Joyce R. Salmon


Joyce R. Salmon, age 64, of Green Bay, passed away on Thursday morning, June 14, 2007, after a courageous fight with Lou Gehrig's disease.


Joyce was born on Aug. 19, 1942, in Manitowoc, a daughter of John and Elmira (Christianson) Huske. She attended the University of Chicago and then graduate school at the University of Denver. Joyce married Donald Salmon on Sept. 4, 1965, at Faith Lutheran Church, Valders. She was the editor of Mai Pen Ry Magazine for 20 years and retired as an administrative assistant at St. Norbert College.


Joyce is survived by her husband: Don; siblings: Wayne (Terry) Huske, Whitelaw; Gary (Linda) Huske, Nashua, N.H.; Charles (Martha) Huske, Karen Huske (John Seidl), Brown Deer; and John (Karen) Huske, Reedsville. She was preceded in death by her parents: John and Elmira Huske, and two sisters: Barbara Olsen and Janice Huske.


Visitation for Joyce will be held at Ryan Funeral Home, 305 N. 10th St., De Pere, on Friday (TODAY), June 15, 2007, from 5 until 7 p.m. Visitation will continue on Saturday, June 16, 2007, at Faith Lutheran Church, Valders, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service.


Funeral services for Joyce will be held at 11 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church with the Rev. Marsha Solberg officiating. Burial will be in West Cemetery, Valders.


Please visit www.ryanfh .com to send online condolences to the Salmon family.

Andrew Keller III, 51, battled ALS

By MILT KRUGMAN
Bucks County Courier Times

Andrew A. Keller III was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in 2005 and he fought the illness on his terms.

His attitude was, “ "I'm going to battle it the way I want, and as long as I can. I'm going to do it my way,' ” said his sister, Connie Ejsmont of Langhorne.

She said her brother didn't want to get into a wheelchair until he had to. That happened last year.

“He was walking on crutches as long as he could, but finally on vacation in 2006 we got him a wheelchair, because it was easier for him to go from one place to another,” she said. “At first, he was a little apprehensive but grew to accept it. His wife, Kathleen, who is a nurse, after seeing how well he did on vacation, said, "Well, you are getting a wheelchair all the time now.' ”

It wasn't an electric wheelchair because he didn't want one. “ "As long as I work my arms and can push myself, that's what it will be, ' ” his sister recalled him saying.

Mr. Keller died May 27 of complications from the disease, formally called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. The incurable fatal disease affects the body's nerve cells.

He was 51 and had been living in Virginia for six years.

He was a 1973 graduate of Neshaminy High School. He was a former Parkland resident. Before his illness, he worked in the construction industry. He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman.

“This past Thanksgiving, he even went hunting with his brother at a private farm, and Andy was on a three-wheeler, and he loved it,” Ejsmont said. “I think right before that, he shot a deer. He looked so forward to going again, but it never came around.”


His brother, Timothy of Salisbury, Md., said, “It was the biggest deer he ever shot. It was a nine-pointer and weighed about 200 pounds. It was a long shot and he kind of crawled and hobbled to the deer — it was about 240 yards. I'll always think about Andy when I'm hunting.”

His sister said the Keller family went on summer vacations every year and remembers 20 years ago going to Ocean City, N.J.

“Andy was always the first one up in the morning, had a pot of coffee going, and he was off to the beach for some fishing as soon as the sun came up,” she said. “He just loved to fish, and when the sun went down, he would go back fishing on the beach. Andy always had the biggest and best equipment.”

One of his jobs he held when he was younger was a manager of a sporting goods department at Strawbridge's. “We always joked with him, and said he was his own best customer,” she added.

Mr. Keller was the oldest of five children — two girls and three boys,

“He was always a carefree spirit and moved to his own drum,” his sister said, “always working at different jobs and always upbeat.”

