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August 7, 1993 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS A-7 Obituaries Verner Hunter, retired teacher LEBANON, Ind. Services for Verner Lowell Hunter, 73, a retired teacher, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Central Christian Church, where he was former elder and chairman of the board. Calling will be from 2. to 8 p.m.

Sunday in Russell Hitch Funeral Home. He died Friday. Mr. Hunter had taught science: at Lebanon Middle School 20 years, retiring in 1985. Previously, he taught agriculture 13 years at Lebanon High School.

He also taught three years in Oaktown. He also had been the area manager for World Book Education Products 27 worked part time at Russell Hitcand Funeral Home. Mr. Hunter was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War I1. A graduate of Purdue University, he was 25-year leader and a member of the Club, from tonsle which he received a Melvin Jones Fellowship.

Memorial contributions may be made to the church or to the Lions Eye Bank, cancer control and Leader Dog programs. Survivors wife Ruth Vernele Smith Hunter; sons Edward Lowell, Lyle D. Hunter; brothers Kenneth, Richard Loren, Gerald, George Hunter; sisters Eleanor Walters, Emma Jean Lee, Betty Ruth Heady. Marlet Turpin LaGRANGE, Ky. Marlet Dean Turpin.

49, formerly of Indianapolis, died July 27. Services were July 31 in Windsor, Ky. He had been a laborer. handled Radcliffe Funeral Home, Survivors LaGrange, arrangements. sons Marlet I1, Michael R.

Turpin, William D. Maichel; sisters Jane White, Hazel Roy, Jewel Hunter; brothers Ronald Kenneth, Junior Turpin; four grandchildren. Robert E. Hofer ANDERSON, Ind. Robert E.

Hofer, 73, died Wednesday. He worked for Delco Remy 39 years, retiring in 1980 as supervisor of control. He was an Army staff sergeant in the Parachute Regimental Combat Team during World War II. He received a Bronze Star medal for valor. He was a member of American Legion Post 127, Elks Lodge 209 and the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team Association.

"Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, with calling from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Survivors wife Maxine Hert Hofer; son Stephen R.

Hofer; step-son Harry Schoger daughter Stephanie Kessling; brothers Charles, Lyndon sisters Vera Sheets, Beatrice Leever; three step-grandchildren. Grace Cooper MARTINSVILLE, Ind. Grace E. Harris Cooper, 84, died Thursday. She was a homemaker and the widow of Howard E.

Cooper. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Wilson St. Pierre Dorsey Doty Chapel, with calling from 11 a.m. to services.

Survivors brother Leve Harrison; one grandson; three great-grandchildren. Kermit E. Perry PLAINFIELD, Ind. Kermit E. Perry, 80, died Thursday in Vinewood Nursing Home.

Mr. Perry worked for Allison Transmission Division of General Motors 35 years, retiring in 1977. He was a member of Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), North Park Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Murat Shrine, Indianapolis. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Hall-Baker Funeral Home, with calling from 2 to 6 p.m.

Sunday. Survivors wife Edith Noell Perry; brothers Harland, Cliff Perry. Joan Sexton DANVILLE, Ind. Joan Sexton, 65, died Friday Medco Center. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday in Baker Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday. Memorial contribututions may be made to the Hendricks County Cancer Society. Survivors husband Virgil Sexton; sons Jeff, Jim Sexton; daughters Marcia Sexton, Mary Eubank, Ruth Fowler; mother Bernice Clark; sister Joyce Cranfill; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Ernest Stovall BROWNSBURG, Ind.

Services for Ernest Stovall, 66, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Matthews Mortuary, with calling until 8 tonight. Mr. Stovall died Friday. He had been a tool and die maker at Talon Corp.

18 years, retiring in 1990. Previously, he worked at Merz Engineering 22 years. He also had served as president of United Auto Workers Local 1523. Survivors daughters Kathy Davis, JacCloud, Barbara Weddle queline, Keene; sons Bill Danny Stovall; sister Geraldine Kottcamp; brothers Donald, Harold Bill Stovall; 14 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. J.D.

Camden Services for J.D. Camden, 71, Indianapolis, will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Forest Pierre Funeral Home, with calling from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. Mr.

Camden died Thursday. He had worked 25 years at Ford Motor retiring in 1980 as production manager. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War Il. He was a member of Southport Masonic Lodge, Murat 270, Shrine Indianapolis and the American Scottish Legion Greenwood Lodge. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

Survivors wife Anna Elizabeth Lynch Camden; daughter Mary Ann Camden Heath; sisters Grace Wendt, Betty Jean Barding. A-7 Thomas Polkabla ANDERSON, Ind. Thomas Polkabla, 55, Friday. Services will be at 11:30 Monday in Robert D. died.

