Deaths and services listed for Terre Haute area residents
Obituaries note deaths of Chester W Hoff man 60 in Milwaukee Evelyn Hoff man survivors include Laura Lee and Anna Marie Edgar A, Violet Robb. Nina Farris 86, former Terre Haute, burial Grandview Cemetery. Melvin Zody 66, Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Viola Mae Hilburn 79, Woodlawn Cemetery. Joseph F Wilson Sr 68, Callahan Funeral Home. Grover C McDaniel 88, Roselawn Memorial Park. Lloyd Reich 89, memorial services pending. Clarence A Gorrell Jr 68, Roselawn Memorial Park. Earl E Tallman 40, Bethesda Memorial Park. Dorothy L Hipkiss 63, Roselawn Memorial Park. William C Sutton 88, Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Robert Lee Lindsey memorial at Roselawn Memorial Park. Samuel Phegley Carlisle 84, IOOF Cemetery. Elsie C Houston Sullivan 71, Center Ridge Cemetery. Frankie Hughes 69, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Joe Snyder 65 Elmwood Park, Illinois. Margaret G Delp 68 Vermillion County Hospital. Olive Grindle. Alvise Ave Clinton 68. Karl O Hair Paris 90. Lulu Pearl Branson Rockville 87. plus multiple funeral home notices and affiliations.
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the Tribune
Terre Haute
Mnd
Chester W. Hoffman
Mary Ruth Evans
Milwaukee
Wisc
Evelyn
Laura Lee
Anna Marie
Edgar A
Violet I. Robb
Hillsboro
Bruskiewitz
West Forest Home Ave
Melvin Zody
S. 19Th St
Trinity Lutheran Church
Terry Hudson
Roselawn Memorial Park
Ball-Porter Funeral Home
Marie E
Richard Zody
Blacksburg
Curtis
Anderson
Gary
Carla
Cynthia Olmi
West Terre Haute
Charles V
Lucas
Ohio
Management Club
Straw-Steel Corp
Viola Mae Hilburn
Viola Mae
Fritzie’ Hilburn
Grand Ave
Joseph F. Wilson SR
View Ave
Callahan Funeral Home
James V. Courtney Jr
Penn Central Railroad
Alice
Edward L
Joseph , Jr
Donna Alias
Indianapolis
Mary Alice Holstine
Carl
Clarkston, Mich
Paul
Kenneth
Archié
Lée Réy
Albert
Dorothy Hall
Frances Slavens
Elsie Carrithers
Térré Hauté
Freida Jorgenson
Spring Valley
Kathryn St. Clair
Rosedale
Elsie C. Houston Sullivan
Elsie C. Houston
Crowder Sr
Alexander Funeral Home
John Harris
Center Ridge Cemetery
First Baptist Church
War Mother’s Club
John G. Coffman
Sullivan
Nell C. Melaun
Fred Jordan
Bill Jordan
Columbus
Charles
Grace Keene
Dallas
Texas
Evelyn Branham
Bloomington
Former Clay Teacher Tressa Slack Dies at 87
Mrs. Tressa Slack, 87, longtime Clay County educator, died Sunday in Clay County Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lawson Slack Funeral Home with Dr. Harley M. Lautenschlager officiating. Burial in Calcutta Cemetery. Survived by daughter Gertrude, sister Mazo Turner, several nieces and nephews.
