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Friday. April R. l0 21A People Obituaries 1 Lauren Chapln, who played the sassy younger daughter on the old "Father Knowi Best" series, tayt television should feature more "wholesome" shows, but children shouldn't be in show business. "I would like to see more programming that's like 'Father Knows said the 37-year-old single mother of two, now living in Irvine. "If you start giving people good, wholesome programs, they will respond to it." Despite her early show business start playing "Kitten" on the series from 1954 through 1960, Ms.

Chapln said children should be protected from potential exploitation in Hollywood. "I do not believe children should be in show business. They're just being used by their parents and the producers, and it can be a devastating experience for them," she said. Her personal trials included a 2 "4-year marriage when she was 16; experimentation with heroin, marijuana and psychedelic drugs; the loss of most of her theatrical earnings in a suit brought by her alcoholic mother. Sally Goselin Sally Goselin, 67, of Santa Rosa, died Wednesday at a Santa Rosa hospital after a long illness.

A homemaker, Mrs. Goselin was a native of Oakland and a lifelong Californian. She lived in Sonoma County 37 years. She is survived by her husband, Harold Goselin, Santa Rosa; daughters, Joyce Rhodes, Areata, and Marlene Goselin, Anchorage, Alaska; brothers, Kenneth Hainan, Hay-ward, and Ronald Mitchell. Willits; sisters, Geraldine Alva, Hayward, and Evelyn Collier, Ukiah, and two grandchildren and one great-grandson.

The Rev. Kerry J. Peacock, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, will officiate at services Saturday at 10 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Roses. Interment will be at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.

Friends may call at the funeral home between 5 and 9 p.m. today. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Sonoma County Unit, 826 St. Helena Santa Rosa, 95404. Video awards Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Rod Stewart are among the winners at the first American Video Awards, but none showed up to collect their prizes.

McCartney took the Hall of Fame award in the Hollywood ceremonies, which honored creators of the new entertainment form that blends video recordings with music, publicist Rebecca Segal said Thursday. McCartney also shared the best soul video award with Wonder and producer John Weaver for the video of "Ebony and Ivory." Stewart won best video award for the production, "Young Turks," sharing the award with producer Simon Fields. Peter Wolf of J. Ceils Band tied with Martha Davis of the Motels for best performance. Wolf's video "Centerfold," tied with the Motels "Only the Lonely." About 800 people attended the awards ceremony Wednesday, but the only performer to accept his own award was Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac, who won a special merit awart for the video "Gypsy," Ms.

Segal said. The best country video award went to "Are the Good Times Really Over?" performed by Merle Haggard and produced by Terry Licona of Kitty Moon Productions. W.E. Gorton Jr. I'KIAIl Services for William E.

Gorton 34, were scheduled today at Eversole Mortuary. He died in Santa Rosa following a long, illness. A native of Riverside, he lived in Redwood Valley 25 years and was a sales manager. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne Gorton, Redwood Valley; daughters, Wendy Marie Gorton and Lisa Lauren Gorton, Redwood Valley; father, William E. Gorton, Ukiah; brother, Robert Gorton, Sunnyvale, and great-grandmothers, Zella Gorton, Washington, and Lesa Weber, Oakdale.

Interment is at Ukiah Cemetery. George A. Pollard Memorial services are planned Tuesday for George Alfred Pollard, 71, of Santa Rosa, who died Wednesday in Santa Rosa. A native of California, he lived in Santa Rosa 13 years. He was a boat builder and general contractor in Marin County for 28 years.

He is survived by his sons, Michael Pollard, Santa Rosa, and Douglas Pollard, San Anselmo; brothers, Gerald Pollard, Santa Rosa, and John Pollard, Lompoc; sister, Rose Eittreim, Fairfield, and three grandchildren. Tuesday's services will be at 7:30 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, Santa Rosa. Inurnment is private. Matt Mantyla COMPTCHE Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m.

at the Cannarr-Fairlee Funeral Home for Matt Mantyla, 98, of Comptche, who died Wednesday at a Fort Bragg hospital after an illness. A native of Finland, he lived in Comptche for 68 years. He was a workman for more than 50 years. He was a 60-year member of the Kalevala Maja Lodge in Fort Bragg and an honorary member of the Comptche Volunteer Fire Department. He is survived by his son, Charlie Mantyla, Comptche; daughters, Mabel Silva, Yuba City, and Hazel Paoli, Mendocino, and one granddaughter.

