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Decatur, Friday, July 15, 1977 28 DECATUR HERALD State to End Case In Woodruff Trial Obituaries cars and motel rooms, was termed by DeLaMar "the total connecting witness." Cook affirmed earlier tes- WEAKLEY Isaac M. "Ike" Weakley, 72, of LaPlace died 5:45 p.m. Wednesday (July 13, 1977) in his home. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Brintlinger's Funeral Home, Cerro Gordo, with visitation after 6 p.m.

Friday. Burial will be in LaPlace Cemetery. Mr. Weakley was born in Cerro Gordo, son of Charles E. and Mary Weakley.

He was a retired car inspector for the Norfolk Western Railway. He was a member of LaPlace United Methodist Church. He married Bonnie Kirkland in 1926. She died in 1973. Surviving are sisters, Mrs.

Amanda Whitmore and Mrs. Arnold (Ola) LeHew, both of Decatur; Mrs. Esther Eagan of Atwood; Mrs. Guy (Edna) Kin-tner of Monticello. One brother preceded him in death.

Macon County BENNETT Mrs. George (Mable Lash) Bennett, 66, of 1234 N. Pine St. died 5:48 p.m. Wednesday (July 13, 1977) in Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in Dawson Wi-koff Funeral Home, with visitation after 5 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. HUFF Mrs.

Earl (Olive P. Askins) Huff. 90. of Lake Shore Manor died 11:25 a.m. Thursday (July 14.

1977) in Lake Shore Manor. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in Ater Funeral Home, with visitation 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Hammond Cemetery.

Mrs. Huff was born in Hammond, daughter of Thomas and Lucinda Askins. She was a member of Prairie Avenue Christian Church and Royal Neighbors of America. She was a past State Commander of U.S. Army Mothers, a past 4th Vice Commander of the National Office of U.S.

Army Mothers. She married Earl Huff in 1906. He died in 1951. Surviving are Earl. and Charles 0..

both of Decatur; daughter. Mrs. Lawrence Phyllis Shobe of Decatur: 9 grandchildren- 13 great-grand Wisconsin; Dean of Washington; Alan of Colorado; sisters, Leia Ambuehl of Salem; Jewell Ellis of Oklahoma; Laura Voss of California; Ruby Hamms of Indiana; Pauline Deadmond and Irene Harville, both of Odin; Jean Donoho of Springfield, Mo. EVANS Charles Evans, 89, of rural Cowden died 1:15 a.m. Thursday (July 14, 1977) in Shelby County Memorial Hospital, Shelbyville.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Lockart Sons Funeral Home, Cowden, with visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, Cowden. Mr.

Evans was born in Williamsburg Hill, son of John and Margaret Evans. He was a retired employe of White Motor Shelbyville. He married Margaret Armstrong, who preceded him in death. He married Verna Harris in 1926. Surviving are his wife; sons, Charles R.

of Cowden; Cecil of Shelbyville: David of Beecher City: Jerry of Decatur; daughters, Mrs. Andy (Emma) Freeman of Decatur; Mrs. Orville (Naomi) McDaniels of Pana; Mrs. Wilbert (Catherine) Jennings of Beecher City; Mrs. Ray (Shirley! Lee of River ton: Mrs.

Carl (Ruth) Childress of Shelbyville; brothers. Ray of Herrick; Henry of Lakewood; sisters, Mrs. Margaret Lamb of Pana; Mrs. Mary Connelly of Howard; 22 grandchildren: 6 great-grandchildren; 4 great-gre at-gr andchildren nesday (July 13, 1977) in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m.

Saturday in Dawson Wikoff Funeral Home, with visitation 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Mr. Miller was born in Macon County, son of Henry G.

and Mary Katherine Miller. He was a retired employee of Black Co. and was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. He married Cleo Hutchison in 1952. She died in 1966.

Surviving are daughter, Mrs. Ellamae Bouchez of Peoria; stepdaughters. Mrs. Virginia Daniels of Decatur; Mrs. Joy Port wood of Hammond; Mrs.

Earline Harrison of Bement; sister, Mrs. Ethel Mae Tucker of Decatur: 2 grandchildren; 13 stepgrandchildren 4 great-grandchildren; 9 great step-grandchildren. One stepson, one stepdaughter and one brother preceded him in death. MIZE Mrs. Harlev (Margaret L.

Noble Mize. 60. of 713 Hillshire St. died 8:55 a.m. Thursday (July 14, 1977) in St.

