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ffjkMwi'h 4j i4s Vkr AL' Jr J' B2 Local State Journal and Courier Tuesday May 13 2003S uneral Notices Bickett Grauel tinue with their many adventures JOSEPH BICKETT HERBERT LEE LAWSON LOOD Continued from Page B1 RICHARDS LOY wwwsoller bakercom HAHN rUNBUAI 1104 INC Marine reservist from Anderson dies in Kuwait UNERAL HOME ATTICA 764 4418 such collections of short stories as Going Places and I Would Have Saved Them If 1 Could and the provocative novel and motion pic ture The Club has died He was 70 Mom daughter die as their SUV hits Amtrak train Lafayette Chapel 1104 Columbia St 742 7873 Phil Cox 54 Phil Cox 54 of 822 11th St died Monday May 12 2003 in his home No further information was available 914 Columbia St Lafayette (765)742 1117 ormerly Landis Loy land Twin Lakes School Corp 7 pm Roosevelt Middle School Li brary 721 Broadway Monticel lo (husband: Tom) both of Lafayette Mary Heath (husband: Dennis) of Noblesville Jean Bickett (com panion: Daryl Walker) of West Point and Joan Killian (husband: By The Associated Press CARY A Chicago bound Am trak passenger train traveling at nearly 80 mph struck a sport util ity vehicle on Monday killing a woman and her young daughter Police and Lake County coro officials were withholding the names of the 37 year old woman and her 5 year old daughter pend ing notification of relatives None of the 112 passengers on the Amtrak train which was head ed to Chicago from New York were injured in the collision said Am trak spokeswoman Karina Van Veen said The crash delayed their arrival in Chicago about four hours Joseph Bickett 76 Joseph Bickett 76 of 2235 Elmwood Ave died at 8:45 pm Sunday May 11 2003 in St Mary DEATHS for the Record Xv 4 Births Home Hospital April 14 Christopher and Jinny Broderick West Lafayette a daugh ter May 6 Michael Dwyer and Hope Hol ingsworth Battle Ground a son May 11 Iinikii Oxford BRICKER Quinton riends may call 5 8 pm Wednesday at Hippensteel uneral Home Ser vices 1 pm Thursday May 15 2003 at St James Lutheran Church Pas tor David rench officiating Inter ment Springvale Cemetery Survivors include paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Jeffrey Bricker of rankfort maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Larry Mow of Lafayette and paternal great grandmother Ollie Phillips of Charlestown Memorials may be sent to: Warren Bricker 508 Armstrong St rankfort IN 46041 I 1 A The People Who Care JAMES MacGILLIVRAY Admintiiti Mier 1 104 Columbia Sneer Lalavl ttc 742 7S73 wl lain ilbo i By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS A Marine reservist from Anderson died in Kuwait when the Humvee he was driving crashed into a parked trail er the Department of Defense said Monday Lance Cpl Matthew Smith 20 died Saturday while he was driving the Humvee as part of a convoy to Camp Coyote Smith was a reservist assigned to Detachment 1 Communications Company Headquarters and Ser vice Battalion 4th orce Service Support Group which is based in Peru Ind The accident remains under in vestigation and no other details were released by the military Smith is the second soldier from central Indiana to die in Kuwait in an accident involving a Humvee vehicleAn Indiana National Guard soldier Spc Brian Michael Clemens 19 of Kokomo died eb 6 when his Humvee overturned near Camp Arifjan Kuwait our other soldiers suffered mi nor injuries in that crash Quinton Bricker 15 months RANKORT Quinton A Bricker 15 months of 508 Arm strong St died Saturday May 10 2003 in Methodist Hospital Indi anapolis He was born eb 4 2002 in rankfort Surviving are parents Warren and Tiffany Bricker of rankfort a sister Cidnei Bricker and a broth er Kyle Bricker both at home Hallam and Tony Hallam both of Logansport a daughter Colleen Lease (husband: Jeffrey) of West Lafayette her mother Edith Kidd Harrison of Logansport four broth ers Ralph Harrison of ort Wayne James Harrison of lorida Bill Harrison of Burnettsville Wilfred Harrison of ulton County and two sisters Joann Miller of Tuc son Ariz and Nola Hamess of Lebanon Mayes runs golf course is not as bad as it has been