I Bismarck Tribune Friday, January 30, 2009 I Page 9A William Bentley William H. Bentley, 82, 1 Mandan, died Jan. 28, 2009, in a Mandan care center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan.
30, at the Bismarck Funeral Home, with the Rev. Walter Schott officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck. William Bentley Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service. William H.
Bentley was born in Chicago, on May 6, 1926, to Truman H. and Grace A. (Bullen) Bentley. He grew up and attended school in Chicago. He joined the U.S.
Navy in 1943 and served during World War II, until being honorably discharged in 1947. He married Phyllis L. Midstokke on March 13, 1945, in San Francisco. He worked for 25 years for Amoco Oil in Mandan as an operator and a lab retiring at the age of 55 and staying so busy he wondered how he had enough time to work before. He was a member of the American Legion Post No.
40 for 44 years and a life member of the VFW. He had many hobbies through out his life, when his boys were young he enjoyed coaching both baseball and bowling. He also enjoyed photography, bowling, golfing, playing pool, fishing and camping. He was very outgoing and while camping he would end up talking to almost everyone at the campgrounds. He is survived by his son, Gary (Deb), Bismarck; four sisters, Yvonne Palermo, Chicago, Shirley Brown, Greenville, Hope Stein, Columbus, Ohio, and Erdale Peterson, Chicago; four grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; son, Edwin "Eddy" Bentley; and daughter-in-law, Lonita "Lonnie" Bentley. One of his great quotes was when someone would say it's tough getting old he would say, "No, you have to be tough to get old." Go to www.bismarckfuneralhome.com to share memories and view the online guestbook. Visit the guest book at bismarcktribune.com Vincent Kilde BEULAH Vincent "Vince" Kilde, 71, Beulah, died Jan. 28, 2009, at St. Joseph's Hospital, St.
Paul, Minn. Services will be held at 10 a.m. MST Monday, Feb. 2, at Immanuel Baptist Church, Beulah. Further arrangements are pending with Seibel Funeral Home, Beulah.
Arthur Wohl Arthur Wohl, 91, Bismarck, formerly of Underwood, died Jan. 29, 2009, at his residence. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Bismarck.
Further arrangements are pending with Goetz Funeral Home, Washburn. Ted Rustad Ted Rustad, 83, RusselIville, formerly of Williston and Bonetraill, died Jan. 29, 2009, at St. Mary's Hospital, Russellville. Arrangements are pending with Fulkerson Funeral Home, Williston.
Michael McLaughlin Michael H. McLaughlin, 83, rural McLaughlin, S.D., died Jan. 29, 2009, at his home. Arrangements are pending with Oster Funeral Home, Mobridge, S.D. Paul O'Leary Paul O'Leary, 80, died Jan.
29, 2009, at Mountain Vista Hospital, Mesa, after a short illness. Magdelen Gilbert Larson Harriet Wanner Kautzman Magdelen "Maggie" Kautzman, 89, Mandan, died Jan. 28, 2009 at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center, Bismarck. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan.
31, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Patrick Schumacher as celebrant. Burial will be in Mandan Union Cemetery. Magdelen "Maggie" Kautzman Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m.
today at the Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, Mandan, where a parish vigil will begin at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the mass on Saturday at the church. Magdelen was born Nov. 7, 1919, at St. Anthony, the daughter of Alfred and Rosa (Schaner) Helbling.
Raised and educated in the area, she married George Kautzman on June 6, 1939. Following their marriage, they lived and farmed on his father's farm until 1959, when they moved to Mandan. Maggie then worked as a housekeeper in private homes. She loved gardening and excelled at needlework, including embroidery and crochet. She was a wonderful cook, particularly of German food, and her baked goods were enjoyed by all.
A member of the St. Joseph's Parish, she had also been a member of the Catholic Daughters of America. Maggie is survived by her daughters, Marlene (Ruben) Schaaf, Evelyn Baumgartner, Jeanette Bauer, Georgene (David) Keller and Deb (Brent) Geiss, all of Bismarck; her son, Marvin (Josephine), Racine, 16 grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren; her sisters, Bertha Flink and Monica (Nick) Zueger, all of Mandan, and Hildegard (Mel) Pallen, Lolo, and her brothers, Stanley (Maxine) Helbling, Mandan, Alfred Helbling, El Cajon, and Tom (Jan) Helbling, St. Cloud, Minn. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, George, who died Jan.
