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QUAD-CITY TIMES Wednesday, April 22, 1S87 18 Elsewhere Everett Groves DAYTON, Ohio, Services for C. Everett Groves, 83, of Clarksville, Ohio, formerly of Davenport, will be 1 pm Thursday at Maghetti Funeral Home, Dayton. Burial will be in Carlisle Cemetery, New Carlisle. Visitation is 11 am. to service time Thursday.

Memorials may be made to the family or a favorite. Mr. Groves died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton. He retired in 1962 from Jackson Electric Dayton. Survivors include daughters, Dorothy (Mrs.

Roy) Andresen and Betty (Mrs. William) Spiess, both of Davenport; sons, Harry, Bettendorf; Richard, Davenport; Larry and Ted, both of Illinois; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Elizabeth Johnson, Aledo, 111, and Phyllis (Mrs. Robert) Whitehall, New Boston, and a brother, Frank, Searcy, Ark. Barbara Burke CHANDLER, Ariz. Memorial services for Barbara Burke, 61, of Chandler, formerly of Wellesley, Davenport, and Bettendorf, will be 2 p.m.

today at Bueler Mortuary, Chandler. She died Saturday at Chandler Community Hospital Barbara Maas married Robert Burke in 1947 in Bettendorf. Survivors include daughters, Susan Burke, Belchertown, and Patricia Burke, Dedham, a granddaughter; and a brother, Paul Maas of Texas. Alvin Brauer LOST NATION, Iowa Alvin William Brauer, 70, of Lost Nation died Monday at his home. Services will be 10:30 am Thursday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lost Nation.

Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation is after 2 pm today at Malamphy Funeral Home. He had been a farmer. Mr. Brauer married Lillian Bu-resh in 1941 in Oxford Junction.

Survivors include his wife; daughters, Carol (Mrs. Brad) Anderson, DeWitt, and Mona (Mrs. John) Sorenson, Colorado Springs, a son, William, Elwood; five grandchildren; and a sister, Mabel Nodurft, Lost Nation. Mr. Green Jeans dies at 77 NEW YORK (AP) Hugh Brannum, who for 30 years played Mr.

Green Jeans, the friendly farmer, handyman and unsucess-ful inventor on "Captain Kangaroo," has died at age 77. Brannum died Sunday of cancer in East Stroudsburg, said Bob Keeshan, his long-time co-star who played Captain Kangaroo on the children's show. "People will remember him for the animals he showed us and the rural America he showed us in a' very real way," Keeshan said Tuesday. "They'll remember him for his caring and his gentleness, which was very real," Keeshan said. "So many millions grew up with him as a good friend." Brannum, a lanky 6-footer who was nicknamed "Lumpy," was bom on Jan.

5, 1910, the son of a Methodist minister, in Sandwich, 111. He moved to California at an early age and graduated from Redlands University. Funerals today Margaret Avers, 1 pm, Halligan-McCabe. Gladys Carroll, 11 am, First United Church of Christ, Tipton, Iowa. Donald Carter, 10 a.nu, George M.

Wittich-Lewis, Muscatine, Iowa. Weldon CottrelL 1:30 p.m Riley, Muscatine, Iowa. Luella Crowe, 3 p.m-, Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Leona Daut, 11 a-m United Presbyterian Church, Wilton, Iowa. Claude Eaton, 11 am, Halligan-McCabe.

Clyde Gregg, 2:30 p.m, Runge. Franklin Harroun, 1 pm, Rose Lawn Memorial Estate. Robert Holle, 10:30 am, St Paul Lutheran Church, Clinton, Iowa. Tossie May Holshouser, 10:30 uu, Clinton, Iowa, Memorial Funeral Home. Amanda Kraklio, 11 am, St Mary's Catholic Church, Wilton, Iowa.

