TORCK, Louise
Entered into eternal rest on the evening of October 18, 2002, Louise Marion Torck. Residence, Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends of Ms. Torck are invited to attend the funeral services, Monday, October 21, 2002 at three o'clock in St. Andrews Lutheran Church. Interment, Bethany cemetery. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL, Monday between one and two o'clock.
Ms. Torck was born October 27, 1925 in Charleston, SC, the daughter of Eibe Marion Torck and Catherine Marie Buck Torck. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church. Ms. Torck was president of the West Ashley Senior Citizens Association and a member of the Citadel Square Baptist Church Joy Group. She was also a member of the West Ashley Homemakers Association and former member of the Charleston Choral Society. She was a former member of the choir of St. Barnabas Lutheran Church and currently a member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church choir.
She is survived by one sister, Elsie T. Landers of Okeechobee, FL; two nephews, Jack E. Landers Jr., of Plano, TX; and Terry M. Landers of Fountain Inn, SC.
Flowers will be accepted and memorials may be made to St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Wentworth Street, Charleston, SC 29401.
Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.
HALLMAN, Malda
The relatives and friends of Malda Hallman are invited to attend her funeral services in Pierpont Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon, October 20, 2002, at 2:30 o'clock. Interment, Live Oak Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, North Charleston, S.C. 29406.
HERMAYER, John
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Hermayer are invited to attend the funeral services of the former, Sunday, October 20, 2002 in All Saints Lutheran Church at 3:00 o’clock. The family will receive friends at the church immediately following the service. Burial will be in Pinelawn Memorial Park, New York, Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 10:30 AM. ARRANGMENTS BY J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL.
Memorials may be made to All Saints Lutheran Church, "John Hermayer Memorial Fund", 2107 North Highway 17, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.
OWENS, McQue
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. McQue Owens are invited to attend the funeral services of the former, Monday, October 21, 2002, at 1 o'clock in New Beginnings Community Church. Interment, Carolina Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL, Sunday evening between 5 and 7 o'clock.
Memorials may be made to New Beginnings Community Church, 849 Fort Johnson Road, James Island, S.C. 29412.
WILSON, John
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Wilson are invited to attend the funeral services of the former Sunday at 1:30 o'clock in Ashley River Baptist Church. Interment, Riverview Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to Ashley River Baptist Church, 1101 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407 or to the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Bank of America Building, North Charleston, SC 29406.
HUGHES, Maybelle
Entered into eternal rest on the morning of October 18, 2002, Maybelle Lewis Hughes, residence, Charleston, SC. Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 20, 2002 at 1 o'clock in Johnson Funeral Home in Rocky Mount, NC.
Ms. Hughes was born October 11, 1917 in Rocky Mount, NC, the daughter of Lennie U. Lewis and Maybelle Howard Lewis. She retired after thirty-four years with Sears & Roebuck.
She is survived by two sons: John H. Hughes, III of Charleston, SC and Lennie Lewis Hughes of Elizabeth City, NC; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Ste. # 504, North Charleston, SC 29406.
Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.
TISCHLER, Rose
Rose H. Tischler, 91, a former resident of Charleston, died on Sunday, October 13, 2002 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Mrs. Tischler was born November 19, 1910 in Amsterdam, New York. After receiving her bachelor's degree with honors from Albany State Teacher's College, she taught high school French and history. In 1976 she was named a Patroon in Schenectady, New York, the city's highest civic award. Some of her other accomplishments include serving as President of the New York State Medical Auxiliary, heading major fundraising campaigns to found the Annie Schaffer Senior Center and for her congregation, Temple Gates of Heaven, as well as being the first woman to serve as President of the local Board of the United Way. Other honors she received are Outstanding Alumna from SUNY, Albany, Distinguished Service Award B'nai B'rith, Volunteer of the Year, United Way, and inclusion, for many years, in Who's Who of American Women.
In addition to her community service while in Schenectady, NY, Mrs. Tischler was also a community leader in Sarasota and Bradenton, FL and lived for several years in Largo, FL and Charleston, SC before moving to Colorado Springs
She was the wife of the late Dr. Louis P. Tischler, developer of the Tischler Biopsy Punch and a pioneer in fertility and cancer treatments in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. Her brothers Abram and Irving Handler predeceased her.
