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-vrn fc Wednesday December 6 1995 The Kansas City Star Metropolitan Deaths Funerals Continued from C-8 Mountain lion rise in Missouri Ozarks The last one was killed in 1927f but 100 calls and letters tell biologists that back By BILL GRAHAM Staff Writer in a southwest Missouri cave by a biologist question is where did that cat come Hamilton said More than 200 people in Missouri have permits to keep mountain lions in pens as pets Other mountain lions probably are being kept by people without permits Some of those may escape or be released illegally Hamilton said although pen-raised mountain lions probably have the parental training to survive in the wild But if dogs and house cats can go feral Robbins said a mountain lion certainly could too Mountain lion populations are growing in the Western states Arkansas Kansas and Oklahoma all have the same mountain lion debate as Missouri lots of reports but no evidence we've had enough reliable accounts to believe a low population of cougars exists in said Ken Brunson nongame coordinator for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Mountain lions have been known to attack humans But by and large they are secretive and nocturnal predators that avoid people In one California study only five sightings were recorded in an urban area as biologists tracked 30 mountain lions wearing radio collars Robbins said gives me kind of a hope that got Brunson said they are really Black bears moved into southern Missouri from neighboring Arkansas in recent years Robbins said Mountain lions may be doing the same Shooting one is illegal although farmers have a right to protect livestock from harm Hamilton said the Conservation Department plan to reintroduce mountain lions but if any are found like the black bears welcome to stay have changed a great deal in the he said personally I think be very excited about it came out gotten 50 phone calls and 50 Robbins said may be wishful thinking But on many of them I see how we can come up with anything except that they're mountain The long slender tails and large size separate mountain lions from smaller bobcats Mountain lions can weigh almost 200 pounds and be 8 feet long including the tail Mountain lions were common in Missouri until pioneers moved in and shot on sight anything they feared or wanted to eat one point there were families living on every 40 acres with a couple of cows pigs chickens and eight or 10 said Dave Hamilton a biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation trying to make a living they stand to lose anything" The elk deer and wild turkey that mountain lions depended on for food vanished Only a few deer and turkeys remained in the wildest parts of the Ozarks by the 1920s But the deer herds and turkey populations rebounded in abundant numbers under modem conservation practices Vast acreages of both public and private lands reverted to wild habitat as farms grew bigger and marginal fields were taken out of production would expect with the expansion of the deer herd the lions have moved back in with Robbins said Still no proof Hamilton the conservation furbearer biologist has chased down hundreds of tips and even checked tracks in the field yet to find any tangible evidence that mountain lions exist in Missouri Most of the time the sightings turn out to be dogs or coyotes like chasing UFOs and he said One exception is a plaster cast of a mountain lion footprint collected Biology professor Lynn Robbins was once a mountain lion skeptic The giant cats also called cougars pumas and panthers were wiped out in Missouri by farmers and hunters who considered them a threat to livestock A mountain lion killed in the Ozarks in 1927 was the last verified sighting So Robbins like other biologists discounted persistent reports about mountain lions stalking the hills and hollers Then one day he was driving down a dusty country road with a student when three young moun- tain lions sauntered from the roadway into the brush know what 1 saw but 1 want to see Robbins said Now the Southwest Missouri State University professor is an uncertain believer sure it was