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A6 CENTRAL ILLINOIS NATION Decatur, Illinois Thursday, October 9, 1997 Shitty: Nursing home workers often spread deadly flu virus to the elderly Unusual case may hold key to drug cent when health-care workers were required to receive annual flu shots. "Just immunizing the healthcare workers gives significant protection for these patients," said Poland. About 25 percent of health-care workers become infected with flu every year, he said. Yet surveys show that only about 30 percent of doctors, nurses and attendants annually get flu shots. People over 65, particularly those already in poor health, are very susceptible to flu and its potentially lethal side-effect pneumonia.

Poland said many elderly people who get flu go on to develop pneumonia, and about 10 percent of those patients die. Dr. Jay Butler of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta cited an alarming rise in strains of pneumonia-causing bacterium that do not respond to antibiotic treatment. Butler said that about 20 percent of the pneumococcus strains now found in elderly patients do not respond to penicillin, an antibiotic that has long been the mainstay against the infection. Ten percent of the bacteria are now unresponsive to even advanced types of antibiotics, he said.

This makes it even more important, said Butler, that people over age 65 receive not only the flu vaccine but also shots that protect against most of the types of Decatur, Macon County ARMSTRONG, Olin Martin, 90, Decatur BROOKMAN, Bessie, 84, Decatur DODD, Alice 95, Decatur FUNK, Mabel D. (Dunham), 91, Decatur MOSCHENROSS, Alice Josephine, 87, Decatur POWELL, Michael Lee, 58, Decatur Central Illinois ADAMS, William "Roger," 74, Weldon BOCH, Max, 87, Taylorville BURBANK, Paul Edward, 93, 01- ney BUTLER, Josephine, 70, Effingham CLARKE, Evangeline 89, Hillsboro DILLMAN, Janet Kitley, 88, Flora DUNBAR, Mavis Gayle (Taylor), 75 Atwooci FILE, George 96, Litchfield FUNK, George, 82, Cerro Gordo GERHARDT, Tonya Sue, 18, Effingham GIFFIN, John 72, Monticello HALL, Cleata Mae, 72, Dliopolis HOUGH, Thelma Ruth, 86, Noble JUMPER, Robert Martin, 83, Atwood MILLER, Donald 64, Areola PHIPPS, Robert Eugene, 73, 01-ney SUNDERMAN, James Robert, 12, Charleston TEEVEN, Edward 80, Obey NOTE: The Herald Review publishes death notices free including date of death and service arrangements. Basic obituaries are published for a flat fee of $15. There are limits on the amount of information included in basic obituaries. Custom obituaries, which include additional information desired by the family of the deceased, are published for $9 per column inch.

The obituary desk is open from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily at 421-7969 or 1-800-453-3639. Armstrong DECATUR Olin Marvin Armstrong, 90, of Decatur died 10:15 p.m. Monday (Oct.

6, 1997) in McKinley Court. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Graceland Cemetery with visitation one hour before services in Graceland Fairlawn Funeral Home. Mr. Armstrong was born in Brownstown on March 28, 1907, the son of Oliver P.

and Anna Howell Armstrong. He was a Mason and worked as an auto body repairman. He married Marie Ox-ley in 1928. She preceded him in death in 1962. He married Gladys Blakeman on April 17, 1965.

Surviving are his wife; sons, Dan Armstrong of Decatur; Gene Armstrong of Los Angeles; stepson, Jim Fox of Mount Vernon; stepdaughter, Cathy Boss of Har-ristown; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, four sisters, one brother and one son, Phillip Armstrong. Brookman DECATUR Bessie Brookman, 84, Decatur, died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1997). Services: 11 a.m.

Saturday, GracelandFairlawn Funeral Home. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial: Graceland Cemetery. Memorials: VNA or Friends of St.

Mary's Foundation. Dodd DECATUR Alice W. Dodd, 95, Springfield, died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1997). Member: Third Presbyterian Church and Royal Neighbors of America.

Survivors: sons, Floyd Springfield; Roy Decatur; nine grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Preceded by: one son and one grandson. Graveside services: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield. No visitation.

Arrangements by: Bisch Son Funeral Home, Springfield. Memorials to: donor's choice. Funk DECATUR Mabel D. Funk, 91, Jacksonville, died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1997).

Member: Merritt United Methodist Church. Survivors: daughters, Leota "Lee" Hackney, Decatur; Laura "Tod-die" Marquard, Jacksonville; son, Keith, Decatur; 18 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. Preceded by: husband, Chester one son, three grandsons, two brothers and one sister. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Williamson Funeral Home, Jacksonville.

Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial: Franklin Cemetery, rural Jacksonville. Memorials: Alzheimer's Association or Prairieland Heritage Museum. Moschenross DECATUR Alice Josephine Moschenross, 87, Decatur, died Wednesday (Oct.

