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www.lsj.com Lansing State Journal Saturday, April 12, 2008 5A ments by Gorsline-Runciman OketTlOS DEPROGRAMMING BEGINS Medical Center, April 7. Ionia Batista: To Tom and Stephanie Batista, a daughter, Kennedy Lynn Batista, at Sparrow Hospital, March 12. Walsh: To Robert Walsh and Jennifer Wieczorek, a son, Jacob Alexander Walsh, at Sparrow Hospital, March 20. Fager: To Lance Fager and Samantha Rohraff, a daughter, Joleen Rose Fager, at Sparrow Hospital, April 5. Laingsburg Deaths Lansing Adler, Ruth Louise, 94, Michigan State University secretary, died Wednesday.

Services 10 a.m. today at Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home, East Lansing. Beach, Elizabeth M. "Betty," 80, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m.

today at Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church. Arrangements by Estes-Lead-ley Greater Lansing Chapel. Brady, Iris Lorraine, 82, retail sales worker, died March 27. There will be no services. Arrangements by Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home, Lansing.

Brown, Madeline, 51, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday at Gorsline-Runci-man Funeral Home, Lansing. Canida, Kenneth Randall, 54, Peckham Industries factory worker, died April 7. Services 10 a.m.

Monday at Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home, Lansing. I Findsen, Florence 80, retired executive secretary, died April 8. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Palmer, Bush Jensen Family Funeral Homes, Lansing Chapel. Kniffen, Ronald John 65, died Thursday.

Services noon Tuesday at Gorsline-Runci-man Funeral Home, Lansing. Moore, Beulah 69, died Wednesday. Graveside services 3 p.m. Monday at Easton Cemetery, Ionia. Arrangements by Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland.

Sweet, Sanford Willard Jr. "Bill," 69, died Wednesday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Monday at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Arrange TONY GUTIERREZ Associated Press Displaced families: Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints walk along a covered porch Friday at their temporary housing in San Angelo, Texas.

Sect told children the outside world is hostile, immoral mm DEATHSgdFUNERALS I Johnson, C. George "Wil-gus," 59, formerly of Texas, Thrun Law Firm attorney, died Friday. Arrangements by Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home, East Lansing. Owosso I Snow, Tammy Lynn, 39, General Motors Corp. line worker, died Thursday.

Services 1 p.m. Monday at Smith Family Funeral Homes, Jennings-Lyons Chapel, Owosso. Portland Hartwick, Jeanette, 78, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Portland Church of the Nazarene.

Arrangements by Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland. Swartz, Yvonne 65, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland. Births Holt ft Horton: To Paul and Jolee Horton, a son, Zander Stuart Horton, at Sparrow Hospital, March 31.

ft Knull: To Justin and Helen Knull, a daughter, Grace Helen Knull, at Sparrow Hospital, April 1. ft Cook: To Derek and Kara Cook, a daughter, Kayla Elaine Cook, at Ingham Regional Medical Center, April 2. ft Rigg: To Michael and Anna Rigg, a daughter, Katrina Joy Rigg, at Sparrow Hospital, April 2. ft Alfaro: To Jose and Jennifer Alfaro, a son, Julian Manuel Alfaro, at Ingham Regional For Frances Gertrude Jones Lansing, Ml Formerly of Centreville, Ml Frances G. Jones, age 97, passed away Friday, April 11, 2008 at Burcham Hills Retirement Center in Lansing.

She was born in Centreville on December 16, 1910, a daughter of Herman and Edith (Sengstock) Miller. Frances graduated from Centreville High School in 1928. She attended Parsons Business College Nursing School and did her nurses training at Kalamazoo Hospital. Frances was a member of the Centreville United Methodist Church. On September 3, 1932, she married Duane Jones in Centreville.

He preceded her in death on August 31, 1974. Frances and Duane moved to the Lansing area in 1950. She enjoyed knitting, gardening and playing solitaire. She spent most of her life taking care of her family and her home, and was the "hub" of her family. Frances was a loving, caring and supportive mother who will be greatly missed.

Surviving Frances are her daughter, Diane Downer of Ha-slett; sons, Bruce (Barb) Jones, Kenneth (Maralee) Jones, all of Centreville, Thomas (Suzanne) Jones of Dimondale; and grandchildren, Douglas (Yvonne) Jones, Deborra Jones, Christine (Rob) Adams, Daniel Jones, Scott (Sandy) Downer, Deane (Ron) Joiner, Shad (Cathy) Carpenter, Jacqueline (Anthony) Bowen, Leigh (Chris) Sheffield, Jim (Fran) Jones, Gregory (Charlene) Jones, Tommy Jones, Lisa Jones, and Cathy Jones. Also surviving are her 13 greatgrandchildren, Tara, Kylie, Kendall, Evan, Rhiannon, Christopher, Adam, Caitie, Kyzer, Gabrielle, Roman, Ella and Madeleine. Frances was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Duane Jones; sister, Gladys Moore; son-in-law, Dean Downer; and great-grandchildren, Zachary ana Avery. Relatives and friends will be received at the Eley Funeral Home in Centreville Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Religious services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.

at the Centreville United Methodist Church with the Reverend Dr. Karin Orr officiating. Interment will be in Prairie River Cemetery in Centreville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Centreville United Methodist Church. Envelopes are available at the funeral home.

