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Sentinel Star, Wednesday, January 7, 1981 Obituaries Deaths elsewhere Suspect in Nevada slayings jailed in DeFuniak Springs LA JOLLA, Calif. Harold C. Urey, 87, Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose work was instrumental in making the first hydrogen bomb, died early Tuesday. In 1932, Urey discovered deuterium, or heavy hydrogen. During World War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb.

An Indiana farm boy whose father died when he was 6, Urey receiyed a doctorate at the University of Cali fornia ai cerKeiey ai me age of 30, discovered deuterium at the age of 38, received the Nobel Prize at 41 and was awarded the Priestley Award, highest honor of the American Chemical Society, the age of 80. Urey received more than 30 medals and awards from governments, scholarly societies and scientific organizations throughout the world, along with 16 honorary degrees from U.S. universities and ed for hitchhiking Sunday evening after he jumped atop a passing car on Interstate 10 in the Florida Panhandle. The car, driven by an elderly pie, had slowed to avoids striking the man and he leaped onto the vehicle's roof, grasping the luggage rack and shouting obscenities, Glass said. Another motorist called police.

The man was still clinging to the car when Glass arrived. When he refused to sign the tick-, et Glass wrote, he was taken to the county jail, where he gave police three different names and Social Security numbers. "I knew I had something other than just a hitchhiker," the trooper said. Besides Rogers, he gave his name as Mark Joseph Hayduck and Te-Pee Fox, officials said. The name Rogers connected with the warrants in the National Crime Information Center computer, although police aren't sure it's the suspect's real name.

Miner Emery Strode, 71; his wife Mary, 72, and daughter Meriam Treadwell, 41, were shot and stabbed to death at their remote Majuba Canyon mining camp on Dec. 2, officials in Nevada said. Not long after the murders, a group of miners said they were fired upon by someone driving the victims' truck. Officials said they believed several firearms were stolen from the Strode home. Pershing County District Attorney Richard Wagner said Rogers was the focus of a manhunt that ranged into Canada, but officials had no idea he had reached Florida.

A "John Doe" warrant listing several aliases was filed soon after the killings. "We were hot on his trail," Wagner said. The truck turned up in Bellingham, and Canadian authorities said he may have crossed the border. DEFUNIAK SPRINGS The arrest of a California man after a bizzare Incident in which he threw himself onto a passing car has ended a nationwide search, for a man wanted in the murders of a Nevada family, authorities said Tuesday. The suspect, tentatively identified as Mark James Rogers, 23, of Hollywood, was held on $1 million bond Tuesday after Walton County officials discovered he was wanted in the Dec.

2 slayings of a miner, his wife and daughter in Nevada's remote Pershing County. Rogers refused to waive extradition on Monday when officials discovered the murder warrants. He was charged with three open counts of murder, a count of attempted murder in a separate shooting and a count of grand larceny in the theft of the murder victims' truck. Florida Highway Patrol Trooper W.E. Glass said Rogers was arrest Harold Urey nine in other countries.

Mrs. Mildred J. Seal, 61, 821 Hickory Palm Bay, died Monday. Born in Rogersville, she moved to Palm Bay from Clewiston in 1977. She was a housewife and a Baptist.

Survivors: husband, Wright' C. daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Latham, New Smyrna Beach; son, Wright C. Melbourne; and five grandchildren. South Brevard Funeral Home, Mr.

Kenneth Fishel, 58, 648 Plum Grove Road, Melbourne, died Sunday. Born in Apollo, he moved to Melbourne from Bristol, in 1975. He was a former U.S. Steel employee and a Protestant. Survivors: wife, Mary Jane; sons, Douglas, Jacksonville and David K.

Fishel, Lewisberry, daughter, Mrs. Donna Lewis, Phoenix, father, Harry Melbourne; brother, James Melbourne; sister, Ms. Mary Margaret Fishel, Philadelphia, and nine grandchildren. Brownlie and Maxwell Funeral Home of Melbourne. Mrs.

