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I fw mm m.m THE COURIEP-JOURNAL DEATHS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 1, 1999 D5 LOUISVILLE-AREA DEATHS Croatian President Tudjman dies LOUISVILLE Rose Ann Augustine, 77 William N. "Bill" Barfield, 70 Lillian Angela Ben, 64 Louis J. Butler, 81 Hershel "Hutt" Cave, 88 Llndell Wayne Cisney, 91 L. Wayne DeVore 18 John Elmer Dhonau, 84 Johnie Wilson Downey 63 Glenn E. Duhs, 68 Ellen Thomas Dunbar, 69 Bobby Joe Edwards, 38 Amanda Breanna Danielle Embry, 5, (Story, Page B4) Mary Forewright, 74 William Goodall Hilda Mae Sherer Green, 83, (Story, Page B3) James "Jamie" Harris, 25 Charles Kennedy, 64 John Arthur Lang, 94 Florence Lebby, 78 Leonard Kenneth Lewis, 62 Shelby E.

"Mac" 90 Sarah Alma Morris, 90 Bob Howard Parham, 59 Dorothy Lillian Peak, 91 Frank Ellsworth Schiele, 80 Mary Elizabeth Schmidt, 94 Helen E. Seewer, 86 Ruby J. Steinauer, 80 Joseph Thompson, 74 Vivian D. Weigel Donald G. Wilkerson, 69 CORRECTED OBITUARIES Zelma Nunn Hacker, 90 Dolores Hayko, 75 Helen Maxlne Walton, 70 Indiana deaths, Page B3 where she worked 33 years; and a member of Telephone Pioneers and St.

John Evangelical Church. Survivors: her husband, Edwin W. Weigel, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday, Ratterman's, 3711 Lexington Road.

Burial: Cave Hill. Visitation: 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday. Donald G. Wilkerson, 69, of Crestwood, died Wednesday at Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

He was a native of Chicago, a retired upholsterer, and a Navy and Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Survivors: sons Ronald and Richard Wilkerson; a daughter, Madena Porter; brothers J.D., Benny L. and Roy T. Wilkerson; a sister, Georgia Richardson; and six grandchildren. The body will be cremated.

A graveside service will be Tuesday at Lebanon National Cemetery, Marion County. Arrangements: Mullineaux, New Albany, Ind. CORRECTED OBITUARIES Zelma Nunn Hacker, 90, died Dec. 1 at Baptist Hospital East. She was a volunteer for Butler High School and Camden Christian Church.

Survivors: a son, Bill L. Hacker and two grandsons. Funeral: 11 a.m. Dec. 18, Ratterman's, 3711 Lexington Road.

Burial: Valhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloom-ington, Ind. Visitation: after 10 a.m. Saturday. Memorial gifts: charity. Dolores Hayko, 75, died Thursday at Norton Audubon Hospital.

She was the former Dolores Berger and former owner of the old White Cottage Restaurant. Survivors: sons Richard Joseph C. and James G. Hayko; daughters Diane Campisano, Betty Allen and Jackie Pecaro; brothers Maurice and Billy Berger; 24 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Monday, Bosse, Barret and Ellison avenues. Burial: Calvary. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday.

Memorial gifts: American Diabetes Association. Helen Maxlne Walton, 70, died Thursday at Caritas Medical Center. She was the former Helen Maxine Renner and a member of St. Denis Catholic Church. Survivors: her husband, Bob Walton; a son, Robert K.

Walton; daughters Marilyn A. Nichols, Wanda L. Wheatley, Debra J. Moore, Karen M. Alcorn, Carol L.

Williams, Victoria L. Maloney and Cathy Kramer; a broth Memorial service: 11 a.m. Monday, Pearson-Ratterman 12900 Shel-byville Road. Memorial gifts: Disabled American Veterans or charity. Mary Elizabeth Schmidt, 94, died Friday at Baptist Hospital East.

She was the former Mary Hill and a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Survivors: daughters Mary Jane Schmidt, Virginia S. Cleveland and Marylee Eckland; a son, William A. Schmidt; a sister, Hanna Hahlen; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Monday, her church, 3345 Lexington Road. Burial: Cave Hill. Visitation: Ratterman's, 3711 Lexington Road, 3-8 p.m. Sunday. Memorial Gifts: Mass of the Air.

Helen E. Seewer, 86, died Friday at Hurstbourne Care Centre at Stony Brook. She was a retired buyer for the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Co. and a member of Immanuel Church of Christ. Survivors: nieces Jodie Mooser and Carol E.

