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-News of recordCENTRA DEARS Alwardt EDGEWOOD Adam David Alwardt, infant son of Sam and Pam Woods Alwardt of Dieterich, died 1:18 a.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in St. Anthony Memorial Hospital, Effingham. Graveside services will be 9 a.m. Monday in Edgewood Cemetery.

Pagel Funeral Home, Edgewood, is in charge of arrangements. Surviving are his parents of Dieterich; sister, Tiffany Sue Draves at home; grandparents, Frank and Phyllis Butts of Effingham: Larry and Nina Woods of Dieterich; great-grandparents, Walter and Ruth Alwardt of of Mason; Edgewood; Floyd and Dorris Mildred and prichel Woods of Dieterich. Blankenship HERRICK Mrs. Dale (Etta E. Boaz) Blankenship, 87, of Herrick died 9:30 p.m.

Saturday (July 25, 1987) in her home. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in Wallace Carroll Funeral Home, Herrick, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Myers Cemetery, Herrick.

Memorials: Myers Cemetery or donor's choice. Mrs. Blankenship was born in Fayette County, daughter of Albert and Minnie Boaz. She was a member of Herrick Christian Church. She married Van Cook.

He preceded her in death. She married Dale Blankenship in 1957. Surviving are her husband; sons, Elvin Cook of Strawberry, Van and Dan Cook, both of Witt; Bill Cook of Kingman, Bob Cook of Pana; brother, Cecil Joe of Vandalia; sister, Lillian Sperry of Vandalia; stepson, Francis Blankenship of West Plains, 29 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; five greatstepgrandchildren. sons, four brothers, two sisters and one grandson preceded her in death. Carter MATTOON Mrs.

George A. (Dorothy Mae Miller) Carter, 79, of Mattoon died 8:05 a.m. Sunday (July 26, 1987) in Sarah Bush Lincoin Health Center, Coles County. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, Mattoon, with visitation after 6 p.m.

Monday. Burial will be in Dodge Cemetery, Mattoon. Mrs. Carter was born in Dudley, daughter of Benjamin F. and Sadie Miller.

She was a member of First Baptist Church of Mattoon and Tri-Beta Sunday School Class. She married George Austin Carter in 1932. He died in 1966. Surviving are her son, Austin L. of Mattoon; sister, Lottie A.

Lawson of Mattoon; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Two sisters preceded her in death. Collins STRASBURG Mrs. Virgil (Edna Allen) Collins, 93, of Strasburg died 5:25 a.m. Sunday (July 26, 1987) in Shelby Memorial Hospital, Shelbyville.

Arrangements are incomplete at Howe Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Durbin PANAMA John M. Durbin, 52, of Panama died 9:50 p.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Patton Memorial Home, Hillsboro, with visitation 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Litchfield. Mr.

Durbin born in Butler Township, son of Richard and Anna Lois Dullenty Durbin. He was an electrician, a member of the Anti-Thief Association, member of the Moose Club and Local 309 I.B.E.W. of Collinsville. He married Marcia Palleva in 1961. Surviving are his daughters, Mrs.

Wayne (Jonni) Warren of Reno; Mrs. Rodney (Dannell) Chesnut of Panama; mother of Walshville; brothers, Richard and Paul of Walshville; Robert of Hillsboro; sisters, Mrs. James (Betty) DeWerff of Nokomis; Mrs. Dan (Therese) Saathoff of Panama; Mrs. John (Phyllis) Lively of Wagner; one grandson.

One brother preceded him in death. Fitzgerald BETHANY Mrs. Everett (Mary L. Reedy) Fitzgerald, 67, of Bethany died 7:18 p.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in St.

Mary's Hospi- tal, Decatur. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Isidore Catholic Church, Bethany, with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Bethany, with prayer service at 8 p.m.

Burial will be in St. Isidore Cemetery, Bethany. Memorials: St. Isidore Altar Society. Mrs.

