The Star Press from Muncie, Indiana • Page 21

THE MUNCIE STAR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER-13, 1987 PAGE 21 Deaths and formerly of R.R. 2, and a resident of Community Care Center East Nursing Home, died Thursday in Jay County Hospital. Mr. Cheeseman and his wife owned and operated a family business, Cheeseman's Sales and Service, Portland, before retiring in 1946. He also owned and operated Art's Grocery on Blaine Pike, 1940-1946, and was a farmer in Greene Township, Jay County, for many years.

The Muncie native also worked at Sheller-Globe Corp. 1939-1946. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Muncie, a member and past president of Jay County Farm Bureau, a member of Portland Grange 2190, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Muncie Lodge, and was past president of the Parent Teacher Association at General Shanks Elementary School. He helped start the book rental program in the Jay County School Corp. was preceded in death by his wife, E.

May Cheeseman, who died in May. Survivors included two sons, Chester A. Cheeseman, R.R. 1, and Phillip A. Cheeseman, W.

five daughters, E. Margaret Cheeseman, Cora May (Mrs. Dick) McLaughlin and Gloria A. (Mrs. Larry) Green, all of R.R.

1, and Sara (Mrs. John) Cline, -Greenfield, and Dixie (Mrs. Tom) Batt, Winchester; 16 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 11 in Portland Chapel of Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Covert and Rev.

Chester Mayflower officiating. Burial will be in Claycomb Cemetery, west of Portland. Calling is 4-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. IO0F Lodge members will conduct a service at 8 p.m.

today in the funeral home. Arthur Cheeseman, 80, Dies; Was Jay County Businessman PORTLAND, Ind. Arthur C. Cheesemen, 80, Allen L. Bird, 68 Allen L.

Bird, 68, 305 E. 29th died in Ball Memorial Hospital Wednesday. A lifelong resident of Muncie, Mr. Bird was employed by Norfolk and Western (formerly the Nickel Plate) Railroad for 32 years as a yardmaster before retiring in 1979. Mr.

Bird was a member of The Brotherhood of Railway Locomotive Engineers and The United Transportation Union. He attended The Full Gospel Temple. Survivors include his wife, Lucille; three Byron Bird, Marion, Theodore Bird, New Berne, N.C., and Timothy Bird, Blytheville, a daughter, Karen (Mrs. Randall) Singer, Muncie; three borthers, Clarence Bird, Muncie, Leo Bird, Lake Worth, and Clyde Bird, Muncie; a sister, Grace Schmidt, Muncie; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Services for Mr.

Bird are pending at Parson Mortuary-Adams Chapel. Joseph E. Masterson, 69 MIDDLETOWN, Ind. Joseph E. Masterson, 69, 104 19th Ruskin, former Middletown resident, died Thursday in St.

John's Medical Center, Anderson, after a brief illness. Mr. Masterson was born in Tower City, but lived in the Middletown community 26 years before moving to Florida 11 years ago. He retired from Delco Remy, Anderson, where he worked 20 years as a fireman in the boiler room. He was a World War II Air Force veteran, a member of Middletown Masonic Lodge 271 and a former member of Allen Bethel Church, Anderson.

Surviving are his wife of 42 years, Frances Masteron; a son, Wayne Masterson, Anderson; two daughters, Sandra Hurley, Brandon, and Connie Spence, Middletown, Ohio; two sisters, Ella Koons, Hummelstown, and Evelyn Shutt, Tower City, seven grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Ballard Sons Funeral Home here, with Pastor Larry Kineman in charge. Friends may visit with the family immediately after the services. There is no visitation.

Ora Whetsel Weaver, 91 ANDERSON, Ind. Ora Whetsel Weaver, 91, 2321 Crystal died Wednesday in her home. She was born in Bath County, and had resided in Anderson since 1930. She retired from Ward Stilson Corp. in 1947.

