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Sioux City Journal, Friday, November 13, 1981 inmate at the Woodbury Standing beside one of the doors to the Jail, testifies Thursday in the courtroom is transportation bailiff James Terry Grant, an first-degree murder trial of Lonnie Cook. Funke. (Staff photo by George Johnson) County Inmate re reports on Cook in T. Lonnie Cook told an inmate at the Woodbury County Jail that beating his head against the wall would help his insanity defense, the inmate testified Thursday. Cook, 21, is charged with firstdegree murder in the Nov.

26, 1980, slaying of 76-year-old Louis E. Christy. Cook also is charged with burglary degree robbery, first-degree first defre. connection with the slaying. In a confession to police, Cook said he broke into Christy's residence at 2833 Second beat Christy with a billy club and took his money.

The defense formally rested its case as Thursday's session opened. Court was adjourned late in the morning several state rebuttal witnesses appeared. The state's final rebuttal witness, who was unavailable Thursday, is scheduled to testify at 9:30 a.m. today in Woodbury County District Court. Obituaries Mrs.

Robert Wooldridge Mrs. Robert L. Wooldridge, 47, 4517 Wellington, medical technician, died Thursday at a Sioux City hospital after a long illness. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Morningside Presbyterian Church.

The Revs. Arthur K. Beumler and Mark Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery under direction of the Nelson-Berger Morningside Chapel. Mrs.

Wooldridge, the former Roberta J. Burchfield, was born Feb. 28. 1934, at Ransom, Kan. She moved to Panora, Iowa, with her parents as a child.

She graduated from Panora High School, attended Drake University and graduated from St. Luke's Hospital School of Medical Technology at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1955. She married Mr. Wooldridge March 27, 1955, at Panora. She was formerly employed as a medical technician for 15 years at Trinity Regional Hospital in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

The couple came to Sioux City in June of 1978. Mrs. Wooldridge was present board member of St. Luke's Regional Medical Center Auxiliary and was chairman of the Surgery Hostess Volunteer Service. She was co-chairman of the "Make Today Count'' organization.

She participated in the "Cancer Visitation" program and presented area programs on "Coping With She was a member of Morningside Presbyterian Church where she served as a deaconess and was a member of Deborah Circle. She was a past officer of United Presbyterian Women, member of the Bethel Bible Series and Friday Morning Bible Study, member and assistant telephone chairman of the Sioux City Christian Women's Society and participated in their Friendship Bible Study. She was a member and Chaplain of Chapter GR, PEO, member of XI Delta Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and Sioux City Woman's Club. A memorial has been established in Mrs. Wooldridge's name for the American Cancer Society.

Survivors include the widower; three sons, Mark of Sioux City and Alan and Kirk, both at home; one daughter, Mari at home; foster son, Steve Lenier at home; three brothers, Jon, Roger and Wayne, all of Panora; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burchfield of Panora; and three grandchildren. Frank W. Cook Frank W.

Cook, 78, 2800 W. Fourth died Wednesday at a Sioux City nursing home after a long illness. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Anderson-Perasso Funeral Home. Dr.

John P. Hantla, director of Goodwill Industries, will officiate. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday at the funeral home. Mr. Cook was born Oct. 3, 1903, at Huron, S.D. He married Edna V.

Welch July 14, 1944, at Luverne, Minn. He worked for Tower Construction Co. for three years and for Holtze Construction Co. for several years. Area obituaries Mrs.

Claud Anderson CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa Mrs. Claud Anderson, 98, of Correctionville, died Wednesday in a Correctionville nursing home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Barker Funeral Home at Correctionville. Tom Steele of the Church of Christ will officiate.

Burial will be in the Correctionville Cemetery. Mrs. Anderson, the former Bertha Coon, was born Sept. 21, 1883, at Correctionville and was a lifelong resident. She was married Feb.

25, 1903, at Ida Grove. They farmed until 1936 when they moved into town. Mr. Anderson died in November of 1943. She le entered the nursing home in February of 1974.

