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is may vary $35, on on loans or only, will is subject to APR. withdrawal your on KENT SUSSEX NEWS JOURNAL THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1997 Obituaries FRANK O'DONNELL, 76, Mendenhall, died Tuesday of complications from a stroke in Wilmington Hospital. 1 Mr. O'Donnell was an attorney in Wilmington for 45 years, retiring in 1995.

He was New Castle County chairman of the Democratic Party, chief deputy attorney general, and served on Gov. Charles Terry's committee for good government. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a graduate of Temple University and its law school. He was a member of Wilmington Country Club and St.

Joseph's on the Brandywine Catholic Church. Survivors: wife, Helen A. O'Donnell; son, Frank G. of Wilmington; daughter, Amy O'Donnell Porter of Greenville; sisters, Joan O. Rowe of Wilmington and Dorothy Weekley of Atlanta, four grandchildren.

Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Joseph's on the Brandywine Catholic Church, 10 Old Church Road, Greenville. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Chandler Funeral Home, 2506 Concord Pike, Wilmington.

Burial: private. Contributions: Father Kenney Scholarship Fund, care of Salesianum School 19802. DWIGHT O. RATH, 62, died Sunday of cancer at home in Linden Manor Lane, Cecilton, Md. Mr.

Rath owned and operated DISMAH Land and Cattle Co. in Cecilton. A native of Rochester, N.Y., he moved to Wawa, in 1962 and Cecilton in 1974. Survivors: sons, Michael and John, both of New York City; daughter, Heidi Crockett of Belmont, N.H.; fiancee, Virginia Johnson, with whom he lived; three grandchildren. Service and burial: private.

MELVIN D. SHEPHERD, 79, of Newark, died Monday in Medpointe Continuing Care Facility, Elkton, Md. Mr. Shepherd was an assemblyline worker at General Motors Boxwood Road plant for 32 years, retiring in 1981. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.

Survivors: wife, Irene; son, Steven A. Sr. of Bear; daughters, Sandra Hann of Middletown, Linda Shepherd of Minquadale and Tammy Shepherd of Georgetown; sisters, Naomi Setz of Upper Darby, and Doris Archibald of Media, 16 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a greatgreat-grandson. Service: 11:45 a.m. today, chapel at Gracelawn Memorial Park, Du Pont Highway, Minquadale.

Visitation: 11 a.m. Burial: adjoining memorial park. Contributions: Alzheimer's Association, Delaware Chapter, Wilmington, or the Stockley Center near Georgetown. KATHY ANN SPIGENER, 46, of 231 Cornwell Drive, York Farms, Bear, died Monday of diabetes in Christiana Hospital. Mrs.

Spigener, a graduate of St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Wilmington, was a registered nurse at the Medical Center of Delaware for 20 years, retiring in February. Survivors: husband, Barry Spigener; son, Thomas E. Antonelli, daughters, Mary E. Antonelli and Megan Antonelli, all at home; father, Joseph Dolan of Bear; sister, Anne Eanes of Wilmington.

Service: 11:30 a.m. Friday, Mealey Funeral Home, Limestone and Milltown roads, Milltown. Visitation: 10 a.m. Burial: Lower Brandywine Cemetery, Greenville. ZACHARY NEAL THOMAS, son of Mollie A.

Herrick and Jason C. Thomas of Seaford, died Monday at birth in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. Survivors: parents; paternal grandparents, Glenn and Kathy Thomas of Seaford; maternal grandparents, Blaine and Bunny Herrick of Seaford; paternal greatgrandmothers, Ida Thomas and Julia Pase, both of Exmore, maternal great-grandparents, Mabel Herrick of Seaford, and Fred and Betty Jo Elleman of Tipp City, Ohio. Service and burial: private. GREENSBURY "PETE" TOWNSEND 66, died Sunday at home in Delmar, Del.

Mr. Townsend worked at Chrysler Corp. in Newark for 30 years, retiring in 1990. He was a Korean War Army veteran, and a member of St. Matthew's Baptist Church, Laurel.

Survivors: wife, Pearl Townsend; son, Hollis Roberts of Delmar; daughters, Juanita Roberts of Jacksonville, Judy Brown of Mardela Springs, Cynthia Handy of Salisbury, and Bar- Other obituaries B4 bara Waters and Karen Roberts, both of Delmar; brother, George of Dover; nine grandchildren. Service: noon Saturday, St. Matthew's Baptist Church, Laurel. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday; and 11 a.m.

Saturday. Burial: adjoining church cemetery. JAMES J. TVELIA, 71, of 19 Lakeview Drive, Millville, died Sun- day of pneumonia in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes. Mr.

Tvelia, a master plumber, owned Oxford Plumbing and Heating in New York City in the late 1940s. Later, he managed resorts in New York and New Hampshire. He retired in 1983 and moved to Bethany Beach. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors: wife, Deane sons, James S.

of Greensboro, N.C., James J. Jr. of Bethany and Gerald of Seabrook, N.H.; daughters, Elizabeth Schick and Jackie Tvelia, both of New York City; brother, Nicholas of Florida; sisters, Rose Carrier of Florida and Mary Jane Michaud of Long Island, N. six grandchildren and a great Memorial Mass: 1 p.m. Saturday, St.

Ann's Catholic Church, Del. 26, Bethany Beach. Contributions: St. Ann's Catholic Church, Bethany Beach 19930. WILLIAM S.

WATSON, 77, of Oak Lane Manor, Fairfax, died Fri- day in Wilmington Hospital. Mr. Watson worked at Delaware Trust Co. for 30 years, retiring in 1984. He was past president of the American Institute of Banking.

He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: wife, Jean son, Scott C. of Newark; daughters, Anne S. Watson of Monrovia, and Margaret S. Watson of Doylestown, Pa.

Service and burial: private. Contributions: A American Heart Association or Delaware Humane Association. WOODROW W. WILSON, 79, of Greenville, S.C., formerly of Brook- side Park, Newark, died Monday in Greenville Memorial Hospital. Mr.

Wilson was a fireman for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and a driver with Dr Pepper in the Wilmington area and with Hollingsworth Oil Co. in Newark. He moved to South Carolina in June. He was a World War II Navy veteran. His wife, Addie Le Virt Atkinson Wilson, died in 1988.

Survivors: daughters, Patricia Dennie, Kathleen Barbee and Greta Wilson, all of Greenville, S.C.; five granddaughters and five great-grandchildren. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Friday, Head of Christiana Cemetery, Nottingham Road, Newark. Visitation: private. JOHN ZULINSKI, 75, of Richardson Park, Mill Creek Hun- dred, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes in Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Elsmere.

Mr. Zulinski worked at Artcraft Electric Wilmington, for five years and then at Hertz Rental Co. for 25 years. He was a World War II Navy veteran. He was a member of Teamsters Local 326 and VFW Post No.

3257. Survivors: wife, Irene sons, Michael Donald J. and Robert and daughter, Patricia A. Yakal, all of Wilmington; brother, Steven of Nevada; sisters, Mary Sipple and Pauline Poleck, both of Pennsylvania; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Service: 7 tonight, Krienen-Griffith Funeral Home, 1400 Kirkwood Highway, Elsmere.

Visitation: 6 p.m. Committal service: 9 a.m. Friday, chapel of Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, off Del. 71, near Summit Bridge. Donald Patterson former Sun publisher Associated Press BALTIMORE Former publisher Donald H.

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