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Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 29

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Melville, New York
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29
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-s1 ij -rum i i' i OBITUARIES rr HP PPf Ss'-W 4- Robert Smolker 62 Scientist Who Aided in National DDT Ban Raymond Yeadon 54 Bursar East Northport Services were to be held today for Ray-I mond Yeadon 54 bursar at the Mill Neck Manor School for i the Deaf who died Thursday In addition to his position aa bursar at the school for the past 15 years Mr Yeadon served for the past four years as finanrial director of the Mill Neck Foundation Inc which raises funds for the school and other charitable organisations Mr Yeadon was responsible for running the Mill Neck Apple Festival held each October at the Mill Neck campus to raise funds Bom in Chicago Mr Yeadon came to Long Island in the late 1960s to serve as the financial director of the ftinity 1 Lutheran' School in Hicksville He graduated from Valparaiso University' in Indiana in 1957 During the early 1950s he served in the Corps Hie lived in East Northport for the past 18 years Survivors include his wife the former Margaret Weidner a son Timothy of St Louis a daughter Catherine of East North-port two brothers James of Veto Beech Fla and Timothy of North Judaom hid and- a grandson Services 10 am today St Luke Lutheran Church Dix Hills burial Locust Valley Cemetery Robin Zimmermann 25 Robin Zimmermann 25 a former Huntington' resident died in Newport News Va Wednesday of complications from a tubal pregnancy Bom in Flushing Queens Mrs Zimmermann moved to Huntington tiwiwpr Rh wm a 1077 graduate nf Hunting ton High School She was married in 1983 and moved to Virgin- ia with her husband John to start a refrigeration and heating business She was vice president of the company and worked as an air-conditioning mechanic Besides her husband survivors include a son Adam her' parents Gloria and Dan Socd of Huntington a sister Cindy Donnelly and three brothers Daniel Christopher and Patrick all of Huntington Services 10:45 ami today St of Uncoln Catholic Church Huntington Station burial Melville Cemetery Death Notices which he joined in 1959 two years after the university was established at the mer campus at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay He was bom in Cambridge Maas and graduated from Bates College in Maine with a bachelor of science degree He earned a master's degree in biology from Boston College and a PhD in biology from the University of Chicago He taught ecology ornithology and soo-logy at Michigan State University from 1955 to 1959 Lawrence Slobodkin former chairman of the ecology department current president of the University Senate at Stony Brook and a personal friend said one of Dr legacies was "the current state of environmental awareness" In the 1970s Dr Smolker served as chairman of Brookhaven Board of Waterways and Natural Resources One of his two sons David of Tampa Fla said he was "a serious chef of Chinese cuisine He also was an avid bird watcher and cultivated about 150 varieties of orchids in a greenhouse aft his home here Dr' Smolker is survived by his wife Rosemary managing editor of the Quarterly Review of Biology a national journal published aft Stony Brook another son Mirheel of Seattle a daughter Rachel Smolker of Perth Australia and a grandchild David of Tampa Funeral arrangements were incomplete Setauket Robert Smolker 62 a pioneer in the American environmental movement and a member of a small