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28 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Monday, April 4, YoseM DEATHS AND FUNERALS Pat Vidan, 500's Longtime Starter Patrick "Pat" Vidan. 69, former official starter of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, died Friday in Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Ore. Known for his natty white coat, black trousers and animated flagwaving style, Vidan retired in February 1980 after 18 years as official starter. In 1957, the United States Auto Club asked Vidan to act as official starter for midget division races in Florida. At a race in Miami that year he met Tony Hulman, who invited him to be assistant starter for the Indianapolis 500 the following year.

Vidan served in that capacity from 1958 to 1961. In the summer of 1961 USAC asked him to be starter on the championship trail and he was asked to be chief starter at Indianapolis in 1962. Vidan said staying calm was the most important quality for a good starter. "The good Lord made me an unexcitable person and if it wasn't for that I could never handle the job. You have to maintain your wits out there.

or confusion can just take over." As chief starter, his primary cern was for the drivers' safety. "I'd much rather black flag a driver than have him go out and get hurt. I don't care who wins as long as no one gets hurt." A weightlifter and former acrobat. Vidan and his wife Marilyn operated Pat Vidan's Studio of Health on Main Street in Speedway from 1966 until 1978. They then moved to Tigard.

a suburb of Portland, his hometown. An accomplished cartoonist, Vidan used his easel and sketch pad to Mrs. Betty Lou Tinnin Mrs. Betty Lou Tinnin, 65, 2316 N. Hillside, died Friday in Community Hospital.

She was a member of Church of the Firstborn Saint where she was a Bible teacher and taught Sunday school. She was an ordained mother of the church, where services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Stuart Mortuary.

Burial will be in Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors parents Mr. and Mrs. Prophet Curtis: daughters Jo Ann Hunter. Jacquelyn Kenton.

Patricia Cornell. Emma Thomas, Lucy Gadis, Lynn Rowen; sons Richard. Phillip, Curtis. Steven, Kermit. Charles.

Rhea: sisters Helen Babb, Carolyn Hathaway, Della Ervin. Hazel Walters. Betty Salter, Frances White, Mary Walters; brothers Lawrence Givens, Mark Walters. Lambert Reckley Cleo Edwards Roosevelt Gaddis Graveside services for Cleo Ed- Services for Lambert "Frank" Reckley, 83, Indianapolis, will be at a.m. tomorrow in Feeney-Hornak Shadeland Mortuary and at 10 a.m.

in St. Patrick Catholic Church. He died Friday in St. Vincent Hospital. Reckley was a terminal train dispatcher for the New York Central System 49 years, retiring in 1965.

He was a member of Nativity Catholic Church and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and was safety supervisor at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 15 years. Friends may call until 9 tonight in the mortuary. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Survivors daughter Therese O'Brian; sons Robert, Thomas, Daniel, Stephen; sister Ruth Wilcher. Services for Roosevelt Gaddis, 50, 8307 Sobax Drive, will be at 1 p.m.

Wednesday in Summers Northeast Funeral Home, where friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. He died yesterday in Veterans Hospital. Gaddis worked in the housekeeping department at the Veterans Hospitals 10 years. He was an Army and Air Force veteran.

Survivors wife Betty; son Tony; stepson Mark; daughter Rosetta; stepdaughter Annette; father J. mother Mackie Howard; stepfather Odell Howard; sister Mary Duckett; brother Samuel. Mrs. Robert Hoyt Services for Mrs. Robert (Betty) Hoyt, 59, Indianapolis, will be at 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday in G. H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, where friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight and from noon to 9 p.m. tomorrow. She died Saturday in a Greenwood nursing home.

Survivors sons Robert, Richard; stepdaughter Emma Jane Roberts; sisters Dorothy Mosby, Holly Leitz; brother William Roberts. Mrs. Turner Hammer Services for Mrs. Turner (Sarah) Hammer, 77, formerly of Indianapolis, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Strode Funeral Home, Tompkinsville, Ky.

She died yesterday at the home of a daughter at Camby. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Tompkinsville. Friends may call until 9 tonight at G. H. Herrmann Madison Funeral Home.

