A2 VIXCENNES SUN-COMMERCIAL. MOXDAY. FEB. 16, 1998 Daviess safety forces fete b1-090-i Washington police have busy weekend Manchester, N.J.; 19 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A brother and a grandchild are deceased.
The funeral will be at 1 1 a.m. Wednesday at the Goodwin Funeral Home, Brother David Brown officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery at Monroe City. Visitation ill be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Good Samaritan Hospital Diabetes Fund. Helen L. Edmondson BRIDGEPORT, III. Helen L. Edmondson, 77, Bridgeport, died at 1 1:55 p.m.
EST Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Born April 1 1, 1920, in Lawrenceville, she was the daughter of Hugh and Alta (Moffett) Blaugher. She was a homemaker and member of First Christian Church in Highland, Ind. Survivors include her husband, Edward L. Edmondson; two daughters, Barbara Stephens of OIney and Linda Louise Blakely of Portland, two stepdaughters, Myra Kopplin of Garland, Texas, and Peggy Madron of Midland, Texas; a son Harold O.
Quick of Angelton, Texas; 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A private funeral will be conducted Tuesday by Bro. Bill Cox at the Cunningham Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bridgeport City Ceme Rock; and two brothers. Bob Henshilwood of St.
Francisville and Jeffery Henshilwood of Macon. Her parents, stepfather and a brother are deceased. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. CST Wednesday at the Goodwine Funeral Home in Robinson, with Chaplain Steve Murray officiating. Burial ill be in the Robinson New Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. CST Tuesday and before the service Wednesday at the funeral home. Ralph R. Townsley LAFAYETTE Ralph R. Townsley, Lafayette, died at 1:10 a.m.
Sunday at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Born Dec. 7, 1911, in Emison, he was the son of Fred J. and Minnie (Roach) Townsley.
Tow nsley earned a bachelor's degree in 1933 and a master's degree in 1934 in electrical engineering from Purdue University. In 1932, he began working part-time at the university's radio station, WBAA, and following graduation that became his career. He as named chief engineer of the station in 1941, took a leave of absence in 1943 to serve as an officer in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, then returned as chief engineer in 1948, retiring in 1982. He was licensed as a registered professional electrical engineer in 1948 and was a member of the Professional Engineers Society. Survivors include his wife, Clemence J.
"Sally" (Calin) Townsley, whom he married Oct. 13, 1946. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Soller-Baker Funeral Home-West Lafayette Chapel, with the Rev. Philip Emerson officiating.
Entombment will be in the Tippecanoe Memory Garden Mausoleum. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or to Emison United Methodist Church. had been stolen.
Police located the truck and two juveniles who had been reported missing early Sunday morning. The incident remains under investigation. At 12:22 p.m. Sunday, Norma Lundy, Southview Trailer Court Lot 73, reported to city police that a wallet had been stolen from the residence. At 10:03 p.m.
Sunday, Glen O'Brian, 910 Greenwood reported to city police that the headlight covers had been taken from his car. Vandalism At 9:07 p.m. Saturday, Christy Knepp reported to city police that her car hail been scratched and shaving cream had been sprayed on it while it was parked at 2100 State St. At 8:47 a.m. Sunday, employees at Superwash 1301 E.
National Highway, reported to city police that the locks had been cut off in Bay 1 and the machine damaged, but nothing was missing. Complaints At 4:27 p.m. Saturday, Suzanna Brummett reported to city police that her husband and child were walking in the Griffith Elementary School area when they were chased by a pit bull which knocked her son over. Brummett said the dog was now back in its home. Police said they had received a previous complaint about the same dog and would be in contact with animal control.
At 5:47 p.m. Sunday, city police received a report of a peaco*ck running loose near the Fourth Street Diner on Northeast Fourth Street. Animal control officers said that because the bird could fly, they were unable to catch it. The following comes from reports provided by the Daviess County Sheriff's and Washington Police departments. Charges not involving warrants are preliminary arid may be changed before formal filing by the prosecutor's office.
WASHINGTON City police made five arrests over the weekend. Charles W. Hill, 1702 McCormick was arrested Saturday on a warrant from Knox County charging him with failure to appear for an initial hearing. He was transported to Knox County. Robert A.
Young, 28, 801 S.W. First was arrested at 1:47 a.m. Sunday and charged with public intoxication. He was released on $7,500 bond. Charles Ray Duke, 21, 302 S.E.
Fifth was arrested at 2:01 a.m. Sunday and charged with public intoxication. He was released on $2,000 bond. Bobby Ray Tray lor, Rt. 1, was arrested at 3:48 a.m.
