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April 7, 1986 THE DES MOINES REGISTER 13A ALMANAC BITUARIES ERALD W. PAARDEKOOPER Register's Iowa News Service KNOXVILLE, IA. Services erald W. Paardekooper, 82, of lle, who died of a heart attack GERALD W. day at the Knoxville Area Community Hospital, will be at 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery here. Mr. Paardekooper was born in Pella GERALD W. and lived there until PAARDEKOOPER 1932.

He was a forler Marion County auditor and rered as vice president and marketing rector of Koch Brothers in Des loines in 1978. He was a member of irst Presbyterian Church of Knoxille and the Consistory, a 50-year ember of Oriental Lodge No. 61 A.M., and a member and past resident of the Knoxville Kiwanis lub. Survivors include his wife, Camille; daughter, Kay Beem of West Des loines; and two grandchildren. Friends may call after 1 p.m.

today the Bybee and Davis Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be lade to the Christian Opportunity enter in Pella. ILLIAN M. ANDERS Services for Lillian M. Anders, 92, 600 E.

Fifth who died of a heart Iment Friday at Heather Manor, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Merle Hay Mortuary. Burial will be in Salem, Ill. Mrs. Anders was born in Fayette County, and had lived in Des Moines since 1958.

She had taught music at LILLIAN M. Henninger ConserANDERS vatory in St. Louis, nd in St. Clair, and Des Moines. he was a member of the College venue Christian Church, O.E.S.

hapter No. 98, Dorethal Club of the es Moines Federation of Women's lubs and the Junior Counselor Music lub. Survivors include a son, William F. rawford of Des Moines; two grandnildren; and six great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m.

day at the mortuary. Memorial contributions may be hade to the College Avenue Christian hurch. ENDALL L. McGUIRE ecial Dispatch to The Register ST. PETERSBURG, all L.

McGuire, led here of a heart KENDALL L. McGUIRE nildren. DEAN CROSBY FLA. Ken78, of St. Petersburg, ailment March 25.

The body was cremated. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; three sons, Kendall Jr. of Cambridge, Cordell of Des Moines and Karl of San Francisco; a daughter, Kathryn Butts of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grand- Register's Iowa News Service PELLA, IA. Services for P. Dean rosby, 58, of Pella, who died of a eart attack Friday at home, will be 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday at Trinity Rearmed Church here. Burial will be in le Gosport Cemetery in Knoxville. Mr. Crosby was born in Marion ounty and had worked in advertising imposition for radio stations in exas, Michigan and Alaska. He was mployed at the Rolscreen Co.

here 15 years, and at the Pella Municial Light Plant. An Army veteran of lorld War II, he was a member of rinity Reformed Church. Survivors include two brothers, Wiler of Fremont and Dan of Knoxville; nd three sisters, Margaret Reay of layzata, Laura Knowles of noxville and Dorothy Poor of St. ouis, Mo. Friends may call today at the Vanyk-Duven Funeral Home in Pella.

Memorial contributions may be Jade to the Iowa Public Broadcasting etwork. AZEL E. CLARK Register's Iowa News Service SLATER, IA. Services for Hazel Clark, 79, of Slater, who died of neumonia Friday at the Madrid ursing Home, will be at 1:30 p.m. uesday at the Slater United Methodt Church.

Burial will be in the Slater emetery. Mrs. Clark was born in Madrid and ved most of her life in Slater. She as a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, alph.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. today the Soderstrom-Riis Funeral Home Slater. OHN R. CALISESI he Register's Iowa News Service FORT DODGE, IA. Services for ohn R.

Calisesi, 77, of Fort Dodge, ho died of a heart ailment Friday at 'eterans Administration Medical enter in Des Moines, will be at 10:30 Tuesday at Sacred Heart Cathoc Church in Fort Dodge. Mr. Calisesi wned and operated Johnnie's Tap ere for 24 years. Survivors include is wife, Mamie; two sons, William of les Moines and Dr. John of Fort lodge; a sister, Delores McCoy of ort Dodge; and three grandchildren.

aufersweiler Funeral Home in Fort lodge is handling arrangements. for KnoxSatur- JOHN JOSEPH POLITO Services for John Joseph Polito, 35, of 4027 11th who died of carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday at 3903 Second will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mel's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens cemetery.

