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14-A Friday. June 15, 1984 The Billings Gazette Obituaries Continued stories 3 Girl From Page One LOCAL DEATHS Leta Irene Kennedy, 86, of 3513 Montana Ave. Robert P. Nalley, 69, of 4338 Bennett Ave. AREA DEATHS Hank "Popeye" Askin, 49, Centralia, formerly of Ekalaka Mayme J.

Desjardin, 80, Forsyth Howard W. Dunlap, 72, Lewistown Lucille Doris Hastay, 87, Alexandria formerly of Falrview Arthur L. Brown, 76, Terry Albert L. Moots, 72, Huntley II. Marsiella Greenfield, 76, Sheridan, Wyo.

Basil Jess Pierce, 47, Sheridan, Wyo. Basil Jess Pierce SHERIDAN, Wyo. Basil Jess Pierce, a resident of Dayton, Wyo, for 32 years, worked at Sheridan Meat Company and then owned and operated the Dayton Husky Service Station and Stockman's Lounge. He enjoyed guns and hunting. Mr.

Pierce, 47, died Wednesday In Sheridan Memorial Hospital of natural causes. He was born in Bayhorse, Mont, the "son of Jess Pierce and Bertha Boggess Pierce. He married Esther Marie Felde on July 25, 1953, In Sheridan. He was a member of First Christian Church and Elks Club. Survivors include his mother and father of Sheridan; his wife, Esther Marie of Dayton; four daughters, Roxanne Grimm, Debbie Groshart and Pam Christensen, all of Dayton, and Brenda Dellit of Sheridan; a brother, Gerald of Sheridan; a sister, Juanita Heide of Sheridan; and eight grandchildren.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday In Champion Funeral Home with burial in Sheridan Municipal Cemetery. doctors, Rep. Ron Marlenee's staff and others in the health-insurance industry, the firm decided that, under certain conditions, liver transplants could be life-saving procedures. The decision is a sign that things are beginning to change in the health-insurance industry.

But Sharp said other families like the Eftas have had to launch massive fund-raising campaigns of their own to pay their medical bills. Friends in the Wibaux area have pitched in to plan fund-raisers for the Eftas. The family still will need help covering their insurance deductible, travel bills and any expenses that top the $250,000 lifetime limit on Stephanie's medical bills. And Stephanie's health battle may just be the start of the struggle for the Eftas. On the last trip to Minneapolis, the family learned that Stephanie's older brother, 11-year-old Cory, is suffering from the same disorder.

ogy at the University of Minnesota, was not surprised by the initial reluctance of the Insurance systems to pay for the transplant. Sharp said that, even though the medical community has considered liver transplants an accepted form of treatment for the past year, companies still are disinclined to pay the huge medical bills that go along with transplants. Jack Ellery, head of the economic assistance division of the Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, explained that Medicaid could not help Stephanie because federal guidelines prohibit states from paying for surgery still considered experimental. Bill Steinbronn, field claims manager for Federated Mutual, explained Thursday that the Efta's claim originally was rejected because it was the first request for a liver transplant that his firm had received. But, after talking with Stephanie's Stephanie eventually would face the prospect of a liver transplant.

But it wasn't until a trip to Minneapolis last week that the doctors ruled that Stephanie would need the surgery before the end of the summer. Unlike other forms of surgery, a transplant isn't as simple as scheduling Stephanie for the operating room. The Minnesota hospital told the Eftas it needed $112,000 up front before it would prepare for the transplant. Both Federated Mutual and the Medicaid system balked at paying the transplant bill. They claimed liver transplants are still in the experimental stages.

Dr. Harvey Sharp, Stephanie's doctor and a professor of pediatric gastroenterol Albert Moots HUNTLEY Albert L. Moots had worked on ranches in the Huntley, Bridger and Big Timber area and farmed south of Huntley with his brother Woodrow from 1974 to 1979. He was an avid reader and enjoyed the outdoors. Mr.

