We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money Online streaming is available upon family\u0027s request held within our funeral home chapel \u003ca href=\"/resources/webcast-viewing-instructions\"\u003eRead More\u003c/a\u003e Logan Christopher Karstaedt, 16, of Darien WI, passed away unexpectedly as a result of an accident on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. He was born on March 20, 2007 in Beloit, WI; the first-born son of Christopher and Anna (Stackhouse) Karstaedt. He... View Obituary & Service Information Karstaedt created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories © 2025 Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium Made with love by funeralOne This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page TWO RIVERS - When Gary Karstaedt placed his teeth around the reed and blew into a clarinet for the first time in the sixth grade he had no idea he’d be providing smiles through his music decades later as a retired father and grandfather in a local band This year, Karstaedt marks his 50th year in what is today called the Two Rivers Community Band which is celebrating its century anniversary as an organization Karstaedt used 2020’s coronavirus shutdown to rummage through boxes and manila folders of information photos and news articles about the band to put together a book One Hundred Years of Music and Memories on the Lakeshore.” “Music brings so much joy to people,” he said “To see the smiles on people’s faces especially as they remember the old polkas or waltzes they remember from when they were young The band started as the Hamilton Manufacturing Company Band in 1920 The group was composed of Hamilton employees except for one outlier who worked for Mirro Aluminum Company And its constitution allowed only men to join the band One of Karstaedt’s earliest memories is as a 5-year-old walking to the heart of Two Rivers’ downtown holding his mother’s hand to watch the Hamilton band marching past a crowd of people and stopping to march and perform in front of the Community Hall “That impressed me so much at a young age,” he said band director Glenn Nelson from Mishicot brought a variety of instruments ‘Stand next to the instrument you think you’d like to play,’ and I went right up to the clarinet,” Karstaedt recalled His uncle was in a polka band and played clarinet so the choice was a no-brainer for the boy He kept up the instrument and continued to play in the Mishicot Middle School and High School band who was also his band teacher in high school encouraged him and two of his bandmates to continue with what had become the Two Rivers Municipal Band as are those who play in the band) wanted a more balanced sound and needed to recruit people who played a variety of instruments from outside of Hamilton so the band was moved under the umbrella of the Two Rivers Recreational Department it became the Two Rivers Community Band to recruit players from outside of Two Rivers The constitution was also modified in the 1970s to allow women to join The band has had around 613 members over the years he credits Nelson and his mother for his life-long love of music and band-playing “(Nelson) was really concerned that so many high school band players put away their instruments and never play again,” Karstaedt said “He didn’t want that to happen.” Karstaedt got the hankering to get into sports ‘You come from a family with a long tradition in music,’” he said Karstaedt joined the band in 1971 and has been tooting his clarinet ever since he helped resurrect the tradition of marching through Two Rivers’ downtown for the Old-fashioned Concert slowing down from 1933 to 1938 during the Great Depression when pennies were tight and folks were scraping to get by The band halved in 1941 when the United States entered World War II Both band players and directors have been loyal to the operation It’s had just five directors in its 100-year history who served from 1922 to 1961 and worked tirelessly to grow and promote the band Andrew Kashnig was director from 1962 to 1980 and Glenn Nelson directed from 1981 to 2017 Current director Philip Stangel has served since 2018 Karstaedt’s book includes plenty of information photos and newspaper articles of the directors and things that happened under their leadership Charles Schwake was a member for 70 years I think we all look forward to coming back every year,” Karstaedt said "People have such dedication and passion for the band." RELATED: Two Rivers arcade: Dump some quarters for a round of Tetris RELATED: Intended as a repository to replace Neshotah's sand, residents are discovering a 'hidden gem' of beach along Lake Michigan and it’s becoming difficult to recruit young members The drop-off is a trend that’s continued for a number of years “People are busy or go to college and move away and never come back,” Karstaedt said “It’s a dying art form.” he and other members continue to give it all they’ve got The band does eight performances throughout the summer months including the Two Rivers Memorial Day parade the SnowFest Parade and Brat Days in Sheboygan Karstaedt will be honored during July 18’s Concert in the Park saying the history and importance of the band go beyond him available for $38 and calling him at 920-755-3072 He will deliver or mail the book to buyers “The music gives people so much joy,” he said “Especially people middle-aged or older they remember the songs from when they were young and often you will see tears streaming down their faces Contact reporter Patti Zarling at 920-606-2586 or send an email to pzarling@gannett.com The family of Virginia Karstaedt created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories Virginia (Ginny) Parr Karstaedt passed away peacefu.. 