young mountain lions he spotted at Camp Crowder near Neosho Mo Reports of mountain lions have increased in recent years throughout the Ozarks Still no verifiable photographs have turned up and no one has ever found the carcass of a dead mountain lion and turned it over to authorities for examination the biggest mystery to Robbins said would have thought some turkey would have shot one and bragged about it or that somebody would hit one with a Now one of his students will try to unravel the mystery with a research project designed to organize information on sightings and track down a wild moun tam lion And SMSU graduate student Steve Hardin has no shortage of mountain lion leads Hardin appealed for tips in a brief story that appeared in the November edition of the Missouri Conservationist magazine Anyone with information can call CORNBLIUS TAYLOR Comellw Taylor 54 Kansas City MO away Thursday November 24 1994 at Baptist Medical Center Funeral services will be 11 am Thursday December 7 at Greater Holy Temple Church at God In Christ Wth 4 Far interment in Forest Hilt Cemetery visitation will bo 9-11 am Thursday gt tlw church (Arrangements: Watkins Brothers Memorial Chapel) KATHLEEN TIMMERMAN Kathleen Timmerman SI Oak Grove MO passed away Tuesday December 4 1994 at Community Cara of Oak Grove Services will be Kfc)0 am Friday December 4 at Royer Funeral Home Oak Grove burial In Oak Grave Cemetery Friends may call 68 pm Thursday at the family home 219 20th St Oak Grove The family suggests contributions may bs mads to ths Butterfield Youth Service Marshall MO Mrs Timmerman was born November 24 1914 In Liberty NE She married Kenneth Timmerman on July 24 1929 They lived In Kosnas City KS from 1942-1944 They moved to Oak Grove In 1979 She was a homemaker and 0 member of the Oak Grove United Methodist Church Survivors Inclgdt her husband of 54 year Kenneth Ttmnwr-moa of the home two daughter Judith Muck Normal IL and Linda Gust la Preston Par pa two granddaughter and throe great-grandchildren DAVID DeWITT WILLIS David Dewitt Willi 44 Kansas City KS died Monday Dscember 4 1994 at the University of Kansas Medical Center Funeral services will be 2 pm Thursday Dscember 7 at the Highland Fork Funeral Homo burial will follow In Highland Park Cemetery Friends may call 1-2 pm Thursday at the funeral home Mr Willis was born In Kansas Ctty MO and was a lifelong area resident HI was 0 veteran of the US Marine Cora serving In Viet Nam Ha was a member el the Disabled American Veteran He Is survived by Ms mother and stepfather Mory and Gordon Simpson Kansas City KS four brother Eugene I Willi Steven Willi John Willis and Jamas Jane four sister Jean Molina Rose Ortme Bertha Molnar and Patricia Blesemeyer CECIL WOODS SR Cecil Wood Sr S7 midtown Kansas Cltv MO possod away Friday December 1 1994 ot Research Hospital Kansas City MO Punsr-al services will bo 12 noon Friday Docwn-ber 4 ot Lawrence A Jones Sons Llnwood Chapel Kansas City MO with Or McKIntev Dukes officiating Interment In Maple Hill Cemetery Kansas Cltv KS Visitation wHl be 69 pm Thursday Dscember 7 at the chapel with Masonic services to bs hold at 7 pm Mr Woods was born March 24 1984 Kansas City MO to ths union of Oliver and Sally Wood Ha attended the Kansas Cltv (MO) Public School whert he graduated form the Lincoln High School Cecil was on entrepreneur with a good business mind Ha was tbs owner of the "Talk of the Town Lunch Restaurant' (located at 1204 18th Street) Later ho went on to work at the Coaches Council (YMCA Building) where ho retired from the position of Supervisor of Maintenance In 1974 Cecil was a member of (he Greenwood Baptist Church whore he served on the Deacon's Board He woe a 33rd Degree Mason a member ot all the branches of Masonry He attained the honor ot serving as Past Master of IB Blackburn Lodge 74 AF 4 AM He served as Past Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge for the State of Kansas He was the Dean ot the Fred Lee School of Masonic Instruction In Kansas City KS for 19 years He was also Past Potentate ot Koran Temple 33 AEAONAASj a member of the Orient Consistory 19 and the Jennie Moore Chapter 50 Order of the Eastern Star He