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THE BOSTON GLOBE TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1992 21 Obituaries Joseph L. Uppling, 89; organist, pianist for shows and churches Kirk Scharfenberg, the compassionate voice, is Globe's dead at 48 1 i -x A Museum School of Fine Arts and also the New England Conservatory. Mr. Uppling worked as a church organist and choir director for the First Church of Squantum for 33 years. At the same time he played the piano for CBS radio in New York and Boston.

He was the staff pianist for radio station WEEI in Boston for 16 years and a regular performer on the Carl Moore show. He also played with orchestras at the Metropolitan Theater, the Cocoanut Grove night club, the Copley Plaza Hotel, the Hotel Vendome, and the Westminster Hotel. He also played with the Boston Pops when they needed an organist. Mr. Uppling was arranger and DEATHS TOYE-Of Everett, July 27.

Phoebe E. (Wedge), beloved wife of the late Robert F. Toye. Mother of Evelyn Garrlty of Waltham, Ronald of Burlington, Virginia Ratta of Maiden and the late Robert and Shirley Albano. Also survived by 13 grandchildren and 15 reat-grandchildren.

Funeral from the Hen-erson Funeral Home, 517 Broadway, EVERETT, on Wednesday at 8:15 a.m. Funeral Mass In St. Therese's Church at 9:15 a.m. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours Tuesday, 7-9 p.m.

TREACY-Of W. Quincy, July 27, James J. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Chry-' sostom Episcopal Church, Quincy for Joseph L.

Uppling, an organist and pianist for many years in the Boston area, who died June 22. He was 89. Mr. Uppling died in Quincy Hos pital during his summer stay in the town he had called home for 72 years. He had moved to Spring Hill, in 1986, but had recently bought an apartment in Quincy as a summer home.

He was born in Caribou, Maine, and came to Squantum in 1912. He attended Quincy schools and graduated from Thayer Academy, Brain- tree. He attended Tufts University DEATHS SENTNER-ln Revere, formerly of Maiden, Strothard H. Sentner, 77. Husband of the W.

Sentner of Lynn, Lea Aharon of Melrose, Arthur R. of Maiden. Alvin L. of Sorinrjfield. late Edith (uanand).

Father or Henry Bob Ralph R. of California, Carol Stevens of Exe ter, NH, William p. of Somerville, and the late Harris onns aenmer. He is aiso survived by his 24 grandchildren and 16 greatgrandchildren. A Funeral Service will be held at the Chapel of Woodlawn Cemetery, Elm Street, Everett on Wednesday, July 29.

1 992 at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Barbara Herber of the Christ United Methodist Church in Maiden will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of the Sprague Funeral Homes, PLYMOUTH, NH. SHAER-On Monday, July 27, Jacob R.

of Roslindale. Beloved husband of the late Dora (Smith) Shaer. Devoted father of Toby Canton and the late Leo S. Shaer. Dear grandfather of 6, great grandfather of 3.

Services at the Levine Chapel, 470 Harvard BROOKLINE, on Tuesday, July 28 at 100 pm. Memorial observance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Canton through Friday. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Hebrew Rehab.

Center for Aged, 1200 Centre Roslindale, MA 02131. SHEA-Of Boston, July 26, 1992, Atty. Thomas B. Beloved brother of Frances S. O'Connor of Boston and the late Thomas H.

Shea Jr. of West Roxbury. Dear uncle of John, Richard and Charles O'Connor and William H. Shea III and Andrea Shea-Merlin. Funeral from the P.E.

Murray Funeral Home, 2000 Centre WEST ROXBURY, on Thursday, July 30th at 10:00 a.m. Followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in the Holy Name Church West Roxbury, at 1 1 :00. Visiting hours Wed. evening 7-9 PM. Interment in MF Calvary Cemetery.

Remembrances, In lieu of flowers may be made to the Alzheimers One Kendall Blda 600, Cambridge, MA 02139 SHIMMIN-Of Juno Beach, FL, formerly of Melrose, July 25. Herbert Shimmin. Husband of the late Helen (Sawyer) Shimmin. Father of Barbara J. Schofield of Erie, PA.

Edward B. Shimmin of Singer Island, FL and Herbert S. Shimmin of Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Also survived by 7 grandchildren and 6 Sreat-grandchildren. Funeral Service at the obinson Funeral Home, 809 Main MELROSE Wednesday, July 29, at 1 p.m.