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All rights reserved Producing more energy with fewer wind turbines That's the achievement accomplished by ENGIE's teams at the Karstädt-Waterloo wind farm located 150 kilometers northwest of Berlin Out of the 60 wind turbines on the site that have been in operation for two decades 20 have been dismantled and replaced by 7 new ones which are 4.8 times more powerful per unit Their total installed capacity will increase from 26 megawatts to 43.4 megawatts “Bigger size allows for a higher nominal power,” explains Sebastian Heinisch Solar and Wind Project Manager at ENGIE Germany towering at 247 meters (to put this into perspective and the previous turbines measured just 99 meters) compared to “only” the 1.33 megawatts of their predecessors This “repowering” technique allows ENGIE to significantly increase the production of a wind farm without acquiring additional land contributing to the Group's goal of achieving 58% renewable capacity in its energy production by 2030 To carry out this unprecedented project, ENGIE's teams paid special attention to recycling the old turbines. The demolition of the 20 foundations generated 5,800 cubic meters of recyclable concrete, which was used to construct the new wind turbines. According to WindEurope about 85 to 90% of the total mass of wind turbines can be recycled and their various components are handled by recycling processes. In the case of Karstädt ENGIE even managed to recycle 99% of the components This first “repowering” project in Germany has allowed the Group which operates 18 wind farms in the country a quarter of which are over fifteen years old ENGIE plans to carry out more such operations in the future “We are planning the Repowering of another area of the Karstädt-Waterloo wind farm the next repowering project will be located at Saxony-Anhalt which lies between Berlin and Wolfsburg,” concludes Sebastian Heinisch You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Goldfinch Funeral Home is committed to the safety of the families we serve \u003ca href=\"/coronavirus-notice/\"\u003eRead More\u003c/a\u003e Curtis Lee Grubb, born on August 22nd, 1939, in West Virginia and a resident of Surfside Beach, SC, passed away, leaving behind a legacy of warmth, intelligence, and adventure. Curt entered the Air Force in 1957, serving honorably until 1960,... View Obituary & Service Information The family of Curtis Lee Grubb created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Manhattan jury on Wednesday, convicted of killing his estranged wife on New Year's Eve in 2009 by breaking her neck in the bathtub of her home then staging it to look like an accident.  Covlin eluded prosecution for nearly a decade in the death of Shele Danishefsky The case is the subject of a "Dateline NBC" episode tonight  The  broadcast also features an exclusive interview with Danishefsky’s sister and brother-in-law Dateline speaks with Covlin’s parents a 1991 graduate of New Rochelle High School who had been embroiled in court battle over his wife's estate and custody of his two young children His guardianship was later suspended after information on the criminal investigation surfaced. His parents "Dateline NBC" reporter Andrea Canning has an interview with Covlin's ex-girlfriend Debra Oles tells Canning: “I never saw the monster that I eventually came to know until later.” Oles who ended up being a key witness in the case also explains that Covlin “was pretty adamant about his innocence And he also wanted to start a nonprofit about people who were falsely accused of crimes There were a lotta people who did believe him I thought he was innocent at the time.”  ROD COVLIN: New Rochelle native charged in murder. 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Roderick Covlin talking with his lawyers in Manhattan Supreme Court The door to the medicine cabinet was dangling from its hinges and the bathtub was full of blood Shele Danishefsky Covlin was wrapped in a comforter on the floor when police arrived the blood still streaking through her long blond hair Her estranged husband, Roderick Covlin, told police his wife had had a terrible accident, that she slipped and fell in the tub and that his 9-year-old daughter called him screaming early the morning of Dec. 31, 2009, after finding her there, reports The Washington Post Covlin lived just across the hall in their Manhattan apartment building having separated from his wife months earlier amid bitter divorce proceedings the acrimony had reached its climax: She had just told Covlin she would be removing him as a beneficiary from her $5 million will police wouldn't glean any of this from the scene due to the family's Orthodox Jewish beliefs Her death certificate said the cause of death was "undetermined." Covlin was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on second-degree murder charges Prosecutors said he strangled Danishefsky in the bathroom and then filled the tub with bloody water to make her death appear accidental He was after the millions of dollars in her will he was at risk of losing the day before she died and went to sinister lengths seeking to regain custody of their children a state Supreme Court jury in Manhattan convicted Covlin in March - in part based on testimony that he had even plotted to kill his parents as part of the scheme to get his children back he even tried to frame his daughter for the crime according to the New York Times and New York Daily News Danishefsky "suffered at the hands of this defendant for months he murdered her in a brutal and vicious crime," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr said in a statement when Covlin was convicted Danishefsky's family by lying to them and to law enforcement in a cover-up scheme only serves to underscore the depravity of his actions." insisting there was no proof Covlin was in the apartment before Danishefsky died Covlin and Danishefsky had been married for a decade at the time they separated They met at a bar in New York in 1998 at a party for Jewish singles and fell in love so fast