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June 27, 1994 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS B-7 Obituaries Francis Wimsatt Services for Francis Wimsatt, 51, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Flanner Buchanan Washington Park East Mortuary, with calling until 8 tonight. Mr. Wimsatt died Saturday. He was an Army veteran.

Survivors wife Linda Sue Sparks Wimsatt; brothers Joseph A. Leo A. George A. William R. Wimsatt; sisters Mary Nalley, Ann Gulley, Betty E.

DeWeese, Margie L. Brewer. Mary Williams GREENWOOD, Ind. Services for Mary Mae Allen Williams, 86, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in- Wilson-St.

Pierre Greenwood Chapel, with callfrom Tuesday. Mrs. Williams Saturday. worked for Greenwood Community Schools 18 years, retiring in 1972 as a matron. She was a member of Greenwood Christian Church.

Survivors daughters Dortha J. Hawk, Norma L. Knight; sons Harold Charles R. Williams; 10 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren. Mary Kinnett Services for Mary Violsa Blanchard Kinnett, 87, Indianapolis, will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday in Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, with calling an hour before services. Mrs. Kinnett died Saturday. She was a member of Northwood Christian Church. She was the widow of Clifford L.

Kinnett. Survivors sons Richard, Robert Kinnett; brothers DaFred Blanchard; sister Margaret Laurimore; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Agnes Grissom NEW PALESTINE, Ind. Services for Agnes Trueblood Grissom, 82, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Hendryx Mortuaries, New Palestine Chapel, with calling until 9 tonight.

Mrs. Grissom died Saturday. She was a press operator 26 years for Western Electric, Indianapolis, retiring in 1972. Survivors husband Joe H. Grissom; daughters Jeri Kennedy, Judy Baty; sons Bob, Joe Grissom; brother Paul Trueblood; sister Harriett L.

Sanderson; nine grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter. Jean G. Clayton ZIONSVILLE, Ind. There will be no services for Jean G. Velsey Clayton, 92.

Mrs. Clayton died Friday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hoosier Village Retirement Center. She was the widow of Bernard Clayton. Survivors daughter Nancy Dolan; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Thelma M. Brooks ZIONSVILLE, Ind. Services for Thelma M. Brooks, 65, were today in North Liberty Christian Church. Flanner Buchanan Zionsville Mortuary handled arrangements.

Mrs. Brooks died Saturday. She worked for the Veterans Administration Hospital 35 years, retiring in 1983 as supervisor. Memorial contributions may be made to the church's Children's Ministry Fund. Survivors sisters Doris L.

Weis, Alice F. Williams, Deborah E. Griesinger, Beatrice Worley; brother Allen Brooks. Tommy A. Norman Services for Tommy A.

Norman, 64, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Harry W. Moore Appleget Northeast Funeral Chapel, with calling from 7 to 9 tonight. Mr. Norman died Saturday.

He was an inspector for Rexnord Corp. 42 years, retiring in 1988. He was a Korean War Army veteran. Survivors wife Janet S. Dorsett Norman; sons William Michael L.

Norman; daughter Donna L. Davis; three grandchildren. Louis Hemmelgarn Services for Louis Edward Hemmelgarn, 89, Indianapolis, will be at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home and at 10 a.m.

in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Calling will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Mr. Hemmelgarn died Sunday in Americana South Nursing Home.

He was a printer for Research Review Service of America 28 years, retiring in 1971. Survivors wife Rosella Meisberger Hemmelgarn; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Ethel B. Emerson WESTFIELD, Ind. Services for Ethel B.

Hodgson Emerson, 80, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Flanner Buchanan Mann Road Mortuary, with calling until 9 tonight. Mrs. Emerson died Saturday. She was a member of Valley Mills Christian Church, to which memorial contributions may be made.

Survivors husband Russell H. Emerson; son Steven Emerson; daughter Judy Holdread; sisters Ivena Perry, Norma Jean Hubbel, Greta Senard, Rae Hunt, Mable Peterson, Rebecca Krichau. John D. Wells GREENWOOD, Ind. Services for John D.

