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i 2 I Milestones Journal and Courier, Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, Thursday, February 20, 1986 Deaths Billie J. Robbins Deaths Elsewhere Eastland, former senator George Plantenga George Plantenga, 92, a retired employee of Purdue University, died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in Indiana Veterans Home. Born Oct. 15, 1893, in Chicago, he was feared in Lafayette and formerly lived at 1712 Morton St.

Mr. Plantenga was an auto mechanic and was a (AP) JACKSON. Miss. Former Sen. James O.

$yJ 'srf Billie Joe Robbins, 45, stock clerk at Marsh Supermarket on Teal Road the past 15 years, died unexpectedly at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Home Hospital. He had been hospitalized two days. Born July 7, 1940, in Lafayette, he was a life resident of this area and lived at 2509 Oxford St. Mr.

Robbins was a member of Fellowship Bible Church, Eagles Lodge 347 and McCut-cheon High School Maverick Club. An aviH cnorfc fan and Eastland, who spent 36 years in the Senate and battled as chairman of its Judiciary Committe against the tide of civil rights legislation, died Wednesday at 81. Eastland also was third in line for the presidency while serving as president pro tempore of the Senate during the last six of his 36 years in the upper chamber. He retired in 1978 to his plantation in Sunflower County i' Eastland Eastland died at Glenn F.Yuill Glenn F. "Tag" Yuill, 65, a retired Alcoa employee, died at 10 a.m.

Wednesday in Home Hospital. He had been ill five weeks and in the hospital four weeks. He was born April 13, 1920, in Lafayette and was a life resident of this area. He lived at 819 S. 19th St.

Mr. Yuill graduated from Jefferson High School and during World War II, he served with the Army in the South Pacific. He worked at Alcoa for 42 years before retiring in 1983. His first marriage was to Zella M. Brown, who died Nov.

17, 1968. He later married Betty J. Wallace. She is retired from Pillsbury, Green Giant. Mr.

Yuill was a member of Eagles Lodge 347, VFW Post 1154, Alcoa Retirees Club and Jeff Booster Club. Surviving with his widow are two sons, James F. Yuill of Lafayette and John S. Yuill of West Lafayette; four daughters, Mrs. James (Glenetta) Holsclaw and Carol A.

Gates, both of Lafayette, Mrs. Russell (Jo Sue) Knowls of Delphi and Sharon Wise of Elkhart; and one brother, John H. Yuill of Melva Fern Davids FRANKFORT Mrs. Melva Fern Davids, 73, of 758 W. Boone Frankfort, died at 8 p.m.

Tuesday in the Clinton County Hospital following an illness of three years. She was born in Hamilton County on Feb. 20, 1912. Her marriage was to John Lewis Davids March 10, 1938, and he died March 16, 1975. Mrs.

Davids was a member of the Southern Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, Robert Davids of Frankfort, and John Davids of Kilmore; three daughters, Mrs. Albert (Carolyn) Smiley of Route 2, Frankfort, Mrs. Ardell (Rose Mary) Smith-Beebe and Mrs. Paul (Hazel) Davidson-Beebe, both of Arkansas; and a brother, Loren Nease of Frankfort.

Dorothy L. VanBuskirk Dorothy L. VanBuskirk, 79, of 1301 Ravinia Road, WL, died at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday at her residence. No further information was available at press time.

Maxine Bryant ATTICA Mrs. Maxine Bryant, 75, of 901 S. Grady Attica, died at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette.

She had been seriously ill two weeks. Born in Yeddo in Fountain County, Nov. 23, 1910, she was a graduate of Kingman High School. She lived in Hedrick in Warren County for a time and had been a resident of Attica the past 14 years. Her marriage was Nov.

30, 1945, in Crawfordsville to Quentin Bryant, who survives. Mrs. Bryant was a member of Pence United Methodist Church and West Lebanon Order of Eastern Star. Surviving with the husband are two sons, John Oelsoager of Adrian, and Greg Bryant of Crawfordsville; two daughters, Mrs. Gary (Marcia) Fusek of Avon Lake, Ohio, and Mrs.

Larry (Carolyn Ann) Carper of West Milton, Ohio; and a brother, Harry Day of Phoenix, Ariz. Billie J. Robbins booster, Mr. Robbins ushered at Purdue football and basketball games. His marriage was Feb.

