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B4 the star THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 19S Sir Rudolf Bins raised tone ill MARION COUNTY of the Metropolitan Opera Louis Highmark was a partner in Barnes Thornburg law firm director of the board of lpalco Enterprises Indianapolis Power Light American States Insurance Overmyer Aquality Indiana Limestone Co. and Vulcan Hart Corp. A member of the Board of Trustees of Hanover College since 1971, Mr. Highmark was counsel for the college and served the board as secretary, vice president.

Executive Committee member and chairman of the search committee for president. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College In 1939 and was a member of Alpha Theta and Phi Beta Kappa. He was vice president of the class of 1939 and a member of the executive committee of the class of 1939, served on the Man of the Year Committee and was president of the college's Indiana Alumni Association. Mr. Highmark received his law degree in 1942 from Columbia University- A former trustee of Falrview Presbyterian Church, he was a member of Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis Museum of Art and Indianapolis Symphony Society.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Memorial contributions may be made to Second Presbyterian Church, Hanover College or Dartmouth College. Survivors: wife Marguerite "Peg" Louise Holthausen Highmark; sons Louis Adolphus, Duncan McClave, David Allan Highmark; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Crown Hill Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Memorial services for Louis A.

Highmark, 81. Indianapolis, a retired attorney and partner In Barnes Thornburg law firm, are pending in North Colebrook, Conn. There will be no calling. He died Sept. 2.

Mr. Highmark joined the law firm In 1942 and became a part Mr. Highmark ner In 1951. He worked in the firm's business and public utilities departments and at one time was chairman of the securities department. He specialized In corporate operations, structure and reorganizations.

Insurance and utilities. Throughout his practice, he worked with trade regulations involving matters with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice. After retiring In 1983, he became partner of counsel. Mr. Highmark was a member of many professional and legal organizations including the American, Indiana State, and Indianapolis bar associations and the Disciplinary Commission of the Indiana Supreme Court.

He had served on the boards of directors of several companies. A member of the board of Jerry Alderman Ford he also served as director and secretary. He also had been Katherine Bailey, co-founder of local beauty supply house Services for Katherine A. Moore Bailey, 82, Indianapolis, co-owner and co-founder of J. Bailey and a wholesale beauty supply house, will be at ,1 p.m.

Sept. 5 in Stuart Mortuary, with calling from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 4. Burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery.

She died Sept. 1. A graduate of Madame C.J. Walker Beauty School, Mrs. Bailey accepted a "position as a beautician at Madame Walker's Salon In 1947.

was the place to have your hair done if you were a black woman. You had to be somebody to get in there," she told The Indianapolis Star Ifn 1983. While working at Madame Mrs. Bailey and her husband, the late John Bailey, an Indianapolis policeman, decided to go into business for themselves. They started a beauty supply business in their home with a $50 investment and a Royal typewriter 31rS.

Bailey wrote to hair-care-prod- uct manufacturers, asking if they -needed a distributor in the Indlan-'apolis area. They opened their first store at 16th WANDA BANKS ARNETT, 83. Indianapolis, formerly of Morristown. died Sept. 2.

She worked for Central Indiana Distributing retiring in 1981. Memorial contributions may be made to Cats Haven, P.O. Box 30206, Indianapolis, Ind. 46230. Services and calling: none.

She was the widow of Wendell Arnett. Survivors: daughter Sara Arnett: sisters Inetta Theobald, Mickey Jones. Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary Is handling arrangements. HELEN M. REIS BALL, 76.

Moores-ville, died Sept. 2. She was a home-maker. Services: 11 a.m. Sept.

5 In Jones Family Mortuary. MooresviUe, with calling from 4 to 9 p.m. Sept. 4. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood.

Survivors: husband William C. Ball; children Helen. William Frank Hubert J. Ball; seven grandchildren: seven great-grandchildren. RUFUS MARTIN BENNETT 92.

Brooklyn, died Sept. 3. He was a finish carpenter for Pedlgo Young, retiring In 1976. He was a member of Mount Zlon Baptist Church, Martinsville. Services: 11 a.m.

