Thursday, July 21, 1988 Belleville (III.) News-Democrat Page 3, Section For the record Death notices that include name, community, date of death, arrangements and funeral home are published free. Telephone 234-1000, ext. 625, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Telephone 234-5578 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Further information may be published for a standard $20 fee under "Obituaries." Photos and funeral notices are $6 each. BELL, Maxine 53, of Swansea, died Wednesday, July 20, 1988.
Visitation after 4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Belleville.
Pete Gardner Funeral Home, Belleville. BERNHARDT, John, 86, formerly of Troy, died Tuesday, July 19, 1988. Visitation after 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Funeral 11 a.m.
Thursday, Friedens United Church of Christ, Troy. Burial in Valley View Cemetery, Edwardsville. Laughlin Funeral Home, Troy. GIFFORD, Stanley 73, of Lakewood, Ohio, formerly of Belleville, died Monday, July 18, 1988. Body was cremated.
Memorial service in Belle- Telephone 234-5578, noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Toni Nichole Whitaker Toni Nichole Whitaker, infant daughter of Marilyn L.
Whitaker of Cahokia, died Tuesday, July 19, 1988 at Cardinal Glennon Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Surviving are grandparents, Anthony and Marilyn Eaton of Piedmont, Leland Whitaker of Festus, great grandmothers, Jackie Eaton of Piedmont, Mo. and Ann Prater of Cahokia, great grandfather, Harold Whitaker of St. Louis, six uncles, Leland R.
Whitaker, Jr. of Piedmont, James Whitaker and Brent and Joey Whitaker all of Festus, Mo. and Kevin and Tony Eaton of Piedmont, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Braun Colonial Funeral Home, Cahokia, with Fr.
Peterson officiating. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Belleville. Friends may call from 4:30 until 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Bernice Goodall Bernice Viola Goodall, nee Weber, 73.0 of New Athens, died Tuesday, July 19, 1988 at her residence.
She was a retired receptionist for Dr. Sidney Trappe of New Athens; a member of St. John's United Church of Christ and Freeburg Chapter No. 542 Eastern Star. Preceding in death were her parents, Henry and Sophia, nee Juenger, Weber; a brother, Herman Weber; three sisters, Edna Weber, Lydia Weber and Margaret Welzbacher.
Surviving are her husband, Arthur Goodall; two sons and daughters-inlaw, James and Sara Goodall of Freeburg, Ill. and Michael and June Goodall of Fairview Heights, two sisters, Clara Haddock of Freeburg, Ill. and Inez Kaiser of Tempe, seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hull Funeral Home, New Athens.
Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, New Athens. Friends may call from 4 until 9 p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m. until time of service Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to St.
John United Church of Christ or Freeburg Chapter of Eastern Star. Henry Soehnlin Henry R. Soehnlin, 83, of Troy, born in East St. Louis, February 20, 1905, died Wednesday, July 20, 1988 at 7:42 a.m. He was a retired car foreman for Norfolk and Western Railroad; a member of Eden United Church of Christ, Edwardsville; Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America; Edwardsville Moose Lodge.
Preceding in death were his wife, the former Ida Lindeman in 1983; his parents; three brothers, Charlie, Matthew and Harry Soehnlin; two sisters, Louise and Florence. Surviving are two sons, Norman L. Soehnlin of Troy, Ill. and Henry R. Soehnlin, Jr.
of Summerville, S.C.; two daughters, Carol Braun of Cherokee Village, Ark. and Betty Lou Wells of Linton, two brothers, Darvin Soehnlin of Belleville and Bernard Soehnlin of Salem, 14 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 Saturday at the Herbert A. a.m. Kassly Funeral Home, Collinsville with Rev.
Wesley Bornemann officiating. Burial will be in Valley View Gardens of Memory, Edwardsville. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Eden Church of Christ, Edwardsville.
TISCH MONUMENTS Since 1877 Downtown Belleville 17 N. 3rd St. 233-3017 AND OPPOSITE Mt. Hope Cemetery 397-0068 ville at a later date. Malloy Memorial Service, Cleveland, Ohio.
