Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 23

Friday, Sept 8, 1989 QUAD-CITY TIMES OBITUARIES 23 Scott opens arms to foreign students George Travis DAVENPORT George Travis, 88, a resident of Oak Terrace Nursing Home, died Thursday at the home. Visitation is 4-6 pjn. today at Runge Mortuary. Services will be 9 a jn. Saturday at Fairmount Cemetery.

There are no immediate survivors. Funerals Saturday Jason Coyne, 1 pjo, Knox-Lar-son, Rock Island. Grace Davis, 11:30 ul, Runge, Davenport. Greeba "Betty" Greenlee, 10 a.m, DeRoo, Moline. Roy Houdesheldt, 1 p.m, Runge, Davenport.

Floyd Hufford, 9 a.m, DeRoo; 9:30 a-m. St Mary's Catholic Church, Rock Island. Lucille Peterson, 10 a.m, Runge, Davenport George Travis, 9 a.m, Fairmount Cemetery, Davenport 'JtJ 0 least two years. "So actually it's a' four-year commitment for the students," she said. Coming to a completely differ- ent culture and knowing very little' of the language has not been easy for the students.

But with help from host families, so far the students are doing great, she said. "It's a challenge, but they're the" absolute tops in their country, the' cream of the crop as far as their attitudes and desires to Hess said. She said some of the students' came to the Quad-Cities knowing only a few words of English, but; now they are almost bilingual Second-year students Carlos Pa-tino and Jorge Chavez said that although learning English has been difficult, adapting to the new culture has been relatively easy. Carlos admitted, however, that he does miss the Central American climate. "I like everything here but the snow," he said.

By Susie Snyder QUAD-CITY TIMES Scott Community College is opening its arms to Central American Btudents and providing them the educational chance of a lifetime. Now in its second year, the Central American Scholarship Program has brought 31 Central American students to the Quad-Cities to study English and electronics. CASP director Sue Hess said Scott Community College is one of about 30 colleges and universities in the U.S. to participate in the program. She said the program was designed to bring Central American students to the U.S.

in two-year cycles to receive an education that they could not get in their native countries. The scholarships are granted with the stipulation that students return home after graduation and work in their native county for at Film society opens "Gone With the Wind" will be shown by the Open Cities Film Society at 7 p.m. today at the Mary Nighswander Junior Theatre, 2800 Eastern Davenport. Admission is $2.50 for adults. For children and senior citizens, admission is $2.

This is the opening film for the society's 11th season. This year, the society will feature special emphasis on films from the year 1939, thought by many critics to WARM GREETING Honduran student Jhony Avelar is greeted with a hug from his Quad-City host, Jenny Orr of Davenport. Jhony and 30 other Central American students will spend two years studying at Scott Community College under an exchange program. (QUAD-CITY TIMES photo by Jeff Cook) Parade changes bus routes The United Way Kickoff Parade on Saturday will require the re-routing of some Davenport Citi-Bus routes between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

A temporary bus terminal will be used behind City Hall at 4th and Harrison streets. Routes 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8 will enter from Main Street and exit onto Harrison Street. Routes 6 and 9 will enter Harrison and exit onto Main. Routes 5 and 12 will use Harrison to 3rd Street and resume Vivian Swan BETTENDORF Vivian Swan, 67, of 2730 Eddy, died today at St. Luke's Hospital.

Arrangements are pending at McGinnis Funeral Home. Coreta Castor ALEDO, 111. Services for Coreta B. Castor, 90, formerly of Rural Route 3, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Reiser-Trimble Funeral Home, Aledo.

Burial will be in Hamlet Cemetery. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Saturday. She died Thursday at Mercer County Nursing Home, Aledo. Coreta Belle Bistline married Wilbur Castor in 1918 in Mercer County.

He died in 1960. She was a member of Hamlet Presbyterian Church, and a former member of the Hamlet Home Extension Unit Memorials may be made to Mercer County Nursing Home or the church. Survivors include a- daughter, Karleen Mewes, Taylor Ridge, a grand-daughter, a great-grandson; and sisters, Bernice Elliott, Taylor Ridge, and Bessie Castor, Aledo. Hospital Fewer babies, rising costs force shutdown Stories by Helen Hanson QUAD-CITY TIMES Clinton bureau MORRISON, 111. Morrison Community Hospital has closed its obstetrics department because of declining birth numbers and rising costs, hospital officials said Thursday.

Administrator Kent Brown said no jobs were eliminated by the closing, however. "It just is not financially feasible to continue. We have only one doctor here delivering babies. When Dr. Richard Vandermyde announced he would be quitting obstetrics, we knew it was time," he said.

Dr. Mark Woods is the only other doctor specializing in obstetrics at Morrison, but he performs deliveries in Clinton. Free motorcycle courses offered closes birth unit James 'Buck' Buckley MOLINE James 0. "Buck" Buckley, 79, of 1126 39th St, died Thursday at United Medical Center. Private graveside services will be held.

Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memorial Estate, Moline. There is no visitation. Esterdahl Mortuary, Ltd. is in charge of arrangements. Mr.

Buckley was employed as a bartender at The Jug in the LeClaire Hotel for 47 years, retiring when the hotel closed. He married Daisy M. Cole in 1929 in Mississippi. She died May 7, 1989. He was a member of the Moline Vikings.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Survivors include daughters Maureen Neaveill, East Moline, and Kathy Banash, Bettendorf; a son, Robert C. Buckley, Hastings, eight grandchildren; a great-grandson; a sister, Maggie Stamps, Mississippi; and a sister-in-law, Millie Buckley, Moline. Kenneth Grubb ALEDO, 111. Services for Kenneth L.

Grubb, 29, will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Aledo Cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 p.m. today at Fip-pinger Funeral Home, Aledo. He died Friday in a boating accident on the Rock River.

Memorials may be left at the funeral home. He formerly worked at Servus Rubber Rock Island. He was bom April 14, 1960, in Moline. He attended Aledo schools. Mr.

Grubb married Teresa Mel-leny in 1986 in Bradenton, Fla. He enjoyed fishing and was an avid outdoorsman. Survivors include his wife; daughters, Ruth Ann Grubb and Anna Marie Grubb, both of Matherville; a son, Sean Patrick Melleny, Aledo; his parents, Kenneth and Maxlene Grubb, Palmetto, sisters, Theresa Keever, Kirkwood, and Melissa Sue Grubb, Palmetto; a brother, Robert Stuart, and grandparents, Jane Fetters, Aledo, and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Grubb, Bradenton.

Ruben Rene Revelez WEST LIBERTY, Iowa Ruben Rene Revelez, 6-year-old son of Jose and Celia Hingues Revelez, died Thursday at University Hospitals, Iowa City. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at West Liberty Chapel of Barker Funeral Home. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty. Ruben was born Aug. 10, 1983, at Iowa City, Survivors, in addition to his parents, include sisters, Norma, Davenport; and Yolanda and Nora, both at home; a brother Jose West Liberty; and his grandparents, Marino and Guadalupe Hingues, both of West Liberty. Vernet Johnson GALVA, 111. Services for Vernet E.

Johnson, 79, will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, Galva. Burial will be in Galva Cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 p.m. today at Rux-Schuster Funeral Home, Galva.

1 He died Wednesday at St. Mary's Medical Center, Galesburg. He farmed in the Galva area, retiring in 1987. Mr. Johnson married Constance Kennaugh in 1932 in Galva.

He was a member of the church and Henry County Farm Bureau. Memorials may be made to the church. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Elaine (Mrs. Dwain) Warner, Galva; a son, Edward, Old Hickory, five grandchildren; and sisters, Frances (Mrs. John) Thompson, Galva, and Lenora (Mrs.

Glenn) Morse, Princeton. Many general practitioners andor family doctors do not take obstetrics cases, mainly because of the high liability, Brown said. "In the 1970s, it was not unusual to have 400 to 600 babies a year," he said. "It is unfortunate when a service such as OB is no longer available because of low utilization of the service. But on the other hand, it provides an opportunity for the hospital to develop or expand other services." "We've been discussing several options for the delivery of new health care services in the vacated area and will be announcing those soon," he added.

The most recent changes were the addition of a substance abuse center and a weight-loss clinic. Both seemingly will be successful, Brown said. Free motorcycle rider courses will be offered this month at the John Deere Foundry in East Moline. Three sessions have been scheduled, each with three classes. The first session will meet today, Saturday and Sunday.

The second session will meet Sept. 15-17. And the third session will be offered Oct. 13-15. The classes meet Fridays from 6 p.m.

to 10 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Two men arrested Two Rock Island residents were arrested after a Davenport man was lured to a Rock Island residence, then was robbed. Herbert Thornton, 24, of 1003 25th Apt. 44, was charged Wednesday with armed robbery.

His girlfriend, Karla K. Kennedy, 29, of 711 2614 was charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery. He is being held in the Rock Island County Jail on $250,000 bond. She is being held on $50,000 bond. EM man charged Police made an arrest and recovered 25 car radios and other items believed stolen from cars and campers in an East Moline neighborhood.

Angel L. Reyes 20, of 528 22nd East Moline, was charged Wednesday with two counts of burglary in connection with dozens of car and camper burglaries during August and September. Police said the investigation is continuing, and they have three 11th season be the greatest year in cinema. This is the first time that "Gone With the Wind" has been shown' on a big screen in more than 20 years in the Quad-Cities. This high-quality print has been restored to its original colorful condition.

The film society will show 32 films during the year. For more information, call Quad-City Arts, 793-1213. The course, open to any Illinois; resident 16 years or older with a valid license or permit, will teach the motorcycle skills needed to ride in traffic and will emphasize motorist awareness. Helmets, eye protection, text- books, insurance and gasoline are provided. For more information, call (309 438-2352 or 1-800-322-7619.

