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48: THE PALM BEACH POST SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1997 CLASSIFIED- CLASSIFIED FUNERAL NOTICES Pulitzer Prize war reporter Ira Wolfert DONALD L. WfflTWORTH Age 70. passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital early TOanksgiviof maraing, November XI, 1997, He is survived by his wife Carol, daughters, Teresa, Stacey, Christi. and Robin; graadchildrea-Leanna, Eric, and Jonathaa. We will miss you Daddy.

Services will he held at Royal Palm Funeral Home at 10 a.m.. Saturday, November 8, 5W1 Greenwood Royal Palm Beach, Florida. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS Homeeolng Services on Saturday (today). No-1 vember 29, 1W7 3 p.m. at Ml.

Carmel Baptist Church, Church Jupiter, Fla. Arrangementa entrusted to STEVENS BROS. FUNERAL HOME. CREMATORIUM CREMATION SERVICES Palm Beach Post Wire Reports MARGARETVILLE, N.Y. Pulitzer Prize-winning war reporter Ira Wolfert, whose first novel, Tucker's People became the basis of the cult movie Force of Evil, has died at 89.

Mr. Wolfert lived in Lake Hill, 46 miles southwest of Albany, and died Monday at the Mountainside Residential Care Center in Mar-garetville. A series of stories Mr. Wolfert wrote about a November 1942 sea battle off Guadalcanal won him the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. A correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance during World War II, he also won acclaim for his 1943 book Tucker's People.

Battle for the Solomons, a non-fiction eyewitness account, was published in 1943 and became a bestseller, as did his 1948 novel An Act of Love. American Guerrilla in the Philippines became a 1950 movie of the same name. Tucker's People was republished earlier this year by the University of Illinois Press. Mr. Wolfert, a Brooklyn native, drew from his experience as a reporter covering racketeering trials to write the book.

Mr. Wolfert collaborated with Abraham Polonsky to write the screenplay for Force of Evil. The 1948 movie, starring John Garfield, was dismissed as boilerplate gangster drama, but has become popular with contemporary audiences. He is survived by a daughter, Ruth Wolfert, of Manhattan; a son, Michael, of Lake Hill; and four grandchildren. J.

Bender, educator 1 James Bender, an eclectic educator who started out training speech therapists in the 1930s and ended up teaching business in the 1970s died Sunday at his OT County Funeral Home Crematory Is The ONLY FUNERAL SERVICE PROVIDER 0FFEF8NG ALTERNATIVES I TO UNNECESSARY HIGH COST, THAT OWNS OPERATES ITS OWN CREMATORY. 5 OUR FACILITY IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR INSPECTION i AT ANYTIME, YOU HAVE THE PEACE OF MM) IN KNOWING THAT YOUR LOVED ONE IS CARED FOR BY OUR STAFF ON OUR PREMISES. i AT NO TIME IS THE i-J DECEDENT TRANSFERRED 1 TO A REMOTE LOCATION CONSISTING OF A CREMATORY WAREHOUSE FACILITY OR MOTHER ELIZABETH ALLEN Homtgdnf Service! om Saturday (today), Nov. 1997, lp m. Hew Macedonia Baptist Church, 74 W.

Riviera Bch, FL Arrangements entrusted to STEVENS BROS. FUNERAL HOME. CHLOE C. JOHNSON oi Loiaha tehee died November 1997 after extended illness. She was bora August 5, 191 la Bradley Junction, Florida and has been a resident of Palm Beach County since 1938.

Mrs. Johnson graduated from Dania High School and attended Palm Beach Community College. She was active is Wagg Memorial Methodist Church and St. Peter's United Methodist Church of Wellington. Chloe was a long-time member of the Club dance and social group.

Mrs. Johnson is survived by her husband of II years, Eric M. Johnson of Laxahatchee; three sons, Thomas Benton of Fort Myers, Walter Benton of Gainesville and Steven Benton of Loxahatchee; two daughters, Joy Skovmand of Bucharest, Romania and Hallie Rider of Lake Worth; twelve grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at St. Peter's United Methodist Church, 1584 West Forest Hill Wellington on Sunday, November 30 at 2:00 pm The family requests that in lieu of flowers dona-tioos be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County.

MOTHER RUBY HUFF Homegoing Celebration will be held on Saturday (today), November 29, 1997, 11:00 a.m. at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 911 9th Street, West Palm Beach, Fla. Arrangements entrusted to STEVENS BROS. FUNERAL HOME. DAISY MEL VINA MARTIN Funeral Services Saturday (today), November 29, 1997 11:00 a.m.

at Church of God Universal, 121 NW 8th Boynton Beach, FL. Arrangements entrusted to STEVENS BROS. FUNERAL HOME. PHILIP STEIN 10 of Boynton Beach, Florida died Friday, November 28, 1397. Mr.

