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Daily Press, Victorville, Calif. VALLEY OBITUARIES Gene P. Childers Gene Childers, 67, of Hesperia, died May 22, 1991, at St. Mary Desert Valley Hospital in Apple Valley, of massive internal bleeding. A native of Walnut Ridge, he lived in Hesperia for 5 of his 42 years in California.

He was a retired bus driver for the Southern California RTD. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Childers is survived by his wife, Carol P.

Childers of Hesperia; daughter Anita Sue Bonilla of Buena Park; sons Robert G. Childers of West Covina and David W. Childers of Hesperia; sister Edna Golden of Walnut Ridge, brother Russell Joe Childers of St. Louis, and four grandchildren. A graveside service is scheduled for 11:15 a.m.

Tuesday at Riverside National Cemetery, with family members officiating. Kern Hesperia Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Alfred Swenson Alfred L. Swenson, 67, of Hesperia, died May 22, 1991, at his home, of cancer. A native of Hallock, he lived i in Hesperia for 3 of his 37 years in California.

He retired as a plant foreman from San Gabriel Valley Water Company in El Monte. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Mr. Swenson is survived by his wife, Rose Swenson of Hesperia; daughter Kristi Moss of Walnut; sons Robert Swenson of George Air Force Base, Randall Swenson of Hesperia, and Ronald Swenson of Delavan, sister Lois Krauth of Madison, nine grandchildren; and one greatgrandson.

A graveside service is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Desert View Memorial Park in Hesperia, with the Rev. Frank Johnson officiating. Kern Hesperia Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. 'Kitty Kelly' Moreno Kathleen "Kitty Kelly" Moreno, 85, of Wrightwood, died May 7, 1991, at San Bernardino Community Hospital in San Bernardino, of a heart attack.

A native of Boston, she lived in California for about 47 years. She spent about 40 years in Duarte before retiring to Wrightwood in 1983. She was a pioneering woman realtor and spent 47 years in her career as a real estate broker, right up until the time of her death. She was a longtime member of the Monrovia Board of Realtors. She was a contributor to numerous charities including the City of Hope in Duarte.

She was a member of the Wrightwood Senior Citizens and Blessed Junipero Serra Catholic Church in Phelan. Mrs. Moreno is survived by her daughters, Dolores Moreno of Beaumont and Rosemary Yull of Napa; sons Joseph Moreno of Wrightwood, Richard Moreno of Orange and Thomas Moreno of Azusa; sister Ann Sadowski of Rhode Island; 11 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. Mass and memorial services, including the traditional Irish wake, were held at her home in Wrightwood on May 10. Memorial donations may be made to the City of Hope Rosemary Yull, Trustee, P.O.

Box 4079, Napa, CA 94558. The Daily Press publishes obituaries free of charge as a service to readers. Obituaries are written to conform to a standard style designed to convey basic factual information. Data usually is provided by mortuaries handling the arrangements. However, the Daily Press will print obituaries based on information provided by family members.

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During one battle he directed fire onto a beach in support of U.S. Marines already ashore. His last assignment was San Diego Port Control Commander, 11th Naval District, in 1956. He retired in 1959. Chapple was born in Billings, and was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state.

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Jacob Millman Jacob Millman, an electrical engineer who took part in the development of radar systems, died on Wednesday at his home in Longboat Key, Fla. He was 80. He died of pneumonia, said his grandson, Philip Millman, of Palisades, N. Y. Millman, who was an expert on radar, electronic circuits.

and pulse-circuit techniques, was born in Russia and came to the United States in 1913. He earned a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1935. Except for three years during World War II, when he was a scientist with the Radiation Laboratory at MIT, he was a professor of engineering at City College of New York from 1936 to 1952. From 1952 until he retired in 1976, he taught at Columbia University.

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