Survivors Avenue daughters Maxine Shipley, Lenora Hatfield; stepsons Chester, Richard; stepdaughters Jessie May Hagan, Lois Vandiver; sisters Viola Crabtree, Sophia Owens; brother George Sturgeon. Schlensker Rites Are Wednesday Christian Schlensker, 67, Indianapolis, died yesterday at home. He owned Schlensker Greenhouses from 1945 to 1964 and did maintenance work for Perry Township schools 15 years, retiring in 1979. Schlensker was a member of Gardeners Benefit Society and was a past member of the board of directors of Indiana Farm Bureau. He was a past president of Perry Township Farm Bureau and was a ber and former board president of Friedens United Church of Christ.

He served in the Army Air Force in World War II. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at G.

H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home and from 1:30 p.m. until time of services Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Survivors wife Doris; daughter Sharon Hedegard; son Gary; sisters Marie Brewer, Bertha Hohlt, Lucile Orme.

Pat Vidan illustrate talks that he gave around the country. He was a former policeman in Portland and he owned and operated Northwest Emblem Designs there, which designed trademarks and emblems. Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Survivors wife; son Patrick: daughter Michelle Suklee; brothers Mike, Nick; sister Mildred Russell. Jesse Watkins 1910-1983 1914-1983 Services for Jesse Watkins, 73, Indianapolis, will be at noon tomorrow in St. Bridget Catholic Church. He died Saturday in Methodist Hospital. He was a self-employed general contractor 35 years.

Watkins was a member of the church's council and choir and was president of the Men's Community Club. He was a member of the Knights of St. Peter Claver and the Knights of St. Peter Council 109. He also was manager of the Knights of St.

Peter Fourth-Degree Offices Inc. and was treasurer of the Knights of St. Peter Claver Charities. Watkins was a member of the Original His and Hers Social Club and was president of the Cleveland Park Block Club. Friends may call until 9 tonight and from 8 to 11 a.m.

tomorrow in Stuart Mortuary. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Survivors wife Edna; son Gaylord; daughters Jessetta Baynham. Rosemary Oldham; sisters Estella Walker, Maddie Majors; brothers John, Arthur, Richard Majors. Emmett Brownlee Services for Emmett Brownlee, 74.

Indianapolis, will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, where friends may call until 9 tonight. He died Saturday at the Marion County Home. Brownlee was a truck driver for Commercial Transport 30 years. retiring in 1967.

He was a member of Teamsters Local 135. Survivors wife Louetta; daughter Judith Farris; son John. wards, 58. Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Marion National Cemetery.

Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. at Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary. Edwards died Friday in Wishard Hospital. An Army veteran of World War II, he was a cook at Virginia Grill several years. Survivors sisters Martha Dotson, Willola Williams.

Floyd Swinehart Services for Floyd Swinehart, 71, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Eskew Funeral Home, Edinburgh. He died Saturday in Methodist Hospital. Swinehart was a machinist at Indiana Cash Drawer Co. in Shelbyville 15 years, retiring nine years ago.

Friends may call until 9 tonight in G. H. Herrmann South East Street Funeral Home. Survivors wife Anna; daughters Sallie Terman, Alice Sparks, Mable Napier, Garnett Sorensen; sons Leslie, Jerry, Floyd, Beryl, Charles, Harley, Norman, Clarence, Marten. Steel Executive Aurelius Dies PITTSBURGH (UPI) Services are tomorrow for Marcus Aurelius, 72, former vice president of U.S.

Steel who died last Thursday. Aurelius was named vice president of sales for the U.S. Steel Supply Division in Chicago in 1946. He retired in 1975 as vice president of national accounts for U.S. Steel's commercial department.

In 1977, he joined Le Nickel a division of Rothschild, serving as board chairman until 1980. He was also a director of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Gloria Swanson Dies At Age 84 NEW YORK (AP) Gloria Swanson, 84, the silent movie queen who became the epitome of Hollywood's long gone golden years, died today at New York Hospital after a brief illness. A spokesman for the hospitals said the actress died in her sleep at 4:45 a.m. No other details were immediately available.

Miss Swanson, who began her career as a teen-ager, was active professionally into her 70s. A lifelong health buff, she attributed her longevity to good nutrition and her avoidance of "junk food." Her 1980 autobiography created a sensation when she discussed an extramarital love affair she said she had with the late Joseph P. Kennedy, the patriarch of the Kennedy family. "If I didn't write about it, someone else certainly would," she later explained to reporters. The petite beauty, whose personal life became as exotic and romantic as her movie roles, began her career at 15 as a bathing beauty extra in comedies and soon soared to stardom.