Loose Funeral Home, with calling from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Survivors wife Juliette Oliver Polkabla; son Thomas W. Polkabla; daughters Rogers, Laurie Kempher, Kathy Shell; mother Ann Grega Polkabla; sister Nancy Carter; two grandchildren. Clifford E.

Thompson Services for Clifford E. Thompson, Mondalanapolis, will Hampton-Gentry be at 1 Funeral p.m. Home, Plainfield, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Mr.

Thompson died Thursday. He had been a tool and die maker for Link-Belt retiring in 1978. He was member of Friendswood Baptist Church, Camby. He was the widower of Anna Killman Thompson. Survivors daughter Nancy Lawson; son Lawrence "Skip" Thompson; brother Elmer Thompson; seven grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren.

William Andrews Services for William Edward Andrews, 85, Indianapolis, will be at 1 p.m. Monday, in Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel, with calling from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Mr. Andrews, who died Friday, had been a machinist for Link-Belt Corp.

before retiring. Memorial contributions may be made to the Indiana Masonic Home, Franklin. Survivors wife Louise Brassfield Andrews; daughters Edna Flynn Webb, Barbara Thrasher, Florence Seamon; 13 3 grandchildren; 23 children; a great-greatgrandchildren. Mary Harper Services for Mary Frances Fox Harper, 69, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. in G.H.

Herrmann Madison Funeral Home, with callMonday- ing from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Harper, who died Wednesday, had worked 25 years in the light assembly line at Diamond Chain retiring in 1990. She was a member of University Heights Christian Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Survivors daughters Christina Bush, Rosetta Shea, Phyllis Barnes; son Phillip Cox; sisters Mamie Wilson, Opal Shaw; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Viola Jackson Services for Viola J. Alber Jackson, 86, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Calvary Temple Church.

Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Harry W. Moore Appleget Northeast Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Jackson died Thursday.

She had worked 13 years at Western Electric retiring in 1972. Survivors husband Otis L. Jackson; daughters Royanna Stidham, Shirley Goudy; brother Harry Alber; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Helen Coones Services for Helen M. Starkey Coones, 73, Indianapolis, will be Monday at 9:15 a.m.

in Flanner Buchanan Washington Park East Morutary and at 10 a.m. Little Flower catholic, p.m. Church. Sunday. Calling Mrs.

will be Coones, from who died Thursday, had been a manager at Zabo's Food at Western Electric Co. about three years. Previously, she was an assistant manager for Kroger. Survivors husband James S. Coomes; sons James Gary A.

Coomes; daughters Barbara K. Burge, Brenda G. Berndt; sister Margaret Jordan; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Ernest Gilstrap Services for Ernest A. Gilstrap, 84, Indianapolis, will be private.

Calling will be from 3 to 8 Sunday in Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel. Mr. Gilstrap, who died Thursday, had been a truck driver for Keifer-Stewart Co. from the early 1920s until his retirement in 1973. He was a 50-year member of the Marion Masonic Lodge.

Survivors wife Edith M. Strauser Gilstrap; brothers Ivis, Irvin, Howard, George Gilstrap; sisters Ruth Hill, Belvie Johnson, Florence Richardson, Catherine Kirby, Wilma Collier. Jason Fairchild Jason Duane Fairchild, 21, Indianapolis, died Thursday in an automobile accident. He was a student at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. He was a graduate Carmel High School and a member of Heritage Baptist Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the church, with calling from 2 to 5 and to 8 p.m. Sunday. Survivors mother Chris Messer Allen; father Benny Duane Fairchild; stepfather John O.

Allen; stepmother Frances Fairchild; sister Amy Jo Allen, Sonja Barrick; stepbrothers Steven Bracewell, Edward Dan G. Allen; stepsisters Cindy A. Mills, Marcy Lucille A. Allen; grandparents Paul and Messer; step-grandparents Doris Fairchild, Chester and Edith Allen. James Neely Services for James A.

Neely, 50, Indianapolis, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in A Ronald L. Seals Funeral Home, Fortville, with calling from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday. Mr.

Neely, who died Friday, worked at Ford Motor Co. 30 years, retiring in 1991. He a 20-year veteran of the Indiana National Guard, retiring in 1984 as a major. Memorial contributions may be made to the Little Red Door Cancer Agency. Survivors wife Marcia A.

