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Southern Illinoisan, Saturday, February 2, 1991 Deaths Deaths Page 20 Thelma Charlene Ewell HARRISBURG Thelma Anna Union County Clark, Helen, Marion Discharged Lunsfort, Adelphia, Chester Norris, Rex, Johnston City May, Brenda, Marion Pell, Deanna, Marion Murphysboro SL Joseph Memorial Hospital Admitted Stockton, Henry, Elkville Shoppell, Janette, Murphysboro Stevens, Anna, Murphysboro Lounsbury, Charles, Murphsy-boro Hardwig, Lillian, Murphysboro Panhorst, Joanne, Murphysboro King, Gary, Murphysboro Couch, Gariin, Murphysboro Fabian, Priciliniano, Murphysboro Discharged Cox, Otis, Carbondale Parks, Kenneth, Willisville, Smith, Donald, Murphysboro Bautista, Jose, Murphysboro Melvin, Eugene, Murphysboro Jones, Caleb, Murphysboro Chamness, Jo Anne, Murphysboro Nashville Washington County Hospital Discharged Brandt, Truman, Nashville Pierjock, Minnie, Richview Pinckneyville Community Hospital Discharged Eaton, Michael, Pinckneyville Benedict, Violet, Pinckneyville Rice, Austin, Pinckneyville Mariow, Sherman, Tamaroa West Frankfort Union Hospital Discharged Dinn, Edith, West Frankfort Kelley. Monica, West Frankfort Tolley, Paul, West Frankfort Quails, Jacob, Perryville, Mo. Smith, Ray, Ellis Grove Mueller, Onita, Chester Du Quoin Marshall Browning Hospital Admitted Jan. 31 Smith, Gail, Royalton Discharged Ralston, Essie, Du Quoin Bittles, Michelle, Tamaroa Queen, Lawmece, Du Quoin Krelo, Johnny, Christopher Moore, Deloia. Tamaroa Harrisburg Medical Center Discharged Jan.

31 Riding, William, Herrin Lehman, Matthew, Harrisburg February, Ulysses, Fountain View Love, Shelley, Harrisburg McCluskey, Alma, Junction Piper, Donald, Eldorado Horton, Casaundra. Galatia Lam, Johnathon, Harrisburg Herrin Hospital Admitted Jan. 31 Dick, Lillian, Herrin Edwards, Marjorie, Johnston City Harper, Daisy, Johnston City Huffman, Bobby, Mulkeytown Maxwell, Frank, Carterville Milkowski, Geneva, Colp Modglin, Nancy, Cambria Discharged Berra, Herman, Herrin Dobbs, Delois, Marion Faul, Steve, Marion Mize, Jackie, West Frankfort Polot, Golda, Sesser Sanders, Shanee, Benton Vanno, Mary, Zeigler Tutkus, Delia, Herrin Veal, Thomas, West Frankfort Wick, Netta, Herrin Marion Memorial Hospital Admitted Fred O. 'Punk' Rixleben JONESBORO Fred O. "Punk" Rixleben, 87, of 1102 Public Square, died at 10 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991, in Union County Hospital in Anna. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Norris and Son Funeral Home, with burial in the Jonesboro Cemetery. Visitation will be after 4 p.m.

today in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salem Lutheran Church in Jonesboro. 'Mr. Rixleben was a retired pharmacist and owner and operator of Rixleben Pharmacy. He was director and past president of the First National Bank of Jonesboro, a 50-year member of the Jonesboro Masonic Lodge No.

Ill, a member of the Anna Elks Club, former mayor of Jonesboro, and a member of the Salem Lutheran Church in Jonesboro. He was born July 9, 903, in Jonesboro, to Thomas Rixleben and Mary (Boetner) Rixleben. He married Berneice Minter in 1930, in Jonesboro. She survives. One niece, Elizabeth Fisher of Tulsa, also survives.

Mildred Hartline COBDEN Mildred Hartline, 70, died at 6:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, 1991, in Union County Hospital in Anna. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Walnut Grove Methodist Church, with burial in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today in Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden and after 1 p.m. Sunday at the church. Myrtle Alice Whittington CARBONDALE Myrtle Alice Whittington, 78, of 715 N. McKinley died at 9 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 1, 1991, at home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Huffman-Harker Funeral Home, with the Rev. Arthur Farmer officiating.

Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today in the funeral home. Mrs. Whittington was a home-maker and a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church in Carbon-dale.

She was born Aug. 22, 1912, in Jackson County to Louis F. Little and Tryphosa Jane (Brown) Little. She married William Glenn Whittington in 1934 in Carbondale. He died in 1978.

