Union-News, Tuesday, March 29, 1994 Roderick A. Bail, 90, Holyoke businessman SOUTH HADLEY Roderick A. Bail, 90, of Pitroff Avenue, died Monday in Providence Hospital in Holyoke. He owned the REMOH Leather and Finding Co. in Holyoke, a division of the Napoleon Bail Shoe Store, until retiring in 1983.
1 Born in Holyoke, he was a 1922 graduate of Holyoke High School. He was also a graduate from Worcester Polytechnical Institute in 1928. He moved to South Hadley in 1949. He was a communicant of St. Theresa's Church, where he was a Eucharistic minister for 6 HELEN D.
MORROW SPRINGFIELD Helen D. (Gingras) Morrow, 58, formerly of 5 Temple died Sunday in Mercy Hospital. She was born and educated in West Springfield and was a longtime resident of the Springfield area. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 70 of Springfield. Her husband, Clifford Morrow, died in 1982.
She is survived by her first husband, Henry St. Peter of Lancaster, three daughters. Desiree Demos, with whom she lived, Yvonne Durkos of Rosemond, Calif. and Barbara Bettis of Springfield; six brothers, Harry of Agawam, John, Al, Arte, David and James, all of Springfield; five sisters, Annamay Lankowski, Ida Welch, Rose Sachette, Barbara Gero, all of Springfield, and Carol Countryman of Gloversville, N.Y.; and seven grandchildren. The funeral and burial will be at the convenience of the family.
There are no calling hours, and the Agawam Curran Funeral Home is in charge. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Kidney Fund, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Md. 20034. 144 William G. Craven ENFIELD William G.
Craven, 50, of 2 Carney Road, died Saturday at home. He was employed at Olympia Sales for the past nine years. He was born in Springfield and was a lifelong resident of Enfield. He was a member of the Old First. Church of Springfield.
He leaves his fiancee, Sandie Julian; two sisters, Craven of Enfield and Evelyn Ullery of Estero, Florida; two nieces and two nephews. The fun'eral will be Thursday morning at Leete-Stevens Enfield Chapel, and in Enfield Congregational Church, wuth burial in Enfield Street Cemetery. Calling hours will be Wednesday afternoon and evening. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford, Conn. 06492- 1822.
David Hitt home, 01226. at Henderson Funeral Home. Tuesday afternoon and evening. 01375. DALTON David "Jack" Hitt, 61, of 42 East a retired paper maker for the Crane Co.
in Dalton, died Sunday in Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He previously worked as a carpenter for Carpenters Union Local 444 and at the General Electric Co. Born in Pittsfield, he was graduated from Dalton High School in 1950 and was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a communicant of St. Agnes Church and a member of the Windsor Rod Gun Club, the American Legion in Dalton.
From 1955 to 1965 he was a member of the Democratic Town Committee. He leaves his wife, the former Judith Hanford; two sons, Christopher of Dalton and John of Boston; four daughters, Catherine Haberl of Dracut, Rosemary Barschdorf and Teresa Marcells, both of Dalton and Jeanette Hitt of Fairbanks, Alaska; two brothers, Bruce Suriner of Dalton and Earl Suriner of Lanesboro, and 14 grandchildren. The funeral will be Wednesday morning at the Dery-Foley Funeral Home and in the church with burial. in Ashuelot Cemetery. Calling hours are late this afternoon through the evening.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dalton Ambulance and Rescue Association, in care of the funeral home, 890 East Main St. Dalton 01226. 1994 many years. He was also: a member of the church's Living Spirit Prayer Group and Holy Name Society. He leaves his wife, the former Jeanne M.
Rouillard; a son, Paul L. of Leominster; four gradchildren, and severa nieces and nephews. Another son, Vincent died in 1946. The funeral will be Wednesday morning at Messier Funeral Home, Holyoke, and in the church, with burial in Notre Dame Cemetery. Calling hours are this afternoon and evening.
Francine Lastowski, psychologist, teacher CHICAGO, Il. Francine Alyce Lastowski, 46, of 2031 North Sedgwick also of Cataumet, died Friday at home. She was a psychologist in private practice in the Boston, Mass. area for several years, and also taught psychology at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Born in New Haven, she was a graduate of Holyoke High School in Holyoke, Mass.
She received a bachelor of arts degree at Simmons College in Boston, and earned a doctorate at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa. She moved here nine years ago. She leaves her husband, Ralph Weichselbaum; a son, Charles W. Weichselbaum of Chicago; her mother, the former Alyce Wrzesien of Chicopee, and two brothers, Robert F. Lastowski of Holyoke, and F.