HARMS, Leroy Oliver, 90, of rural Lebanon, died Wednesday, July 20, 1988. Visitation after 4 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial in College Hill Cemetery, Lebanon. Meyer Funeral Home, Lebanon. HEROLD, Helena, nee Decker, 80, of New Bern, N.C., formerly of Caseyville, died Tuesday, July 19, 1988. Visitation from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday at the funeral home. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday in St. John Cemetery, Collinsville. Herr Funeral Home, Collinsville.
MCCRACKEN, Donald 69, of Cahokia, died Wednesday, July 20, 1988. Visitation from 2:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Funeral 1 p.m.
Friday at the funeral home. Burial Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville. Braun Colonial Funeral Home, Cahokia. MUELLER, Albert 84, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, July 19, 1988. Visitation after 2 p.m.
Thursday at the funeral home. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday, St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Waterloo. Burial in Kolmer Memorial Cemetry, Waterloo.
Quernheim Funeral Home, Waterloo. SOEHNLIN, Henry 83, of Troy, died Wednesday, July 20, 1988. Visitation after 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Funeral 10 a.m.
Saturday at the funeral home. Burial in Valley View Gardens of Memory, Edwardsville. Herbert A. Kassly Funeral Home, Collinsville. VUICHARD, Marvin 74, of Marissa, died Monday, July 18, 1988.
Visitation from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday, Marissa Presbyterian Church, Marissa.
Burial Marissa Cemetery, Marissa. FingerFuneral Home, Marissa. WEIDMAN, Esther Jane, nee Polk, 77, of Fairview Heights, died Tuesday, July 19, 1988. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, Reiss Memorial Chapel at Lake View Memorial Gardens, Belleville.
Burial in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Belleville. Kurrus Funeral Home, Belleville. WHITAKER, Toni Nicole, infant daughter of Marilyn Whitaker of Cahokia, died Tuesday, July 19, 1988. Visitation from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday at the funeral home. Funeral 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Belleville. Braun Colonial Funeral Home, Cahokia.
Obituaries Donald McCracken Donald E. McCracken, 69, of Cahokia, died Wednesday, July 20, 1988 at Riverbluff Nursing Home. He was retired from Alton and Southern Railroad; World War II Army Veteran; member of Cahokia Moose Lodge 423; Legion of the Moose; Flying Legionaires; VFW Post 1699; Democratic Club; Senior Citizens Club of Cahokia. Preceding in death were a son, Wayne Lee McCracken; stepson, Tommy Brown; parents, Walter and Ollie, nee Bright, McCracken; a brother, Stanley McCracken. Surviving are his wife, the former Helen A.
Ross; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Barbara Loften and Donna Pearson both of Martin, Susan and Wayne Wilson of Athens, and Gloria and Greg Wilson of Fort Hood, Texas; a stepson, Gene Brown of Cahokia; two stepdaughters and sons-in-law, Joan and Jerry Pickett of Fremont, Calif. and Virgie and Al Wade of Union City, four brothers, Kenneth McCracken Dupo, Raymond McCracken of North Dupo, Clarence McCracken of East Carondelet, Ill. and Robert McCracken of Wartburg, four sisters, June Goddard of North Dupo, Virginia Craig Cahokia, Mildred Range of Columbia, Ill. and Joan Comstock of Dupo, 32 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; Our dear brother-in-law, uncle and cousin. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.
Friday at the Braun Colonial Funeral Home, Cahokia with Rev. John Annable officiating. Burial will be in Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville. Friends may call from 2:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Thursday at the funeral home. A Moose Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and a VFW Service will be held at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Braun Colonial Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois.
Maxine Bell Maxine J. Bell, nee Brimble, 53, of Swansea, died Wednesday, July 20, 1988 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville. She was a data processing manager for Commonwealth Insurance in St. Louis, a member of Sweet Adelines and the American Business Women's Association.
Preceding in death was her father, George D. Brimble. Surviving are her husband, Robert E. Bell; a son, Robert D. Bell of Boston, her mother, Ida nee Pevey, Brimble of Jackson, a brother, G.
