Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 14

THE STATE JOURNAL Dec. 4, 1967 Lancing, Michigan Lansing, Area Deaths and Funerals James Trahair James (Ben) Trahair, 58, of 2135 Quentin, died Saturday at a local hospital. Anative of Wales, Mr. Trahair had been resident of Lansing since 1928. He was employed at Atlas Drop Forge and H.

Porter Co. "He was member of North Presbyte- James Trahair Trahair past master of Walter French Lodge AM 557, and a member of Capitol Chapter 9, RAM, Elf Khurafeh Temple of Saginaw, DeWitt Clinton Consistory of Grand Rapids and Elks Lodge, Lansing. Surviving are his wife, Marguerite: three daughters, Mrs. Mrs. Dorthea Williams of CharSally Price of Dayton, Ohio, lotte and Mrs.

Marlene Rood of Lansing: 11 grandchildren; his father, Bert Trahair, Lansing; two sisters, Mrs. Iris Robb of East Lansing and Mrs. Madge Danford of Traverse City. Services will be Tuesday at p.m. in the Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.

Walter French Lodge will take part in Ernest Emmons Ernest F. Emmons, 71, of 1307 Vermont, died today in a local hospital. He was a former employe of Granger Brothers Construction retiring seven years ago. He was a member of Carpenters Local 1449, a veteran of World War I and a resident of Lansing for years. Surviving are his wife, son, Duane; five daughters, Mrs.

Otha Sleight, Mrs. Marilyn Lazaroff, Mrs. Elaine Crumb, Mrs. Eleanor Christy and Mrs. Norma Mateer, all of Emmons Lansing; his mother, Mrs.

Belle of Stanton; four brothers, Ralph and Clayton of Stanton, Walter of Lansing and Charles of Ionia; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Dhaene of GreenMrs. ville, Mrs. Ethel Rosetta Young and Hillis of Stanton, Mrs. Violet Perkins of Edmore and Mrs.

Maude Albrecht of Saginaw. Services will be Wednesday at p.m. in the Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home with burial in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Olive Casey Mrs. Olive Casey, 1910 Linden, East Lansing, died today in a local hispital.

She was a member of St. Johns Cathedral in Milwaukee, Wis. and taught kindergarten in Milwaukee schools for 28 years, retiring recently. Surviving are a niece, Mrs. Edmund Alchin, East Lansing and a nephew, Milton E.

Pontiac. The body will be at the Gorsline Runciman East Chapel, East Lansing, until Wednesday morning when it will be taken to Milwaukee for services. Richard R. Hanford Richard R. Hanford, of 1413 Turner, died Sunday.

in a local hispital. A lifelong resident of Lansing, he was a retired custodian in the Lewis Cass Building. Surviving are a son, Torrence of Lansing; two grandchildren; three great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Evy Reeser, of Williamsport, and two brothers, William Burt of Williamsport and 1 of San Francisco, Calif. Services will be Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

at the Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mildred A. Ikenburg Mrs. Mildred A.

Ikenburg, 79, of 1732 Teel, died today in a Funeral Home. Dorotha A. Smith Mrs. Dorotha A. Smith, 47, of 1101 Lathrop, died Saturday in a local hospital.

A resident of Lansing for 25 years, she was a member of the Moose Auxiliary. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lewis McCarn, Lansing: granddaughter; and a brother, Ceryl Rouse, of Ohio. Arrangements will be announced by the Palmer-Bush Funeral Home. local hospital.

A resident of Lansing for the past 45 years, she was a member of the South Church of the Nazarene, auxiliary of disabled veterans, auxiliary of the National Association of Civil Employes, and was a retired registered nurse. Surviving are her husband, Edward a son, Edward of Lansing; a grandson; a brother, Richard Chapman of Grand Rapids; and two sisters, Jessie Cozat of Pontiac and Mrs. Nettie Ringle of Ithaca. Arrangements will be nounced by the Palmer-Bush Ray Reed LAKE ODESSA Ray Reed, 72, lifelong resident of the Lake Odessa area, died today in Pennock Hospital, Hastings, after a lengthy illness. Lula Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs.

Chester Peevy of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Ellis Shotwell of Ionia: two sons, Lewis R. of Ionia and Robert L. of Jackson; a brother, Walter A. of Lake Odessa; two sisters, Mrs.