Iva Striffler, 77, 61 16 Isla West Melbourne, died Saturday. Born in Hawk Runn, she moved to West Melbourne from Sewickley, in 1968. She was a housewife and a registered nurse. She was a Protestant and a life member of Sewickley Valley Hospital Alumni Association. Survivors: sons, William Jr.

and Jack, Sewickley, daughters, Mrs. Margaret Kopp, Melbourne and Mrs. Lillian Oliphant, Aliquip-pa, 21 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Brownlie and Maxwell Funeral Home of Melbourne. Miss Deanna Joyce Boykin, 20, 2850 N.

Powers Drive, Orlando died Friday. Bom in Melbourne, she moved to Orlando from Melbourne. She was a sales-clerk and a Baptist. Survivors: parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Nathan J. Boykin, Orlando; brothers, Danny, David and Richard Simpson, Jimmy, Charles and Donald Boykin, all of Orlando; sisters, Ms. Debbie Brooks, and Miss Vita Boykin, Orlando; maternal grandmother, Mrs. George Redding, Melbourne and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Bulah Boykin, Butler, Ala.

Brownlie and Maxwell Funeral Home, Melbourne. Mrs. Grace D. Sethares, 90, 505 Coral Drive, Melbourne died Friday. Born in Samos, Greece, she moved to Melbourne from Hyannis, in 1979.

She was a homemaker and a member of the St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Hyannis. Survivors: daughters, Ms. Athena Whitman, Melbourne and Ms. Penelope Jacobson, Hyannis; sons, Paul, James and Andrew Sethares, all of Hyannis; 21 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; and a sister out of and Maxwell Funeral Home of Melbourne.

Mr. Steven Ward Hutton, 25, 1018 SW Audubon Palm Bay, died Friday. Born in Elmira, N.Y., he moved to Palm Bay from there in 1969. He was em THIS AD SAVE 50cJ is your Saturday guide to gardening. Where Your World Unfolds Sentinel Star An expert on the moon, he was one of six scientists commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to analyze lunar samples from the Apollo flights.

He was a consultant for the Viking mission to Mars. 1 In 1945-52, he developed techniques for estimating variations in the earth's climates through the geological ages. He was credited by many with the first theoretical explanation of the chemical nature of the origin of the solar system. NASA honored Urey "for pioneering cosmoche-mistry theories of the origin and history of the moon, the meteorites and the planets and for major experimental contributions to the theories of the origin of life on earth and lsewhere in the universe." TORONTO Edward Arunah Dunlop 61, a decorated war hero who overcame blindness to pursue successful careers in public service and newspaper publishing, died Tuesday from complications of esophageal cancer. Awarded the Order of the British Empire for World War II service, Dunlop was also awarded the George Medal for a heroic attempt to protect other soldiers by shielding them with his body from a live grenade.

The accident claimed his sight and part of his right hand. For the past nine years he took a leadership role with the Toronto Sun Publishing Corp. acting as its president since the tabloid emerged in 1971. He also was a director of United Press Canada. In 1963 he was elected to the Ontario Legislature as a Progressive-Conservative, serving for eight years.

LONDON Sir James Martin, 87, inventor of the aircraft ejection seat, died Monday. Sir James had been managing director and chief designer of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd. since its formation in 1934. He invented the Martin-Baker rocket ejection seat in 1944 and tested it on July 24, 1946, when a pilot landed uninjured after ejecting at a speed of 320 miles an hour at an altitude of 8,000 feet.

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and Mrs. Robert G. Hutton, Palm Bay; brothers, Scott Keith Daniel and David K. Hutton, all of Palm Bay; sisters, Miss Soinia R. and Robin K.

Palm Bay; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Kathleen Brown, Palm Bay; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Dorothy L. Hutton, Azusa, Calif. Brownlie and Maxwell Funeral Home, Melbourne.