The courses are sponsored by the Uli-1 nois Department of Transporta4 tion and Illinois State University's Motorcycle Safety Program. 1 after robbery Police said a woman saw a man at a store about 10 a.m. Wednes-! day and asked him whether he was interested in purchasing a car from; her. The man said he told the; woman he bought and sold "junk-j ers" and agreed to go to her home to see the vehicle. After following the woman to a housing project in Rock Island, police said he was struck and knocked to the ground by a man who had been waiting there.

in burglary case other suspects. The items had been reported stolen from at least 15 vehicles and two stored campers in the area of 21st to 23rd streets and 5th Avenue to Morton Drive. Other recovered items include; four ceiling fans, a shotgun, camping lanterns and stoves, tools and two chairs. Reyes is being held on $40,000 bond in the Rock Island County Jail. led them to another incident.

Harris originally was charged with two counts each of armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. The alleged incidents took place on June 24, July 1 and July 6. In each case, Harris is accused of luring men to a Rock Island location where other men were waiting to jump and rob them. A trial on all six counts is scheduled for Oct. 10.

fall drama classes or 27 in the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Junior Theatre. The fee for the semester is $25. Students from 5 years old through high school age may register by calling 326-7862. He was accused of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl. He was arrested in March.

The verdict came after a 2'4-day trial. route. Route 9 will use Main to 4th Street to Scott Street to 2nd Street and resume route. Routes 3 and 8 will use Harrison to 4th and resume route. All routes will resume regular service at the Ground Transportation Center after the parade, which goes from downtown Rock Island and across the Centenial Bridge to LeClaire Park.

The parade begins at 11 a.m. It's a sad day MORRISON, 111. The lights are out, the bassinets have been taken from the nursery. And there are no more hearty cries of newborn babies at Morrison Community Hospital. Because the number of births in the OB unit have dwindled to only four to five a month and costs keep rising, the hospital is no longer accepting obstetrical patients.

"It was like a day of mourning last Tuesday. As I had just discharged the only baby and mother on the floor, I was told the OB department was now closed," Carol Stichter, R.N., said. Stichter has worked at the hospital for more than 33 years, much of that time as an obstetrics nurse. wound to the head in some woods off U.S. 84 near Valdosta.

An assistant district attorney said he dropped several charges in exchange for the murder plea. A police detective said Ellis apparently met Tucker at an Omaha bank Oct. 28, 1988, and they drove off together, eventually reaching Georgia on Interstate 75. Tucker had withdrawn most of his money from the bank that day. When the two reached southern Georgia, Ellis pulled Tucker from the car and shot him, police said.

Ellis claimed he killed Tucker because he feared he "would suffer some type of bodily injury." I ferWr isSL- fiZ? 0 frv Tf: 1 I i'-1 'If f' X' ck4 f. I II I '-Xfxi I if mrr rr Woman pleads innocent in robbery BUMPER CROP Russell Mensinger, The market is open Saturdays and Wednesdays Camanche, shows a giant, homegrown tomato through October. (QUAD-CITY TIMES photo by for sale at his stand at Lyon's Farmer's Market. Rema Graham) A Rock Island woman pleaded innocent to multiple charges of conspiracy, armed robbery and attempted robbery Thursday and was charged with two more counts. Delores K.

Harris, who turned 29 Thursday, was charged with two additional counts of conspiracy and attempted robbery. Court records showed those charges came after further investigation by Rock Island police that Junior Theatre begins Davenport Park and Recreation Department's Junior Theatre will begin its fall semester of drama instruction Sept. 25. Classes meet one day a week for 15 weeks and will perform Jan. 20 Maquoketa man's killer gets life Halligan McCabe Funeral Home, Inc.

614 MAIN ST. VALDOSTA, Ga. A drifter who killed a former Maquoketa, Iowa, educator with whom he was traveling has been sentenced to life in prison. A Superior Court judge sentenced Walter Gerald Ellis, 41, after Ellis pleaded guilty Wednesday to the Nov. 1, 1988, shooting death of Lorenzo Harmon Tucker, 55.

Tucker, who lived in Omaha, and was vocational education director of the Council Bluffs, Iowa, school system previously worked for the Maquoketa School District. He was found slain by a gunshot Dear Friends, Grief does not end with the funeral. You may not believe that you will survive the pain. "Why does it still hurt so much?" The depth of sorrow diminishes so very slowly. The down times will come again and again.

It is a long process, sometimes taking years, but healing comes. It will come to you. Respectfully, EM man found Innocent of sex assault PHONE: 322-4438 McCabe Robert J. McCabe fU Joaquin Castillo, 35, of East Moline was found innocent Thursday by a Rock Island County jury on four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault. William L.

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