Polk County Medical Examiner Dr. R.C. Wooters has ruled the death a suiJOHN JOSEPH cide. POLITO Mr. Polito, a lifelong Des Moines resident, was the owner of Polito Auto Body Shop.

He was a member of All Saints Catholic Church and Highland Park Businessmen's Club. Survivors include his wife, Suzanne; three daughters, Kristina, Jessica and Melissa Polito, all at home; his mother, Sophia Polito of Des Moines; two brothers, James of Des Moines and Raymond of Granger; and a sister, Barbara Schneider of Ankeny. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the Highland Park Funeral Home, where a scripture services will be at 7 p.m. today.

DONALD WELCH III Services 1113 24th ed gunshot for Donald Welch III, 23, of who died of a self-inflictwound Thursday at 1114 22nd will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hamilton's Funeral Home. The body will be cremated following the services. Polk County Medical Examiner Dr. R.

C. Wooters has ruled the death a suicide. Mr. Welch, a life- WELCH III long Des Moines resident, was an apprentice iron worker. He was a member of Iron Workers Local No.

67 and Zion Lutheran Church. Survivors include his mother, Farrell Welch of Des Moines; a brother, Walter L. Williams of St. Petersburg, two sisters, Leslie Ann Houlton of St. Petersburg and Cindy Campbell of Des Moines; and his grandparents, Thomas and Cherry Welch of Des Moines.

Friends may call until service time at the funeral home. LILLIAN LYDON HENNIES Special Dispatch to The Register LYDON ESCONDIDO, CALIF. Memorial services for Lillian Lydon Hennies, 63, of Escondido, formerly of Des Moines, who died of cancer here Monday, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at All Saints Catholic Church in Des Moines. The body has been cremated.

Survivors include her husband, Ralph; three daughters, Diana Jarman of AnLILLIAN LYDON keny, Colleen Lydon HENNIES of Des Moines and Barbara Sterger of California; three sons, Steve Lydon of Texas, Michael Lydon of Cedar Rapids and Jerry Lydon of Maryland; and eight grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Convalescent Home For Children in Johnston. ORA. J. GROSECLOSE The Register's Iowa News Service CAMBRIDGE, IA.

Services for Ora J. Groseclose, 85, of Cambridge, who died of cancer Saturday at the Story County Hospital in Nevada, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Cooper Funeral Home in Maxwell. Burial will be in the Center Grove Cemetery near Cambridge. Mr.

Groseclose was born in rural Cambridge, where he lived his entire life. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Cambridge United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Wilma Jean Groseclose of Cambridge; a sister, Hazel Coleman of Nevada; and one grandchild. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

today at the funeral home. SERAFINO A. CERETTI A. Services for Serafino A. "Tony" Ceretti, 65, of 555 S.W.

Goodwin Ankeny, who died of cancer Friday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Ankeny Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ankeny Memorial Gardens cemetery. Mr. Ceretti was born in Spring Hill and had lived in AnSERAFINO A.

keny 35 years. He CERETTI was a retired self-employed contractor and coal miner, and a member of Vitoria Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Annalue; a daughter, Cheryl L. Ceretti of Los Angeles; his mother, Domenica Ceretti of Waukee; two stepdaughters, Elaine Woody of Sedalia, and Linda Moss of Des Moines; three stepsons, Clark Duncan, Hal Duncan and Michael Duncan, all of Des Moines; two sisters, Katherine Croci of Dike and Erma Delazzer of Waukee; a brother, Louie Ceretti of Waukee; and eight grandchildren. Friends may call from 12 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. VIRGINIA O. BLEAKLY Services for Virginia O. Bleakly, 78, of Wesley who died of Acres, 3520 Grand a heart ailment March 31 at home, will be at 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Dunn's Funeral Home. Burial will be in Glendale Ceme- tery. Mrs. Bleakly, a VIRGINIA O. lifelong Des Moines resident, was a homemaker and a member of Unity VIRGINIA O.

