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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE II SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1996 03ITIIARIES TOMMY RETT I McLEAN STEVENSON Child star, 'MSIF leader in its early seasons sie I -4) original -8(1 fUiw M9bi 1 best friend barfi Byrna Oliver; trie vwt uOig, the first boy who tagged after Lassie during the famous collie's 20 years on television, has died. He 54. Mr. Rettig was found dead of natural causes in his Marina del 'Rpv hnmp rhf T.ne Anils flnnntv min vv office said Thursday coroners artJ oi Already an established child star Bfin 1954, Mr. Rettig was chosen over case.

Everybody loved Henry Blake. So if you go and do 'The McLean Stevenson nobody cares about McLean Stevenson. But Gary Burghoff, who played Blake's clerk, Radar O'Reilly, last night said, "McLean Stevenson was one of the kindest, most sensitive people I've worked with or known. My personal sense of loss is magnified a thousand times by what this kind, funny gentleman has meant to. all those who knew him." Mr.

Stevenson, like other actors, praised the writing of the show, which incorporated actual home towns and some backgrounds of its stars. "I played my dad," Mr. Stevenson said in 1991. "My father was a country doctor, and he was 80 years old when he passed away. I don't think my dad ever charged more than $1 for a house call, and he couldn't balance his checkbook.

He was probably the world's worst businessman." Mr. Stevenson really was born and did grow up in Bloomington, 111., next door to his cousin Adlai, who twice ran for U.S. president and introduced him to his first Broadway play. The future actor earned a degree in theater arts from Northwestern University and served in, not the Army, but the Navy. Originally an assistant athletic director at Northwestern and salesman for hospital supplies and insurance, Mr.

Stevenson was 32 when the acting bug bit. "I had nine jobs in eight years, and I didn't like any of them," he By Myrna Oliver Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES McLean Stevenson, best remembered for his role as the laconic, reluctant commanding officer and chief surgeon of CBS television's "MASH" in its early years, has died. He was 66. Mr. Stevenson died Thursday in a Los Angeles area hospital of a heart attack, nis agent, Robert Malcolm, said yesterday.

The actor, in real life the son of a cardiologist, earned an Emmy nomination and a 1973 Golden Globe Award for his work as LL Col. Henry Blake, head of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, from its inception in 1972 until 1975. When Mr. Stevenson opted for more lucrative offers, his character was written out of the show in the heart-rending season closer Blake finished his hitch and was flying home to Bloomington, 111., when his plane was lost at sea. In the fall, Harry Morgan took the reins as Col.

Sherman Potter. The series, ranked in the Top 10 for nine of its 11 seasons, ended in 1983. Mr. Stevenson went on to his own series "The McLean Stevenson Show," "Hello, Larry" and "Condo." All were short-lived, and he later conceded that leaving "MASH" was the mistake of his career. "When I left the show, the mistake was not in leaving," he said for a 1991 retrospective called "Memories of "The mistake was that I thought everybody in America loved McLean Stevenson.

That was not the r- III McLean Stevenson as Lt. Col. Henry Blake in 1973. jri' told The Associated Press in '1975. He was walking across a football field when he decided to go1 into show business.

"I watched those poor slobs' practicing like crazy, knowing that if they didn't block they wouldn't get paid," he recalled. "It was crazy to stay in college athletics unless you were a coach. I decided to go to New York and become an He schooled himself by Set ih'g in commercials, summer stock and comedy clubs. When Mr. Stevenson couldn't get roles in Hollywood, he took some comedy sketches he had written to Tommy Smothers and was hired as a writer on "The Glen Campbell Show." Mr.

Stevenson was hired-as the urbane boss on "The Doris Day Show" in 1969, then joined "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour." He made a handful Wilms, including "The Christian "Lacorice Store" in 1971, "Win, PlaceorSteal" in 1975 and "The Cat from-Outer Space" in 1978. y- vjswooo other boys to play the 11 -year-ad pld Midwestern farm boy Jeff Miller anijwhen "Lassie" premiered on CBS What Sept. 12. "With Lassie I'd gladly work for free!" Mr. Rettig declared.

when he got the job. He stayed with the collie-for four years, ultimately handing the pet over to Jon Provost as Timmy and a whole new family in 1958. The dog, actually a series of male collies, had three families and three forest rangers during two decades of televised adventures. Born'1 Thomas Noel Rettig In Jackson Heights, N.Y., Mr. Rettig hiade his debut at age six in a touring company of "Annie Get Your Gun starring Mary He landed his first screen role at age nine and made 17 films, starring with Marilyn Monroe and Robert Tommy Rettig as Jeff Miller with Lassie in 1956.