Fisher Neely; son Shelby J. Neely; daughter Shelaine M. Neely; brothers Jere Tony Ed Neely; sisters Janie Sue Humphrey, Sherry L. Raper, Judy Trout. DEATHS MARION COUNTY Andrews, William, 85 Camden, J.D., 71 Cantrell, Grace, 74 Coones, Helen, 73.

Fairchild, Jason, 21 Gilstrap, Ernest, 84 Harper, Mary, 69 Hawkins, Louis 58 Jackson, Viola, 86 Kish, Eddie, 74 Lyon, Merlin, 77 Matthews, Ruth, 61 Neely, James, 50 Patton, Desetter, 76 Poehler, Lelia, 82 Thompson, Clifford 80 Schultz, LeeRoy, 56 Smith, Lillian 90 Taylor, Harry 86 Williams, Maxine, 76 BOONE COUNTY Hunter, Verner, 73 HANCOCK COUNTY Richeson, LeRoy, 67 HENDRICKS COUNTY Perry, Kermit 80 Sexton, Joan, 65 Stovall, Ernest, 66 MADISON COUNTY Hofer, Robert 73. Polkabla, Thomas, 55 MORGAN COUNTY Cooper, Grace, 84 FORMER RESIDENTS Johnson, Rex 76 Keithley, Robert 69 Knop, Alice, 56 Turpin, Marlet, 49 August 7, 1993 Desetter Patton Services for Desetter Simmons Patton, 76, Indianapolis, will be at 1 p.m. Monday in, Jones Tabernacle AME Zion with calling two hours Mrs. Patton died Tuesday. She had been a licensed practical nurse, retiring in 1977.

She was the widow of Dan Patton. Survivors daughter Nadine Hill; foster daughter Jinaki Modupe; sister Ivery Wilson; brother James Stephens; three stepchildren; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Louis Hawkins Sr. Services for Louis Hawkins 58, Indianapolis, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Grundy Memorial Chapel, with calling from 4 to 9 p.m.

Sunday. Mr. Hawkins died Thursday. He had been a welder 25 years for the Farm Bureau, retiring in 1979. He was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses.

Survivors wife Lurlene Stepp Hawkins; sons Louis David W. mother Georgia Johnson Hawkins; brother William Hawkins sister Gloria J. Hawkins; eight grandchildren. LeRoy Richeson MCCORDSVILLE, Ind. Services for LeRoy, "Lu" Richeson, 67, will be at 1 p.m.

Monday in Wilson-St. Pierre Greenwood Chapel, calling from 9 p.m. Sunday. with, Richeson died Thursday. He had owned Pic-NGo Markets until his retirement in 1981.

He had worked in the maintenance department at Bank One following his retirement until 1992. He was a Navy veteran of World War Il. Survivors wife Phyllis J. McClain Richeson; sons Michael, Dean Richeson; brothers Charlie, Harold, Ralph Richeson; sister Thelma Wenning. Lelia Poehler Lelia F.

Hellard Poehler, 82, Indianapolis, died Friday in Americana South Health Care Center. Mrs. Poehler worked for the Internal Revenue Service 18 years as a clerical worker. She was also a clerical worker at Indianapolis Newspapers Inc. 18 years retiring in 1982.

She was a member of Greenwood Christian Church, Prospect Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star 452 and White Shrine of Jerusalem. Services at 1 p.m. Monday in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m. Survivors sons Re, Rance Poehler; daughter Sharon Byers; sisters Opal Roth, Maxine Short, Effie Kerns; brothers Charles, Donald Short; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren.

Maxine Williams Maxine L. Pulliam Williams, 76, Indianapolis, died Friday. Mrs. Williams worked for Marsh Supermarkets 15 years, retiring in 1970. Services will be at 2:30 p.m.

in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 2 to, 7 p.m. Sunday. She was the widow James Williams. Survivors sons James Michael L.

Williams; brothers Harry Pulliam; sisters Laura McCarty, Mary Candando, Shirley Wood; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Lillian E. Smith Lillian E. Smith, 90, Indianapolis, died Thursday. She was a homemaker.

Mrs. Smith was a member of Corinthian Chapter 456 of Order of the Eastern Star and Garden City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Memorial contributions may to the donor's favorite charity. She was the widow of Ralph L. Smith.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Survivors sons Robert Donald, James Riggs; daughter Ila Hooker; 11. grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.