Wells, 60, Greenwood, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Southport Church of the Nazarene. Calling will be until 9 tonight in Forest Lawn Wilson-St. Pierre Funeral Home and two hours before services at the church. Mr.

Wells died Friday. He worked 26 years in the maintenance department of Ford Motor retiring in 1990. Memorial contributions be made to the John D. Wells Memorial Fund in care of the church. may Survivors wife Wilma B.

Frownfelter Wells; sons John "Jay" D. Timothy K. Wells; daughter Debbie Van Hook; mother Myrtle Farley Wells; brothers Kyle, Johnse, Jack, Jimmy, Jerry, Joel Wells; sisters Edith Flanary, Hazel McKinney, June Joyce Glenn, Jo Anne Dragoo, Coffey, Julia Benson, Janet Colburn, Nancy Kelso; eight grandchildren. Harry F. Gorman Services for Harry F.

Gorman, 82, Indianapolis, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Christ the King Catholic Church. Calling will be until 8 tonight in Feeney-Hornak Keystone Mortuary. Mr. Gorman died Saturday.

He was a self-employed publisher, retiring in 1961. Survivors wife Dorothy M. Leibrock Gorman; sister Elizabeth Baxter. William A. Jordan Services for William A.

Jordan, 70, Indianapolis, were today Commission Church of God. Lavenia's Home for Funerals handled arrangements. Mr. Jordan died Saturday. He was a manager for Highland Country Club's bar and grill for more than 30 years, retiring in 1994.

He was a World War Air Force veteran. Survivors wife June Russ Jordan; daughters Pamela, Yolanda Jordan; brothers William Anthony, Riky Jordan; four grandchildren. Veva M. Howell Services for Veva M. McDermott Howell, 79, Indianapolis, will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday in Royster Askin Sandrock Mortuary, with calling until 9 tonight. Mrs. Howell died Friday. She was a member of Plainfield Christian Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association.

Survivors husband Ralph M. Howell; son William Howell. Leonard Sanders Services for Leonard Sanders, 85, Indianapolis, were today in Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel. Mr. Sanders died Saturday.

He owned Sanders Trailer Rental 20. years, retiring, in 1969. Survivors wife Alma Isch Sanders; stepson Harold Dillon; sister Vivian Hill; four stepgrandchildren; seven great-stepgrandchildren. Robert D. Inskeep DANVLLE, Ind.

Services for Robert D. Inskeep, 72, will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at Danville Christian Church. There will be no calling. Weaver Funeral Home, Danville, is handling arrangements.

Mr. Inskeep died Sunday. He retired from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. He was a member of the church and the Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star in Albion, III. Survivors wife Fannie Mae Bunting Inskeep; daughters Linda Kay Rodney, Pamela Thimlar; sons Robert Thomas D.

Inskeep; sister Fernanda Morrow; nine grandchildren. Rachael M. Jones ANDERSON, Ind. Services for Rachael M. Young Jones, 90, will be at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday in Pasco Memorial Mortuary, Greenfield, with calling from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Jones, formerly of Greenfield, died Friday. She was a sales clerk nine years for Blocks Department Store in the 1950s.

She was a member of Greenfield Church of Christ and Acton Eastern Star. She was the widow of Dewey Jones. Survivors daughter Jewel Richardson; stepsons William, Robert Jones; stepdaughters Doris Rominger, Nancy Irwin; sisters Frances Halcomb, Inez McClure; six grandchildren; 17 stepgrandchildren; several great-grandchildren. Matti I. Palonen WESTFIELD, Ind.

Services for Matti I. Palonen, 85, will be at 7 tonight in Bethel Lutheran Church, Cicero. There will be no calling. Mr. Palonen died Friday.

He had owned Palonen Construction in Michigan, retiring in 1984. He was a member of the church, Lions Club and Eagles Lodge. Memorial contributions may be made to the church's building fund. Survivors wife Marie Luusua Palonen; sons Rudy, James Palonen; stepsons Mark, Robert Lahti; stepdaughters Jill Buchholz, Heidi Sutton; brothers Toivo, Ted Palonen; 13 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren. True F.