Stein Is survived his loving wife, Elsie; Daughter, Joy (Charles) Baumblatt, Larchmont, NY; 2 Step-Sons, Robert and Lamey Moshler, both of Boynton Beach, FL; Brother, William of Verona, New York; Sister, Ellen Savlno of Bridgeport, CT; 10 Grandchildren and 15 Great-Grandchildren. Friends may call at the SCOBEE-COMBS-BOWDEN FUNERAL HOME, U.S. Hwy. Hi N.E. 15th Boynton Beach Sunday from 2-4PM 7-9PM.

Funeral services will be held Monday, December 1, 1997 at 9:30 AM at the funeral home with Dr. Joseph Warner of the Royal Palm Presbyterian uiurcn oi uute worm, oraciating. entombment will follow at the Boynton Beach Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Make-A-Wlsh Foundation. re Scobee-Combs-Bowden Funeral Home Boynton Beach, FL (561) 732-8151 Family Owned a Operated MARY "BETTY" WRIGHT of Hendersonville, NC died Tuesday, November 25,1997 in Stuart, Fla.

after an extended illness. She was a native of Henderson County, NC and a daughter of the late Ben E. A Ruth Williams BlackweU. She was a member of Saint James Episcopal Church and was very active with The Order of the Daughters of the King with service In offices with them and, also, with Episcopal Church Women and Church Women United. She was also involved with the ministry of St.

Mary's, and was head of the St. James Kitchen Committee and The Baker's Group. She was an active member of the Wednesday Bible Study Group at St. James. Survivors include three brothers, Jack A.

BlackweU of Roy, BUI Z. BlackweU of Tucuramcari, N.M., Ben E. BlackweU, Jr. of Hendersonville, N.C.; two sisters Evelyn BlackweU of Hendersonville, C. and Frances B.

Alley of Stuart, Fla. along with several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held today, November 29, 1997 at 2 p.m. at the St. James Espiscoal Church Parish Hall, Hendersonville, NC, with Rev.

H. Alexander Viola officiating. Visitation was held Friday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at THOS. SHEPHERD SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS, Hendersonville, N.C.

In lieu of flowers, memorial constributionss may be made to the American Cancer Society, Henderson County Unit, P.O. Box 6321, Hendersonville, NC 28793 or to Four Seasons Hospice of Henderson County, P.O. Box 2395, Hendersonville, NC 28793. JOHN PATRICK COSTELLO passed away Nov. 19, 1997.

Mr. CosteUo, age TL of WttPainaMtia Avenue. West Palm Beach, Florida. He was bora Newport, Rhode Island the son of Thomas and Gladys CosteUo and was predeceased by his brothers, Thomas, Bernard and Benjamin. Survivors Include 4 nieces, Kathleen Yorks, Colleen Long, Barbara Sduefetsteir Lynn CosteUo; 1 nephews, Michael CosteUo and Bernard CosteUo, Jr.

Mr. CosteUo was a long time employee of Farm-best Foods and was an area manager when he retired In 1978. He was past President of the Brunswick Lions Club and the Interior V-President of the St. Simons Island J.C.'i and was very active in many fund raisings as a member of the "Great Pretenders" and appeared on national Television several times. Funeral service will be private.

THOMAS JOHN GRELLA Thomas J. Grella. years old. of Lake Worth, FL died at his home on Wednesday, November 1997. Born in Glen Cove, L.L, New York, he was a resident of the Palm Beach area since 195S and a member of St.

Juliana's Catholic Church. Mr. Grella was a veteran of WW having served on the USS John W. Weeks. He retired from the U.S.

Navy in 1952 after twenty-two years of service, and was also a member of the Fleet Naval Reserve Chapter 148. Mr. Grella was preceded in death by his wile, Laveme Grella who died in 1987. He is survived by a son, Michael J. Grella and his wife Karen Golonka of Jupiter, FL; a daughter, Susan Haywood and her husband Dan of Port St.

Lucie, FL; two stepsons, Richard TrousdeU of Sunderland, MA and Thomas TrousdeU and his wife Mary Lou of Glen Cove, L.L, NY; and a stepdaughter, Carol TrousdeU Flegge of Cincinnati, OH. Additional survivors include his brother, Charles Grella; and four sisters, Rose Kampe, Helen Ledzain, Margaret Granberg and Elizabeth O'Neill all of Glen Cove, L.L, a granddaughter Lori Davis and a great grandson. Tommy both of Lantana, FL; and several step grandchildren and step great grandchildren. A Scripture Service will be held at 4:30 PM on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at QUATTLEBAUM-HOLLEMAN-BURSE FUNERAL HOME, 1201 South Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Monday, December 1, 1997 at St.

