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Page 6B Co-creator of Curiou sG eoree dies A 1 I iim A 4 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) Margret E. Rey, half of the husband-and-wife team that created the "Curious George" children's books about the irrepressible monkey, has died at age 90. Rey died Saturday at her home in Cambridge after suffering a heart attack about three weeks ago, her publisher said. She and her husband, H.A.

Rey, created the Fictional monkey Curious George while living in Paris in the 1930s. The couple escaped on bicycles with the unsold manuscript in 1940 before the German occupation. After Houghton Mifflin published "Curious George" in 1941, the Reys wrote six more books over 25 years, all about the trouble-prone monkey who wreaks havoc and has to be rescued or forgiven or saves the day. Though both were artists, H.A. Rey illustrated the Curious George books while Margret Rey created the stories.

She had met Hans Augusto Rey as a girl and they married in 1935. A German native, Rey studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, the Academy of Art in Duesseldorf and at an art school in Berlin, where she had a one-woman show of her watercolors in the early 1 920s. She also worked as a newspaper reporter, an advertising copywriter and a photographer. After the Reys' honeymoon, they moved to Paris. It was there that a publisher who 'V I''.

') the Reys sold "Curious George" to the Houghton Mifflin. "He became very much a figure of his own," she said in an interview with The Associated Press in April. "He knew what he could do and couldn't do. He became a person." The series has sold more than 20 million copies in 12 languages. An anthology released last year, "The Complete Adventures of Curious George," is in its second printing.

AP photo Dead at 90: Margaret Rey suffered a heart attack about three weeks ago. Family of iea in plane crasn crashes; all thought dead Robert G. 'Deacon9 Duensing CHESTER Robert G. "Deacon" Duensing, 62, died Friday, Dec. 20, 1996, at home.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Schroeder-McClure Funeral Home, with the Rev. Harold Weber officiating. Burial will be in Paradise Cemetery in Steeleville. Visitation will be from 7:30 a.m.

to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Veterans of Foreign Wars scholarship fund. Mr. Duensing was a bar manager.

He was a member of Peace Lutheran Church, the VFW, American Legion and Masons, was a charter member of the Eagles and was a veteran of the Marines. He was born Nov. 30, 1934, in Chester to Edmund F. and Frieda C. (Eggemeyer) Duensing.

Survivors include two sons, Eddie Joe and Michael Duensing, both of Chester; three daughters, Debbie Duensing of Anna, Michelle Jany of Steeleville and Marlene Eggemeyer of Ellis Grove; one brother, Delbert Duensing of Bellville, Texas; one sister, Virginia Jeters of Elizabeth, and four grandchildren. His parents preceded him in death. Roxie M. Evans MARION Roxie M. Evans, 78, died at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 21, 1996, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home, with Dr. Bob Wagner officiating.

Burial will be in Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 to 1 1 a.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Second Baptist Church. Mrs.

Evans was a homemaker. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church. She was born March 25, 1918, in Marion to Ira and Nellie (Kimmel) Dunn. She married Everett McDannell. He died in 1967.

She married Royal Evans. He died in 1983. Survivors include one stepson, Albert and Suzanne Evans of Myer-sville, one stepdaughter, Barbara and Eric Johnson of Marion; six stepgrandchildren; four great-stepgrandchildren; one brother, Lowell and Ruth Dunn of Marion; and two sisters-in-law, Dora Ellen Dunn and Helen Dunn, both of Marion. Three brothers, Walter, Henry and Ezra Dunn, also preceded her in death. Harold J.

Schneider BENTON Harold J. Schneider, 77, formerly of Du Quoin, died at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, 1996, in Franklin Hospital. Services will be at 9 a.m.

Tuesday in Neal-McClure Memorial Chapel in Du Quoin, with the Rev. Richard Daly officiating. Burial will be in St. Charles Memorial Gardens in St. Charles, Mo.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children. Mr.

Schneider was a heavy-equipment operator. He was a member of the Shriners. He was born Nov. 16, 1919, in Ava to George and Viola (Mann) Schneider. He married Hazel Swaford in 1949.

