Death 44 Akron Beacon Journal Friday, January 19, www.Ohio.com Trial Defendant denies sex was not consensual Continued from Page D1 away and heard a click when he pulled the trigger. She said Dunn gave her the bullet, told her how lucky she was and that the bullet had her name it. He also said he would kill both children after murdering her. Jurors heard a scratchy tape recording, police made when they asked her to get Dunn to talk about the incident. Dunn appears to confirm on the tape that he had been snorting cocaine earlier, had borrowed a gun, and had played Russian roulette with the alleged victim.
But he denies that the sex was not consensual. When her children got home, she met them at the door and fled with them in her car, leaving Dunn inside the house. The same night, she wrote a letter saying that Dunn would the one responsible probably, anything were to happen to her. She had the letter notarized the next day. Trial continues today before Judge Sara Lioi.
John Higgins reached at 330-478-6000 (Ext. 12) or 1-800-478-5445 or Alliance Coroner awaiting results of further tests Continued from Page D1 bit found the body of Smith, 41, on a strip mine hillside about three miles north of her home on South Wade Avenue in Alliance. Stark County Coroner Dr. James R. Pritchard said an autopsy did not reveal bullet or knife wounds.
Her neck had not been broken. The death is being investigated as a homicide, which is routine because the autopsy was inconclusive. The coroner called the death highly suspicious, and said toxicology screens and other test results are not expected for several days. The body appeared to have been dumped, said Sheriff's Maj. Rick Perez.
The hillside area is not where someone likely would be walking and not where someone could have been knocked by a motor vehicle, he said. Dortch said that she, Smith and Anthony McTaggert of Detroit were raised by their vocalist mother in Columbus. The family's other two siblings were Unknown Analysis of evidence proves inconclusive Continued from Page D1 would have turned 2 and 17 days before Geri Lyn's first birthday. All three bodies were found in the first-floor living room, where fire inspectors are convinced the blaze originated. The children were burned severely, while the father's burns were less extensive, according to Stark County Coroner Dr.
James R. Pritchard. The coroner said all died of smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning. The children's mother and their father's fiancee, Carolyn Schaber, 37, escaped without injury, while her 16-year-old son Summit Flatt, Wallace 50, of Cuyahoga Falls. Wednesday.
Dunn-Quigley, Ciriello Carr funeral home, Akron. Henry, Charles 72, of Akron. Monday. Newcomer-Farley funeral home. Ketterman, Dorothy Mae, 74, of Akron.
Wednesday. Hopkins Lawver funeral home. Nemecek, Matilda, 85, of Akron. Thursday. Hennessy-Bagnoli funeral home.
Schumacher, Raymond 84, of Cuyahoga Falls. Wednesday. McGowan-Reid Santos funeral home. Stark Allender, Betty, 75, of Canton. Tuesday.
Reed funeral home. Barr, Melvin 87, of Canton, formerly of Louisville. Tuesday. Stier-Israel funeral home, Louisville. Bonam, Lloyd 79, of Canton.
Wednesday. MyersKreighbaum-Sanders funeral home, East Canton. Bush, Ben Andrew, 88, of Canton. Thursday. 1 Reed funeral home.
Evans, Opal 93, of Tuesday. Arnold funeral Beat poet Gregory Corso dead at 70 Discovered by Ginsberg, one of his best-known works was 1958's Bomb Associated Press said yesterday. He had been living with her since September, she said. Born in New York's Greenwich Village, he author or co-author of more than 20 collections MINNEAPOLIS: Poet Gregory Corso, one of the circle of Beat poets who included Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, has died. He was 70.
Corso, who had been suffering from prostate cancer, died Wednesday at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, his daughter, Sheri Langerman, of poetry and other works. Ginsberg discovered Corso in the 1950s. Corso's first poems were published in 1955. One of his best-known works was the 1958 poem Bomb, an ode to atomic weapons in the shape of a mushroom cloud. "Know that the earth will madonna the that in the hearts of men to come more will be magisterial bombs wrapped in ermine," he wrote.