Funeral Home, Lansing. I Woodruff, Mary, 91, died Friday. Arrangements by Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Ashley Mentus, Victoria, 93, died March 29. Services 10 a.m.

Monday at St. Cyril's Catholic Church. Arrangements by Smith Family Funeral Homes, Elsie Chapel. DeWitt Thomas, Jesse, 84, died Friday. Arrangements by Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home, Lansing.

East Lansing I Holly, Birdsill Wolcott, 95, retired city of East Lansing electrical inspector, died Tuesday. Services noon today at Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home, Lansing. Holt Jeffrey, John Edward, 79, retired electrician, died Monday. Services I p.m. today at Pennway Church of God, Lansing.

Arrangements by Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home, Lansing. Howell Coffey, Orville 90, retired Howell Public Schools maintenance employee, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Howell Church of the Nazarene. Arrangements by Niblack Funeral Home, Dillingham Liverance Chapel, Fowlerville.

Lyons Putney, Ethelyn, 86, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. today at Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland. Raymond Aseltine Holt, Ml Age 71, died Friday, April 11, 2008 after a long battle with COPD; born August 6, 1936. He retired from Copco Paper A after 35 years of I Jf service- Surviv-I 1 ing are: his wife I OUr of 49 years, Pa- dauehters.

Tina Clav of Holt and Vicki (Andy) Graham of East Jordan; son, Jeffrey (An-gie) Aseltine of Laingsburg; 13 grandchildren; and 6 greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by: his parents, Marguerite (Brown) and Edmund Aseltine, and daughter, Heidi Aseltine. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 14, 2008 at the Estes-Leadley HoltDelhi Chapel with the Rev. Dr.

Glenn Wagner officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon until service time on Monday. stcs-Htadlcu MID MICHIGAN'S PINIST Arthur Newman 1935-2007 A year has passed since you left this earth for a place free of all your pain. We all miss and love you very much until our paths may meet again.

Your wife, daughter, sons, grand-children, brother and many relatives and friends We all love and miss you, Pa! 000057473-01 tv tricia: I It 1 ft Craig: To Gabrielle Dette Craig, a son, Nathaniel Dean Craig, at Sparrow Hospital, March 29. ft Rademacher: To Aaron and Elizabeth Rademacher, twin daughters: Laura Elizabeth Rademacher, and Kairlyn Louise Rademacher, at Sparrow Hospital, April 2. Lansing ft Keresztes: To Mario and Jessica Keresztes, a daughter, Aurora Faith Keresztes, at Sparrow Hospital, Feb. 19. ft Shaffer: To Joseph Shaffer and Amy Chingman, a son, Broderick Joseph Shaffer, at Sparrow Hospital, March 10.

Moore: To Edward Moore and Kristen Boettcher, a daughter, Jerzie Nishele Moore, at Ingham Regional Medical Center, March 27. ft Pittman: To Corey Pittman and Shelley Harris, twin daughters: Corissa Denise Pittman, and Chloe Danielle Pittman, at Sparrow Hospital, March 29. ft Blackman: To Mythius Black-man Sr. and Shontoyia James, a daughter, Myonna Lachele Blackman, at Sparrow Hospital, March 31. paid obituary notices, call 377-1104 Martha A.

Robbins Lansing, Ml Formerly of Harrison, Ml Our loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on April 11, 2008 in Lansing, MI, at the age of 68. Martha was born on September 17, 1939 in Chattanooga, TN to Marvin and Edith (Allen) Sledge. She loved to cook and bake and was very devoted to her family. Martha was preceded in death by her husband, Teddy W. Robbins.

Surviving are her daughters, Mary (Charley) Pukyrys and Sharon Robbins; sons, Dale (Tracy) Robbins and Marvin (Donna) Robbins; 8 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers and 3 sisters; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, April 14, 2008 at Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes, 900 E. Michigan Lansing with Minister Deb Milekovich officiating. Interment will follow in East Lawn Memory Gardens, Okemos.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Association, Michigan Great Lakes Chapter, 107 Aprill Ste. 1, Ann Arbor, MI 48103-1903 in memory of Martha Robbins. 'fa Mt. HOPE MONUMENT CO.

2529 E. MT. HOPE AV E. LANSING. Ml MONUMENTS MARKERS PLAQUES Call Lorri Miller at 517-482-6266 rim o5is Jennifer Dobner Associated Press SAN ANGELO, Texas All their lives, the girls in the po-lygamist sect in the West Texas desert were told the outside world was hostile and immoral, and venturing beyond the brilliant white limestone walls of their compound would consign them to eternal damnation.

