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1 Falls Tribune ON THE RECORD Wednesday, August 26, 1992 Statistics BIRTHS HARSCH Daughter to Kristina and Thomas Harsch, Great Falls. ROSALES Son to Judy and J.R. Rosales, Great Falls. STUART Son to Tammy and Greg Stuart, Havre. MARRIAGE-LICENSE APPLICATIONS DUFFIN-DUFFIN Glenn Raymond Duffin, 61, of Seeley Lake, and Edna May Duffin, 55, of Great Falls.

BURNS-O'BRIEN Joel Samuel Burns, 31, and Debbie Annamary O'Brien, 43, both of Great Falls. JOHNSON-TESSMAN Carl T. Johnson and Laura Beth Tessman, both of legal age and both of Great Falls. Fire calls Monday, 9:19 p.m. Illegal burn, 400 Block of River Drive North.

Tuesday, 7:48 a.m. Minor emergency, 8th Street and 8th Avenue South. 8:11 a.m. Injury accident, 33rd Street and 11th Avenue South. 3:29 p.m.

Medical emergency, 808 Grizzly Drive. 7:35 p.m. Car fire, 13th Avenue South and 9th Street. Courts CITY COURT David Eugene Anderson, 27, Helena, pleaded guilty to driving 41 mph in 30 mph zone and failure to pay previous fines. Fined $170.

Charles Leonard DeLozier, 23, 1603 1st Ave. found guilty Friday of obtaining food, drink and lodging at Heritage Inn on March 10 using someone else's credit card without consent. Fined $315 plus $106 restitution. Robert Vaness, 27, 237 2nd Ave. Local Elsie H.

Funkhouser Elsie H. Funkhouser, 87, of 3200 15th Ave. a homemaker all of her adult. life, died of natural causes Monday. Her funeral will be on Friday in Bedino Chapel of the Valley in West Terte Haute, Ind.

Burial will be in the New Providence Cemetery at Elbridge, Ill. Local arrangements were made by O'Connot Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to. the Alz- Funkhouser heimer's Fund or another charity. Born on June 1905, in Edgar County, she attended New Providence School at Elbridge.

She married Archie H. Hugg on Dec. 2, 1922, in Paris, Ill. He died in 1948. She later married Dolph Funkhouser.

He died in 1970. She moved to Montana to be near her children and grandchildren. Besides being a homemaker, she had worked for a hospital in Rockville, Ind. Her hobbies were camping, fishing, crocheting and making quilts. Survivors include a son, Forrest "Bud" Hugg of Great Falls; a sister, Odessa Ellsworth of Terre Haute, four grandchildren, nine greatgrandchildren and three greatgreat-grandchildren.

A daughter, Jean Staley, and two brothers preceded her in death. State John A. 'Bud' Meyers HAVRE John A. "Bud" Meyers, 72, a retired farmer, died Sunday at a nursing home in Swift Current, after several months of poor health. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday at the Holland Bonine Chapel in Havre. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Memorials to a charity of the donor's choice are suggested. Born Feb. 25, 1920, in Kemmer, N.D., he came to Montana as a child, graduated from Inverness High School and attended Northern Montana College.

He served in the U.S: Army in Europe during World War. II. After the war he began farming and then married Ruth A. Konopatzke in Havre in 1947. They farmed and also operated the Inverness Hotel and Bar for a few years.

The farming operation expanded into Blaine County and southern Saskatchewan prior to his retirement. He enjoyed traveling and fishing. He was a past member of the VFW. Surviving are his wife of Inverness; 1 two sons, Philip Meyers of Frontier, and Scott Meyers of Havre; a daughter, Jane Bowen of Seattle; a brother, James Meyers of Retzil, and six grandchildren and three stepgrandchildren. Edward R.

Anderson TOWNSEND Edward Roy "Pete" Anderson, 72, of Townsend, a longtime Northern Pacific Railway worker, died Monday at his home of natural causes. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Deep Creek Cemetery in Townsend. Connors Funeral Home is handling arrangements. He was born May 3, 1920, in Hanson, to Sphere Charles and Bertha Leslie Anderson.

pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft of cigarettes from Buttrey's. Credit for two days served in jail. Randall Roy Real, 29, 2nd Ave. pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft of services from Ponderosa Inn. Credit for two days served in jail.

