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B2-Austin, Texas The Austin American-Statesman Saturday, August 20, 1977 deaths and services notices, Additional Page funeral D26 EVANS, Maudie 70, Sol Wilson, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday at New Lincoln Missionary Baptist Church. (King-Tears) GUAJARDO, Eliseo (Elex), 72, of Manor, died Thursday. Mass 11 a.m.

Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Manor. (Hyltin-Manor) ISBELL, Mrs. Claude (Annie Zollner), of Rockwall, died Wednesday. Graveside services 11 a.m.

Saturday at Rockwall Cemetery. (Weed-Corley) KEARBY, John (Mike), 36, of Tulsa, died Wednesday. Services 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Moore Funeral Home in Tulsa, Okla. (Weed-Corley) McDOUGAL, Wallace 81, 7304 Guad- alupe, died Friday.

Services pending at Hyltin-Manor Funeral Home. PATTON, Mrs. Mattie Etta (Collins), 91, 5403 Fernview, died Thursday. Services were Friday. (Wilke-Clay) central texas deaths PARKER, Cleveland, 46, of Elgin, died Aug.

13. Services 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Elgin. Survivors: wife, Lillie Mae Parker of Elgin; daughters, Maxine Jamison, Linda Cleveland, Betty Paige, Earnestine Parker, all of Austin; son, Cleveland Parker Jr. of Austin; father, Leslie Parker of Austin; sisters, Hattie Mae Killings, Blanca Ann Lewis, both of Elgin; brothers, James King of Elgin, Wesity King of Manor, George M.

Bishop of San Francisco, J.C. Marchell of Hamilton; nine grandchildren. (Newby Funeral Home, Elgin) Schwetner, died Thursday. Services 10 SCHWERTNER, Oscar, 62, of a.m. Saturday at Goodnight Funeral Home in Bartlett.

Survivors: wife, Thelma a Schwertner of Schwertner; daughters, Susan Edens of Temple, Sally Gray of Morgans Point, Judy Stewart of Dallas; son, Randall Schwetner of Granger; sister, Railie Whitlow of Schwertner; seven grandchildren. SORRELL, Paul, 75, of Dripping Springs, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday at Dripping Springs Church of Christ. (Crofts Funeral Home, Johnson City) PHIPPS, Samuel, 46, of Austin, died Friday.

Services pending at Fuller-Sheffield Funeral Home. PYLE, Robert 59, of Austin, died Wednesday. Services were Friday. (Weed-Corley) ROSALES, Rose Mary, 24, 1102-B Estes, died Wednesday. Mass 10 a.m.

Saturday at Cristo Rey Catholic Church. (Angel) STEWART, Keith 18, of Corpus Christi, died Thursday. Services pending at McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia, Miss. (Cook- Walden) TAYLOR, Eugene, 78, 1909 Chicon, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m.

Sunday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Herman Terrell, Mrs. R.A. Terrell, Mrs.

Grayson Crayton, all of Austin; son, James Taylor of Austin; sister, Alice Cooper of Lexington; brothers, Charlie Taylor of Bastrop, Louis Taylor, Frank Taylor, both of Lexington; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren. (Fuller-Sheffield) WHARTON, Bob, 70, of Austin, died Thursday. Services 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Weed-Corley Funeral Home. VICKERS, Mrs.

Polly, 83, of Smithville, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Live Oak Grove Baptist Church in Smithville. Survivors: daughters, Ornia Thompson of Fresno, Dorothy McVay of Smithville; seven grandchilmodren; seven great-grandchildren. (Pendergrass-Peoples Mortuary, Smithville) WALDRON, Mrs.

Jonnie 83, of Marble Falls, died Friday. Services pending at Clements Funeral Home in Marble Falls. Survivors include his daughter, Loraine W. Averett of Marble Falls; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. WIGGINS, Mrs.

Signe Elizabeth, 92, of Georgetown, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday at Davis Funeral Home in Georgetown. Survivors: son, Frank E. Wiggins of Georgetown; daughters, Mary Brumage of Austin, Martha Henna of Bolente; sisters, Annie Boyd, Ellen Burklund, both of Georgetown; two granddaughters.

WILLIAMS, Ray, 64, of Bastrop, died Tuesday. Services 4 p.m. Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church near Bastrop. (Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop) Rev. Thomas Culhane dies at 70 BURRIER, Bernice, 60, of Dripping Springs, died Thursday.

Services 2 p.m. Saturday at Dripping Springs First Baptist Church. (Wilke-Clay) CULHANE, Rev. Thomas C.S.C., 70, 602 W. 11th died Friday.

Wake services 1 p.m. Sunday at Cook-Walden Funeral Home. Mass will be at St. Mary's Cathedral at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m.

Monday. Survivors: sisters, Sister Marthine of Bellafonte, Sister Therese, Elizabeth McDermott, both of Trumbull, Margaret Munley of Harrisburg, Penn. DAVIS, Edith Ruth, 82, 3209 E. 16th died Sunday. Services 2 p.m.

Saturday at King-Tears Mortuary. DE LEON, Cristobal, 80, 2005 Uphill, died Thursday. Rosary 8 p.m. Sunday at Angel Funeral Home. Services 10 a.m.

Monday at Dolores Catholic Church. Survivors: daughters, Martha a Alejos of Austin, Alexandra Flores of Houston, Clara Tello of Lubbock, Angela DeLeon, Augustina Luna, both of San Angelo; 42 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren. (Angel) ALEGRE, Ronald died Thursday. Services at 3 p.m. Sunday at MarrsJones Funeral Home in Smithville.

Survivors: wife, Sandy Alegre of Smithville; parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Alegre Jr. of Nederland; sisters, Cindy Douglas, Evelyn Alegre, both of Nederland; brother, Clifton Alegre III of Nederland; grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. C.J. Alegre Sr. of Nederland, Mrs. W.A.