Seewer; and two great-nephews, Matthew and Bradley Mooser. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday, Highlands, 3331 Taylorsville Road. Burial: Calvary. Visitation: 2-9 p.m.

Sunday. Memorial gifts: her church. Ruby J. Steinauer, 80, formerly of The 800 apartments, died Thursday at Hospice of Louisville's inpatient unit at Norton Healthcare Pavilion. She was a retired secretary for the U.S.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and a member of Calvary Episcopal Church. Survivors: several cousins. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday, her church, 821 S. Fourth Street.

Burial: Cave Hill. Visitation: Arch L. Heady Son, 1201 E. Oak noon-8 p.m. Sunday.

Joseph Thompson, 74, died Thursday at Hospice of Louisville's inpatient unit at Norton Healthcare Pavilion. He was a distribution agent for Ashland Oil Co. and a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors: his wife, the former Dorothy Reinhardt; a daughter, Angel Smedley; sons Mil, Kevin and Bart Thompson; a sister, Jane Carolyn Siegwald; and six grandchildren. Funeral: 7 p.m.

Sunday, Epiphany Catholic Church, 914 Old Harrods Creek Road. Entombment: Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation: Keenan's, 4724 Dixie Highway, 2-9 p.m. Saturday, and at the church after 5 p.m. Sunday.

Memorial gifts: National World War II Memorial Fund, 2300 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 501, Arlington, Va. 22201; or Hospice of Louisville. Vivian D. Weigel died Friday at her home.

She was the former Vivian DeVore, a retired supervisor and operator for the old South Central Bell Telephone Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia President Franjo Tudjman, who led his country to independence from former Yugoslavia but was assailed for nationalist policies that helped fuel the war in Bosnia, has died, state television announced today. The announcement did not specify the cause of death for the 77-year-old leader, who has been hospitalized since emergency intestinal surgery Nov. 1. "The big heart of President Franjo Tudjman ceased to beat," Parliament speaker Vlatko Pavletic said on tele-vision. The constitution calls for Pavletic, who has been filling in for.

Tudjman, to become the next presi- dent. Tudjman leaves a mixed legacy. Once the youngest generaiin Com-munist-led Yugoslavia's army, he be- came the first president of independ- ent Croatia, revered by many Croats for establishing statehood in 1991. But he displayed a disregard for democracy, a strong dislike of Muslims and Serbs and a lust for power and Croat nationalism that led him to, suppress dissent and opposition. In striving to create an ethnically pure Croatia and to control the Croat part of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tudjman took actions that contributed to the 3'2-year war in Bosnia.

Yet unlike his Yugoslav counter- art, Slobodan Milosevic, he achieved is principal goals an independent Croatia bordered by a weakened Bos- nian neighbor without incurring the severe international condemna- '-tion. Tudjman retained his virtual one- man rule to the end despite a reputa-I tion for corruption, cronyism and in- efficiency that plagued his ruling. Croatian Democratic Union. Tudjman's popularity steadily faded in his final years, with most I Croats more impoverished than at the start of his tenure. At the same time, his rule created a new elite mostly his associates and favorite! businessmen, rumored to have gotten rich through unorthodox, it not illegal, means.

The government introduced a free market and controlled inflation, but critics say corruption eroded the economy. While pledging democracy, Tudjman in fact imposed one-man rule. Tudjman is survived by his wife Ankica, a daughter and two sons. (502) 897-6551 I Will rrrmfir ft Gray, Stephanie A. Holmes, Adrienne E.

Kennedy and Alison R. Speller; sons Kevin D. Sr. and Charles D. Kennedy his mother, Pearl Smith; sisters Lavan Dickey and Lula Clenden-ing; brothers James Kennedy, John Tapscott and Richard Smith; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday, A.D. Porter Sons, 1300 W. Chestnut St, Burial: Louisville Cemetery. Visitation: 6- 9 p.m.

Sunday. John Arthur Lang, 94, formerly of Louisville, died Monday at Hospice Care Center in Lexington. He was a Merchant Marine, an Army veteran of World War II, a Mason and a member of American Legion. There will be a private funeral and burial. Arrangements: Kerr Bros.

Funeral Home, Lexington. Memorial gifts: Pine Meadows Health Care recreation and activities department, 1608 Hill Rise Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40504. Florence Lebby, 78, died Thursday at Norton Suburban Hospital. Survivor: a cousin, Ruth Schwartz.

A graveside service was Friday at Cave Hill. Arrangements: Highlands. Leonard Kenneth Lewis, 62, died Nov. 29 at his home. He was a former day-care worker for the elderly.

