ri "-rv South Bend Tribune Sunday, April 10, 1994 dAIS obituariesfuneral notes INDEX INDIANA-MICHIGAN DEATHS V-- LAPORTE John G. Maldazys Elizabeth V. Mi met i Norman Reeg MICHIGAN CITY Loretta T. Gustafson Claude Kyles NORTH JUDSON Glen Hines PIERCETON Gertrude Mae Baker PLYMOUTH William Stutzman ROCHESTER Gail Cotterman VANDALIA Henry Kauffman INDIANA BRISTOL Theola George ELKHART Jeanette Alert Frank Gonzales Zachary Happer Bertha Oberhauser GOSHEN Ruth Mosemann KNOX Eleanor Bodinet Everett Keiser ST. JOSEPH COUNTY MISHAWAKA Ralph Heick John E.
Spite SOUTH BEND Robert Batzel Mary Louise Clauer Betty Livengood MICHIGAN BARODA Leonard Critzer DOWAGIAC Percy Beidler EDWARDSBURG Gladys Manuszak The Tribune publishes obiluanes and photographs free ol charge as a public service Information is provided by funeral homes Obituaries may be edited tor length or style Information must be received by 9 pm Saturday tor inclusion in today paper Friday in Lee Memorial Hospital-McLauchlin Clark Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Eleanor E. Bodinet Jan. 22. 1921 -April 6.
1994 KNOX Eleanor E. Bodinet, 73, of County Road 150 North and 500 East, died Wednesday in Phoenix Baptist Hospital, Phoenix, of natural causes while visiting her son. Mrs. Bodinet was employed at Our Redeemer Lu theran Church as a secretary. She was bom Jan.
22. 1921, in Chicago, and lived in Knox for 30 years. On July 28. 1943. in Jackson.
she married Edward Bodinet. He died in February 1968. Surviving are a dough ter. Lynda Eade of New Castle, a son. Steve of Phoenix; a grandson; and a sister.
Frieda Davis of Illinois. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Bass Lake Cemetery. Friends may call from noon until services Tuesday in the church.
Braman and Son Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Gail H. Cotterman April 3. 1920-April 8.
1994 ROCHESTER Gail H. Dutch Cotterman. 74. of County Roads 4301 East and 330 North, died at 10:21 p.nv Friday in Woodlawn Hospital ol an ill ness. Mr.
Cotterman was employed by General Motors Chevrolet Division. Indianapolis, as a tool and die maker for 34 years. He was bom April 3, 1920, in Corry, and moved to Rochester in 1980 from Indian apolis. On March 31. 1951.
in Indian apolis. he married Norma R. Toney. She survives with two daughters. Gail Padula and Gave Moeller, both of In dianapolis; two sons.
Jay H. of Bensonville, and Jeffrey P. of In dianapolis: nine grandchildren: three sisters. Marie Drake of Erie. Barbara McGraw of Florida and Jane Redfield of Titusville.
and two brothers. William Cotterman of Pen sacola. and Charles Richardson of Erie. Mr. Cotterman was a mem ber of United Auto Workers.
He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. Services, visitation and burial will be at a later date. Foster Good Fu neral Home is in charge of arrange ments. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association or Rochester Libraiy. Jeanette Alert Oct 29.
1925 April 7. 1994 KLKHART Jeanette Alert. 68. of 2327 Frances Ave died at 1 1:55 a m. Thursday in Rosewood Terrace.
Mrs. Alert taught school in Indianapolis and Klkhart and managed several bookstores in the area. She was bom Oct. 29. 1925.
in Wauwatosa. Wis. As Jeanette Ziegler, she married Robert Alert. He preceded her in death. Sur viving are three daughters, Terrie Alert of Cadillac.
Mary Eastman and Christine McNeile. both of Elkhart; three sons. Bill and Michael of Elkhart and David of South Bend; and two brothers. Rev. Frank G.
Ziegler, S.J.. of Hibbing. and Raymond Ziegler of Wauwatosa. A son. Robert preceded her in death She was a member of St.
Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and the "Wild Bunch" Chicago Cubs Fan Club. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the church. Burial will be in Rice Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m.
today in Hartzler Gutermuth Funeral Home. Memorial contribu lions may be made to Elkhart Public Library. Children's Department Gertrude Mae Baker Oct 12. 1900 April 8. 1994 PIERCETON Gertrude Mae Baker.
93. of Prairieview Nursing Home. Warsaw, formerly of Pierceton. died at 11:45 p.m. Friday in Kosciusko Community Hospital.
Warsaw. Mrs. Baker was born Oct. 12. 1900.
in Grant County. and moved to Pierceton in 1918. On Nov. 5. 1921.
as Gertrude Mae Tomlinson, she married John Maurice Baker. He died in March 1979. Surviving are a son. Rene Baker of South Whitley. two grandchildren: live great grandchildren: two sisters.
Maty Wiles of Florida and Martha Whinney of Wabash. and a brother. Earl Tomlinson of Swcetser. Ind. Mrs.
Baker was preceded in death by a son. She was a member of Eel River Community Church and Eel River Ladies Aid. Services will be at 10:30 am Wed nesday in McHatton Sadler Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemeteiy. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday in the fu neral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Percy J. Beidler DOW AG I AC Percy J. Beidler.
92. of Twin Lakes Road, died at 3:43 p.m. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Burial will be in La Grange (Ga.) Meadoway Gardens Friends may call one hour before services Tuesday in Hunter Allen Myhand Funeral Home, LaGrange, Ga.
Memorial contributions may be made to Breakthrough Ministries of Frank Gonzales for Casa de Ninos Orphanage, P.O. Box 599, LaGrange. GA 30240. Loretta T. Gustafson May 7.
1903 April 8. 1994 MICHIGAN CITY Services lor Loretta T. Gustafson. 90. of Washing ton Street, who died at 3.30 p.m.
Fri dav in Michigan City Healthcare Cen ter, will be at 10:30 a m. Tuesday in St. Mary's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m Monday and until services Tuesday in Ott Haverstock Funeral Chapel, where a rosary will be said at 7:30 m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Mrs. Gustafson retired from Homer Brothers of Chicago as an up holsterer. She was bom May 7. 1903.
in Michigan City, and lived most ol her life in the area. On May 28. 1938. in Chicago, she married Karl Gustafson. He died in December 1969.
Surviving are four sisters. Terese Brown of South Pasadena. Calif Carolyn Kieffer and Alyce Hansen, both of Michigan City, and Adena Thompson of Mishawaka. She was a member of the church and its Rosary Sodality. Senior Citizens of Washington Park and Chicago Upholsterer's Union.
Zachary M. Happcr ELKHART Zachary M. Happer. 4 vear-old son of Denise and Michael Happer of 58402 Ironwood Drive, died at 6:33 p.m. Saturday in Elkhart General Hospital of an illness.
Elkhart Chapel of Stemm Lawson Peterson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Glen E. Hines Sept. 23. 1909-April 7.
1994 NORTH JUDSON Glen E. Hines. 84, of Bemidji, fomerly of North Judson. died at 10 p.m. Thursday in Dorminy Medical Center, Fitzgerald, where he was visiting family.
Mr. Hines retired from Gen eral Motors Locomotive Engine Plant, LaGrange. III. He was bom Sept. 23.
1909. in Hamlet. He married Bonnie M. Perry. She survives with a daughter, Linette Wheeler of Nich olasville, two sons.
Gene G. of Hudson. and Vernon D. of Ocilla, nine grandchildren: seven great-grandchildren: and two broth ers. Lester of North Judson and Leonard Critzer May 7.
1918-April 7.1994 BARODA Leonard Critzer. 75, of Hills Road, died Thursday in West Jefferson Hospital, New Orleans, of an illness. Mr. Critzer retired from In dustrial Rubber St. Joseph, and was a farmer.
He was bom May 7, 1918. in Baroda. and was a lifelong resident. His wife. Nellie, preceded him in death in 1979.
Surviving are a daughter. Brenda Reid of Marrero, a son, Ronald of Eagle River. Alaska; four grandchildren: and five sisters. Myrtle Gaul of Stevensville. Esther Gaul of Bridgman, Mane Schulze ot Buchanan.
