The Billings Gazette from Billings, Montana • 8

8-A Friday, November 8, 1991 The Billings Gazette Bomb looked like pretty toy 3 before spewing out nails Helen Topel McKenney BELGRADE Helen Topel McKenney, 73, died Thursday in Bozeman Deaconess Hospital of natural causes. Graveside memorial services will be held at a later date. Dahl Funeral Chapel in Bozeman is in charge. Loxcell Twiford BAKER Funeral services for Loxcell Twiford, 62, will be 11 a.m. Friday, Nov.

8, 199L in the First Baptist Church in Baker. Burial will be in the Bonnievale Cemetery in Baker. Stevenson Sons Funeral Home of Baker is in charge of arrangements. Sea scrolls indicate Jews, Christians shared beliefs ing one of her sons to school, and thought it was a present for one of her children. "It was beautif id," she said.

"It was a powerful device, with the potential of killing her and anyone who was passing the house," said Stewart Allen of the federal Bureau of AlcohoL Tobacco and Firearms. In addition to the tape recording, a note said "Night night, sweet dreams," Rupp said. She wouldn't comment on her 12-year-old son Peter's suggestion that the bomb was set off by people who think his mother was responsible for a flier distributed last month that criticized the investigation of a juvenile stabbing death Oct. 10. ni5r ttarn It Jacob J.

Schaff FISHTAIL Jacob J. Schaff, 80, of Fishtail passed away Wednesday, Nov. 6, 199L in St Vincent Hospital in Billings. Jake was born Sept 29, 1911, the son of Harry and Genevieve Obri-gawitsch Schaff. His early years were spent in the Ryegate and Laurel areas.

On Aug. 24, 1940, Jake married Agnes Gauthier in LaureL Before moving to farm in the Absarokee area in 1951, the couple resided in the Clyde Park and Joliet areas. For the past 35 years, the couple had resided with their family on a ranch outside Fish-taiL Jake was an active member of St Michael's Church, Dean Community Club and Senior Citizen Center. He will be remembered for his pleasing personality, love of people and loyalty to work. Survivors include his wife, Agnes; four sons, Bernard, Walt Tim and Gary; three daughters, Theresa, Beverly and Joan and their spouses; 16 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a sister, Rose Miller of Billings; three half-sisters, Sally Fre-denburg of Billings, Elizabeth Geertz of Billings and Margaret Schwindt of Spokane, a half-brother, Vincent Schaff of Deer Lodge; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Rosary will be 7:30 p.m. Friday in St Michael's Church. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Michael's in Absarokee.

Rite of Committal will be in Rosebud Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the St Michael's Catholic Church in Absarokee or the American Cancer Society. Smith-Cashmore Memorial ChapeL LaureL was in charge of arrangements. Matthew Robert Mortensen TOWNSEND Matthew Robert Mortensen, 13, died in Tacoma, Wash, on Nov. 5 of complications of pneumonia.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the United Methodist Church of Townsend, 200 N. Cedar. Interment will be in Deep Creek Cemetery. Connors Funeral Home of Townsend in charge of LOS ANGELES (AP) Newly released text from the Dead Sea Scrolls mentions the execution of a Messiahlike leader, suggesting that some ancient Jews shared the Christian concept of the slaying of a Messiah, scholars said Thursday.

One fragment contains five lines of text that describes a "leader of the community" being "put to death" and mentions "piercings" or "wounds," said Robert Eisenman, a professor of Middle East religions at California State University-Long Beach. The text also uses Messiah-related terms such as "the staff," "the Branch of David" and the "Root of Jesse," said Eisenman, who helped translate the scroll fragments. Its language is close to that in the Old Testament Book of Isaiah, which says "for our sins he was wounded." Many Christians use Isaiah's prophecies to aid their understanding of Jesus. Eisenman said he doesn't know if the leader mentioned in the text was Jesus. But he said the text has "far-reaching significance" because it shows the scrolls' writers and early Christians shared Messianic ideas.

He said the text supports his controversial theory that the most recent scrolls were written by Jews who helped form early Christianity. Many other scholars believe the scrolls were written by an ascetic Jewish sect called Essenes. "We've known for a long time there are connections between ideas contained in the scrolls and Christianity. However, this particular idea the idea of a dying Messiah is new and explosive," said Michael Wise, a University of Chicago professor of Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Wise, who helped translate the fragments, said it was always thought that Jews at the time of Jesus expected a Messiah who would restore Israel to dominance politically.