Relatives and friends invited. SMITH-Dorothy E. (Ryan) of Quincy formerly of Jamaica Plain, age 81, July 26, 1992. Beloved wife of the late Ralph A. Smith, Sr.

Devoted mother of Ralph Jr. of Dedham, Eleanor Clarke of South Weymouth and Dorothy Bleiler of Melrose. Loving sister of Charles Ryan of Quincy, James of W. Roxbury, William of Wollaston, Katharine Rudd of Yarmouth, Patricia Cronin of Hlngham, the late Mary Ryan and the late Gertrude Do-Ian. Also survived by 6 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral from the McDonald Funeral Home, SOUTH WEYMOUTH, at 809 Main St. (Rte. 18 opp. South Shore Hospital) Thursday at 8 a.m. Funeral Mass in the St.

Francis Xavier Church, South Weymouth at 9 o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend visiting hours Wednesday 2-4 7-9 p.m. Interment St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Weymouth. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of the South Shore, V.N.A., P.O.

Box 334, Braintree, MA 02184. SQU I LLANTE-Zina (Pesce) of Wilmington, July 25, 1992. Beloved wife of Gaetand Squillante. Loving mother of Annmarie. Car- and Lisa Squillante, all at home.

Loving uouo.o, wuiaeypa ana me late Hiziero Pesce of Everett. Sister of Rocco Pesce of Canada and Enrico Pesce of Everett. Funeral from The Romano Funeral Chapel, 355 Broadway. EVERETT, Wed. morning at 8 15 a Fol owed by a Funeral MassTrom St Anthony Church, Oakes Everett, at 9:15 a.m.

Visiting hours Monday 7-9 Tuesday 2-4 7-9 p.m. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Handicapped and ample parking in rear of Chapel. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. TAYLOR-Of Hyde Park, July 26, Albert Leo.

oeioveo rainer or tartan or r-fosnnaaie. uncle oi triieen j. uunninqnam. David Rollins. Kathleen.

James and the late Robert Dennehy. Funeral from 1 the William J. Gormley Funeral 'Home. 20SS Centra St WFST ROXBURY, Wed. July 29 at 10 a.m.

Funeral Mass in Holy Name Church at 1 1 a.m. Visiting hours Tuesday 2-4 7-9. Relatives friends invited. Interment St. Joseph's Cemetery.

World War II Veteran U.S. Army. Donations may be made in his name to the Scholarship Fund at Newman Preparatory School, 245 Marlborough Boston, Ma. 02116 TERRAZZINO Of Needham. suddenly A nuawaiiu ui (Norma Mrs.

Henry E. (Sharon A. Ellis of Hoirion Mrs. luoiiww ivi.i nnutinman Oi Bellingham the late Guy Michael Terraz- Gerald L. (Darlene Monkman ot and Peter Terrazzino all of Needham, Car-mel2 Terrazzino of Maynard.

Grandfather of Michael P. Ellis, Nicole M. Monkman, Cody L. Monkman Justin J. Monkman.

Funeral from The George F. Doherty Sons Funeral Home. 1305 Highland NEEDHAM Thurs. at 9:15. Funeral Mass in St.

Bartholomews Church, Needham at 10 a.m. Relatives friends kindly invited. Visitinq hours Tues. 7-9, 2-4 7-9. Interment St.

Mary Cemetery. Needham. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Guy's memory to the charity of your choice. Late retired President of Transmissions Inc. of Newton.

Usher at St. Bartholomew's Church. Needham. Member of The Needham Of 161 1 The Needham F.W. Post 2498, Korean Vet Parking area adj.

to funeral home. THAYERof Falmouth. July 27 Mariorie b'oOed wife ohe tote Hamilton W. Thayer and the late Owen C. Nivling.

Mother of Wendy Sitva of West HtH ling-Becker of Philadet Dh a. PA. and Pot Ki.wi. SteD mothAf Of Harriot Rosamond Gant of Nashville, TN and William Thayer of Portland, ME. Also survived SLmac 9reat grandchildren.

Sister of Kenneth Cady of Marblehead Leyand of Duxbury, Eleanor S361 Manchester, NH and Judith Maddock of aim Beach, FL. Private FunerS FALMoi' jtS? V6? al aS Grove CemeTer9; L2LMOUTH- ln towers donations 00 made to the JML Sre Center, 184 Ter Heun Falmouth. MA 02540 or to me chanty of your choice Arrangements by the Chapman, Cote Gteason Funeral Home of Falmouth TIBETS-Of West Roxbury, Jury 26. Harold F. Dempy Beloved husband of Veronica irianicnj.