Fay Batchelor of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Floyd Roush of Lake Odessa; 19 grandchildren and several greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 1:50. p.m. Wednesday in the Pickens Funeral Chapel with burial in Lakeside Cemetery.

Comedian Bert Lahr Dies Today -NEW YORK (AP) Bert Lahr, the beloved Cowardly Lion of "The Wizard of Oz" and veteran of countless stage and movie roles, died today at 72. Lahr's death at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center was attributed to a massive internal hemorrhage. He had been under treatment since Nov. 21 for a back ailment and pneumonia. One of the great comic actors, Lahr's career spanned some 50- years and ranged from the classic Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz" to Estragon in the difficult "Waiting for Godot." Which did he like best? "Strangely enough," he said once, "it was 'Waiting for It was controversial.

Those that hated it, spit at it. Yet it had its cult, and it created a different type of audience for me. "It was like- it was like playing Carnegie Hall. It changed my whole career. Before that I was a buffoon.

This gave me a chance to play Shaw and Moliere." But it is as a clown that Lahr will be remembered by millions who saw him -and who will see him--as the Cowardly Lion. Lahr was born in New York City on Aug. 13, 1895, not far from the expensive Fifth Avenue apartment that came with success. As a teen-ager, he joined a children's vaudeville act called "Nine Crazy Kids." "It was he said, I "but I got the bug, you Thousands of Mourners File Past (Cardinal Spellman's Catafalque John W. Cassilman, 89, a former Lansing resident, died Nov.

29 at Nashville, Tenn. Services were held at Dresden, Tenn. Surviving are a son, Dennis I. of Lansing; three daughters, Miss Gladys Cassilman of Lansing. Mrs.

Eva Highfill of Tennessee and Mrs. Bertha Moon of Indiana: four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Ola Calvert of Tennessee. Clifford Gaver John W. Cassilman Clifford Gaver, 47, a former Lansing resident, died Sunday at Mishawaka, Ind.

He was a Lansing resident about 20 years ago. Surviving a half brother, brother, Floyd Francis of Lansing. The body is at the Warner Funeral Home, Osceola where services will be at p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka.

Alfred Merritt Alfred S. Merritt, 80, of 301. E. local Thomas, died today, in a1 hospital. A resident of Lansing for 44 tor Wheel, retiring years, he was employed.

at MoSurviving are his wife, Ollie a son, Jack and three daughters, Mrs. Carl Goff, Mrs. Alvin Ruttan and Mrs. Nina Merritt, all of Lansing; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Lottie Clawson and Mrs.

Jessie Humphrey, both of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Emma Spicer, Charlotte. Services will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home with burial in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Spitzley Infant The infant son of Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth A. Spitzley, 2007 Creston, died today in a local hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Lavey Funeral Home. Arletta P.

Clippert Funeral services for Mrs. ArClippert, 54, formerly of Lansing, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Mer-1 cer Mortuary Chapel in the Garden, Phoenix, Ariz. Mrs. Clippert, a native of Lansing who lived here until moving to Arizona in 1963, died Saturday in her home in Phoenix.

Survivors include her husband, L. a son, Marion E. Pollok; a stepson, Larry G. Clippert of Coldwater, and her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs.

Roy Roberts of Lansing. Catherine E. Gollack Mrs. Catherine E. Gollack, 50, of 817 Comfort, died Saturday in a local hospital.

A resident of Lansing for 40 years, she was a member of Holy Cross Church. Surviving are her husband, John; two sons, Harold Lehters, Mrs. Betty Eavey and Mrs. man of Cedar Springs, and Leon Lehman of Lansing; two a daughGenevieve Davis, both of Lansing; 15, grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Margaret Bitschnau of Lansing; three brothers, Louis and John Bitschnau, both of Lansing and Eston Beachnau, Westphalia; four sisters, Mrs.

Fronia 1 Bunline of Lansing, Mrs. Oliva Rogers of Grand Ledge, Mrs. Lillian Fink of Westphalia and Mrs. Margaret Volk of Eagle. Services will be Tuesday at Fu- 11 a.m.

in the Palmer-Bush neral Home with burial in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Dies From Heart Attack PORTLAND LeRoy T. Weeks, 51, of 406 Grape, Portland lied Sunday after suffering a heart attack while deer hunting near here. He was hunting with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Balderson of Portland, who rushed him to a doctor's office. Mr. Weeks was employed at Fisher veteran Body of in World Lan- sing and was a War II. Survivors include his wife, Frances; two daughters, Mrs. Balderson and Mrs.

