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Monday, Sept 25,1989 QUAD-CITY TIMES QUAD-CITY AREA 9 Rock Island Gladys Stolt ROCK ISLAND Services for Gladys L. Stoit, 71, of 1110 40th St, will be 1:30 pjn. Tuesday at Hodgson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Green view Memorial Gardens. Mrs.

Stoit died Elenora Dhamers GENESEO, I1L Elenora R. Dhamers, 68, died Sunday at her home. Arrangements are pending at Gibson Funeral Home, Port Byron. Frances DeSchepper GENESEO, HL Frances DeSchepper, 72, died Sunday at Hammond-Henry Hospital, Geneseo. Arrangements are pending at Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Home, Geneseo.

Saturday at her home. Visitation is 6-9 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Association. She retired in 1979 from Franciscan Medical Center, where Mrs.

Stoit Nancy Andrews, 3 pjn, Cun-nlck-Collins. Richard Botkin, 1 p.nL, Runge. Amanda BrusaeL 10 a.m., Runge. Nettie Craig, 2 p.m, Cavanagh-Schueneman, Kewanee, DL Tamara Dickens, 11 a.nL, Myers Chapel Stackhouse-Moore, Geneseo, BL Verna Fraaer, 10:30 sjil, Weerts. I J.

"Red" Garvin, 10:30 a.nx St James Lutheran Church, Bettendorf. Iris Grosvenor, 10:30 a.m., Le-Claire Baptist Church. Edmund "Ted" HalL 2 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, Clinton, Iowa. Ethel Johnson, 3 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, East Moline.

Vernon Kane, 2 p.nu, St John's Lutheran Church, Geneseo, DL Ray Kuntz, 10:30 am. United Methodist Church, Oakville, Iowa. Grace Knight, 1:30 p.nL, Clinton Memorial Funeral Home. Earl Papenbrock, 10:30 am, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport Harry Petersen, 11 am, First United Church of Christ, Tipton, Iowa. Keppy Rosene, 11:30 a.m, Runge.

Martha Simpson, 1 p.m., Olin-Jinks, Keithsburg, IU. Mom, 4 kids die in fire MATHIS, Texas (AP) A house fire apparently caused by an electrical short circuit killed a woman and her four children early. Sunday, authorities said. Two other relatives pulled from the burning home were critically injured. The woman's husband, Joe Amador, learned of the tragedy when he returned home from work and found firefighters battling the blaze.

"He told me thanks to his faith he wasn't going crazy," said the family's pastor, the Rev. Jesus Garcia of Mathis, a town of aboQt; 7,000 in southern Texas, 30 miles: northwest of Corpus Christi. Neighbors discovered the fire and called the Mathis Volunteer Fire Department about 2 a.r3. Department of Public Safety troopers made their way into the burning home and carried out a woman and her grandchild. Gunshot wounds Clinton woman CLINTON, Iowa A Clinton, woman remained in critical condition Sunday, after accidentia' shooting herself.

Clinton County sheriffs deputies said Constance Schumacher 19, of 204 S. 2nd was injured when a gun she was handling went off. The accident happened about 5:30 pjn. Saturday at the residence of Patrick Green, 1031 Galbraith Clinton. She is in critical condition at Sb.

maritan Hospital North in Clinton. Deputies said the wound! was from one small caliber bullet. Officials still are investigating' the incident. Moline Lindsay Hall MOLINE Services will be Lindsay C. HalL 36, of 1015 12th will be 1 pjn.

Wednesday at Esterdahl Mortuary Moline. Burial will be in Rock Island Memorial Park. Mr. Hall died Sunday at his home. Visitation 3-5 and 7-9 pjn.

Tuesday. A memorial fund has been established for his children and may be left at the funeral home. He had been employed in the maintenance engineering department He previously managed Denny's Restaurants in Davenport and Moline. He married Gail Vandewalle in 1975 in Moline. He enjoyed fishing and cooking.

Survivors include his wife; daughters, Donna, Jenny and Nicole, and a son, Ryan, all at home. Robert Maher MOLINE Services for Robert H. Maher, 59, of 905 54 St will be 1 pjn. Tuesday at Esterdahl Mortuary Moline. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal, where military rites will be conducted by Moline American Legion, Post 246.