Survivors include one daughter, Patricia Haege of Snellville, one grandson, Lawrence E. Haege of Topeka, five granddaughters, Rebeccah A. Smith of Lake Charles, Judith M. McKay of Snellville, Susan E. Hendrickson of Springfield, Teresa L.

LefTew of Lawrenceville, and Catherine J. Crook of Norcross, one sister, Mabel Fox of North Pekin; and 12 great-grandchildren. Two brothers preceded her in death. Glenn Montgomery MARION Glenn E. Montgomery, 66, died at 8:15 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991, at St. Louis University Hosptial in St. Louis. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Monday at Mitchell-Hughes Home in Marion. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Cora Pickford HARRISBURG Cora Ruth Pickford, 71, died at 4:10 a.m. Friday, Feb.

1, 1991, in Harrisburg Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the J.M. Weirauch Funeral Home in Harrisburg, with burial in the Sunset Lawn Cemtery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Dorothy Esker Ray Lee Richard JOHNSTON CITY Ray Lee Richard, 61, died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991, in Barnes Hospital in St. Louis.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Murman and Wilson Funeral Home in Johnston City, with burial in Barham Cemetery in Marion. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today in the funeral home. Mr.

Richard was retired from the Mark Twain Boat Factory in West Frankfort and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church in Johnston City. He was born Sept. 14, 1929, in Franklin County to Edwin Richard and Lillian (Davis) Richard. He married Barbara Wells on July 4, 1950. She survives.

Other survivors include three sons, Mickey and Kenny, both of Johnston City and Alan of Car-terville; three daughters, Kathy Thompson of Johnston City, Carol Richard of Marion and Tracy Campbell of Creal Springs; four brothers, Wayne and Carl, both of Mount Vernon, Henry of Johnston City and Clarence of Dayton, Ohio; five sisters, Roberta Jennings, Mary Ellen Grant, Alice Richard and Yvonne Kirk, all of Johnston City and Eva Roberts of West Frankfort; 11 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. One son, one brother and one sister preceded him in death. Nola Bell SPARTA Nola F. Bell, 77, died at 12:35 a.m. Friday, Feb.

1, 1991, in Randolph County Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the McDaniel Funeral Home in Sparta, with burial in Caledonia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 7:30 a.m.

until service time Monday in the funeral home. Charles Davy METROPOLIS Charles F. Davy, 85, of 409 W. 11th died at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan.

31, 1991, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Jackson Funeral Home. Fred Darter Hospital Discharged Fab. 1 Alstp, Betty, Cobden Horn. Sarah, Dongola Benton Franklin Hospital Discharged Jan.

31 Gipson, Sylvia, Benton Carbondale Memorial Hospital Admitted Jan. 31 Archer, Cynthia, Tamaroa Reinheimer, Helen, Hurst Admitted Feb. 1 Kleine, Alice, Benton Crowner, James, Carbondale Pellegrini, August, Murphysbo-ro Homoya, Marcia. Carterville Dietz, George, De Soto Smith, Betty, Carbondale Finch, Richard, Carbondale Massey, William, Du Quoin Newton, Jack, Ava Williams, Stephanie, West Frankfort Discharged Hayes, Arvetta and daughter, Tamms Howell, Mariann and son, Murphysboro Helms, Evelyn, West Frankfort Morgan, Irene, Du Quoin Oestreicher, Charlotte, Du Quoin Settles, Ronald, Carbondale Smith, Roia, Mounds Chester Memorial Hospital Admitted Feb. 1 Jones, Amber, Chester Poenitske, Norma, Chester Homan, Wilbert, Chester Korando.

Ronald, Chester Green, James, Murphysboro Maes, Alma, Chester Thomason, Bill, Percy Hannibutt, Carta, Jacob Discharged Porter, Jimmy, Murphysboro Births JONES, Glennon and Amber of Chester, a son, Friday, Feb. 1, 1991, Chester Memorial Hospital. SMITH, Ronald and Gail of Royalton, a daughter, Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991, Marshall Browning Hospital, Du Quoin. HOGUE, Robert and Lori of West Frankfort, a son, Thursday, Jan.

31, 1991, Marion Memorial Hospital. BERGER, Gregory and Anne of Murphysboro, a son, Sunday Jan. 27, 1991, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. WYANT, Brian and Holly of Benton, a daughter, Saturday, Jan. 26, 1991, Herrin Hospital.