Now, if the state gets its way, hundreds of the girls could be put in foster homes, in what could be a wrenching cultural adjustment that may require intensive counseling. "What they are up against is having to deprogram an entire community," said Margaret Cooke, who left the sect with seven of her eight children near the end of 1994. The children "are so naive, and they have been sheltered to the point that they don't even trust their own judgment." Marleigh Meisner, a spokeswoman for the state Children's Protective Services, said the agency is working with mental health and other experts to make the children's transition as easy as possible. Cyanide document Meanwhile, in court papers unsealed Friday, authorities said they found a "cyanide poisoning document" in their search of the compound in the town of Eldorado. But the 80-page list of items seized gave no further explanation.

Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange said the document consisted of pages torn out of a first-aid book on how to treat cyanide poisoning. But she said she didn't know why the sect would have such information on hand. Child welfare officials seized more than 400 children, most of them girls, in the raid on the compound of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, saying the youngsters were in danger of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. The renegade Mormon splinter group requires girls at puberty to enter into polygamous marriages with much older men and produce children, authorities say. The sect also teaches children to fear the outside world, including the very authorities who removed them until a court hearing Thursday that will help determine their future.

I vff Marie E. Gibbs Lansing, Ml Formerly of Clifton Park, NY Marie was born on September 19, 1906 in Brooklyn, New York to German im-? migrants, Kate and Martin 4 Eberhardt, and passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2008. Hav-- ine lived with her husband Ralph in Clifton Park Center for fifty-four years, they moved to the Grandnaven Manor in Lansing, Michigan to be closer to family. Mane was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-seven years, Ralph; brother, Fred Eberhardt (Eileen) of Long Island, NY; and sister, Barbara Smith (Tom) also of Long Island, NY. She is survived by her son, Dr.

Ronald Gibbs (Jerrie Lynn) of Lyons, MI; three grandchildren, Melissa Jean Miller of Grand Ledge, MI, Jeffrey Steven Gibbs (Kelly) of Yp-silanti, MI, State Senator Daniel Matthew Gibbs of Silverthorne, CO; and stepgrandchildren, Amy Lynn Richburg (Kipp) of Cheyenne, WY and Cnad Michael Brunton (Amanda) of Grand Ledge, MI. Other survivors include three great-grandchildren and four step-greatgrandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews. Marie was employed for twenty years by the Shenendehowa Central Schools as a Treasurer. She was an active member of the Clifton Park Center Baptist Church serving in both the choir and missionary society for forty years. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, gardener and walker who loved the outdoors and often walked the towpath of the Erie Canal in Vischer Ferry, New York.

While residing in Michigan, she attended the University United Methodist Church and the Central United Methodist Church in Lansing. Funeral service will be held at the Meeting House of the Clifton Park Center Baptist Church on Monday, April 14, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow in the Clifton Park Center Baptist Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at the Grandhaven Manor, 3215 W. Mt.

Hope Lansing, MI on Friday, April 18, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Clifton Park Center Baptist Church, 713 Clifton Park Center Road, Clifton Park, NY 12065 or to the Hospice House of Mid-Michigan, Sparrow Health System-St. Lawrence Campus, 1210 W. Saginaw, Lansing, MI 48915 in memory of Marie Gibbs.

Arrangements have been entrusted by the family to the Gordon C. Emerick Funeral Home 1550 Route 9 Clifton Park, New York 12065 518-371-5454. Living conditions: Kevin Dinnin, a Texas government official, describes the temporary living environment for the people from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. "You're taught to fear everyone and everything," said Cooke, herself a bride at 16. Who's your mommy? The children and the 139 women who followed them voluntarily out of the compound are being so secretive that child welfare officials are having trouble sorting out who the youngsters' parents are.

Most of the children are the offspring of the faith's inner circle including its now-imprisoned prophet, Warren Jeffs who were born since construction began on the compound in 2003, or were hand-selected by Jeffs to come to the enclave, which the sect regards as part of Zion on Earth. Authorities raided the Eldorado ranch April 3 after a girl from the clan made a whispered telephone call for help to a family violence shelter. The 16-year-old, who indicated she was a few weeks pregnant, said her 50-year-old husband beat and raped her. In the call, the girl said sect members warned her that if she ever left, outsiders would hurt her and force her to cut her hair, wear makeup and have sex with many men. The hearing next Thursday will determine whether the state gets full custody of the children or whether they can return to the compound in Eldorado.

"I think under the circumstances the folks are as happy in their environment as they can possibly be," said Kevin Dinnin, of the Texas governor's Division of Emergency Management, at a news conference Friday. II .1 2tJ 0 ISMWhMlii injilJl Rural complex: The main temple on the YFZ ranch, home of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, stands in a rural area just outside the small town of Eldorado, Texas. i II niMMH 3' i a i 4.