in the she said really not that Hazelett said be ready and be open by Both Mayes and Hazelett said this flood shows their attempts to protect the 18 hole course from a rising Wabash River are working The plan includes berms to keep the river off the course until the water level tops 17 feet and pumps to get rid of any water that makes it onto the course berms held this time which means we only have water coming onto the golf course from Bickett both of Lafayette and Mark Bickett (wife: Linda) of ishers a brother Glenn Bickett of Lafayette and two sisters Lillian Huber and Shirley Williams both of Indianapolis BICKETT Joseph riends may call from 5 7 pm to day May 13 at Hahn uneral Home 1104 Columbia St with Rosary at 7 pm uneral Mass 10:30 am Wednesday May 14 at St Boniface Church Lafayette the Rev Tim Alklre officiating Interment St Boniface Cemetery Survivors Include 16 grandchildren and 3 great grand children Preceded In death by 2 brothers riends desiring may con tribute to St Boniface Catholic Church JUSTICE Joyce Memorial services 11 am Wednes day May 14 2003 at Dayton United Methodist Church Dr John Walls of ficiating Survivors include 9 grand children Preceded in death by a brother Sonny Brummett In lieu of Mary Hallam 60 Mary Hallam 60 of Logans port died at 10:15 pm Saturday May 10 2003 in Regency Place Born May 28 1942 in Cass County she married Mickey Hal lam in 1962 He died in 1989 Surviving are two sons Earl flowers family suggests memorials to: Dayton United Methodist Church Building und American Cancer So ciety 401 Earl Ave Suite 2C Lafayette IN 47904 wwwsoller bak ercom Joyce Justice 68 Joyce Justice 68 of 2801 Hol ly Hill Drive died at 8:15 am Sun day May 11 2003 in Home Hos pital Born Nov 21 1934 in Green Hill she graduated from West Point High School She was a life long area resident She married Samuel Justice an Alcoa retiree on eb 10 1969 in Lafayette He survives Mrs Justice was a homemaker She was a member of Dayton United Methodist Church where she was the newcomer coordina tor and a greeter Surviving with her husband are a son Randy Becker (wife: Kay) of Brownsville Tenn Dian Poindex ter (husband: Robin) of West Lebanon Darla Royer (husband: Andy) Pam Cordes (husband: Craig) and Tricia Williams all of Lafayette sisters Mary Bennett (husband: Ray) Barb Kauffman and Sandy Bohart (husband: Chuck) of lorida and a brother Bryce Brummett (wife: Lila) of Ore gon uneral Homes Inc Obituary Line 474 3113 Chapel 400 Twickenham Blvd HENINGER Alice Carr JUSTICE Joyce COX Phil ADMPHONE: 474 1111 Deaths elsewhere Shirley Mae Grauel 68 Shirley Mae Grauel 68 of 45 Ashcraft Place WL died at 12:32 pm Saturday May 10 2003 in Southwest Re gional Medical Center ort My ers la Born eb 9 1935 in owler she Was a lifelong area resident graduating from owler High School in 1953 She also lived in ort Collins Colo for 12 years and wintered the past three years in Cape Coral la On May 19 1978 she married Richard Grauel in Lafayette He survives Mrs Grauel co owned Mr Rentals for 23 years retir ingin2002 Lawrence Catholic Church St Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in ort Collins and St Katherine Drexler Catholic Church in Cape Coral She enjoyed fundraising for charities and helped implement the St Jude Ra diothon with help from local radio stations Surviving are a son Jeff Brooks of ort Collins: two daughters Mary Lynn Mayer (husband: Steve) of Louisville Ky three sons William) and Georgieann Eldridge John Bickett and Michael (husband: Ross) both of ort Collins two stepdaughters Jalene Watson of Delphi and Michelle Kusley (husband: Tracy) of Mari etta Ga four sisters Joan Estes (husband: Earl) of Toledo Hl Joye Brock (husband: Everett) of Lafayette Miriam Budreau (hus band: Donald) of owler Kathy Stucker (husband: Russ) of Rem ington three brothers David Balensiefer (wife: Pat) of Brook ston Gene Balensiefer (wife: Myr tle) of owler and rank Balen siefer (wife: Laura) of Earl Park Thomas McConnaughey 62 Thomas McConnaughey 62 of Wamego Kan father of local resident died Saturday May 10 2003 Wamego City Hospital af ter a long illness Bom March 9 1941 in