Steed Services for True F. Steed 78, Indianapolis, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Williamson Spencer Funeral Home, Portland (Ind.) Chapel, with calling from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and before services. Mr.

Steed died Saturday. He had been a tool and die maker for Chrysler Corp. 27 years, Michigan and Indiana, retiring in 1981. He also had been an engineer for Ford Trade School in Detroit years. He was a member of Lawrence Church of the Nazarene.

Survivors son True F. Steed daughter Janice N. Steed; brother Robert Rathburn; sisters Leta Hummel, Leona Hale, Rosemary Hogg; four grandchildren; one gr Jeananne Stephenson ROCKVILLE, Ind. Services for Jeananne Duff Stephenson, 47, will be private, with calling until 9 tonight in Russell Hitch Funeral Home, Lebanon. Mrs.

Stephenson, formerly of Lebanon, died Friday. She had owned a hair dressing shop several years in Boone County. She was a member of Lebanon Christian Church. Survivors husband James B. Stephenson; daughter Sheryl Stephenson; sons Marion Wayne C.

Stephenson; parents the Rev. Raymond and Geneva Carter Duff; sisters Susanne Vansickle, Patricia Anne Gulley; brothers David, John, Thomas Duff; great grandmother Mary Carter. Ralph Nash LAKELAND, Fla. Services for Ralph Kenneth Nash, 81, formerly of Brownsburg, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Conkle Funeral Avon Chapel, with calling until 8 tonight.

Burns Funeral Home, Milroy, is handling arrangements. Mr. Nash died Saturday. He owned an insurance, and real estate brokerage 20 years, retiring in 1977. He was an Army veteran of World War I1.

He was a member of Brownsburg Christian, Church. Survivors wife Lottie Nash; daughter Rowena Kay Harrison; son Lynn Nash; sister Rowena M. Wiseman's three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Edward H. Smith Edwin T.

Coates CLEARWATER, Fla. Edwin T. Coates, 83, formerly of Indianapolis, died Saturday in Fayette County Hospital at Connersville while visiting in Indiana. There will be no calling. Showalter-Blackwell, Myers Chapel, Connersville, is handling arrangements.

A World War II Army veteran, he was an engineer for the Pennsylvania, Penn-Central and Conrail railroads, retiring in 1975. He was the widower of Marie Pearce Coates. Surwife Martha Mcintire Coates; son Ted Coates; stepsons Darrell Reginald R. Morken; sister Mary Jane Douglas; two grandchildren; 14 stepgrandchildren; eight stepgreat-grandchildren. Marcella M.

Council BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Graveside services for Marcella Marie Meyers Council, 46, services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Clear Creek with calling from 10 to 12:30 p.m. in Deremiah-Frye Mortuary, Bloomington. Mrs.

Council, formerly of Indianapolis, died Saturday. Survivors husband James R. Council; sons Stephen J. Meyers, Jason Scott Farr; daughter Felicia Fletcher; brothers Harry Orville H. Meyers; sisters Patricia A.

Rosebrock, Pearline M. Layton; one grandchild. Ruby N. Eiler DECATUR, Ind. Services for Ruby Nell Robinson Eiler, 78, will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday in Haggard Armes Funeral Home, with calling from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Eiler, formerly of Indianapolis, died Saturday. She worked for Tube Processing 30 years, retiring in 1980.

She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Decatur Public Library. Survivors husband William A. Eiler; son Donald Hampton; daughter Carolyn Montgomery; brother Kelly Robinson; sister Cora Brown; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Patricia A.

Harker SHELBYVILLE, Ind. Services for Patricia A. Nickles Harker, 49, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in "'St. Joseph Catholic Church, with calling until 8 tonight in Carmony-Ewing Broadway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Harker died Saturday. She was a clerk in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana claims department several years. She was a member of the church and Moose and Eagles lodge auxiliaries. Memorial contributions may be made to Gibault School for Boys, Terre Haute.

Survivors husband Tommy Harker; son Matthew W. Harker; parents Harold and Gertrude Nickles; brother Robert E. Nickles; sister Kathy L. Obermeyer. Amber D.

