The Springfield News-Leader from Springfield, Missouri • Page 14

4B Saturday, May 28, 1994 News-Leader OZARKS MISSOURI State steams ahead with riverboat gamblinj Supporters revive gaming amendment proposal similar to the one rejected in April. However, it contained a technical flaw and was resubmitted on Friday. It was sent to the attorney general's office for approval of its form, said Joe Carroll, deputy secretary of state for elections. Supporters of the proposal say it may have a better chance of passing in a general election when more people are expected to be casting ballots. If the petition form is approved, supporters can start collecting the necessary 130,000 signatures of registered voters in six of the state's nine congressional districts.

They face a July 8 deadline for submitting the signed petitions to the secretary of state. The recount was the first one done statewide on a proposed amendment and the third time this century for a recount of a statewide issue, Moriarty said. A recount in 1908 resulted in the overturning of the lieutenant governor's race, and a second request in 1940 delayed Forrest C. Donnell's gubernatorial inauguration until the request was dropped. The Associated Press Patrons lam the main gambling floor of the President Casino on the Admiral after the official opening Fri- ri, day In St.

Louis. The President is permanently moored on the Mississippi under the Gateway Arch. Also opening Friday was the Casino St. Charles, which will cruise the Missouri River. The President is permanently moored on the Mississippi under the Gateway Arch.

The Casino St. Charles will cruise the Missouri River, but it remained docked during its dress rehearsal Thursday because of high winds. Before handing out the gold-lettered license certificates Friday, Commission Chairman Robert said. Both parties later said they would heed Wolfson's advice. "I think it's simply a matter of us having hired people from the local community who don't have 10 or 15 years experience in Las Vegas," said Ed Ellers, president of the President Casino.

"I think after a few days, they'll do just fine." Wolfson suggested the casino operators work with their dealers to make sure the games are "user friendly." Gamblers should be informed of the rules and odds upfront, he said. For instance, Missouri has imposed a $500 loss limit per cruise. "We wish you success because your success is our success," he Paid announcements are arranged through southwest Missouri funeral home directors. Missouri's first two boats rolled out the ribbons, but no sbt machines. The Associated Press ST.

LOUIS Workers hustled to stock bars with booze, tables with casino chips and splash on last-minute coats of paint to two floating casinos as Missouri launched river-boat gambling Friday. The Missouri Gaming Commission took about 20 minutes Friday morning to give final approval to licenses for the President Casino on the Admiral in St. Louis and the Casino St. Charles. Both boats promised speeches, ribbon cuttings and champagne, but not necessarily big winners, when they opened for business at 4 p.m.

"This is a big day for us," said Joseph J. Canfora, president of St. Charles Riverfront Station Inc. "It not only is exciting to be part of history in Missouri, but also gratifying to know we have created over 1,000 new jobs and will generate tax revenue for the state." The only thing missing was slot machines, the single biggest moneymaker for most casinos. The one-armed bandits were outlawed by a state Supreme Court ruling earner this year.

The two casinos passed so-called "shakedown cruises" earlier this week in which the gaming commission worked undercover to test dealers, security and other operations. Obituaries ohn Owen Aayless Sr. I John Owen Bayless 167, Springfield, died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, 1994, in Cox Medical Center South. John was a prominent businessman and longtime owner and operator of Bayless Auto Salvage.

Mr. Bayless was a lifelong resident of Springfield, and was a 1944 graduate of Central High School. Besides his involvement in the family business, he also owned and operated a cattle farm in Morris-ville. He was a member of the Queen City Lodge 12 of the I.O.O.F. for over 25 years.

He was also a member of the Elks Lodge. He was preceded in death by his wife, Wilma Nadine Bayless, May 12, 1994. He is survived by his son, John Bayless Springfield; five grandchildren, Melissa Shaw, Springfield, John David Bayless, Springfield, Krisrf Sneed, Grove, Andrea Bayless, Springfield, and Allsha Bayless, Springfield; three great-grandchildren, Zachery and Jacob Sneed, and Connor Shaw; and two brothers, Harold Smith, Overland Park, and Louis Smith, Springfield. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North with the Rev.

