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4A OBITUARIES Tmes HeraJd Port Huron. Mich. Saturday. Oct 30. 1993 ficiate.

Burial will be in Lake- port Cemetery. LQJ Visiting is 6 to 9 p.m. today bituaries James Commyn, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in St. Phillip's Cemetery in Columbus Township.

Visiting is 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday. A rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Daniel Nicholas, James Shaw, Don Bailey and Fritz, Glenn and Todd Morrison. Honorary pallbearers special tributes purchased by family and friends Funeral Homes: to place an obituary, call 985-7171 after hours. 935-7174 Monday-Saturday 3-6 p.m.

Sunday evening 7-10 p.m. will be Paul Wuellner and An- gelo Torello. Memorials may be made to the Mercy Hospital's Oncology A TlCC Joanne Moore Department Sandra S. Lash 20 a it iiii i ALGONAC Sandra S. Lash, 38, died Thursday, Oct 21, 1993 in her home.

Silures Purkiss Mrs. Lash was born Aug. 1, 1955 in Pontiac. She is survived by her moth er, Margie Whitney of Utica; Every Regular Sale Price Item 11 two sisters, Pamela J. Rappa of Algonac and Barbara J.

Wil liamson of Marine City; and a nephew, Bradley A. Evon of A memorial service is 1 p.m. Monday in Trinity United Meth odist Church. The Rev. Wayne Ferrigan of Trinity United Methodist Church will officiate.

Arrangements were by Gilbert Funeral Home in Algonac. Customer Appreciation Day Saturday, October 30 from 8 a-m--9 p-m. Memorials may be made to the Sandra S. Lash Memorial Fund, 709 St. Clair River Drive, Algonac; Leader Dogs for the Blind; of the charity of the donor's choice.

John Andrew Heinen ST. CLAIR John Andrew Heinen, 22, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1993. He was born March 27, 1971 Silures Edward Purkiss MARYSVILLE SUures Edward Purkiss, 84, died Thursday, Oct. 2S.

1993 in Faith Medical Center after a brief illness. Mr. Purkiss was born Aug. 8, 1909 in HarrisviUe and was a lifelong area resident. He married Dorothy Leffler Dec.

30, 1934. She died Nov. 19, 19S3. Mr. Purkiss was employed by the Marysville Department of Public Works prior to his retirement.

He was a member of Pilgrim Lutheran Church. He is survived by three sons, Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart (Alice) Langolf of Port Huron, Mr. and Mrs.

Leland "Butch" (Edith) Purkiss of Marysville, and Mr. and Mrs. James (Verone) Purkiss of Clyde Township; a daughter-in-law, Jeannie Purkiss of Florida; nine grand-children; seven greatgrandchildren; three sisters; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a son, Harry Purkiss. Services are 1 p.m.

Monday in Pollock-Randall Funeral Home, the Rev. Bill Bendert of Pilgrim Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. Visiting is 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Sunday in the funeral home. Pallbearers are Robert Purkiss, Jerry Prone, Gary Nichols and Mike Cline. Memorials may be made to the Mercy Hospital Telemetry Ward. in Evanston, 111. Joanne 'Jo Bryne Moore PORT HURON Joanne "Jo" Bryne Moore, 63, died Thursday, Oct.

28, 1993 in her home after a short illness. She was bom Dec. 22, 1929 in Detroit and had been an area resident since 1935. She married Edward R. Moore Jr.

June 14, 1952 in old St. Stephen Catholic Church in Port Huron. She was a graduate of St. Stephen High School, Port Huron Junior College and Marygrove College. She was a former member of Catholic Social Sen-ices' Board of Directors, the divisional board of Mercy Hospital and the Volunteer Services Bureau's Board of Directors.

She is survived by her husband, Edward R. Moore Jr. of Port Huron; son and daugther-in-law, Patrick and Jan Moore of Fort Gratiot; three daughters and sons-in-law, Ann Mary and David Ryskoski of Houston, Martha and Ivan Rodriguez of Comayagua, Honduras, Central America, and Therese and Dennis Spangler of Port Huron; two sons, John and Thomas Moore, both of Los Angeles; 1 1 grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Michael "Mickey" and Lois Byrne of Mansfield, Ohio; and sister, Patricia Se-nyczko of Lansing. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday in St.

Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Rene L. Des-marais will officiate. Family burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Pallbearers are C. Patrick O'Sullivan, Dr. Edmond W. Fitzgerald Frank O. Staiger, Douglas N.

Price, Frank R. Ger-big N. Fred Haynes, Dr. William J. Dinnen and John W.

Boukamp. Visiting is 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Karrer-Simpson-Crawford Funeral Home. A scripture service is at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Memorials may be made to Mercy Hospital's People's Clinic, Newman Center, Blue Water Hospice or the St. Clair County Library. John was a student at Ferris State University. He was a graduate of Saginaw Nouvel Catholic High School, where he was a member of the school's hockey team. He is survived by his William and Barbara Heinen of St.

Clair; brothers, Mark and David Heinen, both of St. Clair; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Eckhardt of Rochelle, maternal great-grandmother, Minne Eckhardt of Rochelle, 111. A funeral Mass is 11 a.m.

Dear Customer, To thank you for your patronage, we're offering special savings on our entire selection of quality merchandise. On Saturday, October 30 you'll find the latest, quality fashions for the whole family and great values for the home reduced 20 at the register. There will be many special sale prices throughout our departments on which you will receive the additional 20 Off. Our intention is to offer some of the lowest prices of the season. And, there's something extra! If you shop with your Younkers Charge or open a Younkers Charge Account, you can take advantage of interest-free deferred billing.

No payments are due until February, 1994, on Younkers Charge purchases of $50 or more. ($300 minimum purchase on Furniture.) Only tickets, travel, restaurants and Gift Certificates are excluded from deferred billing. As always, our outstanding customer service will make the difference in your shopping experience. Remember, if you are not satisfied with your purchase, for any reason, return it for a prompt replacement, credit or refund. No questions asked.

We look forward to seeing you, your family and your friends during our Customer Appreciation Day! Sincerely, Monday in St. Christopher Ann Verbrugge Catholic Church. Visiting is 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the L.C. Friederichs and Son Funeral Home in St.

Clair and 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the church. Memorials may be made to the Saginaw Nouvel Catholic High School in John's name. Betty J. Karl COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP -Betty J.

Karl, 67, died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1993. A funeral Mass is 1 p.m. today in St. Philip Catholic Church in Columbus Township.

The Rev. Francis Zielinski, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Karl will lie in state from noon to 1 p.m.

at the church. Arrangements were by Kammeraad Funeral Home in Memphis. Larry Leffler Tom Gould Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer Younkers, Inc. DEATHS ELSEWHERE Larry L. Leffler PORT HURON Larry L.

Leffler, 56, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1993 in his residence after a short illness. Mr. Leffler was born July 21, 1937 in Port Huron and was a lifelong resident. He married Dorothy Krause Nov.

6, 1965. 1 SA I FA TION ALWAYS Mr. Leffler served in the U.S. Army. He was vice president of KfiVhi.

I 8an- Exploration a division of South Ann N. Verbrugge COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP -Ann N. Verbrugge, 77, a lifelong Columbus Township resident, died Friday, Oct. 29, 1993, in her daughter's home. Mrs.

Verbrugge was born Jan. 31, 1916 in Columbus Township to Joseph and Mary Warus Tomak. She married Edwin B. Verbrugge in St. Clair County in January 1935.

He died in October 1949. Mrs. Verbrugge was an operating room instrument technician at St. Joseph Hospital in Mount Clemens for 27 years, where she received numerous service awards. She was a member of St.