Louise Schultz of Georgetown, and Dorothy Barker of Baroda; and two brothers, Chester of Berrien Springs and James of Galien. Services will be at 1 1 a m. Monday in Boyd Funeral Home, Bridgman. Burial will be in Hinman Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m.
to day in the funeral home. Theola L. George BRISTOL Theola L. George. HI.
of 30773 Cornwall Road, died at 1:10 p.m. Saturday in Elkhart General Hospitq). Bristol Chapel of Slemni Lawson Peterson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Frank Gonzales Aug 1, 1933-April 6. 1994 ELKHART Dr.
Frank Gonzales. 60. of LaGrange, formerly of Elkhart, died Wednesday in Temple Community Hospital. Los Angeles, of natural causes. Dr.
Gonzales was an evangelist in the United States, Can ada and Mexico for 33 years and was headquartered in Elkhart from 1971 to 1985. He was bom Aug. 1. 1933. in Phoenix, and moved to Georgia eight years ago from Elkhart.
On Jan. 4, 1969. in Dowagiac. he married Jeanne C. Peterson.
She survives with three daughters. Lisa Hernandez, and Gina and Christina Gonzales, all of La-Grange. a granddaughter; his parents, Cindy Saldivar of Beverly Hills, and Frank Gonzales of Richmond, five sisters, Betty Jewett and Zalina Lopez, both of Richmond, Mimi Carson of Missoula. Magna Barcelo of Salinas. and Marina Alvarez of Fremont, four brothers.
Thomas of San Pablo. Leonard and Marco, both of Richmond, and Luis of San Bernardino, Calif. Dr. Gonzales was a member of LaGrange (Ga.) Rose mont Baptist Church and Troup County Chamber of Commerce. He received a bachelor's and master's degree from Bob Jones University and a doctorate degree from Bethany Theological Seminary.
Damon of Huntington, Tenn. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in 0 Donnell Funeral Home Burial will be in Highland Cemetery Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m Monday in the funeral home. Henry H. Kauffman Nov 30.
1922 April 8. 1994 VANDALIA Henry H. Kauffman. 71. of 14920 Harvey died in his home early Friday of natural causes.
Mr Kauffman retired from Kaiser Metal. White Pigeon. He was bom Nov. 30, 1922, in LaGrange County and lived in Cass County for the past 30 years. On Nov.
1, 1947. in Goshen, he married the Helen Tuttle. She sur vives with a daughter, Frances Egg link of Elkhart; five grandchildren, one great grandchild; and a brother. David of Nappanee. A daughter.
Dian. and two sons. Earl and Ernest, pre ceded him in death. Services will be at 1 1 a m. Tuesday in Mottville Bible Church.
Burial will be in New Pennsylvania Cemetery. Middlebury. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Miller Funeral Home. Middlebury.
Everett F. Keiser Feb. 28. 1913-April 9. 1994 KNOX Everett Forrest Keiser.
81. of 705 S. Pearl died Saturday in Starke Memorial Hospital. Mr. Keiser retired from North Express Trucking as a driver.
He was bom Feb. 28, 1913, in Knox, and was a lifelong area resident. On Sept. 22. 1935.
in Plymouth, he married May Hartman. She died in August 1992. Surviving are three daughters. Diana Gildner of Plymouth, Adaline Tonges of Addison, and Anita Cleveland of Koontz Lake: 11 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and a brother. Clifford of Salem.
Ore. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday morial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County. Ameri can Cancer Society or the church.
Mr. Heick retired from AlliedSignal Inc. in 1988 as a tool gauge inspector after 43 years of service. He was bom May 7, 1924. in Mishawaka, and was a lifelong resident.
Surviving is a brother, Robert A. Sr. of South Bend. He was a member of the church. Ma sonic Lodge 130.
South Bend Scottish Rite and American Association oi Re tired Persons. Betty J. Livengood Nov. 13. 1922 April 9.
1994 SOUTH BEND Betty J. Liven good. 71, of Fairington Circle, died at 12:08 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Hos pital of an illness. Mrs.