Joseph Lastowski of Cataumet. A graveside service will be Wednesday afternoon in Pocasset Cemetery in Pocasset. Calling hours are Wednesday afternoon before the service at NickersonBourne Funeral Home, Bourne. Memorial contributions may be made to Bourne Conservation Trust, P.O. Box 203, Cataumet, 02534.
Esther L. Lyons NORTHAMPTON Esther L. Lyons, 67, of 81 Conz died Sunday at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital. She was an attendant at the former Northampton State Hospital for 22 years. She was worked as a gardener at the People's Institute in Northampton.
Born in Worcester, she moved to Northampton 55 years ago. She was a graduate of the former St. Michael's High School in Northampton. She was also: volunteer! for the United Way of Hampshire County. She leaves two daughters, Joyce Morton of Florence and Linda Andersen of Leeds; a brother, Paul Lyons of Florence; and three grandchildren.
A memorial service will be Wednesday at St. Mary's Church with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. There are no calling hours and Czelusniak Funeral Home is in charge. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Hampshire County, PO Box 1087, Northampton, 01061.
Beatrice E. Holmes-Lewis SPRINGFIELD Beatrice E. (Parker) Holmes-Lewis, 81, of 19 Saab Court, died Sunday in Baystate Medical Center. Born in Samson, she lived 50 years i in Springfield. She was a member of the Revival Time Deliverance Evangelistic Center, where she was a Church mother, and former Sunday School superintendant.
She leaves her husband, Mitchell Lewis; two sons, Harold D. Holmes of Framingham and William "Cash" Holmes of Springfield; a stepdaughter, Carol Lewis of California; a brother, Rev. Alponso Parker of Compton, two sisters, Josephine Walker of West Springfield and Ethel Collins of Springfield; 23 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren, al nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Thursday morning in the church, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Calling hours are Wednesday afternoon and evening at Henderson Funeral Home.
Other obituaries on Page 33 (4 Walter R. Clark former DES ranger NORTHFIELD Walter R. Clark Jr. 73, of Millers Falls Road, a former ranger for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Services, died Sunday at home. He previcusly worked as a surveyor for Gordon Ainsworth Associates, the Morrison-Knudsen Co.
and the Stone Webster Co. he retired in 1987. Born in Deerfield, he attended Smith Vocational School in Northampton and was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He later enlisted in the Navy and was called to active duty during the Korean War. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Northfield and the Sand Pond Lake Association in Marlow.
N.H. He leaves his wife, the former Genevieve Brown; three sons, Gary of Boxford, Mark of Sunderland and Kit of the Air Force stationed in Alaska, N.Y.; a daughter, Kathleen Leach of Lakeville, and 11 grandchildren. The funeral will be Thursday morning at the Kidder Funeral Home with burial in West Northfield Cemetery. Calling hours will be Wednesday evening. Memorial contributions may be made to the Massachusetts Spina Bifida Association, in care of Maryellen Shorey, 153 Myrtle Ashland 01721.
DANIEL J. WEBSTER SPRINGFIELD Daniel J. Webster, 78, of Hermitage Drive, a former truck driver for Edward L. Canter died Sunday in Baystate Medical Center. He had also been a driver for the McCormack Stone Co.
in East Longmeadow and retired in 1980. Born in Providence, R.I., he had lived i in Springfield many years. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He leaves his wife, the former Mary Gaskins; a daughter, Danette Chatfield of New Haven, two sisters in Providence; three grandchildren and a greatgrandchild. The funeral will be Wednesday morning at Byron's State Street Funeral Home with burial in Hillcrest Park Cemetery.
Calling hours are this evening. Dorothy P. Bugbee, retired teacher, at 93 SPRINGFIELD Dorothy P. Bugbee, 93, formerly of Jarnestown Drive, a retired French and Latin teacher at West Springfield High School, died Monday in an East Longmeadow nursing home. Born in Springfield, she attended schools there and was a graduate of Mount Holyoke College.
She was a member of Faith United Church of Christ and its Women's Guild. She leaves a nephew, Gerald Myers of Renton, and two grandnieces. The funeral will be Wednesday morning in the church, with burial in Hillcrest Park Cemetery. There are no calling hours. DickinsonStreeter Funeral Home is in charge.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Marie G. Charron SPRINGFIELD Marie G. (LaBonte) Charron, 68, of 71 Pembroke a former employee of the Hamilton Standard Division of the United Technologies died Sunday at home. She retired in 1988.
Born in in Woonsocket, R.I., she had lived in Springfield 35 years. She leaves two sons, Richard H. of Jacksonville, and Donald R. of Springfield; four daughters, Jeannine Fleury of Chicopee, Joann Goodrow of Agawam, Mary Phelan and Theresa Goodrow, both of Springfield; two brothers, Joseph of Bellingham, and Jean Paul of Blackstone; a sister, Theresa Yeaton of Bellingham; 15 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Wednesday morning at the Arthur J.
