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Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Monday, January 14, 1991 Margaret Farley, formerly of 320 W. Mine Hazleton, died Saturday at the Hazleton Nursing and Geriatric Center. She was born in Hazleton, daughter of the late James and Margaret (O'Donnell) Farley. She was a member of St. Gabriel's R.C.

Church, Hazleton. Preceding her in death were brothers, Joseph, John, Robert and James, and a sister, Mrs. Marie Gallagher. Surviving are sisters, Mrs. Regina Dibble, New York; Mrs.

Julian (Miriam) Perry, Hellertown, Northampton County, and Mrs. William (Rosemary) Ammenhauser, Clarks Summit; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. from the Boyle Funeral Home, 100 S. Wyoming Hazleton.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. in St. Gabriel's Church followed by interment in the parish cemetery. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation.

Julia V. Dytkowski Margaret Farley Julia V. Dytkowski, of 59 Fairview Ave. Extension, Bridgeport, and formerly of McAdoo, died Sunday at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Trenton, N.J., and lived in Poland and McAdoo.

She was a member of St. Kunegunda's R.C. Church, McAdoo. She operated a beauty shop on East Blaine Street and Bayview Avenue in McAdoo before moving to Bridgeport in 1953. Her husband, Frank, died in October 1970.

Surviving are a son, Lt. Col. Louis Dytkowski, a U.S. Army chaplain currently serving in Germany; daughters, Frances, Milford, and Patricia, Seymour, and a brother, Michael Seliga, Rhode Island. Funeral services will be held Wednesday from the Commerce Hill Funeral Home, North Main Street, Bridgeport, in conjunction with the Radrzycki Funeral Home, Bridgeport.

A Mass of Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Michael's Church, Bridgeport. Death Notices KEYOCK At Geisinger-Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Friday, Jan. 11, 1991, Richard Keyock, Bear Creek Township, formerly of Hazleton.

Funeral services Tuesday 9 a.m. from the Krapf Hughes Funeral Home, 426 W. Broad Hazleton, with continued services at 9:30 a.m. in the Hazleton Trinity Lutheran Church. Interment in Ss.

Peter and Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, Laurel Hill, Hazleton. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. FARLEY At the Hazleton Nursing and Geriatric Center, Saturday, Margaret Farley. Funeral Tuesday 10:30 a.m. from the Boyle Funeral Home, 100 S.

Wyoming St. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Gabriel's R.C. Church at 11 a.m. Interment in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation. STEFANOSKI At Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, Saturday, Jan. 12, Leo M. Stefanoski.

Funeral Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the Fierro Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Gabriel's R.C Church at 9:30 a.m. Interment in Most Precious Blood Cemetery.

Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. WEGER At Hazleton General Hospital, Friday, Jan. 11, Madeline Weger. Funeral Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Frank J.

Bonin Funeral Home Inc. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in 1 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R.C. Church.

Interment in Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. A Christian wake service will be held this evening. Card Of Thanks CHARLES A. STRENK We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to all our kind relatives, neighbors and friends who assisted and consoled us during the illness and death of our beloved brother, Charles A.

Strenk. Also, to the pallbearers, those who sent spiritual or floral bouquets, donors and drivers of cars and all others who assisted us in any other way. Brothers and Sisters Bobby Lettiere, 37, of San Francisco, and formerly of Hazleton, died Friday in San Francisco. He was born in Hazleton, son of the late Jack and Margaret (Petrill) Lettiere. Lettiere was employed as a senior systems computer analyst for the Bank of America in San Francisco.

He graduated from Hazleton High School in 1971 and Harrisburg Community College. Surviving are these brothers and sisters, John, James and Jerry Lettiere and Mrs. Joseph (Mary Jane) Scarcella and Mrs. John (Ann) McHugh, all of Hazleton; and several nieces and nephews. A memorial funeral Mass will be held at 9 a.m.

Tuesday in St. Francis of Assisi R.C. Church, West Hazleton. Interment will be held privately at the family's convenience in Our Lady of Grace Cemetery, Hazleton. No viewing is scheduled.

The family would appreciate memorials to the American Cancer Society, 21 N. Church Hazleton, or the Heart Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 71 N. Franklin Wilkes- Barre. The Rosenstock Funeral Home, 229 W. Broad Hazleton, is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Leo M. Stefanoski Bobby Lettiere Leo M. Stefanoski, South Pine Street, Hazleton, died Saturday morning at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, son of the late Sylvester and Julia (Kiepet) Stefanoski. Stefanoski was a member of St.