Augustine Catholic Church in Richmond and the Polish National Alliance. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Edwin David and Gladys Verbrugge of Columbus Township; daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley "Michey" and Jack Verbrugge-Mapletoft of Richmond, Beverly and Jack Stoliker of Columbus Township, Sally and Lawrence Kus of Marine City; a brother, Daniel Tomak of Higgins Lake; dear friend, Helmut Bader of Columbus Township; grandchildren, Rhonda Morin, Audra Arancibia, Dawn Verbrugge, Aaron Stoliker, John Stoliker Eric and Kurt Stoliker, Beth Mareski and Courtney Kus; and great-grandchildren, Amber Mareski, Ashley and Austin Morin and Lauren Arancibia. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother and four sisters. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Rewalt Funeral Home in Richmond followed by an 11 a.m.

Mass in St. Augustine Catholic Church. The Rev. The Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress whose father's fortune made her the "richest girl in the world," died Thursday of cardiac arrest.

She was 80. Though Miss Duke shied away from most media attention, her life was fodder for the gossip columns from the day she inherited most of her father's $300 million estate in 1925. The fascination continued into her later years when in 1988, she posted $5 million bail for her friend Imelda Marcos, wife of the late Ferdinand Marcos and adopted a 35-year-old former belly dancer and Hare Krishna devotee, Charlene Gail "Chandi" Heffner. WASHINGTON Frank Lemay, a State Department economist who warned in a 1989 memorandum that President Saddam Hussein was diverting American farm loan money to buy weapons, died Thursday of AIDS. He was 36.

Mr. Lemay first privately warned his superiors in the office of the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs that Hussein had apparently misused money from a $5 billion farm loan-guarantee program to buy nuclear-related equipment SEATTLE Absolutely Nobody, who changed his name from David Powers during his unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor, died Tuesday of AIDS in Oakland, Calif. He was 37. Mr. Nobody's campaign slogan was "Hi, I'm Absolutely Nobody.

Vote for me." The cornerstone of his 1992 campaign was a pledge to abolish the job, which he called a waste of taxpayers' money. 10 OFF SMALL ELECTRICS, FURNITURE, RESTAURANTS, PHOTO STUDIO, OPTICAL BEAUTY SALON WITH SELECTED STYLISTS. DUE TO MANUFACTURERS' RESTRICTIONS THE FOLLOWING REGULAR PRICE MERCHANDISE IS EXCLUDED: Liz Claiborne for Men Women, Elisabeth, Carole Little, Bridge Sportswear (Dept. 43), Marisa Christina Christmas Sweaters, Girbaud, Guess? Apparel, Pepe, Z. Cavaricci, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Timberland, Men's Haggar Wrinkle Free Pants, Men's Dockers Authentics, Jockey Underwear for Women, Coach, Dooney Bourke, Bridge Handbags (Dept.

269), Hanes Hosiery (Dept. 255), Isotoner Gloves Slippers, Gucci Watches, Fossil Watches, Guess? Watches, Polo for Men Children, Polo RRL from Ralph Lauren, Children's Hartstrings, Children's Kite Strings, Reebok, Keds, Rockport, Easy Spirit, Cosmetics and Fragrances (or Men Women, Ralph Lauren Home items, Calphalon, Waterford, Orrefors, Dept. 56 Village Collection, Alterations, Repair Services, Travel Services, Tickets, Gift Certificates, Flower Shop, Special Orders Value Price Items. eastern Michigan Gas Co. He was the previous division manager for Southeastern Michigan Gas Co.

and has been with Southeastern Michigan Gas Co. since January 1955. He has been a field engineer, stores supervisor, adminstrative assistant and gas control. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy A. Leffler of Port Huron; son, Paul F.

Leffler of Port Huron; mother, Mrs. Lillian Leffler of Port Huron; two sisters, Mrs. Norma Jean (Stanley) Litman of Minnesota and Mrs. Joan (David) Garber of Nebraska; and sister-in-law, Judy Weiss of Port Huron. His father, Paul Leffler, died earlier.

Services are 1 p.m. Monday in Jowett Funeral Home, 1634 Lapeer Ave. at 17th Street in Port Huron. The Rev. Gary R.

Stewart, associate pastor at Ross Bible Church, will of.