Sept. 5 in Neal Summers Mortuary, Martinsville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 4. Burial: Brooklyn Cemetery.

Survivors: wife Vivian Alice Gwlnn Bennett; children Martin, Gordon, Loreen Bennett, Mary Messersmith: six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. ANTHONY J. BUSSEY, 36, Indianapolis, died Aug. 29. Graveside services: noon Sept.

6 in Washington Park North Cemetery. Calling: none. Survivors: father Tommy Young; brother Earl Bussey; sister Rochelle Hill. Alpha Funeral Service is handling arrangements. REBECCA L.

KLONARIS CAITO, Indianapolis, died Sept. 2. She was a homemaker and a member of the Women's Club of Monsignor James M. Downey Council of the Knights of Columbus. Memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor.

Services: Sept. 6 at 9: 15 a.m. in Daniel F. O'Riley Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. in Holy Rosary Catholic Church, of which she was a member.

Calling: 4 to 9 p.m. Sept. 5 In the funeral home. Entombment: Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum. Survivors: husband Joseph A.

Caito; children Rebecca A. Sander, Mary Ann Benz, Joseph A. Caito II; sisters Carolyn Pullman, Joan Buchanan, Vivian Hill; four grandchildren. FLOYD CARR DAVIS, 37, Indianapolis, died Aug. 24.

He was a construction worker. Memorial services: 4 p.m. Sept. 6 in Boatrlght Funeral Home. Burial: New Crown Cemetery.

Survivors: father Paul Carr; mother Florida Davis; stepson Desmond Lee White; a grandchild. THOMAS CLAUD EAVES 36. Indianapolis, died Aug. 29. He was a laborer for Roudebush Landscaping.

Services: noon Sept. 6 in Mount Helm Missionary Baptist Church, of which he was a member, with calling there from 10 a.m. Burial: Washington Park North Cemetery. Survivors: children Thomas Grugder, Markiesha, Calenika Eaves; mother Betty Washington Eaves; sister Jean Collins. Peoples Funeral Home Is handling arrangements.

REBECCA J. ALLEN FISHEL, 47. Indianapolis, died Sept. 2. A registered nurse, she worked 26 years for Methodist Hospital, most recently as an administrator.

She was a 1971 graduate of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Services: 11:30 a.m. Sept. 6 in G.H.

Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 5. Burial: Round Hill Cemetery. Survivors: son Nathan B.

Fishel; parents Donald Sr. and Patricia Jean Virchow Allen; brothers Donald Stephen Allen. STEPHEN J. FLOOD, 44, Sarasota, Fla formerly of Indianapolis, died Sept. 1.

He was director of guidance for Bradenton (Fla.) Christian School, 3304 W. 43rd Bradenton, Fla. 34209, to which memorial contributions may be made. Services: 7 p.m. Sept.

4 in Palma Sola Bay Baptist Church, Bradenton. Burial: Palms Memorial Park, Sarasota. Survivors: wife Brenda Baird Flood; sons Trent, Matt Flood; parents William and Opal Mann Flood; sister Sharon Kline; brother Gary Flood; stepsister Suzanne Hubbard; stepbrpthers Bob, Dave Mann. Brown Sons Funeral Homes, Bradenton, Is handling arrangements. DOROTHY E.

LEHMAN HITCHCOCK, 92, Indianapolis, died Sept. 2. She owned two stands in the City Market for 10 years, retiring In 1969. She was a member of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, a 75-year member of 9ueen Esther chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and a 50-year member of Amaranth Court 7. Memorial contributions may be made to the White Cross Guild, of which she was a 20-year member.

Services: 11 a.m. Sept. 6 in Conkle Funeral Home, Speedway Chapel, with calling from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 5.

Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. She was the widow of Clancey E. Hitchcock. Survivors: son Corydon A. Nuerge; five grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren: two great-great-grandchildren.

ALMA LOUISE JONES YATES HOAG-LAND, 66, Indianapolis, died Aug. 31. She was a homemaker. Services: noon Sept. 8 In Boatrlght Funeral Home, with calling from 11 a.m.

Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. She was the widow of Albert Yates and Ernest Ray Hoagland. Survivors: sons David Michael. Albert Maurice, Kenneth Raymond Yates. Arnett, Wanda Banks, 83 Bailey, Katherine A.

Moore, 82 Bussey, Anthony 36 Caito, Rebecca Klonaris Davis, Floyd Carr, 37 Eaves, Thomas Claud 36 Fishel, Rebecca J. Allen, 47 Highmark, Louis 81 Hitchcock, Dorothy Lehman, 92 Hoagland, Alma L. Jones, 66 Holland, Grayce M. Darden, 68 Jones, John Lee 67 Martin, Ida Y. Bunch, 61 McCaffery, Edwin 86 McGinnis, John David, 68 Miller, Howard 81 Nicholls, Thelma M.

Greene, 89 Oxender, Mary A. Meehan, 82 Phillips, Curtis 75 Raczy, Olive Sue Ann, 53 Rigney, Mary A. Harmon, 76 Rush, Mark 69 Steger, Rita Mae Casper, 68 Stevenson, Carl Edward 58 Still, James 76 Strickling, Jimmie 47 Whitson, Harold 64 HAMILTON COUNTY Rector, Chester 72 Rowling, Mayda Armstrong, 95 Wix, Shirley L. Gould, 62 HENDRICKS COUNTY Scott, Mitchell Finn, 57 Wright, Arthur 65 JOHNSON COUNTY Piper, Gladys W. Parker, 73 MADISON COUNTY Scott, Frances Mae Lame, 67 MORGAN COUNTY Ball, Helen M.

Reis, 76 Bennett, Rufus Martin 92 FORMER RESIDENTS Flood, Stephen 44 Krauss, Reba Jean Mullin, 73 Smith, Charles 80 OTHER COUNTIES Blair, John 73 Cheever, Irene Dufour, 95 More obituaries, Page B5 Sept. 4, 1997 GRAYCE M. DARDEN HOLLAND, 68, Indianapolis, died Sept. 1. She was a homemaker.

Services: 11 a.m. Sept. 6 in Boatrlght Funeral Home, with calling from 10 a.m. Survivors: husband John B. Holland; children Arthur Jerry, Nathaniel Mance, Ruthle Powell; sisters Ida Mae Beasley, Emma Jean Mance.

REBA JEAN MULLIN KRAUSS, 73. Rushville, formerly of Indianapolis, died Sept. 2. She was a homemaker. Services: 10 a.m.

Sept. 5 in Moster Cox Mortuary, Rushville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 4. Burial: East Hill Cemetery, Rushville.

She was the widow of Carl Krauss. Survivors: daughters Donna Glover, Connie Smith, Susan Hicks: 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. JOHN LEE "JOHNNIE ROCK" JONES 67, Indianapolis, died Sept. 2. He was a cook 33 years for Roudebush' Veterans Affairs Medical Center, retiring In 1993.

He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Services: 1 p.m. Sept. 6 In Lavenia's Home for Funerals, with calling from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept.

5. Burial: Washington Park North Cemetery. Survivors: wife Valencia Jean Johnson Jones; sons Terrance, Van Eric John Lee Jones brothers Robert, Paul Jones sisters Dorothy Allen, Norma Leavell, Barbara Stith; five grandchildren. JOHN DAVID McGINNIS, 68. Indianapolis, died Sept.

2. He worked for Sears Hardware at 86th Street and Ditch Road, retiring in 1995. Previously, he worked 17 years for Clark Lift of Indiana. Prior to that, he served 22 years in the Navy, retiring in 1968. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.

Graveside services: 2 p.m. Sept. 5 In Washington Park East Cemetery. Survivors: wife Jackie Marsischky McGinnis; children David, Ronald, Donald McGinnis, Curtis, Katherine Wright, Margaret Waters; mother Ann McGinnis; brother Henry McGinnis; 15 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Meridian Hills Mortuary is handling arrangements.

HOWARD E. MILLER, 81. Indianapolis, formerly of Anderson, died Sept. 3. He worked at Warner Press Anderson, for 26 years, retiring as a department manager In 1982.

