Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 26

Monday PM December 23 1991 I Fort Worth Star-Telegrwn I Section A Page 19 OBITUARIES I- MAKING A DIFFERENCE TarrantBriefly King of 2nd chance canies police badge BY RICHARD DOISON Foci Worth Star-Idegram FORT WORTH Despair and anger permeated Nathan Roofs life He was in the midst of a bitter 4ivprce and child custody battle that sapped his funds and meant with his children was supervised by a court-appointed monitor Jeff Owings was facing jail and no way out of a drug habit that was 'leading him to a dark possibly fatal future He was afraid and locked into an addiction that left him caring for no one but himself But as these men edged closer to self-destruction in stepped Paul DiLena "I'm kind of like on special proj ects" said DiLenathe Fort Worth Police Department crime prevention specialist and part-time police chaplain He is many things to those 4 he's touched He is a radio talk show host and a security specialist to some He's a Christian activist a beacon for those in trouble with the law a nego1 tiator "I'm kind of like on special projects" DiLena said turns people on to other peo: pie that can help them He doesn't ask for anything He gives gives gives and gives some more" said Roof who met DiLena after a court order barred him from non-moni: tared child visitations "He came to my visitations every Sunday at 9 in the morning" Roof said "He is doing a visitation now where he is going to have to give up at least half of his Christmas Day so a mother can see her child" Later asked about the Christmas Day duty DiLena hesitated: "It's only from 10 to 12 What's a couple of hours if you can bring a bit of sunshine into someone's life?" DiLena moved to Fort Worth after retiring in 1976 from the New York City transit police where he had risen from the ranks to acting chief inspector Since joining the Fort Worth Police Department he has gained the respect of his peers and superiors His heavy East Coast accent does not betray the man's New York sayvy "He is the kind of person who when committed takes charge He has a quality set of credentials and he had a career on his own that led to top command He was over more people than are in this whole police department" said Fort Worth Deputy Chief David Dees Among DiLena'scommitments is a plan brought from the streets of New York though not yet fully developed that may help troubled youths here turn from drugs and crime It's a plan rooted in DiLena's Stiles: Sally Beulah Stiles a homemaker died Saturday at her Fort Worth home She was 76 Funeral: 10 am Tuesday at Brown Gause-Ware Owens Brumley Funeral Home in Fort Worth Burial: 1:30 pm Tuesday in Dixie Cemetery in Whitesboro Albin: Charlie Mae Albin a homemaker died Saturday at a Comanche hospital She was 81 Funeral: 3 pm today at Comanche Funeral Home Burial: White Point Cemetery near Comanche Turner: Annie Ruth Turner a homemaker died Saturday at a Fort Worth nursing home She was 98 Funeral: 10 am today at Wesley United Methodist Church Graveside service: 10 am Tuesday in Union Center Cemetery in Texas County Okla Arrangements: Mount Olivet Funeral Home Clay: Cynthia Maureen Clay a retired court reporter died Friday at a retirement center She was 71 Funeral: 11 am Tuesday at St Francis Village Chapel Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park Roberts: Alice Modena Bailey Roberts of Euless a homemaker died Sunday at a Euless hospital She was 57 Funeral: II am Tuesday at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport Burial: West Bridgeport Cemetery Oakley: Johnnie Lee Oakley a retired dressmaker for Singer Sewing Machine Co died Sunday at her home in Fort Worth She was 82 Funeral: 2 pm today at Brown Gause-Ware Owens Brumley Funeral Home in Fort Worth Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park Morrow: George Earl Morrow a retired carpenter died Sunday at an Azle nursing home He was 81 Funeral: 11 am Tuesday at White's Funeral Home in Spring-town Burial: Springtown Cemetery Ekholm: Carol Ann Ekholm a computer operator died Saturday at a Fort Worth hospital She was 42 Funeral: II am Tuesday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery Visitation: 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home 5 FUNERAL Death Notices are provided by funeral Department Please call the funeral RYLANDER KIP HARRELL RYLANDER 43 