Butler Services for Amber D. Tabor Butler, 16, Indianapolis, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, with calling until 9 tonight. She died Saturday. She worked Burger King and was a student at Beech Grove High School, where she was a member of the girls' volleyball team.

Memorial contributions may be made to Students Against Drunk Drivers (SADD). Survivors parents Bernie and Linda Tabor Butler; brother Sean Butler; grandparents Steve and Pat Johnson, John and Eleanor Butler, James Tabor; great-grandfather Ralph Jarvis. Dorothy Belschwender Services for H. Dorothy Miller Belschwender, 73, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, with calling until 8 tonight and an hour before services.

Mrs. Belschwender died Saturday. She was a member of Northminster Presbyterian Church. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Vincent Foundation: Hospice.

Survivors husband HowR. Belschwender; daughters Joan Janet L. Belschwender. D. Evelyn McBride Services for D.

Evelyn Taylor McBride, 81, Indianapolis, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Flanner Buchanan Broad Mortuary, with calling until 8 tonight. Mrs. McBride died Saturday. She worked for Western Electric 42 years, retiring in 1976 as a supervisor in accounting.

She was a 1936 graduate of Missouri State Teachers College. Memorial contributions may the donor's favorite charity. She was the widow of Oscar J. McBride. Survivors sons Ronald Daniel McBride; brothers Jack Gale L.

Taylor; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Frances Griffin Frances J. Brown Griffin, 75, Indianapolis, died Saturday. She was a nurse -at Veterans Adminsitrations hospitals 12 years, retiring in 1984. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the church or the American Cancer Society. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, with calling from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

She was the widow of Paul W. Griffin. Survivors daughter Judy Campbell; sister Eleanor Brown; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. John Bart John Bart, 72, Indianapolis, died Saturday. He was an auto mechanic for Swinford Son Texaco Station 28 years, retiring in 1983.

He was a World War Army veteran. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, with calling until 8 tonight. Survivors wife Helen M. Arnold Bart; son Johnny Ashcraft; stepdaughters Sue Kirkland, Brenda Carter; brothers Bill, Amil, Art Bart; sisters Joann Boreo, Irma Ziebell; four grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren.

MARION COUNTY Baker, Paulyne, 70 Bart, John, 72 Belschwender, H. Dorothy, 73 Boyd, Mary 74 Butler, Amber 16 Chapman, Marion, 95 Gorman, Harry Griffin, Frances, 752 Hemmelgarn, Louis, 89 Hinton, Bessie 81 Howell, Veva Jordan, William 70 Kinnett, Mary, 87 McBride, D. Evelyn, 81 Norman, Tommy 64 Price, Kenneth 77 Robertson, Sidney 73 Sanders, Leonard, 85 Smallwood, Ethel 90 Steed, True 78 Werler, Beulah 92 Wimsatt, Francis, 51 BOONE COUNTY Brooks, Thelma 65 Clayton, Jean 92 HAMILTON COUNTY Emerson, Ethel 80 Foust, Ramona, 23. Palonen, Matti 85 Paul, James 55 Tolin, Debbie 37 HANCOCK COUNTY Gill, Clifford, 60 Grissom, Agnes, 82 Riegle, Wesley 68 HENDRICKS COUNTY Blubaugh, Meredith 51 Gibson, Brandon, infant Haulk, Ella, 88 Inskeep, Robert 72 JOHNSON COUNTY Lawson, Lewis 75 Smith, Edward 68 Wells, John 60 Williams, Mary, 86 MADISON COUNTY Dailey, Esta, 89 Jones, Rachael 90 Miller, Tamara 37 SHELBY COUNTY Harker, Patricia 49 FORMER RESIDENTS Coates, Edwin Council, Marcella 46 Eiler, Ruby 78 English, Raymond 76 Nash, Ralph, 81. Santo, Kent 32 Stephenson, Jeananne, 47 June 27, 1994 Sidney E.