Mr. Maher died Saturday at United Medical Center. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today. He had been employed as a salesman for the Chicago Motor Club, Moline, retiring in August because of illness.

He married Beverly Mae Johnson in 1957 in Moline. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a sports and movie enthusiast. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Karen Rose Heinzel, Moline; a daughter from a previous marrige, Diane Ogle, Geneseo; a son, Keith, Moline; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and brothers, Richard, Hampton, and Ronald, Moline. she was employed 20 years.

Gladys Schnoor married Arthur W. Stoit in 1941 in Kahoka, Mo. He died in 1981. She enjoyed gardening and was an artist working with oils. Survivors include daughters, Nancy Kline, and Ardys (Mrs.

Ronald) Edstrand, both of Rock Island; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Frances Miller, Polk City, Iowa. Ralph Tobias ROCK ISLAND Services for Ralph R. Tobias, 75, of 4701 14th will be 10 a jn Tuesday at Hodgson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr.

Tobias Elsewhere Henry Lilly ALTON, Mo. Services for Henry F. Lilly, 72, of Alton, formerly of Mercer County, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Reiser-Trimble Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial will be in New Boston Cemetery.

Mr. Lilly died Saturday at St Francis Hospital, Mountain View. Visitation is 2-5 and 7-9 pjn. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Henry Lilly Memorial Fund.

He was employed as a mechanic with heavy machinery in Illinois for many years. He married Charlotte -Long in 1948 in Keithsburg, 111. Survivors include his wife; daughters, Anna Lucille Trafford, West Plains, and Frances Louise Dehm, Weatherford, stepdaughters, Anna Munson, Imogens Tompkins and Alberta Campbell all of Keithsburg; Deanon Lilly, Viola, and Audrey J. Hanway, Joy, stepsons, Lloyd Tompkins of Illinois, and Albert Tompkins of Texas; nine grandchildren; 27 step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; several great-step-grandchildren; and several died Sunday at Franciscan Medi cal Center, Visitation is today. Memorials may be made to the Rock Island Family and a Davenport Albert Storjohann DAVENPORT Services for Albert Storjohann, 81, of 1538 W.

High will be 2:30 pjn. Tuesday at Runge Mortuary. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Mr. Tobias favorite charity.

He retired in Mr. Storjo-1 I "iwmL 1 i 0" Americans support choice in education harm died Saturday at Muscatine General Hospital Visitation is 3-9 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to a favorite char 1979 as a welder from Sivyer Steel, Bettendorf, where he was employed 22 years. He also was an insurance agent with Shield of Shelter, Moline.

He married Evelyn Gabbert in 1935 in Rock Island. He was a former member of Memorial Christian Church, Rock Island, and a member of the Rock Island Family and its senior citizens group, He enjoyed sports and swimming. Survivors include his wife; grandchildren, Kim Bowser and Terry, both of Milan; Chris, Rock Island; and East Moline; and five East Moline Genevieve Ryan EAST MOLINE Services for Genevieve Ryan, 66, of 397 39th will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Van Hoe Funeral Home East Moline. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, Silvis.

Mrs. Ryan ity. He retired in Mr. Storjohann 1975 as owner and operater of AI's Nursery, Davenport. He had previously farmed in Scott County.

He married Helen Ehlers in 1935 in Morrison, 111. He was a member of the Golden Wedding Club, German American Society and Plus 60 Club. He was an avid bowler. Survivors include his wife; daughters, Janice Petera and Kathy Con-kliii, both of Davenport; sons, Dan, Wilton, Iowa, and Bob, Englewood, 16 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Area Deaths Francis Bowman MAQUOKETA, Iowa Services for Francis L.

Bowman, 83, of North Fort Myers, Fla, formerly of Maquoketa, will be 1:30 pjn. Wednesday at Haylock-O'Hara and Lahey Funeral Home, Maquoketa. Burial will be in Mt Hope Cemetery. Mr. Bowman died Saturday at Cape Coral Hospital, Cape Coral, Fla.

