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4B Fort Myers News-Press, Tuesday May 11, 1976 Southwest Florida Deaths, Funerals STIRMAN LEE SELF Stirman Lee Self, 84, of Sun-N-Fun Mobile Village died Sunday. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a former resldenf of Miami and had lived here since 196S. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Rubylee Hanchett of Unicoi, and Alice Madlln of Peoria, three granddaughters, one great-grandson and several nieces and neohews.

Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Leo W. Engelhard! Funeral Home with the American Legion Post 38 conducting military service. Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home.

JOSEPH LEE NICHOLS Joseph Lee Nichols, 65, of West Palm Beach died Sunday In a Hollywood, hospital. He had been a lifetime resident of Hollywood. Survivors Include one daughter, Barbara Lawson of Macon, three sons, James Nichols of Fort Myers, Joseph Lee Nichols Jr. of West Palm Beach and Danny Nichols of Tampa; two brothers, Lanny Nichols and Broward Nichols of West Palm Beach, a sister, Maggie West of Winter Haven, and five grandchildren. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m.

at Fort Myers Cemetery with the Rev. Aaron P. Howze officiating. Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

JAMES H. ANDERSON Funeral service for James H. Anderson, 25, of 2125 Franklin St. will be held today at 10 a.m. at Leo W.

Engelhardt Funeral Home with the Rev. Bruce Pickering officiating. Pallbearers will be George Wheaton Michael Williams, Tommy Hauser, Keith Bryant, Bruce Norton and Tommy Tucker. Burial will be ot Fort Myers A retired General Electric steam fitter, he had lived here one year, coming from Philadelphia, Pa. He is survived by his son, Charles Hambllng of Fort Myers, three grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the chapel of the Harvey Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Norton officiating. The body will be sent to Dunn Funeral Home, Langhorne, Pa. The family asks that memorial donations be made to the Baptist Mid Missions for the Rev.

Robert Norton, 4205 Chester Cleveland, Ohio, 44103. Harvey Funeral Home Is In charge of arrangements. RUSSELL A. BROWN SR. Russell A.

Brown 80, of 3001 Estero Fort Myers Beach, died Sunday In St. Petersburg. A retired postmaster from Morris-town, N.J., where he lived until his retirement, he had lived in Fort Myers for 16 years. A veteran of Both World War I and II, he was awarded the Medal of Honor (five engagements), two Distinguished Service Crosses, two Silver Stars, Croix de Guerre of France and commendations from Great Britain and Belgium. Among the numerous civic and service organizations he was a member of were Royal Arch Masons ot Morristown, N.J., Araba Shrine Temple of Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach Shrine Club, Fort Myers Beach Lodge 362 AM, American Legion, V.F.W.

and Disabled War Veterans. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances L. Brown; two daughters, Mrs. Karlene Cooley of Cape Coral and Mrs.

Judith Miller of Morristown, N.J.; a son, Russell A. Brown Jr. of Idaho Falls, Idaho; two sisters, Mrs. A. V.

R. Wulff of Oak Ridge, and Mrs. E. P. Leonard of Ithaca, and a brother, Edsall Brown of Morristown, N.J.

Funeral service will be held today at 10 a.m. at the chapel of Harvey Funeral Home with the Rev. C. A. Comfort, pastor of St.

Raphael's Episcopal Church, officiating. Masonic service will be conducted by Fort Myers Beach Lodge 362 AM. Cremation will follow. Harvey Funeral Home is In charge of arrangements. Robert Walker of the God's Missionary Church and Mission of Fort Myers officiating.

NANCY M. MUNRO PORT CHARLOTTE Funeral service for Nancy M. Munro, 77, of 183 Gllbralter Drive, who died Sunday, will be today at 2 p.m. at Kays Funeral Home, Port Charlotte Chapel, with the Rev. William A.

Dierks officiating. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Gardens. MARION E. CHASE Memorial service for Marlon E. Chase, 80, of Fort Myers Beach will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.

at St. Raphael's Episcopal Church with the Rev. C. A. Comfort officiating.

Cremation will follow. The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the memorial fund at St. Raphael's Episcopal Church. Harvey Funeral Home Is In charge of arrangements. MICHELLE L.

RHOADS Michelle L. Rhoads, 13, of 925 Del Prado Cape Coral, died Saturday In Tampa General Hospital. She was a seventh grade student at Caloosa Middle School. She attended and was a member of the choir of the Skyline Bible Church of Cape Coral. She was a member of the Phillies Girls Softball Team of Cape Coral.

