Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 30

LIFE SUNDAY, APRIL Continued from D3 Linn MOWEAQUA Harold James Linn, 86, Moweaqua, retired Illinois Central Gulf Railroad section foreman, died Thursday (April 8, 2020). Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Masonic Cemetery, Moweaqua. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Seitz Funeral Home, Moweaqua.

Memorials: First Baptist Church Building Fund. Send condolences: www.seitzfh.com. MATTOON Dennis Jerome Ohm, 64, Mattoon, former General Electric Co. employee, died Friday (April 9, 2010). Services: 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Apostolic Center, Mattoon. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday in the church. Burial: Dodge Grove Mausoleum, Mattoon. Arrangements by: MitchellJerdan Funeral Home, Mattoon.

Send condolences: www.mitchell-jerdan.com. Ozier SULLIVAN Robert Lee Ozier, 78, of Sullivan passed away 4:27 a.m. April 10, 2010 at Sullivan Health Care, Sullivan. Mass of Christian bura ial will be celebrated 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at McMullinYoung Funeral Home, Sullivan.

Visitation will be held one hour before the service at McMullin- Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials are suggested to the Eastern Illinois University Panther Club, Charleston, Pere Marquette State Park or Donor's Choice. Bob was born September 15, 1931 in Casey, the son of Noel G. "Dooney" and Elsie (Roberts) Ozier.

He married Mary L. "Cupie" Risley on August 16, 1958 in Greenup. She preceded him in death on September 7, 1999. Bob retired from the Sullivan School District after teaching for 30 years. He was also a retired Moultrie County Circuit Court Bailiff.

He was a member of the St. Columcille Catholic Church, Sullivan and the Sullivan American Legion Post 68. He was an avid gardener and fisherman. He is survived by his stepmother, Roberta (Tharp) Ozier of Toledo; brothers, Jim (Donna) Ozier of New Athens, Bill (Jayne) Ozier of Charleston, Ben (Barb) Ozier of Cerro Gordo, Dan (Cindy) Ozier of St. Joseph, Steve (Diana) Ozier of Jewett, George Ozier of Greenup, Greg (Rosemary) Ozier of Greenup, Vince (Ronda) Ozier of Lima, OH, Roger (Julie) Ozier of Toledo; sisters, Cathy (Frank) Funneman of Teutopolis and Angie (Raymond) Watkins of Toledo.

He is also survived by many nieces and nephews and special friends the Byers. He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother. Condolences may be made to the family at www. mcmullinyoung.com. Obituary written by family members.

Online guest book at www.legacy.com/heraldreview/Obituaries.asp/L Parker CASEY Charles H. Parker, 92, Casey, World War II Army veteran and retired farmer, died Saturday (April 10, 2010). Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Markwell Funeral ARMY Home, Casey. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m.

Monday. Burial: Bean Cemetery, Woodstock, with military rites. Memorials: Alzheimer's Association Greater Illinois Chapter. Send condolences: www. markwellfuneralhome.com.

Robison PANA Paul E. Robison, 62, Pana, died Saturday (April 10, 2010). Arrangements incomplete: McCracken-Dean Funeral Home, Pana. Teddy Roosevelt PHILADELPHIA (AP) An illustrated letter that President Theodore Roosevelt wrote from Yellowstone National Park to his 6-year-old son is being sold in Philadelphia. In the 1903 letter, Roosevelt tells his youngest son, Quentin, what life was like in Yellowstone.

The note includes a sketch the president made of a mule carrying his gear. Quentin Roosevelt was shot 2010 DECATUR, ILLINOIS Quick ROBINSON Dorothy A. Quick, 79, Robinson, died Saturday (April 10, 2010). Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Pulliam Funeral Home, Robinson.

Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. until services. Burial: Kirk Chapel Cemetery, Robinson. Memorials: American Lung Association or Kirk Chapel United Methodist Church.

Shain SULLIVAN Reba C. Shain, 74, of Sullivan passed away 9:20 a.m. Saturday, April 10, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at McMullinYoung Funeral Reba Shain Home, Sullivan with Pastor Fred Hauck officiating, with Norma Langley assisting. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials are suggested to the donor's choice.

Reba was born August 13, 1935 in Gamaliel, KY, the daughter of Buelie and Alta (Russell) Arterburn. She married John E. Shain November 2, 1953 in Celina, TN. He preceded her in death on September 14, 2006. She was a retired Cila home aid of the Moultrie County Beacon.

Reba was very caring, and always willing to a hand. She loved her family and was known for her great cooking. Surviving are her son, Brian K. (Vickey) Shain of Cerro Gordo; daughter, Marsha L. (Joe) Thompson of Sullivan; brothers, Carl (Sue) Arterburn of Aurora, Wayne (Joyce) Arterburn of Decatur, Denton rterburn of Sullivan and Donald (Cheryl) Arterburn of Sullivan; grandchildren, John W.

