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a LA Sunday Re ALB CITY Obituaries. Walter D. Ellison, 72, retired U.S. engineer Services for and burial of Walter D. Ellison, 72, a retired federal government enginger who was active in helping retarded children, wiN be in Terra Bella, Calif.

wt. Ellison, 920 W. Indian School, died Friday in Good Satnaritan Hospital. He was born in Bunceton, and came here in 1963 from San Diego. He was a veteran of World War a member of the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Soil Conservation Society.

Survivors include his wife, Norma; four daughters, Mrs. Thompson of St. Louis, Mrs. Norma Daniel of Montana, Donna Plum- Robert Carson GLENDALE Services for Robert Carson, 63, a retired life support technician with the tactical fighter training squadron at Luke AFB, will be at. 10 aim.

tomorrow in the Church of the Beatitudes, 555 W. Glendale. Private cremation will follow. "Mr. Carson, 6535.

N. 61st died Friday in John C. Lincoln Hospital. He was born in Kingston, N.Y., and came here 17 years ago from Japan. He was a veteran of World War IT, a Scottish Rite Mason and member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

He is survived by his wife, Violet. Local arrangements were made by A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary, 333 W. Adams.

in -Holbrook Hospital. Burial will be in: Holbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Relief. Society Room from 1 p.m. until service time tomorrow.

Born in St. Johns, Mrs. McDonald to. Holbrook when she was 3. She was' a graduate of Holbrook High School and was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors include her husband, Weldon of Holbrook; a brother, Thomas Waite of Ajo, and two sisters, Mrs. Genevieve Bradley of Alamogordo, N.M., and Mrs. Mary Mann of Holbrook. Alcorn Mortuary. is handing arrangements.

Alvera, G. McDonald Services for Alvera G. McDonald; 48, of 117. Encanto Drive, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Holbrook Ward; Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Mrs.

McDonald died Jesus Lara SAFFORD: Rosary for Jesus Lara, 89, a retired smelter puncher at the Phelps Dodge mines in Clifton. for 25 years, will be at 7:30 p.m. today in the Lewallen Chapel in Clifton. Funeral Mass will be: a at: 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Clifton.

Mr. Lara died Friday at 303 Fifth the home a daughter here. He was born in Mexico and came to Arizona 79 years ago. Survivors include two sons, Benigno of Morenci and Angel C. of El Paso; five daughters, Mrs.

Sylvia Oldham and Julia Lara, both" of. Safford, Mrs. Amelia Hill of El Paso, Mrs. Stella Coca Morenci, and Mrs. Alice Alvarez of Clifton; 20 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren.

Burial will be in the Clifton Catholic Cemetery. Pietro Rosary for Pietro Caro, 84, a. local real estate operator, wIll be at 4. p.m. today in Whitney and Murphy Funeral Home, 330 N.

Second Ave. Funeral Mass will be at 9 a.m. tomorrow in St. Agnes CathoLie Church, 1954 N. 24th St.

Mr. Caro, 2301 N. 11th died Friday. in St. Joseph's Hospital.

He' was born in Italyc, and came to Phoenix 20 years ago. Survivors include his wife, Rosa; three sons. James and Nunzio of Phoenix and Anthony of Florida; two daughters, Mrs. Ida and Mrs. Mary Lambert, both of California, and three grandchildren.

Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. ley of Baltimore and Sharon Ellison of Terra Bella; one son, Tom of Denver; four sisters out of state; and two brothers, John of Tucson and another out of state. The family suggests contributions to the Good Shepherd Retarded Childrens Home in Terra Bella. Curtis E.

Walker Graveside services for Curtis E. Walker, 71, a retired carpenter, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in East Resthaven Cemetery. Mr. Walker, 2315 W.

Buckeye Road, died Friday in Kilgore, where he was visiting. He was born in Ontario, Canada, and was a veteran of World War I. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Blanche Hayward of Ontario. Friends may call at A.

L. Moore and Sons Mortuary, 333 W. Adams, from 3 to 10 p.m. tomorrow. Warren H.

Coate SCOTTSDALE Services for Warren H. Coate, 65, retired vice president of the Charles Bruning Co. in Illinois, will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Green Acres Mortuary. Private cremation will follow.

Mr. Coate, 7636 E. Thornwood, died Friday in Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born in Chicago and came here six years ago. He was a member of the El Zaribah Shrine, the Hiram Club and the Phoenix Rotary Club.