She also had been employed by the Madison County home and had been a seamstress. Survivors include two daughters, Maybelle (Chris) McCune, Muncie, and Betty Burton, Anderson; a sister, Ethel Humphries, Alexandria; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; four and several nieces. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Owens Funeral Home, Alexandria, with Rev. Lanis Kineman officiating.

Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Alexandria. Calling at the funeral home is before services Saturday. Indiana Deaths Businessman Succumbs at 62 INDIANAPOLIS Services for John J. Sarsfield owner of Business Forms will be Saturday. Sarsfield, 62, died Wednesday West 10th Street division of Roudebush VA Services FRIDAY BAILEY, Lydia 11 a.m., Williamson GUNNING, Funeral Mildred Home, 10 Portland.

a.m., Copher and Fesler Funeral Home, Elwood. KELLY, Marie, 1 p.m., The Original Church of God. KIRSCHBAUM, Frank 11 a.m., Ewing Mortuary, Shelbyville. LANGDON, Mildred 10 a.m., Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, South Bend.

MASSIE, Helen, 11 a.m., Stuart Mortuary, Indianapolis. PERRY, Hazel 1:30 p.m., Walker Funeral Home, Winchester. PUGH, William 10 a.m., Keplinger Funeral Home, Hartford City, ROWLES, George 10:30 a.m., BairdFreeman Funeral Home, Portland. SHULL, Agnes, 2:30 Williamson Spencer Funeral Home, Union City. WHARTON, Daniel 11 a.m., Elm Cemetery Chapel Elsie Garnet West, 83 Elsie Garnet West, 83, died Thursday in Chateau Convalescent Center, where she had lived for 2 years.

She was the widow of Walter M. West. A native of Modoc, she lived in the Blountsville area for almost 40 years. She moved to Muncie in 1985. Surviving are a son, Walter J.

West, Muncie; a sister, Opal Cambron, Jacksonville, 1 two granddaughters, Terri Stables, Cowan, and Mary Ferraro, Sacramento, two great-grandsons, and a niece. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Meeks Mortuary. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery near Modoc. Calling at the mortuary is 5-8 p.m.

today or before services Saturday. Eryln Hilke, 53 Geneva Pearl Leslie, 47 Former Muncie resident Geneva Pearl Leslie, 47, died Tuesday in her home in Swissvale, after an extended illness. She was born in Flemingsburg, and lived in Muncie until moving to Pennsylvania. Mrs. Leslie is survived by her husband, Gerald Leslie; two sons, Danny and Eddy Slaven, both of Muncie; a daughter, Sheila Thompson, Muncie; three sisters, Betty Davis, Wabash, Jane Talbott, Jacksonville, and Lodema Spurlock, Swissvale, five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the United Pentecostal Church, 5418 E. Jackson with Rev. Ray Morrison officiating. Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery.

Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at Parson Mortuary-Adams Chapel or at the church 30 minutes before services. Hazel Pauline Stout, 61 Hazel Pauline Stout, 61, 3963 N. Everett Road, died Thursday in Ball Memorial Hospital. Born in Truman, she came to Muncie as a young adult.

Mrs. Stout attended Calvary Christian Church. She was the widow of James Stout, who died in 1978. She is survived by five sons, James Stout, Sherman Stout, and Carl Stout all of Muncie, Delbert Stout, Grubbs, and Tom Stout, Orlando, three daughters, Nancy (Mrs. Russell) Goodman, Yorktown, Lois (Mrs.

Wilbur) Cooper, New Castle, and Jeneva (Mrs. Luther) Bradley, Shawnee, 17 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Parson Mortuary-Adams Chapel, with Rev. Lon Calloway officiating.

Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Family will receive callers at the mortuary 5-8 p.m. today. Walter E. Freese, 55 NEW CASTLE, Ind.

Walter E. Freese, 55, Brecksville, Ohio, died Tuesday in Marymount Hospital, Garfield Heights, Ohio. He was born in Edinburgh and was a Navy veteran of the Korean War. He had been employed by Chrysler Corp. the past 38 years and formerly worked at the company's New Castle plant.

