Tuesday, March 16, 1993 The Fresno Bee Melvin Swig, real estate, hotel owner; Michael Kanin, playwright, screenwriter Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Melvin Swig, who headed a family owned real estate company with holdings that include the Fairmont Hotel chain, died of cancer on Sunday. He was 75. Mr. Swig, chairman of the board of Swig Weiler and Dinner Development Company, was the son of the late Benjamin Swig. The father died in 1980 after putting together a real estate empire that included the Fairmont Hotel, which sits atop Nob Hill.
In addition tot the San Francisco landmark, the company owns Fairmont Hotels in New Orleans, Dallas, Chicago and San Jose along with office towers and other holdings in several major cities, including New York, Washington D.C., and Houston. Mr. Swig was also active in funding the Democratic Party and was a delegate to several Democratic National conventions. He was a noted philanthropist and a leader in the Jewish community. "I love the fact that I can be talking about hotels one minute, real estate the next and charities after that," he once told an interviewer.
He served as chairman of the Board of the University of San Francisco where he established the Melvin M. Swig Judaic Studies program. The program at the Jesuit university was seen as a For latest information on tomorrow's touch-tone phone. JOHNY ARDANS A rosary and Mass for Johny Ardans, 62, of Firebaugh, will be said at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St.
John's Cathedral. Mr. Ardans, a shepherd, died Saturday. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wednesday at Whitehurst Funeral Chapel. TANY ARMENTA A rosary for Tany Armenta, 66, of Fresno, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Chapel.
Mrs. Armenta, a homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 today and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel.
ARTHUR GEORGE BALLESTEROS A vigil prayer service for Arthur George Ballesteros, 31, of Lindsay, will be recited at 7 p.m. today at Whitehurst Loyd Funeral Chapel in Porterville. Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anne's Church in Porterville.
Mr. Ballesteros, a truck driver for Tony Avila Trucking, died Thursday. MARIE VIRGINIA BREW- ER Graveside services for Marie Virginia Brewer, 76, of Bakersfield, formerly of Lemoore, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Grangeville Cemetery in Armona. Mrs.
Brewer, a homemaker for 60 years, died Friday. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Mish Funeral Home in Bakersfield. NELLIE EDNA BROOKS Graveside services for Nellie Edna Brooks, 82, of Porterville, will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Mrs. Brooks, an orange packer, died Sunday. Myers Funeral Service is in charge of arrange- ments. JAMES 'JIM' F.
CHESEBEA Graveside services for James "Jim" F. Chesebea, 78, of Selma, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Floral Memorial Park in Selma. Church services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Kingsburg.
Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Page Funeral Chapel in Selma. Remembrances may be sent to First Baptist Church, 1733 Draper, Kingsburg 93631. RAY E. COX Memorial services for Ray E.
Cox, 53, of Hanford, will be held at 1 p.m. today at People's Funeral Chapel. Mr. Cox, a chef for Loft Restaurant for Yosemite Park and Curry died Saturday. Remembrances may be sent to the Fresno Rescue Mission.
VIVIAN J. FOSNAUGH Services for Vivian J. Fosnaugh, 49, of Clovis, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Peoples Church. Mrs.
Fosnaugh, a customer services representative for the Fresno City Department of Public Utilities, died Saturday. Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Boice Funeral Home.
Remembrances may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 2940 N. Fresno Fresno 93703. MYRA HALL HERRICK Graveside services for Myra Hall Herrick, 85, of Fresno, will be Landowner immunity extended benchmark for Judaic studies at a -Jewish institution. Mr. Swig was also on the boards of Brandeis University and Brown University, where he graduated in 1939 before serving in the Army during World War II.
He also co-chaired the campaign for the new San Francisco Main Library with his wife, Charlotte Mailliard Swig, and served as foreman of the grand jury in San Francisco. An avid sports fan, he once owned the now defunct California Golden Seals hockey team. Survivors include his wife, sons Steve, Kent and Robert, brother Richard, and three grandchildren. MICHAEL KANIN: Michael Kanin, a playwright and screenwriter who shared an Oscar in 1942 for the Katharine HepburnSpencer Tracy film classic "Woman of the Year," has died. He was 83.
