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ITUARII WOR SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2015 11 POTTSVILLE (PA.) REPUBLICAN HERALD Did searchers' sonars miss Hight 370 debris? Today's obituaries Hegins Klock, Ralph D. New Ringgold Teter, Dawn M. Pottsville McCabe, John Sr. Micklo, Gregory S. Sr.

Shenandoah Brown, Carl Tremont MacDonald, Archibald F. Zimmerman, Bruce J. Wayne Township Owens, William M. ASSOCIATED PRESS Danica Weeks, whose husband, Paul, was aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, sits with her sons, Lincoln, 4, front right, and Jack, 1, outside the Australia Parliament House on March 5 in Canberra, Australia. John McCabe Sr.

June 27, 2015 John McCabe 51, of Hamlin, died the morning of June 27. His wife of 9 years is the former Renee Parry Born in Pottsville, he was a son of the late Gerald and Grace McCabe. He was employed by Schiff's Food Service and was the July 2014 Employee of the Month. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are sons, John Williamsport, and Justin, Ashland; a daughter, Abigail, at home; numerous brothers and a sister; two grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life service will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at James Wilson Funeral Home, 143 Ralph D. Klock July 3, 2015 Ralph D. "Snake" Klock, 65, of 647 Valley Road, Hegins, passed away Friday at his residence.

Born April 18, 1950, in Ashland, he was a son of the late Dorse Klock Sr. and the late Ruth Whetstone Klock. He was a 1969 graduate of North Schuylkill High School. He was employed at Bethlehem Steel, Steelton Plant, for 14 years, then worked in area coal mines, and retired from Goulds Pump, Ashland, after being employed for 26 years. He was a member of Valley View Gun Club and VFW Post 8235, Valley View.

Snake was an avid Philadelphia Eagles and Phillies fan. He enjoyed hunting and being outdoors. He was preceded in death by his parents and by a sister, Hilda Seidel. He is survived by his wife, Susan L. Carl Klock, to whom he was married for 33 years; three sons, Michael D.

"Bean" Greco, Shamokin, Aaron D. "Bud" Klock and his wife, Sharon, Dornsife, and Gregory L. "Klucky" Klock, Hegins; five grandchildren; three brothers, William Klock, Harleysville, BY ROD MCGUIRK ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia Amid rising frustrations over the expensive, so-far fruitless search for vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, experts are questioning the competence of the company in charge, including whether crews may have passed over the sunken wreckage without even noticing. Such carping in a small, fiercely competitive and highly specialized industry isn't unusual and some of the strongest comments have come from a company whose bid for the lucrative job failed. But others have also criticized what they suspect is shoddy work, inappropriate equipment use and a focus on speed over thoroughness by the Dutch underwater survey company hired by Australia to find the plane that vanished over the Indian Ocean on March 8 last year with 239 people aboard.

There are also calls for the government to release the growing mountain of sonar data collected so far, which skeptics said could show whether searchers have overlooked holes in the dragnet big enough to conceal a fragmented Boeing 777. Australian authorities said they are confident in the efforts by the company leading the search, Fugro Survey Pty Ltd. But the second-guessing has grown as time goes by with still no physical trace of the plane. "It strikes me as odd that you're hiring a company that doesn't have the assets, doesn't have the track record," Steven Saint Amour, an aircraft recovery expert based in Annapolis, Maryland, said. Fugro has gotten some confidence from the discovery of an uncharted wreck of a 19th century merchant ship 12,800 feet underwater.

This bodes well because pieces from the plane would be roughly 10 times as big as the bits of debris searchers found from the wrecked ship, Fugro search director Paul Kennedy said. Kennedy, who has two decades' experience in deep-sea sonar towing, dismisses much of the criticism as commercial rivalry and frustration at missing out on a major contract. He also defends his company's equipment and methods. "I don't really buy into those arguments with the other people. We just get on with our work," he said.

