More obituaries on Page 37 Katherine A. Benjamin SUNDERLAND Katherine A. (Hall) Benjamin, 82, of Amherst Road, and formerly of Belchertown, a former cashier at Remington Rand died Tuesday in a local nursing home. Born and schooled in Binghamton, N.Y., she attended the Cornerstone Chapel in Northampton. She leaves her husband of 63 years, Russell Ivan Benjamin; a daughter, Judith L.
Welch of South Deerfield; a sister, Helen Bulloch of Endicott, N.Y.; five grandchildren, and a niece. The funeral will be Thursday morning at the church, with burial. in South Cemetery at Belchertown. Calling hours are this evening at Wrisley Funeral Home in South Deerfield. Martha J.
Dinneen LYONS, N.Y. Martha J. (Sharrit) Dinneen, 48, of 20 Holly St. died Feb. 25 in an automobile accident here.
She was a teacher at the Newark Junior Campus of the Finger Lakes Community College. Born in Birmingham, she spent most of her life in Agawam, Mass. She was graduated from Agawam High School in 1964, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst i in 1968. She leaves her husband, Michael Dinneen; two sons, Gavin and Graeme, and a daughter, Gillian Dinneen, all at home; and her parents, Donald and Bernice Nowill of Agawam. A memorial service is set for Saturday afternoon at the Agawam Baptist Church, and Agawam Curran-Jones Funeral Home is in charge.
Scans may detect early Alzheimer's to By GINA KOLATA The New York Times. A preliminary study has found that it may be possible to use brain scans to see signs of mental deterioration in people who are developing Alzheimer's disease even though their symptoms will not become apparent for years. The study is by Dr. Gary W. Small of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, and Dr.
Allen Roses of the Duke' University School of Medicine and their colleagues. It compared positron emission tomography, or PET, scans of the brains of 12 people at high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease with scans of 19 people whose risk was much lower. The subjects were in their 50s or older. Memory problems All had relatives with Alzheimer's disease and all had complained of mild memory problems. But those at high risk had inherited a gene, Apo-E4, that for unknown reasons is associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
The investigators report that the people with Apo-E4 genes, as a group, had brain changes that were suggestive of the more pronounced changes seen in patients with Alzheimer's disease. In particular, the parietal region of the outer layer of their brains, associated with such things as the ability to read a map or button clothing, was less active. But the PET scan data from the patients at risk for Alzheimer's and those not at risk overlapped to such an extent that the investigators could not define a cutoff point that would allow them to say that a particular PET scan was predictive of Alzheimer's. Deaths elsewhere James L. of big LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
(AP) James L. "Bud" Walton, who took a quieter but no less influential role than his brother, Sam, in the giant Wal-Mart discount store chain, died yesterday at 73. Walton died in Miami after surgery for a stomach aneurysm he suffered while in the Caribbean for a fishing WALTON trip, said Jim von Gremp, a family friend and state representative from Bentonville, where Walton lived and where the retailing giant is based. I Sam Walton and his younger brother opened the first WalMart Discount City in Rogers in 1962. Sam, who died in 1992, was the leader in making the company the nation's largest retailer, while his brother, as senior vice president and director, spe- Union-News, Wednesday, March 22, 1995 Grace Hanson, 90, Hardwick librarian HARDWICK Grace (Barnes) 'Hanson, 90, of 220 Goddard Road, longtime librarian, died Saturday at Mary Lane Hospital in was the librarian at the town's Paige Memorial Library from 1939, and had the distinction of being the longest-serving librartian here.
previously delivered mail and drove a school bus for many wears. lifelong resident, she was a R1922 graduate of Hardwick High and a graduate of the forBay Path Institute in SpringShield. She worshipped at the Unitarian Universalist Church, and was one "of the original members of the abell choir of the Hardwick Churches. was a member of the of Quabbin Reservation in and the Braintree Grange from 1918. She received a plaque in 1993 for years' membership.
She also belonged to Warm Up Jamal Herbali HERBALI Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts. He leaves his wife, the former Roula Wlaia; a daughter, Moniefah Hala Herbali of Springfield, and his parents, Zaki Munifa (Shrabi) Herbali of His infant son, Zakwan Herbali, also died in the accident. The funeral will be Tuesday in Aleppo. Calling hours are this evening at. Harrell Funeral Home, and memorial contributions may the Islamic Society of Western- Massachusetts, PO Box 784, Holyoke, 01041.
