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mm-m mm mm. 4B Tuesday, July 13, 1993 gagaaaa The News-Leader OZARKSMISSOURI 3 No claimant yet for $3.7 million Lotto jackpot Obituaries Paid announcements are arranged through southwest Missouri funeral home directors. $185,000 a year before taxes for the next 20 years." The ticket was sold at a QuikTrip convenience store in Kansas City. The winning numbers were 2, 11, 'This winner may have gotten lost in the excitement from the record Powerball jackpot," said lottery spokesman Gary Gonder. "This isn't small change.

The win- The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY The person who matched all six numbers to win Wednesday's $3.7 million Lotto drawing has yet to claim his or her prize, lottery officials say. ner will receive approximately 20, 27, 29 and 31. Cemeterydescendants, oil company at odds member of the United Lodge 5 in Springfield, and the McDonald Lodge 324 in Independence. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors Include his wife, Emma Jean Dunham; and a daughter, Jane Dunham, of the home.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today in First Presbyterian Church of Independence, under direction of Speaks Memorial Chapel. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday In Frazier Cemetery, southwest of Springfield. The family suggests contributions to the continuing education fund at the church.

was established there a long, long time ago, whether it was recorded or not," Hughes said. "Now it looks like a city dump." "We thought it would be preserved," Dick Langston added. "How would you feel having your great-grandparents in a cemetery with contaminated dirt on them 6 or 8 feet high? It makes us very unhappy. Maybe there's nothing we can do; maybe there is. I just hate it it makes me sick at my stomach to drive over there." have shown no other interest in the property than to allow it to be overgrown.

When they owned the property, they never took any step to make it into a cemetery. We've been paying taxes on this strip of ground for 25 years." Family members, who dispute that no headstones were left on the property, say the site has historical as well as personal significance. Walter Langston said slaves were buried outside the walls of the 75-by-50 plot about 150 years ago. "The point is that the cemetery FROM PAGE 1B vice station soils. While he acknowledges that relatives may be concerned, he said the fact that they never took the required steps to register the cemetery proves no one was interested.

'To bring the problem into the 20th century, we have a valuable piece of property owned by Petrol Properties," Webster said. "It is subject to overgrowth every few years by volunteer trees and underbrush. All of the tombstones were removed long ago. The relatives Survivors include a son, William Mullis, Springfield; a daughter, Mrs. R.

H. Spear, Sarasota, Fla nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. The body will be cremated under direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home South. No services are planned. Ella E.

Patton NIXA Ella E. Patton, 103, Nixa, died at 3:25 p.m. Sunday in Nixa Park Care Center after a brief illness. She was born in Laclede County and was a former resident of the Phillipsburg area, moving to Springfield in 1970. She was a member of Phillipsburg Freewill Baptist Church and Rebecca Lodge.

Survivors Include two daughters and their husbands, Pauline and Si Gri-shaber, Republic, and Hazel and John Matthews, Springfield; two brothers, Chester Hefton, Springfield, and Ermel Hefton, Lebanon; six grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; and 13 Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Klingner Chapel with the Rev. Damon Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Lonesome Hill Cemetery, Phillipsburg. Deryl E.

Scott LIBERTY Deryl E. "D.E." Scott, 72, Liberty, died Monday, July 12, 1993, in Deerbrook Health Care Center. He was born June 12, 1921, in Buffalo, to Wilma and Walter Scott. He had lived in the Liberty area for 46 years. He was united in marriage to Betty Whitehead in 1940.

He was a mail coder for Kansas City Terminal Railroad, retiring in 1975, after 29 years service. He was of the Baptist faith and was a member of Dads of Vets. He was preceded In death by his mother; father; stepfather, Donald York, Springfield; and a stepbrother. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Betty, of the home; two sons, Donald E. Scott, Hurst, Texas, and Sam L.

Scott, Liberty; a sister, Peggy Alford, Springfield; three grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Church-Archer-Pasley Chapel, Liberty. Burial will be in Glenridge Cemetery, Liberty. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

today in the funeral home. The family suggests in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to T-K Ranch, (a ranch for retarded citizens) in the name of Mark Scott, Mr. Scoffs grandson, Route 2, Box 856, Sunset, Texas 76270. productions. In recent years he had starring roles in "The Sound of Music," "A Chorus Line," and "Caddie Woodlawn." Roland has been an inspiration to those who knew and loved him as he lived In the shadow of HI disease.

