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4A Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000 Battle Creek Enquirer OBITUARIES DEATH NOTICES Suspect killed in shooting Associated Press WATERFORD TOWNSHIP A man armed with a sawed-off shotgun was shot Friday by an officer from the Waterford Township Police Department. Officers encountered the man and a woman, who were being sought in connection with at least five holdups Friday in north Oakland County, Waterford Township Police Capt. Chuck Jehle said. The 35-year-old man and the woman were encountered while police were making a traffic stop.

After a short chase, Jehle said the driver exited the truck about 7 p.m. and pointed his shotgun at the officers. The officer, a five-year veteran, fired in self-defense, Jehle said. The suspect, whose name is being withheld pending notification of relatives, was dead at the scene. The woman fled on foot before the gunfire began and was captured a short time later.

Jehle could not confirm how many shots were fired. No officers were hurt. Vesta H. Ditzer Delton Vesta H. Ditzer, 82, of Delton died Thursday, Jan.

27, 2000, at home. She was born Nov. 4, 1917, in Fagus, to George W. and Cora (Richardson) Myrant. She attended school in Poplar Bluff, and retired from the Nashville U.S.

Post Office in 1983. She married Raymond Ditzer on Feb. 3, 1951, in Marshall. He survives. Also surviving are daughters, Linda Farrah of Delton, Janet Yonkman of Boon and Patricia Rasey of Nashville; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lena Guard of Cape Girardeau, Mo.

She was precededfn death by brothers, Harry, Joe and Robert; sisters, Stella and Emma; a son; a daughter; and a grandchild. Community involvement hobbies: Volunteer, Maple Valley Band Boosters; president, Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts 8260 and 422; past president, V.F.W. Eighth District; life member, V.F.W. National Home in Eaton Rapids; and Camp Trotter in Newaygo. Enjoyed her children and grandchildren, sewing, traveling and playing cards.

Visitation: None. Service: Noon Monday at Delton V.F.W. with the Rev. Don Smith officiating. Burial: Private at Fort Custer National Cemetery.

Memorials: Barry Community Hospice or Delton V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary. Arrangements: Williams Funeral Home, Delton. Reagan committee still has $494,230 Lillian M. Young Albion Lillian M.

Young, 90, of Albion died Friday, Jan. 28, 2000, at home. She was born July 3, 1909, in Sheridan Township to George A. and Daisy (Lewis) Barry. A lifelong resident of the area, she attended Western Michigan University and received her teaching certificate.

She taught until she was married and after that worked with her husband on the farm. She married Charlie Young in 1938. He died Sept. 10, 1981. Surviving are sons, Larry G.

and Albert C. Young, both of Marengo Township; special friends, Stan and Tina Hackworth of Marengo Township; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Marge Nolan of Marshall. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Virginia Rose. Community involvement hobbies: Member, Rice Creek Community Church. Enjoyed, gardening, photography, her grandchildren, helping others, flowers and helping on the farm.

Service: 2 p.m. Monday at Tidd-Williams Funeral Chapel, Albion, with the Rev. Lindsay Howan officiating. Burial: Riverside Cemetery. Memorials: St.

Jude's or Rice Creek Community Church. Gale H. Warner Coldwater Gale H. Warner, 89, of Coldwater, and formerly of Bronson, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, in Maple Lawn Medical Care Facility.

He was born June 25, 1910, in Bronson to John A. and Maggie I. (Richardson) Warner and was a lifelong Bronson resident. He was a member of a pioneer family that settled in Bronson in 1829, and his grandfather was the first white child born in Bronson in 1830. He graduated from Bronson High School in 1929 and was associated with his father in the pickle business, having stations in Bronson, Burr Oak, Findley, Three Rivers, Flowerfield and Sherwood.

He later owned and operated the former Old Colliseum Theater from 1933 to 1939 and was also an associate of Mashon-Dorsey Memorials in Coldwater. He then worked for 14 years at the Coldwater Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities, retiring in 1979. Surviving are a nephew, Clyde J. Warner Jr. of Battle Creek; and a special friend and caregiver, Kathie Macaulay of Bronson.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Clyde J. Warner Sr. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Kolcz Funeral Home, Bronson.

Service: 1 p.m. at Bronson Cemetery. Memorials: Branch County Humane Society. Boston planner dead at 78 Associated Press WEST TISBURY, Mass. Edward J.

Logue, the urban planner credited with putting a new face on Boston with projects such as the Government Center and the revitalized waterfront, has died. He was 78. Logue, who was director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority and later held key planning positions in New York State, died Thursday at his home here. "Ed Logue was a guy who reinvented Boston," Mayor Thomas M. Menino said.