Survivors include his wife, Bettee; one daughter, Mrs. Karen Lindabak Scottsdale, and one grandchild. Claude R. Winroot Services for Claude R. Winroot, a retired Honeywell Manufacturing Co.

employe in Minneapolis, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Camelback Sunset Chapel, 301 W. Camelback. Mr. Winroot, 5732 N.

16th died Friday in Orange-. wood Nursing Facility. He was born in Bishop Hill, and came to Phoenix 11 years from Minneapolis. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Senior Citizens Club here. Surviving are his wife, Amy, and a sister out of state.

Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. Genettie E. McKinney Services for Mrs. Genettie E. McKinney, 84, will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday in Green Acres Mortuary, 401 E. Hayden, Scottsdale. Burial will be in Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Mrs. McKinney died Friday at her home, 5032 N.

13th Place. She was born in Lester, W.Va., and came here 12 years ago from Wayne, W.Va. She was a member of Westwood Baptist Church, Survivors include five sons, Wesley A. Clynis and Forrest, all of Phoenix, Leonard 0. of West Virginia and Allen J.

of Ohio; four daughters, Mrs. Maysel Luttrell and Mrs. Dorothy Smith, both of Phoenix, Mrs. Garnet Butler of Washington, and Mrs. Thelma Martin of Alabama; 34 grandchildren; 65 greatgrandchildren, and five great-great -grandchildren.

Albert Alvarez BENSON Funeral Mass for Albert Alvarez, 49, a construction worker, will be at 7 p.m, tomorrow in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Burial services will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Mr. Alvarez, 431 E.

Fifth was killed in an automobile accident Wednesday on Interstate 10 near Tucson. He was born in Mexico and came here 22 years ago. He was a member of Local 479 of the laborers union and the Benson Alianza Club, He was a former employe of the Southern Pacific Co, Survivors include five sons, Jose, Cruz, Tony, Tommy and Carmelito; three daughters, Maxine, Kathleen and Angie, all of Benson; one brother, Cruz of Mexico, and one grandchild. Burial will be in the Benson Cemetery. Eldon Kelley services set for tomorrow Services for Eldon K.

Kelley, 42, a quality control supervisor with the Meadowgold Dairy here, will be 2 p.m. tomorrow in Lundberg's Chapel of the Chimes, 5852 W. Glenn. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Cemetery. Mr.

Kelly, 4134 W. Loma Lane, was dead on arrival at Northwest Hospital on Friday. He was born in Cambria, and was a graduate of Great Lake College in Detroit. He had been an accountant before coming here two years ago. He was a veteran of World War II and a Methodist.

Survivors include his wifet, Juanita; a son, Donald of Phoenix; two daughters, Mrs. Marcia Linton and Mrs. Sandra K. Wall, both of Raleigh, N.C.; his mother, Mrs. Ethel Kelley of Carbondale, Ill, and one sister, and three brothers out of state.

Hazel E. Nielsen MESA Services for Hazel E. Nielsen, 71, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Green Acres Mortuary, 401 N. Hayden, Scottsdale.

Private cremation will follow. Mrs. Nielsen, 2041 E. Alder Circle, died yesterday in Mesa Lutheran Hospital. She was born in Omaha, and came here seven years ago from Iowa.

She was a Survivors include. her hugband, Victor; two sons, Victor Nielsen Jr. of Mesa and Mitchell Nielsen of New Or-. leans; daughter, Mrs. Joyce Pollette of St.

Louis; one brother one sister out of, state, and 12 grandchildren. 7. Helen P. Kearney SUN' CITY. Services for Mrs.

Helen Kearney, 66, a' graduate of Colby College and a member of Sigma Kappa sorority, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Lundberg's Golden Door Chapel, 11211 Michigan Youngtown. Cremation will follow. Mrs. Kearney, 10346 Deanne Drive, died Friday in Good Samaritan Hospital.

She was born in Corning, N.Y., and came here from Lansing, in 1962. Survivors include two sons, Stephan Kearney of West Los Angeles, and Philip Kearney of Fort Collins, three brothrs and two sisters out of state, and five grandchildren. Bertha G. Goebert MESA Services for Bertha G. Goebert, 79, will be at 10 a.m.

tomorrow in Larry J. Melcher Mortuary, 43 S. Stapley. Burial will be in Mountain View Memorial Gardens. Mrs.

Goebert, 515 N. Williams, died yesterday in Mesa Southside District Hospital. She was born in Johnstown, and came here three years ago from Odessa, Tex. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include one son, Robert Goebert of Fort Worth; one daughter, Mrs.