His courage and faith will long be remembered. He Is survived by his wife, Debbie Babbit Stevenson; his parents, Dr. Robert T. and Ingeborg W. Stevenson; three stepsons, Cory, Ian, and Sean Mayberry, all of Springfield; two brothers and their wives, L.

D. and Er-linda Stevenson, Houston, Texas, and Martin and Diane Stevenson, Sacramento, Calif- a sister and her husband, Janice and Stanley Swiatocha Forrest Hills, N.Y; 15 nieces and nephews, Bradley and Mathew Stevenson, Kyle Janice, Caitlyn, Brett, Travis and Beth Swiatocha, Whitney, John and Ben Manlove, Steffie, Leigh and Jamie Babbit, and Missy and Libbv Feaster. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 15, in the family residence, 851 S. Fremont.

The body will be cremated under direction of Gor-man-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Memorials are requested to Interfaith AIDS Network or to AIDS Project of the Ozarks. A memorial service Is planned and will be announced at a later date. B.J. Tidmore B.J.

Tidmore, 89, Springfield, died at 2:45 a.m. Monday In St. John's Regional Health Center. He was a 60-year member of Abou Ben Ad-hem Shrine and a member of First Baptist Church of Springfield. Survivors are his wife, Oleta, of the home; a daughter, Carole Don Wensel and husband, Jack, Sullivan; a son, Robert Tidmore and wife, Kathy, Louisville, Ky; a sister, Cinde Prentice; a brother, Monte F.

Tidmore; six grandchildren, J. Douglas Wensel Jr. and wife, Shelly, Rebecca R. Wensel-Killian and husband, Kevin, Emily Don Wensel-Weiskopf and husband, Bryan, Brian James Tidmore and wife, Michelle, Anne Oleta Tidmore, and Margaret M. Tidmore; four greatgrandchildren, Elizabeth Rachel Wensel, Benjamin John Wensel, Katie Ma-della Killian, and Chase Michael Weiskopf; and many friends.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday In Springfield National Cemetery under direction of Bob and Don Lohmeyer of Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today In the funeral home. Dr.

William C. Wallace SENECA Dr. William Wallace, 69, Seneca, died at 2:56 a.m. Monday, July 12, 1993. He was bom May 4, 1924, in Ink, and was a graduate of Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, Iowa.

After practicing 29 years in Springfield, he retired and moved to Seneca, where he and his wife, Betty, of 49 years, have resided for the past seven years. He was a member of National and High Church of Christ in Springfield for 24 years and a member of Seneca Church of Christ for the past seven years. He was a World War II Army veteran. He Is survived by his wife, Betty, of the home; a daughter, Shirley J. Snow, Ozark; three sons, Dr.

Dan C. Wallace, Carthage, Steven D. Wallace, Union City, and Dr. Ronald J. Wallace, Springfield; 10 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday In Seneca Cemetery with Bob Hampton, minister officiating under direction of Campbell-Biddlecome Funeral Home, Seneca. The casket will be closed. James L. 'Bilyeu SELIGAAAN James Bilyeu, 61, Seligman, died at 11:54 P.m.

Saturday In his home. He was born in Spring-' field. He was a carpenter, "a veteran of the Korean conflict and was a member of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Benna Bilyeu; two 'sons, James R. Bilyeu, Springfield, and Gregory Lee Bilyeu, Rogersville; two daughters, Susan Diane Ray, Atlanta, and Pamela Lynn Wilson, Rogersville; nine grandchildren; and his mother, Verna Pearl Bilyeu, Springfield.

He was preceded In death by his father, Fred Bilyeu. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday In Klingner Chapel with the Rev. Hal Bergen officiating. Burial will be in Springfield National Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the mortuary. Donald E. Chastain CLEVER Donald E. Chastain, 77, Clever, died at 6:17 am Sunday, July 11, 1993, in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, after a short illness.

He was a life-long resi- dent of the Clever area. He was retired from Bie-derman Furniture Co. He was a member of AAt. SI- nai Baptist Church where he taught a Sunday school On Oct. 27, 1938, in Ozark, he was united in marriage to Valeria Ma- pies.

