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be tr and and and and and and and and and CIT THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1999 died Jan. 22. He was a welder for the Engineering Metal Corp. for 10 years, retiring in 1983. He was a member of the Morris Street Free United Methodist Church.

He was an Army veteran bf World War II. Memorial contributions may be made to the Marvin Abney Fund, in care of Flanner Buchanan Morris Street Mortuary. Services: 11 a.m. Jan. 26 in the mortuary, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

Jan. 25. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood. Survivors: wife Glee Philpott Abney; children Shelva Hood, Roger, Charles Abney: brother Ed Abney: six grandchildren; a great-grandchild. Obituaries Indianapolis, died Jan.

20. He taught health and physical education 30 years for Indianapolis Public Schools, retiring in 1983. He was a member of Barnes United Methodist Church and received a master's degree from Indiana University. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Services: 11 a.m. Jan. 25 in Crown Hill Funeral Home, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: wife LaVerne Weston Eagleson; son Walter V.

Eagleson Ill; stepdaughter Jocelyn Briddell; sisters Victoria Phillips, Charleen Carkhum; two grandchildren; a stepgranddaughter. MARVIN ABNEY, 77, Indianapolis, WALTER VASHON EAGLESON 74, WALTER RUSSELL ADAMS, 80. Indi- dren: a great-great-grandchild. AUDREY PATE BALL, 69, Indianapo- anapolis, died Jan. 22.

He worked field construction for 26 years for Indianapolis Water retiring in 1986. Services: 2 p.m. Jan. 25 in Porter Funeral Home, North Salem, with calling from 2 to 7 p.m. Jan.

24. Burial: Fairview Cemetery, North Salem. was the widower of Thelma Martha Eaglin Adams. Survivors: children Ronald, Robert, Brian Adams, Sue Ann Coffey, Judy Woodlee, Kathy Stratton; caregiver Amy Watson; 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchil- lis, died Jan. 21.

She worked for Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors Corp. for 30 years, retiring in 1981. Services: 10 a.m. Jan. 25 in Flanner Buchanan Speedway Mortuary, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.

Jan. 24. Burial: Lincoln Memory Gardens, Whitestown. She was the widow of Leonard M. Ball.

Survivors: children Sharon Dunnam, Ronald Ball; sisters Pauline Postlewaite, Geraldine Page: brothers Edward James E. Pate; two grandchildren; four great -grandchildren. DELORIS A. ASHBY BENJAMIN, 63. Otwell, formerly of Indianapolis, died Jan.

15. She worked 20 years for Farm Bureau Insurance, retiring in 1993. She was a member of Otwell United Methodist Church. Services: 2:30 p.m. Jan.

23 in O.D. Harris Sons, Petersburg. Burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Winslow. Survivors: husband Donald R. Benjamin; children Cynthia Jackson, Anglia, Michael Benjamin; mother Irene Stearns Ashby Powell; sister Joyce Dillon; brothers Glendal, Loren Ashby; three grandchildren.

ELIZABETH E. "BETTY" MILLER BOGES, 87, Indianapolis, died Jan. 22. She was a homemaker and member of Woodland Country Club. She was a member of First Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Feed the Children organization. Services: 2:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in Leppert Hensley Mortuary, with calling from 3 to 6 p.m. Jan.

24.. Burial: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens. Fishers. She was the widow of John W. "Jack" Boges.

Survivors: children John W. "Jack" Boges Pamela S. Goode, Valerie J. Hornaday: 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. MAMIE ETHELINE HUNT CALBERT, 91.

Indianapolis, died Jan. 22. She was a secretary for more than 30 years for the Indiana State Board of Health, retiring in 1972. She was a member of Coatesville (Ind.) Methodist Church. Services: 1 p.m.

Jan. 25 in HamptonGentry Funeral Home, Plainfield, with calling from 11 a.m. Burial: Maple Hill Cemetery, Plainfield. She was the widow of Hildon R. Calbert.

Survivors: grandchildren Lorilee Krohne. Brad, Eric Calbert: four great-grandchildren. CONNIE E. BRYANT CHELF, 91, Indianapolis, died Jan. 22.

