March 9, 2006

OBITUARIES

Andrew Paul Sackett

Andrew Paul Sackett of Yellow Springs died on Saturday, March 4. He was 88.

Born on Aug. 8, 1917, in Colville, Wash., Andrew was the youngest of 11 children of James Earl and Antoinette Hall Sackett. He was a descendant of colonists John and Simon Sackett, who came from Sandwich, England, to settle in the New World in 1631.

Andrew went to Washington State College in Pullman, Wash., when he was 16. Three years later he began medical school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and completed an internship at the U.S. Marine Hospital, San Francisco. On March 14, 1942, Andrew married Zillah Elizabeth Faux Larson of Salt Lake City.

In 1945, he became a commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service and took his family to the South following World War II, then New York City and later Seattle. He was transferred to Washington, D.C., where he served in administrative positions. During that period, he earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of London, England, in 1962. He retired from active duty in April 1967, with the rank of assistant surgeon general (rear admiral).

Andrew spent four years as commissioner of health and hospitals for the city of Boston. Later, he and Betty enjoyed 22 years living in Hawaii, where he was the district health officer and ran the historic Leprosy Treatment Center at Kalaupapa, Molokai. They retired and lived for seven years in Woodburn, Ore.

Andy and Betty came to the Friends Care Assisted Living Center in January 2000, as the third and fourth residents. He greatly enjoyed his years there and was popular with a wry sense of humor. Friends Leta Banner and Inez Foster assisted him after he lost his wife Betty on April 19, 2004.

He was an exceptional father to five children, Polly, Clarice, Christine, stillborn Matthew and Joel, who died in 1990 at age 32. Andy enjoyed bicycling, running marathons and traveling in his RV with Betty.

Andy is survived by his children, Polly and Carl Cordell Jr. of Yellow Springs, Clarice and Charles Jackson of Woodville, Wash., and Christine and John Hoover of Kailua, Hawaii; grandchildren Cary and -Christopher Cordell, Neil and Dana Jackson and Nina Collins Sackett of Granville; and five great-grandchildren, Cameron, Chandler, Cory and Cassidy Cordell and Kyla Rapp.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 9, at 6 p.m., at the Yellow Springs United Methodist Church, with Pastor Charles Hill officiating. Burial will be held Friday, March 10, at 10 a.m., at Glen Forest Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Friends Care Assisted Living Center, 170 East Herman Street.

Adele Hervey

Adele Hervey of Rotonda West, Fla., died Monday, Feb. 27. She was 81.

She was born Sept. 26, 1924, in Brooklyn. Adele moved to Florida in 1979 from Garden City, N.Y.

She was a homemaker and an author, publishing some of her own life stories. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Englewood, Fla., H2U (Englewood Senior Friends Bridge Club), and past president and fundraiser for the Garden City League for Helen Keller Services for the Blind.

She held her commercial pilot license, and she was a member of the Long Island and South Florida Chapters of the 99’s Renowned Organization for Women Pilots.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil W. Hervey Sr.

Mrs. Hervey is survived by her son, Virgil W. Hervey of Yellow Springs; two daughters, Patricia Thomson of Rotonda West and -Jacqueline Reinhard of Garden City; five grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.

Norman ‘Bud’ Reindahl

Norman O. “Bud” Reindahl of Springfield died Sunday, March 5, in Good Shepherd Village. He was 89.

He was born in Burke Township in Dane County, Wis., on June 20, 1916, the son of Kittle and Olive (Olson) Reindahl. He came to Ohio in 1940, where he married Vera Lingo on Dec. 14, 1940. They lived in Yellow Springs until 1962, when they moved to a farm in the Enon area. 

He was a member of Beacon Street Church of Christ in Christian Union and the Gem City Council 003 of Commercial Travelers of America. He was a self-employed carpenter and a part-time farmer. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 in the European Theater during World War II. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Vera, in 1987; three sisters and three brothers-in-law, Martha Reindahl, Myrtle and Bill Snyder, Dorothy and Edwin Heller, and Edward Bitter. 

He is survived by a sister, Jeanette Bitter of Edgerton, Wis.; stepson and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Rose Lingo; grandchildren, Joe and Tony Lingo and Beverly Trollinger; great-grandchildren, Andrea and Sarah Trollinger, and Breanne and Dalton Lingo, all of Springfield; and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held Thursday, March 9, 2 p.m., at the Beacon Street Church of Christ, with Pastors David L. Glauner and Joe Dillard officiating. Friends and family may call one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will follow in Glen Forest Cemetery in Yellow Springs. Memorial contributions can be sent to the American Heart Association and the Arthritis Foundation. 

Marjorie Estelle Stevenson

Marjorie Estelle Stevenson of Xenia died on Saturday, March 4, at Laurelwood Assisted Living in Dayton. She was 88.

Marjorie was born on April 23, 1917, in Harvey, Ill., the daughter of Howard King Sr. and Nina E. (Wilson) King.

She was employed by the Greene County health department and was a Red Cross volunteer at Greene Memorial Hospital from 1980 to 2000. She was a member of the Friendship Rebecca Lodge No. 873, part of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Aldora Chapter No. 262 OES and the American Legion Aux. No. 0095.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert L. Stevenson; two sisters, Betty DeVere and Janice King; and a brother, Howard King.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jackie and Skip Thode of Kettering; granddaughter, Amanda E. Tolle of Lincoln, Neb.; and two sisters, Jean Norris of Columbus and Dorothy Tuttle of Roanoke, Va.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 7, at McColaugh Funeral Home in Xenia. Burial followed in Glen Forest Cemetery in Yellow Springs.