Moots, 72, of Huntley, died Thursday morning in Billings Deaconess Hospital. He was born in WilsalL the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moots. He moved with his parents in 1921 to Hailey Bench, south of Huntley, and to Huntley in 1923.

Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Lola Walter of 1101 N. 32nd Mrs. Louise Loveland of 1075-C Lincoln Lane, Mrs. Hazel Cooper of Lakewood, and Mrs.

Jim (Pat) Otis of Hermiston, five brothers, William of Ballantine, Woodrow of Huntley, Morris of Nibbe, Paul of Helena and Jim of Cody, and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Smith Down Storms From Page One Howard W. Dunlap LEWISTOWN Howard W. Dunlap, 72, operated a bulk plant and service station for many years, retiring in 1977.

Mr. Dunlap, 72, died Tuesday afternoon at St Vincent Hospital in Billings after a long illness. He was born in Hilger, the son of William and Drucilla Dunlap. He moved to Minnesota with his parents at an early age. He received his education in Minnesota and worked there for several years before returning to central Montana in 1932.

He worked for the WPA on the construction of the Fort Peck Dam, at the U.S. Gyspum Plant at Heath, Fergus County Road Department, Melcher-t's Bakery and Rahn Bulk Plant, which he later purchased and operated along with the Chevron Service Station. He was a past master of Lewistown Masonic Lodge No. 37, past patron of Marie Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, past governor of Moose Lodge, member of York Rite Bodies, Scottish Rite Bodies of Great Falls, Al Bedoo Shrine Temple of Billings and Lewistown Eagles Lodge. Survivors include his wife, May E.

McDonald; three daughters, Mrs. Barbara Connolly of Billings, Mrs. Patricia Farley and Mrs. Debora Taurman, both of Vancouver, a son, George of Lewis-town; his stepmother, Mrs. Nan Koetitz of Grass Range; a sister, Mrs.

Nandee Walesconia of Font-ana, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the Creel-Morrison-Retz Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Lewistown. geese "went crazy" before the storm hit the ranch at the confluence of Otter and Bear Creeks, several miles north of the Wyoming state line. "We were lucky," Dick said.

"No one was hurt." A second tornado Wednesday was believed responsible for the destruction of a pair of grain bins near Decker, just north of the state line. Tornado reports are relatively rare in Montana, averaging four per year, according to the National Weather Service in Billings. The most sighted was in 1978 when 13 were reported. The last tornado death in the state occurred in 1983 when a twister caught a pickup on a road near Wolf Point, killing one of two occupants. The current rash of severe thunderstorm activity is part of a system that ranges from the Rockies to the Great Plains.

According to a weather service spokesman in Billings, the afternoon and evening thunderstorms stem from a very moist, unstable air mass lingering in the region. The storms are spawned as the moisture-laden warm air rises and meets overlaying colder air. The late afternoon and evening thunderstorms are fairly common in June, when they are more likely to produce hail because late-summer air is usually drier, a weather service spokesman explained. Tornado watches were out again for northeast and north-central Wyoming Thursday evening, which means that con ditions are right for a funnel to form. A severe thunderstorm warning was also issued Thursday evening in Washakie and Big Horn counties.

In Colorado, a deluge that swept Denver's northern suburbs on Wednesday caused one drowning death, injured at least 20 people and racked up damages of up to $350 million to homes and cars. Cheryl Wetherbee of the Western Insurance Information Service, a non-profit group that acts as a clearinghouse for insurance information, said "This is largest loss the insurance industry has experienced in Colorado to date." She estimated that the damage costs ranged from $200 million to $350 million based on reports from major insurance agencies that are members of the group. One life was lost in the deluge, which turned streets and highways into small rivers with dangerous undertows. Police in Federal Heights, a northern suburb of Denver, said Esther Muriel Thimmesh, 49, apparently was caught in such a current on a road inside the park and was swept under a travel trailer, where she drowned. Officials and local hospitals reported that at least 22 people were treated, most for cuts after being hit by hailstones, or struck by glass that had been broken by hailstones.