Mr. Kanin, the younger brother of writer Garson Kanin, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said. Cause of death was not disclosed. Mr. Kanin shared the Academy Award with Ring Lardner Jr.
for best original screenplay for "Woman of the Year," just three years after he came to Hollywood. The movie launched the legendary pairing of Hepburn and Tracy. OBITUARIES obituaries, call Beeline, 443-2400, held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Mrs.
Herrick, a homemaker, died Saturday. Lisle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. MELISSA ROSE HORSTING A rosary for Melissa Rose Horsting, 3-year-old daughter of Bob and Antoinette Horsting of Tulare, will be recited at 7 p.m. today and Mass of the Angels will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St.
Aloysius Church. The child died Friday. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at Miller's Tulare Funeral Home.
AVIS H. JONES Services for Avis H. Jones, 87, of Farmersville, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Walnut Grove Church of The Nazarene. Mrs.
Jones, a homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Evans-Miller Exeter Chapel. CAROL MIKINA LAKE Services for Carol Mikina Lake, 57, of Fresno, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Clovis Valley Community Church of God.
Mrs. Lake, co-owner and operator of Kalola's Hawaiian Fashions and Beauty Salon, died Saturday. Remembrances may be sent to Valley Community Church of God, 434 Fifth Clovis 93612. Boice Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. MILDRED MARIE LEVAN Graveside services for Mildred Marie LeVan, 81, of Visalia, will be held at 10 a.m.
Wednesday at Visalia District Cemetery. Mrs. LeVan, a homemaker for 43 years, died Saturday. Hadley Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. JAMES B.
LITTLE Services for James B. Little, 85, of Chowchilla, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Worden Funeral Chapel. Mr. Little, a retired welder-mechanic, died Friday.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at the chapel. BERTHA C. MAYS Bertha C.
Mays, 71, of Hanford, died Friday. No services will be held. Mrs. Mays was a homemaker. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m.
today at Whitehurst-McNamara Funeral Chapel. VIVIAN LOUISE MEADERS Services for Vivian Louise Meaders, 65, of Lindsay, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Webb-Sanders Funeral Home. Mrs. Meaders, a retired clerk from Lindsay Olive Growers, died Sunday.
Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Remembrances may be sent to Visalia Charter Oak Lions Club, P.O. Box 3914, Visalia 93278. KATHRYN LUCILLE METCALF Services for Kathryn Lucille Metcalf, 63, of Los Banos, will be held at 1 p.m.
Friday at Whitehurst Los Banos Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Metcalf, a retired dietitian for Brommer Manor, died Sunday. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral chapel.
LUCILLE D. POTEET Services for Lucille D. Poteet, 78, of Los Banos, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Whitehurst Mr. Kanin went on to direct, produce and write many successful films and Broadway plays, most frequently with his wife, Fay Mitchell Kanin.
Their film credits included "Sunday Punch," "The Opposite Sex" and "Rhapsody," starring Elizabeth Taylor. They also wrote "Teacher's Pet," starring Clark Gable and Doris Day, which was nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay. Their Broadway hits included "Rashom*on" and the musical "The High Life." Mr. Kanin's career was intertwined with his brother's work. He produced "A Double starring Ronald Colman and written by Garson Kanin and his wife, writer -actress Ruth Gordon.
The 1947 film received four Oscar nominations and won two Oscars. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Feb. 1, 1910, Mr. Kanin moved to New York City with his family as a child. He studied at the Arts Students League and the New York School of Design while working summers with his brother on the "borscht circuit," writing, producing and singing in shows at Catskill Mountain hotels.
During the Depression, he painted stage scenery for burlesque shows, but an eye injury led him to switch to writing. He is survived by his wife, a son, Josh, and two granddaughters. after 6 p.m. Punch in 2102 on your Los Banos Funeral Chapel. Mrs.
Poteet, a retired nurses aide for Los Banos Community Hospital, died Saturday. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Remembrances may be sent to the United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 706, Los Banos 93635.