Daniel Gabe Lamere, 35, 906 8th Ave. pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace by yelling and screaming in Parkdale. Sentenced to one day jail. Bobby Stephen Drake, 32, transient, pleaded guilty to disturbing thepeace by yelling profanities inside Elmer's Restaurant. Sentenced to three days jail.

Duane Albert Meetk, 42, 3308 Lower River Road, pleaded guilty to DUI and failure to stop for flashing red signal. Fined $355; sentenced to one day jail. Troy Issac Frye, 22, Poulsbo, red pleaded guilty to DUI, failure to stop for traffic signal, no driver license and misdemeanor theft of cigarettes from MiniMart. Fined $470; sentenced to one day jail. Ronald Eugene Dunn, 25, 715 Park Drive, pleaded guilty to DUI, no driver license, no liability insurance and improper registration.

Fined $660. Georgia Marie Johnston, 33, 3205 18th Ave. changed plea to guilty to second offense of driving while license revoked. Fined $500; credit for five days served in jail. Brian David Buck, 32, 528 23rd Ave.

N.E., pleaded guilty to DUI per se. Fined $315. Wayne Richard Friedges, 29, 717 22nd St. pleaded guilty to DUI and failure to make complete stop at stop sign. Fined $355; sentenced to one day jail.

Carla Renee Smith, 33, 3201 4th St. pleaded guilty to second offense DUI, driving while license suspended, following another vehicle too closely, obstructing law enforcement by giving a wrong name and resisting arrest. Fined sentenced to seven days jail. Julie C. Abbott, 23, 1400 18th Ave.

S.W., pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle without liability insurance. Fined $215. Elmer O. Sampson 30, 1st Ave. pleaded guilty to failure to enroll in alcohol education course, failure to pay fines, no liability insurance, driving while license revoked, fourth offense DUI, giving false information police officers to implicate someone else.

Fined sentenced to 90 days in jail. Lucille Marie Span, 27, 913 2nd Ave. pleaded guilty to failure to pay fines and failure to appear after posting bond. Credit for three days served jail. He married Betty Jean Harvey in Laurel on Dec.

31, 1949. He worked for Northern Pacific Railroad in Laurel. He also enjoyed working with horses and at rodeos. The family moved to the Townsend area in 1982. He was preceded in death by three brothers, a sister and a grandchild.

Survivors are his wife, Betty of Townsend; four sons, Edward R. Anderson Jr. of Polson, Thomas E. Anderson of West Stayton, and Rickey J. Anderson and Kenneth P.

Anderson, both of Townsend; five daughters, Nancy J. Meyer, Peggy J. Bagger, Brenda K. Harris, and Pamela S. Anderson, all of Townsend, and Kathy A.

Malone of White Sulphur Springs; four sisters, Billie Dobbs of Bogata, Texas, Martha Keenon of Chicotah, Agnes Strickland of Borger, Texas, and Hazel Rains of Arvin, 20 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Raymond G. Savoie LEWISTOWN Raymond G. Savoie, 74, retired farmer and carpenter, died Tuesday in the Central Montana Medical Center of natural causes. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Friday in St. Leo's Catholic Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Memorials to the Ronald McDonald House, Dogs for the Deaf or St. Leo's church are suggested. Cloyd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

He was born Feb. 17, 1918, near Geraldine, where he grew up. He attended Northern Montana College in Havre. Savoie worked on ranches in northcentral Montana until 1941 when he went to Seattle and served as an apprentice carpenter. He served in the U.S.

Army during World War II. After the war he returned to the family ranch. In 1946 Savoie married Norma M. Stone in Geraldine. They ranched there until 1968 when they moved to Lewistown.

He worked as a carpenter in Lewistown until his retirement in 1978. He served on the Geraldine School Board and was a 4-H leader for many years. He is survived by his wife of Lewistown; a son, Loren Savoie of Billings; two daughters, Paula Luptak of Seattle and Karen Kolacny of Billings; a brother, Leo Savoie of Fort Benton, and a sister, Irene Englert of Missoula. He was preceded in death by a son. Cliff Lee PLENTYWOOD Cliff Lee, 59, a farmer near Antelope, died Monday at a Plentywood hospital of natural causes.