Juliana Catholic Church, West Palm Beach with the interment to foUow at Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Lake Worth, FL. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday, from 3:00 to 3:00 PM. QUATTLEBAUM-HOLLEMAN-BURSE FUNERAL HOME FAMILY OWNED OPERATED HELEN DREGGE TRIPP Helen Dregge Tripp, a resident of the Palm Beaches since 1934, passed away November 28, 1997, after a brief Illness. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, In 1907, she was the daughter of Charles and Anna S. Dregge.

Predeceased by her husband, John H. Tripp, and her son, Col. RusseU C. Tripp, she Is survived by her daughter, Susan Archer, 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. Private services will be held.

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Jk i vrn a vn issirn Children and Grandchildren OPPLER In Loving likUJM Palm Beach pioneer ran liquor, built successful real estate business Police want to purchase range with seized goods By Teresa Lane Palm Beach Post Staff Writer PORT ST. LUCIE Success in busting drug dealers could result in a more effective arsenal for catching other criminals. Police are seeking permission to build a firing range and training compound using $100,000 worth of goods seized from criminals. Thwarted in efforts to build the range on 16 acres of city-owned land just south of St Lucie West, police have turned their attention to a 51-acre tract just south of the initial site that Atlantic Gulf Communities has offered to sell for $270,000. Police Chief John Skinner estimates he has about $100,000 worth of goods seized in recent drug cases to make a down payment on the tract and believes he'll have the rest within five years.

The earlier proposal met with resistance from nearby St Lucie West homeowners, who feared the outdoor shooting range would produce loud noises and stray bullets. Although police said they could have adequately screened the firing range to protect neighbors, they believe the larger size of the AGC tract will make it easier to reassure neighbors. In addition to a firing range, Skinner hopes to build a training compound for the SWAT team and K-9 officers at the site. The 124-member department now uses Fort Pierce facilities operated by the St Lucie County Sheriffs Office and Indian River Community College for mandatory training courses. rare plants and trees in his backyard garden.

He was a past vice president of the Rare Fruit Coun cil of South Palm Beach, and ac tive in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, as well as the Elks and Rotary clubs. In later years, he acknowl edged that his own success in real estate had helped erase the island's simple pioneer existence he so treasured. "I don't think you could have done any different," he told a re porter in 1985. Progress is something you just can't hold back." Mr. Reese was interred Friday in Woodlawn Cemetery.

In addition to his daughter, he is survived by three grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Beach. Scobee-Combs-Bowden Funeral Home, Boynton Beach. Visitation Sunday; funeral Monday. Synderman, Leon 84, of Jupiter.

Levitt Weinstein Memorial Chapel, West Palm Beach. Funeral in Philadelphia. Tripp, Helen, 89, of Boynton Beach. All County Funeral Home and Crematory. Weinstein, Watter, 79, of Boynton Beach.

Beth Israel Memorial Chapel, Delray Beach. Weller, Frank 84, of Boca Raton. Tillman Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Funeral in Bloomsburg, Pa. White, Maxwell "Mac," of Delray Beach.

Gutterman-Warheit Memorial Chapel, Boca Raton. Funeral Sunday. WhKworth, Donald, 70, of West Palm Beach. Royal Palm Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Funeral today.

Young, Philip, of Delray Beach. Riverside-Gordon Memorial Chapel, Delray Beach. Funeral Sunday. Martin County Hopson, Thomas "Harry," 83, of Palm City. Young Prill Funeral Home, Stuart.

Funeral today. Onufrey, Emery J. 68, of Stuart Forest Hills Funeral Home, Palm City. Visitation Monday and Tuesday; funeral Mass Wednesday. St.

Lucie County Blank, Roberta, 85, of Fort Pierce. Yates Funeral Home, Fort Pierce. Graveside service today. Martin, Victor L. 89, of Fort Pierce.

Haisley-Hobbs Funeral Home, Fort Pierce. Funeral Mass Tuesday. Obituaries home in Southbury, at 92. In his career he also did star turns as a public pronunciation specialist and pioneering pop psychologist, became a highly paid business consultant and made a fortune on Wall Street He was the founding dean of the Adelphi University School of Business. Marguerite Henry SAN DIEGO Marguerite Henry, the award-winning author whose books swept young readers into a land of wild horses and rugged landscapes, died Wednesday.