passed away Saturday He was a certified public accountant Memorial service will be at 9:30 am Monday at Greenwood Funeral Home with Chaplain Kenneth Aitfather officiating Mr Rylander was born in Corpus Christi and grew up in Enid Okiahoma He had lived in Fort Worth for 20 years and was a founding partner of the accounting firm of Rylander Clay and Op-Hz Mr Rylander was a member of the Fort Worth Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants theAmericaninstituteof Certified Public Accountants the Colonial Country Club and the Petroleum Club The family requests thatmemorials be made to the Tarrant County Cancer Care Service Survivors: Wife Harriet Rylander of Fort Worth father VV of Enid Oklahoma brother RC Rylander of Keller and sister Sharolyn Mobleyof Lake Jackson Arrangements GREENWOOD 3100 White Settlement at University Drive 336-0584 JIMMIE passed Survivors: McLeod sister Adams grandsons nieces 3 pm Old Southland Grand FUNERAL 1221 MAXWELL CHARLES 70 of Friday of Fort years and Rendon in ownerof Lehi He Survivors: Maxwell daughters Bohnas Jean Bohnas James Arlington Leroy Brady San Diego sisters gins Ruth Luttrell NORTH RICHLAND HILLS Suspects sought in robbery-beating NORTH RICHLAND Police Police are looking for two men who beat and robbed a 32-year-otd Watauga man Saturday taking his wallet containing $160 cash police said The attack occurred about 1:25 am at Jubilation Restaurant Disco 8720 Airport Freeway police said "As the victim approached the west parking lot he turned to see who was behind him Then suspect No 1 struck him in nose and face with his fist" said North Richland Hills Sgt Sid Johnson David Smith was cut and bruised around his nose forehead and cheeks Johnson said Smith told police that the man who hit him was Hispanic about 6 feet tall weighing about 165 pounds with black shoulder-length hair no facial hair and wearing a short blue-sleeve shirt Johnson said "Suspect No 2 is a big zero We have no description" Johnson said "We'd appreciate anyone who may have witnessed or have any information calling us" SOUTHLAKE Festival raises $12000 for schools Nearly $12000 was raised for Carroll schools through the 1991 South lake Fall Festival The money a record amount will be given directly to the district's lour schools for educational needs and special projects said Pattie Minder president of the Carroll Parent Teacher Organization FORT WORTH $200000 grant goes to Health Net The Sid Richardson Foundation of Fort Worth has awarded a $200000 grant to Texas Tech Health Sciences Center to support Health Net a program aimed at addressing the rural health care needs of West Texas Health Net uses computer technology to help rural doctors and hospitals meet the needs of patients in isolated areas of West Texas Through computer hookups doctors can confer with specialists at Texas Tech on how to best care for patients with unusual or complicated medical problems FORT WORTH Program to focus on healthy eating To help people get 1992 off to a healthy start Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas is presenting a free workshop "Prevention Works Wonders" The program on healthy eating will be at 7 pm Jan 8 in the solarium of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 1309 Montgomery St For more information and reservations call 735-4466 FORT WORTH Needy families receive donations Bags filled withdolls stuffed animals games canned goods and clothing were distributed to 125 families yesterday at St Mary's Community Center The Christmas giveaway was helped by KESS-FM radio listeners and KINNChannel 23 television viewers said Frances Escobedo volunteer director of the center adjacent to St Mary's Catholic Church on the city's near south side McLeod: Jimmie McLeod a homemaker died Saturday at a Mansfield hospital She was 92 Graveside service: 3 pm today in Southland Memorial Park in Grand Prairie Arrangements: Arlington Funeral Home Williams: Margaret Ray Williams a nurse's aide in private homes died Friday at a Fort Worth hospital She was 57 Funeral: 11 am Tuesday at Cooper Missionary Baptist Church Burial: Cedar Hill Memorial Park Arrangements: Baker Funeral Home Stephens: Dempsy Stephens a homemaker died Thursday at her Fort Worth home She was 81 Funeral: 11 am Tuesday at Golden Gate Church of God in Christ Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery Visitation: 5 to 