She Is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Rhoads; a sister. Miss Chorlee Ann Rhoads and two brothers, Christopher H.

Rhoads and Robin James Rhoads, all of Cape Coral. Funeral service will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at the chapel of Harvey Funeral Home with the Rev. William Stephens, pastor of Skyline Bible Church, and the Rev. Alma Coleman officiating.

Cremation will follow. Friends may call Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. The family requests memorial donations to the Student Nursing Program of Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Fla. Harvey Funeral Home Is In charge of arrangements.

CHARLES R. AMBLING Charles R. Hambllng, 84, of 4734 Mi Casa Court, died Monday. moved to Lehigh Acres 20 years ago from Baltimore, Md. He was a member of American Legion Post 88 of Baltimore, Md.

He is survived by his wife, Ollle of Lehigh Acres; one daughter, Mrs. Thelma Carnahan of Lehigh Acres, and five grandchildren. Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Farley Funeral Home In Lehigh Acres. Funeral service will be Wednesday at 10 a.m.

at the Farley Chapel with Dr. William Jacobs, pastor of First Community Congregational Church of Lehigh Acres, officiating. Burial will be at Lee Memorial Park. Graveside military honors will be conducted by American Legion Post 323 of Lehigh Acres. ALFRED NEWSON Funeral sevice for Alfred Newson will be conducted Wednesday ot 1 p.m.

at the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. E. L. Hamilton officiating.

Entombment will follow at Lee Memorial Park. The family may call after 2 p.m. today at the L.R. Sears Memorial Chapel of the Sears Carter Funeral Home. WILLIAM EVANS JR.

William Evans Jr. of 2118 Davis St. died Sunday afternoon. He was the two-yeor-old son of William and Francina Evans. Other survivors include his maternal grandfather, Richard Parsons of Fort Myers; his paternal grandmother, Mrs.

Minnie Evans of Ellendale, two brothers, Frank and Thaddeus Evans; two sisters, Johnnie Mae and Cathy, eight aunts and 11 uncles. Arrangements are Incomplete and will be announced by Sears Carter Funeral Home. FLOYD R. GROSS Funeral service for Floyd R. Gross will be conducted at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday at the North Fort Myers Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Sebastian Soy officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m today at the funeral home. SAM DUGAN Sam Dugan of Fort Myers died May 5.

Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at graveside at Fort Myers Cemetery with the Rev. professor tor 43 years at Northern Illinois University and head of the biological science department from 1952 to 1964. He was a member of the Rotary Club and a trustee of the Jacob Haish Memorial Hospital Board. He was a member of the board of the Salvation Army and Myerlee Country Club.

Survivors Include his wife, Flora; one daughter, Mrs. Marcia Adams of Princeton, N.J.; one brother, William of DeKalb, one sister, Mrs. Mary T. Miller of DeKalb, and three grandchildren. Funeral service and burial will be In DeKalb, III.

Friends may call today from 3 to 5 at the Kiser-Belcher Fort Myers Funeral Home, 1280 Cypress Lake Drive. Memorial remembrances may be made to the Cypress Lake United Methodist Church. BERNARD L. MADISON Bernard L. Madison of 19 Alcala Lehigh Acres, died Monday.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Farley Funeral Home of Lehigh Acres. MARIE L. REIDY Marie L. Reidy, 77, of 111 Texos Road, Lehigh Acres, died Monday. She was born in Winsted, and moved to Lehigh Acres 14 years ago from Winsted, Conn.

She was a member of St. Raphael's Catholic Church, St. Raphael's Council of Catholic Women, New England Club of Lehigh Acres and Winchester Historical Society. She is survived by two sons, Michael Reidv of East Holden, Maine, and Edward Reidy of Winsted, three daughters, Mrs. Mary Hansen of Glen Cove, N.Y., Mrs.

Jane Dronsite of Old Bethpage, N.Y., and Mrs. Elizabeth O'Brien of West Hartford, three sisters, Mrs. Anne Healy, Mrs. Mildred Hayes and Mrs. Elizabeth Joyner, all of Winsted, 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Friends may call today from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Farley Funeral Home In Lehigh Acres. Recitation of the rosary will be today at 3:30 p.m. at the Farley Chapel. The body will be sent today to Winsted, for final service and burial.