Some critics argued that Fugro could have easily missed the plane because they said its search ships are misusing 75 kHz side-scan sonar devises called "tow-fish" that are dragged above a ragged seabed that averages a depth of 13,000 feet. The towfish were used to declare a corridor 6,600 feet wide clear of wreckage. But some argued that distance is too far to use such an acoustic system because the sonar image gets worse the farther the signal travels. The image is said not to degrade with more modern equipment called Synthetic Aperture Sonar. There have been calls to use SAS, but Kennedy called "I'm losing faith.

I think any human being in this situation would. Danica Weeks On search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 it a developing technology with some questions about its reliability Because the search is in such a remote region, Fugro opted for established technology with ready supplies of spare parts. Australian safety officials said the corridor isn't too wide, and the equipment was tested thoroughly during sea trials. Many experts want the raw sonar data released now, or at least reviewed by an outside party to ensure nothing has been overlooked. Officials have refused, saying that doing the huge amount of work needed to review and analyze the data so it could be understood by the public would be an unwarranted distraction from search duties.

If nothing is found, the search will end next year after a withering 46,000 square miles of remote ocean floor up to 4 miles deep have been combed with sonar and video. But finding any mistakes after the search ends could be too late, said Mike Williamson, president of Williamson Associates, which has searched for shipwrecks, aircraft, missiles and Apollo 11 rocket engines. The U.S.-based company lost out to Fugro on the bid to find the ship. "If they find that they haven't gotten 100 percent coverage, that means that everything they've done for the last 14 months is worthless. It would have to be redone," Williamson said.

Some experts believe that all areas should have been searched twice before being declared clear of wreckage. Australian officials would not disclose the minimum area that Fugro had to cover each month. But they have expressed satisfaction with the progress and said Fugro was balancing the needs for speed and quality The limited degree of overlap of the corridors being searched means only 18 percent of the targeted sea bed will be searched twice. Critics also argued that sonar images released by Australian officials show shadows areas where sonar has not penetrated Gregory Stephen Micklo Sr. June 26, 2015 JOHN McCABE SR.

Gravity Road, Lake Ariel. Cremation took place at Lake Region Crematory in James Wilson Funeral Home. For directions or to send the family an online condolence, visit www. jameswilsonfuneralhome. com.

Sign the guest book at republicanherald. com RALPH D. "SNAKE" KLOCK Fred Klock, Barnesville, and Dorse Klock, Harleysville; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, with the Rev.

Donald Carl officiating. A viewing will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions to defray funeral costs can be made to Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, P.O. Box 123, Valley View, PA 17983.

Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com. Sign the guest book at republicanherald. com ville, and Andrea wife of Joe Gayeski, Minersville; two brothers, Barry Micklo, Lau-reldale, and Douglas Micklo; a brother-in-law, Michael Mazzuca, Pottsville; a niece, Gina Mazzuca, College Park, and a nephew, Marcus Mazzuca, Pottsville. A celebration of Greg's life was held Wednesday evening at the home of his sister in Pottsville. A contribution can be made to the Pottsville Area High School Athletic Association, 16th Street and Elk Avenue, Pottsville, PA 17901 in memory of Greg Micklo.

Sign the guest book at republicanherald. com Archibald F. 'Arch' MacDonald June 27, 2015 Archibald F. "Arch" MacDonald, 90, passed away from this life on June 27 in Belle Vernon. Born in Tremont, Oct.

18, 1924, he was a son of the late William and Helen "Nell" Madden McDonald. Arch was a 1942 graduate of Tremont High School. He was preceded in death by his wife, Madonna Mou-yard MacDonald; and his brother, Ambrose "Hank" McDonald, Tremont. Surviving is local paternal niece, Laurie McDonald Mal-ey Tremont. Go to www.legacycom and fill in Arch's name to pull up his guest book.

Sign the guest book at republicanherald. com Carl Brown July 2, 2015 Carl Brown, 65, of Shenandoah, passed away Thursday at Ridgeview Healthcare Rehabilitation Center, Shenandoah Heights. Arrangements are being made with Oravitz Home for Funerals Shenandoah. William M. Owens July 3, 2015 William M.

Owens, 66, of Wayne Township, passed away Friday at home with his nephew, Shawn, by his side. Born in Pottsville, July 23, 1948, he was a son of the late Francis J. Helen D. Leiby Owens. He was a member of St.

Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, Schuylkill Haven, and Beckville Gun Club. Bill was a life member of Roedersville Gun Club, Cres-sona Fire Company No. 1, Rainbow Hose Fire Company No. 1, Pine Grove VFW and Pine Grove Legion Post 374. He served in the Army as a Specialist 4 during the Vietnam War from Feb.

18, 1969, to Sept. 21, 1970. Bill had been employed as a truck driver. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Jamie Lee Owens. Bill is survived by a sister, Patricia Wanchalk, Schuylkill Haven; nieces and nephews; and best friends; Frank Zurat and Joann Shupp.

A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ebling Stabingas Funeral Home, 26 Chestnut Cres-sona. A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of service Thursday at the funeral home. Interment with military honors will follow the service at Indian-town Gap National Cemetery Annville.

To extend online condolences, visit www.gses-funeralhomes.com. Ebling Stabingas Funeral Home, Cressona, has been entrusted with arrangements, with cremation services provided by Riverside Cremation Services LLC, Schuylkill Haven. Sign the guest book at republicanherald. com Bruce J. Zimmerman June 26, 2015 Bruce J.

Zimmerman, 79, of Vaux Avenue, Tremont, passed away on June 26 in Tremont. Born Nov. 23, 1935, in Rock, he was a son of the late Norman and Isabella Krammes Zimmerman. He was a veteran of the Army, having served with the 26th Infantry Division. Bruce worked at Guilford Mills, Pine Grove, and then Universal Forest Products, Gordon.

He was an avid follower of local sports teams. Bruce was preceded in death by two brothers, Eugene Zimmerman and Norman Zimmerman; and a sister, Dora Schaeffer. Surviving are his wife of 27 years on July 5, Betty Behney Zimmerman; three daughters, Melanie Allan, Pottsville, Melissa Bradley Seltzer, and Jodi Lyden, Lavelle; a son, Mark Zimmerman, Pottsville; stepson, Bryan Maidenford, Pine Grove; 18 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Dale Zimmerman, Pine Grove. Graveside services and interment will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Indian-town Gap National Cemetery Annville, with Pastor Stephen Ginder officiating.

A procession will leave H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Pine Grove, promptly at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday Anyone wishing to follow the procession is asked to be at the funeral home no later than 9:30 a.m. Sign the guest book at republicanherald. com because of a mountain or some other obstacle large enough to conceal a debris field as big as that left by Air France 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009.

Until Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Air France search was the most challenging deep sea hunt for aircraft attempted in modern times. David Gallo, who played a leading role in finding Flight 447, recalled the mounting pressure from critics, families and officials. "It's horribly demoralizing," Gallo, who works at the not-for-profit Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, said. "Self-doubt sets in." Already the search has cost Australia and Malaysia $45 million. Australia expects it will cost another $80 million in the fiscal year that started Wednesday, and hopes Malaysia will pay half.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which chose Fugro for the job, conceded that the area already searched contains "data gaps due to shadows caused by geological features." But these shadows have been catalogued and will be searched later, officials said. An international team of investigators that analyzed transmissions between the airliner and a satellite calculated that Flight 370 most likely crashed somewhere within 23,000 square miles of seabed. It takes search ships a week to even reach that search area from the Australian west coast port of Fremantle. ATSB announced in April that the search area had been doubled in size, even though the first priority area has still not been completely searched. If Fugro ends up empty-handed, it will most likely be because the plane didn't crash where officials thought, Geoff Dell, a former Australian Airlines air safety investigator and current head of accident investigation at Central Queensland University said.

But it's still possible, he said, that searchers "may have driven over the top of it and didn't see it." Danica Weeks, a New Zea-lander whose husband, Paul, was aboard Flight 370, has been aboard a Fugro search ship and trusts that the company knows what it is doing. But she also wants the data reviewed in case a crucial clue was missed. She added, "I'm losing faith. I think any human being in this situation would." STARINSKY, JULIA, 89, of Schuylkill Haven, formerly of Pottsville, passed away on Friday morning at Seton Manor, Orwigshurg. Committal services will be held at 10 a.m.

