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Thursday, February 14, 1985-Mid-Illinois Newspapers-Records Mattoon police one mile west of Douglas Drive Monday. R. Richard D. Pruitt lost control of this arrested Tuesday Chapin, 21, of 2801 Shelby was vehicle and slid down an embankment. morning Spanky's Tavern on charges of aggravated battery and disorderly conduct.

He is currently Samuel, Paisley, was W. 21, of Yorkville held Coles issued a ticket Sunday following an being in County Jail. accident on Garfield Avenue just east of Food Ninth Street. The other vehicle involved items and change totaling slightly was driven by Kevin E. Smith of less than $20 were reported stolen Tues- Momence.

day morning from Grace's Roast Beef, Piatt. Owner Bill Heath told police James R. Bullock, 31, of Ashmore was entrance was gained through a window. issued a ticket Sunday following an Charleston police accident at Seventh and Polk streets. The E.

other vehicle involved in the collision was Charles Barnes III, 20, of Fithia was driven by John F. Kinney of Monmouth. issued a ticket Monday following a collision on Fourth Street just south of Lincoln Avenue. The other vehicle in- Runner, 33, of 221 N. Sixth volved in the accident was driven by was issued a ticket following a Josephine A.

Neff of Lerna. collision Saturday in the 1300 block of Street. The other vehicle involved in the A motorist sliding on ice was involved accident was driven by Denny D. Rogers in a one car accident on Illinois 16 about of rural Charleston. Hospital Notes Admitted Monday Released Tuesday Darrell Adams, Mattoon Mildred Finley, Charleston Douglas Fox, Neoga Admitted Tuesday Bradley Friese, Strasburg Bradley Hanner, Charleston Linda Babbs, Mattoon Erna Hanner, Mattoon Eva Barkley, Newton Teresa Jones and daughter of CharlesDorothy Bly, Findlay ton Cobble, Charleston Fred Moody, Mattoon Baby Barbara boy Conforti, Charleston Charleston Juanita Ratliff, Gays, Conforti, Rachel Stearns, Charleston Lela Frost, Mattoon, Cheryl VerDeyen and son of Neoga Judith Hutti, Charleston Kenneth Kramer, Effingham Births Tuesday Mary Liek, Mattoon To Robert and Barbara Conforti' of Alice Miller, Toledo Charleston, a boy Jay Richardson, Sullivan To Randy and Diana Huddleston of Terry Schultz, Mattoon Willow Hill, a boy Alice Swickard, Charleston To Mike and Treva Brad of Mattoon, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, a boy Lottery CHICAGO (UPI) The winning number drawn Tuesday in the Illinois State Lottery Daily Game was 132.

The winning Pick-Four number 0568. The LOTTO grand prize stood at $6 million. and two stepgreat-grandchildren. One sister preceded him in death. Mr.

Thompson was a World War II Navy veteran. He was employed by the Nickle Plate Railroad and later Central Illinois Public Service Co. from which he retired in 1972. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Trilla. William Clodfelder MATTOON William E.

"Bill" Clodfelder, 43, of Villa Grove, formerly of Mattoon, died at 4 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 12, 1985) in Carle Foundation Hospital, Champaign. Mr. Clodfelder was arrested Monday after a high-speed police chase that ended when his car crashed in Kansas.

He was taken to Paris Community Hospital from the Edgar County Jail in Paris and later transferred to Carle. An autopsy is scheduled at Springfield. The funeral will be held a.m. Saturday in Schilling's Funeral Home with the Rev. Herman Niebrugge officiating.

Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery. Friends call at the funeral home from 6 to 5p.m. Friday. He was born July 14, 1941, in Battle Creek, a son of James E. and Dorothy M.

Neff Clodfelder. He was an employee of Noble and Black Contractors and was a member of the Moose and Eagles lodges. Surviving are a son, William Eugene of Mattoon; parents of Mattoon; grandmother, Mrs. Daisy Neff of Mattoon; five brothers, James F. of Charleston and Ronald Jerry Kenneth W.

and David all of Villa Grove; and a sister, Mrs. Allen (Nancy Lee) Abel of St. Charles. Raymond Shonk CHARLESTON Raymond E. Shonk, 58, of Route 1, Arcola, died at 5:25 a.m.

