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Cmr State Austin American-Statesman B4 Tuesday, August 22 1995 Handicap-parking law deputies ready to defend sacred spaces .1 fir-- Accident involving two tractor-trailers snarls northbound 1-35 traffic American-Statesman Staff Two tractor-trailers crashed on Interstate 35 south of the Woodland Avenue exit Monday, shutting down northbound lanes during rush hour while crews cleaned approximately 100 gallons of spilled diesel fuel, authorities said. Northbound traffic was rerouted onto the frontage road as Austin Fire Department crews shoveled the fuel into barrels and swept up the rest after using sand to soak it up. The crash occurred about 3:50 p.m. when the driver of a truck in the left lane swerved into the concrete median wall to avoid slamming into a truck that had stopped in front of him, said police Sgt. Jim O'Leary.

The swerving truck then bounced away from the median and into the side of a truck that was stopped because of heavy traffic, O'Leary said. No injuries were reported. The highway was reopened at 6:55 p.m., police said. No charges were filed Monday. have that much strength, especially in the summer when it's hot" Four years ago, Merrell Foote had foot surgery and a temporary handicap parking permit.

"The experience gave me an idea of how people might feel when a car is parked in a space that isn't reserved for them," said Foote, 34, the Southwest correspondent for The Washington Post. "It didn't happen all the time, but when it did, it was a major inconvenience." Beginning Sept. 1, she will be ticketing parking offenders, as will Sam Shanblum, a 75-year-old retiree. "I just get really upset when I see people parking in restricted zones, and then when they get out of the car, they seem as healthy as I am," he said. "I have plenty of time and plenty of desire to see that the law works." at David KennedyAA-S Traffic was backed up from Woodland to Oltorf dent involving two tractor-trailers.

Spilled diesel along northbound 1-35 Monday after an acci- fuel closed the road during rush hour Monday. Deaths and funerals Program to use citations, warnings to go after abusers Continued from Bl ing ticket-writing authority within the city limits. One Travis County deputy-to-be is Freddie Nyland, 60, who uses a wheelchair to get around. "I resent the fact that big, healthy people park in our parking spaces," she said. "They don't stop and think.

They figure they're just going to be in the store for a minute or But in that minute or two, how many people have had to go way out of their way to find a parking space?" For Nyland, it means pushing herself in her wheelchair to and from the grocery store. "It gets tiring," she said. "I don't Austin and in 1950, finally convinced the love of his life, Teresa Joseph to marry him. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Teresa Shea and four children, William D. Shea Daniel Shea and his wife, Paulette, Becky Shea Head and her husband, Ray Head, and Terri Shea Giles and her husband, H.

Michael Giles; five wonderful grandchildren, David Shea, Carrie Shea, Daniel Shea, Madison Head, and Mackenna Head, who wul miss their Papa very much. He also leaves a sister, Selma Rohanna of Wheeling, West Virginia; a cousin, Carl Shia of Austin, and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was "Uncle BUI" to everyone. At various times in his life, he made his living as a tire re-capper, barber, gambler, Christmas tree salesman, chef, builder, landlord, restaurant owner, and construction foreman. He was an avid golfer, musician, moonshiner, card player, cook, grandfather, and story weaver.

He lived the American dream. When he came to this country he worked hard, played hard, and lovingly raised a family. He was the richness in the fabric of our We return him to You, Lord, In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Austin. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, in the Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden Runeral Home.

Mass will be celebrated 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, at St. Theresa's Catholic Church with Monsignor Edward F. Jordan as Celebrant. Interment will follow in Assumption Cemetery.

Arrangements by Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 N. Lamar. Mary Virginia Oberle Thompson Mary Virginia Oberle Thompson, age 69, passed away on Friday, August 18, 1995, in Beaumont, Texas. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur, Texas. She was secretary-treasurer, and served for 25 years as the beautician at Grammier-Oberle Funeral Home in Port Arthur.

She was also a member of the Noon La Sertoma, St. Matthew's Altar Society, the Department of Federated Women's Club where she held many offices. Mrs. Thompson was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Class of 44, and she also graduated from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Texas. FREE INFORMATION: Call 416-5700 and enter 4-dlgit code: When death occurs 400 The Importance of planning 4401 Funeral prearrangement 4402 Children and death 4403 Veterjni benefits 4404 Why have a funeral 440S Medicaid regulations 4406 4407 Social Security 4408 FUNMAL HQMI S.Lamar Ben White ttti t443SFrontierTrail 443-1366 Complctt Fiiiural Services ft Cremation Planning a picnic? Better check out the Weather Page in today's Austin Ameritan-tatcsman Tired of getting up achy and exhausted because you couldn't find a comfortable position? American Massage Products fully Adjustable Bed with soothing Spheroid Massage will give you the best night's sleep you've ever had! rial Park, 6300 William Cannon, 892-1172.

