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OBITUARIES B7 LOSANGELESTIMES ROBERTDANIELGILBERT Theinternationallylovedand respectedRobertDanielGilbert, founderofRDGWOODWINDS afteralengthyillnessonAugust2, 2008attheageof83. Robert(Bob)wasbornonFebru- IsraelandSadieGilbert.Hisfavorite memoriesofIndianaincludedhav- ingtakenahighschoolgymclass hearjazzandbigbandmusic.AfterleavingIndianatoattendUSC heaccidentallyfoundhiscallingwhileworkingonaclassproject. His shipmentandimmediatelysoldouttootherbandmembers.RDGINC, suchasBennyGoodmanandPeggyLee.Helovedtotelloflistening totheradiobroadcastoftheMetropolitanOperaandgettingaphone callfromtheprincipaloboistwhowasinthepitandneededtoplacean order.SomeyearshesoldasmanyoboesfromhisshopinLosAngeles asweresoldelsewherethroughouttherestofUnitedStates. Hisbusinesswashisgreatlovefrom1950untilhesoldittohisgen- spenthourafterhourwithhislongtimeloyalemployeesandbeloved customers. Bobwasmarriedjustshortof50yearstoAliceElmaNewhouseGil- bert.Theyweresetuponablinddateandwerehugelycompatible duetotheirmutualloveofmusicandbaseball.Alicewashisbusiness partnerandbookkeeper.

sisterAnnetteFayeOfstein.SurvivorsincludehisbrotherDavidGilbert, great-grandchildren. FuneralserviceswereheldAugust4thatMountSinaiMemorial canYouthSymphony. Passedawaypeacefullyon California.ShewasbornFeb. WhitlockinBinghamCanyon, Utah.Duringher99yearsof lifeshewasblessedwitha wonderfulfamilyandclose friends.Ethelisthewidowof HaroldH.Gunnell,herbeloved husbandof46years.Sheis predeceasedbyherbrothers HowardandGeneWhitlock.She issurvivedbyhersonWilliam chezandgreat-granddaughter, EllaNicoleGunnell. EthelcametoLosAngeles withherfamilyinthe1920's andgraduatedfromLincoln HighSchoolin1927.Shemar- riedHaroldH.GunnellonNov.

SanMarinotoraisetheirfam- ily. Ethelwillalwaysberemem- beredforhersteadfastlove andthecommunity.Shewasa memberoftheSanMarinoPTA, theSanMarinoWomen'sClub, theSanMarinoCommunity ChurchandPEOChapterAA thatawardedhera50Year DistinguishedServiceAward. Amemorialservicewillbe MarinoCommunityChurchat Inlieuofflowersdonations maybemadetotheScripps 91803. www.guerragutierrez.com MountSinaiMemorialParks andMortuaries-Hollywood (78)PassedawayAugust3, MountSinaiMemorialParks andMortuaries-Hollywood Gravesideservices10a.m. MountSinaiMemorialParks andMortuaries(800)600-0076.

www.guerragutierrez.com 1,2008. BelovedmotherofGeraldine andPearl(Herbert)Aguirre; grandmotherofMasao(Mar- Garrett(Martha)Arakawa, belovedsisterofSadako AkamineandKiyoshiKaneshiro andnephews. Memorialservicewillbeheld www.fukuimortuary.com (213)626-0441 ForObituaryNotices CallMs.RyanorMs.Smith 1-800-528-4637 Ext.77241orExt.77242 (1951-2008) Theoldestchildofthree, MichaelWilliamKubinecwas Kubinec.MichaelattendedLe- 1974withaBAinEngineering; helaterreceivedhisMBAfrom theUniversityofPhoenix.Asa withMaharishiMaheshYogiin Indiaandwentontoteach TranscendentalMeditation.He couplehadtwochildren, HeatherandJessica.In1982, thefamilymovedfromPenn- Michaelmanagedameditation centerinPacificPalisades.In hisearly30'sMichaelbecame astockbrokerandtaxadvisor. Alwaysonetocareforthose rescuedcats. Michaelissurvivedbyhis Toliveinheartsweleave behindisnottodie.

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HILDEGARDPLATZERLUCAS HappybirthdayHilde! Youreyeswouldrollback onthisone. InMemoriam (Age82)Retired gelesCounty Sheriff'sDepart- awayonJune19, 2008.Hisyearsofservicewere wasatthecrimelab. Serviceswerepreviouslyheld. FuneralNotices Passedawaypeacefullyatthe HermosaBeach. PacificPalisadesandBrentwood devotedherlifetoherfamily.

enjoyedplayingpaddletennis andbodysurfing. Sheissurvivedbyherdevot- grandchildren. Memorialserviceswillbeheld FridayatAmericanMartyrs churchinManhattanBeach. canbemadeinherhonorto TorranceMemorialHospice. HillsideMortuary800-576-1994 asfullalifeashisstaturewas tall.HegrewupinOklahoma asayoungboyandspentmost ofhisformativeyearsin SouthernCalifornia.

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asksthatyoupleaseconsider makingdonationstoElizabeth nia.150W.CrestStreet, orman Dello Joio a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer with a lyrical style who wrote works for orchestra and chorus as well as several operas and an Emmy Award-winning television score, died July 24 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 95. He died of natural causes, according to his son Justin Dello Joio, who also is a composer. Much of Norman Dello repertoire was inspired by sacred scripture, religious poetry and the lives of Christian saints. He sometimes worked medieval chant into his melodies.

