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The Day, New London, Friday, Feb. 15, 1985 45 Obituaries Edward Rogers Amos Martin NEW LONDON Edward Weston Rogers, 79, of 33 Smith St. died today at Canterbury Vilof Waterford where he was a patient for two weeks. Mr. Rogers enlisted in the Navy in 1924 and served for 30 years, retiring as a chief warrant officer in 1954.

He then served in the Navy Reserves, retiring in 1952. He was employed at Lawrence Memorial. Hospital for several years, retiring in 1969. Born Oct. 22, 1905, in Springfield, he was the son of William and Bessie May Spear Rogers.

He married the former Margaret V. Cole Oct. 3, 1931, in New London. Besides his wife, survivors include a son, Robert L. Rogers of Pittsfield, a daughter, Mildred E.

Hopkins of Hope Valley, R.I.; a brother, Horace O. Rogers of San Diego, sister, Mildred F. McLean of Charlemont, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Mary K. Goss, died Dec.

1, 1984. A graveside service for Mr. Rogers will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the National Cemetery, Bourne, with military Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Thomas L.

Neilan Sons Funeral Home. H. Wesley Sargent MYSTIC H. Wesley Sargent, 83, of Boynton Beach, father of Pamela Sargent Ryley of Mystic, died Monday in Boynton Beach. He was the husband of Frieda Kairott Sargent.

A graveside service will be conducted 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in Springdale Cemetery, Warehouse Point. Donations may be made in his memory to the Broad Brook Congregational Church. BUSCA In New Haven, Feb.

14, 1985, Gall Ann Pelletier Busca, age 33, beloved wife of Morris "Mickey" J. Busca of 3 Fir Ridge Clinton, daughter-in-law of Mario and Zaida Busca of New London. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 11:30 a.m. at St.

Joseph Church, New London. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Calling hours at the ImpellitteriBridges Memorial Home, 84 Montauk New London on Saturday afternoon from 2. to 4. Interment will be private.

Donations may be made in her memory to a charity of the donor's choice. Since 1857 Alderson -Prentis FUNERAL SERVICE H. Fremont Alderson Joseph N. Fulton Paul R. Theroux Jordan A.

Welles Roger J. Bernier New London, 443-8355 Niantic, 739-7631 Old Lyme, 434-1658 Westbrook, 399-9128 WATERFORD Amos John Martin, 85, of 15 Goshen Road, was dead on arrival Thursday at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital after being stricken at his home. Mr. Martin was a truck driver for the Texaco Oil retiring in the early 1960s after 42 years of service. He was a member of St.

Paul's Church. Born in Preston, Dec. 14, 1899, he was the son of Alphonse and Delia St. Armand Martin. His first wife, Flora Caldon Martin, died in 1964.

He then married the former Marion Avery, who also predeceased him. Survivors include six sons, Adrian A. of Mystic, Joseph C. of Wethersfield, Robert L. of Groton, Kenneth and Alfred both of Waterford and Amos J.

Martin Jr. of Uncasville; three daughters, Lois Brown of Conroe, Texas, Flora Crepeau of Lawton, and Roberta Martin of Waterford; a brother, Louis J. Martin and a sister, Blanche "Evon" Peletier, both of Waterford; 29 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 9:15 a.m. Saturday from Byles Memorial Home, New London, to a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 at St.

Paul's Church. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, New London. Calling hours are 7 to 9 tonight. Henriette Loudon STONINGTON Henriette Beatrice Tilney Loudon, 46, of Boston, daughter of Mrs.

James H. Stebbins of Stonington, died Thursday in Boston, Mass. A memorial service will be conducted at 5 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Church, Boston. Private interment will be in Stonington Cemetery.

Donations may be made in her memory to the Brigham and Women's Hospital Auxiliary or the Dana Farber Cancer Research Center, Boston, Mass. Death Notices LAUGHRAN In Aruba, N.A., Feb. 11, 1985, Francis J. Laughran, age 78 years of Flanders Stonington, husband of the late Ora Fontaine Laughran. Private Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St.

Mary Church, Stonington on Saturday, Feb. 16. Interment in St. Mary Cemetery. There are no calling hours.