that Danishefsky's sister had to talk her down from eloping with him spontaneously family told "Dateline." They married within a matter of months But it wasn't long before their differences began to erode their relationship Danishefsky was an ambitious and successful private wealth manager who dabbled in martial arts and had an obsession with playing backgammon on the internet and he's just hanging around the house," Danishefsky's sister told "Dateline." "It was very frustrating for her The couple's marriage took a nose-dive on their 10th anniversary Covlin allegedly asked for an open marriage they headed for divorce - and that's when Covlin's wild lies began piling up as he pursued custody of their two children Covlin called Danishefsky's employer to claim that she was abusing drugs and draining their joint bank account the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said He told the New York City Administration for Children's Services that his wife was sexually abusing their son Danishefsky began carving Covlin out of her life financially She removed him as a beneficiary of her UBS retirement fund and made her two children the sole beneficiaries she told Covlin she intended to cut him out of her $5.27 million will Even Covlin's girlfriend and backgammon partner remembered thinking the timing was eerily convenient "He told me that his wife had an accident and died," Oles told "Dateline." "My very first thought was that's a really weird coincidence in timing and that really basically solves all his problems After initially respecting the religious objection to the autopsy Danishefsky's family soon began to feel uneasy about her death Could she really have torn the medical cabinet door from its hinges as she tried to stop a fall if Covlin had removed her from the bathtub before calling police were none of his clothes wet when police arrived she had gone for a keratin treatment to straighten her hair The stylist had advised her not to even dampen her hair for three days according to footage aired by "Dateline." Why "You're not even supposed to go to the gym," Karstaedt told "Dateline." her family decided to exhume Danishefsky's body "Near the end of it," a New York Police Department detective told "Dateline," "he looked at us he showed us the hyoid bone - in the neck ― and that it was broken." But prosecutors did not indict Covlin until November 2015 as they continued the investigation relying entirely on circumstantial evidence and interviews with witnesses since police had collected no physical evidence from the scene prosecutors say they uncovered Covlin's dark schemes to collect as much of his wife's money as possible and to retrieve his children from his parents who had taken custody in the aftermath of the killing smuggle her to Mexico and sell her hand in marriage for $10,000 she would be out of her grandparents' custody he even wrote a false confession from Anna's email account to another family member - apparently seeking to frame his daughter as prosecutors honed in on him "All of these years I have been so incredibly afraid and guilty about the night my mom died," Covlin wrote in the fake email in his daughter's voice which went on to describe a fight in the bathroom between mother and daughter "Who does that to a child?" Karstaedt's husband told "Dateline." "Who basically frames a child?" he confided in Oles that he wanted to kill his parents ― the two people standing in his way of the children and the money he schemed to break into his parents' home in the middle of the night take the children and then light the home on fire he considered putting rat poison in their tea - for which he would commission the help of Anna "We were in the car driving and he said to me you have to help me kill my parents," Oles told "Dateline." She refused adding she feared even if she did he'd kill her I only want to kill the people who tried to take my children from me," Oles claimed Covlin's parents told "Dateline" they believed Oles's claims of these alleged murder plots were all "a farce." and just before a judge sentenced him to 25 years to life on Wednesday they still believed their mother slipped in the bathtub "I lost one parent and do not want to lose a second," Myles just like the Medical Examiner said when he found her," Anna wrote in the statement read by her grandmother in court my daughter who was there that night knows the truth Pope Francis donated a popemobile for a children's clinic in Gaza Global energy giant Shell is set to develop two new significant anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in Germany as part of its plans to increase the production of biomethane gas to meet customer demand Managing director of Shell Energy Deutschland Sonja Mueller-Dib announced that her company is planning two biomethane plants at Karstaedt and Steinfeld The two planned plants could each produce 200 to 250 gigawatt hours (GWh) of biomethane much larger than the current standard size of 50GWh to 70GWh the average-sized AD plant in Ireland will likely be 40GWh to 50GWh Speaking to Reuters during the E-World of Energy trade fair in Essen she highlighted that demand for biomethane outstrips supply from industry "Our motivation is to supply the green molecule in large quantities and at competitive prices," Mueller-Dib said "The value of such products is higher than a pure natural gas product and that allows us the investment," she added Contact us Advertise with us Company information Career opportunities Privacy statement Terms of service Commenting policy Change cookies settings Change cookies settings Health Features well over six feet tall and garbed in an orange prison-issue jumpsuit grips the thick iron chain linking the padlocked shackles encasing his ankles With a white medical mask covering his lower face but his menacing eyes discourage anything more than a quick glance from visitors The prisoner is one of a