BELLEVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2005 OBITUARIES Myrtle Leemon Myrtle "Myrt" Leemon, nee Dunn, 75, of Caseyville, born May 28, 1929, in East St. Louis, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at her home in Caseyville, Ill. Myrt loved Bingo. She was a member of St. Ann's Altar Society, belonged to the Moose Lodge 4 in Caseyville, Eagle Auxiliary in Chester, and St.
Stephen Catholic Church, Caseyville, Ill. She was a longtime cook at the VFW in Caseyville. She was preceded in death by a beloved son, Dennis Nevenner; her beloved parents, Thomas and Agnes, nee Lynch, Dunn; a brother, Douglas Dunn; and a stepson, Vernon Leemon. Surviving are a son, Donald Nevenner of Caseyville, two daughters, Dorothea Wicker of O'Fallon, and Deborah Perdue of Chicago, three sisters, Emma Riechert of Caseyville, Virginia (Tom) Darnell of Caseyville, and Joyce Baechle of Swansea, four stepchildren; two grandchildren, Jared and Danny Nevenner of Caseyville, 18 stepgrandchildren; 15 step-great-grandchildren; and many beloved nieces and nephews. God saw you were getting tired, and a cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around you, and whispered, "Come with me." With tearful eyes we watched you, and saw you pass away. Although we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands to rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best. Memorials may be made to the Poor Clare Nuns, Belleville, or in the form of Masses at St.
Stephen Catholic Church, Caseyville, Ill. Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Herr Funeral Home, Caseyville, Ill. Funeral: Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at St.
Stephen Catholic Church, Caseyville, with the Rev. Joe Rascher officiating. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Belleville, Ill. HERR FUNERAL IL HOME, Collinsville, Ill. Mary Ruth Wilke Mary Ruth Wilke, nee children, Jeremy and Kristin Kalmer, 74, of St.
Rose, Hemker, Megan and Robyn born March 24, 1931, in Dami- Wolfe, Leslie and Ross Sheriansville, died Saturday, dan and Cody and Chad April 2, 2005, at St. Spradling; four siblings, Joseph Hospital, High- Verena (Emil) Rensing land, Ill. of New Baden, MarMrs. Wilke was a cella (Leo) Varel of Carhomemaker and also lyle, Lawrence (Virworked at Bassler Elec- ginia) Kalmer of New tric in Highland, re- Baden, and Martiring in April 1994. garet (Ralph) Thole of She was a member of St.
Rose, and a St. Rose Parish and Al- brother-in-law, Jerome tar Sodality; Highland VFW Koerkenmeier of Damiansville, Post 5694 Auxiliary; Breese Ill. American Legion Post 252 In lieu of flowers, memoriAuxiliary; and Disabled Ameri- als may be made to can Veterans Chapter 100 Aux- Alzheimer's Association, Gateiliary. Mrs. Wilke was a blood way Regional Hospice or St.
donor through the American Rose Church. Red Cross and had donated a Visitation: Friends may call total of 102 pints. She enjoyed after 4 p.m. Monday, April 4, playing cards, quilting, and from 2005, 11 a.m. to 1:15 singing, dancing and listening music and anything that in- p.m.
Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at to volved her grandchildren. Hempen Funeral Home, Breese, Ill. The Breese AmeriShe was preceded in death can Legion Auxiliary will visit by her parents, Joseph and the Catherine, funeral home at 7 p.m. nee Rensing, Kalmer; and a twin sister, Monday. Rita Koerkenmeier.
Funeral: A Mass of ResurSurviving are her husband, rection will be held at 2 p.m. Hugo S. Wilke, whom she mar- Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at St. ried May 25, 1954, in Damians- Rose Church, St. Rose, ville, four daughters, Mary with the Rev.
Ed Schaefer offiLou (Roger) Wolfe of Cordova, ciating. Burial will be in St. Jane (Tom) Sheridan of Rose Cemetery, St. Rose, Ill. Maryland Heights, Diane and Lucy (Mark) Hemker HOME, Breese, Ill.
(David) Spradling of O'Fallon, HEMPEN FUNERAL of Bartelso, eight grand- DEATHS LESTER BECHERER at the church. Burial in Jefferson Lester J. Becherer, 87, of Belleville Barracks National Cemetery, St. died Sunday, April 3, 2005. Louis.
