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Walter G. Olson, age 74, of Rogers [July 23, 1985]. Survived by wife, LaVerne; son, Jeffrey G.; sister, Faye Seipel, Red Wing. No services.

William C. Bell, 64, of 2352 General Longstreet Drive, Virginia Beach, Va., formerly of Altoona, died Tuesday, July 16, 1985, in Virginia Beach General Hospital, after a heart attack. Mr. Bell retired as a major from the Marine Corps on Feb. 21, 1961, after 18 years’ service. He served during World War II and Korean […]

MATTOON – Vearl R. “Red” Gordy, 63, of Fayetteville, Ark., died at 2 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, 1985 in St. Luke’s Hospital at Bethlehem, Pa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home with Rev. William A. Burroughs officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. Burial will […]

James A. Boettcher, 61, of Rio Rancho died at his home, July 2, 1985. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Philip “Linda” Weidner of Florida, his son, Paul Boettcher of Wisconsin and 3 grandchildren. Mr. Boettcher served in the USMC before his career as a draftsman in the mining industry. He has lived in […]

A funeral Mass for Harry R. Evans Jr., president of Boulevard Motors, will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Providence Church, 8866 Pardee Road, Afton. Burial will be at Resurrection Cemetery. Mr. Evans, 60, of Afton, died of cancer Saturday [June 29, 1985] at Deaconess Hospital. He had been president of […]

Memorial services for Charles “Chuck” J. McTeer, 65, were held June 29 in Oroville Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Pete North of the Trinity Bible Church officiated. Several friends participated in the eulogy including Fran Hemphill of Janesville. McTeer died June 24 [1985] at the Tulelake ranch of Joe and Rhonda Hemphill. He was born […]

Stuart C. Knox, a psychiatrist who founded and for many years led the child guidance clinic at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and who also was chairman or member of many of Los Angeles’ most prestigious mental health and substance abuse committees, is dead. Knox was 80 and died Monday [June 17, 1985] at the center […]

Services were to be held this morning for Frank J. McDevitt, retired Inquirer reporter, former president of the Philadelphia Press Association and decorated Marine Corps veteran of World War II. McDevitt, who died Thursday [May 30, 1985], was 73 and lived in Center City. McDevitt began his newspaper career in 1931 as a copyboy at […]

BENICIA – No funeral services will be held for Robert Connelly, 64, a former Sonoma resident who died Sunday [May 5, 1985] in his Benicia home. Connelly, a native of Oakland, lived in Sonoma for 10 years. He was the retired owner of a picture frame mat cutting business. He is survived by his wife, […]

BUCHANAN – Arthur P. Edward Trapp, 68, of 106 S. Detroit St., Buchanan, died Tuesday [April 23, 1985] at St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend, Ind., following a short illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Swem Funeral Home, Buchanan, where friends may call from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Burial […]