She died in 1970. Survivors include one son, Roger Schneider of Fenton, two stepsons, Ronald Harsy of Lansing and Robert Harsy of Jefferson City, SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) A private airplane slammed into a mountainside in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico, killing a family of six on a Christmas holiday trip, state police said. The wreckage of the single-engine plane was found Sunday on a private ranch near Holman, about 35 miles northeast of Santa Fe, in a heavily forested area. There were no survivors, said state police Lt.

Mike Hill. The bodies were to be recovered today. "It's such a rugged area they want to make sure they do this as safely as possible," Hill said. The Beechcraft Bonanza was headed from Raton, just south of the Colorado border, to Glendale, Ariz. The pilot's wife reported it overdue Saturday.

Around the same time, the plane's automatic emergency locator beacon was tracked by Air Force satellite. State police search and rescue teams were joined by aircraft from the Air Force and National Guard. The victims were identified as pi- Port Bra Lucille Strobel MARION Lucille Strobel, 88, of Marion died at 11:55 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 1996, at Fountains Nursing Home, Marion.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996, at the Meredith-Blue Funeral Home, Marion. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion. Mrs. Strobel was born April 21, 1908, in Spillertown, 111., to Hugh and Mary Elizabeth (Weinacht) Gul-ledge. She married Herman "Goose" Strobel April 23, 1927, in Whiteash, 111., and he preceded her in death Nov. 27, 1969.

Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Kenrteth and Elizabeth Strobel of Marion; son and daughter-in-law, William H. and Betty Strobel of Nash, Texas; four grandchildren, John and Matt Strobel of Marion and Patrick and Alene Strobel of Nash, Texas; and five great-greatgrandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Charles Gulledge. Mrs. Strobel was a homemaker.

She was a member of the Third Bap- tist Church in Marion. Leda Withrow SIMS Leda L. Withrow, 88, died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 1996, in Way-Fair Restorium Nursing Home in Fairfield.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Arrington-Prairie Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Dickeyville Cemetery. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today at Richardson Funeral Home in Wayne City, and from 9 to 10 a.m.

Tuesday at the church. Sarah Bullington REND CITY Sarah Wanda Bullington, 90, of 11178 Rend Road died at 6:35 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, 1996, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday in Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dale Carson officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Valier. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Marion Malone VILLA RIDGE Marion R. "Bud" Malone, 79, formerly of Mounds, died at 9:54 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 1996, at home. Services will be at 3:30 p.m.

today in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens, with the Rev. Joey Dunning officiating. Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Tip of Illinois Hospice, 202 E. Union Marion 62959, in memory of Bud Malone.

Ethel Beavers CARRIER MILLS Ethel Beavers, 85, died at 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 1996, in Carrier Mills Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Absher-Nicolson Funeral Home, with burial in Salem Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 to 1 1 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Robert Evans HARRISBURG Robert E. Evans, 80, died at 5 a.m. Sunday, Dec.

22, 1996, in Harrisburg Manor. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Absher-Nicolson Funeral Home in Carrier Mills, with burial in Lindale Cemetery in Eldorado. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today and from noon to 1 p.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home. George Sauerhage MURPHYSBORO George M. Sauerhage, 87, died at 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 1996, at home.

Services will be at noon Tuesday in Pettett Funeral Home, with burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today and until noon Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to hospice. Gladys Houston MASSAC COUNTY Gladys Houston, 83, of Chicago, formerly of Massac County, died at 9:26 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 21, 1996, in Halsted Terrace Nursing Home in Chicago. Arrangements are incomplete at Jackson Funeral Home in Metropolis. Louis Milazzo MARION Louis J. "Lou" Milazzo, 72, died at 3:06 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 22, 1996. Arrangements are incomplete at Wilson Funeral Home in Marion. Walbert Rogers BELKNAP Walbert Rogers, 96, of Hayward, formerly of Belknap, died at 2:50 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

22, 1996, in Valley Health Care Center in Hayward. Arrangements are incomplete at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak. She said they had practical reasons for inventing George. "We did it because we needed money," she said in an AP interview several years ago. "It's a good book," she added.