7:30 tonight at Williams Funeral Home Cam Alien Cao a year-old child died Friday at a Fort Worth hospital Graveside service: 3 pm today in Mount Olivet Cemetery Arrangements: Mount Olivet Funeral Home Mimes: James Haynes a sales and marketing executive for GFK Sales died Friday at a Grand Prairie hospital He was 63 Memorial service: 11 am Tuesday at St Michael's Catholic Church in Bedford Arrangements: Lucas Funeral Home McFall: Ruth McFall a homemaker died Sunday at a Fort Worth hospital Funeral: 10 am Tuesday at All Saints Episcopal Church Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park Arrangements: Robertson Mueller Harper-Eighth Avenue Davenport: Carolyn Davenport a food service worker at Lamar High School died Saturday at an Arlington hospital She was 55 Funeral: 2 pm today at Arlington Baptist Temple where she was a member Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens Arrangements: Hugh Moore Sons Funeral Home To reach the obituary desk call 390- 7780 There is no charge for obituaries which are based on information provided by funeral homes and relatives of the deceased Photographs must be dated I NOTICES homes to the Classified Advertising home for additional information MCFALL RUTH ROBINSON MCFALL a native of Butler Pennsylvania and a longtime Fort Worth resident on Sunday December 22 Widow of Donald McFall Survivors: Son and daughter-in-law Kenneth and Cylinda McFall Plano daughter and son-in-law Beverly and Logan Swords Fort Worth grandchildren Logan Justin and Jenny Swords Morgan and Jordon McFall brother and sister-in-law Carl A and Tommy Robinson Fort Worth Friends maycall at Robertson Mueller Harper-Eighth Ave until 9 dm Monday Eucharist of Christian Burial 10am Tuesday December 24 The Rev Cannon James DeWolfe Jr celebrant interment Greenwood Memorial Park Arrangements by: Robertson Mueller HARPER 1500 Eighth Avenue 924-4233 Card of Thanks M843 Carnetary Lois M844 Death Notices Ma40 Florists M841 Funeral Horne' Mgail Legal SOIViCell M947 Ellii M841 Florists 332-2265 Metro 429-9116 BMETRO M844 Cemetery Lots Mt Olivet Morning tide Sect 3 able Interment accralsed: S990ea Sell: 346-7311 cholcelelsMtOlivet Plaza $925 ea 926-8013 fla al forigifie otices EwaGold Rue Aos James Fletcher served twice as head of NASA The Assoaaied Press WASHINGTON James Fletcher who reluctantly agreed to head NASA for a second time after the Challenger accident in 1986 died of cancer a nephew said He was 72 Bill Fletcher of Provo Utah said his father flew to Washington on Saturday and was able to spend several hours with his brother before he died Sunday Mr Fletcher who lived in suburban McLean Va since his most recent retirement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration served on the boards of several corporations and held a part-time teaching job at the University of Pittsburgh his family said Mr Fletcher first served as NASA administrator from April 1971 to May 1977 In May 1986 after the Challenger accident the previous January that claimed the lives of seven astronauts President Ronald Reagan asked Mr Fletcher to return to the job until the shuttle program was restored Mr Fletcher said at the time he was taking the job reluctantly but that he felt an obligation to help the agency in a time of trouble He resigned a second time effective April 8 1989 With a total of nine years spread over two tenures Mr Fletcher was NASA administrator longer than any other person In a 1988 interview Mr Fletcher predicted the inevitability of a future space accident and also of colonizing Mars "There will be another accident guarantee it" he said Mr Fletcher said the United States should prepare for another disaster by building another shuttle and planning for public reaction to the projected tragedy "As long as we keep flying people in space there's going to be a risk" he said but: "I'm reasonably confident that the shuttle is a much more reliable vehicle than it was before Challenger" Mr Fletcher advocated a Mars mission to stimulate the US economy and fulfill man's need to explore new frontiers Relatives said Mr Fletcher was diagnosed with lung cancer this summer and the disease had spread quickly in recent weeks He is survived by his wife Faye a son Steve three daughters Ginger Mary Susan and Barbara and six grandchildren Cynthia Jean Craven Homemaker FORT WORTH Cynthia Jean Craven a homemaker died