Wednesday (Feb. 13, 1985) in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Harper-Swickard Funeral Home with burial in Mound Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m.

today. He was born Feb. 17, 1926, in Edgar County, a son of Everett L. and Vina Rachel Staggs Shonk. He married Florence D.

Evans Dec. 5, 1947, in Charleston. She survives. Also surviving are a son, Ray D. of Tuscola; three daughters, Floann Hall of Camargo, Mrs.

John (Sara) Beuker of Toledo and Lori Ann, at home; four brothers, James E. and Morris both of Casey, Robert D. of Kansas and Hughes E. of Charleston; and four grandchildren. Mr.

Shonk was an employee of the former Van Gundy Grain Co. at Filson. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Esther M. Davis CHARLESTON Esther M.

Davis, 79, of 1021 Monroe died at 9 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 12, 1985) in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Caudill-King Funeral Home with burial in Ashmore.

Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. today. A chance of snow on Saturday. TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION Partly highs mostly cloudy 20s north Saturday and with 30s south.

daily 40 3020 50 10 10 RAIN SNOW. 30 Daily lows teens north and upper 60 teens to mid 20s south. RAIN 20 Mattoon data: Temps SNOW 29 Low 11 40 7 p.m. ...26 70- Precip 50 No measurable precipitation was received in Mattoon between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 6 p.m.

Wednesday. The 60 total to date this year is 2.60 inches, compared to 2.18 inches to this date indicate 70 last year. The 36-year accumulative Figures average is 3.05 inches. maximum temperatures 60 RAIN 60 Skies FRONTAL SYSTEMS AIR FLOW a.m. 12:14 p.m.

30.00 Temps Charleston data: WARM 30.48 29.77 27 Low .19 7 p.m. 25 Precip No precipitation was received in Charleston between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Skies Sunrise 6:48 a.m.

Sunset .5:28 p.m. High 30.24 30.24 Records Low High 67 in 1918 Low -2 in 1905 National Weather Service Forecast to 7 p.m. EST2-14-85 National temps UPI Weather Fotocast City Fcat HI Lo Pcp Birmingham 47 26 Charlotte N.C. 46 26 55 29 Bismarck 24 04 pc Albuquerque sy sy Chicago pc 23 09 Amarillo pc 51 27 Boise 36 27 Cincinnati sn 24 17 .14 Anchorage cy 16 00 Boston 45 39. .71 Cleveland sn 28 28 .77 Asheville pc 31 20 .02 Brownsville pc cy 74 45 Columbus sn 25 18 .40 Atlanta pc 41 23 Buffalo Baltimore sn 36 26 .11 Dallas pc 64 33 pc 41 30 Burlington Vt.

sn 41 36 .24 Denver 41 27 Billings. 17 Charleston S.C. sy. 51 32 Des Moines pc 26 08 37 pc Weather Watch Extended forecast She was born Jan. 4, 1906, in Ashmore, a daughter of Otto and Rose Ogle Shoot.

She married Commadore Davis June 24, 1957, in Charleston. He died Dec. 10, 1984. Surviving are two stepsons, Max Davis of Charleston and Donald Davis of Morton; a brother, Howard Shoot of Charleston; two nieces and three nephews. One brother and one sister preceded her in death.

Mrs. Davis was a member of the First Christian Church and VFW Auxiliary in Charleston. Ione Hart TOLEDO Ione Hart, 74, of Toledo died at 9 a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 13, 1985) in Hilltop Nursing Home, Charleston.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Barkley Funeral Home, Toledo. Wilton A. Carr GREENUP Wilton A. Carr, 83, of Greenup, formerly of Toledo, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday (Feb.

13, 1985) in the Carle Foundation hospital in Champaign. Mr. Carr was a former Cumberland County state's attorney. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Barkley Funeral Home in Toledo with the Rev.