Before retiring, she worked at Westvaco Envelope Corp. Graveside services: 2 p.m. Jan. 25 in Greenlawn Cemetery, Franklin. Calling: none.

She was the widow of Chester P. Chelf. Survivors: son William R. Chelf; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. VandivierParsley Funeral Home, Franklin is handling arrangements.

ALICE MARIE CHRISMAN, 92, Anderson, died Jan. 22. She was a homemaker. She was a member of East Lynn Christian Church, Anderson, and Anderson chapter of Order of the Eastern Star. Services: 10 a.m.

Jan. 25 in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, South Chapel, Anderson, with calling from 3 to 7 p.m. Jan 24. Burial: Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Hospice. Indiana's S.I.D.S. Program or Mount Moriah Maintenance Fund, in care of the funeral home. She was the widow of Warnie W.

Chrisman. Survivors: daughter Loretta G. Folsom; sister Anna Margurette Pierce Engle; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. PATRICIA V. DE LA VEGA.

83. Indi- anapolis, died Jan. 20. She was a former Spanish teacher at Marian College and had taught at the Latin School in Beech Grove. Services: 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 25 in St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, of which she was a member. Calling: none. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.

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GRAHAM FASSNACHT, 81, Indianapolis, died Jan. 22. She was the billing supervisor for the Visiting Nurse Association for 20 years, retiring in 1986. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and a member and deacon of Irvington Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the Irvington Historical Society and was past president of the Irvington Art League.

Memorial contributions may be made to the church endowment, the Visiting Nurse Service, or a favorite charity. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Jan. 26 in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel, with calling from 4 to 9 p.m. Jan.

25. Inurnment: Washington Park East Cemetery. She was the widow of Frank C. Graham. Survivors: husband George G.

Fassnacht: children Kim Robert Roy E. Graham, Rebecca McKinney; stepchildren Barbara L. Williamson, Philip R. Fassnacht; sister Ruth M. Roberts; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.

DOROTHY L. PRAGE FELLER, 75, Danville, formerly of Lanesville, died Jan. 22. She was a retired schoolteacher having taught in the Brownsschool system for more than 25 years. She was a member of the Danville chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She was a Navy veteran of World War II. Services: 2 p.m. Jan. 24 in -Cesar Funeral Home, Cordon, with calling from 1 to 9 p.m. Jan.

23 and from 9 a.m. Jan. 24. Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cordon. Survivors: husband Lloyd L.

Feller: son James G. Feller: sister Florence Prage: MAXINE BERNICE MORGAN GOODMAN, 75, Acton, formerly of Indianapo- lis, died Jan. 21. She was a cafeteria worker 10 years for Franklins Township Schools, retiring in was a member of Acton Baptist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Jan. 25 in StirlingGerber Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24.

Burial: Acton Cemetery. She was the widow of Russell Kenneth Goodman Sr. Survivors: children Richard Russell K. William Gene R. Goodman, Connie D.

Snyder, Diana L. Pelko; 12 grandchildren, six great -grandchildren. THELMA C. McGUIRE HARMON, 97, Indianapolis, died Jan. 22.

She had worked in the Indiana Gas Co. accounting department, retiring in 1 1940. Services: 10 a.m. Jan. 25 in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, of which she was a member.

Calling: 2 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24 in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel. Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery. She was the widow of H.

Bernard Harmon. Survivors: daughter Judy A. Rathz, three grandchildren. ROBERT HULL, 63, St. Paul, formerly of Shelbyville, Jan.

20. He had been a self- employed construction worker. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of Shelbyville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Decatur County Hospice. Services: 2 p.m.

Jan. 23 in Glenn E. George Funeral Home, St. Paul, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Paul Hill Cemetery, St.

Paul. Survivors: wife Victoria Mays Hull; daughter Bobbie "B.J." Hull; stepchildren Jerry, Jon, Ryan, Thedra Mays, Susan Lehman, Amy Pardue: brother James Hull; half brother William R. Hull; 15 stepgrandchildren. LOIS EILEEN MURRAY IRISH, 65, In- dianapolis, died Jan. 21.