His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Fulkerson Chapel, with burial in Antelope Creek Cemetery. Lee was born April 28, 1933, on a farm near Antelope. He graduated from Antelope High School in 1950 and served three years in the U.S. Navy.

He and Sonja "Toni" Hedges were married at Scobey in 1956 and they lived for eight years near Columbia Falls, where he worked in the alumninum plant. They returned to Antelope in 1964 to operate the family farm. Lee enjoyed sports and was a Little League coach. He also enjoyed fishing. Surviving are his wife of Antelope; four sons, Harvey of Billings, David of Antelope and Wade and Craig Lee of Seattle; three sisters, Esther Hoven of Antelope, Gladys Wirtz Burbank, and Mae Frahm of Lincoln City, and five grandchildren.

Detention center probably not delayed By Tribune Staff A required historical and environmental assessment of the proposed site for the county juvenile detention center could, but likely won't, delay the project further, planners say. Cascade County Commissioners this week directed Disaster and Emergency Services Director Bill Murray to conduct the assessment. Murray said the review will take at least three weeks. Project coordinator Bill McPhail said the review shouldn't the project further. His timetable's still calls for the contract to be awarded Sept.

29, with construction beginning shortly thereafter and the facility opening May 1, he said. Planners had hoped for a Jan.1 opening, but delays scuttled that goal. The assessment is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development before the county can receive a communitydevelopment block grant for the project, Murray said. The Great Falls City Commission has earmarked a $30,000 grant to the county for site development and utility connections.

The grant funds originate with HUD, which has final say on how they are spent. HUD will not release the grant until it receives verification of a environmental and historical assessment, Murray said. Murray said he will mail letters to local, state and federal agencies asking them to address 36 issues of concern to HUD. They include the project's expected contribution to noise and air pollution; its impact on erosion, utilities, schools and emerservices; and the historical significance of the site. Murray said letters from the agen- Woman escapes potential plunge into river Emergency officials scrambled Tuesday evening after they feared a car had rolled into the Missouri River near the 10th Street Bridge in Great Falls.

Luck intervened, however, and law officers and firemen stood in wonder on the roadway along the north bank of the river. The small car, driven by a 21-year-old ex- cies should be sufficient to document the project is not a threat to the environment or historically significant land. A full-blown environmental impact study shouldn't be necessary, he predicted. "If we have to go to a study, we're looking at months and months and months and thousands and thousands of dollars," he said. The county intends to build facility near the intersection of 16th Avenue South and 26th Street.

It will have six lockup detention cells and dormitory-like shelter-care rooms with beds for eight youths. change student from the Philippines, went across a steep embankment east of the bridge and stopped, but didn't roll over. Criselda Velasquez, the car's driver, said she was not hurt. The car stopped upright about 20 feet from the river. Velasquez said she didn't know how to swim.

She said the 8 p.m. accident happened when something flew up from the back seat of the car and she believed she was about to crash. She swerved left into the path of an oncoming car, overcorrected to the right and went off the bank, witnesses said. The car went off the bank in a shallow cut and narrowly missed plunging off steeper inclines. Teen accidentally killed by brother ANACONDA (AP) A 14-yearold Anaconda boy was accidentally shot to death Tuesday when the rifle his brother was holding fired, Police Chief Jim Connors said.

The victim was Nathan Bouck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bouck. Connors said it appeared Scott Bouck, 16, was sitting across the bed from his brother "pumping a .22 pump rifle" when it discharged. Blood: Red Cross names new principal officer FROM IB Other changes cited by Warr in- Warr said Montanans donate HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is agency to standardize procedures.

"Over the last 10 years, there's been a lot of changes with regard to understanding illnesses that can be transferred by blood," Warr said. we test for 10 or 12 diseases like two types of hepatitis, HIV I and II and Human Cell Leukemia. There's a lot of donor screening that occurs without actual testing. Reid Wilson Hamilton CUT BANK Reid Wilson Hamilton, son of Aaron and Stacy Hamilton of Cut Bank, was stillborn on Aug. 19 in a Cut Bank hospital.

