4B FLORIDA TODAY, ACROSS THE SPACE COAST The following is a daily report compiled June 25 from communities in Brevard and Indian River counties. BAREFOOT BAY At the pavilion: St. Luke's Ladies Guild holds a pot luck from 4 to 6 p.m. today. CAPE CANAVERAL Special thanks: The library meeting room will be dedicated at 11 a.m.
1 today in honor of board member Ernestine Butte. COCOA Stretching exercises: Aerobic classes OBITUARIES County, died Wednesday, June 23, at home. Mr. Berna moved to Brevard County in 1970 from Elgin, where he was born. He was a member of Tabernacle Church of BERNA Melbourne.
Compiled June 25 by Mike Bailey THOMAS ASHBY WEST MELBOURNE -Thomas Joseph Ashby, 68, a retired construction foreman, died Friday, June 25, at Palm Bay Care Center. Mr. Ashby was born in Camden County, N.J. He moved to Brevard County 15 years ago from Camden, N.J. He was a former New Jersey policeman.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and American Legion in Melbourne. He attended Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Melbourne. Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Louise Ashby of West Melbourne. No calling hours or services are scheduled. Florida Memorial Funeral Home, north of Melbourne, is in charge of arrangements.
Donations may be made to Holmes Regional Hospice, 1900 Dairy Road, West Melbourne, FL 32904. JOSEPH BERNA MELBOURNE Joseph L. "Joe" Berna, 78, a retired heavy equipment operator for Brevard BERNA Survivors include his stepsons, Gary Fleenor and Tary Fleenor, both of Melbourne; sons, Joseph Berna Jr. and Norman Berna; daughters, Karen Cornwell, Jo Anne Bardoner and Barbara Winningham; and two grandchildren. No calling services hours are scheduled.
Memorial will 4 p.m. Sunday at Tabernacle Church of Melbourne. Davis Funeral Home in Melbourne is in charge of arrangements. Donations may be made to the Florida Children's Home, P.O. Box 1446, Melbourne, FL 32901 or to The Haven, P.O.
Box 327, Melbourne, FL 32902. WALTER BIDDINGER COCOA Walter D. Biddinger, 72, an automobile mechanic, died Wednesday, June 23, at Wuesthoff Hospital in Rockledge. Mr. Biddinger came to Brevard County 30 years ago from Maryland, where he was born.
Survivors include wife, Viola Biddinger of Cocoa; daughter, Kathleen Grant of Cocoa; brother, Rudell Biddinger of New Jersey; six IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory of THELMA (LUCILLE) PASSERO Born March 12, 1920 Died June 26, 1988 Five Years Ago Today God Called You To Himself, He Freed You From Your Suffering And There You Have Perfect Health. The Pain Is Still New Of The Love And Sweet Memories We Have Of You, A Day Doesn't Go By That I Don't Think Of You You Are Always On My Mind And Forever In My Heart Your Loving Husband, Joe Linda, Joe And Grandchildren EAST COAST CREMATION SERVICE Direct Simple Affordable South Central North 725-6343 632-1350 264-6131 Saturday, June 26, 1993 will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning July 6, at Travis Recreation Center. The fee is $12 for four COCOA BEACH Hitching a ride: The Space Coast Area Transit provides bus service Tuesdays and Fridays, except holidays. Information: 633-1878.
INDIALANTIC Breakfast menu: Eastminster Presbyterian Church men will meet at 7 a.m. Tuesday at The Cove in Satellite Beach. INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH All for kicks: The Soccer Club will hold grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. No calling hours are scheduled. Memorial services are 2 p.m.
today at New Hope Fellowship in Cocoa. Brevard Memorial Funeral Home in Frontenac is in charge of arrangements. EDWARD BOZETT COCOA BEACH Edward J. Bozett, 82, a retired New York City fireman, died Thursday, June 24, at Cape Canaveral Hospital. Mr.
