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7T Thursday, December 9, 1982 Pag 47 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS PEA THS AND FUNERAIS Chester Coates Was Policeman -f A A I 'frJl I 1 ((F) jf "mm" if) 'i 1 1 For Safety's Sake School safety patrolman Kevin Hilbert keeps youngsters on the sidewalk until it is safe to cross the street near School 78. Waiting until traffic has passed are (from left) Tammy Garrity, Travis Garrity, David Parrish and Gary Tout. The NEWS Photo, Patty Espich. Services for retired Indianapolis Police Department Lt. Chester Coates, 70, will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday in St. Bridget Catholic Church. The former head of the police-community relations office in the intelligence and human relations section of the Internal Affairs branch died yesterday in Methodist Hospital. He retired in 1974. Coates was a graduate of Michigan State University, where he majored in police and community relations and advanced education.

He completed FBI school in law enforcement in 1969 and had received three commendations for meritorious service. He was a recruit company commander in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945. In 1966, Coates was one of 20 law enforcement officials chosen by the U.S. government to write guidelines in riot prevention and police-community relations.

Those guidelines were distributed to police departments across the country. He was liaison officer for Job Corps, human and civil rights organizations and Community Action Against Poverty for Indianapolis Police, representing the department at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in 1966. Before joining IPD, Coates worked 10 Vi years at Citizens Gas. In addition, Coates was supervisor of security guards at AFNB 13 years, retiring in 1977. He was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Association of Inter-Group Relations Officials, Elks Lodge 104, St.

Jude Police Norman Lee Hoss Services for Norman Lee Hoss, 29. Indianapolis, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home and at 11:30 a.m. in St.

Jude Catholic Church. He died Tuesday. Hoss owned and operated Norman L. Hoss Construction Co. at New Whiteland.

Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the mortuary. Survivors wife Pat; daughters Angela, Amy, Abigail; father John; mother Wilma Becker; brother Steven; sisters Barbara Houdek, Mary Loeffler, Nancy Johnson. Ruth Ridlen Services for Ruth Crider Ridlen, 73, Beech Grove, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, where friends may call until 9 tonight and from 2 lo 9 p.m.

tomorrow. She died yesterday in St. Francis Hospital. She was a long distance operator for Indiana Bell 25 years, retiring in 1971. She was a member of Centenary Christian Church, Telephone Pioneers of America and Senior Citizens of Beech Grove.

Survivors sons Earl, Thurman; sisters Helen Morris, Muriel Royalty. Albert Hunt Memorial services are being arranged for former Indianapolis resident Albert Hunt, 82, who died at Ellenwood, yesterday. He was a general agent for Frisco Railroad 50 years, retiring in 1965. Hunt was a member of Scottish Rite, Murat Shrine and Masonic Lodge. Survivors wife Flo; son Charles.

Mary Lou Higgins Services for Mary Lou Higgins, 57, Fort Wayne, formerly of Indianapolis, were today in Sheetz Funeral Home, Akron. She died Tuesday in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was a comparison shopper for Wesson's and a member of United Methodist Church in Akron. ST A TE OEA THS Avenue Fix-Up Studied Several Southside businessmen are spearheading a drive to beautify Madison Avenue, the "gateway" to Southern Indianapolis and points be- yond. The Madison Avenue Businessmen's Association has formed a committee to investigate the planting of trees and flowers in the median and on the banks along Madison and the addition of murals on part of the wall area beside the street.

The committee has discussed the project with Gene Hallock, director of the Indiana Department of Highways. Haliock's aids are checking possible ground cover with Purdue University experts to determine its aDDrooriateness. C. B. Kendall, chairman of the committee, said the use of trees between the avenue's lanes would both beautify and serve as a safety factor.

He said a final decision on the types of trees and the mural has jiot been made. "The murals would depict the many sports for which Indianapolis is known, including the new Hoosier Dome," he said. "We hope the art departments of various schools could be interested in this project on a competitive basis. Properly done, it could enhance the appearance of this thoroughfare." Since the MABA's formation in 1949, the group has played a part in such projects as getting the underpass constructed on Madison from Southern Avenue to Manual High School and securing lights for the Manual football field, member Steve Rossman said. He said the latest project was.

spurred partly by the well-kept grounds at Eli Lilly Co. headquarters. 1,800 Pupils Suspended I Indianapolis Public Schools officials this week told 1,800 elementary and junior high pupils they could not return to school until they presented proof of immunization against communicable diseases. Pupils who have not been immunized for diseases such as polio, diptheria and tetanus have been suspended for five days, although they can return to classrooms at any time by offering proof of immunization, school officials said. This year IPS officials are just suspending elementary and junior high students who do not comply with the state immunization requirement, but next year they plan to suspend high school students as well.