The National Weather Service said 4.75 inches of rain fell in Arvada, Colo. Up to 6 inches of hail on the ground was common, the service said, and some low-lying areas reported drifts of hail up to 2 feet deep. were reported broken at a greenhouse in Ranchester. Montana rancher Dick Fletcher said he was doing yard work at his Power River County homestead southeast of Ashland about 7:30 p.m. when the sky filled with grey clouds.

"First there were white tails of rain moving down the valley, then the sky turned the weirdest blue," he recalled. The twister came from the southwest, shattering the crowns of cottonwood trees and scattering limbs. A 30-foot limb, almost 10 inches in diameter, was driven through a small shed from the south. A mobile home, only yards away, was impaled by a smaller limb from the north. The funnel skipped the Fletcher home, raining cottonwood debris on the roof and in the yard, but doing very little damage.

But a 40-by-60-foot pole building beyond the house was snatched from the ground, carried 100 yards and dropped in a pile of rubble in a pasture. Tractors, equipment and a boat inside the building were untouched. "I saw the building go," Fletcher said, "then I headed for the cellar." Fletcher's uncle, Don, said ducks and town Chapel with burial in Huntley Cemetery. Leta Irene Kennedy Leta Irene Kennedy, who lived at her home at 3513 Montana for over 50 years, was always busy doing something. She enjoyed the garden and flowers she cared for, the quilts she made and the organizations she participated in.

Mrs. Kennedy, 86, of 3513 Montana Ave, died Thursday afternoon in SL Vincent Hospital. Born in Hamilton County, Iowa, the daughter of James and Laura Myers, she moved with her parents to Billings in 1910. She attended Billings schools and Billings Business College. On June 12, 1918, she married Michael J.

Kennedy in Billings. He died in 1978. She was a member of St. Patrick's Co-CathedraL a charter member of Catholic Daughters of America, a member of Pioneers of Eastern Montana, Western Heritage, Senior Citizens and R.S.V.P. Survivors include two sons, Michael J.

Kennedy Jr. of 2013 Clark Ave, and David W. Kennedy of 1517 Ave. a daughter, Eleanor Conover of Broadview; a sister, Louise Whitcomb of Red Lodge; two brothers, Donald J. Petersen of Cut-bank and Clarence L.

Myers of Seattle, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Rosary will be recited 6 p.m. Sunday at Dahl Funeral Chapel in Billings. Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Monday in St.

Patrick's Co-Cathedral with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Hank 'Popeye' Askin EKALAKA Hank "Popeye" Askin, 49, of Centralia, formerly of Ekalaka, attended barber school in Fargo, N.D, and worked in Ekalaka and Baker as a barber. Mr. Askin, who was disabled for the last several years, died Monday in Centralia of a heart attack. He was born in Ekalaka, the son of Henry and Marguerite Askin.

He attended school in Ekalaka and entered the U.S. Army March 19, 1953. He was honorably discharged in March, 1955. He later moved to Centralia where he worked at various jobs. Survivors include two sons, Marty Askin of Dickinson, N.D, and Hank Jr.

Askin of Coeur Alene, Idaho; his mother, of Ekalaka; five brothers, Tuffy of Las Vegas, Nev, Stub of Ekalaka, Chub of Livingston, and Ping and Roy, both of Baker; four sisters, Bonnie Rivera of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Neva Dietz of Plevna, and Marguerite Askin and Cheryl Whitney, both of Ekalaka. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Congrega Serving all faiths with dignity. John Ice From Page One Michelotti -Sawyers Mortuary 1001 Alderson Ave. Ph 252-3417 Mortuary Parking Adjacent MEMBER IV INVITATION NATIONAL SELECTED MORTICIANS VLADIC Margaret Ann, 57, of Anoka, Minnesota.