half-dozen shackled convicts under armed guard outside the HIV/AIDS clinic at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto They have been brought here for treatment from Johannesburg (Diepkloof) Prison a Dickensian horror of a jail nicknamed "Sun City" after South Africa's decadent gambling mecca The mask on the glowering prisoner indicates he has infectious tuberculosis (TB) here the most deadly of the many opportunistic diseases associated with HIV which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome The pandemic–33.2 million people worldwide are HIV-positive and the disease has claimed more than 25 million lives since 1981–is acknowledged every December 1 on World AIDS Day The expression "on the frontline" is no more apt than when referring to Dr director of the infectious-disease division in the department of medicine at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Soweto is famed as the heart of the anti-apartheid movement racist policies of the ruling white government from the 1960s to the 1990s Bara has the distinction of being the largest hospital in the world the epicentre of the planet's AIDS pandemic About 20 percent of the population of South Africa–700,000 people in Soweto alone–have HIV/AIDS while 35 to 38 percent of pregnant mothers test positive for the virus The national infection number is at 5.8 million and the South African Medical Research Council reports that 71 percent of deaths among those aged 15 to 49 are caused by the virus South Africa has the largest HIV-positive population in the world according to the 2007 annual HIV/AIDS report released on November 20 by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS where the country of South Africa is located accounted for one-third of all new AIDS infections and deaths globally last year despite his position as department head and researcher spends three days a week immersed in primary care treating hundreds of the estimated 5,000 outpatients who are on antiretroviral (ARV) drugs which diminish the effects of HIV and decreases the viral load Karstaedt ensures that the prisoners are treated ahead of the hundreds of men and women who have been queuing since early morning to be seen by HIV/AIDS clinic doctors "We try to see the prisoners quickly; there have been a lot of escapes over the years," says Karstaedt who recalls the hospital's first diagnosed case of HIV in 1987: a Sowetan man suffering from cryptococcal meningitis with eyes so bloodshot his irises seem to be swimming in pools of red The clinic is short-staffed today; there is only one other South African doctor and a tall Dutch physician with a blond ponytail; she seems unruffled by the cram of bodies "The waiting area is designed for about 80 people but up to 300 people will come in," Karstaedt says with the same resignation that his patients show during their vigil The waiting room is hot and claustrophobic Patients are not only on ARVs but are being treated for a variety of AIDS-related diseases ranging from infectious TB to bacterial pneumonia or cryptococcal meningitis a bacterial strain impervious to antibiotics the hospital's only disease-control measure is to "keep the windows open" Last year it went double over its budget of 20 million rand Patients are responsible for their own medical files There is not enough money for a proper filing system or computers The waiting time to see patients is three to four weeks Bara had a waiting list of six months: two to three months for an appointment and another three months to have a prescription filled "The pharmacy was backed up," Karstaedt explains dryly A tiny handful of HIV/AIDS clinics have opened in Soweto dependent upon the experience of the clinic doctors and nurses and how well they recognize "toxicities and other problems" Bara hospital had 33,000 admissions last year; a significant proportion of these were due to HIV/AIDS the immunodeficiency clinic at the British Columbia Centre For Excellence in HIV/AIDS has 900 registered patients while the hospital's AIDS ward had 453 admissions during the 2006-2007 fiscal year The centre has an annual budget of $75 million some estimate that up to 50 percent of those admitted are HIV-positive even though they are ill with diseases associated with HIV especially since the government program of free generic ARV drug distribution began in April 2004 or performing with professional dance troupes Africa program coordinator for the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund one of many faith-based organizations helping fight HIV/AIDS in Africa believes that the infection rate in Soweto is creeping toward 50 percent At one medical clinic in the Kingsway district of Soweto 728 new patients this past year were tested for HIV; 638 were positive "It is a delusion to say it isn't rising," says Bastos who was in Soweto to assess a community-based HIV/AIDS palliative-care project that the Anglican Church of Canada helps support through its PWRDF ARV drugs are not the panacea that a still-elusive vaccine would be advances with ARV drugs have made HIV/AIDS a manageable the dearth of medical staff and clinics prevents many of those with HIV/AIDS from receiving ARVs About 200,000 people are on the drugs; Karstaedt says that 500,000 people should be on ARVs Although thousands of people with HIV/AIDS receive treatment at Baragwanath Hilda Dube is a 54-year-old Zimbabwean woman who came to Soweto in 1989 with her husband Dube was diagnosed as HIV–positive this past July after she became ill with TB Her community-based palliative-care worker comes to her tiny shack every morning to ensure that Dube Dube's black hair sticks straight up in wild strands and her cloudy brown eyes leak tears She sits hunched on her old black leather couch A single four-by-four braces the corrugated-iron roof that covers her tiny shed in Doornkop shantytown one of many scrap-wood shack communities in Soweto