THE DESERT SUN FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010 For the record Lives Remembered NOTICES Gloria E. Perri Gloria E. Perri, 86, of Rancho Mirage, Calif. passed away January 18, 2010 in Cathedral City, Calif. due to complications of respiratory failure.
She was born May 22, 1923 to Louis and Virginia Tomaselli in Detroit, Mich. She married Frank Perri on April 26, 1946 in Detroit. She leaves behind her loving children, Emily Perri Hemphill of Rancho Mirage and Frank Perri of Phoenix, her grandson, Frank Perri; and great-grandson, Victor Perri. She was preceded in death by her husband. A Funeral Mass will take place at 1:30 PM on January 22, 2010 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Palm Desert, Calif.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to The Braille Institute, Rancho Mirage, CA. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: mydesert.com/obituaries Death Notices La Quinta Gregory Russell Weaver, 57 Dorothy Schneider Palm Desert Nadine Alice Kuettel, 77 CALIFORNIALOTTERY Multi-State Mega Millions Numbers picked 4, 5, 34, 38, 41 PICKS WINNERS 5 plus mega 0 5 no mega 4 plus mega 5 4 no mega 224 3 plus mega 250 3 no mega 11,193 2 plus mega 4,773 1 plus mega 28,580 mega only 53,108 Tonight's jackpot estimate (drawing: 7:57 p.m.) SuperLotto Numbers picked 7, 11, 15, 31, 45 PICKS WINNERS 5 plus mega 0 5 no mega 3 4 plus mega 24 4 no mega 540 3 plus mega 838 3 no mega 21,814 2 plus mega 11,487 1 plus mega 52,377 mega only 75,860 Saturday's jackpot estimate (drawing: 7:57 p.m.) Daily 1st place 5, California Classic 2nd place 1, Gold Rush 3rd place 3, Hot Shot Race time 1:48.54 Match winners and time for top prize. Match either for other prizes. Fantasy Numbers picked 6, 19, 28, 38, 39 Match all five for top prize. Match at least three for other prizes.
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Kuettel on December 15, 1956 in Las Vegas, Nev. Nadine was a businessowner and accomplished florist for more than 20 years in West Covina, Calif. She also managed her husband's optometry practice for nearly 50 years. Nadine held leadership positions in West Covina, but the highlights are: In 1958, Nadine pioneered a service group for women called "The Lioness Group," which is still Nadine thriving today; in 1962, was President the Women's Auxilary; that same year, Nadine was President of the Covina Junior Womens Club, and also honored by them as "Citizen Of The Year." She was also President of the Lark Ellen Home for Boys in Azusa, plus a two-time President of the Women's Golf Club at South Hills Country Club in West Covina. And Nadine and Wayne both led The Retarded Children's Association of the San Gabriel Valley for many years.
She is survived by her husband, Wayne D. Kuettel; daughter, Karen Jacquelin of Laguna Niguel, sons, Kuettel of Long Beach, David Kuettel of Corte Madera, and Steven Kuettel of Boston, Mass. and his son, Benjamin Kuettel; sister, Evelyn Freitag of Duluth, brothers, Howard Hegarty of Yuma, and Jerome (Jerry) Hegarty of Kinston, Wash. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Kelly Kuettel. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:30 AM on January 23, 2010 at Hope Lutheran Church in Palm Desert, Calif.
Burial took place December 28, 2009 at Rose Hills Mortuary, Whittier, Calif. The family suggests that donations be made to any charity supporting mentally or physically disabled children. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: mydesert.com/obituaries Dorothy Schneider Dorothy Schneider of Hawthorn Wood, Ill. and Quinta, Calif. went home to her Lord Jesus on January 8, 2010 after a valiant and dignified battle with cancer.
She was born May 11, 1929 in Chicago, where she grew up and met the love of her life, Mike Schneider in 1950 at their company picnic and they married on May 11, 1952. In 1976, they moved to Lake Park, where they lived until Mike's death in 1992. Dorothy moved back to Illinois in 1994 to live with her daughter and son-inlaw in Hawthorn Woods. She worked at the of Hawthorn Woods in the building department until her retirement at 78 in 2007 and said in her 60 year career, it was her favorite place to work. She loved traveling, was passionate about cooking, and enjoyed wintering at her home in La Quinta.
