Evansville Courier and Press from Evansville, Indiana (2024)

December 11, 2003

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Evansville Courier and Pressi

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Evansville, Indiana

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Thursday, December 11, 2003

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31

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yvw wwyyvyy' wwi-w yni yywsyiwr EVANSVILLE COURIER A PRESS THURSDAY DECEMBER 1 1 2003 B15 OBITUARIES Continued from Pag B14 Surviving KENTUCKY Sherrel Jordan the Highland Church of Christ with Pastors Tom Buchanan and Johnie Adkins officiating Burial will be in the Robinson New Cemetery Visitation will be 4 to 7 pm Thursday Dec 11 at Goodwine Funeral Home Robinson and from 9 to 10 am Friday December 12 preceding the service at the church Memorial contributions may be made to Lincoln-land Hospice with envelopes available at the funeral home REX ARBOGASTThe Associated Pre Carbondale III barber Ron Benton talks about his former customer former Sen Paul Simon D-lll Adopted hometown mourns Sen Simon SUSAN MULES LUKI Associate! Press writer CARBGNDALE 111 -From the comer table at a pizza joint to the local high school gym there was one topic of conversation throughout this southern Illinois college town after news spread of former Sen Paul death Many in the Bouth-emmost corner where Simon moved 29 years ago when he first ran fin Congress feel like they and the region lost a friend when he died Tuesday Barbara Eichholz took her grandson to a Southern Illinois University auditorium to hear Simon announce he would run for president in 1988 Tm Republican and pretty conservative said Eichholz 65 Tuesday night as she sat with friends at the corner table of pizza restaurant I respited him so much and wanted my grandson to see such a man of integrity" Donald Lawrence a retired teacher said Simon had a knack for convincing people he remembered them even if he likely "He visited my classroom are her husband Hilbert VanWinkle of Bristow Ind son and daughter-in law Rusty and LaVonne Vkn Winkle of Bristow Ind daughter and son-in-law Cathy and Perry Tedrow of Bristow Ind brothers Gilbert and Bernard Patmore both of Cannelton Ind grandson and his wife Christopher and Jamie VanWinkle grandson Patrick VanWinkle and great-granddaughter Aliyah VanWinkle She was preceded in death by her father and mother Bill and Ethel (Powers) Patmore brothers Isaac Carl and GaiWd Patmore sisters Lucy Stephens Al-tamae Hawhee Fiona Biemd and Hazel Graham and brother Jiggs Patmore Funeral service will be held 1 pm EST Friday Dec 12 2003 at Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home located in Tell City Ind The officiating clergy will be Brother Stephen Thombury Burial will take place in Bristow City Cemetery located in Ekistow Ind Visitation will be 2 to 8 pm EST Dec 11 at Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home and from 11 am to service time Dec 12 at Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home Father Frederick Walsh OSB SAINT Esther Frederick Walsh OSB ags 90 a monk and priest of Saint Mein-rad Archabbey St Meinrad Ind died Wednesday Dec 10 2003 at the Archabbey Surviving are a brother Father Marion Walsh of Saint Meinrad Archabbey and a sister Mother Mary Herbert Walsh of Tickfew La He was born in Connersvilte Ind on Nov 24 1913 to Herbert and Julia (Tieman) Walsh and received the name Paul at his baptism After attending Everton Falmouth and Ben-tonville elementary schools he enrolled in Saint Meinrad Minor Seminary in 1927 In 1931 he was invested as a novice and professed his simple vows on Aug 6 1932 He was ordained to the priesthood on June 7 1938 For several years Esther Frederick taught Latin in the minor seminary (where he also served for a year as assistant house prefect) fulfilled the duties of monastery guest master and served as assistant pastor at St Mary Parish Huntingburg Ind In 1956 Esther Frederick became a hermit and took up residence in a lakeside cabin located in an orange grove belonging to St Abbey in Florida In 1970 his three Benedictine sisters received permission to begin a contemplative foundation in Durham NCL and he began a more than 30-year assoda-tkm with this new community He accompanied the