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B6 MONDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1999 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR th data PacBell troiibl Obituaries wi Y2K meltdown MARION COUNTY Denker, Burdette Oscar, 82 Gish, Doris Loreen Killman, 72 Hussion, Betty 73 Lute, Patricia A. Reynolds, 66 McManus, John Thomas, 68 Paniccia, Florence Zangera, 89 Robinson, Pearlena Brown, 53 Smitha, Anna Martha Mundt, 79 Sutliff, Patricia Ann Lyons, 63 Ward, Dorothy Stonehouse, 76 HAMILTON COUNTY Owen, Delores Faye Snyder, 73 Richards, Rosalie B. Polster, 83 Smith, Meuris Merrill, 78 Young, Mary E. Walker, 70 HENDRICKS COUNTY Powell, Harry 79 JOHNSON COUNTY Bowles, Raymond Leon, 58 SHELBY COUNTY Snider, George 57 FORMER RESIDENT Kurtz, Dale Alan, 70 -Oct.

4,1999 JOHN THOMAS "J.T." McMANUS, 68, Indianapolis, formerly of Cincinnati, died Oct. 2. He was self-employed and previously worked for the Public Agency Training Council. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and a member of Moose Lodge 2138. Memorial contributions may be made to the Aiiierican Cancer Society.

Memorial service: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in Christ the King Catholic Church, of which he was a member. Calling: none. He was the widower of Patricia Seefried McMa-nus.

Survivors: children Karen Farlow, Mickey Sullivan, Shawn Michael, Scot Matthew, Dion Patrick McManus; eight grandchildren. Flanner Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary is handling arrangements. DELORES FAYE SNYDER OWEN, 73, Carmel. formerly of Indianapolis, died Oct. 2.

She was a homemaker. Services: 3 p.m. Oct. 5 in Flanner Buchanan Carmel Mortuary, with calling from 1 p.m. Burial: Carmel Cemetery.

Survivors: husband LeRoy W. Owen; sons Jeff Brian S. Owen; two previews California agencies are turning away customers for driver's licenses, other services Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO. Calif. In an unwelcome preview of what a Y2K meltdown could be like, massive computer crashes have repeatedly forced agencies throughout California to turn away customers for driver's licenses, food vouchers and other services.

The California Highway Patrol suddenly had difficulty checking criminal records. Child Protective Services could not get quick access to abuse files. For two days Glen-dale's Department of Motor Vehi- rN rm I RAYMOND LEON BOWLES, 58. Greenwood, died Oct. 3.

He worked in the warehouse 36 years for the Kroger Distribution Center, retiring in 1998. He was an Army veteran and a member of Charity Baptist Church and Teamsters Local 135. Services: 11:30 a.m. Oct. 6 in G.H.

Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 5. Burial: Valhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington. Survivors: wife Carolyn Bell Bowles: sons Raymond Leon Todd Dwayne.

Stephen Wade. William David Bowles; mother Goldie May Bowles: sisters Elizabeth Jane Hicks, Susie May Halstead. Linda Lou Bowles: brothers Ronnie Lee, Charles Eugene. Randall Dale, Daniel Otis, Don Wayne Bowles; four grandchildren. BURDETTE OSCAR "BURT" DENKER, 82.

Beech Grove, died Oct. 2. He worked 32 years for Eli Lilly and retiring in 1978. Mr. Denker was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II.

He was a member Prospect Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and American Legion Post 374. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Chinch, of which he was a member. Services: noon Oct. 5 in Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, with calling from 10 a.m.

Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: wife Phyllis M. Hendricks Denker; sons Larry Alan. Kurt Evan Denker; a grandchild. DORIS LOREEN KILLMAN GISH, 72.

Indianapolis, died Oct. 2. She was a homemaker. Services: private. Calling: none.

Survivors: husband Roy Lewis daughters Stella Rebecca Guth-ridge, Vickie Hess: brother Doug Kill-man: sister Shirley Waide. Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, is handling arrangements. BETTY J. HUSSION, 73, Indianapolis, died Oct. 1.