Livengood re tired from Farm Bureau Insurance Co. and was employed by Sumption Prairie Cemetery Association as a secretary. She was bom Nov. 13. 1922.
in St. Joseph County, and was a life long resident. On Oct. 18. 1941.
in North Liberty, as Betty Edison, she married Robert C. Livengood. He died in October 1987. Surviving are two daughters. Roberta "Bobi" Man czunski of South Bend and Rosi Nich ols of Minneapolis: tour grand children; two sisters, Olive Hartsough of Merrillville.
and Myrtle Widstrand of Crown Point. and two brothers. Chester Edison of North Liberty and Markwood Edison of South Bend Dead star compared to Hendrix, Morrison in Braman and Son Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Oak Grove Ceme tery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m.
today in the funeral home. Claude Kyles Nov 11. 1906-April 7. 1994 MICHIGAN CITY Services for Claude Kyles, 87. of 910 S.
Carroll Ave who died at 10:02 a Thursday in St. Anthony Hospital, will be at I p.m. Tuesday in New Hope Mis sionary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Svvan Lake Memorial Gardens Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday in Coleman Williams Funeral Home and 10 a m.
until services Tuesday in the church. Mr. Kyles was employed at Howard Foundry, LaPorte, as a core maker. He was born Nov. 11, 1906, in Augusta.
Ark. On May 23. 1934. in Illi nois, he married Data Hicks. She preceded him in death.
Surviving are two brothers. Virgil Kyles of Michigan City and Johnny Coates of Augusta. He was a member of the church. John G. Maldazys Jan 20, 1917 April 7.
1994 LAPORTE There will be no services or visitation for John G. Maldazys. 77. of 1900 Andrew who died at 12:45 a m. Thursday at Fountainview Terrace Nursing Home after an illness.
Burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery. Essling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Maldazys was bom Jan. 20.
1917. in LaPorte. and was a lifetime area resident. Surviving are a daughter, Marcia Thomas of Huntsville. Ala a son, John D.
of Edmonds. lour grandchildren; and two sisters. Stella Bennett and Sophia Padgett, both of Niles. See DEATHSPage A16 Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Sumption Prairie Church.
Burial will be in Sumption Prairie Cemetery Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home and one hour before services Tuesday in the church. Memorial contributions maybe made to Janelle Hadden Medical Fund. John E. Spite Sept 5 1934-April 9 1994 MISHAWAKA John E.
Spite. 59. of East Battell Street, died at 5:20 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph Hospital.
Mishawaka, of an illness. Mr. Spite was bom Sept. 5. 1934.
in Mishawaka and lived most of his life in the area. Surviving are three sisters. JoAnn M. Stewart of South Bend, Nancy L. Wnght of Mishawaka, and Betty Ann Runyon of Osceola: and two brothers, Andy J.
of Mishawaka and George T. of Cincinnati. Mr. Spite was a mem ber of American Legion Post 161 and former member of Knights of Colum bus Post 1878. He was a Marine vet eran of the Korean War Services and burial will be at a later date.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m Monday in Thaliemer Goethals Funeral Home. Memorial contribu tions may be made to Hospice ot St. Joseph County or American Diabetes Association. QssieseB OOOO ST. JOSEPH COUNTY DEATHS said on the MTV tribute.
If you don't see the connection, you're missing something." The tribute first aired Friday and was repeated Saturday. The band's videos and clips from interviews and live appearances were interspersed with remembrances of Cobain. Record stores reported increased business for "Nevermind." the bafid's debut album, and "In Utero." its acclaimed platinum follow-up. At Tower Records in Los Angeles. the band's videos played in the store and the mood was somber.
It was upsetting because he was so young." said shopper Jennifer Chouinard. 23. "His lyrics were different and they touched a lot of people in a lot of different ways." The apparent suicide was frontpage news across the country, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Music critic Jim Farber of the New York Daily News offered this eulogy for Cobain: "Having long ago equated failure with credibility, the world's embrace carried its own kind of rebuke. (He leaves) a legacy of self-expression as moving and true as his end was tragic." her life in this area.
