B2 ST. JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS OBITUARIES SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1998 Sui (Mo.) Thelma L. Baker 1905-1998 MARYVILLE, Mo. Thelma sorine. Baker, 92, Maryville, died Saturday, May 16, 1998, at a Maryville -care center.
Mrs. Baker was a homemaker and a private duty nurse. She attended St. Gregory Catholic Church, Maryville. Born May 31, 1905, she lived most of her life in Maryville.
She was a graduate of a nursing school in Pueblo, Colo. On Sept 16, 1930, she married Gaylord Baker in Maryville. He died in 1989. Mrs. Baker was also preceded in death by her parents.
Surviving: a sister, Marjorie Morgan, Pueblo. Mass of Christian Burial: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, St. Gregory Catholic Church, Maryville. Burial: St.
Mary's Cemetery, Maryville. Wake: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Johnson Funeral Home, Maryville. Mildred P. Booth 1924-1998 TRENTON, Mo.
Mildred Panzy (Allnutt) Booth, 73, Trenton, died Friday, May 15, 1998, at a Trenton health -care center. Mrs. Booth was a homemaker and member of the Trenton Assembly of God. Born Oct. 11, 1924, in Spickard, she was a lifelong resident of Trenton.
On July 26, 1946, she married David Booth in Troy, Kan. He died in 1979. Mrs. Booth also was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie G. and Stella Allnutt; three sisters, Lucy, Goldie and Silva; and three brothers, Grandville, Lewis and Langford.
Surviving: two sisters, Ruth Dye, Trenton, and Hazel Elliott, Tavares, Fla. Service: 1 p.m. Monday, Resthaven Mortuary, Trenton: The body will be cremated after the funeral with inurnment to be held at a later date. Visitation: after 8 a.m. Monday.
There is no scheduled family visitation. Emerygene Burton 1917-1998 FOREST CITY, Mo. Emerygene (Wilson) Burton, 80, Forest City, died Saturday, May 16, 1998, at a hospital in St. Joseph. Mrs.
Burton was a nursing aid in several hospitals, including Fishermans Hospital and Monroe General Hospital in Key West, where she received the RSVP award for outstanding service in nursing for 1979-1980. She also worked at Browns Retirement Home, Oregon, before retiring in 1981. Born Sept. 22, 1917, in Savannah, she lived in Key West before moving to Forest City in 1980. She attended St.
Joseph schools, and was a member of the Emmanuel Seventh Day Adventist Church, St. Joseph, where she held many offices including secretary, treasurer, superintendent and head deaconess. On June 14, 1933, she married Herman E. Burton Sr. in St.
Joseph. He survives of the home. Mrs. Burton was preceded in death by a son, Herman E. an infant daughter, Donna her parents, Jim and Elizabeth Wilson; four brothers, Frank, John and King West, and Richard Wilson; five sisters, Mahalia and Florence, Mae Stanford, Anna Duncan and Merle Baker; and two grandchildren.
Additional survivors: four sons, Allen Miami, Odell, Union Star, Booker Forest MR. JOHNNIE D. GUTSCHOW Services 10:00 A.M. Monday, Guilford United Methodist Church, Guilford, Missouri. Interment Weatherman Cemetery, Guilford, Missouri.
The Family suggests memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society. Mr. Guischow will be removed from Meierhoffer-Fleeman to arrive at the church one hour prior to the service. Friends may call 3:00 to 7:00 P.M. Sunday, Meierhoffer-Fleeman, Savannah Chapel, Savannah, Missouri.
MRS. MILDRED G. McWILLIAMS The Mass of Christian Burial 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, St. Joseph's Cathedral Catholic Church.
Father Roderick Giller, O.S.B., Celebrant. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. The Family suggests memorial gifts to St. Joseph's Cathedral Altar Society, Hands of Hope Hospice or the Alzheimer's Association, Northwest Missouri Chapter. The Family will receive friends 7:00 to 8:30 P.M.
Wednesday, MeierhofferFleeman. Ladies of Charity Rosary 3:00 P.M. Monday, Meierhoffer-Fleeman. Meierhoffer-Fleeman Funeral Directors "Where more is offered in a nicer way." St. Joseph Savannah 232-3366 324-6040 City Deaths JOHNNIE 1 D.