Mary's Hospital. Mass of the Resurrection will be 10 a.m. Saturday in Holy Family Catholic Church, with visitation 5 to 9 p.m. Friday in J. J.

Moran Sons Funeral Home, with 7:30 p.m. Rosary. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Mize was born in Decatur, daughter of Harry C.

and Mary Noble. She was a life long member of Holy Family Catholic Church. She married Harley Mize in 1939. Surviving are her husband; brother. Russell Noble of Decatur; sisters.

Mrs. Spike (Mary-Jane i Shapiro of Decatur; Mrs. By William C. Groninger Lindsay-Schaub News Service Champaign The state is expected to conclude its case this morning in Champaign County Circuit Court against one of two men charged with the Feb. 15 murder of a Champaign car salesman.

On trial is Donald Woodruff, 19, of Chicago. Also charged in the murder is Percy Jones, 20. also of Chicago, who will be tried later. Testimony in court Thursday continued to bolster the state's admittedly circumstancial evidence case against Woodruff. Chief Asst.

State's Atty. Jack DeLaMar, with another assistant, Jeff Ford, introduced further testimony of persons who said they saw the pair in Champaign between Feb. 11 and Feb. 15. Derek Smith, of Chicago, tes- tified that he was the owner of the 1973 Buick stolen Feb.

11 in Chicago. He tOld the jury he Was for- ced into his car by a man he identified as Jones at gun- point. In the car they were joined by a man he identified as Woodruff. He Said that Jones produced a shotgun and held it in bm back. He Struggled With hlS as- sailants and the gun went off.

blasting a hole in the floor of the car on the driver's side. He managed tO escape, he Said. JOneS Was arrested Feb. 17 in Peoria allegedly driving the stolen Buick. Expert testimony was that the hole in the floor couid have been made by the 12-gauge shotgun found in Jones' East Peoria motel room and believed to be the weapon used in the slaying of Richard "RiCky" Ogden, 25.

emploved by Champaigns Avenue Auto Sales. Champaign Det. Michael Cook, who was present during all of the phases of the arrest of Jones and Woodruff in Peoria and the search of their I I I 1 I 1 timony that a auto-j matic. identified as belonging io ugaen, was iouna tne 1373 model Oldsmobile Woodruff was driving at the time of his arrest. Woodruff was taken into custody shortly after Jones.

The Oldsmcbile has been identified as one of two cars stolen after Ogden was shot to death. The other was recovered shortly after the murder. Legais DEATH AND CLAIM DATE NOTICE con County Building, Decatur, II 42523, within 6 months from date within that ancft Henson. the estate inventoried 1, Bolen Morthland 227 South WateStreet Decatur. Illinois 2523 TeleptMne (7m 428 4435 Circuif gf ter iai circuit, Macon county, dIath and claim date Bssie E- Rnn' Notice is hereby given of ttw death ot ItTZTiS '85 North Oakdate Blvd Decatur, II- 222 LfSKSfSS 'aSt mey JS 2 2 county'lSiiding, "etters Ttvlw claTm" fMed'is'ba red as 'to the estate inventoried within oriJJTn'Utrl 0 urrv' acon e' A'yEof Record Norm oawaie eivd.

Sn 9m assumed name publication no- Public Notice is 'hereby given that on oSTcCc? mS Zt -a forth the names and CS siness known as Edge wood Apartments. at 1043 E. Eldorado Street, Deca- the Areola First Christian Church. He married Nell Duncan in 1926. i i are his wife; daughters, Mrs.

Melvin (Wan-d a Still and Mrs. Alice George, both of Areola; seven grandchildren. Three brothers preceded in death. NEWMAN Mrs. A.

C. (Carrie M. Higgs) Newman, 66, of Altamont died 10 a.m. Thursday (July 14, 1977) in St. Anthony Memorial Hospital, Effingham.

Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church, Altamont. Visitation will be 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Gieseking Funeral Home, Altamont. Burial will be in Newman Cemetery, rural Altamont.

Mrs. Newman was born in Illinois. She married A. C. Newman in 1937.

He died in 1972. Surviving are son, George V. of Altamont; brothers, John O. and Delmer E. Higgs, both of Mason; sisters, Mrs.

Geneva Yingst of Effingham; Mrs. Alma Rcbinson and Mrs. Lucille Kline, both of Mason; three grandchildren; one greatgrandchild. ROBINSON iMrs. Marion T.

