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A14 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1994 INDEX OF METRO-AREA OBITUARIES Obituaries Shootings near eatery, in car leave 2 men dead Giulietta Masina, Italian film star and widow of Fellini, is dead af73 MARION COUNTY Larry J. Albers Adam Paul Black Latonia Howard Edwards Mary E. Bluke Graham Ernest Allen Johnson Joseph Klausner Herman J. Koers Sr. Lola Mae Jarboe Mosley Roberta Mae Page Ethel M.

Marion Schmid Berta Muncie Smith Michael Dewayne Spates Betty R. Byrd Davis Tracy Frank W. Turley Mary Lady Short Voorhies Hoyd E. Ward Frankie Lou Wethington Bonnie K. Evans Williams Abraham Zelman BOONE COUNTY Charlotte O.

Hildebrand HAMILTON COUNTY Lynne D. Capobianco HANCOCK COUNTY Arthur G. Lanker polis Police Sgt. Michael Crooke, a homicide detective. There was no known motive for the shooting.

Daniels, 4000 block of Boulevard Place, faces charges of murder, being a habitual criminal offender and carrying a handgun without a license. He has been convicted of three felonies since 1989, pleading guilty to criminal recklessness, assisting a criminal and dealing in a sawed-off shotgun, according to court records. Investigators say they also have a suspect in the second fatal shooting, which occurred about half an hour later in the 4400 block of Norwaldo Avenue. Detectives say the victim, CartheU Hayes 35. of the 4500 block of Crittenden Avenue, was known to deal crack cocaine In the neighborhood.

Hayes, sitting in the driver's seat of a 1983 Cadillac, was talking to a witness standing next to Hayes' window, police said. A person wearing a hood suddenly walked up from behind the witness and fired two shots into the car. He then stepped back and fired two more shots at Hayes and ran east behind some houses, witnesses told police. The victim's car rolled south on Norwaldo and struck a parked car. Witnesses discovered Hayes had been shot in the head.

By Erica Franklin STAR STAFF WRITER A Near-Northslde man killed after giving a high-five to his assailant, and a crack dealer shot dead In a Cadillac, were the city's latest two homicide victims, police reported Wednesday. Police were searching for James Daniels, 22, after obtaining an arrest warrant In the slaying of Robert B. Grundv. 28. Grundy, James Daniels 2200 block of North Harding Street, was shot to death Tuesday night after exchanging a high-five with Daniels in the parking lot of a Church's Chicken restaurant, 2502 Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Street, police said. Without saying a word, Daniels allegedly pulled a semi-automatic handgun from his coat pocket and struck Grundy on the face with it, witnesses told police. The suspect then fired at Grundy, striking him several times in upper body, before fleeing. Daniels and Grundy apparently knew each other from the area but weren't friends, said Indiana Court reprimands attorney for advice that put client in jail including Juliet of the Spirits (1965) and The Nights of Cablria (1956), for which she won the best actress award at the Cannes film festival.

Her best-known role was as Gelso-mlna, the ingenuous orphan who became the exploited companion of circus strongman Anthony Quinn in La Strada (1954), which won the Oscar as best foreign film. She returned to the spotlight In 1985 to star with Marcello Mas-trolannl In Fellini's Ginger and Fred. Masina began acting with a university drama group. She got her first break In 1942, starring on an Italian radio show in a play written by Fellinl. who was a fellow student.

They were married the next year and remained inseparable until Fellini's death following a stroke. She made her film debut in a bit part In Roberto Rosselllni's Palsa in 1946. Two years later, Masina won the Italian critics award as best supporting actress for her role In Alberto Lattuada's Without Pity. LATONIA E. HOWARD EDWARDS, 80.

Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Mount Helm Missionary Baptist Church. Calling will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday In Stuart Mortuary. She had been a core cleaner 27 years for Chrysler retiring in 1976. She was a member of Jorres Tabernacle AME Zion Church. Survivors: husband. Robert L.

Edwards; daughters. Mildred Hackett, Joyce Edwards Moore and Janice Edwards Gardner: brother. Charles Paxton Howard; eight grandchildren: three great-grandchildren: one great-great-grandchild. JULIA E. BEIMER ELLIS, 86.