He Is survived by his wife, Valeria; two sons, Gary, Clever, and Rick and his wife, Lezley, Nixa; two daughters, Donna Crawford, Clever, and Judy McFarland, Springfield; a brother, Dale Chastain, Republic a sister, Dorothy Smart, Aurora; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchil-. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in 'Mt. Sinai Baptist Church with the Rev. Frank Ar-nall officiating.

Burial will be In Frazier Cemetery f. under direction of Mea-dors Funeral Home, Clever. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the fu-'neral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Foundation.

Margaret Louella Coy Margaret Louella Coy, Springfield, died at 9:30 7 a.m. Sunday, July 11, 7 1993, In Mercy Villa. She was born Sept. 22, 1894, In Monett, the of George and Elizabeth Edgar. She graduated from Crescent College in Eureka Springs, and managed the Bon Ton Ladies Shop in Monett.

She moved to Springfield In 1975, and lived at Mercy Villa for the past 16 years. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Josh Coy; and a sister, Ethel Smedley. She is survived by a niece, Mary Jane Wool-sey; great nephews, Wil-Ham and Chris Woolsey; great-niece, Nancy Al-merall; great-great-nieces, Elizabeth Woolsey, Jane and Anne Al-merall; and great-great-. "-nephews, Mark Woolsey and John Almerall. Graveside services will 'be at 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday in Monett I.O.O.F. Cemetery under direction of Bob and Don Loh-meyer of Gorman- Scharpf Brentwood Cha-. pel, 1947 E. Seminole. Vernon L.

INDEPENDENCE 'Vernon L. Dunham, 75, Independence, died July 10, 1993, In Independence Regional Health Center. Mr. Dunham was bom near Boaz, and lived in Springfield before moving to the Independence area In 1950. He was a meat cutter for Kroger Co.

He graduated from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield in 1941. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and was a dual p.m. today in Greenlawn Funeral Home of Branson. Norma L. Small, 66 Services for Norma L.

Small, Springfield, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Burial will be in Springfield National Cemetery. Mrs. Small, a former professional model, died at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday in Cox Medical Center North. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Gillum H. Smith, 87 CABOOL Graveside services for Gillum H.

Smith, Cabool, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Monger Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home. Mr. Smith, a retired farmer, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Birch View Nursing Center, Birch Tree.

No visitation is planned. Larry 'Steve' Stephens, 53 ST. ROBERT Services for Larry "Steve" Stephens, St. Robert, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Waynesville Memorial Chapel.

Burial with full military rites will be in Resurrection Cemetery, St Robert. Mr. Stephens, a retired U.S. Army veteran, died Sunday morning near Vienna, of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday with rosary service at 8 p.m. in the chapel. Lesley Marie Thompson, 13 ROCKAWAY BEACH Services for Lesley Marie Thompson, Rocka-way Beach, formerly of Cameron, will be at 2 p.m. today Poland-Thompson Funeral Home, Cameron. Burial will be in Packard Cemetery, Cameron.

Lesley, the daughter of Thomas H. and Doris Thompson, died Friday near Marshall, of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Friends may call at their convenience in the funeral home. Herman Lee Wheat, 82 AURORA Services for Herman Lee Wheat, Aurora, will be at 1 p.m. today in Greenlawn Funeral Home South, Springfield.

Burial will be in Delaware Cemetery. Mr. Wheat, a retired mechanic for a manufacturing plant, died at 8:45 p.m. Saturday in Mount Vernon Rehabilitation Center. Other Deaths Listed below are notices of recent deaths of present or former residents of southwest Missouri.

More details will be published when information is available. Robert Lee Bradley, 66, Springfield, died at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in St John's Regional Health Center. Arrangements will be announced by Thieme, a Heritage Funeral Home. Baronita 'Barri' M.

McClung, 66, Seymour, died at 9:53 a.m. Monday in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. Arrangements will be announced by Bergman-Miller Funeral Home, Seymour. Frances Wingo, 85, Rogersville, died Monday afternoon in her home. Arrangements will be announced by Preston-Marsh Funeral Home.