Mr. W. Walter Roberts, 80, 831 N. Lakeshore Lake Wales, died Monday. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Lake Wales from Vero Beach in 1980.

He was a retired railroad conductor, member of the United Methodist Church and veteran of World War I. Survivors: wife, Ruth; daughters, Mrs. Lois Stafford, Lake Wales, Mrs. Jo Ann, Allen, Richmond, Mrs. Mary Jean Kazee, Cincinnati; sisters, Mrs.

Rachel Gearhart, Louisville, Mrs. Olga Conn, Frankfort, eight grandchildren. Marion Nelson Funeral Home, Lake Wales. Mr. Robert E.

Robillard, 86, 3417 U. S. Highway 27 Lake Wales, died Monday. Born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., he moved to Lake Wales from Middletown, Ohio, in 1974. He was a retired rigger, member of First Church of God in Sebring and veteran of World War I.

Survivors: sons, George, Lake Wales, Robert, Middletown; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Marion Nelson Funeral Home, Lake Wales. Mr. Leonard Farrar, 73, 613 Poinettia Road, Auburn-dale, died Monday. Born in Canada, he moved to Au-burndale from Virginia in 1977.

He was a retired air conditioning engineer, Mason and attended Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors: wife, Yvette; daughter, Mrs. Kietha Schrettner, Tapan, N.Y.; stepdaughters, Mrs. Celine Wilson, Lynchburg, Mrs. Helen Pelco and Mrs.

Julia Kuhernac, Long Island, N.Y.; stepson, Edward Joubert, Plantation; two brothers; five sisters; 17 grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Kersey Funeral Home, Auburndale. Mrs. Frances Louizos, 63, 915 S. Park Titus-ville, died Monday.

Born in Chicago, she moved to Ti-tusville from New Port Richey in 1969. She was a homemaker and Greek Orthodox. Survivors: husband, Nicholaos; son, George, Titusville; brother, Theodore Vanias, Chicago; sisters, Mrs. Nancy Lighori, Mrs. Bessie Boulahanis, Mrs.

Connie Poulas, Mrs. Evelyn Minnescalo, all of Chicago; two grandchildren. Brevard Funeral Home North, Titusville. Mr. Fernand D.

Haas, 76, Angora Deltona, died Saturday. Born in Lewiston, Maine, he moved to Deltona in 1971 from Fort Lauderdale where he lived for 1 1 years. He was a meatcutter. He was a member of Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, Deltona; Elks Lodge, and the Knights of Columbus, both of Lewis-ton. Survivors: wife, Mildred; son, Martin, Titusville; brothers, Farto, Fort Lauderdale; one granddaughter.

Stephen Baldauff Funeral Home, Deltona. Mr. Joseph H. Stevens, 29, 210 Knox McRae Drive, Titusville, died Monday. Born in Baltimore, he moved to Titusville from Alexander, in 1967.

He was employed at the Juvenile Detention Center of Brevard and a Catholic. Survivors: mother, Mrs. Marian Stevens, Titusville; father, Joseph Alexander, maternal grandmoher, Mrs. Meva L. Ervin, Blimore; brother, Herschel Lee, New Orleans, sister, Mrs.

Sandra L. Quinn, Titusville. Brevard Funeral Home North, Titusville. ITT'' BIGELOW, MR. PHELPS EDWARD SR.

Funeral services for Mr. Phelps Bigeiow. 84, of 10007 Encmo Way. Orlando, who passed away Monday, will be held 2 00 Thursday from Garden Chapel with Rev. C.

D. Wallace. Pastor of Lockhart Church of the Nazarene. officiating Interment will follow tn Highland Memory Gardens Visitation will be Wednesday 2 00 to 4 00 and 7 00 to 9 00 P.M. at the Funeral Home Arrangements are under the direction of Garden Chapel Homes for Funerals.