was a loving strong and wise father of 10 children one son Melvin Wood preceded him In dsath He leaves to cherish his memory five son Cecil Wood Jr Charles Thomas (Wando) Logan Sullivan all of Kansas City MO Gilbert Hltchye (Shelley) Kansas Cltv KS Kevin Sullivan (Rika) of tlw US Navy four daughter Dorothy Alexander Lugs' Hlnglev (Steve) both of Kansas Cltv MO Ethotene Davl Los Angola CA Elteena Nesbitt (Harold) St Petersburg FL IS grandchildren 11 great-grandchildren four great-great-grandchildren and 0 hast of othsr relatives and friend (Service at love entrusted to the care of Lawrence A Janes 4 Sons Funsral Chapels) Lawrence A Jones and Son Kansas) Chapel 2045 Sttv Kansas City (Arrangements: Lawrence A Sons Funeral Chapel) SNIKLIY JIAN ROLAND Shirley Jean Roland St Kansas Cltv MO passed away Monday December a 1995 at Truman Medical Center west Graveside services will be am Friday December 8 at Mt Washington Cemetery Friends may call AS pm Thursday December 7 at Charter FunerolsEarp A Sons Chapel 5000 Blue Ridge Cutoff Kansas City MO LORITTA A SATTIRFIILD Mrs Lorstta A Satterfield 43 Kansas City MO passed away Saturday December 1 1995 at her name Funeral services will be 11 am Thursday Dscsmber 7 at Lawrence A Jones A Sons Llnwood Chapel burial In Brooking Cemotery Raytown MO visitation will bs 9-11 om Thursday at ths chapel Mrs Sattsrflsld was born In Althslmsr AR and had llvsd In Kansas City for Z7 ysars She was an executlvs housekeeper at the Embassy Suites Hotsl Survivors include her husband Tyrone Satterfield of the home one son Lamondo Anderson of the home one daughter Tykanl Jefferson Toxorkana TX her mother Earsllene Anderson Kansas City MO her father David Anderson California two brothers James Turner and Charles Anderson both of Kansas City MO three sisters Bottve Vaughns Unlco Jackson and Leaetta Anderson all Of Kansas City MO htr maternal grandmother Vie Greer Little Rock AR and two grandchildren (Arrangements: Lawrence A Jones A Sons Funeral Chapel) HELIN A SHARP Helen A Sharp Pleasant Volley MO passed away December 1995 at Liberty Hospital Mtmorial services will be 1 pm Wednesday December 4 at Church-Archer-Paslev Chapel Liberty MO KATHERINE SHEEHAN Katherine Sheehan 76 Plano TX (formerly of St Joseph MO) died Saturday December 4 1995 at a health care center In Plano Moss of Christian Burial will be 10 am Thursday at St Joseph Cathedral Catholic Church with the Rev Wayne Walter as Celebrant Interment In Mt Olivet Cemetery Visitation will be otter am Wednesday at Heaton-Bowman-Smlth A Sldentaden Chapel St Joseph where the family will receive friends from pm and ths Rosary will bs said at 7:30 pm The family has requested memorials bs mads to the American Cancer Society PO Box 560089 Dallas TX 753560089 RETIRED MASTER SEROEANT CHARLES I SONOER USJLP Sgt Charlss I Songer (Rat) 77 Grandview MO passed away December 1995 at Baptist Medical Center Kansas City MO Funeral services will bs 11 am Thursday December 7 at Blue Ridge Bible Church Kansas City MO burial In Memorial Park Cemotery Visitation will be 6:300:30 pm Wednesday December at George Belton Chapel and from 10 am until the service time Thursday at the church Contributions ars suggested to the church memorial fund Sgt Songer was born July li 191A In St Albans WV He was a rstlrsd Master Sergeant of the US Air Force as a Communications Specialist He was a veteran ot WWII Korea and Vietnam He was a member of Blue Ridge Bible Church and was a life member of Bolton VFW Post 8220 He formerly owned CAM Industries Lumber Company Horrlsonvllle MO He enloyed repairing and selling automobiles Survivors Include his wife Ellese Songer of the home one son Chris Songer Lee Summit two daughters Suellen McAfee and Morale Janssen both of Grandview MO seven grandsons Rick Songar Flovd Songer Shane McAfee Jonathan McAfee David McAfee Mike Janssen and Kyle Janssen one great-grandson Adam Christopher Songer EDWARD STANOEL Edward Stangel 85 Lee's Summit MO passed away December 4 1995 at Lee's Summit Hospital Funeral services will be 10 am Thursday December 7 at Our Lady ot Lourdes Catholic Church entombment will be In Mt Olivet Mausoleum Friends may call 