She was 95. Ms. Henry wrote 59 books and was best known for Misty of Chincoteague, a 1947 tale about a brother and sister, Paul and Maureen Beebe, who dream of owning a wild pony. Dr. Marvin Goldstein ATLANTA Dr.

Marvin Goldstein, an orthodontist and businessman who opened Atlanta's first integrated hotel, defying segregationists, died Saturday at his Atlanta home. He was 80. Dr. Goldstein's hotel, the American, opened in 1964, became a haven for black people turned away by other establishments and for civil-rights workers. Stephen McNichols Stephen McNichols, a liberal Democrat who served as governor of Colorado as the state was emerging from its agrarian past, died Tuesday at University Hospital in Denver.

He was 83 and lived in Denver. The cause was heart failure, his family said. Mr. McNichols, a lawyer, was Colorado's 35th governor, serving from 1957 to 1963. "When I was about 7, 1 had a stand in front of E.R.

Bradley's Beach Club," he remembered in 1994. "I called Mr. Bradley 'Uncle since our families were close friends. I sold lucky beans, all kinds of flowers, mangoes, avocados and other fruit and even baby alligators." He knew U.S. 1 when it was paved with shells, and Belvedere Road as a sandy trail.

As a charter boat captain during Prohibition, he said, he sometimes carried liquor to Palm Beach from the Bahamas, and was once let go when the local Coast Guard commander recognized him as an old friend. His passengers had already tossed their illicit cargo overboard, he recalled. But two bottles of Scotch, hidden in his oilskin slicker, got through. Mr. Reese kept the flavor of early Palm Beach alive by raising Area deaths questa.

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Mann, Robert, 73, of Wellington. Palms West Funeral Home, Royal Palm Beach. Mastrangelo, Sadie, 73, of West Palm Beach. Tillman Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Funeral Sunday.

MenicheW, Salvatore Lee, 66, of West Palm Beach. Quattlebaum-Holleman-Burse Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Funeral Tuesday. Moore, Anna, 98, of Lake Worth. Stevens Brothers Funeral Home, West Palm Beach.

Ortiz, Leurencio, 76, of Canal Point. Mixson Funeral Home, Belle Glade. Funeral in Mexico. Parham, Mary 86, of West Palm Beach. Quattlebaum-Holleman-Burse Funeral Home, West Palm Beach.

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Slawiak, Estelle, 73, of Boynton Beach. Scobee-Combs-Bowden Funeral Home, Boynton Beach. Smith, Julie of Jupiter. Levitt Weinstein Memorial Chapel, West Palm Beach. Funeral in Clarksburg, W.Va.

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REESE From IB bridge to the mainland, opened the island's first hotel and became the town's first mayor. His son-in-law, Thomas Tipton Reese became the second, and Reese's son, Claude, the third. Claude's younger brother, Tommy, eschewed politics for the family's insurance and real estate business. In 1927, he married Helen Sheen, another Palm Beach native, who fell 11 months short of outranking him as the island's oldest native. The couple had first "met" when she was 1-month-old and the youngest guest at his first birthday party in 1908.

Mrs. Reese died in 1993. years passed, Mr. Reese became an increasingly valuable eyewitness to Palm Beach before the Kennedys, Posts and Trumps arrived. Palm Beach County Bandel, Irving, of Boca Raton.

Riverside-Gordon Memorial Chapel, Delray Beach. Graveside service Sunday. 1 Callman, Sylvia 82, of West Palm Beach. Levitt Weinstein Memorial Chapel, West Palm Beach. Funeral Sunday.

Chontos, Leslie, 88, of Boca Raton. Kraeer Funeral Home, Boca Raton. Funeral Wednesday. Cohen, Rose, of Delray Beach. Beth Israel Memorial Chapel, Delray Beach.

DeBoer, Sidney, 68, of Wellington. Tillman Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Funeral in South Holland, 111. Gottschalk, Else, 88, of West Palm Beach. Levitt Weinstein Memorial Chapel, West Palm Beach.

Grella, Thomas of Lake Worth. Quattlebaum-Holleman-Burse Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Funeral Mass Monday. Hager, Francis "Frank," 74, of Lantana. American Burial and Cremation, Lake Worth.

Holland, Edmund Daniel, 77, of Juno Beach. Thomas Price Funeral Home, North Palm Beach. Funeral Mass Monday. lacone, Margaret, 76, of Boca Raton. All County Funeral Home and Crematory.

Jackson, Jerry, 82, of West Palm Beach. Stevens Brothers Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Wambert, Morris, of West Palm Beach. Gutterman-Warheit Memorial Chapel, West Palm Beach. Funeral in Utica, N.Y.

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