6B greenvilleonline.com THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2005 THE GREENVILLE NEWS Obituaries Lucille B. Anderson Woodruff Lucille Benjamin Anderson, of 1530 Lightwood Knot Road, died Dec. 20, 2005, at the home. A native of Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late Winfred and Gertrude Seal Benjamin. Shea was retired schoolteacher for Reidville Elementary School and was a member of Reidville Presbyterian Church, where she the organist for about 50 years.
Surviving are her husband, Walter C. Anderson Jr. of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Cary and Kathleen Anderson of Moore; two daughters and sons-in-law, Celia and Patrick Crosby of Moore and Sara Jo and David Levine of Cherry Hill, N.J.; and seven grandchildren. Mrs. Anderson was predeceased by a brother, Joe Benjamin, and a sister, Isabelle Parker.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Reidville Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Todd Buchner. Burial will follow in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
tonight at the Wood Mortuary. The family is at the home. Memorials may be made to Reidville Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 160, Reidville, SC 29375, or to Spartanburg Meals on Wheels, 419 E. Main Spartanburg, SC 29302.
Glenn Fowler Williamston Walter Glenn Fowler, 43, of 105 Hampton Road, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2005, at his home. Born in Greenville, he was the son of Troy Lee Fowler of Piedmont and Lynda Richey Simpson of Easley. A graduate of Wren High School, he served in the Williamston National Guard and was an inactive member of West Pelzer Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his stepmother, Karen R.
Fowler of Piedmont; stepfather, Arthur C. (Buddy) Simpson of Easley; sisters, Teresa James Dallas, Texas, and Tori L. Fowler of Atlanta, and nieces, Kayla Rae James and Nicole Laine James, both of Dallas, Texas. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at Gray Mortuary Chapel, Pelzer.
The family is at the home of Dot Dub Browning, 202 Browning Road, Piedmont. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Anderson County Humane Society, Anderson County Animal Shelter, 615 Highway 28 Bypass, Anderson, SC 29624. Nora Lee Harris Greenville Nora Lee Harris, of 202 Gordan died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Greenville County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Emmaline Henry Burton.
Survivors: husband, Johnson Harris; a daughter, Wilma Jackson Greenville; sons, David of New Jersey and Johnny Harris and Marion Harris, both of Greenville; a sister, Virginia Dixon of Detroit, and brothers, Ernest, Waymon and Allen Burton, all of Greenville. Funeral service: 2 p.m. Friday at Israel Metropolitan CME Church, with burial in Greenville Memorial Gardens. The family is at the home of Wilma Jackson, 207 Trotter St. Watkins Garrett Woods Mortuary.
Martin A. Jarosick Sr. Mauldin Mr. Martin Anthony Jarosick Sr. passed away Monday Dec.
19, 2005, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Boswell, he was the son of the late Anthony Daniel Jarosick and the late Caroline Kopec Jarosick. Mr. Jarosick loved his grandchildren, sports, and travelhis family. He was an avid collector of coins and stamps.
Mr. Jarosick received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska. Mr. Jarosick retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of major, and the United States Postal Service.
He was a charter member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Mr. Jarosick was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Verdin Jarosick. Survivors: a son, Martin A.
Jarosick and his wife, Jenny, of Raleigh, N.C.; three daughters, Carrie Motte and her husband, Calvin, of Taylors, S.C., Elizabeth Hill and her husband, Arthur, of Canton, and Amy Yates and her husband, Tracey, of Cumming, a brother, Ed Jarosick of Ohio; a sister, Jennie Kozlosky of Boswell, and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 12:10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church.
Burial will be in Cannon Memorial Park. The family will receive friends tonight, Dec. 22, 2005, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Cannon Funeral Home Fountain Inn. Memorials may be made to St Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 8 Gillin Drive, Simpsonville, SC 29680.
