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The Herald-Palladium. Benton Hartxx-SL Joseph. Michigan. Thursday, March 9. 1995 7A FOR THE RECORD OBITUARIES Funeral services will be held at 2 OJ.

defense offers another new theory Willie Jackson Jr. Kenneth Ickes Shirley Elliott Tanya Megna NTT.fcS Kenneth "Elmont" Tanva Nicole Meena. 19. of Ben ton Harbor died Tuesday as a result of an automobile accident in Benton Harbor. Willie Jackson 61, of Benton Harbor died March 3 at Mercy Memorial Medical Center, St Joseph, after a long Alness.

The funeral will be held at 1 pjn. Friday at Robbins Brothers Funeral Home. Benton Harbor, where be held at 10 a.nu -J ley Starks Fu- Ickes, 84, of Niles, died at 10:42 pjn. Tuesday at Pawating Hospital, Niles. Graveside services will be at 2 pjn.

Saturday at Harrison Cemetery, Decatur. Friends may call from 6 to 8 jn. Friday at Halbrit-ter Funeral Home, Niles. Memorials may be made to the donor's favorite charity. Mr.

Ickes was born July 18, 1910, in Decatur and moved to Niles in J955Before retiring uv he: was employed at the City of Niles Wastewater Treatment Plant Survivors include: his wife, the former Minnie C. Baldwin, whom Shirley Mae Elliott, 71, of Kalamazoo died Wednesday at home. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 am Friday at St Basil Catholic Church, South Haven. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery, South Haven. Memorial contributions may be made to Visiting Nurses Association or Southwest Michigan Hospice, Betzler Funeral Home, Kalamazoo, was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Elliot was born March 9, 1923, in Hutchinson, Minn. She married Robert W. Elliott of South Haven, and he preceded her in death in 1978. She was a member of Ascension Catholic Church, Fountain Hills, Ariz.

neral Home, St Joseph, where friends may call from 4 to 9 pjn. Friday. Burial friends may call beginning at 10 ajn. Friday. A wake will be held at noon Friday at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Survivors include: his wife, Helen; seven daughters Christine Walker and Willie Mae Hurt, both of Helen Moore, Carolyn Ross, Betty Haynes, Ellen Haynes and Jo-celyn Haynes, all of Benton Harbor, five sons John Gentry of Benton Harbor. Rov Havnes Jr. of Grand will be in -North pjn. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, Niles, of which she was a member and a deacon.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles. Memorial contributions may be made to the Founda- tion of First Presbyterian Church, Niles. Mrs. Frigaard was born Oct 8, 1915, in Chicago and had lived in Niles since 1939.

She married OUie Frigaard on June 21,. 1941, in La-Grange, III, and he preceded her in death on May 16, 1990. She graduated from Stephens College, Columbia, Mo, and from Iowa State University. She was a former home economics teacher with the Niles Community Schools and a former, member of the district's Board of Educatioa She was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club, the American Association of University Women, and Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She is survived by two daughters, Karin Niehans, Beloit Lake Forest, a son, John Frigaard, Fairfax, five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and a sister, Gladys McQuire, Port Angeles, Wash.

Shore Memory Gardens, Hagar LOS ANGELES (AP) Faye Resnick said in her book that 0 J. Simpson is a murderer. Simpson, in turn, hinted in his book that Res-nick played a role in the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend. Now, Simpson's attorneys have finally spelled out their "Faye's fault" theory: the killings were drug hits intended to send Resnick a message to pay her cocaine bills. Although attorney Johnnie Cochran-Jr.

-offered no evidcncer he spent much of Wednesday aggressively questioning Detective Tom Lange about a possible drug connection. Cochran went so far as to say the murders may have had a drug lord's signature in the form of a "Colombian necklace," defined by Cochran as an ear-to-ear throat slash. Lange insisted there were no signs that drugs were involved in the June 12 killings. He was to return to the stand today for an -eighth day of testimony. Legal experts said Cochran may have taken a major risk that could backfire.

he married July 18, 1933; two sons -Donald E. Ickes of Ocala, Fla, and David E. Ickes of Niles; a daughter, Janet C. Porter of Niles; was born MEGNA Feb. 16, 1976, in St Joseph.