Robertson DEATHS Services for Dr. Sidney E. Robertson, 73, Indianapolis, will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Feeney-Hornak Keystone Mortuary and at 10 a.m. in St.

Andrew Catholic Church. Calling will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the mortuary. Dr. Robertson died Saturday.

He was a dentist 35 years, retiring in 1990. An Army veteran, Dr. Robertson was a former commander of American Legion Mcllvaine-Kothe Post. He was a graduate of Butler University and the Indiana University School of Dentistry. Memorial contributions may be made to the church or to the Guardian Angel Guild.

Survivors wife Elizabeth A. Brady Robertson; sons Daniel Michael E. Robertson; daughters Kathleen Susan M. Robertson, Annmarie Buck; brothers Joseph, William Robertson; one grandchild. Debbie J.

Tolin WESTFIELD, Ind. Services for Debbie J. Burns Tolin, 37, formerly of Beech Grove, will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, with calling from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Mrs. Tolin died Sunday. She was a medical office receptionist for three months. Previously, she was a supervisor at St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove, where she worked 17 years.

She was a member Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis. Survivors husband Jean Paul Tolin; daughters Ellen Jean, Samantha Jo Tolin; brothers Ronald, Daryl Taylor, Mike, David Burns; sister Darla Taylor; grandmother Estelle Burns. Paulyne Baker Services for Paulyne Burkett Baker, 70, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Flanner Buchanan Mann Road Mortuary, with calling until 9 tonight. Mrs.

Baker died Saturday. She was a factory worker, retiring in 1988. She was a member of Apostolic Bible Church. Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association. She was the widow of Jesse O.

Baker. Survivors sons James Ron Bullard; daughters Diana Marsee, Uraina Bowden; sisters Opal Spurlin, Kate Dickerson; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Kent A. Santo FORT MYERS, Fla. Services for Kent A.

Santo, 32, formerly of Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Simon Catholic Church, Indianapolis. There will be no calling. Feeney-Hornak Shadeland Mortuary, Indianapolis, is handling arrangements.

Mr. Santo died Saturday in Genesis Hospital West, Davenport, lowa. He had been a welder until 1991. Survivors parents Frank and Ruth A. Hall Santo; brothers Kirk Keith T.

Santo; sisters Teresa Adams, Katrina Brown. James T. Paul WESTFIELD, Ind. Services for James T. Paul, 55, will be at 7 p.m.

Tuesday in Shirley Brothers Castleton Chapel, with calling following services. Mr. Paul died Saturday. He had worked for Allison Gas Turbine Division of General Motors 27 years, retiring in 1993. Survivors wife Marylyn G.

McIntosh Paul; daughter S. Kay Paul; son Joseph G. Paul; father Verlas B. Paur, sister Sandra A. Pepper.

GREENWOOD, Ind. Services for Edward H. Smith, 68, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Goodwin Funeral Home, Vincennes, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Calling also will be from 6 to 9 tonight in Wilson-St. Pierre Chapel of the Chimes. Mr. died Saturday in St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove.

He worked for Southern Life Insurance, Anderson, 28 years, retiring in 1981. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors wife Eva M. Simons Smith; sons Terry Smith, Robert Harting; daughter Brenda Sowers; stepson Charles Wright; stepdaughters Linda Delphia, Cheryl Wright; mother Leota Sisson Smith; brothers Don, Jack, Doyle Smith; sisters Violet Houck, Phyllis Snider; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren. Mary R.

Boyd There will be no services for Mary R. Ferrand Boyd, 74, Indianapolis. Mrs. Boyd died Thursday. She had worked for Kingan Co.

Shirley Brothers Thompson Road Gary R. Grose Chapel is handling arrangements. Mrs. Boyd was widow of Joe Boyd. Survivors sisters Charlotte Lucille Goode, Freda M.

Knight; brother Fred O. Oelschlager. Kenneth L. Price Services for Kenneth L. Price, 77, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday in Emerson Avenue Baptist Church. Calling will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel. Mr. Price died Saturday.