North Miami. formerly of Indianapolis, died Friday. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Holy Cross Cemetery. There will be no calling.

She was the widow of Robert P. Ellis. Survivors: son. Richard Folger: seven grandchildren: eight Lauck Funeral Home Is handling arrangements. PAULA JOAN WEDDLE GALLAGHER, 51.

Silt, formerly of Indianapolis, died March 16. Services were in the Congregational United Church of Christ, Silt. She had been a secretary three years In the radio and television department of Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Church of Christ. Memorial contributions may be made to the' church.

Survivors: husband, Dave Gallagher; daughter, Lorl Jean Fletcher; mother, Juanita Weddle; a grandson; nine stepgrandchlldren. Farnum-Holt Funeral Home and Crematory, Glenwood Springs, handled arrangements. MARY ELIZABETH BLUKE GRAHAM, 72. Indianapolis, died Saturday. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Saturday in Friendship Baptist Church, of which she was a member, with calling from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. She had been a psychiatric attendant 23 years for Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital, retiring in 1982.

She was the widow of William Graham. Survivors: daughter, Carolyn Stone: son," Harold Alexander: 10 grandchildren: 17 great-grandchildren: a great-great-grandchild. Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home is handling arrangements. CHARLOTTE 0. SHIMER HILDE-BRAND, 96.

Zionsvtlle, died Wednesday. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today In Memorial Park Cemetery." There will be no calling. She had been a saleswoman 14 years for Blocks department stores, retiring in 1968. She was a member of Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, to which memorial contributions may be made.

She was the widow of Harold S. Hilde-brand. Survivors: daughters, Jean J. and Barbara L. Cox and Dlanna Sachs; four grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren.

Flanner Buchanan Washington Park-East Mortuary is handling arrangements. ERNEST ALLEN JOHNSON, 38. Indianapolis, died Friday. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Calling will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in King King Chapel. He had been a self-employed painting contractor and had also been a painter for Sarfient Paint Co. Survi- Star Staff Report An Indianapolis attorney was publicly reprimanded Wednesday by the Indiana Supreme Court for legal advice that resulted in his client being Jailed for contempt of court for 90 days.

The court took the disciplinary action against Kevin L. Sciontl over a 1991 child custody dispute in Delaware County involving client Gary Smoot. But Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard dissented from the ruling. Shepard said Sciontl should be subject to more severe sanction.

"Today, Mr. Smoot's lawyer gets a better deal a simple reprimand. This differential in treatment Is not Justified by mitigating circumstances or by any expression of regret by Sciontl," wrote Shepard. Sciontl advised Smoot not to return his son to his ex-wlfe after his court-ordered visitation was Associated Press Rome Giulietta Masina, who played the haunting waif In La Strada and other leading roles in films directed by husband Federtco Fellinl, died Wednesday. She was 73.

Masina was being treated for a lung cancer at the Columbus Clinic, where she had been admitted shortly after the Oct. 31 death of her husband. "She lived her part with Incred- Masina ible and so unusual today mod-esty," Sophia Loren told news agencies. "And when Federico went away, Giulietta, faithful to her role, found no more reason to continue living." The wide-eyed actress appeared in some of Fellini's best-known films, LARRY J. ALBERS, 43.

Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 4 p.m.. to 8 p.m.

today. He was a lead operator three years for Evans Milling Co. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Survivors: wife, Nancy A. Pickerel Albers: daughter.

Morgan Albers: mother, Katherine Saba Smith: father, Kenneth Albers: brothers. Kenneth and John Michael Albers: sister, Katherine Hook: half brother. Richard Smith. LUCILE McCOMAS DAVIDSON BEN-EFIEL, 84, Shelbyville. died Tuesday.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Murphy Funeral Shelbyville, with calling from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today. Mrs.

Benefiel was the widow of Otto M. Benefiel and Howard Davidson. Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association or Shelby County Cancer Association. Survivors: son. John E.

Davidson: daughters, Marilyn Ann Lawrence and Nancy Ellen Bush: brothers, Charles. James E. "Jack" and Raymond McComas: sisters. Dorothy Lee, Frances "Barnie" Thurston, Grace Cole. Marlene West.