The-Daily-Record.com
Chad Blooming
May 12, 2007

WOOSTER -- Chad Neil Blooming, 52, of Wooster, died Friday, May 11, 2007, at his home.
Friends will be received at McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill St., Wooster,
on Sunday, May 13, from 3-5 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church with
the Rev. Father Daniel Reed officiating.
Those who wish may make contributions to the ALS Association, Northeast Ohio Chapter, 2500
E. 22nd St., Cleveland 44115-9907, or Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525
Back Orrville Road, Wooster 44691 or to the Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns
Hopkins, 100 North Charles St., Suite 408, Baltimore, Md. 21201.
Born March 11, 1955, in Cleveland, he was the son of Thomas and Cornelia (Pogany) Blooming.
He was a support administrator for Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation
Developmental Disabilities.
He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church. He was an active hockey player from an early
age. Chad established a Web site to update people of his condition and to give hope to others,
(chadscorner4pals.com).
According to Chad's wishes, we are to celebrate his life so no one is to wear black.
Surviving are his wife, Ellen Pill, whom he married June 28, 2002; daughter, Danya Blooming of
Wooster; two brothers, Thomas (Wendy) Blooming of Bessemer, Mich., and Charles (Linda)
Blooming of Lake Charles, La., and a sister, Sister Mary Catherine Blooming of Pittsburgh, Pa

W.F. man succumbs to ALS
Andrea Domaskin, The Forum
Published Friday, June 22, 2007

A West Fargo man, whose family relied on their faith and community as he battled Lou Gehrig’s disease for almost a decade, will be buried today.

Alan Grossman, 48, died Monday at MeritCare Hospital. His funeral is 11 a.m. today at Faith Lutheran Church in West Fargo.

Grossman was diagnosed in December 1997 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, called ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. It’s a progressive disease that affects nerve cells, and there is no cure.

“He was just one of the greatest men I’ve ever known,” Grossman’s wife, Shelly, said Thursday. “He died with as much dignity and love as he lived his life.”

The average life expectancy for someone with ALS is two to five years. Grossman’s disease progressed more gradually.


Shelly Grossman breaks out in laughter after her husband, Alan, relays a joke through his computer at their home in West Fargo in this February file photo.

At first, Shelly said during a February interview, everyone wanted Grossman to see his son, Matt, graduate from high school in 2001. Then the goal became watching his younger son, Mike, graduate in 2003.

Grossman said during the interview that his family tried to battle ALS and live as normally as possible.

By that time, ALS had overtaken most of his body. He used a ventilator to breathe and was receiving round-the-clock care at home from Shelly, family members and nurses.

Grossman communicated by blinking and with the use of a computer.

The couple hosted an ALS support group at their home, and Grossman maintained Faith Lutheran Church’s Web site until he was no longer able to do so.

A note on the church’s Web site, www.growinfaith.org, read, “We are deeply saddened at the death of our dear friend, Alan Grossman, who created and maintained this website for many years... ‘one click at a time.’”

Larsen, Aloma


Aloma Larsen, 79, Oconto Falls, died Monday afternoon, June 18, 2007, at Sharpe Care, from complications of a 10 year illness with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). She was born March 31, 1928, in Slinger, Wis., to John and Lydia (Henschke) Koerber. As a young girl she moved with her family to Gillett where she attended public school, graduating from Gillett High School with the Class of 1945. On June 14, 1947, she married Marvin "Mike" Larsen at Bethel Lutheran Church in Green Valley. Following their marriage the couple lived in Neenah before moving to Oconto Falls in 1952 where Aloma was employed as a clerk at Witt's Grocery Store for 24 years. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Oconto Falls and was a volunteer with Community Memorial Hospital in the city for over 20 years.


Survivors are two children: Michael (Mary Ann) Larsen, Neenah; Judy (Mark) Wilson, Abrams; four grandchildren: Katie Larsen, Hudson; Jennifer (John) Weyenberg, Combined Locks; Scott Wilson, San Diego, Calif.; Kayla (T.J.) Carmody, Oconto Falls; a great-grandson, Thomas H Carmody V.


She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Mik,e on Dec. 14, 1992, and one brother, Roman Koerber.


Memorial services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2007, at Grace Lutheran Church in Oconto Falls with the Rev. Doreen Jeffers officiating. Family and friends are welcome to come at 6 p.m. Thursday prior to the memorial services at the church. Aloma's body was donated to the UW-Madison Anatomy Department and her cremated remains will eventually be buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Oconto Falls. Jones Funeral Service in Oconto Falls (920-848-2222 or visit:


www.jonesfuneral.com)


is serving the Larsen family.