(Dorothy Louise Elliot) Robinson, 69, of a i died 3:15 a.m. Thursday (July 14, 1977) in Mattoon Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Carrington Funeral Home, Fairmont, with visitation 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Burial will be in Stearns Cemetery, Muncie. Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, Mattoon, is handling local arrangements. Mrs. Robinson was born in Fairmount, daughter of Everett and Ada Elliot. She married Marion T.

Robinson, who survives. SMITHPETERS Marshall WiHiam Smithpe-iers, 53. of rural Champaign died 5:15 p.m. Wednesday (July 13, 1977) in Mercy Hospital. Urbana.

Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Mackey Funeral Home. Monticello, with visitation 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Monticello Cemetery.

Memorials: American Cancer Society. Mr. Smithpeters was born in Hamilton County, son of Marshall and Hazel Smithpeters. He was a member of the Teamsters local, was employed by Skelley Oil Co. for 14 years and was a mechanic at the University of Illinois.

He was a member of Faith Methodist Church. Champaign. He married Janet Olson in 1956. Surviving are his wife: son, Carl L. at heme; stepsons, Grant L.

Davis of Bethany: R. Jack Davis of Bloomington; one grandson. CIPS Union Rejects Offer Meredosia Power plant workers at the Central Illinois Public Service Co. (CIPS) Meredosia station rejected a three-year contract offer Thursday night. The offer was rejected overwhelmingly by Local 591 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), said Gary Rausch, local president.

Rausch said the 125 union members will continue working and negotiations with the company will resume at 9:30 a.m. today. CIPS continued contract talks Thursday with Local 148 of the IUOE. The renewed negotiations began Monday. A company spokesman said there was no tentative agreement yet but he was not sure if the talks would continue again today.

Local 148 represents about 300 power plant workers at Cot-feen. Grand Tower and Hutson- ville. Decatur Births SUNDERLAND, A raw, 217 Long-am 115 m. Michael, 1181 MARSHA Donold 575 The Weather Temperatures Climb COX CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FLOORS FOOTINGS PATIOS children. Three sons, one daughter and one great-great-grandchild preceded her in death.

LOVEWELL Mrs. Gail A. (W. Yvonne Se-keta) Lovewell, 38, of Route 1, Oreana. died 1:45 p.m.

Thursday in St. Man 's Hospital. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m.

Sunday in the Dawson Wikoff Funeral Home. Argenta, with a pra-ver service 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Springfield.

Mrs. Lovewell was born In Benld. a daughter of John and Wikna Sorenson Seketa. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Decatur.

She married Gail A. Lovewell in 1962. Surviving are her husband; son. Steven, at home: daughter, Beverly, at home: brother, John S. Seketa of Springfield: father and stepmother of Springfield: stepsisters.

Mrs. Don Sandra i Britton. Mrs. Ron (Nancy Burris. Mrs.

Paul (Jo Ann') Collins, all of Springfield. A daughter and her mother preceded her in death. MILLER Carl F. Miller. 79, of 914 W.

View formerly of 925 W. View died 8:20 p.m. Wed- Nation front from a low over Ontario through Lake Michigan and Indiana into North Carolina. It curved through to the North Carolina coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. A cold front reached from Ontario low across Iowa through a low over Kansas and Colorado into Utah.

A cold front went from British Columbia into the Pacific Ocean. Highs were over Montana. New Mexico and west Virginia. The national weather forecast for today: Showers are predicted over the Gulf of Mexico coast states from Florida to Louisiana. Also, showers will hit the Ohio valley into the central Great Lakes states.

Showers will be scattered over portions of the southern inter-mountain region. Temperatures over most of the nation will range from warm to hot. and very- hot through parts of the Southeast. Decatur Temperatures July 14, 177 Noon 95 10 p.m. 87 7 a.m.

78 7 p.m. 90 Noo 95 10 p.m. 87 High 98 Low 75 Fri. sunrise: 5:40: set: 8:23 Illinois Forecast Partly sunny today, hot and 96 to 102. Partly cloudy tonight with chance of thunderstorms.

Low in the mid or upper 70s. Saturday, partly sunny and again hot and humid. High 95 to 100. Central Illinois Weather High, low and precipitation for 24-hour period ending 6 p.m. Thursday.