Joe Wartick officiating. Burial will be in Toledo Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. today. He was born Dec.

18, 1901, in Cumberland County, a son of Clayborn and Mary Ellen Tipsword Carr. He married Ruth Connor in 1930. She died in 1966. He then married Jane Daniels in 1973. She survives.

Other survivors include a son, Robert of Toledo; two daughters, Mrs. Marilyn Scott of Toledo and Patricia Rice of Monticello; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters. Mr. Carr was a retired attorney.

He had served as chairman of the board of the First National Bank of Toledo and was director emeritus of the bank at the time of his death. He held memberships in the Coles-Cumberland Bar Association, Mattoon Elks Club, Toledo Kiwanis Club, Toledo Masonic Lodge and Danville Consistorv. Nora L. Shick CASEY Nora L. Shick, 93, of Casey died at 2 p.m.

Wednesday (Feb. 13, 1985) in Sarah Bush Lincoln' Health Center, Mattoon. The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Markwell Funeral Home in Casey. Visitation will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Saturday. Burial will take place at Mount Cemetary in Casey following the funeral. She was born Aug. 27, 1891, in Jasper County, the daughter of John and Eliza McNair. She married Ed Shick in 1911.

He preceded her in death in 1936. Surviving are three sons, Howard McNair of Akron, Ohio, Oscar Shick of Moline, and Don Shick of Tuscon, four daughters, Mamie Walsh of Oakland, Mrs. Pearl Dillier of Casey, Margaret Simpson of Oakland and Mrs. Mildred Robinson of Mission, Texas; one half-sister, Eva Shyrock of Tuscon, Ariz; 21 grandchildren; and 50 greatgrandchildren. Charles Hudson CASEY Charles Melvin Hudson, 79, of Casey died at 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday (Feb. 12, 1985) in Burnside Nursing Home, Marshall. The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Markwell Funeral Home, Casey, with the Rev. Hiram Wofford officiating.

Burial will be in Washington Street Cemetery, Casey. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. today. He was born Sept. 8, 1905, in Clark County, a son of Elisha and Florence Hudson.

He was married to Eunice Rothrock on Nov. 28, 1943. She survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Wanda Winters of Casey; four brothers, Frank, Vernon, John and George, all of Casey; two sisters, Bessie Steele and Lucretia Brosman, both of Casey; four grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. One brother preceded him in death.

Mr. Hudson was a retired farmer and rural Clark County school teacher. Martha Ward KANSAS Martha DeEtta Ward, 74, of Kansas died at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 12, 1985) in the Kansas Senior Citizens Center.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon. Sutton Son Funeral Home, Kansas, is in charge. There will be no visitation. She was born Jan.

21, 1911, in Ashmore, a' daughter of Lyman E. and Rozella Harrington Trotter. She married Lowell Ward. He died Dec. 16, 1977.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. DeAnn Ambrose of Phoenix, a brother, Eugene Trotter of Ashmore; and four grandchildren. Six sisters and one brother preceded her in death. Robert Cobble Robert Cobble of Fort Wayne, died Tuesday (Feb. 12, 1985) at the Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.

He had been in failing health for several months. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McComb Funeral Home in Ft. Wayne. Mr. Cobble was the son of the late Mervin and Luella McMillan of Charleston.

Gilkerson services MATTOON The funeral for George N. Gilkerson was held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. William Burroughs officiating. Burial was in.

Dodge Grove Cemetery. Schilling's Funeral Home was in charge. Valerie Gibson, organist, played "Onward Christian Soldiers," "Red River Valley" and "Illinois Loyalty." Pallbearers were Tom Gover, Clark Brogan, John Jemsek, Wilb Walker, Bob Gibson and John Armstrong. GREENUP Among the survivors of Joyce W. Smith, 57, of Greenup are a sister, Merna' Redfern of Toledo, and two grandchildren.

They were not included in his obituary because of incomplete information furnished by the funeral home. Area Deaths Frances E. Morris MATTOON Frances Elizabeth Morris, 77, of Belleair Bluffs, died at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 13, 1985) at Morton F.