She was a true lady, gentle and dignified, and she will be missed beyond measure. Left to remember her are her son, Glen Schneider of Lake Worth, daughter and best friend, Gail and beloved son-in-law, Christopher Margarites of Hawthorn Woods and La Quinta; her brothers, Frank Ptack (Janice) of Palatine and Robert Ptack of Aurora, sister, Jacqueline (Bill) of Kenosha, her dearly loved niece, Kathy Bracken (Bill) of Mundelein; and her dear nephew, Bill Moore (Sueann) of Kenosha; nephew, Bob Ptack of Palatine; and many great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister, Shirley Rutkowski (Don); and brother, Jim Ptack (Rose). In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to her favorite charity, St. Francis Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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on May 14, 1952' to his parents, Jim and Patricia Weaver. Greg spent the majority of his work life in the golf business, managing golf courses and retail golf shops in Long Beach and Sacramento, Ocala, and most recently at Lumpy's golf shop in Cathedral City, Calif. with his good friend and store manager, Mark Vilums. Greg and his wife Ann enjoyed playing, golf together and their free time golfing, traveling, watching movies, playing cards and enjoying, good times with friends Dianne Guzman, Barney and Linda Russell, Jimmie and Betty Lee, Cliff and Sue Lowe, Dan and Edie Hylton, Gordon Tolbert, Joe Johnson, Dave Rider, Rod Metzler, Dane Bohrer, Connor Crail, Dennis Wente, and Willy Choma. Greg believed in the philosophy that "it's got to be the going, not the getting there that's good" and lived his life with spontaneity and enthusiasm.
Greg will be remembered by many for his skill as a golfer and knowledge of golf equipment, and to those near to him as a loving, devoted husband and friend. Greg is survived by his wife of 16 years, Ann; children, Jennifer Feranda and Mathew Weaver; mother, Patricia Weaver; brothers and sister-in-laws, Bill and Daphne, Lance and Deb, Doug and Sharon, and Kevin and Lou Ann Weaver; mother-in-law, Mary Cululi; sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws, Demetria and Glenn Paonessa, and Cleo and Gary Millheim; nieces, Andrea Millheim, Erin Chickery, Kristen, Kristina and Danielle Weaver, Lucy and Madeline Weaver; nephews, Michael and Ryan Paonessa, Matthew Millheim, Scott Weaver; grandchildren, Alex, Evalyn, Sophia and Lincoln Feranda, Elijah Weaver; and goddaughter, Eirene Milano. The family's heartfelt thanks go out to the many medical professionals that cared for Greg at USC Norris Cancer Center: Dr. David Quinn, Monica Averia, and Carrie Korn; and to the local medical professionals: Dr. Luke Dreisbach, Paul Adams, Dr.
Lance Walsh and the kind and caring staff at Big Radiation and Eisenhower Imaging Center. Family and friends are invited to a Celebration of Greg's Life, to be held on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Arnold Palmer's Restaurant, 78164 Avenue 52, La Quinta, CA. Please mail donations in Greg's honor to: USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Office of Development, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 8302, Los Angeles, CA 90033 or go on-line to make a donation at www.uscnorriscancer.usc To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: mydesert.com/obituaries cars.com Search 2 million vehicle listings. We have the right car for you. Meganumber 3 PRIZE $11 million $18,759 $1,172 $86 $50 $9 $9 $2 $1 $12M Daily Numbers picked 7, 8, 8, 7 Match four in order for top prize; combinations for other prizes.
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He was 82. Nirenberg died of cancer Jan. 15 in Manhattan, said his sister, Joan Geiger. He was "one of science's great titans," said Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes Nirenberg of Health, in a statement on its Web site. Nirenberg was working at the NIH when he conducted an experiment with a colleague in 1961.