Shea-Williams Funeral Home, 19 E. Main Mystic in charge of arrangements. LOUDON (TILNEY) In Boston, 14, 1985, Henriette Beatrice Loudon (Tilney), age 46, daughter of Mrs. James Stebbins. A memorial service will be held at Trinity Church, Boston, Mass.

on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 5 p.m. Private Interment in Stonington Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Brigham Womens Hospital Auxiliary or Dana Farber Cancer Center, Boston, Mass. Shea-Williams Funeral Home, Mystic in charge of arrangements.

MARTIN In New London, Feb. 14, 1985, Amos John Martin, age 85, husband of the former Marion Avery Martin of 15 Goshen Waterford. Funeral will be held on Saturday morning, Feb. 16 at 9:15 a.m. from the Byles Memorial Home, 99 Huntington New London to a Mass of Christian Burial at St.

Paul Church, Waterford at 10 o'clock. Interment in St. Mary Cemetery, New London. There are visiting hours this evening 7 to 09 o'clock. Flowers Best Express Your Love and Sympathy Fisher I Fiorist 87 BROAD ST.

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The Ga Day Thomas L. Neilan Sons FUNERAL HOMES Williams Avenue 12 Ocean Avenue 48 Grand Street 18 Ct. 06355 New London, Ct. 06320 Niantic, Ct. 06357 Mystic, 572-9629 443-1871 739-6112 Hubert A.

Neilan Edward B. Neilan Robert J. McDonald Christopher J. Neilan James P. O'Boyle Rosa Mather WATERFORD Funeral ar.

rangements have been completed for Rosa Belle Mather, 89, of 1 Lower Bartlett Road, Quaker Hill, who died Wednesday at her home. Funeral services will be private. Interment will be in Cemetery. The Montville Funeral Home of Church Allen is in charge of arrangements. There are no calling hours.

Donations may be made in her memory to the Waterford Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 137, Waterford. Mrs. Mather worked as a home nurse for many years in Hartford. Born in Salem, Jan.

23, 1896, she was the daughter of Charles and Nellie Jane Edwards. She was married to Richard Mather Feb. 13, 1916, in Montville. He died June 30, 1962. Survivors include two sons, Alden of Quaker Hill and Herbert Mather of Hadlyme; four daughters, Lottie Bezanson of Quaker Hill, Annie Bailey of Old Lyme, Evelyn Saum of Savannah, Ga.

and Jane Paczkowski of East Lyme; 14 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Gail Busca NEW LONDON Gail Ann Pelletier Busca, 33, of 3 Fir Ridge Road, Clinton, died Thursday at Yale New Haven Hospital after being stricken at a restaurant. Her husband, Morris "Mickey" James Busca, is formerly of New London. She was the owner and operator of the Creative Changes, a beauty salon in Guilford. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday at St. Joseph's Church, New London. Interment will be private. The ImpellitteriBridges Memorial Home is in charge of arrangements. Calling hours are 2 to 4 p.m.

Saturday. Donations may be made in her memory to a charity of the donor's choice. MATHER In Quaker Hill, Feb. 13, 1985, Rosa Belle (Edwards) Mather, age 89 of 1 Lower Bartlett Quaker Hill. Funeral service will be private.

Interment will be in Union Cemetery, Waterford. There are no calling hours. In of flowers, contributions in her memory may made to the Waterford Ambulance Association, Waterford. The Montville Funeral Home Church Allen, Route 32, Montville in charge of arrangements. ROGERS In Waterford, Feb.

15, 1985, Edward Weston Rogers, Chief Warrant Officer Retired USN, age 79 years of 33 Smith New London, husband of Margaret V. Cole Rogers. Graveside service with military honors will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 12:30 p.m. at the National Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Calling hours at the Thomas L. Neilan Sons Funeral Home, 12 Ocean New London on Monday afternoon and evening, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. SUMBOSKI In New London, Feb. 14, 1985, Henry B.

Sumboski, age 78 years of 75 Nob Hill New London, husband of Anna Conway Sumboski. Funeral will be held from the Thomas L. Neilan Sons Funeral Home, 12 Ocean New London on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 8:15 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St.

Mary Star of the Sea Church at 9 o'clock. Burial with military honors in St. Mary Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Calling hours this evening 7 to 9 o'clock.