Virginia Faulkner and Carol Higgins: nine grandchildren: 15 great-grandchildren: a great-great-grandchild. ADAM PAUL BLACK, 6. Indianapolis, died Wednesday. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday In Marwood Baptist Church, of which he was a member.

Calling will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday In Flanner Buchanan Mann Road Mortuary and from 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. He was in kindergarten at Stephen Decatur Elementary School.

Survivors: parents, Richard A. and Vicky Mullins Black; grandparents, Paul and Eunice Mullins and Carl and Gloria Black. JAMES WILLIAM BRATTON, 67. Morristown. formerly of Indianapolis, died Tuesday.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Hauk-Spencer Mortuary, Morristown, with calling from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. He was a self-employed carpenter 40 years.

Mr. Bratton was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of Christian Tabernacle Church. Indianapolis. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association.

Survivors: wife, Margaret Morphew Bratton: son. Billy D. Bratton: daughters. Diana Light and Debra Longwell: seven grandchildren. PAUL F.

"SONNY" CASSNER, 59, Martinsville, died Tuesday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Neal Summers Mortuary, Martinsville, with calling from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.

He was a heavy-equipment operator 42 years with International Union of Operating Engineers Local 841. Mr. Cassner was a charter member of Antelope of Indianapolis. Survivors: wife, Patricia A. McDaniel Cassner; daughters, Paula Stewart and Pellfy Davis; brother, Larry Freeman; sisters, Barbara Jo May, Carol Bruce and Kathy Oossman: five grandchildren; two stepgrandchlldren; a great-stepgrand-son.

LYNNE D. WILSON CAPOBIANCO, 43, Westfleld, died Wednesday. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday in Stevens Mortuary Chapel of the Flowers, with calling from. 5 p.m.

to 8 p.m. today. Mrs. Capoblanco was a registered nurse in Indianapolis for nine years. She was a 1985 graduate of Marian College.

Memorial contributions may be made to Fairbanks Hospital. Survivors: daughter. Kimberly Capoblanco: parents, Jerry and Helen Wilson. ROBERT V. COLEMAN, 71.

Newport News. formerly of Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Central Avenue Presbyterian Church. Terre Haute.

There will be no calling. He had worked most of his life for Boys Club of America and had been vice president of the club in Washington, D.C Mr. Coleman was a Marine Corps veteran of World War 11. He was a graduate of Indiana State University. Survivors: wife.

June Aldridge Coleman: daughters. Candice and Coya Coleman and Colleen Lester: sisters. Leah Anita Holden and Beverly Ferguson: brother. George L. Coleman: two grandchildren.

Neptune Society. Walnut Creek. is handling HENDRICKS COUNTY Leora M. Comer Pogue MORGAN COUNTY Paul F. "Sonny" Cassner SHELBY COUNTY Lucile McComas Benefiel James William Bratton FORMER RESIDENTS Robert V.

Coleman Julia E. Beimer Ellis Paula J. Weddle Gallagher Walter L. Myers John H. Olson MICHAEL DEWAYNE SPATES, 36.

Indianapolis, died Monday. Memorial services will be Saturday in Progressive Baptist Church. Elgin. 111. There will be no calling.

Mr. Spates was a student at Martin University. He was a member of Holy Temple Church of God and Christ. Richmond. Memorial contributions may be made to Parkview Manor Nursing Home.

Survivors: mother and stepfather. Raphal and Joe Billups: father, Tompy Spates: brothers. Ronnie. Kevin, Everett, Tompy Alex and Leon Spates: sisters. Raphal Woods, Joann and Victoria Billups.

Arlene. Patricia and La-venia Spates. Peoples Funeral Home is handling local arrangements. BETTY RUTH BYRD DAVIS TRACY, 66, Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday In Stuart Mortuary, with calling from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. She had been a nurse's assistant 28 years, retiring from St. Vincent Hospital in 1985.

Mrs. Tracy was a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church and Grace Memorial Baptist Church. She was a graduate of St. Vincent Nursing School. Survivors: husband, Clifford M.