Survivors include four sons, Orville of Richmond, Donald and Lowell, both of Marine, Ill, and Clifford of Camden, one sister, Mrs. Maude Page of Hinton; seven grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. Mrs. Lloyd Fickbohm AKRON, Iowa Mrs. Lloyd Fickbohm, 74, of Akron, died Thursday in a hospital A Akron.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Immanuel Lutheran Church. The Rev. Julian Swanson will officiate. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery.

There will be a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. today in the Schroeder Funeral Home of Akron. Mrs. Fickbohm, the former Esther T. Peterson, was born Feb.

17, 1907, in Union County, S.D. She was married Aug. 8, 1927, at Alcester, S.D. They farmed in the Akron area. They moved into town in 1971.

She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and the LCW of the church. Survivors include the widower; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (LaVon) Maynard of Akron and Mrs. Neal (Marion) Sever of Pittsburgh, two grandchildren; one greatgranddaughter, one sister, Mrs. Francis (Linnea) Gandrau of Harrisburg, S.D.; and five brothers, Wilbur, Wilhelm and Arnold, all of Alcester, Adolph of Madison, and Lloyd of Pasadena, Calif.

Mrs. Amos Keller CHEROKEE, Iowa Mrs. Amos Keller, 97, of Cherokee, died Wednesday in a nursing home at Cherokee. She had been ill three months. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday in the Boothby Funeral Home. The Rev. Bob Davis will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery. fur Friday FORECAST 50 50 CooL cooL Terry Grant, who said he has served about months in jail on charges of operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and escape from custody, testified that he saw Cook pounding his head against the bars in the jail.

Grant said Cook told him that he suffers from severe headaches, and that he beats his head against the wall to make the pain go away. Cook also said it would help prove his insanity defense, Grant testified. Retired taxicab driver Willard Belknap testified that he received a call to pick up the defendant at about 7:15 a.m. Nov. 26.

It is alleged that the slaying took place at about 5:30 a Belknap said Cook did not appear to be intoxicated, and had no trouble giving directions. Cook stated in his confession that he took a taxicab to the Thomas Massey residence. He said Massey drove him to the Christy residence, but left before Cook returned from the house. Save show high Flumes 70 XXXX Ron Cold AMITY Showers Occluded NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA US Dept of Temperatures Thursday, Nov. 12, 1981 1 a.m.

37 11 a.m. 51 2a.m. 34 36 1 Noon 55 59 p.m. 4 a.m. 33 2 p.m.

61 5 a.m. 3 p.m. 62 6 a.m. 33 4 p.m. 62 7 a.m.

32 5 p.m. 55 8a.m. 34 6 p.m. 50 9a.m. 39 45 7p.m.

48 High Thursday 62 Low Thursday 31 Average 47 Normal average 38 Departure plus 9 Record high for date in 1941, 1954 68 Record low for date in 1911 Daily heating degree days 18 Accumulated daily heating degree days for month 241 Sunrise today 7:14 Sunset 5:06 Forecasts Sioux City and vicinity: Mostly clear through Saturday with cool nights and mild days. Highs both days in the low to mid 60s. Lows tonight in the mid to upper 30s. Wind southerly at 15 to 25 m.p.h. today.

Iowa: Mostly clear through Saturday with cool nights and mild days. Lows tonight in the 30s. Highs today and Saturday in the mid 50s to the mid 60s. Nebraska: Mostly sunny and breezy in the east today. Highs today Temperatures in the mid 60s east to lower 70s west.

Partly cloudy in the west and fair in the east tonight. Lows in the upper 30s east to around 30 in the west. Partly sunny and cooler in the west on Saturday. Highs Saturday in the mid 50s far west to the lower 60s in the east. South Dakota: Sunny in the east and partly cloudy in the west today.

Highs today in the mid 60s to the low 70s. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Lows tonight in the 30s. Turning cooler from the west Saturday with highs in the upper 4 40s west to the low 60s east. Minnesota: Sunny and warm today and Saturday.

Highs today in the mid 50s to the mid 60s. Highs Saturday in the upper 50s to the mid 60s. Clear and mild tonight with lows in the 30s. Precipitation Precipitation to 7 p.m. Thursday 0 Normal for Nov.

