Lansing State Journal Saturday, Dec. 14, 1985 Fatal crash The driver of this compact car was killed after it collided with a large sedan around 10:40 p.m. Friday in the 4200 block of N. Grand River just east of Capital City Airport, authorities said. Crews worked for more than an hour to remove the compact's driver from the wrecked vehicle.
The sedan driver was taken to an area hospital for treatment and tests. No other details were immediately available. Lansing State DeRUITER Survivor From 1B borne Division, told the Thomas family that Michael was listed on the plane's passenger manifest. "The major called us first to tell us he didn't know (if Thomas was aboard)." Thomas said. "He was just calling my mom to tell her all the information he had.
"He found out (later) that Michael was supposed to have been on there." But she said the Army learned Wednesday night that Thomas somehow missed the plane and still was in Sinai with members of a U.S. peacekeeping force. "We were extremely relieved, (but) honest, I feel so sorry for the families whose relatives were actually on that plane," Thomas "It's just devastating and experience to go through." She said Friday afternoon that her family hoped to talk to Thomas by telephone in the next couple of days, and that Army officials said he would be home next week with another group of GIs on Christmas leave. Delta From 1B period until Dec. 16 and then "Because of the holiday season would enforce the ordinance, al- and the possibility that a disrupthough the board did say CATA tion of the present (bus) service could run buses at night and on may prove inconvenient to a few weekends when EATRAN does people who wish to shop at the not operate.
Clerk Barbara Bar- mall, I recommend we not enrett said she sent CATA a license force the ordinance at least until allowing operation during those after the holiday season." hours. I "Whatever success the meetMeanwhile, Drolett in a let- ing of the 16th has, we should purter dated Tuesday and included in sue the matter until a settlement the agenda for Monday's Delta is reached or we are convinced Township Board meeting rec- that no compromise can be ommended a three-point town- reached." ship program to the other six "That a final date for resoluboard members. tion of this matter be estabDrolett recommended: lished." Ruth Richardson, day care director Lansing State Journal Ruth Richardson, 65, of 2956 Quincy Lane, who retired last summer as director of the Community Nursery School, died Friday. Richardson had been a resident of Lansing for 40 years and a member of the staff of the Community Nursery School since 1948. She was named director in 1956 and was honored for her work with the school by the Lansing City Council and the Lansing YWCA following her retirement.
She began caring for 10 children in the Community Nursery School when it was located at 1417 Olds Ave. During her tenure she served as cook, janitor, teacher and administrator, working up to 12 hours a day or longer if needed, in the center at 1309 W. Washtenaw. At the time of her retirement, she was overseeing the care of 40 children on a daily basis. A graduate of Ferris Institute with a degree in business admin- BYRD, HAROLD Hanel Vance Construction 10:30 a.m.
Monday at Funeral Home, Charlotte. istration, she taught elementary classes in a one-room school in rural Lake County before coming to Lansing. "Day care is quality education of children and I've always cringed when I hear day care considered. 'a once said. sitting that when you are with young children, you are educating them and you must have established educational goals for preschool age children, and provide activities and experiences following these goals." Richardson was named one of 15 recipients of the YWCA's Diana Awards in 1982.
She is survived by two sons daughters Michael T. and Doris of Detroit and Jon M. and Patsy of Allentown, father Alphonso Everette of Lansing, a sister, Eloise Richardson, of Lansing, and two grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Inter-City Bible Church.
Arrangements are by Riley Funeral Home. 78, formerly of Charlotte Company employee, Central Methodist Church. and Lansing, retired died Thursday. Services Arrangements by Pray DANKENBRING, CLAIR, 72, of 1811 E. Needmore Highway, Grand Ledge, died Friday.
Arrangements by Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte. HALL, CECIL 84, of Tampa, formerly of Mason, died Wednesday. Memorial services 10 a.m. Wednesday at John Knox Village Chapel, Tampa. HURFORD, GLENN 65, of Crescent City, formerly of Leslie, died Wednesday.
Services 1 p.m. Monday at Patience Montgomery Luecht Funeral Home. LILLROSE, JACK 53, of East Lansing, died Friday. Arrangements by Gorsline-Runciman East Chapel. LONG, DON 91, of 216 S.
River Eaton Rapids, died Friday. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday at Skinner Chapel, Eaton Rapids. MAGRUDER, ALICE 91, of 915 Eureka, died Friday. Graveside services 3 p.m.
Saturday at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Gorsline-Runciman Lansing Chapel. McKNIGHT, JOSEPH, 89, of 407 S. Grand Fowlerville, died Wednesday. Services 10:30 a.m.