RAMON RICO JR. A rosary for Ramon Rico 53, of Reedley, will be recited at 8 p.m. today at Cairns Funeral Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St.
Anthony's Catholic Church. Mr. Rico, a retired truck driver, died Sunday. Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
today at the funeral home. GORDON L. SCHNEIDER Private arrangements for Gordon L. Schneider, 80, of Fresno, are under the direction of The Neptune Society. Mr.
Schneider, former vice president and general manager for Vendorlator Manufacturing died Saturday. Remembrances may be sent to St. Agnes Medical Center Foundation, P.O. Box 27350, Fresno 93729-9804; or to the donor's favorite charity. FRED F.
SILVEIRA A rosary for Fred F. Silveira, 73, of Fresno, will be recited at 11 a.m. today at Fresno Funeral Chapel. Mr. Silveira, a retired truck driver, died Friday.
CLARK WILLARD SORENSEN Memorial services for Clark Willard Sorensen, 66, of Fresno, will be held at 2 p.m. today at St. Anthony's Padua Church. Mr. Sorensen, a self-employed insurance broker at Sorensen Insurance for 40 years, died Thursday.
Remembrances may be sent to St. Agnes Hospice or to Hinds Hospice Home Foundation, 1416 W. Twain Fresno 93711. Nova Cremation Service is in charge of arrangements. LEARRY CLAY STANPHILL Services for Learry Clay Stanphill, 53, of Dos Palos, will be held at 10 a.m.
Thursday at Whitehurst Dos Palos Funeral Chapel. Mr. Stanphill, a construction worker, died Saturday. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel.
CARL V. STARNES Graveside services for Carl V. Starnes, 59, of Exeter, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Exeter District Cemetery. Mr.
Starnes, a plant superintendent for Watermans died Saturday. Evans-Miller Exeter Chapel is in charge of arrangements. VIRGINIA 'JEANNIE' LEE TAYLOR Trisagion services for Virginia "Jeannie" Lee Taylor, 62, of Fresno, will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday and Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St.
George's Greek Church. Mrs. Taylor, a retired loan officer for Bank of America, died Sunday. Remembrances may be sent to St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, 2219 N.
Orchard Fresno 93703; or to St. Peter's Serbian Orthodox Church, 3502 N. First, Fresno 03726. Stephens Bean Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. By Bob Egelko Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The state Supreme Court gave landowners broad immunity Monday from suits by strangers injured on their property while hiking, camping or engaged in any other recreational activity.
Overturning nine lower-court decisions, the court ruled 4-3 that an uninvited, non-paying recreational user of private property can sue only for malicious misconduct even if the property is a construction site not normally suited for recreational use. State law normally allows even trespassers to sue for injuries caused by dangerous conditions, but bars negligence suits stemming from recreational use of the land, an exception intended both to protect landowners and to encourage them to leave their property open. Recreational users can sue only in one of three situations: if they were invited, if they had paid a fee or if they were victims of malicious misconduct. Until Monday, appeals court decisions dating from 1982 had granted that protection to land- Funeral services Funerals Today BEDOLLA, CIPRIANA. Funeral Mass, 10AM, St.
Joachim's Catholic Church, Madera. Interment Calvary Cemetery, Madera. BERNHAUER, L. ALBERTA. Memorial services, 2PM, John N.
Lisle Chapel. Interment Belmont Memorial Park. KENSHOL, HARRY DICKIE. FUneral services, 1PM, Truth Tabernacle, 4411 N. First, Fresno.
RENFRO, DONALD L. Memorial services, 10AM, Chapel of the Light. SORENSEN, CLARK W. Memorial services, 2PM, St. Anthony of Padua Church.
Funerals Tomorrow COLLINS, ERNEST THURTON. Graveside services, Wednesday, 2PM, Sanger District Cemetery. HERRICK, MYRA HALL. Graveside services, Wednesday, 10AM, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Fresno. MAHLING, KATHERINE SCHEIDT.
Funeral services, March 17, 1993, in John N. Lisle Chapel of the Lisle Funeral Home. InMountain View Cemetery. Funeral Services BACHELOR, HERBERT, in Barling, AR, March 14, 1993. Age 79.