Rose Johnson, 1 p.m-, Runge. Harry McCutcheon, 10:30 a.nL, Carson, Maquoketa, Iowa. George McNeal, 1:30 p.nu, Trimble, Moline. Minnie Meinert, memorial, 2 p.rru, Ridgecrest Chapel, Davenport Detlef Oelerich, 1:30 p.m., Schultz-McGinnis, DeWitt, Iowa. Theo Schultz, 11 anu, St John's Lutheran Church, East Moline.

Richard Seymour, 10 am, Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Genevieve Thee, 10:30 a.m., Hodgson. Myrtle Thompson, 1:30 p.m. Calvary Lutheran Church, New Windsor, 111. Alice Walsh, 2 p.m., Stack-house-Moore, Cambridge, I1L Harvey Walters, 11 a.m., Fairman.

Frank Weinert, 10 anL, Van Hoe. Edward Winkler, 10:30 a.m, Law-Jones, Savanna, I1L Moline Lutheran Hospital Arrangements are pending at Wendt Funeral Home. Richard Viaene Richard J. Viaene, 57, 2820 25th Ave, Moline, was pronounced dead on arrival Monday at Moline Public Hospital after a traffic accident at King Plaza on 23rd Avenue in Moline. Services will be Thursday at 9:15 a.m.

at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline, and 9:30 a.m. at St Mary's Catholic Church, Moline. Entombment will be in St Mary's Mausoleum. Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm today, when a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to the church or American Cancer Society.

He was employed 35 years at Deere and and retired in 1985 as superintendent at John Deere Parts East Moline. Mr. Viaene married Maxine Stopper in 1951. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of John Deere Retirees.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Christina Charles, Moline; a son, Michael Viaene, Mar-shalltown, Iowa; four grandchildren; and a sister, Geraldine Hendrickson, and a brother, Robert L. Viaene, both of Moline. Madeline Shay Madeline J. Shay, 69, 2371 34th Moline, died Tuesday at Oak Glen Home, Coal Valley. Arrangements are pending at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline.

Theron Hughes Sr. Mr. Theron R. Hughes, 88, Concordia, Kansas, formerly of Moline, died Monday in Mount Joseph Care Home, Concordia. Arrangements are pending at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline.

Green Rock Paul Bohlander Services for Paul "Jim" Bohlander, 73, of 203 1st Green Rock, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Green Rock. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Monmouth, 111.

Visitation is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Fairman Funeral Home. A rosary will be recited at 8:30 p.m. today at the church. Memorials may be made to the church, of which he was a member; Visiting Nurse and Homemaker Service; or Pathway Hospice Unit of Moline Lutheran Hospital, where he died Monday.

He was employed as a cutter for 33 years at Rock Island Arsenal. Mr. Bohlander married Dorothy Poulson in 1950 in Monmouth, 111. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of Colona, 111., American Legion Post 1233; Knights of Columbus and Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of Margaret Shimak LETTS, Iowa Margaret Mae Shimak, 87, of Letts died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital, Iowa Gty.

Services will be 1:30 pm. Friday at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. Visitation is after noon Thursday. A memorial has been established.

Margaret Morgan married Anton Shimak in 1918 in Iowa City. He died in 1951. She was a member of Letts Methodist Church. Survivors include daughters, Mary Long, Crawfordsville; Helen Wagner, Letts; Emma Gathman, Davenport; and Louise Harter, Burlington; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; sisters, Lena Benson and Lucy Havel, both of Muscatine; and brothers, Charles Morgan, West Liberty; Edward Morgan, Muscatine; and Fred Morgan, Columbus Junction. Margaret Watson PROPHETSTOWN, I1L Margaret A.

Watson, 74, of Sterling died Monday at Community General Hospital, Sterling. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Gardner Chapel, Prophets town. Burial will be in Lyndon Cemetery. Visitation is 6 to 8 pm today.

A memorial has been established. Margaret Ramsdorf married Robert Watson in 1951 in Rock Falls. He died in 1978. She was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, Como. Survivors include daughters, Marcia Frendel, Berkeley, Virginia (Mrs.

