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www.MctoriaAdvocate.com VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Friday, January 31, 2003-5A Obituaries Juveniles Continued fro Page 'l A were arguing in the street when one of the juveniles pulled a gun, he said An unarmed Martinez was shot five times in the back of the head with an undisclosed type of handgun. Officers received a 911 call about 2 a.m. that morning when someone in the area heard the shots fired. When officers arrived, the boys had left the area on foot, Santiago said Officers first questioned Marthiljohni, who was 15 at the time, when they were called to his home in the 400 block of Old Refugio Road shortly after 7:30 p.m. on ISABEL MORALES A rosary for Isabel "Abel" Morales, 70, of Victoria, who died Tuesday, will be recited at 7 pm tonight at Artero Memorial Chapels.

Services will be 1 pm Saturday at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Gabriel Otoo officiating. Burial with full military honors, under the auspices of Victoria Veterans Council, VFW, CWV, DAVT Vietnam Veterans of America, American Legion, Marine Corps League, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Crossroads Ex-POWs and the Military Order of the World Wars will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Artero Memorial Chapels, Victoria, 361-575-3212. Memorials: Our Lady of Sorrows Building Fund and American Heart Association.

MARTHA I. BAILEY GONZALES Martha Inez Bailey, 47, of Gonzales, died Wednesday. Jan. 29, 2003. She was born June 13, 1955, in Gonzales, to Agnes Irle of Gonzales and the late Ray Milton Irle Sr.

She was a member of the Memorial Heights Baptist Church and former employee of the Gonzales County Clerk's office. Survivors: daughters, Michelle West and Brittanie Bailey, both of Gonzales; mother; and three grandchildren. Preceded in death by: father. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. today at Slayden Cemetery in Gonzales.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. today at the Memorial Heights Baptist Church, the Rev. Clint Lowery officiating. Seydler-Hill Funeral Home, Gonzales, 830-672-3232. Memorials: Memorial Heights Baptist Church of Gonzales.

MARY M. R. BARNES ALVIN Mary Magdalene Rober-son Barnes, 67, of Alvin. died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003.

She was born Oct. 17, 1935, in Matagorda County, to the late Car-lyle Sr. and Harriett Henderson Roberson. Survivors: husband, Thomas Barnes daughters. Sabrina Barnes and Serena Barnes, both of Alvin; adopted daughters, Debra, Connie and Louise, all of Alvin: sons, Thomas Barnes Jr.

of Crosby. Roy Barnes Gregory Barnes and Troy Barnes, all of Alvin, Stephen Barnes of Missouri City and Nelson Barnes of Lincoln, brother, the Rev. Carlyle Roberson Jr. of Alvin; 17 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be 2-5 p.m.

tonight at Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home chapel and 6-9 p.m. tonight at South-park Baptist Church. Services will be 1 1 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Revs. George Hill and Carlyle Roberson Jr.

officiating. Burial will be at Shiloh Cemetery in Cedar Lane. Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home. Bay City, 979-245-5197. Sept 23.

Family members had found the body of Sharon Marthiljohni in a shallow grave behind the house, according to Victoria County Sheriff Mike Ratcliff. The 55-year-old Victoria woman was first discovered missing when her husband, James Marthujohni, returned home from work about 5 pm that day, Ratcliff said during a previous interview. With the help of other relatives, her grave was found about 230 feet from the back of the house covered with brush piled on top of a piece of plywood Victoria County Sheriff's Office investigators found a lever-action rifle at the home and picture of a woman weeping over her husband's World War Il-era grave on Memorial Day. So much weeping. So many wars.

Not long ago, I wrote about the mass grave at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, where the bodies of so many Native Americans lie, put there by a doctrine called Manifest Destiny that vouchsafed men could rule others simply by being born with the right skm color. Right here in Victoria, I've chronicled the efforts of a group of dedicated volunteers as they cleared the brush off forgotten soldiers' graves. God bless them. We "We have concrete evidence that forces were in that particular area at least to seek sanctuary," Shields said. The problem facing the U.S.

and its two dozen allies in Afghanistan may be growing: Fresh recruiting may have attracted thousands to a more coordinated guerrilla opposition. Militants interviewed by The Associated Press say they are united against the coalition forces in Afghanistan. So-called "night letters," or political pamphlets, call for jihad, or holy war, against the international forces. Foes of the coalition and Karzai's government now appear to be operating small, mobile training camps in the mountains along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Al-Qaida operatives appear to be doing the training.