sisters when they moved first to Labadieville La and then to Tickfaw La Throughout his life he remained a hermit and contemplative maintaining his solitude except for the interactions required by his duties as chaplain The Office of Dead will be prayed at 7 pm EST Friday in the Archabbey Church followed fay visitation until 9 pm Visitation will be from 8 to 9:45 am Saturday in the Archabbey Church followed by the funeral Maas at 10 am Burial will follow in the Arch abbey Cemetery INDIANA FUNERALS Flu bug is hitting hard i CARMI Sherrel Jordan 61 died Tuesday Dec 9 2003 at Wabash Christian Retirement Center He was a taxi driver Surviving are two daughters Shelley Grom and Hope King three sans Joey Gary and Dale Dwain three sisters Brenda Barbre Cathy Garrett and Neta Myers and a half sister Wava Burnett a brother George Services 1 pm Saturday at Campbell Funeral Home burial in Newman Cemetery Visitation is Saturday 10 am to service time Louis Kahiza CARMI Louis Kahiza 55 died Tuesday Dec 9 2003 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville He retired from the Mount Vernon Screw Products Surviving are two daughters Angela Mueller and Melody Poston a stepdaughter Mary Jones three stepsons Ray Holland Melvin Lewis and Shawn Reynolds a sister Dorothy Browning two brothers John and Harry Curry and three grandchildren Services 1 pm Friday at White County Memorial Gardena Chapel burial in White County Memorial Gardens Cemetery Visitation is from noon to service time at the chapel Kit-tinger-Fair Funeral Home is handling nrrangMTiAnta Georgia Legg GRAYVILLE Georgia (Trefny) Legg 86 died Tuesday Dec 9 2003 at her home She had been a telephone operator and a librarian She was a member of the Presbyterian Church Surviving are a daughter Barbara Roberts a sou Roger and four grandchildren Services 11 am Friday at Cook Funeral Home burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Visitation is 9 am to service time In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Grayville Library Marcella Longfellow LAWRENCEVILLE Marcella (Scott) Berlin Longfellow 89 died Tuesday Dec 9 2003 at United Methodist Village She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Bridgeport Surviving are two daughters ICindyBoy- Joanne Anderson and I er a son Woody Berlin eight grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren Graveside services 11 am Friday in Crest Haven Memorial Park Visitation is 10 to 10:45 am Friday at Cunningham Funeral Home in Bridgeport Memorial contributions may be made to the Auten Center at the United Methodist VillagB Maxwell ROBINSON Gregory Maxwell 49 of Robinson 111 died at 12:35 pm Tuesday Dec 9 2003 at his residence after an extended illness He was bom in Terre Haute Ind an Oct 27 1954 the son of Lyle Maxwell and Pat York Maxwell He worked in the shipping department at Hershey from March 1973 and was a part-time truck driver for Tuasey Trucking He was a member of the Highland Church of Christ and served as a deacon at the church since 1987 He was also a member of Robinson Elks LodgB No 1188 He married Denise Van Tas-seU an March 17 1973 and she survives He is also survived by his mother Pat Maxwell Robinson his Ban and daughter-in-law Chris and Brandi Maxwell Robinson his daughter Brooke Maxwell and a special friend Jason Hackney Wellington Ky his granddaughter Audrey Maxwell Robinson his father-in-law Vance Van Tassell Granite Bay Calif his mother-in-law Carolyn Van Tassell Robinson his brother-in-law and sister-in-law Jeff and Candy Van Tassell and his sister-in-law and brother-in-law Valori and Gordon Rogers all of Roseville Calif his aunt Claudia Woodard Redding Calif one nephew and several nieces and cousins His father preceded him in death Funeral services will be at 10 am Friday December 12th at Angdine Ireland HENDERSON Angelina Pagragan Ireland 81 died Wednesday Dec 10 2003 at Methodist Hospital Surviving are a stepdaughter Shirley Garza two sons Larry Yoes and Branson Woodard a stepson Cletus two brothers Francis and Ernie Pagragan eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren Arrangements are private burial in Fhmwood Cemetery Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home is handling arrangements Richard James Sn OWENSBORO Richard James Sr 63 of Lewisport formerly of Owensboro died