Chippewa Herald-Telegram from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin • 2

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2002 Van E. "Vance" Davis, 58, of OBITUARIES Van E. Davis 208 S. Culver Chippewa Falls, died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2002, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital In Minneapolis.

He was porn Oct. 14, 1943, in Fort Pierce, to Helen (Shortridge) and Russell Frank Davis. He grew up in Fort Pierce, where he graduated from High School. He attended college and resided in Florida, Texas and Missouri. He had been employed as a painter and woodworker until moving to Chippewa Falls in 1987.

Vance married Judy Schmidt Geissler on Nov. 2, 1990, at Central Lutheran Church in- Van E. "Vance" Davis Chippewa Falls. He was employed at ITW Deltar until retiring in 1991, due to a disability. Survivors include: his wife, Judy Davis of Chippewa Falls; two daughters, Shannon (Tom) Chambers of Ormond Beach, Danielle (Richard) Battaglia of Thonotosassa, a son, Justin Davis, at home; one sister, Janiece Bible of Romona, four grandchildren, Heather and Haley Battaglia, Zachary and Pierce Chambers; his mother-in-law, Arlene Meredith of Chippewa Falls; one niece and one nephew; and other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at Central Lutheran Church with the Revs. Rick Hoyme and MIke Wollman officiating.

Burial will follow i in Forest Hill Cemetery, Chippewa Falls. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at PedersonVolker Funeral Chapel, Chippewa Falls, and one hour prior to the service Thursday at the church. Dignity Pederson-Volker Funeral Chapel Genevieve C. Hays Genevieve C.

Hays, 90, of 3360 160th Chippewa Falls, town of Hallie, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2002, at her residence with St. Joseph's Hospice. She was born Jan. 3, 1912, in Madison Lake, the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Loeffler) Hoehn.

She graduated C. Hays from McDonell High School in 1929. She had taught ele-: mentary school at Holy Ghost in Chippewa Falls and St. Peter's in Tilden. She married Glen M.

Hays on Dec. 29, 1930, at Sacred Heart Church in Jim Falls. She was a member of Holy Ghost Church, St. Rita's Circle, Lafayette Senior Citizens and Piecemakers Quilters for years. She is survived by: three sons, Roger of John (Peggy) of Waldo, and Michael (Kerry) of McCall, Idaho; three daughters, Jennifer Worthington and Margaret (Kenneth) Schoenberg, both of Chippewa Falls and Constance Hays of Mounds View, two brothers, Raymond (Mary) Hoehn of Holcombe and Willard (Lucille) Hoehn of Gilman; 23 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; 5 great great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by: her husband, Glen M. Hays on Jan. 31, 1991; five sons, Thomas, Gerald, Robert and also James and Henry in infancy; her parents; three brothers; five sisters; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at noon on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Holy Ghost Church, Chippewa Falls.

Rev. Edmund will be celebrant of the funeral Mass. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Chippewa Falls. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.

4, and until 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Horan Funeral Home, Chippewa Falls. There will be a Christian Vigil Service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The family prefers memorials to St.

Joseph's Hospice. She enjoyed making quilts and crocheting afghans. She also was an avid scrabble player and reader. Luella R. Merrill Luella R.

Merrill, 76, of 6743 County Trunk Chippewa Falls, town of Howard, died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2002, at Luther Hospital, Eau Claire. She was born March 18, 1926, in Frederic, the daughter of Winfred Francis and Ruth Elizabeth (Walker) Squires. She had worked as a seamstress for the Department of Transportation and retired in 1981. Luella was a member of the DAV Auxiliary Notre Dame Church and the P.C.C.

W. of Notre Dame. She is survived by: her close companion, Gilbert "Gib" Monpas, Jr. of Chippewa Falls; two sons, Wayne (Colleen) Ristau of Oregon, and Gorden Johnston, Jr. of Beaver Dam; three daughters, Joyce (Jim) Plagenz of Markesan, Betty (Henry) Nadolski of Portage, and Shirley (Dennis) Haldemann of Janesville; one brother, William (Doris) Squires of Janesville; one sister, Frances Wiggen (Henry Haase) of Holcombe; 13 grandchildren; and 17 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by: her husbands, Armond Ristau, Gordon Johnston, Howard Putnam and Gordon Merrill; her parents; one sister, Leanna Prietz; and one grandson, Matthew Nadolski. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6 at the Horan Funeral Home, Chippewa Falls. Rev.

Brian Jazdzewski will be officiating. Burial of cremains will be in Green Lake Center Cemetery, town of Green Lake on Saturday, Sept. 7. Friends may call from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.

6, at the Horan Funeral Home, Chippewa Falls. To report local news contact us PHONE 715-723-5515 or 800-236-5515 FAX 715-723-9644 or MAIL THE CHIPPEWA HERALD PAGE TWO City 'to consider Darley expansion district BY ROD STETZER cities and villages to spur develop- plans by David H. Raihle Jr. of 99 E. THE CHIPPEWA HERALD ment by freezing tax assessments Grand Ave.

to redevelop the former Expanding one industry and rede- within a specific area, in this case Gino's Saloon property at 17 W. Spring veloping a downtown business will 19.2 acres in the Seymour Cray Jr. St. hinge on what the Chippewa Falls Industrial Park. Raihle wants to borrow $90,000 from City Council decides Tuesday.