Pakistani militant groups are aligned with al-Qaida and the Taliban. The backbone of the so-called Pakistani Taliban are the groups Jaish-e-Mohammed, including those countries of the former communist East, largely supported the United States. French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said the article "contributed to the debate" over how to proceed with Iraq and was not a sign of growing divisions in Europe. "We are not seeking to pit one Europe against another, as everyone sees we defend the same principles," de VUlepin told the French Senate on Thursday. Hungary, one of the signers, refused to comment further Thursday.

Greece which currently holds the EU presidency said the letter did not reflect an official EU position. The Journal noted the op-ed article in its lead front-page story that said it was a sign of "further shifting (of) the global political calculus toward support for war." The letter said said Europe must remain solidly behind the effort to disarm Iraq "We must remain united in insisting that his (Saddam's) regime be disarmed. The solidarity, cohesion and determination of the international community are our best hope of achieving this peacefully. Our strength lies in unity," the article said. Mandela Continued from Page 1A Bush respect the authority of the United Nations.

His comments Thursday, though, were far more critical and his attack on Bush far more personal than in the past "Why is the United States behaving so arrogantly?" he asked "All that (Bush) wants is Iraqi oil," he said He accused Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair of un-dermining the United Nations and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is from Ghana. "Is it because the secretary-general of the United Nations is now a black man? They never did that when secretary-generals were white," he said Mandela said the United Nations was the main reason there has been no World War HI and it should make the decisions on how to deal with Iraq. He said that the United States, believe it was the weapon used to shoot Marthiljohni. They say she was shot three times as she stood outside the backdoor of her house.

She died at the scene. The boy was taken to the Victoria County Juvenile Detention Center but in late November a motion was granted and Marthujohni was certified to stand trial as an adult. Tali Villafranca was appointed to represent Marthiljohni during the juvenile hearing. The three attorneys will continue to represent the juveniles. Jason Collins is a reporter for the Victoria Advocate.

Contact him at 361-580-6521 or by e-mail at jcollinsvicad.com. can't ever forget. Klaatu, the man I quoted at the beginning of this article, was a fictional space man in an early 1950s movie. Bobby, the small boy with whom he was touring Arlington National Cemetery, couldn't believe Klaatu had never seen such a place. But when Klaatu told Bobby he was from a society that had rid itself of war, even that small child could see the wisdom of it.

How long before we evolve that far? Jim Bishop is executive editor of the Advocate. Contact him at 361-574-1210 or by e-mail to jbishopvicad.com Harakat-ul Mujahedeen and Lashkar-e-Tayyaba. Pashtun-dominated areas of Afghanistan have been divided up among former Taliban who are recruiting disgruntled young men. Saif-ur Rahman, who commanded Afghan soldiers fighting coalition forces at Operation Anaconda, is in charge of Ghazni, Paktia, Pakti-ka and Gardez provinces. Razzak and Uzmani are the men organizing Kandahar, Uruzgan, Helmand and Zabul provinces.

Eastern Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman provinces are being organized by Maulvi Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's No. 3 man. Taliban commander Anwar Dangar is organizing the central provinces of Parwan, Kapisa, Wardak, Logar and Kabul. "There is an administrative and military structure in place in these provinces," said a former member of the Taliban who didn't want to be named but has close contact with former intelligence officials in the hardline regime. The letter, certain to be a boost to President Bush who has said the diplomatic effort to disarm Saddam has so far failed, said Europe has "a common responsibility to face this threat.

Failure to do so would be nothing less that negligent to our own citizens and to the wider world." The article also warned the United Nations that it must not allow Saddam to violate Security Council Resolution 1441 which returned inspectors to Baghdad in November and gave the Iraqi leader one last chance to disarm or prove that he had destroyed weapons of mass destruction. The resolution said Iraqi defiance would produce "serious consequences." "It they (U.N. demands) are not complied with, the Security Council will lose its credibility and world peace will suffer as a result. We are confident that the Security Council will face up to its responsibilities," the article concluded. Secretary of State Colin Powell is to take the Bush Administration's argument to the Security Council Wednesday, possibly revealing additional U.S.

intelligence about Iraq's weapons program, in what could be a last effort by Washington to gain U.N. approval for attacking Iraq. which callously dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has no moral authority to police the world "If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings," he said "Who are they now to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the ones that should decide for the people of Iraq what should be done with their government and their leadership?" he said He said Bush was "trying to bring about carnage" and appealed to the American people to vote him out of office and demonstrate against his policies. He also condemned Blair for his strong support of the United States.