Previously, he was a minister at Church of God congregations in New Hampshire, New York, Iowa and Pennsylvania. A graduate of Anderson College, he had served on the board of directors of Anderson Christian Center and was a past president of the Anderson Rotary Club and Eastslde Community Club. Services: noon Sept. 5 in Park Place Church of God, Anderson. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 4 In Rozelle-Johnson Funeral Service, Anderson, and from 11 a.m. Sept. 5 in the church. Burial: East Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson.

Memorial contributions may be made to Anderson Christian Center, Anderson University or the church. He was the widower of Thelma Anderson Miller. Survivors: daughters Beverley Joyce Pitts, Becky Jean Pence: brother T. Franklin Miller; four grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren. DEATHS Raymond Duke (Vail-Holt Funeral Home).

Muncie Bettie June Curts Blair, 75, widow of Jesse Warner Blair (Parson Mortuary). Logansport Elizabeth Pauline Taylor Roller, 87, widow of Charles Nelson Roller (Harrison-Metzger Funeral Homes). Pershing Martha M. Cartright Lingin-felter, 98, widow of I.R. Bob Linginfelter(Was-kom-Howard-Fisher Capitol Hill Chapel.

Cambridge City). Williamsport William Harold "Andy" De-Bord, 86, husband of Katherine H. Brier DeBord (Maus Funeral Home, Attica). of significant roles before Bing. Lean-faced and tall with a bald head, he could be by turns charming or cold.

He had down-to-the curtain contract battles with the Met's unions. He fired Maria Callas in 1958 when she refused to sing the roles in the sequence he assigned her. Critics complained about his choice of conductors, his casting, his choice of repertory, the general musical preparation. But during his tenure, the Met season expanded from 18 to 31 weeks and the subscribers list grew from 5,000 to 17.000. "For 18 of my 22 years we played to 97 percent of capacity, a record that can be matched by no other opera house in history," he noted.

He oversaw the move from the Met's old yellow brick home at Broadway and 40th Street to its new house In Lincoln Center In 1966. Bing "revolutionized the way the company's productions looked by bringing to the Met the world's greatest directors and designers," the opera's current general manager, Joseph Volpe, said Tuesday. In 1951, he hired the Met's first black artist, Janet Collins, as prima ballerina. In 1971, Bing was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He retired from the Met the following year and published his memoirs, 5000 Nights At the Opera.

MARK L. RUSH, 69. Indianapolis, died Sept. 2. He had worked for Chrysler retiring in 1989.

An Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of Leo F. Welch Jr. American Legion Post and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6864. Services; 2 p.m. Sept.

5 in Feeney-Hornak Shadeland Mortuary, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 4. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors: wife Lillian Carey Rush; children Joann Wallace, Arvlna Baker, Debbie Ladner, Phyllis.

Dale William, Brian, Mark Rush brothers George, Char-He, Eugene, John Rush: sister Helen Orsborne; 25 grandchildren; 29 greatgrandchildren. MARY A. HARMON RIGNEY, 76. Indianapolis, died Sept. 2.

She had worked at American Fabricating and Kraft's Bakery. Services; 2 p.m. Sept. 5 in Flanner Buchanan Morris Street Mortuary, with calling from 3 to 9 p.m. Sept.

4. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors: husband Virgil Rigney; children Juanita Goode, Opal Starks, Charlotte Vanover, Betty Maxwell, Shirley Ross, Linda, Virgil James, Bobby Rigney; brothers Alter, Ed Thomas Harmon; 22 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren. FRANCES MAE LAME SCOTT, .67. Anderson, died Sept.

3. A homemaker, she was a member of East 38th Street Freewill Baptist Church, Anderson. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity. Services: 10 a.m.; Sept. 6 in Rozelle-Johnson Funeral Service, Anderson, with calling frorti 2 to 4 p.m.

and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 5. Burial: Bronnenberg Cemetery, Chesterfield. Survivors: husband C.

Scott; children Linda Kern, Dennis, David Scott; mother Margaret Morgan; stepmother Melba Lame; half sisters Debbie Hutton, Dee Frazee, Sherry Klinefelter; nine grandchildren:" a great-grandchild. MITCHELL FINN SCOTT, 57, Danville, died Sept. 2. He was a construction worker for Ritter Construction Roachdale. Graveside services: 11 a.m.