Rose Lee Bolen Rose Lee Bolen, 72, of Austin died Sunday, August 20, 1995. She was a long-time resident of Austin; a member of St. Louis Catholic Church and the V.F.W. Auxiliary. Rosary will be said at 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, August 22, 1995, at Cook-Walden Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, in the Davis Chapel of Cook-Walden Funeral Home, with The Reverend Kevin Rai officiating. Interment will follow in Cook-Walden Memorial Hill. Survivors include her husband, Allen Bolen of Austin; daughters, Alice Miertschin and husband, Louis of Austin, Gladys Wilhelm and husband, Lee Henderson of Red Rock and Adeline Odell and her husband, Hal, of Buda; seven grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren.

Arrangements by Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 N. Lamar. 4 Georgia Bell Davis Braddock Georgia Braddock, age 83, of Austin died Sunday, August 20, 1995. She was an Austin resident for 60 years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Albert Curtis Braddock.

Survivors include one son, Bill Braddock and wife, Marianne; four daughters, Carol Friedrich and husband, Warren, Marie Driska and husband, Jim, Martha Leight, and Frances Lan-gerud; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and devoted care-givers, Diane Torres and Susan Lobata. Special thanks to Dr. Ace Alsup and the Seton Hospital staff. The family will receive friends at Amey Funeral Home Tuesday evening from 6:30 until 8:30 p.fli. Private graveside services are planned with Doctor Gordon Smith of Riverbend Baptist Church officiating.

Those desiring may make memorial contributions to Alzheimers Association, 3710 Cedar Street, Austin 78705. Services are under the direction of Amey Funeral Home, 7811 Rockwood, off W. Anderson Lane. 452-4001. 1 San Antonio medical school gains in stature Associated Press SAN ANTONIO Medical research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio made the greatest gain in scientific influence over the past decade of any university in the country, according to a new study.

The health science center is ranked No. 9 among U.S. universities in terms of the overall impact of its clinical medical research, according to the September issue of Science Watch, a publication of the Philadelphia-based Institute for Scientific Information. "It underscores the success of our strategy of putting our emphasis on excellence," said Dr. John Howe HI, president of the health science center.

The rankings were based on the average number of times a university's research papers were cited by other scientists in their own papers. San Antonio researchers published a relatively modest number of papers between 1990 and 1994 1,947 in all ranking the health science center 36th in the nation in total papers published. Nevertheless, those papers were cited by other researchers an average of 6.4 times each. By comparison, the University of California at Los Angeles ranked third in the nation in the number of papers published but 22nd in impact with 5.46 citations per paper. San Antonio led the nation with the greatest improvement in impact, comparing papers published between 1981 and 1985 with papers published between 1990 and 1994, according to the group.

The UT Health Science Center at Houston ranked No. 10 in papers published but 16th in impact. UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas ranked 22nd in papers published and 43rd in impact. Deaths CECERE, Deboraha Anne Spiva "Debby," M.D., 48, of Fredericksburg died Saturday. Visitation begins at 6 p.m.

today, Schaetter's Funeral Home, Fredericksburg. Services 3 p.m. Wednesday, United Methodist Church, Fredericksburg. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. (Schaetter's, Fredericksburg) FENTON, Dorothy Louise, 83, of Austin died Sunday.

No services are planned. (King-Tears) FILIP, Delta, 69, of Gonzales died Friday. Services 11 a.m. today, St. James Catholic Church, Gonzales.

Burial Shiner Catholic Cemetery. (Seydler-Hill, Gonzales) GILBERT, Shawn, 9, of Las Animas, Colorado, formerly of San Marcos, died Sunday. Services pending in Las Animas, Colorado. (Amey, Rockwood location) GLASS, Goldie Taylor, 82, of Georgetown died Monday. Services 3 p.m.

Tuesday, The Gabriels Funeral Chapel, Georgetown. Burial I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Georgetown. ISABEL, Dillard 68, of Houston died Friday. Services 10 a.m.

today, Walnut Creek Baptist Church. Burial Cook-WaldenCapital Parks. (Cook-Wal-den, Lamar location) KENNICUTT, Eleanore, 90, of Austin died Saturday. Memorial services 10 a.m. today, Memorial United Methodist Church.