Sharon Pendergrass, Imperial Beach, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Weeks of Morely, one sister, Mrs. Doris Smith, Howard City, and three grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m.

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Mr. Jennings had been a post office employe in Detroit. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Royal Oak. Survivors include his wife, Blanche a daughter, Mrs. Agnes M.

Grissom, Troy, and two granddaughters. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday with in Ball-Dunn Funeral Home in Greenwood Cemetery in Ingham County. James I. Pauline F.

Smith HOWELL Mrs. Pauline F. Smith, 50, of 1461 Crest Drive. Howell, died Sunday in a Howell hospital. She is survived by her husband, Elmer four sons, Jim, John, Thomas and Richard, all at home; her mother, Mrs.

Lawrence Sober of Fowlerville; three brothers. Anthony, Stanley and James Sober of Fowlerville; and a sister, Miss Irene Sober of Fowlerville. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a. a.m. Saturday in St.

Joseph Catholic Church, Howell. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the MacDonald Funeral Home, Howell. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fowlerville.

Bessie Schrepfer HOWELL Mrs. Bessie Schrepfer, 75, of 415 Jewett died Sunday in her home following a brief illness. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Velma Antcliff of Laingsburg, Mrs. Carmen Rogers and Mrs.

Ruth Crain, both of Howell, Mrs. Ethlyn Newcomb of Milford and Mrs. Virginia Farmer of Detroit; a son, Merle Schrepfer of Howell; 16 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Hoisington of Lansing, and Mrs. Winifred Thayer and Mrs.

Pearl Rossbach, both of Ypsilanti; and three brothers, Delmar Youngs, living in California, Chalmers Youngs of Dearborn and Harold Youngs of Williamston. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Evangelical United Brethren Church with burial in Coughran Cemetery, Fowlerville. The Schnackenberg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Auria Crane ST.

JOHNS Mrs. Auria Crane, 81, of 107 Brush died Monday in Clinton Memorial Hospital. She had lived most of her life the Upper Peninsula and came here in 1958. Surviving are two brothers, Ernest Viellett of San Antonio, and Arthur of Newberry, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Putman of Services will be at 9 a.m.

Wednesday in St. Joseph Catho-1 lic Church with burial in Newberry. Rosary will be recited at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Osgood Funeral Home. Harvey B.

Allen BRECKENRIDGE-Harvey B. Allen, 68, a retired electrician, died Monday in. his home at 213 Fourth Street, Breckenridge. Survivors include his wife, Wilma; a son, Donn of Breckenridge; a sister, Mrs. Vern Gillis, Alma, and three grandchildren.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Whiting Funeral Chapel with burial in Ridgelawn Cemtery. Myrtle E. Eggleston CRYSTAL Mrs. Myrtle E.

Eggleston, 82, of Crystal and formerly of Newaygo, died Sunday in Sheridan Community Hospital. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Griswold, Crystal; a brother, John Courser, Elwell; two sisters, Mrs. Cena Hartman, Baldwin Park, and Mrs. Inez Hornbeck, East Lansing; grand children, and a greatgreat-grandchild.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Huyck-Schnepp Funeral Home with burial in Ferris Center Cemetery. Nina Sackett ITHACA Funeral services for Miss Nina Sackett, 71, of 204 W. Newark, Ithaca, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Barden Funeral Home, Ithaca.

Burial will be in Ithaca Cemetery. A retired school teacher, she died Saturday at Gratiot Community Hospital, Alma. Surviving are two sisters, Miss Irene Sackett and Mrs. Vera Burchard of Ithaca; and a brother, Carl of Colorado. Jacob M.

Yoder ST. JOHNS Jacob M. Yoder, 92, longtime St. Johns resident, died Sunday in Sturgis. He was a retired farmer and is survived by a daughter, Mrs.

Gilbert Osborn of St. Johns, a son, Louis Yoder of New Port Ritchie, 10 grandchildren, and two sisters living in Indiana. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Bethel Menonite Church with burial in Mt. Rest Cemetery.