Herman) Chapman, Littleton, and Polly (Mrs. Raymond) Nance, Proph-etstown; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Leona Naeve CLINTON, Iowa Leona Naeve, 82, of Clinton died Monday at Mercy Hospital, Clinton. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church, Elvira.

Burial will be in Clinton Memorial Park. Visitation is 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Pape Funeral Home and 9:30 am. to service time Thursday at the church. Leona Lampe married Alvin Naeve in 1926 in Clinton.

She was a member of the church. Survivors include her husband; a son, Robert, Clinton; and three grandchildren. Frieda Gehris LOWDEN, Iowa Frieda Gehris, 82, of Lowden died Monday at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services will be 10:30 a.m.

Thursday at Zion United Church of Christ Lowden. Burial will be in Lowden Cemetery. Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. today at Chapman Funeral Home, Wheatland. Frieda Kroh married Hugo Gehris in 1930 in Davenport.

She was a member of the church. Survivors include her husband; a son, Gaylon, Iowa Falls; four grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; and sisters, Lydia Bentrott, Calamus, and Erna Werling, Davenport Davenport Prilla Bobo Services for Prilla Bobo, 74, of 1802 W. 58th Davenpgrt, will be Thursday at Oak Grove CME Church, Water Valley, Miss. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Orr'8 Mortuary, Rock Island, is in charge of local arrangements.

She married Theodore Bobo in 1934 in Water Valley. Survivors include her husband; daughters, Maudine (Mrs. Robert) Willingham, Oxford, and Fannie Mae (Mrs. Sylvester) Brown and Lillian (Mrs. Alfred) Warren, both of Davenport, a son, Fulton William Bobo, Water Valley; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sisters, Mayfield Morgan, Rozelle Morgan and Lola Caldwell, all of Water Valley; and a brother, Lazarus Steen, Memphis, Term.

Charles Grabbe Services for Charles E. Grabbe, 76, of Inverness, formerly of Davenport, will be 10 Mr. Grabbe am. Thursday at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Davenport.

Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Visitation is 3 to 9 p.m. today at Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home, where a rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Eduational Foundation of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church or to the building fund at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church.

Mr. Grabbe died Monday at Inverness. He retired after 41 years as a truck driver. Mr. Grabbe married Anne Beert in 1936.

She died in 1949. He then married Charlotte Whalen in 1950. He was a member of Knights of Columbus 532 and Teamsters Local 371. Survivors include his wife; daughters, Ruth Ann (Mrs. Ron) Quick, Rosalene Walsh and Mrs.

George Warner, all of Davenport; Mrs. Michael Bowen, Farmington Hills, and Mrs. Keith Tomlin, Rockford, a son, Charles, Higganum, 23 grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Harold D'Autremont, Davenport, and Ina Ward, Alpha, III; and a brother, Theodore, Kewanee, 111. Lynn Ralston Lynn A.

Ralston, 71, of 1708 W. 8th Davenport, died Tuesday at Veteran's Administration Hospital, Iowa City. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday at Runge Chapel. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal.

Visitation is 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday. He retired in 1976 from Churchill Lines. He had been a truck driver for 30 years. Mr.

Ralston married Dorothy Brauer in 1961 in Davenport. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of Teamsters Local 371. Survivors include his wife; daughters, Judi (Mrs. Carl) Hark-sen, Davenport, and Edna (Mrs.

Donald) Dohse, Clinton, Iowa; sons, Douglas, Dixon; Russell Thompson, Centerville, Iowa; and Gary and Jeffrey Ralston, both at home; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Marie Hasty, Zion, 111. Bettendorf Luke Chicoski Services for Luke M. Chicoski, 78, a resident of Bettendorf Health Care Center, formerly of Davenport, will be 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Runge Mortuary. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park.

Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today. Mr. Chicoski died Monday at the center. He retired several years ago after 20 years at the Rock Island Arsenal.