STATE DEATH JASPER Shirley A. Neukam, 56, who worked at Northeast School Corp. and Farm Bureau Insurance died Thursday (Becher Kluesner Funeral Home). 1 1 1 IV PT FT The Associated Press Happy couple FOND DU LAC, Wis. Leslie Robins and his lottery.

At a Friday news conference, they were fiancee, Colleen DeVries, walk past the store where presented with a ceremonial check representing they bought their ticket in the July 7 Powerball their winnings in excess of $55.5 million each. LeeRoy Schultz 56, Monday Services Indianapolis, in for Little will LeeRoy be Sons E. at 11 Schultz, Funeral a.m. Soldier kills 4, Home, Beech Grove, with calling from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Mr. Schultz, who died Mutual supervisor Thursday, Insurance years was Co. at a He Grain maintenance Dealers shouting about was a Ma- rine Corps veteran of the Korean War member of St. Monica Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. Survivors sons Marty, Mark Michael L.

Schultz. Ruth Matthews Ruth Robinson Matthews, 61, Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Mrs. Matthews was a domestic worker 20 years. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Tuesday in Boatright Funeral Chapel, with the calling from 11 a.m. to services. Survivors sons William Clifford Moore, Eugene Matthews; brother James Robinson; sisters Mary Bunton, Margaret Crumes, Florence J. Carey, Roxie Robinson; six grandchildren. Grace Cantrell Grace E.

Hamilton Cantrell, 74, Indianapolis, died Friday. She worked for Service Products Co. 20 years, retiring in 1980. Previously she worked in catering with American Fletcher National Bank 15 years. She was the widow of Charles R.

Cantrell. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Shirley Brothers Drexel Chapel, with calling from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Survivors son Michael R.

Cantrell; daughter Patricia Scheidt; five grandchildren. Harry Taylor Sr. Harry N. Taylor 86, Indianapolis, died Friday. He worked for Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Group 43 years, retiring in 1970.

He was a member of Central Avenue United Methodist Church. He was the widower of Olive A. Smith Taylor. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, with calling from 3 to 8 p.m.

Sunday. Survivors son Harry N. Edward Milton E. Taylor; nine grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren. Merlin Lyon Merlin E.

Lyon, 77, Indianapolis, died Friday at his home. Mr. Lyon worked in security 16 years for Link Belt, retiring in 1980. Previously, he worked 20 years for the Indianapolis Police Department. He was a member of Meadlawn Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Fraternal Order of Police, Englewood Masonic Lodge and Sahara Grotto.

Services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel, with calling from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Entombment will be in Washington Park East Cemetery. Survivors wife Eva K.

Reynolds Lyon; sons Larry L. Lyon, Joe Reynolds; daughter Barbara Lovell; brother Don R. Lyon; seven grandchildren. Eddie Kish Eddie Kish, 74, Indianapolis, died today at St. Francis Hospital.

Mr. Kish worked several years as a self-employed shower door installer, retiring in 1981. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Little Sons Funeral Home, with calling from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Survivors wife Esther Miller Kish; son Ricky Carter; daughters Betty Jo Irvine, Bobby Jo Laughter, Patricia Kish, Debbie Canfield; brothers Ernie, Joseph, John Kish; sisters Mary Kemper, Helen Ziegler; seven grandchildren. Alice Knop ST. LOUIS Alice L. Lee Knop, 56, Indianapolis, died Thursday.

Mrs Knop worked 14 years as a secretary for the Indianapolis, Water Co. She was a the Euchre Club, Parents Club of Ritter High School, St. Gabriel Parish Eucharistic Ministry and Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Joseph Home for Boys, 4753 S.

Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63111. Services will be at 10 a.m. Mo Monday at St. Monica Church, Creve Couer, with calling from 4 to 9 p.m.

today and 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Drehmann-Harral Chapel, St. Louis. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis.

Survivors sons Gene, Jerry, Chris, Danny, Eric Knop; daughter Amy Knop; brother Thomas, Bob, Richard Lee; sister Mary Ann McLaughlin; one grandchild. gays in military The Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. A Fort Bragg soldier armed with three guns and shouting about President Clinton and gays in the military allegedly shot and killed four people before he was shot down by police. Kenneth Junior French, 22, was in serious condition today at Cape Fear Valley Hospital with gunshots to the face and leg, said police Chief Ron Hansen. At least five other people were treated at the hospital for injuries, including a pregnant woman, he said.

