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The Herald-Palladium Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, Mich. THURSDAY, May 4, 2006 7A RECORDS St. Joseph Obituaries Antiques on Bluff opens Sunday in a different location John B. Clark, Ph.D.

CASSOPOLIS Dr. John B. Clark, 68, owner of Roseland Organic Farms, 27427 M-60 West, Cassopolis, passed away Monday, May 1, 2006, at Lakeland Hospital in Niles. John was 48236-0880 or Merrill Clark, 27427 M-60 West, Cassopolis, Mich. 49031.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Niles, formerly Pifer-Smith. John W. Strayer, M.D. NILES John W. Strayer, M.D., age 91 years, of Niles, died at 5:35 p.m.

Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at Buchanan Meadows Living Center, Buchanan, following an extended illness. Dr. Strayer was born on Jan. 10, 1915, in Buchanan to John C. Strayer, M.D., and Florence (Clark) Strayer, and had lived in this area all of Death notices Dorothy M.

Boyce, 96, Dowagiac, died May 2 at Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital. McLauchlin-Clark Funeral Home, Dowagiac, 782-2135. John B. Clark, Ph.D., 68, Cassopolis, died May 1 at Lakeland Hospital, Niles. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Niles, 683-1155.

Roman D. Melson, 72, Hartford, died May 3 at home. Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford, 621-4101. Walter G. Mohler, 94, Holland, formerly of Watervliet, died May 2 at Russ Haven Care Center, Holland.

Davidson Chapel, Florin Funeral Service, Coloma, 468-3181. Valeria Savich-Savenas, 94, St. Joseph, died May 2 at Lakeland Specialty Hospital, Berrien Center. Dey-Florin Chapel, Florin Funeral Service, St. Joseph, 983-1514.

John W. Strayer, M.D., 91, Niles, died May 2 at Buchanan Meadows Living Center. Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, 683-3000. Henry Thornburg, 85, Sodus, died May 3 at home. Fairplain Chapel, Florin Funeral Service, Benton Harbor, 926-7222.

born Nov. 19, 1937, to the late Dr. Carl Clark and Maurine (Bell) Clark in Sycamore, 111. On Aug. 22, 1959, he married Merrill Hahn at the 1 CLARK death by two brothers, Robert C.

Strayer and William C. Strayer. The funeral service for John W. Strayer, M.D., will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 5, at Trinity Episcopal Church, with the Rev.

Franklin P. Schuster III, of church, officiating. Committal services will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Buchanan, and will conclude with the Veteran's Flag Presentation by American Legion Post 51, Buchanan. The family will receive relatives and friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.

Contributions in memory of Dr. Strayer may be made to the Pipe Organ Fund of Trinity Episcopal Church, or to the Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan. Valeria Savich-Savenas ST. JOSEPH Valeria Savich-Savenas, 94, of St. Joseph passed away quietly on May 2, 2006, at Lakeland Specialty Hospital, Berrien Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at Dey-Florin Chapel, Florin Funeral Service, St. Joseph, where friends public. "We have a variety of anti-quers that come in," Brambilla said. "It has an extremely good following." Brambilla said 20 antique dealers are lined up to showcase their items Sunday.

There will be everything from jewelry, glassware, furniture and collectibles to memorabilia. The new location, Brambilla said, has about the same amount of space the antique dealers had along the bluff, and shouldn't affect the outcome of this year's event. "They (the dealers) have such a good following, people will go to them no matter where they are," she said. For more information about Antiques on the Bluff call St. Joseph Today at 985-1 1 1 1 or go to www.sjtoday.org.

By SARAH McEVILLY H-P Staff Writer ST. JOSEPH Antiques on the Bluff starts Sunday, and while it won't be at its usual spot in Lake Bluff Park, organizers say the event will run as normal. "We're improvising," said Joen Brambilla, executive director of St. Joseph Today. "We're doing the best thing that we could do." Road work on Lake Boulevard has made the park inaccessible, and the event has been moved to the parking lot on the southeast corner of Elm and State streets.

Antiques on the Bluff runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first Sunday of the month between May and October. The event is free and open to the his life. He was BB president of his ggfv class of 193 2 at Buchanan 2 High School P8B0.

and continued his education lJtK'V at the Universi- BR? ty of Michigan, it-i-Ann Arbor, STRAYER earning the River Valley schools Anonymous $130,000 gift creates scholarships t. may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Fri- Jul Burial will take Cyfi piace jM Riverview Cemetery, St. Joseph. Memorial donations may be made to the Ameri- Valeria was Haven Care Center in Holland.