Cannon Funerals Cremations Fountain Inn is serving the Jarosick family. Ronnie Kennedy Fountain Inn Ronald Edward Kennedy, 63, husband of Margaret Jane Yeargin Kennedy, of 26 Cody Lane, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at Hillcrest Hospital. Mr. Kennedy was born on July 31, 1942, in Greenville, to the late Joseph Pinckney Kennedy and Helen Davis Kennedy.
He retired from the Golden Strip Career Center, and was a member of Word of Life Ministries. He was a wonderful husband and father. Surviving, in addition to his wife of the home, are two sons, Ron Kennedy Jr. and Jody Kennedy; two daughters, Jackie Kennedy and Rhonda Hanson; three brothers, Thea, Larry and Joey Kennedy; a sister, Eilene Kennedy; and five grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
tonight at Fletcher Funeral Service in Fountain Inn. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Word of Life Ministries in Simpsonville, followed by burial in Cannon Memorial Park. Tommy I E. Landis Taylors Tommy Eugene Landis, 45, of Taylors, died Dec.
20, 2005, at Hospice House in Anderson. Born in Winston-Salem, N.C., son of Helena Lewis Landis of Travelers Rest and the late Ivan Franklin Landis of Taylors, he was a self-employed concrete finisher and was of the Baptist faith. Also surviving are two brothers, Michael D. Landis of Taylors and Jerry W. Landis of Duncan; three nieces; and a nephew.
Services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Wood Mortuary. Honorary escort will be Mike Landis, Jerry Landis, Donald Landis, Earl Lewis, Chris Landis, and Scott Davis. Visitation will be after the service at the Wood Mortuary. A private burial will be held at a later date.
The family is at the home of his mother, 131 Mill Street, Travelers Rest. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621. Frank Wesley Lanning Sr. Greenville Frank "Wes" Lanning of 11 Red Stone passed away Dec. 21, 2005, at home with his family by his side.
son of the late Mr. Fred and Bertha Lanning, he was predeceased by his wife, Gail Norris Lanning, and two sisters. He was of the Baptist faith. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he worked at local textile mills before retiring.
He is survived by daughters, Angel Richie, Jackie Floyd, and Wanda Neill; a son, Frank W. Lanning 12 grandchildren; five sisters; a brother; his mother-in-law, Grace Norris; and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be sent to the Cancer Society of Greenville, S.C. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
A church service is Friday, Dec. 23, 2005, at 2 p.m. New Life Baptist Church, the Rev. Ronnie Powell officiating. Interment will be in the Graceland Cemetery West, with military honors by American Legion Post Funeral arrangements entrusted to Westville Funeral Home, 6010 White Horse Road, Greenville, 269-5073.
Chad Marchbanks Easley parents, are his wife, Marchbanks Samantha Martin Marchbanks of the Easley Marion "Chad" Marchbanks, 26, of 143 Garland Circle, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Pickens County, the son of Ray and Sandra Bryant banks of Easley, Chad was owner of East Coast Motor Sports, and attended Rock Springs Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to his Marchbanks home; a son, Chandler. Ray Marchbanks of two daughters, Samantha Cherice Marchbanks and Ashton Mackenzie Marchbanks, both of the home; and his grandparents, Robert M.
and Juanita Marchbanks of Easley. Chad was predeceased by grandparents, Charles and Faye Bryant, Della Rae Marchbanks and Betty Jean Watson Marchbanks. Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Robinson Funeral Home-Powdersville Road, with the Rev. Dr.
David Gallamore officiating. Burial will follow in Robinson Memorial Gardens, 1425 Powdersville Road, Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. The family is at the residence. Robinson Funeral Home-Powdersville Road is assisting the family with arrangements.
Florence K. Martin Pickens Florence Kathryn Vereen Martin, of 623 East Cedar Rock Pickens, S.C., passed away Dec. 20, 2005, at Laurel Hill Living Cen- ter. Born in Latta, S.C., on Oct. 23, 1928, to the late Eugene and Maybelle Parham Vereen, she attended Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C., and was a graduate of Columbia Hospital School of Nursing, Columbia, S.C.