Among his collections of poems are Gasoline, Elegiac Feelings American and Mindfield. He remained active until death, recording a CD with Marianne Faithfull at his daughter's home, Langerman said. Classified Death Notices Stark County Debra L. Huffman Debra L. Huffman, 47, of North Canton, died Thursday at Aultman Hospital, following an' extended illness.
Born in Belle Vernon, she had resided here since 1980. Debra was an employee of North American Molded Products, and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star of Belle Vernon, Pa. Survivors include her husband, Robert A. Huffman of the residence; son, Huffman, also of the residence; parents, Dalton and Brant of Belle Vernon, sisters, Donna Schmoutz of Franklin, and Dena Brant of Middlebourne, W. Va.
Funeral services will be Monday, 11 a.m., at the Spiker-Foster-SHRIVER Funeral Home, 4817 Cleveland Ave. N.W., with Rev. Don Richards officiating. Friends may call Sunday from 1 to 3 and 6 to 9 p.m. Interment will be at North Lawn Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 925 S. Main North Canton, Ohio 44720; or Grace United Methodist Church, 1720 Schneider St. N.E., N. Canton, Ohio 44721. (SHRIVER 330-455-0349.) Margaret L.
Gossard Margaret L. Gossard, 83, North Lawrence, died Jan. 2001, at Shady Lawn Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 28, 1917, Akron, to Marcus and Ina (Bower) Guthrie.
She graduated from School in 1935. She Charles Gossard on Oct. 14, survives. She was a resident Lawrence and the owner Escort Business, working for trucking companies from coast-tohauling oversize loads. a member of Canal Eastern Star, Chapter 180, Women of the Moose in Massillon.
enjoyed bowling, traveling, camping. In addition to her husband, survived by children and spouses, (Barbara) Patterson of Roger (Shelby) Patterson Massillon, Danielle Hoffman Pompano Beach, Chuck Gossard North Lawrence, grandchildren. Funeral services will be held urday, 3 p.m., at Zak-Monbarren Funeral Home Dalton, with Wolf officiating. Friends Saturday from 12 noon to at the funeral home. Memorimay be made to Wayne Hospice, 2525A Back Orville Wooster 44691.
Mae Graber Mae Graber, 87, passed away. Funeral arrangements are pending at Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke Funeral Home. (Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke Funeral Home, Alliance, 330-823-2159.) Richard B. Sexauer Richard B. Sexauer of Alliance, Ohio, passed away.
Funeral services will be held at Sharer-Stirling-Skovolocke Funeral Home on Friday at 11 a.m. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. (Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke Funeral Home, Alliance, 330-823-2159.) Classified Notices Curtis M. Drake Curtis M. Drake, 78, passed away Jan.
16, 2001. He was born May 29, 1922, in Hewins, Kan. He had served in the U.S. Air Force, had worked for Turzillo Construction Co. as warehouse manager, and enjoyed wood- Curtis was preceded in death by his father, Leroy; mother, Vela; son, Curtis Wayne Drake; sister, Loulu Mae; and brother, Darrel.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Vivi- an; daughters, Linda, (Larry) Horne and Sheryl (John) Phillips; sister, Patricia Ann Martin of Richmond, grandchildren, Kevin, Harry, Jeffrey, Brianna, and Jesse. There will be no calling hours or services. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1900 W. Market Akron 44313. (Bacher, 330-644-0024.) Margaret M.
Beach DOYLESTOWN Margaret M. Beach, 79, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001. She was a resident of Doylestown for 36 years, and retired from Rosemont Country Club. Preceded in death by husband, Ralph, she is survived by children, Bonnie (Roy) Corttel of Akron, Alexander (Linda) of Akron, Danny of Doylestown, Margaret Ann (James) Gibbs of West Virginia; eight grandchildren; sister, Virginia Schlack of Michigan; and brother, Charles Walker of Kentucky.
Funeral services Saturday, 11 a.m., at the Campfield-HickmanCollier Funeral Home, with Pastor Richard Skoff officiating. Burial at Clinton Cemetery. Visitation TONIGHT from 5:30 to 8:30, and one hour prior to services. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family Campfield-HickmanCollier Funeral Home. (CampfieldHickman-Collier, 330-745-3161.) Edward E.