Tracy; daughters, Linda Davis McGowan, Charlane Ann Stanfield and Carman Denlse Johnson; son, Gregory Allen Johnson; stepson, Derek L. Tracy: eight grandchildren; a stepgrandchild. FRANK W. TURLEY, 85. Indiana-polls, died Wednesday.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Singleton Herr Madison Avenue Mortuary, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. He had been a pharmacist 20 years for Tucker's Pharmacy, retiring In 1974.

Previously, he had been a pharmacist about 20 years for Michel's Pharmacy. Mr. Turley was a member of St. Andrew United Methodist Church. He was a graduate of Indianapolis College of Pharmacy.

Memorial contributions may be made to Shrlners Hospitals for Crippled Children. Survivors: wife, Maybelle Kouns Turley: daughters, Marilyn LeMasters and Phyllis Petersen; brother, Lawrence Turley; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. MARY LADY SHORT VOORHIES, 83. Indianapolis, died Wednesday. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Friday In Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, with calling from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. today. Mrs. Voorhies had been a production worker 31 years for U.S.

Rubber retiring in 1970. She was the widow of Will Voorhies. Survivors: sons, James A. and Donald R. Short; daughters, Mary Jane Hoover and Sandra Kay Cooper; brother, Lee Lady; sister, Margaret Wells; 16 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.

FLOYD E. WARD, 93, Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. today In Shirley Brothers Drexel Chapel, with calling from 10 a.m. Mr.

Ward had been a printer 46 years for Circle Engraving retiring in 1970. He was a member of 91st Street Christian Church. Survivors: wife, Faye Combs Ward; daughter, Doris Ward; son, Larry Ward: eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren. BONNIE K. EVANS WILLIAMS, 81.

Indianapolis, died Monday. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday In Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home, Plainfield, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.

Sfie had been a cafeteria worker 32 years at Ben Davis High School. She was the widow of Bennett Williams. Survivors: brothers. Roy and Robert Evans. FRANKIE LOU KEMPER WETHINGTON, 51, Indianapolis, died Monday.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Lauck Funeral Home, with calling from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. She had been a cashier, most recently for Reliable Drugs.

Survivors: sons, Wayne Alan, Dirk, Todd, Chad and Brent "Bub" Wethington: sister. Sherril Mitchell: brother, Louis Kemper: nine grandchildren. ABRAHAM ZELMAN, 92. Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Friday in Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Meridian Hills Mortuary. Mr. Zelman had been a dispatcher 31 years for Railway Express Cleveland, retiring in 1968. Previously, he had been a concrete-truck driver 10 years for Cleveland Builders Supply Co. Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's favorite charity.

Survivors: wife. Mildred Uber Zelman: son. Bernard Zelman: daughter. Joyce M. Ano-gastache: brother.

Herschel Zelman: sister. Pearl Seslow: four grandchildren. CORRECTIONS VERA BLEDSOE HARRISON Calling will be Friday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 25th Street Baptist Church and from 6 p.m.

to 9 p.m. In Stuart's Mortuary. Calling hours were changed from Wednesday's obituary. ALBERT LEE EDMONDSON -Survivors Include 10 great-, grandchildren, who were omit" ted from his obituary Wednesday. Aftershock rattles LA Associated Press Los Angeles A mild aftershock jolted the San Fernando Valley on Wednesday.

The magnitude 3.2 earthquake was among thousands of aftershocks reported since the deadly Jan. 17 Northridge qipke. Pregnant woman, daughter frightened by potentially deadly overpass prank ARTHUR G. LANKER, 63. Greenfield, died Wednesday.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Eden (Ind.) United Methodist Church, where he was a Sunday school teacher. Calling will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in Pasco Memorial Mortuary.

Greenfield. He had been an administrative law judge about 15 years for the Social Security Administration, retiring In 1989. Previously, he had been a trial examiner for the National Labor Relations Board. Mr. Lanker was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War.

He was a 1954 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1957 graduate of Ohio State's Law School. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. He was the widower of Nancy Debouver Lanker. Survivors: daughters. Elaine Tocco and Pamela Miller: brother.

William Lanker: sisters, Ida and Lois Lanker. Margaret Lutz. Virtue McKin-Icv and Helen Converse: six grandchildren. LOLA MAE JARBOE MOSLEY, 80. Indianapolis, died Monday.

Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in Holy Angels Catholic Church, of which she was a member, with calling from 10 a.m. She had been a dietitian 20 years for Dow Chemical. Survivors: daughter, Marcia R. Mosley Vaughn: three grandchildren: 10 great-grandchildren: three great-great-grandchildren.

Stuart Mortuary is handling arrangements. WALTER L. MYERS, 68. Osprey. formerly of Pittsboro, died Saturday.

Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday In Matthews Mortuary, Brownsburg. There will be no calling. Mr. Myers had been division manager 29 years for Interstate Motor Freight Systems, retiring In 1982.

Mr. Myers was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Grace Community Church of God. Survivors: wife, Shirley Casada Myers; daughters, De-lores Ross, Diana Gilbert and Sherry Wahal; sons, Morris and Steve Ghent and Walter Lee Myers; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. JOHN H.

OLSON, 71. Oceanside. N.J.. formerly of Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Friday in First United Methodist Church of Westfield (N.J.). Calling will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today In Gray Funeral Home, Westfleld. Mr.

Olson had worked 15 years for Ford Motor Indianapolis. He had also been a security guard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors: wife. Juanita Koch Olson; sons.

David. Bill and Bob Olson: sister. Jean Lambert: 11 grandchildren. ROBERTA MAE "BOBBI" CUNNINGHAM PAGE, 64, Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Saturday In Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Carmel, of which she was a member. Calling will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday in Lep-pert Hurt Mortuary. Mrs.

Page had been a transcriber 13 years for Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. until 1987. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation. She was the widow of James Robert Page. Survivors: daughters, Connie Blair.

Debbie Stevens and Kim La-Roque; sons, Jay Robert, Clifford Rex and James Ross Page; sister, Karen Fullmer: brother, Allen Cunningham: 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. LEORA M. COMER POGUE, 84, Danville, died Wednesday. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday In St.

Augustine Episcopal Church, Danville, of which she was a member. Calling will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday in Baker Funeral Home, Danville. She had been a teller 19 years for Danville State Bank, retiring in 1972.

Previously, she was a Hendricks County deputy clerk 23 years. She had also been a volunteer at Hendricks Community Hospital. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Survivors: husband, Edward Pogue; daughter, Donna Yockey; sisters, Lelah Wll-loughby and Myrtle Mae Loy; brother, Chester Comer; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. BERTA MUNCIE SMITH, 85.

In dianapolis, died Tuesday. There will be no services or calling. Leppert Hurt Mortuary is handling arrangements. She had been an accountant 15 years for Fleetwood Acres, Fleetwood. N.Y., until 1974.

She was a member of Christ Church Cathedral. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association or American Cancer Society. Survivors: daughter. Pamela M. Clinton: two grandsons.

ETHEL MARIE MARION SCHMID, 95. Indianapolis, died Tuesday. Services will be at 11 a.m. In Flanner Buchanan Shadeland Avenue Mortuary, with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday. She had been a registered nurse, six years for St. Francis Hospital. Beech Grove, until 1936. Mrs.

Schmid was a member of Lawrence Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Home Hospital. Lafayette. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society. She was the widow of Karl O.

Schmid, Survivors: daughter. Mary Darland: four grandchildren: eight great-grandchildren. INDIANA DEATHS" Deaths reported from outside the Indianapolis area Anderson Corrina Wilder Whistler, 92, widow of Carl E. Whistler. Cambridge City Charles A.

Gray, 80, husband of Mary Usher Gray. Lylet Station Alonzo Fields, husband ot Mayland McLaughlin Fields. Salem Bernard G. Payne, 57, husband of Audra F. Hall Payne.

Shoals Walton Allbright, 78, husband of Ella Tirey Allbright. SummitvHIe Jannie Ice, 90, widow of Carl y. Star Staff Report A pregnant woman and her young daughter got a scare Wednesday night when a mud cake was dropped from an overpass onto the windshield of their car. Tina Randolph, 27, who is six months' pregnant, was taken to Methodist Hospital after complaining of pain. Her condition was not immediately known.