that the government euphemistically calls "informal settlements" Dube is emaciated; the flesh hangs off her arms like empty leather water skins But her body balloons at the belly and her legs and feet are so painfully swollen she can barely shuffle outside to use the metal bucket in the collapsing outhouse Mashego says that the TB medication is causing the swelling and Dube must go to hospital for treatment referring to the cost of taking a taxi one way to Baragwanath Dube will need to pay the taxi fare of a neighbour who can accompany her who is ineligible for government assistance because she is not a South African resident Poverty afflicts not only the unemployed but professionals as well which includes hospital workers among its members embarked on the largest strike since apartheid ended in 1994 a skeleton crew ran the emergency department Doctors from other departments were too intimidated by strikers to come to work For the patients dependent upon Baragwanath and was employed in the marketing department at an upscale Johannesburg hotel Then she was hit by a car while crossing a road The strike meant she could not access medical help A private-clinic visit would have cost Nte at least R2,000 ($300) Nte gradually became more incapacitated and lost weight she was down to 48 kilograms and couldn't walk an astute physician diagnosed TB of the spine The TB onset was coincidental with the car accident but I walk like a duck," she says in a brave attempt at humour "I have a mission to get better," Nte says which has afflicted two generations of South Africans and is poised to strike a third Soweto is a place of single-parent households and high unemployment AIDS orphans–many of whom live on the streets–and children with parents who are sick or unemployed don't attend school and respect for others that are hammered into students from the early grades But the traditional patriarchal society is also at fault; it is difficult to shift the mores of an ancient culture The Zulus dominating Soweto uphold polygamy Poverty allows such male hubris to flourish as women often depend upon their boyfriends for money to buy food "Women aren't employed; they are economically dependent upon men and will accept behaviour from them that they wouldn't if they were economically independent," Bastos says Men in South Africa are also notoriously reluctant to be tested for HIV "Men are part of the problem; they must be part of the solution." a solution to the daily onslaught of disease is far "There have been many years of AIDS Days," Karstaedt muses "The results are not concrete for this hospital." Your hair was short-cropped and dyed orange In December 2009, Shele Danishefsky Covlin’s body was found in the bathtub of her Manhattan apartment Her estranged husband (who lived across the hall from her) called 911 and told the operator he had tried to revive her Investigators determined her death had been the result of an accident — a fatal slip as she was getting into the tub For nine years, that was Shele Danishefsky Covlin’s story. Then, in March of 2019, her estranged husband, Roderick "Rod" Covlin, was charged with her murder. What happened to Shele Danishefsky Covlin she attended a party for Jewish singles in New York The two made an instant connection and were married just six months after they first met Shele had enjoyed a successful career as a senior vice president for private wealth management at an investment bank She worked hard and had a comfortable life Rod never reached the same level of success in his own career as a stockbroker lopsided accomplishments were not the only problem in their marriage According to The New York Times Shele had "confided in family members and close friends about his [Rod's] erratic and abusive behavior." In January 2009 she wrote to her sister Eve Karstaedt saying that she was "very scared that at some point in the future all his anger and rage may result in something bad happening — he really can’t control his temper." Just a few months later, Shele filed for divorce The two separated (with Shele renting the apartment across the hall from her estranged husband) and soon became embroiled in an ugly custody battle Rod tried to sabotage his estranged wife’s life telling her employer that she used drugs and had stolen money from their joint account He coached their 3-year-old son to falsely accuse his mother of sexual abuse He also told a woman he met online that he planned to kill his wife Shele made plans to remove her estranged husband from her will — which seems to have been the tipping point he stood to gain access to $5 million in the event of her death after Shele was found dead in her apartment his parents became the legal guardians of the children As suspicions grew over the next several months, her family arranged for Shele's body to be exhumed and a medical examiner determined in April 2010 that she had not merely slipped and fallen in the tub; she had been strangled Rod became the primary suspect in the investigation of his estranged wife’s death Autopsy performed on Shele Covlin after her body was exhumed Rod would continue to attempt to gain access to his estranged wife’s estate He was said to have laid out several plans to kill his parents (though he did not carry any of them out) Rod also stole $84,000 from his children’s college fund prosecutors stated he even plotted to kidnap his daughter and take her to Mexico where he would pay someone $10,000 to marry her thereby emancipating her from her grandparents Rod even tried to frame his daughter for Shele's murder drafting a confession email from her account so it would look as though she wrote it the courts eventually found Rod guilty of murdering Shele In April 2019, after a grueling nine-week trial that involved one member of the jury fainting at the sight of the crime scene, Rod Covlin was handed down a sentence of 25 years, per the New York Post Supreme Court Judge Ruth Pickholz cited the "overwhelming evidence" against Rod as her reason for giving him the maximum sentence This came on the heels of his 12-year-old son pleading with the judge to take it easy on Rod Rod Covlin Finally Found Guilty, a Decade After Murdering His Wife The 2004 Slaying of College Student Jesse Valencia Will Be Featured on 'Dateline' The Murder of Former FBI Agent Scott Horn Will Be Covered on an Episode of 'Dateline' Link to XLink to InstagramContact us by EmailOpt-out of personalized ads © Copyright 2025 Engrost, Inc. 