The Larsen family would like to thank Dr. Cupino, the nurses and staff of Sharpe Care and Community Memorial Hospital for their care and consideration shown Aloma during her illness.

Well-known priest succumbs to ALS


Local News - Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Updated @ 2:54:27 PM

By Greg Peerenboom

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Cornwall



Less than three months after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, one of the city’s most well-known clergyman passed away Monday.

In an earlier interview, Rev. Rene Dube said the crippling disease had given him a new appreciation of life and faith in God.

“Our faith gives so much.
It doesn’t take away the fear, suffering or hurt, it’s all there, but it gives it meaning,” Dube said earlier this month.

“Life is not what happens to you that’s important, it’s what you do with what happens to you. That’s my way of seeing it.”

Dube preached for nearly 38 years after he was ordained in 1969. To this only child of the late Alfred Dube and Inez Jarvo, many community residents became part of his pastoral family.

He ministered at St. John Bosco, Sacré-Coeur, Christ-Roi, Ste-Thérèse, Nativity Co-Cathedral and, most recently, Sainte-Croix.

Visitation will be at Lahaie and Sullivan Funeral Homes, East Branch, on First Street E., Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

The body will be transferred from Lahaie and Sullivan to Nativity Co-cathedral, Sunday at 2 p.m., with visitation between 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Former diocese priest Luc Bouchard and dear friend of Rev. Dube will celebrate the funeral Mass on Monday at 11 a.m.

Interment will be at Notre-Dame Cemetary.

Gregory S. Reeves, award-winning Star staffer, dies
By Mike McGraw The Kansas City Star


Gregory S. Reeves, who spent 31 years as a reporter, database editor and crime blogger for The Kansas City Star, died Thursday of complications from ALS.

Reeves, 57, was an internationally recognized expert in computer-assisted reporting. He analyzed computer data for several award-winning projects at The Star, including a series on the U.S. Department of Agriculture that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, and a series on the NCAA that won a George Polk Award in 1997.

“Greg was an excellent investigative reporter and an international leader in computer-assisted reporting,” said Brant Houston, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors. “And he was wonderful colleague to work with — witty, passionate and always outraged by the injustices suffered by the average citizen.”

Last year, Reeves took on a new role as the newspaper’s crime blogger and quickly turned “Crime Scene KC” into one of the nation’s most popular crime blogs, with more than 600,000 monthly visitors. Crime Scene KC won an EPpy Award in 2006 for the best media-affiliated news blog in the United States, and a McClatchy Newspapers President’s Award in 2007.

Acting as the newspaper’s first crime blogger — chronicling homicides as well as the bizarre occurrences that spark community dialogue — was a perfect fit for Reeves. In the 1980s, he covered the Kansas City Police Department during a particularly violent time in the city’s history, writing straightforward yet poignant accounts of ordinary people touched by crime.

“I first met Greg when he was a police reporter and immediately realized that he had a photographic memory of every crime he had ever covered, down to how the body was positioned,” said Mark Zieman, The Star’s editor and vice president. Zieman said Reeves was an old-school journalist who mastered beat reporting, became a self-taught database expert when computers entered the newsroom, then eagerly embraced the Internet and “on his first try launched a world-class blog.”

“Greg was truly a master at his craft,” Zieman said. “He adapted to every reporting platform, brought home a ton of major awards and, most importantly, his work changed lives.”

Reeves grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago, graduating in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in Germanic Language and Literature. He was constantly teaching himself new skills and was fluent in German and Chinese, in addition to numerous computer languages.

He also worked for newspapers in Belleville, Kankakee and Ottawa in Illinois before joining The Star in April 1976.

In 1977, Reeves was named one of the first three U.S. journalists to travel and report in West Germany under a John J. McCloy Fellowship from the American Council on Germany. More than 20 years later, Reeves spoke at the founding meeting of Netzwerk Recherche, a group of German investigative reporters.

Besides being fascinated with world history and global politics, Reeves studied statistics and mathematics to help him better understand the computer data he spent so much time analyzing. He was a patient newsroom mentor and was always happy to repeat for his math-challenged colleagues how to calculate percentages.

He was diagnosed in 2006 with ALS, the same disease which claimed his father’s life.