Visitation is 3-5 and 7-9 pjn. Tuesday. A memorial fund has been eetab-, liahed. He retired in 1972 as an inspector for the Iowa State Highway Commission. He married Florence Goetz in 1928 in Dubuque.

He and his wife moved to Florida in 1979. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Maquoketa. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Lois (Mrs. Maxon) Wi drier, Clinton; sons, Hugh, Maquoketa, and Donald, North Fort Myers; nine grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren; sisters, Florence Wo-soba, North Hollywood, Ethlyn Hoerschelman, Maquoketa; and Eleanor (Mrs. Boyd) BerryhilL Eugene, and a brother, Arthur, of California.

Gary Sullivan BARSTOW, 111. Services for Gary N. Sullivan, 50, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Peace Lutheran Church, Port Byron. Burial will be in Hampton Cemetery.

Mr. Sullivan died Sunday at his home. Visitation is 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Schroder Mortuary. Memorials may be made to the church.

He was employed at John Deere Parts Distribution Center, Milan, for 25 years. He was a member of the Four Seven J's Flying Club. He was an avid golfer and was a former racehorse owner. Survivors include his mother, Eveyln Sullivan, Baretow; and a brother, Jack, Baretow. Cora TeStrake MUSCATINE, Iowa Services for Cora B.

TeStrake, 83, will be 10 ajn. Wednesday at George M. Wit-tich-Lewis Funeral Home, Muscatine. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs.

TeStrake died Saturday at Bethesda Care Center, Muscatine. Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church, Muscatine. Cora Haan married Elmer J.

TeStrake in 1926 in Muscatine. He died in 1983. She was a 50-year member of the church, where he taught Sunday school for many years and belonged to its Rachael Circle. She attended Musserville Meal Site, in which she was active in sewing bibs for the Wilton and West Liberty Nursing Homes. She loved and was best known for her crocheting and baking for family and friends.

Survivors include daughters, Marion Hilton, Moscow; Virginia (Mrs. Dale) DrinkalL and Joan (Mrs. Herman) Baker, both of Muscatine; sons, Myron Muscatine, and Donald Littleton, 18 grandchildren; and 16 great- grandchildren. A twin sister preceded her in death in 1988. Mae LeDuc ALEDO, III Services for Mae LeDuc, 79, will be 11 a.m.

Tuesday at Reiser-Trimble Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Millersburg. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today. She died Saturday at Mercer County Hospital Aledo.

Memorials may be made to the Mae LeDuc Memorial Fund. She had been employed in textile mills in Georgia and Alabama. Ellie Mae Cole married Arthur James LeDuc in 1940 in LaGrange, Ga. He died in 1971. Survivors include sons, James A.

and John three grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Mitchell, Montgomery, and Sarah Sneeden, Detroit, and a brother, Warren Cole, Detroit. Maurice Pritchard GENESEO, 111. Private services for Maurice R. Pritchard, 79, will be Tuesday at Wright Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Home, Geneseo. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.

Mr. Pritchard died Saturday at United Medical Center. Memorials may be made to Shrin-er's Children Hospitals. He married Bertha Miller in 1933 in Geneseo. He retired from the Geneseo Municipal Utilities.

He previously had been employed as an electrician for Midland Electric Coal at the Atkinson and Sheffield Mine, for many years. He was a member of First Congregational Church, Geneseo; the Geneseo Masonic Lodge 92 AF AM, the Mohammad Shrine in Peoria, and Knights Templer, Moline. Survivors include his wife; a son, Terry, St Louis, grandchildren, Jeff, St Louis, and Kelli (Mrs. Victor) Baruzzini, Barnhart, and two great-grandchildren. died Sunday at Mercy Hospital, Davenport.

Visitation is 2- 4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Mother's n.iK fnr Re 3 states have plans for open enrollment NEW YORK (AP) Outside the battered metal doors of Intermediate School 117 in East Harlem, crack vials Utter the pavement and row after row of tenements stand empty and graffiti-scarred. I.S. 117 was once a failing, impersonal middle school bulging with more than 2,000 students.