Burial will be at Rose Memorial Park. Memorial donations may be sent to Sherwood Oaks Hospital Auxiliary or Trinity Lutheran Church, both of Fort Bragg. Clara Homer HEALDSBURG Services for Clara Viola Homer, 82, of Healdsburg, have been held at the chapel of Fred Young and Co. She died Wednesday in a Healdsburg hospital. She was a native of Iowa and was a homemaker.

She is survived by her daughter, Dolores McCord, Healdsburg; sons, Gene Homer, Berkeley, and Francis and Charles Homer, both of Wild-rose, N.D.; brothers, Ralph Diehl and Karl Diehl, both of Hillsboro, N.D.; sister, Mabel Rockne, Pelican Rapids, and five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Interment is at the Oak Mound Cemetery. Sanford L. Holley At his request, no services were held for Sanford L. Holley, 68, of Santa Rosa, who died Tuesday in a Sebastopol hospital.

A native of California, he was a warehouseman and had lived in Sonoma County since 1949. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Thel-ma M. Holley, Santa Rosa; sons, Stan Holley, Forestville, and Richard Holley, Fremont; daughter, Joan Jolliff, Sebastopol; mother, Freda Mongiven, Santa Rosa, and eight grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.

Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society are preferred. Joan G. Fitch FORT BRAGG Services have been held at the Cannarr-Fairlee Funeral Home for Joan G. Fitch, 49, of Fort Bragg, who died Monday at a hospital here following an illness. A native of Michigan, she lived in California nine years.

She is survived by her sons, Gerald Fitch, James Fitch, Steven Fitch and Darryl Fitch, all of Fort Bragg, and Edward Fitch, Arizona, and two grandsons. Inurnment will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Oakland. Memorial donations to the American Cancer Society or the Fort Bragg Senior Center are suggested. Edmund Wunsch At his request, no services were held for Edmund H.

Wunsch, 99, of Santa Rosa, who died Tuesday in a Petaluma convalescent hospital. A native of San Francisco, he lived in Sonoma County 10 years. He owned a meat cutting business in San Francisco for 44 years. He was a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West in San Francisco and the Elks Lodge in San Francisco. He is survived by his son, John Wunsch, Santa Rosa, and several grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Private burial was at Santa Rosa' Memorial Park. Daniels Chapel of the Roses was in charge of arrangements. Esther I. Young Esther Irene Young, 76, a Windsor homemaker, died Tuesday at a Santa Rosa hospital after a short illness. A native of Tracy, Mrs.

Young lived in California and in Sonoma County 66 years. She was the wife of the late Charles L. Young. Surviving are her sons, Walter Young, Placerville; Harry Young, Santa Rosa, and Charles Young, Dublin; daughters, Leonora Judd and Ethel Fish, both of San Jose, and 11 grandchildren and several-great-grandchildren: Friends may call today at Eggen and Lance Mortuary and funeral services will be there at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Private interment will be at Santa Rosa Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Association of the Redwood Empire, P.O. Box 844, Santa Rosa, 95402. Stanfords first sports publicity director dies STANFORD (AP) Donald Lie-bendorfer, who served as Stanford University's sports information director from 1924 until 1969, has died in a Palo Alto hospital following a long illness, the school announced. He was 82.

Stanford officials say Liebendor-fer, who died Thursday, was the first full-time college sports publicity director in the nation when he took over the post during the spring of his senior year in 1924. "He gave integrity and devotion to his work," sportswriter Jack McDonald once wrote of Liebendor-fer. "Above all, his information was always accurate and unbiased." With the exception of 45 months he spent as a Naval officer during World War II, Liebendorfer was on the campus from the time he enrolled in 1920 as a freshman until his retirement. He remained associated with the school as official historian of the Stanford Athletic Department and wrote "The Color of Life is Red," a 350-page history of the university's athletic achievements. He is survived by his wife, Catherine, and a son, Donald who lives in Portland, Ore.

