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Smith takes advantage of information superhighway Space and Technology, is one of the first members of Congress to have a public mailbox for electronic mail. Senders who want detailed replies should include their name and address for response by conventional mail, Amy endorsed The Michigan Townships Association recently endorsed Democrat Ron Amy for the 62nd District House seat supervisor; Jim Demarest, Emmett Township supervisor; Rob Behnke, outgoing Pennneld Township supervisor; Marjorie Garside, Emmett Township treasurer, and Gloria Mai-chele, Emmett Township clerk. The 62nd District includes Battle Creek, Springfield and Bedford, Emmett and Pennneld townships. Amy's opponent is Republican Eric Bush. Albion forum ALBION Mayoral and city council candidates will answer voter questions at a forum Wednesday, Oct 26.

The forum is being sponsored by the Albion Chapter of the American Association of University Women and the Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce. It will be from 7:30 to 9 pjn. in the Albion High School cafeteria. Each candidate will deliver opening statements before considering written questions from audience members. In the Nov.

8 election, Albion residents will choose a two-year mayor from candidates Councilman Ronald Gant, Daniel Lentz and Councilman Michael Williams. Four-year council members wfll be elected in three precincts. Lola. Turner runs unopposed in Precinct 1, and incumbent Robert Thomas runs unopposed in Precinct 2. Incumbent Jack Hoaglin, Alan Moore and Km Tunnicliff are vying for the Precinct 6 seat Enquirer Staff U.S.

Rep. Nick Smith now has a lane to the information superhighway. The 7th Congressional District legislator will read and acknowledge receipt of electronic or "e-mail" messages sent to him via Internet address is: The Addison Republican, who is on the House Committee on Science, The organization represents 99 percent of Michigan's 1,242 townships and 6,500 elected officials. Five local township officials also have endorsed Amy's candidacy Ann Armstrong, Bedford Township ot to Ic Obituaries Site, where he had been hospitalized since Friday. He was bom July 26, 1951, in Battle Creek to Thomas A.

and Eileen E. (Fabian) Halloran. He was a life resident of Battle Creek and was a 1970 a More obit information. 6D Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with Pastor Jim Roberts of Fulton Church of Christ officiating.

Memorials: Visiting Nurse Burial: St Mary Cemetery. Memorials: St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church. Police and fire vives. Also surviving are a daughter, Martha White of Mesa, and a son, David M.

McCoy of Battle Creek. Services: 4 p.m. Monday in the Church of the Master, Presbyterian USA, in Mesa, with Malcolm Davis officiating. Burial: National Cemetery of Arizona, with military honors. Memorials: Western Michigan University Foundation.

Arrangements: Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Mesa, Ariz. Gladys V. Aleshkewich Battle Creek Gladys V. (Chadderdon) Aleshkewich, 65, of Battle Creek, died Saturday, Oct 1, 1994, at home after a long illness. She was born Dec 19, 1928, in Battle Creek to George A.

and Goldie V. (Baugher) Chadderdon. She was a life resident of the area and a graduate of Spring Arbor Christian graduate of Lakeview High School. Mr. Halloran had been associated with his father as a manufacturing jeweler and was self-employed in the same trade the past few Dennis J.

Halloran Herbert R. Case Olivet Herbert Roland Case, 84, of Olivet died Saturday, Oct 1, 1994, at home. He was born in Battle Creek to James T. and Helena (Kellogg) Case. Mr.

Case was an eletrician-aviation engineer for Northrup Aviation and for General Electric. He was a member of St John's Episcopal Church, Charlotte, and a life member of Brookfield Lodge 439 Surviving are his wife, Betty; daughters, Peggy Parrott and Mary McGuire of Olivet, and Kay Rogers of Garberville, a son, Robert Case of Puyallup, 10 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Services: Private interment will take place. Arrangements: Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte. High School.

Mrs. Aleshkewich worked 20 years with AAA Motor Club as an office supervisor. She also worked 26 years as an underwriter with Wolverine Insurance which later became years. He served as a U.S. Army military police officer from December 1971 to November 1973.