He was an insurance agent for National Life and Accident eight years, retiring in 1981. Previously, he was an insurance agent for Metroplitan Life Insurance many years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Memorial contributions be made to the church or the may Warren Township Fire Department. He was the widower of Wilma Frazier Price.

Survivors sons Frederick, Richard Price; daughters Susan Johnson, Carol Clemmer; brother W.B. Price sister Maxine Santee; six grandchildren. Brandon Gibson PLAINFIELD, Ind. Services for Brandon Lynn Gibson, infant, who died Friday, will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in New Crown Cemetery.

There will be no calling. Wilson-St. Pierre Chapel of the Chimes is handling arrangements. Survivors parents Paul G. and Debbie L.

Becraft Gibson; sister Rachel B. Gibson; grandparents Rev. William and Pauline Hamner, Charles and Maxine Becraft. Meredith A. Blubaugh PLAINFIELD, Ind.

Services for Meredith A. Swift Blubaugh, 51, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Plainfield Friends Meeting, with calling until 8 tonight in Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home. Mrs. Blubaugh died Saturday.

She worked for the State Library four years, retiring in 1993. was a member and had been church secretary many years for Plainfield Friends Meeting. She was named a Sagamore of the Wabash by former Gov. Matthew Welsh in 1964. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, the Greater Indianapolis Diabetes Association or the Christian Education of Plainfield Friends.

Survivors husband James C. Blubaugh; daughter Stephanie P. Blubaugh; parents Harold and Myra Swift; sister Virginia Lindley; brothers Jim, John Swift. Lewis E. Lawson GREENWOOD, Ind.

Services for Lewis E. Lawson, 75, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Carmony-Ewing Harrison Street Funeral Home, Shelbyville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Mr.

Lawson, formerly of Shelbyville and Indianapolis, died Sunday. He was in the insurance business and a securities broker before retiring in 1982. A World War Army veteran, he was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. Survivors daughters Donna Winters, Marlene Pettke; brothers Charles Raymond. Lawson; half-sister Dorothy three grandchildren.

Ethel G. Smallwood Services for Ethel G. Mark Smallwood, 90, Indianapolis, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling until 9 tonight.

Mrs. Smallwood died Saturday. She worked for Roselyn Bakeries 10 years, retiring in 1983. Previously she was a sales clerk for Blocks 15 years. She was a member of Bradley United Methodist Church, Greenfield.

She was the widow of Howard Smallwood. Survivors sons Richard George L. Smallwood; six grandchildren; 10 greatgrandchildren. Clifford Gill GREENFIELD, Ind. Memorial services for Clifford "Ed" Gill, 60, will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in Indianapolis First Church of the Nazarene, with calling tonight in Pasco Memorial Mortuary. Mr. Gill died Saturday. He was a salesman for Quality Repair Company at Greenwood. He previously worked as a salesman for Barron-Blaksley, Melrose, IlI.

He was a former Greenfield City Council member and a past member of the Greenfield Parks Board and planning commission. A Korean War Navy veteran, he was a member of the church and the American Legion Hancock Post 119. Memorial contributions may be made to the Justin Basicker Fund, in care of National City Bank. Survivors wife Jane Collins Gill; daughter Sara Leonard; son Roger Gill; brothers Kent, sisters Helen Breitwieser, Carolyn' Scott; five grandchildren. STATE DEATHS BATESVILLE Edward Simmer87, retired farmer and widower meyer, of Alma A.

Brandes Simmermeyer (Weigel Funeral Home). LIBERTY Tyler D. Wehrley, 30, Centerville, Ohio, formerly of Liberty (Showalter-Blapkwell, Baker-Fosdick Chapel). Teen to face trial as adult The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, Ind. The North Carolina teen arrested in the beating death of a 20-year-old Elkhart man will be tried as an adult, the Huntington County prosecutor said.

Michael Gravley, 16, who was staying with his father in Huntington for the summer, is being held on a murder charge for allegedly killing Dan Cyrus. Prosecutor John Branham said he would make a motion today to move the cases of either one or both of two other Huntington 17- year-olds arrested in connection with the death to adult court. Cyrus was found dead Thursday. His head was pounded with cinder blocks and pieces of wood, said Mark Johnston, a conservation officer. Beulah I.

