Mildred Marie Perry
March 24, 2009

MARION - Mildred Marie Perry, age 54, of Marion, Ohio, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2009 at St. Anns Hospital in Columbus, Ohio after a five year battle with (ALS), Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as " Lou Gehrigs Disease.

Mildred was born October 7, 1954 in Marion, Ohio to the late Harry Osborne and Betty (Landon) Osborne. Her mother survives in Marion, Ohio. On November 30, 1974 in Marion, Ohio, she married Stanley R. Perry and he survives. Mildred was a graduate of Marion Harding High School. For 12 years she was a secretary at the Cable Fulfillment Co.

Mildred is also survived by two sons, Shawn Allen Perry and Christopher Michael Perry both of Marion, Ohio. Also surviving are five brothers, Bob Newell and Dave (Kayleen) Osborne both of Marion, Ohio, Tommy Osborne, **** Osborne, and Johnny Osborne; two sisters, Patty Acres of Marion, Ohio and Shirley Osborne of Upper Sandusky, Ohio; and five grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 1:00 P.M. at the Boyd-Born Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. Keith Luke. Burial will follow in the Grand Prairie Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home prior to the service from 11:00 to 1:00 P.M.

Contributions can be made to the family in care of the funeral home.

Former Aintree mum Norma Greham dies after four-year battle with Motor Neurone Disease
Mar 26 2009 by Amy Salter, Maghull and Aintree Star

A BROTHER has paid tribute to his sister who died suddenly.

Norma Greham, formerly Norma Perry, 47, passed away after suffering from Motor Neurone Disease for four years.

Norma, who lived next to Aintree Racecourse in the late 1980s, grew up in Eaton Avenue, Litherland with parents Margaret and Edward, now in their 70s, and brothers Alan, 45, Steven, 43 and Phillip, 42.

In 1985 Norma married Sean Greham, now 46, whom she met at her 16th birthday party.

The couple lived together in Aintree and then off Stanley Road in Bootle, before moving to the Isle of Man 12 years ago with their children Andrew, 21, Bethan, 16 and Ellie, six, who is described as the spitting image of her mum.

Norma, who worked at the National Girobank in Bootle, was diagnosed with the muscle-wasting condition Motor Neurone Disease four years ago and made regular trips back to Liverpool to see a specialist.

Brother, Alan, said: “She had a healthy mind but couldn’t move her body and over the last few months her quality of life got worse so she moved into a hospice.

“But her death was really sudden, we still can’t believe it. She was a brilliant mum, really lovely and caring and like a mate towards the kids. She was totally happy-go-lucky and dead positive. No one had a bad word to say about her, she was really well liked. Everyone’s completely shocked by her death, it happened so suddenly.”

Norma died on March 5 and was cremated a week later on the Isle of Man. If anyone has messages of condolence they can send them to Sean Greham, 68 Cronk Grianagh, Braddan, Isle of Man IM44RN.

Vail Valley's Trent Cole: A man of his word
Friends to celebrate the life of longtime local resident tonight
Lauren Glendenning
lglendenning@vaildaily.com
Eagle County, CO Colorado

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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — Trent Cole compared the Vail Valley to his memories of camp as a kid.

He loved the home he made here in 1992 with his wife, Kathy Cole, so much that when he got sick and needed the home health care the valley lacked, the couple wouldn’t move.

Cole was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, about five years ago. He died Saturday at the age of 67.

His friends watched the active man they knew deteriorate physically, but he never gave up mentally, said his longtime friend Doug Patton, a part-time Avon resident.

“The first time I saw him bed-ridden, I was fighting back tears,” Patton said. “I just felt so bad, but as we saw him more and more, I realized he still had a sense of humor. He was so buoyant. I felt a lot better when I was seeing him — he was positive when there was no reason to be positive.”

In September of 2007, Cole had already outlived his doctor’s expectations. He said he never thought about giving up, and it’s that attitude that probably kept him alive for so long, said his close friend Jay Swartzwelter, of Boulder.