Saturday at Liverance Funeral Home, Fowlerville. MYERS, CLYDE 81, of Lansing, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. Monday at Tiffany-Jessen Funeral Home. OLIN, WALTER, 82, of Lakeland, formerly of East Lansing, died Friday.
Graveside services 3 p.m. Monday at Glendale Cemetery, Okemos. Arrangements by Gorsline-Runciman East Chapel. PAGE, META 79, of Thornapple Lake, Hastings, formerly of Potterville, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m.
Saturday at Burkhead-Green Funeral Home, Charlotte. REED, ELSIE 90, of 238 N. Sheldon, Charlotte, former Charlotte Chair Factory employee, died Thursday. Services 2:30 p.m. Monday at Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte.
STAUFFER, GLADYS 92, of 212 Keeney, Perry, former teacher, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Monday at LaRowe Chapel, Perry. TERRY, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 81, of 707 Armstrong, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m.
Monday at Riley Funeral Home. WINKLER, JOSEPH 70, of LaMirada, formerly of Pewamo. retired Calavar Corporation employee, died Wednesday. Memorial services at St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church, LaMirada.
YOUNG, MOLLY, 72, of 407 N. Magnolia, died Friday. Arrangements by Riley Funeral Home Bailey now to face second murder trial Associated Press Park. WESTLAND A judge Friday But 18th District Court Judge ordered Ronald Bailey to stand Gail McKnight said the pertrial in the July 1984 kidnap-slay- suasive evidence Bailey's ing of Kenneth Myers, 14, of "signature" the connection beFerndale. tween Myers' death and a similar Bailey, 26, of Livonia now faces kidnapping and assault of a Redtrial in the deaths of two boys and ford Township teen-ager five the kidnapping and sexual assault weeks before the incident.
of another youngster. Bailey faces criminal sexual asHe faces a Dec. 23 arraignment sault and kidnap charges in conin Livingston County Circuit Court nection with that incident, which on murder and abduction charges police say occurred at a Livonia for the August slaying of Shawn mall. Moore, 13, of Green Oak Town- Both boys were allegedly ship in addition to a Jan. 2 ar- forced to drink beer, and both raignment in Wayne County Cir- had a high blood-alcohol content, cuit Court on charges of first-de- according to testimony from gree murder, felony murder and Wayne County pathologists.
kidnapping in the Myers case. If Myers' body was found in Westconvicted, he faces life in prison. land's Hines Park a few days afAt a preliminary examination ter he allegedly was grabbed Friday, two teen-agers said they from his bicycle and dragged into saw Bailey near the area where a car. He died of strangulation, Myers' body was found in Hines police said. Fatals From 1B mother said.
Although she was aboard the plane bringing servicemen home for the holidays, Serafin said her daughter had planned to work through Christmas. Ocasio's wife, Darci, was informed by the Army that her husband was listed on the plane manifest, said her father, Jack DeLong of Berrien Springs. Ocasio, 24, had planned to visit his brother in Chicago before arriving in St. Joseph to be with his wife, DeLong said. Guerra's mother, Teresa Guerra of Ferndale, said the Army told her Wednesday night her son was believed aboard the flight.
"That's all I know," she said. "The Army hasn't told me anything else." Karadsheh's father, Farah, said his: son's Christmas gifts for the Tombo From 1B Tombo was suspended with pay about eight weeks ago, when the investigation was sought, Babco*ck said. Friday's dismissal was effective immediately, he said. Stevenson said the firing leaves the psychiatrist without a livelihood, since he doesn't have an outside practice. "He's disappointed and he's angry.
He's poured his life's blood into that place, working longer hours than probably any psychiatrist in the history of the hospital," Stevenson said. "Joe Tombo likes Northville Hospital." family arrived just hours before he was notified Karadsheh was missing. Lenora Parsons said the Army notified her early Friday that her son was listed on the plane's manifest. "I can't seem to face this thing," she said. "He was one of my youngest." Parsons said she last heard from her son about a month ago.
"He called and told me to expect him home for Christmas," she said. "He was learning how to scuba a dive and take undersea Sandra Andrews said her husband had been eager to return home to meet their 4-month-old daughter, Angela. She said her own and her friends' memories of him would be positive. "He was the type of person everybody liked," she said. "This thing was sensationalized into a hysteria," Stevenson complained.
The Mental Health Department, in the wake of the Tombo case, has conducted an internal review of circ*mstances surrounding the original sexual abuse complaint. Reporters will be briefed on the resulting recommendations for improving the department's investigatory procedures on Monday, according to DMH spokesman Tom DeLoach. Deaths and funerals vices will be held 1 p.m. Monday at the Tiffany-Jessen Funeral Home with Pastor Sidney A. Short, of Central United Methodist Church, officiating.