SOMERS Clifford W. Clifford Sawtelle W. Sawtelle, 75, of 100 Wrights BrookDrive died Monday at St. Francis's Hospital in Hartford. He worked for Mestek Inc.
of Westfield for 38 years, and retired in 1993 as a senior vice president. Born in Springfield, he was a resident of north-central Connecticut for 20 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, and a communicant of St. Patrick's Church. He leaves his wife, the former Margaret McGuire; a son, Peter H.
of Southwick; a sister, Clara Hawley of Springfield, and 'five grandchildren. The funeral will be Friday morning at Leete-Stevens Enfield Chapels and the church, with burial at St. Patrick's King Street Cemetery in Enfield. Calling hours are Thursday afternoon and evening, and memorial contributions may be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor, 1365 Enfield Enfield, 06082. Jamal Herbali TEE SPRINGFIELD Jamal Herbali, 34, of 73 Oak St.
died Thursday in an automobile accident on Boston Road. He was a self-employed real estate manager. Born in Aleppo, Syria, he lived here for seven years. He was educated in Syrian schools, and received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Western New England College. He be- HERBALI longed to the Theodore S.
Guz SOUTH HADLEY Theodore Guz, 74, of South Hadley, a retired school custodian, died Sunday in a local nursing home. He was born in Holyoke, and was a communicant of Mater Dolorosa Church there. He was in the St. Stanislaus Kostka Society of He was an Army veteran of World War II, and served in A Company of the 705th Military Police Battalion. He took part in the 1945 liberation of the Philippine Islands.
He received a Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, theater ribbons, and a Philippine liberation ribbon. He leaves a sister, Helen Bora of Willimansett, Chicopee, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral is this morning at Starzyk Funeral Home and the church, both in Holyoke, with burial in the parish cemetery. Stephen White Stephen White, 49, of 1223 Bigelow Commons died Monday at Baystate Medical Center. in Springfield.
He owned and operated Steve White Truck Catering Co. before retirng several years ago. Born in Hartford, was he lived here most of his life. He the widower of Phyllis (Dudek) White. leaves a son, Rick of East Windsor's Broad Brook section; two daughters, Alice White of Enfield and Donna Ayotte of Springfield, and a grandson.
The funeral will be private, with burial- in Hazardville. Cemetery. Leete-Stevens Enfield Chapels is in charge, and memorial contributions may go to BMC Coronary Care: Unit, 759. Chestnut Springfield, 01199. 3 America, a group knitting afghans for veterans' hospitals across the country.
Her husband, Eugene W. Hanson, died in 1988. Mrs. Hanson leaves a son, E. Wesley Jr.
of Gilbertville; a daughter, Edith L. Patenaude of East St. Johnsbury, a brother, Sidney Barnes of Torrance, 12 23 great-grandchildren. Another son, Rodney died in 1959. A memorial service is set for Saturday afternoon at the Congregational Church in Hardwick Center, with burial at the convenience of the family in Hardwick Cemetery.
There are no calling hours. Walker-Phaneuf Funeral Home of Ware is in charge.Memorial contributions may be made to the Paige Memorial Library, North Street, Hardwick, 01037, or the Hardwick Rescue Squad, PO Box 477, Gilbertville, 01031. F. Terry Lynn Paluch WESTFIELD Terry Lynn Paluch, 32, of 241 Buck Pond Road died Monday at horne. She was an assistant program manager for Ground Water Technologies of Windsor, for six years.
She was born in Rutland, and lived here for 25 years. She was a 1981 graduate of Westfield High School, and received bachelor's degree in computer sciences from Westfield State College in 1987. She worshipped at the Second Congregational Church. She leaves her father stepmother, John R. Paluch and Gay (Reynolds) Pa-.
luch of Enfield; her mother, Caroline (Sutherland) Paluch of Westfield; a brother, John R. of New York City; her maternal grandmother, Katherine Athryn of Woodstock, and a friend, Alanna Macdonald. A memorial service will be conducted Thursday evening at the church. Firtion-Adams Funeral Home is in charge, and memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, 516 Carew Springfield, 01104, or the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 53 Bliss Springfield, 01101. Clive W.
McKinney ROYALSTON Clive W. McKinney, 48, of 1190 Liberty Springfield, and formerly of Royalston, a former clerk at the Fitchburg Post Office, died Monday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Leeds, Northampton, after a long illness. He had been an apprentice meat cutter for First National Foods Corp. in East Hartford. Born in Manchester, he lived in Fitchburg and Royalston before moving to Springfield in 1987.