She worked five years in sales for L.S. Ayres, retiring in 1990. Memorial contributions may made to Little Red Door Cancer Agency. Services: 2 p.m. Jan.

25 in Crown Hill Funeral Home, with calling from 2 to 6 p.m. Jan. 24. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: sons Jack Steve, Richard, Dave Irish; brother Charles Murray; three grandchildren.

MARJORIE RIST KNIGHT, 85, Zionsville, died Jan. 21. She was a homemaker. She was a graduate of the University of Buffalo in New York state. Memorial services: 3 p.m.

Jan. 24 in Zionsville Presbyterian Church. Calling: none. Burial: Harris Hill Cemetery, Williamsville, N.Y. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.

She was the widow of Edward W. Knight. Survivors: children Deborah Schnell, Richard H. Knight; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Flanner Buchanan Zionsville Mortuary is handling arrangements.

JOHN J. "JACK" LAWYER, 68, Indi- anapolis, died Jan. 21. He was a builder, developer, Realtor and owner of Lawyer and Associates. He was an Army veteran and a member of the Service Club of Indianapolis.

He was also past president of the Optimist Club and a member of Millersville Masonic Lodge. He graduated from Butler University. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or to a favorite charity. Services: 11:30 a.m. Jan.

23 in Faith Presbyterian Church, with calling there from 10 a.m. Burial: private. Survivors: wife Jennie Lawyer; children James Steven, Robert Scott, William David Lawyer, Mary Louise Allman; brother William P. Lawyer: eight grandchildren. Crown Hill Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

INDIANA DEATHS Deaths reported from outside the Indianapolis area: Cloverdale Elmer O. Sutherlin, 91, widower of Mabel Beatrice Cook Sutherlin and husband of Marjorie W. Fraizer Sharp Sutherlin (Whitaker Funeral Home). Columbus Stephen Dan Bradley, 52, husband of Betty Jean Hignite Bradley (Myers Funeral Service, Reed Jewell Chapel). Connersville Jeanne Deilkes, 80, wife of Lowell Deilkes (Long Funeral Home).

Beulah Moore Sizemore, 87, widow of Marvin V. Sizemore; Vivian Thompson Nick, 75, wife of George H. Nick (Urban Winkler Funeral Home). Dupont John Nathan Pearman, 80 (Dove Rudicel Funeral Home, North Vernon). Hillsboro Ruth Hutchins Ford, 94, widow of L.D.

Ford (Maus Funeral Home). Logansport Helen L. Cash Johnson, 75, widow of Howard Johnson (Kroger Funeral Home), Mitchell Mary Gladys Parrish Shipley, 77, widow of Benjamin F. Shipley (Dawalt Funeral Home, Salem), North Vernon Noah Roscoe, 73, widower of Louise Claghorn Roscoe (Dove-Sharp Rudicel Funeral Home). Oolitic William M.

Martin, 79, husband of Doris Parker Martin (Day Carter Mortuary, Bedford), Otwell Mathilda Harder Eck, 82, widow of Alvah Eck (Becher Kluesner Funeral Homes, Jasper). Richmond James E. Gray, 72, husband of Erma Parker Gray (Stegall-Berheide Funeral Chapel). Bertha I. McCoy Moore Beyer, 88, widow of Clark R.

Moore and Carl A. Beyer (Thomas Funeral Home, Lynn). Margaret Kuritar Morgan, 84, wife of Ralph Morgan (Doan Mills Funeral Home), Salem Luther Loughran, 76, husband of Lillian Brown Loughran; Howard B. Moore, 78, husband of Clara Ann Purkhiser Moore (Weathers Funeral Home). Vevay Michael J.

Leap, 44, husband of Mary Ann Gullion Leap (Haskell Morrison Funeral Home). Westport Michael Anthony Griner, 15, son of Gary Lee Sr. and Jean Clark Griner (Myers Funeral Service, Reed Jewell Chapel, Columbus) KATHERINE M. WHITE KNUCKLES, 93, Indianapolis, died Jan. 22.

She worked 34 years for Witco retiring in 1969 as an inspector. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Crossroads Branch. Services: 1 p.m. Jan. 25 in Moore Kirk Irvington Chapel, with calling from noon to 8 p.m.