Herr Funeral Home, Collinsville. Arrangements pending at George Renner Sons Funeral Home, LLOYD LASSEN Belleville. Lloyd A. Lassen, 72, of Granite City died Sunday, April 3, 2005. Visitation LOUISE BOOS from 5 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday at the Louise E. Boos, 79, of Belleville died funeral home. Funeral 10 a.m. Sunday, April 3, 2005. Arrangements Wednesday at the funeral home.
pending at George Renner Sons Burial in Jefferson Barracks National Funeral Home, Belleville. Cemetery, St. Louis. Irwin Maryville Road Chapel, Granite City. GEORGIANN FRESE Georgiann "Georgie" Frese, 45, of SUSANNE LICHESI Nashville died Sunday, April 3, 2005.
Susanne Lichesi, 79, of Troy died Visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Sunday, April 3, 2005. Arrangements and from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. pending at Laughlin Funeral Home, Wednesday at the funeral home. Troy.
Mass of Christian burial 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann Catholic BETTIE REZBA Church, Nashville. Burial in the Bettie Rezba, 76, of Sparta died church cemetery. Campagna Funeral Saturday, April 2, 2005.
Home, Nashville. Arrangements pending at McDaniel Funeral Home, Sparta. ROBERT GOETZ Robert Goetz, 60, of Fairview Heights STELLA RUBACH died Sunday, April 3, 2005. Stella D. Rubach, 93, of Campbell Hill Arrangements pending at Kassly died Saturday, April 2, 2005.
Mortuary, Fairview Heights. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday THOMAS GREEN at the funeral home.
Funeral 2 p.m. Thomas Green, 66, of Centreville died Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial Saturday, April 2. 2005. Visitation in Paradise Cemetery, from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Thursday at Wilson's Funeral Home, Steeleville. the Bethlehem Baptist Church, East St. Louis. Funeral 1 p.m.
Thursday at GAIL WOLF the church. Burial in Sunset Gardens Gall W. Wolf, 53, of Okawville died of Memory, Millstadt. Officer Funeral Sunday, April 3, 2005. Visitation Home, East St.
Louis. from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the VIRGINIA KULIKOWSKI funeral home, and from 9:30 to 11 Virginia M. "Ginny" Kulikowski, nee a.m.
Wednesday at St. Peter United Wobbe, 83, of Caseyville died Church of Christ, Okawville. Funeral Saturday, April 2, 2005. Visitation 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church.
from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Burial in the church cemetery. Caseyville United Methodist Church, Campagna Funeral Home, Okawville. Caseyville. Funeral noon Wednesday Helen Geary Helen "Sis" Geary, nee Haentzler, 87, of Belleville, born July 31, 1917, in Belleville, died Friday, April 1, 2005, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Ill.
Mrs. Geary was a member of Westview Baptist Church, Swansea, Ill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence E. Geary, who died Jan. 29, 1995; her parents, Gustav and Carrie, nee Whitworth, Haentzler; two sisters, Lenos Siegler and Lois "Janey" Doty; and a brother, James "Bo" Haentzler.
She is survived by a daughter, Carol Ann (Richard) Wahlig of Belleville, a son, James L. Geary of Belleville, a granddaughter, Lisa Carol (Barry) VanDeman of Raleigh N.C.; two great grandchildren, Connor and Emeline VanDeman; a sis- ter, Phyllis J. Biehl; and a brother, Robert Haentzler, both of Belleville, Ill. Memorials may be made to the Baptist Children's Home, 4243 Lincolnshire Drive, Mount Vernon, Ill. 62864.
Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at George Renner and Sons Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill. Funeral: Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at George Renner and Sons Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill, with Dr. Jack Fritts officiating.
Burial will be at Walnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, Ill. www.rennerfh.com GEORGE RENNER SONS FUNERAL HOME, Belleville, IL Hezel; his parents, John F. and Agnes, nee Jakoubek, Yoch; a Mary Mary C. Schneider, nee Asselmeier, 74, of Columbia, born Jan. 12, 1931, in St.
Louis, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at Monroe County Care and Rehabilitation Center, Waterloo, Ill. Mrs. Schneider was retired from the First National Bank as a cashier. She attended St. Paul United Church of Christ, Columbia, where she had been a Sunday school teacher.
She was also a member of Order of the Eastern Star Monroe Chapter 597 and Job's Daughters. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Schneider, whom she married April 11, 1953, in Valmeyer, her parents, Edwin "Nick" and Mary, nee Wilson, Asselmeier; and a brother, Allen Asselmeier of Albuquerque, N.M. Surviving are a son, Stephen (Valerie) Schneider of Columbia, a daughter, Linda (Scott) Yancey of Waterloo, a sister, Doris England of Columbia, a brother, Fran- HOME, Belleville, Ill. Schneider cis (Claudia) Asselmeier of Columbia, three grandchildren, Erin and Jacob Yancey and Jenna Marie Schneider; and other relatives and friends. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Research, Monroe County Care and Rehabilitation Center or St.