He wrote some of his best- known works in the 1940s and including Chaconne and which was first performed by the New York Philharmonic in 1947. His opera Triumph of Saint premiered in 1950 at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., where he taught musical composition for five years. He later revised the work and it was performed by the New York City Opera in 1960. Theme and melodies in the opera were inspired by the life of Joan of Arc, the 15th century French warrior saint. Dello Joio returned to the subject for a number of compositions, including an orchestral version of Triumph of Saint in 1951.

Another of his operas, was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera and premiered there in 1961. Dello Joio wrote several pieces for ballet. Two of them, of in 1947 and in 1951, were commissioned by Martha Graham for her modern dance company. His on for strings and orchestra won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957. The title of the work refers to the scriptural text that begins, everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the He also wrote a piece based on the work for dance choreographer Jose Limon.

have always been musicians in our family, but my father was the first to support himself that Dello son told The Times. Dello Joio taught musical composition at several schools during his career, and was dean of Boston School of Fine and Applied Arts from 1972 to 1978. He also worked with the Ford Foundation for 14 years, directing a program that paid young composers to write music for high school ensembles and school events. In 1965, he won an Emmy for his score for an NBC television show. Born Jan.

24, 1913, in New York City, Dello Joio began taking music lessons at age 4. His father was his first teacher. His father and grandfather had been church musicians, and Dello Joio was 14 when he became the organist and choir director for a Roman Catholic church in New York City. He graduated from City College of New York and studied music composition as a graduate student at the Juilliard School from 1939 to 1941. He also studied composi- tion with composer Paul Hindemith at the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood, and at Yale University.

Dello Joio married Grayce Baumgold, a ballet dancer, in 1942. They had three children before they divorced in 1971. He married actress Barbara Bolton in 1974. In addition to his son Justin, he is survived by his wife; a son Norman; a daughter, Victoria, two stepchildren, Ned Costello and Kathleen Bar-Tur; and three grandchildren. mary.rourke@latimes.com Norman Dello Joio, 1913 2008 Pulitzer and Emmy Award-winning composer By Mary Rourke Times Staff Writer San Francisco Opera Assn.

PROLIFIC Norman Dello Joio, seen in 1961, was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera to write which premiered that year. A composer with a lyrical style, he also wrote works for orchestra and chorus. Jud Taylor Past president of Directors Guild Jud Taylor, 76, a past president of the Directors Guild of America who was well known for directing television movies, died Wednesday in New York City after a long illness. Taylor, a former actor who joined the guildin 1964, won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement Award for the 1987TV movie He also received an Emmy nomination for directing the 1977TV movie Gunner Other directing credits include the TV movies Old Man and the of Question of and as well as episodes of TV series, including and Taylor served as DGA vice president from 1977 to 1981 and as president from 1981 to 1983. In 2003, he received the Robert B.

Aldrich Award for Extraordinary Service to the Guild. Taylor was born Feb. 25, New York earned a degree at UC Berkeley. As an actor in the late 1950s and early he mostly worked in television. But he also had a small role in the 1963World War II classic Great He and stars Steve McQueen and James Garner woremakeshift Spirit of costumes and servedmoonshine to British prisoners of warduring a Fourthof July celebration in a German prison camp.

Karl Kuehl Major league manager, coach Karl Kuehl, 70, a baseball manager, scout and expert on player development, died Wednesday of pulmonary fibrosis in a Scottsdale, hospital. Kuehl was the manager of the Montreal Expos in 1976, posting a 43-85 record before being fired with two months left in the season. He went on to serve six seasons as a base coach with the Minnesota Twins, then spent 12 years as head of player development for the Oakland Athletics before becoming assistant to the general manager. Players that came out of the system during those years included Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Miguel Tejada and Walt Weiss. Kuehl was born Sept.

5, 1937, in Monterey Park.Hewas a minor league first baseman in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He rose to the AAA level in the Pacific Coast League and began his managing career at 21 with the Salem, Senators. Eric Dowling Dug tunnels for Eric Dowling, nicknamed for helping excavate tunnels used in the breakout from a World War II German prison camp that became known as the died July 21at a nursing home near Bristol, England. He was 92. Dowling played a key role in planning the 1944 escape of 76 prisoners from Stalag Luft III prison, near Sagan in eastern Germany now Zagan, Poland.

He forged documents, made maps and helped dig three tunnels code-named Tom, Dick and Harry. The daring breakout was one of the most celebrated incidents of the war and inspired the 1963 film Great Over almost a year, prisoners surreptitiously dug the tunnels 30 feet underground, shored up with bed boards. The 300-foot-long tunnel Harry was eventually completed. Dowling was not among the more than 200 prisoners chosen by lottery to make the escape attempt on the cold and moonless night of March 24, 1944. By the time German guards discovered the breakout, 76 men had crawled free.

All but three of the escapees were recaptured, and 50 were shot on the orders of Adolf Hitler to deter future attempts. Dowling was born in southwest England in 1915. Flight Lt. Dowling flew 29 missions as a navigator with the Royal Air Bomber Command. He was shot down in April 1942 and sent to the prison camp for Allied airmen.

After the served as an RAF air-accident investigator and later worked for British Aerospace on the Concorde supersonic jetliner. From Times Staff and Wire Reports news.obits@latimes.com Passings Columbia Pictures TV MOVIE DIRECTOR Jud Taylor, who headed the Directors Guild of America, directed and Gunner Associated Press Eric Dowling helped plan the 1944 escape of 76 prisoners of war from a German prison..