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PRREPUBLICANPAGES A12 I 092206 23:23 I HULLIHANTO CYAN MAGENTA BLACK OBITUARIES 12 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2006 POTTSVILLE (PA.) REPUBLICAN HERALD LaVern A. Weiser September 21, 2006 LaVern A. Weiser, 81, of East Main Street, Schuylkill Haven, died Thursday afternoon at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Born in Cressona, Feb. 2, Jesse J.

Krizno September 21, 2006 Jesse J. Krizno, 88, of Pottsville, died Thursday at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Born in Cumbola, Nov. 7, 1917, he was a son of the late Today's obituaries East Mines Weber, Mary E. Englewood Hawranick, Louise F.

Forestville Charowsky, Anna Hegins Hoffman, Marian A. Pottsville Krizno, Jesse, J. Polon, Rose M. San Pedro, Calif. Mizzer, Joseph J.

Schuylkill Haven Weiser, LaVern A. Shenandoah Uholick, John G. John G. 'Jack' Uholick September 21, 2006 John G. "Jack" Uholick, 62, of 30 N.

Gilbert Shenandoah, a retired Shenandoah police officer, passed away unexpectedly Thursday afternoon at his residence. Born in Shenandoah, May 3, 1944, he was a son of Anna Milus Uholick, Frackville, and the late John "Abe" Uholick. Jack was a 1961 graduate of J.W Cooper High School, Shenandoah, and Goldey-Bea-com College, Wilmington, Del. Upon graduation from college, he worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. He then worked for the Shenandoah Police Department, retiring with almost 30 years of service.

He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police and had once served as president for the VP (Vice Presidents) Midget Football League of Shenandoah. He was an avid fan of baseball and football. His sense of humor was well-known to his family and friends. Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife, the former Carol Ringo; a son, Gary J. Uholick and his wife, Beth, Shenandoah; a daughter, Renee wife of James Magdeburg Auburn; two grandsons, Jimmy and Joshua Magde- Mary E.

Weber September 21, 2006 Mary E. Capko Weber, 75, of East Mines, Pottsville, died Thursday at York Terrace Nursing Home, Pottsville. Born in Saint Clair, Dec. 7, 1930, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Mikoli Capko. She was a sales clerk at Value City She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, Saint Clair, and the Slovak Society with the church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Weber, in 1986; a sister, Pauline; two brothers, John and Joseph. She was the last of her immediate family She is survived by a niece, Constance Hale, Saint Clair, who was her caregiver; server-al nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday in Immaculate Conception Church.

Friends are invited to call from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday at the church. There will be no calling hours Sunday evening. James H. Evans Funeral Home Saint Clair, is in charge of arrangements.

Rose M. Polon September 20, 2006 Rose M. Polon, 57, of Pottsville, died Wednesday afternoon at the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Born in Pottsville, she was a daughter of the late Emerick and Margaret Miller Kodak. She attended Saint Clair schools and was a homemaker.

She was of the Catholic faith. Surviving are two daughters, Denise Barnes, wife of Earl, Saint Clair, and Kimberly Kauffman, Harrisburg; a son, John, Georgia; four grandchildren; a sister, Margaret Mac-Nutt, Pottsville; an aunt, Matilda Everett, Georgia; a cousin, Harry Dolfinger, N.J.; two nieces, Katherine MacNutt, Pottsville, and Donna Lash, Saint Clair; a great-nephew, Monty Lash Saint Clair. Funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. Dutacavich Funeral Home, Minersville, is entrusted with arrangements. Anna Charowsky September 22, 2006 Anna Bobrick Charowsky, 88, of Forestville, died Friday at Schuylkill Center.