She left the screen in 1936 but came back in 1949 to star in "Sunset Boulevard," the story of a demented, aging movie queen. Among her six husbands was a French marquis. Hollywood writers called her "Glorious Gloria" and "Glamorous Gloria." Her beauty regimen was said to include washing her face in pure spring water, she was partial to fur coats and red carnations. She was born Gloria May Jose- Harry Hall Rites Are Tomorrow Special to The News MOORESVILLE, Ind. Services for Harry L.

Hall, 54, a supply sergeant for the Indiana National Guard, will be 8 p.m. tomorrow in Carlisle Son Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Parkview Cemetery at Alexandria. Hall, a native of Alexandria.

died today in St. Vincent Hospital. Indianapolis. A Korean War Army veteran, he was a member of First United Methodist Church and Mooresville Lions Club. Survivors include wife Lois: daughters Alice DeHoff.

Shirley Milner, Sherry Brown, Nancy Rockwell; brother Donald Hall; sister Linda Robertson; stepmother Elaine Hall. Mrs. Arnold Kapp Services for Mrs. Arnold (Oma) Kapp, 76, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Shirley Brothers Drexel Chapel, where friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m.

tomorrow. She died Saturday in Community Hospital. Mrs. Kapp worked in the consumer service department at Sears 18 years, retiring in 1968. She was a member of the Senior Citizens and First Baptist Church in LaPorte.

Burial I will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, LaPorte. Survivors daughter Alice McLaughlin; stepson Jerry; stepdaughter Janice Rogers. Mrs. Leroy Dusing Mrs. Leroy (Mary Alice) Dusing, 65, Indianapolis, died yesterday at home.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Southport. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Singleton Herr Madison Avenue Funeral Home, where friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.

Survivors husband; daughters Mrs. Joe Clayburn, Mrs. Larry Heck. Richard Moore Services for Richard Moore, 1823 Bellefontaine, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Jacobs Brothers Westside Funeral Home, where friends may call after 4 p.m.

tomorrow. He died yesterday in a nursing home. He worked for American Paper Co. and Wilhelm Construction Co. and was a member of Mount Paran Baptist Church.

Survivor daughter Mary Grissom. Mrs. Otto Wise Services for Mrs. Otto (Minnie) Wise, 69, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St.

Philip Neri Catholic Church. She died Friday in Community Hospital. She was a member of the church's Legion of Mary. Friends may call until 9 tonight and from 2 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in Grinsteiner Funeral Home.

Survivors husband; daughter Myrna Sherman; son Kenneth Cowden. LeRoy Woods Services for LeRoy Woods, 63, Monticello, formerly of Indianapolis, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Usher Funeral Home, were friends may call from noon until time of services. He died Saturday in Hendricks County Hospital, Danville. He was an automobile salesman at Monticello.

Survivors wife Doris; daughter Pam Babbitt; father Noble. Mrs. Hutchens Rites Tomorrow The News NOBLESVILLE, Ind. Services for Mrs. Archie (Zola) Hutchens, 84.

co-owner of Noblesville Electric Hatchery, will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Trout Funeral Home. Mrs. Hutchens, native of Rockville and resident of Noblesville since 1930, died Friday in a Noblesville nursing home. She was a member of First Christian Church, Order of Eastern Star, Pitch-In Sister, American Legion Auxiliary and World War I Veterans Wives.

She also was a member of the Past Chiefs, Travelettes, Cumberland Corner Homemakers, Golden Age Center, Senior Citizens Organization Inc. Otterbein Brother Sisterhood and Loyal Daughters Sunday School Class. Survivors include foster daughters Judith Sylvester, Bonnie Jack: son, Florence Fraze; foster son John Pangburn. Robert Kingery Services for Robert Kingery, 55, Indianapolis, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Jordan-Lawrence Funeral Home, where friends may call until 9 tonight and from 4 to 9 p.m.

tomorrow. He died Saturday in Community Hospital. The Army veteran of World War II was a past patron of Englewood Chapter of Eastern Star and was a scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 162. He was a member of Englewood Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, St. Paul United Church of Christ and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2999.

Burial will be in Washington Park East Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Franklin Masonic Home or the American Cancer Society. Survivors wife Katherine; sons Donald, Richard; daughter Diane; brothers Wade. William. Rev.