cadre of scientists that successfully sought the banning of DDT died early yesterday at University Hospital in Stony Kook Dr Smolker who was an associate professor of ecology and evolution at the State University at Stony Brook was admitted to the hospital about 10 days ago after suffering a heart attack He was known nationally as one of the founders of the Environmental Defense Fund a group of adentista and lawyers who use the legal system and scientific data to force pollutants off the market and to protect the environment Among the successes were: the Kenning of the pesticide DDT nationally in 1972 restrictions on the pesticides mirex and chlordane strict limits on the toxic pollutant FCB which is used in electrical equipment a national drinking water alert because of cancer-causing agents in community water supplies and suits against the Southwest Sewer District The nationwide DDT ban grew out of a warning to Suffolk County in the 1960s by Smolker who was an ornithologist and others that mosquito spraying with DDT was endangering the osprey population Dr Smolker was the 40th person hired on the faculty of 1280 at Stony Brook at the Home Inc of Huntington NTS New York Avo Moso of Ctetstloa BurioL TUeoday AM at SL of Padua RX Church on AprS 1MB of Valley Stream MT Beloved hmhond of Louise Devoted father of lfary Anne Shuar and ofjamea On-ZjouIm DeCarto KfMV SfK lit Union Avo Lynbrook Mead will be offered at Boh Nome of Mary RC Church Volley Stream Tueedsy of 1:0 AIL In-torment Bohr Bood Cemetery DAVIDE Boos formerly of Laka Ronkookome on April UB Beloved mother of Nicholas Oea-aoro and Joseph Davldo Welsh and Gardner Fletcher Jr Daughter 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Cherished grandfather of Christopher Stacy Jennifer and Brlanne Arnold and of Com-Cbarles tosh Avo (nortbound exit SJT Pkwyl Chrietlea Burial st Jarneo RC Church (Hlekeville Seaford) Wednesday AM Interment at Charlea Cemetery Family will receive friends 7-M PM ASHBY Pits A of Hotorook en April 4 INS hi Ms Nth year Beloved husband of Carmen of Gordon ralhsr-Alao ourvtvod hr two Lynetle at the Holbrook Tuesday AM Rell-gloua services will be held at Plymouth Brethea Church Brooklyn at 11 AM Interment Maple Grave Cornetaey tew Gardens nf Hunting-ton In his 45th year Assistant Chief of Bsoplraisfy Therapy at MCMC Belovod huahond of Donna Dear fatter of John and Dona Loving aon of Louise a4 Hew York Avo Hun- Sta Tuesday only end 7-1S pm Religious services Wartnrwiay 1 nf cnmotion private Donatloao to beloved wife of Pallo 1 liter of ABee Jost Hate 1 and FTrd Wirth Funeral I jjriyste pol at 18 Par Rocks way Ba-kivrd wife of Bernard Devoted mother of Steven and Harvey Dear staler of Bydelle Hlneh Ser-- vires at "Boulovard-Parfc Weet" ICt Bmadway Hewlett AM Moadoy of Edna PetriUo William Betty and Undo Voulo Ate Ived by four grandchildren aotag at the Beltaore tenoral Home Ine BN Jsrmolem Are Norm BeUmore Religious Tuesday teoy SAIL Writing I TUeoday 7-Is PM of Rleb-mond HUL bora 111502 died 4MS Loving hmhond of Mo adoring wife Virginia Beloved father of Peter Dear etepfather to Kurt of Peggy gette and Margie Mahoney William Rodgers many dear nieces veteran of the Mahoney ted years In the pkunbtng of the LJRR Ho wlU be aoral mined by hla mother-in-law UM Our lady of Perpetual Help 1U-50 115th at South Ooone Pork HT Mn Mahoney wlU not ho of Floral April USSl Bo-gf Robort of Garden City MY and Richard Jr at Del Ray Beach Fla Ate aur-vtvad by five graadeMIdran and three groal-grondchlldroa Friends may call SS 7-0 PM at the Thnmoo Dolton temral Home Atiaatia Avenue (at RB Plssa) Floral