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Brazil
Lawson- Slack
Tressa Slack
Clay County
Slack
Harley M. Lautenschlager
Calcutta Cemetery
Harmony
Brazil High School
Indiana Normal College
van Buren Township
Brazil City
National
Retired Teachers Association
Clay County Retired Teachers Association
Knightsville Reading Club
Knightsville Ces
Gertrude
Indiana State University
Mazo Turner
Mrs Sarah Catherine McConnohie Rites Held in Rockville
Services for Mrs. Sarah Catherine McConnohie 63 formerly of Rockville who died Friday in Fort Lauderdale Florida will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Barnes Mortuary with the Rev. Wendell Adams-Will officiating Burial at Elva C Pershing Dagger Elva C Pershing 66 died at 10 45 a.m. Saturday at Mary Sherman Hospital Services set for 10 30 a.m. Tuesday at Newkirk Funeral Home Burial in Fairview Cemetery in Linton Friends may call
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Grover C. McDaniel
College St
Ryan Funeral Home
John Chironna Jr
Roselawn Memorial Park
Central Presbyterian Church, Accountants Club
Walter Bledsoe Coal Company
Surivivng
Oscar
Effingham, Ill
Lloyd Reich
Thomas W
Donna Jean’ Roberts
Indianapolis
Christian Science Practitioners
Christian Science
Camp Atterbury
Norma
Wendell
Orban
Reno
Nev
Leland
Santa Barbara
Calif
Clarence A. Gorrell JR
19Th St
Union Hospital
Ball-Porter Funeral Home
Marcus E. Myers
Earl E. Tallman
Charleston
Ind
Terre Haute
Bedino Chapel of the Valley
Bethesda Memorial Park
Dorothy L. Hipkiss
S. 8Th St
DeBaun Funeral Home
Floyd Miller
OFS 43
Samuel Phegley Carlisle
Samuel Phegley
Veteran's Hospital
Alexander Funeral Home
Sullivan
Donald McKinney
Ioof
Olive Grindle Marshall
Olive Grindle
Marrs-Snyder Funeral Home
Walter W. Volkers
Livingston Cemetery
Alvise
Clinton
Fish
8Th St
Terré Haute Regional Hospital
Kranovich
James Shanahan
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Karl O'Hair
Paris
Ill
East Court
Stewart and Carroll Funeral Home
Edgar Cemetery
Rockville
Lulu Pearl Branson
Jackson
Tudor-Herrick Funeral Home
Alvin Wilson
Memory Garden
Rowene Bradburn
Loleta Stillman
South Bend
Sarah Catherine McConnohie
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Barnes Mortuary
Wendell Adams
Memory Garden Cemetery
Elva C. Pershing
Mary Sherman Hospital
Newkirk Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
Linton
Local Children Attend Camp Mishawaka Near Grand Rapids
Several local youngsters travel to Camp Mishawaka on Lake Pokegama for summer programs. Names include John Royse Catherine Royse Betsy Salmon Molly Ryan Kitty Card and Mary Card with a 100 member staff guiding four to eight week sessions featuring land and water sports canoeing sailing fishing hiking and bicycling opportunities.
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Camp Mishawaka
Lake Pokegama
Grand Rapids
Minn
John
Catherine Royse
John N. Royse
Wedgeway Drive
Betsy Salmon
Fred Salmon
Allendale Place
Molly Ryan
Delvin Ryan
Gilchrist Road
Kitty
Mary Card
Joseph B. Card
Alendale Place
Mishawaka
J J Walker Says Good Times Image Feels Negative
Hampton Virginia AP Jimmy J J Walker star of Good Times says he is unhappy with his career and fears self harm while questioning the show image He has asked producers to leave the series but remains under contract and notes financial gain but lacks personal satisfaction.
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Hampton, Va
Jimmy
J. J
Walker
Chicago
Good Times
Norman Lear
Consumer Confidence Rises to Four-Year High in May
The University of Michigan Survey Research Center reports the Index of Consumer Sentiment at 89.1, up 1.6 from February 1977, the highest since 1972, with improved views on current finances and buying power but weaker expectations for future gains amid energy policy concerns.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan Survey Research Center
George Katona
Centenary Church Offers Preschool Summer Program
Centenary United Methodist Church in Terre Haute invites preschoolers ages three to six to a nondenominational interracial summer program. Tuesday to Thursday mornings in July from 9 30 to 11 30 will feature crafts science music and storytime with Shanda Baggett directing. Enrollment costs 10 per week with weekly or monthly options. call 232 2319 or visit 301 N 7th St for details.
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Centenary United Methodist Church
Terre Haute
N. 7Th St
Shanda Baggett
Thomas Awarded Freedom of Speech Honor by Georgia Broadcasters
Veteran broadcaster Lowell Thomas, 85, received the 1977 Freedom of Speech award from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters in Lake Lanier Islands. He quipped that after 80 you discover everything you say reminds you of something else as he accepted the prize.
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Lake Lanier Islands
Lowell Thomas
Georgia Association of Broadcasters
Thomas
Silent Crisis of Wife Beating Faces U S Legislation
Richard C. Levy estimates more than 28 million American wives suffer physical abuse by husbands with 4.7 million in the extreme violence category. He cites police calls and divorces tied to abuse while Congress considers a bill to fund data gathering and $60 million for shelters and counseling.