Brunelle Funeral Home and in St. Rose de Lima Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Calling hours will be Tuesday afternoon and evening. RALPH E. ANDERSON Ralph E.
Anderson, engineer, draftsman CHICOPEE Ralph E. Anderson, 56, of 52 Casino Avenue, Chicopee, a longtime Easthampton resident and a 31-year engineer at the former New England Telephone died Sunday at home. He previously worked as a draftsman for Bethlehem Steel in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Marion, Ohio, he lived in Easthampton for many years before moving to Chicopee last year. A graduate of West Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio, he also attended Springfield Community College.
He was also graduated from Western New England College in Springfield. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War, and served in Turkey at a radar surveillance base. He later enlisted in the Air Force, and taught radar surveillance at Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee until 1961. He was a member and past president of the New England Telephone Golf Association, and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. He was also a member of the Post Office bowling league in Springfield.
He leaves his wife, the former Mary Ann McCoy; his mother, Olive (Moore) Anderson; four sons, Christopher Mark Joseph and Scott a daughter, Elizabeth M. Anderson; and a grandson. The funeral will be Wednesday morning at the Kozikowski Funeral Home, and in the Basilica of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, both in Chicopee, with burial in St. Brigid's Cemetery in Easthampton.
Calling hours will be this afternoon and evening. Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, 516 Carew Springfield 01104. Louis J. Dostal NORTHAMPTON Louis J. Dostal, 81, of 196 Federal a 44-year employee of the Pro Brush died Monday in a local nursing home.
He retired as a production material manager in 1974. Born in Holyoke, he lived in Northampton most his life and was a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church. He leaves his wife, the former Florence M. Bokun; seven sons, Donald L. of San Francisco, Louis J.
Jr. of York, Peter F. of Anaheim, Paul S. of Hatfield, Christopher J. and John both of Sunderland, and Stephen C.
of Florence: two daughters, Alice M. Maiewski of Sunderland and Elizabeth A. Dostal at home; 1 13 grandchildren, funeral and a will great Wednesday morning at the John F. O'Connell Funeral Home and in the church with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Calling hours are late this afternoon through the evening. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Hampshire County, 7 Denniston Place, Northampton 01060. John F. Katilie SUNDERLAND John F. Katilie, 77, of 414 Russell a retired heavy equipment operator for Warner Brothers died Sunday in The Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.
He also worked in the tobacco business for Bloc Brothers in Hadley. Born in Sunderland, he lived there most of his life. He was a graduate of Amherst High School in Amherst. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 923 in Montague's Turners Falls section. He attended St.
Stanislaus Church in South Deerfield, and was also a member of the Polish American Citizens Club in South Deerfield. He leaves his wife, the former Josephine Albright; four sons, Edward S. Goscenski of South Deerfield, Donald J. Goscenski of Leverett, Robert P. Goscenski of Montague and John F.
Katilie of Sterling, a daughter, Mary Ellen Fydenkevez of Sunderland; a sister, Mildred Szcheneny of Scotch Plains, N.J.; 10 grandchildren and nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Wednesday morning at Wrisley Funeral Home, and in the church. both in South Deerfield, with burial in St. Brigid's Cemetery in Hadley. Calling hours are this afternoon and evening.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sunderland Volunteer Firemen's Ambulance Fund, in care of Alec Kulessa. Main Street, Sunderland, 01375. Deaths elsewhere Eugene Ionesco, popular playwright PARIS (AP) Playwright said Jack Lang, France's forEugene Ionesco, whose absur- mer culture minister. dist masterpieces overcame ini- In "Rhinoceros," the protagotial ridicule to gain worldwide nists try to cope with a world in popularity, died Monday at his which everyone else is mutating home in Paris. He was 81.
into beasts. In "The Bald SoIonesco's family said he had prano," two married couples sit not been hospitalized, but de- around exchanging tedious clined to give details about the maxims such as "The country is cause of death. quieter than the city." "Rhinoceros," "The Bald So- "It's not a certain society that prano" and "The Lesson" seems ridiculous to me." Ioneturned theatrical conventions sco once wrote. "It's manon their head, using farce to kind." bolster Ionesco's observations Ionesco was born in Slatina, about alienation in everyday Romania, on Nov. 26, 1912, the life and the debasem*nts of to- son of a Romanian lawyer and a talitarianism.
French mother. Shortly afterAt least one of his plays has wards, the family moved to been in production in Paris Paris, so French became his every night since 1950. One the- first language. He finished high ater has offered only a double school in Romania and studied bill of "The Lesson" and "The French at the University of BuBald Soprano" since 1957 charest. He wrote poems and Monday night's show was the dabbled in literary criticism.