marijuana and importing cocaine, bankruptcy, divorce and a string of jobs including photographer, tool salesman, computer programmer and health club manager. Mr. Rettig remained a staunch Mitchum in "River of No Return," with Richard Widmark in "The Last Wagon," with Jane Wyman in "So Big," and perhaps most memorably as a boy with a vivid imagination in "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. advocate of recreational drug use Atter mat came "Lassie, and: after that came a troubled life filled. throughout his adult life and in 1983 with failure to land adult roles championed a proposed California arrests and convictions for growing initiative to legalize marijuana.

C- MARY KATtf ERINE EVANS INGRAM JACKSON V'1' JOSEPHINE C. CONNELLY Wife of Gateway Clipper Fleet and Sheraton Hotel owner One of tHe city's leading experts on roses "With roses, you fiaVe to learn what thev like to ByJohnna Pro of the Women's Committee. In 1961, she married her second husband, the late Kenneth G. Jackson, an attorney. Mrs.

Jackson is survived by two sons, William Evans Ingram of Norfolk, and Kenneth G. Jackson of O'Hara; a daughter, Jennifer A. Morisette of Silver Springs, seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at H.

Samson Funeral Home, 537 N. Neville Oakland. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m, Monday in the chapel of Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Amberson Avenue at Westminster Place, Shadyside. Contributions may be made to the Western Pennsylvania Hospital Foundation, 4818 Liberty Pittsburgh 15224. Josephine C.

Connelly, wife of local businessman John E. Connelly, died Thursday in her home in Indiana Township. Connelly said his wife had been ill for many years because of strokes, but that in the beginning of his career she had served as his business partner. "She was my eyes, my ears, my brain and my confidante," he said. Connelly is the owner of The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, the Gateway Clipper Fleet and floating casinos in Iowa, Missouri and Mississippi.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Connelly is survived by a daughter, Audree Connelly Wirginis, and four sons, Joseph Hohman, Robert Connelly, Roderick Connelly and Regis Connelly, all of Pittsburgh; 13 grandchildren; and 26 greatgrandchildren. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow at Perman's Funeral Home, 923 Sax-onburg Shaler. A Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m.

Monday in St. Mary' of the Assumption Church, 2510" Middle Road, Hampton. Memorial contributions' may be made to St. Francis HealthTounda-tion, 4401 Penn Pittsburgh 15224. make them look pretty and have them bloom when you want them' to.

That's the tricky part," Criss said. Mrs. Jackson; who was known for her independent and spirited nature, raised a variety of flowers all her She kept gardens at her homes in Pittsburgh as well as at her summer home at Lake Chautauqua in New York. Roses, though, were her passion. "They wepe always the prettiest.

They Had big, full, heavy heads. They were the love of her life," said Robin Ingram, Mrs. Jackson's daughter-in-law' i Mrs. Jackson's first husband, Dr. Clarence H.

Ingram, was on the staff of West Penn Hospital. He died in 1958, and she maintained a lifelong interest in West Penn, where she was a member A-'-t "'Post-Gazette Staff Writer 1 Beadtiful, fragrant I Anyone who's ever tried to grow them knows it's a skill that takes years to cultivate. Mary Katherine Evans Ingram Jackson perfected the art, so much so that experts such as reknowned Pittsburgh horticulturist Frank Curto admired her skills. "He always said that she probably knew more about roses than anyone Pittsburgh said Louise Criss, president of the Rockledge Garden Club, Mrs. Jackson was a longtime member1, For many years, Mrs.

Jackson traveled the state, judging roses at floral competitions. Mrs. Jackson, 87, of Oakland, died Wednesday h) West Penn Hospital following a stroke. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SIPE, Charline A. Moser, 74, of West Mifflin, died Feb.

15. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (0) SPRENG, Dorothy Guehl, 82, of Troy Hill, died Feb. 15.

Robert 0. Hughes Funeral Home, Troy Hill. (0) UNDERCOFFER, Mary 83, of Mount Oliver, died Feb. 16. Howard A.

Farnsworth Funeral Home, Mount Oliver. (0) WAGNER, Howard 82, of North Side, died Feb. 15. Schellhaas Funeral Home, North Side. (0) WAXTER, Delia 86, formerly of Brighton Heights, died Feb.