Yet the newly released text shows that the Jewish scroll writers had the idea of a Messiah who would suffer and die. "That shows this was not an idea unique to Christianity," Wise said. "Anything which potentially impugns the uniqueness of the Christian message can be seen by some people as invalidating it or weakening it" said Wise. The scrolls contain the oldest known copies of the Old Testament and many other writings. Scholars they were written by a Jewish sect sometime between 200 B.C.

and A.D. 50. Associated Press" fragment in the middle describes of a Messiah. most in fragments, were found in cavr. Sea in the late 1940s and early the scrolls contain priceless information period that spawned Christianity and" scholars, working under Jordanian and auspices, controlled access to many of the-scrolls drawing criticism that they were slug: translations.

Library in San Marino broke the monopoly by giving qualified scholars free photographs of scroll fragments. Eisenman first granted access. Frederick J. Peters FROMBERG Frederick J. Peters, 48, of Fromberg, died Tuesday, Nov.

5, 1991, in Deaconess Hospital, Billings. He was born April 16, 1943, in Belfry, a son of Martin and Magdalena Peters. Fred attended school in Belfry and served in the U.S. Navy from Jan. 29, 1963, to Jan.

26, 1967. While in the Navy he was in Vietnam, Guam and Japan. Fred married Karen K. Grudzinski Nov. 13, 1965, in Bridger.

For the last 19 years MR. PETERS Fred was employed as a truck driver and warehouse worker at Georgia-Pacific. Fred loved his family and enjoyed taking them to the mountains. He also liked watching his children participate in sports at Fromberg School Survivors include his wife Karen; three daughters, Michele, Kari and Lisa; one son and his wife, Fred and Stacey; two brothers, Martin and Dan; five sisters, Kathleen RoehL Darlene Metzger, Helen Ha-ney, Rosalie Strieker and Pat KrolL and his mother, Magdalena, of Fromberg. He was preceded in death by his father.

Rosary services were held Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bridger. Funeral Mass was celebrated at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 1991, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bridger.

Rite of Committal with military rites in Rockvale Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to charity of one's choice. Smith-Cashmore Memorial ChapeL LaureL was in charge of arrangements. Fred, we will always love you and never forget you. Smith Funeral Chapels Serving Billings Area tor 96 Years WE ACCEPT PURPLE CROSS Complete Funeral, Crematory Cemetery Pre-Arrangemente with Cremation Niches, Lawn Crypts Mausoleum TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS IN BILLINGS SMITH WEST CHAPEL 304 34TH ST.

W. 245-6427 4 Blocks N. of Central on 34th St W. 1 20 N. 26th DOWNTOWN CHAPEL 2454427 Miaoant panung JENSVOLD Robert, 69, 640 N.

15th St Funeral service 2 p.m. Friday in Smiths Downtown ChapeL Interment with military honors in Mount-view Cemetery. (118) BANDEROB Rudolph 89, of Worden. Funeral services 10 a.m. Friday, Nov.

8, in Smiths Downtown ChapeL Interment, Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials to Worden Ambulance, Worden, Mont 59088 or Big Sky Hospice, 1041 N. 29th St, Billings, Mont 59101. (118) BECKER, Lydia, 79, wife of Herman Becker, Ballantine. Funeral service 11 a.m.

Saturday in Bethlehem Congregational Church in Warden. Interment in Pleasantview Cemetery. Memorials to American Diabetes Association, Montana Affiliate, 2526 Sixth Ave. N. Billings, 59101 or Bethlehem Congregational Church.

(119) MORTON Iona Gladys, 82, of Newport, Ore, formerly of Billings. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Friends may meet in Smiths Downtown Chapel at 10 a.m.

and proceed to cemetery. (119) SmHhCMhmora LAUREL 1-62S48SS SCHAFF Jacob, 80, of Fish- taiL Vigil services 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, in St Michael's Catholic Church, Absarokee. Funeral mass 10 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 9 in St Michael's Catholic Church. Rite of Committal, Rosebud Cemetery. Visitation in St Michael's before vigil services andjuneral mass. (119) Ota Chip RED LODGE SmHhCatfimMi COLUMBUS l-ewwa we extend our thanks LOCAL DEATHS Iona Gladys Morton, 82, Newport, Ore, formerly of Billings Louis i.