HATLEY, Ted and Victoria of Ava, a daughter, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1991, Herrin Police State Police A 22-year-old Baldwin woman was cited on charges of disobeying a stop sign and possession of open liquor in a vehicle after an accident Friday at the junction of Illinois 127 and Mountain Glen Road in Union County. State police said Deanna L. Bixby allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign, and her vehicle was struck by a pickup truck driven by Court urges pay raises forjudges SPRINGFIELD (AP) The salaries of Illinois judges should be raised to assure that the judiciary's quality and stability are maintained, the state Supreme Court said Friday in its annual report to state lawmakers. The justices said that since July 1, 1987, the salaries of the state's judges haven't changed, even though federal judges have received two salary increases totaling more than 35 percent within the same period.

Now, the annual salaries for judges in Illinois range from $75,113 for associate judges to $93,266 for Supreme Court justices. MARION Fred Darter, 96, of Colorado Springs, formerly of Marion, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991, in Colorado Springs. Arrangements are incomplete at Wilson Funeral Home. State Charlene Ewell, 83, of 2 North, died at 10:05 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 1, 1991. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday in Gaskins Funeral Home, with burial in Roaroak Cemetery, both in Har risburg. Visitation will be after 5 p.m.

Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Ewell was a homemaker. She was a member of First Gener al Baptist Church in Harrisburg. She was born July 8, 1907, in Harrisburg, to Leo Edgar and Nellie Mae (Mosley) Blades.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Stricklin of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Shelby Jean Witlock of Eldorado; five sons, John L. Ewell and Cletus Ewell, both of Harrisburg, Bill Ewell of Burkburnett, Texas, James Ewell of Mount Vernon and Harold Wayne Ewell of Galatia; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Bernice Ewell, preceded her in death Dec.

17, 1966. Udell Tackitt HERRIN Udell Tackitt, 97, died at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991, in the Shawnee Christian Nursing Home in Herrin. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m.

today in the South County Line Cemetery in Carbondale with Mr. Charles Anderson officiating. Memorials may be made to the donor's choice. Mrs. Tackitt was a homemaker.

She was born July 1, 1893, in Ma kanda to John and Malda (Hawk) Monroe. She married Leonard Tackitt on Sept. 20, 1913, in Mount Vernon. He died July 20, 1955. Survivors include one son, Mari on Tackitt of Carbondale; two daughters, Lillian Goodwin of Her rin and Mildred Gunn of Carbon dale; nine grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

One granddaughter, three broth ers and three sisters preceded her in death. Lucille Ellis MOUNT VERNON Lucille D. Ellis, 70, of Redington Shores, formerly of Mount Vernon, died at 6:20 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991, at her home.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Hughey Funeral Home, with bur ial in Mount Vernon Memorial Gar dens. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. some who call are not necessarily alone in the house, but instead are just feeling lonely.

"They're not all latchkey kids," she said. "Mom may be in the kitchen fixing dinner or taking care of a small baby and doesn't have time to spend with the child right then." tlhe '8s said. "Employers don't want to settle in Chicago because of the difficulty of getting a good work force. That increases poverty, which also affects crime and the school system. "The earlier we intervene in a child's life, the greater the likelihood of making a difference," he added, noting that poor children perform well when they are enrolled in Head Start, a preschool program.

The juvenile incarceration rate also rose significantly, from 79 per 100,000 youths in 1979 to 165 in 1987, the study said. Researchers based the count on one-day checks at detention centers or training schools. Memorial contributions may be made to the Walnut Grove Ceme tery. Vera Phillips MOUNT VERNON Vera Iona Phillips, 74, died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan.

31, 1991, in Doctors Nursing Home in Salem. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Old Shiloh Cemetery. There will be no visita tion. Hughey Funeral Home in Mount Vernon is in charge of arrange ments.

Retha Mann KARNAK Retha Mann, 83, of Karnak, formerly of Grand Chain, died at 8:25 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, 1991, in the Western Baptist Hospi tal in Paducah. Arrangements are incomplete at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak. JT Jf mm V- Hospital.

CODE, Edward and ROPER, Edie of De Soto, a son, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1991, Herrin Hospital. PIKE, Danny and Brenda of Marion, a son, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1991, Herrin Hospital. FAIVRE, Tina of Johnston City, a daughter, Friday, Feb.

1, 1991, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. LESTER, Billy and Patricia of McLeansboro, a son, Friday, Feb. 1, 1991, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. RAUTENSTRAUCH, Denis and Cheryl of Creal Springs, a son, Friday, Feb. 1, 1991, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

52-year-old Thomas C. Johnson of Cape Girardeau. Bixby's sister, Angela Derossett, 20, of Anna, received treatment at Union County Hospital in Anna. Neither Bixby nor Johnson was injured. The accident occurred at 3:30 p.m.