In most cases, an IPS official said, parents have just forgotten or neglected to present health records to school officials, and youngsters will be re-admitted within a few days. Injured Man Dies A Richmond man shocked Oct. 19 died at Wishard Hospital yesterday from pneumonia and kidney failure. Louis Stiller, 29, was shocked when the "cherry picker" he was in came in contact with a 13,000 volt power line. In Robbery dup at a Muncie furniture store where they worked.

Cole later recov1 ered and testified against Davis and Ted Burtley, 19, Muncie. Burtley recently was convicted on a murder charge and sentenced to 110 years in prison. His trial was moved to Blackford Circuit Court at Hartford City on a change of venue. Davis could receive a 6 20 year sentence for his robbery conviction. by reading The Indianapolis News.

The News keeps you informed as only a Rites For Fire Victims SpKlal la Tht Nn LEBANON, Ind. Double services for two Lebanon children fatally injured in a mobile home fire here Monday will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Myers Mortuary. Matthew Montgomery Hughes, 3, died at 1 p.m. yesterday in Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis of injuries suffered Monday morning when a fire of undetermined origin destroyed his Southside mobile home and also killed his sister, Heidi Marie Hughes, 4.

The children's mother, Julia, escaped from the mobile home at the Elm Street Trailer Park. She was unable to return to the trailer because of intense heat and flames. The young boy was found in the bathroom suffering from smoke inhalation and cardiac arrest. He was taken to Witham Hospital and later transferred to Methodist. The body of his sister was found in a bedroom.

Other survivors father Clarence M. Hughes, maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Golden, paternal grandparents Clarence Hughes and Laura Hughes. Friends may call at the funeral home between 4 and 8 p.m.

tomorrow. Firms Agree On Cleanup Pact A compromise settlement that allows 24 industrial firms to "buy out" of a massive suit for a total of $7.7 million in the Seymour Recycling Co. case has been signed by Federal Judge William Steckler. The settlement allows the 24 firms to pool money to fund a cleanup of the site's surface. Firms involved include IBM and General Motors.

About 140 additional firms have offered to pool $3.2 million to begin cleaning up the' site's subsurface area. Youth Guilty MUNCIE, Ind. (UPI) A jury today convicted a 16 year-old Muncie youth on robbery charges put acquitted him on a murder count. The Delaware Superior Court jury ruled Wayne Davis was innocent of murder because he wasn't the triggerman in the Jan. 23 robbery-slaying of Steven Smith, 23.

Smith was killed and Jeffrey Cole, 24, was wounded during a hol Chester Coates In 1968 League, Fraternal Order of Police, Citizens Forum St. Vincent De-Paul Society and the Federation of Associated Clubs. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in Stuart Mortuary. Prayer service will be at 7 p.m.

tomorrow in the Mortuary. Entombment will be in Calvary Mausoleum. Survivor wife Myra. George Freeman Rites Saturday George Freeman, 66, Carmel, assistant executive director of the Indiana Oil Marketers Association, died yesterday in St. Vincent Hospital.

Before joining the marketers group in 1977, Freeman was regional salesman 20 years for Exxon Oil Co. He was a member of Carmel United Methodist Church and a life member of the Petroleum Club of Indianapolis. Services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the church chapel. Friends may call tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m.

and from 7 to 9 p.m. in Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary. Entombment will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Survivors wife Mary; daughters Marilyn Freeman, Sandy Marburger; brothers Robert, Myron. Services for John Edward Bush, 69, 1910 Wilcox, a retired coal miner, will be at 1 p.m.

Saturday in Stuart Mortuary, where friends may call from 3:30 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. He died Tuesday in Wishard Hospital. Burial will be in Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors mother Lillie Marks; daughters Marsha Hunter, Linda Harris, Paula, Bertha Bush; sons Fred, Ronald, Jerry Bush, James Miller; sister Almeta Christian; brother Nathaniel Speight.

