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The Pantagraph Tuesday, August 26, 1997 05 DEATHS Central Illinois Glen Howard Cole GRAND RIDGE Glen Howard Cole, 57, of 425 Poundstone, Grand Ridge, died at 11:45 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 23, 1997) at St. Mary's Hospital, Streator. His funeral will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday at Grand Ridge Funeral Home, the Rev. Don Evans officiating. Burial will be in Grand Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Grand Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, Erven Avenue Baptist Church or a charity of the donor's choice. Surviving are his wife, Virginia E. (Hert) Cole; four daughters, Linda (Ron) Waldbesser and Janice (Robert) Abell, both of Ottawa; Becky Cole, Grand Ridge; and Brenda (Randy) Larson, Leland; one son, Glen C. Cole, Grand Ridge; his mother, Dorothy McMullen, Streator; one brother, Jerry McMullen, Wausau, three sisters, Diane McMullen, Moline; Carol Rowland, Streator; and Judy Feltes, Fithian; and one granddaughter. Alfred Earl Fairley MELVIN Alfred Earl "Fritz" Fairley, 60, of 127 Crossley Melvin, died at 1:22 a.m.

Monday (Aug. 25, 1997) at Gibson Community Hospital. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Redenius Funeral Home, Gilman, the Rev. Stanley A.

Rapp officiating. Burial will be in Peach Orchard Cemetery, Melvin, with military rites by the Melvin Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Melvin Fire Department or a charity of the donor's choice.

Surviving area his wife, Julia A. McMillan Fairley; two sons, Tyrone Lee Fairley, Gilman, and Thomas Ray Fairley, Onarga; six sisters, Florence Knittles, Melvin; Luella Johnson, Roberts; Wilma Johnson, Cullom; Anna Mae Fairley, Tolono; Rosemary Eastin, Phoenix, and Edith Patrick, Katy, Texas; and four brothers, Alvin Fairley, Elliott; Russell FairMelvin; Clarence Fairley, Roberts; and Delmar Fairley, Roaring Springs, Texas. Robert N. Hacker FORREST The graveside service of Robert N. Hacker, 84, of 116 W.

Vaughn Forrest, will be at. 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forrest Cemetery, the Rev. Lacy Williams officiating. Military rites will be by Forrest American Legion J.A.

Folwell Post 174. Visitation will be private. Hager Memorial Home, Forrest, has charge of arrangements. He died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday (Aug.

23, 1997) at OSF Saint James Hospital, Pontiac. Memorials may be made to American Legion or Masonic Children's Hospital. Survivors include two daughters, Lynda Wink, Pontiac, and Sandra Lawrence, Elmhurst; one son, Robert D. Hacker, Pontiac; eight grandchildren; and 16 greatgrandchildren. Also surviving are extended family, David and Becky Valleroy and their children, Jessica, Samantha and Christopher, of Forrest.

Mr. Hacker was born Dec. 21, 1912, at Urbana, the son of Albert and Oda Hindricks Hacker. He married Elva Valleroy. He later married Dorothy Whitfill.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Eldon, Lawrence and Howard Hacker. Mr. Hacker was employed for nine years at Virgil Stewart's Grocery before entering the Army Air Corps in 1942. He served four years stateside and in the Pacific Ocean area at Wheeler Field on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. He then worked as a brakeman on the Wabash Railroad for 27 years, retiring in 1972.

He was of the Methodist faith. His memberships included: Masonic Lodge 32nd Degree of Tarbolton 351, AF AM at Fairbury ON THE RECORD Police Summary BLOOMINGTON Fires West Chestnut Street There was an estimated $1,000 damage to a car at 2:28 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of West Chestnut Street due to a fire in the car's engine. Court Notes McLEAN COUNTY Misdemeanors Alcohol Lauren B. Conklin, 42, of the 700 block of West Washington Street, Bloomington, fined $500 and sentenced to two years of probation and seven days in McLean County Jail, with credit for one day served, FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY Aug.

26, 1997 Knilands, John Charles, 11 a.m. at Living Word Church, Roberts. Burial in Lyman Township Cemetery, Roberts. Lamb Funeral Home, Roberts, has charge of arrangements. Raufeisen, Karen K.