Plant Nursing Home, Clearwater, Fla. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home with Rev. Dean Cooper officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. She was born July 15, 1907, in Crawfordsville, a daughter of Frank H. and Effie Katherine Boraker Coons. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.

Maxine M. Adams of Fellowship' Center, Mattoon, and Marie E. Lockwood of Phoenix, three neices; and five nephews. She was a member of the Iona United Methodist Church, the Golden Fleece Chapter No. 176 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Princeton, White Shrine No.

39 of Mt. Carmel, the Busy Bees of Belleair Bluffs and the Morton F. Plant hospital volunteers. Aleen Macy MATTOON The funeral for Mrs. T.

Aleen Macey will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home with Rev. William E. Pruett officiating. Burial will be in Dodge Grove Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Family members request memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church building fund, Mattoon. Mrs. Macy, 73, of 316 S.

17th died at 12:51 p.m. Monday (Feb. 11, 1985) in Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Susannah Beals MATTOON The funeral for Mrs. Susannah Beals will be held at 1 p.m.

Friday at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home with Rev. Glen Groves officiating. Burial will be in Beals Cemetery near Trilla. Mrs. Beals died at at 4:55 p.m.

Tuesday (Feb. 12, 1985) in Cumberland Nursing Center in Greenup. Cleo Thompson MATTOON Cleo Martin Thompson, 78, of Lerna died at 9:38 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 12, 1985) in the Veterans' Administration Hospital, Danville.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 16, 1985 at Schilling's Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Myers officiating. Visitation will be from noon until the time of services.

Burial will be in Beals Cemetary in Trilla He was born Nov. 6, 1906, in Trilla, a son of Frederick and Mary Wilson Thompson. He married Myrtle M. Morgan Dec. 20, 1932, at Diona.

She survives. Also surviving are four sons, Michael L. of Mattoon, Gerald D. of Lerna, Lowell E. of Joliet and Dale E.

of Shelbyville, two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Norris of Mattoon and Mrs. Frank (Sandra) Campbell of Jacksonville, a brother, Russell of Toledo, Ohio; 15 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; Mr. Gilkerson, 73, of 3021 Western died Saturday (Feb. 9, 1985) at Barnes Hospital, St.

Louis, Mo. Harrison services CHARLESTON Graveside services for Max A. Harrison were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Kickapoo Cemetery, south of Charleston, with the Rev. Robert Lee officiating.

Caudill-King Funeral Home was in charge. Pallbearers were Robert Stewart, Scott Harrison, Delbert and Richard McDivitt, Gordon Penrod and Donald Richey. Mr. Harrison, 66, of Ashmore died Monday (Feb. 11, 1985) in Hilltop Nursing Home, Charleston.

Quinn services MATTOON The funeral for Elmer Quinn was held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Schilling's Funeral Home with the Rev. Edward Haun officiating. Burial was in Resthaven Cemetery. Valerie Gibson, organist, played "How Great Thou Art," "In the Garden" and "One Day At a Time." Pallbearers were Jon King, John Ondes, Gene Durbin, Larry Cole, Robert Epperson and Raymond Welch.

Mr. Quinn, 65, of Moweaqua died Saturday (Feb. 9, 1985) in St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur. Personals CARD OF THANKS The Bradbury Free Methodist Church wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the Victor Ruby Thompson Memorial Fund.

THE FAMILY OF TOMMY HENDRIX Would like to express sincere thanks to all our friends, neighbors relatives for the many kindnesses shown us during our sorrow, for prayers, food, flowers, cards Memorials sent. We appreciated everything. IN LOVING MEMORY Of Agnes Authenrieth who left us on Feb. 14, 1972. Sadly missed by Joe, June family IN LOVING MEMORY Of Fern Smith Sadly missed by Husband Family.

IN LOVING MEMORY Of Dorothy M. Roberts, who left us 1 year ago, Feb. 14. IN MEMORY Of Drucilla 1 L. Diepholz who left us Feb.

12, 1946. Thank you for life, love, and all the joys on this earth. The Family. 11.

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