Survivors: a daughter, Shelia Lewis; sons Glenn J. and Kenneth L. Lewis; a brother, Joseph B. Lewis; a sister, Doris Hudson; and four grandchildren. A private graveside service will be Tuesday.

Arrangements: Commonwealth-Stony Brook. Shelby E. "Mac" McClaskey, 90, of 2624 W. Madison died Tuesday at Norton Hospital. He was a native of Madison, a retired employee of Louisville Gas Electric a former employee of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and an Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors: his wife, the former Nellie E. Stills; stepdaughters Helen A. Harris and Wanda L. Drane; stepsons James Elsworth Ray Lester R. and Marvin C.

Williams; 21 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and 25 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday, Green Street Baptist Church, 519 E. Gray St. Burial: Louisville Cemetery.

Visitation: G.C. Williams, 1935 W. Broadway, 6-9 p.m. Sunday; The location of the funeral for Sarah Alma Morris, 90, has changed to Buckner Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Monday.

Burial: Louisville Memorial Gardens East. Visitation: Arch L. Heady Radcliffe, La 4-9 p.m. Saturday and p.m. Sunday.

She died Thursday. Bob Howard Parham, 59, of Bullitt County, died Thursday at his home. He was a self-employed automobile paint and body repairman, a drag racer, and a member of National Hot Road Association and Rolling Hill Baptist Church in Bullitt County. Survivors: his wife, the former Katie Howard; a daughter, Sherri Durall; a stepdaughter, Lori Reed; a son, Jeff Parham; stepsons John, Darrin and Neal Powell; and 10 grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Monday, Schop-penhorst-Neurath Brooks, Preston Highway and Brooks Road. Burial: Brookland Cemetery. Visitation: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville.

Dorothy Lillian Peak, 91, died Friday at Northfield Centre for Health Rehabilitation. She was the former Dorothy Lillian Oliver and a retired employee of Bluebird Bakery. Survivors: her husband, Edward J. Peak; sons Norman Gary Lee and Donald E. Age; a daughter, Anna Lee McDonald; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday, Bosse, Barret and Ellison avenues. Burial: St. Michael Cemetery. Visitation: 1-9 p.m.

Sunday. Frank Ellsworth Schiele, 80, died Thursday at Baptist Hospital East. He was a native of Chicago, a retired salesman for Joanna-Western Mills and an Army veteran of World Warll. Survivors: his wife, the former Marian Bollenbach; daughters Carole R. King and Barbara G.

Weatherly; a sister, Marion Moak; and three grandchildren. KENTUCKY DEATHS ALBANY The Rev. Noble Copeland, 59 BARBOURVILLE Ora Ramsey Buchanan, 91 Eula We9t Davis, 78 BEAVER DAM Clara C. Lough, 89 BENTON Hazel Park, 91 BLOOMFIELD Robert Jeff Calvert, 71; Elbert Richardson, 90 BOONEVILLE Viola Campbell Burns, 86 BOWLING GREEN Loyal O. Buchanan, 86 BURKESVILLE Douglas Gene Davis, 41 CADIZ Gayron Howard Lee, 58; Gladys Marie Williamson, 88 CAMPBELLSVILLE Mary Francis "Frankie" Cox, 60 CLOVERPORT Jesse E.

"Sambo" Horsly, 90 CUNNINGHAM Frances Clark, 81 DAWSON SPRINGS Estella L. Adams, 87 ELIZABETHTOWN Delores Jay Hesler, 59 ENGLE Mae Campbell, 85 FRANKFORT Barbara Ann Fain Grubbs, 57 FRANKLIN Ruby Gamble, 69; Mary Ann Redferin, 62 GREENSBURG Everett Berry, 77 HARDINSBURG Conrad Lee Taylor, 80 HINDMAN Ivan HODGENVILLE Edna Mae Druien, 92 HOPKINSVILLE Kathy Marie Cansler, 48; Douglas Lee Craft, 71; Ethel Williams, 93 IRVINE Elizabeth Stepp Hisle, 83 LEBANON Lou Celia "Peggy" Bright, 58 LIBERTY Lillian Cochran, 80 MAGNOLIA David Michael Brewer 16; James Rexford Vetter, 65 MANCHESTER John Curry, 78; George M. Felty, 87 MURRAY Samuel Galbraith, 65 PADUCAH Calvin Byerley, 72; Donald Schmidt; Melvin Simon, 77 PIKEVILLE Clinton Belcher, 57 PRINCETON Wayne McGriegor, 59 SCOTTSVILLE Billy Joe Pearson, 41 UPTON Janice Lee Hornback, 68 VINE GROVE Mildred Jane Jennett, 67 WAYNESBURQ Bradley G. Adams, 82 WEST LIBERTY Lee Roy Barker, 72; Lenvll Holbrook, 82 Rose Ann Augustine, 77, died Thursday at Western State Nursing Facility in Hopkinsville. She was the former Rose Ann Logsdon and a native of Louisville.