The experiment showed them the way genetic information in DNA is translated into proteins in cells. Nirenberg, then only in his mid-30s, took his He continued his work, meeting the challenge of fully identifying the pieces involved in that genetic translating process. For his efforts, he earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968, sharing the award with two other scientists. Nirenberg was aware of the broader societal impact of his work, writing in Science magazine that the general public needed to become aware of and understand scientific advances in order to make the best decisions on how to use them. "When man becomes capable of instructing his own cells, he must refrain from doing so until he has sufficient wisdom to use this knowledge for the benefit of mankind," Nirenberg wrote.
Nirenberg was born in New York City in 1927. His family moved to Florida before he was a teen, and he quickly took to the environment, eager to explore the wildlife, Geiger said. discovery to a conference in Moscow and spoke "He was very, very smart," Geiger told The about it to a small group of scientists. One of Associated Press. "His curiosity was unboundthem asked him to repeat his talk in front of a ed." larger group, thus taking it out to the larger That curiosity, stayed with him throughout his scientific world.
life, she said. I Love Lucy' superfan dies at 64 BY VALERIE J. NELSON Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES Bart Andrews, a prolific author of TV trivia tomes who wrote "The 'I Love Lucy' Book," an early definitive appreciation of the classic sitcom, has died. He was 64. Andrews died Dec.
26 at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center following a heart attack, said his sister, Cathy LaGreca. "He was the first guy to ever write a history of the 'Lucy' show. It was the first said Lucie Arnaz, daughter of the program's stars, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. "It has been extremely helpful to the estate," Arnaz told The Times last week. "Early on that was the book you went to." Although Andrews was born Feb.
25, 1945, in Brooklyn, N.Y., his "real birth" took place on Aug. 8, 1950, the day his father brought home the family's first TV set, Burt Prelutsky wrote in The Times in 1977. It was a 12-inch RCA Victor. "After that, I'd rush home and watch anything," Andrews said in the article. His world was forever altered when his parents tuned in to the Oct.
15, 1951, premiere of "Lucy," he wrote in "The I Love Lucy' Quiz Book." His parents "let me stay up past my bedtime to watch." As an adult, Andrews said he could name the title of any of the 179 "I Love Lucy" episodes when given three words from the script "unless the line is 'Honey, I'm He considered the discovery of the long-missing unaired pilot episode a copy was found in 1990 "the biggest find in terms of archival material in the history" of TV. By then, he had written more than 25 books, most of them TV-related with "Trivia" or "Quiz" in the title. His final book, "Out of the Madness," was an unauthorized biography of Janet Jackson published in 1994. The four books he wrote about Ball and her seminal comedy turned Andrews into an acknowledged expert on the sitcom that unfailingly made him laugh. "The 'I Love Lucy' Book," released in 1985, was a revised and expanded version of a 1976 book that he co-wrote, "Lucy Ricky Fred Ethel." Amid the minutiae were nuggets of "refreshing dissonances," according to a 1976 review of the earlier book.
They included a quote from William Frawley, who played Fred Mertz, on Vivian Vance, who portrayed his TV wife Ethel: "I don't know where she is now and she doesn't know where I am and that's exactly the way I like it." The idea for a writing career based mainly on esoterica from the airwaves grew out of a family gathering where younger cousins failed to stump Andrews with TV trivia. "After I got home, I wrote out 20 questions and mailed them to the boys with the promise to send them answers in a week," Andrews told The Times in 1977. "In the meantime, I ran into a friend in publishing who thought there might be a book in that sort of thing. And I've been at it ever He was born Andrew Stephen Ferreri, the second of two children of businessman Joseph Ferreri and his wife, Camille, and grew up in New York City. After attending New York University, he moved to Los Angeles to work for pioneering TV producer Sheldon Leonard as Bart Andrews, a pen name he adopted in high school.
He became a freelance writer and literary agent before finding his niche in trivia. At his West Hollywood apartment, he devoted a room to his extensive "I Love Lucy" memorabilia, which included a photograph of the show's cast displayed atop his family's first TV. For years, Andrews drove a 1953 Pontiac with a license plate that read "I LV LCY.".