"He is the foreign minister of the United States. He is no longer prime minister of Britain," he said VLASTA WILSON Services for VlasU "Vicky" Wilson, 83, of Victoria, who died Sunday, will be 3 p.m. today at Our Lady of Victory Cathedral, with Msgr. Michael Harrold officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Colo Wilson nial Funeral Home, Victoria, 361-578-3535. Pallbearers: Kenneth Wilson, Dennis Pesek, Ray Pesek, Colter Pesek, Clayton Pesek and Jeremy Wilson. CHARLES E.COLE JR. CUERO Charles E. Cole 68, of Cuero, died Wednesday, Jan.

29, 2003. He was born Dec. 29, 1934, in Laredo, to the late Charles Edward Sr. and Frances Brown Cole. He was owner and operator of Cole Distributing Company and an Episco palian.

He served in the U.S. Air Force and was a Shriner, a Jaycee and a Mason. He was a member of I the Cuero Golf As sociation, Cuero Turkeyfest Associ ation and the I Cuero Chamber of Cole Commerce. Survivors: daughters, Valerie Cole Melson of San Antonio and Vanessa Cole of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; sons, Charles E. Cole III of San Antonio; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the home of John Strieber in the Channel View Marina in Port Aransas. Freund Funeral Home, Cuero, 361-275-2343. Memorials: Shriners Hospital for Children, American Cancer Society or donor's choice. ESTHER J.

BROWNING EDNA Esther Janie Browning, 89, of Edna, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003. Services are pending at Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-2152. JOE F. STEFFEK HALLETTSVILLE Joe F.

"Pipe Joe" Steffek, 89, of Hallettsville, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. He was born June 12, 1913, in Ezzell, to the late Joseph and Annie Bartos Steffek. He was a retired farmer and rancher and a member of Sacred Heart Church in Hallettsville. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, VFW and American Legion.

He was a veteran of World War II having received EuropeAfricaMiddle East Campaign Medal with five Bronze Battle Stars. Survivors: wife, Elise Bujnoch Steffek; daughters, Leonna Mogre of Missouri City and Peggey Steffek of St. John; son, James Steffek of Beaumont; sister, Mary Kallus of Edna; brothers, Louis Steffek of Edna and Alphonse Steffek of Hallettsville; and four grandchildren. Preceded in death by: infant son; parents; sister, Ann Shiller; and brother, Charlie Steffek. Visitation will be 11:30 a.m.

today at Kubena Funeral Home chapel. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. tonight at Sacred Heart Church. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev.

John Peters officiating. Burial will be at Garden Mausoleum at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Kubena Funeral Home, Hallettsville, 361-798-3271. Memorials: Sacred Heart School or American Diabetes Association. NATHALIA M.GARVEL INEZ Visitation for Nathalia M.

Garvel, 103, of Inez, who died Monday, will be 5-9 p.m. tonight at Mc-Cabe-Carruth Funeral Home chapel. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel, the Rev. George E.

Tompkins officiating. Burial will be 1 :30 p.m. Saturday at West Side Cemetery in Yorktown. McCabe-Carruth Funeral Home, Victoria, 361-573-4341. ELEANOR HAMSUN TOERCK Eleanor Hamblin Toerck, 88, of Victoria passed away January 29, 2003.

She was born June 22, 1914 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a Baptist She was survived by her daughter, Mary Anna Bell of Galveston, Texas; Charles Robert Hamblin of Dallas, Texas; sister, Anna Ruth Johnson of Little Rock, Arkansas; grandchildren, Jeff Mealer of Victoria, James Mealer III of Victoria, Tare Wall of Liberty, Texas, and Jarod Hamblin of The Woodlands, Texas. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Carl R. Hamblin of Victoria; her second hus- Jtand, Oliver Toerck of Goliad; her parents, four sisters and two brothers. Memorial donations may be made to Donor's Choice.

Colonial Funeral Home, 1801 E. Red Rivet; Victoria, (361) 578-3535. vr IA! NAT URREA Services for Nat "Nato" Urrea, 89, of Victoria, who died Wednesday, will be 10 am today at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Wolfgang Mimms officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery.