600 Wilkinson St at N. Orange SHILLING, MR. OR MONO JEROME (BUI) Funea! services for Mr. Shilling will be Thursday at 10 00 A M. in the Chepel of the W.

GUY BLACK HOME FOR FUNERALS with interment to follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park. The Rev. Dr. Charles A. Epperson, First Alliance Church, will officiate Mr Shilling will lie in state Wednesday from 2:00 to 9 00 Those desiring may make memorial contributions to Alliance Missions, co First Alliance Church, Orlando.

BUTT, MR. CLYDE PEEL Funeral services for Mr. Clyde Peel Butt. 80. former resident of Clermont, who died Sunday, will be held Wednesday 2 30 P.M.

in the Kurfiss Funeral Chapel with Rev. Dale Harward officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. KURFISS FUNERAL CHAPEL, Clermont, in charge of arrangements. LOWE, MR.

HORACE EDWARD Funeral services for Mr. Horace E. Lowe. 68, of Kissimmee, will be held at 200 P.M. Thursday from the Gnssom Chapel with the Rev.

Jimmy Franka officiating. Master Masons will serve as casketbearers and Masonic Ritual will be conducted at Rose Hill Cemetery GRISSOM FUNERAL HOME. Kissimmee, in charge ol arrangements. RIPPEV, MRS. JONIBEL POWELL Funeral services tor Mrs.

Rippey, widow of Kermit D. Rippey. who died Monday morning in Tampa, will be 2 00 M. Wednesday in the Chapel of B. Marion Reed Funeral Home, Tampa.

Private family graveside services will follow at Mynie Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. Honor-, ary pallbearers will be the elders and trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Tampa. Mrs. Rippey was born in Jennings, Fla and came to Tampa in 1945. She was active in the First Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by daughters, Mrs. Roger Austin, Jr (Sally) of Jacksonville, Mrs. William H. Clark. (Nepsy) of Dunedin and Mrs.

James S. Whitehead, (Carol) of Boca Raton and 6 grandchildren, Roger, Patti and Douglass Austin, David and Douglass Clark and Courtney Whitehead. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Tampa Radio Fund or the Metropolitan Ministries of Tampa. B. MARION REED Tampa, In charge.

REAGAN, MR. 8EDGIC Funeral services for Mr. G. Tom Reagan. 80, of Lake Mary, who died Tuesday, will be held at 2 00 PM.

Thursday in the Gramkow Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Boggs officiating. Interment will be in Oakiawn Memorial Park GRAMKOW FUNERAL HOME, Sanford, In charge. ROBERTS, PHILLIP ADELE SR. Memorial aervices for Phillip Adele Roberta, Sr.

will be 10 00 A Wednesday at Powera Drive Baptist Church. Funeral services will be 4 00 P.M. in Rock Sink Baptist Church, Old Town, Florida. GOODING FUNERAL HOME, Cross City, Florida, la in charge of arrangements. MORTON, MRS.

RUTH Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Monon, 87. ol 6659 Ourango Ct who passed away Sunday, will hia Wednesday 2 00 at the Pine Castle Memorial Chapel with Rev Bill Nelson officiating Interment wilt follow at Osceola Memory Gardens. Mrs. Morton was a native of Blue Rapids, Kansas, and had been a local resident since 1969.

She was a member of Sky Lake Park Church. Visitation will be Wednesday 2 30 to 9 00 Arrangements by PINE CASTLE MEMORIAL CHAPEL FUNERAL HOME. 5800 Hansel Orlando. 655-5800. GARRETT, MR.

REGINALD G. SR. Funeral services tor Mr. Reginald Garrett. Sr.

will be held Thursday at 11 00 A M. in the Chapel the Colonial Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Harrison officiating. Interment will follow at Oakiawn Memorial Park in Sanford, Florida Friends may call at the Funeral Home on Wednesday from 7 00 to 9 00 PM COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME. A Guardian Plan Chapel, 2811 Curry Ford Road, is in charge of arrangements.