Delmar Brimble of St. Louis, an aunt, Louise Gutwein. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Peter Gardner Funeral Home, Belleville, with Rev. Jim Hunt officiating.
Interment will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Leroy Harms Leroy Oliver Harms, 90, of Rural Lebanon, died Wednesday, July 20, 1988 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
He was a retired farmer. Preceding in death were his wife, the former Leona A. Schildknecht; parents, John and Anka, nee Bohlen, Harms; two brothers; three sisters. Surviving are a son, Leroy J. Harms, Jr.
of Fairview Heights, a daughter, Mrs. Charles (LaDoris) Hoppesch of Merritt Island, three grandchildren; three great grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Meyer Funeral Home, Lebanon with Rev. Dr.
Dwayne Dollgener officiating. Burial will be in College Hill Cemetery, Lebanon. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to St.
Paul's United Church of Christ in Lebanon. Police seek out Indian WHEELING (AP) A man from India was being sought Wednesday in connection with the disappearance of an Indian immigrant who vanished from her suburban Chicago home after an apparent struggle, Wheeling police said. The man was an acquaintance of 19-year-old Gopi Punjabi, who has been missing since Monday, said Gary O'Rourke, Wheeling deputy police chief. Police said the suspect had boarded a plane bound from New York for India on Tuesday night. He was alone at the time, they said.
But police said they believe the missing woman is still alive. "We have to believe that (Gopi) Punjabi's still alive," said Sgt. Jack Kimsey. "We have no information that can make us think otherwise." Kimsey said the suspect, in his early 30s, has been in the area for the past couple of days, and was seen with the woman before her disappearance. The suspect knew Gopi Punjabi before she left India for the United States about two months ago.
Gilbert "Gil" Tupa Gilbert "Gil" Tupa, 41, of Fairmont City, Ill. entered into peace on Tuesday, July 19, 1988 at Jewish Hospital. He was a self-employed carpenter and a member of St. Clair Angler's Club. Preceding in death was his mother, Betty, nee Butterfield, Tupa.
Surviving are his wife, the former Judith Ann Holley; his father, Robert F. Tupa of Fairmont City, son-inlaw of Raymond and Lenora Holley of Pinckneyville, brother-in-law of Michael Holley and wife, Nola, of Collinsville and Kenneth Holley and wife, Roseanne, of New Athens, Ill. Private services will be held at a later date following cremation at Lake View Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Kassly Colonial Mortuary, Fairview Heights.
Donations may be made to the Epilepsy Federation of Great St. Louis, 7305 Manchester, St. Louis, Mo. 63143. Alma Hesse Alma L.
Hesse, nee Fries, 77, of O'Fallon, died Tuesday, July 19, 1988 at Emerald Gardens Health Care Center, Lebanon, Ill. She was a member of O'Fallon United Church of Christ; Women's Guild and past president of Mary and Martha Society of the church in 1953; past Matron in 1943 and 50 year member of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter 487; past president of O'Fallon P.T.A. in 1947 and 1948; past member of O'Fallon Women's Club; member of O'Fallon Senior Citizens. Preceding in death were her husband, Henry M. Hesse, whom she married December 12, 1931 and died June 23, 1974, he served as Mayor of O'Fallon from 1945-1957; also her parents, George J.
and Anna, nee Fehl, Fries and a brother, Harry Fries. Surviving are a daughter and son-inlaw, Anna Lee and Bernie Fuchs of Westport, a brother, Arthur Fries of Apple Valley, three grandchildren, Cindy, Derek and Ellise Fuchs. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the O'Fallon United Church of Christ with Rev. Walter P.
Gerth officiating. Burial will be in O'Fallon City Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at the Schildknecht Funeral Home, O'Fallon. The 0'Fallon Senior Citizens WalkThru will be held at 6 p.m., Women's Guild Service at 6:30 p.m.
and Order of Eastern Star Service at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Schildknecht Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Henry Hesse Park or Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association. Accident reports Belleville Police Department WEDNESDAY 10:31 a.m.; Carlyle Avenue and Route 161; Walter Brooks, 81, Millstadt; Richard Sullivan, 27, Belleville; front-rear; no injuries reported. Fire calls Belleville Fire Department WEDNESDAY 11:05 a.m.; alarm at Memorial Hospital.
