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| Plankowner Posts: 5024 Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: Obit Messenger results for 03/25/08. KARDER, Mike, 88, passed away Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008, at his home. He was born in Akron, Ohio on March 20, 1920. Mike founded Karder Machine prior to World War II, before joining the Navy. He served in the submarine division as a machinist mate. Mike enjoyed a lifetime love of flowers and gardening that was formed by his association with Mr. Hartwick as a young boy. Mike saw potential in many young men throughout his business career and gave them an opportunity to fully realize their potentials. This is most evidenced by his 48 year working relationship with the late Robert Ashelman. In 1990, Mike received honorary alumnus status from the University of Akron College of Business. Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Mike and Rose Karder; sisters, Elizabeth Kuthan and Mary Bancheek; brothers, Louis and Stephen Karder. Mike is survived by his loving wife, Genny and son, Michael (Kathy-Ann); sisters, Helen Brown, Ann Haas; sisters-in-law, Gizella Karder, Ruthie (Bill) Calvin; and many special nieces, nephews and dedicated employees of Karder Machine. A special thanks to Connie Haas and Kathy Hylbert for their loving care. The family would also like to express their gratitude to Dr. Awender, Dr. Korytykowski, Dr. Mure, Dr. Kamienski and Dr. Terry Gordon for the care Mike received through the years. Also, to the nurses of the Akron General Medical Center Oncology Unit who showed great compassion. Calling hours will be Wednesday, March 26 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Ciriello & Carr Funeral Home, 39 S. Miller Rd., Fairlawn. Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, March 27 at 11 a.m. at St. Hilary Catholic Church. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice. LEISHER, W. Wayne, of Coral Springs, FL passed away on March 22, 2008. He was born in Central Oklahoma where he resided for the first 23 years of his life. He attended business college in Oklahoma City where he met and married his wife, Hope in 1940. To this union was born a daughter, Linda, their only child. After graduation, a local material company employed him. Wayne joined the Navy in 1942, shortly after the Pearl Harbor bombing on December 7, 1941. He was assigned to submarine duty and served three years on the Pacific area. After four years of naval service, he received an Honorable Discharge as a Chief Petty officer in the Naval Reserve. After his discharge, he was reemployed by the same company and transferred to Ft. Smith, Arkansas as local operations manager. (International Paper Company purchased the building materials company in 1956.) In 1964 he was transferred to Kansas City as manager of 21 building material stores. Wayne was active in the industry in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri for 38 years. After choosing early retirement in 1977, he and Hope moved to Coral Springs, FL to be near their family. He is survived by Hope, his wife of 67 years; daughter, Linda Wittenmyer also of Coral Springs and her three children, Steve (Debbie) Wittenmyer of Coconut Creek, FL, Amy (Buckley) Vernon of Tallahassee, FL and Lori (Michael) LaMattina of Dayton, OH; and 5 great-grandchildren. Viewing will be held at Riverside Christian Fellowship, Kimberly & Rock Island Rd in N. Lauderdale at 1:00pm on March 25, 2008 with services directly following. Interment will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Pompano Beach, FL. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Friendship Center, c/o Riverside Christian Fellowship, 957 SW 71st Avenue, N. Lauderdale 33068. MITCHELL, John David, 84, died March 20, 2008 in Syracuse. Mitchell was born January 22, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Maxine Mitchell. He served in the U.S. Navy as a submariner on the USS Pilotfish (SS-386) from 1944-1946 and was an "Atomic veteran" - one of hundreds of U.S. military personnel who witnessed post-World War II atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific. Mitchell married artist Mila Johnston following his discharge from the Navy. The couple, who later divorced, both graduated from Oberlin College. Following Oberlin, Mitchell worked as a newspaper reporter and radio newscaster in Illinois and Ohio before earning a master's degree in journalism from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. Mitchell was recruited as a faculty member for the newly formed School of Journalism at the University of Colorado (CU) in Boulder, Colorado, where he taught from 1958-1973. He also taught at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1962-1963, where he had a Fulbright Scholarship to study Asian mass communications. While teaching at CU, Mitchell kept his hand in the working side of journalism by moonlighting on the copy desks of the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. In 1973, he became chairman of the newspaper department of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where he taught news reporting and law and ethics. He retired in 1994. Mitchell enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles and music, ranging from Billie Holiday and 1940s big bands to Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and the Beatles. He also followed SU sports, was a season ticket holder for the Syracuse Chiefs, a hopeless Chicago Cubs fan as well as a Denver Broncos supporter. He was a founding patron of the Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series, a season ticket holder to Syracuse Stage and SU Drama and a volunteer for WCNY radio's Read Out program. Known for his insistence that students achieve high journalistic standards in their writing assignments, Mitchell influenced and inspired hundreds of students who have gone on to work at news organizations throughout the United States and Asia, including USA Today, Associated Press, United Press International, Voice of America, China Daily, The New York Times, the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News and the Syracuse Post-Standard. He is survived by his son, Justin Mitchell of Beijing, China, and Boulder, Colorado; daughter, Alexandra Eyle of Syracuse; grandsons, Julian Mitchell of Boulder and Maximilian Boaz Eyle of Syracuse. No calling hours or funeral will be held, per Mitchell's request. However, friends and students are encouraged to send memories of Mitchell to Alexandra Eyle at aeyle@twcny.rr.com. or 205 Onondaga Ave., Syracuse, NY 13207. Ballweg & Lunsford Funeral Home, Syracuse, has been entrusted with arrangements. Ballweg & Lunsford Funeral Home Helping You make the right choices TROJAN, Lawrence E., 89, of Apache Junction, AZ passed away March 12, 2008. Mr. Trojan was a retired submarine veteran of World War II; he served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy. He retired from employment with Burns & Roe Engineering of New York after 22 years of work on many nuclear power plants throughout the U.S. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Creola, and their five children, Mike, Pat, Jean Volker, Cathy (Mark) Johnson, Barbara Ode; seven grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and nephew, Joseph Trojan Jr. He is also survived by other relatives, friends and shipmates. Memorial service will be held at St. Georges Catholic Community in Apache Junction. | ||
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