(Brickey), 11 a.m. at Funeral Home, Paxton. Ba Burial in Rankin Union Cemetery, Rankin. pi Froelich Shore, Grace Memorial Ellen, 11 Home, a.m. El at Paso.

Burial in Fondulac Township Cemetery, East Peoria. Paid Notices and Bloomington Consistory, entering in 1959; the American Legion J.A. Folwell Post 174, Forrest; the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 886, Pontiac; and the United Transportation Union. Lyle F. Schultz GIBSON CITY The funeral of Lyle F.

Schultz, 74, of Gibson City will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City, the Rev. Kevin Heiser officiating. Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.

today at the funeral home. He died at 12:16 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 24, 1997) at Gibson Community Hospital, Gibson City. Memorials may be made to Gibson City Moose Lodge or a charity of the donor's choice.

Survivors include three daughters, Sandra (Glenn) Brucker, Sibley; Diane (Charles Buhl) Schultz and Hetty Jean Schultz, all of Gibson City; three sons, Hal E. (Diana) Schultz, Long Point; Frank (Robin) Schultz, Melvin; and Charles R. Schultz, Gibson City; one sister, Florence McKinney, Towanda; one brother, Orville Schultz, Normal; 21 grandchildren; and 12 greatgrandchildren. Ruth Ann Scott EL PASO Ruth Ann Scott, 59, of El Paso, died at 4:15 a.m. Monday (Aug.

25, 1997) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at Froelich Memorial Home, El Paso. Alice G. Swearingen WELDON Alice G.

(Jamison) Swearingen, 84, of Florissant, formerly of Weldon, died Aug. 17, 1997, at Christian Northeast Hospital, Florissant. Her funeral was Wednesday at The Hutchens Mortuary, Florissant, the Rev. Charles Wingfield officiating. Burial was in Weldon Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to First Christian Church of Florissant, 2890 Patterson Road, Florissant, MO 63031. Survivors include one son, Ron Swearingen, Maryland Heights, two sisters, Leona Cunningham and Marie Martin, both of Clinton; and three grandsons. Larry A. Tracy LEXINGTON The memorial service of Larry A. Tracy, 55, of 2301 Aspen Drive, Champaign, formerly of Lexington, will be at a later date.

Mr. Tracy was cremated. There will be no visitation. Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington, is in charge of arrangements. Mr.

Tracy died at 2:27 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 24, 1997) at Hopedale Medical Complex. Survivors include his wife, Barb Tracy; two sisters, Anna Mae Thomas, Annawa, and Carolyn Waldschmidt, Bloomington; and two brothers, Orville Tracy and Bill Tracy, both of Lexington. Two brothers preceded him in death.

He was born Aug. 13, 1942, in Bloomington, the son of Harry and Gladys Lowe Tracy. He married Barbara Roethe Dec. 5, 1975, in Lexington. Mr.

Tracy owned and operated the Beltone Hearing Aid office in Champaign. for driving under the influence of alcohol; fined $500 for operation of uninsured motor vehicle; and concurrent jail time for driving while driver's license revoked. Must complete recommended treatment. Alcohol Dennis A. Maggio, 21, LaSalle, fined $500 and sentenced to two years of probation and 60 days in McLean Count Jail, with 10 days periodic imprisonment now, with credit for three days served, and remainder stayed pending review hearing March 6 for driving under the influence of alcohol; fined $100 for unlawful consumption of alcohol.

Must complete recommended treatment. Alcohol Mikel E. Zorn, 34, of the 500 block of East Mulberry Street, Normal, fined $500 and sentenced to two years of probation for driving under the influence of alcohol. Must complete recommended treatment. Drugs Cynthia Jordan, 33, of the 1 block of Cloverton Court, Bloomington, fined $500 and sentenced to two Richard W.

Weber CHENOA Richard Wagner Weber, 83, a lifelong resident of rural Chenoa, died at 2:10 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 23, 1997) at his home in Treasure Island, Fla. He had been ill for a short time. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday at Pontiac First ed Methodist Church. Burial will be in Pike Township Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Harris-MartinBurke Funeral Home, Pontiac, with Masonic rites at 8 p.m. Richard W.