WAGNER In New London, Feb. 13, 1985, Virl Reeves Wagner, age 65 of 85 Daniel Brown Drive, Mystic, husband of Margery Abrams Wagner. Funeral service and interment will be held at the convenience of the family. Friends may call at the Shea Funeral Home, 19 E. Main Mystic this evening from 6 to 9 p.m.

Kindly omit flowers. Contributions may be made to the Newington Children's Hospital, 181 East Cedar Newington, 06111 Cancele New Haven Hospital Children's Unit, New Haven, Conn. WHITTLE In Waterford, Feb. 13, 1985, Thomas Whittle, age 91 of 39 Rogers Mystic, husband of the late Lucinda Whitman Whittle. Funeral will be held from Church Allen-Dinoto Funeral Home, 17 Pearl Mystic on Saturday, Feb.

16 at 9:30 a.m. to a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary Church (Top of Fort Hill), Groton at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Interment in St.

Patrick Cemetery, Old Mystic. Visiting hours at the funeral home this evening 7 to 9. Donations may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. WOODMAN In New London, Feb. 14, 1985, Eleanor W.

(Williamson) Woodman, age 90 of 11. Elm Mystic, wife of Willard P. Woodman, mother of Mrs. Atwood Ely of Mystic. Funeral service will be private.

Interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine. Memorial gifts may be made to the Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine. Arrangements by Church AllenDinoto Funeral Home, 17 Pearl Mystic. In Memoriams IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory of RALPH F. CROSBY Who Passed Away February 15, 1977 An empty place no one can fill We miss you now and always will.

Memories of you we hold so dear, In prayer and thought, You are always near. Loved and sadly missed by HIS FAMILY Eleanor Woodman MYSTIC Funeral arrangements have been completed for Eleanor E. Woodman of 11 Elm who died Thursday at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be private. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.

The Church Allen-Dinoto Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Donations may be made in her memory to the Maine Medical Center, Portland. Mrs. Woodman had lived in Mystic for several years with her daughter, Mrs. Atwood Ely.

she was formerly of Cape Elizabeth, Maine and Pelham Manor in New York. Born Aug. 30, 1894, in Gorham, N.H., she was the daughter of Dr. Walter Darwin and Harriet York Williamson. Besides her daughter, survivors include her husband, Willard Paine Woodman; four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

William Passeck GROTON William A. Passeck, 74, of 40 Damson Lane, Naugatuck, father of Marileen Passeck of Groton, died Thursday at the St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury after a long illness. He was the husband of Eleanor Johnson Passeck. The funeral will be at a.m.

Saturday from the Buckmiller Bros. Funeral Home, Naugatuck, to a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 at St. Francis Church there. Interment will be in St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck.

Calling hours are 7 to 9 tonight. Donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, 155 Grove Waterbury; Naugatuck Volunteer Ambulance Corps, P.O. Box 249, or the Naugatuck Firefighters Sunshine Fund, P.O. Box 571, Naugatuck. Tire-slashing probe continues in Pawcatuck STONINGTON Police are continuing to investigate a series of tire slashings over the weekend in the Pawcatuck area but say that have no suspects.

More than a dozen cars were vandalized over the weekend and one or more tires on each were slashed. The slashings were reported Sunday and apparently occurred overnight, police said. The slashings were in the downtown area of Pawcatuck on West Broad Street and the nearby neighborhood, police said. Four of the cars were parked in the lot at Card Chevrolet at 106 West Broad St. Sgt.

Raymond Curioso said the incidents are under investigation, although there are apparently no suspects. Police investigate shooting incident NORWICH Police today were investigating an early. morning shooting at a Union Street residence but no arrests has been made by late this morning. There were no injuries in the shooting which occurred shortly after 2 a.m., police said. No other details were available.

Birth reports Births at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital: Thursday A daughter to John and Diana Jutila Elkins, East Lyme; a daughter to Brian and Nancy Gillette Thomson, Groton; a son to William and Deborah Driscoll Olsen, Ledyard, and a son to James and Diane Boyce Foster, New London. Westerly Hospital: Thursday A daughter to Antone and Paula Diangi Mello, Westerly, and a son to Glen and Maureen Travers Roy, Westerly. Today A son to Denis and Robin Evans Benoit, Mystic. At the Naval Hospital: Jan. 11 A daughter to Lt.