A service celebrating his life will be held 1 1 a.m. Saturday at Davidson Chapel, Florin Funeral Service in Coloma, where visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in North Shore Memory Gardens. Memorial donations may be made in his memory to the Watervliet Free Methodist Church.

Mr. Mohler was born May 31. 1911, in Rossville, to Frank and Lottie (Shafer) Mohler. He retired in 1973 as a supervisor from Watervliet Paper Mill after 45 years of service. He was also a longtime member of the Watervliet Free Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife of nearly 73 years, Marguerite (Hansen) Mohler of Holland; two sons, Lester Raymond (Diana) Mohler of Holland and Lewis Walter (Bonnie) Mohler of Venice, two sisters, Flara Lee of Watervliet and Pauline Darling of Albion, three brothers, Virgil (Marilyn) Mohler of Kalkaska, Douglas (Gladys) Mohler of Eaton Rapids, and Dallas Mohler of Parma, Mich. Also surviving are four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Walter was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Pearl Nichols, Freda Dowding and Irene Walters; and two brothers, Howard and Dale Mohler. By H-P STAFF THREE OAKS The River Valley School District has established an endowment and a business scholarship fund at the Berrien Community Foundation to help the River Valley School District. An anonymous donor provided $130,000 for the business scholarship fund.

These scholarships will be provided to River Valley School District graduates to attend Lake Michigan College. There will initially be two scholarships, each equaling 12 credit hours and fees for each semester. Foundation officials said the number of scholarships may increase as the fund grows. The income from the endowment fund will be available to sustain the district's initiatives in perpetuity. Those initiatives will be determined by the district, foundation officials said.

"We're very pleased to collaborate with the Berrien Com munity Foundation through these funds," said River Valley Superintendent Chet Sanders. We also view this as a wonderful vehicle for stewarding the gift from our anonymous donor and in the future, other donors." The Berrien Community Foundation was established in 1952 so citizens could put charitable dollars to work for the benefit of county residents. The foundation is a union of numerous funds, such as the River Valley School District's funds. Gifts to the River Valley School District's funds may be mailed to the Berrien Community Foundation, 2900 S. State Suite 2E, St.

Joseph, 49085. People who want more information may contact foundation President Nanette Keiser at 983-3486, or by e-mail at: People may also visit the Foundation's Web site: www.berriencommunity.org. First Congregational Church in St. Charles, 111. The two first met during band and French horn high school concerts, then re-met at the University of Illinois during membership in the campus church choir.

John received math and chemistry degrees at the University of Illinois, then accepted a graduate position in biochemistry at the University of California, at Berkeley. Following that, he did postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology near Boston. After moving to Michigan, Dr. Clark took an assistant professor position at the University of Notre Dame, followed by research work at Miles Laboratories. More interested in creating a creative niche of his own, John with his wife Merrill founded and patented Vesperglas, a natural plant craft product, consisting of resins and fiberglass-embedded flowers, grasses, leaves and butterflies.

They sold through craft trade shows, Mole Hole shops around the country, at the Lamp and Gift Show in Chicago, and locally at the Knothole and Fernwood gift shop. After moving to the present Roseland Organic Farms, John set aside the craft business and started up an farm with his wife and his two sons, Toby and Lincoln, that they named Roseland Organic Farms, on M-60Dailey Road near Cassopolis. They market certified organic beef to stores, distributors and individual customers in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, as one of the first and largest certified organic beef farms in the Midwest. John was preceded in death by his parents, and sister, Audrey Rushing of Colorado Springs, Colo. He is survived by his wife Merrill of 46 years; daughter, Merry Clark of Los Angeles, and sons Toby (Holly) Clark of Cassopolis and Lincoln (Shelly) Clark of Dowagiac, both engaged in the organic vegetable and beef business.

A memorial service will be held Friday, May 5, 2006, at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 13 S. Fourth Niles. The Rev. Ron Wakeman will be officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in the memory of John Clark to the Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance, P.O. Box 36880, Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Doctor of Medicine in 1940. He served his residency at the University of Michigan Hospital, and was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, the Nu Sigma Nu Medical fraternity, and president of the University of Michigan Glee Club. Serving in the U.S.