16. Orion C. Pinkerton Funeral Home, Avalon. (0) WHITE, Stephen 87, of Carnegie, died Feb. 13.

Vladimir S. Corba Funeral Home, Carnegie. (0) WINGARD, Martha 78, of Shaler, died Feb. 16. Neely Funeral Home, Shaler.

(0) BEAVER COUNTY ERTMAN, Bertha Hinkelman, 100, of Cabot, formerly of Wilkins, died Feb. 16. Jobe Funeral Home, Turtle Creek. (0) BUTLER COUNTY FITZGIBBON, Ann, 90, of Cranberry, formerly of Tarrytown, N.Y., died Feb. 15.

Glenn-Kildoo Chapel, Cranberry. (0) PORTER, J. Richard, 82, of Cranberry, died Feb. 13. Glenn-Kildoo Chapel, Cranberry.

(0) WESTMORELAND COUNTY NAYLOR, Thomas 65, of Monessen, died Feb. 15. Rhome Funeral Home, Monessen. (0) OTHER BURGESS, Milton 96, of Martinsburg Blair County, formerly of Connellsville, Fayette died Feb. 14.

John C. Bolger Funeral Home, Martinsburg. (0) EVANS, William Howard 68, of West Virginia, formerly of Pittsburgh, died Feb. 11. Readshaw Funeral Home, Carrick.

(0) HAMMOND, Margaret E. "Pegge," 75, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla, formerly of Broughton, died Feb. 4. Funeral private. (0) KNERLER-ZIEMIANSKI, Christine of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, died Feb.

15. Edward A. SchelDner Funeral Home, Crafton. (0) McCRACKEN, Robert Jene, of KnoxviHet died Feb. 13.

Rose Mortuary Mann's Heritage Chapel, Knoxville. (0) EVANS, William Howard 96, formerly of Carrick, died Feb. 14. Readshaw Funeral Home, -Carrick. (0) FILLIP, Victoria Balser, 83, of McKees Rocks, died Feb.

16. McDermott Funeral Home, McKees Rocks. (0) FRISCH, August Wilbert, 55, of Sewickley, died Feb. 16. Richard D.

Cole Funeral Home, Sewickley. (0) FROMM, Ruby Zarnic, 76, of South Park, died Feb. 16. Griffith Mortuary, South Park. (0) GIGLIOTTI, Jane Stratemeier, 70, of Oakland, died Feb.

15. John A. Freyvogel Sons Funeral Home, Shadyside. (0) HART, Katie 89, formerly of Rankin, died Feb. 13.

Aldrich Funeral Homes, Braddock. (0) JACKSON, Mary Evans, 87, of Oakland, died Feb. 14. H. Samson Funeral Home.

Oakland. JEFFREY, Peter 85, of Indiana, died Feb. 15. Frank R. Perman Funeral Home, Shaler.

(0) JUNG, Stanley Victor, 84, of Upper St. Clair, died Feb. 16. Freyvogel-Slater Funeral Home, Bethel Park. (0) 1UTZ, Mary 88, of Bethel Park, died Feb.

15. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (0) MAURER, Betty Seren, 79, of Mt. Lebanon, died Feb.

15. B. Fryer Funeral Home, Bridgeville. (0) MEDLEY, Mildred T. Seibert, 76, of North Side, died Feb.

15. Rex T. Smith Funeral Home, North Side. (0) MERTZ, Edith H. Holzapfel, 72, of Crafton, died Feb.

16. Edward A. Schepner Funeral Home, Crafton, (0) MURRAY, James P. 87, formerly of Point Breeze and Squirrel Hill, died Feb. 13.

McCabe Brothers Funeral Home, Shadyside. (0) MYERS, Anna Goldstein, 97, of Scott, formerly of Flushing, N.Y., died Feb. 14. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (0) OLSEN, Russell 59, of Shaler, died Feb.

15. Cremation Organization. (0) PERKOVICH, Marco, 86, of Dravosburg, died Feb. 16. 1.M.

Finney Funeral Home, Dravosburg. (0) PFEIFER, Elizabeth Heinlein, 93, formerly of Elliott, died Feb. 15. Anthony G. Staab Funeral Home, West End.

(0) PLANNICK, Jack 71, of Robinson, died Feb. 15. McDermott Funeral Home, Kennedy. (0) SCUILLI, Antoinette R. DiMaria, 73, of Penn Hills, died Feb.