WARREN. MR. JOSEPH I. Funeral services for Mr. Joseph E.

Warren will be Thursday at 10:00 A at Brisson Funeral Home with Rev. Jack Boggs officiating. Eastern Star Service Wednesday 7 30 Brisson Funeral Home. Graveside Masonic services and burial will be in Oakiawn Cemetery. BRISSON FUNERAL HOME, P.A., in charge of arrangements.

IVANOFF, MISS HELEN I. Funeral services tor Miss Helen I. Ivan-off. 74, of Orlando, will be held at 10 00 A M. Thursday Irom the Gnssom Chapel with the Rev.

Luther Swanson officiating. Interment to follow in Osceola Memory Gardens GRISSOM FUNERAL HOME. Kissimmee, in charge of arrangements. MILLER. MR.

ROBERT A. (Murf) Funeral services tor Mr. Robert A Miller, 45, of 122 Hayes Sanford. who died Sunday, will be held 9 00 A M. Wednesday at the Gramkow Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev Fr Hugh Boyle officiating Cremation will follow.

GRAMKOW FUNERAL HOME. Sanford, in charge. READING, MRS. EDITH Funeral services tor Mrs. Edith Reading will be held today at Palm Cemetery.

Winter Park. Graveside services will begin at 11 00 A with Fr Francis Gray officiating of Emanuel Episcopal Church. Survivors include daughter. Mrs. Edith Lawson; son-in-law, John Lawson, Providence, Rhode Island.

Arrangements under the direction of COX-PARKER, Winter Park. JOHNSON, MRS. URSIE O. Fnends of Mrs. Ursie G.

Johnson, 90, a resident of Eustis, who passed away Tuesday, may call from 3 00 until 9:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Harden Funeral Home of Eustis to pay their respects. Her remains will be taken to Wauchula Thursday morning for funeral services and interment to be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. Services under the direction ol HARDEN FUNERAL HOME Of Eustis. THACKWELL, MRS.

BILLIE 8 Funeral services tor Mrs. Billie S. Thackwell, 58, of St. Cloud, who died Monday, will be held Thursday at 11:00 A M. in the Chapel of the Conrad Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev.

J. Strack officiating Interment will follow in Rose Mill Cemetery, Kissimmee. Friends may call to pay their respects beginning at 11 00 A M. Wednesday at the Funeral Home. CONRAD ft THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME, Kissimmee, In charge of arrangements.

They cannot read road signs or fill out applications. They are literally prisoners of illiteracy. Even obtaining a driver's license is a major hardship. Many of these people are crying out for help your help. Through the Adult Literacy League; a private non-profit organization, you can become a volunteer tutor.

In workshops conducted by the Adult Literacy League, you will be trained in the Laubach method to teach adults to read and write. Right now there just aren't enough tutors to teach those waiting to learn. The tutor training sessions are currently being organized. i-' Date: Days: Time: Place: January 20, 27 and February 3 Tuesdays 1 pm First Presbyterian Church Room B-5 106 E. Church Street Downtown Orlando $8.50 for materials Fee: 30,000 Central Floridians are counting on you to help.

i Mrs. Katherine Cooper, 87, 111 Eauclair Aburndale, died Monday. Born in Germany, she moved to Auburndale from Apopka in 1979. She was a homemaker and a member of the St. Andrews Catholic Church.

Survivors: Stepsons, Vernon Cooper, Auburndale, Frank Cooper, Sheboygan Falls, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Pine Hills Garden Chapel Home for Funerals, Orlando. oo Adult Literacy League at Valencia Community College Post Office Box, 90 Orlando, Florida 32802 Call 299-5000, ex. 265 for complete details. Equal Opportunity Institution it VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AH Faiths Memorial Park Cemetery-Funeral Home Casselberry DIRECT CREMATION $195 all 331-1910 for details "EACH ONE TEACH ONE" i.

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