She was a custodial engineer 25 years for Bridgeport Brass retiring in 1984. She was a member of Lynhurst chapter of Order of the Eastern Star. Services: 1 p.m. Oct. 6 in Conkle Funeral Home, Lynhurst Chapel, with calling from 3 to 9 p.m.

Oct. 5. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery. She was the widow of William R. Hussion.

Survivors: children Paula R. Dodd. William Gary Lee Hussion; sister Barbara Morris Potts; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. DALE ALAN KURTZ, 70, Tavares, formerly of Indianapolis, died Oct. 2.

He had worked in the tool and die industry. Mr. Kurtz was a Navy veteran and a member of Lynhurst Masonic Lodge. Services: 1 p.m. Oct.

6 in G.H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 5. Burial: pending.

Survivors: sons Mark Alan, Dan Andrew Kurtz; three grandchildren. PATRICIA A. REYNOLDS LUTZ, 66, Indianapolis, died Oct. 1. She was a homemaker.

Services: 10 a.m. Oct. 5 in Conkle Funeral Home, Speedway Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 4.

Burial: Lincoln Memory Gardens, Whitestown. She was the widow of Walter R. Lutz. Survivors: children Linda S. Walls, Gary R.

Lutz. Lisa A. Schroeder, Klmberly M. Peterson; sisters Mary Hammil, Betty Taylor, Janet Lewis; brothers Kenny, Bobby. Louis, Richard Reynolds; 11 grandchildren; a great-grandchild.

TIES THAT BIND: Sgt. Richard Combs was planning to toss out when his sister-in-law suggested making a quilt from his and his manage state data communications. Company officials insist PacBell is a leader in data communications and has vastly improved its service in recent weeks although they admit that the company has not measured up. "We didn't provide the quality of service that (the state) expected of us or that we expected of ourselves," said Doug Michelman, a Pacific Bell vice president. Hardest hit has been the agency motorists love to hate, the DMV, which has been struggling to correct a public image of indifference and inefficiency.

The outages have been "devastating to customer service," according to an internal report. And once computer service is restored, "the lines of customers are staggering." -j 3 Staff Photo Robert Scheer some of his old neckwear co-workers' ties instead. years. Then he donated It to Combs. "It was time," Crook said.

The mix of styles and lack of style just works out well in the quilt, Combs noted as other detectives hovered several desks away, keeping just enough distance to avoid being called in to identify their ties. "Even the ugly ones you blend 'em with the pretty ones and it comes out good," Combs said. Several of his ties are part of the quilt, Including the black and gray Countess Mara tie his wife bought for him in 1965 for $12.50. He favored the conservative Countess Mara line over the years. "They wear forever," he said.

Combs estimates he has 75 to 100 working ties in his closet now. He's rather particular about shoes, ties and hats, he said. Soon, the 66-year-old Combs won't have to wear a tie every day. He plans to retire Feb. 16.

His daughter eventually will keep the quilt, but Combs no doubt will see it regularly. His sister-in-law, the quilter, has an idea of how it might affect him. "There's quite a lot of memories in that quilt," Jones said. 10 ''Aw, 1 i Submitted photo and her daughter Charzalia for 20 years as morticians. fancy, and to be candid it badly needs sponsors.

It's a talk show. Charzalia sits behind a desk and interviews people such as the marketing director of the Indianapolis Art Center, who tells what the art center has to offer. Which is plenty. Still, the show would surely be more interesting If Charzalia bagged the guests altogether and just talked into the camera. About herself, about her mother, about life, about whatever.

Will Higgins' column appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You can contact him at whigginsstamews.com or call (317) 633-1043. cles office had to process driver's license renewals manually. And one consulting firm clocked 19.000 minutes of intermittent outages from January to July. This has been a lot worse than anything we expect from Y2K." said Elias S.

