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Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 14

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D-2 THE STATE JOURNAL Aug. 1, 1972 Francisca Sanchez Scott Turner Embezzler Gets Lansing Represented Heir of City Pioneers Dies in East at 92 Model Cities Program Will Be Mayors' Topic and San Jose, Houston and Waco, Tex; Lansing, Newark and Paterson, N.J.; Norfolk, Va; Rochester, N.Y.; Seattle, Tampa, Tucson, Arizl; Wilmington, and Winston-Salem, N.C. Margaret Cook Mrs. Margaret Cook, 26, of 531 E. Mt.

Hope was found dead at her home Monday. Police said preliminary investigation indicated she had taken her own life. A resident of Lansing for 12 years, she was a member of the Faith Methodist Church and worked at Foots Industries. Surviving are her husband, Sherwood; her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Theodore Peck of Lansing; three brothers, Theodore William and Terry Peck of Lansing; and her grandmother, Violet Fouble of Cadillac. The body is at Palmer-Bush Funeral Home. the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Plank Road for stage coach travel, and later became involved In railroad development all over lower Michigan. His father carried on the railroad tradition. MR.

TURNER was the husband of the late Amy Prudden Turner, who also was of pioneer stock. Mr. Turner will be buried in the family plot in Mt. Hope Cemetery a plot which he often gazed at from his Srping-dale Farm across Aurelius Road. The family asked that contributions be made to the Greenwich hospital.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Mayors of 15 cities and city managers of five others will join federal officials here tonight for the opening session of discussions of an $80 million extension of the Model Cities program. President Nixon announced the planned variations program July 29, 1971, in an effort to give cities more local control over federal dollars used in their areas for planning and development projects. ALLEN E. Pritchard executive vice president of the National League of Cities, said municipal officials will discuss the advantages and problems in having local control. Results of the meeting will be reported to the White House and the Department of Rousing and Urban Development.

Floyd H. Hyde, assistant HUD secretary for community development, will be keynote speaker at a luncheon Wednesday. INDIANAPOLIS MAYOR Richard G. Lugar, past president of the National League of Cities, will make opening remarks, along with White House assistant James Falk. Other cities represented will be Butte, Mont; Dayton, Ohio; Des Moines, Iowa; East St.

Louis, Erie, Pa; Fresno Mrs. Francisca Saanchez, 63, of 315 W. Madison, died Monday as a local hospital. She was a resident of Lansing for 20 years. Surviving are her husband, Prisciliano; one son, Jose Sanchez of Maryland, three daughters.

Miss Lucy Sanchez and Miss Toni Sanchez of Washington, and Miss Connie Sanchez of Lansing, and one sister, Mrs. Manuel Delgado of Lansing. The body is at Palmer-Bush Funeral Home. Celia E. Shumaker CHARLOTTE Mrs.

Celia E. Shumaker, 86, R. 4, Charlotte, died Tuesday in a local hospital. She had resided in the area all her life. Surviving are five sons, Arlo, Orland, Lowell and Gale of Charlotte and Dale of Bell City, and five daughters, Mrs.

Effie Dillon of Grayling, Mrs. Lila Carroll of Muskegon, Mrs. Velma Janousek of Fowler and Mrs. Ha Klaiss and Mrs. Clara Frank of Charlotte.

The body was taken to the Pray Funeral Home here. Teen Asks Manslaughter Examination CHARLOTTE A 19-year-old Lansing youth was arraigned on a manslaughter charge Monday before Judge Kenneth A. Hansen in the Eaton County Destrict Court Arthur Lee Kestlner of 4005 Lowcraft Lansing, demanded a preliminary examination. The hearing was set for 10:30 ajn. Aug.

11 and he is being held in jail in lieu of 3,000 bail bond. Kestiner was arrested by State Police officers for allegedly being the driver of a car in which Georgia Mae Hodgson, 3202 Turner St, i-anm a passenger, was fatally injured June 3 when the vehicle went out of control and hit a tree in Delta Township. Gas Drum Explosion Burns Four Brothers NEED NURSING CARE? JARVIS ACRES RETIREMENT Facility is now in operation. Patients are being received in its Nursing Facilities. Residents are also being received in the Apartment Rooms.

For Information Call: JARVIS ACRES COOPERATIVE INC. PHONE: 646-3041 Probation GRAND RAPIDS (UPI) William W. Snider. 36. of WU-liamston, charged with embezzling 3540.82 from the Peoples State Bank at Willlamston where he formerly was vice president and cashier, was ordered by Federal Judge Noel P.