Paul United Church of Christ, Columbia, Ill. For information, please access the Lawlor Funeral Home Web site: www.lawlorfuneralhome.com Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Lawlor Funeral Home, Columbia, Ill. Funeral: Funeral services will I be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at St.
Paul United Church of Christ, Columbia, with the Rev. Gerry Proctor officiating. Burial will be in Evangelical St. Paul Cemetery, Columbia, Ill. LAWLOR FUNERAL HOME, Columbia, Ill.
Casper. F. Yoch Casper F. "Cass" Yoch, 90, brother, John J. Yoch; a grandof Belleville, born Oct.
5, son, Benjamin Hurt; and a son1914, in Belleville, died in-law, James Wingerter. peacefully at home Saturday, He is survived by six chilApril 2, 2005, surround- dren, Agnes Wingerter ed by his children, care- of Rockford, givers and his hospice John (Sherry) Yoch of nurse. O'Fallon, Ann (Bill) Mr. Yoch was a grad- Polka of Belleville, uate of Cathedral High Cassie (Alan) Whitlock School, Belleville, of Arlington, and attended the Uni- Joseph (Sharon) Yoch versity of Notre Dame. of Smithton, and He was the president of Lucy (Bill) Hannegan John F.
Yoch Building Materi- of St. Louis, a daughterals and the owner-operator of in-law, Clara Yoch of Parker, Concrete Belleville, Ill. 31 grandchildren; and Mr. Yoch was a member of St. 36 great-grandchildren.
Henry Catholic Church, In lieu of flowers, memoriBelleville, Ill. He was a friend als may be made to the and supporter of the Brothers Belleville Catholic Diocese Reof Mary, St. Henry Catholic tired Priests Fund or in the Church and School, Althoff form of Masses. Catholic High School, the Visitation: Friends may call Catholic Diocese of Belleville and others. He also served from 4 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, April on 5, 2005, at George Renner the St. Clair County Zoning Sons Funeral Home, Belleville, Board. Cass was a member of Ill. A prayer service will be the Knights of Columbus held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Belleville Council 1028; the funeral home.
Visitation also Belleville Elks Club BPOE 481; will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 and a charter member of the Belleville Exchange Club. His a.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2005, generosity touched and at St. Henry Catholic Church, Belleville, Ill. changed many lives.
Among other things he was Funeral: A funeral Mass of a truck driver, a private pilot, Christian burial will be celean honorary member of the brated at 10:30 a.m. WednesConfederate Air Force and an day, April 6, 2005, at St. Henry accomplished bootlegger dur- Catholic Church, Belleville, ing the Prohibition. with Monsignor Bernard He was preceded in death Voss officiating. Burial will be by his wife, Martha nee Ho- in Green Mount Catholic effken, Yoch, whom he married Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
May 5, 1936, at St. Peter's www.rennerfh.com Cathedral, Belleville, and who died Feb. 1, 2000; a son, GEORGE RENNER James Yoch; a daughter, Mary SONS FUNERAL Hezel; his parents, John F. and HOME, Belleville, Ill. FUNERAL HIRCHEL HILL SR.
Hirchel Edward "Eddie" Hill Sr. of Belleville, Ill. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Valhalla-Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill. Burial will be in Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Ill.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 4, 2005, at Valhalla-Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill. Memorials may be made to the BackStoppers or to the Cletis Martin Cletis G. Martin, 76, of Swansea, born Aug. 20, 1928, in Boss, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at his residence.
Mr. Martin retired in 1990 from Flip Phillips Co. as a construction worker after 40 years of service. He was a member of the Carpenters Union. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Sybil, nee Asher, Martin; a granddaughter, Angela Martin; and two brothers, Arnold C.
Martin and Clifton E. Martin. Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Lillie nee Miner, Martin of Swansea, a daughter, Connie J. (Michael) Warfield of Belleville, a son, Dr. Donald Glen (Linda) Martin of Swansea, a brother, Gilbert C.