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Mary's Catholic Church, with burial in St. Aloysius Cemetery in Dietrich. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Hughey Funeral Home in Mount Vernon. congregate, said Glaser.

The children reach the grandmothers by dialing a central telephone number at Hull House, where operators transfer the calls to the volunteers at home. Glaser said the Chicago program, which runs from 3 p.m. -6 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, has served as a model for programs in other cities ranging from Kenai, Alaska, to Memphis, Tenn. "A lot of seniors who aren't able to get out of their homes often wish they could volunteer their time to something," Glaser said.

"This is something they can do from home. "For the children, we calm fears, we tell stories, we help with homework, whatever it takes," she added. "We try to help kids structure a lonely afternoon." Glaser said volunteers are trained by a social worker on how to respond to emergencies, such as times when a child fears a burglar has entered his home or when a fire has started. They are also taught what to do if a child says he is being abused or neglected. But those type of calls are rare, Glaser said.

The program isn't intended to be a hotline for children with serious problems. "We are a 'warm a chat line," she said. AP photo Hello era dm Marion Uffee, a volunteer for the Uptown Center's 'Grandma Please' hotline, sits in her kitchen in Des Plaines Thursday. Uffee is one of 30 elderly women who lend an ear to latchkey kids after school. CHICAGO (AP) The voice on the other end of the phone is "Grandma." She's helping a much younger generation by offering comfort and even some homespun advice to the hundreds of latchkey children who call each week.

"Grandma" can be any of 30 elderly women who volunteer their afternoons to answer telephone calls from children who come home from school to an empty house because their parents are at work. "Sometimes I tell them stories. Sometimes they tell me stories," said 70-year-old Marion Uffee. For the past four years, she has set aside her Monday afternoons to participate in Uptown Center's "Grandma, please" program. "Sometimes (the children are) scared, sometimes they're bored and looking for something to do, and sometimes they're just lonely," Uffee said.

"Just a hearing a voice on the telephone seems to make them feel better." The program, started six years ago, provides an outlet for both the volunteers who must be over 55 and the estimated 800 children who' call each month, said its director, Monica Glaser. Hull House distributes flyers about the program to schools, park district field houses, boys and girls clubs, and other places where children are likely to WASHINGTON (AP) The percentage of Illinois children living in poverty took a big leap in the 1980s, along with the rate of youngsters held in detention centers, a study shows. There were improvements in the rates of infant mortality and deaths among children ages 1 to 14, although Illinois' national ranking in those categories was high, the study found. "Many children are growing up healthy, resilient and skilled, but too many are not," said the national study, released Thursday by the ChM poBty rate oncireases Dim Volunteers must advise children to consult their parents if they have problems or a difficult decision to make. Jane Walbaum, 71, has been volunteering one afternoon a week to the program for the past few months.

She said she's surprised that people to 21.7 percent, the report said. The 1989 figures are the most recent. Only fourteen states and Washington, D.C. had higher percentages of poor youth than Illinois. The U.S.

poverty line for a family of four people was $12,675 in 1989. James Gleeson, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Illinois-Chicago, said Cook County, with nearly half the state's population, is home to a lot of poor families, but rural Illinois is also afflicted. "It's a cyclical pattern," Gleeson ffiEFDOTEEnEM, ILLINOIS The City of Herrin, Illinois is now accepting applications for the position of Firefighter. Applicants must be United States citizens 21 years of age and shall be under 35 years of age; possess a high school diploma or GED. Must not have been convicted of a felony.

Must qualify medically under Board of Fire and Police Commission regulations. Must possess a valid IL driver's license. Must be of good moral character. Applicants must be a resident of Williamson County, IL. Upon appointment must become a Herrin City resident within a 6 month period.

Selection process will include basic application review and acceptance by the Board, Physical Agility Test for prospective Firefighters. Written test, background investigation, oral interview and appointment. After application review and acceptance by the Board, applicants will be notified by mail if they are to report for the Physical Agility Test to be given on Sunday, March 3, 1991 at 1:00 P.M. at Herrin Fire Department Station, Herrin, IL. Applications for Firefighters may be picked up at the City Clerk's Office, City.

Hall after February 4, 1991 and must be returned not later than February 15, 1991. In order to be reviewed by the Board. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS Doon McGuiro, Secretary Center for the Study of Social Policy Washington research group. "Violence and poverty, poor health, teen parenthood and school failure dim the future of millions of children. And when their future is dimmed, the lives "of all Americans are diminished," the study said.

The group analyzed statistics on all 50 states obtained from several government agencies as well as the University of Michigan. Poverty among Illinoisans under 18 increased between 1979 and 1989, from 14.9 percent of young.