Funeral plans will be announced by O'Connor Funeral Home of Great Falls. Rachel P. Hofer HARLEM Rachel P. Hofer, 76, died Tuesday at the North Harlem Hutterite Colony of natural causes. Services and burial will be at 1 p.m.

Thursday at the North Harlem Colony. Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook is in charge. She was born May 26, 1916, in Lewistown where she attended school. She married Paul Hofer in 1936 in Sterling, Alta. They moved to Lewistown in 1947 and then settled in Harlem in 1963.

She is survived by four sons, Paul Hofer of Loring and Pete, Sam and Darius Hofer of Harlem; four daughters, Rachel Hofer of Enchant, Susie Stahl of Holden, Dora Wipf of Cranford, and Margaret Hofer of Sterling, 38 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Virgil H. Calf Robe BROWNING Virgil Harvey Calf Robe, 55, of Havre, died of natural causes Monday in a Havre 1 hospital. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Eagle Shield Center in Browning.

His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Little Flower Burial will be in Browning Cemetery. Riddle Funeral Home is charge of arrangements. He was born on March 31, 1937, at the Cut Bank Boarding School and attended school in Browning. He served in the Army and then worked as a laborer and firefighter.

He married the former Barbara West Wolf Potts. She died in 1977. Surviving are two sons, Virgil Calf Robe Lindemulder of Deer Lodge and Sean Calf Robe Johnson of Seattle; a daughter, Karen Grace Calf Robe of Havre; two brothers, Emerson Calf Robe of Auburn, and Lawrence Calf Robe of Seattle; a sister, Mary Louise Griffin of Seattle, and seven grandchildren. Vernon M. Jacobs WHITEWATER Vernon M.

Jacobs, 84, died Sunday at his farm residence west of Whitewater of natural causes. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Adams Memorial Chapel, with burial in the Malta Cemetery. Jacobs was born June 18, 1908, in North Liberty, Ind. He moved with his family in 1913 to a homestead west of Whitewater, where he was raised and continued to live and farm.

He married Frances L. Hulbert in 1927 in Malta. She preceded him in death. The Jacobs farm was noted for its well -groomed shelter belt of trees. He is survived by two sons, Wayne Jacobs of Whitewater and Francis of Malta; a sister, Maxine Six of North Liberty, and 12 grandchildren and 17 greatgrandchildren.

Ellen M. Cowan KALISPELL Ellen M. Cowan, 72, died of natural causes Saturday at a Kalispell nursing home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Johnson Mortuary Chapel, with burial in Conrad Memorial Cemetery.

Born Aug. 13, 1920, in Kalispell, she grew up here and graduated from Flathead County High School. She married Melvin Lykins in Kali- clude a national computer system and a nationalized blood inventory hub in St. Louis. "Extra units of blood are sent there and they distribute it to whomever needs it," Warr said.

"The Los Angeles Red Cross was right in the middle of (the recent riots) and they had to shut down for a day or two. Recently they sent blood to Florida in anticipation of the hurricane." spell and he died in 1966. She moved to Bozeman and she worked for Montana State University. She and Lee Cowan were married there in 1971. They returned to Kalispell in 1976.

She enjoyed fishing, gardening and bowling. Surviving are her husband of Kalispell; daughter, Carol Hylton of Kalispell; three sisters, Beatrice York of Missoula, Bertha Rambo of Whitefish and Myrtle Forseth of Puyallup, and two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A son, Jack Lykins, preceded her in death in 1963. Clayton O. Erickson KALISPELL Clayton Omer Erickson, 72, a retired Kalispell podiatrist, died of congestive heart failure Tuesday in a Bigfork nursing home.

A memorial service and burial of the ashes will be later. Johnson Mortuary handled final arrangements. Born on Sept. 6, 1919, near Ree, N.D., he spent his childhood in North Dakota and graduated from Sanish High School. He enlisted in the Montana National Guard at Whitefish and served with the 163rd Infantry in the South Pacific during World War II.