Jan. 24. Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. She was the widow of Roy Knuckles Sr. Survivors: children Verna M.

Cole, Roy Carroll Knuckles half brother Ansil White; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a greatgreat-grandchild. MERIAM ALICE JOYCE EVANS LYTLE, 81, Jacksonville, formerly of Indianapolis, died Jan. 21. She was a homemaker and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.

Services and calling: none. She was the widow of John Lytle. Survivors: children William, James Muller, Karen Merrell, Nancy Wimsatt, Penny Hubble: 14 grandchildren; 26 great Corey-Kerlin Funeral Home, Jacksonville, is handling arrangements. MARY E. MARTIN, 100, Indianapolis, died Jan.

20. She was a Indianapolis Art League Foundation, the Hoosier Salon and the Indiana Artist's Club. Memorial contributions may be made to the Indianapolis Art League. Services: 11 a.m. Jan.

23 in Peace Chapel at Crown Hill Cemetery. Calling: none. Entombment: Crown Hill Mausoleum. She was the widow of E.E. Martin.

Survivors: nephew Donald A. Johnson; niece Dana Hollister. Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Funeral Home is handling arrangements. NOVIA V. HECK BROADUS MARTIN, 85, Winter Haven, formerly of Franklin and North Vernon, died Jan.

20. She and her first husband, the late William Broadus, owned and operated the Broad Acres Restaurant in North Vernon for 14 years, retiring in 1974. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, North Vernon. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.

Services: 10 a.m. Jan. 25 in Dove-Sharp Rudicel Funeral Home, North Vernon, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24.

Burial: Vernon (Ind.) Cemetery. She was also the widow of William T. Martin. Survivors: sons Richard Donald stepdaughters Ginger SieBroadus; Kay Green: sister Mona Brattain: brother Robert Heck, Harold Bixler; seven grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. EDNA HEGLIE McCONNELL, 90, Car- mel, died Jan.

21. A graduate of the University of Louisville and Hofstra College, she was an elementary school teacher 11 years in Lawrenceburg, retiring in 1974. She was a member of the Lawrenceburg chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and the American Association of University Women. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Association or Hooverwood Healthcare Center. Services: private.

Calling: none. Burial will be in Sheldon, N.D. was the widow of Robert C. McConnell. Survivors: children R.

'Bruce McConnell, Ellen M. Fisher: brother Preston Heglie; four dren. Leppert Hensley Mortuary is grandchildren; four great handling arrangements. EMALINE N. LAWTER McCORKLE, 80, Anderson, died Jan.

22. She was retired from Guide Lamp Division of General Motors Corp. in Anderson. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Pendleton Post, and New Castle Eagles Club. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Services: 1 p.m. Jan. 25 in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, South Chapel, Anderson, with calling from 2 to 6 p.m. Jan.

24. Burial: Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton. Survivors: sons Robert Marvin "Bud" McCorkle; brother Thomas Lawter; nine grandchildren: 14 great-grandchildren; a great CAROLINE L. GOEPPER McDONALD, 82, Indianapolis, died Jan. 21.

She was a homemaker and co-owner of Mac's Bicycle Shop for 27 years, retiring in 1979. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lucille Raines Residence. She was a 1938 graduate of Methodist Hospital School of Nursing. Services: 10:30 a.m. Jan.

25 in Leppert Hensley Mortuary, with calling from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 24 and from 9:30 a.m. Jan. 25.

Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: husband Roland A. McDonald; sons Robert Larry S. McDonald; five grandchildren. FRANCES LOUINE WARE MERRYWEATHER, 86, Indianapolis, died Jan.

21. She was a retired clerk for J.C. Penney Co. Services: 11 a.m. Jan.

25 in Hendryx Mortuaries, Cumberland Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24. Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. Survivors: husband Richard B.

Merryweather; daughter Jean E. Merryweather; brother Jay Ware. JR. DON MITCHELL, 60, Indianapolis, died Jan. 22.

He was a retired tool and die maker. Services: 11 a.m. Jan. 25 in Singleton Herr Mortuary, with calling from 5 to 8 p.m. Jan.

24. Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. Survivors: wife Juanita Stewart Mitchell; six children, four brothers; two sisters; seven grandchildren. DONALD E. ORNER, 71, Edinburgh, died Jan.

22. He was a retail clerk for Bob-O-Link Liquors, Edinburgh, retiring in 1990. An Army veteran, he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Edinburgh Post and American Legion Post 233. Services: 1:30 p.m. Jan.

25 in Eskew-Eaton Funeral Home, Edinburgh, with calling from 2 to 6 p.m. Jan. 24. Burial: Rest Haven Cemetery, Edinburgh. Survivors: Christine Burton Orner; son Ronald E.

Orner; brother Robert E. Orner; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. LAUREN ELIZABETH PICKETT, infant daughter of Robert and Lori Matthews Pickett, Brownsburg, died Jan. 19. Services: 10 a.m.

Jan. 25 in St. Malachy Catholic Church, Brownsburg. Burial: St. Malachy Cemetery, Brownsburg.

Other survivors: brother Andrew Romeril; grandparents Robert and Sandra McCleerey Pickett. Joe Kathleen Alma Whitsett Matthews: great Maxine McCleerey, Matthews, William Whitsett, John Hughes. Matthews Mortuary, Brownsburg, is handling arrangements. SCOTT PADGET III, 35, Indianapolis, died Jan. 21.

He was a die maker three years for Dynamic Dies. Previously, he worked for Allied Steel Rule Dies. He was a graduate of Vincennes University. Memorial contributions may be made to the Children's Education Fund at Grace Community Church, Noblesville. Services: 11 a.m.

Jan. 25 in Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Survivors: wife Carolyn L.

Potts Padget; children Kayleigh, Tarryn, Ryan Padget; parents Sandy and Lynne Padget; sisters Jenny, Jill Craig, Mary Beth Padget; brothers Eric, Clark Padget; grandmother Elizabeth Erler. THERESA "TERRI" LEHMANN WALTERS PETERS, 79, Indianapolis, died Jan. 21. She was a homemaker. Services: Jan.

25 at 9:15 a.m. in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of the Greenwood Catholic Church. of which she was a member.

Calling: 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24 funeral home. Burial: Calvary Cemetery. She was the widow of Rollie D.

Walters. Survivors: husband James F. Peters; children Mary Lou Walters Benell, R. Dale Walters; stepchildren William, Jerome Peters: sister Frances Walton: four grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a great-stepgrandchild. RICHARD A.

PIERSON, 67, Indian- apolis, died Jan. 21. He worked 38 years for Eli Lilly and retiring as a senior technical associate in 1988. After retiring, he worked seven years in the garden shop for Wal-Mart. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Brain Tumor Association or St.

Francis Hospice. Mr. Pierson was a Marine Corps of the Korean War and a veteran, American Legion and Elks Lodge, both of Greenfield. Services: 10 a.m. Jan.

25 in St. Michael Catholic Church, Greenfield, of which he was a member. Calling: 3 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24 in Pasco Memorial Mortuary, Greenfield.

Burial: Park Cemetery, Greenfield. Survivors: wife Kathy McBee Pierson; children Cynthia Pendlum, Deborah Colip, Richard, Michael, Randall, James Pierson; stepsons Robert, Jeffery, William Henderson: sister Marilyn Stiker; brothers Tedvan, Thomas Pierson; 19 grandchildren. DAISY LANDREY SEATON PLUMMER, 97, Danville, died Jan. 21. She Charles Rardon; two grandchildren.

PATRICIA ELLEN JESSUP REDDICK, was a loan investigator 15 years for American Fletcher National Bank, retiring in 1964. She was a member of Ben Davis Christian Church. Memorial contributions may be made to Huntington's Korea Foundation or Indiana University Medical Center. Services: 1 p.m. Jan.

25 in Conkle Funeral Home, Speedway Chapel, with calling from 11 a.m. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery. She was the widow of Gray Seaton and Buford Plummer. Survivor: nephew Leslie S. Landrey.