Richard W. Weber Memorials, may the Richard W. Weber Memorial Fund. Surviving are two daughters, Rosalie (Jerry) Pritchard, Camp Connell, and Marlene (Ernie) Vezza, Pontiac; two sons, Stanley (Marcia) Weber, Pontiac, and Jerome (Nancy) Weber, Escondido, and nine grandchildren. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren, David, Gary Paul Pritchard and Julie Pritchard Burns; Timothy and Beth Weber and Amy Weber Lange; Cory and Lindsay Weber; and Jeremy and Cindy Hoover and Tina Hoover Lee.

Mr. Weber was born July 28, 1914, in Ocoya, a son of Leonard F. and Nellie Cora Wagner Weber. He married Alma Gladys Schultz on May 1, 1937, in Naperville. She died July 7, 1994.

He also was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Nelson. Mr. Weber farmed and started a business making metal toys. The business grew into Weber Metal Products in 1946. He was active in his company until his retirement in 1989.

He attended Sunnydale School and Pontiac Township High School and was selected to attend a course in tractor maintenance at the University of Illinois in the early 1930s. He was town clerk of Pike Township for many years and served as justice of the peace. Mr. Weber was a member of Pontiac First United Methodist Church, Pontiac Lions and Elks clubs and was a 50-year member of the Chenoa Masonic Lodge. He had a lifelong interest in music from his playing the sax in his family's band, the Woodpeckers, to his love of ballroom dancing.

He and his wife belonged to many Bloomington-Normal Marian H. Baker Marian H. Survivors in- Baker clude friends, Ron (Kay) Sutton, of rural Heyworth; and several nieces and nephews. Miss Baker was born March 24, 1905, in Downs, to Henry and Floy L. VanOrdstrand Baker.

Four brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Miss Baker was a retired social and welfare worker for the state of Iowa. She received a bachelor arts degree from Illinois State Normal University and a master of arts degree from the University of Nebraska. Marian H. Baker, 92, of 2025 E.

Lincoln Bloomington, died at 8 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 24, 1997) at Martin Health Care Center, Bloomington. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington, the Rev.

Fred Belcher officiating. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery, Downs. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the memorial home. Marian H. years of conditional discharge for driving under the influence of drugs.

Must complete recommended treatment. Alcohol Melinda M. Williamson, 35, of the 1000 block of North Madison Street, Bloomington, fined $200 and sentenced to two years of conditional discharge and four days in McLean County Jail for driving under the influence of alcohol. Must complete recommended treatment and 60 hours of community service. Alcohol Jessica L.

Balogach, 22, of the 200 block of West Willow Street, Normal, fined $500 and sentenced to two years of court supervision for driving under the influence of alcohol and conviction for disobeyed traffic control device. Must complete recommended treatment. Battery Michael T. Collins, 48, rural McLean, domestic violence fine of $100 and sentenced to 18 months of probation and 30 days in McLean County Jail, stayed pending review Geraldine Ellis-Jordan Geraldine Virginia Ellis-Jordan, 81, of Decatur, mother of a Bloomington man, died at 8:02 p.m. Friday (Aug.

22, 1997) at St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Funeral Home, Decatur. Visitation will be from 6t to 8 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur. Memorials may be made to VNA Hospice of St. John's Hospital, Springfield. Area survivors include a son, Chuck (Paula) Jordan of Bloomington.

James P. Hepner James P. Hepner, 62, of Tucson, formerly of Bloomington, died Thursday (Aug. 21, 1997) at his home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m.

Sept. 12 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Bloomington. Burial will be in East st Lawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington. Adair Funeral Home, Avalon Chapel, Tucson, handled arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Christ the King Lutheran Church, Norcross, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Oro Valley, St. John's Lutheran Church, Bloomington; or the American Cancer Society. Surviving are his mother, Irene Hepner, Bloomington; his wife, Marguerite (De Young) Hepner, formerly of St. Anne; and two sons, Mark (Cheryl) Hepner, Dunlap, and Kurt (Dawn) Hepner, serving with the U.S. Navy in Jacksonville, Fla.

Also surviving are two sistersin-law, Flo (DeYoung) Lehnus, Tucson, and Alice (De Young) Graf, Momence. Mr. Hepner was born March 10, 1935, in Galesburg. He grew up was educated in Kewanee. He and his wife were married for 43 years.