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Washington
UPI
America
Richard C. Levy
Levy
U.S
United States
Congress
Wendell Anderson
D-Minn
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Lindy Boggs
D-La
Newton Steers
R-Md
Women gain independent lines of credit under new laws
Backed by the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and new reporting rules, women are expanding credit independence. Diners Club cites 59,000 women with own cards at start of 1977, while Master Charge shows 14.4 million women cardholders in 1976. Banks report rising female loan and account activity, and lenders warn that equal access does not guarantee credit.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Diners Club
Master Charge
Andrea Ann van Houten
Visa
BankAmericard
Associated Credit Bureaus, Inc
Commercial Credit Corp
Federal Trade Commission
Consumer Information Center
Dept
Pueblo
Colo
Credit Bureaus
Southwest
Houston
Tex
American Express
American Express Co
New York
N.Y
Death of Olave St Clair Baden-Powell Widow Guide Founder
London AP reports Olave St. Clair Baden-Powell age 88 world Chief Guide and widow of Robert Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides died Sunday in a Surrey nursing home.
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London
Olave St. Clair
Robert Baden-Powell
The
Boy Scouts and
Girl Guides
Surrey
Indianapolis Livestock Markets: Hogs Cattle and Sheep Reports
A market roundup from Indianapolis and Indiana hogs cattle and sheep shows mixed gains and steady to higher quotes. Barrows and gilts rise 50 to 1.00 with various weight classes listed. cattle see modest gains for steers and heifers while cows stay steady. spring lambs weaken slightly. local hogs 210-230 lbs bring 45.50 to 46.00, sows 35.75 to 36.75.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
United Press International
Cash Grain
Chicago
Board of Trade
Midwest
Police Probing Theft Reports Across Northside and Car Theft
Police investigate thefts after a fire at Betty Varvel residence 1922 Eighth Ave. Items stolen from the garage include an impact wrench 92 dollars a paint gun 84 dollars a yellow 10 speed bicycle and assorted tools. A 23 channel CB radio from Robert Hennel Hartford’s car was taken from the Imperial House lot between 10 p.m. Sunday and 8 15 a.m. Monday with no forced entry found.
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Betty Varvel
Eighth Ave
Thomas Fort
Varvel
Robert Hennel Hartford
Terre Hauté
Imperial House
Third St
Mortenson to Lead Indiana-Indianapolis LDS Mission
Max C. Mortenson will assume the presidency of the Indiana-Indianapolis Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on July 1, succeeding Keith W. Wilcox who returns to his Ogden Utah architectural practice. In New York Sue Kaufman, 50, author of The Diary of a Mad Housewife and other novels, died at her home.
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New York
Sue Kaufman
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Nina F. Farris
Ball- Porter Funeral
Joseph N. Bailey
Grandview Cemetery
Ben Torrison
Walkfho
Francis Gustafson
LaPorte
Robert
Lafayette
William C. Sutton
Bell and Bracken Funeral Home
Terre Haute Regional Hospital
Robert Lee Lindsey
Farmersburg
Francis Graham “Frank
Hughes
Francis Graham
Frankie’ Hughes
Kenosha Memorial Hospital
Shares
Scotland
Kenosha
Mildred Maxwell
Hansen Funeral Home
Sunset Ridge Cemetery
Joe Snyder Clinton
Leon Guinn, Clinton
Joe Snyder
Elmwood Park
Elmwood Park Hospital
Columbia Chapel
Oak Park
Oak Park Cemetery
Margaret G. Delp
Vermillion County Hospital
Tudor- Herrick Memorial Chapel
Don Houndell
Cashatt Cemetery
Mrs. Lulu Pearl Branson
the Country Parson
Frank Clark
Sarah Catherine McOnnohie
J.J
Centenary Church
Thomas Joseph
Bombay Oliver
Atlanta Stadium
Nebraska
Jas
Illinois
Billie Creek Village
Parke County
Billy Dean
Sixth Illinois Cavalry
Edinburg
Wayne Henson
Frank
Fred Hedberg
Second Illinois Light Artillery
Byron
House of Photography
Consumer Watch
St. Clair
FTD Florist
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