She was a 1994 graduate of Lake Michigan Catholic High School, where she was on the track team. She was a freshman at Lake Michigan College and was employed as a hostess and waitress for the Whitcomb Tower, St Jo Survivors include: four children. Bill Elliot and Jill Eldred, both of Kalamazoo, Rob Elliot Okemos, and Joe Elliot, Shelby Township; eight grandchildren; and a sister. Rapids, Charles Haynes of Jackson, Mich, James Jackson of Houston, Texas, and Willie Haynes Jr. of Benton Harbor, his mother, Frankie Kelly of Arkansas; 24 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a stepsister, Willie Mae Jones of Youngs-town, Ohio.

seph. She was a member or Twelve Corners Community Church, Benton Carolyn Peterson CiMnirnNi in jttt istn It Of riOT ents, Jerry and Linda Megna of Benton Harbor, two sisters. Tammy and BANGOR Carolyn Peterson, 49, of Bangor died Tuesday in Grand Junction, at the home of her sister. The funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Bangor Chapel, DL.

Miller Funeral Home, Bangor, where friends mav call from 7 to 9 pjn. Fri Alma 'Girlie' Voita BRIDGMAN Memorial services for Alma "Girlie" Voita, 93, of Bridgman who died Feb. 5, will be held at noon Saturday at the Har-bert Community Church, of which she was a memeber. Arrangements are by Boyd Funeral Home, Bridgman. Mildred Mitchell 12 grandchildren; ana greatgrandchildren.

Grace Morris NILES Orace Morris, died at 8:40 pjn. Tuesday at Woodfield Manor, Niles, after a long illness. The funeral will be at 9:30 ajn. Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church, Niles, of which she was a member. Burial will be in Silver-brook Cemetery, Niles.

Friends may call from 9 to 9:30 ajn. Saturday at the church. Memorials may be made to the church. Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, is in charge of arrangements. Mrs.

Morris was born June 30, 1905, in Long Island, N.Y, and moved to Niles from Grand Rapids in 1955. She was active, in her church, where she sang in the choir and was a member of the Daughters of the King. She had earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Butterworth Hospital School of Nursing, Grand Rapids. Surviving is a sister, Florence Lerm of Grand Rapids. Her husband, Edward Henry Morris, preceded her in death July 7, 1991.

Tara, both at home; twd brothers Jerry Jr. and Trent, both at home; and grandmothers Elsie Megna of Coloma and Belen Feather of Tucson, Ariz. Thomas Pantelleria II Thomas P. Pantelleria IL 68, of Benton Harbor, died early today morning at Mercy Memorial Medical Center, St Joseph. The funeral will be at 11 a.m.

Sat- 4 urday at St Mat- i thews Lutheran i Church, Benton Harbor, of which he was a ber. Friends may call at the Dey-. -J. Florin Chapel, St I Joseph, of Florin I Mildred M. Mitchell, 83, of St Joseph died Wednesday at Jordan's Nursing Home, Bridgman.

Arrangements are incomplete at Dey-Florin Chapel, Florin Funeral Service, St Joseph. day. Burial will be in Hoppin Cemetery, Arlington Township. Mrs. Peterson was born Dec.

15, 1945, in Alto, Mich. She was an Army veteran of the Vietman War. She was a lifetime resident of the Bangor area and was formerly employed hjt. Bangor Train Factory and Bravo-Midwest Bangor. Survivors include: a son, Mark of Bangor, three grandchildren; her mother Velma Peterson of Bloomingdale; six sisters Betty Wood of Coldwater, Kan, Ar-lene Perry of Bangor, Helen Raisor Roseville, Calif, Donna Owen of Herington, Kan, Janice Zirbel of Grand Junction; and a brother, vin Peterson of Bloomingdale.

Emma Jesswein Emma Jesswein, 72, of Stevensville died today at Mercy Memorial Nursing Care Center, St Joseph. Funeral services will be held at 2 pjn. Saturday at St Paul's Lutheran Church, Stevensville, of which she was a member. Visita-. tion will be from 3 to 5 pjn.

and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Kerley Starks Chapel, St Joseph. Burial will be in Lincoln Township Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Mrs.

Jesswein was born Dec. 13, 1922, in Bridgman. She married Arthur Jesswein on May 20, 1944, and he survives. She was a cook for the Lakeshore Public Schools for 15 years. In addition to her husband, she is by: a sonr Kenneth-Jesswein, Stevensville; a brother, Richard Fausak, Bridgman; and a sister, Elsie Fausak, Bridgman.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Valerie, in 1946. "The jury is absorbing all of this. I'm beginning towonder if they're not thinking, 'Is the tide beginning to turn? Is the defense team beginning to get said Southwestern University law professor Robert Pugsley. Loyola Law School professor Stan Goldman warned that the defense must produce evidence to make its theory palatable to the jury. ''It's not like Faye Resnick has been tough to find since then, and I havent seen too many hitmen following her with big knives," he added.