Pallbearers will be Ed Spencer, Irving Christian, Harold Cantwell, Fred Wheeler, Harold Rogers, and Ken Wight. The family will receive their friends Saturday and Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Funeral Home. For those wishing, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Central United Methodist Church. HURFORD, GLENN H.
Crescent City, FL Formerly of Leslie Passed away at his home in Florida, Wednesday, December 11, 1985. Age 65. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy; a daughter, Mrs. Esther H. Clickner of Mason; 2 sons, William of Lambertville, MI and Frank of Laurel, MD; 9 grandchildren; a foster son, Robert Bannerman of Brighton, TN; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
He was veteran of W.W. II, member of a V.F.W. Bass Capitol Post Masonic Lodge A.M., a life member of Council Chapter Leslie and Onondaga. Mr. Hurford is at Patience Montgomery Luecht Funeral 109 Church Leslie, where funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m.
Interment in Felt. Plains Cemetery. The Rev. Max Gladding officiating. Visitation Sunday, 2-8 p.m.
Masonic Memorial Services Sunday, 7 p.m. under auspices of Masonic Lodge For Minority From 1B make up 5.98 percent or the total enrollment this year, compared to 6 percent in 1984. Other minorities enrolled this fall include 127 American Indians, 177 Chicanos, 306 Hispanics and 582 Asian Americans. The rate of blacks remaining at MSU throughout their education increased from 58.2 percent in 1973 to 79.6 percent in 1983. This compares to an increase from 65.3 percent for all students in 1973 to 85 percent in 1983.
MSU has many programs aimed at recruiting and advising minority students. The counseling especially is critical for students flocking to business and engineering majors with hopes of obtaining marketable degrees, but finding the programs more challenging than they had thought, Hamilton said. This fall, MSU's colleges of en- Man accused of sexual Lansing State Journal MASON A Dec. 19 preliminary examination has been scheduled for a Mason man accused of sexually assaulting and trying to kill a woman in her apartment Wednesday. Brad Cournaya was arraigned in 55th District Court on charges of breaking and entering an occupied dwelling, assault with intent to murder and second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
day, December 12, 1985. He was born in Allen County, IN, May 26, 1907, the son of Elza R. and Faye (Stelle) Byrd. When he was 9 years old, the family moved to Eaton County, where he graduated from Charlotte High School in 1925. He was a Superintendent for Granger Brothers and Hanel Vance construction companies, both of Lansing, retiring from the latter in 1972.
Mr. Byrd was a long time member of Central Methodist Church in Lansing and was active in various community activites and volunteer works. After moving to Ottervein Home Retirement Village in Lebanon, OH in 1983, he became a member of the United Methodist Church there. Surviving are his wife, Hortense (Kline); 1 son, Harold of Lebanon, OH; 1 daughter, Marilyn Harton of Worthington, OH; 4 grandchildren, Paul Harton, Ranee Harton, Michael Byrd, and Ryan Byrd; 1 brother, Herschel Byrd of Paradise, CA. He was preceded in death by a brother, Gailen Byrd, and infant son, Michael.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the Central Methodist Church in Lansing with the Rev. Sidney Short officiating. Interment will be in Deepdale Cemetery. Visitation will be at 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Sunday at the Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte. Memorials may be made to the Church or to the United Parkinson Foundation. REED, ELSIE J. 238 N. Sheldon Charlotte Mrs.
Reed, age 90, died December 12, 1985 in Grayling, MI. She was a lifelong resident of Notices, Call 377-1104 gineering, natural science, nursing and social science enrolled the greatest percentages of undergraduate minorities. The colleges of Arts and Letters and Education had the lowest percentages. Minority students are more highly represented in graduateprofessional programs at MSU master's degree programs, according to a report by Dr. Jeanne E.
Gullahorn, MSU's Graduate School associate dean. This reflects a tendency of bachelor's degree graduates to choose professional rather than graduate education, she said. Among master's and doctoral students, the percentage of minorities rose from 7.89 percent in 1972 to 8.90 percent in 1985. The percentage of women rose from 31.2 percent in 1972 to 49.4 percent during the same period. assault arraigned Cournaya was sent to the Ingham County Jail after failing to post a $25,000 bond ordered by Judge Thomas Brennan According to Mason police, the woman was attacked after she returned home to her Mason Hills apartment early Wednesday morning.
Police in Holt and Perry were reportedly checking to determine if Cournaya could be the man involved in several recent sexual attacks in those respective areas. Eaton County and was a former employee of the Charlotte Chair Factory. She was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Navy Mom's, the Royal Neighbors, and the Rebekah Lodge She was a Gold Star mother. Surviving are daughters, Marion Terry of Grayling, Peggy Welch of Charlotte, and Margaret Idle of IL; 2 sons, Robert and Roger, both of Charlotte: 29 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Pray Funeral Home with Rev. Ric Mathew officiating. Interment in West Caramel Cemetery. STAUFFER, GLADYS E.