15. William F. Gross Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (0) LATEST DEATHS The following is a list of recent deaths, provided freeasapublicservice.Thoselistlngsfollowedwith the letter In parenthesis (O) indicate that a classified obituary is running elsewhere In these pages. For the following listing, we accept Information only from funeral directors and employees of crematoriumsandmemorialsocietieswhomaycall.

263-1601 from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily. ALLEGHENY COUNTY BEYER, R. Earl, 91, of Stowe, died Feb.

16. Stover Funeral Home, McKees Rocks. (O) BROUGHTON, Melba Lee, 86, of East Liberty, died Feb. 14. Floyd Alex Hopewell Funeral Chapel, East Liberty.

'(O) CINCALA, Agnes 78, of Springdale, died 16. Charles B. Jarvie Funeral Home, Springdale Borough. CONNELLY, Josephine of Indiana, died Feb. 1 5.

Frank R. Perman Funeral Home, Shaler. (O) CONNOL'LY, Richard 72, of Fox Chapel, died 18. H. Samson Funeral Home, Oakland.

(0) in the Senior Citizens Commission in Wheeling, West Virginia. Service and interment were private. Arr. by READSHAW FUNERAL HOME, 1503 Brownsville Carrick, hardy; also survived by his father, August Wilbert Sr; p. Pittsburgh and his mother, Ruth Gourley Frisch of Cor-aopolis and two grandchildren, Megan and Michael Frisch.

Family to receive friends on Sat. from 7 to .9 p.m. and Sun. from. 2 to .4 p.m.

and again from 7 to 9 p.m. in the RICHARD COLE FUNERAL HOME, 328 Beaver Sewickley. -A Mass of Christian Burial witt be held at 10 a.m. Mont the Church of the AssurnR; tion, Bellevue. Interment will be in North Side Catholic Cemetery, Pgh.

Memorials suggested to the Church School of the 36 North Jackson PA 15202. VJ VICTORIA FILLIP (BALSER) Of McKees Rocks, on Friday, February 16, 1996; wife of the late Anthony; beloved mother of Robert, Karl and William Fillip and Annabelle Keilbach and the late Junior Fillip; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Friends received SUNDAY ONLY, 1-4 and 6-8prn at the McDERMOTT FUNERAL HOME, 1225 Char-tiers McKees Rocks, where the Blessing Service will be held 11am, Monday. R. EARL BEYER On February 16, 1996, R.

E3rl, of Stowe Twp husband of the late Eugenia; brother; of' the late Ruth E. and Paul Beyer and fvlarga ret (Peg) Bittner. Friends re ceived the STOVER 534 Island Ave.j McKees Rocks on Sunday 12-3 and 7pm until time of' funeral service at 8:30 p.m. Private interment in Fairmont, WV. In lieu of flowere, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.

MELBA LEE C30U0HT0N 14, 1996; mother of Mary and Julian Broughtoo, Funeral service Sat. 11am from Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, cor. Lincoln Shetland Aves. FLOYD ALEX HOPEWELL FUNERAL CHAPEL, in charge of arrangements.

MILTON v. BURGESS Age. 96, of Martinsburg, Blair formerly of Connellsville, died Wed. Feb 14, J996 in Martinsburg, hus band of Marian B. Bone break Burgess; several nieces nephews; son of the late Rev.

Ellis B. Fannie L. Brinkerhoff Burgess. Mr. and Regis Connelly; also survived by 13 grandchil-.

dren 26 great-grandchildren. Friends received at FRANK R. PERMAN FUNERAL HOME, 923 Saxon-burg Shaler Twp. (adjacent to Shaler Plaza), Mass of Christian Burial St. Mary's Church, Glenshaw, on Mon.

at 1 1am. Celebrant Bishop Donald Wuerl. Parish wake service Sun. 8pm. Visitation Sat.

Sun. 2-4 7-9pm. The family respectfully suggests donations be made to St. Francis Health Foundation, 45th Penn Aves. Pgh 15224.

RICHARD S. CONNOLLY On Friday, February 16, 1996, age 72; of Fox Chapel; husband of Jean Holcombe Connolly. Friends may call Sunday 4-7 PM at H. SAMSON 537 Neville St. (Oakland Civic Center).

