Joseph Alampi, 84, of Homosassa
Joseph Frank Alampi, 84, of Homosassa died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he came here 10 years ago from Stroudsburg, Pa., where he worked for Public Transportation for the state of Pennsylvania. He was Catholic and attended St. Thomas Catholic Church of Homosassa. He was a former member of Knights of Columbus in Stroudsburg, Pa., and a member of the Italian American Social Club of Citrus County. Surviving are his wife, Margaret; two sons, Paul of Parlin, N.J., and Jerry of Syosset, N.Y.; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces. Fero Funeral Home, Beverly Hills.

Doris Downey, 70, of Inverness
Doris Downey, 70, of Inverness died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2000, at Citrus Memorial Hospital. She was born in Newark, N.J., and lived in Hillside, N.J., before moving to Inverness nine years ago. She was a secretary with the 3M Corp. in Union, N.J., for 20 years before retiring 12 years ago. She was active with many animal rights organizations throughout New Jersey. Surviving are a brother, Joseph Lordi of Clark, N.J.; and a sister, Cheryl Thompson of Florida. Krowicki Gorny Memorial Home, Clark, N.J., in charge of funeral arrangements.

Marion Fargo, 78, of Inverness
Marion Rita Fargo, 78, of Inverness died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at her home under the loving care of her family and Hospice of Citrus County. Born in Fall River, Mass., on Jan. 4, 1922, to Elzear A. and Mary Louise (DeChamplain) Mecteau, she came here 11 years ago from East Hampton, Conn. She was a retired dietitian with the East Hampton School District with 22 years of service. Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Clarence; two daughters, Louise F. Whaley of Middleton, Conn., and Dorothy C. "Dottie" Horan of Tampa; two brothers, Alfred Mecteau of Newington, Conn., and Elzear Mecteau of Amston, Conn.; and five grandchildren. Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home, Inverness.

Ethelyn Garner, 88, of Homosassa
Ethelyn N. Garner, 88, of Homosassa died Monday, Jan. 10, 2000, at Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness. She was born in Chicago and came here 15 years ago from Farmville, Va. She was a member of Farmville Baptist Church and past matron of Farmville Order of Eastern Star. She was a member of Homosassa Springs OES. She is survived by two sons, Eugene N. Garner of Richmond, Va., and John N. Garner of Homosassa Springs; one daughter, Harriett N. Jenson of Tulsa, Okla.; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Wilder-Fountains Funeral Home, Homosassa Springs.

Jude Lentini, 57, of Hernando
Jude Lee Lentini, 57, of Hernando died Monday, Jan. 10, 2000, at Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness. Born in Bradford, Pa., on Oct. 3, 1942, to Hubert F. and Kathryn (Armstrong) Deagan, she came here 14 years ago from Miami. She was a retired secretary for a drywall company. She was Unitarian. Survivors include her daughter, Angela J. Lentini of Ocala; two brothers, Thomas D. Deagan of Pensacola and John M. Deagan of Stuart; and two sisters, Beth Iverson of Vacaville, Calif., and Sally Fargo of Carmel Valley, Calif. Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home, Inverness.

Charlotte Myers, 53, of Homosassa
Charlotte P. Myers, 53, of Homosassa died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000, at Tampa General Hospital. Surviving are her son, William (Bill) O'Brien and wife Teresa of Inverness and their children, Cody and Kayla; her mother, Jane M. O'Brien of Inverness; two sisters, Carolyn Henkle of Fredericksburg, Va., and Joyce Teague of Edgewater, Md.; two brothers, Chris O'Brien of Inverness and Charles O'Brien of Ruckersville, Va.; and dear friend, Elbie Hoover of Homosassa. Florida Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Thomas Reaves Sr., 73, of Crystal River
Pastor Thomas C. Reaves Sr., 73, of Crystal River died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000. Born in Pitts, Ga., he came here 24 years ago from Lakeland. He was retired pastor of Bible Baptist Church, Crystal River, after 20 years of service. He served as chaplain for Seven Rivers Community Hospital. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran. Surviving are his wife, Alma; two sons, Pastor Thomas C. Reaves Jr. and wife Deanna of Crystal River and Pastor Dan Reaves and wife Vicki of Melbourne; two daughters, Sharon Wingo of Tampa and Denise Williams and husband Eddie of Chattanooga, Tenn.; two brothers, Leroy of Cooper, Texas, and Willie B. of Tallahassee; one sister, Inez McBryant of Pitts, Ga.; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Wilder-Fountains Funeral Home, Homosassa Springs.