Paul Arnold Services for the Rev. Paul Arnold. 77, were Friday in Faith Presbyterian Church, Aurora, Colo. The former Indianapolis resident died March 27 at University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver. He had lived in Denver 12 years.

Rev. Arnold formerly was assistant pastor at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church six years. He also had served churches in Denver and Aurora, Detroit and Mason, Chicago and Dayton. Survivors wife Anne; sons John, David; daughter Mary Ann Peterson. Leah Bowers Services for Leah Bowers.

71. Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Farley West Morris Street Funeral Home, where friends may call until 9 tonight. She died Saturday in Wishard Hospital. She was a separater and sorter at Crown Laundry 25 years, retiring in 1971.

Survivor daughter Cora Davis. Mrs. Cordie Campbell Services for Mrs. William (Cordie) Campbell, 96. Indianapolis, will be at 11:30 a.m.

tomorrow in Shirley Brothers East Chapel. She died Saturday in a nursing home. There will be no calling. Memorial contributions may be made to Lakeview Manor Nursing Home. Survivors daughters Helen Harth, Lola Alexander; son F.

Faye. Mrs. Edward Cooney Services for Mrs. Edward (Velma) Cooney, 76. Indianapolis, will be at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday in G. H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. in St. Mark Catholic Church.

She died Friday in St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. Donald Flanders Services for Donald Flanders, 60, Indianapolis, were today in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home.

He died Saturday in Westview Hospital. Flanders worked in the quality control department at Allison 33 years. He was a member of Lynhurst Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Murat Shrine, Mini-Mystic, American Legion Post 500 and Speedway 500, Golf Club. Survivors daughters Stephanie Hawkins, Christina Gray; sons Donald, Michael. Norman O' Mullane Services for Norman O'Mullane, 74, Indianapolis, will be at 1 p.m.

Wednesday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, where friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. He died Saturday in Wishard Hospital. O'Mullane was a packing clerk at Haag Drugs, retiring in 1973. He was a member of West Washington Street Church of Christ.

Gerald Robertson Services for Gerald Robertson, 47, Indianapolis, will be at. 10 a.m. Wednesday in Shirley Brothers East Chapel, where friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. He died Saturday in St.

Vincent Hospital. He Optrx Labs two years. Survivors wife Janice; sons Gerald Thomas, Ronald; daughter Runella. Lillburn Sutherlin Services for former Indianapolis resident Lillburn Sutherlin, 74, were today in A. L.

Moore Son Funeral Home, Phoenix. He died Friday in a Phoenix hospital. Sutherlin worked 25 years for the Pennsylvania Railroad and was a member of Brotherhood of Trainmen. Survivors wife Madeline; daughters Carol Early, Patricia Kehrt, Janice Pinkston, Donna Hall, Joan Vaughn, Bonnie Sutherlin; son Thomas. Ruble Howell Ruble Howell Services for Ruble Howell, 70, Indianapolis, were today in Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary.

He died Friday in St. Vincent Hospital. Howell was a contractor, retiring in 1980. Survivors wife Ardath; sons Leroy, Kenneth. Gloria Swanson phine Swanson in Chicago, the daughter of an Army captain.

A year after her 1914 movie debut at Essenay Studios in Chicago, she went to Hollywood and appeared in Mack Sennett comedies. David Butler Dies At Age 44 Special to The News ANDERSON Services for David J. Butler, 44, vice president and general manager of WHUT-WLHN radio at Anderson, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Brown Butz Funeral Home. Butler, native of Anderson, died yesterday in St.

John Medical Center. A former newscaster, he had been general manager of the radio stations since 1974. Butler graduated from Anderson High School in 1956 and attended Indiana University before graduating from Ball State University. He was a member of the executive boards of Indiana Broadcasters Association, Anderson Junior Achievement and Salvation Army. Butler was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Crippled Childrens Association and Police Athletic league. He was an associate member of Fraternal Order of Police. He was a member of Elks Lodge. Masonic Lodge, Madison County Scottish Rite Club and Shrine clubs and Scottish Rite and Murat Temple at Indianapolis. He.

also was a member of the Rotary Noon Club, Anderson Country Club. Indianapolis Press Club. Louisiana Historical Society, Friends of Cabildo at New Orleans and Louisiana Landmark Association. Survivors include wife Joy; parents Mr. and Mrs.