Sunday, after police received a call from an employee of CSX Railroad who reported a man was passed out in the CSX office building, 25 N.W. 1 1 th St. Traylor was charged with public intoxication. He is being held at the Daviess County Security Center on $7,500 bond. Tracey Miles, 27, was arrested Sunday on a writ of attachment from Pike County and a warrant charging him with failure to appear from Monroe County.
He was transported to Pike County. Theft At 8:31 a.m. Sunday, Frances Sanders, Farlen, reported to sheriff's deputies that a pickup truck Knox safety forces Nellie M. Walker Nellie M. Walker, 71, 1 504 S.
1 6th died at 4:24 a.m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital. Bom Feb. 5, 1927, in Vincenncs. she was the daughter of Clyde and Lela (Bishop) McDaniel.
She was a member of the Bunker Hill General Baptist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors include three sons, Charlie Walker of Wheatland. Bradley Walker of Calloway, and William Walker of Vincennes; four daughters, Sandy Rickard of Bruceville, Valerie Walker of Vincennes, Lela Graybill of Golden. and Leoria Brewer of Houston, Texas; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A daughter and four sisters are deceased.
The funeral ill be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Duesterberg-Fredrick Funeral Home, the Rev. Edmund Harris officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Bunker Hill General Baptist Church. Finley Rigsby Troutman WASHINGTON Finley Rigsby Troutman. 84, 332 Knollwood Drive, died at 6:45 p.m. Sunday at the Eastgate Manor Nursing Center.
Born Jan. 16, 1914, in Pikeville, he was the son of Calvin and Amy (Rigsby) Troutman. He had been a master ordnance mechanic at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane. A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Elks and Moose lodges, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans. He was a past master of the Odon Masonic Lodge, a past worthy patron of the Odon Eastern Star Chapter, and a member of the Scottish Rite bodies of Evansville, Hadi Shrine Temple in Evansville, and the Daviess County Shrine Club.
He was a graduate of Sale Creek (Tenn.) High School and attended Vincennes University. Survivors include his wife, Jennie (Shields) Troutman, whom he married Aug. 14, 1959; a son, Phillip Troutman of Gatlinburg, three stepdaughters, Betty Whitmer of Franklin, Phyllis Houghton of Boca Raton, and Patricia Thompson of Washington; two sisters, Juanita Flick of Loogootee and Jerri Hars-ford of Edge water, a brother, Ronald Troutman of New Smyrna Beach, a grandson, 10 stepgrandchildren and 18 stepgreat-grandchil-dren. A brother is deceased. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday at the Gill Funeral Home, the Rev. Robert Koenig and the Rev. Kathleen Weller officiating. Burial will be in Sugarland Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday and after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where an Elks memorial service will be conducted at 6 p.m. Tuesday, and a Masonic memorial service at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Patricia A.
Cannon Patricia A. Cannon, 77, 1618 Canbro Drive, Five people booked on alcohol-related charges An employee of Harley Marie's Steak House, 2715 Washington reported to police that someone stole a bottle of Perrier Jouet champagne from a display area at the entrance to the business. The champagne had an estimated value of $125. Vandalism Twila D. Thorne, 925 Barnctt reported that someone stole a fabric top from a Suzuki sport-utility vehicle while it was parked at her home.
Thorne is the mother-in-law of the registered owner of the vehicle. Teresa E. Hairston, 19 E. Eber-wine reported that someone cut the right front tire on her van while it was parked in front of her home. Elizabeth A.
Chappell, 20 E. Swartzel told police someone broke the windshield of her car while it was parked in front of her home. tery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. CST today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Hospice of Southeastern Illinois. Thomas Robert Niehaus WASHINGTON Thomas Robert Niehaus, 54, Rt. 4, died at 10:50 a.m. Friday at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington, following an automobile accident. Born Nov.
5, 1945, he was the son of Amil and Agnes (Rasche) Niehaus. Niehaus had been an engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Crane for 35 years. A 1961 graduate of Ferdinand High School, he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1969 from the University of Evansville and was a Navy veteran and member of First Christian Church. Survivors include his wife, Patsy (Russell) Niehaus, whom he married March 10, 1990; his father of St. Meinrad; a daughter, Rhonda Niehaus of West Lafayette; two sons, Geoff Niehaus of Houston, and Rick Means of Olutus, four sisters, Cindy Verkamp of Celestine, Brenda Beck of Louisville, Ruth Stallman of Washington and Rita Lovell of Dale; five brothers, Jim Niehaus and Lee Niehaus of St.