Artero Memorial Chapels, Victoria, 361-575-3212. Pallbearers: Ernest Urrea, Michael Urrea, Pete Rubio, Carl Roberts, Dan Ramirez and Mike Cantu, Memorials: Hospice of South Texas. JANIE SUE R0SALES TELFERNER Janie Sue "Cotton" Rosales, 47, of Telferner, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003. She was born i May 2, 1955, in f- Jackson, Miss, to i the late Daniel fk rjr A James and Martha Diane UtV 1 Boyd.

She was a I I -r 1 1 iiomeiiumei. Rosses Survivors: husband Manuel Rosales daughter, Melissa Jackson of Corpus Christi; and son, James Ballard of Victoria. A memorial visitation will be 3-9 p.m. tonight at McCabe-Carruth Fu-' neral Home chapel. McCabe-Carruth Funeral Home, Victoria, 361-573-4341.

LUCY A. BROWN EDNA Visitation for Lucy Ann Brown, 86, of Edna, who died Wednesday, will be 1-8 p.m. tonight at Cook-Butler Funeral Home chapel. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Gideon Baptist Church, the Rev.

Michael Harvey officiating. Burial will be at Montgomery Community Cemetery. Cook-Butler Funeral Home, 1-782-3821. LEXA B.WAGNER EL CAMPO Services for Lexa Bertha Wagner, 82, of El Campo, who died Wednesday, will be 2 p.m. today at Triska Funeral Home chapel, the Rev.

Jim Lane officiating. Burial with fulWnilitary honors under the auspices of the American Legion Post. 251 will be at Garden of Memories Cemetery. Triska Funeral Home, El Campo, 979-543-3681. Pallbearers: Fritz Schoelman, Ronnie Yackel, Pete Yackel, Jimmy Yackel, Clay Kohn and Eric Kohn.

BETTY J. THURMOND REFUGIO Betty Jean Thurmond, 81, of Refugio, died Wednesday, Jan. 29,2003. She was born Oct. 30, 1921, in Oklahoma City, to the late John G.

Steele and Rena Willet. She was a retired assistant manager for the Dairy Queen in Refugio and was a member of First Baptist Church Refugio. She was a member of the Support Group at Refugio Manor, Block Leader for the American Heart Association, Telephone Operator for Bell Telephone and owner of Refugio Cleaners. Survivors: daughter, Delores Jean Armont of Aransas Pass; son, James Howard Thurmond of Missouri City; sisters, Mildred Toness of San Antonio, Barbara Roberts of Woodsboro, Doris Ann Byrd of Rowlett and Jane Reddell of Sinton; five grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. Preceded in death by: husband, James Haskins Thurmond; children, Mary Ann, Ellen Roseann and Lawrence Louis; parents; and brother, Jimmy Steele.

Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. tonight at Galloway Sons Funeral Home chapel in Beeville. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Refugio, the Revs. Lance Freeman and David Parks officiating.

Burial will be at Beeville Memorial Park. Galloway Sons Funeral Directors, Beeville, 361-358-2512. DAVIS C. GASKINS KENEDY Family visitation for Davis C. GasMns, 92, of Kenedy, who died Friday, will be 6-8 p.m.

tonight at Eckols Funeral Home chapel. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel, the Rev. Carl Westbrook officiating. Burial will be 3 p.m.

Saturday at Seaside Memorial Park Cemetery in Corpus Christi, 4357 Ocean Drive. Eckols Funeral Home, Kenedy, 830-583-2533. Memorials: American Cancer Society. ET0ILE J. ULES CORPUS CHRISTI Etoile J.

Liles, 71, of Corpus Christi, formerly of San Antonio, died Saturday, Jan. 25,2003. Survivors: daughters, Rhonda Liles of Corpus Christi, Anna Geleske of Flower Mound and Pam Snapp of San Antonio; and son, Jim Liles of Portland, Ore. Services are pending at Seaside Funeral Home, Corpus Christi, 361-992-9411. Obituaries are provided as a free public service by the Victoria Advocate.

More detailed or specially worded obituaries, which appear in a box, are available for a fee. Information submitted by funeral homes for either free or paid obituaries must first be verified and approved by a family member of the deceased. Fax number for the obituary clerk is 361-574-1211 Bishop Continued from Page 1A country could have come to that terrible point where countrymen killed each other by the tens of thousands. The Punch Bowl on Oahu, not far from Pearl Harbor, is shaped just like its namesake. To me, it was like a huge vessel into which had been poured the mournful remains of yet another war.