Washington Park Fire Department WEDNESDAY 1:34 a.m.; house fire at 1958 N. 65th St. Signal Hill Fire Department WEDNESDAY 10:37 a.m.; transformer fire next to 913 South Gate. Esther Weidman Esther Jane Weidman, nee Polk, 77, of Fairview Heights, died Tuesday, July 19, 1988 at Memorial Hospital. She was a retired clerk for a credit union and Monsanto Chemical Company; member of Christ United Methodist Church, Fairview Heights and the Wednesday Club.
Preceding in death were her parents, Thomas and Ida, nee DuPree, Polk; a sister, Marie Barschak. Surviving are her husband, Ralph Douglas Weidman; a son and daughter-in-law, Col. James Douglas and Missy Weidman of Tuscon, a sister, Frances Louise Ogonski of Belleville; two grandchildren, Gavin and Whitney Weidman; a nephew and nieces. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Reiss Memorial Chapel at Lake View Memorial Gardens with Rev.
Robert Treat officiating. Burial will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens. There will be no visitation. Kurrus Funeral Home, Belleville, in charge of arrangements. Births MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BELLEVILLE Melisa and Timothy Stafford of Belleville, a son, July 16.
Elgina Lee of Centreville, a daughter, July 17. Janice and James Rose of Cahokia, a daughter, July 18. Christie and Wayne Scher of Belleville, a son, July 18. CENTREVILLE TOWNSHIP HOSPITAL CENTREVILLE Delisa Brandy and Keith Simon of East St. Louis, a son, July 11.
Sheri Fenton and Nathaniel Roberson of East St. Louis, a son, July 16. Shaconjula Matlock and Marcus Rush of East St. Louis, a daughter, July Rachel 16. Johnson and Weylon Rose of East St.
Louis, a son, July 17. Laura Mohr and Larry Patterson of Fairmont City, a daughter, July 17. Natalie McBride and Joe Taylor of East St. Louis, a son, July 18. Wyetta Temple and Lynn Marrow of St.
Louis, a daughter, July 18. Tammy Samelton of East St. Louis, a daughter, July 18. Dameckia Alfred and Jerome Hodges of East St. Louis, a son, July 18.
ANDERSON HOSPITAL MARYVILLE Jan and John Busker of Edwardsville, a daughter, July 11. Karen and Gary Perigo of St. Jacob, a daughter, July 11. Donita and Marshall Hines of Collinsville, a son, July 11. Mona: and Brad Haberer of Edwardsville, a daughter, July 11.
Kimberly and Bill Russell of Belleville, a daughter, July 12. Deborah and David Bohnenstiehl of Collinsville, a daughter, July 12. Donna and Chris Covalesky of Collisville, a daughter, July 12. Jayne and Charles Wagner of Collinsville, a daughter, July 13. Patricia and Patrick Horton of Troy, a daughter, July 13.
Angela and James Lee of Collinsville, a daughter, July 13. Dilnawaz and Daniel Stack of Highland, a son, July 13. Tracy and Gary Scaggs of Collinsville, a son, July 13. Steve and Patricia Myers of Edwardsville, a daughter, July 14. Susan and Kerry Baugher of Edwardsville, a son, July 14.
Angela and Steven Wolf of Collinsville, a daughter, July 14. Lynn and Patrick Bury of Granite City, a son, July 15. Vickie and Philip Farrice of Granite City, a son, July 15. Michelle Bowlin of Troy, a son, July 16. Marsha and Dennis Bauer of Troy, a daughter, July 18.
Tammy and Kirk hager of Collinsville, a daughter, July 18. Theresa and Norman Barnhart of St. Jacob, a daughter, July 18. Vizer Right down the line Dennis Gordon, an Illinois Bell telephone line across from Belleville Gordon, a Highland resident, was day that serves about 50 customers. Builders' disassemble ATWOOD (AP) Samuel and Daniel Harshbarger would have been proud.
