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LOCALSTATE Times HefaJd Port Huron. Mich. Monday, May 18, 1992 9A bituaries 'Dr. Death1 could dodge prosecution with latest assisted suicide special tributes porclLased by family and friends Funeral Homes: to place an obituary, call 985-7171 after hours, 985-7174 Monday-Saturday 2-6 p.m. Sunday evening 7-10 p.m.

from which Us. Williams breathed. Ms. Williams, who had multiple sclerosis, was blind and incapacitated. Dr.

Kevorkian's lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, said the doctor limited his role Dr. Jack Kevorkian I. -N fatal dose of carbon monoxide. "What about Mr. Fieger asked of the family members.

"Are they going to arrest them all? Are they going to say Dr. Kevorkian manipulated all of them?" Some, like Rep. JondatiL said degree of involvement is a key to developing any state law. "According to cases that have been tried in Michigan and elsewhere, the degree to which one is directly involved (in a suicide) does make a difference," he said. "That would suggest the possibility a court might find one to be less liable." But others believe this most recent suicide would not have occurred without Dr.

Kevorkian. "The only way to stop him is to make it a felony offense," said state Sen. Fred Dillingham, who is pushing a bill to outlaw assisted suicide. Dr. Kevorkian vows to die resist ing efforts to obstruct him, a statement Mr.

Fieger said means he would go on a hunger strike if imprisoned. Dr. Kevorkian is on trial for murder in the suicides last October of Sherry Miller and Marjorie Wantz. He has lost his medical license. And he is the object of state legislation that would outlaw what he advocates.

With the suicide of Ms. Williams, Dr. Kevorkian faces new odds: Another charge of murder, revocation of his bond and imprisonment on the current charges; state prosecu-, tion for practicing medicine without a license; or no legal ramifications of any kind. Dr. Kevorkian argues he has created a detailed process of evaluation and consultation which Mr.

Fieger said he followed in the Williams suicide. Critics dont see how the standards can be followed. Charles Boman Gannett News Service DETROIT Dr. Jack Kevorkian continues to refine his assisted suicide technique, and observers say he may avoid prosecution for his involvement in the suicide last week of a 52-year-old Michigan woman. "He's certainly highlighting how difficult it can be to try to anticipate all of the ways in which a person could assist a suicide," said state Rep.

Lynn JondahL Dr. Kevorkian wont stop helping people kOl themselves, his lawyer said Sunday. Dr. Kevorkian "hates to see suffering," said lawyer Geoffrey Fieger. "He's not going to stop doing the right thing." What exact steps the family members or Dr.

Kevorkian took to arrange or help Susan Williams of Clawson complete the suicide are unclear. Dr. Kevorkian, for one, admits to providing the gas canister to counseling Ms. Williams and her family. His client not walking a legal tightrope, said Mr.

Fieger. Assisted suicide "is not a crime in this state," Mr. Fieger said. Mr. Fieger noted that Ms.

Williams' four sisters and her 29-year-old son were present Friday morning when she put on a gas mask, triggered the gas flow by pulling a makeshift handle attached to the tank's on-off valve and inhaled a Detroit suburbs bench pickup basketball games Crowd control, fear prompt officials to take down rims be with the Lord, Saturday, May 16, 1992. He died at Evangelical Nursing Home. Frank was born March 7, 1896, in Croswell to Lewis and Annie Thibdaue. He married Georgia McNames April 10, 1917. He worked as a cashier at banks in Croswell and Flint until the crash in 1933.

He graduated from Moody Bible Institute and Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago (1933-1939). He held pastorates in Michigan, North Carolina and Florida. After Georgia died in 1961, Frank returned to Croswell where he married Vera West-brook May, 1962. She died in 1965. Frank married Thelma Lindke Jan.

20, 1966. He became active in the Methodist Church in Sunday school and choir. Thelma died in 1987. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Minnie, and a brother Raymond, and an infant son by his first wife, Georgia. He is survived by a sister-in-law, Cecile Hurley of Croswell and stepsons, Bob and Gale Lindke of Maumee, Ohio, Larry and Bonnie Lindke of Grand Rapids and Bill and Ellen Lindke of Marysville; seven grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren.

Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 20 at Pomeroy Funeral Home, Croswell. The Rev. Grant Lobb of Croswell First United Methodist Church will officiate. Visiting is 2 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday. Pallbearers are Bob, Larry and Bill Lindke, Terry Smith, and David and Jamie Lindke. Joseph J. Skowron BURTCHVILLE TOWNSHIP Joseph J. Skowron, 77, died Saturday, May 16, 1992, in his residence after a long illness.

He was born Sept. 9, 1914, in Detroit and had been an area resident since 1949. He married Rose Jean Galat Jan. 15, 1949, in Muttonville. She died Dec.

25, 1985. Mr. Skowron worked at Mueller Brass Co. in the tool crib. He retired in 1976.

He served in the U.S. Army and belonged to the Mueller Retirees Club, the Mueller Retirees Bowling League at Blue Water Bowl, the Senior Citizens and the Polish National Alliance. He is survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Lottie and Leo Przedwojewski of Armada; a brother and sister-in-law Edward and Mildred Skowron of Kissimmee, several nieces and nephews and close friends, Fred Galat and Mildred Car-michael. Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Pollock-Randall Funeral Home.

The Rev. Keith Sparks of First Church of the Naza-rene of Port Huron will officiate Burial will be in Ruby Cemetery. Visiting is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to the Michigan Heart Association.

disease, but he inspired me." Mr. Ebstein would raise about (1,000 with pledges of 5 cents a mile if he completes the trip. But he hopes to raise more as the trip progresses. Mr. Ebstein's grandfather died of cancer, said his mother, Yvonne Ebstein of Higgins Lake.

