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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1969
Page
3
Student drivers from nearly every Nevada high school completed a 144 mile safety economy run as the opening event of the Governors eighth Annual Youth Traffic Safety Conference. The route included freeway rural urban and highway segments with two drivers per team and observers grading driving skills and infractions.
Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Palm Chapel Henderson for Jay L Caviness 56 of 227 Shoshone Henderson born Feb 27 1913 in Duncan Oklahoma a Bekins Van and Storage driver warehouser and Army veteran 1943 1946 Surviving Wanda Caviness Donald Caviness Larry Spark Shirley Stock Lela Holliday Wanda Hutson Foy Daviness Burial Palm Memorial Park Henderson Also listed John J McGettigan 69 of 520 E Mesquite died Thursday in a local hospital Retired printing shop owner and operator Burial Palm Columbarium Surviving Bill Strickler Las Vegas and others mentioned En tombment Palm Mausoleum with Dr Fruzza listed among survivors and services officiated by Father Joseph Baldus.
Cecil F McDonley 41 of 2500 Lynwood Harrodsburg Kentucky died Monday after being born January 5 1928 in Kentucky Services are pending in Harrodsburg for the man with survivors including son Patrick Michael of Delaware two sisters Mrs Hazel Dawn Neat of Louisville and Mrs Patricia Danubo of Torrance California and two brothers John L McDonley and Kenneth McDoniley both of Kentucky
Services are pending in Davenport Iowa for Rudolph Edward Wiese 76 of Woodman Place who died Wednesday in a local hospital He was born January 22 1893 in New Liberty Iowa and lived here 16 years He was a retired proprietor trailer rentals businessman Surviving are his wife Ruth of Las Vegas two children and two sisters Edna Peterson and Selma Wiese both of Iowa
Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at Spalding Law Mortuary for Brad David Wenger 23 of 1313 Melville Drive who died Tuesday. He was born November 10 1946 in Illinois and lived in Las Vegas eight years. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs Merril Wenger a brother Wayne Wenger and a sister Sheila Wenger all of Las Vegas.
Memorial services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday in Palm Chapel. The notice provides the time and location for the service.
Rosary was recited Friday night at Palm Chapel and a Requiem Mass was set for today at St. Viator's Parish Hall for Donald James Viner age 49 of 4347 La Cienega who died Thursday at home. He was an accountant for Transit Co and a World War II Army veteran born October 25 1919 in Iowa. Surviving are six sons Thomas Craig David and Michael all of Las Vegas James J. of Hometown Illinois Gerald J. of Santa Barbara California two daughters Janice Anne McGuckin Sharon Marie Michael both of Las Vegas and three sisters Ray Bieri Letts Iowa Ruby Meeke Lillian Rabe Muscatine Iowa Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Rosary will be recited at 8 p m Monday in Palm Chapel and a Requiem Mass at 10 a m Tuesday at St Anne s Catholic Church for Dr Francis Fruzza 24 of 526 Las Vegas Blvd South who died Thursday in a local hospital He was born April 6 1945 in Reno and moved to Las Vegas in 1953 He attended Bishop Gorman High School and was captain of the basketball team later studied at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Creighton University and Southern College of Optometry He served as altar boy at St Anne s and was vice president of Sigma Alpha Sigma fraternity
Noon Monday in Bunker Brothers Chapel for Joseph B. Block 71 of 4212 El Jardin who died Thursday. He was superintendent of construction and maintenance at the Desert Inn Hotel. Burial in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Block born March 21, 1898 in Greensburg Pa. Lived here 38 years. Survived by widow Lodema Las Vegas son Harry Henderson daughter Marcella Young Anchorage Alaska three brothers Jacob Florida Harry San Francisco Fred South Carolina one sister Gertrude Steffens New Jersey and five grandchildren.
An eight month herring tagging project begins in the North Sea aiming to tag 100000 fish. Participating countries include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
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