FRANCIS DIETRICH Francis Dietrich, 82, of 804 Grant Lane, Lehigh Acres, died Sunday. He was born in Pennsylvania and Home In Cape Coraf with the Rev. William Privette officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Fort Myers with the committal service being private tor the family. MILLER STANSBURY Wake service for Miller Stansbury of Route 7, Box 404, will be held today at 8 p.m.

at the Anderson Funeral Home, 3654 Palm Beach Blvd. Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 1) a.m. at the chapel of the Anderson Funeral Home with the Rev. Olan Healy ot St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church officiating.

Entombment will be at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be John Gavin, Frank Govln, James Gavin, John Harrell, Eugene Kendlg and Albert Jefferies. It is reauested that flowers be omitted. The family will receive friends today from 2 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home.

FRANCES BELLE JOHNSON Frances Belle Johnson, 97, of 1619 Poinciana died Monday. A native of Clearwater, she was a pioneer resident of Fort Myers, having lived here for the past 86 years. She was a member of the Riverside Baptist Church and the Lee County Pioneer Club. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Florence J.

Evans and Miss Annie Lee Johnson, both of Fort Myers, and Mrs. Ethel J. Ricks of Rocky Mount, N.C., and one brother, Elmer Pettitt of Fort Myers. Time and date of service will be announced by Anderson Funeral Home, 3654 Palm Beach Blvd. CAPT.

FLETCHER L. SHEFFIELD Capt. Fletcher L. Sheffield, 63, U.S. Navy, retired, of 1025 E.

Riverside Drive died Monday. Time and date of service will be announced later by Anderson Funeral Home, 3654 Palm Beach Blvd. DR. GEORGE L. TERWILLIGER Dr.

George L. Terwilliger, 71, of 6744 Winkler Road, died Monday at Lee Memorial Hospital. A native of DeKalb, he came here in 1971. He attended the Cypress Lake United Methodist Church and was a member of the DeKalb First United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Acacia Fraternity, Phi Sigma Biological Fraternity, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, Illinois Education Association and National Education Association.

He received his doctor's degree from Columbia University, his master's degree from Denver University and his B.S. from Northern Illinois University. He was a Pioneer Resident Frances Belle Johnson, 97, a pioneer resident of Fort Myers, died Monday at the Shady Oaks Nursing Home. Mrs. Johnson, of 1619 Poinciana came to Fort Myers in 1890.

Sculptor Alvin Meyer Dies GEORGE RICHARD BANDY JR. George Richard Bandy 26, of St. Petersburg died Monday. He came to Cape Coral in 197) from Fairfield, Calif. He is survived by his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. George R. Bandy Sr. of Cape Coral; fraternal grandmother, Mrs. Faye R.

Bandy of Fort Myers; one brother, Robert L. Bandy of Fort Myers, and two sisters, Mrs. Barbara Ann Johnson of Fort Myers and Connie Kay Bandy of Fort Lauderdale. The family will receive friends today from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Service will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Tant Funeral Permission For Private from Page IB Opposition to the zoning change came from Fisher Properties Inc. A lawyer for the firm claimed that when Fisher approached the commission with a similar request for "spot zoning" a few years ago, they were told to come back with a comprehensive plan for their entire parcel. A zoning request by the Royal Palm Baptist Association to change the zoning from agricultural use to residential use for a lot east of U. S.

41 South On Briarcliff Road was approved. In another action, the commission apptoved a zoning change from general use to residential use on 1180 Main St. in Fort Myers Beach for the construction of an 11-unit efficiency complex. Dies at 97 She was a member of the Riverside Baptist Church and the L.ee County Pioneer Club. Anderson Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.

home and in the lush tropical gardens surrounding the home. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the chapel of Harvey Funeral Home with Dr. John Williams officiating. Is there when you need them 334-1149 2900 Second Fort Myn 369-2111 Lehigh Shopping Center Alvin W.

Meyer, 83, a retired architectural sculptor, died Monday in Fort Myers of a heart attack. Meyer and his wife, Dr. Edith Potter Meyer of 658 Gladiolus Drive, built a holiday home on Fort Myers Beach in 1951 and retired permanently on Gladiolus Drive in 1966. Meyer, born in Chicago, 111., was educated at the Maryland Institute, Baltimore, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He later went on to study art at the American Academy in Rome.