Kathy Cole was another reason Trent Cole was able to outlive his diagnosis — she never left his side, Swartzwelter said.

“She nursed him,” Swartzwelter said. “I was up there around Christmas two years ago — I didn’t think he’d live another week after that trip, but Kathy was there (taking care of him) 24/7.”

But Kathy Cole couldn’t do it alone. She hired nurses to help take care of her husband. Pat Hammon, one of his nurses for about four years, said caring for him was an “amazing journey.”

Hammon was moved by the dedication of Trent Cole’s family, specifically Kathy Cole. She also learned a lot about herself and about understanding differences people have.

Hammon is a left-wing Democrat, while Trent Cole was a right-wing Republican. Trent Cole was patriotic, just as Hammon is, but the two rarely saw eye-to-eye on politics.

“It was growth for me, knowing I could meet or come to a common ground with somebody I had great differences with,” she said.

There was a warmth about Trent Cole that his friends admired, Swartzwelter said. He was always a man of his word, and a very trustworthy and dependable friend, Swartzwelter said.

And he always had a special place in his heart for children, which is why it was no surprise to those who knew Trent Cole that he became involved with Roundup River Ranch, a local nonprofit that is building a summer camp for children with life-threatening illnesses.

“Trent was a real community kind of person,” Hammon said.

Trent Cole regularly gave to various charities and causes, but he never did it for the recognition, Swartzwelter said. Some of his benevolence was publicized, but his best moments were when he gave anonymously, Swartzwelter said.

“He was just an all-American boy,” Swartzwelter said.

Lauren Glendenning can be reached at 970-748-2983 or lglendenning@vaildaily.com

Ronald Brent Davis
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Ronald Brent Davis, 57, passed away at his home on March 19, 2009, from ALS. Brent was born and raised in Lamesa, to Orvis and Gloria Davis. He liked the outdoors and grew up farming family land. He married Geneva Lou Capwell, also from Lamesa, and together they raised two children, Ron and Mindy.

In 1990, Brent relocated to Washington State where he met his current wife, Brenda Allen. Together they enjoyed camping in the mountains and spending time with friends and family. Brent spent many years involved with the local team penning and rodeo clubs. Some of his fondest moments were spent with his grandson Dalton, their horses, and their guns.

One of his other relaxing hobbies was woodworking. Over the years, Brent met many friends through various jobs as a truck broker, a FEMA supervisor, and a Hanford employee.

Brent is survived by his wife, Brenda; son Ron (Rebecca); daughter, Mindy; grandson, Dalton; mother, Gloria; sister, Sandy Craven; brother, Kent (Keepa); brother, Phil; sister, Kim; his beloved dogs, Boots and Banjo; and trusted horses, Hank and Casper. Brent is preceded in death by his father, Orvis.

The viewing will be from 4-8 p.m. at Keith & Keith Funeral Home in Yakima on Monday, March 23, 2009. The service will be 2 p.m. at the Keith & Keith chapel in Terrace Heights on Tuesday, March 24, 2009, with a gathering immediately following at the Selah Civic Center.

In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the ALS association or Memorial Hospice.

Hansen, Marie F.


Marie F. Hansen, age 79, of Fremont, passed away peacefully with her family at her side on March 26, 2009 at the Weyauwega Health Care Center, following a battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. She was born on March 25, 1930, in Kaukauna, WI, the daughter of the late Joseph and Nellie (Van Den Bosch) Van Den Bogart. On November 23, 1948, Marie married Clifford Hansen, her life-long partner of 60 years. Marie was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Weyauwega and the St. Ann's Society. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, making applesauce, and playing cards and dominoes.

