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THURSDAY AUGUST 10, 1989 Eugene Ahlefeld, 70, managed trailer park By AMY SHEEHAN BIOGRAPHY News-Press Staff Writer Name: Eugene "Bob" Ahlefeld Eugene "Bob" Ahlefeld, who Date of birth: Nov. 9, 1918 managed the Tamiami Travel Trail- of death: 7, 1989 er Park in North Fort Myers, was Cause of death: Cancer Date Aug. known for doing nice things for peo- Occupation: Manager of the ple driving them to the doctor, Tamiami Travel Trailer Park picking up a bag of groceries or doing Moved to North Fort Myers household repairs. In 1978 "You could call him day or night Previous residence: Venice and he'd be there. He was just an all- Survivors include: His wife, around good person," said his wife of Roberta Ahlefeld of North 51 years, Roberta Ahlefeld of North Fort Myers; two sons, Fort Myers.

"And he loved people." Richard Ahlefeld of Mr. Ahlefeld died Monday of can- Pendleton, and Lynn cer. He was 70. Ahlefeld of North Fort Myers; a brother, Benjamin F. He was born in, Grand Rapids, and began working as a young a Ahlefeld of Indianapolis; man, his wife said.

Largely selfBetty Pigg of Chandler, five taught, he held a job as a draftsman grandchildren; and two and engineer with RCA for a number great-grandchildren of years. He designed black-and- Funeral home: National white television sets, a job he loved, Cremation Society, 3596 until he and his wife decided to Fowler Fort Myers move. They settled first in Venice in southern Sarasota County, where they managed the Sandalwood Trail- going person, he got along well with er Park. They transferred to the the park's residents. He was part of a Tamiami Travel Trailer Park, regular golfing foursome there, she owned by the same company, some said.

11 years ago. A memorial service for Mr. AhleWorking as a couple went feld will be at 7 p.m. today at the smoothly, his wife said, because they North Fort Myers Guardian Funeral each had areas of responsibility. Home, 820 Pondella Road.

"Yeah, I took the complaints and Memorial contributions in Mr. he did the laughing," she said with a Ahlefeld's name should be made to chuckle. the American Cancer Society, P.O. Because Mr. Ahlefeld was an out- Box 6038, Fort Myers 33911.

DEATHS is To Information printed place a free in listing of the call charge. Deaths 335-0324. column Lee County AGENT, GEORGE WILBUR, 76, of Fort Myers, funeral services Saturday, arrangements by Finley Carter Funeral Home. ALLIN, HELEN 75, of Captiva, arrangements by National Cremation Society. BACHMAN, ROBERT 83, of Fort Myers, funeral services Friday, arrangements by Anderson Funeral Home.

BOWMAN, E. GERALD (JERRY), 82, of Cape Coral, memorial services Friday at Cape Coral First United Methodist Church, arrangements by Cape Coral Guardian Funeral Home. CARRICOFFE, ROLAND, 79, of Cape Coral, no services, burial in West arrangements by Cape Coral Guardian Funeral Home. COLCORD, JAMES 71, of Gainesville, memorial service was held I August 8, 1989, arrangements by Williams-Thomas Chapel of Chimes, Gainesville, Fla. KELLY, ROBERT 63, of Cape Coral, funeral services Saturday, arrangements by Memorial Gardens Funeral Home.

PINDA, GERALD, 42, of Cape Coral, funeral services and burial in Chicago, local arrangements by Stuckert-McFarland-Schmidt Funeral Home. SEABURG, WILEY 67, of North Fort Myers, memorial church services Sunday, arrangements by Stuckert-McFarland-Schmidt Funeral Home. SUTHARD, DAVID (SONNY), 16, of Cape Coral, memorial services today, Mass of Christian Burial Friday, arrangements by Cape Coral Guardian Funeral Home. VALENTA, THEODORE JOSEPH 17, of Cape Coral, Mass of Christian Burial Saturday, arrangements by Phil Kiser Funeral Home, Inc. Collier County CHENEY, THOMAS, 78, of Immokalee, services Saturday, arrangements by Brister Funeral Home.

DELUSME, MADELINE, 31, of Immokalee, funeral services Monday, arrangements by Barrett Funeral Chapel. GAYO, JOSEPHINE, 63, of Ispli, N.Y., local graveside services Monday, arrangments by Earl G. Hodges Funeral Chapel. MARTIN, KATEZ ANN, 4, of Naples, services Friday, arrangements by Walter Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home. NEUMAN, RAYMOND, 73, of Naples, burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery, arrangements by David K.

