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CCYYMK Lois A. (Lou Ann) Beck-Reichart Lois A. (Lou Ann) Beck-Reichart, born July 9, suddenly on July 10, 2004. She was a proud member of First grega- tional Church of Freedom Townshi She was involved with various or- ganizat i i uding Hampton Falls V.F.W., American WA, and manyDemocratic clubs. She is survived bydaughters, Lee Hipp (Jim), Janette Boyes (David); sons, Richard Ralston Jr.

(Sue), Ronald Ralston, Russell Ralston (Grace); andsister, Donna Jones. She also leaves 12 grandchildren, two great- granchildren and one on the way. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held Friday, July 16, at 1 p.m.,at Oakwood Cemetery, with Pastor John Ryan officiating. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American DiabetesAssociation, P.O.

Box 2680, NorthCanton, Ohio 330-784-3334.) Please sign the guestbook at www.ohio.com/obituaries Helen L. Brearley CUYAHOGA FALLS HelenL. Brearley, 68, passed away July 10, 2004. She was preceded in death by husband, Edward Brearley. She is survived by sons, Edward and Darlene and Renee Brearley, and John Brearley; daughters, Billie Ann and Jeff Lowers, and Robinand Tom Mutchie; 15grandchildren, 12 brother, and one sister.

(Cremation Society of Ohio, 800-664-1012.) Please sign the guestbook at www.ohio.com/obituaries Susan Ann Brown Susan Ann Brown, 49, of South Mt. Vernon Avenue, Loudonville, died Friday evening, July 9, at Samaritan Hospital in Ashland, following a brief illness. Miss Brown was born Sept. 24, 1954, in Akron and was the daughter of the late JamesL. and Evelyn L.

(Gilmore) Brown. She had been a resident ofJac- Lyn Manor in Loudonville forthe past 15 years, and was a student at the Dale-RoySchool and Training Center in Ashland. She is survived by sisters, Sally (Richard) Bobbin of Brunswick, Beverly Ann Gess ofAlli- ance, and Karen (Andrew) Alpeter of Lake-in-the-Hills, brother, Tom Alan (Cynthia) Brown of Plano, Texas; her Aunt Terry of Akron; and 10 nieces and nephews. Funeral services will beheld Thursday, July 15, at 11 a.m., at Jac-Lyn Manor inLoudonville. Graveside services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

at Rose Hill Burial Park in Akron. Visitation will be held one hour prior to funeral services at Jac-Lyn Manor in Loudonville. Memorial contributions may be made to Jac-Lyn Manor Activity Fund, 695 S. Mt. Vernon Ohio 44842.

Byerly- Lindsey Funeral Home inLou- donville is in charge of arrangements. Online condolencesmay be made to the family at: www.Byerly-Lindsey.com Please sign the guestbook at www.ohio.com/obituaries Russell Lee Darnell II HAGERSTOWN, Md. Russell Lee Darnell II, 45, died Saturday, July 10, 2004, at home. Born Aug. 29, 1958, in Barberton, he was a resident of Hagerstown, and worked at Larstan Industries Inc.

of Hagerstown, and Woodstock, Virginia plants. Surviving are his sons, Russell III and Paul; wife, Lori, all of Stow; parents, Vivian and Russell and brother, David, all of Winchester, Va. Funeral services will beheld Thursday, 10 a.m., atthe Campfield-Hickman-Collier Funeral Home, with PastorRobert Webb officiating. Burial at Clinton Cemetery. The familywill receive friends Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m.(Campfield-Hickman-Collier, 330 745-3161.) Please sign the guestbook at www.ohio.com/obituaries Call 996-3352 Monday thru Friday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

ard of hanks (3 p.m.deadline for next day publicatio n) Edward Lee Deem BARBERTON Edward Lee Deem, born Jan. 4, 1972, passed awaySatur- day, July 10, 2004. Preced in deathby uncle, Roger; aunt, Judy; and cousin, Bruce, Eddie is survivedby his lovingpar- ents, Edand Joyce Deem of Barberton; and Matt; sister, Amy Deemof Akron; his only son, little Eddie grandmother, PeggyHood; grandparents, Ralph and Virginia Deem. He leaves many aunts, uncles, and cousins. As a boy Eddie loved baseball and football, and as an adult he loved cooking, music anddeep- ly loved his son.