Most recently, he was a budget supervisor at Chrysler's Twinsburg, Ohio, stamping plant. He was a member of the Twinsburg, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include his wife, Janet; a daughter, Jennifer (Mrs. Michael) Gavosto, St. Louis; a son, Jeffrey Freese, St.

Louis; a grandson; his mother, Alta (Mrs. J.B.) Copenhaver, Jacksonburg; a sister, Dot (Mrs. Marvin) Hagerstown; a brother, David Freese, Cincinnati, and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in White Branch Church of the Brethren, near Mooreland, with Pastor Richard Hostetler officiating.

Burial will be in Brick Cemetery at Hagerstown. Calling is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Main Frame Blue River Memorial Chapel, east of Mount Summit, and an hour before the service at the church. Gertrude G. Bezy, 93 Gertrude G.

Mathers Bezy, 93, formerly of 4801 E. Centennial died Wednesday in Chrystal's Country Home, Parker City. A native of English, she came to Muncie as a young woman. She was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and a former member of Ladies of St.

Lawrence. Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Dorothy (Mrs. John Bezy, Muncie; two grandsons, John M. Bezy, Muncie, and James F. Bezy, with the Air Force in Tampa, eight great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Bezy. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.

Calling is 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. today at Parson Mortuary-Adams Chapel, where a rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m. Wayne Zell, 85 SUMMITVILLE, Ind. Wednesday in Community He was a native of most of his life. He was a He was a member of Surviving are his wife, (Mrs.

Ernest) Ashworth, Wheeling, five grandchildren. Services will be at 2 Funeral, with Rev. John will be in Vinson Memorial and 7-9 p.m. today at the Medical Center. He owned J.J.

Sarsfield and Associates from 1959 until 1970, when he bought Business Forms Inc. and merged the two companies. He was a member of the National Association of Accountants and was former president of the Club of Indianapolis. He was a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Antelope Club and National Business Forms Association. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War IL.

Deaths Elsewhere Iowa Prison Chief Dead DES MOINES, Iowa Calvin Auger, warden of the Iowa Men's Reformatory and acting head of the Iowa Department of Corrections, died Wednesday of cancer. He was 57. Auger, of Anamosa, joined the Department of Corrections in 1965 at the reformatory and held several other jobs in the prison system before he was named warden in 1973. He was twice named acting director of the department, includ- Eryln Hilke, 53, 3001 Lyn-mar Drive, died Wednesday in his residence after a sudden illness. Born in St.

Paul, he came to Muncie in 1979. from Arizona, where he had worked for Arizona State University. He had been employed for the past 8 years with media services of Ball State University. He was a member of the Ball State University Sympathy Club. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Gaw Hilke; his mother, Bertha Brown, Chattanooga, three daughters, Brenda Hilke, at home, Debra Nalman, St.

Paul, and Lois Hilke, Fresno, a brother, Merton Hilke, Chattanooga, and a grandchild. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Parson Mortuary-Wheeling Chapel, with Rev. J. Edward Pease officiating.

Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery. Family will receive callers at the mortuary 9 a.m. until service time Saturday. Hundreds Mourn Child Abuse Victim NEW YORK (AP) Elizabeth Steinberg's natural mother and hundreds of strangers Thursday mourned the death of the 6-year-old who was found beaten in her adoptive parents' apartment, a death a rabbi said he hoped would save the lives of other children. "We kick ourselves.

Why couldn't we see, why couldn't we tell?" Rabbi Dennis Math asked at a funeral after more than than 1,000 people paid their respects at Elizabeth's coffin. "We must risk being wrong, embarrassed, or even evoking a neighbor's anger when we feel a child is being harmed," said Math, who conducted a joint service with a Catholic priest. "May Lisa's death help to save the lives of other children. Then her life will be sanctified." The child's natural mother, Michelle Launders, saw her newborn daughter for only 20 seconds before giving her up for adoption, but fought in court for the right to bury the child because she did not want it to be done by "the people who killed her." Police found Elizabeth comatose and brain dead Nov. 2 in lawyer Joel Steinberg's Greenwich Vilage apartment.