Mrs. Robert McGee Services for Mrs. Robert (Elmire) McGee, 87, 5326 E. 43rd, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Williams Meridian Chapel, where friends may call from 5 to 9 tomorrow.

She died yesterday in a nursing home. Survivors son Henry George; daughters Mary Martin, Arletha Thompson, Minnie Nance, Christine Seals, Arletha Johnson, Rosie Wade, Hattie Williams. lona Sargent Services for lona Fern Sargent, 88, Indianapolis, will be at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel, where friends may call until 9 tonight. She died yesterday in a nursing home.

She was a milliner at Wasson's 20 years. clude sisters Emma Smith, Dorcas Crull. NEW PALESTINE Mrs. John (Vernia) Richards, 83, native of Bedford and formerly of Indianapolis. Services 10 a.m.

tomorrow in Stirling-Gerber Funeral Home, at Indianapolis. Survivors include sons George, John; daughters Clarice Ethridge, Mary Spinks. J. F. Schroeder Rites Tomorrow Sptcil to Tht Ntwi BATESVILLE, Ind.

Services for Joseph F. Schroeder, 99, part owner of Home Outfitters, a Bates-vide Furniture Store, will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in St. Louis Catholic Church. Schroeder died Tuesday in Margaret Mary Community Hospital.

He had been associated with the hardware and lumber business since age 17. He had been part owner of Home Outfitters since 1975. Schroeder was a member of Batesville Retail Merchants Association, Knights of Columbus and the St. Louis church, Survivors include wife Mary. A Bush Ex-Coach Rutherford Dies At 84 Special to Tht Newt TERRE HAUTE, Ind.

Services for Vane R. Rutherford, 84, former coach and principal of Wiley High School at Terre Haute, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Callahan East Chapel. Rutherford, native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, died yesterday in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was a 1921 graduate of Indiana State University and Columbia University in 1929.

He did post graduate work at the University of Wisconsin; Rutherford began his teaching career at Washington. He also taught at Sullivan. He was affiliated with Wiley High School from 1927 to 1964. He coached football, basketball and track from 1927 to 1939 before being appointed boys counselor. He became principal in 1951 and retired in 1964.

Rutherford was a member of ISU Alumni Association, Indiana Association of Junior Senior High School Principals and Indiana Teachers Association. Survivors include wife Vera. Margueritte Wieneke Services for Margueritte Wieneke, 63, Indianapolis, will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Flanner Buchanan Shadeland Mortuary, where friends may call an hour before services. She died Tuesday in Cedar Crest Health Care Center.

She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Ladies Auxiliary of Moose Lodge 17 and American Legion Auxiliary. Memorial contributions may be made to the diabetes or kidney foundations. Entombment will be in Washington Park East Mausoleum. Survivors daughters Theresa Mae Dedic, Margueritte Hupey; sisters Alice, Mary Jane Haas, Katherine Wilson; brothers Gary, Charles McClerry. Mrs.

Herman Gootee Mrs. Herman (Henrietta) Gootee, 84, Indianapaolis, died today in a nursing home. She was a member of Little Flower Catholic Church Altar Society and its Adventuresome Group. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Shirley Brothers Drexel Chapel and at 10 a.m.

in Little Flower Catholic Church. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. at the mortuary. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.

Survivors sister Bertha Jordan; brother Ted Greiner. Mrs; Wilfred Glass Services for Mrs. Wilfred (Helen) Glass, 66, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, where friends may call until 9 tonight. She died Tuesday in Methodist Hospital.

She was an office worker for Block's and Texas Oil Co. 10 years, retiring in 1968. She was a former member of Homemak-ers Club and a former Cub Scout den mother. Survivors husband; sons Stephen, John; sister Mary Lou Mercer, Evelyn Biesel. Harold Suits Harold Suits, 58, Greenwood, died yesterday at Community Hospital.

He was a tool stager for Maul Technology 30 years. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Wilson-St. Pierre Greenwood Chapel where friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

tomorrow. Burial will be in Washington Park East Cemetery. Survivors wife Magdalene; sons Richard, Stephen, David, Roger; brother Robert Elihue Wilson Elihue Wilson, 85, 3419 N. Capitol, died Tuesday in Winona Hospital. He was a retired construction worker and a member of Coppin Chapel AME Church where services will be Saturday at 1 p.m.