"He was part of the renaissance of the New Boston. He came in and changed the real face of our city. He was an innovator," Menino said. Doris R. Skeens Mendon Doris Rebecca Skeens, 87, of Mendon died Wednesday, Jan.

26, 2000, in Fairview Living Center in Cen-treville. She was born Sept 1, 1912, in Red-key, to Milton and Lovina (Oxley) Wise and attended Indiana schools. She operated a farm near Fulton with her husband until 1984 and had lived in Mendon since 1986. She married Lyle Bailey on Nov. 17, 1930, in Fulton.

He died in 1984. She later married Roy Skeens on June 13, 1986, in Mendon. He survives. Also surviving are children, Dick Bailey and Dorothy Snyder, both of Athens and Lois Cupp of Mendon; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; a brother, J. Earl Wise of Mendon; sisters, Ruth Gamble of Battle Creek and Fern Homoki of Kalamazoo; stepchildren, Richard Skeens of Raleigh, N.C., Patricia Miller and JoEllen Demo, both of Michigan City, four step-grandchildren; and six great-step-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Archie Wise; and a sister, Irma Lozier. Community involvement hobbies: Former member, Wakeshma Community Church, Athens Town Country Club and the Farm Bureau. Enjoyed, sewing, crocheting and reading. Attended Centreville Baptist Church. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m.

today at Eickhoff Funeral Home, Mendon. Service: 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with the Rev. David Peterson officiating. Burial: North Fulton Cemetery.

Memorials: Three Rivers Area Hospital Rehba Unit or Fairview Living Center. The following obituary, which ran Friday, is being published again because of incomplete information provided to the newspaper. Wilma J. Kelly Jacksonville, Fla. Wilma Jean Kelly, 75, of Jacksonville, and formerly of Cold-water, died Tuesday, Jan.

25, 2000. She was born Oct. 16, 1924, in Kenton, Ohio, to Boyd and Murel-la (Reed) Lamb. She was employed as a dental assistant by Dr. M.L.

McConnell and worked at the American Cancer Society office in Coldwater for 10 years. She and her husband operated Kelly's Paint and Decorating Center in Coldwater, and she was the bookkeeper for Kelly Brothers Painting Contractors for several years. She married Bernard Kelly on Feb. 19, 1949, in Coldwater. He survives.

Also surviving are sons, Patrick B. and Andrew Kelly, both of Cold-water; daughters, Sherry Pearson of Jacksonville and Anne Sowers of Coldwater; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a brother, Nyle Lamb of Marshall; and sisters, Leona Christner and Gloria Flint, both of Sturgis. She was preceded in death by a brother, Clyde Lamb. Community involvement hobbies: Member of St. Charles Catholic Borromeo Church, Coldwater, and member and past president of its St.

Ann's Guild. Services: 11 a.m. Monday in St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church with the Rev. Brian Stanley officiating.

Memorials: Charity of one's choice. Arrangements: Gillespie Funeral Home, Coldwater. DEATHS AND FUNERALS For paid obituary notices, call the Enquirer at 966-0674. HOENES, ROBERT Funeral services will be held 3:30 p.m. today at FARLEY-ESTES DOWDLE FUNERAL HOME.

For additional information, please call 962-5527. Clifford C. Avery Modesto, Calif. Clifford C. Avery, 88, of Modesto, and formerly of Battle Creek, died Dec.

26, 1999, in Memorial Medical Center in Modesto. He was born Nov. 21, 1911, in Battle Creek and graduated from Battle Creek Central in 1931 and Michigan Tech University in 1935 with a degree in electrical engi- Clifford C. neering. Avery He served in the U.S.

Navy during World War II and was employed at Post Cereals as a production superintendent until he transferred to Modesto in 1966 as plant manger of California Vegetable Concentrates. He later was the project manager for the new Post Cereal Plant in Ceres, Calif. He married Carmen Avery in 1943. She survives. Also surviving are sons, Roger L.

Avery of Woodbridge, and Scott Avery of Tracy, Calif; a brother, Max Avery of Shelbyville, and three grandchildren. Community involvement hobbies: Member, College Avenue Congregational Church, Modesto, Engineers Club and Service Corps of Retired Executives. Volunteer, Inter-Faith Ministries and served on the energy conservation committees for Pacific Gas Electric Co. and Modesto Irrigation District. Service: Has taken place.

Memorials: College Avenue Congregational Church, Modesto. Arrangements: Franklin Downs Funeral Home, Modesto. Leland C. DuBois Battle Creek Leland C. DuBois, 81, of Battle Creek died Wednesday, Jan.