Kenneth Butler. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Edgar Shaw Services for Edgar Shaw, 51, Indianapolis, will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Conkle Lynhurst Funeral Home, where friends may call until 9 tonight.

He died Saturday in St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove. He was a trailer mechanic at Tony's Trailer Sales Service Inc. 23 years, retiring in 1979. Survivors wife Edna; sons Edward, Ronald.

Obie Services for Obie Moore, 68. Indianapolis, will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Farley West Morris Street Funeral Home, where friends may call until 9 tonight. He died Saturday in Wishard Hospital. Moore was a glass cutter at Cook's Glass retiring last year.

Survivors wife Norma; daughters Linda, Brenda Orner, Debbie Cox, Sherry Edon; sons Obie Lee, Earl Dean, Dennis Gene, Ricky Moore. Frank Brinkmann Services for former Indianapolis resident Frank Brinkmann, 80, will be at noon tomorrow at Crown Hill Cemetery Gothic Chapel. He died Saturday in Spartanburg (S. General Hospital. Brinkmann retired from the grocery business in 1962.

He was a member of Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ. Survivors wife Ruth; sons Frank, Thomas. Mrs. Irene Morgan Services for Mrs. Irene Morgan, 82, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m.

tomorrow in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel, where friends may call until 9 tonight. She died Friday in Community Hospital. Survivors daughters Mary Rapp, Margaret Bridgewater, Gertrude Knotts; sons Charles, Vernon. William Wolf Services for former Indianapolis resident William Wolf, 45, were today in Issaquah, Wash. He died Wednesday at his Issaquah home.

He was a former commercial artist for Cummins Engine Co. at Columbus. Survivors wife Shirley; daughters Debbie Jones, Wendy; mother Helen Perushek. Frank Dolan Jr. Frank Dolan 63, Indianapolis, died today in Methodist Hospital.

He was a machinist for Schwitzer Corp. 28 years and served in the Coast Guard in World War II. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Conkle Speedway Chapel where friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and from 2 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday. Burial will be in Floral Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Neo-natal Care Unit or Wing 5-C of Methodist Hospital. Survivors wife Sophie; daughter Karen Kortepeter; mother Vera. Thomas Hendrickson Former Indianapolis resident Thomas Hendrickson, 80.

Birmingham, died Thursday in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac. Mich. He was a manufacturer's representative for hardware and was a former member of Second Presbyterian Church. Services will be at 2 p.m.

tomorrow at Crown Hill Gothic Chapel. There will be no calling. Survivor son Thomas. Emory Winings Services for Emory Winings, 82, Indianapolis, will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, where friends may call until CO tonight.

He died Saturday in Community Hospital. Winings worked 20 years at Ford Motor retiring in 1965. He was a member of Evergreen Masonic Lodge 713, Scottish Rite, Murat Shrine and its Indianapolis Horse Patrol. Survivors wife Hazel; sons Thomas; daughter Phyllis Becker. STATE DEATHS BRAZIL Lawrence Wolfe.

70, formerly of Indianapolis and machinist at Fairmount Glass Container Corp. 26 years, retiring in 1975. Services 1 p.m. tomorrow in Miller Chapel. Survivors include wife Olive; sons Garry, Larry; daughter Marilyn.

NOBLESVILLE Mrs. Monroe (Halcy) Whitmoyer, 87, member of Westfield Christ United Methodist Church, Order of Eastern Star, Monday Afternoon Club 59 years and charter member of Hamilton County Garden Club. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday in McMullan Funeral Home, Westfield. Survivors include sons Robert, Ted, Joe Dean Ferge, 62, employe of Army Air Force Exchange PX Service, retiring in 1973.

Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Trout Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Geneva: sons Dean, James; daughters Bonny Perry, Libby Wheeler, Vicki Ferge. RICHMOND Donald Vance, 66, an engineer at Dana Corp. Engine Products Division 22 years, retiring as chief engineer of planning last year.

From 1946 to 1969 he was product test engineer for International Harvester Corp. at Indianapolis. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Doan Mills Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Phyllis; daughters Carol Eddy, Jill Buroker, Pamela Ely.

TERRE HAUTE Mrs. Clarence (Belva) Terhorst, 82, resident of Indianapolis 40 years where was a medical technician. Services 10 a.m. tomorrow in St. Benedict's Catholic Church.

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