He lovedto talk, and those who love him will miss hearing his voice. I walk through the valley of the shadow of deathI shall fear no evil, for God is with Funeral services will beheld Thursday, 8 p.m., at the Campfield-Hickman-Collier Funeral Home, with his aunt, Donna Johnson, officiating. Visitation 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations maybe made to the family in care of the funeral home. Campfield-Hickman-Collier, 330-745-3161.) Please sign the guestbook at www.ohio.com/obituaries Calvin Evans Calvin Evans passed away July 11.

Announcements later. (Stewart Calhoun, 330535-1543.) Mabel Pearl Farrar Mabel Pearl Farrar, 78, of Cuyahoga Falls, went home to be with the Lord on July 11, 2003. She was born Oct.7, 1925, in Caldwell Ohio, to the late Walter and Louisa unning- ham) Miracle. Mabel wasa loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Sheen- joyed sewing, served as a volunteer at Cuyahoga FallsGen- eral Hospital, and was involved in ministries at Grace Baptist Church, where she was an active member.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in deathby her daughter, ColleenFarrar; sister, Ethel Floyd Miracle. She is survived by her loving husband of58 years, Grover Farrar; beloved children, Judy (Jim) Farrar, Darlene (David) Pickens, Danny Farrar, David (Kaye) Farrar, Michael Farrar, Kathy Farrar, Mary (Dean)Stewart, Jill (Kevin) Heather (Matt) grandchildren, (Bernie), Jennifer Ashley, Allison, Michael, Spencer, and Eliana; sister, Betty (Andy) Koval; brother, Earl (Shirley) Miracle; numerousrel- atives and friends. Calling hours will be Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at NEWCOMER-FARLEY FUNERAL HOME, 131 N. Canton and Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m.

at Grace Baptist funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m., with Pastor Phil Hulgin officiating. Interment will follow at Ohio Western Reserve NationalCem- etery. Memorialcontributions may be made to the Grace Baptist Church Ministries, 704 N. Firestone Akron, Ohio 44306 (NEWCOMER-FARLEY, 330-784-3334.) Please sign the guestbook at www.ohio.com/obituaries Solomon Gard Solomon Gard passed away July 11. Announcements later.

(Stewart Calhoun, 330535-1543.) Sally O. E. Haag Sally O.E. Haag, 70, passed away July 8, 2004, at her residence. Calling hours will be Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m., and Wednesday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., at NEWCOMER FARLEY FUNERAL HOME, 131 N.

Canton Rd. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Matthew Church, with interment to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. (NEWCOMER-FARLEY, 330-784-3334.) Please sign the guestbook at www.ohio.com/obituaries Continued on next page FAIR FINANCE Since 1934 $2500 minimum investment required.Fair Finance securities involve certain risk more fully described in the offering circular.Available to Ohio residents only.Investments are not SIPC or FDIC insured.

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hite said the body was clothed when it was found about 6:1 5 p.m. Saturday feet of water. De reported him missing on Friday after she had not seen him in two days hitesaid esaid investigators are trying to piecetogether De since he was last seen at his 25 thS treetresidence Ed Meyer can be reached at 330 996 3784 or emeyer thebeaconjournal com ummit Richards lair 8 fAk- ron iedS aturday ckard aldwin ortage Karaffa 8 avenna iedS unday ood ortright Ma illiam 9 fKent iedS unday ood ortright avenna Recklaw 7 avenna iedM onday ood ortright Ruminski 6 ootstown iedT hursday allory-DeHa n-Ca arrettsville Swaney aymondE 4 fKent iedS unday issler and ons edina Adams 7 edina iedM onday Son. ayne Atkinson 6 ooster iedS unday i- dell ountE aton Moser 6 rrville iedS unday ther Hu 7 arner formerly of ooster iedS unday McIn i Greene Rutherford redG. 5 5, fNewton alls iedFr i- day y-DeHa n-Ca l- son arrettsville Troxel 9 lgin of itt man iedS unday illman Vanlander eorge 7 lorida iedS unday horts treetsboro ommandments ruling challenged A ssociatedP ress WEST UNION, OHIO: A ctivists asked theU.S.