He was a graduate of Manchester High School, and an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He leaves his wife, the former Anne Niedbala; a son, Scott of Filer, Idaho; five daughters, Suzann McKinney and Renee McKinney of Filer, and Elizabeth McKinney, Megan McKinney and Amie McKinney of Royalston; two stepdaughters, Anne Marie Richard of Shirley Michelle Avery of Rindge, N.H.; two brothers, David of Danielson, and Clifford of Enfield; a sister, Janice Accomozzo of Tennessee; five funeral will be Friday morning at Higgins-O'Connor Funeral Home in Athol, with burial in Newton Cemetery. A calling hour will precede the funeral, and memorial contributions may go to the VA Medical Center Recreation Services, Leeds, Northampton, 01060. Edward L. Gardner ENFIELD Edward L.
Gardner 71, of 17 North Maple St. died Tuesday in a local nursing home. He was a shipper for Simon Container Co. in Agawam, and retired in 1986. Born in West Springfield, he lived in Westfield for 30 years before moving here 10 years ago.
He was a Marine Corps combat veteran of the Pacific theater in World War II, and attained the rank of sergeant. He was a mortarman, and took part in the Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa invasions in 1943-45. He belonged to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6645 in Russell, and attended the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer. His first wife, the former Gladys K. Parsons, died in 1970.1 He leaves his second wife, the former Caroline Dorn; a son, Victor E.
of Westfield; a daughter, Cheryl A. Harnish of Nantucket; a step-. son, Richard Germano of Florida; a stepdaughter, Lorraine O'Neil of West Springfield; three grandsons. The funeral will be Friday morning at West Springfield CurranJones Funeral Home, with burial at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Westfield.
Calling hours will be Thursday afternoon and evening, and memorial contribu- tions may go to the church at 20 North Enfield, 06082. 3 Rev. Alice L. Brown WATERBURY, Conn. The Rev.
Alice L. (Fason) Brown, 67, of Waterbury died Saturday at home. She was the pastor of the Faith Temple Church of God in Waterbury. Born in Mounds, she lived briefly in Cairo, before moving here in 1941. She also lived in Springfield, in 1990- 92.
She leaves three daughters, DeLois F. BROWN Swan, Maxine Sherman and Marion Baptiste of Springfield; 13 grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Friday morning in the Faith Temple Church. Calling hours are Friday morning there. Chapel Memorial Funeral Home is in charge.
Viola T. Keniston GREENFIELD Viola T. Keniston, 86, of 10 Congress St. died Monday in Franklin Medical Center. She was a housekeeper at the Franklin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center here from 1967 to 1978.
She was previously a private housekeeper in Miami, and worked in the food service department at Franklin Medical Center. Born in Wilder, she moved here in 1913, and attended local schools. She lived in Miami from 1963 until returning to this area in 1967. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Rebekah Lodge, and a fifth-degree member of the Guiding Star Grange. She leaves a son, Ralph R.
Keniston of Greenfield. A graveside service will be arranged in Green River Cemetery. There are no calling hours, and Walker Funeral Home is in charge. Memorial contributions may be made to the church on Church Street, Greenfield, 01301. Helen M.
Trela NORTH BROOKFIELD Helen M. (Starziak) Trela, 78, of Main Street died Monday in a West Brookfield nursing home. She was born in Hardwick, and lived here most of her life. She was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church.
Her husband, John J. Trela, died in 1977. Mrs. Trela leaves a son, Dennis T. of North Brookfield; a daughter, Sylvia A.
DeLude of Warren; a sister, Josephine Klimavich of Barre, and a granddaughter. The funeral 1 will be Friday morning at Pillsbury. Funeral Home and the church, with burial in the parish cemetery. Calling hours will be Thursday afternoon and evening, and memorial contributions may go to Strong On Sports, PO Box 201, North Brookfield, 01535, or the Rescue Squad, PO Box 73, North Brookfield, 01535. Ralph T.
Amick SPRINGFIELD Ralph T. Amick, 69, of Springfield died Saturday in Mercy Hospital. He was a mover for Anderson Benson Moving and later owned a variety store on Belmont Avenue. Born in Kansas City, he lived here for many years, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He leaves a sister, Mary Ellen Stoke of San Francisco, Calif.
The funeral will be private, with burial at the convenience of the family. There are no calling hours, and Sampson Chapel of the Acres Funeral Home is in charge. Florence G. Smith 1. LONGMEADOW Florence Smith, 88, of 169 Crescent Road died Monday in Mercy Hospital.
Born in Ramsbury, England, she lived in California before moving here 10 years ago. She leaves a Ted of England; three sis-. ters, Pam Clark of England, Ann Bede of India, and Barbara Michael of Longmeadow, and a nephew, Greg Michael of Longmea-. dow. The funeral will be Thursday morning at St.
Andrew's Episcopal Church, with burial in Longmeadow Cemetery. There are no calling hours, and Hafey Spring-. field Chapels is in charge. Arnold T. Gay Road, Shelburne, 05482.
