Pequan Patricia Nelson, at 77

by Tiffany Elliott
Longtime loving Massapequa wife, mother and grandmother Patricia A. Nelson died at home May 7, 2008 of Lou Gehrig's disease. The 77-year old matriarch spent her life caring for others, according to her family. Born in Valley Stream she lived in Brooklyn before moving to Massapequa.

Darrell Gail (Crenshaw) Turner
Darrell Gail (Crenshaw) Turner
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AZTEC

Darrell Gail (Crenshaw) Turner

Feb. 2, 1949 - May 25, 2008


Darrell Turner, 59, of Aztec, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2008, in Big Spring, Texas, following a courageous six-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Darrell was born Feb. 2, 1949, in Eupora, Miss., to Maurice and Clarice Crenshaw.

She realized her calling to become an elementary school teacher and began her teaching career in Hugo, Okla., after graduating from Oklahoma State University, in Stillwater, Okla. While teaching in Hugo, Darrell met her soul mate John "JT" Turner and they were married June 12, 1976, in Jemez Mountains. Darrell and JT were blessed with two daughters, Sarah and Maureen.

Darrell taught elementary school in Belen before moving to Aztec, where she quickly became a favorite of kids and parents alike. While teaching in Aztec, she completed her master's degree in elementary education. She was very active in the Aztec Presbyterian Church as well as several sororities, including Beta Sigma Phi and Chi Omega.

Her


husband, JT, and her father, Maurice, preceded Darrell in death.
She is survived by daughters, Sarah Turner and Maureen DeNio; son-in-law, Dustin; and grandchildren, Jason and DeLaney. Also surviving are her mother, Clarice Crenshaw; brother, Fred "Butch" Crenshaw and his wife, Julie; nephew, Scott Crenshaw, his wife, Julia and their daughter, Shelby; her brother-in-law, Ron Turner and his wife, Pat; nephew, Mark Turner; niece, Kelly Townsend and her husband, Corey and their daughters, Carson and Cameron. Her faithful dog, Bido, stayed by her side throughout her illness.

There are very few people as loving, caring and sincere as our Darrell. She was a great mom, friend and teacher. Everyone who met Darrell loved her. She was a great example to all humanity to love without limit, treat people kindly and, above all, place your family first. She faced the effects of her illness with the utmost grace and bravery and was an unbelievable inspiration to those around her. We are all blessed for having had her in our lives and take comfort in the fact that although Darrell's journey on this earth has ended, her journey with JT will continue.

A celebration of her life was Saturday, May 31, at the Big Spring State Park's large pavilion. A reception will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Aztec Presbyterian Church (Fellowship Hall). The family invites all who knew and loved Darrell.

The family suggests memorials to the ALS Association, Arizona Chapter; 4643 E. Thomas Rd., Suite 1, Phoenix, AZ 85018; or Home Hospice, 111 E. 7th Street, Suite A, Big Spring, TX 79720.

Star athlete tried new ways to beat his Lou Gehrig's

By Mark Zaloudek
Published Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last updated Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 1:51 a.m.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

Steve Fahrer, a star athlete in high school and a nationally ranked sailor in his 20s, wanted to add one more achievement to his string of accomplishments.

He hoped to beat Lou Gehrig's disease, but lost his extraordinary, seven-year battle on Wednesday. He was 34.

The former Riverview High School standout underwent an experimental operation in China in 2004 that yielded brief results and hoped to pursue other unconventional treatments at a University of California neurological research center co-founded by actor Christopher Reeve, who died in 2004 of complications from a spinal cord injury.

Fahrer tried many unproven therapies over the years, hoping something could reverse or delay his declining health, said his mother, Betty Fahrer of Palmetto.

"We were grasping at straws," she said. "Steve was so special, and he wanted to be the guinea pig to show the world what worked."

He believed stem-cell research may be the best hope for people with degenerative neurological conditions.

"He kept saying, 'Go ahead and experiment on me. We're running out of time,'" his mother said. "Once he was committed to something, he did it."

That fortitude led to him earning three gold medals in weightlifting in the national Junior Olympics at 16. The following year, he was defensive captain of the Riverview football team in Sarasota that reached the state finals in 1990.

As a teenager, he also excelled academically and as an artist and wrestler.

"He was called 'The Renaissance Man' because one evening he won a county weightlifting meet, but he also won a blue ribbon in a county art contest the same night even though he couldn't be there," his mother said.