DEATH NOTICES Vlrgle Baumgarden, 81 OSCEOLA Services for Virgje Baumgarden, Osceola, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Gerster Baptist Church. Burial will be in Kings Prairie Cemetery under direction of Shel-don-Goodrich Funeral Home. Mrs. Baumgarden, a homemaker, died Tuesday morning in Sac-Osage Hospital.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Ann Marie Bete, 29 CONWAY Services for Ann Marie Betz, Conway, will be at 10 am. Wednesday in Holman Funeral Home of Lebanon. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.

Ms. Betz died at 10:50 a.m. Sunday in St. John's Regional Health Center of injuries sustained in an auto accident Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Ivan E. Caynor, 64 MARSHFIELD Services for Ivan E. Caynor, Marshfield, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Fraker Funeral Home. Burial will be in Marshfield Cemetery.

Mr. Caynor, a retired dairy farmer, died at 220 p.m. Sunday in Mara-natha Manor, Springfield Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Christopher Bruce Collins, 21 WEST PLAINS Services for Christopher Bruce Collins, West Plains, will be at 2 p.m.

today in First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Howell Memorial Park Cemetery under direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Christopher, a clerk for a retail store, died Sunday near West Plains, of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Delbert Couch, 39 LEBANON Memorial services for Delbert L. Couch, Lebanon, will be at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday in Happy Hill Freewill Baptist Church under direction of Colonial Funeral Chapel of Lebanon. The body has been cremated. Mr. Couch, an auto mechanic, died Monday in his home of cancer. Ralph Hall Crawford, 82 EL DORADO SPRINGS Services for Ralph Hall Crawford, El Dorado Springs, will be at 2 p.m.

today in Hackleman Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in El Dorado Springs Cemetery. Mr. Crawford, a retired postal worker, died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in his daughter's home in Gainesville.

Rexford F. Cruzan, 78 OSAGE BEACH Mr. Rexford F. Cruzan, a retired floor mechanic for a carpet business, Osage Beach, died Sunday in Lake of the Ozarks General Hospital. The body has been cremated under direction of Hedges Funeral Home and Crematory near Osage Beach.

No services are planned at this time. Mary Sue Goins Dustln, 55 BELTON Services for Mary Sue Goins Dustin, Belton, formerly of Seligman, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Union Church, Seligman. Burial will be in Seligman Cemetery under direction of Williamson Funeral Home, Cassville. Mrs.

Dustin, a retired teacher, died at 12:15 p.m. Sunday in her home after a sudden illness. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time Thursday in the church. Herbert Arthur Enney, 80 HOLLISTER Services for Herbert Arthur Enney, Hollister, will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday in St Paul's Lutheran Church, Branson, under direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home of Branson. Burial will be in Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery, Branson. Mr. Enney, a retired dairy fanner, died at 2:45 p.m. Saturday in River-view Manor, Ozark.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. James J. Garceau, 57 PLEASANT HOPE Memorial services for James J.

Garceau, Pleasant Hope, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Butler Funeral Home, Bolivar. The body has been cremated. Mr. Garceau, a taxidermist, died at 9:45 a.m.

Monday at his home. Justin Wayne Gllley, Infant MARSHFIELD Graveside services for Justin Wayne Gilley, Marshfield, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Marshfield Cemetery under (lirection of Fraker Funeral Home. Justin, the infant son of Natalie Gilley, was stillborn Sunday in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. James H.

Godbey, 69 MOUNT VERNON Services for James H. Godbey, Mount Vernon, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Zion Fancy Creek Church, northwest of Randolph, Kan. Burial will be in Zion Fancy Creek Cemetery. Mr.

Godbey, a minister, died Saturday in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. Friends may call anytime today in Holmes-Pfeifley Funeral Home, Riley, Kan. Mable H. Gragg, 89 BRANSON Graveside services for Mable H. Gragg, Branson, will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday in Ozarks Memorial Park. Mrs. Gragg, a homemaker, died Sunday evening in Point Lookout Village Health Care Center. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.

today in Whelchel Funeral Chapel of Branson. Ruby A. Jones, 79 BOLIVAR Services for Ruby A. Jones, Bolivar, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Butler Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Jones, a homemaker, died at noon Friday in Parkview Health Care Facility. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Ruth Ellen Jones, 88 EL DORADO SPRINGS Services for Ruth Ellen Jones, El Dorado Springs, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hackleman Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hazel Dell Cemetery. Mrs. Jones, a homemaker, died at 12:05 a.m.