Formerly of Easton. Survived by his wife, Bessie; son, William of Arkansas; daughters, Lou Stone of Texas, Geneva "Jan" Browne of Fresno; eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. LAWRENCE, JOHN in MadeMarch 14, 1993. Age 73. Retired floor covering contractor in Fresno for 30 years.
Life time member of the Musican Union Local 210, played with legendary musican like Bob Wills and Fresno's own Joe Holley at the Big Fresno Barn. Survived by his wife, Evelyn Lawrence; daughters, Judy Nishimoto of Madera, Marie Stoud of Oakhurst; brother, Hobert Lawrence of Idaho; sister, Lucille Shirley of Littie Rock, Arkansas; seven grandchildren, and six and one half great grandchildren. Preceded in death by a daughter, Carol Randolph and brother, Owen Lawrence and grandson, Mark Stroud. Funeral services, Thursday, March 18, 1993, 1PM, at Stephens Bean Chapel. Interment Belmont Memorial Park.
Visitation, Wednesday, March 18, from 12 to at the Chapel. STEPHENS BEAN 268-9292 BELMONT MEMORIAL PARK 237-6185 MAHLING, KATHERINE SCHEIDT, in Fresno, March 13, 1993. Age 96. Homemaker. Survived by daughters, Martha Briggs of Watsonville, Lorraine Culley of Fresno; brother, Elmer Nilmeier of Fresno; sisters, Eleanor Sterritt of Fresno, Edith Petersen of Reedley; seven grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services, Wednesday, March 17, 1993, in John N. Lisle Chapel of the Lisle Funeral Home. Interment Mountain View Cemetery. Visitation, Tuesday, from 2Pm to 7PM and Wednesday 8AM to 12noon, at Lisle Funeral Home. Remembrances may be made to Twilight Haven Memorial Fund, 1717 S.
Winery, Fresno, CA 93727 or Convenant Church, 2727 N. First, Fresno, CA 93726. FUNERAL HOME FRESNO 266-0666 owners only if their property was "suitable for recreational use," on the premise that the law was meant to encourage only those landowners to leave property available for recreation. Those rulings had generally allowed suits by children injured on hazardous, unattended construction sites. But the Supreme Court, in a case involving an injured 8-year-old child in Kern County, said the law immunizing landowners from recreational suits was meant to cover all property used for recreation, regardless of its suitability.
Under that interpretation, "landowners are broadly encouraged to allow access to their property; recreationists who take advantage of this access waive their right to sue for ordinary negligence," said the majority opinion by Justice Armand Arabian. "The determination as to whether the land is 'suitable' for recreation is placed on the user, not the courts." Dissenting Justice Edward Panelli said the extended immunity for landowners misinterpreted the law and served no public benefit. BERNHAUER, L. ALBERTA, in Fresno, March 12, 1993. Age 83.
Homemaker. Former school teacher. Charter member and honorary member of Los Ninos Guild. Named volunteer of the year of Valley Childrens Service Guild for 1975. Member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority and First Presbyterian Church.
Survived by her husband, A. Claude Bernhaver of Fresno; daughters, Beverly B. Hacker of Charlotte, NC, Janet B. Curtis of Stockton; and three grandchildren. Memorial services Tuesday, March 16, 1993, 2PM, in John N.
Lisle Chapel. LISLE FUNERAL HOME FRESNO 266-0666 COLLINS, ERNEST THORTON, of Clovis, March 13, 1993. Age 87. Born in Indian Territory Oklahoma. A cook for Fresno County Sheriffs Dept.
for 48 years. Survived by his wife, Martha Collins; daughters, Catherine Costa Sanger, Carrol Franklin of San Jose, Beatress Lay of Huntington Beach; brother, Fred Collins of Mill Creek, OK; sister, Martha Simpson of Clovis; 13 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. Graveside services, Wednesday, 2PM, Sanger District Cemetery. Visitation, Tuesday, 9AM to 6PM at Boice Funeral Home. BOICE FUNERAL HOME 308 Pollasky, Clovis 299-4372 FRIESEN, MARYANN, born MaryAnn Ricci in Schenectady, New York to Stephen and Rose Ricci on June 16, 1943.