Erickson graduated from California College of Podiatry in 1949 and practiced podiatry in Kalispell for 25 years. He was a past president of the Montana Podiatry Association. Survivors include five children, Carla Moss of Milpitas, Pam Houston of Great Falls, Susan Braxton of Missoula, John Erickson of Springfield, and Mary Rennich of Mandan, N.D.; their mother, Pat Erickson of Kalispell; a brother, Lionel Erickson of Whitefish; three sisters, Hazel Lockrem of Seattle, Merna Allen of Denton and Sharon Adnres of Kalispell, and seven grandchildren. more blood than they use and the excess is sent to the hub in St. Louis.

"We would rather supply the hub than be supplied by the hub," Warr said. "There's a perception that Montana blood is safer than blood collected in New York, for example." But, he said, "all blood is safe it's been tested so many different ways." Warr said the risk of contracting Olive L. Leib EUREKA Olive L. Leib, 77 of Eureka, died of natural causes Sunday at a local nursing home. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Thursday at the Assembly of God Church in Eureka. Burial will be in the Tobacco Valley Cemetery. Vial Funeral Home of Eureka is in charge. She is survived by her husband, Joseph (Ham) Leib, of Eureka; a daughter, Laura Schnackenberg of Libby; two sons, David Leif of Gleason, and John Leib Eureka; a sister, Darlene Randall of Redding, 15 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. James E.

Wagner RONAN James E. Wagner, 92, a longtime resident of western Montana, died Monday in a Ronan nursing home of natural causes. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at The Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Ronan, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Shrider Mortuary of Ronan is in charge of arrangements.

Wagner was born Aug. 4, 1900, in Dunn County, Wis. In his early teens he moved with his family to Sidney-Lambert area and in the 1920s he moved to western Montana. He married Olga M. Rose in 1933 in the Bitterroot Valley.

He was a member of The Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Ronan. He is survived by a daughter, Catherine McClung of Polson, and three grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Bernice Z. Brenden WOLF POINT Bernice Zink Brenden, 66, of Wolf Point and formerly of Bozeman, died of natural causes Tuesday in a Bismarck, N.D. hospital.

Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Fridavi Trinity Lutheran Church in Wolf Point. Burial will be in Green- Fall 1992 Registration August 31 September 4 On-Campus Registration September 3 Fall A SE begin September 8th OF CALLS THE 1932 College of Great Falls TUO CGF also offers Pre-Professional Studies and Graduate Programs: Master of Professional Counseling and Master of Human Services estimated at one in every 40,000 to 150,000 units of blood. Changes in the way the Red Cross does business will not mean a loss of jobs in Great Falls, Warr said. Warr said 35 people in Great Falls and 90 people throughwork out the region.

He said there is a seasonal shortage of blood at this time of year when people are busier than usual. wood Cemetery. Clayton Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Born April 19, 1926, at Driggs, Idaho, she grew up and attended school at West Yellowstone and attended nursing school in Bozeman. She married Gunwald Brenden in Bozeman on June 7, 1947.

She was a nurse in Bozeman until 1967 when the family moved to Wolf Point. She then worked for Shakley Products and the Roosevelt County Welfare Department until retiring in 1985. Her husband died in 1987. Survivors include two sons, Brett of Buffalo, and Gary Brenden of Colonial Heights, a brother, George Zink of Yorktown, and three grandchildren. Other state deaths This list of deaths of Montanans is drawn from other newspapers.

Baker Esther Luetkins, 78. Billings Roland C. Curtiss, 79; Derrick B. Kingfisher, infant; Jacob "Rex" Wommack, 81. Butte William Barry, 66; Harold B.

Heath, 78. Custer Schuyler M. Delcamp, 92. Helena Raymond Lay, 75. Missoula Henry D.

Ephron, 87. Funeral Services THURSDAY Hackler, Esther Grace Services 10:00 a.m. Thursday at St. Luke The Evangelist Church for Esther Grace Hackler, 68, 716 Riverview Dr. E.

with Rev. Tony Schuster officiating. Burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Rosary 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday at The O'Connor Memorial Chapel.

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