Clyde Scott, 82, of Crystal River
Clyde C. Scott, 82, of Crystal River died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000, at Life Care Center. Born in Baldwin, Miss., he came here 18 years ago from Jackson, Mich. He was a retired engineer for Gilbert/Commonwealth Associates of Jackson, Mich. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran. He was an avid fisherman and a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He was a member of Lecanto Church of Christ Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Pattie Sue; son, Mark E. of Oakland, Calif.; daughter, Patricia Diane Scott of Lansing, Mich.; sister, Mildred Castleberry of Knoxville, Tenn.; and three grandchildren, Aaron and Jessica Scott and Michael Eisenberg. Family requests memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Family Organization. Wilder-Fountains Funeral Home, Homosassa Springs.

Katherine Taylor, 83, of Old Town
Katherine W. Taylor, 83, of Old Town died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000, at North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville. Born Dec. 6, 1916, in New Orleans, La., to Jim and Mamie Walters, she moved to Old Town 12 years ago from Weeki Wachee. She was a homemaker. She sewed and quilted her entire life, she loved gardening and caring for her 10 cats. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Steve Taylor, on Oct. 18, 1996. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Old Town Surviving are three sons, John of St. Petersburg, Charles of Weeki Wachee and Beauford of Tennessee; two daughters, Lee Mead of Homosassa and Patricia Siler of Lake City; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Strickland Funeral Home, Crystal River.

John West, 65, of Hernando
John L. West, 65, of Hernando died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000. He came here 45 years ago from his native Indiana. He was a paint and body worker for the automotive industry. Survivors include his son, John of Shelbyville, Ind.; three daughters, Jackie West, Mellody Self and Dawn Corley, all of Indiana; two sisters, Marta Smith of Hernando and Evelyn Weston of Texas; 11 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Fero Funeral Home, Beverly Hills.

Willie White, 87, of Inverness
Willie Poe White, 87, of Inverness died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000, at Citrus Memorial Hospital. She was born in Hernando and was a lifelong resident of Inverness. She was the former owner of White Funeral Home and East Dampier Street Funeral Home. She was a member of Greater Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, Inverness, and a member of Sunlight Pallbearers, Grand Union Pallbearers and Citrus County Pallbearers. Survivors include her brother, West Poe of Inverness; and three sisters, Mamie P. Jenkins of Inverness, Audrey Poe and Rozzell Wilson of Lakeland. Cason Funeral Chapel, Inverness.

Funeral notices

Marion Rita Fargo.
Memorial services for Marion Fargo will be conducted at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2000, from the Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home of Inverness with the Rev. L.B. Thomason officiating. Cremation will follow.

Ethelyn N. Garner.
A memorial service for Mrs. Ethelyn Garner, age 88, of Homosassa, will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2000, at Wilder-Fountains Funeral Home, Homosassa Springs, with the Rev. W. LaVerle Coats officiating.

Pastor Thomas C. Reaves Sr.
Funeral services for Pastor Thomas C. Reaves Sr., of Crystal River, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000, at Bible Baptist Church, Crystal River, with Pastor Thomas C. Reaves Jr., Pastor Dan Reaves and Dr. Lindy McGowan officiating. Interment will follow in Fountains Memorial Park, Homosassa Springs. Family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. at Wilder-Fountains Funeral Home, Homosassa Springs.

Katherine W. Taylor.
Funeral services for Katherine W. Taylor, age 83, of Old Town, will be conducted at Strickland Funeral Home in Crystal River at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000, with the Rev. James Fenoglio officiating. Interment will follow at the Crystal River Memorial Cemetery in Crystal River.

Willie Poe White.
Funeral services for Willie Poe White will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000, at the Greater Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, 122 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Ave., Inverness, with the pastor the Rev. Leroy Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cason Funeral Chapel, 209 E. Dampier St., Inverness, Friday, Jan. 14, from 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Deaths Elsewhere

Edward Kilenyi, 89, international pianist
TALLAHASSEE -- Edward Kilenyi, a pianist who played with the world's most famous symphony orchestras and spent nearly 30 years at the Florida State University School of Music, died Jan 6. He was 89. Kilenyi began studying in Budapest at the Liszt Royal Academy at the age of 11 under the tutelage of Hungarian pianist, composer and conductor Ernst von Dohnanyi. Kilenyi made his American debut in October 1940 at New York's Town Hall. He performed in a dozen European countries and with symphony orchestras in New York, Philadelphia and Minneapolis among others. Kilenyi recorded more than 100 works for Columbia, Pathe and Remington records and was awarded France's Grand Prix du Disque in 1938 for the first recording of Liszt's "Totentanz."