Nearly 100 of their descendants spent two days working together to save the log cabin the brothers built about 150 years ago. Many of them had never met until they gathered in the 100-degree heat last weekend to take the old cabin apart, piece by piece. Later this summer, the Harshbargers will meet again to reassemble the old house on family property about 1.5 miles down the road. "There was a camaraderie I just felt sort of a unity," said local resident Shirley Harshbarger, who organized the event. "Everybody just felt connected.
And, everybody went at it gently, moving those logs like they were pieces of art." Cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews came from all over the country to work on the project. Samuel and Daniel Harshbarger, early Piatt County settlers, cut the oak logs for the cabin from local timber groves in the 1830s. They built a one-room log cabin with a loft. The two families lived together in the tiny house for about cable repairman, works on a Area College on Illinois 161., working on the line Wednes- descendants log cabin three years. "Walking around in it, I was trying to imagine two whole families trying to live in this one room about the size my bedroom," Carol Harshbarger of Urbana said.
"Really, it's amazing." Eventually, the exterior of the cabin was covered with siding and the interior walls were plastered. Rooms were added. No one would have guessed there was a log cabin hidden within the shell. Neal Brown bought the house several years ago with the intention of tearing it down and building a new one. When he ripped off the additions, he discovered the log cabin.
An advertisem*nt and a news story tipped off some of the Harshbargers. They organized buy it for $3,000. They hope to restore it to its original state. At the family reunion Saturday and Sunday, relatives worked side-by-side to disassemble the relic. The gre great-grandchildren of Samuel and Daniel Harshbarger sat in lawn chairs in the shade and watched.
Great-great grandchildren and greatgreat-great grandchildren swung crowbars and tackled the heavy work. Second conviction labeled unconstitutional onal by court ST. LOUIS (AP) A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled in favor of an Arkansas man who claimed his second murder conviction violated his constitutional right to protection against double jeopardy. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that the second conviction of Anderson Gene Dubois constituted double jeopardy.
Dubois was convicted of firstdegree murder in March 1972 and sentenced to death by electrocution, the appellate court's opinion said. The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed the conviction because the state had failed to offer evidence corroborating the testimony of two accomplices, as required by Arkansas law. Dubois was retried and reconvicted and then sentenced to life in prison. The state Supreme Court subsequently affirmed the conviction because the state had presented additional evidence to corroborate the accomplice testimony. A federal magistrate heard Dubois' claims of double jeopardy, ruled in his favor, and a district court adopted the ruling.
But the district court stayed Dubois' release from prison pending the state's appeal. The appellate court said Wednesday that the double-jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment bars a second prosecution when the reversal of an initial prosecution was based on insufficiency of evidence. "Here, the state court reversed a conviction because the prosecution failed to corroborate accomplice testimony as required by state statute," the judges wrote. "Such a reversal has been characterized by the Arkansas Supreme Court as one based on evidentiary insufficiency, and therefore, a second prosecution is barred." Student shopkeeper has big plans for comic books DECATUR (AP) Eric Hector is using his creativity to breathe life into his dreams. And he is not alone in his efforts.
Hector is the 20-year-old proprietor of "The Comics Store," located in King's Plaza at Illinois 121 and Lost Bridge Road. While the store which sells new and vintage comic books helps provide extra cash while Hector is attending Richland Community College to study art, it's really an integral part of a grander scheme. The store is home to the Heroic Age Comic Co. And if all goes as planned, by mid-1989 the company's comic books will be available from selected distributors nationwide. Among the copyright titles will be the Unity Valiant, British Steel, Essence of the Midnight Ranger, the Emerald Avenger, Time Line and Time Cruising.
Creators of the new titles, their characters and the art and story lines to support them are a group of central Illinois residents. The creators are working hard to have six issues of each of their comic books ready for the printer, World Color Press, by a year from now, Hector said. The group plans to limit to 30,000 or less each printing of its comic books in hopes they will be more likely to become collector's items. As incentives to distributors, the comics will be sold for 75 cents each, rather than the usual $1 charged by major comic book publishers, and only the number of issues ordered will be printed, Hector said. Heroic Age Comics is looking for a $2,000 profit on each issue..
