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A A NEWS-PRESS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1989 Mildred Roberts, 73, 'dedicated teacher' By JENNIFER BECKNELL News-Press Staff Writer Mildred Roberts, who taught students: at Pine Island Elementary School for 11 years, died Thursday in Fort Myers after complications after astroke. She was 73. "She loved teaching, she was just a dedicated teacher," said her daughter, Madelyn Roberts of Fort Myers. Mildred Roberts was born Oct. 27, 1915, in Richmond, Va.

She graduated from the Newark State Teachers College in Newark, N.J., her daughter said. She and her husband, Milton Roberts of Fort Myers, lived in Englishtown, N.J., where Mildred Roberts taught elementary school. They moved to Cape Coral in 1969 after Milton Roberts retired, their daughter said. They lived in Cape Coral for nine years and then moved to Fort Myers, she said. After Mildred retired from teach- DEATHS is To Lee County BARCLAY, RICHARD LEE, 47, of Fort Myers, graveside funeral service Monday, arrangements by Anderson Funeral Home.

BROWN, BRENT 36, of Fort Myers, funeral services Tuesday, arrangements by Anderson Funeral Home. CIESLA, MARIE EVELYN, 81, of Lehigh Acres, Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday, arrangements by Anderson Funeral Home of Lehigh Acres. DAVIS, ROBERT 63, of Lehigh Acres, arrangements to be announced by Anderson Funeral Home of Lehigh Acres. EVANS, BILLIE JOE, 38, of North Fort Myers, funeral services and burial in Cullman, local arrangements by Stuckert-McFarland-Schmidt Funeral Home. FARRELL, FRANCIS JOSEPH, 73, of North Fort Myers, funeral Lee County RICHARDLEE BARCLAY Richard Lee Barclay, 47, of Fort Myers died Friday.

He moved here 27 years ago from Fairmont, W. Va. Survivors include one daughter, Sandra Reiley; two sisters, Linda Kirby and Susan Bright; and his mother, Florence Walker, all of Fort Myers. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Fort Cemetery.

The family will receive friends today from 2-4 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home, 3654 Palm Beach Blvd. MARIE VIVIS BARNES LABELLE Marie Vivis Barnes, 82, of 963 Maddox Street, LaBelle, died Friday at Woodbridge, N.J. She was a native of Fort Myers and lifelong resident of Fort and LaBelle. She is survived by her husband, Judson A.

(Jack) Barnes of LaBelle; a son, James Pridgen of Florence, S.C.; a daughter, Jackie Feeney of Woodbridge, N.J.; stepdaughters, Norma Morrissey of LaBelle and Peggy Taylor of Felda; a brother, Charles Vivis of Clewiston and eight grandchildren. Graveside funeral services will be Tuesday, at 2:00 p.m. at the Alva Cemetery, with Rev. C. W.

Hamil, Jr. officiating. The family will receive friends at the Akin-Davis Funeral Home in LaBelle Monday evening from 7-9 p.m. BROWN, BRENTT. Brent T.

Brown, 36, of Fort Myers, died Saturday. A native of Miami, he had been a resident of this area for the past 27 years. He is survived by his wife, Maria Brown, of Fort Myers; one son, Charles Brown of Fort Myers; one daughter, Tracey Brown, of Fort Myers; two brothers, Ellis and Jeff Hays of Fort Myers; two sisters, Karol Knorr and Janice Gibbs, of Fort Myers; his father, Charles Brown; stepmother, Betty Brown; his mother, Ruth Collins, and stepfather, Bill Collins; paternal grandmother, Mabel Brown, and maternal grandmother, Helen Bruggeman. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Anderson Funeral Home, 3654 Palm Beach Blvd.

Pallbearers will be David Rolls, David Mingus, Clifford Vinson, Ron Miller, Jay Ellis and Jeff Hays. Interment will be in Fort Myers Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday, 7-9 p.m., at the funeral MARIE EVELYN CIESLA Marie Evelyn Ciesla, 81, of Lehigh Acres died Friday. A native of Mt. Clemens, she had been a resident of this area for the past 15 years.

She was a member of St. Raphael Catholic Church, V.F.W. Auxiliary, Polish-American Club, Moose Auxiliary and Cooties Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband, John I. Ciesla of Lehigh Acres; three daughters, Joanne Hancock of Citrus Heights, Rose M.

Lorway and Carol A. Tunks of Mt. Clemens, ten grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. from St.

Raphael Catholic Church. Burial will be in Lee Memorial Park. Pall bearers will be members of the Knights of Columbus. The family will receive friends Monday and Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home of Lehigh Acres, 1801 Lee Blvd.

CHARLES L. CRANE Charles L. Crane, 78, of Fort Myers, formerly of Troy, owner of a chain of women's shoe stores, died Sunday, February 5, 1989 at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Crane was the president of the McBryde Boot Shop with five suburban Detroit locations.