(Weed-Corley-Fish) MASON, Norma Hammond, 59, of Austin died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. today, Granville United Methodist Church, Middle Granville, New York. Burial Elm-wood Cemetery, Middle Granville, New York. (King, Middle Granville, New York) PARK, John Edge, 82, of San Marcos died Monday.

Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Pennington Funeral Home, San Marcos. PETER, Elizabeth Fern, 65, of Man-chaca died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Cook-WaldenForest Oaks Memorial Park.

SHERRILL, Malcolm, 71, of San Marcos died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, San Marcos. Burial San Marcos City Cemetery. (Pennington, San Marcos) STONE, Jess 91, of Bastrop died Saturday.

Mass 10 a.m. Thursday, sion Catholic Church, Bastrop. Burial Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop. (Marrs-Jones-Newby, Bastrop) She is survived by her husband, W.J. "Bill" Thompson of Port Arthur, Texas; sons, Pat Thompson of St.

Petersburg, Florida, Matt Thompson of Port Arthur, Texas, and Kevin Thompson of Groves, Texas; daughters, Monica For-tenberry of Mabank, Texas, Ann Dun-lap of Leander, Texas, Julia Haizlip of Nederland, Texas, and Jane Harper of Norfolk, Virginia; eight granddaughters and one grandson; brother, Joe Oberle of Groves, Texas; and sister, Jane Pepper of Austin, Texas. Visitation will be at Grammier-Oberle Funeral Home until 4:30 PM Monday and beginning at 5:00 PM Monday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church iurc li in Port Arthur. Virgil service wul be at 7:00 PM on Monday at the church. Funeral Mass wUl be held at 10:30 a.m.

on Tuesday at the church. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves, Texas. Donations may be made to St. Catherine Building Fund, 3840 Woodrow Port Arthur, Texas 77642 or to the American Cancer Society. In Loving Memory of Mr.lois Demps August 22, 1935 November 10, 1994 Lois, we love you! We miss you more each day.

Johnnie Lee and Le Ann. InMemoriam Marissa Ann Miller August 22, 1988 Our love will forever last, and we will never let you fade into the past. Daughter of Scott Judy Miller; sister of Travis Curtis; and granddaughter of James Violet Craigmile. Yes, we will honor your pre-paid funeral policy. Can a funeral policy made with another morturary be transferred to Harrell Funeral Home? Usually, it can.

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Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, in the Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Brian Sullivan officiating. Burial will be in Capital Memorial Park. Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 3125 N.

Lamar, 452-8811. Johanna Zabel Jones Johanna Zabel Jones died at home on August 17, 1995, following a brief illness. Mrs. Jones was born on March 10, 1909, in Nemaha County, Nebraska. She married Joseph Jones on January 31, 1935.

They moved to Austin, which has been their home for the past 60 years. Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband, Professor Emeritus Joseph Jones; one sister, Gertrude Hansen; two daughters, Judy Holden and Suzie Sar-rett; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, David Jones. She was loved by all who knew her, and she will be greatly missed.

A memorial service is planned for September 2, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. at First English Lutheran Church, 30th and Whitis. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Robyn Lynn Megahan Robyn Lynn Megahan, age 26, of Austin, Texas, died August 18, 1995, in Austin. She was born May 6, 1969, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to Robert and Marion Weisal Megahan.

She worked as a manager trainee for Blockbuster Entertainment and was of the Lutheran faith. She attended the University of Texas and was working on a degree in social work. Survivors include her parents, Robert and Marion Megahan of Hot Springs Village; brother, Robert Scott Megahan of Houston, Texas; grandmother, Leah Weisal of Hot Springs Village; and fiance', Tim Garner of Austin, Texas. Services will be 1:00 p.m.Tuesday, August 22, 1995, at the Christ of the Hills Methodist Church in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Visitation will be 7:00 p.m.

to 9:00 p.m. Monday at Cedarvale Funeral Home in Hot Springs Village. Memorials may be made to the Arthritis Foundation. Arrangements are by Cedarvale Funeral Home. f.

William 0. Shea William D. Shea was born in Lebanon on August 15, 1906, and died Sunday, August 20, 1995, in Austin. He emigrated to the United States in 1924, and settled in Wheeling, West Virginia. He worked in the Navy Yard at Norfolf, Virginia, and then served in World War II in the Ground Corps of the Army Air Force.