Surviving are his mother, Eileen E. Halloran of Battle Creek; a brother, Thomas F. Halloran of Vicksburg; and sisters, Gale E. McKay of Battle Creek and Sannon A. Hammond of Rolling Meadows, HL His father, Thomas A.

Halloran, died in 1991. Visitation: After 2 p.m. Monday at Richard A. Henry Funeral Home. Services: 10 a.m.

Tuesday at St. Philip Catholic Church with the Rev. William J. Fitzgerald officiating. Burial: Fort Custer National Cemtery with military honors by Fort Custer Honor Guard.

Gladys V. Aleshkewich Anna R. Mills Coldwater Anna Ruth (Marr) Mills, 66, of Coldwater, died Friday, Sept 30, 1994, after a long illness. She was bom April 6, 1928, in Jackson to Sylvester L. and Lillian (Lenox) Marr.

She graduated in 1945 from Jackson High School Mrs. Mills was a teacher's aide for 10 years in Union City Public Schools. She enjoyed making jewelry and was a collector of movies. She also was an avid piano player. She married Arthur P.

Mills Jr. in 1946 and they lived in Jackson, Qtrin-cy and Union City areas. He died in 1982. She moved to Coldwater in 1993. She also was preceded in death by seven brothers and a sister.

Surviving are daughters, Teresa Mills of Coldwater and Debra Ba-lowski of Bronson; sons, Thomas Mills of Seminole, Michael Mills of Union City, Samuel, Patrick and Bruce Mills of Coldwater; a brother, Ernest Marr of Beulah; and 12 grandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Spencer Funeral Home, Athens. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev.

Ron Hawkins officiating. Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater. Memorials: Good Samaritan Hospice of Branch County. Man pushed down stairs: A 19-year-old Battle Creek man said he was hurt after a 21-year-old roommate shoved him down a flight of stairs about 6:30 pjn. Friday at a house in the 100 block of Caine Street He told Battle Creek police he was moving out when his roommate tried to keep some of his property until he paid his rent An argument ensued, the roommate pushed him and the victim fell down the stairs.

He injured his arm, back, hip and knee, but did not seek treatment at a hospital. The suspect was arrested under the spouse abuse law. Guns Seized: Battle Creek police seized two handguns about 8:35 pjn. Wednesday after chasing a car on Hubbard Street Police tried to stop the car after its driver failed to dim the car's bright lights. The car also had no tail lights.

The two occupants jumped from the car on Bernardo Place and ran. Police found one gun under the car and another in a nearby driveway, according to the police report released Saturday. Break-ins: (Values in parentheses) Magner, first block: Bicycle ($400) from a garage. Blanch Street, first block: Nothing taken from a house. "Dudley School, 308 W.

Roosevelt Computer equipment Thefts: West Street, first block: Pager ($75) from an apartment. Ridgemoor Drive and limit Street: Car stereo system, CDs damage to car windows South 23rd Street, first block: 1985 Ford Escort Wilson School, 71 Blanch St: Two bicycles Vandalism: Glen Cross Road, 5000 block: Damage to apartment door and pickup truck window Compiled by Staff Writer Mark Schwann. newspaper field. For a short time, he was a half owner of the Silver Creek, N.Y., Lakeshore News. Much of his life was spent in newspaper, advertising and sales promotion work.

Mr. Scholosser was a general salesperson for Radio Equipment first in South Bend, and later in Grand Rapids. Many of his later years were spent as a patient at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Battle Creek, before he returned to the ErieSringviHe, N.Y. area. He was a member of Springville Masonic Lodge 351 He enjoyed writing letters to the editor and round-table conversations with friends at the Urbandale Speed's Kof-fee Shop in Battle Creek.

He formerly was married to Elinor Brown of New York; they were married in 1946. Surviving are sons, Kenneth E. David Jude of Grand Junction, and Paul Warren of Grand Rapids; a daughter, Roberta Ellen Santoni of Iron Mountain; sue grandchildren; and a sister, Marian Brown of Grand Junction. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesday at Farley-Ests Funeral Home. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial: Fort Custer National Cemetery with military honors by Fort Custer Honor Guard. Memorials: Springville Masonic Lodge 351 Anna B.