Fox Monday to serve two and a half years probation. Fox also imposed a six-month jail term but suspended it. Snider previously had pleaded nolo contendere (no contest) to the charge. City in Brief Greater Lansing Walking Club will 'meet at 6:30 p.m Wednesday at Arboretum Park for a five-mile walk. This is open to the public.

zynski, 6, and a stepbrother, Mike Roy, 7, are both in good condition in the McPherson Health Center, HowelL All are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Kalezynski, tenants at the Robb Farm. Environmental Film Wednesday A film, "The Time of Man," that stresses man's influence on his environment since earliest history, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Fen-ner Arboretum's nature center.

The program is part of weekly summer film series on environmental problems. SUPER DRY MAN POWER By BIRT DARLING State Journal Historian Services will be held Wednesday In Greenwich, for Scott Turner, 92, son of Lansing pioneer businessmen and director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines under President Herbert Hoover. Mr. Turner died in Greenwich Sunday, and rites will be held at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in his home at 44 Patterson there. HE OPERATED his own engineering firm in New York City until recently, and had conducted surveys all over the world during his long and varied career. En route to one of these sur-1 veys he was aboard the Cun-ard liner Lusitania when it was torpedoes off Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, as itneared England in 1915. Mr. Turner was injured but managed to swim to some wreckage.

At the time he was en route eventually to the Island of Spitzber-gen to assess the potential of coal which had been discovered there. Mr. Turner was the son of James M. Turner, who owned the Springdale Farm along E. Mt.

Hope. Arboretum Park subsequently was developed from a part of this tract in the 1950s following a decision by Scott Turner to sell it to the City of Lansing. SPRINGDALE PARK was famous in his father's day for its development of prize beef. His mother owned the Mt. Vernon-type mansion on N.

Washington which became the State Historical Museum fol-lowing her death, and his grandfather, James Turner, built the original nucleus of what later became the Dodge Mansion on E. North in 185L His grandfather, who was one of Lansing's first settlers after the location of the state capital here in 1847, developed SOOTHING S0LARCAINE LOTION Big Band Show Set Fans of the big bands are in store for a rare treat Thursday from 8-9 p.m. when the Centennial Pops-Concert Orchestra will be playing famous selections in the outdoor setting of Potter Park. Director Derwood Karn has promised the hits of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, AI Hirt and Bert Kempfert, including "South Rampart Street Parade," "Stomp in at the Savoy," "Tuxedo ion" and "Java." TAX SCHOOL STARTS EARLY SEPTEMBER CALL NOW FOR DETAILS 464-1739 STACKABLE 4dc. CERAMIC 4D Ml UG SET REG.

129 VILLE Four brothers were burned, two seriously, in a gas drum explosion on a farm near here Monday afternoon. Livingston County Sheriff Charles Hards said the four were playing in a corn crib on the George Robb farm, 7770 Robb Road, when they put a lighted cigarette lighter to the nozzle of a 55-gallon drum. THE DRUM exploded. Eying 15 feet to the roof of the crib, a department spokesman said. Deputies said gasoline may have been in the drum.

Brian Kalezynski, 11, is in critical condition in the University of Michigan Burn Center Ann Arbor; his brother, Darwin, 9, is in St. Joseph hospital, Ann Arbor. His condition is also critical. TWO OTHERS, Steven Kale JULIA MAY COSMETIC PUFFS SAFE! OTIPS COTTON I Lr-L- 1 fj-L. pScTjUGS I iff 5m (0 jy Belle E.

Kirk Belle Edna Kirk, of 1409 Sheldon, died Monday at a local hospital. Services will be held Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at Gorsline-Rundman Lansing Chapel. Beatrice A. Bush 5 Mrs.

Beatrice A. Bush, 89, of 1743 Michigan Road, Eaton Rapids, died Sunday after a short illness. Surviving are her husband Llrath; one son L. J. at home; two brothers, Forest E.

Dixon of Grand Ledge, and Fred A. Dixon of Dimondale; and one sister. Services will be at Berl Field Funeral Home Dimondale Thursday at 2 p.m. Clark J. Ilaynea Clark J.

Haynes, 87, of 1090 Onondaga Road, Onondaga, died at a Mason hospital Monday. A lifelong resident of Ingham County, he is survived by his wife, Sadie O. Two children preceded him in death. He was active in the Mason, Eaton Rapids, and Leslie Senior Citizen Clubs and was past president of Ingham County Pioneers Society. He was a retired farmer and had worked in real estate.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ball-Dunn Chapel, Mason. Roscoe A. Butler Roscoe A. Butler, 54, of 836 Johnson, died Monday at a local hospital.

A lifelong resident of Lansing, he was a former employee of the White Motors, retiring in 1964. Surviving are 5 sons, James of Lansing and Richard, Terry, David and John of Kalamazoo; one sister, Mrs. Hazel Spice of Lansing; and five brothers, including Ralph of Mason and Harry, Bruce and Gerald of Lansing. Services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Gorsline-Runciman Lansing Chapel.