Tuesday Dec 9 2003 in Owensboro He was an Army veteran and a member of Cornerstone Worship Center in Hawesville Surviving are two daughters Melissa and Megan James two sons Richard Jr and Josh a sister Lois Daugherty two brothers John and Jerry and a grand son 1 2:30 pm Friday at James Davis Funeral Home burial in Elmwood Cemetery Visitation is 10 am to service time Sandra Jestes DAWSON SPRINGS Sandra Jestes 78 died Wednesday Dec 10 2003 at Madiaonvilte Regional Medical Center He had been a factory worker Surviving are two daughters Nancy A Vaughn and Jill Fuller six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren Services 1 pm Friday at Harris Funeral Home in Madis-onville burial in Haley Cemetery Visitation is 6 to 8 pm today and from 8 am to service time Betty Wfogoner SACRAMENTO Betty Jean (Hendricks) Wagoner 73 died Wednesday Dec 10 2003 at NHC Healthcare in Madia-onville She was a member of Pentecostal of Lone Star Church Surviving are her husband Earlene a son Stephen three sisters Lou Adams Doris Marks and Shirley Vandiver two brothers David and Bobby Hendricks three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren Services 2 pm Friday at Bar-nett-Strother Funeral Home entombment in Ernest Lawn Mausoleum Visitation is 5 to 8 pm today and from 9 am to service time Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity KENTUCKY FUNERALS MADISONVILLE James Allen 85 services 11 am today at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Visitation is 8 am to service time DIXON Raymond Howard Crowley 75 services 1 pm today at Townsend Funeral Home burial in Rockstile Cemetery Visitation is 8 am to service time MORGAN flELD Dennis Duncan 52 services 10 am today at St Ann Catholic Church burial in the church cemetery Visitation is 8 am to service time at Whitsell Funeral Home HENDERSON Webfale Floyd 79 services 11 am Friday at Whitsell Funeral Home in Morganfield burial in St Agnes Cemetery in Uniontown Visitation is 3 to 8 pm today and until service time HENDERSON Ida Mae Sauer 83 services 10 am today' at Bentm-Ghint Funeral Home burial in St Louis Cemetery Visitation is 8 am to service time ILLINOIS Eunice Bundren HARRISBURG Eunice Mae (Pattern) Bundren 82 died Sunday Dec 7 2003 in Ely Nev She was a bookkeeper and member of Sloan Street First General Baptist Church Surviving are two daughters Theresa Baker and Judy Wren two stepdaughters Betty Meadows and Linda Simpson a stepson Bob sister Anita Carnett 13 grandchildren and 23 greatgrandchildren Services 1 pm Saturday at Reed Funeral Home burial in Sunset Lawn Cemetery Visitation is 11 am to service time Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Satiety Patricia Montgomery ROBINSON Patricia Montgomery 53 died Tuesday Dec 9 2003 at Crawford Memorial Hospital She was a nurse Surviving are her mother Maude Montgomery and a sister Beatrice Ann Walters Services 10:30 am Saturday at Pulliam Funeral Home burial in Robinson New Cemetery Visitation is 5 to 8 pjn Friday and from 8 am to service time Memorial contributions may be made to Crawford County Humane Society Cari Webster ROBINSON Carl David Webster 72 died Tuesday Dec 9 2003 at fads home He was a photographer Surviving are a daughter Lisa Alumbaugh three sons Tom David and James 14 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren Memorial services 3 pm Friday at Goodwine Funeral Home in Palestine Visitation is 1 pm to service time Memorial contributions may be made to Crawford Memorial Hospital Home Care ILLINOIS FUNERALS SPRINGERTGN Helen (Gidcumb) Becker 88 services 1 pm Friday at Gholaon Funeral Home in McLeansboro burial in Old Springerton Cemetery Visitation is 5 to 8 pm today OBLONG Russell McCoy 87 services 10:30 am Friday at Pulliam Funeral Home burial in Mound Cemetery with military ritea Visitation is 9:30 am to service time CARRIER MILLS Joseph Marion Riggs 82' services 11 am today at Cox Funeral Home in Rosidare burial in Blackman Cemetery in Golconda McLEANSBORO Dorothy Jean (Hale) Savage 69 services 10:30 am today at Gholaon Funeral Home burial in Hopewell Cemetery Visitation is 9 am to service time LAWRENCEVILLE -Dorothy (McCormick) Wharton 90 graveside services 1 pm today in Maplewood Cemetery in St Elmo There will be no visitation at Smith Funeral Home Three-drag AIDS fight wins applause By The