Supreme Court on onday to review an appeals court ruling that monuments displaying the Te nCommand ments cannot be locatedat A damsC ounty public schools. heA mericanC enterfor La wand Justice said it filed a petition asking the court to overturn the 6t hU.S. Circuit Court fAppeals ruling of Ja n.1 2.T hat ruling said the Te nCommand ments could not be displayed on the grounds of thecounty sfour public high schools in rural southern hio believe the federalap peals court got it wrong andthat the Supreme Court now needs to step in to clarify an increasingly confusing area of the said ayS ekulow for the A mericanC enter for Law and ustice a public interestlaw firm inV irginiaB each It represents theA damsC oun i oV alley school district in the case. Tw ofederal courts have upheld the American Civil iber ties nion arguments thatthe commandments on public property violated the onstitution by making it appear government endorsed a religion. Th eACLU represents a Pe e- bles man who sued in 1999 to challenge the displays.

Th eappeals courti nJanuary rejected arguments by the district and clergy that the commandments are the foundation of secular law and may be displayed on school grounds alongside such documents as theDe c- laration of Independence and preamble to the onstitution embers of the clergy donated the stone monuments in 1997. Th eschool district haddisplayed them since then until af a magistrate ordered them removed in June 2003. he school district serves about 5 400 students in Ad a ountyand part of Highland ounty about 60 miles east of incinnati Funeral scheduled for former treasurer Gertrude Donahey, 95, was first woman voted into statewide office A ssociatedP ress UMBUS: ertrudeD onahey who served three terms asstate treasurer and was the first woman to hold a statewide executive office in hio has died. She was 9 5. onaheydied Sunday at an assisted living center in suburban Bexley battlingsever al th eOhio emocrat i cParty said in a news release.

elsonK opp of the choedingerfuneral home in Columbus confirmed her death. onaheyeasily defeated Ro bi nTurner for the open treasure in 1970 and was re elected in 1974 and 1978. She ran asa favoritedaughter in the1976 emocraticprimary and received 43 661votes immyCa ter won the primary with 593 130 votes he retired in 1983 after an employee was convicted of embezzling more than $1 million from the state. Donahey was not accused of any wrongdoing. onahey became activein politics in the 1920s, helping her father in law hiscam paigns forgovernor cDo a- hey New Philadelphia emo crat governor 1922-2 8and a U.S.

senator 1934-4 0. ertrudeD onahey worked as an accountant in the Ohio adjutant office and as an executive assistantt oU.S. Sen. Stephen oung he ran for treasurer at the urging of the ederatedD emocraticW omen fOhio A fterretirement she remained activei nDemocratic politics as a delegate to the national conventionsand helping candidates. ertrudeD onaheypaved the path for many Ohio women seeking to enter electedoffice He rcommitment to the citizens fOhio and her tremendous spirit will bemissed hio emocraticP artyC hairman ennyW hitesaid Sh ewas preceded in death by her husband, Jo former lieutenant governor, and is survived by a son, Joh nW.