Dena Ellcey Mrs. Dena Ellcey, 79, of 6511 Old River Trail, died Sunday at a local hospital. A resident of Lansing since 1936, she and her late husband, Harry G. Ellcey, owned and operated the South End Upholstery Shop. She was a member of the Seventh DayAdventist Church.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Mildred Riplo of Conklin, Mrs. Edith Stevens of Naples, Mrs. Jayne Rinker of El Cajon, Calif, and Mrs. Barbara Proos of Lansing; one sister, one half brother, and one half sister.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Estes-Leadley Colonial Chapel. Leo A. Feneis Leo A. Feneis, 72, of 1412 W.

Michigan, died Sunday at a local hospital. A resident of Lansing for 68 years, he was a charter member of the Senior Citizens Bowling League. He retired from Fisher Body in 1962 after 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Irene; 3 sons Wendell (Leo) of Minneapolis, and Ronald and Raymond of Lansing; two brothers Alfred and Harry Feneis of Lansing, and one sister, Mrs. Glenn Keck of Lansing.

Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Cross Church. The body is at Pal-in -B Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Ingham County Cancer Society. Harley O.

Houck CHARLOTTE Har ley O. Houck, 64, 332 N. Cochran, died Monday in his residence. He was a retired auto body-repairman, a lifelong area resident and a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the VFW.

Surviving is a brother, Ronald E. of Eaton Rapids. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Burk-head Funeral Chapel here. Gertrude L.

Kelley ST. LOUIS Mrs. Gertrude L. Kelley, 52, St. Louis, died Monday in her home near here following a heart attack.

She was a native of Isabella County. SURVIVING ARE her husband, Marion a son, James Otis Kelley of St. Louis; her father, Noah Good of Brecken-ridge; and a sister. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Carter Funeral Home here.

Frances Franich ITHACA Mrs. Frances Franich, 90, of 220 S. Nelson, died Monday at her home. She was a native of Yugoslavia. Surviving are two sons, John of Detroit and Tony of Newaygo, and a daughter, Mrs.

Frances Heidig of West Lake Village, Calif. Rosary will be said Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Beebe-Dewey Funeral Home here, with funeral services Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Paul the Apostle Church, Ithaca.

Clarice B. Ireland FOWLERVILLE Mrs. Clarice Bfgelow Ireland, former resident here and in Howell, died July 16 in Vancouver, Wash. Funeral services and burial were held in Englewood, Fla. Survivors include a sister, Mrs.

Ethel Dunn of Lansing. Fern Crell ELSIE Services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday in the Carter Funeral Home here for Mrs. Fern Crell, 82, Paw Paw, former Elsie resident who died Monday in Paw Paw. She is survived by her husband, Harry; and a daughter, Mrs.

Eloise Huxmann of Battle Creek. Roman Geller WESTPHALIA Roman Geller, 77, Bethesda, a former Fowler jresident, died Monday in Sea Level, N.C. He left the Fowler area In the 1920s and for many years was a scientist with the Federal Bureau of Standards. Surviving are three sons, Ross of Washington, D.C., Ul-rich of North Carolina and Roman Jr. of Panama Canal Zone.

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Geller Funeral Home here. Daisy D. Johnson ITHACA Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Barden Funeral Home for Mrs. Daisy Dell Johnson, 66, of 110 Webster, who died Sunday in a Carson City hospital.

She is survived by her husband, Lloyd; three daughters, Mrs. Jene Markham and Mrs. Phyllis Wakefield of St. Johns, and Mrs. Connie Stutz-man of Milford, two sons, Maynard of Perrinton and Richard of Swartz Creek; a brother, Fred Cook of East Lansing, and a sister.

Ronold A. Arena EATON RAPIDS Wake services will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Skinner Chapel here for Ronold A. Arens, 27, of 206, Brook, who died Sunday in a Kalamazoo hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m.

at St. Peter's Catholic Church here, of which he was a member. Mr. Arens was a native of Clinton County. Surviving are his mother, Mrs.

Marian Arens of Eaton Rapids; three sisters, Mrs. Charlene Skriba of Elsie, Mrs. Dorothea Kowalk and Cheryl Arens of Eaton Rapids; a brother, Edwin of Eaton Rapids, and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Short of Perry. Bernard W.

Garchow FARWELL Bernard W. Garchow, 64, a former Lansing resident who moved to Farwell about 10 years ago, died Monday at the Clare Osteopathic Hospital. While a Lansing resident, Mr. Garchow was employed as a salesman at the Dean and Harris Ford Company and at Kroger and A and supermarkets. Surviving are his wife, Louise; two sons, Frederick of Jackson and Robert of Lansing; three daughters, Mrs.

Kathleen Putnam of Northport, Mrs. Emileen Blissett of Fen-ton and Mrs. Eileen Hahn of Lansing; a brother and two sisters. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Coker Funeral Home, Farwell.

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