He was a life member of the B.P.O.E. No. 810 in DEATHS BIOGRAPHY Name: Mildred F. Roberts Date of birth: Oct. 27, 1915 Date of death: Feb.

9, 1989 Occupation: Teacher Moved to Fort Myers: In 1969 Previous residence: Englishtown, N.J. Survivors include: Her husband, Milton, of Fort Myers; a son and daughterin-law, Holmes and Caryl of North Fort Myers; a daughter, Madelyn of Jamaica Bay West, Fort Myers; two sisters, Helen Hurley of Winter Haven; and Virginia Ferrara of New Jersey; and three grandchildren. Funeral home: Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 1589 Colonial Fort Myers. tions may be made to the Pine Island School, Mildred Roberts Memorial Fund. Arrangements are being handied by the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 1589 Colonial Blvd.

by Stuckert-McFarland-Schmidt Funeral Home. NORRIS, ROBERT 28, of Fort Myers, funeral services Wednesday, arrangements by Anderson Funeral Home. ROBERTS, MILDRED 73, of Fort Myers, funeral services Monday, arrangements by Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. SMITH, DONALD 76, of Fort Myers, arrangements by HarveyEngelhardt Funeral Homes and Crematory, Colonial Chapel. WILLIAMS, BERTHA, 100, of Fort Myers, arrangements incomplete, Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral Homes, Colonial Chapel, in charge.

Collier County GILMORE REVA 93, formerly of Naples, services Monday, arrangements by Pittman Guardian Funeral Home of Naples. GRAY, DAVID 19, services Wednesday, arrangements by Pittman Guardian Funeral Home of Bonita Springs. Information in the Deaths and Funerals column is paid advertising. To place an obituary call 335-0324. with Rev.

James Daniels officiating. Burial will follow in Ortona Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Akin-Davis Funeral Home Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. ROBERT F. NORRIS Robert F.

Norris, 28, of Fort Myers died Friday. He moved here 26 years ago from Gainesville, Fla. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly L. Norris, Fort Myers; half-brother, Samuel Norris, Starke, his mother, Juanita Green; his father, Farley Norris; grandmother, Ida Shehee; aunt, Betty Nickell, Gainesville; and several cousins. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.

from the Chapel of Anderson Funeral Home, 3654 Palm Beach Blvd. Interment will be in Lee Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Will Richardson, Charles Smith, Curtis Green, Michael Mowlin, Johnny Rios and Mike Leffers. The family will receive friends Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., at the funeral home. MILDREDF.

ROBERTS Mildred F. Roberts, 73, of Fort Myers passed away Thursday at the SW Florida Regional Medical Center. She was born in Richmond, Va. and came to Fort Myers in 1969 from Englishtown, N.J. She was a retired school teacher and member of the Buckingham Presbyterian Church, Easter Star in Keyport, N.J., and the Retired Teachers Association.

She is survived by her husband, of Fort Myers; a son and daughter Holmes and Caryl of North Fort Myers; a daughter, Marilyn of Jamaica Bay West, Fort Myers; two sisters, Helen Hurley of Winterhaven, and Virginia Ferrara of Wall, N. and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday in the Chapel of Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Veley officiating.

Friends may visit this evening from 6-8 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Pine Island School (Mildred Roberts Memorial Fund). Arrangements by Memorial GarFuneral Home, 1589 Colonial Blvd. DONALD M.

SMITH Donald M. Smith, 76, of Fort Myers died February 8, 1989 in Fort Myers. He was a retired banker and had lived in Fort Myers since 1977. The beloved husband of Margaret, he is also survived by a sister-in-law, Yvonne Riggins, and five nieces, one nephew, three grandnieces, one grandnephew and several cousins. Services will be at a later date in Weare, N.H.

Arrangements by Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral Homes and Crematory, Colonial Chapel. FRANCISL. YOUNG Francis L. Young, 71, of Lehigh Acres, passed away Wednesday evening. A resident for the past four years, formerly of Queens, N.

Y. He is survived by his wife, Martha; one daughter, Frances Smith of Lehigh A Acres; one son, Charles of N. seven grandchildren, one greatgranddaughter; three sisters, Marion Kling; Ethelrose Howell; and Elizabeth Ricci. Funeral services will be held Monday, February 13, 1989, at 11:00 a.m. at the Lee Memorial Park Chapel, with Father John Grant officiating.

Interment will follow. Visitation will be held today, Sunday, from 2-4 p.m. at Lee Memorial Park and one hour prior to the time of service on Monday. Arrangements with Lee Memorial Park. IN MEMORIAM Elizabeth Love There's an open gate at the end of road.