16, 1985, in Lafayette, to Barbara Joanie Sims, and she survives. Also surviving are his parents, William and Freda Watson Robbins of Lafayette; and two sisters, Mrs Jason (Susan) Brewer of Battle Ground and Mrs. Thomas (Linda) Vanderkolk of Lafayette. Winifred C. Lynskey Winifred C.

Lynskey, 81, the, first female full professor at Purdue University, died Feb. 9 in North Ridge Care Center, New Hope, where she was a resident. She was reared in southeast Minneapolis. Professor Lynskey received a master's degree in English from the University of Minnesota where student plays she had written were produced. After leaving there, she went to University of Chicago and Radc-liffe College where she taught and earned a Ph.D.

Miss Lynskey came to Purdue where publication of a book was a requirement for status as full professor. In 1952, she published "Reading Modern Fiction," which is still used as a textbook in many high school and college literature classes. She retired in 1972 and returned to Minneapolis. One sister survives. James W.

Grenard CRAWFORDSVILLE James William Grenard, 69, of 1821 Indiana 55 Crawfordsville, died at 1 a.m. Tuesday in Culver Hospital, Crawfordsville. He was born July 12, 1916, in Attica. His marriage was to Anna Elizabeth Wilson on Oct. 14, 1941, and she survives.

Mr. Grenard retired in 1977 as a plumber at the R. R. Donnelley and Sons Co. A veteran of World War II, he served in the 45th Infantry Division in Europe.

Mr. Grenard was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Mercer Masonic Lodge at Win-gate, Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, Way-netown Order of Eastern Star, Wingate American Legion Post 174 and Donnelley Square Club. Surviving with his widow are two sons, John E. Grenard of Athens, and Jay W.

Grenard of Oklahoma City, and a daughter, Mrs. Guy (Carolyn Jean) Thompson of State College, Pa. foreman at Purdue for 24 years before retiring. He was an Army veteran of World War I and served in France and Germany. He was a member and past deacon of Lafayette Christian Reformed Church and member of Veterans of World War 1, Barracks 4 His marriage was in Lafayette on May 7, 1919, to Cena Brink.

She survives. Also surviving are two sons, George Plantenga Jr. of Mulberry and Dennis Plantenga; a daughter, Mrs. Martha Agnew; one brother, Richard Plantenga; and four sisters, Mrs. Mathilda Brenner, Mrs.

Anna Jackson, Mrs. Jessie Wierenga and Mrs. Albert (Alberta) Hainje, all of Lafayette. Samuel B. Walker Samuel B.

Walker, 72, of 920 S. 21st died unexpectedly late Monday in his home. Mr. Walker was employed in the extrusion department at Alcoa for 27 years, retiring in 1973. Born Jan.

5, 1914, in West Louisville, he was reared there, and lived in Evansville, and Kentland before moving to Lafayette in 1946. He was married to Mary K. Bill, Nov. 28, 1947, in Lafayette, and she survives. An Army veteran of World War II, he served in the European Theater.

I Mr. Walker was a member of Alcoa 25-year and Alcoa Retirees clubs and Aluminum, Brick and Glass International Union 115. Surviving with the widow are two daughters, Mrs. Mark (Marta) Foth of Lafayette and Barbara J. Walker of Frankfort.

Marian T. Moses FRANKFORT Mrs. Marian Thompson Moses, 67, of Route 4, Frankfort, died at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday in her home. Mrs.

Moses taught mathematics at Clinton Central High School, Michigantown, and Shortridge High School in Indianapolis. She spent her retirement years doing genealogy work. Born Aug. 22, 1918, she lived in Christopher, 111., and Baden, for a short time, but had lived in Clinton County most of her life. A 1935 graduate of Frankfort High School, she attended Purdue University and received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Butler University.

Her marriage was Aug. 25, 1937, to Franklin Collings Moses, former Frankfort City Engineer, who is now a surveyor in Clinton County. Mrs. Moses was a member of First Christian Church, Clinton County Retired Teachers, Indiana State Retired Teachers and National Retired Teachers associations, and she was very active in Clinton County and Indiana historical societies. Surviving with the husband are a son, Terrence Ronald Moses; and two daughters, Mrs.