Loving rainer or verurw- ca Hillery of Boston, Harold F. Jr. ot So. Boston, Arthur R. of West i Roxbury, Mary Orlando of RosMn- dale Reaina Lvnch of So.

Boston. Paul A. of Dedham, Phillip W. of West Roxbury, Barbara Boyd of Easton, Peter V. of west noxoury, innsropner J.

ot wesi nux-bury, Edward G. of Hyde Park Patrick J. of Hyde Park. Claire E. ot West Roxbury, and Michael A.

of West Roxbury. Also survived by 14 grandchildren. Loving great grandfather of Jason McManus-riniery. Loving brother of James Tibbetts of Framingham. Frederick Ttbets of St ought on, Catherine McDonough of Stoughton, and the late Ronald Tibets and Helen Brien.

Funeral from The Robert J. Lawler Crosby Funeral Home, 1803 Centre WEST ROXBURY. Wednesday, Jury 29 at 9 a.m. Funeral Mass in The Holy Name Church at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited.

Visiting hours Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Interment Ml. Benedict Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Harold's memory to The Parkway Boys Girls Club. 1716 Centre St West Roxbury.

late WWII and Korean Veteran. Retired employee of The E. Telephone Co. parking in rear of Funeral Home. TOLAND In Winchester, formerly of Wo- burn.

Jury 26. Heen "Nettie" (Sullivan). Beloved wife of the late Patrick 'Packy Toiand. Survived by several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and nephews, and great-grand nieces and nephews. Funerarfrom The Lynch-Canttlton Funeral Home, 263 Main St (Rt 38) WOBURN, on Thursday.

Jury 30th at 9 15 am. Funeral Mass in me Immaculate Conception Church Winchester, at 10 Catting hours Wednesday from 5 to 9 p.m. By Brian C. Mooney GLOBE STAFF Kirk Scharfenberg, The Boston Globe's powerful voice for social justice and the dispossessed, died yesterday of cancer at his home in Dorchester. He was 48.

As an editor, columnist and leading editorialist at the newspaper the last 15 years, Mr. Scharfenberg fought vigorously for progressive causes, most recently as editor of the Globe's editorial page. He shared a Pulitzer Prize with other Globe staff members for the newspaper's 1983 series on racism in Boston, but Mr. Scharfenberg achieved a more lasting impact on Boston and Massachusetts politics through his cogent editorials and commentaries. He was also an imposing, catalyzing presence in the newsroom where he served in the late 1980s as city editor and metro editor.

He was always challenging reporters with story ideas as well as the limits and conventions of journalism "pushing the envelope," a colleague described it "Kirk was a brilliant newspaperman who made a difference with his life and his work," said Benjamin B. Taylor, who, as a Globe editor, worked closely with Mr. Scharfenberg for many years before becoming the Globe's executive vice president "He was convinced that newspapers could change public policy and improve people's lives. He was right on both counts. The city will miss him, the paper will miss him, and I will miss him." "Kirk's root sense of fairness informed everything he did," said Globe managing editor Helen W.

Donovan, whom Mr. Scharfenberg considered the closest of many friends. "It gave him a vast and busy editorial conscience, but much more than that, it made him a singular friend." Mr. Scharfenberg often joked that, as a journalist, he occasionally became too close to some public officials, chief among them Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn.

"For the vulnerable and the needy, whose voice could not be heard, Kirk spoke with power and conviction. He had one of the finest minds and biggest hearts of anyone I've had the privilege to know," said Flynn last night. "He was such a good man," said Raymond C. Dooley, Flynn's former chief aide and close friend of Mr. Scharfenberg's.

"He used all his talents and abilities to help people and to make the world a better place to live in." Dooley and his wife, Anne, named their son, Conor Kirk, who was born July 3, after their dying friend. His life and death touched many beyond the world of journalism and politics, however. "Kirk was the social and political conscience of this state," said Larry Kessler, executive director of the AIDS Action Committee and a friend of Mr. Scharfenberg. "He gave voice to the disenfranchised He was one of the good guys, and he'll be sorely missed." Mr.

