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www.pal-item.com Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 -Item Page A5 Willard E. Stevens Robert B. Niles EATON, Ohio Willard LEWISBURG, E. Stevens, age 77, of Hiawassee, and formerly of Eaton, Ohio, passed away Monday, Feb.

14, 2011, at the Chatuge Regional Nursing Home, Hiawassee, Ga. He was born Aug. 4, 1933, in Dayton, Ohio, to the late Perry and Ada Stevens. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Kenneth Stevens. He is survived by his wife, Audrey M.

(nee Sorrell), Stevens of Hiawassee, daughter, Loretta (Dave) Brooks of Rocky Mount, N.C.; son, Larry (Terry) Stevens of Eaton, Ohio; daughter, Diana (Thomas) Trout of Lancaster, S.C.; daughter, Paula (Pat) Johnson of Hiawassee, brother, Cecil Gehron of New Hope, Ohio; sister, Joanna Wheeler of Green Fork, grandchildren, Toni Haynes, Jodi Haynes, Sarah (Shelby) Strunk, Brooke Panos, Dustin Dickerson, Tara (Brian) Peppers and Rodney Taylor stepgrandchildren, Carolyn Crisp, Amanda Hicks, Doris Reeves and Jeremiah Johnson; greatgrandchildren, Deion and Brittany Huntley, Kaden Strunk, Kyndall Panos, Hayley and Jacob Peppers; stepgreat-grandchildren, Ayadn Davis, Kinnadie Crisp, Austin Holliman, Magan Holliman, Cole Reeves, Jessica Reeves and Julian Johnson. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, at the Girton Schimdt Boucher Gard Funeral Home, 226 W. Main Eaton, Ohio, with Pastor Allen Henderson officiating.

Burial will be in Fairhaven Cemetery, Fairhaven, Ohio. Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18,2011, at the funeral home. Online condolences and other remembrances may be sent to the family by visiting www.gsbfuneralhome.com 021711-24563333-3600-254 Ida M.

Gray OBITUARIES mer Lewisburgresident RobertB. Niles, 87, of Brookville, died Tuesday, Feb. 15,2011, at his residence. Born Dec. 14, 1923, in West Milton to Frank and Ethel Kessler Niles, the Army Air Corps veteran worked at Marble Cliff Stone, the Village of Lewisburg, Pinkerton Security and Lewisburg Container.

Survivors include wife, Mabel; sons, Jeffery and Rob Niles; daughters, Kathy Marshall and Pat Chrisman. Service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Barnes Funeral Home, Lewisburg, with visitation 5-8 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to Brookville Fire Rescue, P.O.

Box 10, Brookville, OH 45309. Sara M. Nussbaumer Former Richmond resident Sara M. Nussbaumer, 96, of Connersville, died Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at Lincoln Centers of Connersville.

She was born Oct. 26, 1914, in Covington, to Homer and Bessie Williams Martin and worked at Hughes. Survivors includeadaughter, Ruth Taylor. Her husband, Phillip, is deceased. A memorial service will be at a later date.

No public visitation is planned. Arrangements are being handled by Doan Mills Funeral Home, Richmond. Elfriede Abercrombie CONNERSVILLE, Ind. Elfriede "Elfie" Abercrombie, 70, of Kennard, died Tuesday, Feb. 15,2011, at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie.

Born April 10, 1940, in Duren, Germany, to Peter and Elizabeth Mothrath, she was a cashier at several military commissaries. Survivors include her husband, Johnny; sons, James, John and Kevin Abercrombie; brother, Manford Mothrath; sister, Clare Bales. Service will be 1 p.m. Friday at Urban Winkler Funeral Home, Connersville, where visitation is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday.

Carl H. Swartsell EATON, Ohio Carl H. Swartsell, 83, of Eaton, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at Grandview Hospital in Dayton. He was born April 26, 1927, in Richmond to Harvey and Florence Swartsell.

Survivors include his wife, Martha; son, Joseph Swartsell; daughters, Teri Cole, Carla Driver and Tammy Bertsch; brother, Ralph Swartsell; sister, Marianna Baker. Service will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Girton Schmidt Boucher Gard Funeral Home, Eaton, where visitation is 1-3 p.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made to Eaton Little League.

Back, Gloria, of Brookville, died Feb. 13. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Phillips Meyers Funeral Home, Brookville, where visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. Monday.

Heaton, Mildred A. "Milly," of Richmond, died Feb. 13. Service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at StegallBerheide-Orr Funeral Home, Richmond, where visitation is 10-11 a.m.

Friday. Lilly, Mary of Lynn, died Feb. 13. Service will be at 11 a.m. today at Thomas Memorial Chapel, Lynn.