Rosary 6 p.m. Thursday, Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. Funeral mass 11:30 a.m. Friday, St. Patricks Co-CathedraL Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

fore and probably do not believe in me now," the teenager said. "The important thing is that people begin to listen to other kids or teens in my situation before anyone else does something like I did because they think they have no other choice and no one to turn to." Herschler told reporters that he believed the jury "wanted to provide some help for this man" but also "did not want him walking the street" when it convicted him of voluntary manslaughter instead of first-degree murder. He said he concurred. The governor said he considered Jahnke's youth, lack of criminal record and lack of adequate facilities for troubled youth at the state Penitentiary in Rawlins in his decision. Herschler, a lawyer, said he had no quarrel with the Supreme Court's ruling and found valid points in both the majority opinions and the dissents.

But he added: "It's a question of how you feel in this particular situation, whether or not some compassion ought to be handed out." said. "The Supreme Court is not always the last shot. In this situation, I have the last shot." The governor said he has never met Jahnke and has not talked to Jahnke's attorneys since the Supreme Court ruling came down. Jahnke's attorney, Jim Barrett, had expressed hope earlier that the governor would intervene, saying it was the teenager's only chance of staving out of prison. Barrett was out of town Thursday, but his assistant, Louis Epps, expressed happiness after first learning of the decision at the governor's news conference.

"The governor's an extremely strong person and makes his own decisions," Epps said. "We're just glad he made it in our favor." Jahnke issued a statement thanking Herschler for allowing him to have further treatment and pledging to "do all I can to justify his action" and "work hard to be a worthwhile citizen." "I realize that there are probably many people who did not believe me be tic man. Jahnke was portrayed as a victim." His sister, Deborah, 19, was convicted of aiding Jahnke in the killing and was sentenced to three to eight years in the women's prison in Wyoming. Her appeal is still pending before the state Supreme Court. She already is in residence in a Colorado facility for troubled young women.

The governor said it would be "speculative" to say what action, if any, he would take in Deborah's case. Herschler said he has received "a tremendous amount of phone calls and letters" on behalf of Jahnke since the Supreme Court opinion was released, but those pleas did not influence his decision. "The decision was mine alone," he jo" Chapels 10 Yellowstone Billings 248-8807 SCHREUDER Mrs. Mary M. Schreuder, age 93, of Worden, widow of John Schreuder.

Funeral services 11 a.m. Friday, Dahl Funeral Chapel. Interment Sunset Memorial Gardens. KENNEDY Leta age 86, of 3513 Montana Ave. Mass 11 a.m.

Monday St Patrick's Co-CathedraL Rosary 6 p.m. Sunday Dahl Chapel. Interment Sunset Memorial Gardens. 300 Switzler Bozeman 586-5298 708 S. McGillen Red Lodge 446-1800 TV said Eagle will use a mix of NBC and ABC programs and will extend the prime-time hours from 10 p.m.

until 11 p.m. to make room for the new shows. Initially, the ABC network news and ABC's "Nightline" will not be broadcast until a satellite arrangement can be made in mid-August, Stocklin said. Bee said in a recent interview that his efforts to get the ABC affiliation would be unresolved for several months. Asked if he was trying to sell his construction permit, Bee responded that wasn't able to sell his permit now without an affiliation, although he said he has had many queries.

Bee bought out the competing application of Robert Cooper almost three years ago before the FCC awarded him the permit in December 1982. tional Church in Ekalaka with burial in I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Ekalaka is in charge. H.

Marsiella Greenfield SHERIDAN, Wyo. H. Marsiella Greenfield taught school in Hewitt, Parkers Prairie and Alexandria, Minn, from 1932 until 1942 and later in Big Horn, Wyo, retiring in 1972. Mrs. Greenfield, 76, of Sheridan, died Wednesday in Billings Deaconess Hospital.

She was born in Lowry, Minn, the daughter of Peter and Lillie Nelson. She graduated from Oxford College in Minneapolis in 1932. She married Nels J. Greenfield in Minneapolis in 1942. They moved to Sheridan in 1944.

Mr. Greenfield died in 1956. She was active in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Sheridan and was church librarian. Survivors include a daughter, Karen Everett and a son, John both of Billings; and six grandchildren. Memorial services will be 2 p.m.