Cortez, the state's chief information officer. But the problem, which state officials fear might be ongoing, is with the phone company. Pacific Bell, hired by the state to ferry its data records across telephone lines, is governed by a corporate culture so steeped in voice communication, state officials say, that it has had difficulty adjusting to the demands of a sophisticated data network. And they question whether the company will ever be able to reinvent itself enough to adequately imii i. in muo dt pensive ties in there that were some of the ugliest." But some also were quite tasteful by any standard, having just become a little too frayed or worn to be worn.

Or stained. With coffee, mostly. "Yes, coffee, doughnuts, grease you know," she said. Combs, who has been a detective for 34 years 25 of them in homicide brought the quilt and its pillow partners up to the homicide bureau for his colleagues to see the finished product. They admired the quilt, to be sure, but some were curiously silent about certain ties that had been incorporated into it.

"There's a yellow one up in the corner and everybody said, 'I wouldn't be caught dead in that Finally (Detective) Barry Jeffries admitted that it was his," Combs said, It wasn't nearly as hard to get a confession out of Sgt. Mike Crook. He contributed several ties, including one that leaps out from the quilt: a bright DAD tie with a caricature of, naturally, a dad. One of his children gave it to him for a birthday or Father's Day, and he wore it proudly for several PARTNERS: Ada Goodloe (left) Goodloe-Cole worked together HICGINS Continued from Page 1 she felt alone. She soldiered on.

She made history, in fact. She became the first black female deputy coroner in Marlon County. She continued to embalm bodies on the side. But embalming lost Its luster for Charzalia. It was the thing she had done with her mother, her soul-mate.

It was bringing her down. She needed a change. So she became the star of her own TV show. Our Wonderful Wodd (Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.. Channel 53) is fi its in ft MY ANSWER FLORENCE MARIE ZANGERA PANIC-CIA, 89, Indianapolis, died Oct.

2. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Barnabus Catholic Church. Services: 10 a.m. Oct.

9 in Queen of All Saints Catholic Church, Michigan City. Calling: 3 to 9 p.m. Oct. 8 in OttHaver-stock Funeral Chapel, Michigan City. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City.

She was the widow of Nicola Paniccia. Survivors: children Phyllis R. Beck, Michael A. Paniccia, Margaret V. Robertson; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

Little Sons Funeral Home, Beech Grove, is handling local arrangements. HARRY H. POWELL, 79, Avon, died Oct. 2. He was a farmer in Hendricks County, retiring in 1983.

He was a lay minister 20 years for Community Church, Hendricks County. Mr. Powell was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Church by the Side of the Road. Services: 1 p.m. Oct.

6 in Conkle Funeral Home, Hendricks Cour'ty Chapel in Avon, with calling froM 2 to 8 p.m. Oct. 5. Burial: Oak-lawn Memorial Gardens; Fishers. Survivors: wife Betty J.

Sutton Powell; daughter Diana Williams; brother Cecil Powell; two grandchildren. ROSALIE B. P0LSTER RICHARDS, 83, Carmel, formerly of Tell City, died Oct. 2. She was a homemaker.

Senices and calling: none. She was the widow of Charles L. Richards. Survivors: daughter Barbara L. Richards: sister Joan Baumaster; a grandchild.

Flanner Buchanan Carmel Mortuary is handling arrangements. PEARLENA BROWN ROBINSON, 53, Indianapolis, died Oct. 1. She worked 35 years for RCA Corp. and was a member of Pilgrim Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.

Services: 1 p.m. Oct. 9 in St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Delhi, La. Calling: 5 to 8 p.m.

Oct. 5 in Lavenia's Home for Funerals. Burial: Turkey Creek Cemetery, Delhi. Survivors: sons Anthony Paul. Patrick De-Wayne Taylor; brothers J.B., Jimmy, Milton, Donald Brown; sisters Betty Williams, Joann Puckett; three grandchildren.

faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he." (Deuteronomy 32:4) Are you trusting Christ not only for your eternal salvation, but for everything that happens now? God can use difficult circumstances to mold us and shape us into the people he wants us to be. For example, God might want to teach you new things about what it means to trust him. Or he might be teaching you to turn to him for the love you need to take care of your wife. Life has its hard moments for all of us. But for those who know Christ, we know they will not last, and we look beyond them with joy to "an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade kept in heaven for you." (1 Peter 1:4) Write to the Rev.