Church of Des BLEAKLY Moines and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was an amateur artist, and her work had been shown at the downtown Younkers store. Sun vivors include a daughter, Louise Bleakly of San Diego, and two sisters, Gretchen of Los Angeles, and Ruth Dulaney of Laguna Hills, Calif. RUTH I. WHITE The Register's Iowa News Service COLFAX, IA.

Services for Ruth I. White, 76, of Colfax, who died of cancer Friday at home, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Sundberg-Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in Madrid. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery there. Mrs.

White was born near Madrid and had lived in Colfax the past 15 years. She was a former attendant at the Woodward State Hospital School and a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colfax. Survivors include two sons, Fred Seghi of Boise, Idaho, and Victor Seghi of Iowa Falls; four daughters, Norma McAllister of Perry, Betty Ringgenberg of Peoria, Patricia Brown of Colfax and Mary Ann Good of Phoenix, a brother, Gerald Burton of Perry; 20 grandchildren; and 16 great Friends may call after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where a rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

V. FAY BEATY The Register's Iowa News Service MARSHALLTOWN, IA. Services for V. Fay Beaty, 67, of Marshalltown, who died of cancer Friday at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell.

Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery there. Mrs. Beaty was born near Grinnell and lived most of her life in Marshalltown. She was a retired cafeteria employee at the Iowa Veterans Home here. Survivors include a son, Frank of Marshalltown; a sister, Joan McCurry of Grinnell; a brother, James M.

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Fourth Ankeny, who died Friday of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Traer, will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Ankeny. Burial will be in Ankeny Memorial Gardens cemetery. Mr. Luther was born in Mason City and had lived in AnJAMES B.

keny for six years. LUTHER He was the of safety for Younkers and a of Holy Trinity Lutheran ASTD and Junior Achievement. Survivors include three Paula Luther, Janee Luther and Luther, all of Ankeny; a son, Alaska; a brother, Donald of nia; a sister, Phyllis Rogness of City; and two grandchildren. Friends may call from 4 to today at the Ankeny Funeral where the family will receive from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

KENNETH A. POTTS Services for Kenneth A. Potts, 71, of KENNETH A. 814 Grandview who died of cancer Saturday at Iowa Lutheran Hospital, will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hamilton's Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery. Mr. Potts, a lifelong Des Moines resident, retired in 1985 after 50 years as a salesman for the KENNETH A. Electrolux vacuum POTTS cleaner company. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion Post No.

659. Survivors include his wife, Dottie; a Kenneth J. of Des Moines; his mother, Hazel Potts of Des Moines; a sister, Audrey Ferner of Sunnyvale, three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Iowa. PANG YANG THAO The Register's Iowa News Service PELLA, IA. Services for Pang Yang Thao, 51, of Pella, who drowned Saturday near Red Rock Dam, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Reformed Church here. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Pella.

Mrs. Thao had lived in Pella 10 years. A homemaker, she attended the First Reformed Church here. Survivors include her husband, Xay Chong Thao; and five daughters, Mang Thao, Song Thao, Chao Thao, True Thao and Lee Thao. Friends may call today at the VanDyk-Duven Funeral Home here.

ANITA VERCELLINO Special Dispatch to The Regiter SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Memorial services for Anita Vercellino, 63, of San Diego, who died of Lou Gehrig's disease Tuesday in Indianola, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola. The body has been donated to University Hospitals in Iowa City.

Survivors include two sisters, Rena Chesi of Des Moines and Dorene McConnell of Indianola. director member Church, daughters, Janna Jolund of CaliforForest 9 p.m. Home, friends GLEN DAVISON The Register's Iowa News Service INDIANOLA, IA. Services for Glen Davison, 62, of Indianola, who died of a heart attack Saturday at Charter Community Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church here.