GUTSCHOW HELEN C. SINCLAIR Missouri Deaths THELMA L. BAKER Maryville, Mo. MILDRED P. BOOTH Trenton, Mo.
EMERYGENE BURTON Forest City, Mo. S. FLOY GIRDNER Corydon, lowa BRADY S. KREMAN Winston, Mo. MARJORY LONGNECKER Trenton, Mo.
BLONDINA McCOMAS Princeton, Mo. FREIDA A. PHILLIPS Romeoville, Ill. EDITH F. STEVENS Omaha, Neb.
OPAL STITH Chillicothe, Mo. ROGER L. TAULBEE Weston, Mo. L.B. WALKER Ravenwood, Mo.
Kansas Deaths KATHRYN M. HUDSON Elwood, Kan. City, and Daniel, Hiawatha, 14 grandchildren; and 22 greatgrandchildren. Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Emmanuel Seventh Day Adventist Church, St.
Joseph. Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Oregon. Visitation: after 3 p.m. today, Chamberlain Funeral Home, Oregon. There is no scheduled family visitation.
Johanie D. Gutschow 1915-1998 Johnnie D. Gutschow, 83, St. Joseph, died Saturday, May 16, 1998, at a St. Joseph hospital after a long illness.
Mr. Gutschow was employed as a stationary fireman at the State School for the Deaf, Olathe, retiring in 1976. Born Jan. 28, 1915, near Decatur, he resided in Hawaii, Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas and Colorado prior to moving to St. Joseph in 1996.
Mr. Gutschow was a member of the Methodist faith. On Sept. 30, 1968, he married Iris McGeorge. She survives of the home.
Mr. Gutschow was preceded in death by his first wife, Eleanor D. Rose; his parents, Fritz and Anna; two brothers, Edwin and Leo; and a sister, Opal Lockhart. Additional survivors: a daughter, Mary K. Brady, Deming, N.M.; a son, Gene, Huntsville, a sister, Helen Christ, Olathe; a grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.
Service: 10 a.m. Monday, Guilford United Methodist Church, Guilford, Mo. Burial: Weatherman Cemetery, Guilford. Visitation: 3 to 7 tonight, MeierhofferFleeman Savannah Chapel, Savannah, Mo. Mr.
Gutschow will be removed from MeierhofferFleeman Savannah Chapel to arrive at the church one hour prior to the service. Kathryn M. Hudson 1914-1998 ELWOOD, Kan. Kathryn M. (Warner) Hudson, 84, Elwood, died Friday, May 15, 1998, at a health-care center in Wathena, Kan.
Mrs. Hudson was homemaker and a member of the former Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, Elwood. Born Jan. 3, 1914, in Troy, she resided in Elwood most of her life. On June 10, 1932, she married Raymond S.
Hudson in Troy, Kan. He died in 1983. Mrs. Hudson also was preceded MR. EUGENE S.
MILLER Mr. Miller has been cremated. There will ber no visitation or services for Mr. Miller at the HeatonBowman-Smith Sidenfaden Chapel. MRS.
HELEN C. (TURNER) SINCLAIR Graveside Services Monday at 1:00 P.M. at Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Heaton-Bowman-Smith Sidenfaden Chapel. The Rev. Robert Murphy officiating.
There will be no visitation for Mrs. Sinclair at the Heaton-Bowman-Smith Sidenfaden Chapel. Heaton-Bowman-Smith and Sidenfaden Chapel in All That We Dol" 3609 Frederick Blvd. 232-3355 in death by and infant daughter, Kathryn her parents, Robert and Ellen Warner; and two sisters, Grace Wiser and Mildred Blair. Surviving: a sister, Eunice Frakes, Troy.
Graveside service and p.m. Monday. Mount Olive Cemetery, Troy. Family visitation: 7 to 8:30 tonight, Harman Rohde Funeral Home, Wathena, where the family will receive friends. Marjory Longnecker 1892-1998 TRENTON, Mo.
Marjory (Eckstine) 1 Longnecker, 106, Trenton, died Friday, May 15, 1998, at a Trenton health-care center. Mrs. Longnecker was a homemaker. Born in Bristol, Ohio, on Jan. 4, 1892, she was reared in Sunnyside, Wash.