Mosier, Mary Alice, of Connersville, died Feb. 14. Service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Miller, Moster, Robbins Funeral Home, Connersville, where visitation will be 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday.

Phillips, Cody, of West Harrison, died Feb. 13. Service will If conversation makes you feel un uncomfortable, it's OK to stop it Dear Abby: My sister "Mimi" died two years ago. Throughout her 40-year marriage she and her husband lived away from family and barely kept in touch, although we were close while growing up. Since her death, my husband and I have tried to keep in touch with her husband, "Clint." The problem is, when Icall him, all he talks about is the past, when we were all in school.

That's but it invariably a some kind DEAR ABBY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN of sexual overtone about what I wore or did as a teen. I have tried redirecting the conversation to Mimi -anything -to no avail. Now I'm wondering if my sister kept Clint away from the family for a reason. He was always like this to a degree, but it was under more control when she was alive. What do I do when the conversation heads in this direction? I don't want to lose contact with him and their children.

Uncomfortable in New Mexico Dear Uncomfortable: The next time it happens, tell Clint in plain English that he's making you uncomfortable and tell him to quit dwelling on the past because it's boring. If that doesn't discourage him, call him only with your husband on another extension. And as to staying in contact with your sister's children -if their parents were married for 40 years, they are adults now. Contact them directly and let them know you care about them and want them to be a part of your lives because you are all family. Dear Abby: My family was invited to my cousin "Kirk's" wedding a small affair for family and close friends only.

My brother "Ryan" and his wife, "Dawn," decided to schedule their daughter's first birthday party on the same day and not attend the wedding. The birthday party was at the wedding at 6. The locations were an hour apart. We attended the birthday celebration and left early to get to the wedding on time, as did Mom and Dad. As a gift, we chipped in to get Kirk and his bride, "Kallie," an upgrade on their cruise cabin.

They loved it. Ryan and Dawn contributed as well. The bridal couple asked that, since Ryan and Dawn didn't attend, I thank them although they planned to send written formal thank-yous after their honeymoon. I called Ryan the next day to tell him Kirk and Kallie were appreciative, the wedding and reception were beautiful, and they were missed. Six weeks have passed and my brother and sister-inlaw refuse to speak to me.

I learned they felt the phone call I placed after the wedding was "inappropriate." I was "throwing the wedding in their faces" and "had no right" to leave the birthday party. I apologized, but they still won't talk to me, though they're speaking to our parents. Ryan and I were inseparable as kids, but now what? Hurt Sibling in Michigan Dear Hurt Sibling: Unless there is more to the estrangementthan what youhave written, the problem could be that your brother has displaced his anger at your parents for not staying at the birthday party and directed it solely at you because it's "safer." Is it wrong? Yes. Childish? Yes. Can you do anything more than you already have to fix it? Probably not.

Your parents might take a moment to remind Ryan that they also left to attend the wedding, and that it would have been better to schedule the festivities earlier so that everyone could have stayed longer. But if Ryan and Dawn choose to hold a grudge, nothing you can do will change that until they're ready to let it go. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O.

Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Man approved for rare face transplant INDIANAPOLIS (AP) eral months or longer, said before, but we'll shoot for 100 jolted with 10,000 volts of An Indiana man has been ap- Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, the percent," Hunter told The electricity that cost him his proved for a rare face trans- hospital's director of plastic Indianapolis Star. "I'm like left leg below his knee, two plant a decade after he suf- surgery transplantation. right on." fingers on one hand and fered horrible facial burns Hunter, a 30-year-old Indi- Hunter was 21 and recent- left him with burns that dewhen he came in contact anapolis resident, hopes the ly dischargedfrom the Army stroyed the skin on his face with a live wire while saving surgery can help him regain after two years at Fort Bragg, and eyelids.

afriend after a car crash. some normalcy in his life N.C., when a car in which he He was in and out of hospiMitch Hunter recently was and end the stares of strang- was riding crashed, toppling tals until mid-2005, primarplaced on a face transplant ers he's endured since the a power line. After the crash, ily in Winston-Salem, N.C., list at Boston's Brigham 2001 accident. he pushed aside a female undergoing skin grafts. He and Women's Hospital, and "One surgeon said, 'We friend who was thrown from has a prosthetic leg below now faces a wait for donor can guarantee that you'll the car onto the live wire.

the knee and a prosthetic tissue that could last sev- look 80 percent like you did But in doing so he was nose. Births REID HOSPITAL Richmond Galen-Calderon, Candace, and Isidro Huerta, boy, Feb. 2 Smith, Brittany, and Irwin Kayonnie, boy, Feb. 2 McMillan, Paula and Aaron, boy, Feb. 4 McClain, Emily, and Adam Culbertson, girl, Feb.