Burial will be in the Indianola I00F Cemetery. Mr. Davison was born in Murray and moved to Indianola in 1950. He operated a Standard service station here for 32 years and had been employed as a cashier at the Plaza Standard Station in Des Moines. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Indianola Odd Fellows Lodge.

Survivors include his wife, Phyllis; four sons, Dennis of Marshalltown, William of Houston, Texas, Ronald of Phoenix, and Timothy of Indianola; three daughters, Linda Depue, Rebecca Burgin and Jean Ann Davison, all of Indianola: three brothers, Vern of Indianola, Keith of Osceola and Herbert of Donnellson; three sisters, Lucille Beasley of Austin, Texas, Alice Woods of Osceola and Donna Davison of Des Moines; and five grandchildren. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at Overton's Funeral Home here. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. HOMER BRICKER The Register's Iowa News Service INDIANOLA, IA.

Service for Homer Bricker, 75, of Indianola, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage Friday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Peterson Funeral Home here. Burial will be in the Indianola IOOF Cemetery. Mr. Bricker was born near Runnells and lived in Warren County most of his life.

A retired farmer, he was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Elna; a daughter, Linda Reeser of Colorado Springs, two sisters, Dorothy Chumbley of Des Moines and Grace Ginder of Ackworth; and three grandchildren. Friends may call until service time at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to his church.

Moines Iowa Lutheran Hospital CARZOLI Twila and Dennis of 2221 Summer Park Drive, Ankeny, a son, Sunday. HOMAN Diane and Tom of Indianola, a daughter, Sunday. KNICLEY Jene and Roy of 2444 S.W. Eighth a son, Sunday. PITMAN Kimberly and Curtis of 3623 Amherst a son, Friday.

Mercy Hospital Medical Center EVANS Barbara of 1909 Jefferson a daughter, Saturday. WRIGHT Linda and August of 4380 S.E. 15th Court, a daughter, Saturday. Iowa Methodist Medical Center CAREY Elizabeth: and Mark of 2741 Richmond a son, Sunday. DUESENBERG Marie and Steven of 4516 72nd Urbandale, a daughter, Saturday.

KELLY Mary and Patrick of 3945 Oxford a son, Thursday. RICHARDS Sylvia and Richard L. of 4917 Grand a daughter, Saturday. WEBB Shelly and Jeff of Pleasantville, a daughter, Sunday. WHO A The Spirit of towa 1040 WHO is more than a radio station.

It's Sports. Sports means more than scores on WHO Radio. It's talk and information with major sports figures every sports "Sportsline" and "Sportsman's It's night on Chicago Cubs baseball weekends and selected week nights, from the Drake Relays, play-by-play of the Girls reports and Boys State Basketball Tournaments and University of Iowa football and basketball. When it comes to sports, WHO Radio goes beyond the game. JAMES B.

McDONALD The Register's Iowa News Service DUBUQUE, IA. Services for James B. McDonald, 79, of Dubuque, who died Friday of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Mount Vernon, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Columbkille's Catholic Church here.

Survivors include two sons, James B. Jr. of Dubuque and Timothy of Des Moines; three daughters, Sheila McDonald of Evanston, Patricia Stiber of Detroit, and Moira Desch of Waukesha, a brother, Joseph of Dubuque; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Al Bidesch and Ed Siegert Colonial Funeral Home here is handling arrangements. Iowa ARCADIA Elva Eike, 98.

BAYARD Paul F. Brutsche, 82; Mary K. Davis, 87; Frank W. Hirschberg, 73. CARROLL Lawrence F.

Thieleke, 86; Helen Schroeder, 77; John Thelen, 84; Vera Heithoff, 67. CEDAR FALLS Harold Michaelsen, 81; Ida May Wade, 95; Inez B. Call, 84. COLUMBUS JUNCTION Albert Thompson, 98. COON RAPIDS Leota M.

Cretsinger, 93. DEWAR Dorothy M. Taber, 75. DURANT John Wilson, 72. ELGIN Allen E.