Alex and Jacquelyn Blohm Hawley, Gales Ferry. A daughter was born Jan. 20 at Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, to Stuart and Pamela Nelson Eldridge of Mount Hermon. The paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.

Leroy S. Eldridge of East Lyme. Police log New London Thomas F. Collier, 23, of 207 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, was charged Friday with driving while under the influence of liquor. a a tibert Day photo How it's done R.

Malcolm Slater, director of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, during talk Wednesday to trustees of the Pequot Community Foundation at the Seamen's Inne in Mystic. He spoke about how the foundation was founded in 1925 and grew slowly at first, with assets totalling $7,300 in 1935 and $103,000 in 1943. Assets jumped from $26 million in 1971 to $75 million in 1983. Other charges ruled out in Mianus Bridge case WETHERSFIELD (AP) The state's top prosecutor says a report prepared by one of his investigators fails to lead conclusively to further criminal charges in connection with the collapse of the Mianus River bridge on Interstate-95 in Greenwich. Chief State's Attorney Austin J.

McGuigan said he expects no other charges will be filed. One DOT employee was charged with forgery of bridge inspection notes following the June 28, 1983, collapse. A report by inspector Antonio J. Luppino to McGuigan was released Thursday, stating that the collapse warrants "consideration of possible criminal and or civil proceedings" against state Transportation Department officials. But McGuigan said in a letter to Transportation Commissioner J.

William Burns that the report "is based primarily on no causal relationship being established the condition" cited by Luppino and the collapse of the bridge. McGuigan said he checked with engineering consultants, who found Luppino's conclusions to be incorrect. A 100-foot section of the northbound lanes of the bridge collapsed into the Mianus River, killing three people and critically injuring three others. The collapse brought the state Transportation Department under heavy criticism and forced state officials to initiate a 10-year bridge and road repair program. Many of the conclusions reached by Luppino were brought out in previous DOT administrative actions against the inspectors divers who forged documents.

But the inspector claimed to have uncovered memos recommending repair work that he believed to be linked to the collapse. Luppino based his assumptions on reports that parts of the piers supporting the bridge needed replacing. But DOT officials on Thursday said the problems cited could not be blamed for the collapse. "There is absolutely nothing new in that report," Burns said. William Keish, a spokesman for the transportation agency, said he did not know why McGuigan made the report public Thursday.

He also said the department's officials did not know why the report came out at this time. DOT's engineering consultant is expected to release its final report on the bridge collapse Friday. Federal safety officials have blamed the state for poor maintenance and inspection procedures for the accident. Only one DOT employee was charged following the collapse. Bridge inspector Jerry White was charged with -degree forgery on Sept.

9, 1983, after an investigation determined that he altered notes used in preparing his inspection report on the Mianus River bridge. His inspection had been completed in September 1982. After the collapse on June 28, 1983, White gave the DOT forged notes and burned the originals, officials alleged. White admitted he "panicked" after the collapse and altered the notes. He was convicted on the forgery charge and was sentenced to 150 hours of community service and placed on probation.

He was taken off the bridge inspection team and transferred to a desk job. He retired from the DOT on Nov. 1, 1984, after 29 years of service. Alfred Stanford; Milford Citizen's retired publisher MILFORD (AP) A memorial service will be held Saturday for Alfred Boller Stanford, publisher emeritus of The Milford Citizen, who died Feb. 8 at his home at the age of 84.

Stanford bought the Citizen following a stint as vice president of The New York HeraldTribune in the 1950s. Under his direction, it grew from a weekly, to a six-day-a-week paper and finally, in 1966, to a full daily paper. Stanford wrote a column for its Sunday editions. Stanford was born in East Orange, N.J., and attended Amherst College, from which he graduated after interrupting his studies in 1918 to join the Navy. After being commissioned as an ensign, he graduated in 1921.

While in college he completed his first novel, "Ground Swell," which was published by D. Appleton and he founded Lord Jeff magazine. In the 1920s, he published several other novels and historical works. After working in his father's insurance company, he sold advertising space for Popular Radio magazine. He later worked for several advertising agencies.

He rejoined the Navy during World War II as a lieutenant commander and won the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit and the Croix de Guerre. He retired as a captain. Police log Waterford Daniel A. Pizocha, 29, of 14 Homewood Place, Norwich, was charged today with driving while under the influence of liquor..