Funeral services were pending. Millionaire art dealer Legros dies in France CHASSENEUIL-SUR-BON-NIEURE, France (AP) Fernand Legros, the eccentric millionaire art dealer once imprisoned for defrauding a wealthy Texas art collector, has died of cancer, a family spokesman said. He was 52. Legros, well known in the art and entertainment worlds on both sides of the Atlantic, died Wednesday and was buried here Thursday after private services. His brother-in-law Maurice Pi-card said Legros had been living with his sister in this tiny village in southwestern France since December.

He learned he had throat cancer about six months ago while on a business trip to the United States. The Egyptian-born son of a French Suez Canal administrator and a Greek mother, Legros made his first million as an art dealer when he was 25. He marked the occasion with a lavish party at New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel. Through the late 1950s and most of the 1960s, Legros, who sported flowery shirts, cowboy boots and dark glasses, rode the crest of fashion and fame. Then in 1967, millionaire Texas oilman Algur Meadows held a private showing at his Dallas home for friends and American art experts to display 58- paintings he had purchased from Legros for $2 million.

Forty-four of the paintings, alleged to have been by Picasso, Modigli-ani, Dufy and other artists, were judged fakes by the American Association of Art Collectors. Charges were filed in Paris, and Legros eventually took up residence in Switzerland, successfully avoiding extradition for several years. Andy weds A five-year romance has led to marriage for actor Andy Griffith, who wed a 27-year-old actress in a quiet ceremony at his estate in Manteo, N.C. The 56-year-old star of the old "Andy Griffith Show" tied the knot with actress Ctndi Knight last Saturday, Ms. Knight told the Jacksonville Journal in a Thursday interview.

It was the third marriage for Griffith and the first for Ms. Knight, a Jacksonville native. "Over the years I would call her whenever I could find her," Griffith said. "I started to see her. We fell totally in love." The couple's friendship began in 1978, when she was a dancer and understudy in "The Lost Colony," an outdoor drama staged near Griffith's estate.

She recently appeared in a television drama, "Murder in Coweta County," starring Griffith and Johnny Cash. LAUREN CHAPIN who later committed suicide; a stint on welfare and bad health. Ms. Chapin, who is now an evangelist, said in a recent interview that religion helped her out of her troubles. ANDY GRIFFITH at the hands of her husband.

According to Skeeters, Ms. DeFeo said her husband came home drunk on Sept. 14, 1971, and started beating her up in the couple's bedroom. She told Skeeters that when her son tried to intervene, her husband turned on him and began strangling him. "She didn't know what to do," Skeeters said.

"She went back and picked up a knife and stabbed him six times." Two years after her husband's death, Ms. DeFeo moved her family to California to start a new life. "It was hard to live with the secret." Skeeters said police decided not to hold the woman. "We felt out here (the killing) was justifiable. And she's sure not going to run away.

We told her she may go to jail, but she said she wanted to clear the slate." Godfrey estate going to charities and children NEW YORK (AP) Arthur Godfrey left the bulk of his estate, totaling up to $2.5 million, to five charities, his three children and six other relatives, according to court papers. The radio and television personality, who died March 16 at age 79, left $100,000 to each of the children, according to papers filed Wednesday in Surrogate's Court in Manhattan. He also left $100,000 for the executor of the estate, Joan Zacher of Queens, and $50,000 each to a brother, two sisters and three grandchildren, the documents said. Walter Carvey PETALUMA Walter J. Carvey, 76, a native of Bloomfield, died Tuesday in a Petaluma hospital.

A general motors employee for 33 years and a former division manager, he had retired to a sheep ranch in Bloomfield. He belonged to the Bloomfield Fire Department and was a past captain of the Alameda County Sheriff's Mounted Posse. He is survived by his wife, Frances Carvey, Bloomfield. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Parent-Sorensen Mortuary and will continue with Mass of Christian burial at 11 a.m.

at St. Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Church. Interment will be in Bloomfield Cemetery. Visitation began at 10 a.m. today at the mortuary and rosary will be recited there at 8 p.m.

today. Clarence Samuels Clarence Samuels, 79, of Windsor, died Monday in a Santa Rosa hospital. A native of Panama, he lived in Sonoma County 10 years. He was a U.S. Navy officer for 27 years and served in World War II.

He is survived by his son, Edward Samuels, who is serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Honolulu, Hawaii. Services were scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today at Daniels Chapel of the Roses. Burial is at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.