Fort Logan Cemetery in Denver is another vast field of heroes who paid the biggest price for their country. As I walked there, I thought of the photo I'd seen years before, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning Enemies Continued from Page 1A emergence in Pashtun-dominated areas of a new administration of Taliban, the Islamic militants who seized most of Afghanistan in the mid-1990s. Their government was toppled by a U.S.-led coalition because it harbored Osama bin Laden. The warren of caves in southeast Afghanistan where hundreds of U.S and Norwegian forces fought about 80 rebel fighters this week may have been a staging area, supply depot or hub, said Lt. Col.

Michael Shields, operations officer for the Coalition Task Force, 82nd Airborne Division. Eighteen rebels were killed in what the U.S. military called its biggest assault since Operation Anaconda in March 2002. In the end, the caves didn't turn up any weapons, and the fighters escaped, their identities still uncertain. Soldiers found mules, lanterns, blankets, food, fuel, water and vitamins in the cave.

European Continued from Page 1 A Berlusconi and his Spanish counterpart, Jose Aznar, for the op ed piece outlining their support for the U.S. position on Iraq. She said the two leaders then contacted the other Europeans and sought their views, resulting in the opinion piece that carried all eight signatures. In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher welcomed the statement. He called it "a clear, firm and unequivocal message" that Baghdad must be disarmed of its weapons of mass destruction.

It also sent a message that the Security Council's credibil ity will suffer if resolutions are not complied with, Boucher said Still, the article recalled U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's recent, and controversial, characterization of France and Germany as representing an "old Europe" out of synch with the rest of the expanding European Union and Nato. In his comments last week, Rumsfeld said the rest of Europe, Obituaries ALBERTHA D. WILLIAMS YOAKUM Visitation for Albertha D. Williams, 80, of Yoakum, who died Saturday, will be noon to 7 p.m.

tonight at Jamison Funeral Home chapel and noon until service time Saturday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Edgar. A wake service will be 7-9 p.m. tonight at the funeral home chapel. Services will be 1 p.m.

Saturday at the church, the Rev. Darren WUson officiating. Burial will be at Pleasantville Cemetery in Cuero. Jamison Funeral Home, Yoakum, 361-293-3121. ESTELLALYBARRA HOUSTON Estella Luna Ybar-ra, 76, of Houston, died Monday, Jan 27,2003.

Survivors: daughters, Linda Re-serdez, Elisie Cobb and Mayia Ure-stj; sisters, Susie Guillen and Irene Molina; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services will be noon today at Catholic Charismatic Center in Houston. Graveside services will be 4 p.m. today at Port Lavaca Cemetery. Deer Park Funeral Directors, Dear Park, 281-476-4693.

LE0MA BUTLER HOUSTON Leoma Butler, 69, of Houston, formerly of Edna, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003. She was born Oct. 1, 1933, in Edna, to the late Taylor and Myrtle Clay Butler. She was a retired nurse.

Survivors: daughters, Cynthia Nails, Agatha Patche and Pamela Arkadie, all of Houston; sisters Lucelia Jones and Doris Butler, both of Houston; brother, Leo Butler of Edna; and three grandchildren. Visitation will be 1-8 p.m. tonight at Cook-Butler Funeral Home chapel. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church.

Cook-Butler Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-3821. JOSEPHINE J. ZARATE EDNA Josephine Jacinto Zarate, 72, of Edna, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. She was born Dec.

26, 1930, in Jackson County, to the late Sesario Jacinto Sr. and Maria Luz Garza. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church. Survivors: daughters, Mary Her-rera and Jane Pena, both of Edna, Frances Ballin of Louise, Theresa Benavides of League City and Margie Mendoza and Yolanda Zarate, both of Houston; sons, Manuel Zarate Jr.

and Jimmy Zarate, both of Edna and Frank Zarate of El Campo; brothers, Joe Molina of Edna, Sesario Jacinto Jr. of Victoria, and Armando Jacinto of Garland; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by: husband, Manuel Zarate parents; sisters, Pauline Vasquez and Lupe Jacinto; brother, Rafeal Mendez; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. tonight at Slavik Funeral Home chapel. I Services will be 10 a.m.

Saturday at St Agnes Catholic Church of Edna, with Msgr. Michael O'Shaugh-nessy officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens of Edna. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-2152 Memorials: Alzheimer's Foundation or donor's choice. i i.