She had been a resident of Fresno for 20 years; where she met and later married Delbert Friesen on May 14, 1976. MaryAnn is survived by her husband, Delbert Friesen; mother, Rose, and her brother, Pete, both of New York; her son, Mike of Ohio; her son, Jim and her daughter-in-law, Susan, of Santa Maria; her sons, David Shaun both of Fresno; and her two adored grandchildren, Jeremy and Jenna of Santa Maria. MaryAnn had so much love to give to everyone and will be deeply missed by all her family and friends. Memorial services were held Monday, at 12noon at Northwest Church of Fresno. Remembrances may be sent in her name to Hinds Hospice Home, 1416 W.
Twain, Fresno, CA 937111. CAIRNS FUNERAL HOME 940 Street, Reedley 638-2233 LEE, in Fresno, March 14, 1993. Age 62. Born in Butte, Montana on October 14, 1930. Graduated from Fresno High school in 1949.
Retired loan officer for the Bank of America. Survived by her husband, Richard of Fresno; brother, Bob Bukilica of Fresno, Mike Bukilica of Fresno; sisters, Helene Morgan of Prescott, Arizona, Anita Chiames of Fresno; seven nephews, and four nieces. TAYLOR, VIRGINIA "JEANNIE" Trisagion services, Thursday, March 18, 1993, 7PM, St. George's Creek Church. Funeral Mass, Friday, March 19, 1993, St.
George's Creek Church. Interment Belmont Memorial Park. Remembrances may be made St. George's Greek Church, 2219 N. Orchard, Fresno, CA 93703 or St.
Peter's Serbian Orthodox Church, 3502 N. First, Fresno, CA. STEPHENS BEAN 268-9292 BELMONT MEMORIAL PARK 237-6185 HERRICK, MYRA HALL, age 85, died Saturday, March 13, 1993. She was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on July 24, 1907. She came to Fresno in 1925.
She was known as Grandma Myra on Manchester and Fashion Fair Malls, where for 15 years she took her little white poodle, Princess, in a baby stroller. She is survived by her daughter, Mariorie, Droullard and two grandchildren, Dan and Rebecca Droullard; and two great grandchildren; her sister, Mildred White; niece, Rae Gray; grand-nephew, Roy Gray; and grand-niece, Larre Emory. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, at 10AM in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, LISLE FUNERAL HOME FRESNO 266-0666 IRWIN, CLARENCE, in Vancouver, WA, February 19, 1993. Age 88. Former teacher and superintendent at Riverdale High School for 36 years.
He retired in 1963 and he and his wife, June, moved to White Salmon, WA. He served on the Columbia River Gorge Commission they 1973 to 1984. They later moved to Vancouver, WA. Irwin was born February 5, 1905, in Portland, OR. He graduated from Washington High School in WA, and later from Stanford University.
He married in 1933 to June Overbaugh, member of a pioneer White Salmon family. Any memorials may be sent to the Riverdale High School Scholarship Fund, Riverdale KENSHOL, HARRY DICKIE, in Fresno, March 13, 1993. Age 82. ESM operator for General Foods for 15 years. Survived by his wife of 57 years, Aileen Kenshol of Fresno; son, David Ray Kenshol of Illinois; daughter, Dana Kay Ashlock of Fresno; sisters, Bertha Dangl of Redding, Mary Abelien of Arizona; seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Funeral services Tuesday, 1PM, at Truth Tabernacle, 4411 N. First, Fresno. Interment Clovis Cemetery. BUCHHEIM FAMILY PALM-COLONIAL CHAPEL Tulare 233-7267 SMALL, BRIAN, of Fresno, March 14, 1993. Age 66.
Born in New Zealand. United Statescitizen for. 40 years. by wife, Faye Small; children, Michael Small of Fresno; daughter, Cindy Small of Arroyo Grande, and granddaugher, Carissa Small. Private graveside services will be held.
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