Born in Heckscherville, Jan. 1, 1918, she was a daughter of the late George and Anastasia Sesock Bobrick. She was a member of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Women's Sodality and Forestville Fire Company Auxiliary She was preceded in death by her husband, Vladimir Walter Charowsky; four brothers; three sisters; a great-grandson. Surviving are three daughters, Cecelia Caulfield, Knox-ville, Patricia Scharock-man, Oak Hill, and Virginia Hoover, Schuylkill Haven; three sons, Walter Charowsky, Newark, Myron Charowsky, Minersville, and Charles Charowsky, New York City; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from Mahal-Ritzel Funeral Home, 104 S. Fourth Minersville. Requiem Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St.

Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church with the Very Rev. Michael Hutsko officiating. A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 7 a.m. until the time of services Tuesday at the funeral home, with Parastas at 6 p.m.

Monday. The family requests that donations be sent to St. Nicholas Church or Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate Order. Interment will be in St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery.

JOHN G. 'JACK' UHOLICK burg; three stepchildren, Trish, wife of Jason Chandler, Marlton, N.J., Richard Tucci and his wife, Tiffany, Wild-wood, N.J., and Joseph Tucci, Atlantic City, N.J.; five step-grandsons, Jason Chandler and Cameron, Joey, Nicholas and Richie Tucci; uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins also survive. Prayer and scriptural services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening from the Walukiewicz-Oravitz Fell Funeral Home, 132 S. Jardin Shenandoah.

Monsignor Ronald C. Bocian will officiate. Friends may call from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Interment will be private.

Joseph J. Mizzer September 20, 2006 Joseph J. Mizzer, 78, a longtime resident of San Pedro and Long Beach, passed away Wednesday He was born in Pennsylvania, Jan. 19, 1928. Surviving are daughters, Karen E.

Richardson and Christi M. Marrick; grandsons, James M. Bulis, Jack D. Bulis and Steven J. Marrick; five great-grandchildren; sisters, Lorraine Smerico and Irene Mizzer.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Mary Star Church, San Pedro. Green Hills Mortuary Rancho, Palos Verdes, is in charge of arrangements. Marian A.

Hoffman September 22, 2006 Marian Alice Hoffman, 78, of Hegins, died Friday at Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Hegins, Nov. 23, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Howard C. and Myrtle Minnich Stutzman. She was a 1945 graduate of Hegins Township High School.

She retired as a flood lady for the former Philmark Manufacturing Company, Valley View. She was a member of Frie-dens United Church of Christ, Hegins. Her husband, William R. Hoffman, died in 2001. Surviving are three daughters, Cynthia, wife of Ed Stutzman, Dauphin, Linda, wife of Glenn Stahl, Colleg-eville, and Robyn, wife of William Geist, Reading; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, Donald Stutzman, Hegins, and Wayne "Capper" Stutzman, Hegins; a sister, Ruby Tobias, Tremont.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Friedens United Church of Christ with the Rev. Claude Schach officiating. There will be no viewing or visitation. Interment will be in St.

John's Cemetery, Hegins. Memorial contributions may be made to Friedens United Church of Christ, P.O. Box 57, Hegins, PA 17938. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffing-tonreed.com.

Louise F. Hawranick September 22, 2006 Louise F. Hawranick, 73, of 751 W. Pine Englewood, Frackville, died Friday morning shortly after arrival at Saint Catherine Medical Center, Fountain Springs. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Thomas M.

Sullivan Funeral Home, Frackville. Joe Glazer, singer-songwriter rallied unions John and Mary Lubin-sky Krizno. He was a 1938 graduate of Blythe Township High School. Jesse served his country during World War II in the Army On Nov. 27, 1952, he married the former Elizabeth "Betty" Manzo, who survives.

Prior to his retirement in 1982, he was employed as a master mechanic for Exxon Chemical Company He was a member of St. Joseph Church, Pottsville, and the American Legion in Cumbola. He was preceded in death by a brother, Leo. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, John, Pottsville, and Joseph, Schuylkill Haven; a daughter, Mary Pottsville; several nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Tuesday in St. Joseph Church with the Rev. Edward B. Connolly officiating. Family and friends may call at the church from 9 a.m.

until the time of service Tuesday In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Jesse's name to either St. Joseph School, Pottsville, or the St. Joseph Church Memorial Fund. Interment will be in the parish cemetery, Hillside Road, Pottsville. Schlitzer-Allen-Pugh Funeral Home Pottsville, is in charge of arrangements.