He also mastered sailing. He placed third in the Stiletto Nationals in 1997 and was among the top finishers in national races in 2000 and 2001 for 21-foot sailboats.

Fahrer was looking forward to rebuilding a damaged European racing boat and returning to the water someday.

"He named the boat Phoenix because he said both he and the boat would rise out of the ashes" like the mythological creature of the same name, his mother said.

Fahrer worked for his parents' sailboat equipment business, Atlantic Sail Traders, for many years. They credit him with expanding their Sarasota-based business globally by developing its Web site long before other businesses turned to the Internet.

The Fahrers' only child also enjoyed playing the drums in rock bands in Florida and Georgia before he gradually began to lose the use of his limbs.

In addition to his mother and father, Jerry "Bud," he is survived by his fiancée, Vicki MacKay; a grandfather, Joe Mullins of New Mexico; an aunt and uncle, Ralph and Marilyn Bryner; and cousins Kristy and David Bryner and Geoff Norcross.

Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Toale Brothers Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, Sarasota. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, followed by burial at Sarasota Memorial Park.

Memorial donations may be made to The Clinic of Angels, 9804 N. 56th St., Tampa, FL 33617, to help people with extraordinary medical expenses.

BARBARA ADCOCK, 69
Polk Co. Board of
Commissioners

HOMELAND - Mrs. Barbara "Bobbie" Adcock, age 69, died Thursday June 5, 2008 of Lou Gehrig's Disease in Auburndale.
Born April 10, 1939 in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of Walter and Helen Arnson. Mrs. Adcock worked for the Polk County Board of Commissioners as an Equal Opportunity Officer. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Bartow.
She is survived by a loving family that includes her husband of 50 years, James A. Adcock of Homeland, a son Drew Adcock (Connie) of Homeland, a sister Linda Jones (Gary) of Bowling Green, two brothers: Jackie Partin of Ruskin, and Walter Arnson, Jr. of Augusta, GA. She also leaves behind two grandchildren, three great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, extended family, and a host of loving friends.
Arrangements are being handled by Whidden-McLean Funeral Home, 650 East Main Street in Bartow where family will receive friends Sunday June 8, 2008 from 4 PM - 6 PM. Services for Mrs. Adcock will follow Monday June 9, 2008 at 10:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Bartow 410 East Church Street. Memorial contributions may be made to Good Shepherd Hospice 105 Arneson Ave. Auburndale, FL 33823. Condolences at www.whiddenmcleanfuneralhome.com .
Published in the Ledger on 6/7/2008.

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ALS Claims Nancy O'Dell's Mom

TUCSON, Ariz., June 9, 2008 - The mother of popular television host Nancy O'Dell, Betty Humphries, passed away over the weekend from complications of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). She was 74.

Humphries had received a diagnosis of ALS in November 2007 and was attending an MDA/ALS Clinic.

O'Dell had recently announced a partnership with MDA's ALS Division to help raise awareness and funds for research to find a cure for ALS. O'Dell, who has said her mom was also her best friend, said she intends to fulfill that commitment in honor of her mother's memory.

O'Dell is currently in her 12th season with "Access Hollywood" and has been the show's co-host since 1999. She went public about her mother's condition and announced her involvement with MDA last month.

O'Dell and MDA established an online donation portal in honor of her mother. To make a donation to MDA's ALS Division in memory of Betty Humphries

STONE, Lewis (David)

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LEWIS “DAVID” STONE, age 42, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in his home, peacefully of complications of Lou Gehrig’s disease. David was born and raised in North Miami, Florida where attended schools and excelled in sports. After school he had his own business, D. Stone Maintenance in Florida and South Georgia. He moved to Blairsville, GA, in December, 2007, after being diagnosed with his disease.

Mr. Stone is survived by his son, Lewis Dylan Stone and his mother, Gloria Stone, of Blairsville, GA., a sister, Sharon Stone and a niece, Monica Lopez of Floral City, FL. He is also survived by a grandmother, Hazel Floyd, of Warner Robins, GA, an aunt and uncle, Mary Ruth and Lamar Boman, and cousins, Derek, Matt and Brook, of Fayetteville, GA.

A Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 6 PM at his mother’s home located at 6450 John Smith Road East in Blairsville where friends and family will gather to honor David.