Since retiring, Meyer has devoted his leisure time to sculpturing and water colors, winning numerous awards in both fields. He also designed and built the couple's lavish home which stands on a rock between a fresh-water pond and a salt-water pool. Much of his work is on display in the Meyer For The Lee County LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS John F. Smith, Richard J. Shubert, George Hall, Isabel F.

Hoffman, Joel Williams, James A. Looker, Jody T. Hendry, James F. Larimer, William B. Whipple, Brett R.

Carlson, Arthur L. Cummings, Vera J. Bennett, Alena C. Coleman, Marv Jane Perfira, Christian M. Hanners, Patrick E.

Johnson, Ora J. Rehrer, Grace T. Theodore, Alice G. Johnson, Ralph L. Anderson, Emil J.

Moherek, Ann B. Carroll, Gertrude M. Hawkins, John L. Molina, Billie E. Burt, Marie M.

Leland, Raymond Ostrowski, Grace Cooley, Ronald E. Crowley, Anna M. Jeffries, Angela M. Kimble, Harold L. Brown, George Schuller, David M.

Smith. DISMISSALS Robert F. Hicks, Richard R. Van Skiver, Nell B. Scott, Mildred I.

Rick, Tiffney N. Tyson, Nadi F. Dean, Mildred D. Lotridae, Marion J. Gerkman, Louis E.

Fen-ning, David L. Hammel Vernon L. Rathell, Shirley M. Jackson, Barbara L. Williams, Roy C.

Freeman, Sig-mund J. Weston, Joseph E. Henley, John R. Button, Patricia Hollinsworth, Maiorie M. Cropinski.

ADMISSIONS Jannie Green, Fred E. Genet, Geraldine Stadler, Susan Shiel, Vernon D. Thorton, Jack Becker, Elsie L. Taylor, George Pulshler, William W. Hooks, Sheila M.

Koslorek, Florence Dressier, Howard O. Coleman, Florence H. Connelly, Alma Poff, William E. Hall, Lucille Brenk, Lowell G. Akers, Nettie Graham, Delmar Wooten, Alexander Hogg, Ralph J.

Bernsteil, Marguerite Haven, Helen M. Macie, Ellen E. Locus, James N. Johnson, Mary Trayte, Minnie F. Bergh, George F.

Bauer, Alice S. Cole, Larry P. Demo-sev. DISMISSALS Robert Munn, Lucy Zunlga, Teri Edge, Andrew L. Jackson, Louis G.

Chiappetta, Hilda Aaron, Juanlta Duncan. Antoinette Chirl- Granted Airstrip It also approved a request by George Watson to permit Watson to expand an office building three-quarters of a mile west of Miners Shopping Center on McGregor Boulevard. The board approved a special permit to allow the installation of a self-service gasoline station at a Union 76 station 1.5 miles east of Hickey's Creek on State Route 80. The approval of a request to change the zoning of a 10-acre tract from agricultural use to residential use cleared the way for the construction of a duplex development on the north side of Kelly Road and the west side of Pine Ridge. A zoning change on a 32.4-acre tract was approved for the construction of low density, single family units on Mairanaand Electric Lane.

his way back home when he was killed." According to a Sarasota County Sheriff's Department spokesman the crash occurred at about 1:50 a.m., and sheriff's deputies secured the accident scene until Edge arrived. A sheriff's deputy said members of the South Venice Fire Department rescue unit worked two hours to extricate Bandy's body from the car's wreckage. Punta Gorda's former Mayor Philip Laishley died last July when he crashed into the same bridge. A North Port city ambulance once drove off the road at the same site when rushing to Venice Hospital with a patient. The accident occurred about three miles north of North Port near a bend called "Dead Man's Curve." Cape Coral Man Slain In North Port Wreck Record tree, Robert A.

Watson, Ruth W. Gumpper, Wanda F. Sweeten, Grace M. McWalter, Doris A. Mattson, James T.

Sankey, Miriam Z. Espenship, Arthur D. Cook, Julian H. Horner, Frank H. Bedell, Ruby M.

Hendricks, Herbert N. Haberstroh, Linda M. Thibodeau, Charles R. Thorpe, Blanche Dagley, Theresa L. Di-tesheim, Edward B.

Eytchison, Sandra L. Kubetschek, Margaret O. Lipscomb, Linda W. Ketron, Frank E. Dellabella, Dianna L.