Scharfenberg's egalitarian vision of a just and generous society was forged in the Berkshires, where he was raised, the son of an insurance agent In one column, he described the westernmost region of Massachusetts as "an outpost where earnest, progressive values are dominant in public life." That ethic imbued his own life and work. His education and career took him away from the Berkshires to Brown University, from which he received a bachelor's degree in 1965. He went on to work as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post before returning to the Berkshires for a period in search of "the good and true life." Mr. Scharfenberg once described the upward mobility of his early career as "making my way up the greasy pole." So, in 1973 he abruptly veered his life in a new direction. He quit his job as a Post reporter to "drop out," For the record Correction: The obituary of Doris P.

Cutting in Friday's Globe listed the incorrect date for the graveside service. It was held Friday in South Paris, Maine. man Christy Moore and former Cantabrigian Tracy Chapman. After Boston Phoenix media critic Mark Jurkowitz labeled Mr. Scharfenberg the "cosmic thinker" of the Globe, his colleagues affectionately began referring to him as "CT." Mr.

Scharfenberg railed against latter-day Republican conservatism, considering it social and economic barbarism lacquered with the rhetoric of individualism. But he was just as likely to skewer Democrats of the neoliberal or process liberal stripe. He believed they had abandoned the principles of the New Deal for a bloodless, dead-end philosophy. Despite his formidable intellect, Mr. Scharfenberg was not an egghead.

He was an engaging, often dazzling conversationalist, at heart a sociable man who lived a very public life. He was also known for occasional outbursts of Teutonic temper. With his lanky, frame and his booming voice, which was audible throughout the Globe's vast newsroom, he could be intimidating to a reporter or subordinate editor who bungled an assignment. He usually apologized, however. As an editor, Mr.

Scharfenberg was a mentor to many young journalists, challenging them to broaden their horizons. "He was the Johnny Appleseed of the newsroom," recalled deputy managing editor Gregory L. Moore, a friend and protege of Mr. Scharfenberg's. "He was constantly in motion, spreading story ideas as he went." As an editorial writer, Mr.

Scharfenberg was the author of what he later termed "maybe the most notable gaffe in recent newspaper history" the "Mush from the wimp" headline over a March 1980 editorial on an economic plan of President Carter's. "I meant it as an in-house joke and thought it would be removed before publication it appeared in 161,000 copies of the Globe the next day," wrote Mr. Scharfenberg years later. The headline waa changed in mid-press run to "All must share the burden." He considered the jury-rigged replacement headline an expedient but mushy substitute for the original. He won several journalism prizes for his writing.

A 1980 series of editorials entitled, "A Program for Racial Peace," was a finalist for a Pulitzer. "My Pulitzer Prize-losing series," he often characterized it with vintage self-effacement Later, he became city editor, metro editor and deputy managing editor before being named in late 1990 to succeed his friend, Martin F. Nolan, as editor of the editorial page. "The perfect job," he called it Within six months, however, he was diagnosed with the cancer that slowly sapped his strength, but not his spirit. While admirers lamented the unfairness of their friend's being stricken at such a young age, and so soon after he had achieved his career goal, Mr.

Scharfenberg, typically, placed his own misfortune into a greater context "I do think, Why me?" he told a friend after his diagnosis. "But then I realize that I'm a white male, living in the United States in the late 20th century. How can I say that I've been unlucky or that life's been unfair?" Three years ago, Mr. Scharfenberg reflected in a Globe story on a 1988 speech in Boston by the noted American socialist and writer, Michael Harrington, who was terminally ill at the time. He wrote: "His acceptance of his impending death, if that is what he had found, would have come from the very life he led, from his choosing to fight the good fight from his decision to carry the torch for the more humane and moral world he believed a democratic socialism offered." With unintended prescience, Mr.

Scharfenberg had foretold the final months of his own good life. Besides his wife, Marianne, Mr. Scharfenberg leaves his three children, Christa, David and Stephanie; three stepchildren, Brendan, Kristen and Joseph Hughes; and his father, Clarence James Scharfenberg of Lady Lake, Fla. Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night 1 -0 JOSEPH L. UPPLING accompanist for singer Jane Froman and for ice skater Sonja Henie, and arranged and directed the music for shows put on by the Clover Club of Boston, the Kiwanis Club of Quincy, and the New Neponset Players.

After serving the First Church of Squantum for 33 years, the congregation named the church's organ in Mr. Uppling's honor. In 1968, Mr. Uppling became the organist and choir director of St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church.