He worked for 12 years at Beich Candy Bloomington. From 1969 to 1981, he was an insurance representative for Church Mutual Insurance Co. of Merrill, Wis. He represented O.P. Hauschild Insurance of Minneapolis, from 1981 to 1983.

From 1983 until his retirement in 1996, he worked in the Atlanta, area as regional vice president of the Southeastern states for The Church Insurance Co. of New York City. Clarence Lancaster Clarence "Lanny" Lancaster, 70, of 2014 Tracy Drive, Bloomington, died at 2:57 p.m. Monday (Aug. 25, 1997) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.

He was taken to Kibler-Smith Memorial Home, Bloomington. Walter C. Sieg The funeral of of 406 E. Lincoln be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Lutheran Church, the Rev.

Thomas C. the Rev. Ernest L. Gerike officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington.

will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Kibler -Smith Memorial Home, Bloomington, and one hour before the service Wednesday at the church. Walter C. Sieg, 91, Normal, will at Trinity Bloomington, Wirsing and Walter C. Sieg He died at 1:45 a.m.

Sunday (Aug. 24, 1997) at BroMenn Lifecare Center, Bloomington. Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church or BroMenn Hospice. Survivors include three daughters, Marjean (Eugene) Jiles, rural Arrowsmith; Luanne J. (Marvin) Huth, R.R.

1, Shirley; and Janet K. (Carl) Peifer, R.R. 4, Bloomington; one sister, Mabel Laesch, R.R. 8, Normal; one brother, Raymond Sieg, Bloomington; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two sistersin-law, Iva Sieg, Bloomington, and Helen Sieg, Shirley.

hearing Feb. 25 for domestic battery. Must report to AVERT. Damage Seth S. Johnson, 20, of the 600 block of Hester Avenue, Normal, fined $200 and sentenced to 18 months of court supervision for criminal damage to property and unlawful consumption of alcohol.

Theft Wendell A. Tolbert, 19, of the 800 block of South University Street, Normal, fined $200 and sentenced to 18 months of court supervision for retail theft and sentenced concurrent court supervision for battery. Theft Lisa G. Sellner, 31, of the 700 block of West Jackson Street, Bloomington, fined $100 and sentenced to one year of court supervision for theft. Theft Todd J.

Whitworth, 20, of the 20 block of Independence Square, Bloomington, fined $100 and sentenced to one year of court supervi- Mr. Sieg was born Jan. 18, 1906, in Randolph, a son of Henry and Dora Pagel Sieg. He married Clara B. Sablotzke on Feb.

15, 1928, in Bloomington. She died May 27, 1995. Two brothers also preceded him in death. He attended a country school near Bloomington and attended Brown's Buisness College. Mr.

and Mrs. Sieg were dairy farmers in McLean County until retirement in 1972. He later worked at Bloomington Country Club until 1984. He was a member of the McLean County Farm Bureau and a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Charles Theivagt Charles H.

"Chuck" Theivagt, 81, of Carrollton died at 12:32 p.m. Monday (Aug. 25, 1997) at the Reisch Memorial Nursing Home, Carrollton. A funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Airsman-Hires Funeral Home, Carrollton.

Graveside rites will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the AirsmanHires Funeral Home, Carrollton. Memorials may be made to Blessing Hospice of Greene County.

RELIGION Calvary Assembly Preschool Calvary Assembly Preschool, 2401 Airport Road, Bloomington, has openings in its 3's class and pre-kindergarten class for the 1 new school year. Registration and insurance is $39. The 3's classes are from 9 to 1 11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and tuition is $55 monthly. Pre-K classes are 12:30 to 3 p.m.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and tuition is $65 a month. For more information, contact Eileen Wagner or Elaine O'Neil at 662-2816 or stop by the church. Singles retreat A single adult retreat will be Sept. 12-14 at Camp Warren in Decatur. The event begins at 6 p.m.

Friday and ends at noon Sunday. The event is open to single and single: again adults. There is no age limit, or church preference. Nationally recognized speaker Car-. olyn Waddy-Reid will lead the conference.

Two types of lodging are available: cabins at no charge and a retreat center at $54 for 1 to 3 people. Registration is $40 until Sept. 1 and $50 nonrefundable after that. The cost includes five meals, conferences and snacks. For more information, call (309) 699-6654.