Marie's nurturing, loving and caring nature will be very sadly missed by her husband, Clifford, her children, Janet (Fred) Rates, Oshkosh, William (Susan) Hansen, Fremont, Dale (Chris) Hansen, Appleton, Shirley (Don) Leichtnam, Colby, WI, Patti (Tom) Schmoldt, Weyauwega, and Diane (Dan) Kohl, Fremont. Marie will also be sadly missed by her 17 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren, , her three brothers, Peter (Geraldine) Van Den Bogart, DePere, WI, William (Shirlyne) Van Den Bogart, Appleton, and Richard Van Den Bogart, Oconto, a sister, Harriet Blajeski, Kaukauna, a sister-in-law, Joanne Gasser, Phillips, WI, a brother-in-law, LeRoy Heimerl, Kaukauna, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by two sons in infancy, Jimmy and Tommy, a granddaughter, Annie Hansen, a grandson and great-grandson, Scott and Blake Radtke, two brothers, John and Joseph Van Den Bogart, two sisters, Minnie Heimerl and Theresa Lyman.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, March 30, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Weyauwega. Father Bert Samsa, OFM, Cap. will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Fremont. Friends may call at the Lewin Funeral Home, Fremont on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. with at prayer service at 4:30 p.m. Visitation will also be held on Monday at the church from 10 a.m. until the time of service.

Lewin Funeral Home

210 Main St.

Fremont, WI 54940

920-446-2288

www.lewinfuneralhome.com

John W. Chanler, former Marine, made his mark in Geneseo
Jim Memmott • March 28, 2009



Legend in Geneseo, Livingston County, the town where I live, has it that John W. Chanler could still fit into his U.S. Marine Corps uniform even 40 years after he left the service.

That was easy to believe as John marched in our community's annual Memorial Day parade with other members of American Legion Post 271.

In perfect step and perfect fitness, he was a dependable fixture along the route. We were proud to know him, and he was happy to know us. As simple as it sounds, he was our friend.

John couldn't march recently as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the affliction known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ate away at his health, but not his spirit. Dealt a bad hand, he stayed in the game, worrying about everyone but himself until early on Wednesday morning when, in the company of his family, he died at age 68.

A retired insurance executive and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, John came from a socially prominent family but was unpretentious in every way.

"John crossed boundaries," said Will Wadsworth, Geneseo's town supervisor and a member of another storied Geneseo family. "He never let his status in life govern how he was. He knew your children's names, your dog's names."

"He had an extraordinary life by anyone's standards," said Kevin Chanler of Taos, N.M., John's oldest child.


John was born in 1940 in Washington, D.C., the son of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, an heir to the Laughlin Steel fortune, and Hubert W. Chanler, a descendant of the tycoon John Jacob Astor. Mrs. Chanler, John and his sister Elizabeth, were in Pearl Harbor in 1941, as Hubert Chanler, an admiral in the U.S. Navy, was stationed there.

After the Dec. 7 attack, the family evacuated, eventually returning to Sweet Briar, an imposing mansion overlooking the Genesee Valley outside the village of Geneseo that would become home to eight Chanler children.

As a boy, John took up foxhunting on horseback, an avocation he enjoyed for decades.


However, he could not hunt as much as he wanted, as he was sent to boarding school at the age of 10. Graduating from Portsmouth Abbey School in Rhode Island in 1958, he went on to Villanova University. Graduating in 1962, he served three years in the Marine Corps and then became an agent with the FBI, serving in Kentucky and Chicago.




In 1967, he married Sheila Welch, whom he had known since he was 8 and she was 4. The couple returned to Geneseo in 1968, and John became an insurance agent, eventually purchasing the agency that became the John W. Chanler Agency Inc. in 1980. The next year, he opened a second office in Geneseo. His son, Andrew W. Chanler, bought the agency, now known as Chanler Agency Inc., in 2002.

To Andrew, John was both a personal and a professional role model. "There wasn't anything he did where he didn't put his full effort in," Andrew said. "He filled every single day with as much as he could."
In addition to taking part in the Genesee Valley Hunt and serving as vice president of the board of governors, John was a past president of the Genesee Valley Conservancy, a long-time member of the Geneseo Fire Department, and a former board member of the Geneseo Foundation of the State University College at Geneseo.