Most recently, he had served as organist in St. Andrew's Church, Spring Hill, Fla. Besides being a musician, Mr. Uppling also drew, painted and built model ships. His pen and ink drawings of the Adams National Historic Site in Quincy, and of St.

Chrysos-tom Church, are used by both institutions to decorate the covers of their publications. Mr. Uppling was a Mason and a Shriner and member of several lodges. During World War II, he was a Navy firefighter in Boston. Mr.

Uppling leaves his wife, Katherine (Loughan); a daughter, Margot Herbert of Spring Hill, and three grandchildren. Mr. Uppling was buried in Spring Hill, after a service in St Andrew's Episcopal Church. JohnH.Bartlett2d,64 Dean Witter Reynolds executive John Henry Bartlett 2d, a vice president for investments for Dean Witter Reynolds, died of cancer July 21 in his Weston home. He was 64.

Mr. Bartlett lived in Weston all his life and had been a securities broker since returning from service in the Korean War. He was active in Weston town affairs, serving as chairman of the Republican Town Committee, on the building committee and as a volunteer firefighter. Mr. Bartlett graduated from the Pomfret School in Connecticut in 1947 and attended Marlboro College in Vermont Mr.

Bartlett leaves two sons, Paul C. of Sydney, Australia, and Christopher P. of Weston; a sister, Faith B. Hickok of Pittsford, N.Y.; and two stepsisters, Matilda C. Tick-nor of Chatham and Mary C.

Hu-gens of Darien, Conn. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in St. Peter's Church in Weston. The body has been cremated.

Thomas B. Shea, 86 Boston-area lawyer Thomas Bonner Shea, a prominent Boston-area lawyer and the first chief of Boston's rent-control board in the 1930s, died Sunday in Massachusetts General Hospital of the effects of Alzheimer's disease. He was 86. Mr. Shea had practiced law until he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's two years ago and was obliged to enter the Cantabrigia Health Care nursing home in Cambridge.

Until then he had lived in Boston, where he was born. He graduated from the Newton Country Day School and from Harvard College magna cum laude in 1928. He graduated from Harvard Law School summa cum laude in 1931. Mr. Shea first joined the law firm of Caulfield, Harrigan Murray before setting up his own practice in Milton.

He leaves his sister, Frances S. O'Connor of Boston, and four nephews and a niece. A funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Thursday in Holy Name Church in West Roxbury. Burial win be in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Roslindale.

oeioveu nusDano or Marion n. (nuney; Treacy. Father or Janet M. uu-fresne of Quincy, Mary L. Streeter or Mmnersi, james J.

I reacy jr. or Brookline N.H. and Carolyn J. Treacv of Quincv. Brother of Ger trude Hilstrom of Quincy and the late Elizabeth McMahon, Anna Hally, Margaret McDonnell, Alice McElroy, Mary Near Edward, Francis and Lawrence Treacy.

Also survived by 4 grandchildren. Funeral from The Dotan Funeral Home, 460 Granite MILTON on Thurs. at 9:15 with a Funeral Mass in St. Mary's Church, Quincy at 10:00 AM. Relatives and friends invited.

Visiting hours Wednesday 2-4, 7-9 PM. Interment St. Mary's Cemetery. Late Member Local 537 and Morrisette Post 294 American Legion. Donations may be made to Friends of Mass.

Respiratory Hospital, 2001 Washington Braintree, MA. 02184. 5 VACCARO-Of Somerville. July 25, 1992, Lorraine P. (Lambert).

Beloved wife of Nicholas L. Vaccaro. Devoted mother of Joan and Denise Vaccaro both of Somerville and John Vaccaro of Westford. Sister of Virginia Lambert of Somerville. Dear grandmother of Kristen, Nicholas and Carolyn Vaccaro.

Mother-in-law ot Kathleen (Sharpies) Vaccaro ot Westford. Funeral from The George L. Doherty Funeral Home, 855 Broadway (Powder House Sq.) SOMERVILLE, Wed. morning at 9 a.m. Funeral Mass in Immaculate Conception Church, N.

Cambridge, at 10 o'clock. Relatives and friends invited. Calling hours Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Interment Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford. WALKER Of Belmont and Ft.

Lauderdale, FL, July 26, uaniei J. beiovea nusDano ot voted father of Joanne M. Walker of Conway, NH. Grandfather of Daniel and Brian Todd and Lisa M. Purcell.

Also survived bv 2 oreat Pranooaugniers. runerai irom tne oianiun uneral Home, 786 Mt. Auburn St. (Rt. 16 WATERTOWN, on Thursday at 8 a.m.