29, 2003; one son, Leslie; one daughter, Gloria; one son-in-law, Celestine Bauer; two sisters; and four stepbrothers. Visit the guest book at Raymond LaMontagne Raymond E. LaMontagne, 45, Bismarck, died unexpectedly Jan. 25, 2009, in Addison, Texas, while on active duty with the U.S. Army Reserve.
While we await the return of his physical remains, his family invites you to a celebration of both his life here on earth and his life everlasting. Join us for an Irish wake at 7 p.m. today, Friday, Jan. 30, at Captain Meriwether's, 1700 River Road, Bismarck. All friends and family are welcome.
Grace Hagel DRISCOLL Grace Harriet Hagel, 71, Driscoll, died Jan. 28, 2009, at Medcenter One, Bismarck. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Steele.
A prayer service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Steele. Further arrangements are pending with Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be given to Camp of the Cross, 1228 47th Ave. No.
Garrison, N.D., 58540. George Underwood BEACH George Underwood, 74, Beach, formerly of Sentinel Butte, died Jan. 29, 2009, at the Wibaux County Nursing Home, Wibaux. Mont. Arrangements are pending with Stevenson Funeral Home, Baker, Mont.
FUNERALS TODAY Funeral Home. Merlin Cathers, 82, Williston, 2 p.m., Faith United Methodist Church, Williston. (Fulkerson Funeral Home, Williston) Karen Dralle, 57, Sterling, 11 a.m., Parkway Funeral Home, Bismarck. Patricia Ellingson, 74, Glenfield, 10:30 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Carrington. (Evans Funeral Home, Carrington) Ted Fried, 82, Meadow, S.D., 10:30 a.m.
MST, Bentley Memorial Building, Bison, S.D. (Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Lemmon, S.D.) Ella Haase, 86, Elgin, 1 p.m. MST, Christus Congregational United Church of Christ, New Leipzig. (Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Elgin) George Marback, 84, Mandan, 10:30 a.m., Christ the King Catholic Church, Mandan. (Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan) John Markel, 76, Mandan, 1:30 p.m., Christ the King Catholic Church, Mandan.
(Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan) LouElla Mitchell, 92, Dickinson, 11 a.m. MST, First Lutheran Church, Rhame. (Krebsbach Funeral Service, Bowman) Ruby Perrin, 90, Grand Forks, 11 a.m., Calvary Lutheran Church, Grand Forks. (Norman Funeral Home, Grand Forks) Sharon Whitman, 69, Parshall, 10 a.m., St. Bridget Catholic Church, Parshall.
(Langhans Funeral Home, Parshall) Dorothy Roknes, 88, Shelly, 2 p.m., Shelly Marsh River Lutheran Church. (Fredrikson Valley Funeral Home, Halstad, Minn.) William Bentley, 82, Mandan, 2 p.m., Bismarck Criminal aliens targeted to be kick out of U.S. By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON If you're a criminal and you're not entitled to be in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants you out of the country. Napolitano wants what she calls "criminal aliens" off American streets. She is looking at existing immigration enforcement programs to see if taxpayers are getting the most bang for their buck.
"That sounds very simple, but it's historically not been done," Napolitano said, speaking to reporters and senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Thursday. About 113,000 criminals who were in the U.S. illegally were deported last year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. The agency estimates there are now as many as 450,000 criminals in federal, state and local detention centers who are in the country illegally. Napolitano said she wants to improve data-sharing among local, state and federal facilities.
So far, there are jails in 26 counties across the country with computer systems that can talk instantly with immigration systems. The goal, Napolitano said, is for federal immigration officials to know whether an inmate is in the country illegally immediately after he is processed into a detention facility. After the criminal serves his or her sentence, immigration officials can be ready to deport that person right away. ICE spokesman Richard Rocha said the agency plans to expand this connectivity to all state and local detention centers over the next four years. Napolitano, whose job includes overseeing immigration laws, says she also will go after criminal fugitives who are in the country illegally.