Two aunts, a neighbor and a close friend have cancer, she said. "Max wanted to fight back in some way against this disease, which seems to have surrounded us," she said. Mr. Ebstein has been training with weights, running, swimming and skating for the past five years. He hopes to average 60 miles a day, skating lightly-traveled highways along western Lower Michigan on the first leg of the trip.

Two friends accompany him, one on bicycle and one in Mr. Ebstein's 1980 Thunderbird. Roller blade skater hits road to help fight cancer The Associated Press DETROIT Cancer has stalked his family, so Max Eb-stein is chasing a cure by way of roller blades. The pre-law major at Ferris State University skated out of Mackinaw City this weekend en route to Orlando, to raise money for the American Cancer Society. "I got the idea after watching Canadian Terry Fox, who had lost a leg to cancer, attempt to run across Canada," said Mr.

Ebstein, 20. "He fell just short of his goal before dying of the Charles Elmer Boman PORT HURON Charles Elmer Boman, 61, died Saturday, May 16, 1992, in Mercy Hospital He was bom April 19, 1931, in Fort Gratiot Township. He married Catherine Marie Lewis March 19, 1955, in Angola, Ind. Mr. Boman was employed by Mueller Brass Co.

for 43 years and was a member of St. Edward's On-the-Lake Catholic Church. He is survived by his lifetime love, Catherine Boman of Port Huron; two daughters, Gloria Boman and Helen Marlatt of Port Huron; two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Larry Morden of Goodells and Teresa and Mark Bodeis of Port Huron; nine grandchildren, Ruth-Ann and Charlie Stebbins, Charlene, Larry and Frank Morden, Jim Marlatt and Cassie, Luke and Baby Bodeis; two stepgrandchildren, Joshua Bodeis and Nikki Marlatt; and several nieces and nephews. Prayer services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Arthur Smith Funeral Home-South Chapel and funeral Mass is at 11 a.m.

in St. Edward's On-the-Lake Catholic Church. The Rev. James Fitzgerald of St. Edward's On-the-Lake Catholic Church will offiicate.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visiting is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Arthur Smith Funeral Home-South Chapel. A rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Pallbearers are Larry Morden, Mark Bodeis, Tom Rands, Gregg Clink and David and Leon Falk. Honorary pallbearers are Howard and Bruce Boman, Albert Falk, John McK-inley and Clyle Trigger. "One way to deal with that is to close the playground," Mr. Green-slit said. "That's a reaction unfortunately of some communities." After a 21-year-old Detroit man was shot and killed at Livonia's Bentley Center, officials said they don't think their decision to take down the rims was paranoid.

A committee has been formed to decide whether to permanently, close the outdoor courts and others in Livonia. Jay Young, a spokesman for the Livonia School District, said the decision had nothing to do with race. Instead, it stems from the school system's concern about potential legal liability stemming from violence or other problems. Part of the problem in Livonia and other cities stems for the extreme popularity of basketball. On a typical night in Oak Park, 80 to 100 people gather to play on two recently built courts.

Some cities try to keep their courts quiet to avoid large crowds. Unlike some suburban cities, Detroit has courts in many city parks and lets anyone use them, said Robert Berg, a spokesman for Mayor Coleman A Young. The Associated Press DETROIT Officials in many Detroit suburbs are taking down basketball rims from public recreation areas, saying they fear potential violence and crowd problems that pickup games bring. Critics say eliminating basketball courts implies a fear of outsiders and smacks of racial discrimination in one of the nation's most segregated metropolitan areas. "They just don't want black folk and other undesirables out there," said the Rev.

Julius Hope, director of the Midwest region office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Highland Park. More than 75 percent of Detroit's 1 million residents are black. Fewer than 6 percent of the 3 million suburbanites are black. "There is a sense of social paranoia about outsiders coming in and being disruptive," said John Green-slit, director of the Michigan Recreation and Park Association. Oprah look-alike to get sex change role," for at least a year and to show a desire for sex-change surgery for two years.

He has been on hormone therapy for about nine months and is hopeful that he'll begin the three-stage surgery in July. 3 The Associated Press FLINT It's been a year since Jecquin Stitt won an Oprah Winfrey look-alike contest and then stunned millions when it was revealed he was a man. Now, at 34, Jecquin Stitt is making preparations for sex reassignment surgery this summer. He dresses as a woman, is changing his birth certificate, taking female hormones and calling himself "she." Mr. Stitt is about halfway through her sex reassignment program, which calls for patients to live in "the genetically other sex Award-wiBBiB covcrai Frank Hurley VlFRALD Flowers I I speak when wordsfail Rev.

Frank C. Hurley PORT HURON The Rev. Frank C. Hurley, 96, went to ass- single DEATHS Slny press EcMoncn Sent with special care Carl J. Schell, 78 CASS CITY Carl J.

Schell, 78, died Saturday, May 16, 1992. Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity United Methodist Church. Visiting begins 6 p.m. today at Little's Funeral Home in Cass City.

The Times Herald publishes death notices free of charge. Richard Hopps Florist Neumann Flowers Wayne's Flowers Gifts Ruff Floral Shop Silk's Flowers Ullenbruch Flower Shop Charles E. Boman, 61 Mueller Brass employee PORT HURON Charles E. Boman, 61, died Saturday, May 16, 1992. He is survived by his wife, Catherine.

Mr. Boman was employed by Mueller Brass Co. for 43 years. Prayer services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Arthur Smith Funeral Home-South Chapel.

A funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Edward's On-the-Lake Catholic Church. Visiting is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

A rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Hullina E. Jones, 77 PORT HURON Mrs. Hullina E.

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