Bertagna Sr, 84, 2920 Ronan AREA DEATHS Helen Topel McKenney, 73, Belgrade Matthew Robert Mortensen, 13, Townsend Loxcell Twiford, 62, Baker Jacob J. Schaff, 80, Fishtail Clara G. Anderson, 92, Glendive Iona Gladys Morton NEWPORT, Ore. Iona Gladys Morton, 82, of Newport, Ore, formerly of Billings, died Wednesday in Newport, Ore. She was born May 15, 1909, in Macon, Mo, the daughter of Edwin and Elsie Morrow.

She moved to Billings as a small child and attended schools here. She married Roy W. Morton Sr. on Sept 7, 1927, in Columbus. He preceded her in death Dec.

16, 1986. She moved to Newport, Ore, to live with her son in 1990. She was a member of Eastern Star, Rebecca Lodge and the Odd Fellows here in Billings. Survivors include her son, Roy of Newport, her daughter, Iona May Wilson of Wenatchee, three grandchildren, Twinkle Ann Morton of Eugene, Ore, Dennis Pa-rono of Eugene, Ore, and Debbie Lyons of Wenatchee, and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be 11 a.m.

Saturday in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Friends may meet at Smith Downtown Chapel at 10 a.m. and proceed in procession to Sunset Memorial Gardens. NEUHARDT FUNERAL 1 HOME 528 Lake Brno Drive 259-8575 OGDEN Peter 66, of Billings. Funeral arrangements are pending.

(118) A Half Century of Golden Rule Funeral Service to Montana families "by tfiree generations of Dahl Family ahl Chapels We accept ParpfcCrea 10 Yellowstone BiOings 248-8807 NEYRINCK Mary 93, of 721 St Johns Ave. Vigil service 7:30 Wednesday in Dahl Funeral Chapel, Billings. Mass will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Holy Rosary Church. Interment with Graveside services 1 p.m.

Friday in Judith Gap. 708S.McGUlen Red Lodge 446-1800 WELLS Doris, 75, of Red Lodge, formerly of Casper, Wyo, grandmother of Sue" Prather and Pam Kruse. Funeral services 2 p.m. Friday, Dahl Funeral ChapeL Interment in Red Lodge Cemetery. (118) 300 Highland Blvd Bozeman 586-5298 MC KENNEY Helen Topel, 73, of Belgrade.

Graveside memorial services will be held at a later date. (119) Flowers offer sympathy Sent with special care9 Linda's Flower Fashions Magic City Floral Volly-Gayvert's Floral Gainan's Flowers With utmost gratitude, 1 ARABI, La. (AP) A bomb disguised as an elaborately decorated model of a Mardi Gras float exloded on a woman's front porch, throwing out a jagged barrage of 2-inch nails, authorities said. Just before it exploded, the bomb played a tape recording of someone saying "sweet dreams," according to investigators. The bomb threw Patricia Rupp five feet from her porch Wednesday.

Two nails struck her in the neck and a third hit her in the mouth. Nails flew as far as 100 yards, and the blast damaged part of Rupp's roof. Rupp, hospitalized at Chalmette Medical Center, said she found the bomb when she came home from tak Women's Closed Alcoholics Anonymous 1: 30 p.m., 1801 Broadwater Ave. Dosed Alcoholics Anonymous Westend Group 5:30 p.m., 2439 Grand Ave. Emotions Anonymous 6 p.m.

Holy Rosary Church, 501 Custer Ave. Widowed Person Service 7 p.m. Elks Club Oriental Band 7:30 p.m. Shrine Temple Open Gamblers Anonymous 8 p.m. Unity Church, 101 Lewis Ave.

Closed Downtown Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m, 3302 Fourth Ave. N. Hoedowners Square Dance Club 8 p.m. Central Christian Church, 1221 16th St. W.

Open Motorcyclists Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m, 510 N. 29th St Open Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m, 2439 Grand Ave. Closed Alcoholics Anonymous H.O.W. Group 8 p.m, 2820 First Ave. S.

Closed Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m. Billings Heights Union Hall Closed Alcoholics Anonymous Great Facts Group 8 p.m, St John's Lutheran Home in Heights, 1415 Yellowstone River Road Closed Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p.m, 510 Cook Ave. Closed Lockwood Alcoholics Anonymous Hope Group 8 p.m, 1852 Old Hardin Road Open Recovery Group Big Book Study Alcoholics. Anonymous 8 p.m, 1407 Custer Ave. Al-Anon 8 p.m, Andrew Square, 100 24th St.W.