Salmonella at plant was confirmed Gilbert A. Larson, 88, Bismarck, died Jan. 29, 2009, in a Mandan hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
31, at the Bismarck Funeral Home, with Chaplain Dale Nabben officiating. Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Gilbert Larson Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.
today at the Bismarck Funeral Home and will continue one hour prior to the service. Gilbert A. Larson was born Feb. 18, 1920, in Mandan, to Axel L. and Paulina (Olson) Larson.
He grew up and attended school in Mandan. He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1943. At the end of World War II, he worked for the U.S. Immigration, as a guard at Old Fort Lincoln, south of Mandan.
On June 8, 1942, in Fort Lewis, he married Genevieve S. Olson. Together they have four children. From 1946 to 1952, he was employed by the Corps of Engineers as a firefighter in Riverdale. From 1952 to 1976, he was employed by the Corps of Engineers as a firefighter and police officer in Riverdale.
He was Chief of Police in Riverdale, from 1972 to 1976, when he retired. He was a member of the N.D. Peace Officers Association, American Legion and Disabled Veterans Association. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, woodworking, weaving and reading. He enjoyed making model stage coaches and covered wagons.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Genevieve; three daughters, Gayle (Jim) Erdman, Golden Valley, Sandra (Ronald) Linkous, Knoxville, and Sylvia (Gary) Smith, San Jose, one son, Gary (Delores), Sioux Falls, S.D.; 10 grandchildren; 19 -grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one sister. Go to www.bismarckfuneralhome.com to share memories and view the online guestbook. Visit the guest book at bismarcktribune.com Diana Schmidt WILLISTON Diana Schmidt, 69, Williston, died Jan. 26, 2009, at her home of natural causes.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at New Hope Wesleyan Church, Williston. Interment will be at United Cemetery, Tioga. She is survived by two sisters, Linda Schmidt, Bloomington, and Lorna Overson, Laurel, brothers, David, Chehalis, Kenneth, Ray, Raymond, Richard and Harold, all of Tioga, Donald, Watford City, and LeRoy, Puyallup, Wash.
(Fulkerson Funeral Home, Williston) Linda Weiss Linda S. Weiss, 58, Bismarck, died Jan. 29, 2009. Arrangements are pending with Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck. STATE DEATHS CANDO Hazel Moller, 79.
CROSBY David Roberts, 72. FARGO Lois Ivers, 75. GRAND FORKS John Peycke, 81. HANKINSON Sister Barbara Schwan, 91. JAMESTOWN Emma Norden, 96.
LANGDON Vivian Baird, 94. LARIMORE Clifford Schindele, 89. LIDGERWOOD Eileen Williamson, 96. Harriet June Wanner, 82, Bismarck, went to her eternal resting place Jan. 26, 2009, after a short battle with bone and lung cancer.
She made Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center her home for the last year and a half of her life. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck, with the Rev. Dale Nabben officiating.
Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck. Harriet Wanner Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Parkway Funeral Service and will continue one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Harriet was born June 2, 1926, in Rosebud, the daughter of Otto and Martha (Kobs) Kalweit. She was raised and graduated from high school in New Salem.
She married Philip Wanner on Oct. 19, 1949. After 53 years of marriage, Philip died Nov. 2, 2002. Harriet worked at Bismarck City Hall as a clerk and United Accounts as a skip tracer agent.
Harriet's best job and most gratifying accomplishment was manager of So Fro Fabrics in Kirkwood Mall. After 17 dedicated years of service there, she retired in 1987. She was extremely talented in artistic design and meticulous in all of her endeavors. She was energetic and a great listener. Harriet will be forever in our hearts and missed every single day.