4 Glover, Brittany, boy, Feb. 4 Nantz, Lisa and David, girl, Feb. 5 Glisson, Christa and Jesse, boy, Feb. 6 Davis, Bethany and Kirk, boy, Feb. 6 Jackson, Amber, girl, Feb.

7 Freeman, Jyette, girl, Feb. 7 Walter, Cortney, and Langston King, twin girls, Feb. 7 Smith, Miranda and Joseph, girl, Feb. 8 Sanders, Elizabeth, and Jarvis Hogg, boy, Feb. 8 Long, Dawn and Kurtis, boy, Feb.

8 Wood, Jennifer and Kenneth, girl, Feb. 9 Roman, Kellie, and Kyle Ripperger, boy, Feb. 10 Mitchell, Sheena, girl, Feb. 10 Baker, Brittany and Josh, boy, Feb. 11 Remley, Laura, and Josh Mc- Farland, girl, Feb.

11 Humphries, Kaelyn, and Jason be at 7 tonight at Phillips Meyers Funeral Home, Brookville, where visitation is 4-7 p.m. today. Phillips-Gabbard, Cynthia of Eaton, Ohio, died Feb. 11. Service will be at 11 a.m.

today at Robert L. Crooks Funeral Center, West Alexandria, Ohio. Shierling, Elizabeth of Greenwood, died Feb. 13. Service will be at 10 a.m.

today at First United Methodist Church, Winchester, where visitation will be 9-10 a.m. today. Smith, Brian died Feb. 12 in Richmond. Service will be at 1 p.m.

today at Marshall Erlewein Funeral Home, Dublin, Ind. Stafford, James M. of Richmond, died Feb. 13. Service will be at noon Friday at C.

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FOR THE RECORD Claywell, boy, Feb. 11 Goss, Jennifer and Richard, boy, Feb. 13 Fire runs WAYNE COUNTY Richmond 10:06 a.m. Tuesday Medical emergency, 100 block South West 17th Street 11:22 a.m. Tuesday Medical emergency, 400 block North 10th Street 11:25 a.m.

Tuesday -Food on stove, 4100 S.A St. 12:14 p.m. Tuesday Medical emergency, 1400 block South 14th Street 12:32 p.m. Tuesday Kitchen fire, 541 S. Sixth St.

12:58 p.m. Tuesday -Auto accident, U.S. 27 and Interstate 70 4:02 p.m. Tuesday Auto accident, South 16th and A streets 10:41 p.m. Tuesday Medical emergency, 800 block National Road West 11:22 p.m.

Tuesday Medical emergency, 5800 block New Paris Pike 5:20 a.m. Wednesday Medical emergency, Dumpster fire, first block South 11th Street 5:39 a.m. Wednesday Medical emergency, 1500 block South Ninth Street Police report WAYNE COUNTY Felony arrests Joseph L. Glickman, 25, 1405 Ridge Richmond: Burglary (Class felony), Tuesday. James N.

Harris, 34, 1022 Parry Richmond: Possession of heroin (Class felony), resisting law enforcement (Class felony), possession of paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor), Tuesday. Edward D. Sparks, 28, 421 S. Seventh Richmond: Failure to register a principal place of residence (Class felony), Tuesday. Francis J.

Dunn, 38, S. 15th Richmond: Domestic Explore: Galleries See more photos than appear in the paper, plus photos taken by Palladium-Item readers www.pal-item.com battery (Class felony), Wednesday. RICHMOND, Ind. -Ida M. Gray, age 84, of Richmond, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Feb.

15, 2011, at her home. She was born July 3, 1926, in Bowling Green, to Arthur and Ollie Justice Merritt and lived in Richmond for most of her life. Ida was an awesome, loving mother and grandmother. She enjoyed working in her yard. Survivors include her six children, Kathryn V.

Freeman of Richmond, Lester L. (Debbie) Gray Jr. of Richmond, Arthur W. (Barbara) Gray of Richmond, Steve E. (Diana) Gray of Centerville, David B.

(Barbara) Gray of Richmond, and Terri J. (Dean) Wuertemberger of Charlotte, N.C.; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; cousins; and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Lester Leroy Gray who died May 10, 1987; parents; granddaughter, Elana Reese; son-in-law, Rusty Freeman; brother, Leo Merritt; and an infant sister. Visitation for Ida Mae Gray will be from noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

19, 2011, at Doan Mills Funeral Home, 790 National Road Richmond. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb.y 19, 2011, at Doan Mills Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Earlham Cemetery.

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