Open Narcotics Anonymous (non-smoking) 8 p.m, Methodist Church, 2800 Fourth Ave. N. Open Narcotics Anonymous candlelight meeting 10 p.m, 2604 Phyllis. Closed Alcoholics Anonymous 204 Group candlelight meeting 10 p.m, (28 Broadwater Ave. Closed Alcoholics Anonymous at midnight at 510 Cook Ave.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Otha M. Goff III, 20, Billings and Tonya M. Shaffer, 19, Billings Dal A. Lent, 28, Billings and Judy A. Smith, 23, Ellsworth A.F.B..S.D.

Dale A. Cook, 33, Billings and Lauire J. Rudio, 31, Billings Matthew K. Vetch, 19, Yuma, Ariz, and Jennifer LCantrell, 20, Billings If" The scroll the execution The 800 scrolls, es near the Dead Stored in Jerusalem, about the modern Judaism. A group of later Israeli for 40 years, gishin publishing The Huntington in September access to its 3,000 was the Cooke's Kwik Shop larceny charges in The years in prison Monday on Damreh said talk about the case.

Authorities the morning of on fire. Questioned confessed to hated Damreh and Officials now say store fire was fraud: in Wake Forest Higgs faces arson and state court. 22-year-old Damreh, who could face up to 20 and a $20,000 fine if convicted, was released a $100,000 unsecured bond. Tuesday his lawyer has told him not to say Higgs, 19, broke into the store early in Jan. 17, doused it with gasoline, then set it by an officer at the scene, Higgs initially the arson, but said he did it because he Damreh's brother, police said.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) When a convenience store owned by an Arab-American exploded in flames the first night Iraq was bombed in the Gulf War, investigators believed it was an anti-Arab hate crime. Now, after a 10-month probe, owner Raed Damreh of Wake Forest has been arrested in an alleged scheme to collect about $120,000 in insurance money. "It's kind of a bizarre crime," said Wake Forest Police Maj. David Forsythe.

Damreh was arrested Oct 31 by agents of the federal Bureau of AlcohoL Tobacco and Firearms and charged him with conspiring with James A. Higgs Jr. to burn Clara G. Anderson GLENDIVE Clara G. Anderson, 92, passed away Thursday, Nov.

7, 1991, in the Glendive Medical Center Nursing Home. She was born Nov. 15, 1898, in Ashton, Neb, a daughter of Abel and Anna Gappa Sack. She was raised and educated in Nebraska until 1909 when she moved with her family to Harding County, S.D. On Jan.

24, 1923, she married Ben F. Anderson in Scranton, N.D. They lived in Scranton for a short time and then home-steaded in Harding County until the time of her husband's death in 1958. She then moved to Glendive, Mont, to be near her children. She enjoyed embroidery, fancy work, sewing, baking apple pies, cooking Sunday dinner and caring for her grandchildren.

She had been a resident of the Glendive Nursing Home for several years. Survivors include three sons, Kenneth of Billings, Donald of Circle and Edward of Ten Sleep, two daughters, Mrs. Bert (Renee) Lehman of Apple Valley, Minn, and Mrs. Jerome (Etta) Maher of Glendive; a sister-in-law, Hattie Sack of Bowman, N.D.; 33 grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren. Vigil services will be at 7 p.m.

Sunday in the chapel of the Silver-nale-Silha Funeral Home, Glendive. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Patrick Zabracki officiating. Burial will be in Vessie Cemetery, Scranton, N.D. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Dana Anderson, Arlin Anderson, Todd Anderson, Ben Lehman, Greg Maher and Chad Maher.

Honorary bearers will be "all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren." Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive is in charge of arrangements. WIER Phone323-2604 Funeral Home Roundup, Montana REIGHARD Mary Opal, 84. Funeral services 1:30 p.m. Saturday from Wier Chapel. Interment New Miners Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Roundup Memorial Hospital EMT's or to the Roundup RSVP'S. (119) JJ Serving all faitht with dignity Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary Serving tht Ana Smxim 1001 Alderson Ave. Ph. 252-3417 we accept rarpat Cnm Mortuary Parking Adjacent INVtlA TIOH-NA ItONAl SlttCTfD MORTICIANS BERTAGNA Sr. Louis 84, of 2920 Ronan.