Donahey three grandchildren andtwo great grandchildren funeral will be held Saturday in New hiladelphia roups sponsor clean airworkshop Republicans critical of Bush air policies will focus on coal pollution By Bob Downing eaconJ ournal staff writer wograss rootsR epublican groups will be holding a clean- air workshop onS aturdayin ortheastOh i o. Th esession dealing with pollution fromOh i burning power plants, will run from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Quality In Suites otel 7230 Engle Ro a iddleburgH eights he workshop has beeno r- ganized by REP A merica New exico based national organization of Republicans concerned with environmental protection, and by onserv A merica sister organization interested in building a conservative constituency for environmental issues. Th etwo groups strongly oppose the Bush clean airplans and want to push a stronger clean airagenda Ji mDiPe A merica spoli cy director.

enot happy with the direction theR epublicanP artyis taking on environmental issues, especially clean DiPeso said Th etwo groups are opposed oBu Clear Sk i I nitiative said, because it does not go far enough in reducing air emissions from power plants hey also are opposed to a ushproposal that would weaken the new sourcereview provision of the federalC leanAi rAc that oversees power plants and want to see power plants cleaned p. evinM adden spokesman for theB ush heneycampaign defended the senvi ronmental record. He said Bush has worked to clean the air and waterwithout sacrificing jobs in states like Oh i o. oundedin the mid 1990 REP America and onserv America are renegades in GOP circles hey are seekingreduc tions of four power plantpollu tants sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide mercury and carbondiox ide heB ush administration is opposed to mandatory reductions in carbon dioxide, the key global warminggas hose attending thework shop will be asked to write letters onclean air issues to the U.S. Environmental Protection A gency i delegation and theO hiolegisla ture he GOP eco groupshave held similar workshops in hica go and Tampa and have scheduled workshops forAu g.21 in hiladelphia and ept 18 in harlotte Fo rmore information on Sa t- urday sworkshop call 626 335784 or 253 740 2066 Bo bD owning can be reached at 330 996 3745 or bdowning thebeaconjournal com ouse explosion caused by gas leak A ssociatedP ress WARREN An explosion and fire that injured a couple andd e- stroyed theirT rumbullC ounty home was caused by aleaking natural gasline authorities said onday arrenT ownshipF ireC hief Ke nS chicksaid the water heater pilot light apparently ignited gas leaking between the meter and two appliances Sunday afternoon in the home of Michelle and Robert mall oth were in fair condition ondaya tMetro ealthM edi cal Center in leveland heexplosion and fire leveled the home, Schick said.

The couple crawled from under debris to flee the house, thechief said icon Isabel Sanford dies Actress who played on sitcom for 10 years dead at 86 A ssociatedP ress LOS ANGELES: A ctressI sabel anford known as e- i ouiseJ efferson on thetele vision sitcom heJ effersons died of natural causes, herpubli cist said onday ewas 86. anforddied Friday at Cedars inaiM edicalC enter where she had been hospitalized since July 4, said Brad emack He rdaughter amelaRu at her side, he said. er health had waned after she underwent preventive surgery on a neck artery 10months ago emacksaid edid not give a cause of death. anfordco starredwith her man Hemsley from 1975 to 1985 on Th eJ effersons aspinoff of the popular series Al lin the amily in which she also appeared I n1981 anford became the first black woman to receive an mmy for best actress in a comedy series for her work on he effersons I sabelwas our queen, and that what we called her on the Marla ibbs played the effersons maid lor ence ohnston ibbs said that even before the hit sitcom, Sanford scome dic talents were evidentduring acting auditions. I sabel would come in and just light up the room and start telling stories and having everybody in Gibbs said.

anford a native Ne wYork joinedby effersons creator Norman Lear and othersin anuary when she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fa e. ewith stars in my eyes something that I dreamed about when I was 9 years she said at the time. are others that deserve it, but let everybody get their anford made her featurefilm debut in the 1967 classic uess Wh omingt oDinner ecently anford lent her voice to heS impsons and appeared in commercial campaigns for enny restaurants and retailer Ol dNavy esidesher daughter, Sanford is survived by two sons, seven grandchildren and six great- grandchildren AREA DEATHS Story 7-13 b6 System AKRE by KPROFANT Time 23:33:57 Date Color layer: Black 64X Pg. Date 7-13 b6Topic: 7-13 met Keyword 7-13 b6Page 1 B6, Black, EDITION 4X, DAY 13.