Bee (Everett V. Berlani) Edward E. Bee (Everett V. Berlani), 73, of Dover, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2001, at his home, following an extended illness.
ford, Born June he 26, was the 1927, son in of Hart- the late Ernest and Amelia (Petrini) Berlani. In 1945, at the age of 18, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in France during World War II, and was stationed in Okinawa from 1949 to 1953 during the Korean Conflict. He received his bachelor's degree in education from the Connecticut State Teacher's College in 1954. he was an educator for over 50 years, teaching in Darien, Rye, N.Y., and Trail School in Bath, Ohio.
He also olds a private tutor for many years. An avid piano player, he most recently worked for the Stark County District Library playing piano, and had entertained at various local nursing homes. He is survived by his wife, Sarah L. (Reichman Carr) of Dover; daughters, Reverie (Mark) Panioto of Bristol, Roberta (John Drace) Berlani of Portola Valley, Ann (Mike) Feehan of Louisville, and Bonnie Ditlevsen of Sydney, Australia; grandchildren, Rosalie Panioto of Bristol, Amelia and Madeline Drace of Portola Valley, Amy, Elizabeth, Jesse Feehan of Louisville, and Adam Byron of Sydney, Australia. In keeping with Ed's wishes, his body has been cremated.
Memorial services will be conducted TODAY at 11 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, 202 W. Jefferson Stone Creek, with the Rev. Dr. William C.
Haggis officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment of the cremains will follow at the Dover Burial Park at Dover, Ohio. The family requests that memorials be made to the local chapter of C.H.A.D.D., or to the donor's favorite charity. The Homrighausen Funeral Home in Dover is in charge of arrangements.
(Homrighausen, 330-364-5515.) Rev. James M. Benson Jr. Rev. James M.
Benson Jr. went home to be with Lord on Jan. 15, 2001, after a long illness. His family was at his side. Calling will be Saturday, Jan.
20, 2001, from 10 to 11 a.m., at House of the Lord, 1560 Diagonal Pastor Dennis Butts officiating. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Interment at Mt. Peace Cemetery. Procession will form and condolences may be sent to Bittaker Akron 44306.
(SERVICES ENTRUSTED TO RHODEN MEMORIAL HOME, 330- 724-1201.) Card of Thanks Monday thru Friday 8 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Call 996-3333 -(5 p.m. deadline for next day publication) Rosalie C. Brittain Rosalie C.
Brittain, 88, died Jan. 14, 2001, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. A memorial service will be held at 1. p.m. SUNDAY at the Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N.
Miller with the Rev. Thomas Heinlein officiating. Private interment at a later date at Chestnut Hill Memorial Park. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1815 Market St. Suite 301, Akron 44313, or to the Sumner of Merriman Alzheimer's Wing, 209 Merriman Akron 44303.
(Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 330-867-4141.) crafts. Florence Marie Ebenhack Florence Marie Ebenhack, 75, died Jan. 17, 2001. Born in Buckhannon, W. she had been a resident of Akron and Cuyahoga Falls for 60 years.
Preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Smith, she is survived by her husband of 56 years, Donald; daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Roger Morgan of Stow; grandsons, Eric and Aaron Morgan; nieces, Carolyn Fournier and Ellen (Jim) Joyner; brother-in-law and sister-inlaw, James Robert and Kathleen Ebenhack of Green. Services will be held at 1 p.m. SATURDAY at the Billow FALLS Chapel, corner of 23rd and Falls Avenue, with the Rev. Gerald Lewis officiating. Entombment at Rose Hill Burial Park.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until service time. (Billow FALLS Chapel, 330-867-4141.) MIKE Beacon Journal Jeremy C. Dunn, 21, listens to attorneys before his trial begins yesterday in Stark County Common Pleas Court. He is charged with rape and felonious assault.