Werler Beulah I. Werler, 92, Indianapolis, died Saturday in Hooverwood Nursing Home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Crown Hill Peace Chapel. Survivors son Marion Werler; one grandchild.

Marion Chapman Marion Grace Eitel Chapman, 95, Indianapolis, died South. Sunday Mrs. in Community Hospital Chapman worked for L.S. Ayres in the employee's cafeteria in 1953. She was a member of Southport Presbyterian Church and Prospect Lodge Eastern Star 452.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Daniel F. O'Riley Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 9 Tuesday. She was the widow of p.m.

James Franklin Chapman Sr. Survivors son James Franklin Chapman daughters Patricia Mennel, Charlene Carter; sister Dorothy Carter; 31 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. Bessie C. Hinton Services for Bessie C. Harrison Hinton, 81, Indianapolis, will be at 11 Tuesday, in Shirley Brothers with Washington Memorial Chapel, calling one hour before services.

Mrs. Hinton died Saturday. She was the widow of Rhee E. Hinton. Survivors sisters Mae Cooper, Florine Brown, Ellia Flom; two grandchildren.

Wesley G. Riegle GREENFIELD, Ind. Services for Wesley G. Riegle 68, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Pasco Memorial p.m.

Tuesday. Mr. Riegle died SunMortuary, with calling a from 6 to 8 day. He was a truck driver for A.B.F. Trucking Co.

in Indianapolis 36 years, retiring in 1985. A World War Navy veteran, he was a member of Greenfield American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and Teamsters Local 135 at Indianapolis. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Survivors wife Patricia Robinson Riegle; sons WesRichard Riegle; daughters Tanya's. Jones, Melanie L.

Riegle, Regina G. Schutt, Christine A. Carlisle; brothers Allen Riegel, Joe Reigel; sister Inezellen Bales; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Raymond F. English GREENCASTLE, Ind.

Private services will be held for Raymond Finley English, 76, with burial in North Branch Cemetery. Wingler-Hays Funeral Home, Coatesville, is handing arrangements. Mr. English, formerly of Coatesville, died Sunday. He was a -employed well driller in Putnam and Hendricks counties 40 years, retiring in 1984.

Survivors Irvin Dale Louis F. English; daughter Rosemary Cooper; 11 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren. Tamara E. Miller ANDERSON, Ind. Services for Tamara E.

Allen Miller, 37, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, with calling until 8 tonight. Mrs. Miller, a homemaker, died Saturday.

She was a member of Bethany Christian Church. Survivors husband Kenneth Miller; sons Kevin, Jeff Miller; daughters Kimberley Sue, Jasmine, Jessica Miller, Anna M. Lacey; parents Ray and Idell Porter Allen; brother Terry Allen; sister Brenda Daniel; two grandchildren. Ramona Foust CICERO, Ind. Services for Ramona Griffin Foust, 23, will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in Randall Roberts Logan Street Chapel, Noblesville, calling until 8 tonight. Mrs. Foust, formerly of Noblesville, died in a traffic accident Saturday. She was a self-employed member of a crew that cleaned newly constructed homes. Survivors husband John Foust; sons Joshua, Cory Foust; daughter Shandell Paige; mother Helen Griffin; brother William Anthony; grandmother Lillie Roberts.

Ella Haulk BROWNSBURG, Ind. Graveside services for Ella Litteral Haulk, 88, were today in Brownsburg Cemetery. Mrs. Haulk died Saturday. Matthews Mortuary, Brownsburg, handled arrangements.

She was the widow of Russell Haulk. Survivors sons Thomas, Delbert, Ralph Haulk; daughter Dorothy Elliott; 19 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren. Esta Dailey ALEXANDRIA, Ind. Services for Esta "Betty" Dailey, 89, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Noffze Home, with calling until 8 tonight.

Mrs. Dailey died Saturday. She was the widow of William Dailey. Survivors sons William R. Dailey, Ronald D.

Dailey; daughter Joyce Hanson, several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren..

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