Fitzgerald was born in Lovington, daughter of Daniel L. and Ilene Reedy. She was retired from the Scott State Bank of Bethany, was a member of St. Isidore Catholic Church of Bethany and president of the Altar Society. She married Everett Fitzgerald in 1947.

Surviving are her husband; son, Tom of Bethany; daughters, Mrs. Michael (Jane) Price of Decatur; Mrs. Harrison (Ellen) Park of Streator; brothers, Tom and William, both of Lovington; six grandchildren. One daughter, three sisters and one brother preceded her in death. Harris TAYLORVILLE Mrs.

Russell (Beatrice Greear) Harris, 71, of Taylorville died 11:50 a.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in St. Vincent Memorial Hospital, Taylorville. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Sutton Memorial Home, Taylorville, with visitation 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Taylorville. Mrs. Harris was born in Alton, daughter of Charles and Cynthia Greear. She was a member of Assembly of God Church of Taylorville.

She married Russell Harris in 1936. Surviving are her husband; sons, Bob of Mount Zion; Michael R. of Pana; daughter, Susan Moore of Edinburg; sisters, Edna Skinner of Palmer; Genevieve McMahon of Taylorville; Betty June Wright of Nokomis; five grandchildren. Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Hefley IRVING Mrs.

Lloyd (Loretta House) Hefley, 82, of Irving died 9:05 a.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in Hillsboro Health Care Center, Hillsboro. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday in Bass Funeral Home, Hillsboro, with visitation after 4 p.m. Monday.

Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Witt. Mrs. Hefley was born in Rountree Township, daughter of Hiram and Martha House. She was employed at a drug store.

She married Lloyd Hefley in 1943. He died in 1948. Seven brothers and six sisters preceded her in death. Jackson Decatur, Illinois, Monday, July 27, 1987 Page A9 ber of Lincoln AMVETS Post 71, member of Lincoln American Legion Post 263 and Lincoln Elks Lodge 914, associate life member of University of Illinois Alumni Association and a member of President's Club of University of Illinois. He was a former member of Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, one of the Lincoln Pony League Founders and helped launch the American Legion Junior Baseball Program.

He was a former member of the Ford Motor Co. district advertising committee and was Lincoln Courier "Man of the Month." He married Virginia Belyea in 1946. Surviving are his wife; sons, R. William "Tex" of Lincoln; Richard B. of Scottsdale, Lois Handley of Colorado do 'Springs, four grandchildren.

Lawder SHELBYVILLE Mrs. Cecil (Celeste McConkey) Lawder, 85, of Shelbyville, formerly of Sparta, died 3:22 a.m. Sunday (July 26, 1987) in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Services will be 3 p.m. Tuesday in Schroeder-McClure Funeral Home, Chester, with visitation 1 to 3 p.m.

Howe Yockey Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery, Rockwood. Memorials: Ebenezer Church and Cemetery, Rockwood. Mrs. Lawder was born in Randolph County, daughter of William and Susan McConkey.

She was a member Trinity Presbyterian Church of Sparta. She married Cecil Lawder in 1935. He died in 1963. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. George (Sue) Frazier of Shelbyville; sister, Wilma Munson of Bonita Springs, two grandchildren.

One son, four brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. McKimmy OBLONG Mrs. Edgar (Lois) McKimmy, 53, of Oblong died 3:30 p.m. Sunday (July 26, 1987) in Mercy Hospital, Champaign. Arrangements are incomplete at Pulliam Funeral Home, Oblong.

Miller CASEY Mrs. John (Maxine Smith) Miller, 74, of Findlay, Ohio, formerly of Casey, died 10: 10 a.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Markwell Funeral BIRTHS Central Illinois Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln PAIGE, Darrell and Lorrie, Lincoln, boy, July 25 Clay County Hospital, Flora HAYCOCK, John and Lisa, Flora, boy, July 24 Home, Casey, with visitation after noon.

Burial will be in Cumberland Cemetery, Casey. Mrs. Miller was born in Casey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith.

She married Lester Wright in 1934. He died in 1962. She married John Miller in 1979. Surviving are her husband; son, Bill Wright of Redington, two grandchildren. Musser HERRICK Mrs.