Saturday at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Sheridan. Michelot-ti-Sawyers Mortuary had charge of cremation. From Page One The new contract means local viewers will get to see ABC's coverage of the Olympics, which starts July 26. Stocklin Smith Funeral Chapels Man buys ad to admit falsehood HI Card of Thanks accusing Viola, although he was certain the dark-haired girl had not eaten the sandwich. Dauer's mother Gertrude, who owned a grocery store near the school at the time, said Thursday that she had given her son the crackers and peanut butter and that he had given them to the teacher.

After they disappeared, Dauer was asked by the teacher to smell the breath of each of his classmates to see if he could determine if they had been eaten, said Mrs. Dauer, who still lives in Trenton. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Arthur H. Dauer has purged himself after living with the guilt of his false accusation for 46 years.

The 51-year-old Jupiter, stockbroker took out a $70 newspaper advertisement in which he confessed to wrongly naming a 6-year-old classmate as the thief of a penny's worth of peanut butter and crackers in 1938. "Viola, I am sorry," read the 3-by-3-inch ad prepared for Friday editions of The Trenton Times. "In the McClellan School in East Trenton in the school year 1937-38 we were in Miss Cunningham's first-grade class," the ad said. "I was forced to accuse you of stealing a one-cent peanut butter and saltine sandwich. I did not think you were guilty and I have always been sorry.

Arthur H. Dauer." Dauer, who was traveling and not available for comment Thursday, told the newspaper that he was "pressured" into Sympathy, say it with flowers. The recent bereavement which has visited our home has brought to us a greater appreciation of our friends. Such kindness and neighborly thoughtfulness con never be forgotten. We are deeply grateful to those who shared our loss, through cords, flowers, calls or visiting us.

We also wish to thank those who contributed to the Help Erica Fund and to Rev. D. James Fitz-hugh for his kindness and Impressive service. Mrs. Nora Seeley, Mr.

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DOWNTOWN-120 n. 26th (AM HIRSCH Joseph, age 75, of 24 Alma Lane. Rosary 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 15, in Smith Downtown Chapel. Funeral mass 10 a.m.

Saturday, June 16, in St. Pius Catholic Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. MOOTS Albert 72, of Huntley. Funeral services 1 p.m.

Monday, June 18, at Smith Downtown Chapel. Interment Huntley Cemetery. MAY Feather eight-month-old daughter of Linda May, 2224 Highway 87 and Anthony May of Deer Lodge, Mont Funeral service 10 a.m. Monday, June 18, at Smith Downtown ChapeL Interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens. MILLS Richard "Dick" age 83, of Lovell, Wyo.

Memorial services 1 p.m. Saturday', June 16, in the Lovell Methodist Church. Cremation has taken place. Memorials to the Masonic Lodge ii Lovell or the Heart Fund or Cancer Fund. COLUMBUS Smith-Cashmore 1-628-6858 MOLOY John Harold Moloy, 74, of Absarok-ee.

Funeral services 2 p.m. Friday, June 15, in Absarokee Community Congregational Church. Interment Rosebud Cemetery. Memorials: Absarokee swimming pool or charity of choice. RED LODGE Olcott Chapel 1-446-1121 LAUREL Smith-Cuhmore 1-628-6858 Corporate merger policy eased I Announcements WASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department revised restrictions on corporate mergers Thursday for the second time in two years to make it easier for companies to determine when they could combine to fight foreign imports.

Attorney General William French Smith issued merger guideline revisions drafted by Assistant Attorney General J. Paul McGrath, head of the department's antitrust division. Smith and McGrath have been under tice Department's antitrust officials were so concerned with plugging numbers into economic models that they had misunderstood the threat of foreign competition and the need for more efficient domestic industries. At a news conference, Smith denied those allegations as well as a suggestion that the revisions represented a cave-in to Baldrige's views, even though they dealt with most of Baldrige's concerns. 1 assault by businessmen and some Reagan administration colleagues, led by Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, over the handling of a major steel merger earlier this year.

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