Ukrainians protest warming ties to NATO YEVPATORIYA, Ukraine (AP) Standing beneath a monument to Soviet soldiers, 2,000 protesters on Monday denounced Ukraine's warming ties to NATO and the military exercises that have brought U.S. ships and troops to the mostly ethnic Russian peninsula of Crimea. The protesters ranging from young Russian nationalists to medal-pinned war veterans carried red Soviet flags and banners bearing anti-NATO and anti-American slogans. "NATO boots off Crimea," one of the makeshift banners read. Another said: "Don't threaten us with NATO.

We want union with our Russian brothers." The protest started at a monument to Soviet soldiers who died trying to free Crimea from Nazi troops in World War II. Protesters then marched six miles to the beach resort of Yevpatoriya and rallied in the central square. The protest was directed against Sea Breeze '97, a peacekeeping exercise led by Ukraine and the United States that began Sunday at a naval base on the Crimean coast north of Yevpatoriya. SCHOLARSHIP Saddlebred Horse Award DOWNS Amanda O'Brien of rural Downs received an American Saddlebred Horse Association Foundation Scholarship Aug. 22 in Louisville, Ky.

The governor of Kentucky, Paul Patton, presented the scholarships during the World Championship Horse Show held in Freedom Hall at the Kentucky State Fair. The scholarship criteria included academic achievement, extracurricular activities and involvement with the American Saddlebred horse. GRADUATES Southern Illinois University Three area residents recently received doctor of dental medicine degrees recently from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. They are: Bloomington Daniel L. Bower.

Fairbury Kenneth D. Meiss. Heyworth Jeffery T. Harmon. Sea Breeze has hit a raw nerve among many Russians on Crimea who believe the Black Sea peninsula should belong to Russia.

Russia conquered Crimea under Catherine the Great in the 18th century, but Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave it to the Soviet Ukraine in 1954 and it became part of independent Ukraine in 1991. Ethnic Russians on Crimea who want a return to Kremlin rule have joined Moscow in opposing NATO's eastward expansion and see Sea Breeze as a symbol of Western aggression against Russia. Ukraine signed a special partnership charter with NATO last month, and under President Leonid Kuchma it has participated actively in military drills with U.S. and other NATO forces. Speaking at the rally after a band played the Soviet anthem, Ukrainian Communist Party leader Petro Simonenko said NATO is trying to split Russia and Ukraine and "turn Ukraine into a NATO bastion against the east." Protesters denounced Sea Breeze as a practice run for a future NATO assault on Crimea.

A daughter of Michael and Denise O'Brien, she was a honor graduate of Tri-Valley High School and will be studying graphic design at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She has exhibited equestrienne skills in a variety of disciplines and was named Saddleseat Division Champion at the Illinois State Fair Junior Horse Show this summer. REUNIONS IOERGER, ROANOKE The 72nd annual reunion was Aug. 10 at Roanoke Park Pavilion. Seventy members attended from Metamora, Minonk, Chillicothe, Centralia, Washington, Normal, El Paso, Spring Bay, Washburn, Pekin and East Peoria.

The 73rd reunion will be Aug. 9, 1998, in Roanoke. Offiers are: Daryl loerger, Normal, president; Don loerger, El Paso, vice president; Fran loerger, Metamora, and Marvin loerger, Metamora, historian. SCHULTZ COUSINS, HEYWORTH Thirty-two cousins and three guests attended the 22nd annual reunion Aug. 17, at Heyworth Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall.

They came from Bloomington, Downs, Flanagan, Heyworth, Hopedale, Lincoln, Normal and Pekin, in Illinois; Kokomo, and Mukwonago, Wis. New officers are: Evelyn Dyer, president; Owen True, vice president; and Sylvia Stalter, secretary-treasurer. Celebrating 125 Since Years 602 W. Established Market of 1872 Service C. C.

DENEL. UNDERTAKER Pictured left to right: C.C. Deneen George R. Flynn George R. Flynn Undertaker 1918 at C.C.

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Flynn Timothy D. Flynn 809 N. McLean 1940-1986 Flynn Funeral Home 1984 711 N. Main St. Thank you area families for 125 years of confidence in our funeral services.

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