Charleston 95 77 0 Flora 95 73 0 Hillsboro 94 73 0 Lincoln 94 76 0 Mattoon 96 77 0 Newton 93 75 0 Olney 94 75 0 Pana 94 75 0 Salem 97 73 0 Shelbyville 76 0 Sullivan 99 78 0 Vandalia 97 75 0 SIDEWALKS DRIVEWAYS 408 SOUTH CLARK ST. PANA, ILLINOIS 62557 PHONE 217-562-3877 FRONTIER A Wood Burning Fireplace Get a $20 Rebate with any Guardian before July 31. Throughout By the Associated Press Temperatures climbed throughout the nation Thursday afternoon. Much of the country was hotter than usual for mid-July temperatures at midday reached 90 in southern Minnesota, and the mid-90s over parts of Iowa. Skies remained sunny over most of the nation.

Showers and occasional thun-derstorms developed from Colorado across Nebraska. Minnesota and Iowa into Wisconsin. Other showers are reported over the Great Lakes, and along the Gulf of Mexico. Over half an inch of rain fell at Panama City. Fla.

Less than a quarter inch of rain fell at Sault Sainte Mane. Rapid CSty, S. Corpus Chnsti Galveston. and Sioux Falls. S.D.

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Central Illinois BARTLETT Mrs. William James (Jill Ann Landis) Bartlett, 35. of rural Mattoon died 2:15 a.m. Thursday (July 14. 1977) in her home.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home. Mattoon. with visitation after 6 p.m. Saturday.

Burial will be in Windsor Cemetery. Mrs. Bartlett was born Springfield, daughter of Fred and Inez Landis. She was a member of the Christian Church of Windsor and Epsilon Sigma AlDha sorority. She mar ried William James Bartlett in 1 1964.

Surviving are her husband: son. Christopher James, at home: father. BICE Johnny Wavne Bice. 25. of Al-tamont was found dead, appar ently of carbon monoxide poisoning, at 8:30 a.m.

Thursday (July 14. I977i in his garage. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Kull Funeral Home. with visitation after 2 p.m.

Friday. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Altamont. Mr. Bice was born in St. Louis.

son of Bobby-Wayne and Maxine Doyle Bice. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He married Linda Fay Reeves in 1972. Surviving are his wife: sons, Jerry and Tommy, both at home: parents of Festus. brother.

Danny of Festus. sisters, Sharon and Treasa Bice, both of Festus, Mo. DACE Marvin L. Dace. 57, of Alma died 6 a.m.

Thursday I July 14, 1977) in St. John Mercy Hospital. St. Louis. Mo.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Linton Funeral Home, Kinmundy. with visitation 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Cubbage Chapel Cemetery.

Tonti. Mr. Dace was born in Ellington. son of Wilbur and Polly Dace. He was a member of Missionary Baptist Church, near Alma, and was a veteran of World War II.

He married Edith Sullivan in 1940. Surviving are his wife; son, Ron of Springfield; stepmother, Mrs. Maxine Dace of Odin; brothers, Rolla of Odin; Leo of ONE STOP V. SHOPPING LaytonTravftrilefsBSkWine GOE BEL Ella Goebel. 81, of Montrose died 11:30 p.m.

Wednesday (July 13. 1977) in Cumberland Nursing Center. Greenup. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in St.

Paul Lutheran Church, near Montrose. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Friday at Bishop Funeral Home. Greenup. Burial will be in St.

Paul Mausoleum. Miss Goebel was born in Montrose, daughter of William and Christine Goebel. Surviving is a brother. August of Montrose. Four brothers and four sisters preceded her in death.

JONES Mrs. Charles (Anetta Eckert) Jones. 93. of Tower Hill died 2:30 a m. Thursday (July 14.

1977i in Pana Community Hos pital. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Stumpf-Dod-1 son Funeral Home. Pana. with visitation 5 to 9 p.m.

Friday Burial will be in Tower Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Jones was born in Coles County, daughter of DeWitt and iEstella Eckert. She was a I member of Tower Hill United Methodist Church. She married Charles Jones in 1911.

He died in 1935. Surviving are son. Orville of Tower Hill: daughter. Norma Jones of Tower Hill: sister. I Mrs.

Sarah M. Jones of Tower Hill: two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, One son. six brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. MILLER Floyd Ivan Miller. 73.

of Areola died 4:43 p.m. Wednesday i July 13. 1977) in Mercy Hospi- 1 tal. Urbana. Funeral services will be 2 p.m.

Saturday in Areola First Christian uiurcn. who visit ation 2 to 3:30 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday in Schrader Funer-j al Home, Areola. Burial will be in Areola Cemetery, i Mr. Miller was born in Douglas County, son of Oscar and Fannie Stansbery Miller.

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