Bozett was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He moved to Brevard County in 1984 from Whitestone, N.Y. He was a member of Church of Our Saviour in Cocoa Beach, the Cocoa Beach Coin Club and loved fishing, bowling, boating and horse racing. He bowled with a championship New York City Fire Department team. After 21 years with the fire department, he worked for the New York Horse Racing Association for almost 20 years as a white cap in the admissions department of the Turf and Field Club.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Catherine Bozett of Cocoa Beach; daughters, Marie Ellis of Fort Lauderdale and Arleen Mulholland of Breezy Point, N.Y.; and four grandchildren. No calling hours are scheduled. A memorial Mass will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Church of Our Saviour. Beckman- Funeral Home in Cocoa Beach is in charge of arrangements.
THOMAS CAMPBELL MERRITT ISLAND Thomas J. Campbell, 83, a retired commercial fisherman, died Friday, June 25, at Wuesthoff Hospital in Rockledge. Mr. Campbell was born in Royston, Ga. He moved to Brevard County in 1984 from Brunswick, Ga.
An avid fisherman and gardener, he was a member of the Norwich Baptist Church in Georgia. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Rosa Bell Campbell of Merritt Island; daughter-in-law, Doris Campbell of Merritt Island; brothers, George Campbell, Eugene Campbell and Claude Campbell, all of Georgia; and three grandchildren. Calling hours will be 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Florida Memorial Funeral I Home, north of Melbourne. Services will be 1 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home. AGNES DERFLINGER IN linger, 77, TITUSVILLE who was Agnes disabled, E. Derf- died Tuesday, June 22, at Parrish Medical Center. Miss Derflinger came to Bre vard County eight years ago from Maryland. Survivors include her sisters, Jessie Johnson of Port St.
Lucie and Elsie Ritter of Winchester, and brother, Theodore Derflinger of Adamstown, Md. Services were Friday at North Brevard Funeral Home in Titusville. registration for the fall season from 10 a.m. noon July 10 at the Gleason Park Recreation Center. Information: 773-7030.
MALABAR Council OK: Joseph Burnette, 1196 S. Highway 1, was granted a home occupation for his drywall finishing business. MELBOURNE Patent Information: Space Coast Inventors Guild will meet from 2 to 4:45 p.m. today at the Eau Gallie Public Library. MELBOURNE BEACH Night moves: The Sierra Club and Audubon Society will hold a moonlit Donations may be made Seventh-day Adventist Church.
LORETTA DIECKMAN MELBOURNE Loretta Josephine Dieckman, 88, a homemaker, died Thursday, June 24, at home. Mrs. Dieckman was born in Richfield, Ohio. She moved to Brevard County in 1956 from Brook Park, Ohio. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Melbourne and the Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary in Brook Park.
Mrs. Dieckman was a person who contributed anonymously to many organizations as well as to needy local children, family members said. Her hobbies included art and she won several awards for her oil painting, sculpturing and ceramics. During World War II, she was supervisor of a defense plant in Cleveland. Survivors include her daughters, Lorine Kleinschnitz and Virginia Mroczka, both of Melbourne; brother, Joseph Finn of Arlington, sisters, Teresa Kerin of Hadlock, and Bernadette of Aurora, Ohio; 14 grandchildren; and 46 great-grandchildren.
Calling hours will be 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, "Davis scripture service at 7:30, at Funeral Home in Melbourne. Mass of the Resurrection will be 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Florida Memorial Gardens, north of Melbourne.
JOHN DOYLE PALM BAY John Doyle, 74, a retired asbestos worker, died Friday, June 25, at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne. Born in New York City, Mr. Doyle was a Brevard County resident since 1983. He was a member of Asbestos Union Local 12 in New York City. Survivors include his wife, Porzia Doyle of Palm Bay; daughter, Colleen Spillman of King George, sister, Anna Elmendorf of Hazlet, N.J.; and two grandchildren.
Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at South Brevard Funeral Home in Melbourne. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Burial be in Florida Memorial Gardens, north of Melbourne. KATHERINE HOFER VERO BEACH Katherine M. Hofer, 98, a homemaker, died Thursday, June 24, at Indian River Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hofer was born in New York City.
She moved to Indian River County years ago from North Salem, She was a member of St. Helen's Catholic Church in Vero Beach. Survivors include her son, Arthur Goudey of Westford, N.Y.; daughter, Kathleen Sanborn of Worchester, N.Y.; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. No calling hours are scheduled. Summer Clearance June 26th July 3rd Selected Items Storewide Savings up to 17 10 am-8 pm Daily WESCHE Closed Sunday Jewelers 725-2336 55626AW Dr.