Pork MY Religious service TUeoday PM Rev Albert Martin offlriatlng FUneral Wednesday MAS AM Interment Maple drove Cemetery in Ben at Bowen eontrihu tione to Chriet Lutheran Church MBredotod i April HB of Lovte mother of Rosalyn Santo and et the Ueter Funeral Home Volley Stream Bird Valley straom moss of Christian BurioL Tuesday AM at Hohr Homo of Mory RC Church Intermont Holy Viritte Solvatoro formerhr lad HY at Levtttows Long Beloved teotete of Booo Hatpemi Devoted tether of Angelo Frank Denlol AlterL Edward ate Robert Roporing at Thomas DoMen Fmeral Homo S7M Hempstead TUrnpifco Levtt-tocn untfl Wedneedor AM PAMM'INI Sshrstors Jr age 51 of Huntington proprietor Hrmp-steod Mat-Isle Luinl gurrhvd Maryy ane tayLovlng of thlr- of one RoBgtous aarvieaa TUes-day evenlnc Jooeph A Weber Funeral Home SU Hawklae Avo Lake Ronkonkema Mass of Christina Burial AM Wednesday at tha Oood Shephard AC Church Holbrook- Iatemieut Calvary Cemetery Woodrtdo J- of on April IMS Belovod of Helen (noo Lupsfcl) Devoted ion of Aemnlo Delano Door brother of Margaret tone Mary AgugHoro Prank a nine Delano Family will i lot the Loop Avo Fkwy) Saturday Sunday and Monday S-5 and PM -tl- a ww a nrHMlK NVTMNt MOMMy PM Fteeral TUeoday Morn of Chriatioa Burial SL Rophort'o Church AM Interment Holy a of Qnnkvi MY: on April INS (formerly of Bute Wllllataa) Beloved mother of Mtrteel and Edmund DeLaa by ten Anna I PM svoglla Visiting 7 at Rood East Horthport iL Wednts- day at AM at SL Francis of 1 RC Church In Graenlawa Jeon Fttea Mleteri and 1 Kraus Ate surviving ora six grandchildren Reposing et the Arthur Whtta Fuaeril SM Broadway Bethpasn Visiting Monday SA 7-U Pit ma-ligious serrlrrMonday PM Funeral Tuesday AM Interment Colverion Notional Cemetery Joan Carlson on April A IMS of Hempstead NY Beloved wife ft Bruce Plrlch- -er Devoted mother of Caryl bate of Mary Devoted tetter of 2 Undo Goisor and Jock Brother of Provldoneo Volenti ate Sueon as LaMatdce Cherished grandtetter of tour Ropoolng Rama Iteml Homo Inc 53 William Floyd Parkway Shirley Moos Wediwe fit day AM SL Judo Mote Beach btormrat Holy Bopulctei Cemetery Carom Michael Loving Courtney Loving brother ward WUlisni Hslleraa ooa Elisabeth Bonoon O'Donnell and Patricia I at the Homy Ine 1M Ignat tua RC Church AM Interment Holy Bood Cemetery of Oratral LI on April IMS Beloved I of Henrietta and tetter at Vera Glee aon Irene Hagter Barbara Sue Wteriop and Patricia A HoriUrth Ate aurvlvad by thirteen graadeMldna and Udr- of WUliamTvte Huntly Joan Bovin and Florence Botley- Vlsttlng and 7-M PM Montey at the Bnteggomaon FUneral Home SB LaifcneM Bood East Northpori Services PM Monday with Bov Wayne Pehnoan officiating Interment Calvorton National Cemetery on Tuesday Mi olo to Emphyoema or Laog Dredsmcyor) on April 5 UN (formerty of Richmond Hill and Setauket) Wife of the late Philip Lovtag mother of Wilma WU-o oadPhyllto Avenue at Uth RtraoL Gordon City Tuesday AM Vtattlng Monday and T-S PM Interment Evergreen Cemetery Me-mortel donations to Arthritis Rtrteid of Levlttown on April USB Devoted tatter oL Deborah Enter Donna Klenir Peggy Lsttmsnn Ricterd Jr Psuttne IL of Baldwin an April USSl Beloved wife of William Devoted mother at at pootng FUUerton 1 TMMerrick Rond of Christtsn i RC Church Wo AM Interment Plnoiawa Ma-mortal Park VUtttng taura Mon-day PM TUeoday i lteot 1 ornsJSl SU-4SS-U14 P1MELAWM Gordon of Remember-once 2 plots 4 graves SU Ote nte 8 mt TtWItertC IhM iAMat 45 lik0 Ttt jr jTa ia a- s' 0 T1 3 A I ts rmojoatjc fir i irj'rrfif tjj rij PSMSqtJJtfH i sJ w-vj r-iev7t jf'" Y1.

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