Gabriel's R.C. Church, Hazleton. Before retiring he worked as a weaver at the Duplan Silk Mill, Hazleton, and the Raxon and Corliss Allentown. Preceding him in death, in addition to his parents, were his wife, the former Florence Spalone; sister, Mrs. Martha Simshock, and a brother, Edward.

Surviving are daughters, Anna Marie, at home, and Mrs. Lewis (Rosemary) Bott, Conyngham; a son, Leon Stevans, Trucksville; a sister, Mrs. Peter (Mary) Zaley, Bear Creek; a brother, Stanley, Wilkes-Barre; and four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the Fierro Funeral Home, 26 W.

Second Hazleton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Gabriel's R.C. Church at 9:30 a.m. followed by interment in Most Precious Blood Cemetery, Hazleton.

Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Edward E. Polchin Edward E. Polchin, Stockton Road, Box 145, Beaver Meadows, died today at 3:30 a.m. in the Hazleton-St.

Joseph Medical Center. He was born in Coxeville, a son of the late Anna (Fedor) and Joseph A. Polchin and had resided in this area his entire life. Prior to his retirement, he had been employed by the White Cap Corporation in the Valmont Industrial Park, and was a part-time school bus driver for the Hazleton Area School District. A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, he was a member of St.

Mary's R.C. Church, Beaver Meadows. He was preceded in death by three brothers, George, John and Joseph Polchin and a sister, Mrs. Mary Breshock. Surviving are his wife, the former Irene Matsko; two brothers and three sisters: Mrs.

Stephen (Anna) Barton and Charles, both of New Coxeville; Mrs. Michael (Agnes), Sobeck, Hazleton; Emil, Sugarloaf; and Sister Rita Polchin of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Order stationed at Waynesboro. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews. Services will be conducted Thursday at 9 a.m.

in the Pusti Funeral Home, 480 W. Broad followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 in St. Mary's Church, Beaver Meadows. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Drums Friends may call Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The rosary will be recited on Wednesday at 7:15 p.m.

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Broad, West Hazleton Henry Vogt Henry Vogt, 76, of Oak Road, North Brunswick, N.J., died Jan. 5 in St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick, N.J. He was born Oct. 20, 1914 in Witten, Germany.

Vogt moved to Freeland in 1927, then to North Brunswick in 1973. He was a member of the Community Presbyterian Church, Edison, N.J., and a life member of the VFW Post 5010 Freeland. He was a staff sergeant in the Army during World War II. He was employed as a chef at J.K. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, retiring in 1976.

Surviving are his wife, the former Marian Ruderwick; one daughter, Marian Decowski, Howell, N.J.; two grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, one brother, Herbert, Vero Beach, Fla. Services were held Jan. 8 from the Bronson and Son Funeral Home, Milltown, N.J. Interment was in the Oak Lawn Memorial Park, North Brunswick. Josephine Spoto Mrs.

Josephine (Acri) Spoto, 66, died Saturday at the St. Fran- cis Hospital, Trenton, N.J. Born in Pardeesville, she was the daughter of the Mrs. Josephine (Cortese) Acri, Pardeesville, and the late Louis Acri, and had been a Trenton resident for the 45 years. Surviving in addition to her mother, are her husband, Philip; four sons, Philip, Keith, Carl and Joseph, all of Trenton; a daughter, Tina Marie Perez, Tampa, a brother, Michael, Hazleton; two sisters, Louise Bailey, Tobyhanna; Bridget Day, Bordentown, N.J.; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Julian W. Cannon Sr. Julian W. Cannon 3036 Coach House Lane, Virginia Beach, died Jan. 8 at Virginia Beach.

Surviving are his wife, Marie J. (Rossini) Cannon, formerly of Hazleton; and a daughter, three sons and a grandchild. Funeral services were held Jan. 11 in Virginia Beach. Edmund Conahan Edmund Conahan, 23 W.

Chapel Hazleton, died Sunday evening at Hazleton General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Joseph B. Con- ahan Funeral Home, Hazleton. Emily Miller Emily Miller, 215 Packer Weatherly, widow of John S. Miller, died Sunday evening in the Hazleton General Hospital.

