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1 June 1, 2008 Battle Creek Enquirer 3B POLICE AND FIRE REPORT Frances Thornton Stutzman Agnes "Aliy" "Aggie" Kulish Colon Frances Thornton Stutzman was born in Pullman, WA, on January 18, 1912, the eldest of the three children of Jesse and Nellie Thornton. The family moved to Ann Arbor, MI, where her father was an English professor her mother a librarian at University of Michigan. Frances and her siblings spent many happy summers at their grandparents' farm 111 Sherwood, MI; her love of country life would be instilled in her children in years to come. Frances graduated from the University High School and then from the University of Michigan where she majored in education. While at Michigan, she pledged Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, an organization in which she was active well into her nineties.

Frances met a fellow student at the University, King C. Stutzman, and they married in 1936. The couple moved Chicago where lived in Hyde Park and raised their two sons, Peter and Timothy. Although they had moved to Illinois, King and Frances remained connected to their Michigan roots as active supporters of the University of Michigan, attending almost every home football game since 1945. King worked in the home furnishings department of Marshall Field Company, and Frances worked in the administration of the University of Chicago.

At a time when few women worked, Frances served the University for almost 35 years. Her first position was with Senator William Benton, then a Vice-President of the University; her second was as secretary to the Dean of the Biological Sciences School. She then became Coordinator of Special Events, a position created especially for her. She greeted prominent individuals and foreign dignitaries, and planned and organized special dinners and conferences. Among those she welcomed were the Emperor of Japan, Prince Philip of England and the King of Sweden.

By dint of hard work, enthusiasm, and a keen talent for connecting with others, Frances excelled in her field. In the commemorative book given to her at her retirement, the late esteemed author Norman MacLean wrote: 'For a long time I have known that great institutions like the Forest Service and the University of Chicago are run by five or six women behind the scenes. For an even longer time, I have known that you have been one of the five or six running the University of Chicago. What a you have greapon retiring, the couple moved to Wilmette, IL, where they have lived for the last 27 years. 'Frannie', as her friends and loved ones call her, was actively inin the University of Chicago Service League, the Wilmette Chapter of the Board of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, continued taking French classes until her passing.

She was universally liked by all her friends and fellow employees, and was famous for her wit, good humos, and her boundless energy. is survived by her husband of almost 72 years, King, her sons Peter and Timothy (Martha) Stutzman, of Wilmette, and three grandchildren, Molly (Jorge) Miranda of Cambridge, MA, Kenneth Stutzman of Wilmette, and Gene Stutzman of Wheeling, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and loved ones. She was preceded in death by her brother, Joseph Thornton, her sister, Iona Eggleston, and her nephew, Jesse Thornton. Friends may call at the Spencer Family Funeral Home where the family will be present on Monday, June 2nd from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, June 3rd from 10:30 a.m.

until time of the funeral service at 11:30 a.m. at the Spencer Family Funeral Home, 310 S. Capital Avenue, Athens, MI. Phone: 269-729-4100. Interment Sherwood Cemetery, Sherwood, MI.

Memorial contributions may be made to the University of Chicago Service League, Clairan Serrono, President, 5432 S. Dorchester Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615. To share memories with the family please visit www.spencerfamilyfuneralhome.com Charles L. Maxine A. Walters Ouellette Springfield Richland Charles L.

Walters, 91, of Richland, passed away on April 23, 2008 in Venice, Florida. His love of life will continue to inspire those who knew and loved him. He was the husband of Virginia (deceased), and the dear companion of Geraldine Roberts who survives. He is also, survived by his daughters, Gay Messmer (Bruno) and Jill Smith (Barry) of Tucson, Arizona, and son Jeffery Walters (Neal) of Ann Arbor. He also leaves eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on June 21st at 11:00 at the Yorkville Community Church in Richland. Burial immediately following at Hickory Corners Cemetery. Kathy Ann Schuch To celebrate the life of Kathy Schuch (October 9, 1959 to February 14, 2008), there will be an informal gathering of friends on Saturday, June 7th, at 2 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Nature Center, 7000 N. Westnedge Kalamazoo.

If desired, contributions may be made to the Kalamazoo Nature Center or Bread for the Journey, P.O. Box 5186, Kalamazoo, MI 49005. Robert W. Shaffer Toledo, OH Robert W. Shaffer, 92, of Toledo, OH, formerly of Bellevue, died Saturday, May 31, 2008.

Arrangements are pending at Shaw Funeral Home, Lehman Chapel, Bellevue. www.shaw funeralhome.com DRIVE BY SHOOT- ING: A 13-year-old boy was injured during an early morning shooting in Battle Creek on Saturday. Battle Creek police reported the shooting at 4:30 a.m. in the 200 block of West Manchester Street. Officers said eight shots from a .30 caliber rifle were fired into a house.

