be filed. Police said Katherine Burcham left her daughter, Eva Janet Burcham, in a sweltering minivan for more than two hours last Friday, apparently forgetting the girl was Reno police are expected by Friday to finish their investigation of the death of an 1 8-month-old Reno girl and denied the family is receiving preferential treatment. "My understanding is the case will be formally turned over to us at the end of the week," said Dave.