A judge ruled Tuesday that Elizabeth was never legally adopted, and sources familiar with the investigation said Thursday that police were still trying to determine whether the girl was a commodity in a black market babyselling ring. Steinberg, a lawyer, and his livein lover, Hedda Nussbaum, are charged with murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the case. Cardinal John J. O'Connor was among more than 1,000 visitors to the casket of the girl whose death outraged the city. The coffin was surrounded with small individual bouquets from visitors as well as larger floral arrangements.

Other cards and letters from mourners who had never met the girl were left beneath or atop the casket. "To Lisa, God bless you," read a hand-made card with flowers drawn in crayon from 9-year-old Padre Smith. "I hope the angels you." many weeping openly, filed past the white steel casket in a steady stream Thursday morning at the Redden Funeral Home. A joint funeral service was held because Launders is Catholic, Steinberg and Nussbaum Jewish. "There's a particular pain in the death of Lisa," said Rev.

Kevin O'Brien at the funeral. "Innocence and suffering should not go together." The body was taken to a cemetery in Valhalla, north of the city, where Elizabeth was buried at Lauder's family plot. Msgr. James Moore, representing O'Connor, officiated at a private, 15-minute service on the snow-covered ground, overlooking a small lake. Singer to Be Entombed After More Than Year LAKE PLACID, N.Y.

(AP) A year and a half after her death led to a squabble over the size of her tomb, singer Kate Smith will be entombed Saturday in a slightly shaved version of the huge pink granite mausoleum specified in her will. Smith, known for her contralto warble, her large frame and her trademark rendition of God Bless America, is to be memorialized at a service that will turn a painful page of local history for this Adirondack resort community. "We feel that finally everything was worked out, and this is right and proper," said Millie Williams, a longtime acquaintance of the singer. "It's very difficult to be in a position where everyone really loved and respected her, but was accused of not wanting to see her buried." Smith died at 79 on June 17, 1986. Her body has been in a storage Weather By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Clear and cold weather prevailed east of the Mississippi on Thursday in the wake of a coastal storm that dumped snow from Washington to Boston and Maine before easing out over the Atlantic Ocean.

Record cold was reported in the southeastern United States, with readings in the 50s as far south as Florida. Early afternoon readings were in the 30s in the northeastern United States, in the 40s near the Great Lakes. It was still cloudy Thursday afternoon over New England and much of New York, with strong northwesterly winds along the coast, a storm warning in effect for the coast of Maine and a gale warning along the Virginia, Maryland and Delaware coasts. A storm approaching the Pacific Northwest was spreading showers into drought-stricken Washington and Oregon, and gale warnings were in effect along the coast there. Cloudy skies extended across the northern half of the Rocky Mountains, the lower Missouri Valley, Minnesota and North Dakota, and a few showers were reported over Texas.

Fair weather prevailed in most of the rest of the nation. Record lows set or tied Thursday included 19 degrees in San Angelo, Texas, 20 in Richmond, and Knoxville, 21 in Pinson, 23 in Augusta, 25 in Huntsville, 27 in Macon, and 33 in Jacksonville, Fla. The cold had little effect in Florida. Forecast Mostly sunny and mild today with high temperatures around 60. Fair tonight.

Lows will be in the middle 30s. Mostly sunny Saturday. Highs around 60. Extended forecast Sunday through Tuesday: Mostly cloudy Sunday. Highs in the lower 50s north to the middle 60s south.

Lows in the lower 40s. Good chance for rain Monday and Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday. Highs in the 50s to middle 60s Monday and in the 40s to middle 50s on Tuesday. Lows in the 40s both Monday and Tuesday.

vault at another Lake Placid cemetery most of the time since. The exact time for a private family burial service has not been set, but it will take place Friday or Saturday morning at St. Agnes cemetery on the edge of Lake Placid. Actual entombment the closing of the tomb's doors will take place at public memorial service later Saturday. Smith's will requested a $40,000 mausoleum, specified the size and design and said she wanted it at St.