Bob McFadden, 76, voiceover actor
DELRAY BEACH -- Bob McFadden, a retired singer and television commercial voiceover actor best known as the parrot's voice for Whisk commercials in the 1970s, died Friday of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 76. McFadden exclaimed "Ring around the collar!" And "Pretty shirt!" as the parrot's voice in commercials for the laundry detergent in the 1970s and 1980s. After serving in the Navy during World War II and working briefly in a Pittsburgh steel mill, McFadden got into show business in 1948 as a singer appearing in nightclubs and hotels around the country with acts such as the McGuire Sisters and Harry Belafonte. In the 1960s, he moved to New York and switched to doing voices and advertising work, providing voices for commercials for Frankenberry cereal and Pepperidge Farm foods, among others. McFadden also provided voices on a number of comedy albums in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including a spoof on the Kennedy family in the White House called "The First Family" and ethnic comedy albums such as "The Yiddish Are Coming!"

Ted Jones, 90,boat designer
SEATTLE -- Ted Jones, whose imagination produced boat designs that revolutionized hydroplane racing, died Sunday. He was 90. Jones designed six national-championship boats, including the Slo-mo-shun IV, the boat he drove to victory in the Gold Cup on the Detroit River in 1950. Slo-mo-shun IV is part of the collection of the Museum of History & Industry in Seattle. Boats designed by Jones won every national points championship from 1956 to 1965. The victory by Jones in 1950 earned Seattle the right to host the hydroplane races at the Ted Jones Race Course on Lake Washington every year since.

Valerio Volpini, 77, Vatican editor
ROME -- Valerio Volpini, who was chosen by Pope Paul VI in the 1970s to be editor of the Vatican's newspaper, died Tuesday. He was 77. Volpini was the top editor of L'Osservatore Romano from 1978 to 1984.

Betty Woods Brossier, 81, newspaper editor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Betty Woods Brossier, who supervised the "Women's Department" at the Arkansas Democrat in the 1970s and 1980s, died Saturday. She was 81. Mrs. Brossier started her newspaper career at the Helena World, where she was society editor, news editor and managing editor. She joined the Democrat in 1973 to oversee travel, fashion, bridal and society stories. She was married to Ted Woods, a Democrat reporter who died in 1984. In 1988, she married former Associated Press bureau chief Clement P. Brossier and moved to Florida. After Brossier died in 1996, Mrs. Brossier returned to Arkansas.

Marguerite Churchill, 89, actress
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. -- Marguerite Churchill, who starred in early Broadway shows and later opposite John Wayne in his first film, died Sunday. She was 89. She was not yet 20 when she was cast opposite Wayne in the 1930 Raoul Walsh film "The Big Trail." Wayne had been doing largely bit parts until then. She also appeared with Will Rogers in two films, "Ambassador Bill" and Frank Borzage's "They Had to See Paris." In 1932, she took a break from films to appear in the original Broadway production of "Dinner at Eight."

Vitor Cunha Rego, 66, Portuguese diplomat
LISBON, Portugal -- Vitor Cunha Rego, a former newspaper editor and Portuguese diplomat, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 66. He was a former editor of the daily Diario de Noticias and a former president of the state television company Radiotelevisao Portuguesa. In recent years Cunha Rego wrote a widely read column in Diario de Noticias. A political opponent of Antonio Salazar's 41-year dictatorship, which ended with the 1974 revolution, Cunha Rego spent many years in Brazil where he was a reporter for Estado de Sao Paulo and news editor at Folha de Sao Paulo. After the revolution, he served as Portugal's ambassador to Spain and held posts at the Foreign Ministry and in the Prime Minister's office. He is survived by two sons.

Bill Shelton, 62, sports editor
CULLMAN, Ala. -- Bill Shelton, longtime sports editor of The Cullman Times, died Sunday. He was 62. Shelton was a member of the Alabama Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame and the Alabama High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. A past director of the ASWA, he is one of only seven members of the group's Hall. Polio crippled him at age 9. It left him with a compressed rib cage and partial paralysis in his right arm. He was the Times' first full-time sports editor.