DONALD E. RARDON, 68, Camby, died Jan. 21. He worked 39 years for Allison Gas Turbine Division of General Motors retiring as general foreman in 1990. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Services: 9:30 a.m. Jan. 25 in Flanner Buchanan Decatur Township with calling from to 8 p.m. Burial: Lincoln Memory Gardens, Whitestown.

He was the widower of Merilyn Jean Cooley Rardon. Survivors: children Kelly Jones, Scott Rardon: sisters Armarie McCord, Helen Wall; brothers Larry, 78. Fishers, died Jan. 22. She was a former bookkeeper for the mortage division of Banc One.

She was an Army veteran of World War II. Services: 1 p.m. Jan. in Randall Roberts Funeral Home, Noblesville, with calling from 11 a.m. Entombment: Lincoln Memory Gardens, Whitestown.

Survivors: husband Joseph E. Reddick; son Steven J. Reddick: sister Pamela Macri; three grandchildren. RICHARD LEE REED, 72, Indianapo- lis, died Jan. 20.

A veteran of the Vietnam War, he retired after serving many years in the Army. He was a member of St. John's Missionary Baptist Church. Services: 11 a.m. Jan.

25 in Lavenia's Home for Funerals, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: son Richard A. Reed: brother Norman Reed; sister Jerrylean Davis; a grandchild. JOHN G.

RICHARDS, 75. Greenwood, died Jan. 22. He was a retired farmer and a member of Mount Pleasant Christian Church and Indiana Farm Bureau. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.

Services: 2 p.m. Jan. 25 in Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service Crematory, Greenwood Chapel, with calling from 2 to 9 p.m. Jan.

24. Burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Glenns Valley. He was the widower of Betty J. Cromlich Richards. Survivors: children John H.

Richards, Pamela J. Fishel; brother Spencer Richards; a granddaughter. MARGUERITE McCULLEY ROBINSON, 97, Indianapolis, died Jan. 20. She had been a self-employed seamstress and wedding coordinator.

Services: 1 p.m. Jan. 25 in Christ Temple Apostolic Church, of which she was a member, with calling there from 11 a.m. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery. She was the widow of Harold Robinson.

Survivors: son Mark Robinson; nieces Marguerite Penn, Jeanette Wilkey. Lavenia's Home for Funerals is handling arrangements. ROBERT L. SCHERMERHORN, 80, Indianapolis, died Jan. 21.

He was an engineer 10 years for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Jan. 25 in New Crown Cemetery. Calling: none.

Survivors: wife Rhoda I. Stewart Schermerhorn; stepdaughters Rhonda Klinginsmith, Carolyn Church; four stepgrandchildren; a great-stepgrandchild. Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel at Woodruff Place is handling arrangements. MARY C.

DOWNS STEWART, 91, Indianapolis, died Jan. 22. She was a homemaker. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or a favorite charity. Services: 7 p.m.

Jan. 25 in the Westminster Village. North Chapel. She was the widow of William L. Stewart.

Survivors: son Robert L. Stewart; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. All America Cremation Society is handling arrangements. MARTHA JEAN ROUTH, 80, Thorntown, died Jan. 21.

She and her husband, Emmett Routh, who survives. operated a farming business. She also had been a substitute teacher for Boone County schools; a teacher's aide in Hose Elementary School, Crawfordsville, and a music teacher at Dover (Ind.) High School. In addition, she was an organist for weddings and funerals and an accompanist for young musicians. She was a member of Psi Iota Xi sorority, 1.

and PEO Sisterhood of Thorntown, A gray lady volunteer for Witham Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, she was a charter member of the hospital, volunteers. Services: 2 24. in Dover Christian p.m. Church, of which she was a member and organist. Calling: 2 to 6 p.m.

Jan. 23 in Russell Hitch Funeral Home. Lebanon, and from 1 p.m. Jan. 24 in the church.

Burial: Dover Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the church; the Witham Foundation or the American Lung Association of Indiana. Other survivors: sisters Eileen Martin, Elaine Marker. RICHARD G. ELLIOTT, 72, Logans- port, formerly of Indianapolis, died Jan.