The Hoag Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. AMBULANCE! IV2-1651 ESTES LEADIEY WILLIAMSTON Services for Mrs. Ottilie Rindfleisch, 72, of 818 Linn Road, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Gorsline Funeral Home with burial in Eastlawn Memory Gardens, Okemos. Mrs.

Rindfleisch died Sunday in a Lansing hospital. A native of Germany, she lived here about 50 years and was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church, Lansing. Surviving are her husband, Julius; four sons, Edward of Lansing and Walter, Harold and Carl, all of Williamston; a daughter, Mrs. Elsie DeWitt of Lansing; 13 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and a sister living in Germany. Ottilie Rindfleisch Minnie Lott CLARKSVILLE-Mrs.

Minnie Lott, 69, of Clarksville, died Sunday morning. at a Grand Rapids hospital. She is survived by a son, Phillip, of Clarksville; three grandthree sisters, Mrs. priscilla' McCaul of Florida, Mrs. Bernice Miller of Wyoming, and Mrs.

Wyatt Bennett of Arizona; and three brothers, Fremont Moore of Oregon, Walter Moore of Lyons and Upton Moore of Wyoming, Mich. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Pickens Chapel, Clarksville. Burial will be in the Bowne Mennonite Cemetery.

NEW YORK (AP) Dressed in the white, red and gold splendor of a Prince of the Roman Catholic Church, the body, of Francis Cardinal Spellman lay in state in St. Patrick's Cathedral today. Thousands of mourners filed by the catafalque, placed in the center aisle, after a solemn high mass of requiem sung Sunday night by Archbishop John F. Maguire and nine concelebrants. Archbishop Maguire has been named administrator of the archdiocese by Pope Paul VI to serve until a successor is named.

The great bronze doors of the cathedral remained open throughout the night and early morning hours for mourners wishing to view the body. Four New York City firemen and policemen stood guard over the coffin. of African mahogany lined with bronze which will remain in place until funeral services Thursday for the cardinal, who died Saturday of a stroke at the age of 78. All seven surviving American cardinals have been invited to the Thursday services. The six cardinals currently in the United States have indicated they will attend, but whether Francis Cardinal Brennan, head of the Vatican's Sacred Rota, would return from Rome was not known.

As mourners filled the cathedral and messages of condolence poured into the chancery -including those from the Pope and President Johnson-specu- lation began on who would succeed Spellman. Although the selection of a successor is finally made by the DEATHS In the News Vasily I. Kozlov MOSCOW (AP) Vasily I. Kozlov, president of the Soviet Republic of Byelorussia, has died after an "extended and severe illness," a published obituary said Sunday. Kozlov was 64.

In line with Soviet custom, the obituary did not specify the nature of the illness or the date of death. Annette Kolb MUNICH, Germany (UPI)Annette Kolb, the pacifist author who fled Hitler's Third Reich to live in France and the United States, died in her Munich home Sunday after a short illness. She was 97. Miss Kolb won Fontane Prize in 1915 and the Gerhart Hauptmann Prize in 1928 for her literary works, the most popular of which was "The Shaukel" (the Swing), a dealing with the special friendship existing between France and Bavaria. Wall-to-wall carpets or throw rugs find good buys in the Classified Ads today.

DEPARTMENT STORES YANKEE Christmas Sale Pope, this will be the first major American church appointment under a new nominating system set up to give American bishops more say in the choosing. First, the bishops of each of the country's 28 provinces will meet with their governing archbishop and agree on a list of names. These will be given to a new committee of seven bishops from different areas of the country, named last spring, to to draw up a consensus done by the apostolic nominations. This was formerly. in Washington.

These names will be forwardled to the Pope who will thus a chance to get clear evidence of the bishops' feelings. The New York Times said the Most. Rev. John F. Dearden, 60-year-old archbishop of Detroit, was considered a frontrunner for the post.

Others mentioned by the newspaper were the Most Rev. Martin J. O'Connor, 67, papal nuncio in Malta; the Most Rev. John J. Wright, 58, bishop of Pittsburgh; the Most Rev.

Ernest J. Primeau, 58, bishop of Manchester, N.H.; and the Most Rev. William E. Cousins, 65, bishop of Milwaukee. Another possibility, the Times said, is the Most Rev.

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