7-9 pm Wednesday December 6 at the Shell Colonial Chapel with a rosary at pm In lieu of flowers contributions may bs mods to Our Lady ot Lourdes Memorial Fund Mr Stangel was born October li 19 XX in Peru IL He was a sales rep tor Butler Manufacturing for 32 years and a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Survivors include his wHe Alberta Stangel of the home one sen and his wife James and Patricia Stangel Oriand Pork IL three grandchildren Michael Stangel Indianapolis IN John Stangel Cincinnati OH and Angela and Steven Throw Lockport IL and a great-grandson Ryan Throw RACHEL A STERNE Rachel Anne Sterne 45 independence MO passed away Tuesday December 5 1995 Funeral services wM be 11 am Friday December a at Newcomer's Sans Floral Hills Chapel botra! in Floral Hills Cemetery Friends may call 7-130 pm Thursday of the chapel Memorial contributions may bo mads to the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation Mrs Sterne woe born December IL 1929 in Foster MO She was a member of Mt Washington united Methedlet Church and previously a member of Oakley Untied Methodist Church Before retirement she wot an aseemblar for MHbank manufacturing Company Survivors Include her husband Eldon Sforne of the home two sans William A Sterna Edwards MO John A Sterna Denver CO tour daughters Kathryn Shepherd Lawton OK Marcia Hetman Wtnchseter VA Ellen Steel Kansas City MO Marilyn McKern le Liberty MO one ststsr Dorothy Garnett Raytown MO IS grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren BILLIE DON STOWIRS Billie Dan Stowers A Kansas City MO dossed away Saturday December i 1994 re Tpumhm pgi Of iruroan MWOVCCH vHIHF rUHOraf services wilt se 12 noon Friday Decern IMT A mB uureking hmpM Chapel Interment wtli be 2:36 pm at I MUBfBiiM4 Fgatslwu I LEMTWitww in ISUI IQTOJ LfntflVf yr worth KS visitation wttt SO IS aim sHtB the sendee time Friday at the Chaps L1LLIB MYRTLB STRAIN LBtte Myrtle Strain 84 CueWr SO CLSM RITHMAN (formerly of North Kansas City) passed Clem Rothman 94 Sense KS OecomBor i 19 of RepM OJy passed away December A 1991 at Country He come Rapid City SO VlmyENMe NursMg Homs SomaTlCl syvNos wM hit Funeral itrvtcit wW be iftJH ojvt December at MffMM wwwww we -i- Thursday Oocombsr 7 at St Mary's Chrwta" Churdw (9srm Kansas CRyMO Catholic Church If BsnsiUrt KSc burtat Gfwwsld services wHt Se pm Friday In the church csmetsry Friends may gen Bwt GdMMfjv anytime wedngsdey at the Laesr Fgaerol Home Seneca KS where Bit Rosary wth SamTharsMy he sold at 2 pm end 7 pm Memorial Home Grant Cter MO which fe S8 Mery's el reronpemai Fund sr Country View Cars BBTTY ANNB (PNN) TffYUM mSLf JiiSsfm Fm wm ft WILBER LINDEN MEIER Wilber Linden Meier 41 Houston TX (formerly of Kansas City MO) passad away December 1 1995 at the VA Medical Center Houston TX Cremation visitation was held 7-9 pm Tuesday December 4 at Morris Funeral Chapel 4114 Troost Avenue THOMAS MILNER Thomas Milner 74 Oak Grove MO died Tuesday December 4 1994 at the Independence Manor Care Center Friends may call pm Thursday at the Speaks Suburban Chapel Inurnment will be In Springfield National Cometerv Memorial contribution are suggested to a charity of choice Mr Milner was born June 24 1924 In Springfield and had lived In the Kansas City arsa most of his IHs He worked for the Independence Examiner for 12 years retiring In 1987 He was an Army vetsran He was preceded In death bv a son Oavld In 1984 Survivors ars his wife Verna Milner Lee's Summit two daughters Barbara Smith Orangevale CA and Jill Milner Independence two brothers Dan Milner Liberty and David Mllnar St Louis one sister Mary Alice vile Grandview a stepson Tom Grain Valley three stepdaughter Ginger Vernon Emporia kS Kathy Gartka Blue Spring and Dixie Olson Lot's Summit 14 grandchildren and IS greatgrandchildren SAMUEL SAM MYERS Samuel "Sam" Myers 57 passed away Sunday December 4 1994 at Skaggs Community Hospital Bransoa MO Funsral servlets will be 2 pm Wednesday December 4 at the Whelchel Funeral Chapel of Branson with Rev Jerry Haynes ot the New Life Temple officiating burial will be In Evergreen Cemetery "Sam" Myers had moved to the Tanev County area upon his retirement