Anderson, 73; Millard E. Gilbertson, 77. EVERLY Lester Hildreth, 84; Vera Cherry, 87. FAIRFIELD Lois DeGood, 64; Lester E. Wilson, 80; Vera McMurray, 83.

FORT ATKINSON Marie E. Hageman, 80. FORT MADISON Fred C. Salters, 72; Edward J. Sanders, 78.

GARWIN Edward Stamp, 97; Kenneth Hatch, 71. GREENE Anna Reed Miller, 99. GREENVILLE Ralph Garton, 82. HAMPTON Gwendolyn Long, 55; John L. Fowler, 74; Lena Meyer, 90.

INDEPENDENCE Bernita S. Hogan, 49; Cyril L. Wiest, 77. IOWA CITY Dr. Henry E.

Hamilton, 69; Raymond Helmer, 82; Emil W. Pauley, 74; Tracy D. Dahl, 31. JEFFERSON William Lawson, 59. KALONA Daniel A.

Boone, 76. LAKE PARK Arnold Gerdes, 65; Alvin Myrick, 76. LAKE VIEW Esther Mortensen, 98; Han Schmidt, 80. LANESBORO Clarence Launspach, 84. LAMONI Dixie Margaret Adams, 74; David Harvey Carter, 73; Frances May Inslee, 84.

LEON Minnie Ellen Dale, 88. LIBERTYVILLE Florence "Betty" Stump, 77. LITTLEPORT Adeline V. Kenneally, 90. MALCOM Emmet Douglas, 82.

MANNING Albert A. Klocke, 73; Raymond VolIstedt, 75. MANSON Ella Quade, 82; Olive Blear, 96. MUSCATINE Clara Jo Williams, 68, Clifford E. Blake, 73; Glenn Wheeler, 80, Robert O.

Schmitt, 72; Florence H. Hahn, 96; Gladys Marie Chamberlin, 79; Richard Faulkner, 80. OXFORD Flovd Pirki, 76. PETERSON Audrey M. Conner, 75.

STOCKTON Raymond L. Chase, 67. WEST BRANCH Park Leroy Albaugh, 80; Howard Madsen, 76. WEST LIBERTY Raymond Lewis, 86. WASHINGTON Kathryne E.

Davis, 92; Pearl Flenner, 93; Cecile L. Simmering, 88. WATERLOO Mary L. Milroy, 82, Grace Charlton, 88, Florence S. Gooder, 69; Eloise Berg Rickard, 65; Dazil H.

Kerr 38; Dan L. Kautz, 58; Almer F. Altenburg, 66; Ernest Bunte, 95; Kate E. Stallman, 95; Charles Swisher, 66; Herbert F. Newkirk, 50; Emma Trost, 95; Verla E.

Griffith, 83; Fern Billings, 98; Kenneth Kohlmeyer 63: Helen Junker 68; Flossie B. Hild, 81; Mavis L. Anderson, 50; Ruth Minnich, 84; Norman E. Sallis 35; Darlene Mathern, 41; Arthur Sturtz, 83; Max N. Guyer, 85; Lucile F.

White, 86: Leota M. Hamilton, 98; William Wittenburg, 82. WELLMAN Leslie O. Bell, 73. DONALD You'll find these surprises The Iowan Who Saved Admiral Byrd He was Thomas C.

Poulter, a physics professor at lowa Wesleyan College, and his dramatic Antarctic rescue of Admiral Burd highlights a lifetime of accomplishment. "Living It Up" in Albia A downtown thrives as residents rehabilitate second story space into dazzling apartments for cOntemporary living. Karen Strohbeen Her successful art career has a sound footing in country living. Osteopathic University Des Moines' University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences is a picture of robust health, thanks to the inspired leadership of President J. Leonard Azneer.

Oscar Grossheim His 55,000 glass plate negatives document nearly seventy years of life in Muscatine. The Black Stones of Estherville A meteor that exploded near Estherville in 1879 had an impact around the world. in the SPRING ISSUE Lowan To order your copy of the Spring Issue, send form below to: The lowan, 214 Ninth Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309. Name Address Citv State. Zip.

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