Louis (Edith Horn) Musser, 80, of Herrick died 2:15 p.m. Sunday (July 26, 1987) in Pana Health Care Center, Pana. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Myers Cemetery, Herrick. Wallace Carroll Funeral Home, Herrick, is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials: Myers Cemetery. Mrs. Musser was born in Fayette County, daughter of John A. and Martha Horn. She married Lawson Pennington and Elmer Smith.

Both preceded her in death. She married Louis "Red" Musser. He died in 1983. Surviving is her brother, John of Herrick. 0'Gara MARSHALL Mrs.

Thomas (Margaret A. Hooks) O'Gara, 80, of Marshall died 5 p.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in St.

Mary's Catholic Church, Marshall, with visitation after 5 p.m. Tuesday in Pearce Funeral Home, Marshall, with rosary at 8 p.m. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Marshall. Mrs.

O'Gara was born in Chicago, daughter of Michael and Catherine Hooks. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Rosary and Altar Society of the church. She married Thomas O'Gara. He died in 1972.

Surviving is her brother, John of Chicago. Patrick TAYLORVILLE Orrin A. Patrick, 66, of Taylorville died 12: 06 p.m. Sunday (July 26, 1987) in St. Vincent Memorial Hospital, Taylorville.

Arrangements are incomplete at Sutton Funeral Home, Taylorville. Trago MOWEAQUA Florence Ellen Jackson, 88, of Moweaqua died 7: a.m. Sunday (July 26, 1987) in Barry Health Center, Pana. Arrangements are incomplete at Dawson Wikoff Funeral Home, Moweaqua. GORDO Arthur C.

Kreig, 96, of Cerro Gordo died 7:16 a.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in his home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Cerro Gordo Church of the Brethren with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Brintlinger's Cerro Gordo Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Cerro Gordo Cemetery. Memorials: Cerro Gordo Church of the Brethren. Mr. Kreig was born in Mount Zion, son of Joseph and Nancy Kreig. He was a farmer in the Oakley area for 50 years and a member of Cerro Gordo Church of the Brethren and Macon County Farm Bureau.

He married Myrtle Roberts in 1914. She died in 1982. Surviving are his sons, Albert of Madison, N.J.; Raymond of Galesburg; daughters, Mrs. Michael (Opal) Orlovich of Dearborn, Virginia Bryson of Alexandria, Phyllis Egan of Palm Springs, Mrs. Dale (Nancy) Born of Cerro Gordo; 18 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.

Two sisters preceded him in death. Langellier LINCOLN Robert L. "Bob Jr." Langellier, 64, of Lincoln died 10:55 p.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in Lincolnland Nursing Home, Lin- coln. Services will be 10 a.m.

Wednesday in Holland Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial with military rites will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln. Memorials: Elks Crippled Children's or American Cancer Society. Mr.

Langellier was born in Lincoln, son of Robert L. and Pauline Langellier. He was former owner of Langellier Motor Company of Lincoln and was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, charter mem- Co strates in increase due cities WASHINGTON (AP) The na- Even so, some private analysts tion's 38 million Social Security re- suggest that the benefit increases YORK (AP) Yet an- cipients could get the biggest cost- could be 5. even higher, possibly than apother survey of the best places to that they've re gotten in more than the expected rate of inflation for of-living increase next January proaching percent more live in America has where concluded that five years, government statistics all of 1987.

Most analysts expect Nashua, N.H., jobs are suggest. inflation to be in the vicinity of 4 the plentiful and of winters enema are all. cold, is A new Social Security Admin- percent to 4.5 percent this year. fairest spot istration analysis, done as part of Even if inflation moderates at Flint, was deemed the the review the end of the year, as many econworst metropolitan area to live in of the budget that is due out next omists are predicting, that government's midyear the United States in the survey is- month, projects the increase at wouldn't make any difference in sued Sunday by Money magazine. about 4.2 percent up from a 3.7 figuring Social Security benefit inSuburbs and percent forecast made as recently creases which are calculated in smaller cities in the Northeast fared best in the as April.