Danny Flores, made big song HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) Danny Flores, who played the saxophone and shouted the word "tequila!" in the 1950s hit song died Tuesday He was 77. Flores, who lived in Westminster, died at Huntington Beach Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Kathleen Curran. He died of complications from pneumonia, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported. In 1957, Flores was in a group that recorded some work with rockabilly singer Dave Burgess.

One of the songs was based on a nameless riff Flores had written. He played the "dirty" saxophone part and repeatedly growled the single-word lyric: "Tequila!" "Tequila!" went to No. 1 on the Billboard chart and won a Grammy in 1959 for best rhythm and blues performance. Flores continued to play it for the next 40 years. The song became popular with a new generation after it was used in the 1985 movie "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." ANGELISANTI, ANGELINA Palo Alto, died Tuesday, September 19, at Pottsville Hospital.

Age 84. A funeral procession will leave at 8:30 a.m. Saturday from the Robert A. Evans Jr. Funeral Home, 208 Pike Port Carbon.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville, with the Rev. Edward Connolly officiating. Relatives and friends are invited to a viewing from 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven. BENNINGER, WARREN Delano, died Wednesday. September 21, in the VA Hospital, Lebanon. Age 75.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday from Lamar Christ Funeral Home, Hometown, with the Rev. Janet Kline officiating. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Interment will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. BOHN, BETTY Schuylkill Haven, died Mon-day, September 18, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Age 55. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday from Ebling-Stabingas Funeral Home 26 Chestnut Cressona, with the Rev.

Ms. Shawn Van Dyke officiating. Family and friends are invited to call from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the services at the funeral home. Interment will be in Zion Red Church Cemetery, West Brunswick Township.

COOK, ELIZABETH, Pottsville, died Tues-day, September 19, at the Orwigsburg Center. Age 70. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Salvation Army, 400 Sanderson Pottsville, with services starting at 11 a.m. Captain Adam Hench will officiate.

Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven. Lord-Bixler Funeral Home Pottsville, is in charge of arrangements. FARROW, RITA FORTE, Cherry Hill, N.J., formerly of Pottsville, died Sunday, September 17, in Cherry Hill. Age 85. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon Saturday in St.

Joseph Church, Pottsville. Relatives and friends are invited to attend visitation at 11 a.m. at the church. Interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Pottsville.

Hinski-Tomlinson Funeral Home, Haddonfield, N.J., is in charge of arrangements. GRIESBAUM, MARY JANE, Pottsville, died Tuesday, September 19, at her son's residence in Reading. Age 67. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 7:00 p.m. Sunday in St.

Margaret Roman Catholic Church, Reading. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Berks Visiting Nurses Association, 1170 Berkshire Wyomissing, PA 19610. Interment will be private. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home West Reading, is in charge of arrangements.

PAUTIENUS, WILLIAM 1406 Railroad Gilberton, died Monday, September 18, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Age 77. A memorial funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of Siluva Church, with the Rev. David W.

Earns, pastor, officiating. There will be no viewing. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Richard W. Fritz Funeral Home, Ashland, is in charge arrangements.

1925, he was a son of the late Edward G. and Mary J. McGuggart Weiser. He was last employed for Conrail, with 35 years of service. He was a veteran of the Army and served his country in World War II as a member of the 42nd Rainbow Division.

He was a member of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, Schuylkill Haven, Pottsville VFW Post 129, Cressona American Legion Post 286, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Association, Washington, D.C, and 222 Rainbow Division Veterans Association Chapter. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Leonard Weiser, in 1983, and Edward Weiser, in 2005; a sister, Evelyn Aungst, in 1984. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Catherine A. Foose Weiser; three sons, Dennis C.