His trial continues today. raised by their maternal grandmother in Detroit. Dortch said she didn't learn of her sister's death until Wednesday afternoon in a call from Angela's husband, Keith A. Smith. "Any time Angela left for several days, (Keith) always knew that she was coming to visit us or going to Detroit to visit her sister," said Dortch, although she did not know of any time Smith had been in Columbus since the 1999 visit.
Keith Smith told police he didn't report his wife missing until Nov. 26, six days after he awoke to find she left without saying where she was going. She had been fired from a laboratory technician's position about two weeks before her disappearance. Her car was found abandoned in an Alliance parking lot several days later with no signs of foul play, police said. Smith's sister Stephanie Swan, 49, of Detroit, described their relationship as close and said they used to talk often over the telephone.
The last time they spoke, however, was about six months ago, Swan said. "I don't know why she didn't call me anymore," she said, adding that the last time she saw her sister was during a visit to Detroit in 1998. was at a neighbor's house playing video games with another teen. Schaber, who had come home from work and then left after an argument with her fiancee, said she had fallen asleep in a lowerlevel room after returning home. She awakened to find the basem*nt filling with smoke.
She said she didn't hear any screams from the living room as she tried to force her way into the kitchen to try to reach the three victims. When she couldn't get into the kitchen and living room, she ran out the side door and went to the front door. Firefighters said she told them that she opened the front door and got into a hallway off the living room, but was forced back outside by heat, smoke and flames. At a news conference three days later, she said she wasn't able to get inside through the front door, which firefighters AREA DEATHS Gilmore, Mary 83, of Canton. Wednesday.
Rhoden funeral home. Gossard, Margaret 83, of North Lawrence. Wednesday. Zak-Monbarren funeral home, Dalton. Graber, Mae, 87, of Alliance.
Thursday. Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke funeral home. Hank, Emil 75, of Minerva, in Florida. Monday. Bartley funeral home, Minerva.
Hecht, Cletus 96, of Canton. Monday. Formet-Clevenger-Gordon funeral home. Huffman, Debra 47, of Canton. Thursday.
Spiker-Foster-Shriver funeral home. Nixdorf, Mary 94, of North Canton. Tuesday. Reed funeral home, Canton. Schrader, Amedus 93, of Canton.
Wednesday. Wackerly funeral home. Sokol, Andrew, 90, of Massillon. Wednesday. Arnold-Lynch funeral home.
home. Finney, Harold 95, of Canton. Monday. Schneeberger funeral home. Portage Bower, Elaine 72, of Ravenna.
Wednesday. Shorts fu- Corso William M. Fears Swan believes Smith worked for a while at a laboratory in Denver before spending several years. in the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant.
She later moved to Columbus, where she met and married Keith Smith seven years ago. Ruth Edmondson, 82, Smith's aunt in Columbus, said Smith stayed with her for a short time before getting married and moving to Alliance six years ago. Alliance Municipal Court records show Smith was charged with driving under the influence in November 1999. She pleaded no contest in January 2000, was fined $500 and completed a driver's intervention program in lieu of jail. She also spent three days in jail in 1998 a and 13 days in 1999 on domestic violence charges that were reduced to disorderly conduct as part of pleas, records show.
Some fines were suspended for attending counseling. Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. tomorrow at R.A. Franklin funeral home, 683 S. Liberty Alliance.
George W. Davis can be reached at 330-478- 6000 (Ext. 20) or 1-800-478-5445 or Mark Niquette can be reached at 330-478- 6000 (Ext. 19) or 1-800-478-5445 or found open when they arrived. Concatto said that "though the origin of the fire was determined to be in the living room, no conclusive source of ignition can be found at this time." "We're still investigating the blaze, but our momentum is slowed down unless something new comes our way.
We've exhausted all avenues to this point." The chief also said that results from analysis of evidence at the Stark County Crime Lab and the coroner's office also were inconclusive. The three deaths brought Stark's fire death toll for 2000 to five. The others occurred in Jackson Township in June and North Canton in October. Canton had four of Stark's eight fire deaths in 1999. Prior to 1999, Canton had not had a fire death since October 1995.