20. He owned and operated Dick Elliott Associates Insurance Agency. He was a member of the Murat Temple, Scottish Rite and Logansport Masonic Lodge. He was past president of the Indiana Leaders Club past chairman of the Cass County United Way. Services: 7 p.m.

Jan. 24 in McCloskey, Hamilton, Gundrum Funeral Home, Logansport, with calling from 4 to 7 Survivors: wife Betsy S. Curry Elliott: children Nancy Stavroff, Jay, Owen Elliott; four grandchildren. MARVEL M. SNYDER ESENWEIN, 86, Indianapolis, died Jan.

21. She had worked in customer service 13 years for Sears, Roebuck Co. She was a member of All Souls Unitarian Church. Services: 11:30 a.m. Jan.

25 in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home. Calling: none. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood. She was the widow of Paul C.

Esenwein. Survivors: daughters Trudy Gloria C. Esenwein, Anita M. Wagoner; brother DhuAine T. Snyder; five grandchildren.

LONNIE FARLEY, 86, Indianapolis, died Jan. 21. He was a carpenter and a member of United Brotherhood of Carpenters Joiners of America, Local 60. Services: 1 p.m. Jan.

G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24. Burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Glenns Valley.

Survivors: wife Dolores Kidwell Farley; children John, Denise Farley; two grandchildren. JOHN E. FERGER, 77, Indianapolis, died Jan. 21. He was an instructor for ITT Educational Services for 20 years, retiring in 1985.

He was a member of University Heights United Methodist Church and Southport Masonic Lodge. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Franklin Masonic Home. Services: 11 a.m. Jan.

25 in Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center, with calling from 2 to 6 p.m. Jan. 24. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood. He was the widower of Edith F.

Robbins Ferger. Survivors: wife Julia J. Ratcliffe Ferger; children Linda Richards, John A. Ferger: stepchildren Jerri Peters, Kittredge Richard Gipson; 12 grandchildren; three great DEATHS MARION COUNTY Abney, Marvin, 77 Adams, Walter Russell, 80 Ball, Al Audrey Pate, 69 Boges, Elizabeth E. Miller, 87 Calbert, Mamie Hunt, 91 Chelf, Connie E.

Bryant, 91 De La Vega, Patricia 83 Eagleson, Walter Vashon 74 Esenwein, Marvel M. Snyder, 86 Farley, Lonnie, 86 Fassnacht, Genevieve 81 Ferger, John 77 Goodman, Maxine Morgan, 75 Harmon, Thelma McGuire, 97 Irish, Lois Eileen Murray, 65 Knuckles, Katherine White, 93 Lawyer, John 68 Martin, Mary 100 McDonald, Caroline 82 Merryweather, Frances, 86 Mitchell, Jr. Don, 60 Padget, Scott III, 35 Peters, Theresa Lehmann, 79 Pierson, Richard 67 Rardon, Donald 68 Reed, Richard Lee, 72 Robinson, Marguerite, 97 Schermerhorn, Robert 80 Stewart, Mary C. Downs, 91 Totten, Pearl F. McCullough, 90 Updike, Joseph Ronald, 65 BOONE COUNTY Knight, Marjorie Rist, 85 Routh, Martha Jean, 80 HAMILTON COUNTY McConnell, Edna Heglie, 90 Reddick, Patricia Jessup, 78 Weghorst, Kenneth 90 HENDRICKS COUNTY Feller, Dorothy L.

Prage, 75 Pickett, Lauren Elizabeth, infant Plummer, Daisy 97 JOHNSON COUNTY Orner, Donald 71 Richards, John 75 MADISON COUNTY Chrisman, Alice Marie, 92 McCorkle, Emaline Lawter, 80 MORGAN COUNTY Ware, Charles Elwood, 67 SHELBY COUNTY Hull, Robert, 63 FORMER RESIDENTS Benjamin, Deloris Ashby, 63 Elliott, Richard 72 Lytle, Meriam Alice, 81 Martin, Novia Heck Broadus, 85 Taylor, Charles 88 Jan. 23, 1999 A.R.N.Cremation Services Exceptional Value 846-6501 The Rev. CHARLES E. TAYLOR, 88. North Webster, formerly of Anderson.

died Jan. 21. He had been a minister at Morris Chapel United Methodist Church, Pierceton, for 12 years. Previously, he ministered at many churches in northern Indiana. He was a member of Northern Indiana Conference of United Methodist Ministers and North Webster Kiwanis.