(Hilary) Booker of Sullivan, Troy Veronica) Shain of Lovington, Kurtis Thompson of Lebanon, OH, Kendra Shain of Sullivan, Jessie (Don) Husted of Wauconda, Lexie Gifford of Cerro Gordo; great-grandchildren, Taylor, Cylus and Sawyer Booker of Sullivan, Conner and Lauren Husted of Wauconda, Skylar and Bryte Thompson of Lebanon, OH and Johnathan Shain of Lovington. She was also survived by her special friend James Stevens of Sullivan and dear friend Bessie Mulvaney of Mattoon. She was preceded in death by her parents. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mcmullin young.com. Obituary written by family members.

Online guest book at www.legacy.com/heraldreview/Obituaries.asp/L Tipsword PANA Bonnie M. Tipsword, 68, Pana, died Friday (April 9, 2010). Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, McCracken-Dean Funeral Home, Pana. Visitation: two hours before services.

Burial: Rosemond Grove Cemetery, Rosamond. Memorials: donor's choice. Send condolences: www.mdfh.com. BIRTHS Decatur Memorial BETTS, Paul Wayne and Sara (Butt), Bethany, girl, April 8. HYDE, Michael Anthony and Rolla (Warnick) Shafer, Decatur, girl, April 8.

LANGE, Chad Alan and Stephanie (Strike), Monticello, girl, April 8. PAGE, Purses, Decatur, girl, April 8. St. Mary's LARSON, Donald and Carly (Nance), Mount Zion, boy, April 6. SMART, Casey, Decatur, boy, April 6.

BROWN, Andreas and Laangel Clark, Decatur, girl, April 7. ESPARZA, Justin and Vanessa Leslie, Decatur, boy, April 8. RILEY, Krista Rasar, Decatur, girl, April 8. SEALS, Gregory and Candra Reed, Decatur, girl, April 9. letter for sale down in battle over France in 1918 during in World War I.

His death devastated his father, who had encouraged his son's military career. The president died six months later at age 60. The Raab Collection is offering the letter for $25,000. The dealer's vice president, Nathan Raab, says it's the only letter from Roosevelt's heralded twoweek trip to Yellowstone that's been for sale. Munchkin coroner in 'Oz' dies at 94 Raabe also affiliated with Oscar Mayer By POLLY ANDERSON Associated Press Writer Ohm Associated Press photos Gina Olaya, right, hugs her sister, Felicia Olaya, after the two made their remarks at the memorial service for their mother, Wilma Pearl Mankiller, at the Cherokee Nation Cultural Grounds near Tahlequah, Okla.

Wilma Mankiller remembered as humble leader of Cherokee Nation TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) Most knew former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller, one of the most influential American Indian leaders in recent history, for strengthening her tribe and drawing the accolades of U.S. presidents. But it was her humble, tender nature a refusal to squash a bug, an affinity for opera that defined her life, friends said Saturday. Mankiller, among the few women to ever lead a major tribe, was remembered during a memorial that drew more than 1,200 mourners, including dignitaries from other tribes and governments, as a respected leader who earned the nation's highest civilian honor.

But also as a mother who turned her daughters onto Motown records, an avid poker player and dancer with an affinity for movie star Johnny Depp. A tender heart who brought home stray animals, including an emaciated pig she found along an Oklahoma county road. Even a Boston Red Sox fan who could recite the stats of any member on the team's roster. "She always saw you a little better than you were, so you became better," close friend and women's rights activist Gloria Steinem, who was with Mankiller in the final weeks of her life, said during the outdoor service at the Chero- fit for Chad Smith, Cherokee Nation daughter of Wilma Pearl Mankiller, service at the Cherokee Nation Okla. kee Nation Cultural Grounds, about 70 miles east of Tulsa.

Mankiller died Tuesday after a bout with pancreatic cancer at age 64. Mankiller led the Cherokee Nation, which now has about 290,000 members, from December 1985 until 1995. Under her guidance, the tribe tripled its enrollment, doubled employment and built new health centers and children's programs. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the A mourner prays during the Wilma Pearl Mankiller memorial service at the Cherokee Nation Cultural Grounds near Tahlequah, a chief principal chief, hugs Felicia Olaya, during Mankiller's memorial Cultural Grounds near Tahlequah, highest civilian honor in the country, from then-President Bill Clinton in 1998. Yet she was always without pretension, whether she was with dignitaries in Washington or sitting on a porch at home in Oklahoma, friends said.

About 170 dignitaries were among those who attended her memorial, where dozens of people lined their cars along the already-clogged entrance hours ahead of the 11 a.m. service. Some brought their own lawn chairs and blankets. They were told that Mankiller, even with her cancer diagnosis, never stopped living to the fullest, planning the next day's events and making peace with her final days. Her "strength was absolute humility," said Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith.

