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The Missoulian from Missoula, Montana • 9

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The Missouliani
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Missoulian, Monday, February 11, 1991 B-3 Missoula events probe domestic violence TOUNDUI? MISSOULA Women's Place in Missoula is organizing its annual "Love Without Fear" activities to spotlight the struggle against domestic violence. An information table will be staffed throughout the week at the University of Montana, Wednes day through Friday, Feb. 13-15. Other activities include: A potluck dinner and speak out, Friday, Feb. 15, from 6-9 p.m.

at WORD Center, 127 N. Higgins second floor. "Eyewitness: Children's Views of Violence Against Their Mothers" will house is "Breaking the Chain," men marching for freedom from sexual violence and the abuse of power. Everyone is welcome. Also on Feb.

16 is a dance and raffle to benefit Women's Place. It begins at 8 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 140 W. Pine St. be presented; it is a 45-minute slide show that defines domestic violence and covers the effects on the children who witness the violence and strategies for prevention and intervention.

Saturday, Feb. 16, starting at 10 a.m. at the County Court OBITUARIES Frances Fritz MISSOULA Frances L. Frilz, 82, of Missoula, died of natural causes Friday, Feb. 8, at Royal Manor Care Center.

She was born Nov. 17, 1908, in Marysville to James and Glenda Tea-ion. Her family moved to Missoula, where she attended Sacred Heart Academy. On June 8, 1931, she graduated from the University of Montana. VUrr.

Missoula air alert lingers MISSOULA Missoula County continues under a Stage I Air Pollution Alert, Bob Martin, Missoula County air pollution specialist, said Sunday afternoon. Readings of 194 micrograms per cubic meter of air were taken at 10 p.m. Saturday, the worst readings of the day, "just as the Griz game was getting out," Martin said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers 150 micrograms per cubic meter to be unhealthy.

Martin said high pressure will hold the inversion over the area, and he doesn't see any short-term improvement. "We need 55 degree highs to heat it (pollution) out, and the highs are only expected to be about 40 degrees," he said. Road dust is the major contributor to the county's pollution problems, Martin said. "I say it all the time, but if people could just cut down on their driving," he said, "it would help a lot." Maxent Renner, Missoulian Fire damages Missoula sorority MISSOULA Missoula City Fire officials estimate that fire caused about $2,000 worth of damage to the third floor of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority on Gerald Avenue late Saturday night. According to department reports, one bedroom and its contents were destroyed when an electrical short started a fire in a fan motor.

Due to smoke and water damage, 20 third-floor residents were moved out of their rooms and spent the night in other sororities, said Kelli McMaster, president of the sorority. Maxene Renner, Missoulian Players fail to crack jackpot DES MOINES, Iowa With no one claiming the Lotto America jackpot this weekend, the prize for Wednesday's drawing will rise to an estimated $6.5 million, game officials said Sunday. The Multi-State Lottery Association said a check of computers showed that no ticket was sold with all six numbers drawn Saturday. The numbers were 2, 17, 22, 30, 34 and 53. Associated Press Bozeman man dies in crash BOZEMAN A Bozeman man who died in a single-vehicle crash near the city was identified Sunday as Karl David Nielsen, 39.The Highway Patrol said Nielsen's car hit a field approach Saturday evening and overturned several times two miles east of the city.

He was thrown out of his car. Associated Press Kootenai Tribes. He attended school in Poison and the Ursaline school in St. Ignatius. In 1935, he graduated from the Chemawa Indian School in Oregon.

During World War II, he served in the Navy. On Dec. 3, 1942, he married Lois M. Houle in Rockville, Md. He was a draftsman, carpenter instructor and contractor until his retirement in 1973.

He then moved to Finley Point, where he started and operated a cherry orchard. Preceding him in death were four brothers, two sisters and a daughter, Janet. Survivors Include his wife, Poison; two sons, Victor, Missoula, and Virgil, Poison; a daughter, Anita Dupuis, St. Ignatius; two sisters, Anna Lee Cowan, Poison, and Ivy Peratrovich, Ketchikan, Alaska; two grandchildren, Lucas and Ana Dupuis, and numerous nieces and nephews. A wake service will be 7 p.m.

Monday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church with the Rev. Ernest Burns as celebrant. Burial will be at Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of Mosley-Shrider Funeral Home.

The family suggests memorials to the new Salish-Kootenai Cultural Center in Pablo, care of Betty White, bhe married Edmund T. Fritz in Coeur d'Alene Idaho, on Sept. 16, 1933. i Mrs. Fritz worked for Do-nohue's store and King's Dress Salon.

In 1954 she and her husband moved to Alexandria. Local businessman Howard Gavin dies MlMoullan Longtime Missoula businessman Howard R. Gavin, died at his home early Sunday morning of natural causes. He was 83. The owner of Howard Gavin Distributors, Gavin started his retailing career as a boy working in his father's general store in Stevensville.

A discount retailer for more than 40 years, Gavin took pride in his old-fashioned service approach to business. In a 1984 interview with the Missoulian, he said he operated his store, which sold electrical goods and other items, the way he did when life was simpler and Missoula was smaller. Geoff Badenoch, director of the Missoula Redevelopment Agency, said Gavin's death was the passing of an era in downtown Missoula. Missoula City Councilman Al' Sampson, a friend of Gavin's, de- scribed him as "a friendly out- going person who knew everyone." "He was known as the 'Mayor of Front Street' because he was such a fixture downtown," Sampson said. Services are pending and will be announced by Squire, Simmons Carr Funeral Home.

Francis W. Wight MISSOULA Francis W. Wight, 93, of Missoula, died of natural causes Saturday, Feb. 9, at St. Patrick Hospital.

He was born April 22, 1895, in' Stone Station, Mont, to Alexander and Catherine Wight. On Nov. 10, 1927, he married Alice Atwell in Missoula. The couple ranched in the Hall area until moving to Missoula in 1957. They operated a mini-ranch at their Mount Avenue home for several years.

Mr. Wight was a member of Ruby Lodge No. 36 A.F. and A.M. in Drummond, Scottish Rite, Baghdad Temple of the Shrine and Mary Dimming Chapter No.

57 Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include two daughters, Evelyn Harper and Wanda Broeker, both of Missoula; a brother, Ernest, Hall; two sisters, Mary Jensen, Hall, and Ruth Hockett, Great Falls; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. His wife died Feb. 28, 1989. Visitation will be 1-8 p.m.

Monday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary with the Rev. Edward Lawrence officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Cemetery.

The family suggests memorials to a charity of the donor's choice. James Phillip Dupuis POLSON James Phillip Dupuis, 76, died of a heart condition Sunday, Feb. 10, at his home on Finley Point near Poison. Born Jan. 15, 1915, to Victor and Rose Ashley Dupuis in Poison, he was a member of the Confederated Salish Frances Fritz In 1970 where they lived for several years until returning to Missoula.

She was an accomplished organist and sang in the St. Anthony Catholic Church choir. Survivors include her husband and a sister-in-law, Mona Martel, both of Missoula; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Visitation will be 4-9 p.m. Wednesday at Squire Simmons Carr Funeral Home.

Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. A reception will follow in the hospitality room of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials to a charity of the donor's choice, Vernon J. Carman POLSON Vernon J.

Carman, 72, of Poison, died of natural causes Saturday, Feb. 9, at St. Joseph Hospital. Service arrangements will be announced by Bayview Funeral Chapel. innnnnn a a a a a a a a a an a an a nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Haw liWWfwf I Iv.

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