26, 2000, in Mercy Pavilion. He was born Jan. 24, 1919, in Hastings to Carl and Jessie (Harrison) DuBois. He attended high school in Dowling and moved to Battle Creek in 1940. A lifelong resident of the area, Leland C.

DuBois he co-owned with his wife the DuBois Berry Farm in Battle Creek. He also worked at Eaton Manufacturing in Battle Creek for six to eight years as a valve pressman and at AB Stove for three to four years in manufacturing. He also was the owner of the DuBois Sawmill, making shipping pallets. The sawmill was sold in 1982. He married Ruby Brown on Sept.

3, 1940. She died Nov. 26, 1999. Surviving are a son, Conrad L. DuBois of Battle Creek; daughters, Juana D.

Mercer and Gayla S. Met-zger both of Battle Creek; five grandchildren; a nephew, Dick Sours; and brothers, Frances and Kenneth DuBois both of Battle Creek. Also preceding him in death were a son, Rick L. DuBois, Nov. 1992; brothers Rex and Alvin "Buck" DuBois and sisters, Donna Belles and Dorothy Voss.

Community involvement hobbies: Enjoyed, antique cars and tractors, tending the berry farm, and listening to Detroit Tiger baseball. Taught adult Sabbath School class for many years. Member, Hastings Farm Bureau. Visitation: 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Bachman Hebble Funeral Service, where family will be present.

Service: 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Revs. Stan Hickerson and Charles J. Hanlon officiating. Burial: Dowling Cemetery.

Memorials: Parkinson Foundation. Mildred B. Arnold Coldwater Mildred B. Arnold, 84, of Cold-water died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, in Lake Land Nursing Center in Angola, Ind.

She was born March 6, 1915, in Continental, Ohio, to Delford and Mary E. (Praull) Wing. She married Carlton Arnold on June 3, 1935, in Greenville, Ind. He survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Kay Hinckley of Fairbanks, sons, Tim Arnold of Moscow and Jeff Arnold of Fremont, 11 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Walter Wing of Toledo, Ohio, William Wing of Inverness, Fla.

and Rodney Wing of Garden City, sisters, Beulah Hire of Fremont, Vivian Morgan of Buder, Ind and Anna Lee Eberly of Waterloo, Ind. She was preceded in death by a son, Nicholas Scott Arnold. Community involvement hobbies: Enjoyed gardening, rock collecting, crocheting, traveling and collecting antiques. She came from a big family with 15 children in all. Service: None scheduled.

Memorials: Fremont (Ind.) Community Church Activity Center. Arrangements: Gillespie Funeral Home, Coldwater. Mary Angelo Battle Creek Mary Angelo, 86, of Battle Creek died Friday, Jan 28, 2000, in Battle Creek Health System. Arrangements are pending at Farley-Estes Dowdle Funeral Home. Nettie L.

Brown Battle Creek Nettie Lee Brown, 81, of Battle Creek died Thursday, Jan. 27. 2000, in Mercy Pavilion. Arrangements are pending at T. M.

Hughes-Perry Mortuary. Charline Faucette Battle Creek Charline Faucette, 95, of Battle Creek died Friday, Jan. 28, 2000, at home. Arrangements are pending at T. M.

Hughes-Perry Mortuary. Charles L. Sams Hastings Charles Lewis Sams, 63, of Hastings died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, in Pennock Hospital. He was born March 19, 1936, in Steuben Township, to Elmo E.

and Gertrude W. (Cool) Sams. He was raised in Indiana before moving to Battle Creek in 1948, where he lived for several years. He had lived in the Hastings area for the past nine years after living in Grand Rapids for 31 years. He also resided in California for five years.

He attended Lakeview schools, graduated from Wyoming Community Adult Education and served in the 3rd Armored Division of the U.S. Army at Fort Knox, Ky. He worked in the Sears Roebuck Automotive Center in Grand Rapids for over 29 years, retiring in 1995. Previously, he worked for five years at Keeney Truck Lines in Glen-dale, and for more than eight years at Michigan Carton Co. in Battle Creek.

He married Nancy K. Skeels on May 29, 1958. She survives. Also surviving are daughters, Sheryl Overmire of Hastings and Susan Grohoski of DeRidder, seven grandchildren; sisters, Mary K. Latta of Homer, Willidean Munn of Battle Creek, Rebecca Miller of Delton, Greta Wedl of LeMont Furnace, and Sue Eldred of Hastings; and a brother, Robert Sams of Las Vegas.