Calvin Maberry officiating. Burial will be in Clear Creek Cemetery. "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Rickey Lee Bordwell Rickey Lee Bordwell, 35, Springfield, died Thursday, May 26, 1994, in Springfield. He was an employee of Hudson Foods Company and a member of Lake-view Lighthouse Church. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca; a daughter, Candy and her husband, Kirk Tracy; two sons, Rickey and Brian; and his parents, Earnest and Dollie Jean Bordwell, all of Springfield; and a 7 sister, Funeral at 11 Greenlawn Home Richard White Gardens.

Visitation to 8 funeral June MOUNT June Thursday, in Center Mrs. June Kan. Vernon Oklahoma. Earl in Other five Howard, Carol Vandergrift, Vernon, Miller; Steve two Dorothy Services p.m. with Duffner will I.O.O.F.

may Mary's Pierce Mary Dodson Elaine April of her and north She July fhey a period Missouri, Indiana. At death, Springfield, they where their The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY After failing to win a recount, supporters of riverboat gambling now are taking their case to the voters for allowing slot machines and other games of chance aboard the floating casinos. On Friday, Secretary of State Judi Moriarty said a statewide recount of the April 5 vote on the riverboat amendment showed it lost by a margin of 1,412 votes out of more than 1 million cast. The proposal, Amendment 3, would have allowed the legislature to decide what games can be played aboard riverboats on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Prior to the recount, the official tally showed the proposal failed by 1,267 votes.

The proposed amendment was put on the ballot by lawmakers after the Missouri Supreme Court in 'January ruled that games of skill such as poker are legal under the state Constitution, but games of chance, such a slot machines, are not. On Thursday, Michael Lazar-off, a St. Louis attorney for casino interests, filed with Moriarty a proposed initiative petition to put on the November ballot a Margaret Marie Crose, 66 WAYNESVILLE Services for Margaret Marie Crose, Waynesville, will be at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in Waynesville Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Waynesville Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Crose, a homemaker, died Thursday evening in St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time Sunday in the funeral chapel.

Tony A. Fatino, 78 WHEATLAND Services for Tony A. Fatino, Wheatland, will be at 2 p.m, Sunday in Hathaway-Peter- man Funeral Home. Burial will be in Dooly Bend Cemetery. Mr.

Fatino, a retired convenience store ownermanager, died at 11:15 p.m. Thursday in Hermitage Park Care Center. Visitation will be from noon until service time Sunday in the funeral home. Ronald Royce Feemster, 53 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Memori-i al services for Ronald Royce Feem-' ster, Albuquerque, N.M., formerly of Wasola, will be at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday in Oak Grove General Baptist Church, Wasola. Mr. Feemster died Sunday, May 15, in Albuquerque. Local arrangements under direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava. Roy Glenn Gillham, 60 Services for Roy Glenn Gillham, Springfield, will be at 10 a.m.

today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Mr. Gillham, a bus driver and maintenance employee for a state school, died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Cox Medical Center North.

Irena Z. M. Han, 93 JERICO SPRINGS Services for Irena Z. M. Han, Jerico Springs, will be at 10 a.m.

Sunday in Long-Brum-back Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pensacola Cemetery, Pensacola, Okla. 1 Mrs. Han, a homemaker, died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in her home.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Rosemary M. Keithley, 59 CRANE Services for Rosemary M. Keithley, Crane, will be at 1 p.m.

today in Union Ridge Baptist Church. Burial will be in Union Ridge Cemetery under direction of Meadors Funeral Home, Clever. Mrs. Keithley, a homemaker, died at 11:17 a.m. Wednesday in her home.

Kenneth E. Meadows, 77 NIXA Mr. Kenneth E. Meadows, a retired construction company vice- Day FLOWERS Make Doris Shrum, Nixa. services will be a.m.

Tuesday in Funeral North with the Rev. Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Memorial will be from 7 p.m. Monday in the home. Brecht VERNON Brecht, 66, Mt.