Associated Ftas A three-drug co*cktail used by many HIV-infected people proved cteariy superior to other combinations at treating new patients in the biggest head-to-head comparison of AIDS medications to date The combination works better and longer is easier to take and suppresses the virus more quickly the international study found offering powerful confirmation of what many AIDS specialists abeaily believed Among the other more surprising findings: Four drugs are not necessarily better than three The study waa also the first to determine the best sequence for drug combinations critical information because medication must be changed when the virus mutates and begins to resist the first drugs With 20 HIV drugs on the market and hundreds of possible combinations the latest findings could simplify decisions The study involved patients at 58 hospitals and clinics in the United States and 23 in Italy Researchers ted by doctors at Harvard and Stanford universities tested several three- and four-drug combinations of six HIV medicines They found the best combination for people getting their first HIV medication was efavirenz lamivudine and zidovudine better known aa AZT The second two drugs are taken in a combination pUl under the brand name Combivir while efavirenz is sold asSustiva SIMON RITES- Funeral arrangements have been announced for former Sen Paul Simon Visitation which is open to the public will be Saturday from 2 to 6 pm at Our Savior Lutheran Church 700 University Ave Simon's funeral will be Sunday at 1:30 pm at the SIU Arena at Southern Illinois University The public is invited to attend Burial will be private in the late when he was lieutenant said Lawrence 73 he ran for president I ran into him and asked him if he remembered visiting me and he said Lawrence said laughing made us all fed like he was our he said Interim Carbondale Police Chief Steve Odum who stopped by a wrestling match at Carbondale High School Tuesday on his way home from work said Simon's reputation for honesty was teg-endary night he blew a red light on his way to the Odum said all went to the scene to see this senator get a ticket" he said women just before they became ill so they were not protected -But Sheffield said it is rare to see so many pregnant women get sick Most were in their teens and early 20s all recovered and are out of the hospital we may have admitted five or 10 a year in the Sheffield said is much different than It dear why Parkland had so many flu cases among pregnant women Some health officials speculate that because Parkland with 15000 births annually among the hading hospitals for deliveries is a large puhlic hospital that treats many uninsured people Its patients are less likely to see a doctor regularly or early in an illness Sheffield said Again! 0052 866 854 9849 wwwguttertielmetcom at pregnant By UZ AUSTIN Anotifltad Pratt writer DALLAS Flu cases among young pregnant women surged at a large public hospital calling at tention to yet another group at serious risk of the flu About 80 expectant mothers have been diagnosed with the flu since early October aid Dr Jeanne Sheffield a maternal and fetal medicine specialist at Parkland Health and Hospital System More than 60 were admitted with one treated in the intensive care unit Bhe said Pregnancy weakens a immune system making her more vulnerable to the virus Only two of the women had the flu shot and they had it Never Clean Your Gutters FREE ESTIMATES Senior Citizen First Call Discounts Available GMWefcM DALE-Robert May 63 services 10 am EST today at St Joseph Catholic Church burial in St Meinrad Cemetery Visitation is 9:30 am to service time at Becher Funeral Home in Ferdinand VINCENNES Annie Elizabeth (Durham) Powell 82 services 10:30 am EST Friday at Goodwin Funeral Home burial in Memorial Park Cemetery Visitation is 5 to 8 pm today MOUNT Aletha (Hames) Russell 96 ser- vices 1 pm today at Schneider I Funeral Home burial in Belle- fontaine Cemetery Visitation is 10 am to service time PRINCETON Dave Slinkier 55 services 10 am Friday at Colvin Funeral Home burial in (Columbia White Church Ceme-(tery with military ritea is 4 to 8 pm today OF EVANSVILLE The Number One Gutter Protection System In The World 425 TOLL FREE 1 Serving the Tri-State A.

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