Friends may call tomorrow from 5 to 9 p.m. in the church. Burial will be in New Crown Cemetery. King King Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Survivors wife Louise; daughter Dorothy Ford; brother Howard; sister Dorothy Westmoreland.

Mrs. Julius, Zukerman 1909-1982 Mrs. Julius (Celia) Zukerman, 73, 6449 Park Central West Drive, a retired teacher, died today in Indiana University Hospital. Mrs. Zukerman taught elementary school 40 years in the Indianapolis Public Schools system, including 15 years as an instructor for homebound pupils.

She was a graduate of Indianapolis Teachers College and attended Northwestern University Mrs. Zukerman was a member of Beth El Zedek Congregation and its Sisterhood, Kodimo Club, Mizrachi. Club, Hebrew Academy, Auxiliary and the National Council of Jewish Women. She was also a member of the New Horizon Club, Bridge Club, Carih Club and was a board member the Jewish Welfare Federation. Services will be tomorrow at 2 p.m.

in Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Meridian Hills Mortuary. There will be no calling. Memorial contributions may be made to Hooverwood or the Heart Fund. Burial will be in Beth-El Zedek Cemetery North. Survivors husband; sons Allan, Larry; daughter Pearl Regenstrief.

Louis Nickel Louis Nickel, 77, Indianapolis, died yesterday in Cedarcrest Nursing Home. He was an associate quality control representative for Eli Lilly Co. 49 xh years, retiring in 1970. Nickel was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church. Services will be at I p.m.

at G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, where friends may call tomorrow from 2 to 9 p.m. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors sisters Ruth Hudson, Gertrude Barnett; brothers John Walter. Charlotte Ruszkowski Mrs.

Walter (Charlotte) Ruszkowski, 80, Beech Grove, died today at a local nursing home. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. Private services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove.

There will be no calling. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Survivors husband; daughter Eleanor Kasenko; sons Walter, Richard; sister Harriet Puchalski. Frank Reeves Services for Frank Reeves, 74, 1352 W. 22nd, will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday in Summers Northeast Funeral Home, where friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. He died Tuesday in Methodist Hospital. Reeves was a special delivery carrier for the U.S. Post Office 28 years, retiring in 1973.

Burial will be in Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors daughters Frankie Wingo, Dorothy Kelley; brother Charlie. Farnsworth Dies; Painted Truman SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) Portrait artist Jerry Farnsworth, 86, who painted former President Harry Truman and his mother in 1944. died at a nursing home here yesterday following a lengthy illness.

His works hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum in New York, the Delgado Museum in New Orleans, The Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Vanderpoel Museum in Chicago. NEW YORK Will Lee, 74, a veteran actor who was a regular on the television show "Sesame Street," died Tuesday of a heart attack. Lee appeared in a dozen films, including "Whistling in the Dark" and "Casbah." Lee also performed on Broadway in such plays as "The Shrike" and "Incident at Vichy." NEW YORK Nathan Pine, 90, a bookseller known to scores of not ed American writers, died Tuesday, night of a heart attack. Mae Runyan, 97, Was Teacher newspaper can. It's your best source for news about events and decisions that can have an impact on you, your family, and your job.

And it's loaded with practical information and features that can help you to get more out of life. When you want to know, read The News. Special toTht Ntwi NORTH VERNON, Ind. Services for Mae Hattie Runyan, 97, a Jennings County teacher more than 50 years, will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Dove-Sharp Funeral Home.

Miss Runyan died Tuesday at North Vernon Nursing Home. She taught second grade at North Vernon Elementary from 1912 to 1956. After her retirement, she began a private kindergarten program in North Vernon and operated it until 1968. Miss Runyan was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, North Vernon Order of Eastern Star and First United Methodist Church. Survivors include foster children Frances White, Charles Fox; brother, Ralph Runyan.

GREENFIELD Mrs. Charles (Martha) Marks, 84, employe at Kumfy Togs in New Castle 20 years and operator of Mite Gift Shop. Rites today. Survivors include daughter Rosenell Lee; stepdaughters Pearl Cupp, Sarah Stewart. LAPEL Charles Wiseman, 59, Guide Lamp employe 40 years and member of Lapel Volunteer Fire Department.

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