Stella Meidell Former Santa Rosa resident Stella Meidell died April 1 at a convalescent home in Garden Grove following a long illness. She was 83 years old. A native of Fredericksburg, she moved to Santa Rosa in 1933 and lived here until 1978. She was a nurse at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for 10 years. She was a former member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Santa Rosa.

She is survived by her sister, Helen Welden, Washington; sons, Everett Meidell, Ohio, and John Meidell, Madera; daughter, Eldrid Hinton, Huntington Beach, and eight grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Services have been held and private burial was at Santa Rosa Memorial Park. can Cancer Society. Interment private. Cypress Hill Memorial Park.

GOSELIN In Santa Rosa, April 6, 1983, Sally Goselin, beloved wife of Harold Goselin, loving mother of Joyce Rhodes of Areata, Marlene Goselin of Anchorage, Alaska, dear sister of Kenneth Hainan of Hayward, Ronald Mitchell of Willits, Geraldine Alva of Hayward, Evelyn Collier of Ukiah, dearest frandmother of Cathy Tuftle of ureka and Jerry Farley of Eureka, also survived by a great- Srandson, Ryan Turtle of Eureka, native of Oakland, CA, age 67 years. Friends are Invited to attend funeral services, Saturday, April 9, 1983, at 10 a.m. at DANIELS CHAPEL OF THE ROSES, with Rev. Kerry J. Peacock, Pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, officiating.

Interment to follow at Santa Rosa Memorial Park. Memorials have been suggested to the American Cancer Society, Sonoma County Unit, 826 St. Helena Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Friends may call at DANIELS CHAPEL OF THE ROSES, Friday evening between and 9 p.m. for visitation.

MCCORD In Healdsburg, April 5. 19S3, Charles McCord, (Healdsburg's Mr. Music), beloved husband of Florence McDonnell McCord (married 62 years) of Healdsburg, brother of the late Rollin B. McCord, also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. A native of Oregon, age 92 years.

A retired music professor from the Healdsburg Elementary School, Healdsburg Senior High School, and St. John's Parochial School. A Veteran of WWI serving with the John Phillip Souza Army Band, a member of the San Francisco Symphony as well as the Santa Rosa Symphony. Friends are invited to attend funeral services, Friday afternoon, April 8, at 2 00 p.m. from the CHAPEL OF FRED YOUNG AND Healdsburg.

Private Inurnment Sanfa Rosa Memorial Park with the ashes to be scattered on the McCord Ranch. Knights Valley. FUNERAL PARKING ENTRANCE MATHESEN ST. Mom confesses to killing to clear conscience, son Funeral Notices Qnpple computer Bjgdeal. HE WASHINGTON (AP) The mother of a man charged with murdering his father 12 years ago in Prince George's County, has confessed to California police that it was she, not her son, who wielded the knife that killed her husband, the Washington Post reported here.

Donna DeFeo, now 50, told homicide detectives in Oxnard, last week that she wanted to clear her conscience and her son. "She spits it right out: 'I killed my husband and my son took the blame. I want to clear the said homicide detective Jamie Skeeters. In September 1971, Angelo DeFeo, then a 19-year-old Marine at home on leave, told Prince George's County police that he had stabbed his father, Armando DeFeo, to death during a fight at the family's Riverdale, home. He was charged with murder, but a grand jury declined to indict him, police said, apparently determining the killing had been an act of self-defense.

The state's attorney's office in Prince George's is now considering whether to take any action against the woman, the Post reported today. Ms. DeFeo said in a telephone interview with the Post that she never asked her son, the oldest of her seven children, to confess. But she said he insisted on doing so. "My son wanted to do it to protect me," she said of Angelo, now employed at an aircraft parts plant in Ventura, Calif.

Ms. DeFeo, wno now runs a house-cleaning business near Ventura, said she had been plagued by nightmares of the killing and of what she described as beatings and abuse she and her children endured The Apple lie bundle includes the Be personal computer (with improved keyboard, more memory and other new features), monitor, monitor stand, disk drive, tXkcohmn card and tutorial diskette. CARVEY In Petaluma, CA, April 5. 1983, Warier J. Carvey, dearly beloved husband of Frances Carvey of Bloomfield, ton of the late Dennis and Mabel Carvey, a native of Bloomfield, CA.