Sept. 6 in Scott Cemetery, Celina, Tenn. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 4 in Weaver Funeral Home, Danville.

Survivors: son Chad Scott; brothers J. Grady Cecil Scott; sisters Frances Graham, Opal Booker. CHARLES 0. SMITH, 80. Fort Myers, formerly of Plainfleld, died Sept.

2. He worked for the Internal Revenue Service for 31 years, retiring as a collection manager in 1972. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Plainfleld Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite. Services: 11 a.m. Sept.

6 in Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home, Plainfleld, with calling from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 5. Burial: Maple Hill Cemetery, Plainfleld. He was the widower of Marcla M.

Holdcroft Smith. Survivor: brother Harold Smith. RITA MAE CASPER STEGER, 68, Indianapolis, died Sept. 3. She was a homemaker.

Services: Sept. 5 at 8:30 a.m. in Feeney-Hornak Shade-land Mortuary and at 9 a.m. In Holy Spirit Catholic Church, of which she was a member. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 4 in the mortuary. Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the church. Survivors: husband James L.

Steger; children John Matthew J. Steger, Cathy Ryan, Peggy Henthorn. Terrl Andrews, Mary Rita Jackson; brothers Joseph, Robert Casper; 14 grandchildren. CARL EDWARD STEVENSON 58, Indianapolis, died Aug. 29.

He was a construction worker for Huber, Hunt and Nichols Inc. for two years. Services: 11 a.m. Sept. 5 in Lavenia's Home for Funerals, with calling from 9 a.m.

Burial: New Crown Cemetery. Survivors: wife Linda Jean Walton-Stevenson; children Michelle Lynn, Deanna, Carl Edward Stevenson HI; stepson Michael L. Walton; mother and stepfather Elizabeth and Arto Williams; stepmother Thelma Stevenson; brother James Jamerson sisters Shirley A. Smith, Marjorle Stevenson, Paula Johnson; stepsisters Brenda Sharp, Gloria J. Goens; two grandchildren; a stepgranddaughter.

JIMMIE D. STRICKLING, 47. Indianapolis, died Aug. 30. He was an Army veteran.

Services: 1 p.m. Sept. 5 In Lavenia's Home for Funerals, with calling from noon. Burial: New Crown Cemetery. Survivors: children Jimmie Strickling Wallace Beasley, Keto Davis, Stacey, GiJuana Harrison: father Eddie Strickling: mother Eldora Rush Strickling; brothers Edward Alexander, Kenneth Strickling; sisters Annette, Dora, Sandra Strickling, Bar- Associated Press NEW YORK At his retirement from the Metropolitan Opera, Sir Rudolf Bing wrote that someone once said his job was the third most difficult after president of the United States and mayor of New York.

But, he noted, they "don't have to deal with prima donnas." The autocratic impresario man-a well Mr. Bing enough, taming prima donnas and brushing off critics' complaints while bringing the company to new heights in artistic achievement and popularity during 22 years as general manager. Bing died Tuesday in Yonkers. He was 95 and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. "I will run this house on the principle of quality and quality alone," he said upon taking over as general manager In 1950.

At the end of his run in 1972, there was no argument that the Met featured more than Its share of the world's leading singers including black singers, who had been kept out IDA Y. BUNCH MARTIN, 61, Indianapolis, died Aug. 25. She was a civil service worker for 29 years, most recently for five years at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Memorial services: 2 p.m.

Sept. 5 in Lawton-Ritter-Gray Funeral Home, Lawton, Okla. Calling: none. Survivors: children Terrl Lynn Freeman, Denlse Emry, Robert Fain: sister Polly Zeipelt; seven grandchildren. Flanner Buchanan Speedway Mortuary is handling arrangements.

THELMA M. GREENE NICHOLLS, 89, Indianapolis, died Aug. 30. A home-maker, she was a graduate of the University of Tennessee. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army or the American Heart Association.