She was a retired registered nurse of Mayfair Mills, Pickens Division, and was a longtime member of Grace United Methodist Church in Pickens, S.C. She is survived by sons, Earle Eugene Martin and George Carlton Martth, both of Pickens, S.C., and a daughter, Florence Vereen Martin Gross of Martinsville, Va. Today's obituaries Greenville Nora Lee Harris Frank Wesley Lanning Sr. Moses Meekins Jr. Mary Phelps Tecora Rosemond Arnold Todd Sr.
Easley Chad Marchbanks Norma G. Whitener Fountain Inn Ronnie Kennedy Greer Marcella Rivard Hopkins Linda J. Mattison Neal Mauldin Martin A. Jarosick Sr. Pickens Florence K.
Martin Harold James Zupan Simpsonville Wanda L. Pressley Wendy Robertson Taylors Tommy E. Landis Walhalla Martha Rhodes She also had seven loving grandMartin, Gross, Kathryn children, Zachary, Martin, Ryan Gross, Marnie Gross, Matthew Martin and Daniel Martin. Florence was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Jean George of Latta, and a brother, William Eugene' Vereen of McColl, S.C. A memorial service will be held at Dillard Funeral Home chapel in Pickens, S.C., on Friday, Dec.
23, 2005, at 11 a.m. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., before the service, at the funeral Memorials, may Methodist be made Church, to 309 Cedar Rock Pickens, SC 29671, or to a charity of one's choice. The family is at the residence. Dillard Funeral Home is assisting the Martin family. Moses Meekins Jr.
Greenville Moses Meekins of 100 Sioux died Friday, Dec. 16, 2005. Born in Greenville County, S.C., he was the son of the late Moses, Sr. and Hattie Arnold Meekins. Survivors: a daughter, Tonya Meekins of Dallas, Texas; sons, Reggie and Martin Meekins, both of Detroit, and a brother, Sam Meekins of Greenville, S.C.
Funeral service: 1 p.m. Friday at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Simpsonville, with burial in Greenville Memorial Gardens. The family is at 11 Crofton Drive. Watkins, Garrett and Woods Mortuary. Linda J.
Mattison Neal 2005, at her home. Born on Jan. 15, 1946, in Greenville, S.C., she came from a large and loving family, where she was the ninth of 12 children of the late Orangeburg and Addie Mattison. Educated in the Greenville public school system, she graduated with honors from Sterling High School 1964, and went Neal on to get her B.S. degree in biology Hopkins Mrs.
Linda Jean Mattison Neal, 59, died Monday morning, Dec. 19, at Benedict College in 1968. Mrs. Neal is also a 1970 graduate of Meharry Medical School in Nashville, where she received a degree in medical technology. For the next 30 years, she worked as office manager and director of laboratory medicine for her husband, Dr.
Green B. Neal, M.D. In addition to being survived by her husband, Dr. Green B. Neal, M.D., she is survived by a daughter, Tiffany M.
Neal of Columbia; three sons, Marcus L. Neal of Columbia, Christopher Neal of Columbia, and Green B. Neal II of Santa Barbara, three sisters, Mrs. Doris (Roosevelt) Harrison of Greenville, Ms. Delores Mattison of Greenville, S.C., and Ms.
Joan Daniels of Jacksonville, four brothers, Johnny (Karen) Mattison of Atlanta, Jerry (Melissa) Mattison of Simpsonville, S.C., Ricky Mattison of Greenville, S.C., and Charles Mattison of Charleston, S.C.; a sister-inlaw, Eula Mae Mattison; brothersClarence Williamson and Mathis Daniels; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Orangeburg "Sonny" Mattison Jr. and Ronnie Mattison, and two sisters, Bobbie Jo Clinkscale and Gloria Williamson. Services for Mrs. Neal will be held Friday, Dec.
23, 2005, at 1 p.m. at First Nazareth Baptist Church in Columbia, with interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Pastor Blakely N. Scott will officiate. Active pallbearers will be Mrs.