Age 76 years. A member of the Bloomfield Fire Dept. and a Past Captain of the Alameda Co. Sheriff's Mounted Posse. Friends are Invited to attend the funeral services Saturday, April 9, 1983 at 10:30 a.m.

at THE PARENT SORENSEN MORTUARY, thence to St. Vicent's De Paul Catholic Church where a Mass of Christian burial will be ottered at 11:00 a m. Recitation of the Rosary Friday evening, 8:00 p.m. at The Mortuary. Friends may call at the mortuary after 10:00 a.m.

on Friday. Interment Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, CA. STAHNKE In Santa Rosa, April 6, 1983, Lena May Stahnke, beloved wife of Pastor August C. Stahnke, Cloverdele, loving mother of June Abramavage of Alberton, Montana, Wayne Stahnke, Los Angeles, Al (Eric) Stahnke, Honolulu. Barbara Bowen, Minneapolis, and Jane Hedstrom, Grand Mar-ais, grandmother of six, dear sister of Virginia Kundztci.

Sierra Vista, has teen Craig of Newport Rictiey, Fla. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. A native of Olaton, Kentucky, age 69 years. Friends are invited to attend family visitation this evening, Thursday, April 7, tram 5 until 8 m. at the Chapel of FREO YOUNG AND COMPANY, Clover-dale.

Friends are also Invited to attend memorial services Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. from Grace Lutheran Church, Cloverdale. Funeral services will be conducted from the Lulheren Church of Our Savior, Santa Maria, Patterson and Bradley Avenues, Monday, April 11, 1983, at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Hilton Schlecttt officiating. Interment Santa Maria Cemetery, Santa Maria.

MAFFEO In Santa Rosa. April 6, 1983, Mark) Louis Marfeo. dearly beloved husband of Lena Mafteo of Santa Rosa, dear brother of Lillian Ambrosini of Kentfleid and Louis Mafteo of San Anselmo. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. A native of San Francisco, age 73 years.

A member of the Teamsters Union. Friends are invited to attend services at the DANIEL CHAPEL OF THE ROSES on Saturday. April 9, 1983 at 1:00 p.m. Interment Calvary Catholic Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at the DANIELS CHAPEL OF THE ROSES on Friday evening, April 8, 1963, at DELGAROO In Santa Rosa, April' 7, 1983, Anna Delgardo, beloved mother of William (Bill) Delgai'do of Santa Rosa and Audrey Morrison of Oakland, adored grandmother of Ann Walker of Auberry, dear great-grandmother of Heather and Kevin Walker of Auberry.

A native of Oakland, age 82 years. Friends are Invited to attend Blessing Services on Monday, April II, 1983, at 1:00 p.m. at the DANIELS CHAPEL OF THE ROSES. Entombment Santa Rosa Memorial Park. Friends may caii at the DANIELS CHAPEL OF THE ROSES after 10:00 a.m.

on Saturday, April 9, 1983. CELLA In Petaluma, April 6, 1983, Grace Cella, wife of Dominic Cella of Yountville, lovingm other of Harold Cella and Helen Cella, both of Petaluma, mother-in-law of Janet Cella of Petaluma. A native of Winona. Missouri, age 78 years. A member of the Petaluma Flower Gardeners, and charter member and past president of the Petaluma Fuchsia Society.

Private services for the family only were held today at Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements by the PARENT-SORENSEN MORTUARY. The family prefer memorial contributions be made to your favorite charity. TOMPKINS In Cotatl, April 6, 1983, Ruby Mae Tompkins, wife of the late Vallier W. Tompkins.

loving mother of Vallier William Tompkins, Jr. of Napa, Marsha Lyman of Rohnert Park, Rhonda Compron of Cotatl and Jodl Tompkins of Cotatl, grandmother of Short Keyes and Eric Keyes, bom of Rohnert Park, Roy Jones, Jr. of Cotati and Vallier William Tompkins 111 of Napa, also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. A native of Sevastopol, California, age S4 years. A member of the Cotati Woment Club.

Friend are invited to attend the funeral services Monday, April 11, 1983 at 2:00 p.m. at the PARENT-SORENSEN MORTUARY, Reverend Tim West, of St. Johns Episcopal Church, will officiate at the service. Friends may call at the mortuary after 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.

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