Funeral Mass in the Sacred Heart Church, Watertown at 9 o'clock. Relatives and friends respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Interment Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline. Late Life Member Watertown Lodge, 1513 B.P.O.E.

and Belmont Post 165 A L. Member of Frank Oliver Post 40 DAV of Ft. Lauderdale FL. Veteran of WW II Navy. WALSH-ln Brighton, formerly of County Donegal.

Ireland, July 27, 1992, Hannah (Doherty). Beloved wife of the late Thomas S. Walsh. Devoted mother of Thomas B. Walsh of Billerica, Mrs.

Frank Johnson (Ann) of Brighton and Mrs. Thomas O'Dea (Peggy) of Randolph. Sister of Hugh Doherty of NY and the late Barney Doherty. Also survived by 4 grandchildren. Funeral from the John F.

Reen Funeral Home, 63 Chestnut Hill (nr Brighton District Courthouse) BRIGHTON. Thursday morning at 8 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Columbkille Church at 9 a.m. Realtives and friends are kindly invited.

Interment St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury. Visiting hours Wednesday 2-4 7-9 pm. In lieu of flowers, contributions to You-ville Hospital, 1575 Cambridge MA 02138 in Memory of Mrs. Walsh would be appreciated.

WEITZ-Entered Into rest. July 25, 1992, Betty (Levy) of Brookline, Ma. beloved wife of the late Samuel devoted mother of Max Benard Weitz. loving sister of Millie Canniz-zaro of Calif. Marsha Kahn of N.Y.

Dear grandmother of 5 grandchildren. Graveside service at Steptner Cemetery, Baker St. West Roxbury, Tuesday, July 28, at 9:30 a.m. Memorial observance will be private, expressions of sympathy in her memory may be donatecf to the charity of Your choice. Arrangements by Schlossberg-Solo-mon Memorial chapel, Canton, Ma.

WELFORD-ln Ft. Lauderdale, formerly or wakerieia ana rvtaioen, Stanley k. wei- iuru, 1 1 nusoana oi ine laie wiur-iel (Lundgren) Welford. Father of Judith Lecaroz ot Manchester, N.H., and brother of Herbert Welford of Bradford. He is also sur vived by his 2 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

A Graveside Service will be held at the Forestdale Cemetery, Forest Street, Maiden, on Friday, July 31, 1992 at 11 a.m. The Rev. Arthur Smith of the Centre United Methodist Church in Maiden will officiate. The family has requested that contributions in his memory may be donated to the American Cancer Society, 247 Commonwealth Boston, Massachusetts 02116. Arrangements are under the direction of The Sprague Funeral Hoines, PLYMOUTH, N.H.

F70' 5.w?.mPscott- formerly of Westfield, July 27, William age 71. Hus- oi oniney MCKnee (Urees). Father of Elizabeth A. of Boston, William Jr. and John W.

and father-in-law of Lisa (Wile) and oranrlfathor nf Kakou i all Swampscott. Brother of Ralph c. and Uncle of 1 niece and 3 nephews all of Delaware A Funeral Service will be held in the First Church in Swampscott. Congregational, 40 Monument SWAMPSCOTT on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Burial in Swampscott Cemetery.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited and may call at the Solimine and Rhodes Funeral Home, 67 Ocean St. (Rte 1A) Lynn, Tuesday evening 7-9 pm. Anyone who wishes to make a donation may contribute to the William J. Wharff Memorial Fund for Swampscott High School Athletics co First Colonial Bank For Sa vinos 112 Market Lynn 01901. WILSON-Of Brockton, formerly of Hyde Park July 25, Caroline I.

(Calarese). Beloved wife of the late Charles. Mother of the late Galen R. Sister of Francis William Al Arthur John B. Theresa Coady, Mary Padula.

Dorothy A. Fiore. Jessie Barter Sarah Cecilia Calarese. Also survived by many nieces nephews. Funeral from The Carroll-Thomas Funeral Home, 22 Oak St HYDE PARK, Wed.

morning at 8. Funeral Mass in Most Precious Blood Church at 9 Relatives friends invited. Visiting hours' Tue 2-4 A 7-9. Donations Carolines memory may be made to, Most Precious Blood Church, 43 Maple St. Hyde Park MA 02136 WOLOSKI In Florida, formerly of Newton.