On Sept. 1. 1934, in South Bend, as Maiy Louise Hunter, she married Charles Hahn. He died March 17. 1985.
On Jan. 27. 1989. in New Braunfels. Texas, she married Calvin Robert Clauer Sr.
He survives with a daughter, Virginia Hahn Knepp of South Bend: a son. Arthur William Hahn of Mishawaka: a stepson, C. Robert Clauer Jr. of Ann Arbor: and two granddaughters. She was a member of First Church of Christ Scientist.
The Mother Church of Boston. Antiquarian Society of St. Joseph County, Hoosier Art Patrons and Beta Chapter of Thalia Sorority. Memorial services and visitation will be at a later date. Cremation will lake place.
Welsheimer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the church or The Scholarship Foundation of St. Joseph County. Ralph C. Heick May 7.
1 924-April 7, 1994 MISHAWAKA Services for Ralph C. Heick, 69. of 317 Cleveland who died of natural causes at 5 p.m. Thursday in his home, will be at II a.m. Monday in St.
Paul's Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Os ceola. Friends may call from I to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in Bubb Funeral Chapel North. 3910 N.
Main where Mishawaka Masonic Lodge 130 will conduct services at 7:30 p.m. Me (I Robert W. Batzel July 21. 1921 -April 8. 1994 SOUTH BEND Services for Robert W.
Batzel, 72. of Pecan Road, who died of natural causes at 5:10 p.m. Friday at the home of his daugh ter. will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St.
Joseph Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to, 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St.
Joseph County. Mr. Batzel retired in 1986 from Adams Engineering. He was bom July 21. 1921.
in Michigan City, living here most of his lifetime. On Feb. 14, 1942. in Michigan City, he married Kathleen Harlacher. She died Aug.
31. 1992. Surviving are a daughter. Peggy Hansen of South Bend; a son, Steven R. of South Bend; three grand children; three great grandchildren: and a sister, Norma Huryn of LaPorte.
He was a member of Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 58, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 360 and was a World War II Navy veteran Mary Louise Clauer Feb. 25. 1910-April 9. 1994 SOUTH BEND Mary Louise Hunter Hahn Clauer. 84.
of North Shore Drive, died at 7:20 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Medical Center. Mrs. Clauer was bom Feb.
25. 1910. in Franklin. and lived most of ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft it ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft The apparent suicide of Kurt Cobain, just three- years after his emergence as a powerful new force in popular music, left fans and critics comparing the grunge-rock guitarist to other groundbreaking musicians who died too young. Radio stations around the country broadcast tributes to Cobain.
MTV interrupted its usual programming for a career retrospective and fans mourned the star's tragic death after his body was discovered Friday at his Seattle home. "It reminds me of Jimi Hendrix. This is a guy who hasn't even hit his prime. said fan Steve Kennedy of Pompton Lakes. N.J.
"Its like Jim Morrison you'll never know what else he could do." Cobain. 27. had become an overnight spokesman for a disaffected generation of young Ameri cans after Nirvana's 1991 hit single. Smells Like Teen Spirit." The flannel-shirted singer's woes were well-documented: heroin addiction. discomfort with celebrity, domestic spats, the near-fatal ingestion of drugs and alcohol just last month that left him in a coma.
"Kurt's passions and feelings about his fame overwhelmed him," said a statement from Gold Mountain Entertainment. Nirvana's management company. Cobain expressed those feelings in his music and lyrics. One ol Nirvana's last songs, recorded for "The Beavis and Butt-head Experience" album, was titled "I Hate Myself and Want to Die." "There were all the things in the last two years." said Gus Hosseini, owner of a Milwaukee nightclub where the band played twice. I knew it was coming.
I didn't know when. On MTV. the usual taped programming was pulled and replaced with a look back at Cobain's career a particularly apropos gesture, since MTV helped boost Nirvana to commercial success. "He was the closest his generation came to a John Lennon. Rolling Stone writer David Fricke Munnp hand, IOON tor ol Frdrnl and wui mnr loo dim you tow tavlKOT wd to i now J.
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