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Offers may be subject to change without notice. 1990 Rick MacWilliam The Journal About 80 marchers on Jasper Avenue Saturday evening cl chanted "Women unite take back the night" Night marchers seek an end to violence against women Demonstration began at site of downtown DAVID HOWELL In late August a 20-year-old mother of two young children was found dead in Beaver Hills House Park on Jasper Avenue Eugenia Charmaine Desa had been beaten to death the same park was the starting point for a Take Back the Night march and rally protesting violence against women in society Rally organizer Karin Goldberg said it was decided to start the march at Beaver Hills House Park because of Desa's death there on Aug "That is why we chose this particular park." said Goldberg "I think that Jasper Avenue after a certain hour doesn't feel safe "I'm very frightened right now just being in this park and it's not even dark "I'm very frightened right now just being in this park and it's not even dark yet." Rally organizer Karin Goldberg Later take back the night," a group of 80 marchers walked out of the park and down Jasper Avenue to Canada Place executive director of the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton told the rally she's running out of ways to say that violence against women and children must somehow be stopped "I don't know when it is going to stop," Karstaedt said "How many more years are we going to have to do this "We want to take back the night; we believe that we are entitled to it We want to be able to be free to do the things we want to do." Karstaedt asked for 30 seconds of silence to remember female vietims of violence "What we are asking for is just so very simple," Karstaedt said "We're asking for violence to stop We're asking people to realize that they don't have the right or the permission to violate women I don't know what it's going to take." Susan Brown who teaches WenDo self-defence courses for women told the crowd that women can make themselves less vulnerable by being prepared to fight "Imagine what it would be like," said Brown "if a man who attacked a woman found himself confronted not with a paralysed woman which he was led to expect by television and the movies looked him in the eye and proceeded to fight for everything she was worth." Murder-suicide shocks community 'A nice couple and hard-working people' The murder-suicide of a Hilliard-area farmer and his wife has left neighbors and friends of the couple in shock who works at the general store in Hilliard CORRECTION IMPERIAL LUMBER W-W ARCADE FALL SAVINGS FLYER SKIL CORDLESS SCREWDRIVER SHOULD READ SKIL TWIST REG $39.99 SALE $22.99 Edmonton Hilliard HARDWARE LIQUIDATION ASST RETAIL SEE AD PAGE A4 LIQUIDATION WORLD MARTA GOLD Journal Staff Writer "They were a nice couple and hard-working people," she said "It's a great shock to everybody." She said she first heard of the deaths Friday when RCMP used the phone in her store to report the incident She said she didn't know how the bodies were discovered The Kleparchuks lived on a farm about seven km north of Hilliard Harry was in his late 60s while Dora was younger INSIDE TODAY The day's top stories at a glance Everyday on page A2 The' Edmonton Journal LSAT GMAT GRE TEST PREPARATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA CALL 459-7261 Sexton Educational Centers the fortysomething Minerva series Senior Studies Institute The Minerva Sensor Studies is to the principle of learning As part of this commitment a senes of monthly presentations is being offered providing midife adults (40 plus) with an opportunity to explore topics that relate to changing lifestyles throughout the ifespan Sept 1990: THE IMPORTANCE OF LEISURE TIME: BALANCING YOUR LIFE THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN The day to day commitments between work and home continue to grow and it is easy to get caught in a routine that creates an imbalance in our lives This session will look at the importance of having control over our lives and making choices for ourselves that will result in meaningful and fulfilling experiences throughout our lifespan 1990: CHANGING ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN This session will focus on the changing roles and relationships that occur throughout the lifespan (worker etc.) with emphasis on the peychoingical changes and coping strategies Not 1990: DEALING WITH SEXUALITY AND AGING This session will lock at the mythe and realities regarding intimacy and sexual functioning throughout the lifespan The focus will be directed to the normal physical and emotional changes of midlife and the interaction of physical and peychological factors 1990: FAMILY TIES THAT BIND THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN Family ties have become more complex over time The value of having family ties that bind will be addressed We will look at the various roles each generation might play within the family unit with emphasis on the importance of open and effective communication in family bonding FEES: $15 per session OR $55 for all four sessio (includes snack tea and colTee) All sessions are: 5:30 7:30 p.m Grant MacEwan Community College Seventh Street Plaza Campus contact: Senior Studies Minerva Institute GRANT MACEWAN Building 450-4635 or 462-555 COMMUNITY COLLEGE Futu 15 or