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Fiske Boulevard 264-2222 636-6090 13601BW beach walk at 8 p.m. Friday. The public is invited. Walkers will gather at the public access just north of the radar station. MERRITT ISLAND Car wash: The Brevard USA soccer team will wash cars from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. today at the Chevron station at SR 520 and Plumosa raise money for a tournament trip to Germany. PALM BAY PALM BAY In the books: The Friends of the Libraries will celebrate the first anniversary of the DeGroodt Library from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday.
PATRICK AFB PATRICK AFB Attention, please: Military families Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Helen's Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Crestlawn Cemetery in Vero Beach. CoxGifford Funeral Home in Vero Beach is in charge of arrange- JOSEPH KRAEMER TITUSVILLE Joseph F.
Kraemer, 83, former owner of a roofing business in Michigan, died Thursday, June 24, at Parrish Medical Center, Mr. Kraemer was born in St. Lawrence, Wis. He moved to Brevard County 21 years ago from Newport, Mich. He was a life member of the Cadillac, Moose Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Inga Kramer of Titusville; daughter, Darline Schneider of Michigan; two grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. No calling hours or local services are scheduled. North Brevard Funeral Home in Titusville is in died Wednesday, June 23, in New Hampshire. Mrs. LaRoche was born in Queens, N.Y.
She moved to Brevard County 11 years ago from Coral Gables. She was a member of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Indialantic. Survivors include her son, Marc LaRoche of Indian Harbour Beach; daughter, Veronique Toomes of Amhurst, N.H.: and four grandchildren. Calling hours will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, with a wake service at 7, at Beach Funeral Home in Indian Harbour Beach.
Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Fountainhead Memorial Park in Palm charge of arrangements. MARGARET LaROCHE INDIALANTIC Margaret Cecilia LaRoche, 69, a homemaker, Bay. JOSEPH McCLOSKEY COCOA Joseph C.
McCloskey, 81, a 1 retired electrician, died Thursday, June 24, at Wuesthoff Hospital in Rockledge. Mr. McCloskey was born in East Brady, Pa. He moved to Brevard County in 1976 from North Royalton, Ohio. He worked for LTV Steel in Cleveland for 25 years and retired in 1974.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara McCloskey of Cocoa; daughter, Elizabeth Durr of North Royalton; brother, Henry McClosof Cridersville, Ohio; and one grandson. No calling hours are scheduled. Services will be in Pennsylvania. East Coast Cremation Service in Rockledge is in charge of arrangements. MICHAEL MENTE FELLSMERE Michael B.
Mente, 32, an electronic engineer for Harris died Wednesday, June 23, at home. Mr. Mente moved to Indian leaving the area should inform Sea Park or Holland Elementary schools in Satellite Beach to adjust enrollment. PORT ST. JOHN Members needed: Volunteers for the homeowner association's 10 committees are needed.
Information: 631-8245. ROCKLEDGE High IQ: The Space Coast Area Mensa will give an entrance exam from 12:30 to 4 p.m. July 10 at the Cocoa Beach Public Library. Minimum age: 14. Fee: $25.
SATELLITE BEACH auction at 9 a.m. today in the parking lot of City Hall, 565 Cassia Blvd. SEBASTIAN Getting better: The Healers Circle will present "Glimpses of the Far East" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of The Way, 4690 Lipscomb St. N.E., Palm Bay.
TITUSVILLE On the agenda: Parrish Medical Center's cardiac support group meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in classroom D. A wellness lecture follows at 7. Information: 268-6181. WEST MELBOURNE SATELLITE BEACH Bookmarks: Meadowlane Community Library had a circulation of 7,155 volumes Bidding begins: The city sponsors an and attendance of 6,951 patrons in May.
Silver-Haired Legislature beach representative dies By Mike Bailey on the board of trustees. FLORIDA TODAY "She always liked helping SATELLITE BEACH Pearl other people and she saw the P. Cochrane, 91, a retired law, improvement of each patient at engineering and personnel sec- Easter Seal. It made her feel retary, died Friday, June 18, at Grace good," said her daughter-in-law, Holmes Regional Medical Cen- Smithgall of Satellite ter in Melbourne. Beach.