Westbrook of St. Augustine. HAIRSTON, Annie Grace, 62, of Milano, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale.

Survivors: husband, Curtis Hairston of Milano; sons, Charles Hairston of Rockdale, Joe Hairston, Keith Hairston, both of Milano; daughters, Mrs. Williams Goyns, Mrs. James Blankship, both of Virginia, Mrs. Don Purswell of Cleveland; brothers, H.D. Woods, Tim Woods, both of Milano; sisters, Mrs.

Alford Nichols of Kerrville, Lillian Edmons of Cameron, Mrs. Dudley Myres of Washington, Mrs. Jack Draher of Bay City; 11 grandchildren. HAYS, Miss Kate, of Taylor, died Friday. Services 2 p.m.

Sunday at Condra Funeral Home in Taylor. Her survivors include her brother, G.I. Hays of Taylor, three nieces and one nephew. Rev. Thomas J.

Culhane an Austin priest who and Wisconsin, the priest came back to Austin in served and helped build parishes throughout Cen- 1963 to serve three years as chaplain of St. Jotral Texas died Friday. seph's Hall at St. Edward's. Culhane, 70, died at Brackenridge Hospital after He was responsible for building churches at a brief illness.

Round Rock, Andice, Buda and Creedmore. He alAfter his ordination in 1935, Culhane was sent to so helped to organize La Luz, the church which Austin as a teacher at St. Edward's University preceded Dolores Parish. Austin's and assistant pastor of St. Helen's Church in Wake services will be from 1 to 5 p.m.

Sunday at Georgetown. From 1937-40 he was pastor of that Cook-Walden Funeral Home. Masses will be 7: 30 church. p.m. Sunday and 10:30 a.m.

Monday, both at St. From 1940-41 the priest served as assistant at Mary's Cathedral, Austin's Holy Cross Parish and from 1941-45 was San Jose Catholic Church here. He re- Survivors include four sisters, Sisters Marthine assistant at assistant from 1945- and Terese, both Sisters of the Immaculate Heart turned to the Georgetown as 51. of Mary, Mrs. Margaret Munley of Harrisburg, REV.

CULHANE and Mrs. William McDermott of Bridgeport, After spending the following 12 years in Indiana Conn. Man sliced in half REV. CULHANE by saw in accident An Austin mattress company employe who had been on the job only three days was sliced in half with a band saw after a conveyor belt was accidently activated and carried the man into the moving blade. Killed was Samuel Phipps, 46, of 1400 Werner Hill.

Police said he was killed about 8 a.m. Friday when he was adjusting the saw at the Hurley Mattress 9315 McNeil Road. The building also houses Economy Furniture Co. The man was sliced in half from the left shoulder to the right hip as he tried to oil the blade on a foam rubber cutter, police said. Phipps was standing on the belt working on the blade when it activated and cut him.

Phipps retired last year from the U.S. Air Force, said police Lt. Fred Maxwell, a friend. He is survived by his widow, a son and three stepchildren. Services are pending at Fuller Sheffield Funeral Home.

Housing panel to buy land for central office The Austin Housing Authority (AHA) unanimously agreed Friday to purchase a two-acre tract in East Austin for construction of a new central office. The site, bounded by East 2nd, East 3rd, Chalmers and Comal, is vacant. Current AHA headquarters at 205 Chicon are too small, said chairman Bill Petri. The $280,000 which will be used to buy the site and construct the building "a one-story square according to AHA executive director from George Brooking was left over three projects completed in 1972, said Petri. Woman blinded in crash sues for $2.5 million A Houston resident who lost both board with such force that her eyeeyes in an automobile accident says balls ruptured and had to be rethe car manufacturer is to blame for moved, the couple alleges in the suit.

her suffering and wants the company to pay her $2.5 million. was Tyers charge for The the Toyota dashboard insufficiently padded Part of a 1971 Toyota Corolla adequate protection. They also alfrom the windshield to the end of the lege the design for hooking the car's passenger seat will be presented shoulder belt to the lap belt is so conas evidence in the suit Elaine Tyer fusing that it was "extremely diffiand her husband, James, have filed cult to figure out how to attach or in state district court here. even to know there was a shoulder The Tyers have sued a string of Toyota dealers and manufacturers Those alleged defects made the for the alleged defects 1 they car "unreasonably dangerous" and that claim caused Mrs. Tyer's blindness.

the suit maintains. Toyota Mrs. Tyer was a passenger in the has denied the allegations. car, driven by her daughter, on March 14, 1971, when the car While the car was repaired and plunged into a ditch along Cameron sold after the accident, Austin attorRoad, according to her suit. ney Dick Allison later tracked it Although Mrs.

Tyer was wearing dash- down and bought it as evidence in her lap belt, her head hit the the case. Rail yard fatality probed SMITHVILLE Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad officials are continuing their investigation into a railroad yard accident Thursday which took the life of brakeman Ronald Alegre, 19. INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUE SHOW AT AUDITORIUM THIS WEEKEND A collector's delight, this weekend at the Auditorium, with the opening of the AUSTIN INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUE SHOW AND SALE, AUG. 19-20-21. International Exhibits from all over the nation and Europe will exhibit in this the area's largest Show.

86 Fantastic Exhibits Regardless of what your fancy might be, you will find it at this FABULOUS SHOW. Hours for the show are: Fri. Sat. 12:00 Noon to 10:00 P.M., Sun. 1:00 P.M.

to 6:00 P.M. Services for Alegre will be at 3 p.m, Sunday at the Marrs-Jones Chapel in Smithville. He is survived by his wife, Sandy; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alegre, of Nederland; a brother; a sister; and his grandparents.

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