Meinrad, David Niehaus of Newburgh and John Niehaus and Frank Niehaus of Washington; and four grandsons. The funeral will be at 1 :30 p.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church, Brother Cliff Woodrum officiating. Burial will be in Sugar-land Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday and 9 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Gill Funeral Home, then after noon Wednesday at the church. Virginia (Gillaspy) Dixon LONDON, England Virginia Claire "Stephanie" (Gillaspy) Snell Dixon died on Feb. 8 in London. Born Oct.
24, 1922, in Vincennes, she was the daughter of John M. and Stella (Forbes) Gillaspy. A graduate of Martinsville High School, Dixon attended Vincennes University and graduated from the Indiana University School of Nursing. She lived much of her life in Columbus, Ohio, before marrying John Dixon of London in 1971 and moving to England. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Gayle Spearman of Hudson, and Jan Nevard of Clearwater, a son, Steven Snell of Ventura, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday at Golders Green Crematorium in London. Noel Dedman The funeral for Noel Dedman will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Duesterberg-Fredrick Funeral Home, with the Rev. Donald Ackerman officiating. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. A prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Catholic Church.
Betty Lou (Gaines) Giles The funeral for Betty Lou (Gaines) Giles will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Brockman Son Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
see DEATHS, Page A8 Jerry Palmer INDIANAPOLIS Jerry Palmer, 42, Indianapolis, died Sunday at his home. Born March 6, 1955, in Vincennes, he was the son of Jerald and Violet (Banta) Palmer. A former resident of Phoenix, Palmer had worked there for Rehab Without Walls. He attended Unity of Phoenix Church and was a member of P.A.W.S. (Preserve Arizona Wolves).
He was currently studying occupational therapy at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. Survivors include his wife, Kim (Kizer) Palmer; his mother of Vincennes; and a sister, Emma Johnson of Galveston, Texas. A memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the First Church of God in Vincennes. There will be no visitation.
Memorial contributions may be made to P.A.W.S., 1413 E. Dobbins Road, Phoenix, AZ 85040. Arrangements were made through the Daniel F. O'Riley Funeral Home in Indianapolis. Rose M.
Summitt Harner WASHINGTON Rose M. Summitt Harner, 83, Washington, died at 8:18 p.m. Saturday at Eastgate Manor Nursing Center. Born March 3, 1914, in Greene County, she was the daughter of Clarence and Mary (Franklin) Riggle. She attended Daviess County schools, retired from the U.S.
Rubber Co. and was a member of First Christian Church. Her husband, George Summitt, whom she married in 1931, died in 1960. Survivors include two daughters, Shirley Mae Burton and Georgia Lou Fitzgerald of Washington; a brother, Larry Riggle of Bloomfield; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Two grandchildren are deceased.
The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gill Funeral Home, with Brother Cliff Woodrum officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be after 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Elsie L. McCann Elsie L. McCann, 82, 111 Meadowlark Lane, died at 8:07 p.m. Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born June 1, 1915, in East Orange, N.J., she was the daughter of Abraham and Gertrude (McGaw) Jenkins.
McCann moved to Vincennes in 1987. Previously she had been a dietitian and cook at Newark (N.J.) Nose and Throat Hospital, and ran a boarding house, then retired as a telephone operator in Point Pleasant, N.J. Survivors include her husband, Nicholas McCann, whom she married April 8, 1943; three daughters, Patricia Sweeney and Linda G. Dreiman, both of Monroe City, and Karen Bloe-baum of Vincennes; five sons, John McCann and Thomas McCann, both of Toms Rivers, N.J., Leonard McCann of Lakewood, N.J., Peter B. McCann of Howell, N.J., and Brian McCann of died at 6:03 a.m.
Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born Dec. 20, 1920, in Vincennes, she was the daughter of Joseph N. and Irene M. (Walters) Shaw.
Cannon was a homemaker and former telephone operator. A member of the Old Cathedral Catholic Church and its Altar Society, she was a life member of the Harmony Society Auxiliary, a former member of Old Northwest a retired member of Psi Iota Xi Sorority, and was active in the Pink Ladies auxiliary at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was a 1938 graduate of St. Rose Academy. Her husband, Donald E.
Cannon died in 1990. Survivors include two sons, Stephen E. Cannon and Richard J. Cannon, both of Vincennes; a daughter, Cathy Cannon Hird of Fairview, three sisters, Margaret Daniels of Indianapolis, and Dorothy Shaw and Betty Ostendorf, both of Vincennes; nine grandchildren and a greatgrandchild. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
Tuesday by the Rev. John Schipp in the Old Cathedral. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Duesterberg-Fredrick Funeral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m.
The following comes from reports provided by the Vincennes and Knox County Police departments. Charges not involving warrants are preliminary and may be changed before formal filing by the prosecutor's office. Five people were booked into the Knox County Jail during the weekend on alcohol-related charges. Howard A. Hill, 55, 1025 N.