Agnes, where she attended services while living at her summer home in Lake Placid. Church officials said the mausoleum would look out of place in their cemetery, which contains simple stones no more than 3-feet high, and a parish committee suggested that Smith's body be interred in a sarcophagus that would have been 4-feet high and 9-feet long. But Smith's sister fought for the mausoleum, and at 6-feet, 8-inches high, 10-feet, 3-inches long and 8- feet, wide, it is by far the largest monument in the cemetery. The mausoleum originally envisioned was roughly a third larger in overall volume than the final structure, according to John J. McKenna, who chaired the church committee.

It will be the first above ground interment permitted at the small cemetery. With the wrangling over, local organizers say they've put together memorial services Saturday that would have made Smith happy. They will feature a sampling of the singer's favorite tunes Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, Ave Maria, and God Bless America, a song that stirred patriotic fervor in World War II and helped raise millions in war bonds. 40 40 40. RAIN CHILLY SHOWERS 40 BREEZY SHOWERS 50 60 CLEAR 60 WARM 70 70 FRONTS: 70 70 70 FAIR Warm Cold Stationary 1987 Accu-Weather, Inc.

Temperatures Around the Nation Wayne Zell, 85, died Hospital, Anderson. Summitville and lived here barber for 55 years. the Baptist Church here. Helena; a daughter, Juliann Torrence, a son, Bob, grandchildre, and five great- p.m. Saturday in Noffze Amick officiating.

Burial Cemetery. Calling is 2-5 funeral home. FROM WIRE AND OTHER REPORTS Insurance Executive Dies INDIANAPOLIS Services for Carl E. Hills, 66, president of Smith Brothers Insurance Agency, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Mr. Hills had been with Smith Brothers for 40 years, the last 21 as president. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Hills was a member of St.

Peter Lutheran Church and Greater Indianapolis Sertoma Club. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, a son, three sisters, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. FROM THE WIRE SERVICES ing at the time of his death. Dance Hall-of-Famer Dies SAN FRANCISCO Marian Van Tuyl, an exponent of modern dance who was a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Dance Coalition Hall of Fame, died of cancer Tuesday night. She was 80.

She was retired chairman of the department of dance at Mills College, where she started teaching in the 1940s, and she had published a dance magazine, Impulse. Abilene, Texas 64 Akron Canton 45 39 Albuquerque 62 Allentown 42 Amarillo 65 Anchorage 31 Asheville 54 Atlanta 63 Atlantic City 44 Austin 66 Baltimore 46 Baton Rouge 66 Billings 58 Birmingham 61 Bismarck 56 Boise 52 Boston 40 Bridgeport Brownsville Buffalo Burlington, Vt. 38 Caribou 29 Casper 53 60 58 Chattanooga 60 Cheyenne, 57 Chicago 57 Cincinnati 55 Cleveland 50 Colorado Spgs 63 Columbus, Ga. 67 Columbus, Ohio 53 38 Corpus Christi 69 Dallas 65 Dayton 54 Daytona Beach 63 Denver 65 Des Moines 63 Detroit Duluth 56 El Paso Elkins Erie Eugene Evansville Fairbanks Fargo Flagstaff Flint Fort Smith Fort Wayne 53 Fresno 59 Goodland 66 Grand Junction 53 Grand Rapids 53 Great Falls 56 Green Bay 52 Pre. Otlk Harrisburg 32 elr Hartford 24 cdy Helena 24 .10 cdy Honolulu 32 cdy Houston 29 .04 clr Huntsville, Ala.