Helga Brunet of Mesa; one brother and four one sister out of state, grandchildren. Nora M. Stamp Services for Mrs. Nora M. Stamp, 72, will be at 12:45 p.m.

tomorrow in L. Moore and Sons Mortuary, 333 W. Adams. Burial will be in Glendale Resthaven Cemetery. Mrs.

Stamp, 502 E. Carroll, died Thursday in John C. Lincoln Hospital. She was born in Kansas and came to Phoenix eight years ago from Elmira, N.Y. Survivors include one Howard Stamp of Horseheads, N.Y.; one sister out of state; four grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

Stephen F. Sims PRESCOTT. Services for Stephen F. Sims, 94, a cattleman, rancher and miner, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at graveside 'in Sedona Cemetery.

Mr. Sims died Wednesday in the Arizona Pioneers Home here. Friends may call between noon and 5 p.m. today at Memory Chapel, Prescott. Born in Dwight, Mr.

Sims came to the Sedona area 55 years ago. He has no known survivors Helen 'Newton rites tomorrow Services for Mrs. Helen 76, will at 3 p.m. tomorrow in A. Moore and Sons Mortuary, 333 W.

Adams. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Newton, 1422 E. Cocopah, died Thursday in the Atcadia Nursing Home.

She was born in Pueblo, and came to Phoenix 30 years ago. She was a member of the Maricopa County Club for the Blind. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Barnes Cincinnati and Mrs. Mary Thompson of Los Angeles; two sons, Robert Trisler of Boone, and Truman Trisler of Mason, Ohio; two stepdaughters, Mrs.

Daisy Miller and Mrs. Doris S. Miller, both of Phoenix; a stepson, Keith Newton of Phoenix; two brothers and one sister out of state; 20 grandchildren, and 16 greatgrandchildren. Tricia Nixon accepts role with charity WASHINGTON (AP) -Tricia Nixon has accepted appointment as honorary national youth chairman of the National Foundation March 'of Dimes, the White House yesterday. Tricia was hostess in the afternoon to some 20 students work with the foundation's new College Action Program.

Among them was television star Kathy Garver of "Family Affair," who is national youth chairman for the March of Dimes. The College Action Program seeks to inform students about health problems related birth defects. It participates also in fund-raising and last year raised $1 million for the March of Dimes, Miss Garver' said. Transfers add to housing woes LUKE AFB Transfer of 150. military personnel to new assignments with the 25th North American Air Defense Command Region headquarters has worsened an already critical need for houses, base have disclosed.

area residents who have, housing available for rent or sale are urged to contact the base housing referral office. new personnel have dependents. The new assignments boost to 600 the number of personnel assigned to the 6th Region's headquarters. Base officials said the influx was caused by budget reductions which have caused reorganization of the USAF Aerospace Defense Command. 2 robberies net $7,000 Holdups at a Phoenix theater and a Tempe supermarket netted gunmen as much as $7,000 last night, police said they were told.

One robber took between $3,500 and $4,000 from the Bethany West Theater, 2324 W. Bethany Home, said investigators, Detective Sgt. William Chapman said witnesses related that a man in his early 20s entered and asked the way to the office of the manager, William Philo. Philo told officers the robber walked into his office, asked for a job as a projectionist and then pulled out a blue steel pistol and forced him to turn over the theater's receipts. Pursued into the parking lot by several theater employes, the robber turned, fired several shots into the ground to stop them and fled on foot, said officers.

Tempe Detective Sgt. Dale Douglas said the assistant manager of Fry's Food Store, 1122 N. Scottsdale Road, was stopped 'in the store's parking lot by a robber who forced him at gunpoint to enter the store, lead him to the office and hand over $2,000 in $20 bills and $1,000 in $1 bills. The robber was' described as about 50 to 55, 6 feet, 165 to 180 pounds, with a gray beard, W. G.

WAS NAMED TRUSTEE William G. Was, 4420 E. Clearwater Parkway, has been elected a trustee of the National Jewish Hospital and Research Center in Denver. Where do you turn for legal aid? The affluent turn to their own lawyers. And the "little people" turn to the Maricopa County Legal.

Aid and, through it, to the astute and compassionate reporting of Albert J. Sitter of The Arizona Republic. In his special series, "The Little People and the Law," he opens the minds, eyes and heart of the public to the plight of the victimized poor. His careful and factual reports on consumer fraud and illegal practices upon the innocent have been commended by one Arizona Consumer Council official as "doing more to protect the consumer" than any state or private agency. Watch for and read his enlightening cases about "The Little People and the Law" in the Republic.

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