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page-18-Banner Times Monday, Hay 25, 1987 Edith Spencer Area Deaths Edith M. Lester Edith M. Lester, 95, of Springbrook Apartments, Pulaski died Monday, May 18, 1987 at a local nursing home. A native of Boylston, Mrs. Lester lived in the Sandy Creek-Orwell area before moving to Pulaski in 1961. She was the widow of George VanAlstyne, who died in 1950, and Earl Lester, who died in 1980. Mrs. Lester was a member of Park United Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Norma Gareau of Pulaski; two sons, George A. VanAlstyne of North Syracuse and Robert H. VanAlstyne of Williamstown; a stepson, Allen Lester of Orwell; a stepdaughter, Bertha VanBuren of Altmar; a sister, Edna Sanford of Pulaski; nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter. Services were at 10 a.m. Thursday at Foster-Hax Funeral Home, the Rev. Earl M. Smith officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sandy Creek. Calling hours were 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, 7385 Park St. Services for Edith Spencer, 84, of Springbrook Apartments, Pulaski, who died Friday May 15, 1987 at the House of the Good Samaritan, were at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. John's Evangelist Church, Pulaski, the Rev. Anthony Keeffe officiating. Burial was in Richland Cemetery. Calling hours were 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Foster- Hax Funeral Home, 7385 Park St. Beulah R. Martin Beulah R. Martin age 76, of 8080 Harwood Drive, Sandy Creek died Friday, May 15, 1987 at the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital, Watertown, after a short illness. She was born July 21, 1910 in Oswego, daughter of the late Richard and Jennie McCracken Fry. Educated in the Oswego schools. She married on March 7, 1936 in Oswego to Clifford W. Martin. They lived in Camden from 1940 to 1957 where they owned and operated the Crimmon's Hotel. In 1957, they moved to Sandy Creek where they were proprietors of the Hotel Martin from 1963 to 1973, when they retired. Survirors are her husband Clifford, two sisters Alice O'Connor from Syracuse and Mrs. Patrick (Gladys) McMahon from Churchville, N.Y.; also several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Funeral services were held Monday, May 18,1987 at the Summerville Funeral Home with the Rev. Virgil H. Hager, pastor of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Sandy Creek. Inez H. Muehienbein Services for Inez H. Muehienbein, 82, of Daytona Beach, Florida, and formerly of Blossvale, who died Saturday, May 16, 1987, at the Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach, Florida, were held Wednesday, May 20 at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home, Pulaski, the Rev. Earl M. Smith officiating. Burial was in South Richland Cemetary. Calling hours were Tuesday, May 19, at the funeral home, 7385 Park St. Born May 15, 1905, in Mexico, N.Y., she lived the last two years of her life with her daughter in Florida. She attended the Pulaski School system. The daughter of Elmer and Dorothy Spath O'Connell, she married Hugh Muehienbein November 22, 1922. He passed away January 3, 1980. With her husband and daughter, she co-owned the V&M caps at Hammond. Surviving are a son, Robert of Oneida County; a daughter, Shirley Vollmer of Daytona Beach, Florida; a sister, Kathr/n Lawton of Pulaski; one grandson; and two great-gr inddaughters. Irma Blencke Rudiger Mrs. Irma Blencke Rudiger, born in Magdeburg, Germany July 15, 1910, passed away after a long illness on May 1, 1987 at her home in Ormond Beach, Fla. In 1931 she married Hubert G. Rudiger. In 1933 they fled Nazi Germany and lived several years in Austria before moving on to Panama and eventually to a plantation in the interior jungles of Ecuador. Here they raised their family and fourteen years later immigrated to the U.S., where they eventually resided near Altmar for a number of years. After working for the US Forest Service in Oregon, the Rudigers retired to Florida in 1970. Mrs. Rudiger was an active member of the Grace Lutheran Church in Ormond Beach. She is survived by her husband, Hubert; a brother, Paul in Germany; a daughter, Christine Beebe of Holly Hill, Fla.; a daughter, Eva Fialko of Evergreen, Ala.; a son, Frank, of Simi Valley, Ca.; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Church Sets Annual Barbecue On June 7, Sunday, the *« next Annual Barbecue. North Mexico United Serving starts at 1 p.m. ; take Methodist Church will have outs are available. She was born in Richland. She attended Redfield schools. She was a member of St. John's Evangelist Church, Pulaski. She was a former member of the Richland Fire Department Auxiliary. She was the widow of Claude Spencer. She was predeceased by a son, Robert, who. was killed on D-day in Normandy. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Beatrice Stone Beatrice I. Stone, 54, of 7481 Salina St., Pulaski died Wednesday, May 20, 1987 at House of the House of the Good Samaritan hospital, Watertown, after a long illness. Born in Syracuse, Mrs. Stone resided in the Sandy Creek-Pulaski area most of her life. She was a custodian at Sandy Creek Central School. Surviving are her husband, Francis; four daughters, Beverly Stevens, Helen Lawton, Shirley Stone and Donna Yerdon, all of Pulaski; five sons, Carlton, Robert and Kenneth, all of Lacona, James of Morrow, Ga., and George of Pulaski; two sisters, Marion Salisbury of Lacona and Barbara Hanas of Syracuse; three brothers, James and Charles Sprague and Robert Lyons, all of Pulaski; 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Services were at 11 a.m. Friday, at Summerville Funeral Home, the Rev. Richard Bennett officiating. Burial was in South Richland Cemetery, Fernwood. Calling hours were 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, 8192 Harwood Drive. Vacation Bible School Planned Vacation Bible School planning representatives of the Ecumenical