ISLAND POND, Vt. Arnold 64, of Derby Street Sunday. Born in Springfield, he was in the Army for 20 years. He was stationed in Naples, Italy. He retired in 1968 from Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
He was a 32nd-degree member of Masonic Lodge 44, and a member of Alfred Pepin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 798 in Newport. He leaves his wife, the former Eleanor Gee; two daughters, Mary Desnoyers of Lebanon, N.H., and Audrey Saf-. ford of Springfield; a brother, Russell T. of Chicopee, and two grandchildren. A memorial service will be conducted this afternoon at the decedent's late residence.
A military burial will be arranged in Veterans Cemetery at Randolph. Curtis-Britch Davis Funeral Home is in charge, and memorial contributions may go to the American Heart Association, Vermont Affiliate 2821 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, 05482. Walton, retail chain cialized in obtaining real estate and getting stores built. "He left the vision to Sam," said John E. Barnes, vice president-financial consultant, at Smith Barney Inc.
in Little Rockst October, Forbes magazine listed Bud Walton's wealth at $1 billion, ranking him the 83rd richest person in the country. Other Walton relatives are in the top 15. The company now has more than 2,000 Wal-Mart stores, plus affiliated businesses such as Bud's Warehouse Outlets, Supercenters, and Sam's Clubs. It operates in 49 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico. For the 12 months ended Jan.
31, the Bentonville-based retail-'. er earned $2.68 billion on sales of $82.49 billion. In his biography, Sam Walton said his brother purposely took a secondary role, though "he has common sense and superior judgment, and I have listened to him more times than folks realize." Walton is survived by two daughters and three grandchildren. Cardiologists debate heart- attack therapy NEW ORLEANS Drugs. or balloons? A rancorous debate over how to treat heart attacks, already a plot twist in the hospital drama "ER," is sharply.
dividing one of the world's largest gatherings of cardiologists. o. On "ER," the dialogue went this way: Young resident: "Acute infarct. I just started TPA." Senior doctor: "Without consulting me? He should go to the cath lab for angioplasty." Judging from talk in the formal sessions and hallways at this week's meeting of the American College of Cardiology, similar are common in hospitals. across the United States, or soon will be.
Blood-clot therapy By DANIEL Q. HANEY The Associated Press At issue is the better way to quickly get rid of blood clots that cause heart attacks. Disintegrate them with clot-dissolving drugs like TPA? Or push them aside with tiny balloons? At stake are lives and money. During the past decade, clotbusting drugs have emerged as the front treatment for heart attacks, used on 180,000 Americans at a cost of $350 million annually. If given soon enough, they can up blockages in the heart's arteries, preventing permanent damage or death.
But now an approach called primary angioplasty is challenging the dominance of these drugs. Angioplasty is already. a mainstay of heart therapy. It is used on about 420,000 Americans each year to relieve chest pain in patients, nearly all of whom were not having heart attacks. Doctors thread a catheter into clogged heart arteries and briefly inflate a.
tiny balloon that squeezes open the blockage to restore blood flow. In its new application, some doctors are performing angioplasty as an emergency procedure within an hour or two after the heart attack patient arrives at the ER. The latest findings presented at the cardiology meeting, attended by about 25,000 people, suggest that primary angioplasty is better, safer, and cheaper than clot; busters. "The "data are overwhelming that it is a superior strategy," said Dr. William P.
O'Neill of William, Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak; Mich. He described primary angioplasty as a breakthrough that has "changed the natural history: of this disease." Sometimes, angioplasty is used as a backup if the -busters fail, but not the other way around, because angioplasty: succeeds more than 90 percent of the time. O'Neill's latest findings, based on 1,099 patients at 32 hospitals in five countries, found that half of run-of-the-mill heart attack patients fall into a low -risk category. that does amazingly well with angioplasty. Low death rate Their death rate is an astoundingly low four-tenths of 1 per: cent.
And they can safely be sent, home from the hospital just three days after. their attacks, rather, than staying the standard week or more while receiving This could mean substantial save: ings, even with the cost of angio. which runs between 000 and $20,000. Patients are considered at high risk when they are over 70 or. have several diseased arteries or weakly beating hearts.
They, too, do impressively well with angioplasty, with a death rate was just; under 4 percent. By contrast, about 6 percent. of patients die after getting clot-dissolving drugs. About 3 percent suffer strokes when the treatment accidentally triggers bleeding in the brain. Angioplasty does not carry this risk.
34: Associated Press photo THIS LITTLE PIGGY Bob Danford was taking a load of hogs to market near Kalispell, when this little, er, hefty piggy leaped over a 5-foot-high sidewall. It took Danford, shown in pursuit, and four other men 20 minutes to corner and recapture the hog..