September, at the end of the fiscal survey of 300 metropolitan areas, That would dwarf last Janua- year. in which only two Sunbelt cities ry's 1.3 percent rise and would be Thus, a bulge in prices earlier placed in the top 10. the highest cost-of-living adjust- this year due to rebounding oil After Nashua, southeastern a town of of 68,000 the ment in Social Security and other costs has already guaranteed in the part federal benefits indexed to infla- Social Security recipients at least state, the highest-ranking places tion since a 7.4 percent boost in a 4 percent benefit increase Norwalk, Wheeling, mid-1982. even if the Consumer Price Index were W.Va.: Beaver County, N.Y.; Dan- The new estimates, taken with rises at only a modest 0.3 percent bury, Oxnard-Ventura, Long Island, Boston's other newly revised figures sugg- a month from July to September, esting the budget deficit will nar- according Patrick to Labor Jackman. Department North Shore; Scranton-Wilkes- row in 1987 but widen again in analyst Barre, and Anaheim-Santa 1988, are a cause of concern for The increase in June, according Ana, Calif.

administration budget officials, to figures released last week, was The results differed most sharply since it means the government 0.4 percent following increases from other ratings notably have to more the of 0.4 percent and 0.5 percent in Rand McNally's "Places Rated will benefit increases spend than anticipated. on April and May, respectively. mainly because Money based its criteria on a poll of a In the sample 1985 of its "Places readers. Rated Al- French manac." Nashua placed 139th out bring up of 329 Pittsburgh was metropolitan the top areas, while spot sur- first Titanic relics in the nation. In the Money vey, however, Pittsburgh ranked PARIS (AP) French explor- however small, would be worth a 43rd.

ers on Sunday brought back the New York was ranked 82nd on first objects ever recovered from Diving conditions were good at fortune. the list, smack between the wreckage of the Titanic the wreckage site 350 miles off the Dallas and an cities dishes used by the 1,513 passen- coast of Newfoundland, the stateCleveland indication of how the nation's San largest Francisco gers who died when the luxury ment said. Crew members said fared in the rating. the highest-rated big city, liner sank 75 years ago. visibility was crystalline.

was 12th. rank- The mini-submarine Nautile coming in Los Angeles 2.5 miles below the The statement said more than ed 17th; Chicago, 48th. ocean's surface to retrieve the ob- 300 photographs taken by the Nauplunged The bottom 10 were Mansfield, jects, according to a statement re- tile crew and by cameras mounted Ohio; Saginaw, Wilming- leased by the French Institute for on the robot Robin were of very ton, N.C.; Jackson, Odes- Research and Exploitation of the high quality. sa, Texas; Rockford, Atlantic The salvage operation, which City, N.J.; Benton Harbor, SeMarine salvage experts have began Saturday, is expected to Muskegon, and Flint. said any objects from the Titanic, take about a month.

FLORA Mrs. Lester (Vera Perrine) Trago, 83, of Flora died 7:10 p.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in Clay County Hospital, Flora. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in St.

Stephen's Catholic Church, Flora, with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Frank Bright Funeral Home, Flora, with 7:30 p.m. rosary. Burial will be in St. Stephen's Cemetery.

Mrs. Trago was born in Macon County, daughter of Charles and Mary Perrine. She was a member of St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Flora. She married Lester Trago in 1929.

He died in 1985. Surviving are her daughter, Patricia A. Beck of Effingham; brother, Charles of Flora; sisters, Mrs. Ted (Helen) Mitchell and Clara Harrison, both of Flora; four grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren. Kreig MACON DEATHS March Rex D.

March, 88, of Decatur died 8:40 a.m. Saturday (July 25, 1987) in Decatur Memorial Hospital Long Term Care. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Dawson Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home with visitation after 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Cremation will follow. Memorials: Central Christian Church Building Fund. Mr. March was born in Decatur, son of Edgar and Annabelle March. He was a retired contractor and a of Central Christian Church.

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