Mrs. Longnecker was preceded in death by her husband, Walter L. Longnecker; an infant son; her parents, Clarence and Lucinda Eckstine; two sisters; and a brother. Surviving: a son, H.D., Greenville, S.C.; a daughter, Doris Riddell, Bellview, four grandchildren; 10 grandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren. Direct burial was held Saturday morning at the Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Trenton.
No further services are planned. Arrangements: Resthaven Mortuary, Trenton. Blondina McComas 1905-1998 PRINCETON, Mo. Blondina (Grace) McComas, 93, Princeton, formerly of Albany, died Thursday, May 14, 1998, at a Princeton health-care center. Mrs.
McComas was a homemaker and worked as a clerk for several Albany businesses. Born in Lone Star, on April 27, 1905, Mrs. McComas was a member of the First Baptist Church, Albany. In February, 1927, she married Aubrey McComas. He died in 1972.
Mrs. McComas also was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Alverda Grace; a son, Cliff; and a sister, Marie Hensley. Surviving: a son, A.J., Princeton; a sister, Dorotha Stephenson, Grant City, four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Service: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Roberson-Polley Chapel, Albany.
Burial: Grandview Cemetery, Albany. Visitation: after 1 noon today at the funeral home, where family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight. Freida A. Phillips ROMEOVILLE, Ill. Freida A.
(Wagner) Phillips, 62, Romeoville, formerly of Chillicothe, died Saturday, May 16, 1998, at a hospital in Hinsdale, Ill. Born in Chillicothe, Mrs. Phillips was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, Services- Ruth A. "Peggy" (Carpenter) Eckert, 82, A Atchison, 2 p.m. today, Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison.
Burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison. Neille E. (Reed) Hughes, 83, Cameron, 2 p.m. today, First Baptist Church, Cameron. Burial: Osborn Evergreen Cemetery, Osborn, Mo.
Arrangements: Poland-Thompson Funeral Home, Cameron. Carol D. Laughlin, 87, Mercer, 2 p.m. today, Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Chapel, Lineville, Iowa. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Lineville.
There is no scheduled family visitation. Winifred (Knudtson) Nelsen, 80, Ludlow, memorial service: 1:30 p.m. today, Lindley Funeral Home, Ludlow. The body has been cremated. There is no scheduled family visitation.
Visitation: after 12:30 p.m. and until service time, at the funeral home. There is no scheduled family visitation. FRANCES M. RICHARDSON Funeral Services will be conducted at 10:30 A.M.
Monday at the Rupp Chapel. Rev. Paul Reynolds officiating. The interment will be at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, St. Joseph, Missouri.
The pallbearers will be grandsons: Michael Stout, Brian Richardson, Steve Richardson Jr, Clyde Richardson Jeff Myers, Micky Adams, and Ronald Richardson Jr. Honorary Bearers will be Herman, Wally, Randall and David Richardson and J.D. Myers. Friends may call after 2 P.M. today at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends Sunday from 6 to 8:30 P.M.
Rupp Funeral Home 6054 Pryor 238-1797 Romeoville. She was preceded in death by her father, Fred Wagner; and a son, Randall. Surviving: her husband, Bob Phillips; her mother, Eunice Wagner; three sons, Robert, Richard and Ryan; three brothers, Rex, Paul and Carl; two sisters, Velta Heaton and Vera Hilliard; and six grandchildren. Graveside service and burial: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Edgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe.
Arrangements: Norman- Funeral Home, Chillicothe. Helen C. Sinclair 1907-1998 Helen C. (Turner) Sinclair, 91, St. Joseph, died Friday, May 15, 1998 at a Si.
Joseph health-care center. Mrs. Sinclair worked for the Community Chest, United Way and E.0.C., all in St. Joseph, prior to retiring in 1974. Born March 22, 1907, in St.
Joseph, she was a graduate of Lafayette High School, St. Joseph, and a lifelong resident there. Mrs. Sinclair was preceded in death by her husband, Earl F. Sinclair; her parents, John and Nellie Turner; and a daughter, Bettie Zagrodsky.
Surviving: three grandchildren; four great and a friend who cared for her, Rose Reichman, St. Joseph. Graveside service and burlal: 1 p.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph.
