Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 77

Rod LaRocque Idol in 1920s Carl Memling Added Realism to East Meadow Carl Memling 51 author of books who helped produce a series of textbooks designed to be relevant to the lives of urban elementary school students died yesterday of an apparent heart attack Memling was a resident here for the 16 years making his home at 569 Haddon Lane He was the chairman of publication department of the Bank Street College of Education a pioneering graduate-level private teachers college at 216 14th St Manhattan college with the Macmillan Co publishers produced Bank Street five years ago Designed for in grades one through three the I Y5 yj an past the The use 12 Readers readers present material to their young readers in the context in which they live: a multi-racial multi-ethnic urban environment rather than the usual all-white middle-class context Hie purpose of that approach was to give students greater interest in reading by describing the sort of life situations they know instead of the remote world of cows farmyards spacious lawns and affluence enjoyed by the traditional and books The series which indudes textbooks supplementary workbooks and other material is in use throughout the country now Memling who wrote 35 books -for children as a freelance writer before joining the college was responsible for the development of the books He was working on a new series for grades four through six at the time of his death books induded Bear for a with and in the first association with the Bank Street College was in its laboratory He freelanced for about 20 years before taking the college administrative post five yean ago Memling is survived by his wife Pearl a psychologist in the Massape-qua School District and two daughters Lisa 20 a student at Emerson College Boston and Maya 16 a student in East Meadow Rod LaRocque "The Ten ing and He was one of the few male stars to make a successful transition to talking pictures and appeared in Hunchback of Notre "Til We Meet and John In recent years LaRocque and Miss Banky lived in semi-retirement and operated a real estate business in Bev- -erly Hills Funeral services will be private In addition to his wife LaRocque is survived by sister Monique LaRocque Of Screen Hollywood (UPI) Rod LaRocque heartthrob of millions of female moviegoers in the 1920s and whose career spanned the silent and talkie eras is dead at the age of 70 LaRocque who appeared in films until the late 1940s died Wednesday in his home after a brief illness hearts palpitated when he wooed sex siren Vilma Banky on the screen and in 1927 he married her in real life in a Sam Goldwyn-produced ceremony that rivaled some of most colossal movie extravaganzas Policemen lined the streets for blocks around the Beverly Hills Church Tom Mix arrived driving a coach and four Cedi Da Mills was best man Bebe Daniels was a bridesmaid and Ronald Colman was an usher A Chicago native LaRocque appeared on the stage before coming to Hollywood in 1919 for a leading role in His other silents induded Mrs Jones Dallas Tex Mrs Jones who with her sister were believed to be the oldest living twins in the nation at 98 died Wednesday Her sister Mrs Wilson of San Antonio Tex survives They were born in Autaugaville Ala Sept 30 1871 but had resided in Texas since they were 7 years old community for 15 yearn before moving to Connecticut in 1953 died yesterday in New Milford Conn of a heart attack He was a past commander of American Legion Post 1066 Massapequa and worked for the New York Telephone Co as a repairman and installer for 35 years Robert Bieniek Seaford Robert Bieniek 32 of 3943 Mill Rd died in an auto accident yesterday He was a maintenance man specializing in air conditioning and heating for Allied Aviation Service of New York Inc at Kennedy International Airport Bieniek was bom in Manorville and had lived here for about six years He had served in the Army in Germany Bieniek was killed when his car went out of control on Southern State Parkway at about 4:20 AM in Uniondale crossed the center mall and collided with another car He is survived by his wife and five children The children range in age from 10 months to 9 years Jean Poletti Bethpage Jean Poletti 69 a retired cabinet maker for the Gram-man Aerospace Corp and one of that first employes died Wednesday Death was attributed by the family to emphysema Poletti was born in Switzerland He came to the UB at age 28 and settled in Bethpage in 1930 after James Anderson Sacramento Calif James Anderson 49 editor of the Sacramento Union and a former United Press International newsman died yesterday in American River Hospital He had undergone surgery in March for lung cancer and removal of a brain tumor Anderson was with UPI and its predecessor the United Press for almost 25 years His wire service career included years in Sacramento as UPI bureau manager and chief western political writer LONG ISLAND Mrs Gertrude Nelson Islip Mm Gertrude Nelson a real estate broker here for the last 25 yearn died Wednesday in Good Samaritan Hospital after a heart attack She was 72 years old and lived at 19 Vail St Known as Real Estate on Main Mrs Nelson had moved to Islip with her late husband Chester in 1941 and later opened a real estate office at 454 Main St She was a native of New York She had been in vaudeville as a singer touring the country with her husband under the billing Rube and a Charles Young Bayville Charles Fielding Young 57 of 6 Private Lane a partner in the New York City tew firm of Royall Koegel and Wells died Tuesday of a stroke in Community Hospital Glen Cove He was a member of the New York State bar for 30 years specializing in trust and trial work Young was New York chairman for the University of Virginia Alumni Association for many yearn and was a vestryman at Christ Episcopal Church Oyster Bay Alice Bruckbauer Valley Stream Mrs Alice Bruckbauer 65 formerly of 18 Garden St died Wednesday in Franklin Park Nursing Home in Franklin Square Mm Bruckbauer was bom in England and immi grated to Long Island at the age of 5 living in St James before moving here 30 years ago William Orth Sr Wantagh William Orth Sr 76 a retired technical aide in the engineering department of the Eagle Pencil Co died Tuesday Orth moved here from Hollis and lived at 48 Deer Lane for the past 12 years He died of a heart attack in Meadowbrook Hospital Orth was a Mason for 52 years Evelyn Schneider Roosevelt Mrs Evelyn Schneider 70 of 28 Willet PI died Wednesday of a heart attack in Framingham Man Bom in Connecticut Mrs Schneider moved to Long Island 33 yearn ago Bernard Casey Locust Valley Bernard Casey 58 a lifelong resident here died Wednesday night Casey was fire dispatcher for toe Locust Valley Fire Department for 21 years He served five yearn in toe Army with the military police during World War II both in Europe and the Philippines He suffered a heart attack at his home 133 Buckram Rd Alfred Nordland Massapequa Park Alfred Nordland 66 a resident of this living in Bristol Pa and New York City He lived here at 230 Ninth St He joined Grumman in 1933 and specialized in installations on the interior of airplanes James Schweder James Schweder 80 of 72 Eighth St died Wednesday He was a retired supervisor for toe John Roberts Ironworks in Brooklyn where he had worked for 52 years Schweder was bom in Brooklyn He had lived here for about five years after moving from Port Washington He was an out-doorsman and fishing enthusiast He was hospitalized in Doctors Hospital Freeport for the past three weeks Death was attributed to pneumonia Frank Sytnik Wantagh Frank Sytnik 59 of 3614 Regent Lane a chef died Wednesday in Doctors Hospital Freeport He had been a chef since 1956 and a Pennsylvania Railroad employe before that Sytnik was bom in Poland but lived in the US since he was 2 years old George Wiegert George Wiegert 83 of 71 Oakland Ave a retired 1 bakery executive died in South Nassau Communities Hospital Oceanside Tuesday He had lived here sinos 1922 i r- 78 Ncwsday.