Weiser and his wife, Maureen, Boca Raton, Kevin G. Weiser and his wife, Julie, Schuylkill Haven, and Brian L. Weiser and his wife, Mary, Cumbola; three daughters, Genevieve A. Fisher and her husband, Jeffrey, Schuylkill Haven, Francine L. Gipe and her husband, Michael, Hershey and Germaine M.

Johns and her husband, James, Cressona; 11 grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; a brother, Kenneth Weiser, Schuylkill Haven; nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Monday in St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, Randel Street, Schuylkill Haven. Family and friends are invited to call from 7 to 9 p.m.

Sunday and from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service Monday at Geschwindt-Stabingas Funeral Home 25 E. Main Schuylkill Haven. The family requests that donations be made to St. Ambrose Church Memorial Fund, 201 Randel Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972.

Interment will be in St. Ambrose Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven. and nobody ever grew old." Glazer joined the textile workers as an assistant education director and seized upon his boss' suggestion to use a guitar to rally workers. He moved on to the rubber workers union in Akron, Ohio, where he was education director. In 1950, Glazer and the Elm City Four recorded a version of the anthem of the civil rights movement, "We Shall Overcome." Glazer joined the Kennedy administration in 1961 as a labor information officer for the United States Information Agency Besides explaining American current events to foreigners, he was regularly sent abroad to sing protest songs.

Glazer resigned from the agency after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated and soon began composing songs, like "Jellybean Blues," satirizing the president. led to the development of the Nike guided missile. In the late 1940s, Wooldridge joined former Caltech classmate Simon Ramo at Hughes Aircraft Co. They developed an electronic fire-control system for the Air Force that became a standard for fighter aircraft. They left Hughes to start their own company, Ramo-Wooldridge, which merged with its financial backer, Thompson Products, in 1958 and was eventually renamed TRW The company was credited with revolutionizing missile technology that helped drive the U.S.

weapons development during the early years of the Cold War. At the age of 49, Wooldridge retired and separated himself from the aerospace industry. TRW was acquired by Northrop Grumman Corp. in 2002. Crookston, looked straight ahead and snowed no emotion as the sentence was announced in the slaying of Dru Sjodin.

The federal jury reached its decision after more than a day and a half of deliberations. The same jury convicted Rodriguez on Aug. 30 of kidnapping resulting in Sjodin's death. CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) Joe Glazer, a singer-songwriter who rallied union loyalists and sympathizers, died Tuesday He was 88.

Glazer died at his home in Chevy Chase from non-Hodg-kins lymphoma, said his wife, Mildred. Glazer, often called Labor's Troubadour, sang songs of solidarity on picket lines and union halls in almost every state. He also performed for many liberal politicians; in 1980, President Jimmy Carter invited him to play at the White House. He recorded more than 30 albums, wrote a book about labor music, recorded the songs of others and helped recruit a new generation of protest singers. Glazer wrote his best-known song, "The Mills Weren't Made of Marble," in 1947.

It tells of a millworker's dream of a happy heaven where "nobody ever got tired Nation of Islam leader says he's seriously ill Dean Everett Wooldridge, physicist, co-founded aerospace giant TRW Inc. MOHRMAN JOHN HARRY, Lt. Colonel D.SA.F, retired, 301 Village Road, Pine Brook, Orwigsburg, died Wednesday, September 20, at Pottsville Hospital. Age 86. Arrangements will be at the convenience of the family and are being handled by E.

Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home 655 East Broad Tamaqua. Interment will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Online registry and condolences may be signed at www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com. O'DONNELL, LAWRENCE, 219 S. Center Frackville, died Wednesday, September 20, at Pottsville Hospital.

Age 77. Funeral services will be held at 10 am. Saturday from the Nice-Hart Funeral Home 9 N. Lehigh Frackville. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m.

in St. Canicus Roman Catholic Church. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be in St.

Canicus Catholic Cemetery, Mahanoy City. PERHACH JOHN, 439 W. Market Wil-liamstown, died Wednesday, September 20, at the Manor of the Susquehanna Village, Millersburg. Age 68. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m.