Survivors: her husband, John R. Augustine; daughters Marie A. Augustine-; Kathy J. Crawford and Jeanette A. Carter; sons John ML, Tim Kenneth Richard L.

and Robert M. Augustine; a sister, Charolette Mosley; 18 grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Helen Cathdlk Church, 4005 Dixie Burial: Highland Memory Mount Washington.

Visitation: J.B. Ratterman Sons-Southwest, 2-5 p.nii'and 7-9 p.m. Sunday. Memorial gifts: Catholic Masses. William N.

"Bill" Barfield, 70, died Friday at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He, was a former employee of Master Maintenance an Army veteran '6)f, World War II and a member of Am(rcan Legion Post 193. Suryjvors: his wife, former Carolyn Burfiiss; a daughter, Karen L. Baize; and five grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Tuesday, St. Cecilia Catholic Church, 338 N. 25th St. Burial:" Highland Memory Gardens, Mount Washington. Visitation: J.B.

Ratterman Sons-Portland, 2114 W. 2-9 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Lillian Angela Ben, 64, of 5011 Yew Lane, died Thursday at Jewish Hospital. She was a native of Birmingham, Ala.

Survivors: daughters Debra Ben, and Denise Dick-ersqiv sons Derrick and Timothy Ben; sisters Ellie Mae Fletcher, Betty Hammond: arid Nettie Carter; 12 two great-grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday, St. Church. Burial: Green Meadows Memorial.

Visitation: G.C. Williams, 1935 W. Broadway, 7-9 p.m. Louis J. Butler, 81, died Thursday at Ffospice of Louisville's inpatient unit at Norton Healthcare Pavilion.

He was a retired employee of the old 'International Harvester Co. and member of Screaming Eagles Motorcycle Club. Survivors: his wife, Margaret Butler; a daughter, Marguerite Chandler; rwa grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday, G.C.

Wil-liarasvl935 W. Broadway. Burial: Louisville Cemetery. Visitation: 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday.

Hershel "Hutt" Cave, 88, of Calais died Thursday at Norton Audubon Hospital. a retired farmer. Survivors: a daughter, Shirley Slater; sisters Lula Maurin and Dorothy Burbam; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral: 3 p.m. Sunday, Parrott Rarrisey Funeral Home, Campbells-viM'' Burial: Brookside Cemetery, Carripbellsville.

Visitation: after 5 p.m. Saturday. Llndell Wayne Cisney, 91, formerly of Louisville, died Friday at Muhlenberg County in Greenville. He was a native of Rosewood; a forntoemployee of U.S. Department of Commerce and Treasury, U.S.

Postal Service, Internal Revenue Service and the old Woodward Hobson lawijirm; former chairman of the boards of First State Bank of Greenville Muhlenberg County Industrial Development Greenville Board of Education and Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah; former president of Kiwanis Club in Greenville; and a member of Rizpah Shrine and First Baptist Church, both in Greenville. Survivors: his wife, the former Frances Knight; a daughter, Martha Sue1 Cisney; sons Lindell Wayne Jr. and Lucien T. Cisney; a sister, Grace Brown; and four grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m.

Sunday, his church. Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville. Visitation: Gary's Funeral Home, 5-8 p.m. Saturday. Memorial gifts: his church's building fund.

L. Wayne OeVore 18, of south Louisville, died Thursday at his home. He was an employee of Riverside Parking and attended Valley View Baptist Church. Survivors: his mother, Cheryl De-Vore; his father, Larry W. DeVore a brother, Scott DeVore; and grandparents Betty DeVore, Maureen Richardson and Carl Mills.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday, Arch L. Heady Southern, 3601 Taylor Blvd. Burial: Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation: 5-8 p.m.

Saturday and noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Memorial gifts: the family, co the funeral home. John Elmer Dhonau, 84, of Mount Washington, died Friday at BahtistIospital East. He was a native of Rome, a retired repairman for General Electric Coc, an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars- Post 5710 in Shepherdsville, Masonic Lodge 623 in Tell City, and United Methodist Church of Can-nelton, Ind.