Smoker Bronson Anna B. (Wotta) Smoker, 93, of 227 Buchanan St, Bronson, died Saturday, Oct 1, 1994, in Sturgis Hospital She was bom July 14, 1901, in Bronson to Lawrence and Frances (Sobczak) Wotta and was a life resident of Bronson. She worked at Douglas Manufacturing Co. She then devoted her life to raising her family. Mrs.

Smoker was a member of St Mary Catholic Church, the Rosary Society and Sacred Heart Society. She was known to many as "Busia" and enjoyed talking about "old times." She liked to bake and cook. She and her husband were king and queen of the Bronson Polish Festival in 1972. She married Franklin J. Smoker on April 12, 1921, in St Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, Bronson.

He died June 21, 1988. Surviving are a son, Francis Smoker of Bronson; a daughter, Margaret Russo of Coldwater; six grandchflren; 16 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-granddaughter. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Frances Smoker in 1927; a son, Robert Smoker, in 1939; five sisters; two brothers; two step-sisters, and three step-brothers. Visitation: 1 to 8 p.m. Monday at Kolcz Funeral Home, Bronson, where the Rosary will be recited at 6 pjn.

Monday. Services: 10 ajn. Tuesday at St Mary of the Assumpiton Catholic Church, Bronson, with the Rev. Richard Fritz officiating. Prayers will be offered at 9:30 ajn.

Tuesday at the funeral home. Fred M. Deventer Bedford Township Fred M. Deventer, 87, of Bedford Township, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 1994, in Arrowood Nursing Center.

He was born Nov. 13, 1906, in Allen County, to George and Ga-brielle (Marsten) Deventer and attended schools in Allen County. Mr. Deventer was a welder. He worked 15 years at Oliver Farm Implement Co.

until it closed and then 10 years at Prabb Robot, Kalamazoo, retiring in 1978. He was a member of Disabled American Veterans in Battle Creek and the Battle Creek Gun Club. Mr. Deventer was U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having served as a private.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing and walking. He married the former Nellie L. Spees in 1951 in Angola, Ind. She survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Diane LaBelle of Battle Creek; a sister, Hazel Mock of Kalamazoo, and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by brothers, Ralph and Wilbur Deventer; and sisters, Gladys Teller and Helen Kesson. Visitation: After 2 p.m. todayat Bach-man Hebble Funeral Service, where the family will be present from 2 to 4 p.m. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev.

Kingery Clin-genpeel officiating. Burial: Floral Lawn Memorial Gardens. Memorials: Charity of one's choice. Grace L. Swihart Battle Creek Grace L.

Swihart, 96, of Battle Creek, died Saturday, Oct 1, 1994, in a Brenda Moore Adult Foster Care Home. Arrangements are pending at Richard A. Henry Funeral Home. Daniel R. Lucas Chicago Daniel Robert Lucas, 36, of Chicago and formerly of Battle Creek, died Monday, Sept 5, 1994, in Chicago Masonic Medical Center.

Services: 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 1994, at Bachman Hebble Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Carl Burgess officiating. Donald E. McCoy Battle Creek Donald E.

McCoy, 74, of Battle Creek, a retired Kellogg Co. art director, died Monday, Sept 26, 1994. Mr. McCoy was born Oct. 18, 1919, in Niles to Edmond M.

McCoy and Laura C. (Anderson) McCoy. He graduated from Niles High School and attended Western State College of Colorado and graduated from West-em Michigan University. Mr. McCoy went to work at Kellogg Co.

upon graduation in 1947 and retired in 1981. He served from January 1942 to September 1945 during World War II with the 9th Air Force in Egypt and Lybia and with the 12th Air Force as a photo intelligence specialist in Tunisia, Italy and Sardinia. He was a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks Drill Team and Kalamazoo Valley Craftsmen. He also had been a leader in the Indian Guides and Boy Scouts. He enjoyed trailering and fishing and was a raconteur.