Mr. Chicoski married Cora Schluter in 1969 in Davenport. She died in 1981. He was a 20-year Army veteran, serving 31 months in the combat zone in World War II. He was a member of Rock Island Veterans of Foreign Wars and St.

Anthony's Catholic Church, Davenport. Survivors include a sister, Martha Whitaker, Dallas; brothers, Louis, Portland, and Charles, North Little Rock, and nieces and nephews. Area Deaths George Weber COLUMBUS Iowa George Lyle Weber, 75, of Columbus Junction died Monday at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Columbus Junction Methodist Church.

Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation is after noon today at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. The family will be present from 5 to 8 p.m. A memorial has been established. He had owned and operated Weber Huston grain elevator, Columbus Junction.

Mr. Weber married Helen "Nell" Kelleher in 1933 in Ames, Iowa. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of the church; Veterans of Foreign Wars, Columbus Junction; and Cedar Crest Country Club; served as board member of Columbus Junction State Bank and Colonial Manor; and former Columbus Junction mayor. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Katherine Weber, Culver City, a son, James, Simi Valley, a granddaughter; sisters, Dorothy Steffa, Fort Myers, and Ruth Kuney, Des Moines; and brothers, Farrel and Karl, both of Fort Myers, and Paul, Houston.

Zella Anderson CRAWFORDSVILLE, Iowa Zella Rebecca Anderson, 82, of Crawfordsville died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. Burial will be in Winfield Cemetery. Visitation is after noon Thursday.

The family will be present from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. A memorial has been established. Zella Harter married Charlee Anderson in 1930 in Burlington. She was a member of a Presbyterian church. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Billie Rose, Crawfordsville; and two grandchildren.

Marie Craig NEPONSET, 111. Marie Craig, 91, of Neponset died Monday at St Mary's Hospital, Galesburg. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Cavanagh-Schueneman Funeral Home. Burial will be in Evergreen Memory Gardens.

Visitation is 1 pm. to service time Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Neponset Congregational Church, of which she was a member. She had been a teacher in Neponset Marie Holdridge married LeRoy Craig in 1919. He died in 1963.

She was a member of Neponset Senior Citizens; Thursday Club; and Women's Clubs, Neponset and Mineral. Survivors include sons, Robert, Altona, and Marvin, Neponset; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Teen says gang assaulted him A Davenport teen-ager told police he was assaulted by a group of males who identified themselves as members of a gang, and Buspected he was a member of a rival gang. The youth was struck in the face after he and a friend were approached by about 15 people in the 300 block of W. 12th Street about 1:30 am.

Monday. The group confronted the two boys, identified themselves as the Vice Lords and said they suspected the two belonged to another gang. One of the boys escaped, but the other was struck three times. He received a minor facial injury. Veterans can call about burial eligibility Veterans and their families with questions about burial eligibility at Rock Island National Cemetery should call or visit during National Consumers Week this week.

The 28-acre facility, operated by the Veterans Administration, is open for burial to all honorably discharged military veterans, their spouses and children under 18. Burial is provided free of charge. The surviving spouse or dependent may be buried before the veteran. The VA will provide a headstone or marker, with inscription, for each person buried in the veteran's gravesite in a national cemetery. Headstones or markers are also furnished by the VA for gravesites of veterans at private and state-owned veteran's cemeteries.

For more information, call Arthur L. Conklin, cemetery direc-' tor, at 782-6715, from 7:30 pm Monday through Friday. The public can visit the facility, on Arsenal Island, any day of the week. of the year for career and professional inter- CANCER (June 22-JuIy 23): Your general forecasts during the past few weeks may have seem rather downbeat and depressing. LEO (July M-Aug.