8, 1997). Arrangements incomplete: GracelandFairlawn Funeral Home. Powell DECATUR Michael Lee Powell, 58, Cody, formerly of Decatur, died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1997). Arrangements incomplete: Dawson Wikoff Colonial Chapel North.

Gerhardt EFFINGHAM Tonya Sue Gerhardt, 18, Smithville, formerly of Effingham, died Monday (Oct. 6, 1997). Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Bauer Funeral Home, Effingham. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m.

Thursday. Memorials: Gerhardt family. Hall ILLIOPOLIS Cleata Mae Hall, 72, Pekin, formerly of Illio-polis, died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1997). Services: 10 a.m.

Friday, Rem-mert Funeral Home, East Peoria. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: 2 p.m. Friday, Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown. Memorials: American Cancer Society.

Hough NOBLE Thelma Ruth Hough, 86, Noble, died Wednesday (Oct. 8, 1997). Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Noble. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday. Burial: Noble Cemetery. Memorials: American Cancer Society. Jumper ATWOOD Robert Martin Jumper, 83, Atwood, died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1997).

Arrangements incomplete: Born-Wikoff Funeral Home, Atwood. Miller ARCOLA Donald G. Miller, 64, Areola, retired from Quantum Chemical Tuscola, died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1997). Navy veteran.

Member: Areola First Christian Church and former member of Areola Volunteer Fire Department. Survivors: wife, Joyce; son, Daryl, Areola; daughter, Pam Knaus, Chicago; brothers, Richard, Decatur; Raymond, Glendale, four grandchildren. Preceded by: parents. Services: 1 p.m. Friday, First Christian Church, Areola.

Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Edwards Funeral Home, Areola. Burial: Areola Cemetery with military rites. Memorials: Areola First Christian Church Building Fund or Lions of Illinois Foundation. Phipps OLNEY Robert Eugene Phipps, 73, Olney, former insurance agent, died Tuesday (Oct.

7, 1997). Memorial services at a later date. The body will be cremated. Arrangements by: Zirkle Funeral Home, Olney. Memorials: Hospice of Southeastern Illinois or American Cancer Society.

Sunderman CHARLESTON James Robert Sunderman, 12, Charleston, died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1997). Services: 3 p.m. Friday, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Charleston.

No visitation. Burial: Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston. Arrangements by: Caudill-King Funeral Home, Charleston. Teeven OLNEY Edward L. Teeven, 80, Olney, formerly employed in the oil industry, died Tuesday (Oct.

7, 1997). Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Olney. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney, with 7:30 p.m. prayer services. Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Olney. Memorials: Alzheimer's Research or American Cancer Society.

NEW YORK (AP) Scientists might be able to develop new flu-fighting drugs by analyzing a flu virus that apparently jumped from chickens to a 3-year-old boy in Hong Kong, a researcher said Wednesday. The boy died in May after being infected with a flu virus subtype that had never been recognized before in people. There's no evidence that the virus infected anybody else, so scientists doubt it will create a worldwide epidemic in humans. But the so-called H5N1 subtype virus taught a lesson to scientists who are watching for the next epidemic flu bug, because "it was months before we realized it was there," said Dr. Robert Webster of St.

Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Analysis found very little difference between the lethal chicken virus and the subtype found in the boy, Webster said. With so few differences, scientists might be able to figure out which one or ones let the virus infect the boy, he said. If they succeed, "we would know for the first time which part of the virus allows a flu virus to transmit from one species to another," said Webster. He and other scientists report on their analysis of the virus in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.

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WASHINGTON (AP) Doctors, nurses and other health-care workers are major sources of influenza infections that kill thousands of elderly nursing home residents every year, a new study finds. Dr. Gregory Poland of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, said health-care workers are lax in getting annual flu shots and only about half of people over 65 receive the vaccine. Even fewer of the elderly have received shots that protect against pneumonia infections. This results, he said, in thousands of deaths that could be prevented.

"The very people who are charged with protecting the elderly from the flu may bring the virus into nursing homes and expose residents to this disease and its life-threatening complications," Poland told a Wednesday news conference. "Physicians, nurses and healthcare workers who have not received flu vaccine are regularly putting the patients under their care at risk," he said. Poland said a British study of 1,059 residents at 12 different facilities for long-term care found the death rate among patients dropped from 17 percent to 10 per- Studies dispute savings from kicking habit BOSTON (AP) Would health costs go down if everyone stopped smoking? Does cracking down on underage cigarette sales make teen-agers smoke less? If the answer to both questions seems like an obvious "yes," think again. Two new studies support the contrary view. One looked at the economic impact if every smoker went cold turkey tomorrow.