31 cdy Indianapolis 28 .13 cdy Jackson, Miss. 25 cdy Jacksonville 32 clr Juneau 29 cir Kansas City 34 cdy Knoxville 22 .01 cir Lake Charles 31 cdy Lansing 42 cdy Las Vegas 25 cdy Lexington 34 cdy Lincoln 44 17 rn Little Rock 29 1.26 cdy Los Angeles 29 ,04 cdy Louisville 48 cdy Lubbock 32 cdy Macon 23 cdy Madison 16 cdy Medford 39 cdy Memphis 30 cir Miami Beach 27 edy Midland 25 Milwaukee 31 cdy Mpls-St Paul edy Mobile 24 cir Montgomery 27 cdy Nashville 29 cdy New Orleans 26 cir New York City 32 cir Newark 23 cdy Norfolk, Va. 29 .21 cdy North Platte 40 cdy Oklahoma City 30 cir Omaha 25 elr Orlando 43 cdy Paducah 33 cdy Peoria 32 cdy Philadelphia 26 edy Phoenix 31 cdy Pittsburgh 38 cir Pocatello 25 cir Portland, Maine 33 Portland, Ore. 52 .72 Providence 21 Pueblo 15 Raleigh 38 edy 22 Muncie 27 25 25 10 p.m. ..29 47 cdy 29 32 cdy 29 30 edy 1 a.m.

.29 30 cdy 2 a.m. .29 48 cir 3 a.m. 28 24 cdy 43 27 clr 41 28 .27 cdy 53 40 cir 90 73 cir 62 40 cdy 56 25 cdy 56 25 cir 63 25 cdy 60 33 cdy 45 43 sn 66 32 cdy 54 20 cir 64 34 cdy 53 28 cdy 69 45 cir 53 25 cir 69 27 cdy 63 32 edy 80 59 cdy 57 26 cir 66 32 cir 68 27 cir 57 28 edy 54 48 .33 59 29 cir 75 61 cdy 63 33 elr 56 30 cdy 60 27 cdy 66 30 cdy 64 27 cdy 58 21 cir 62 39 cdy 44 30 .01 cir 46 32 .05 elr 50 33 .04 cir 64 26 edy 68 35 64 32 cdy 67 47 59 26 59 27 cdy 46 30 .03 eir 80 54 46 25 cdy 55 37 40 28 21 60 54 .05 39 29 1.00 68 23 edy 56 27 cir Rapid City 67 40 cdy Reno 70 32 cdy Richmond 49 20 cir Roanoke 52 32 cir 41 23 cdy Rockford 57 25 cdy Sacramento 67 46 cdy St Louis 66 35 cdy St 92 75 clr 61 52 .51 mn Salt Lake City 56 34 San Angelo 62 19 San Antonio 65 31 cdy San Diego 77 55 cdy San Francisco 67 53 cdy San Jose 66 48 cir San 89 76 elr Santa Fe 56 30 cdy St Ste Marie 48 31 cdy Savannah 61 30 cir Seattle 58 50 .02 rn Shreveport 64 29 cdy Sioux City 65 28 cdy Sioux Falls 64 24 cdy South Bend 55 27 cdy Spokane 53 46 Springfield, Ill. 61 27 cdy 64 25 edy Syracuse 40 21 cdy Tallahassee 63 cdy Tampa 68 cdy Toledo 51 26 edy Topeka 72 30 cdy Tucson 80 Tulsa 71 37 cdy Tupelo 60 26 Waco 31 cdy Washington 49 31 cir Palm Beach 75 53 edy Wichita 70 30 cdy Wichita Falls 68 29 cir Wilkes-Barre 38 26 Wilmington 45 30 Yakima 55 35 cdy Youngstown 49 29 cdy Yuma 85 57 cir National temperature extremes for Thursday: Low 7 at Alamosa, Colo. High 86 at San Gabriel, Calif.

Hourly Temperatures a.m. 28 5 a.m. 29 6 a.m. ...29 7 a.m. 28 8 a.m.

28 9 a.m. Recorded 24 hours a.m. 35 p.m. ..52 a.m. 40 5 p.m.

51 Noon .43 6 p.m. 48 1 p.m. .46 7 p.m. 46 2 p.m. ..50 8 p.m.

46 3 p.m. 9 p.m. 43 prior to 9 p.m. Thursday..