He was a graduate of Taylor University. Services: 10 a.m. Jan. 25 in Morris Chapel United Methodist Church, Pierceton. Calling: 2 to 4 p.m.

and 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24 in Eastlund Funeral Home, Harris Chapel, Syracuse. Graveside services: 2:30 p.m. Jan.

25 in Sharpsville (Ind.) Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Epworth Forest Sunken Gardens Project or Hills Chapel Building fund in care of the funeral home. He was the widower of DeVona Blythe Thomas Taylor. Survivors: daughters Marta Taylor, Carole Wilson; a grandson; seven stepgrandchildren; 24 great-stepgrandchildren; three great-great-stepgrandchildren. PEARL F.

McCULLOUGH TOTTEN, 90, Indianapolis, died Jan. 22. She had worked for Eli Lilly and Co. for 10 years. She was a member of the Greenwood Christian Church and the Greenwood Senior Citizens Center.

Services: 11:30 a.m. Jan. 26 in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan.

25. Burial: of Cemetery, Lizton. She was the widow of Russell Totten. Survivor: nephew William McCullough. JOSEPH RONALD UPDIKE, 65, Indianapolis, died Jan.

22. He worked for 38 years for Farm Bureau Insurance, retiring in 1994 as a manager. He was a member of the Indianapolis Scottish Rite and St. Jude Catholic Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Services: 2 p.m. Jan. 24 in Singleton Herr Mortuary. Calling: none. Survivors: wife Sue Catherine Lee Updike; children Joseph R.

Updike II, Anna Christine Green: brother Clyde Updike; sister Carol Cowan; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. The Cremation Society of Indiana is handling arrangements. CHARLES ELWOOD WARE, 67, Mar- tinsville, died Jan. 21. He worked for Coldwell Banker Dunn Real Estate in Martinsville and was a consultant as a certified erosion and soil control specialist.

Previously, he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Services, retiring in 1986. He was a Morgan County Democratic precinct committeeman and a member of the Martinsville Planning Commission. He was a member of Martinsville Early Edition of the Kiwanis. Mr.

Ware was a graduate of University of Virginia and was president and founder of the Indiana chapter of its alumni association. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and was a member of American Legion Post 230. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, of which he was a member, or to Manna Mission, both in Martinsville. Services: 2 p.m. Jan.

24 in Costin Funeral Chapel, Martinsville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 23. Additional services: 11 a.m. Jan.

26 in Melvin T. Strider Colonial Funeral Home, Charles City, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles City. Survivors: wife Vivia Watts Ware; children Charles Carole L. Ware.

KENNETH T. WEGHORST, 90. Cicero, formerly of Indianapolis, died Jan. 21. He worked 42 years for General Electric Supply retiring in 1969 as a branch manager in Fort Wayne.

He was a 50-year member of Prospect Masonic Lodge. He was a Butler University graduate. Services: noon Jan. 25 in Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel, with calling from 10:30 a.m. Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery.

Survivors: son Richard A. Weghorst: four grandsons; six great-grandchildren. Jules Lederer founded Budget Rent-A-Car Associated Press CHICAGO Jules Lederer, founder of Budget Rent-A-Car and former husband of columnist Ann Landers, has died of a heart attack. He was 81. Lederer died Thursday at his home near London.

Lederer dropped out of school in the ninth grade and sold everything from pens and hats to logs and newspapers before starting Budget, which grew into one of the nation's largest rental car companies. "He lived in the lingo of business," said his and Landers' daughter, Margo Lederer. She described her father as a street-smart, lifelong salesman. Budget quickly became a success by offering an affordable alternative to the growing leisure and business travel market. In its early years, the company rented out cars from offices near airports at $5 a day and 5 cents a mile.

He and Landers, born Esther "Eppie" Friedman, married in 1939. In 1955, she began writing the advice column that made her famous. They divorced in 1975, a decision Landers announced in "the most difficult column I have ever tried to put together.".