The conclusion: Health care costs would drop for a while but would then inexorably rise for the simple reason that nonsmokers live longer. The other study found that even with strict and seemingly effective enforcement of laws against selling cigarettes to anyone under 18, teen-agers can still get them easily, and they smoke just as much, if not more. Both works challenge simple assumptions about the causes and consequences of smoking. They were published in today's issue of the New England Journal of medicine. An estimated 3,000 children take up cigarettes each day in the United States.

Making cigarettes harder to buy is the cornerstone of a new effort by the Food and Drug Administration to keep them out of the hands of teen-agers. A team led by Dr. Nancy A. Ri-gotti of Massachusetts General Hospital set out to compare high school students' access to cigarettes in six Massachusetts towns three where state or local tobacco sales laws were beginning to get strict enforcement, and three where the laws were not enforced, even though underage sales were still illegal. "Even when 80 percent of merchants obeyed the law, young people said they had little trouble buying," Rigotti said.

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Saturday, St. Agnes Catholic Church, Hillsboro. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Patton Memorial Home, Hillsboro, with 8 p.m. prayer service.

Burial: 1 p.m. Monday, Holy Sephlicur Cemetery, Worth. Memorials: Hillsboro Library, Hillsboro Hospital or Masses. Dillman FLORA Janet Kitley Dillman, 88, Flora, former bookkeeper for Flora Medical Center Hospital, died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1997).

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Neal Funeral Home, Louisville. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial: Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville.

Memorials: First United Methodist Church, Flora or First Christian Church Parlor Fund, Flora. Dunbar ATWOOD Mavis Gayle Dunbar, 75, of Atwood, died Wednesday (Oct. 8, 1997) in St. Mary's Hospital. Services will be 1 p.m.

Friday in Brintlinger's Funeral Home with visitation one hour before services. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Memorials: Atwood Ambulance Services. Mrs. Dunbar was born in Hammond on June 1, 1922, the daughter of Myles Edgar and Lalia Elizabeth Ringo Taylor.

She married Virgil Thomas Patterson. He preceded her in death in October 1964. She married Ross M. Dunbar in Decatur on Feb. 8, 1967.

Surviving are her husband; son, Ronald E. Patterson and wife Linda of Decatur; granddaughter, Susan Grimm and husband Tod of Waukegan; great-grandson, Alex Grimm; sisters, Madolin Foster of Forsyth; Virginia Corwin of Center, Ala. She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband and one sister. File LITCHFIELD George W. File, 96, Litchfield, retired railroad foreman, died Tuesday (Oct.

7, 1997). Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Christian Church, Litchfield. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Meinschein Funeral Home, Litchfield.

Burial: Raymond City Cemetery. Memorials: Christian Church Building Fund, Litchfield. Funk CERRO GORDO George Funk, 82, Hobbs, N.M., formerly of Cerro Gordo, former school bus driver and farmer, died Monday (Oct. 6, 1997). Services: 3 p.m.

Thursday, Griffin Funeral Home, Hobbs, N.M. Burial: Prairie Haven Memorial Park, Hobbs. Giffin MONTICELLO John L. Giffin, 72, Monticello, died Wednesday (Oct. 8, 1997).

Arrangements incomplete: Mackey-Wright Funeral Home, Monticello. 1 1 Central Illinois Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Coles County SCRIBNER, David and Brenda, Sullivan, boy, Oct 8. BEALS, Glenn and Melinda, Trilla, girl, Oct 8. St. Vincent Memorial Hospital Taylorville RUSSELL, Melvin and Cindy, Pana, girl, Oct 3.

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Arrangements incomplete: Trigg Calvert Weldon Chapel. Boch TAYLORVILLE Max Boch, 87, Taylorville, retired coal miner from Peabody 10, died Wednesday (Oct. 8, 1997). Survivors: son, Robert, Lincoln; daughter, Rose Hud-dleston, Morrisonville; brothers, Frederick "Fritz" and Otto, both of Taylorville; companion, Kitty Bobell, Springfield; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Preceded by: wife, Ann, parents, one son, one granddaughter, two brothers and one sister.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Sutton Memorial Home, Taylorville. Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Taylorville. Burbank OLNEY Paul Edward Bur-bank, 93, Olney, died Monday (Oct.

6, 1997). Services: 1 p.m. Friday, Sum-mers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Burial: Chauncey Cemetery. Butler EFFINGHAM Josephine Butler 70, Effingham, died Wednesday (Oct. 8, 1997). Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Ingra-ham Christian Church.

Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Neal Funeral Home, Louisville, and one hour before services Sunday in the church. Burial: Ingraham Ceme-tery. Memorials: Shriners Hospitals for Children. I -M PONTIAC, Mich.

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