It now houses four academies, or schools within schools, each occupying one floor and each with only about 200 pupils. Inside is what President Bush has called "the single most promising idea" in education an idea certain to be high on the agenda at the education summit this week between Bush and the nation's governors in Charlottesville, Va. i The idea is the belief, as espoused by Bush and others, that if parents are allowed to choose the best public schools for their children, the resulting competition would compel schools everywhere to improve. Minnesota, Iowa and Arkansas have already adopted "open enrollment" plans permitting parents to choose among schools throughout those states. A Gallup education survey in August found Americans support the principle of school choice by a 60-31 margin, with 9 percent saying they weren't sure.

Minnesota's plan, voluntary forf two years, became mandatory this fall for districts with at least 1,000 students. In Iowa, a law signed this year gives students the right to apply to any school in the state. They must stick with their choice for at least four years. 1 Arkansas this year passed a comprehensive law permitting stu-' dents aged 5 through 18 to choose schools across district lines as long as there is room and as long as i doesn't upset desegregation -efforts. But advocates say no place offers better proof than Harlem that choice's benefits can extend even to urban America's neediest.

'2 In 1972, District 4 ranked last among New York City's 32 school districts in reading and math achievement. Only 15 percent read at or above grade level. Today, reading scores of District 4's 14,000 pupils rank 16th in the city, and 65 percent read at grade level or higher. tarded Citizens, Mrs. Ryan Moline.

She had been employed as an assembler at the former Buddy East Moline, for 10 years. Genevieve Schaeffer married Del-mar Ryan in 1942 in Kahoka, Mo. She was an active member of Mother's Club of Retarded Citizens. She enjoyed crocheting and craft activities. Survivors include her husband; daughters, Linda White, East Moline; Mary Stoessel, Davenport; Bridget Fuller, LaPorte City, Iowa; a son, Robert, Moline; seven grandchildren; sisters, Anna Mary Frank, Moline; Katherine Ulrich and Bridget Richter, both of Chicago; Barbara Roeske of Maine; and Elizabeth Eaks, Colorado Springs, and a brother, George Schaeffer, East Moline.

A son, Ralph preceded him in death in 1986. Frances Payne ROCK ISLAND Frances Payne, 91, of Chicago, died Saturday in St. Francis Hospital, Evanston. Arrangements are pending at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island. Elsie Conter ROCK ISLAND Services for Elsie G.

Conter, 89, of 3000 24th St, will be 1 pjn. Tuesday at St John's Catholic Church, Savanna, 111. Burial will be in St John the Baptist Cemetery. Mrs. Conter died Saturday at Mercy Hospital.

Visitation is 7-9 pjn. today at Wheelan Funeral Home and one hour prior to service time Tuesday at the church. She retired in 1979 as a bookkeeper from the former Ferris Motors, Savanna, where she was employed 18 years. She was also the first executive director of the Carroll County Housing Authority, which operates Meet Manor in Savanna. Elsie Gardner married Lawrence Conter in 1946 in Savanna.

He died in 1972. She was a member of St Pius Catholic Church, Rock Island, and American Legion Auxiliary, Savanna. Survivors include nieces, Helen (Mrs. William) McCarthy and Anita (Mrs. James Douglas, both of Rock Island; and Mary Jane (Mrs.

Gale) Bantner, Elk Grove Village, and a nephew, Robert Ausmus, Beardstown, 111. Baker hopes Soviet talks silence arms-cuts critics Blue Grass Philip Gomez BLUE GRASS Services for Philip Gomez, 69, of 11625 95th will be 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at Runge Mortuary and 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Davenport.

Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal, with military rites conducted. Mr. Gomez died Saturday at St. Luke's Hospital Visitation is 5-9 pan. Tuesday at the mortuary, where a rosary will be recited at 7:30 pjn.

He retired in 1981 from Sivyer Steel in Bettendorf, where he was employed 27 years. He married Merci Gutierrez in 1941 in Missiouri. She died in 1975. He later married Karlyn K. Rees in 1977 in Moline.