Rosary 6 p.m. Thursday in Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. Funeral Mass 9:30 a.m. Friday in St Patricks Co-Cathedral. Interment Mountview Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to BACET, Box 1746, Billings, Mont 59103 or to Big Sky Hospice, 1006 North 29th St, Billings, Mont 59101. (118) aw Thomas C. Jarland, 43, Billings and Tama-ra L. Grant, 31, Billings BIRTHS (Visiting hours at St. Vincent's Maternity Unit are from 12:30 to 8:30 p.m.' only) Girts Christine and Scott Buyse, 729 Avenue Evelyn and Thomas Parks, Laurel Janelle and Michael Doud, 2058 Garden Avenue Beth and Robert Quiroz, 345 Terry Avenue Apt.

No. 2 Michelle and Loren Bomar, 624 S. 33rd St Leslene and Jay CasseL 3412 Sequoia Lane Boya Carmen and Don Whisonant, 933 Dixon DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE Sharon Thomsen and Phillip Thomsen Dixie Matteson and Keith Matteson Tonya L. Holland and Ginger Ray Holland Jolene Kay Schmidt and Vaughn Ray-Schmidt FIRE CALLS 3:30 a.m. Thursday (City) 2822 Minnesota Ave.

First aid. 8:00 a.m. Thursday (City) -175 N. 27th St Alarm. 8:02 a.m.

Thursday (City) 212 Governors Blvd. First aid. 9:21 a.m. Thursday (City) 34 Vista Drive. First aid.

11:42 a.m. Thursday (City) 1238 CordrJ vast First aid. 11:52 a.m. Thursday (City) 2150 Grand Ave. First aid.

12:35 p.m. Thursday (City) Monad Road and Moore Lane. First aid. 12:47 p.m. Thursday (City) 804 Alderson Ave.

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First aid. 5:00 p.m. Thursday (City) 3625 McDou gall Dr. First aid. I 5:54 p.m.

Thursday (City) 2013 24th St W. No. 2. First aid. 1 6:20 p.m.

Thursday (City) 4150 Morgan Ave. First aid. 8:18 p.m. Thursday (City) 2223 Montana Ave. First aid.

Public meetings, public events and organizational meeting notices received by 5 p.m. will be published in the next morning's Gazette. Cancellations will be accepted for the next morning's paper if received by 8 p.m. Call 657-1241. PUBLIC EVENTS County Board of Adjustment 10 am, Room 403, Courthouse Play "The House of Blue Leaves" by Rocky Mountain College 8 p.m.

Billings Studio Theatre Black Tie and Blue Jean auction and ball to benefit Rocky Mountain College 7 p.m, Radisson Northern Hotel "Sleeping Birdie" with Sesame Street characters at Metra St. Vincent Employee Arts and Crafts Fair 7 a.m. to 7 p.m, Marillac Auditorium First United Methodist Church bazaar 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m, 2800 Fourth Ave. N.

ORGANIZATIONS Breakfast Optimists 6:45 a.m. Doc Eddy's, 711 15th St W. Billings Breakfast Exchange Club 7 a.m, 23rd floor, Sheraton Hotel Multi-Cultural Christian Fellowship 8 a.m, Yellowstone Room, SUB, Eastern Montana College Weight Watchers 8:30 and 11:45 a.m, back of building, 702 Central Ave. Traditions Group Closed Alcoholics Anonymous at noon at 26 Wyoming Ave. Closed Alcoholics Anonymous Brown Baggers Recovery Group (smokeless) at noon at Unity Church, 101 Lewis Ave.

Pachyderm Club at noon at Elks Club Smokeless Al-Anon at noon at 1801 Broadwater Ave. Closed Alcoholics Anonymous at noon, 848 Main St Group, Room 8 Closed Alcoholics Anonymous at noon, 2439 Grand Ave. Closed Alcoholics Anonymous 204 Group at noon and 8 p.m, 928 Broadwater Ave. Club Med Toastmasters 12:05 p.m, 27th St Medical Building. EMC Toastmasters 12:10 p.m, Cisel 118, Eastern Montana College Open Duplicate Bridge 12:30 p.m.

Studio 121214 Grand Ave, Big Shopping Center during the illness and lnss nf nur hvlnwrl Anita. A special thank you to her doctors, third floor staff of Deaconess Hospital, Cancer Treatment Center, Hospice, gentle concern of her sisters and the extraordinary care by Ellis Neuhardt. The Morledge Family.