There is no scheduled family visitation. Arrangements: Heaton-BowmanSmith and Sidenfaden Chapel, St. Joseph. Edith F. Stevens 1893-1998 OMAHA, Neb.
Edith Frances Stevens, 104, Omaha, formerly of Maitland, died Saturday, May 16, 1998, in Omaha. Born Nov. 24, 1983, in Maitland, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Stevens was preceded in death by her husband, Norman B.
Stevens; four daughters, Verda T. Stevens, Billie Doll, Ann Martig and Geneva Busse; and two grandchildren. Survivors: a daughter, Norma Flaming; 11 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Roeder Mortuary, Omaha, with a graveside service and burial at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Maitland Cemetery, Maitland. Family visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Roeder Mortuary, Omaha. Roger L. Taulbee 1917-1998 WESTON, Mo.
Roger Lee Taulbee, 80, Weston, died Friday, May 15, 1998, at a health-care center in Platte City, Mo. Mr. Taulbee worked as a farmer and heavy equipment operator, retiring from Sur-Gro Fertilizer Company, Weston. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Weston. Born in Platte County, on Aug.
8, 1947, he was a lifelong resident of the Weston area. On May 23, 1950, he married Berneta Dale in Savannah, Mo. Late notices S. Floy Girdner CORYDON, Iowa Sophia Floy (Hicks) Girdner, 85, Corydon, formerly of Mercer, died Friday, May 15, 1998, at a hospital in Cordon. Service: 1:30 p.m.
Monday, Mercer Assembly of God Church. Burial: Early Cemetery, south of Mercer. Visitation: after 8 a.m. today, Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Home, Lineville, Iowa, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight. Brady S.
Kreman WINSTON, Mo. Brady Scot Kreman, 13 months, Winston, died Friday, May 15, 1998, at a Kansas City hospital. Memorial service arrangements are pending at Bram Funeral Home, Maysville, Mo. Opal Stith CHILLICOTHE, Mo. Opal Stith, 100, Chillicothe, formerly of Chula, died Saturday, May 16, 1998, at a Chillicothe healthcare center.
Arrangements are pending at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe. BENTLY JONES Funeral services Tuesday 1:00, St. Francis Baptist Temple, family visitation 7-8 Monday, interment Ashland Cemetery. Bullock Family Chapel 1903 Jules 364-2301 She survives of the home. Mr.
Taulbee was preceded in death by his parents, Elijah and Lyda; and a sister, Lucille Lewis. Additional survivors: two daughters, Yvonne Parrell, Platte City, and Bescinda Harper, Excelsior Springs, two brothers, William and Raymond, both of Weston; two sisters, Maxine Collison and Lyda Mozola, both of Weston; three grandchildren; and a step-grandchild. Graveside service and burial: 2 p.m. today, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Weston. Family visitation: 1 to 2 p.m.
today, Vaughn Funeral Chapel, Weston, where visitation will be after 10 a.m. today. L.B. Walker 1907-1998 RAVENWOOD, Mo. L.B.
Walker, 90, Ravenwood, died Friday, May 15, 1998, at a hospital in Maryville, Mo. He worked as the branch manager for Consumers Oil Grant City and Albany, and as a farmer. Born in Isadore, Sept. 22, 1907, he attended Isadore School. Mr.
Walker was a lifelong resident of the Ravenwood and Parnell, Mo. areas, as well as a member of the Christian Church, Ravenwood, and the Nodaway Masonic Lodge No. 470. On Nov. 4, 1934, he married Nora E.
Chapman in Sheridan, Mo. She died in 1985. Mr. Walker also was preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Caroline; four brothers, Jerald, Arthur, Duane, and Joe; and three sisters, Wilma McClure, Jeanette Parker, and Doris Vaughn. Surviving: five sons, Willis, Maryville, Laymon, Bellevue, Bill and Rolland, both of Parnell, and Harland, Silt, two daughters, Wilma Smith, Savannah, and Evelyn Summa, Tarkio, a brother, Don, Ravenwood; six sisters, Rosella Lewis, Virginia Eckery, and Erma Brown, all of Ravenwood, Pauline Gross and Darlene Holaday, both of Maryville, and Sylvia Merckling, Raymondsville, 24 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Service: 2 p.m. Monday, Christian Church, Ravenwood. Burial: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Ravenwood. Visitation: after 10 a.m. today with family visitation from 7 to 9 tonight, Johnson Funeral Home, Maryville Mental illness: hastens end to ex-lawyer's hobo lifestyle Schizophrenia may have contributed to downward spiral that claimed a life Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan.