He was a member of St Peter's Catholic Church, Buffalo, where he was a eucharist minister and past president of the church council. He was a member of American Legion Post, Blue Grass, and was a director of the Southeast Food Pantry. He served on the Coalition For Insurance for the Elderly at the Friendly House and on ASVP. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Charlotte (Mrs.

Thomas) Pollock, Blue Grass; sons, Brad and Jeffrey, both of Blue Grass; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sisters, Tillie (Mrs. Richard) Savala and Mary Zarte, both of Davenport; and Florence (Mrs. John) Terronez, Calumet City, III; brothers, Joseph, Galesburg; Eferen, Davenport; Pedro, Killeen, Texas; and Archie, Lone Tree, Iowa. deploying new classes of long-, range bombers and mobile mis'-' siles. Baker's four-day session with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A.

Shevardnadze yielded an agree- ment to hold a U.S. summit next spring or summer. It will be the first meeting be- tween President Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev since Bush took office, although the two met in New York between's Bush's election and his inauguration. In the course of the Baker-She- vardnadze talks, the Soviets also said they would withdraw a de-1 mand that the United States agree to curb work on "Star Wars" be- fore conclusion of a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) Secretary of State James A. Baker III said Sunday that the success of -his meeting with the Soviet foreign minister should silence congressional critics and dampen their appetite for unilateral arms cuts. Despite progress on talks to cut strategic, conventional and chemical weapons, Baker said the Soviet Union was still "a military threat." "I think it would quite naive for the United States to talk about unilateral reductions of its strategic arsenal," Baker said on the CBS-TV program "Face the Nation." The Bush administration, he said, remains committed to the Strategic Defense Initiative and Bettendorf Judy Strottman BETTENDORF Private services for Judy A. Strottman, 48, of 3050 S.

Hampton Drive, will be Tuesday at McGinnis, Chambers and Sass Funeral Home. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Mrs. Strottman died Saturday at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. There will be no visitation.

Memorials may be made to the Huntingtons Disease Society. Judy Anderson married Ronald Strottman in 1961 in Oshkosh, Wis. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Lori (Mrs. Gerald) Don-ner, Davenport; a son, Todd, at home; a grandson, Nickolas; and her mother, Margaret Anderson, Oshkosh. LeClaire Lois Musal LeCLAIRE, Iowa Lois 80, died Sunday at St.

Luke's Hospital. Arrangements are pending at McGinnis, Chambers and Sass Funeral Home. Albert Rogowskl LECLAIRE, Iowa Albert Rogowskl, 82, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Hal-ligan-McCabe Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Marie.

Fire extinguisher sprays shuttle Cordova Charles Wendt CORDOVA, 111. Services for Charles Frederick Wendt, 76, of Cave City, formerly of East Moline and Cordova, will be 11 ajn. Wednesday at Gibson Funeral Home, Port Byron. Burial will be in Cordova Cemetery. Mr.

Wendt died Friday at White River -Medical Center, Batesville, Ark. Visitation is 6-8 pjn. Tuesday. He retired as a machinist in the Quad-City area. He married Elleine Due in 1971 in Moline.

He was a member of First Methodist Church, Cave City, and Moose Lodge, Batesville. Survivors include his wife; a sister, Louise Pletcher, East Moline; and several nieces and nephews. The mishap occurred while Columbia was in a processing building being readied for a December flight. Young said it was too early to determine whether that schedule would be affected. Young said Columbia's power was off and its two 60-foot-long cargo bay doors were closed at the time of the incident.

Damage, if any, would be confined to thermal tiles that fit on the outside of the vehicle and protect it from heat during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere from orbit. 4, CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Space shuttle Columbia was sprayed with an undetermined amount of water when a fire extinguisher system unexpectedly came on for several minutes Sunday, NASA reported. Space agency spokesman Dick Young said technicians were examining the ship to see if any damage was done. An investigation was under way to determine what triggered the water system, he said.

It normally would be set off by high heat. Buffalo Elizabeth Wilson BUFFALO Elizabeth J. Wilson, 46, of 1129 Walnut died Sunday at St Luke's Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Hal-ligan-McCabe Funeral Home..