"We never thought of children, we did it only to please ourselves. By happy coincidence, the children had the same kind of imagination." In addition to the seven original Curious George books, Margret Rey created 28 other Curious George adventures with Alan J. Shalleck. Rey also had five other books published, including "Spotty" and Pretzel," which are to be re-released in 1997, and oversaw a Curious George merchandising program. Children and adults alike adored the little monkey, said Hillel Stavis, a longtime friend who, with his wife, runs a shop called Curious George Goes to Wordsworth near their Harvard Square bookstore.

"Curious George was a perfect bridge between the two worlds, especially because he was curious, and curious in a kind of non-threatening way." The Reys moved in 1963 to Cambridge, where her husband died in 1977. They did not have children. Margret Rey also was a benefactor: This year she gave $1 million each to the Boston Public Library and Beth Israel Hospital for its Center for Alternative Medicine for Research. trip and wasn't carrying cargo, said state police Sgt. L.W.

Findley. Residents near the West Virginia border along Virginia 6 1 reported hearing what sounded like a plane engine cutting off and on and then an explosion about 6:15 p.m., he said. Findley said authorities were having trouble reaching the scene because of the rugged terrain in Giles County, north of Blacksburg. He said freezing rain was hampering efforts to fly a helicopter to the site. The crash site was in an area so remote that it is accessible only by fire trails and a few dirt roads, Mayor Donald Richardson said.

ton to pick up family members to fly them back to Arizona for the Christmas holidays," Hill said. The family had made similar trips, said Raton Police Chief Vince Mares. "As far as I know, his father-in-law was a very experienced pilot." Tony Bennett out of surgery WASHINGTON (AP) Tony Bennett was in good condition Sunday, recovering from an erupted hernia that he suffered at a White House dinner hosted by President Clinton and his wife. Bennett, 70, underwent surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center to fix a double hernia Saturday night, said his publicist, Sylvia Weiner. The Grammy-winning performer, best known for the hit "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," should be released by Christmas, Weiner said.

Bennett and his son, Danny, had just arrived at the White House Saturday night when Bennett's hernia erupted, said Weiner. White House physicians tended to Bennett before he was sent to the hospital. Card of Thanks The family of James Lloyd Tiller would like to take this oyportxaxixy to thank our family, friends and neighbors whose prayers, food and flowers sent to us on tfte passing of our loved one. Special thanks to Dr. James Wachter, and the Herrin Hospital Staff, and very special thanks to Rev.

Lee Lovett and to Riggin-Pillatch Funeraf Home. Tour kindness will never he forgotten. Family of James Lloyd Tiller Marion 997-5462 A had seen Hans Augusto Rey's humorous drawing of a giraffe asked them to collaborate on a children's book. The result was the 1939 book "Rafi et les Neuf Singes." One of the "Nine Monkeys" of the title was a prototype for George. After escaping Paris, the couple eventually made their way to New York.

Almost as soon as they arrived, Cargo plane NARROWS, Va. (AP) A DC-8 cargo plane crashed Sunday in the mountains of southwest Virginia, and state police said there were no apparent survivors. It was not immediately clear how many people were on the plane. A spokeswoman for Airborne Express said there were six people on board; the Federal Aviation Administration said there were only three. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the flight crew and passengers," Jennifer Peacor, a spokeswoman for Airborne Express in Seattle, said Sunday night.

"We have received no word on their conditions." lot Sewall "Bud" Osgood, 72, of Sun City, his daughter, Kathy Har-rellson, 40; her husband, Melvin "Vinnie" Harrellson, 42; and the Harrellsons' children, Audrey, 15, Ryan, 1 1, and Erica, 10. The Harrellsons were from Raton, oiaier cess to the password in his job as a switch operator for the telephone system. He had faced up to life in prison if convicted of spying, breaking into government computers and damaging government property. Prosecutors said Jenott broke into Pentagon computers and gave a secret computer password to Chinese citizen Qihang Liu, who has since returned to China. Prosecutors contended Jenott was trying to gain favor with the Chinese government because he wanted to defect to China.

Defense attorneys argued the password was not classified and that Jenott was fascinated with China because he had grown up in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his mother in a Chinese neighborhood. During the proceedings, much of the testimony was closed to the public because of concerns over classified information. Wednesday: Obituaries, both full and partial, will be accepted from 2 to 6 p.m. The office will be closed. Our New Year's schedule will be: Dec.