Memorial services: private. Calling: none. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: sons Thomas, John C. Nicholls brother Sterling Greene; three grandchildren.

Crown Hill Funeral Home Is handling arrangements. MARY AGNES MEEHAN OXENDER, 82, Indianapolis, died Sept. 2. She had been a clerk in the trust department of Merchants National Bank. Services: Sept.

6 at 9:45 a.m. In Daniel F. O'Riley Funeral Home and at 10:30 a.m. in Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, of which she was a member. Calling: 3 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 5 in the funeral home. Burial: Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the church. She was the widow of Lawrence E.

Oxender. Survivors: brother Christopher F. Meehan several nieces and nephews. CURTIS A. PHILLIPS, 75.

Indianapolis, died Sept. 1. He had been a mechanic for United Technologies and previously worked for Bryant Heating Cooling. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a 33rd degree Mason. Services: 11 a.m.

Sept. 6 in Believers of Faith Church, of which he was a member, with calling there from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 5. Burial: New Crown Cemetery.

Survivors: wife Virginia McClury Phillips; children David, Sta-cey, Patricia, Estella, Curtis Phillips Aurgera, Adrian, Antonl, Vetria, Vanessa, Valvonna Taylor, Carolyn Broadus, Sheila Cooper, Jennifer Dunaway; sisters Therodosia Armour, Evelyn Perkins, Judy Koffi; brother Ulysees Phillips: 28 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Lavenia's Home for Funerals Is handling arrangements. GLADYS W. PARKER PIPER, 73. Greenwood, formerly of Indianapolis, died Sept.

3. She was a homemaker and a member of Center United Methodist Church. Services: 1 p.m. Sept. 5 in Singleton Herr Mortuary, with calling from 5 to 9 p.m.

Sept. 4. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood. Survivors: husband William Piper; daughters Laura Spurgeon, Janet Pote; sisters Ruth Thompson, Ann Cain, Thelma Mandabach; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. OLIVE SUE ANN RACZY, 53.

Indianapolis, died Sept. 3. She was a home-maker. Memorial contributions may be made to Wheeler Mission Church, of which she was a member. Services: 3 p.m.

Sept. 5 in Crown Hill Funeral Home, with calling from 1 p.m. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: daughters Jennifer Bryant, Mary Bik-fasy, Thelma Raczy; sisters Vella Mae Spurgeon, Dortha M. Quakenbush, Nancy Cairo, Cora Jane Lagges; two grandsons.

CHESTER P. RECTOR, 72, Sheridan, died Sept. 3. He was a machinist 25 years for Ford Motor retiring in 1988. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Sheridan First Christian Church and Pick-ard (Ind.) Masonic Lodge.

Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity. Graveside services: 2 p.m. Sept. 5 in Boxley (Ind.) Cemetery. Calling: none.

He was the widower of Betty C. Reynolds Rector. Survivors: daughters Diane Amburgey, Jaymee Melkey, Claudia Mendell; brothers Donald, Edward Rector; sisters Flavia Rutcher, Mary Friend; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Kerch-eval Funeral Home, Sheridan, Is handling arrangements. MAYDA ARMSTRONG ROWLING, 95.

Carmel, died Sept. 3. She was a member of Keystone chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and National Federation of Women's Clubs. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity. Services: 11 a.m.

Sept. 5 in Flanner Buchanan Carmel Mortuary. Calling: none. Burial: 9 a.m. Sept.

6 In Bellefontaine (Ohio) Cemetery. She was the widow of Harry A. Rowling. Survivors: daughter Virginia Nunes; several nieces and typhews. hi ii iji i ii j.

yi' iuuh V. mm, Irene Cheever was Tri Kappa state officer, member 42 years 1 VEVAY, Ind. Irene Dufour 95, Vevay, a former state officer for Tri Kappa sorority, died Sept. 3. A member of Tri Kappa for 42 years." Mrs.

Cheever also served on the state scholarship and fine arts com- mittees. 'She was grand marshal of the Swiss Wine Festival Parade in 1993 and winner of the River Bell Contest of Always a River in 1992. She had been curator of the Swit- zerland County Historical Museum and was a co-chairwoman of the Ve- vaySesqutcentennial. Mrs. Cheever was the oldest former 2 Vevay High School cheerleader and lyrm a descendant of one of the found-- 'fag families in Vevay.