Graham in care of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, P.O. Box 779, Minneapolis, Minn. 55440. You also may call (877) 2GRAHAM or visit his Web site at www.billygraham.org. ffi Tribune Media Services CALL FOR FREE BROCHURE or CONSULTATION at NO OBLIGATION iw wuLiuni win I T-k AND 1 Buchanan M0RTUAR1ES CREMATORY i Skill iwml i irtif mmmmi MEURIS MERRILL SMITH, 78, Noblesville, died Oct.

2. Before retiring in 1988, he co-owned Kraft Music Co. in Frankfort. Previously, he worked 30 years as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 1976.

He was an Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Smith was a member and trustee of First Church of the Nazarene, Frankfort, and a member of the Clinton County Hospital Foundation and Patrons of the Red Barn Summer Theatre, Frankfort. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Services: 2 p.m.

Oct. 5 in Goodwin Funeral Home, Frankfort, with calling from noon. Burial: Green-lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Frankfort. He was the widower of Sara "Sally" Frances Volz Smith. Survivors: children David Lynn Smith, Rebecca Smith Skaggs; sister Mary Frances Smith Heavllon; three grandsons.

ANNA MARTHA MUNDT SMITHA, 79. Indianapolis, died Oct. 2. She was a homemaker. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.

Senices: 1 p.m. Oct. 6 in Feeney-Hornak Keystone Mortuary, with calling from 11 a.m. Burial: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Fishers. Survivors: husband J.

Preston Smitha; children Carolyn Kern, W. Preston Smitha: sister Mary M. Bird; three grandchildren. GEORGE H. SNIDER, 57, Flat Rock, died Oct.

1. He was a tool maker five years for Decatur Mold, Tool Engineering, North Vernon, retiring this year. He was a Navy veteran. He was an ordained, independent minister for 16 years. Services: 10 a.m.

Oct. 6 In Glenn E. George Son Funeral Home, Shelbyvtlle, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 5.

Burial: Flat Rock Cemetery. Survivors: wife Carolyn Shannon Snider; children Mary Ellen Richardson, Tonya Denise Greer, George Wayne Snider; father and stepmother George E. and Phyllis Snider; brothers Charles James R. Snider; stepbrothers Eddie, Rodney, Michael Howell; nine grandchildren. PATRICIA ANN LYONS SUTLIFF, 63, Indianapolis, died Oct.

2. She was a homemaker. Services: 11 a.m. Oct. 5 In Deliverance Temple, with calling there from 3 p.m.

to 8 p.m. Oct. 4. Burial: Round Hill Cemetery. Survivors: children Nancy Mitchell, Richard, Larry Sutliff, Brenda Jasper, Gina Fesler; brother Joseph Lyons; 10 grandchildren; a great-grandchild.

Affordable Funeral Services is handling arrangements. DOROTHY MAY STONEHOUSE WARD, 76, Speedway, died Oct. 2. She was a chain inspector 17 years for Link Belt, retiring in 1959. Services: 10 a.m.

Oct. 6 in Conkle Funeral Home, Speedway Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 5. Burial: Floral Park Cemetery.

Survivors: husband Thornton O. Ward; daughter Marianne Bayless; brother Francis Stonehouse; sister Mildred Baker; three grandchildren. MARY E. WALKER YOUNG, 70. Sheridan, died Oct.

2. She owned and operated Young's Hayloft in Sheridan for 22 years. Previously, she worked 24 years as a doctor's receptionist. She was a 4-H leader in Sheridan and area director for Hamilton County 4-H. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

Senices: 10:30 a.m. Oct. 7 in Kerche-val Funeral Home, Sheridan, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 6.