12 .03 Total for November .76 Normal for month to date .37 Departure plus .39 Total year to date 18.77 Normal year to date 24.45 Departure minus 5.68 River stages Sioux City 13.6; 0 0.4 Omaha 3.6; minus 0.8 Temperatures and precipitation for the 24-hour period ended at 7 p.m. Thursday: HI Lo Pro Otik Des Denver Moines Albany Albuque 39 cir Detroit Amarillo cir Duluth cir El Paso Asheville Anchorage cdy cir Fairbanks 42 cir Helena Hartford Atlanta Baltimore Cty cir Honolulu cir Houston Bismarck Birminghm cir Indnaplis Boise .28 cdy Jacksnvile rn Juneau Boston Brownsville cir Kans City Buffalo cdy cir Las Vegas Little Rock Charistn WV SC elr Los Angeles cir Louisville Chicago Cheyenne cdy cir Memphis Miami Cleveland Cincinnati cir Milwaukee cir Columbus 67 23 cir Nashville Dal-Ft Wth cir New Orleans Mrs. Keller, the former Coila Cisne, was born Sept. 17, 1884, in Johnson County. married Jan.

31, 1912, at Marcus. Mr. Keller died in 1947. She had lived in Cherokee since 1916, prior to this in the Marcus area. She was a member of St.

Paul United Methodist Church. Survivors include two sons, Weldon C. of Lakewood and Austin W. of Clearwater, four grandchildr, two great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Iowa Lundquist of Sioux City.

Mrs. Richard Coil DENISON, Iowa Mrs. Richard (Elizabeth) Coil, 84, of Denison, died Thursday in a hospital at Carroll. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in St.

Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison. The Rev. Lloyd W. White will officiate. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery at Manilla.

The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in the Huebner Funeral Home in Denison. Mrs. Coil, the former Elizabeth Carey, was born April 8, 1897, in Manilla. She was raised in Manilla and received her education in the Manilla public schools.

She was married in 1918, at Manilla. The couple made their home in Manilla, later moving to Vail for a short time before moving to Jefferson. After Mr. Coil's death in 1941 she moved to Le Mars. In 1965 she moved to Denison.

Survivors include one son, Eugene of Burbank, three daughters, Mrs. Lester (Udean) Brown of Bagley, Mrs. Clayton (Ramona) Davis of Coon Rapids and Mrs. Don (Lela) Wilson of Cedar Rapids; nine grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Raymond Childers SPENCER, Iowa Raymond Childers, 73, of Spencer, died Thursday in a hospital at Spencer.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Little Sioux Lutheran Church, rural Milford. The Rev. Kermit Roison will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of the Baumgarten Funeral Home of Spencer.

Mr. Childers was born Sept. 27, 1908, in Hoosier, Ill. He married Gladys Quee Sept. 16, 1938, at Jackson, Minn.

They lived at Everly until moving to Spencer in 1946. He was employed by Clay County for 27 years, and retired in 1973. Mr. Childers was a member of Little Sioux Lutheran Church and served on the church council. Survivors include the widow; three sisters, Lola Hembrough of Franklin, Mrs.

Charles (Louise) Chatfield of Rochester, N.Y. and Mrs. Jack (Dorothy) Reichard of Charlotte, N.C.; three brothers, Warren of Howell, N.J., Donald of Bonita Springs, Fla. and Major James of Orlando, John Elgersma John Elgersma SANBORN, Iowa John Elgersma, 83, of Sanborn, died Wednesday in a hospital at Primghar. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday in the Christian Reformed Church at Sanborn. The Rev. John Sittema will officiate. will be in Roseland Cemetery Burial. direction of the Sanborn Funeral Home.

Mr. Elgersma was born April 1, 1898, at Grand Rapids, Mich. He moved with his family to Orange City at the age of 3 and to Sanborn at the age of 13. He married Anna Zonnefeld Feb. 26, 1922, at Sanborn.

They farmed near Sanborn until 1970 when they moved into town. They entered the Prairie View Home Aug. 11, 1981. Survivors include the widow; one son, Maynard of Sanborn, two daughters, Elsie Horstman and Mrs. Elmer (Jean) Klaver, both of Sanborn; grandchildren; two great -grandchildren; and three sisters, Maggie Andringa and Mrs.