Through which each must go alone. And there's a light one can not see, our Father claimed his own beyond the gate of loved one. Fine happiness rest. And there is comfort in the thought that a loving God knows best. Love The Thomas Howell Family Charles Crane, 78, owned shoe store chain in Detroit ing, the couple took off across the country in a pop-up camper.

"They hit every state in the country except Hawaii," Madelyn Roberts said. The couple were regular dancers in the Square 'Em Up Sam square dancing group in Fort Myers, she said. Mildred Roberts was a member of the Buckingham Presbyterian Church, the Eastern Star in Keyport, N.J., and the Retired Teachers' Association. She is survived by her husband, Milton; a son and daughter-in-law, Holmes and Caryl of North Fort Myers; a daughter, Madelyn of Fort Myers; two sisters, Helen Hurley of Winter Haven and Virginia Ferrara of New Jersey; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m.

Monday in the Chapel of Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert Veley officiating. Friends may visit today from 6 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu- in the Deaths column free of charge.

a listing call 335-0324. services Tuesday, arrangements by Anderson Funeral Home. FIEBELKORN, ELMER 73, of River Rouge, funeral services and burial in River Rouge, local arrangements by Stuckert-McFarland-Schmidt Funeral Home. FISHER, CHARLOTTE deMARES, of Lehigh Acres, memorial service Tuesday, arrangements by Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral Homes and Crematory, Colonial Chapel. GRUBER, FRED 73, of North Fort Myers, arrangements by Memorial Gardens Funeral Home.

HUNTER, MARION, 67, of Cape Coral, funeral services in Sharon, local arrangements by StuckertMcFarland-Schmidt Funeral Home. KEC, WILLIAM JAMES, 71, of Lehigh Acres, arrangements to be announced by Anderson Funeral Home of Lehigh Acres. MILLER, MURIEL 62, of Fort Myers, funeral services and burial in Racine, local arrangements FUNERALS Pontiac, the Church of the Resurrection, the Fort Myers Country Club and the Hideaway Country Club. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Victoria Crane of Fort Myers; two sons, Terry C.

Crane of Lavonia, Charles F. Crane of Weatherford, a brother, Jay Crane, and a sister, Mrs. Helen Schrems; and two granddaughters. A Memorial Mass will be Monday, February 13, 1989, at the Church of the Resurrection at 11:30 Burial was in the White Chapel, Memorial Cemetery, in Troy, Mich. The family memorial donations be the American suggests, Heart Association or the Building Fund of the Church of the Resurrection.

Arrangements by the Phil Kiser Funeral Home, 9231 Cypress Lake Drive. FRANCIS JOSEPH FARRELL Francis Joseph Farrell, 73, of North Fort Myers died Friday. A native of Weehawken, N.J., he had been a resident of this area for the past 20 years, coming here from North Bergen, Be N.J. He was a member of the Palm Beach Boulevard Church of God. He is survived by his wife, Marie Farrell, of North Fort Myers; one son, Richard Farrell, of Saddle Brook, N.J.; one daughter, Patricia Cicalese of North Fort Myers; one brother, Richard Farrell, Pompano Beach, four sisters, Barbara Doering and Ruth Vanderwiel of Secaucus, N.J.

and Margie Marchuck of Kentucky; and Grace Puz of Pompano Beach, six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. from the Chapel of Fort Myers Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Larry R. Kilgore, pastor the Palm Beach Boulevard Church of God officiating.

The family will receive friends Monday evening 6-8 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home, 3654 Palm Beach Blvd. CHARLOTTE deMARES FISHER Charlotte deMares Fisher of Lehigh Acres died Friday. A former resident of the state of New York, she was a retired educator in the elementary school system and at Pace University. A former owner of the Florist and Garden Center on Sanibel, she was also active in the Girl Scouts and a member of the Audubon Society.

She is survived by her mother, Charlotte Marshall of Stamford, three sons, Robert of Ocean Springs, David of Norwalk, Bruce of Lehigh Acres; one daughter, Gail A. Cush of Highland Mills, N. and six grandchidren. A memorial service will be conducted on Tuesday, February 14, at 7:30 p.m. from the Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, 1600 Colonial with Rev.

William Miller officiating. GEORGED. "BOB" GOWER George D. "Bob" Gower, 79, of Fort Myers passed away Friday. A resident past 25 years, formerly of North Carolina.

He is survived by his wife, Pauline; son, Dan of Fort Myers; two grandchildren; sisters, Annie Lee Carroll; Mildred Liles; Gower; one Lou brother, Henderson; David Gow- and Lacy er. A memorial service will be held on Monday, February 13, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church, 2061. McGregor Fort Myers, with Rev. Jeffrey Metzger officiating.

Visitation will be one half hour prior to the time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed Church Building Fund. Arrangements by Lee Memorial Park. SHEILAL. (TEENY) GRAY LABELLE Sheila L.