After retirement, he spent summers at Waffle Farm at Craig Lake near Coldwater and wintered in Mesa, Ariz. He married Marilyn Jean Palmer on June 26, 1948, in Detroit She sur Lottery Saturday DAILY GAME: 424 DAILY-4: 4368 LOTTO: 3, 6. 12, 23, 35, 37 6-number winners: 0 5-number winners: 66 $2,500 4-number winners: 2560 $100 WEDNESDAY'S JACKPOT: $2.5 million Friday DAILY GAME: 363 DAILY-4: 1617 CASH 5: 6, 8, 20, 23, 28 KENO: 6 9 18, 22, 24, 28 29, 34, 44, 48, 55, 58, 59, 63 65, 67, 69. 70. 71.

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Schlosser, 78, of Erie, and formerly of Battle Creek, died Wednesday, Sept 28, 1994, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Erie after a short illness. He was bom Jan. 6, 1916, in Mead-vffle, to Robert B. and Mary EDen (Jude) Schlosser. He grew up in Springville, N.Y., and lived there 25 years.

Mr. Schlosser worked seven years as a reporter at the Springville Journal During World War he worked five years as a special service officer with the U.S. Air Force. He organized the dates, entertainment and acts for U.S.O. shows.

After the war, he returned to the Transamerica Insurance retiring in August 1992. She was a member of Hickory Cor-ners American Legion Auxiliary, Ea-glfesLodge, Michigan Underwriters Association and Transamerica Women's Club. Mrs. Aleshkewich enjoyed bowling, golfing, crocheting, gardening and dancing. -Her husband, Alex, died in 1979.

Surviving are daughters, Susan K. Hill of Bellevue and Mary Markos of Battle Creek; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and sisters, Lois J. Piper of Battle Creek, Grace E. Ru-sack of California and Ethel G. Van-Nocker of Grayling.

Visitation: After 6 p.m. today at Rich-aril A. Henry Funeral Home. Services: lp.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with Duane Stuart officiating.

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials: Good Samaritan Hospice Care. Cecelia F. Andersen Marshall Cecilia F. (Lucker) Andersen, 85, oft Marshall, died Saturday, Oct 1, 1994, after a three-month illness.

was born March 25, 1909, in St Joseph to Fred C. and Barbara (Reith) Lucker. She was a graduate of St Joseph High School and graduated from Western Michigan University in 1929. "Mrs. Andersen had worked at Sherer-Gillette Co.

and at the Calhoun County Health Department She then was a teller for many years at for Marshall Savings and Loan. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and the Monday Club and was a Rotary Ann. She was a past member of Order of Eastern Star 385. During the 1930 St Joseph Blossom Festival, she was selected as Miss St Joseph. She married Clayton C.

"Andy" Andersen in 1936. He died Aug. 28, 1979. She also was preceded in death by sisters, Florine KuH, Ruth Barts and Barbara Carley; brothers, Irving and Victor Lucker; and seven half-brothers and half-sisters. Surviving are a sister, Helen Berndt of StevensviHe; and brothers, Alan Lucker of St.

Joseph, Ted Lucker of Stevensvifle and Gabriel Lucker of Niles. Visitation: Craig K. Kempf Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 8 pjn. Monday. Services: 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday at Oak-ridge Cemetery, Marshall, with the Rev. James Uhley of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Memorials: Good Samaritan Hospice Care or First Presbyterian Church, Faith M. Burke Lawton Faith M. (Richards) Burke, 41, of Lawton'and formerly of Battle Creek, died Friday, Sept 30.

1994, as a result of an auto accident She was born June 22, 1953, in Battle Creek to Clarence and Betty M. (Burke) Richards. She married William Burke on June 18, 1994. He survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Sa-.

rah Richards; her mother, Betty M. Richards; and sisters, Eva and Shari M. Richards of Battle Creek; a grandson, and several nieces and nephews. Visitation: 4 to 6:30 p.m. today and 7 to 9 pjn.

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