In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials may be made to the DYLAN STONE’S college fund at the Bank of Blairsville, P.O. Box 1908, Blairsville, Ga., 30512 in memory of Mr. Stone.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements

Franklin Otis Booth Jr., 84; investment in Berkshire Hathaway made Times executive a billionaire
Los Angeles Times

Franklin Otis Booth Jr., a great-grandson of Los Angeles Times founder Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, served as an executive at the paper in the 1950s and 1960s. A wise investment made in 1963 with a then young and little-known businessman -- Warren Buffett -- made Booth one of the richest men in the U.S.
By Jocelyn Y. Stewart, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 17, 2008


Franklin Otis Booth Jr., a former Los Angeles Times executive and businessman whose early investment in a venture headed by a young and then little-known Warren E. Buffett later earned him a fortune and a title as one of the richest men in the nation, has died. He was 84.

Booth, who was also a philanthropist and a great-grandson of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, founder of The Times, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles from complications of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, his family announced.

During the 1950s, Booth was responsible for overseeing the printing of the newspaper. In 1968 he was named corporate vice president of Times Mirror Corp. in charge of forest products and commercial printing.

Booth's tenure at The Times overlapped with that of his second cousin and close friend, Otis Chandler, the famed publisher who held the reins of the paper from 1960 to 1980. The cousins shared a passion for the outdoors; Booth, also known as Otis, surfed, fished and hunted.

During his early years at The Times, Booth also began investing in real estate with his friend Charles Munger, now vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The friends worked on two real estate projects in Pasadena and quadrupled their money, Munger said Monday in an interview with The Times.

It was Munger who introduced Booth to Buffett in 1963 -- before Buffett's business acumen had earned him billions.

"Otis went to Omaha, met Warren, and made his own decision," Munger said. "Otis made all his own decisions, all his life, and made them very well. He had a good temperament for an investor. He wasn't disturbed horribly by the difficult periods."

Booth's early decision to invest with Buffett left him with shares in Berkshire Hathaway, where Buffett is now chairman. With a 1.4% stake in the company, Booth was a billionaire and one of the largest investors in the company, according to a 1998 article in Forbes magazine.

In 1972 Booth retired from The Times and operated several businesses before trying his hand at citrus farming and raising livestock. Booth Ranches in the San Joaquin Valley consists of 9,000 acres of orange groves, two citrus packinghouses and a cattle ranch. Booth's brand name is Otis Orchards.

"It's the best place in the world for growing navel oranges," Booth was quoted as saying on Forbes.com, which placed him at No. 204 on its 2007 list of the richest Americans.

Booth was born Sept. 28, 1923, in Pasadena, where he also spent his youth. By age 16 he was a student at the California Institute of Technology. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1944 and then served two years in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

After his discharge he earned an MBA and a graduate degree in engineering in 1948, both from Stanford University.

Over the years, Booth donated to many causes including the Harvard-Westlake School and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

His survivors include his third wife; a son and a stepson, three daughters and a stepdaughter, and 15 grandchildren.

A private funeral will be held Thursday.

Memorial donations may be sent to: Project ALS, 900 Broadway, Suite 901, New York, NY, 10003; or made online at projectals.org.

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Beverly Ruth Nelson
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
A service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21, 2008, in Evergreen Memorial Gardens Funeral Home for Beverly Ruth Nelson, who died June 14 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 69.

Beverly Ruth Kroening was born Sept. 14, 1938, in Watertown, Wis. A homemaker, she moved to Vancouver in 1986. In 1961, she married Gary James Nelson.

Survivors include her husband; daughter, Suzanne Schwartz; sons, Mark, David and Steven; sister, Joanne Clark; brother, Donald Kroening; and four grandchildren.


Remembrances to Grace Lutheran School in Portland.

Elder Roger D. Gregory drowns in farm pond
Published:
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:01 PM CDT
Eld. Roger Dale Gregory, 64, apparently drowned Wednesday afternoon, June 11 when the four-wheeler he was riding slid into a fishing pond.

The fatal incident happened sometime after noon on Wednesday afternoon. Gregory's wife said her husband, whose passion was fishing, rode his 4-wheeler down to the pond after lunch.

When Ms. Gregory checked on her husband later that afternoon, she found both the fisherman and the four-wheeler in the pond. Gregory suffered from Lou Gehrig's Disease and was paralyzed from the waist down.

Sheriff's Deputies and EMS personnel arrived on the scene about 4:30 p.m.



Gregory was pronounced dead on arrival at Macon County General Hospital, the victim of an unfortunate accident.