James (Phyllis Ann) Murphy and Mrs. George (Patricia Rae) Moffit, all of Indianapolis. O. Irene Saunders ATTICA Mrs. Olive Irene Saunders, 80, of 812 S.

McDonald Attica, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Community Hospital, Williamsport. She had been ill since October. Born in Attica, Feb. 1, 1906, she attended Attica School and was a lifelong resident of Attica.

She I was married September 1934, in Crown Point to Jesse G. "Hook" Saunders, who died June 18, 1972. Mrs. Saunders was a member of Free Methodist Church of Attica. Surviving are a son, Ben Saunders of Attica; her mother, Mrs.

Estella Mayhew of Attica; a brother, Harold Hanthorne of Lafayette; and three sisters, Mrs. Alta Thompson and Lorestine Meharry, both of Attica, and Mrs. Harry (Elnora) Worth of West Point. Greenwood-LeFlore County Hospital of multiple medical problems complicated by pneumonia, hospital spokeswoman Liz Hare said. He once described himself as "a living symbol of conservative leadership in the Senate," opposing the Head Start program for pre-school children, branding as "peaceniks" those against the Vietnam War, espousing a constitutional amendment to ban busing, and denouncing the U.S.

Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren for its "pro-Communism decisions." He was born in Doddsville in 1905 and attended the University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University and the University of Alabama. He was admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1927 and began practice in the town of Forest. He served in the state House from Scott County during 1928-32. In 1934, he returned to Doddsville where he farmed and had a law practice. Eastland was thrust unexpectedly into the Senate in 1941 when Gov.

Paul Johnson Sr. appointed him to fill the unexpired term of the late Pat Harrison. He did not run for the balance of Harrison's term because "I wasn't known. I did not think I could be elected." But he decided to enter the 1942 race for the next six-year term and won, staying in Washington to serve under eight presidents. In five re-election bids, he faced only one strong challenge, in 1972.

He once said that his most memorable battle in Congress had been on behalf of the Marshall Plan for aid to America's defeated enemies after World War II. In the turbulent 1960s, however, Eastland was seen as the last-ditch defender of segregation. Most of the important civil rights laws were passed only by parliamentary maneuvers to get around his committee. But his power wasn't enough to stop the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, two pieces of legislation that brought sweeping changes to the South. But Eastland didn't apologize for his anti-civil rights stand, saying in an interview in October: "I voted my convictions on everything." Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, three daughters and a son.

Keppard, jazz guitarist NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louis Keppard, a pioneering jazz guitarist who hired the legendary trumpeter Joe "King" Oliver, has died. He was 98. Keppard began his six-decade career in the bars and brothels of Storyville, the city's notorious turn-of-the-century red-light district. Keppard said in a 1972 interview that when one of his bands needed a cornetist, someone suggested a butler named Joe Oliver, who became famous as King Oliver, the bandleader who was Louis Armstrong's mentor. Keppard took a band to Chicago in 1917 but returned 16 months later and spent the rest of his career in New Orleans.

Leonard E. Payne FRANKFORT Leonard E. Payne, 79, a resident of Clinton House Convalescent Center and a retired employee of the former Ingram-Richardson died at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday in Clinton County Hospital. He was born in Colfax on April 6, 1906.

His marriage was to Mary H. Luthi in 1931, and she died in 1947. He was a lifelong resident of Frankfort. He retired from the Ingram-Richardson Co. in 1947 where he had been employed for 36 years.

Surviving are two sons, Jack Payne of Frankfort, and Gene Payne of Zionsville; and three daughters, Linda Crum and Connie Ellis, both of Frankfort, and Dianne Zachary of Noblesville. Dorothy Gagnier KENTLAND Dorothy Gagnier, 77, a retired telephone operator, was found dead Tuesday evening in her home at 208 S. Fourth Kentland. Born in Kankakee, 111., Jan. 15, 1909, she lived in the Kentland area most of her life.

She had been a telephone operator in Kentland for 31 years, retiring from United Telephone Co. in 1971. Miss Gagnier was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Kentland and a 50-year member of Pythian Sisters. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Donald (Elizabeth) Wilson of Fowler, Mrs.