He played for the Loon Lake Voyagers, an adult hockey team. He also was a licensed pilot and an avid skier. Beyond all of this, John was a person who could listen, who could encourage.

"He always gave someone a chance. He had wonderful empathy," said his daughter, Alice Brannegan of Stonington, Conn. "When we were growing up, he knew exactly how we felt."

John's special connection to children extended beyond his family. Mike Smith of Geneseo, a real estate agent, remembers John stopping by his house on an insurance matter many years ago. Smith's son Drew, then about 3, found John so engaging that he asked him to stay the night.

John was diagnosed with ALS in 2006. "We came home and I said to him, 'You know this is a horrible disease,'" Sheila Chanler recalled. "He said, 'I can make the best of every day. I'm living to live, not waiting to die. ... He never complained. He never said, 'Woe is me.'"

In addition to his wife and three children, John is survived by his sisters, Elizabeth Chatwin of Oxfordshire, England; Margaret Gay Chanler and Alida Dierker, both of Flagstaff, Ariz.; Felicity McClenachan of Lenox, Mass.; and his brothers, Adrian Chanler of Charleston, S.C.; Oliver Chanler of Geneseo and Alexander Chanler of Andover, Mass. He is also survived by six grandchildren.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at St. Mary Church in Geneseo.


Memorials can be sent to the Genesee Valley Conservancy, P.O. Box 73, Geneseo, NY, 14454, or to an organization the donor shared with John.

In 1967, he married Sheila Welch, whom he had known since he was 8 and she was 4. The couple returned to Geneseo in 1968, and John became an insurance agent, eventually purchasing the agency that became the John W. Chanler Agency Inc. in 1980. The next year, he opened a second office in Geneseo. His son, Andrew W. Chanler, bought the agency, now known as Chanler Agency Inc., in 2002.



To Andrew, John was both a personal and a professional role model. "There wasn't anything he did where he didn't put his full effort in," Andrew said. "He filled every single day with as much as he could."

In addition to taking part in the Genesee Valley Hunt and serving as vice president of the board of governors, John was a past president of the Genesee Valley Conservancy, a long-time member of the Geneseo Fire Department, and a former board member of the Geneseo Foundation of the State University College at Geneseo.

He played for the Loon Lake Voyagers, an adult hockey team. He also was a licensed pilot and an avid skier. Beyond all of this, John was a person who could listen, who could encourage.

"He always gave someone a chance. He had wonderful empathy," said his daughter, Alice Brannegan of Stonington, Conn. "When we were growing up, he knew exactly how we felt."

John's special connection to children extended beyond his family. Mike Smith of Geneseo, a real estate agent, remembers John stopping by his house on an insurance matter many years ago. Smith's son Drew, then about 3, found John so engaging that he asked him to stay the night.

John was diagnosed with ALS in 2006. "We came home and I said to him, 'You know this is a horrible disease,'" Sheila Chanler recalled. "He said, 'I can make the best of every day. I'm living to live, not waiting to die. ... He never complained. He never said, 'Woe is me.'"

In addition to his wife and three children, John is survived by his sisters, Elizabeth Chatwin of Oxfordshire, England; Margaret Gay Chanler and Alida Dierker, both of Flagstaff, Ariz.; Felicity McClenachan of Lenox, Mass.; and his brothers, Adrian Chanler of Charleston, S.C.; Oliver Chanler of Geneseo and Alexander Chanler of Andover, Mass. He is also survived by six grandchildren.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at St. Mary Church in Geneseo.


Memorials can be sent to the Genesee Valley Conservancy, P.O. Box 73, Geneseo, NY, 14454, or to an organization the donor shared with John.


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Jane Drury made history
By Kevin Zimmerman/Staff Writer
Wed Apr 01, 2009, 10:29 AM EDT


Chelmsford - Jane Drury never figured the focus on her life would be on Chelmsford’s history.