Junction City Kan he graduated from Junction City High School in 1959 On Aug 10 1963 he married Gail Sharon elton in Long Beach Calif She survives Mr McConnaughey entered the US Marine Corps after high school He returned to Junction City in 1971 where he worked for United Telephone Co as a tele phone network technician In 1973 they moved to Westmoreland Kan and to Wamego in 1992 He retired in 2001 He was a past member of West moreland United Methodist Church Westy Jaycees and Ma sonic Lodge and a member of the CWA Communications Umon He enjoyed woodworking and fishing Surviving with his wife are a son Danny McConnaughey (wife: Shelly) of Lafayette two daugh ters Shelly Ayalla (husband: Michael) of St Kan Sheila ateley (husband: Jonathan) of ort Worth Texas a brother Wayne Henry Jr of Holden Mo and a sister Diane Henry of lope ka Kan Services are Wednesday in Wamego ality in his own right a very live ly said Vancouver author Jamie Reid wrote poetry that influenced and was influenced by the Beat At his death career was enjoying a resurgence with the re cent publication of the anthology Teducation St Marie said Laura Corsiglia the longtime companion of Joans was asking the poetry community to write in chalk on streets and sidewalks Joans as a tribute When jazz great Charlie Parker died in 1955 Joans wrote on the streets of New York Joans was bom Theodore Jones on July 4 1928 He later changed his surname to Joans to distin guish it from the more common spelling and according to one source because of a woman named Joan His work is characterized Joy a black consciousness and has a musi cal language closely linked to the blues and the best of avant garde jazz style is associated with the oral tradition of African Amer ican writing but he also was in fluenced by Surrealist painters and writers and was a consider able visual artist in his own right Lt Roger Smith told the Post Tribune of Merrillville that half of the Chevrolet Blazer re mained impaled on the front of the Amtrak train after it came to a stop about 8:20 am Witnesses told police the woman approached lowered gates at a rail road crossing just north of US 20 A freight train was stopped on the first set of tracks and the car ahead of her successfully passed through the lowered gates The Blazer followed but when it reached the tracks the Amtrak train struck the vehicle and pushed it about 355 feet from the point of impact police said the Mayes said it did its Hazelett said did exactly what sup As soon as the river drops to 164 feet crew will turn on the pumps He and Mayes ex pect it will take three days to clear the course system works pretty well We have between 500000 and 600000 gallons of water which is really nothing It sounds like a big number but reallv not very much at Hazelett said Town Hall 300 Third St Kent Then Hazelett expects to find a coupe in good shape with most ly twigs and sticks to clean up Contributing: Max Showalter Journal and Courier Robert A Merillat 78 Robert Alan Merillat 78 a for mer local resident died riday May 9 2003 at University Hospi tal in Ann Arbor Mich He lived in Blissfield Mich Bom Aug 13 1924 in Adrian Mich he was a Marine Corps vet eran serving in the Pacific theatre during World War II He was a pro duction manager at Bohn Alu minum in Adrian retiring in 1988 Mr Merillat was an avid bowler and golfer and in past years was involved with the Blissfield Little League baseball program His marriage was to Harriet Ganun on Nov 27 1946 and she survives Also surviving are six children Gary Merillat and Jeanne Rhine hart (husband: Gary) of Adrian Susan' Simpson of Aurora Colo Gregory Merillat of Morristown Tenn Cathy Church of Castle Rock Colo and Scott Merillat of Blissfield and a brother William Merillat of California Services are today in Blissfield Ted Joans 74 poet VANCOUVER British Colum bia Ted Joans a Beat Genera tion poet whose work drew from the African American oral tradi tion and blended black conscious ness with avant garde jazz rhythm has died He was 74 Joans was found dead in his Vancouver British Columbia apartment on May 7 said Paul St Marie an entertainer and fam ily