Reeves died at his home in Overland Park. He leaves two children, Rebecca Reeves and Jeffrey Reeves, and their mother, Bonita Reeves.

Cremation and a service for family and close friends is scheduled for July 7.

Donations are being accepted in Reeves’ name for a fellowship to support a research assistantship at Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., a nonprofit journalism training organization at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Donations may be sent to IRE at 138 Neff Annex, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO 65211.

Dr. Philip Wagley,

a retired dentist and career Army officer who served in three wars, died Sunday of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. He was 86.
Dr. Wagley was born and raised in Columbia, Pa. He earned his bachelor's and dental degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

He served with the Army Dental Corps during World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, at military posts and bases in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

He was a colonel at the time of his 1970 discharge, and his decorations included the Army Commendation Medal and Legion of Merit.

Dr. Wagley moved to Baltimore and enrolled at what is now the Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a master's degree in public health.

From 1973 until retiring a second time in 1983, Dr. Wagley was an associate professor of prosthodontics at the University of Maryland Dental School.

The 31-year resident of Crofton, who had lived at the Towson retirement community since 2002, was a member of the American Diabetes Association, Military Retired Officers Association and the American Legion.

He was also a member of the alumni associations of the University of Pennsylvania and Hopkins.

His wife of 26 years, the former Ann Elizabeth Baird, died in 1997. An earlier marriage to the former Philomene Kauffman ended in divorce.

Dr. Wagley was a communicant of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Towson, where a Mass of Christian burial was offered yesterday.

Surviving are a son, Joseph P. Wagley of Derry, N.H.; a daughter, Karen B. Wagley of Prescott, Ariz.; a stepdaughter, Barbara J. Smith of Lancaster, Pa.; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Edwin Byron “Bud” Selcer, 78, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2007, after a hard-fought battle with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a cruel and terminal illness.

He was born in Chattanooga and was a lifelong resident of the Falling Water community.

Bud was a veteran of the U.S. Army where tie served as an MP in Germany and pitched for the Nurnberg Tigers baseball team. He also pitched for numerous local amateur baseball teams. He was retired from DuPont and held positions on the boards of DuPont Community Credit Union and Soddy-Daisy /Falling Water Utility Commission. Bud was a lifelong member of Falling Water Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon for many years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ab and Mabel Selcer, and was a descendant of early settlers of the Falling Water community.

He is survived by his wife, of 56 years, Dorothy Millsaps Selcer; daughter, Regina Miller, of Hixson; two sons Lamar (Sharon) Selcer, of Falling Water, and Rodney (Karen) Selcer, of Falling Water; two sisters, Pauline Merriman and Joyce Hewitt; and five grandchildren, Dusty Miller, Lauren and Evan Selcer, Hannah and Rachel Selcer.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Love, Dr. Steve Canada and Father Mike Creson officiating.

Interment will be in Millsaps Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorial contributions be made to Hospice of Chattanooga Foundation, P.O. Box 19269, Chattanooga, TN 37416, and the ALS Association, Tennessee Chapter, P.O. Box 40244 Nashville, TN 37204.

The family would like to especially thank Hospice of Chattanooga and the many friends for their love, support and prayers during Bud’s illness.

Arrangements are by Lane Funeral home Coulter Chapel 601 Ashland Terrace, 577-3524.

REHOBOTH — Robert J. "Bobby" Oliveira, 65, passed away Monday, July 2, 2007, at home after a courageous battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Born in Acushnet, MA, he was the beloved husband of Susan C. (Gonet) Oliveira and father to Lance R. Oliveira, and son of the late Mary C. (Gonsalves) Oliveira and Wilson Oliveira.

He was an avid south paw pitcher for the Rhode Island Senior Men's Baseball League until 2006.

Graduated from the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, MA. He was a retired Commercial Designer and Photographer.

Calling hours will be held Thursday, July 5, 2007, 5-8 P.M., in the PERRY/McSTAY FUNERAL HOME, 2555 Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence. His funeral will be held Friday at 9 AM from the PERRY/McSTAY FUNERAL HOME, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Taunton Avenue, Seekonk. Burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts in Bobby's name may be made to The ALS Association (Rhode Island Chapter), 2915 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886, would be deeply appreciated.
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