He then moved to af ii til 11111111111111(1111 iiaiwi Vincent Stanley Becker Vincent Stanley Becker, age 65, of Austin died Saturday, August 19, 1995. Funeral Mass 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. Burial at Forest Memorial Park.

Arrangements by Harrell Funeral Home, Austin. 443-1366. if -i 't, 4 Berneice Helm Berry Berneice Helms Berry, 91, a resident of Austin for 65 years, died Monday, August 21, 1995. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, O.L. Berry, on May 29, 1995.

She was born to Dr. William L. and Bula Knapp Helms in Maud, Texas, on June 29, 1904, the fifth of seven children. Berneice was the only surviving member of that family, an infant daughter, Jane, also predeceased her. She was the adored mother of a son, John (Sonny) Berry and wife, Wanda; daughter, Joan Gauntt and husband, Jim; and daughter, Judy Maples.

She was beloved "Grandmummy" to seven grandchildren, Jamie Grigar and wife, Lisa, Tesa Kelly, Julie Grigar, David Gauntt, Sheri Austin and husband, Greg, Oren Berry, and Lea Brownlow and husband, Bill; and eight greatgrandchildren, Angela Kelly, Ian Grigar, James and Christina Gauntt, E.J. Berry, Ashley and Macey Austin and Cheyenne Brownlow; many nieces and nephews also survive her. Daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she was our model, teacher and best friend. Our appreciation goes to the loving caregivers of St. David's Hospital and Buckner Villa.

After raising her children, she returned to the University of Texas in 1950 and earned a degree in education so that she could return to the classroom. She taught in the AISD until her retirement in 1973. Her creativeness in her sewing and handwork are our treasures for the generations to come. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 23, 1995, in the Cook-Walden Funeral Home.

Funeral services 'will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday in the Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden. Interment will be 3:00 p.m. at Taylor City Cemetery. Grandsons will be pallbearers.

Arrangements by Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 N. Lamar. Stanley William Blazyk Sr. Stanley William Blazyk age 82, passed away Sunday, August 20, 1995. Mr.

Blazyk is survived by his wife, Helen; his daughter, Carol Ann Car-uthers of Austin; and son, Stanley Jr. of Galveston, and William of Hickson, Tennessee; granddaughters, Karen Car-uthers Poison of Fort Worth, and Sharla Caruthers of Scott'sdale, Arizona. Mr. Blazyk was a civil engineer and worked on the Round Holiday Inn on Lake, Lutheran University Youth Center on 29th Street, New Hyde Park Methodist Church, Temple Beth Israel, Shoal Creek; Veterans of Foreign Wars building, T.N. Porter Middle School, Old Anderson High School, First Housing Project in New York City.

He also worked on the Manhattan Project at the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the Radford Ordinance Works, Missile Range, Radford, Virginia, and many Holiday Inns plus the Princess Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, as well as many other projects around the country. The family sends heart felt thanks to Dr. Charles T. Moore, and to Seton Home Care for the excellent care the angels there gave to Mr. Blazyk.

A very special thank you to Gail Pitchford, R.N., and Alma Nobles. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, 1995, in the Chapel of the Oaks at Cook-WaldenForest Oaks with Father Oliver Johnson of St Catherine of Siena Catholic Church officiating. Interment will follow at Cook-WaldenForest Oaks Memorial Park. Arrangements made by Cook-Walden Forest Oaks Funeral Home and Memo 1 i I Romana G.

Govea Mrs. Romana G. Govea, 93, of Austin, passed away Sunday, August 20, 1995. Recitation of the Holy Rosary wul be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of the Angel Funeral Home.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at San Jose Catholic Church with Reverend Father Harold Essling officiating. Burial will follow in Assumption Cemetery. Mrs. Govea is survived by her husband, Pedro P.

Govea, Austin; a daughter, Julie Govea Maa, Chicago, Illinois; sons, Antonio Govea, Natividad "Nato" Govea, Pedro Govea, all of Austin; 19 grandchildren; and 21 greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Emma Govea Villarreal; and sons, Guillermo "Willie" Govea, and Jose "Joe" Govea. Funeral services under the direction, of the, DeLeon Family-Angel Funeral Home, 1811 S. Congress 441-9738. Lillian Taylor McGibbony Kaspar Lillian Taylor McGibbony Kaspar, age 89, of Austin died Sunday, August 20, 1995.

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