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Bachman Previous residence: Cleveland, "At that time, Fort Myers was Robert W. Bachman, the man Date of birth: June 10, 1906 Ohio supposedly the smallest town in the who engineered the arrival of tele- Date of death: Aug. 8, 1989 Survivors include: His wife, U.S. to have 1 its own TV station," his vision in Fort Myers in 1954, died Cause of death: Heart failure Lucille Bachman of Fort Myers, wife said. Tuesday at his Fort Myers home of Occupation: Retired chief and a brother, William Bachman He retired from the station in heart failure.

He was 83. of Grand Rapids, Mich. 1972. "He the chief engineer and technical director Funeral home: Anderson was engineer and for WINK- TV A meticulous, precision-loving Funeral Home, 3654 Palm he installed all the equipment, ran all man, Mr. Bachman's hobbies were as the field the Moved to Fort Myers In 1953 Beach Fort Myers tests, supervised erec- technically demanding as his work.

tion of the TV tower at the time, In his spare time, he made television nobody else around here knew bood- sets by hand. ledy-do about TV," said Dixie How- the project for months. It was a tri- baby." "He just set them up in the front ell, a graphic artist who worked with umphant moment for him, one of the Mr. Bachman's broadcasting ca- room on a card table," his wife said. Mr.

Bachman during WINK-TV's high points of his life, said his wife, reer began with a radio operator's He also built a concert organ from a early days. "Fort Myers and Lee Lucille Bachman of Fort Myers. job. As a young man, he'd learned the kit. County can say thank you Bob "He enjoyed every minute of it," trade mostly by trial and error, his He belonged to St.

Luke's EpiscoBachman for bringing TV to Fort she said. "And I've known him to wife said. He was with WOOD in pal Church in Fort Myers. Myers, not financially, but he cer- work 24 hours a day if there was Grand Rapids, for a number Visitation will be between 6 and 8 tainly brought all the know-how." something wrong." of years before television became p.m. today at the Anderson Funeral When the first television images "He wouldn't leave the building if popular then he became a tele- Home, 3654 Palm Beach Fort flashed across the screens of local he didn't think the station was in vision engineer.

Myers. Mr. Bachman's funeral servviewers at 5 p.m. on March 18, 1954, secure hands," Howell added. "He Mr.

Bachman worked for several ice will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Mr. Bachman had been working on really mothered it along. It was his television stations from North Caro- funeral home. DEATHS, FUNERALS To column Information place is an paid in the obituary advertising.

Deaths call and 335-0324. Funerals Lee County GEORGE WILBUR AGENT, SR. Funeral services for Mr. George Wilbur Agent, 76, will be conducted on Saturday at 1 p.m. from Mr.

Olive A.M.E., Church, with Rev. H.L. Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mr.

Agent was a native of Waco, Tex. and had resided in Fort Myers since the 1940's. Mr. Agent slept away on August 5, 1989, leaving to cherish his memory his wife, Helen K. Agent; his sons, George Wilbur, Jr.

and Patricia, Cornell Richard and Denise; his daughters, Margaretta Lillian and Charles Dorris, and Linda L. Agent; his grandchildren, Stacey Agent, Kenya Agent, George Agent, ill, Asonya Tyre, Willie Tyre, Kelby Tyre, De Jon Agent, Cory Agent, Dwan Bosman, Nikki Clark and Denetrius Solomon; his sister-in-law, Margurite Robinson; his brother-in-law, Eddie and Eloise Knight; two nephews, Maurice and Barbara Knight and Eric and Nelsie Knight; one niece, Phyllis and Cornel Williams; his god-daughter, Mona Lisa; a host of cousins and many friends. Friends may call from 5-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Arrangements entrusted to Finley Carter Funeral Home.

ROBERT W. BACHMAN Robert W. Bachman, 83, of Fort My- ers, passed away Tuesday. He moved here in 1953 from Cleveland, Ohio, and was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church.

Mr. Bachman is survived by his wife, Lucille Bachman of Fort Myers; one brother, William Bachman of Grand Rapids, Mich. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. from the Chapel of Anderson Funeral Home, 3654 Palm Beach with Father R. Bruce Ryan officiating.