Vernon, died at 6:20 a.m. May 26, 1994, Missouri Rehabilitation after a long illness. Brecht was born 26, 1927, in Lebo, She moved to Mt. in 1959, from She married Brecht, Dec. 26, 1945, Cottonwood Falls, and he survives.

survivors include daughters, Sharon Janet Reynolds, Darter and Sherri all of Mt. and Joni Rose, an estranged son, Brecht, Mt. Vernon; sisters, Jean Eastman, Emporia, and Ogden, Ingle-wood, 14 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. will be at 2 today in Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home the Rev. Wally Baldwin and Fr.

Ralph officiating. Burial be in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Memorial contributions be made to St. Catholic Church, City.

president, Nixa, died Thursday in his home. Arrangements under direction of Harris, a Heritage Funeral Home. Arnold O. Petlitzer, 76 MONETT Services for Arnold O. Petlitzer, Monett, will be at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday in Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. Mr. Petlitzer, a retired school custodian, died at 5:34 a.m. Friday in Cox-Monett Hospital.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Jim 'Ray' Preston, 74 SPARTA Services for Jim "Ray" Preston, Sparta, will be at 2 p.m. today in Adams Funeral Home, Ozark. Burial will be in Sparta Cemetery.

Mr. Preston, a former postmastef and World War II U.S. Army veteran, died Thursday in his home. Anna Schupbach, 93 CLEVER Services for Anna Schupbach, Clever, will be announced by the funeral home. Burial will be in Schupbach Cemetery, Spokane.

Miss Schupbach, a minister, died at 8:35 a.m. Friday in Republic Park Care. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Meadors Funeral Home, Republic. 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. Elsie Carlson, 82, Kansas City, formerly of Lebanon, died Friday in Truman Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by Colonial Funeral Chapel, Lebanon. Virginia Ruth Eggleston, 58, Monett, died at 4:16 p.m. Thursday in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield.

Arrangements will be announced by Buchanan Funeral Home. Jewell Irene Phillips, 80, Phillips-burg, died at 2:50 a.m. Friday in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. Arrangements will be announced by Holman Funeral Home, Lebanon. The Rev.

James Paul Robinson, 71, Springfield, died at 7:10 a.m. Friday in his home. Arrangements will be announced by Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Basil Turner, 67, Springfield, died at 10:25 p.m. Tuesday in Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar.

Arrangements will be announced by Ayre-Goodwin-Lee, a Heritage Funeral Home at Rivermonte. Helen Walker, 87, Springfield, died at 12:30 p.m. Friday in Cox Medical Center North. Arrangements will be announced by Thieme, a Heritage Funeral Home. DEATH NOTICES John Owen Bayless 67 Services for John Owen Bayless Springfield, will be at 3 p.m.

today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Burial will be in Clear Creek Cemetery. Mr. Bayless, owneroperator of an auto salvage, died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday in Cox Medical Center South.

Geraldine Boswell, 82 AURORA Services for Geraldine Boswell, Aurora, will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home. Burial will be in Maple Park Cemetery, Aurora. Mrs. Boswell, a homemaker, died at 7:53 a.m.

Thursday in Aurora Nursing Center. Pansy A. Boyles, 80 EL DORADO SPRINGS Services for Pansy A. Boyles, El Dorado Springs, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Hackleman Sons Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Schell City. Mrs. Boyles, a homemaker, died at 12:42 a.m. Thursday in St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Dempsey Eugene Bradley, 66 MILLER Services for Dempsey Eugene Bradley, Miller, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Morris-Leiman- Mosher Funeral Home. Burial will be in Misemer Cemetery, east of Miller.

Mr. Bradley, a retired bulldozer op-. erator, died at 4:23 a.m. Friday in Regional Health Springfield. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.

Monday in the funeral home. June Brecht, 66 MOUNT VERNON Services for June Brecht, Mount Vernon, will be at 2 p.m. today in Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Vernon I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Mrs. Brecht, a homemaker, died at 6:20 a.m. Thursday in Missouri Rehabilitation Center. Neva J. Britain, 92 Graveside services for Neva J.

Britain, Springfield, will be at 2 p.m. today in White Chapel Cemetery under direction of Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Mrs. Britain, a retired restaurant owner, died at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in West Park Manor.