Resnick's lawyer, Arthur Barens, scoffed at the defense allegations. "They appear to be grasping at straws to create a hypothetical de-; fense," he said. He said Resnick has not been subpoenaed to testify. In her salacious book "Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted," Resnick admitted using cocaine last spring but did not say she used it in Ms. Simpson's home.

She was more than clear, however, about her views on who killed her friend. "I truly believed that O.J. Simp Lisle Slater lisle R. Slater, 89, of LaPorte, Ind, died Wednesday at La Porte Hospital. Funeral arangements are pending at Connelly-Noble Funeral Home, Three Ericha Pfeifle PAW PAW Ericha Pfeifle, 6, of Paw Paw died Tuesday at home af- Albert MeiTlll Vivian Frigaard NILES Vivian F.

Frigaard, 79, of Niles died Wednesday at home following a brief illness. i 1 1 Funeral Service II I A -Friday from 7 to Lf 9 pjn. Burial Will PANTELLERIA be. in Lakeshore Cemetery in Ha-gar Township. Memorials may be made to the church.

Mr. Pantelleria was born June 25, 1926, in Riverside. He worked as a tool crib foreman for Whirlpool Corp. for 41years retiring in 1985. Survivors include his wife, the former Marjorie Joyce Wildeman whom he married Sept 3, 1949; four sons, Thomas of St Joseph, Michael COLOMA Albert Merrill, 75.

of ter a long illness. The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Thompson and Hawley Funeral Home, Paw Paw, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today. drinl wAi Ka at WilHov fVmptprv: Coloma died Wednesday at Mercy Memorial Medical Center, St Joseph.

Funpral arrangements are in FLORIN Kerley Chapel, complete at Davidson wna Paw Paw. Memorials may be made Servj CoIomJL to the chanty of the donor's choice. complete at Davidson son had murdered Nicole, sne wrote near the end of the book. "It was as pre-ordained as the path of the sun across uie sKy. Starks FUNERAL HOMES She was born Nov.

17, 1988, in Ka- lamazoo. Survivors include: her par- Morence UeSlie ents, Mark and Chris (Smith) Pfeifle NILES Florence M. Bestie, 93( of Paw Paw, a brother, achary -uther Mich-i formerly of Niles, Heine; paternal grandparents, Norm J. Wednesday at Silverbrook I af Dim Dour- motor. of Coloma, Stephen of Lawrence ana Timothy of Hagar Shores; three daughters, Maria Jackson of Baroda, Victoria Zukowski of Chicago and Lisa Bublick of Indianapolis, 13 grandchildren; and two brothers, Frank of Des Plains, 111, and Joseph of Stevensville.

983-5538 HOSPITALS aim jaiKvrKw ManQ nal grandmother, Carolyn Smith of Arrangements are being com FUNERAL SERVICE Lucille Rimes Friday 10 a.m. Dey-Florin Chapel St Joseph Visitation Thursday 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Liturgical Prayers 7:30 p.m. Willie Nelson Thursday 1 p.m. Southside Church of God, Benton Harbor Arrangements by Fairplain Chapel Benton Harbor pleted by Halbritter Funeral Home, Berrien General Anna Derksen Kalamazoo; paternal greai-grana-mother, Lillian Dilno of Paw Paw, and maternal great-grandmother, Anna Louise Smith of Portage.

ADMISSIONS Anna Derksen, 95, of St Joseph died Wednesday at Berrien General Benton Harbor Gale Coffel. Niles Earl Scanlon III. Hospital, Berrien Center. Funeral arrangements are in- Virginia HOlmeS Richard Sexton Friday I p.m. St Joseph Chapel Visitation Thursday 3-5 p.m.

St 7-9 p.m, Mary Schneider Friday 4 p.m. SL Joseph Chapel -Visitation Friday Beginning at 2:30 p.m. BIRTHS Paw Paw Boy. 8 pounds 6 Niles. TheaAll Thea All, 85, of St Joseph, died Tuesday at Mercy Memorial Nursing Care Center, St.

Joseph. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.rnr Tuesday at First Congregational United Church of Christ St. Joseph, of which she was a member. Friends may call from complete at Kerley stares rune-ral Home, St Joseph. ounces, Nathan and Karin Farris, 1:17 a.m.