“I was a chemist,” Drury said. “I avoided any history class that was not required. History was just learning a bunch of dates.”

But after Margaret Mills approached her in the early 1970s to help catalog a growing list of historical documents and photographs, Drury discovered there was more to the subject than rote memorization.

“You didn’t turn Margaret down,” said Drury. “She wanted me to write a walking tour of the town. The rest is literally history.”

Drury never wrote up that walking tour — that fell to another one of Mills’ protégés — but she did discover a passion for history that lasted up to her death last weekend after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Most of her research was centered on creating a document of the town’s older houses that follows the history from the time it was built until today. After those are written they are filed in the state’s historical archives.

“She did meticulous research on deeds at Town Hall,” said Judy Buswick, who worked with Drury on various projects. “She made a life’s work of it and created a historic document for Chelmsford that Chelmsford wouldn’t otherwise have.”

Most of her research started with a title search so she was able to say who owned the house and when.

That would be followed by an inspection of the structure to make sure if it was described as a Victorian-style home it included design elements indicative of that era.

“If a building is 1828 or later, I can get a date within a year,” said Drury.

Then she would find other supporting documents, such as town reports, tax records and old newspaper articles, which would round out the complete picture of the building and of the people who lived there.

Along the way Drury’s research helped dispel some previously held thoughts about the lineage of some buildings.

One such case involved the house on the corner of Davis and Parkhurst roads.

All the data available at the time of her inventory suggested the home was built in the mid-1800s. But once Drury got into the building she discovered plenty of architectural details that suggested it was older than that.

“I was confused,” said Drury. “There was evidence of a center chimney and the entryway looks like Greek Revival.”

It all seemed to point to a house that probably was built in the early 1800s, said Drury.

A little research pointed her in the direction of Henry Spalding and his father, Israel. The senior Spalding purchased a lot of land along what is Old Westford Road, said Drury.

The plot at Davis and Parkhurst roads was most likely a wedding present for Henry, who married in the early 1800s, and built the house there.

Drury suspected that after Israel’s widow moved into the home with Henry there was some substantial work done on it, including changing the location of the front door from the Davis Road side to face North Road.

That probably happened around 1840, said Drury.
Her encyclopedic knowledge of the town’s history made her the first person you would go to if you had a question, said Villu Tari.

“Her knowledge was based on research,” said Tari. “If you asked her a historic question she had an answer you knew was based on facts.”

Some historians create nice vignettes to explain some things they cannot verify, said Tari. But Drury always dealt in facts.

“That made her unique and a reliable and valuable asset to the town,” said Tari.

For Drury, the inventories took the history of the town’s buildings beyond just who owned what and when.

“This is just a bunch of wood and stone until I put people in it,” said Drury. “It’s our history. History that the town shouldn’t lose.”

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 11, at the First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church, 2 Westford St., Chelmsford.

Kevin Zimmerman can be reached at chelmsford@cnc.com.

California trainer Matlow dies



RICHARD MATLOW
Benoit & Associates photo
by Jeff Lowe

Longtime Southern California trainer and owner Richard Matlow died on Tuesday after a fight with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was 66.

Matlow retired in late January, a few months after recording his only graded stakes victory with Jack o’ Lantern in the Hollywood Prevue Stakes (G3) on November 23

Over the course of 45 years in racing, Matlow earned widespread respect for a particularly sharp eye. He used that skill to establish a niche in which he developed inexpensive horses into precocious winners and resold them privately.

Matlow bought champion Reraise as a yearling for $8,000 and resold him privately following a maiden victory. Reraise went on to win the 1998 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) en route to the Eclipse Award as champion sprinter.

Another $8,000 yearling Matlow bought and resold was King of the Roxy, a multiple graded stakes winner who finished second in the 2007 Santa Anita Derby (G1).

“He was a wonderful man, a neighbor at one time, and one of my trainers back in the day,” said Bob Selvin of National Turf handicapping service. “[He was] a great horseman and had a sharp eye for buying young horses and then reselling them.”