friend He had been in poor health with diabetes He was born in Cairo Ill and earned a degree in fine arts from Indiana University before moving to New York and honing his skills as a poet with the bohemian set of Greenwich Village in the late 1950s and early 1960s The poet was a contemporary and friend of Beat icons Jack Ker ouac and Allen Ginsberg but nev er achieved their level of fame dur ing a career that spanned more than 40 years Yet he was consid master of balancing humor ered an influential figure Amer and horror and weaving the chaos ican and African American liter of mid 20th century rebellion into atTT i his well crafted short stories as a a person Michaels was better known to readers of literary journals than to the mass market Yet Larry McMurtry a prolific and best selling novelist has called Michaels of the strongest and most arresting prose talents of his Michaels was perhaps best known to general audiences for his nnxrnl t'liiht lliOU XXV WX XftV XrXVfl'O VtUU lished in 1981 which was nomi nated for best novel of the year by the National Book Critics Circle and for the National Book Award The intense little book and film involve seven professional men meeting in the home of one a psy chologist who has slept with 622 women by age 38 to bare their sex ual histories They drink shout fight throw knives at the wood work and raid a refrigerator stocked for a encounter group The wife returns to find her home destroyed and the food devoured hits her husband on the head with a fiying pan and sends the fleeing into the night Michaels also wrote the screen play for the film version in 1986 starring Roy Scheider Harvey Kei tel rank Langella Treat Williams Richard Jordan Craig Wasson and David Dukes Wire Reports GRAUEL Shirley Mae riends may call 5 8 pm Wednes day at Hippensteel uneral Home uneral Mass 10 am'Thursday May 15 2003 at St Lawrence Catholic Church with ather Dan Gartland non lur vivors include 1 1 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren Preceded in jr i ft i uuam uy a oipiui wuny uuiuiiuit cuiu Memorial services are Saturday 2 infant brothers Memorials may be in Colorado Springs made to St Jude Hospital Shirley and her husband of 25 years Joseph Gray 85 Richard were the best of friends and RANCESVILLE Joseph or I'm with family and mends Together they Gray 85 of 101 Constitution Dn ownecj Mr Steve's Rentals until re djed at 12:45 am Sunday May cently selling and fully retiring to con yyU) 11 cunvicw xiavcii iwr tirement Home rancesville He had lymphoma for four years Bom March 23 1918 in Galve ston he lived in Knox before mov ing to rancesville in 1975 He married Esther Gutwein on July 7 1945 in rancesville and she survives Mr Gray was a retired self em ployed carpenter He formerly owned Joe Gray Construction in Knox He had been a member of Apos tolic Christian Church in rancesville for more than 55 years His hobbies were furniture restoration and woodworking Mr Gray was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps during World War II serving as an airplane crew chief and was in the China Bur ma India theater and the Euro pean theater He was injured in a crash landing and received the PurpleHeart Surviving with his wife are three daughters Kathy Lanz (husband: Kerry) of Haviland Ohio Estelle Dahlkemper (husband: Dick) of Og den Utah and Myra Ringger (hus band: Steve) of Bluffton REMEMBERING BEGINS" SHIRLEY GRAUEL QUINTON A BRICKER 742 7302 9th SalemHippeuteelfuneralhomecom his painting Bird Lives hangs in San DeYoung Muse um Joans recited his poems in cof feehouses in New York and once in the Sahara Desert used to rent himself out to upper middle class parties as a recalled George Bower ing poet laureate was very Joans lived in Paris for several decades and traveled widely often with a pocket full of garlic cloves because he once said they were preventative Leonard Michaels writer Leonard Michaels a writer who published a small but critically praised body of work including Troy an(j paua Blankenship Brookston a son Alan and Shelley Brown Royal Center a son Robert Hoeferlin and Regina Buczek Rensselaer a son Ray and Lillie