Community involvement hobbies: Member, Sears Retirees and American Association of Retired Persons, Boy Scouts of America from Cub Scout through Eagle Scout, earning many medals and awards. Enjoyed, fishing, hunting, watching NASCAR, reading westerns and watching western movies, country music, watching sports, outdoors, nature, animals and helping others. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Wren Funeral Home, Hastings Service: 11 am Monday at the funeral home with Rev. Robert Stover officiating.

Burial: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Grand Rapids Memorials: American Cancer Society, Humane Society or charity of one's choice. Joan E. Kornoelje Mclntyre Battle Creek Joan Kornoelje Mclntyre, 52, of Battle Creek died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, after being stricken at work. She was bom Jan, 6, 1948, in Hastings to Claude and Mildred (Craft) Gross.

She was raised in the Nashville area and was a 1966 graduate of Maple Valley High School. She had been Joan E. employed for 33 Kornoelje years at Kellogg Mclntyre where she was a steward for the Grainmillers Union. She married Richard S. Mclntyre on Sept 17, 1999.

He survives. She was previously married to David Kornoelje. Also surviving is a daughter, Robin Emmons of Battle Creek; a son, Scott Kornoelje of Battle Creek; a stepson, Michael Mclntyre of Battle Creek; a stepdaughter, Kathryn Mclntyre of Battle Creek; two grandchildren; brothers, Donald Kosbar and Stewart and Lloyd Gross, all of Hastings; sisters, Betty Kidder and Glenda and Joyce Stevens, all of Hastings and Pauline Orsbom of Caledonia; and a special friend, Betty Cotant of Battle Creek. She was preceded in death by her parents. Community involvement hobbies: Member, Kellogg 25-Year Club; steward for the Bakers, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grainmillers Union Local 3-G.

Enjoyed, cooking, gardening, being a homemaker and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Visitation: After 1 p.m. Sunday at Farley-Estes and Dowdle Funeral Home, where family will be present from 1 to 4 p.m. Service: 11 a.m. Monday at Battle Creek Christian Reformed Church with the Rev.

Dan Currie officiating. Burial: Hicks Cemetery Charity of one's choice. Jonathan D. Salant Associated Press WASHINGTON Though Ronald Reagan hasn't run a campaign since 1984, his presidential committee continues to operate. Reagan-Bush '84 has almost a half-million dollars in the bank and does little but receive interest and dividends on its money and pay taxes.

It also pays its treasurer, longtime Reagan loyalist Bay Buchanan, several thousand dollars a year in consulting fees. Those were its functions through most of the 1990s. Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, a trustee of the campaign committee, said the balance would be liquidated once the committee could redeem the long-term, higher-interest notes that it has invested its money in. "At some point, it will go to the Reagan library," Meese said. The Reagans did not know about the leftover funds, which as of September totaled $494,230, until the account was brought to their attention by The Associated Press this month, an aide to the former president said.

Reagan's chief of staff, Joanne Drake, said she, too, wants the money for the library. Buchanan, sister of Reform Party presidential candidate and former Reagan White House speechwriter Pat Buchanan, failed to return phone calls seeking comment. Federal Election Commission records show she has collected $45,715 in consulting fees and expenses from the Reagan fund through the 1990s, ranging from $869 in 1992 to as much as $7,500 in 1997. She has filed quarterly reports with the FEC and paid the necessary taxes on the fund's earnings. Campaign finance experts expressed surprise that the fund has been left open for so many years.

"That's amazing," election lawyer Kenneth Gross said. "In the modern era, I can't think of a committee that would continue to exist and pay salary to somebody. That is unprecedented." The average presidential campaign committee shuts down within five years of the election, according to Republican consultant Stan Huckaby, who was treasurer of George Bush's 1988 and 1992 campaign committees. Both have been closed, as have the campaign committees of Bill Clinton in 1992, Michael Dukakis in 1988 and Walter Mondale in 1984. Gross said the only reason to keep a campaign committee around for more than a decade is to enable the candidate to raise money to pay off debts.

John Glenn's 1984 presidential campaign still $2.6 million in debt continues to exist for that reason. Reagan's 1984 committee has no debts. Between Jan. 1, 1997, and Sept. 30, 1999, for example, the committee took in $42,180 all from dividends and interest.

It paid out $31,942, with $17,766, or 56 percent, going to Bay Buchanan. Most of the rest went for taxes. Meese said the campaign committee trustees decided to put the money in long-term investments until they could decide where leftover funds should go. "The money was invested pending a decision on what to do with it," Meese said. Federal law would allow the money to be given to other federal candidates or political action committees, to be refunded to contributors or to be donated to a charity or educational institution, such as Reagan's presidential library.

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