Matlow served for several years as the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s chief yearling inspector when the organization operated the annual Del Mar yearling sale.

Late trainer Eddie Gregson encouraged Matlow to take the job.

“He never had a big bankroll, but with less money he got better results than anyone I could remember,” Gregson said at the time.

Barry Irwin, principal of King of the Roxy’s owner, Team Valor International, compared Matlow to a gifted artist in describing his acumen in February.

“No matter where you dropped him off, because he’s such a good horseman and has such a good eye for a horse, he would find a way to make money and create a horse,” Irwin said.

Matlow is survived by his son, Andrew, 25, his mother, Florence Farell; brother, Stephen; sister, Candace Farrell, and his former wife, Patricia. At Matlow’s request, there will be no funeral services..

Jeff Lowe is a THOROUGHBRED TIMES staff writer

John Heselden, former Gannett executive and Rochester newspapers general manager, dies after battle with ALS
Gary McLendon • Staff writer • April 3, 2009


Longtime Gannett Co. Inc. executive and newspaper foundation trustee John E. "Jack" Heselden died Wednesday after a long struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

He was 88.

Mr. Heselden, a former resident of Pittsford, joined the Frank E. Gannett Foundation board here in 1967.


For a period of time in the 1970s, he was general manager of Rochester newspapers — the Democrat and Chronicle and the former Times-Union. He held a number of other executive positions in Gannett Co. Inc. during his career, notably publisher of USA Today and deputy chairman of the board, roles he took on in 1983. He retired in 1985.

"He was a nice, courteous, gentlemen. He had a steady hand on the tiller when he was general manager of the newspapers in Rochester," said Thomas P. Flynn, retired vice president of communications for the Democrat and Chronicle, who worked 30 years in the newsroom as an editor and reporter.

"He had a very prominent position in the organization. He supervised the Rochester papers. He was somebody who was very meticulous about what he did," Heselden's successor, former Times-Union and Democrat and Chronicle publisher Eugene C. Dorsey, said Thursday by telephone from Longboat Key, Fla.

Mr. Heselden, of Towson, Md., is namesake of the John E. Heselden Fellowship, which is open to newspaper executives interested in marketing or general management. Mr. Heselden was also a former president of the New York State Publishers Association Inc. He served as a trustee actively and in an advisory role for the Gannett and The Freedom Forum Foundation board of trustees for 42 years.

Mr. Heselden retired from The Freedom Forum Foundation board in 1999. However, he continued to serve in an advisory capacity.


In a jointly signed message in The Freedom Forum's 1999 Annual Report, Mr. Heselden is described by Charles L. Overby, chairman and chief executive officer of The Freedom Forum & Newseum, and President Peter S. Pritchard as "a behind-the-scenes giant."

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Newseum is an interactive news and journalism museum founded by former Rochester and Gannett newspaper executive Al Neuharth.


"Although Jack isn't known by as many people worldwide as Al, his work and influence at the foundation have been enormous," they wrote.



"He has seen the evolution of the foundation from a small office in Rochester, N.Y., where it was the Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation, to The Freedom Forum, an international operation that reached people in 61 countries in 1999."

Mr. Heselden and wife, Ethel, are founding members of Newseum's Friends of the First Amendment Society.


In a statement Wednesday, Overby, a friend of Mr. Heselden, said: "His daughter Nancy told me this morning that he died peacefully, with Ethel — his wife of 67 years — at his side. Nancy said he was 'with it' until the very end and even asked two days ago if the financial statements had come yet."

Private funeral services will take place for family members only. In lieu of flowers, the family asked that memorial gifts be directed to: The Packard Center for ALS Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, 100 North Charles Street, Suite 400, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Tom Stallings, a math teacher at Huron High School, monitors a study hall class in 2004. Stallings died Thursday from Lou Gehrig's Disease, a terminal neuro-muscular disorder that eventually destroys respiratory function.

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