10th was charged at 12:02 a.m. Sunday with public intoxication. He was released from the' Knox County Jail on $500 bond. Kent Spradling, 31, 1535 Prairie was charged at 3:15 a.m. Sunday with public intoxication.
He was released from jail on $500 bond. Billie J. Powell, 19, Williams-port, was charged at 1:26 a.m. Sunday with illegal consumption of alcohol. She was released from jail on $200 bond.
Todd A. High, 19, Covington, was charged at 12:54 a.m. Sunday with illegal consumption of alcohol. He was released from jail on $200 bond. Joyce M.
Dunham, 70, 12 N. 13th was charged at 12:18 a.m. Sunday with driving while intoxicated. Her blood-alcohol content registered 0.17 percent on a breath test. She was released from jail on $500 bond.
Other arrest Jeffrey A. Cox, 31, Niblack Apartments, was booked into jail at 11:25 p.m. Saturday on two warrants issued from Porter County, charging him with failure to appear in court. He was transported to Porter County by officials from there. Hill, Dunham, Spradling, Powell and High are scheduled to appear March 3 in Superior Court II.
No court date was specified for Cox. Thefts Pearl W. Thompson, 334 W. New Albany told police someone stole a handgun from her home. Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Here are the winning numbers selected Sunday in the Hoosier Lottery: Daily Three: 1-0-1 Daily Four: 0-8-1-2 Lucky 5: 2-6-17-21-35 Daily Millions: Red, 5-14; White, 1-12; Blue, 12-20 Est.
Hoosier Lotto jackpot: million Est. Powerball jackpot: $40 million Illinois SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP) Here are the winning numbers selected Sunday in the Illinois State Lottery: Pick Three-Evening: 6-4-1 Pick Four-Evening: 7-0-5-8 Est. Lotto jackpot: $1.7 million Est. Big Game jackpot: $17 million Pamela Jean White ROBINSON, 111.
Pamela Jean White, 38, Robinson, died at 3:11 a.m. CST Sunday at Crawford Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack Thursday at her home. Born Aug. 22, 1959, in Peoria, she was the daughter of Robert and Beverly (Rowland) Hen-shilwood. She was an employee of Jakel Motors in Palestine, and a member of the Palestine Eagles Lodge.
Survivors include her husband, Greg White, whom she married April 16, 1988; a son, Steve White at home; two sisters, Joan Volkman of Lawrenceville and Julia Arnold of rural Flat Lawrence safety forces 4 arrested in Lawrence County VINCENNES SUN-COMMERCIAL 702 Main St. Vincennes, Ind. 47591 Telephone 812-886-9955 USPS 659-820 Published daily except Saturdays by Vincennes Newspapers 702 Main Vincennes, Ind. Periodicals class postage paid at Vincennes, Ind. Postmaster: Send address change to Vincennes Sun-Commercial, P.O.
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Spenglcr, Olney, III. Births Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Spcngler, Olney, a son.
Discharges Larry L. Goff, Oaktown Phillip R. Phillips, Bridgeport, III. Travis R. Ravcllette, 1526 Prairie St.
Chloc-Ann V. Scott, Sullivan Robert N. Connaughton, Washington Lisa J. Cress and daughter, Niblack Apartments David M. Laymon, Lawrenceville, 111.
Nola R. Wanke, 330 W. Jefferson Ave. Lawrence County Memorial Admissions John Ann Lanning, Bridgeport Sarah Hoke, Lawrenceville Evelyn Piper, Lawrenceville Discharges Harold Hill, Bridgeport Daviess County Admissions Bessie Leighty, Petersburg Discharges Tracy Stoll, Loogootee Aaron D. Fiscus, 25, of Bridgeport was arrested at 12:10 a.m.
CST Sunday by the Lawrenceville Police Department on a charge of domestic battery. Charles J. Tackett, 41, of Kcensburg was arrested at 12:30 p.m. CST Saturday by the Illinois State Police on charges of manufacturing and delivery with the intent to sell cannabis, possession of cannabis and possession of a controlled substance. As of this morning, Newbold, Fiscus and Tackett were in custody in the Lawrence County Jail.
The following information was taken from Lawrence County Sheriffs Department reports. Charges pled are preliminary. LAWRENCEVILLE, III. Jeremy J. Mahren-holz, 19, of Vincennes was arrested at 1 1:40 a.m.
CST Sunday by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department on a charge of criminal trespass to property. Joseph T. Newbold, 20, of 2005 Ray St. was arrested at 1 1:40 a.m. CST Sunday by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department on charges of criminal damage to property totaling more than $300 and criminal trespass.
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