Mrs. Cochrane represented Mrs. Cochrane was past mathe beaches at the Silver tron of Order of Eastern Star Legislature in Tallahassee in the Chapter 129 in Philadelphia a and early 1980s. member Camberlain of the Abigail of Wright the Chapter "She was a great friend and a Daughters of the American Revperson working who for the really believed in olution as well as the Daughters community," of American Colonists, both in said Elizabeth Bradley of Mims. Brevard.
Born in Trenton, N.J., Mrs. No calling hours are schedCochrane moved to Brevard uled. Memorial services will be 2 County in 1971 from Bucking- p.m. Tuesday at Brownlie and ham, Pa. Maxwell Funeral Home in MelShe attended First United bourne.
Methodist Church of Satellite Donations may be made to Beach. She volunteered for the Easter Seal Center, 3661 S. many years at the Easter Seal Babco*ck Melbourne, FL Center in Melbourne and served 32901-8821. River County in 1983 from Midland, where he was born. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Mente of Fellsmere; daughter, Amy Mente of Fellsmere; mother, Efthimia Mente of Midland; sister, Suzanna Mente of Midland; and maternal grandmother, Helen Vournakis of Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich. Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. today at Fountainhead Memorial Funeral Home in Palm Bay. Services will be 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
SPENCER MORGAN TAMPA Spencer S. Morgan, 38, a chemist for the Tampa Water Department, died Thursday, June 24, at his parents' home in Indian Harbour Beach. Born in Miami, Mr. Morgan lived in Tampa for 18 years. He was a Brevard County resident from 1968 to 1975, graduating from Satellite High School and the University of South Florida.
He also was an artist who specialized in hand-thrown pottery. Survivors include his parents, Bill and Jane Morgan of Indian Harbour Beach, and sister, Carolyn Thon of Palm Bay. No calling hours are scheduled. Graveside services will be 4 p.m. July 3 at Fountainhead Memorial Park in Palm Bay.
Memorial services will be held in Tampa. Brownlie and Maxwell Funeral Home in Melbourne is in charge of local arrangements. Donations may be made to Holmes Regional Hospice, 1900 Dairy Road, West Melbourne, FL 32904. SURENA ROBINSON COCOA Surena Robinson, 66, a retired teacher, died Tuesday, June 22, at Wuesthoff Hospital in Rockledge. Mrs.
Robinson was born in Sebastian. A former resident of Brevard County, she returned four years ago from Bronx, N.Y. She was employed by the New York City Board of Education. Survivors include her daughter, Lindarnell Robinson of Cocoa; sister, Mary Jackson of Cocoa; and granddaughter, Chailita Robinson of Cocoa. Calling hours will be 1 to 3 p.m.
Sunday at Stone Funeral Home in Cocoa. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at St. John Church of God in Christ in Cocoa. Donations may be made to Brevard Hospice, P.O.
Box 560965, Rockledge, FL. 32956-0965. JUDY SCHEIDEL CAPE CANAVERAL Julia H. "Judy" Scheidel, 82, a retired nurse, died Wednesday, June 23, at home. Mrs.
Scheidel was born in Nashua, N.H. She moved to Brevard County in 1981 from Brockton, Mass. She worked at Veterans Hospital in Brockton for 25 years, retiring in 1976. She was a member of Cocoa Beach Women Alone Club and Christ Lutheran Church in 1 Cape Canaveral and its Cape Coasters group. She also was a volunteer with the American Red Cross.
An oak tree in Washington Avenue Park in Cape Canaveral is dedicated to her. Survivors include her daughters, Judy Randels of Cape Canaveral and Penny Shinnick of Half Moon Bay, son, Stephen Scheidel of Camillus, N.Y.; six grandchildren; and one gre child No calling hours or services are scheduled. East Coast Cremation Service in Rockledge is in charge of arrangements. PARKING LOT SALE FURNITURE OFF! SATURDAY 10-6PM SUNDAY NO Discontinued, Scratched, Dented, Floor Models One-Of-A-Kinds! Priced To Sell IDEAL FURNITURE BEDDING 801 W. New Haven Avenue (Hwy.192) Melbourne 722-1219 VISA Master Card 0 0: in of in to H.
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