At one point, Michael Lee Griffith seemed to have it all a brilliant mind, a law degree, an expertise in bridge and a family. Hardly the expected epitaph of a 53-year-old transient beaten to death in a hobo camp in March, his body found with a blanket covering his bloodied head, blue windbreaker, red plaid shirt and brown pants. Griffith's life was a downward spiral over more than two decades, a spiral prompted by mental illness most likely schizophrenia that left him incapable of coping with the world. "He was struggling with mental illness but he didn't want to take his medicine. I just think he went into his own world," said his 32-year-old married daughter, Lee, who asked that her last name not be used.
"My mother said he never wanted to work nine to five and have any responsibility," she added. In the mid-1 Meinecke was a Washburn University law professor and had Griffith as a student. He recalled Griffith as an excellent student and a Life Master the highest honor for bridge players. But things began to change for Griffith after he graduated and received his law license in 1975. "Mike began acting strange.
He was getting messages from people not there, from other planets and stuff like that," Meinecke said. In 1978, the Kansas Supreme Court placed him on disabled inactive status, which meant he couldn't practice law. That status didn't change for the rest of his life. No motive for the killing has been disclosed. The suspect faces a preliminary hearing next month.
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JOSEPH, MISSOURI TELEPHONE 364-4200 Mildred Gillar McWilliams 1911-1998 Mildred Giller McWilliams, age 87, died Tuesday, May 13, 1998 at a hospice in Denver, Colorado. A funeral liturgy to celebrate her life will be held at the St. Joseph's Cathedral Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19. The Reverend Roderick Giller, O.S.B., will celebrate.
During her life she was Executive Secretary of the Boy Scout Organization, a wife, homemaker and mother of three children. Her Catholic faith, membership at the St. Joseph's Cathedral, and her family filled her with great joy. On November 22, 1938 she married M. Clovis McWilliams.
Toegther they loved and supported St. Joseph through politics, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Optimist Club (Mildred was active in Optimisses). Mildred enjoyed participating in her children's education and PTA, golfing (winning a 9-Hole Championship at gardening, and collecting and refinishing antiques. Mildred supported the Albrecht Museum, the Democratic Party, the Ladies of Charity, the Altar Society, the Soup Kitchen, the Historical Society and the Missouri Repratory Theatre. Born in St.
Joseph on February 11, 1911, she was the daughter of the late David and Frances Giller, who both died when she was six. Mildred then lived with Clara Marie Kneib and her parents Ida and Gus Gerteisen in St. Joseph and Nodaway for several years and with her sister, Anna Giller, and Roberta Reece Tinley and family. Later Mildred and were reunited with their brother, John Giller, in St. Joseph.
Mildred finished elementary school at St. Francis and attended The Convent of the Sacred Heart. Mildred graduated from Gart's Business College and became the Executive Secretary of the Boy Scouts, also directing the Summer Camp for the Girl Scouts. She is preceded in death by her sister Anna, brother, John and her husband of 53 years, Clovis, who died in 1992. Survivors include two daughters, Mary Ann Clark of Boulder, Colorado, Connie Friesen Colorado, and a son, Robert C.
McWilliams of Lawrence, Kansas. Grandchildren include Amy McKinley and Andy Clark, Laura, Betsy, Katie and Rick Friesen, Emily McWilliams, and two nieces, Rita Moriarty and Kathleen Marke. Pallbearers are Andy Clark, Robert and Rick Friesen, Craig McKinley, Andrew Glaze, John Yancey, Harold Morrison and Kenneth McWilliams. Meierhoffer-Fleeman Funeral Home is serving the family of Mildred McWilliams. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to St.
Joseph's Cathedral Altar Society (519 North 10th Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501), Hands of Hope Hospice (Heartland Health Systems, 416 North 7th Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501) or the Alzheimer's Association, Northwest Missouri Chapter, 801 Faraon, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501). The Family will receive friends 7:00 to 8:30 P.M.
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