July 26. 1992. Edward A. Father of Lisa Marie ana Richard Woloski both of Newton Brother of Joan Arsenault of Burlington. Son of the late Edward D.

and Alice (DeWolfe) Woloski. Dear friend of Sharon Schoeninq of Fla. Stepson of Lillian Woloski ot Plymouth, Stepbrother of Dorothy Valley of Brockton, Shirley Grispi and George Rogers both of Plymouth Richard Rogers of Onset, Charles Rogers of Abington, Donna Morgan of Ware-ham and the late Patricia Baxley. Also survived by several nieces and nephews Funeral from the Blackington Funeral Home. 697 Washington St.

NEWTONVILLE, Friday, Jury 31, at a.m. Followed by a Funeral Mass St. Jeans Church. Watertown Newton, at 10 a m. Visiting hours Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 Relatives and friends kindly invited Bunal in Newton Cemetery.

Reared Newton Police Officer. Donations in his memory may be made to the Newton Police Benefit 1321 Washington St. Newton. MA 02165. WU RF-Of Newton Centre Jury 27, Stephanie (Waber) Wurf.

Wife of Maximilian Wurf. Sister of Tony Waber of L.I. NY. At the family request, funeral service will be private. Arrangements by Eaton Mackay Funeral Home.

NEWTON CORNER. YATES Of Concord. July 26, Richard nusuana or ivianiyn liaierp f-atner Of Greer of Upton. Monique Hills of Bedford and Julie Yates of Concord Son of Joseph and Noefla Dal ramal Vata nJ UloM RJ. Brother of Rene Yates and Jacqueline Maynard both of West Warwick, Rl Grand-temer of Adam.

Bnanne and Christopher Hills, all of Bmerica. Also survived by several Burns, uncles and cousins Funeral Wednesday, July 29 from the Joseph Dee Son Funeral Home. 27 Bedford St CONCORD CENTER, at 8 a.m. Funeral Mass St Bernard Church at 9 a m. Visiting hours Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 Contributions in Ins memory may be made to E.

Rehab. Hospital, 2 Rehaotlrtation Way. Wotoum, MA 01801. Lata Army Veteran. PHOTO BY MARK MIRELU KIRK SCHARFENBERG in the parlance of that era, and return to the Berkshires in search of a simple, agrarian lifestyle and a less hectic brand of journalism at the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield.

In 1977, he came to the Globe as an editorial writer. Mr. Scharfenberg was never very comfortable with the material rewards or the status conferred by his work. He lived modestly in a rambling Victorian house on Wal-deck Street with his wife, Marianne Hughes, a lobbyist for human services groups. Each had three children from a previous marriage.

Mr. Scharfenberg's first wife, Virginia, from whom he was divorced, lived only two blocks away in the same Dorchester neighborhood. They all remained close friends. At times, the Scharfenberg-Hughes home resembled a drop-in center. Friends, politicians and activists of every rank stopped by at any hour.

One night a visitor might find Mayor Flynn there; on another, members of the AIDS Action Committee. At the Globe, Mr. Scharfenberg grew steadily in stature and influence. For many years, he was an influential columnist, a consistent and passionate champion of the poor, the working class and urban issues, especially public education and housing. An early and avid supporter of Flynn's longshot bid for mayor in 1983, Mr.

Scharfenberg saw in Flynn's populist style and South Boston blue-collar roots the best candidate to bring racial harmony to the city. As friends, they shared a love of politics, Boston in general, and a few of its neighborhood taverns in particular. In his column, Mr. Scharfenberg often adopted the persona of LWL -the Last White Liberal a chablis-drinking, pipe-smoking observer of the foibles of politicians, bureaucrats and himself. Politically, he was a small democrat a small socialist, by his own account "a lefty" or person of "the portside persuasion." He believed every individual should act with what poet Thomas McGrath called "a generous wish." Mr.

Scharfenberg characterized this as "an abiding commitment to make a better world for the least well-off among us." It was a consistent theme of his writing clear prose that evinced his wit, humility, passion and immense intellect Mr. Scharfenberg read voraciously. His literary favorites included Raymond Carver's gritty short stories, the novels and poetic idylls of Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry and, recently, Walt Whitman's poems. He also consumed many obscure tracts by leftist economists, academics and social theorists. Often, he gave them favorable reviews in the Globe.

Equally eclectic were his music interests, from rockabilly singer-guitarist Sleepy LaBeef and legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, to the politically folk songs of Irish-.