William (Helen) Pasel of Goodland, Mary Hendrich of Lafayette and Hazel Compton of Indianapolis. For the Record Marriage Licenses Births Ronald Stephens, 20. 2252 U.S. 52 WL, and Tammy S. Hopkins, 21, 2252 U.S.

52 WL. Bruce A. Wilson-Sayre. 24, 714 S. 27th and Rhonda G.

White, 24. 714 S. 27th St. Curtiss G. Shields, 58, 2026 E.

County Road 800 Battle Ground, and Kathryn M. Johnson, 62, 218 Myrtle Drive, WL. Larry V. Johnson, 37, 909 Greenwich Road, and VTcki Neal, 32, 909 Greenwich Road. Kenneth N.

Patterson, 1920-3 Scott and Tamie M. Sullivan. 1 627 Briarwood Court. Funeral notices VanBUSKIRK, Dorothy L. Arrangements pending at Soller-Baker West Lafayette Funeral Home.

BRYANT. Maxine Friends will be received at Maus Funeral Home, Attica, 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Service in Maus Chapel 1 p.m. Saturday, the Rev.

Everett White officiating. Interment Centennial Cemetery, Route 1, Veeder-sburg. Survivng are 10 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. PLANTENGA, George Friends may caU 5-8 p.m. today at Hippensteel Funeral Home.

Service in Hippensteel Chapel, 1 0 a.m. Friday, the Rev. Bryce Menskik officiating. Interment Rest Haven Memorial Park. Surviving are 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Those desiring may contribute in memoriam to Christian Reformed Church. HOME HOSPITAL Feb. 18 Kelly J. Bellah, 684 Northchester Lane, a son. Palmer and Abbey HiH, Romney, a son.

Jen-Hsain and Chiung-Hsun Lai, 2018 Wake Robin Drive, WL, a daughter. Kenneth and Janet Leming, 2560-L-21 Eckman Drive, a daughter. Robert and Sandra Rockwell, 1 208 S. Third a daughter. Scott and Rhonda Shoemaker, 1 103 Elizabeth a son.

Michael and Susan Snyder, 23-6 Hilltop Drive, WL, a daughter. Ladd and Judy Wagner, 109 Sylvia WL, a son. ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL Feb. 18 Ronald and Jacalyn Moore.

1003 N. 21st a daughter. David and Tammy Philippe of Charlotte, N.C., are the parents of a son, Alex Eugene, born Feb. 5. Grandparents are Walter and Phyllis Crick of West Lafayette.

WALKER, Samuel B. Friends may cal at Soller-Baker Lafayette Funeral Home 5-8 p.m. today. Service in Soller-Baker Lafayette Funeral Chapel 10:30 a.m. Friday, the Rev.

Richard Lewke officiating. Interment Spring Vale Cemetery. Those so desiring may contribute in memoriam to American Cancer Society. A granddaughter survives. Purdue students dribble from IU for cancer pledges Approximately 120 Purdue University students began dribbling a basketball Thursday from Indiana University to Purdue's West Lafayette campus all for cancer research and Project Hope.

Members of Phi Mu and Phi Kappa Psi social organizations, along with Purdue Pete, are taking turns dribbling the basketball from the center court at Indiana University's Assembly Hall to Mackey Arena at Purdue. Mike Milligan, the chairman of the fund-raising activity, said more than $700 already has been pledged. "We hope to raise $5,000," he said. "Much of the additional fund raising will occur along the route. The students will arrive at the Circle in downtown Indianapolis at 10 a.m.

today, collecting contributions there until 3 p.m." Other collection sites will be in Carmel and Lebanon as well as two locations on the Purdue campus under the mural at the west end of Stewart Center and in the foyer of Lilly Hall of Life Sciences. The runners are to arrive at Tippecanoe Mall at 1 p.m. Saturday and dribble the ball to the Purdue Memorial Union. Sunday, the members will dribble from the Union Building to Mackey Arena where they will present a check for the Purdue Cancer Research Center and Project Hope during the Indiana-Purdue basketball game. This is the ninth year for the event.

GAGNIER. Dorothy Visitation 3-9 p.m. (CST) Friday at McMullan-Stitz Funeral Home, Kent-land. Service there 10 a.m. (CST) Saturday, the Rev.