George W. Davis can be reached at 330-478- he 6000 (Ext. 20) or 1-800-478-5445 or North neral home. Nutter, James 68, of Aurora. Wednesday.
Shorts funeral home, Streetsboro. Medina Bower, Donald H. 62, of Wadsworth. Sunday. Bauer funeral home, Valley City.
DuPlaga, Nina Marie, 82, of Medina. Wednesday. Parker Son funeral home, Lodi. Few, Mabel 98, of Wadsworth. Wednesday.
Hilliard Mullaney funeral home. Huy, Herman 90, of Medina. Tuesday. Waite Son funeral home. Plowman, Tracy E.
48, of Medina. Tuesday. Carlson funeral home. Stalnaker, Leslie 81, of Medina. Tuesday.
Waite Son funeral home. Wayne Ajtaji, Frances 79, of Wooster. Wednesday. McIntire, Davis Greene funeral home. Nault, Gerard 88, of Wooster.
Wednesday. McIntire, Davis Greene funeral William M. Fears, 73, passed away Jan. 14, 2001, at Akron General Medical Center, after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.
TODAY at Stewart Calhoun Funeral Chapel, Everett M. Jackson officiating. Interment at Mt. Peace Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 12 noon to 1 p.m.
Procession will form and condolences may be sent to 982 Dover Ave. (Stewart Calhoun, 535-1543.) Mabel R. Few Jan. 17, 2001, Assisted Living, Funeral liard Mullaney, at Sterling Oaks after a brief illness. arrangements later.
(Hil330-334-1501.) WADSWORTH Mabel R. Few (nee Orton), 98, died Wednesday, Minnie Bell Frank Minnie Bell her home Born in Tellico, was a longtime resident of Akron. Preceded in death by her husband, Junior "Bug" Frank, she is survived by daughters, Christine Frank of Akron and Gloria Morgan of Uniontown; of Grand Island, (Pam) of Lindsay, Hannah, elle, and Brian; Leonard; brothers "TO If I should whom I To go along grieve not, Nor speak of But laugh and were beside (I'd come I'd find a way! But would not barriers?) And when you a bird I Please do not me be sad For I am loving ways have You were so There are so ed still to So many things Remember It was just so hard to We cannot know: I love you so with you! Calling hours p.m. Saturday Ciriello Carr Grant St.) Funeral ment to take Tenn. In lieu donations may Alzheimer's Summa Hospice Quigley, Ciriello 253-8121.) Bell Frank Frank, 76, died at Thursday, Jan.
18, 2001. Mrs. Frank (Donna) sons, Phillip N.Y., and Randy Dover; grandchildren, Morgan, Michcaregiver, Miss and sisters. THOSE I LOVE" ever leave you, love, the Silent Way, me with tears talk to me as if I you there. come, could I but tears and grief be hear a song or see loved, let the thought of '17, in Clark married 1950; of of many She Fulton and and she Massilof of (Kim) and Sat- Rev.
may 03 County you just as I al. good to me! many things I wantdo, to say to you that I do not fear leaving you that was face see beyond, but this I 'twas Heaven here coast was She is Larry Ion, nine Dick call p.m. als will be from 6 to 8 at the Dunn-Quigley, Funeral Home (811 service and interplace in Madisonville, of flowers, memorial be made to the Foundation or the Program. carr, Akron, 330- www.legacy.com Wallace (Wally) D. Flatt Wallace (Wally) D.
Flatt, 50, of Cuyahoga Falls, died Jan. 17, 2001. Funeral services at 11 a.m. SATURDAY AT THE BROWN STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1835 Brown with Lewis Willis officiating. Friends may call TODAY, 4 to 8 p.m., at the Dunn-Quigley, Ciriello Carr Funeral Home, 811 Grant Akron, and from 10 a.m.
until service time Saturday at the church. Interment at Standing Rock Cemetery in Kent, Ohio. (DunnQuigley, Ciriello Carr, Grant Street, 330-253-8121.) Continued on next page A Time For Memory Memorialize your loved one with a written expression in the In Remembrance column of the Beacon Journal. Special art or a photo can be used. CalMs.
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