He became a high school French teacher, and in 1936 "He was a revolutionary of married Rodica Burileano. the theater who turned 20th They had one daughter, Anniecentury drama upside down," Marie, who lives in Paris. Former judge, fugitive found dead in Las Vegas By The Associated Press A former New Hampshire judge committed suicide, ending a fouryear flight from justice after he was charged with stealing $1.8 million entrusted to him in his private law practice. John C. Fairbanks, 70.
of New Hampshire was found with a plastic bag over his head in his Las Vegas hotel room, where he left a note taped to a mirror, Metro Shirley I. Stebbins BREVARD, N.C. Shirley Ida Stebbins, 77, of Brevard, died Sunday at home. She was born in Monson, Mass. Her husband, Donald E.
Stebbins, died earlier. She leaves a son, Merrill of Brevard; brother, Lauriston Moore of Monson; a sister, Phyllis Kingsley of El Paso, Texas, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. A private service will be in Florida at a later date. The Moore Funeral Home in Brevard is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice, in care of the THC Foundation, P.O.
Box 1116, Brevard, 28712. Police Homicide Sgt. Bill Keeton said yesterday. Fairbanks disappeared on Dec. 28, 1989, a day after he was ed.
An extensive investigation yielded few clues. He checked into the MGM Grand Hotel on Thursday under another name and overstayed the two nights he paid for. Keeton said. On Sunday, hotel employees broke into the room. "He left a note that can be interpreted as a suicide note," Keeton said.
"In the note he said his real name was John Fairbanks, and to contact a son in Denver for positive ID." The indictment charged that for more than five years, Fairbanks transferred into his personal accounts money entrusted to him by clients or belonging to beneficiaries of trusts and heirs of estates that were administered by him. At least 25 former clients or" their estates including three of his sisters, insurance companies, a bank and the town of Washington, N.H. filed claims totaling more than $6 million. Some of his clients were elderly retired people who entrusted their life savings to him. Medicare rejections found to vary widely By CHRISTOPHER CONNELL the rejections were because The Associated Press doctors or labs filed duplicate claims, or the service was not WASHINGTON In South- covered or for other clear-cut ern California, the insurance administrative reasons.
carrier that handles Medicare Nine percent of the denials claims rejects as medically un- were because the carrier necessary 54 of every 1,000 deemed the service not mediclaims mammograms. But cally necessary. in Northern California, only When John Janousek's urolothree claims in 10,000 are gist ordered a $300 echogram turned down. of his enlarged prostate in In North Carolina, the local 1991, Medicare eventually paid Medicare carrier rejects 174 of part of the bill. every 1,000 claims for chiro- But when the urologist orpractic services as medically dered another echogram last unnecessary.
An elderly patient year for the 74-year-old retired who goes to a chiropractor in chemical engineer from NutWisconsin is almost 10 times ley, N.J.. Medicare refused to 3 more likely to have the bill pay. paid, no questions asked. "He's in a better position to Government auditors found judge what my medical needs those and other disparities in a are rather than some buprobe of how many Medicare reaucrat," Janousek said in an claims are being rejected for interview. "Their experts felt medical reasons in different there was no need for this parts of the country.
test." "One carrier denied as few Janousek is fighting Medias one service per 1,000 allow- care with help from a non-profed, while at the other extreme, it New York group called the another carrier denied 23 serv- Medicare Beneficiaries Deices per 1,000 allowed," Elea- fense Fund. nor Chelimsky, an assistant comptroller general, said in 'No good reason' testimony prepared for a con- Katy Samiljan, who directs a gressional panel. Medicare hotline for the deRep. Ron Wyden, fense fund, said arbitrary who has complained previously claim denials are "the single that Medicare has clerks with most intractable problem fachigh school education second- ing seniors and people with disguessing doctors', judgments abilities on Medicare." She said about medical claims, was there was "no good reason" for holding a hearing today of his the wide disparity in medical House Small Business subcom- denials. mittee on regulation to consid- The General Accounting Ofer the problem.
fice, Congress' investigative 34 independent carriers arm, costly looked and at most 71 of the commonly most Medicare uses 34 indepen- used services paid for by Medident carriers private insur- care, and found significant difers and Blue Shield plans inferences in denial rates at six many cases to process more major Medicare carriers for 58 than a half-billion Medicare of them. Part claims from doctors, Medicare law recognizes diflabs and other medical sup- ferences in local medical pracpliers. tices and gives the carriers Last year 119 million of the "broad latitude in defining the 576 million claims were reject- criteria for medical necessity." ed in whole or part, or 19 per- Chelimsky said in prepared tescent of all claims. But most of timony. tyr 4 4 4 1.