Joe Haney officiating. Interment Kankakee, IB. Nine nieces and nephews survive. ROBBINS, Billie J. Friends may call 5-8 p.m.

today at Hippensteel Funeral Home, with Eagles rites at 7:30 p.m. Service in Hippensteel Chapel, 1 p.m. Friday, the Rev. Chester Martin and the Rev. Kent Palmer officiating.

Interment Dayton Cemetery. Friends desiring may contribute in memoriam to Fellowship Bible Church. YUILL, Glenn F. Friends may cad 5-8 p.m. Friday at Hippensteel Funeral Home.

Service In Hippensteel Chapel, 10 a.m. Saturday, the Rev. Joseph Park officiating. Interment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens with rites by VFW Post 1 1 54. Surviving are 1 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Those desiring may contribute in memoriam to the Heart Fund. Today in History GRENARD, James W. Friends may cal after 3 p.m. today, Thomas Funeral Home, Way-netown, with Masonic service there 7:30 p.m. Service there 2:30 p.m.

Friday, the Revs. Harry Randolph and Donald Lawhead officiating. Interment Waynetown Masonic Cemetery with military rites by Wingate American Legion Post. Surviving are 3 grandchildren. Those desiring may contribute in memoriam to Montgomery County Heart Fund.

SolLt-lBotu RUSH. Merle K. Friends may call at SoBer-Baker West Lafayette Funeral Home, 5-8 p.m. Thursday. Service in Soller-Baker West Lafayette Chapel 1 :30 p.m.

Friday, the Rev. Dr. H. Kenneth McCullen officiating. Interment service 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Park Lawn Cemetery, Am boy. Sympathy may best be expressed by memorial contributions to Cardiac Care Unit, St. Elizabeth Hospital. SAUNDERS, O. Irene Friends win be received at Maus Funeral Home, Attica, 5-9 p.m.

today. Service in Maus Chapel 1 1 a.m. Friday, the Rev. Edward Bennett officiating. Interment Riverside Cemetery.

Attica. Surviving are 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. 3n Services Est. 1865 PHONE 742 1131 MOSES, Marian T. Arrangements pending at Goodwin Funeral Home, Frankfort.

Three grandchildren survive. PAYNE, Leonard E. Friends may caJ 6-8 p.m. today, Goodwin Funeral Home, Frankfort. Service there at 10:30 a.m.

Friday, the Rev. Robert McGhee officiating. Interment in Green-lawn Cemetery. Surviving are 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Three brothers preceded him in death.

WALKER, Samuel B. TODAY IS THURSDAY, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 1986. There are 31 4 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: Feb.

20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth after blasting off aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. ON THIS DATE: In 1965, the Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface. In 1971, radio and television stations across the U.S. were erroneously ordered by the National Emergency Warning Center in Colorado to leave the air. The mistake was not resolved for more than a half hour.

In 1 972, columnist and radio commentator Walter Winched died in Los Angeles. Ten years ago: Wall Street had its busiest day in history as more than 44 Va million shares changed hands. Five years ago: The three engines of the space shuttle Columbia were test fired in unison for the first time in preparation ofjhe first shuttle flight in April. One year' ago: John A. Zaccaro, husband of former Democratic party vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, was sentenced by a New York judge to community service for his involvement in a fraudulent real-estate transaction.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Sidney Poitier and fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt are 62. Movie director Robert Altman is 61. Actress Amanda Blake is 57. Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie is 45. Actress Sandy Duncan and rock guitarist J.

Geils are 40. Actor Peter Strauss is 39. Actress Jennifer O'Neill is 37. Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst Shaw is 32. THOUGHT FOR TODAY: "The price of liberty Is eternal vigilance." Frederick Douglass (18171895).

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ROBBINS GEORGE PLANTENGA GLENN F. "Tag" YUILL Zoo friends sell coupons Friends of the Columbian Park Zoo are selling books containing coupons for food, leisure activities and services as a fund-raising project benefitting the Monkey Island Restoration Fund. The books sell for $6 and have a value in excess of $300. No door-to-door or telephone solicitations will be conducted. Those wishing to order a book should call 448-1303.

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