Services and interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Animal Friends, 2643 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. BERTHA (HINKELMAN) ERTMAN Age 100, on Feb. 16, 1996, of Cabot, PA, formerly of Wilkins born Sept. 29, 1895 in Germany; oldest action on the battlefields of France.

Served as Commander of the American Legion Post 453 from 1936-1938, Commander of the Disabled Veterans Chapter 74 from 1 942-1 957. Served as Surgeon to the City of Pittsburgh Police. Was employed as the Medical Officer, D.A.C. 2nd Army for the Nike Site's at South Park, Oakmont and Oakdale. On staff at St.

Joseph's Hospital and South Side Hospital. Dr. William Howard Evans was in private practice for 40 years at 1308 Carson St. Service and interment were private. Arrangements by the READSHAW FUNERAL HOME, 1503 Brownsville Carrick, AUGUST WILBERT FRISCH Age 55, on Feb.

16, 1996 of Sewickley, PA; husband of Carole Anne So-franko Frisch; father of Mark Douglas Frisch and his wife Dianne of Vienna, VA, Mary Beth Thornton, her husband Patrick S. of Buffalo Grove, IL, Lisa Frisch Kennedy, her husband Daniel of Sewickley, Linda Anne Frisch of Ben Avon, PA, Michelle Marie Frisch of Forest Hills and Kevin Michael Frisch of NY, NY; brother of William Frisch, Timothy Frisch, Patricia Kraft and Donna Bern- member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Braddock; wife of the late Otto Ertman; mother of Alice Ann Tilton ol Beaver Falls and the late Herbert Ertman; mother-in-law of Telford R. Ertman; grandmother of Pamela Dickinson and Karen Lee Heidenthal; also six greatgrandchildren. Friends received Sat. 7-9 p.m.

and Sun. noon-3 7-9 p.m. at the JOBE FUNERAL HOME, Cor. Shaw Triboro Turtle Creek. Services will be at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mon.

11 a.m. WILLIAM HOWARD EVANS JR. On Feb. 11, 1996, age 68, in West Virginia, formerly of father of Darlene George and Nancy Garlitz; also survived by four grandchildren; brother of Donald, Robert, Arthur, Regis, Richard, Marion Funk, Mercedes Collins, Hearty Fritz, Ruth Ann Schowerer, Carol Keppel and the late Thomas and Lorraine Evans; son of the late Dr. William Howard Evans Sr.

and the late Margaret (Schafer) Evans. Howard served as a Sgt. in the U.S. Army Air Force as an Airplane Armorer Gunner 612. He was employed at Duquesne Brewery and was very active I Burgess retired as Editor of Morrisons Cove Herald, in 1982, prior to that he was Politcal Editor of the Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph began his newspaper career at.

the Pittsburgh Gazette Times in 1922, He authored 2 books "General Gregg" "The Minute Services where held 16 in Mar-, tinsburg. Interment was Fair-, view Cemetery, Martinsburg. Arrangements by JOHN BOLGER, FUNERAL HOME Martinsburg. AGNES A. 1 CINCALA On Fri.

Feb. 16, 1996, of Springdale, wife of Peter mother of Dr. Robert P. Cin-cala Audrey Filous; sister of Andrew Laczek, Joseph Sarso, Ann Matassoni, Rose Owcar, Marietta Suche Leona Bodnar; five grandchildren; Friends received Sun. 2-4 6-8 at the CHARLES B.

JARVIE FUNERAL HOME, 801 Pgh. Springdale. Mass Monday 10 a.m. JOSEPHINE c. CONNELLY On Thurs.

Feb. 15, 1996, Josephine C. Goessling of Indiana beloved wife of John E. Connelly; mother of Audree Wirginis, Joseph Hohman, Robert, Roderick 1 DR. WILLIAM HOWARD EVANS SR.

On Feb. 14, 1996, age 96; husband of the late Margaret (Schafer) Evans; father of Donald, Robert, Arthur, Regis and Richard Evans, Marion Funk, Mercedes Collins, Hearty Fritz, Ruth Ann Schowerer of Vero Beach, FL, Carol Keppel and the late Thomas, William Howard Jr. and Lorraine Evans; also survived by 47 grandchildren and 26 greatgrandchildren. Born on Pittsburgh's South Side on May 4, 1899, Dr. Evans attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, obtained a Bachelor of Science and Medical Degree.

Enlisted in the Armed Forces during WWI and served with the 107th Field Artillery, 28th Division A.E.F. Awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in Contort page D-5 1.