Nathan Robert Bruton, 17 OZARK Services for Nathan Robert Bruton, Ozark, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Adams Funeral Home. Burial will be in Sparta Cemetery. Nathan, a high school student, died Wednesday in Ozark, of a gunshot wound. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

today in the funeral home. Mo. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial contributions in her name, may be given to Willard First Baptist Church.

Irena Z.M. Han JERICO SPRINGS Irena Z. M. Han was born Jan. 1, 1901, in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma, and passed away May 25, 1994, in her home in Jer-ico Springs.

She is survived by seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and seven great-greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Sunday in Long-Brumback Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pensacola Cemetery, Pensacola, Okla. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.

today in the funeral home. Effie Opal Wikoff MORRISON, III. Effie Opal Wikoff, 87, Resthave Nursing Home, Morrison, formerly of Rock Falls, died Thursday, May 26, 1994, following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Wikoff was born May 5, 1907, in New Bedford, the daughter of Peter J.

and Lola Mae Porch Schmitt. She was a member of Rock Falls United Methodist Church, was an avid gardener, loved cooking and canning and had a love for music and people. She was a past member of the Moose Lodge. She is survived by three sons, Darrell (Ruth) Livingston, Normal, Paul (Debbie) Wikoff, Fulton, and Roger (Margaret) Wikoff, Fulton, four daughters, Maxine Graham, Springfield, Shirle Wolf, Norfolk, Judy (Roger) Fiet, Morrison, and Jeanne (John) Koehrer, Montgomery, two brothers, Paul Schmitt, Sterling, and John Schmitt, Thomson, two sisters, Mary Mennenga, Sterling, and Myrtle Peterson, Rock Falls, 17 grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers; a sister; and a grandson.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home, Rock Falls, with the Rev. Boyd Ellef-son officiating. Burial will be in Oak Knoll Cemetery, Sterling. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

today In the funeral home. A memorial has been established in her years, following their retirement from a pastorate in Nevada, Mo. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Willard at the time of her death. Elaine grew up in the Cassville community and graduated from Cassville High School. Along with her husband, she attended Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, and while he was in Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, she attended Woman's Missionary Training School in Louisville, Ky.

Elaine was a faithful, devoted and supportive wife, mother, grandmother and friend. While serving along side her husband in his various pastorates she was faithfully and fruitfully involved in working with children and young people primarily. She was an active member of Woman's Missionary Union in the churches and sang in the church choir. Her primary ministry was her home, her family and her friends. She loved life here on the earth but she was fully prepared to enioy a greater fullness of life in Heaven with our Lord and with all who have preceded her as well as the ones of us who will follow her there.

Elaine confirmed Proverbs 18:24 paraphrased, "The persons who have friends must show themselves friendly." Friends were her great delight. She appreciated all of them and rejoiced in her relationship with them. They along with her family will arise and call her blessed. Elaine is survived by her husband of 58 years; their daughter and son-in-law, Sharon Kay and Fred M. "Butch" Wilder-muth; grandchildren, Brian and Dana Wildermuth, all of Willard; several cousins in Florida, Washington and Oklahoma, as well as several here in Missouri; her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, all of whom she loved and appreciated as her very own kin, Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Dodson, Twin Falls, Idaho, Mrs. Naomi Dodson, Twin Falls, Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Buel Dodson, Las Vegas, Kenneth Erickson, Kim-berly, Idaho, and Mr.

and Mrs. Don Dodson, Idaho Falls, Idaho; also a large number of close and dear friends far to numerous to list. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 29, 1994, in Willard First Baptist Church with the Rev. Frank Childers officiating, with burial in Wesley Cemetery, Willard, under direction of Wilson-Brim-Daniel Funeral Home, Ash Grove, 1 l' till and GIFTS, INC.

nmfinnfi's Elaine WILLARD Mary Dodson was born 28, 1916, In the home parents, Marshall Mamie Hankins, of Cassville, Mo. married Orville Ver-dayne (0. Dodson, 21, 1936. Together served churches for of 58 years in Kentucky and the time of Elaine's in St. John's Regional Health Center, May 26, 1994, lived In Willard, they had made home for the past 15 Of Meet a friend every Tuesday and Friday; i Special of town: 1-800-521-9360 UaaJ 1420 S.

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