Edward (Alice) Boone, both Sanborn and Florence Andringa of Boone. Lowell Guy PONCA, died Neb. Lowell Claytus Guy, 56, Wednesday of a sudden heart attack at a Sioux City hospital. in the Services First will be at 2 p.m. Saturday Presbyterian Church at Ponca.

The Rev. Ron Hedlund will officiate. Burial will be in the Ponca Cemetery. There will be a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. today in the Mohr.

Funeral was Home. born on Oct. 31, 1925, at Hartington. lived in Dixon Smith County all his life. He married Betty Feb.

20, 1949, in Ponca. He farmed in the Ponca-Newcastle area until 1962. He was then custodian at the Newcastle Public School until 1970. He then worked for Wilson Trailer in Sioux City. He was an elder and head usher at First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Tom (Carlene) Stark of Ponca, Mrs. Laura Schindler and Mrs. Brian (Clarice) both of South Sioux City; one brother, Darrell of Homer, and five grandchildren. Elmer VanRoekel ORANGE CITY, Iowa Elmer E.

VanRoekel, 73, died Thursday of long illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the First Reformed Church at Maurice. The Rev. Albert TenClay will officiate.

Burial will be in the Sherman Township Cemetery under the direction of the VanGelder Funeral Home, Orange City. Mr. VanRoekel was born Nov. 16, 1907, in Maurice. He graduated from Northwestern Academy, Orange City, in 1925.

He married Gertrude Brink on June 22, 1930 at Maurice. Mrs. VanRoekel died in 1969. He farmed in the Maurice area for in a Sioux Centence nursing home. many years.

February he lived He was a member of the First Reformed Church, Maurice. Survivors include Eugene of Maurice and five grandchildren. He worked part time for Younkers and also for Goodwill Industries, retiring in 1976. He was a member of the Church of All Nations. Survivors include the widow; one stepdaughter, Sharon Austin of Bowman, six stepgrandchildren; and six stepgreatgrandchildren.

Donald Lee Shores Donald Lee Shores III, 4-month-old son of Donald and San Juana Shores, 501 Omaha died Tuesday at a Sioux City hospital after a brief illness. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Logan Park Cemetery. The Rev. George Boykin will officiate.

The W. Harry Christy Funeral Home, 711 Myrtle St. is in charge of arrangements. The infant was born July 9, 1981, in Sioux City. He was a Catholic.

Survivors include his parents; one sister, Linda Marie at home; paternal grandfather, Donald Shores of Elgin, paternal grandmother, Rosalind Smith of Sioux City; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Armando Quezada of Elgin, paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Harmon of Sioux City; paternal great-grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. John Shores of Sioux City; paternal great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Lela Davis of Nashville, maternal great-great-grandfather, Nicholas Estrada, Elgin, and maternal great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Violet Cromwell of Sioux City. Joseph Johnson Joseph Neal Johnson, 30, of Hayward, formerly of Sioux City, was killed Sunday in Reno, Nev.

as a result of a car-pedestrian accident. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Graceland Park Cemetery. The Rev. Alex T.

Washington of the First United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be under direction of the Heaton-Rutledge-Gulsrud Funeral Chapel. Mr. Johnson was born May 15, 1951, in Oakland, Calif. He came to Sioux City as a young man and moved with his family to California in 1959.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. Mrs. Eugene Johnson of Hayward, one brother, Larry with the U.S. Marine Corps; two sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Sanders Fremont, Calif.

and Miss Mary of Hayward; and his grandmother, Mrs. Lucille Rose of South Sioux City. Lawrence B. "Bud" Kerr, 65, 3515 W. Fourth died Thursday; Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Queen at 18 Queen Victoria became Queen of England at the age of 18, even though her grandfather, King George 111, had seven sons and five daughters. None of them had a legitimate child who could inherit the throne, the year Victoria was born. She was the daughter of George's fourth son, Edward, and became queen after the death of her uncle, William IV. Mrs. Michael Vos, 76, of Luverne, died Wednesday, services 10 a.m.