Their conditions were unavailable. French whose rank was not released walked into Luigi's restaurant, about a mile from the Army post, Friday night carrying two shotguns, a rifle and a bag of ammunition. Hansen said. "He came in the restaurant talking about Clinton and gays in the military and mumbled a few other words and then started shooting," said a police spokesman, Sgt. Mike Ballard.

Dawn Gabriel, a waitress at the Italian restaurant, told the Fayetteville Observer-Times the gunman shouted, "I'll show you, Clinton." Gabriel said the man appeared to be irrational and shot people at random, at one point shouting, "You think I'm not going to do this? I'll show you about gays in the military." An off-duty police officer, Richard Pryor, was working at a grocery store across the street when several bullets hit the side of the building, about 200 yards away. Pryor ran across the street and shot French in the leg through a restaurant window, Hansen said. The gunman went down, but got back up and continued firing. After more police arrived, Lt. Bill Simons crawled through a rear door on his stomach and shot French again, disabling him.

Among the dead were the restaurant's owners, Hansen said. Patrons scattered for cover as gunshots rang out. Hostess Anita Wheeler said she and her husband heard what they thought were firecrackers. "The first time, we all just kind of looked around," she said. "The second time, somebody yelled 'Hit the dirt.

So we all got down." Her husband was heading for an exit with their 19-month-old son, Jeremy, when a waitress reached out from a bathroom and told him to give the toddler to her. "And the guy came in the back, pointed the gun at my husband, pulled the trigger, but the gun didn't fire," she said. "It didn't have a round in it." Fayetteville, 50 miles south of Raleigh, is bordered on its northwestern edge by Fort Bragg. Psychologist gist blasts biological parents The Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. Kimberly Mays' biological parents have shown a complete disregard for the girl's feelings by attacking the only family she has ever known, psychologist testified.

"You don't meddle around with a family where there's a close tie between the child and parent," Rex V. Johnson SEATLE, Wash. Rex V. Johnson, 76, formerly of Indianapolis, died Monday. Mr.

Johnson worked at Boeing Airplane retiring in 1981. Previously he worked at Link Belt, Allison and P.R. Mallory in Indianapolis. Mr. Johnson was a member of Irvington Masonic Lodge 666, Indianapolis.

Services were in Seattle. Survivors wife Sammie Sullivan Johnson; son Rex V. Johnson; daughter Sammie K. Parker; two grandsons. Robert E.

Keithley MORGANTOWN, Ind. Robert E. Keithley, 69, formerly, of Indianapolis, died Thursday home. Mr. Keithley was a member of the Indianapolis Police Department 20 years, retiring in 1968 as a lieutenant.

Then he was the security director for the Brylane Corp. 17 years, retiring in 1986. He was a member of First Trinity Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, Morgantown Masonic Lodge 358 and Morgantown Order of Eastern Star 579. He was also a member of Fraternal Order of Police, Scottish Rite and Murat Shrine, all of Indianapolis. He was a World War Army veteran and a member of Disabled American Veterans.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday with a Masonic service at 3 p.m. Survivors wife Betty Brown Keithley; son R.

Michael Keithley, two grandsons; one step grandson. 4 A 90 said psychologist Lawrence Ritt, who has treated Kimberly for nearly five years. In a full day on the stand Friday, Ritt backed 14-year-old Kima berly's wish to cut all ties to Ernest and Regina Twigg and to preserve her life with Robert Mays, the man who has raised her since she was switched at birth in a rural Florida hospital in 1978. A court-appointed psychologist, Herbert Goldstein, was set to take the stand Monday and testify Kimberly would be "devastated" if the Twiggs are granted their wish to visit the girl. Circuit Judge Steven Dakan has tentatively set Tuesday for closing arguments and then must decide if.

or how, time with the girl will be shared by the feuding families. Most of Ritt's criticisms of the birth parents were directed at Mrs. Twigg, who last year cooperated with the author of a book that suggested Mays played a role in the switch and portrayed him as an abusive father. She repeated the accusations against Mays in magazines, on TV shows and in pretrial depositions. Mrs.

Twigg's need to see Mays "led away in handcuffs" has "overridden her ability to take care of Kimberly," Ritt said. The "attacks on Kimberly's whole family system" continued when Mrs. Twigg gave a deposition in which she referred to Kimberly as Arlena the name of girl the Twiggs took home in the baby swap, Ritt testified. Arlena died of a heart defect in 1988. "It was a very unkind, uncaring thing to do," he said.

"It shows she is totally out of touch with Kimberly's needs.".