(Teeny) Gray, 63, of 256 Clay Street died Friday at SW Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Fort Myers, Fla. and a lifelong resident of the LaBelle-Fort Myers area. She was a member of the LaBelle Church of God. Survivors are her husband, George Gray of LaBelle; a daughter, Sheron Jones of LaBelle; a sister, Grace Frierson of Kissimmee; two grandchildren, Brett Jones and Lori Mace, both of LaBelle.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Church of God, By JENNIFER BECKNELL News-Press Staff Writer Fort Myers resident Charles Crane, owner of a chain of women's shoe stores, died Feb. 5 of a brain aneurysm in Ohio. He was 78. "He always had a smile on his face," said his wife, Victoria Crane of Fort Myers.

"Everyone liked him. I don't know of a person who ever met him who didn't like him." Charles Crane was born Oct. 5, 1910, in Durand, Mich. He was president of the McBryde Boot Shop, a chain of women's shoe stores with five suburban Detroit locations. Crane enjoyed golfing and was an avid horseman, Victoria Crane said.

He was a member of the Fort Myers Country Club and the Hideaway Country Club, she said. Crane spent most of his life in Troy, and moved to Fort My- ers about 10 years ago. He was a life member of Elks Lodge No. 810 in BIOGRAPHY Pontiac, and the Church of the Name: Charles L. Crane Resurrection.

Date of birth: Oct. 5, He is survived by his wife, Victo- 1910 ria Crane of Fort Myers; two sons, Date of death: Feb. 5, Terry C. Crane of Lavonia, 1989 and Charles F. "Rick" Crane of Occupation: Weatherford, a brother, Jay Businessman Crane; a sister, Helen Schrems; and Moved to Fort Myers: 10 two granddaughters.

years ago Previous residence: A memorial mass will be held Troy, Mich. Monday at the Church of the Ressu- Survivors include: His rection at 11:30 a.m. Burial was in the wife, Victoria Crane of Fort White Chapel, Memorial Cemetery Myers; two sons, Terry C. in Troy, Mich. Crane of Lavonia, The family suggests that memori- Charles F.

"Rick" Crane of al contributions can be made to the Weatherford, a American Heart Association or the brother, Jay Crane; a sister, building fund of the Church of the Mrs. Helen Schrems; and two Resurrection. granddaughters. Funeral home: Phil Kiser Arrangements are being handled Funeral Home 9231 by the Phil Kiser Funeral Home Cypress Lake Drive, Fort 9231 Cypress Lake Drive, Fort My- Myers. ers.

ELSEWHERE Psychologist, writer Leon Festinger, 69, developed cognitive dissonance theory The Associated Press Ferreira, who was 29 inches tall, seph Isaac Schneerson, and the By was a drummer with The Pop Kings, brother-in-law of the present LubaNEW YORK Psychologist who have toured South Africa and vitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Leon Festinger, who developed the Japan. Schneerson. theory of cognitive dissonance dur- Ferreira was succeeded as the Gourary was born in Krementing a 47-year career as a teacher and world's shortest known human adult chug, Russia and immigrated to the writer, died Saturday of liver cancer. by Nelson de la Rosa, of the Domin- United States during World War II.

He was 69. ican Republic. According to the He is survived by his wife, ChanFestinger was a Guinness Book of World Records, he na, and a son, Barry. professor of psy- measures 28.3 inches tall. His funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Sunchology at the New day at the World Lubavitcher headSchool for Social quarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Research from Samarius Gourary, Brooklyn. 1968 until his death. Lubavitcher leader dozens Festinger of articles wrote NEW YORK Rabbi Samarius Roy Mitchell, 61, and books on psy- Gourary, committee of chairman the of United the Lubavitch- executive TV anchorman chology, including er Yeshivoth since 1940, died Satur- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -Ro several on the theFESTINGER day after a brief illness. He was 91.

Mitchell, a television news ory of cognitive disdied at New York Hospi- anchorman, was found dead of an sonance, which occurs when two si- Gourary multaneously held thoughts, tal-Cornell Medical Center at about 7 apparent heart attack Saturday. He beliefs are inconsistent. a.m. was 61. opinions or Mitchell was a radio announcer Gourary was leader of the educa- in Little Rock before working at staAntonio Ferreira, tional arm of the worldwide Chabad- tions in Texarkana, Fort Smith, TulLubavitch movement that was estab44, shortest man lished 92 years ago in Lubavitch, sa, left KABC-TV and Los in Los Angeles.

Angeles Mitchell in Antonio Russia. The main school for the March 1970 to become managing LISBON, Portugal who for a time was listed as movement is in New York and it has editor at Little Rock television staFerreira, the world's shortest man, died Fri- branches all over the world. tion KARK. Mitchell led the NBC day of a respiratory illness at age 44, He was the son-in-law of the pre- affiliate to local news ratings domithe LUSA news agency reported. vious Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Jo- nance.

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