One of the bullets struck the teenager in the toe as he was sleeping on a couch, police said. He was taken to Battle Creek Health System for treatment. Officers said the shots were fired from a minivan or SUV. Police are trying to determine if the shooting was connected to an altercation earlier that night at Lakeview Square Mall. Anyone with information is asked to call the Battle Creek Police Department at 966-3322 or Silent Observer at 964-3888.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Battle Creek police have reported the following cases: A woman, 28, was arrested after her girl- friend, 26, said she was assaulted in the first block of Fonda Street about 3:46 a.m. Friday. Police said they stopped the suspect's car near Territorial Road and 20th Street and arrested her for drunken driving and domestic violence. A warrant is being sought for a man, 60, after his son, 23, said he was assaulted in the first block of North Woodlawn Avenue about 6:23 p.m. Friday.

A man, 44, was arrested after his girlfriend, 37, said she was assaulted in the first block of Oneita Street about 5:27 p.m. Fri- following day. DRUGS: Battle Creek police have reported the A warrant is being sought for a girl, 15, after officials said they found she had marijuana at Lakeview High School at 15060 S. Helmer Road about 1:19 p.m. Thursday.

A woman, 22, was arrested after officers found marijuana in a car stopped in the 700 block of East Emmett Street about 2:49 a.m. Friday. The woman was a passenger in the car. BREAK-INS: (Val- Battle Creek Agnes "Aliy" "Aggie" Kulish, 94, of Battle Creek, the oldest living McCoy in the United States went home to be with her Lord on May 29, 2008. She was born in the foothills of Pikeville, Kentucky on February 22, 1914.

She had four brothers: Fred, Bill, Joe and Ace and four sisters: Grace, Sue, Mable and Lee. Her father, William S. McCoy was a stone mason and her mother, Virginia Wright was a homemaker. She told many stories of growing up in the foothills of Pikeville, remembering the wonderful smell of her mother's homemade bread as she walked into the house. fate would have it, as a little girl Aliy saw a picture on a Kellogg's Cornflakes box and made a wish to someday live and work for the Kellogg Company.

She came to Battle Creek as a young woman and worked in many different bars and restaurants, one of those being the Club where she met Del Shannon. Aliy married Homer May and together they had four children: Jenny, Helen, Billy and Bob, marriage ended in divorce. She later met and fell in love with a serviceman who was stationed at Fort Custer, Walter Kulish, Sr. The two were married and had three children: Walter, Kathy and Stephen (Drusilla) Kulish. In 1950 her wish came true when she was hired by the Kellogg Company where she worked until retirement in 1979.

Aliy leaves behind her children; beloved grandchildren: Tom, Brandon, Chris, Tucker, Jeremy and Tyler; greatgrandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends. She will be greatly missed by all. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, four sisters, one daughter: Helen and one son: Walter, Jr. Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Richard A.

Henry Funeral Home with interment to follow at Floral Lawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Michael Lee West Battle Creek Michael Lee West, 60, of Battle Creek, passed away Thursday, May 2008 at Lifespan Good Samaritan Hospice Residence. He was born June 14, 1947 in Battle Creek, Michigan, the son of Lee Roy and Betty J. (McCormack) West.

Mike was a 1966 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School and served in the U.S. Army from January 1967 to August 1968. He had worked at U.S. Steel and Wire Company, Behnke Trucking and drove school bus for Lakeview Schools. Mike was a charter member of the Athens Lions Club, member of Athens V.F.W.

Post 5319 and charter member of the Balloon Shows. He enjoyed golf, motorcycles, Notre Dame Football, hockey and NASCAR. Surviving are his wife, Sandi Shrubb of Battle Creek; daughter: Teri (Michael Hoyt) Shrubb of Bellevue; son: Michael L. West II of Athens; six grandchildren; mother: Betty West of Battle Creek; and brother: Lee N. West of Valencia, CA.

"Rest in peace Slippery" "Love you, See You, Bye" The family will receive friends at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home on Monday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment will folat Floral Lawn Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Lifespan Good Samaritan Hospice. Obits are ONLINE Battle Creek Connected battlecreekenquirer.com ues in parentheses) Eldred Street, 100 block: cell phone, cash, camera THEFTS: Dollar General, 246 E. Roosevelt undetermined. Riverside Court, first block: bike Dickman Road and I-194: scrap metal Lake-view High School, 15060 S. Helmer Road: backpack, track equipment Frisbie Avenue, first block: bike Minges Lane, first block: checkbook VANDALISM: Arbor Pointe Drive, 300 block: front door Geiger Avenue, first block: car Capital Avenue and Van Buren Street: window Call Silent Observer at 964-3888 with information about crimes or the Cold Case Tip Line with information about homicides at 269-962-0541.