in you or is murder She said the couple married about 12 years ago Dora had two sons and a daughter from a previous marriage but the Kleparchuks had no children together "They had a beautiful home and a recalled beautiful adding yard," she couldn't Semotiuk be- lieve the news about the couple she knew "so well." They often came into town and were very friendly with people in the area Motorist killed making U-turn Journal Staff St Albert A Victoria woman died early Saturday morning after her car was struck as she tried to make a U-turn on a St Colleen Kimberly Hill was trying to make the turn on 184th Street near Heritage Lakes in St Her vehicle was struck from the side northbound car whose driver didn't anticipate the turn who RCMP believe is the woman's daughter was taken to the Sturgeon General hospital following the crash She has been released into the care of the Social Services Department No charges have been laid in connection with the incident CANADIAN SOCIETE CANCER CANADIENNE SOCIETY DU CANCER 'IN MEMORIAM' You can help make Cancer History T5G OFI Please include name of deceased where to send cards receipt accept Visa Mastercard' LEARN CHINESE Martial Arts or Asian Business For Only $65.00 Government leaders and business experts agree that understanding Asa for a top priority Canadians today 10 Most courses are weeks long with a maximum of students per class discount for members Registration can be done person by mail Include your name For course details: Check LEARNING IS LIVING GUIDE contact (Office And Telephone Shared 4th EISA) CAA (403) 474-8445 CHINA ACCORD ICANADA) ASSOCIATION 11240 79 Street Edmonton Alberta T58 2K1 On Jim I in mourn of for in Jim 70 7.00 Curtis in Jim in in in 17 James Fraser God saw you getting tired when a cure was not to be So He closed his arms around you and whispered 'Come to Me' James Fraser Brown passed away on September 15 Virginia and her husband Errol Pecknold and granddaughters Rebecca (Pecknold) Fossen and Linda Pecknold Barry and his wife Barbara and grandchildren Glen; two great-grandchildren; several nieces He arrived in Edmonton with his parents in 1919 He attended schools in Cadomin and Edmonton Strathcona High School He was married in 1932 and spent a few years in Cadomin and then returned to Edmonton He retired in 1974 from the Federal Government Service He spent his retirng years travelling and fishing until the last five years when he was stricken with blindness He spent the last sixteen months in the Alberta Hospital where he received devoted and kind care by the nurses and staff in Unit 8-1 Edmonton mile east of Manning Freeway on 167 Avenue Interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Gardens donations may be sent to Robin Hood Association for the Handicapped T8A 3B6 or the charity of ones' choice (The Chapel in the Park) Telephone 472-9019 Mary L'Heureux; three brothers and one sister Cremation will follow at the Edmonton Crematorium memorials may be made directly to the Alberta Cancer Foundation all of Edmonton: 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren mile south on the old Fort Road) with Reverend LaVern Brower officiating Interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Gardens If friends so desire memorials may be made to The First Church of the Nazarene Evergreen Funeral Chapel (The Chapel in the Park) Reunification may mean restitution DON RETSON Journal Staff Writer Edmonton Next month's reunification of the two Germanys is going to be like holding a winning lottery ticket for some Albertans They're among the thousands who fled East Germany after the Communists took power in 1949 an agreement between the two Germanys means people can get back property that was confiscated by the former Communist regime As many as 300 Albertans are expected to reclaim their long-lost property But German-Albertans will have to act fast Claimants are also being told not to expect an early resolution of their claims the German consulate in Edmonton is getting dozens of calls from people seeking more information Vice-consul Holger Fraider said he got his first phone call in July "I estimate there are about 200 to 300 Albertans who will file claims." Fraider said He conceded many details of the East-West agreement have yet to be worked out although stressed people must make their claims by Oct A handful of local Germanspeaking lawyers are in hot demand even though none are licensed to practice in West Germany German-born lawyer Hans Reich estimates he's agreed to prepare documents for 15 of the 40 people who've contacted him to date Most claims involve elderly people seeking to reclaim their former homes Harold Kuckertz has also sent out documents for several people who fled East Germany after 1949 German-born lawyer Vern Schwab expects to limit his involvement to making referrals to reputable lawyers in Germany "I don't want people to get hurt a second time by taking secondhand advice They should be contacting German lawyers in Germany passed away suddenly at the age of 36 years A Prayer Service will be held in Edmonton on Sunday Funeral services will be announced in the Monday edition of this paper Edson Funeral Home entrusted with arrangements (The Foothills Memorial Chapel) HAWRESCHUK James Hawreschuk was granted the only gift that could end his pain and without fear He will be sadly missed by many to whom he has given a better understanding of the meaning of the word "courage" over the past year Aurele and Grace de la Salle and John Hawreschuk; as well as aunts and uncles Maurice de la Salle and Bob and Marie de la Salle all of Edmonton and Susan de la Salle of Victoria Soratto officiating with Cremation fo follow in Park Memorial Crematorium Donations to the Terry Fox Fund are appreciated Funeral Administrators Directors (The Chapel on the Boulevard) 426-0050 Houle has resided at Jarvie with his great nephew Raymond Houle and his wife Sylvia He