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F. Marcella ‘Sally’ Hilger
F. Marcella “Sally” Hilger, 93, of Hamilton House Assisted Living, Fort Wayne, died at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 3, 2004) at Heritage Park, Fort Wayne.
Calling is from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Dr., Columbia City, where Recitation of the Rosary will take place at 9 p.m. Friday. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Arcola.
Burial will be at Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne.
Preferred memorials are Masses at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and the church.
John J. ‘Jack’ Rethlake
John “Jack” Rethlake, 70, a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor, died at 2:56 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 5, 2004) at Parkview Huntington Hospital.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday, with recitation of the rosary at 6 p.m., at the McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church with Father Ron Rieder officiating. Burial will be at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes. Association or SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, in care of McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson St., Huntington IN 46750.
Lucile C. Clampitt
Lucile C. Clampitt, 91, a former resident of Rock Creek Township, died at 9:15 a.m. Thursday (Feb. 5, 2004) at the United Methodist Memorial Home, Warren.
Calling will be from 2-7 p.m. Sunday at the Myers Funeral Home, Markle Chapel, where funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday with Rev. Ray Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Sparks Cemetery, Wells County.
Preferred memorials are to the Family Hospice of Northeast Indiana or to the Huntington YMCA in care of the Myers Funeral Home, 2901 S. Guilford St., Huntington IN 46750.
Doris M. Brown
Doris May Brown, 89, Harrison, Ark., died at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 3, 2004) at Hilltop Nursing Center, Harrison, Ark.
Calling will be from noon Saturday until the 2 p.m. funeral services Saturday at the Bailey-Love Mortuary, with Roger Kobie officiating. Burial will be at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Huntington. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2689 will perform military graveside services.
Preferred memorials are to the Huntington College Foundation in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 W. Park Dr., Huntington, IN 46750.
Rev. Albert L. Whitmore
Rev. Albert L. Whitmore, 89, North Manchester, died at 5:50 p.m. Friday (Feb. 6, 2004) at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Timbercrest Chapel, 2201 East St., North Manchester, with Pastor Kurt Borgmann and Chaplain David Doudt officiating. The family will receive friends following the services.
Burial will be at Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester.
Preferred memorials are to Heifer Project International or Timbercrest Senior Living Community, c/o DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, 1401 Ind.-114W, North Manchester, IN 46962.
John R. Meadows
John Robert Meadows, 69, formerly of Huntington, died at 10:45 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 8, 2004) at the United Methodist Memorial Home in Warren.
Calling is from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. David Arnold officiating.
Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Rilley M. Howard
Rilley May-Maxine Howard, 10-month-old daughter of Arrick P. and Kristi L. Jones Howard, 518 S. Briant St., died at 7:28 p.m. Friday (Feb. 6, 2004) at Parkview Huntington Hospital.
She was born March 16, 2003, in Fort Wayne.
Surviving in addition to her parents are two sisters, Gabrielle and Trayci Howard, both at home; her grandparents, Cliff and Clara Newman, Jefferson City, Tenn., Don and Therese Bjortomt, Huntington; and Jorge and Sue Howard, Fort Wayne; and her great-grandparents, Harry and Deloris Upton, Fort Wayne, and Bill Newman, Muncie.
Calling is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Bailey-Love Mortuary, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. Raymond Scribner will officiate. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery’s Babyland.
Memorial contributions may be made to the SIDS Foundation in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 W. Park Dr., Huntington IN 46750.
Carolyn J. Harris
Carolyn J. Harris, 70, Fort Wayne, died Wednesday (Feb. 4, 2004) at the Wuesthoff Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla.
Calling was 2-8 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until the 10 a.m. funeral service Monday at the Glancy Funeral Homes, H. Brown & Son Chapel, 203 N. Matilda St., Warren. Pastor Tim Grable officiated.
Burial was at the Woodlawn Cemetery, Warren.
Preferred memorials are to the Colin McIntire Muscular Dystrophy Fund, c/o Warren United Methodist Church, 227 N. Main St., Warren IN 46792.
Virginia M. Colderbank
Virginia M. Colderbank, 82, Fort Wayne, died Monday (Feb. 2, 2004) at the Riverbend Health Care Center in Fort Wayne.
A Mass of Christian burial was held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Therese Catholic Church, Fort Wayne. Burial was at the Corunna Cemetery.
The D.O. McComb and Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, Fort Wayne, was in charge of arrangements.
Leona I. Brechbill
Leona Irene Brechbill, 94, formerly of Canfield Street, died at 5:35 p.m. Friday (Feb. 6, 2004) at the Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester.
Calling will be held from 1 p.m. until the 2 p.m. funeral service Monday at the McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home. Rev. Raymond Waldfogel will officiate.
Burial will be at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
Preferred memorials are to College Park United Brethren Church, 1936 College Ave., Huntington, IN 46750.
Jim Russo
Huntington native Jim Russo, a former Orioles scout who gained national recognition for the reports he gave Baltimore on major league teams, died following a lengthy illness. He was 81.
Russo, who spent 33 years with the Orioles, died Sunday at his home in Grover, Mo.
He was born April 22, 1992, in Huntington, to John and Lena Russo. He was married to Betty J. Miller. She preceded him in death in 1980.
Russo served in the Army during World War II and was awarded a Bronze Star. He broke into pro baseball as an announcer for a minor league team in Riverside, Calif. He also was a part-time scout for the St. Louis Browns, and proved so adept at identifying talent that the Browns gave him a full-time scouting job in 1951.
He was one of 10 scouts who came to Baltimore three years later when the franchise became the Orioles.
He was an amateur, major league and advance scout, and also a special assistant, then retired in 1986. Among those he was responsible for signing were pitchers Jim Palmer and Dave McNally, first baseman Boog Powell and second baseman Davey Johnson.
Russo also recommended the December 1965 trade in which Baltimore acquired outfielder Frank Robinson from Cincinnati for pitcher Milt Pappas and two other players.
His reports on the Dodgers were cited as a factor in Baltimore’s four-game sweep of the 1966 World Series. He wrote of his life in the book “Super Scout,” co-written by another Huntington native, Bob Hammel.
The Orioles’ Scout of the Year Award, inaugurated last year, is named for Russo.
Survivors include a sister, Marry Buchheit; sons Ronald Russo, of St. Louis, and Clifford Russo, of St. Charles, Mo.; daughters Susan Wrinkle of Barnhart, Mo., Jennifer Baehr of St. Albans, Mo., and Nancy Blakeley of Wildwood, Mo.; and seven grandchildren.
Calling will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Schrader Funeral Home, Ballwin, Mo., with rosary at 8 p.m. There will also be visitation one hour prior to 10 a.m. Mass Friday at St. Alban Roe Catholic Church, Wildwood, Mo.
Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Wildwood, Mo.
Donations may be sent to the World War II Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 96766, Washington, D.C., 20090, or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn., 38105.
Vivian M. Mickley
Vivian M. Mickley, 94, died at 8:50 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 8, 2004) at The Heritage of Huntington, where she was a resident.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Bailey-Love Mortuary, where funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday. Rev. Kevin Dunlop will officiate.
Burial will be at the Gardens of Memory Cemetery.
Preferred memorials are to the First Church of the Nazarene, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 W. Park Dr., Huntington, IN 46750.