Loose cap causes leakage SPILL, FROM 1B officers said. Included in his cargo was a container of 320 gallons of trimethylbenzene xylene, used as an additive to diesel fuel. Emmett public safety officers said the liquid is flammable and can cause breathing problems. Firefighters placed children's plastic swimming pools under the trailer to contain any dripping liquid and waited for company officials and employees from an environmental clean-up contractor, to arrive. Shortly, officials after 2 opened p.m.

the back of the truck, and Post said they found a loose cap on the container and determined little of the liquid had leaked. Other truck drivers, some who had been waiting much of the day but kept away from their trucks that were parked near the leaking trailer, were allowed to leave as crews from from Otsego began moving the cargo from the leaking TRACE ENQUIRER Emmett Township used an aerial truck to douse firefighters with water after they worked around the leaking truck. Maxine A. Ouellette, 88, of Springfield, MI, died May 25, 2008 at her home. She was born March 19, 1920, in Battle Creek, the daughter of LeRoy W.

and Emma J. (Folks) Sibbrell and graduated from Battle Creek Central High School in 1938. She was retired from the Federal Center as a secretary. Maxine is survived by two daughters, Carol Bradford, Valerie Brachue, four grandchildren and six She preceded by her parents and two daughters. She enjoyed ceramics, knitting, reading and loved being with her grandchildren.

No visitation is planned, a graveside service and interment of cremains will be held, 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at Oak Hill Cemetery with Pastor Chris McCoy officiating. Arrangements by the Farley-Estes Dowdle Funeral Home. Glenn Hinchman Athens Glenn Hinchman, 93, of Athens, died Friday, May 30, 2008. Arrangements pending at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home.

Ida Marie Gandy Battle Creek Ida Marie Gandy, 87, of Battle Creek, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the Farley-Estes Dowdle Funeral Home. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 2, 2008 at the funeral home.

www.farleyestesdowdle.com Laverne C. Hutchings Leesburg, FL Laverne C. Hutchings, age 75, of Leesburg, FL and formerly of Marshall, died Friday, May 30, 2008. Memorial services are pending. www.kempf funeralhome.com to the township.

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FUNERALS FUNERALS SUNDAY, JUNE 1 James R. 2p.m. Sunday, June 1, at Lee Township Hall. Dorothy Kader: p.m. Sunday, June 1, in Riverside Cemetery, Bellevue.

MONDAY, JUNE 2 James L. Brinkert: 1 p.m. Monday, June 2, at Bachman Hebble Funeral Service. Esther L. Demarest: 2 p.m.

Monday, June 2, in Union Church United Church of Christ, Tekonsha. Ida M. Gandy: 1p.m. Monday, June 2, at Farley -Estes Dowdle Funeral Home. Robert L.

Smith: 1 p.m. Monday, June 2, in Heritage Hills Bible Church, Bellevue. TUESDAY, JUNE 3 Frances T. Stutzman: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, at Spencer Family Funeral Home, Athens.

John J. Hare: 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, in Oshtemo United Methodist Church, Kalamazoo. Agnes Kulish: 2p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at the Richard A.

Henry Funeral Home. Mayor vetoes funding for lawyers Associated Press DETROIT Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has vetoed $250,000 set aside by the City Council to pay for lawyers to try to remove him from office amid a text-messaging sex scandal. Maxine A. Ouellette: 3 p.m., Tuesday, June 3, at Oak Hill Cemetery. MichaelL.

West: 11a.m. Tuesday at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home. SATURDAY, JUNE 7 Roy Bauman: Noon Saturday, June 7, in Union Cemetery, Lacey. Kathy A.

Schuch: 2 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Kalamazoo Nature Center. SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Charles L. Walters: 11 a.m., Saturday, June 21, in the Yorkville Community Church, Richland. ESTES Harley DOWDLE Bulletin Board Funeral Directors 0 Walk The Church Andrus St.

Community formerly known Christian as God Church of Battle Creek Reformed Church is having a Invites you to join us in garage of sale celebrating 75 years on In from June 6th Friday "Walking 8-6pm and begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday June God's Love" All worship services from 7th 8-3pm. Duane June 1: Niewsma The 1991-2002 at the church is located former pastor and corner of 19th 269-962-1817 Lakeview. Andrus St. in www.riverwalkchurch.com (2 blocks past members Mercy North of Friends welcome! Pavilion.) 0010481224 Farley ESTES DOWDLE Funeral Directors 105 Capital N.E.

at North Ave. Battle Creek, MI 269-962-5527 Augusta Chapel Richland Chapel.