from the auto Industry He Is survived bv eight children Samuel Myers Jr Hollister MO Marlon Jewell and Heather Myers both of Lexington MO Venitta Sue Myers Marshall MO Joann Myers Scharel Sherrie Register Brian and Christopher Myers all of Kansas City MO two brothers Robert Myers Baldwin City KS and Mike Myers Lseton MO and several grandchildren IRA BUTLER PERDUE III Ira Butler Perdue III 54 Cottonwood AZ (formerly ot Lenexa KS) died December 4 1994 of cancer Memorial services will be 5-7 pm Sunday December 10 at Elks Lodge 2394 10201 85th St Overland Park Cremation In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the local hospice ot vour choice Mr Perdue was the son of I and Juanita Perdue He was born and raised In the Green Ridge MO area He was a retired air traffic controller in Olathe KS and an Instructor at the Air Traffic Control Academy at the Unlv of Oklahoma He was a Navy veteran and a member of the Jerome Elks Lodge In Arizona He was preceded In death by his mother Survivors Include his wife Ruby son John Perdue daughters Anita Alvarez and Sarah Mann his father Ira Perdue Sedalla brother Jerry Perdue 8i grandson James Butler Perdue HELEN PERKS Helen Perks S4 Richmond MO died Tuesday December 4 1994 at Rav County Memorial Hospital Richmond MO Graveside services will be 1:30 pm Thursday December 7 at Richmond Memory Gardens Cemetery Visitation will be 7-8 pm Wednesday December 4 at Thurman Funeral Home Richmond MO Memorial contributions may be mode to American Heart Association or American Cancer Society VELOENE CLARENCE OENE PIERSON Veigene Clarence "Gene" Pierson 84 Topeka KS passed away Sunday December 4 1994 at Falrlown Heights Nursing Center Funeral services will be am Wednesday December 4 at the Parker-Prlce Mortuary Topeka burial In Rochester Cemetery Topeka Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care 200 SW Frazier Circle Topeka KS 444062000 or Kelly House II 1000 SW Fairmont Road Topeka KS 44404 IDA ELIZABETH POINDEXTER Ida Elizabeth Poindexter 94 Grandview MO passed away Monday December 4 1994 at Baptist Medical Center Funeral services will be 9 am Friday December 4 at Mount Moriah 4 Freeman Chapel burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery Friends may coll 69 am Friday at the chapel Memorial contributions may be given to the charity of choice Mrs Poindexter was born Kansas City MO She was a former member of Monroe Baptist Church She was prscsdtd In dsath bv htr husband Clauds Poindexter In I960 Survivors include her son and doughtsr-in-iaw Robert and Connie Poindexter Kansas City MO daughter Elizabeth Ann Chabina Santa Clarita CA grandchildren Gary and Mark Poindexter Kansas City MO Greg Poindexter Springfield MO Gall Rich Patmdala CA three three greot-granddaughters AUGUST PUSATERI August utater i age 74 ot Overland Park KS passed away Monday December 4 1994 at his home Funsral sendees will be held at Holy Cross Chare 11 am Thursday December 7 interment at Cotvary Cemetery Friends may call ot Muehleboch Chapel 69 Wednesday December 4 where the Reeary will be saw at 730 pm Memorial contrewttons may be mods to Kansas Ctty Hospice Mr Pusaterl was bom In Cedar Rapid I A He was retired inspector for the US Deportment of Defense He was alee a musician and had the Get Fescdert Orchestra He served In the Army Mr Carp during WWII Mr Puaolen was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Chore Survivors Include his wtft Oftvlo Pusaterl of the home tons Michael A Pusaterl Kansas City MO and Joseph A water i Richmond VA daughter Annette Mot lane Lee's Summit MO Caret Kin Shawns KS and Marltvn Ofartn Overland Far KS his mother Lena Pusaterl Camarilla CA brother Anthony water I Camarilla CA Peter water Harbor CUv CA and John water I Cedar Rapid i sister Mary Am OHM Cedar RapW IA IS grandchN- 200 hear council members pledge to hasten cleanup of Northeast By LYNN FRANEY Stall Writer To make better street lighting and other street improvements a budget priority in the next fiscal year Loar and Ford also agreed to meet with the homeowners who are part of the St Organizing Project every three months so the homeowners can check their progress The homeowners