Vacation Bible School will meet this Wednesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m., in the St. James Episcopal Church Parish Hall. Three Churches support the Vacation Bible School. They are: Park Methodist Church, St. James Episcopal Church, and the Pulaski Baptist Church. The Camp will be held from August 3 through 7 at Camp Andy on Lehigh Road, just four miles outside of Pulaski. The sessions will be from 9 a.m. to noon each day, and nursery will be provided for children of the teaching staff. At the May 27 meeting, planning will occur in regard to curriculum, staffing, youth counsellors, and financing. Each church is urged to send at least three representatives. United Thank Offering Sunday Members of St. James Episcopal Church in Pulaski will bring offerings to Church on Sunday, May 31, at both the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. services. This offering is called the \United Thank Offering\ and is collected twice a year; once in the spring and once in the fall. The chair of the UTO is Miss Miriam Wood, who asks that everyone place their offerings in an envelope marked \UTO\, and deposit them in a special container £^ar the Altar on Sunday, May31. These funds, which come from parishes across the land, go to the support of missions, hospitals, schools, poverty projects, and youth programs around the world. Everyone is asked to give generously to the United Thank Offering. Church School Teachers Meet The Church School Teachers of St. James Episcopal Church in Pulaski will meet on Tuesday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to introduce new members of the staff, make plans for Church School Promotion Sunday, June 7, and plan the program for the next school year. The members of the Church School staff are: Nursery Staff- Chris and Edgar Neff, Karen Price, Barb Gibson, Jacquelyn Taylor, Jennifer Haas, Tom and Rhonda Widcll, James Taft, Tammy Hall, Eleanor McQuade, Tiffany Crocker, Kathy Finch, Meghan Crocker, and Mary Fuller; Pie-School and Primary - Debbie Pollic; Intermediate - Jackie Clay; Junior High - Florence Hiscock and Charles Lewis. The Church is grateful to these persons who give of their time and energy endlessly for the children and young people of the Church School. Completely Remodeled For Your Convenience Taylor-Vida Funeral Home 7643 Jefferson St. Pulaski, NY 298-5179 Religious B v Viewpoint Clyde Dupin \Heavenly House Cleaning\ It is a sin against God when preachers become interested in personal promotion, power, wealth, and fame. The scandalous Jim and Tammy Bakker story continues to unfold with revelations of booze, drugs, sex, and the abuse of ministry funds. Without doubt, it is the most tragic religious scandal of this century. This man was capable of so much better, but years of covered sin finally destroyed his creditability, self-respect as a person, . and disappointed millions. The Christian World must take heart and seek repentance and restoration for the climate that permitted this to happen in the first place. Long after we are gone, God's business will go on as though we were never here. This shameful episode has hurt the cause of Christ- Many good pastors, evangelists, and Christian leaders feel the effects of this spiritual regression. We must look at the bright side and take hope. At a time of doubt, confusion, and division, Jerry Falwell stepped forward. In the spirit of Christian civility, he has agreed to help another ministry. Jerry Falwell has nothing to gain; and may even lose, but he has displayed maximum grace and love by taking the risk. I appeal to churches of all persuasions to pray and support this man. The church is on display; and its enemies have been given choice material for attack. In this time of heavenly house cleaning, hopefully, the church will be redirected to its New Testament goals of evangelism and proclaiming Jesus Christ as Saviour. Convention Representative j*** lV\i£ Amy Seifert, SCCS Junior, has been chosen to represent high school students from New York's 117th Assembly District at the statewide Student Constitutional Convention on May 27 in Albany. The day-long working legislative session centers on six proposed U.S. Constitutional amendments which will be discussed, debated and voted upon by the student representatives from each Assembly District across the state. This is an official part of the Bicentennial Celebration of the Constitution, designed to give interested high school students a taste of actual legislative procedure. Assemblyman Rav T. Chesbro (R-C, Oswego) has announced that Amy Seifert FOSTER-HAX Funeral Home 7385 Park St.. Pulaski Modern Facilities Karl Hax -298-2136 of Sandy Creek Central School won the essay contest and will represent the 117th Assembly District at a Mock Constitutional Convention in Albany on May 27. \There were a lot of good essays to choose from and the committee had a difficult time in picking just one winner,\ Chesbro said. \All of the student entrants should be proud to have participated in the contest.\ Chesbro had a committee of educators review all of the essays and recommend the winner. Juniors and seniors from the 117th Assembly District were invited by Chesbro to write an essay explaining, \Why Has the Constitution Endured?\ Each assemblyman from around the state was invited to choose one representative from their district to represent the district at the mock convention later this month. Amy Seifert, a junior from Sandy Creek Central School, is the daughter of Thomas and Shirley Seifert of Main Street in Sandy Creek. Amy is majoring in Math, Science and Latin and has applied to attend the US Military Academy at West Point after she graduates. While in high school, Amy has been very active in extracurricular activities such as Captain of the cheerleading squad, a drum majorette, honor society and a member of the chorus. Let us guide you with understanding Summerville Funeral Home rHARLESSUMMERVILLE. JR Sandy Creek, NY 387-5533