Sunday at her Fort Worth home She was 35 Funeral will beat I 0 am Tuesday at Guardian Funeral Home Burial will be in Laurel Land Memorial Park Ms Craven was born in Midland and had lived in Fort Worth for most of her life Survivors all of Fort Worth: Parents Laurel and Robert Craven brother Robert Craven and two sisters Patricia Ann Baker and Sheila Kay Kiker From this morning's Star-Telegram Sherman: Patrick A Sherman a retired aerospace engineer for General Dynamics died Saturday at a Fort Worth hospital He was 68 Funeral: 9:30 am Tuesday at Greenwood Funeral Home Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park Visitation: 2 to 4 pm today at the funeral home toddler had died in her sleep while she was baby sitting the child in July Ward told investigators she panicked and buried the body wrapped in a plastic bag and a blanket in a vacant lot next door to her home in Freddieville an unincorporated community in southern Galveston County "She admitted that she physically disciplined the child before putting it to bed and that she was never able to awaken it" Leonard said Galveston County Medical Examiner Dr William KomdoriTer said yesterday that he had ruled the child's death a homicide but declined to release any other information on the cause of her death The child's mother Johnn Jalyn "JJ" Tomas 20 of Galveston told investigators she had left the toddler in Ward's care in early July seemingly unwavering faith in God and his experience in street ministries leading back to 1958 when he participated in the founding ofTeen Challenge a Christian-based outreach program targeting youths heavily involved in drugs and gang activity DiLena said most troubled youths have little exposure to good moral values and they are so bored that they will do just about anything sniffing paint dropping bricks from bridges onto passing cars: shooting each other and anything else they can imagine he said A plan he is spearheading with hopes for implementation would set up after school workshops for children in low-income areas "What we want to do is from 3:30 to 5 pm non-denominational church people will teach them Bible stories with moral values principles and ethics Then we'll give them cookies and milk So rather than being latch-key kids they will be learning" DiLena said The program DiLena said would be a ray of hope for children who would otherwise have little expectations of rising out of poverty Dilena's hope of a successful community outreach program for children extends to his work in street ministries "This is a second chance ministry for people who have given up" he said Those who know DiLena say he is the master of the second chance Owings said he was more than troubled when he first heard about DiLena "I had been busted and I was fix-in' to do some time and he heard about it from a friend who knew my mom through a third or fourth party" Owings said from the office of his East Lancaster car lot "He said 'If you come to church Sunday morning Sunday night and Wednesday night now until you have to go to trial I guarantee you won't do any time' Owings said explaining that he only decided togo after his attorney said a 2-year sentence was the best he could hope for Owings said he spent several of his church visits in a daze still addicted and still afraid But about the third week Owings said he became a Christian and kicked drugs He also never served any jail time "That's how he operates" Owings said "He was so full of faith that God was going to save me and he was real confident I wasn't going to serve any time It's just his lifestyle He doesn't get anything out of it" However DiLena said he does get something out of helping others "I think it is payback to God God has blessed me" he said "The greatest thrill is seeing those whose lives have changed come back" "At senior registration this year I counted eight or nine girls who were pregnant or with children" Egert said "If they're not going to abstain from sex we need to teach them to take care of themselves" While researching the district's banned curriculum group members said they realized how little they knew about condoms Principal Doyle Dean said he doesn't oppose the group which meets at the school but isn't considered an official school organization "We're trying to teach students to make decisions and look at every facet of a problem" he said "I don't think you're