Army Air Corps during World War II, Captain Strayer was a flight surgeon. He returned to the University of Michigan, where he earned the Master of Surgery in 1949. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member by appointment of the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, Ann Arbor. In Niles, Dr.

Strayer joined with several other physicians to establish the Niles Medical Center on Grant Street, where he practiced general surgery for 48 years. He was the first board certified surgeon to serve Niles, and was a past Chief of Staff at the former Pawating Hospital (now Lakeland), and past president of the Berrien County Medical Society. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Niles, and was a 50-year member of its choir. He was also a member of the Niles-Buchanan Club of Rotary International, a member of Buchanan Lodge 68, Orchard Hills Country Club, and the Signal Point Club, and was active with the Berrien County Cancer Service. On Sept.

13, 1941, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Niles, he married the former Virginia "Ginny" Eaglesfield, who survives. Also surviving are their children, Kathryn (Jerry) Rossow of Buchanan, Anne (Michael) Comer of Battle Creek, and John "Jack" Strayer of Alexandria, their grandchildren, Elizabeth Rossow, Peter (Jamie) Rossow, Amy (Michael) Williams, Sarah (Joseph) Young and Jonathan (Christa) Comer; and their great-grandchildren, John, William, Anna, Eliott, Frances and Morgan. Dr. Strayer was preceded in born Dec. 20, 1911, in Jur-barkas, Lithuania.

Valeria, her husband, Victor, and their two small children immigrated to the United States in 1947. She and her family settled in Sodus Township near Tabor Farm Resort. Valeria worked at Tabor Farm Resort in a variety of capacities for 35 years. Valeria was a very loving mother and caring person. She loved nature and especially enjoyed tending her flower garden in back of her house.

Valeria also had a great penchant for poetry, having composed a number of lovely poems in the Lithuanian language over the course of the years. Her interest didn't stop there as she became an avid Cubs fan, through the introduction of her two sons. Valeria touched everyone she met in a positive manor, and will be surely missed by friends and family. She is survived by her two sons, Leon (Joy) Savenas of St. Joseph and Victor (Carolyn) Savich Jr.

of Fletcher, N.C.; her grandchildren, Connor of St. Joseph, Jennifer of Raleigh, N.C., and Eric of Fletcher; a brother, Frank Sabalas of Har-bert, and a sister, Victoria Denavage of Chicago. Valeria was preceded in death by her husband, Victor, in 2002. Walter G. Mohler WATERVLIET Walter G.

Mohler, 94, of Holland, formerly of Watervliet, died Tuesday evening, May 2, 2006, at Russ Benton Harbor Three people arrested in marijuana investigation Getting it straight The Herald-Palladium makes every effort to ensure accuracy in its stories. If you think there is an error, please contact the editor of the page on which it occurred. If you are unsure of whom to contact, call Metro Editor Ted Hartzell at 429-1293 or 1-800-356-4262, ext. 293. were charged with possession of marijuana and maintaining a drug house; while Billie Fitzgerald Pulliam, 38, 960 Edgecomb, Benton Harbor, was charged with being an inmate of a disorderly house.

Officers seized suspected marijuana and packaging material from the apartment. They also seized $301 cash and two cell phones under civil forfeiture. Benton Harbor police and sheriff's road patrol officers BENTON HARBOR Three people were arrested Wednesday morning on drug charges after the Berrien County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at an apartment at 180 Bellview. The warrant was the result of a weeklong investigation into narcotics sales from that address, according to Lt. Keith Hafer.

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Twin Cities March of Dimes walkers raise ST. JOSEPH About 125 walkers in St. Joseph and Benton Harbor on April 22 raised more than $22,000 for the March of Dimes, organizers said. The annual WalkAmerica effort raises funds to fight premature births, which affect about a half-million babies born in the U.S. each year.

Participants walked a 6-mile route and raised money through pledges and sponsors. Local sponsors included LaSalle Bank, LECO Lakeland Health Care, Martin's Supermarkets, Chicago Title, Bosch, Pet Supplies Plus, CFIC Home Mortgage and Whirlpool Corp. Awards went to LECO as the top fund-raising team and Steve Post of LECO as the top walker. Awards for the best checkpoints went to Lakeshore HealthCare and CFIC Mortgage. Dowagiac Boy, 7 pounds 9 ounces, Kelley and Ryan Hul-ing, 10:10 a.m.

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