Keller Lafayette a son Carlie Thomas Lafayette a daughter Births elsewhere Patrick Whaley and April Sum mers of Brook are the parents of a daughter Chloe May born April 30 in Watseka III Area grandpar ents are Tami Woodall and Jeff Woodall of Goodland and David and Diane Whaley of Brook Meetings Today Clinton County Council 9 am Courthouse 125 Courthouse Square rankfort crawTorasvilie Board or Works 10 am City Building 300 Pike St Crawfordsville West Lafayette Board of Works 11 am Board of Works Room City Hall 609 West Navajo St West Lafayette Tippecanoe County Coun cil monthly caucus 1 pm Coun ty Office Building 20 Third St Lafayette Tippecanoe County Coun cil 2 pm County Office Building 20 Third St Lafayette Lafayette Police Civil Ser vice Commission 4 pm Board of Works Room City Hall 20 Sixth St Lafayette Rossville Consolidated School District executive session 6 pm Charles Whitlock Admin istration Building 1 Robert Egly Dri ve Rossville Rossville Consolidated School District public session 7 pm Same location Rossville Consolidated School District executive session 8 pm Same location owler Park Board 7 pm Town Hall 607 ifth St owler Community Schools of rankfort 7 pm central office 50 Maish Road rankfort rontier School Corp 7 pm administrative offices 126 Main St Chalmers Kentland Town Board 7 pm James Hayes 49 James Hayes 49 of Colorado Springs Colo and former local resident died Saturday May 10 2003 Pikes Peak Hospice Colorado Springs Bom Oct 22 1953 he attend ed St Lawrence School and grad uated from Cen tral Catholic High School in 1972 He attend Hayes ed Purdue University and received a nursing degree from Indiana Vo cational College He married Marie Suzanne Christian on May 28 1983 in San Ildefonso Pueblo near Santa New Mexico She survives Mr Hayes was the coordinator of anesthesia technicians at Memo rial Hospital in Colorado Springs He worked at the hospital for 16 years He enj oyed biking cooking an Health Care where he had been a patient since May 8 Born May 14 1926 in rank fort he moved to Lafayette as a child and attend ed St Boniface Grade School and graduated in 1945 from Jefferson High School Mr Bickett worked as a tool and die machinist at Ross Gear (now TRW) retiring in 1988 On May 14 1949 he married Catherine Lannert in Lafayette She survives He was a member of St Boni She was a member of St face Catholic Church Catholic Or der of oresters and United Auto Workers He enjoyed painting pic tures gardening and baseball Surviving with his wife are five tique collecting fishing and hik daughters Carolyn Pruitt (hus ing band: Thomas) and Judy Shorter Surviving with his wife are two sons Joel Hayes and Rick Hayes at home his mother Ruth Jansen Hayes of Lafayette two brothers Mike Hayes (wife: Terri) and Dan Hayes (wife: Chris Brady) both of I A ZA T71 1 fc 4 officiating Entombment Tippecan Ra taer (hurtand: wry) of Park Memory Gardens Cemetery fc nUj la Alisa Pate (husband vivnr? inrinriA 11 nmndrhlldrAn a Bill) of Lafayette and Jane Gilbert (husband: Jim) of St Paul Minn GRAY Joseph Visitation 2 4 and 6 8 pm today Querry Ulbricht uneral Home rancesville Visitation 1 hour prior to the service at 1 0:30 am Wednes day May 14 2003 in Apostolic Christian Church with the church minister officiating Interment Rose land Cemetery rancesville Surviv ing are 6 grandchildren Andrea Moore Tracey and Austin Lanz Matthew Michael and Jonathan Ringger 2 great grandchildren Leif and Harrison Montgomery Preced ed in death by 2 brothers Sam and Jim Gray 3 sisters Ruth Manis Mary Whaley and Polly Dawson a grand son Joel Montgomery a grand daughter Ebony Montgomery Memorial contributions may be made to World Relief or The Christmas Box House of Ogden Utah HALLAM Mary Visitation 5 8 pm Thursday at Kroeger uneral Home Logansport Services there 1 :30 pm riday May 16 2003 Interment Maple Lawn Cemetery lora Survivors Include 2 grandchildren Lindsey Lease and Mikki Lease and a number of nieces and nephews Memorials contribu tions to American Cancer Society pt 'l '41 BE HAHN i 'liiicrttl I tomes liinkii Oxford Alnin ttiti )ltlev 1 104 Goluinhit Succi Lalavl ttc 74J 7S73 I I ilbo i.