Saturday from the Chapel of the Dimon Funeral homes Tower City, with the Rev. Edward Gobrecht officiating. Visitation will be from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the chapel. Memorial donations may be sent to the Perhach family and will be forwarded to a local hospice.

Interment will be in the Calvary United Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco. To send condolences, visit www.dimonfuneralhome.com. TOMLIN, DR. JOSEPH 151 Schuylkill Shenandoah, died Wednesday, September 20, at Highland View Healthcare, Brockway. Age 75.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday from the Oravitz Home for Funerals Shenandoah, followed by scripture services by the Rev. Christopher Wollyung. Friends may call from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shenandoah. ZEGLEY JAMES Buck Mountain, Barnesville, died Thursday, September 21, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Age 53. Relatives and friends are invited to his funeral services with military honors at 10 a.m. Monday from David D.

Jarrett Funeral Home, Second and Pine streets, Mahanoy City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. in St. Canicus Church. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m.

Sunday at the funeral home, contributions in Jim's name to St. Canicus Church or the Hillside SPCA would be appreciated by the family and will be accepted at the funeral home. Interment will be in St. Mary's Byzantine Cemetery, Mahanoy Township. Condolences may be e-mailed to jarrettfuneralhomeverizon.net.

BUFFINGTON SR. The family of the late Charles L. Buffington of Branch Township, wishes to thank all those who so kindly assisted them in their recent bereavement; also those who sent cards, Mass cards, flowers and other expressions of sympathy. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) Dean Everett Wooldridge, a physicist who co-founded aerospace giant TRW Inc.

and helped develop the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile program, died Wednesday He was 93. Wooldridge died of pneumonia at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, said his son, James Wooldridge. Born in Chickasha, Wooldridge graduated from high school at 14 and received a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma at 20. He also received a doctorate in physics at the California Institute of Technology Wooldridge worked at Bell Laboratories in New York, where he was put in charge of developing the first airborne fire-control systems during World War II. He later headed an Army ordnance study that BY SOPHIA TAREEN ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO Minister Louis Farrakhan said in a letter to followers this month that he is seriously ill, and he asked the Nation of Islam's leaders to carry on in his absence to make sure the movement "will live long after I and we have gone." Farrakhan, 73, said he began suffering pain earlier this year similar to 1998, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery.

He said doctors discovered an ulcer in his anal area during a visit to Cuba in March. Since then, he has dropped more than 20 pounds while battling "serious infection and inflammation," Farrakhan said in a letter dated Sept. 11 and published in the Nation of Islam's The Final Call newspaper. Officials at Howard University Hospital didn't return a phone call seeking comment on Farrakhan's condition. A man who answered the phone at the Nation of Islam headquarters in Chicago said the organization had no comment on Farrakhan's condition.

Farrakhan said he will work hard to recover "because I do not believe my earthly work is done." He said he asked his executive board to solve problems during his recovery Farrakhan likened his situation to that of Fidel Castro, who temporarily relinquished power because of illness. "While many rejoiced believing and thinking that if Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution expired they could move Cuba and the Revolution in a new direction his ASSOCIATED PRESS Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, 73, said in a letter to followers this month that he is seriously ill. absence from the helm only proved that Cuba will not fall apart over the absence or passing of their illustrious leader," Farrakhan wrote in the letter. He also warned followers to be "ever watchful for any smart, crooked deceiver and hypocrite who would create confusion over my present condition." Experts said Farrakhan's death could seriously alter the future of the group. "Through the organization's history, the death of a leader has meant a number of divisions," said Lawrence Mami-ya, a professor of religion and Africana studies at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

After the death of Nation leader Elijah Muhammad in 1975, the organization split. Since then there have been several smaller divisions. Convicted sex offender gets death sentence BY DAVE KOLPACK ASSOCIATED PRESS FARGO, N.D. A jury in North Dakota's first death penalty case in nearly a century decided Friday a convicted sex offender should be executed for the 2003 kidnapping and killing a college student after she left a shopping mall. Alfonso Rodriguez 53, of.