who long have complained about dilapidated houses owned by absentee landlords poor street lighting and street cleaning erupted in cheers hold you to said Maria King the chairwoman believe me not going King said the city already has opened bids on demolition for 14 houses in the Northeast Eleven more buildings are on the demolition list but contracts been authorized yet Another six buildings King said are in but made the demolition list Loar and Ford promised to hasten those demolitions Ford said one positive step is the attempt to make it possible for court summonses to be served on absentee landlords when they are not within the Kansas City limits New Kansas City Council members Teresa Loar and Ed Ford took some vows Tuesday night in the meeting hall of St Catholic Church in the Northeast area Before about 200 angry home-owners who want the city to clean up their neighborhoods Loar and Ford made a series of pledges: To try to ensure that the city quickly tears down decrepit buildings slated for demolition To beef up the housing code enforcement Man who killed inmate executed in Missouri The Associated Press READING WRITING MATH READING WRITING MATH NEED HELP? 472-7328 off by and two other inmates of the JdTerson City Correctional Center 34 of Joplin was sentenced to life in prison when he was 18 for murdering a 78-year-old man during a burglary in Strafford in southwest Missouri A parole officer at the prison once said that association with the Aryan Brotherhood made him of the most notorious and treacherous inmates in the state His aggressive and violent outbursts occur at the drop of a On Monday in an 8-2 vote the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected plea for a delay was the 17th man on death row to be executed since 1989 and the sixth this year a reputed member of the Aryan Brotherhood was convicted of killing Arthur Dade a fellow inmate in February 1984 in a prison walkway Dade was stabbed to death with a homemade ice pick Prosecutors disputed self-defense claim They said it was a well-planned pulled POTOSI Mo Robert Earl Jr a reputed white supremacist who killed a black fellow prison inmate more than a decade ago was executed by injection early this morning at the Potosi Correctional Center died at 1 2: 1 7 am prison officials said attorney Michael Gorla had sought a stay of execution from the US Supreme Court but it was denied without comment in a 9-0 vote Tuesday night AROUND KANSAS CITY Jasper of Kansas City Kan was 7:20 am after police responded to its fired near 13th Street and Haskell Ja li fired i OZANAM HOME FOR BOYS Benefit planned at theater Richard found about reports of shots Avenue Jasper was found on tire ground He was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead Kansas City Kan police said Pblice are asking anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 474-TIPS (474-8477) Wiint to Know oil Mar 1 oikl)? The Ozanam Home for Boys in south Kansas City is gearing up for its 12th annual Hollywood Movie Premiere The gala sponsored by Kansas City South Rotary the Checkers grocery chain Dickinson Theatres and Twentieth Century Companies Inc will be held Thursday at the Glenwood Theatres in Overland Park It will include silent and live auctions cocktails a buffet dinner and the showing of Tickets cost $50 a person Sponsorships are available To reserve tickets call 942-5600 before noon Thursday Tickets will also be available at file door See to General Directory on the fourth page of tie first eefion every dey for a complete too or loucn rtformasory sbCuch r(TO) CREDCT UNION HOLDUP Man arrested at hotel A Kansas City man was charged Tuesday in the robbery of a Federal Employees Credit Union branch over the weekend Alerted by a call to the TIPS Hotline Kansas City police arrested Eric Lee 35 about 10:30 pun Monday at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center hotel Police Sgt Mike Tnoelke said The credit union at 5345 North Oak Tkafficway was robbed at 1 1:35 am Saturday Tberobber got into a Man found shot in street Kansas City Kan police Tresday were investigating the shooting death of an 18-year-old man wttt be 12 ht se 9 am ant-12.