212 Keeney Perry Age 92, died December 13, 1985 at the Roselawn Manor Nursing Home, Lansing, following an illness of several years. Services at 1 p.m. Monday, December 16 from the Nelson House Funeral Homes, La Rowe Chapel in Perry with interment in Vestaburg Cemetery. Rev. Dale Holzbauer officiating.
The family will receive friends today from 6-9 p.m. and Sunday from 2-5 and 6-9 p.m. Mrs. Stauffer was born in Six Lakes, MI, November 4, 1893. She attended public schools at Six Lakes and Stan ton.
She also attended the Stanton County Normal and Central She was Michigan University. tember 22, 1917 to Conley Stauffer, who preceded her in death. She was a member of the Vestaburg Church of Christ. the Perry Library Board, the Perry Women's Club, and the Perry Garden Club. Mrs.
Stauffer was a Math and Latin Teacher for 35 years in the public schools of McBride. Six Lakes, Vestaburg, Perry, and Owosso. She also served as Librarian at the Perry High School. She is survived by 1 son, Thomas Stauffer and daughter-in-law, Carol; 2 daughters, Mrs. Lewis (Betty) Foster and Mrs.
Lyle (Nancy) Richard; 11 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; 1 sister, Alice Miel; 2 brothers, Homer and Lucas Miel. She was predecesed by 1 sister, Helen LaClear. and 1 brother. Howard Miel. TERRY, WILLIAM DOUGLAS JR.
707 Armstrong Age 81, died December 12, 1985. Mr. Terry had been a resident of Lansing for over 30 years. He was a member of the Silver Leaf Lodge I.B.P.O.E. of W.
Surviving are the sister, Mrs. Dorothy Porter; several nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Jacqueline Bradford and Fred Porter, all of Lansing. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 16, 1985 at the Riley Funeral Home with Rev.
Charles Tolbert officiating. Interment in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday night at the Funeral Home from 7-8 p.m. MYERS, CLYDE H. Lansing Age 81, died December 12, 1985 at a local hospital.
Mr. Myers was a resident of Lansing most of his life. He was a member of the Central United Methodist Church, Capitol Area League of Ingham County, and the Michigan Unit of Airstreamers. Surviving are his wife, Lois; 2 daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Sandra) Otte of CA and Mrs.
Jerry (Joyce) Gillett of Mason; 4 grandchildren, April and Freddy Otte and Aaron and Judy Gillett; several nieces, nephews and RICHARDSON, RUTH E. 2956 Quincy Lane Age 65, died December 13, 1985. Mrs. Richardson had been a resident of Lansing for 40 years, was a member of Inter-City Bible Church, and served as Director of the Community Nursery School for 39 years. Surviving are 2 sons and daughters-in-law, Michael T.
and Doris of Detroit and Jon M. and Patsy of Allentown, PA: 1 granddaughter, Cherrie; 1 grandson, John father, Alphonso Everette of Lansing; 1 sister, Mrs. Eloise Richardson of Lansing. Friends may visit the Riley Funeral Home begining 9 a.m. Sunday.
Interment in East Lawn Memory Gardens. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Monday, December 16, 1985 at Inter-City Bible Church with Pastor Elwood Norton officiating. The family will receive friends at the Funeral Home, Sunday from 3-4 p.m. Contributions may be made to the Inter-City Bible Church, Camp Barakel or Family Life Radio, Inter-City Bible Church, 5211 W.
St. Joseph Lansing, MI 48917. BYRD, HAROLD L. Formerly of Charlotte and Lansing Mr. Byrd, a age 78, died in Lebanon, OH, Thurs- Paid Obituary WINKLER, JOSEPH H.
LaMirada, CA Formerly of Pewamo Age 70, passed away December 11, 1985. Mr. Winkler was a former Pewamo businessman until moving to California in 1959. He retired after 20 years of service as General Foreman at Calavar Corp. of Santa Fe Springs, CA.
Surviving are his wife, Betty; 3 daughters, Lynnette Langseth, Patricia Piper, and Wendy Winkler; also surviving are 5 granddaughters, 2 sisters, and several nieces and nephews. At his request, cremation has taken place with memorial services held at St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church in LaMirada, Ca. Interment will take place at a later date at East Plains Cemetery, Pewamo, MI. Funerals DUTCHER, LOIA E.
(JEAN) Lansing Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at the Tiffany-Jessen Funeral Home..