23): You will begin to wonder why you took the trouble to explain your thoughts, feelings and plans, instead of taking off and leaving others to their own devices. VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept 23): There is a great deal to be said for taking expert or professional advice now. LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct 23): At the moment you are too churned up emotionally to handle important financial or business matters and would achieve more by allowing others to act on your behalf.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov. 22): The sun in your opposite sign of Taurus tends to rock the boat and undermine your confidence. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec 21): This is not the happiest time of the year for you because the sun in Taurus robs you of your enthusiasm and optimism. Brenda Schneider Brenda T.

Schneider, 26, of 2620 Harmony Drive, Bettendorf, died Tuesday at University Hos- Miss Schneider pitals, Iowa City. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, Bettendorf. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Visitation is 3 to 9 p.m. today at Weerte Funeral Home, where a rosary will be recited at 8 pm. Memorials may be made to the organ fund at the church. She was a 1978 graduate of Bettendorf High School. She was employed as an administrative secretary at J.E.

Schneider Associates, Bettendorf. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schneider, Bettendorf; a sister, Jody Schneider, Denver; and grandmothers, Mabel Heithoff, Bettendorf, and Julia Schneider, Waterloo, Iowa. Grace Smith Grace K.

Smith, 57, of 1306 Parkway Drive, Bettendorf, died Tuesday at St Luke's Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Weerts Funeral Home. Hampton Isabelle Wright Isabelle M. Wright, 82, of 630 2nd Hampton, died Monday at Moline Public Hospital. The body was cremated.

Further arrangements are pending at Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Rock Island Marian Sherrard Marion B. Sherrard, 66, a resident of Oak Glen Home, Coal Valley, formerly of Rock Island, died Tuesday at the home. Arrangements are pending at Wheelan Funeral Home. Moline Col.

Charles Saunders Col. Charles S. Saunders, 69, of 320 28th Moline, died Tuesday at Pathway Hospice Unit of i Monmouth; former chief union steward and recording secretary for IAM; past president of Band Parents, United Township High School, East Moline; and member of Holy Name Society of the church. Survivors include his wife; sons, James, Macomb, John, Rock Island; and Patrick, Colona, four grandchildren; a sister, Helen Jackson, Tucson, and a brother, John, Galesburg, 111. East Moline LeoBoens Services for Leo C.

Boens, 88, of 3109 13th East Moline, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, East Moline. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Visitation is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today at Van Hoe Funeral Home, where a liturgy will be read at 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the church, of which he was a member. Mr. Boens died Monday at his home. He was born in Belgium.

He retired in 1963 after 36 years at the former John Deere Moline PlowPlanter Works. Mr. Boens married Laura Gremonprez in 1927 in East Moline. She died in 1954. He then married Elisabeth DePlancke in 1957 in Moline.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mary Jo Shay, East Moline; a stepdaughter, Susan Calvert, Moline; two grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Hilda Fleischman, Moline. Alice Bradley Alice Bradley, 63, of 430 30th Ave, East Moline, formerly of 527 16th Ave, East Moline, died Tuesday at Franciscan Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Van Hoe Funeral Home. West Liberty OKs lower electric rates WEST LIBERTY, Iowa The City Council approved lower electric rates Tuesday, passing on savings they will reap from a new contract with Iowa Electric Light Power Co. The new rates will reduce summer rates substantially with some savings also applied to winter rates.

Wednesday, April 22, 1987 IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Then you still appear to be procrastinating over a career change or a major move of some kind. CAPRICORN (Dee. 22-Jan. 20): Your best bet at the moment is to let sleeping dogs lie and not try to force either home, domestic or property issues or situations at work. AQUARIUS (Jan.

H-Feb. 18): Mara currently in Gemini should restore your energy and boost your confidence. PISCES (Feb. 19-March SO): In spite of disagreements over finances, you should be concerned with what is new, original and mentally stimulating. ARIES (March tl-April SO): You simply cannot afford to allow things to remain the way they are or let others off scot-free.

TAURUS (April Si-May 21): Partnership difficulties may have undermined your authority and altered so much you believed to be permanent and secure. GEMINI (May 22-June 21): You have now entered one of the most strenuous period.