ever harmed by an honest discussion" The group's meetings have required teen-agers to do sotnething some adults have trouble with: talk openly about sex Members have largely taken a clinical approach to the topic and mention terms such as ejaculation and menstruation with apparent ease They also can describe the behavior of the AIDS virus likely transmission routes and the latest AIDS statistics Briefly when she started brandishing a second knife police said She was paralyzed below the waist and was in poor condition yesterday hospital officials said Rosalind Joyce Bell was charged Saturday after Officer Anthony Pisaro 27 was struck Friday night by a knife that imbedded in his skull Hospital officials would not release his condition yesterday MCLEOD MCLEOD 92 away Friday Son Bill Fort Worth Marguerite Dallas three and several Graveside services Monday Cemetery Prairie Arrangements ARLINGTON HOME Division 548-1791 Plano students push for AIDS education 1 MAX-WELL Rendon on Former resident Worth for 38 moved to 1983 Retired Sales Corn-Pam was a Baptist Wife Helen Rendon Carolyn Sue Burleson Tracy Maxwell Rendon sons-in-law Danny Burleson Edward Steorts brother Maxwell California Dorotha W19- Burleson Anna Rendon granddaughter Tonya Rena Maxwell Rendon Preceded In death by a son Charles Anthony (Tony) Maxwell on October 23 1977 Services: 12 noon Tuesday December 24 1991 Laurel Land of Burleson Chailel Rev Don Joplin officiating Pallbearers: Ricky Luttrell Larry Luttrell Joey Luttrell Jim Steorts Tommy McMinn David McGill Interment Laurel Land Memorial Park Arrangements LAUREL LAND OF BURLESON 201 ufford Burleson 295-5211 BROWN JERRY BROWN a native and life long resident of Fort Worth on Sunday December 22 in his 46th year An insurance agent he was a member of The Handley Lodge 1140 and The Moslah Temple Shrine Survivors: Wife Karen Brown stepson Scott Fisher mother Oleda Brown Dallas brother James Brown Salado nephew and niece Friends may call at Harveson and Cole Funeral Home 702 Eighth Avenue where services will be conducted 1 pm Tuesday Rev Homer Ritchie officiating Entombment Greenwood Mausoleum Pallbearers: Paul A Johnson Larry Edwards Eddie Wright Bob Mauisby Ed Walker Jim Barney Arrangements THOMPSON'S Harveson Cole 336-0345 Galveston County woman charged in death of child she was sitting The Associated Press PIANO Cries for in-school AIDS education are sounding loudly from Students for Safer Sex a new and fast-growing group at Plano Senior High School The group which has about 40 members was formed after the Plano school board decided in November to ban classroom condom demonstrations Its goal is to have the lessons reinstated "It's a matter of saving lives" seniorAmy Egert said "I want to see my classmates at my I 0-year and my 20-year reunion" The condom demonstrations involved biology teachers unrolling the devices on extended fingers or test tubes The lessons were banned by the school board after about 10 parents and their attorney complained At a subsequent meeting the board appointed a committee to review the AIDS curriculum and com pile a report by January So AIDS education in the district is on hold for now and that worries some of the students Texas HOUSTON Woman charged in police stabbing A 24-year-old Houston woman has been charged with attempted capital murder of a peace officer in the stabbing of a patrol officer at a southeastHouston home The ivoman was shot by police FOR RESULTS DIAL 332-3333 Use Classified The Associated Press An 18-year-old Galveston County woman who led police to the body of a toddler she buried five months ago has been charged with murder officials have said Aleshea Renee Ward a Hitchcock High School senior was released from Galveston County Jail after posting $20000 bond Saturday afternoon She was arrested late Thursday and charged with murder afterquestioning by Galveston County Sheriff's investigators said Chief Deputy Gean Leonard of the Galveston County Sheriff's Department On Tuesday Ward contacted police and showed them where she had tlaried the body of 23-month-old Brittany Nicole Thomas At the time Ward told police the I tr '1 1 c- 4i :7149:40 i GREENWOOD FUNERAL HOME "Serving families at Greenwood Cemetery and cemeteries throughout North Texas" 3100 White Settlement Road at University Dr Fort Worth Texati 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