Interment will be in Fort Myers Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Roland Carricoffe, 79, a 30 year resident of Cape Coral, died August 8, 1989 at Gulf Coast Nursing Home, Cape Coral. was flight instructor during WWII, retired from Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp.

in West and owned the first garden center in Cape Coral. He is survived by a son, Richard Henry; three daughters, Sandra Janca of Washington State, Sharon Tolles Cape Coral, and Joan Skowron of six grandchildren; two greatgrandsons; and one sister, Edith Sherwood of Tamarac, Fla. There will be no services. Burial will be in West Va. Cape Coral Guardian Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

JAMES H. COLCORD ROLAND CARRICOFFE James H. Colcord, 71, of Gainesville, passed away August 3, 1989. Mr. Colcord was a member of Highlands Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, and the V.F.W.

Post No. 16 of Gainesville. He is survived by three brothers, George A. Colcord of New Orleans, and J. Gordon Colcord and Thomas H.

Colcord both of Fort Myers, Fla. A memorial service was held Au-. gust 8, 1989 at the Williams Thomas Chapel of the Chimes in Gainesville. Burial will be in Gainesville. Messmer florist 3366 Cleveland Ave.

936-2131 GRACE LILLIAN ELWOOD Cremation for Grace Lillian Elwood, 82, of Dayton, resident for the past three years, will be at Fitz Henry's Funeral Home and Crematory. Mrs. Elwood died Tuesday at a Carson City Hospital. She was born September 9, 1906, in Paducah, Ky. to Aaron a and Lake Erie Griffith Arnold.

She retired as a secretary in the engineering industry in Michigan, moved to Fort Myers, and worked two years in the Classified Dept. of the Fort Myers News Press. She moved to Dayton, Nev. in 1986 to be near her children. Among her survivors are a son, Richard of Carson City, two daughters, Doris Hayden of Carson City and Jacqueline Gibbs of New Zealand; a sister, Mabel Eley of Fort Myers, and six grandchildren.

Services will be private. WILEY D. SEABURG Wiley D. Seaburg, 67, of North Fort Myers died Wednesday. He was a five year resident of North Fort Myers, formerly of Rotterdam, N.

was a WW Veteran, a Marine Corp. League Life Member, a member of the Rotterdam Elk's Lodge No. 2157, the Coral Ridge Baptist Church of Cape Coral, and also the 40 Plus, 50 Plus, and 60 Plus Softball Leagues of Florida. Surviving are his wife, Shirley Rolfe Seaburg; two daughters, Sharon Waters of Clifton Park, N. Sue Nagle of Rotterdam, N.

four sons, Wayne of West Berne, N. Wayde of Schenectady, N. Warren of Virginia Beach, and Wrandy of Scotia, N.Y.; ten grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Memorial church services will be held Sunday, at 6 p.m. in the Coral DCS 939-0971 $395 DIRECT CREMATION SOCIETY Ridge Baptist Church, 1723 N.E.

6th Street, Cape Coral. Interment will be private. Memorial contributions may be made in is memory to the Coral Ridge Baptist Church. Stuckert-McFarland-Schmidt Funeral Home of Cape Coral is in charge of arrangements. THEODORE JOSEPH VALENTA, JR.

Theodore Joseph Valenta, 17, of Cape Coral, died Wednesday, August 9, 1989. Moving from Endwell, N.Y., he had resided here for the past 6 years, and was a student of Bishop Verot High School, and was an alter boy and member of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Theodore Joseph Valenta of Cape Coral; three sisters, Ann Marsh and Carol Donoghue, both of Altadena, Mary Calenta of Charlotte, N.C.; four brothers, Stephen of Sharon, Edward of Whitney Point, N.Y., William and Robert, both of Fort' Myers; grandmother, Helen Balcerski; and several aunts and uncles. Mass of Christian Burial wil be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 12, 1989, from St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, with Ted's uncles, Father Alfred Bebel, and Father Stephen Valenta officating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Phil Kiser Funeral Home, 9231 Cypress Lake, Friday from 6-9 p.m. Scripture service will be held at 8:30 p.m. funeral home. The family prefers that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Bishop Verot High School in memory of Ted Valenta, Jr. Walden Clinic Specializing WEIGHT CONTROL 332-1611: Myers, McGregor FL 33901 Blvd.

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