is also survived by a nephew Armand Houle and numerous other nieces and nephews Houle was predeceased by a sister Bernadette Houle Donations gratefully accepted to the charity of ones choice Box 7 June Marion Hunchak of Rocky Mountain House Esther Nelson of Barrhead; as well as stepbrothers and step-sisters and numerous cousins and many at Memorial Presbyterian Church in Rocky Mountain House Aicken officiating with interment to follow at 4:00 p.m donations may be made to the Alberta Cancer Foundation Funeral Administrators Directors (The Chapel on the Boulevard) passed away after a courageous battle with cancer Jim and Sheila Koenig of Galahad; one brother Reg and Elaine Klatt of Forestburg; his paternal grandparents Sandy and Suzie McDonald of Galahad and numerous aunts Donatus Church in Galahad with Reverend Stephen Haughland officiating Interment will follow in the Galahad Cemetery Elvine Marie Lamoureux peacefully passed away on Saturday and Maurice (Henriette); 13 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren She was predeceased by her husband Hector in January of 1981 Funeral arrangements to be announced later Riverview Funeral Services in care of arrangements passed away at the age of 65 years She leaves two sons Victor Lepine and Dennis Lepine and his wife Sharen A Mass of Christian Burial will take place Monday at St Michael's Church at 10:00 am with Reverend Karl Raab celebrant The interment will follow in the family plot in the Holy Cross Cemetery ConnellyMcKinley Lid 1990 at the of 87 age years She was predeceased by her husband Malanchuk of Saskatoon and Autumn (Gordon) Scraper of Vancouver 9709 111 Avenue Reverend Carr officiating with interment Beechmount Cemetery 1990 Peggy Melton died peacefully at the age years She will be tondly remembered her unselfish love kindness and strength to Peggy leaves her seven children Nicholas and Mary-Beth She also leaves a sister Frances Grogg Kelowna BC Peggy was predeceased by her loving husband Stan 1973 and brother McDermott England 1988 Prayers will be held at p.m Monday at the Floral Chapels 10011 114 Street the Wild Rose Chapel A Mass of Christian Burlal will be at 10:00 am 9830 148 Street with Reverend Mike McCafery dele brant Kenneth Allan McAnally died tragically at the age of 24 years Bruce (Betty) McAnally; Wayne (Joan) McAnally Tracy (Darcy) Armstrong: Denise (lain) Short Frances (Ross) Izzard and sister-in-law Shirley as well as numerous nieces and nephews in the Prairie Lily Chapel of Connelly-McKinley Funeral Home 10011-114 and Reverend Michael Toner C.S.C will celebrate a mass of christian burial Tuesday at Resurrection Catholic Church 10555-50A Street The family would appreciate donations be made to the Fire Fighters Burn Unit 10105-109 Street Edmonton went to be with her Lord at the age of 87 years She is survived by two sons and daughtersin-law Wilhelmina and Tony van Kessel in California: nine grandchildren; one sister in Holland That she now rejoices before God's Throne is our comfort Reverend Allan Groen will officiate and interment will take place in the Westlawn Memorial Gardens donations may be made to the Grandview Extended Care Centre at 6215 124 Street Funeral Directors and Licensed Crematorium Shirley of Wetaskiwin; four great-grandchildren Darcy; five sisters and three brothers: also many friends 11485 106 Street Oblate Fathers officiating with interment in St donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta Ivan Pshoniak of Edmonton passed away at the age of 75 years Larissa and Luba: son-in-law Gordon; grandsons his niece and nephew and their families in Ukraine He will also be greatly missed by his many friends George's Ukrainian Catholic Church 11305 95A Street Very Reverend Tarnawsky officiating with interment in St Michael's Cemetery In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Chornobyl Children's Fund Park Memorial Ltd Henry Joseph Schafers of Mearns passed away at the age of 66 years He is survived by his loving family Joyce Kozak (Len) of Font Saskatchewan; his three sons Gene (Elaine) of Mearns and Manfred Hesse of Edmonton Jennifer and Brandi Mitchell; Amber and Crysta McLellan Mac and Jessica Schafers and Megan and Chantal Schafers: three sisters with a Mass of Christian Burial at 1:30 p.m Tuesday Interment will follow in the Mearns Cemetery The St Florence Tookey of Warburg passed away at the age of 71 years Mrs Tookey is survived by her loving husband Bill Larry Lancaster and his wite Judy of Medicine Hat one daughter Brenda Goodard and her husband Dave of Edmonton Ontario and one sister Doris Brien of Edmonton at Howard and McBride Chapel of Chimes (10179-108 Street) The Reverend Leonard Musto will officiate Cremation will follow in lieu of floral tributes donations may be made to the Alberta Cancer Foundation 6th Floor 9707-110 Street T5K 2L9 Howard and McBride Chapel of Chimes John Frederick 1930 1990 with sincerest regret that anto nounce friends and relatives the passing of John Frederick Woodhall at the Cancer Institute Edmonton Alberta September 1990 Woodhall leaves Sam Cecile his three daughters Cher his three sons-in-law Rocky Frederick Dale Frederick and Andre Dutault Linda and Valerie He was predeceased by his father Mr John Woodall and one sister Mr Woodhall Fred was known aviation industry worldwide From small aircraft company McDonnell Aircraft in where started to international Jet Air Calgary where he worked co-operative efforts Soviet Union Directorship Aircraft Maintenance Wardair Canada since 1962 he has garnered the respect his peers from around the globe and the triendship many in the industry When Wardair was recently bought by PWA Corp Woodhall was asked to join the corporation as a director We will all miss him A Private Family Service was held and a celebration of his will be announced at a lat- date if desired friends may make a donation to the Cancer Research Fund his Lillian Anne