Sunday in Community Care Center. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Madeleine Loew, 86 MONETT Mrs. Madeleine Loew, a retired garment factory worker, Moneti, died at 3:44 p.m.

Monday in St Vincent's Hospital The body has been cremated under direction of Buchanan Funeral Home. No services are planned. Blaine E. Mabe, 66 ST. ROBERT Services for Blaine E.

Mabe, St Robert, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Waynesville Memorial Chapel. Burial with full military honors will be in Waynesville Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Mabe, a retired U.S.

Army veteran, died at 10:45 a.m. Sunday in General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital Ft Leonard Wood. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today in the chapel. Tom Mashburn, 84 HALFWAY Services for Tom Mashburn, Ventura, formerly of Halfway, will be at 1 p.m.

Thursday in Pitts Funeral Home, Bolivar. Burial will be in Payne Cemetery, Polk. Mr. Mashburn, a retired farmer, died Friday morning in his home in Ventura. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m Wednesday in the funeral home.

David O. Michael, 70 KENNETT Services for David O. Michael, Kennett, will be at 2 p.m. today in First Southern Baptist Church, Maiden. Burial will be at 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday in Jefferson Barracks, St Louis. Mr. Michael, a minister, died Saturday in St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield. Wllber Earl Shoemaker, 74 BRANSON Graveside services for Wilber Earl Shoemaker, Branson, will be at 1 p.m.

Wednesday in Kidds Chapel Cemetery near Osceola. Mr. Shoemaker, a retired auto mechanic, died at 10:55 p.m. Sunday in his home. Visitation will be from noon until 7 In Loving Memory Of Terry Dean Hoffman Sept.

27, 1971 July 13, 1990 Love Always, Your wife, Angela, family and friends Emily M. Schmid Larkin ST. PAUL, Minn. Emily M. Schmid Larkin, 71, St.

Paul, formerly of Springfield, died July 8, 1993. She is survived by her daughter, Julie M. Lemon; a son, John R. Lemon; and two grandchildren, Eva Slmone Jaeger and Alexander Brdar Lemon; all of Chicago, and two sisters, Virginia Marler, Springfield, and Adele Gleason, Newburg, Ore. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m.

Thursday in the Church of St. Leo, St. Paul. Interrment will be In National Cemetery, Ft. Snowing, under direction of Willwerscheid Peters Mortuary, St.

Paul. Vena J. Masten HOLLISTER Vena J. Masten, 87, Hollister, died at 4 p.m. Sunday in her home.

Mrs. Masten was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Weaubleau. She was a lifelong resident of Hickory County, moving to Hollister in 1988, from Weaubleau. Survivors include two sons, C.R. Masten Columbia, and Joe G.

Mas-ten, Kansas City; a daughter, Kathryn Holli-day, Hollister; two sisters, Gertie Starkey, Nixa, and Mertie Glorfeld, Hollister; seven grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday In First Baptist Church of Weaubleau with the Rev. Robert Nuckolls officiating. Burial will be in Robinson Cemetery, Weaubleau, under direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home of Branson.

Visitation will be from noon until 7 p.m. today in the funeral home and from 1 p.m. until service time Wednesday in the church. Memorial contributions are suggested to Hospice of Southwest Missouri, P.O. Box 1081, Branson.

Louise E. Mullis Louise E. Mullis, 85, Springfield, died at 7 a.m. Monday, July 12, 1993, in St. John's Regional Health Center.

On Oct. 23, 1907, in Savannah, she was bom to William and Elizabeth Harvey. She was a homemaker and a member of University Heights Baptist Church. On June 1, 1925, she was united In marriage to A. Marvin Mullis, who preceded her in death, July 20, 1990.

Roland A. Stevenson Roland A. Stevenson, 33, Springfield, celebrated his heavenly birthday at 5:35 a.m. Monday, July 12, 1993, in his residence. Roland was a native of Springfield, was a 1978 Parkview High School graduate, and received a B.S.

degree in Electronic Media from S.M.S.U. In 1990. He had been employed in retail and broadcasting In Springfield, Miami, and Key West, Fla. He returned to Springfield from Florida in 1986. He was a member of St.

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