Burns, Ann-Marie Dunbar, Brian D. White, Carl V. Cannon, Vicky C. Dennis, Elizabeth L. Wakefield, Faye J.

Keener, Mary M. Berry, William H. Pulllam, James R. Phipps, Frances Abrams, Edmond Gavin Mabel Wingert, Mabel A. King, JackF.

Martin, Marion Wood, Lena Lowe, Gloria R. Tarver, Beulah M. Fisher, Arthur Lewis, Rosa E. Johnson, Emoline R. Brann, Gus C.

Rewis, Cora Fallis, Deiores Dillon, Hallle Williams, Ellen Round, Edna B. Wichert, Cora Daudt, Philip B. Dold, Willie E. McCray, Frances M. Anthony, Ruby H.

Barbee, Elizabeth A. McCarthy, Ruth M. McFerrin, Nell M. Goodwin, Wilma A. Hale, Shawn C.

McCourt, Loren J. Baker, Rudolph F. Benies, Inez Nychyk, Theresa M. Clark, Obera Fain' Claire B. Allshouse, William L.

Urich, Frank Gregory, Virginia N. Cartriaht, Herbert S. Keating, Lance Wilson, L. W. Byrd, James N.

Johnson. BIRTHS AT LEE MEMORIAL To Mr. and ALLEN, Vernon 527 Adams boy, 5 pounds, 9'j ounces, May 9. SHULTZ, Richard, 1484 Bass Circle, boy, 8 pounds, 5 ounces, May 9. WALKER, Donald Paul, 2198 Arden boy, 8 pounds, 2 ounces, May 9.

YOUR EXTRA TOUCH FLORIST 936-2131 3366 Cleveland Ave. Fund Raising, etc.) News-Press Bureau NORTH PORT A Cape Coral man was killed early Monday morning when the car he was driving slammed into a bridge abutment on U.S. 41 near North Port, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman said. George Richard Bandy, 26, of 5128 York Court lost control of his 1969 Ford while driving south, according to Trooper B. H.

Edge. The car was destroyed after skidding sideways into the Myakka Slough Bridge, Edge said. Bandy, an architect according to the family, had been living in St. Petersburg until a week ago. "He (Bandy) came home a week ago and found a job here," his sister, Mrs.

Barbara Ann Johnson, said. "He spent Mother's Day with the family then at 7 p.m., he left for St. Pete to pick up his things. He was on 9Datebook PLEASE HELP US HELP YOU. All Datebook material should be submitted by noon, Wednesday, at least 10 days prior to event, EACH time you're hcving an event.

LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA MAY 1 2, 1 976 9:30 Invocation: George Goldtrap I Pledge of Allegiance 9:30 Administrative Session I Report by County Administrator Additional Agenda Requests 1 0:00 eceive Letters of Interest for Competitive I Negotiations for architectural services for the Lee County Emergency Operations Center 10:00 luss Wimer, Chairman Collier County Commission I Re: Southwest Florida Regional Airport Planning Council 10:15 Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce I Re: Building site bridge approach 10:30 (Continued) Public Hearing 2 Briarcliff Lane Road Assessment Program 11:15 Jniversity of South Florida Site Selection Committee I Report 11:30 director, Division of County Development I John Kennedy, Request to move model apartment from 1511 Estero Boulevard to Block Lot 1 6, Carolina Street, Fort Myers Beach 11:35 Director, Division of Transportation I 1 Approve consultant for Daniels Road plans 2) Miscellaneous right-of-way acceptances 11:50 Acting Planning Director I Request approval to send application to HUD for $210,000 grant 1 2:00 Lunch 2:00 Public Hearing Ordinance amending Ordinance 76-3, Coastal Construction Codes for Estero Island WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS AND BID RECEIPTS, ALL AGENDA ITEMS ARE APPROXIMATE. AT THE END OF THIS SCHEDULED AGENDA, ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO APPEAR WILL BE GRANTED THIS OPPORTUNITY. THE MEETINGS ARE CABLECAST LIVE ON SOUTHERN CABLEVISION ON CHANNEL 9. P.O.K 17545 INTERNATIONAL MEDITATION SOCIETY presents free Community Lectures on TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION Levels of Reit as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Change in Mefabollc Rate NAME OF EVENT DATE PLACE SPONSOR PHONE TIME. DESCRIPTION (Guest Speaker, Topic, ADMISSION COST (or Free).

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