Saturday, American Reformed Church, Luverne; Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne. Mrs. Emil Wittrock, 95, Luverne, died Thursday; services 2 p.m. Saturday, Zion Lutheran Church, Hardwick, Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne. Writer of musical warmly welcomed No fan club came No dinner was But the man By Bruce R.

Miller Journal staff writer Broadway musical about Sioux City said his recent visit to Siouxland great. "Peter Filichia, the New Yorkbased writer who's chronicling the adventures of the Bambi Tascarella Fan Club, stopped in Sioux City Tuesday to meet him. given in his honor. who's writing a to "get the feel of Filichia the Not surprisingly, he found the place quite different from what he had expected. "It's bigger than he admitted.

"And its people are extremely friendly even more friendly than I could have imagined. I couldn't believe bank presidents would take the time tc talk on a one-to-one basis." Filichia was also taken aback by viable Kresge and Woolworth stores (now memories in New York), a bank "Toy" and a receptionist who was receptive." Stopping at the Chamber of Commerce office (where a "'Hi, Hello, Howdy!" welcome mat tickled him), the 35-year-old was greeted by receptionist Dawn Karpinsky who "gave me as much information as I wanted. In New York that would never happen. Never." at the Jolly Time Popcorn Scout factory and the local Boy office also corrected misconceptions. Featured prominently in the musical, the two locales provided Filichia with additional material which will be included in the final product." Rewritten five times, the musical has shifted its focus from a group of boy scouts to a woman named Mardelle who works at the popcorn factory.

Based loosely on Mardelle Corrigan, the Prairie Gold Area Council office manager who helped spearhead Bambi Tascarella Day on April 1, 1978, the character will be one of the show's major catalysts. Naturally, said, have been taken." Not only will Corrigan have a ditterent job, she'll also have a new husband. Because he needed dramatic tension in the play, the writer said scout executive D.R. "Duke" Smith will be Mardelle's husband. "Besides," he said, "Mardelle and "Duke" are such great names I couldn't think of the show without them." The project in the formative stages since 1979 began when Filichia, a columnist for Seventeen magazine, read an article about Tascarella in US magazine.

Like a similar story in TV Guide, it told about Sioux City efforts to salute the NBC Nightly News production associate. Forming a "Bambi Tascarella Fan Club" because they liked the woman's name, members of the boy scout council decided to have a day in the New Jersey native's honor. Delighted, Tascarella met the members of her fan club at the Sioux City Airport, enjoyed a day on the town and, as Andy Warhol says, became a celebrity for 15 minutes. Interested in 1 writing a large-scale musical, Filichia contacted Tascarella he said, "she's the only one in the Manhattan phone started his research and proceeded to work with the first of three composers. Now aligned with Bruce Molloy, a New York musician, Filichia expects to make considerable progress in the coming months.

Once called, "Let's Start a Bambi Tascarella Fan the show is now known as "April Fool's a tribute to the day Bambi came to Sioux City." Even though the musical hasn't progressed as far as Filichia would have liked, he interest says there's still considerable in New York to produce it. "People are still telling me it sounds like a hit, which is encouraging." The author of two forthcoming books for teen-agers (one a compilation of his Seventeen articles, the other a fictional work), Filichia said the interviews he did in Sioux City "will obviously help the story. I couldn't imagine writing the show without coming here at least once." If all goes well, he said, the next time he returns "April Fool's Day!" will be a hit. "Then," Filichia said with a smile, "maybe the people will think of starting a fan club for me." 33 cdy cir cir cir cir ody cir cdy cir cdy cir cdy .50 cdy cir ody cir cdy cir cir 66 40 edy New York cir Norfolk cdy Okla City 37 cir Omaha cir Orlando ody Philadphia cir Phoenix cdy Pittsburgh 29 cir Ptland, Me cir Rapid City Piland, Ore .79 Reno .01 Richmond Salt Lake San Diego 59 San Fran Seattle .36 St Louis 35 cir St P- Tampa 52 ody St Ste Marie cir Spokane .09 Tulsa Wichita 63 38 Washingtn cir.