Burial: Crown View Cemetery, Sheridan. Survivors: husband Allen Gale Young; daughters Nancy Day, Linda Moore, Sarah Godby; sister Anna Faye Brandenburg; 10 grandchildren; a great-grandson. INDIANA DEATHS Deaffis reported Iran outside the Indianapolis area' Birdseye Martha A. Niemeier Logsdon, 87 (Becher-Kluesner Funeral Homes, Jasper). Connersville Ruby L.

Crawley Carlin, 68, widow of Norman Carlin (Showaltet-Blackwell-Long Funeral Home, Myers Chapel). Crawtorisvllle Eddie Hedrick, 85, widower of Thelma Irene Elliott Hedrick (Shoemaker Funeral Home, Waynetown). Dana Marie Thomas Hollingsworth, 83, widow of Hubert Hollingsworth (Overpeck-Gooclt Funeral Home). Fort Wayni M. James King.

70, husband of Eleanor Lee King (D O. McComb 8. Sons Pine Valley Funeral Home). Frankfort Harold Coy 73. husband of Catherine Watson Coy, (Goodwin Funeral Home).

Jasper Walter "Mopf" Henke, 85, widower of Ella Mae Frank Henke, Viola Whitsitt Henke, Lois Taber Henke (Becher Kluesner Funeral Homes). Herman J. Jahn, 42 (Becher-Kluesner Funeral Homes). Kokomo Harold R. "Alex" Alexander 55 (Fenn Shirley Mortuary).

North Vernon Leo Ray Boner, 65 (Pickett Funeral Home). 1 Dear Billy Graham: My wife has had a series of strokes that have affected her very seriously. The doctor says she'll never get better. Why doesn't God pjitf take her on to Duly heaven instead of Graham letting her suffer so much? S.F. Dear reader: I'm sure many people have asked the same question as they have seen loved ones linger, and we don't always know why God allows such things.

Our knowledge of God's ways is limited in this life, and only in heaven will we fully understand. Let me add some truths I hope you will keep before you. No matter the situation, God still loves his children, and he is still in control. Because of that, he can be trusted to do what is right, even when we don't understand. As the Bible says, "He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just.

A mm II FASHIONS Continued from Page 1 Jones told him she would create a quilt if he could come up with enough neckwear. She doesn't know how many ties he ultimately brought to her but is sure it was more than 100 and maybe even closer to 200. And she used almost every scrap. "It's sort of symbolizing the togetherness of the officers, with each tie adjoining the others," she said. On the back is her small label that proclaims the quilt was "made with love-Jones had to devise a color scheme for each 12-inch block, then line up the often irregular widths so they more or less come together.

And talk about irregular: Some of these ties are relics of the 1960s and 70s, when wide and boldly colored ties were in fashion. Yes, they are the ties that bind. But some are also ties that blind. "Oh, yes, I thought some of them were terrible," Jones acknowledged. "There were some real ex JFK 'alumni' mark anniversary of library, museum Associated Press BOSTON In a class reunion of sorts, dozens of members of John F.

Kennedy's administration gathered Sunday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the library and museum built in his honor. The last time so many Kennedy staffers, from administrative assistants to the president's inner circle, were under one roof was the 35th president's funeral. "It was a very moving experience," said Theodore Sorensen, 71, former special counsel to Kennedy. This was a very special group." A panel discussion featuring Sorensen, former assistant attorney general Burke Marshall and historian Arthur Schlesinger focused on their former boss's achievements, from avoiding nuclear disaster to fostering loyalty and honesty In his administration. Decrying "the new cynicism about American politics," Schlesinger recalled Kennedy's ability to inspire both a nation and a young group of staffers he called on for help in running the country.

"This was a youthful time, a youthful administration, a young president," said Stewart Udall, 79, former secretary of the Interior. "At a time when there's so much gridlock and stupidity in Washington, it might be productive for the younger generation to re-create and OMEGA Cremation Society offers families immediate, quality, low cost cremations at our on-premises crematorium. Courteous, Caring Staff Pre-need Plans Available 11 Affiliated with Central Indiana Crematory Member Ctemaoon Society ol North Amenci understand what happened (during Kennedy's tenure)." 1.