A TIF District can help a company the city's Redevelopment Authority as The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. at by funding streets, and sewers and a part of a $206,706 to renovate the City Hall, 30 W. Central St. water. Property taxes collected due to city-owned building.

The council will vote on establish-: the increase in property value after "Renovation of the building ing the city's ninth Tax Increment completion of the project go first to includes complete restoration of the Financing district so W.S. Darley can pay for the streets and utilities in the exterior including front, back and expand its facility at 920 Kurth Road. project area. roof. The interior will be completely In June, the company which makes If the council approves, the TIF demolished and redeveloped to firefighting apparatus said it planned District will still need to be approved include office space on the first floor to expand the facility by 58,000 square by what's called a Joint Review Board, and two 2-bedroom apartments on the feet in a project costing $2.9 million.

which has members from the city, second floor. Of that, the company plans to pay $2.5 county, school district, Chippewa "Upon completion, the building will million for the expansion. The TIF Valley Technical College and at large. be eligible to be listed on the National District would help finance the The Joint Review Board will meet Register of Historic Places," informaremaining $400,000. later this month.

tion given to the council says. A TIF district is used by Wisconsin The city council will also review TORNADO: Ladysmith a disaster area FROM PAGE 1 glass and rock tear through town. Then he scrambled into his father's bomb shelter. "It looked like a sandstorm," he said. "It sounded exactly like a train.

It scared the hell out of me." Gov. Scott McCallum declared Ladysmith a disaster area and planned to visit the site Tuesday, spokesman Tim Roby said. The storms knocked out power for 14,000 Xcel Energy customers, including 2,500 in Ladysmith. Service had been restored to all but 250 customers in Ladysmith Tuesday, said Xcel spokesman Brian Elwood. The American Red Cross set up an aid station at the public school building in the neighboring town of Bruce, where the first day of classes were canceled.

Schools in Ladysmith were also closed Tuesday because of the storm damage. Charmaine Johnson, 31, said she was on the phone with her mother when it went dead and her "ears started to pop." Johnson said the porch and roof were ripped off her home and an abandoned house behind her DENNIS KAETTERHENRY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A steel beam sits impaled in the windshield of a car in Ladysmith after a tornado ripped through the area causing major damage throughout the town. The tornado struck downtown Ladysmith late Monday afternoon, leveling a Baptist church and a gas station and injuring dozens of peo- was destroyed, giving her, a. new view of the Flambeau River. She expressed confidence in the community's spirit.

"People will do what it takes to get their lives back. to what they were," she said. Shattered glass, broken lumber and other debris littered the city's main' street. Tree limbs as thick as a man's thigh covered the gas pumps at the E-Z Stop. Tree trunks sat in attic windows.

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It's not a primary source. They would shut it down in the winter," he said. A second tornado hit north of Wausau on Monday evening, National Weather Service meteorologist Roy Eckberg said. A few houses were damaged and trees and power lines were down in the lightly populated area where the tornado hit, said Marathon Emergency Government Director Jerome Boettcher. He had no reports of injuries.

Wisconsin Public Service had 3,100 customers in Wausau and Rhinelander without power Monday night because of damaged power lines, but crews were having trouble reaching the sites, spokesman Larry Matzke said. Other parts of northern Wisconsin reported building and tree damage because of the storm, which swept across much of the state. The Gilman School District in Taylor County had the roof torn off its school, and classes were canceled Tuesday and Wednesday. Reynolds, his eyes bloodshot, spent the night sifting through what was left of his dream. He plans to lead the repair crews Tuesday.

"We'll be back," he said. the night patrolling the edge of town and guarding its two banks from looters. Mayor Marty Reynolds, who quit the state Legislature to run a bed and breakfast downtown and is running for lieutenant governor as a Libertarian, was out of town when he heard about the tornado. He rushed back to discover one of the community's two water towers had collapsed on his garage. The tidal wave of water smashed through the windows of his bed and breakfast.

"I just spent three years building this," he said as he inspected the damage, glass shards crunching under his feet. "I don't know if I can do this again." His campaign finance reports lay in a tattered, soaked heap in what was once the inn's breakfast room. Outside, a tree limb had impaled his pickup and garage door. "I've got a van out here somewhere, too," he said. "Somebody said they saw it in the river." Rozak said the water tower damaged by the tornado held a secondary sup- September Specials Buy Month of Unlimited Fitness, Get 2nd Month FREE Buy Month of Unlimited Tanning, Get 2nd Month FREE Body Massage Manicure Pedicure Facial Hair Styling Makeover Tanning Fitness WISSOTA FITNESS, TAN MASSAGE 723-7006 NAIL SALON A VISA a Falls 723-7500 CHIPPEWA HERALD P.O.

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