(Mary Lou) Martin of Rolla, six grandchildren, Robert (Carla) Warfield, Duane (Tara) Warfield, Keith Warfield, Douglas Martin, Lisa (Jeff) Schneider and Dustin Martin; and four great-grandchildren, Jeffrey and Danielle Warfield and Emma and Aidan Schneider. In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to Grace Church Fairview Heights, Ill. Visitation: Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Kurrus Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill. Funeral: Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at Kurrus Funeral Home, Belleville, with the Rev. Hal Santos officiating. Entombment will be at Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Ill. KURRUS FUNERAL HOME, Belleville, Ill. Frances Birlew Frances Mary Birlew, nee Beck, 78, of Cahokia, born May 23, 1926, in Philadelphia, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at St.
Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Ill. Mrs. Birlew was a member of Jerome Lane Baptist Church, Cahokia, Ill. Surviving are her husband, Harry L. Birlew two sons, Harry L.
(Dianna Lynn) Birlew Jr. and Ronald D. (Sandy) Birlew; five grandchildren, Matthew J. (Tammy) Birlew, Julie A. (Jason) Vandever, Mark S.
(Lea) Birlew, Michael W. Birlew and LCpl. Timothy M. Birlew; and six great-grandchildren, Paige and Logan Vandever, Julia and Brian and Brandon and Alex. She was a dearest sister, sister-in-law, aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend.
Visitation: Friends may call from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Braun Colonial Funeral Home, Cahokia, Ill. Funeral: Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Braun Colonial Funeral Home, Cahokia, Ill. Interment will be in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St.
Louis, Mo. BRAUN COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, Cahokia, Ill. DEATHS ELSEWHERE Associated Press John O'Leary PORTLAND, Maine John O'Leary, a Portland lawyer who went on to become U.S. ambassador to Chile, died Saturday of Lou Gehrig's disease at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 58.
In 1998, O'Leary was nominated to the post of ambassador to Chile by President Clinton, whom he met while attending Yale University. He held the position until 2001. O'Leary began his career in Portland in 1974 after receiving a law degree from Yale. At Yale he met his wife, Patricia Cepeda, a native of Colombia who served as interpreter for Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. O'Leary served as president of the Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce and on the advisory boards of the George Washington University Latin American Studies Program and the Yale World Fellows Program.
Akira Yoshizawa TOKYO Akira Yoshizawa, an origami master whose expressive paper gorillas made an art out of Japan's craft tradition, died March 14 of heart failure and pneumonia, his wife said Sunday. He was 94. Moving far beyond paper cranes and hats, Yoshizawa's origami gorillas appeared ready to lumber through the jungle and his frogs looked like they were on the verge of leaping off their lily pads. His international success gave origami a new respectability in Japan. "At first, people only thought of origami as entertainment for children," said his wife of 45 years, Kiyo Yoshizawa.
"Gradually, it won acceptance." His first encounter with origami came at the age of 3 when a neighbor folded him a Death notices that include name, age, community, date of death and funeral services are published free, and are accepted until 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and until 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Further information (up to 6 inches) may be published in print under "Obituaries" and online at Legacy.com, for a fee of $59.00 daily, with additional lines for boat, but Yoshizawa only began intently studying paper folding to explain tasks to younger colleagues at the ironworks factory where he worked during World War II. After the war, Yoshizawa poured his energy into origami while supporting himself with odd jobs.
In the 1950s, his expressive figures captured the interest of Gershon Legman, the U.S. anthropologist who helped exhibit his work at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. In the decades after, Yoshizawa traveled to countries from France to Indonesia to Peru to the United States, popularizing origami. He liked to say that origami served as a "common language" for the world. Stuart Martin JERICHO, Vt.
Stuart T. Martin one of the founders of Vermont's largest and oldest television station, died Saturday at his home after a short illness. He was 91. Martin had been with WCAX-TV since its founding, working with his stepfather to get the station on the air in 1954. Martin was president of Mount Mansfield Television which owns the CBS affiliate, a station that has remained family owned since its start.
He also served for more than 40 years as a member of the CBS Television Affiliates Advisory Board, and was its chairman in 1967. Born Aug. 4, 1913 in Brooklyn, N.Y., he studied physics at MIT and Duke University. Following service in World War II, he returned to MIT, where he taught electrical engineering and did research on radar. He then became chief engineer of Sylvania's electronics division.
He moved to Burlington in 1954 to found the station. $1.50 each. Photos, emblems and NOTICES Hospice of Southern Illinois and will be accepted at the funeral home. JOHN THOMAS John Dewey Thomas of Belleville, Ill. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Belleville, Ill. Memorials may be made to the Humane Society, the American Heart Association or the American Cancer funeral notices are $14.00 each. Paid obituaries are accepted until 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.
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