Other details were not available at press time. The Philip J. Jeffries Funeral Home, Weatherly, is in charge of the arrangements. Correction The full name of Mrs. Dorothy Singley Seneca was omitted in her obituary in Thursday's editions.

Her maiden name, Dorothy Singley, was listed instead of her married named, Dorothy Singley Seneca. An Oneida native, she resided in Holiday City, Berkeley, Toms River, N.J., with her husband, John D. Seneca. She died last Tuesday at age 71. Gulf (Continued from page 1) foreign ministers held an emergency meeting today in Brussels and decided not to launch another peace initiative, sources said.

But in Paris today, there were reports President Chadli Bendjedid of Algeria was about to leave on a Middle East peace mission. Diplomatic sources said it was rumored that Bendjedid might go to Iraq or Saudi Arabia. In Yemen, meanwhile, the official media said President Ali Abdullah Saleh today outlined a plan aimed at resolving the crisis. The media quoted Saleh as telling legislators the plan envisages an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait, deployment of Arab and international forces in disputed border areas, and the departure of the multinational force. "The Americans have accepted the proposal and suggested it be submitted to the Iraqis," Saleh was quoted as saying.

Sources in Yemen said the Yemeni prime minister was in Baghdad to assess Iraqi reaction to the proposal. (Carmen's Restaurant Catering 44 E. Broad St. 455-5521 CARMEN'S CAN ACCOMMODATE ANY SIZE GROUP FOR FUNERAL BREAKFASTS AND BRUNCHES Starting $3.95 per At person For Further Call 455-5521 Details A Lithuanian broadcaster displays the national flag from the window of the foreign language broadcast center in Vilnius today, defying Soviet troops who later evicted her. (AP Laserphoto) Gorbachev denies assault role VILNIUS, U.S.S.R (AP) Sunday's storming of the dependence who have formed a President Mikhail S.

Gorbachev republic's main broadcast facility self-declared National Salvation today said a local military com- provoked harsh condemnation from Committee. mander decided to use force in the United States and the European deaths the first in Sunday's were Lithuania, where an assault by Community. the 10-month-old standoff between Soviet troops on Sunday claimed 14 lives. "The manner of defense was decided by the commandant," he said of the assault. learned only in the morning, the early morning, when they got me up.

When it happened, no one knew." Gorbachev said the assault came after a group, of what he called "workers intellectuals" had asked the military commander in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, to "give us protection." He appeared to be referring to opponents of Lithuanian in- the Kremlin and the republic of 3.7 million people, which was annexed by the Soviet Union at the start of World War II. Western governments expressed renewed concern today about the situation. Man sought in Lehigh County murders gives up in Conn. GLASTONBURY (AP) The search for a man charged with murdering his wife and people in a small Pennsylvania town last week led police back to his former home in Connecticut. David H.

Flood, 45, surrendered to local authorities Sunday afternoon after police surrounded an abandoned house where he apparently had been hiding out. A nationwide bulletin had been HCA to discuss Lehigh plan today The Hazleton City Authority water department will review the status of its Lehigh River allocation application at a special meeting at 5 p.m. today. The HCA board also will reorganize at the meeting, which will be held at the authority office at 230-240 S. Wyoming St.

The Delaware River Basin Commission is scheduled to consider the application at a meeting Wednesday in Trenton, N.J. The authority's plan to divert 2.5 million gallons of water per day from the Lehigh has drawn opposition from groups in the Lehigh Valley. Funerals The funeral of Joseph S. Sundra, formerly of 303 Ridge West Hazleton, who died Wednesday at St. Luke Manor, Hazleton, was held Saturday from the John J.

Pusti Funeral Home, Hazleton. The Rev. Gerald Gura officiatedand the Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St. Joseph's R.C. Church, Hazleton, followed by interment in Holy Trinity R.C.

Slovak Cemetery. The pallbearers were Eugene Nevedal, George Norris, James and Jack Pusti, James Petrilli and Francis Pelot. Funeral services were held Saturday from the Krapf Hughes Funeral Home, Hazleton, for Joyce Pastirchak, a resident of R.R. 3 Drums, who died Wednesday at Mercer Medical Center, Trenton, N.J. The Rev.

John W. Davies, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ, St. Johns, conducted the services. Interment was in the St.