Her daughter, Elizabeth East, 7, was not hurt. Authorities said Randolph was driving her late-model Pontiac Firebird north on Madison Avenue about 8:10 p.m. The mud cake struck the windshield Just as she drove under the Raymond Street over, despite a court order telling Smoot to do so. Annette Smoot. his ex-wife, had legal custody of the boy.

but Gary Smoot was challenging that order because of pending felony charges against her relating to the child. She also was charged with two felonies alleging she coached her son not to testify. All charges against her were subsequently dismissed. "Based on what he was told, he thought the child was in danger. He didn't do it for any other reason," said Lorine Regulus, Sclon-ti's attorney.

Sciontl admitted to the trial court that he advised Gary Smoot to keep" his son until a hearing scheduled In criminal court about the charges. In the disciplinary ruling, the Supreme Court's majority recognized his motives were good and his action deserved only a public reprimand. overpass. Police speculate youths who live In the area were responsible. Randolph's mother, Sharon Nichols, came to the scene after police notified her.

Randolph had been visiting her mother at her home south of Garfield Park and was returning home to Avon. Nichols said. "This scared me," Nichols said. "I thought my heart was going to quit beating." Police said this kind of prank is common for the area. "There is something terribly wrong with someone who thinks this is fun," an Indianapolis said.

"It's kind of a gutless thing. They don't realize people could get killed from this." come unfit to be used by Him in pointing others to Christ. This is why the Bible says to believers, "If we claim to' be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he Is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John We constantly need to be purified before we can be close to God and be used by Him. Don't tolerate sin In your life or excuse it.

Instead, turn to Christ for the forgiveness and cleansing you need when you sin. More than that, focus your heart and mind on Christ every day, so you are more sensitive to sin and want to do what Is right (with God's help). Sin is an offense to God, and it should be an offense to us as well. "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ Is not on earthly things" (Colos-sians Write to Billy Graham, The Indianapolis Star, in care of Tribune Media Services, 64 East Concord Street, Orlando, Fla. 32801.

Tribune Media Services MY ANSWER Question: If God knows what we have done wrong, why should we bother to confess our sins to Him? Or even to ask for God's forgiveness, if Christ has al- rpaHv taltpn aurav Billy our sins? S.G. Graham Answer: Yes. when we turn to Christ in repentance and faith He forgives us of every sin we have ever committed. But we still sin. and we still need dally cleansing from sin.

You'll only understand why we need to confess our sins and seek His forgiveness if you truly realize what sin does to us. Sin that is allowed to accumulate in our souls Is like a deadly virus which slowly but surely brings spiritual dead-ness to our lives. It puts a barrier between us and God, so that our fellowship with Him is broken. Yes, we still are members of His family, and nothing can change that relationship, but our fellowship is broken and needs to be restored. We also be vuis.

pai una, anu iuiuii ivi. Johnson: daughters, Marsha, Helen and Tanyeka Johnson: brothers, Henry. Marvin. Fenton and Dexter Johnson: sisters. Elaine and Thelma McGill.

Ruth Ann Ford and Johnnie Mae Wiley: three grandchildren. JOSEPH KLAUSNER, 89. Indianapolis, died Wednesday. Services will be at 2 p.m. today In Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Meridian Hills Mortuary.

Mr. Klausner had co-owned Klausner Bros. Grocery Store 36 years, until 1959. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II. He was a member of Congregation B'nai Torah.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hooverwood. Survivors: wife. Ella Burkelt Klausner: sons. Lowell W. Meece and William R.

Hale: brother. Leo Klausner: sisters. Frances Segal. Sally Dersh and Jean Klausner: two grandchildren: six great-grandchildren. HERMAN JOSEPH" "MIKE" K0ERS, 86, Beech Grove, died Tuesday.

Services will be Friday at 10:15 a.m. In Daniel F. O'Riley Funeral Home and 'at 11 a.m. in Holy Name Catholic Church, of which he was a member. Calling will be from 1 p.m.

to 8 p.m. today In the mortuary, He had been a foreman 40 years In the mixing department at Uni-Royal, retiring In 1972. Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Name Education Endowment Fund. Survivors: wife, Edrie Elizabeth Gehl Koers: daughters, Mary Angela Lapadat and Suzanna Heldloff; sons, Herman Vincent and Stephen Koers: 18 grandchildren: seven great-grandchildren. Sijn Crown tVii'i'' 925-8231 925-3800 700West38thSt.

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