Neal's nephews, and honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of First Nazareth Baptist Church and St. John's Baptist Church. The family will receive friends this evening, Dec. 22, 2005, from 4 to 6 p.m. at First Nazareth Baptist Church, and at other times at the home of her mother-in-law, LaVerne Neal, 1326 Clarkson Road, Hopkins.
Williamston Glenn Fowler Woodruff Lucille B. Anderson Details incomplete Sara S. Barnett, Greenville Peter McHugh, Simpsonville Other deaths ANDERSON Chitwood Larly Marvin, 68, 207 Lot 5 Old Greenpond Road McDougald Funeral Home GREENVILLE Lonie, Violet, 79, 301 Maple Drive Cremation Society of SC OCONEE McAlister, Marlene Peeples, 337 Weldon Road Sandifer Home Worley, Rev. Alvin Simpson, 84, Walhalla Davenport Funeral Home PICKENS Lewis, Brenda 51, 1254 Gravely Road Dillard Funeral Home Obituary guidelines All obituaries are prepared and billed through the funeral home handling the arrangements. Obituaries within the newspaper's circulation area are billed to the funeral homes at a rate of $5 per line.
Outside the circulation area, the rate is $6 per line. Pictures cost $25, and there is no charge for publishing an American flag for veterans of military service. There is no charge to list a name in the Other Deaths list. Veteran. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Nazareth Baptist Church Scholarship Fund in memory of Linda Mattison Neal, 2351 Gervais Columbia, SC 29204.
Arrangements are being handled by Good Shepherd Funeral Home, 909 Main Eastover, SC 29044. 803-353-0000. Mary Phelps Greenville Mary Phelps, of 113 Pearl died Monday, Dec. 19, 2005, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Greenville, she was the daughter of the late S.T.
Peden Sr. and Mary Griffin Peden. Survivors: sons, Henry E. (Donna) Phelps of Anderson and Ronnie E. Phelps of the home; a brother, S.T.
(Carolyn) Peden five grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. Funeral service: 2 p.m. Friday at Tabernacle Baptist Church, with burial in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. The family is at the home. Watkins Garrett Woods Mortuary.
Wanda L. Pressley Simpsonville Mrs. Wanda Lucille Pressley, 74, Curtis passed away Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at her home. Born in Oxford County, she was the daughter of the late Charles Sexton and the late Susie H.
Sexton. Mrs. Pressley loved sewing, and was a former Sunday school teacher. She was a member of Beth Haven Baptist Church. Survivors: husband, Charles E.
"Pete" Pressley; a brother, Alfred Sexton of Greenville; and a sister, Juanita Chapman of Greenville. Funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, 2005, at the chapel of Cannon Funeral Home, Simpsonville, with the Rev. Ivan Moore and the Rev.
Louis Votaw officiating. Burial will be in the Fork Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight, Dec. 22, 2005, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Cannon Funeral Home Simpsonville.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made Beth Haven Baptist Church, 123 E. Curtis Simpsonville, SC 29681. Cannon Funerals and Cremations, Simpsonville, is serving the Pressley family. Martha Rhodes Walhalla Mary Martha Rowland Rhodes, 81, wife the late Harry Odom Rhodes, of 201 East North Broad Walhalla, S.C., died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at her residence.
A native of Oconee County, Mrs. Rhodes was the daughter of the late James Fred and Mary Lillian Fendley Rowland. She was a beloved wife and mother, and was a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church. She attended the University of South Carolina, and was a member of Walhalla High School Class of 1941, American Legion Auxiliary, UDC, Walhalla Auditorium Restoration Committee, DAR, Luke Fellowship Circle and Walhalla Garden Club.
Mrs. Rhodes is survived by sons, Jim Rhodes of Phoenix, and Rob Rhodes of Seneca, S.C.; daughters, Allison Rhodes of Savannah, and Becky Toole of Walhalla, S.C.; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Rhodes was predeceased by a granddaughter, Mary Ellison "Ellie" Rhodes. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec.