Harriet is survived by her son, Lary (Bernadette) Wanner, Aurora, her daughter, Brenda (Patrick) Schmidt, Flower Mound, Texas; five grandchildren, Tamara (Dave) Gauper, Las Vegas, Kimberly (Dr. Boyd) Vaziri, Charleston, N.C., Matthew (Lisa) Wanner, Cincinnati, Dr. Sidney (Amy) Schmidt, Mandan, and Jason (Kendra) Schmidt, Denton, Texas; she was also blessed with eight beautiful greatgrandchildren. Harriet is also survived by her sister, Phyllis (Phil) Morrissey, owner of the Bird House in Bismarck. She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to The Bismarck Cancer Center, 500 North Eighth Bismarck, N.D. 58501, or Central Dakota Humane Society, 2104 37th Mandan, N.D. 58554. Go to www.parkwayfuneral.com to share memories of Harriet and sign the online guest book. Visit the guest book at bismarcktribune.com Inez Magnuson WILLISTON Inez Magnuson, 88, Williston, formerly of Wildrose, died Jan.
27, 2009, at Bethel Lutheran Home, Williston. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Grace Lutheran Church, Wildrose. Interment will be in the St.
Pauli Cemetery, south of Wildrose. She is survived by her two daughters, Rebecca Hanson, Souris, and Joyce Viall, Halvor- Ray; her brother, Oscar son, Williston; and four grandchildren. (Fulkerson Funeral Home, Williston) Ann Demick Ann M. Demick, 89, Bismarck, died Jan. 28, 2009, at St.
Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck. Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Marillac Manor, Bismarck. She is survived by three brothers, Val Greff, Regent, Al Greff, Mandan, and Joe Greff, Cheney, and four sisters, Beata Moses, Beaverton, Pauline Galles, Rapid City, S.D., Kay Severson, Mandan, and Rose Caliento, Canajoharie, N.Y.
(Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck) By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON A lab company president called to testify before Congress in the salmonella outbreak investigation said Thursday that manufacturers "can't retest away a positive result." Charles Deibel, whose labs conducted tests for Peanut Corp. of America, said that if 100 containers were tested and only one or two turned up salmonella, the company should "throw the whole lot out." Federal health officials say Peanut Corp. shipped tainted peanut products from its Blakely, facility after retesting them and getting a negative result for salmonella. Peanut butter, peanut paste and other goods from the plant are being blamed for an outbreak that has sickened more than 500 people, triggered a massive international recall and raised doubts about the food industry's safety practices. Deibel said his company Deibel Labs Inc.
did not conduct day-to-day testing for the Blakely plant, but was asked on occasion to carry out certain tests. He said the company has turned over bacterial cultures to federal investigators. Deibel and the president of another lab, J. Leek Associates have been called to testify Feb. 11 before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The Deibel firm has been in existence since the 1960s and has its main lab in Chicago. Rep. Henry Waxman, D- chairman of the panel conducting a hearing into the outbreak, said investigation shows "major gaps" in the nation's food safety system. "I am extremely troubled by reports that the plant tested positive for salmonella numerous times but nothing was done to ensure that the product did not go on the market," Waxman said. Peanut based in Lynchburg, said in a statement it "categorically denies any allegations that the company sought favorable results from any lab in order to ship its products." Deibel said his firm is still poring over records to determine what kind of testing was done, and at what times, for Peanut plant.
He said his lab tested some salmonella cultures that came from the J. Leek lab and identified the specific variety of the bacteria that was present. Those cultures have been turned over to investigators from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control. Darlene Cowart, president of the J. Leek lab, was not available Thursday.
Deibel his lab also tested samples of peanut products sent directly from the Blakely facility, but that he did not have the results of those tests available. Salmonella can exist in a dormant state in products like peanut butter, isolated in pockets of a big batch. So experts say it's possible to get positive and negative results from the same batch. "The benefit of using multiple labs is you increase your chances of finding it," said Deibel. "Our recommendation to clients is that you can't retest away a positive result," he added.
"We call it 'testing into and that is frowned upon." Meanwhile, the Army joined the peanut recall Thursday. It's removing some peanut butter items from warehouses in Europe. In the civilian world, more than 430 kinds of cakes, cookies and other goods have been pulled off store shelves in what the FDA is calling one of the largest product recalls in memory. The Army's recall does not affect Meals-Ready-to-Eat, but another kind of military grub called Unitized Group Rations-A, which provide a complete 50-person meal..