Wednesday. Dowagiac Girl. 7 pounds Jl2 SOUTH HAVEN Virginia F. Holmes, 72, of South Haven died Monday at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m.

Friday at Calvin-Starks Frost Fu ounces. Phyllicia Eubanks, 3:47 Wednesday. Jimmy Hunter Elaine Dickinson Memorial Services Thursday 2 p.m. Fairplain Chapel Benton Harbor Benton Harbor Girl, 6 pounds JYiday 2 pjn. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m Tuesday at tne neral Home, South Haven, wnere 10 ounces, Tequilla Harrison, 5:58 p.m.

Wednesday. day. Memorials may be made to the Memorials may be made to the i il 1 Unurcn 01 ine iNazarene, oouui cnurcn. ArrangemenLs are uy i i i llAH.A CIahh CSfvtA Florin Mercy Memorial ADMISSIONS ven, of which she was a member. Florin Funeral Home, Funeral Service, St Joseph.

Mrs. Holmes was bom March 29, 1000 in CnrinnliolH Mn Sho W9 PTTI- Benton Harbor Chelsea She was born July 16, 1909, in Palmer, Marvin Palmer, Vivian ninvoH hv Mnmhv's Dime Store. Boreardt Russia. She was a resi- Rendel. South Haven, for 23 years, until its dent of St Joseph since 1947.

Survi-closing. She then was employed by vors include: one daughter, Esther MacDonald Drug Store for 5 years. Lancaster, St Joseph; one brother, Delorious Gresham Delorious D. "Dee Dee" Gresham, 73, of Detroit died Feb. 28 in Detroit Funeral services were held Monday at the Mount Sinai House of of which she was a member.

Burial was in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, Mount Clemens. Arrangements were made by Barksdale Funeral HomeDetroit Mrs. Gresham was born July 17, 1921, in Meadville, Penn. She graduated from Benton Harbor Public Schools and was a businesswoman in Detroit for many years. She married Bernie Gresham in 1968, and he preceded her in death.

Survivors include: a daughter, Jean Ann SutUes-Marshall, Detroit; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Alfred Fra-zier and Timelle Sanders, both of Benton Harbor, arid the Rev. El-emuerSanders, Detroit; her sister, Annabelle Bankston, Benton Harbor; and a longtime companion, Nute Scott Detroit Lawton Patrick Mathis. Matterson Austin Turner. -Stevensville Constance Oliver. St Joseph Donald Easley, inrlnrlP- a son.

Jeff neroen. r.ngei, ceiweu two erandchildren: and one great Matthew Sewcyck. Holmes of Olar, S.C.; three daughters Karen Hoppel of Kalamazoo, grandchild. She was preceded in Watervliet Marylou uannenei. Beverly Holmes and Tita death by her husband Fred in Calvin-Starks Frost Chapel, South Haven Wake Friday' 1 to 2 p.m.

Virginia Holmes Friday 11 a.m. Frost ChapeL South Haven Visitation Thursday 4 to 8 p.m. Tanya Megna Saturday 10 a.m. St. Josepn Chapel Visitation Friday 4 to 9 p.m.

Anna Derksen Arrangements Incomplete St Joseph Chapel Emma Jesswein" Saturday, 2 p.m. St Paul's Lutheran Church, Stevensville Visitation Friday 3-5 p.m. 7-9 p.m. St. Joseph Chapel both of Tucson, six granocnu- Pawating Hospital BIRTHS Mildred Mitchell Arrangements Incomplete Dey-Florin Chapel St Joseph Albert Merrill Arrangements Incomplete Davidson Chapel Coloma Thomas Pantelleria II Saturday 11 a.m.

St Matthew's Lutheran Church, Benton Harbor Visitation Friday 7 to 9 p.m. Dey-Florin Chapel SL Joseph TheaAll Memorial Services Tuesday 1:30 p.m. First Congregational United Church of Christ St Joseph Visitation Tuesday Beginning at 12:30 p.m. at the church Arrangements by Dey-Florin Chapel St Joseph Niles Bov. 8 pounds 9 ounces, dren; 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters Aretta Holmes of South Haven and Marcelene Babbs of Tucson.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Holmes, in 1983, and a son, Marvin Holmes, in 1990. Roger and Melissa Tharp, 8:12 a m. Wednesday. niH nonnds 12 ounces. Becky Bell, 8:12 p.m.

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