Just days after receiving the presidential award, for example, Mankiller was back in Oklahoma playing with her nieces and nephews on the porch of a church, he said. "That humility made her approachable rather than aloof," he said. "And made her lead rather than follow." Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of Oz" and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was "really most sincerely dead," has died. He was 94. His caregiver, Cindy Bosnyak, said Raabe pronounced RAH'-bee died Friday morning at a hospital in Orange Park, Fla.

He was one of the few surviving Munchkins from the 1939 film. Bosnyak said he complained of a sore throat at his retirement community before collapsing and going into cardiac arrest. He was taken to Orange Park Medical Center, where he later died, she said. "He had a headful of hair at 94 and he remembered everything every day," she said. "To me, he was a walking history book, very alert." Raabe was one of the 124 Munchkins in the film classic and one of only nine who had speaking parts.

He was 22 years old and a show business veteran, earning money for college as a "midget" performer, as they were called then, when the movie was shot in 1938. Raabe portrayed the diminutive Munchkin official who solemnly pronounces the witch dead after Dorothy's farmhouse lands on her: "As coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her, And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead." His costume included a huge hat with a rolled brim, and dyed yak hair was used for his handlebar mustache and long beard. In a 1988 Associated Press interview, he said he had no idea the movie would become a classic, because at the time of its release, it was overshadowed by "Gone With the Wind." "It was only after CBS got the film in 1956 and used it for their promotions that it became as well known," he said. "There is nothing in the picture that dates it," he said. "There are no old vintage cars or old vintage streetcars.

It's a fantasy picture that will be fantasy for generations to come." Raabe was about feet tall when the movie was made. He eventually grew to about feet. He toured the country for 30 years in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, promoting hot dogs as "Little Oscar, the World's Smallest Chef." He also enjoyed going to Oz nostalgia events and getting fan mail. "It's an ego trip," he said. "This is our reward, the nostalgia." In 2005, his book "Memories of a Munchkin: An Illustrated Walk Down the Yellow Brick Road," co-written by Daniel Kinske, was published.

In later years, he lived in a retirement community in Penney Farms, Fla. In 2007, Raabe was one of seven surviving Munchkins on hand when the Munchkins were honored in Los Angeles with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Raabe said he couldn't remember what he was paid for his role in the movie, but that it was very low. "By today's standards, people would say you were crazy to work for that," he said. Man who helped subdue shoe bomber becomes citizen ATLANTA (AP) Kwame James waited nearly 10 years to be sworn in as a U.S.

citizen, a long time compared with the time he spent helping subdue would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid on a transAtlantic flight. James, now 32, wore a gray pinstriped suit and blue tie last week during the ceremony, which ended years of immigration limbo that began after he helped thwart the terror attack aboard a Paris-to-Miami flight in December 2001. The 6-foot-8 basketball player was napping when a flight attendant roused him. Ten rows back, Reid was scuffling with passengers and the crew after he tried to ignite explosives hidden in his shoes. James helped tie up Reid with belts and headset wires and took turns holding Reid by his ponytail with another passenger until the plane could land in Boston.

Nearly 10 years later, James would rather talk about how happy he is to be a new citizen and his passion for music. "I became a citizen of one of the best countries in the world, and I am very happy," he said Friday, a day after he was sworn in as a citizen in Atlanta. "All the things that people come here for, that's what I'm here for, the opportunity. You A Associated Press Kwame James, left, stands with then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Michael Wildes in 2003.

can come from nothing and become something here, just through hard work." James, who was born in Canada and raised in Trinidad, played professional basketball in France. He had been traveling to the U.S. to meet his then-girlfriend and take her to his family's home in Trinidad for the holidays. He returned to France after the trip but asked his basketball coach for some time off when the reality of the flight's close call set in. "I didn't understand the magnitude of what happened at first," he said.

He entered the U.S. as a tourist but later realized he couldn't overstay his visa if he wanted to become a citizen later. He agreed to testify against Reid, but the government seemed to turn its back on him after Reid pleaded guilty before trial in October 2002, said his immigration lawyer, Michael Wildes. Wildes was shocked that someone who had acted heroically might lose permission to stay in the U.S., and he volunteered during a nationally televised news show to take the case for free. Wildes brought James' case to the attention of then-New York Sen.

Hillary Clinton and Rep. Joe Crowley. He also helped James apply for a visa that allowed him to play basketball. James, who had played two years in high school in the U.S. and then four years at the University of Evansville in Indiana, made the cut for the minor league Brooklyn Kings.

The assistant coach and co-owner of the team, Dan Liebman, said the two "became like brothers" and even let James crash at his apartment..