23, 2005, at St. Luke United Methodist Church, with burial in West View Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. tonight, Dec. 22, 2005, at Davenport Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Luke United Methodist Church, 607 E. Main Walhalla, SC 29691. famindolences may be sent www.davenport- to the funeralhome.com. Davenport Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Marcella Rivard Greer Marcella Delp Rivard, 66, of Huntington Nursing Home, Greer, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at Allen Bennett Hospital. Born in Norton, she was the daughter of the late Mark S. and Geraldine Sanborn Delp. Ms.
Rivard was retired from FMH Material Handling, Denver, Colo. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, James and Paula Bradley of Greer, and Jeffrey and Sherri Rivard of Estes Park, a sister, en of Sedalia, six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild; and two sisters in heart, Lynn McMahon of Indian Hills, and Loretta Delp of Englewood, Colo. She was preceded in death by a son, Mark Street, and her brother, Lloyd Delp. Memorials may be made to Porter Memorial Cardiac Care Unit, 2526 South Downing, Denver, CO 80231. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, Dec.
23, 2005, at noon, at Praise Cathedral Church of God. Visitation will be held before the services, from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.thomasmcafee.com. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. Wendy Robertson Simpsonville Wendy of 407 loved the late ter in Owens, Greenville She ters, Michelle Robertson, 36, West Yellowwood Drive, bedaughter of Nyra Owens and Ray Hastings, and daughheart and soul of Walter died Dec.
18, 2005, at Memorial Hospital. is survived by her daughBrittney Robertson and James of Simpsonville, and Jessica Robertson of the home. She leaves behind her angel of a granddaughter, Taylor Jewel. She is also survived by her aunt and uncle that she loved dearly, Islam Robertson and Tina Abusal of Robertson Greenville, and their children, Moriah, Khalil, Anna, and Isaac. She is survived by her sister Lisa and her husband, Len Smith, of Fountain Inn, and their children, Lacey, Brooke and Dillon; her sister Kathi Owens of Fountain Inn, and her son, Justin; and her brother, Chip Owens, and his wife, Summer, of Greer.
She also leaves behind all her family and friends in Greenwood who are too numerous to name. Wendy was a nurse at National Healthcare. She had a tenderness that could only be matched by her sense of compassion. She had a beautiful heart that she gained from her mother and her father. Her father was a very decorated and well-respected war hero who gave all he could of himself; she always did too.
Everyone who knew her, even if they only met her once, loved her. The family is at the home of Walt and Nyra Owens, 24 Canterbury Trail, Fountain Inn. They will receive friends at Forest Hills Funeral Home in Woodruff on this evening, Dec. 22, 2005, from 5 to 8 p.m. The family will also receive friends at Redemption World Outreach Center, her church family, from 1 to 2:45 p.m.
Friday, with funeral services at 3 p.m. Friday, conducted by Apostle Ron Carpenter, pastor Tim Bouton and Rev. Carrol Caldwell. Interment will take place at Graceland East Memorial Park immediately after the services at the church. Flowers will be accepted, but the family has also set up a fund at Palmetto Bank for the children in their name.
Donations will be taken at any Palmetto Bank. Forest Hills Funeral Home. Rosemond, wife of BobTecora by Rosemond, of Potomac died at Greenville Memorial Hospital on Dec. 16, 2005. She was the daughter of the late Ralph Goldsmith and Bessie Mangrum Goldsmith.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Mildred L. Rosemond, Norma J. Rosemond Walker, and Bar- Tecora Rosemond Greenville Rosemond bara A. Walker; a stepdaughter, Cynthia Y. Cannon; and and two Johnny R.
Rosemond, all of stepsons, Larry J. Rosemond Greenville. Mrs. Rosemond is also survived by seven grandchildren; 11 stepgrandchildren; two great-grands; and three brothers. She was preceded in death by another stepson, Steve Rosemond, who passed earlier this year.