Street and Senate Avenue in 1958. When the couple opened a second store, in the 2400 block of Northwestern Avenue In 1960, Mrs. Bailey left Madame Walker's to devote herself to the business full time. She began to experiment with hair care concoctions she mixed over hot plates In kitchen mixing bowls. The products were given trial runs on her hair and the hair of willing neighbors and customers.

Eventually, the Baileys were selling their own products along with nationally known brands. They moved their manufacturing facilities to a chemist's lab in Chicago and became suppliers for major drug stores and dime store chains. Mrs. Bailey was named the Minority Business and Professional Achievers Outstanding Woman of the Year for 1983. She was a member of WItherspoon Presbyterian Church and its Ruth Circle.

Survivors: granddaughter Megan Kyle Bailey; foster sister Dorothy Gibson. She had been a clerk for Byram Clover Farm Store, Deming's Five Dime Store and Vevay Rations Office during World War II. She also had been a teacher's aide for Jeff-Craig Elementary School. Memorial contributions may be made to the building fund of Rutter Chapel United Methodist Church, of which she was a member. She was the widow of Charles E.

Cheever. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 6 in Haskell Morrison Funeral Home, with calling from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept.

5. and from noon Sept. 6. Burial will be in Vevay Cemetery. Survivors: daughters Lucille Roberts, Lois Rosenberger; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.

made to the hospice program of Ball Memorial Hospital or to cancer services of the Delaware County Little Red Door. He was the widower of Jacqueline H. Blair. Survivors: children Jaralynn "J.K.," Mike, Bruce, Kent Blair; sisters Mary Alyce Clemens, Sara Powell, Margaret Burks, Juanita West, Beverly Sims; brother William Blair; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Meeks Mortuary is handling arrangements.

Active in Masonic and Shrine organizations, he was a 33rd degree Mason, a member and past master of Oriental Masonic Lodge. He was past president of Murat Dramatic Cast and former chaplain of the Murat Temple, Murat Caravan Club and of 20 5 Club. Memorial contributions may be made to the Indiana Masonic Home, Franklin. Survivors: wife G. Louise Pickering McCaffery; sisters Helen Frick, Mabel Leonard.

FUNERAL HOME AND FAMILY CHANCE EARNEST JOSEPH OLIVER Sr. The name of daughter Elizabeth A. Oliver Woods was incomplete in the obituary Sept. 3. John E.

Blair, first black firefighter with the Muncie Fire Department MUNCIE, Ind. Services for John E. Blair, 73, Muncie, the first black firefighter on the Muncie Fire Depart- rnent, will be at noon Sept. 6 in Trinity United Methodist Church, with calling there from 11 a.m. Entombment will be In Beech Grove Cemetery Mausoleum.

He died Sept. 2. Before retiring, Mr. Blair served on the Fire Department for 19 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Shaffer Cha-; pel AME Church.

I 5 Memorial contributions may be Edwin H. McCaffery, 86, had been Executive at Indianapolis Engraving for Edwin H. McCaffery, 86, Indianapolis, former vice president of Indianapolis Engraving, will be at a m. Sept. 5 in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 4. Entombment will be in Washington Park East Cemetery. Ik died died Sept. 2.

Mr. McCaffery worked at Indianapolis Engraving for 37 years, retiring vice president and sales manager In 1968. He.was a member of Unity of Indi- anapolis. INDIANA Deaths reported from outside the Indianapolis area: Bedford Glen A. Slinkard, 55, husband of Patricia Cummings Slinkard (Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home).

Campbellsburg Earl 0. Green, 89, widower of Ethel Maudlin Green (Dawalt Funeral Home, Salem). Centerville Carl Gene "Sonny" Foust. 49, husband of Cathy Creech Foust (Stegall-Ber-heide-Orr Funeral Home. Richmond).

Hanover Dorothy Rose Dike, 69, wife of I uaia i-zicuiic muuy..