Monday in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Dutcavich Funeral Home, Minersville, has charge. Visit www.dutcavich.com. STRICKLAND, JOEANN "JOANN," Richmond Hill, a native of Shenandoah, passed away peacefully June 22 at age 78. A memorial service for family and friends will he held at 3 p.m.

July 11 at St. Anne Catholic Church, 10550 Ford Ave, Richmond Hill, Ga. There will he no prior calling hours. Interment will he held privately with family. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations he made to St.

Anne's Building Fund, Richmond Hill. Richmond Hill Funeral Home, Richmond, is in charge of arrangements. Visit www.coxrichmond-hillfh.com. Sign the guest hook at repuhlicanherald.com Gregory Stephen Micklo 68, a Navy veteran of Vietnam, of North Andover, formerly of Pottsville, passed away June 26 in Meridian, Miss. He was a son of the late Andrew and Jean Micklo.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Laurence Micklo, in 2009. His wife, Jan Micklo; a son, Steve Micklo; a daughter, Michele Lisi, wife of David Lisi; and four grandchildren, Benedetto, Gabriella, Jonna and Anna Lisi, survive Greg. Also surviving are two sisters, Georgia M. Mazzuca, Potts- Dawn M. Teter July 2, 2015 Dawn M.

Teter, 67, of Summer Valley Road, New Ringgold, passed away on Thursday at Golden LivingCenters-Reading. Dawn had worked as a retail clerk for Jamesway JCPenney department stores. Born Sept. 10, 1947, in New Ringgold, she was a daughter of the late Henry I. and Idella Mae Sterner Teter.

Surviving are a brother, Dale Teter, Tamaqua; sisters, Mrs. Doris A. Davies, East Earl, Mrs. Faye R. Noss, Allen-town, and Mrs.

Janet M. Walker, wife of Richard, Colorado Springs, Colo. She was preceded in death by brothers, Wayne I. and Norwood Teter. Arrangements are entrusted to Robert S.

Nester Funeral Home Cremation Services 2066 West Penn Pike, New Ringgold. Graveside funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Frie-dens Lutheran Church Cemetery, New Ringgold. Online registry and condolences may be signed at www. griffithsfuneralhomes.com.

Sign the guest book at republicanherald. com FUNERAL NOTICES DARYL E. ADAMS, 64, of Etters, a Lykens native, passed away Tuesday at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey. Memorial services will he held at 1 1 a.m.

Wednesday from the Chapel of Dimon Funeral Home, Tower City. Visitation will he from 10 to 1 1 a.m. at the chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations should he made to MI Windows Charitable Foundation, 650 W. Market Gratz, PA 17030.

To sign the guest hook, visit www.dimonfuneralhome. com. Sign the guest hook at repuhlicanherald.com MARKEL, DONALD E. 82, of Elizahethville, Washington Township, passed away Monday at home. There will he a viewing from 10 to 11:15 a.m.

Monday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Berryshurg, followed hy services. Interment and military honors will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizahethville. Memorial donations can he made to St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, P.O.

Box 270, Berryshurg, PA 17005. Hoover- Boyer Funeral Homes Elizahethville, handled the arrangements. Please sign the online register hook at www. hhfuneralhomes.com. Sign the guest hook at repuhlicanherald.com MILLER, ELLSWORTH R.

76, of Girardville, died peacefully Tuesday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street. A viewing will he held from 9 until 10 a.m. Monday at Thomas M. Sullivan Funeral Home, Girardville. A graveside service will follow at 10:30 a.m.

in Christ Church Cemetery, Fountain Springs. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers contributions he made in Boh's name, to the Girardville Good Time Cluh, 1 Powder Mill Road, Girardville, PA 17935. To sign the guest hook, leave personal condolences and for further information, please visit www.thom-asmsullivanfuneralhome.com. Thomas M. Sullivan Funeral Home, Girardville, Timothy M.

Sullivan, supervisor, is in charge of the arrangements. Sign the guest hook at repuhlicanherald.com.