The family will receive friends this evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Brown Funeral Home, 506 Arlington where final services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, Arnold Todd Sr. Greenville Mr. Arnold Todd of Greenville, died Wednesday, Dec.
21, 2005. Graveside services will be held Friday, Dec. 23, 2005, at 11 a.m. in Woodlawn Memorial Park. Arrangements by The Mackey Mortuary, 311 Century Drive.
Norma G. Whitener Easley Norma Myrtle Glazener Whitener, 84, of 706 Pelzer Highway, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at Palmetto Health Baptist Easley. 1 Born in of the Greenville, late George she was Mon- a daughter, Alta Pearl Suddeth Glazener. She was a homemaker and was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Surviving are five sons, Tommy Whitener, Gene Whitener and Johnny Whitener, all of Easley, Billy of Greenville, and Robert Whitener of Greer; seven daughters, Ellen Gillespie and Grace Allison, both of Easley, Cathy Berryhill, Brenda Bishop Bonnie Travelers Rest, Connie "Price of Elizabethtown, N.C., and Elizabeth Syracuse of Oakland, 37 grandchildren; great great-great-grandchildren. great-grandchildren; and In addi- eight tion to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Grover B. Whitener; a son, Roger Whitener; two brothers, Earl and Carey Glazener; and two sisters, Mary Ellen Grayden and Tommie Harley. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Robinson Funeral Home Downtown, with the Reverends Melvin Aiken and Troy Crain officiating.
Burial will follow in Graceland West Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Tabernacle Baptist Church, 3931 White Horse Road, Greenville, SC 29611, or to the charity of one's choice. The family is at the home of a daughter, Grace Allison, 227 Colonial Drive, Easley.
Robinson Funeral Home Downtown is assisting the family with arrangements. Harold James Zupan Pickens James Zupan Highway way, Dec. Born Zupan Harold James Zupan, 60, of 388 288 Pumpkintown HighPickens, S.C., died Monday, 19, 2005. in Greenville, he was the son of Aileen Looper Zupan of Greenville and the late James Franklin Zupan. Mr.
Zupan was the owner of Harold Zupan's RV Center in Maggie Valley, N.C., and was of the Church of God faith. Surviving, in ad- Neal dition to his mother, are his wife of nine years, Marie Zupan; two daughters, Yvonne Cox of Pickens and Yvette Zupan Whitesell of Liberty, N.C.; a twin sister, Hazel Zupan Smith of Easley; and five grandchildren, Erika a and Paige Redding, Kolby, Elly, Cynch Whitesell. A memorial service will be held this evening at 6 p.m. at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest, with visitation immediately following the service. Flowers are accepted.
However, memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice. The family is at the home of his sister, Hazel Zupan Smith, 623 Shoal Creek Church Road, Easley, SC 29642. Inventor of light beer dies at 86 By Adam Bernstein THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Joseph L. Owades, a biochemist credited with inventing, for better or worse, light beer but whose product lacked the macho marketing that later made Miller Lite a sensation, died of a heart ailment Dec.16 at his home in Sonoma, Calif. He was 86.
Initially intrigued by the study of cholesterol, Owades entered the brewing trade through postdoctoral work in fermentation science. While working in Brooklyn, N.Y., at Rheingold Breweries, then an industry leader, he developed a process to remove the starch from beer. This reduced its carbohydrates and calories. "When I got into the beer business, I used to ask people why they did not drink beer," Dr. Owades once said.
"The answer I got was twofold: One, 'I don't like the way beer Two, 'I'm afraid it will make me "It was a common belief then that drinking beer made you fat," he said. "People weren't jogging, and everybody believed beer drinkers got a big, fat beer belly. Period. I couldn't do anything about the taste of beer, but I could do something about the calories." Introduced in 1967, his product was called Gablinger's Diet Beer. As Owades later said, the Gablinger's television advertisem*nt showing a man with the girth of a sumo wrestler shoveling spaghetti into his mouth and downing a Gablinger's did little to help the cause..