Survivors; his wife, the former Louise Richardson; a stepson, Terry Payne; a stepdaughter, Linda Wise; a sister, tva Buscn; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday, McFar-land-Troutman-Proffitt, Mount Washington. Entombment: Highland Memory Gardens, Mount Washington. Visitation: noon-9 p.m.

Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday, Memorial gifts: American Diabetes or Heart associations. Johnle Wilson Downey 63, died Thursday at his home. He was a native of Frankfort, a retired quality controller for General Electric a Navy veteran and a member of Summit Heights United Methodist Church. Survivors: his wife, the former Martha Daniel; sons Johnie W.

David and Gregory E. Downey; er, Richard Renner; a sister, Geral-dine Decker; 21 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, her church, 4205 Cane Run Road. Burial: Calvary.

Visitation: J.B. Ratterman Son-Southwest, 4832 Cane Run Road, after 10 a.m. Saturday. r-1 nn ft gMPPQ ice LOij1" Dwofli ddqsdgq daughters Susan G. Sidebottom and Jennifer E.

Brentlinger; a brother, William M. Downey a sister, De-lois Fonseca; and eight grandchildren. Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Monday, Rest-haven, 4400 Bardstown Road. Burial: Resthaven Memorial.

Visitation: 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Memorial gifts: Kosair Children's Hospital. Glenn E. Duhs, 68, of Peoria, 111., formerly of Louisville, died Wednesday in Cleveland.

He was a native of Farmington, 111., a former owner of Parkway Southern an Air Force veteran, past president of Legion of Mary in Peoria and a member of St. Philomena Catholic Church in Peoria. Survivors: his wife, the former Margaret L. Craig; a son, Craig Duhs; daughters Kathryn and Patricia Ber-linger; sisters Barbara Humphrey and Beverly Nutter; a brother, Walter Duhs; and seven grandchildren. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m.

Monday, his church. Entombment: American Mausoleum, Peoria. Visitation; Wright Salmon Mortuary, Peoria, 6-8 p.m. Sunday. Memorial gifts: his church's school endowment fund.

Ellen Thomas Dunbar, 69, of Glenview, died Friday at her home. She was a former member of the boards of Old Vermont American Spalding University, Kentucky Country Day School and The Honey Locust Foundation, and a member of Dennison University Alumni Association, Pendennis Club and Second Presbyterian Church. Survivors: daughters Martha D. Hall, Laura J. Dunbar and Sarah D.

Parker; sons Wallace H. Jr. and Thomas E. Dunbar; a brother, Lee B. Thomas a sister, Susan T.

Mahan; and five grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday, her church, 3701 Old Brownsboro Road. Burial: Cave Hill. Visitation: Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane, 3-7 p.m.

Monday. Memorial gifts: Spalding University-Bobby Joe Edwards, 38, died Friday at his home. He was an associate at Community Based Program Options for Individuals. Survivors: his father, Virgil Edwards; his mother, Shirley C. Mudd; and a brother, Randy L.

Edwards. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday, Highlands, 3331 Taylorsville Road. Burial: Pennsylvania Run Cemetery. Visitation: 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Sunday. Mary Forewright, 74, died Friday at a daughter's home. She was a native of Belleville, 111., and a Baptist. Survivors: her husband, Joseph D. Forewright daughters Patricia Bratcher and Margaret Burton; sons, Roy Bratcher, Joseph Forewright John T.

Duncan and Gyle Williams; brothers Sam and Jim Shoemaker; 11 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday, Arch L. Heady Okolona, 8519 Preston Highway. Burial: Bethany Memorial.

Visitation: 1-9 p.m. Sunday. William Goodall, formerly of Louisville, died Dec. 4 in Greensboro, N.C. Survivors: his wife, Novia Goodall; a daughter, Daphne M.

Goodall; and a sister, Mary Nielsen. There will be no funeral. Arrangements: Woodard Funeral Home, Greensboro. The burial for James "Jamie" Harris, 25, has been changed to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Lebanon Junction. He died Wednesday.

Funeral: 3 p.m. Saturday, Howell-Jessie, Hillview. Charles Kennedy, 64, died Thursday at Norton Audubon Hospital. He was a native of Columbia, and a retired dispatcher for Winn-Dixie Food Stores. Survivors: his wife, Alberta Hagan Kennedy; daughters Jacqueline rrmcn run JU mm JIM mm When you purchase the daily or Sunday Courier-Journal YrarTYii7 at a local participating McDonald's location, A (ME? A a minimum of 120 will be donated to The Ronald McDonald House Charities! fuisiuMuuruuiu.