31: Obituaries, both full and partial, will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 1: Obituaries, both full and partial, will be accepted from 2 to 6 p.m. The office will be closed.

SIX Kll 22 of passing code to She said the plane was flying for Airborne Express' subsidiary ABX Air, based in Wilmington, Ohio. The plane crashed about three miles from Narrows. There was no indication that anyone survived the crash, which occurred during a steady rain, said state police Sgt. David Shaver. "All we know is that there's not a lot left," Shaver said of the wreckage found scattered over about .3,500 feet up Wolf Creek Mountain, near the Jefferson National Forest.

The FAA said the plane was flying from Greensboro, N.C., to Wilmington, Ohio, on a maintenance where he was a lieutenant and a 12-year veteran of the police force. She worked for the Raton Daily Range newspaper. The plane had left the Raton airport around noon Saturday. "Mr. Osgood had flown up to Ra i Chinese On Saturday, Jenott said he was ashamed of some of the things he wrote in his diary as a teen-ager, including a statement at the end of a poem in which he said he had been a communist for three years.

He said he learned about computer hacking from a friend, Tim Edg-ley, who testified that the two started hacking into computers four or five years ago. Also on Saturday, two non-commissioned officers testified that Jenott was an outstanding soldier. Jenott's father has said his son was targeted as a spy after pointing out security weaknesses in the Army's communication system. Jenott also was accused of giving former Marine Raymond Chen classified information between Feb. 1 and June 25.

Testifying last week for the prosecution, Chen said that Jenott admitted he had hacked into Navy, Air Force and the defense secretary's computer system before he joined the Army in 1994. On Sunday, Chen called Jenott a hacker and not a spy. "He's just a hacker just like us," Chen said. "He opened his big mouth and got himself in trouble." nnoceet wvm lHauwfi warns) Found guilty of damaging property, fraud FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) A soldier accused of passing a secret computer code to a Chinese citizen was found innocent Sunday of espionage, the most serious charge he faced at his court-martial.

But Pfc. Eric Jenott, 21, was guilty of damaging government property and computer fraud, the military jury found after lawyers presented closing arguments behind closed doors. Jenott was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to forfeit all his benefits. The court-martial panel on Sunday also gave Jenott a bad-conduct discharge. The sentence will be appealed automatically.

Jenott, of Graham, had ac Holiday obituary schedule one brother, Melvin Schneider of Lee's Summit, two sisters, Pauline Levery of St. Louis County and Florine Marshall of St. Louis; a spe cial friend, Virginia Surgalski of West Frankfort; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. His parents and one sister, Venita Schneider, also preceded him in death. Verba Cox GOLCONDA Verba Cox, 98, formerly of the Renshaw Community, died at 7:42 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 21, 1996, in Hardin County Hospital in Rosiclare. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tues- day in Cox Cemetery near Dixon Springs, with the Rev. Nathan Al-thoff officiating.

Aly Funeral Home in Eddyville is in charge of arrangements. Gary Thompson WEST FRANKFORT Gary Thompson, 51, of 211 E. Clark St. died Sunday, Dec. 22, 1996, at home.

Arrangements are incomplete at Parker-Reedy Funeral Home. SP37AL D3Q7ES Harrisburg Medical Center Discharged Dec. 21 Murphy, Frank, New Burnside Nolen, Sylvia, Harrisburg Williams, Keith, Harrisburg Because The Southern Illinoisan will not publish on Christmas Day, deadlines for obituaries will be different from usual. Our office will close at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

The schedule is: Tuesday: Obituaries will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will not be published until Dec. 26. We light a candle of love in clebration of the people and the times that were important to our lives In Memoriam June 6, 1904 Dec. 23, 1995 Heniy C.

Thomas To everything there is a season And a time to every purpose under the heaven A time to be bom and a time to die A time to weep; a time to mourn. Sadly missed by wife Dorothy Fletcher Thomas and family Johnson Hughes Mitchell Hughes Funeral Homes Herrin 942-3102 BDC2TTH JAMES, Amy and Jessie of Du Quoin, a son, Saturday, Dec. 21, 1996, Memorial Hospital of.