Survivors include two sons, Howard M., Albuquerque, NM and Paul S., Bethesda, MD; two daughters, Judith Rogers, Colorado Springs, CO and Emmi LeVasseur, Charleston, SC; three sisters, Beatrice Engelberg, Chicago, IL, Evelyn Geiger, Bradenton, FL, and Dorothy Frankel, Coconut Creek, FL; ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held in early December in Schenectady, New York. Private burial is planned. Shrine of Remembrance Funeral Home is handling arrangements in Colorado Springs. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Congregation Beth Elohim's Building Fund, 86 S. Hasell Street, Charleston, SC 29401.
VERHOEVEN, Gladys
The relatives and friends of Gladys Verhoeven are invited to attend her funeral services in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL, Thursday afternoon, October 3, 2002, at 1 o'clock. Interment, Bethany cemetery. Friends may call at Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel
THACKER, Bernard
The relatives and friends of Bernard Lewis Thacker are invited to attend his graveside funeral services in Live Oak Memorial Gardens, Thursday afternoon, October 3, 2002, at 3 o'clock. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, 3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, Ky. 41076, or to Rutledge Memorial Baptist Church, 2014 Bees Ferry Road, Charleston, S.C. 29407.
LEMATTY, Stephen
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Patrick LeMatty are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial of the former in Saint John the Beloved Catholic Church, Summerville, S.C., this (Thursday) morning, October 3, 2002, at 9 o'clock. The Prayers of Final Commendation and Farewell will be held in Dorchester Memory Gardens. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL.
AUSTIN, Gaylord
The relatives and friends of Chief Petty Officer HMC (SS) and Mrs. Gaylord "Doc" George Austin are invited to attend the Fleet Reserve Services of the former at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL, (this) Thursday evening, October 3, 2002, at 7 o'clock.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Lung Association of S.C. Coastal Branch, 1941 Savage Road, Suite 200-A, Charleston, S.C. 29407, or to the charity of one's choice.
Friends may call at Stuhr's Greenridge Road Chapel on this Thursday between 6 until 8 p.m.
MILLS, JR., John
Entered into eternal rest on the afternoon of October 1, 2002, John Houston Mills, Jr., residence, Goose Creek, South Carolina. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Houston Mills, Jr. are invited to attend the funeral services of the former in in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL, Friday, October 4, 2002 at two o'clock. Interment will follow in Carolina Memorial Park; Friends may call at Stuhr's Greenridge Road Chapel Thursday evening, October 3, 2002 between six and eight o'clock.
Mr. Mills was born in Columbia, S.C. on November 25, 1941, a son of the late John Houston and Rozell Mungo Mills, Sr. He attended Richland County Schools and served in The USAF, Mr. Mills retired as a service technician from Sears-Roebuck Co. and is a member of Northside Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife of Goose Creek, two sons, John Houston Mills, III and Bobby Ray Mills both of Goose Creek, S.C. one daughter, Connie Sue Mills Saunders of North Charleston, S.C., one brother, Ralph Mills of Columbia, S.C., one sister, Beverly M. Swanson of Yountville, Ca. and one granddaughter, Stephanie Nicole Sanders of North Charleston, S.C.
MCDONALD, Mary
The relatives and friends of Mrs. Mary Ellen Ford McDonald, widow of James Wallace "Wally" McDonald, Jr., are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial in Divine Redeemer Catholic Church, Friday morning, October 4, 2002, at 10 o'clock. The Prayers of Final Commendation and Farewell will be held in Carolina Memorial Park. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL, this (Thursday) evening, between 6 and 8 o'clock where the Rosary will be recited at 7 o'clock.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Southern Care Hospice, 2070 Northbrook Blvd., North Charleston, S.C. 29406, or the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, North Charleston, S.C. 29406.
CAUSEY, Wayne
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Edward Causey are invited to attend the Memorial Service for the former at 2 p.m., this Wednesday, in the JAMES A. MCALISTER CHAPEL, 1620 SAVANNAH HWY. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Liver Transplant Center, MUSC, 171 Ashley Ave., Charleston, S.C. 29425. Arrangements by James A. McAlister, Inc. 766-1365.