Johns Cemetery. The pallbearers were Kenneth, Robert and Curtis Stecker, Paul Benninger, Franklin Kisenwether and Delmar Kelshaw. The funeral of Charles A. Strenk, 517 W. 20th Hazleton, who died Tuesday morning at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilkes- Barre, was held Saturday morning from the Frank J.

Bonin Funeral Home Hazleton. The Rev. Louis S. Garbacik gave the blessing at the funeral home and celebrated the Mass of Christian Burial in St. Stanislaus R.C.

Church, Hazleton. He also gave the final blessing in St. Stanislaus Cemetery where interment took place. The pallbearers were Charles Hermann, Charles Strenk, Craig Miller, Gregory Sinkovich, Robert Schneck, all nephews, and Domenic Imbriaco Sr. issued for Flood last week, and the search extended into Connecticut Friday night.

Authorities were concentrating on the Glastonbury area, where the lived until last year. Two police officers went to investigate the empty house after someone who had known Flood while he was in Connecticut called the Glastonbury Police Department Sunday morning to say that Flood would have had knowledge of the house and might be staying there, said Cmdr. David Foran. The officers found a red pickup truck with Pennsylvania license plates parked behind the house and heard noises coming from within the building, Foran said. He said they then called for members of the Glastonbury Police Department's emergency response and hostage teams, who surrounded the building.

Flood responded immediately to police officers speaking to him through a bullhorn, and attempted Businesswoman Penn State's STATE COLLEGE (AP) Mimi Coppersmith Fredman, a 1953 journalism graduate from Penn State, has been elected president of the university's board of trustees. Coppersmith Fredman, a State College businesswoman whose agencies do big business with Penn State each year, is the first woman to serve as president in the school's 135-year history. She was elected to a one-year term. Board presidents traditionally serve three one-year terms before stepping down. Elected vice president on Saturday was William Schreyer.

Coppersmith Fredman is president of The Barash Group, a State College advertising agency, and publisher of two area magazines. Her conflict-of-interest statements usually total the largest of any board member, but she chalks most of it up to her businesses being among the biggest in a small town. Last year, Coppersmith Fredman did $70,430 in business with the university, according to her conflict-of-interest statement. "The board has demonstrated confidence in me. It behooves me not to disappoint that confidence," she said.

Coppersmith Fredman has become known for her directness, sense of humor and ease in getting a point across. In her first statement after the election, she said, "I'd like to say a big, fat thank you to everybody." The election was just a formality. Coppersmith served as vice president under J. Lloyd Huck after defeating Sen. Roger Madigan 16- 15 in 1988.

She said she wouldn't base her committee assignments on who supported her three years ago. "When the fight's over, it's over," said Coppersmith Fredman, a board member since 1976." Schreyer, a 1948 graduate, is chairman and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc. and has served on the board since unsuccessfully to throw a weapon out the window, Foran said. He then walked out of the building alone.

"As soon as police called to him, he responded. There was no hesitation at all," Foran said. Glastonbury police were holding Flood Sunday night on $1 million bond on fugitive 1 from justice and criminal trespass charges, while awaiting the arrival of Pennsylvania authorities, Foran said. He said Flood was to be arraigned on those charges today in Manchester Superior Court. Flood is accused in a Pennsylvania warrant of fatally shooting his wife, two stepchildren and a stepdaughter's boyfriend in Weisenberg Township in Pennsylvania last Sunday.

The bodies were discovered in the Floods' home Wednesday after neighbors called police. Autopsies showed all four people died of gunshot wounds. heads trustees 1986. In other business Saturday, the board selected eight to receive the distinguished alumni award: -Howard O. Beaver Class of 1948, retired chairman of Carpenter Technology of Wyomissing.

-Charles Bierbauer, '66 and '70, senior White House correspondent for the Cable News Network. -William Heller, '52, president of Agway Fayetteville, N. -Harold O'Connor '52, retired president of Chemcut State College. -Dianne Pilgrim, '63, director of Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York. -Catherine Rein, '65, executive vice president of Metropolitan Life, New York.

Warren Washington, '64, director of Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo. -Helen Wise, '49, '52 and '68, secretary to the Pennsylvania Cabinet. The board also approved final plans for a academic building for the Berks County campus. The building will cost $2.5 million. Standard-Speaker Published Daily Except Sundays and Holidays by Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Inc.

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