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nephews and their spouses and
!children: Rebecca and Merrill
Swanson and John and Pat Nil-
son of El Campo, Patricia West-
brook of Henrietta, Tom and
iJoyce Nilson of Victoria, Linda
land Lane Lively of Irving, Curtis
lBehrent of Paris, France and
Cathy Behrent of Baltimore,
Maryland. Also surviving are 18
great nieces and nephews, their
spouses and children.
Further, Mildred is survived by
la vast assortment of now adult
former students to whom she
gave a solid educational founda-
tion and an early taste of life. She
!also had other close relation-
ships with her friends and care-
givers who loved her. Rosemary
Reyna and Rosie Cantu of Cor-
,pus Christi are two people that
were especially important to her.
Mildred's unmistakable pres-
ience, generosity, fighting spirit
and fun nature will be missed.
'For her family her death marks
'the death of an era.
Graveside services will be held
at the Garden of Memories
,cemetery in El Campo, Texas at
10 a.m. on Monday, with Rev-
lerend Gould officiating. In lieu of
:sending flowers Mildred's wish
1was for donations to be made to
Ithe El Campo Hospice.
Arrangements are under the
Direction of Triska Funeral
Home, 979-543-3681.
-{0bituaries are provided as a free
pblic service by the Victoria Advo-
cate. More detailed or specially word-
e obituaries, which appear in a box,
are available for a fee. Information
submitted by funeral homes for either
flee or paid obituaries must first be
Yprified and approved by a family
member of the deceased. Fax number
:&r the obituary clerk is 361-574-1220.an Cemetery. Wheeler Funeral
Home, El Campo, 979-543-3512.
LEONARD R. DAMBORSKY
EDNA - Services for Leonard
Ray Damborsky, 73, of Edna, who
died Thursday, will be 2 p.m. today
at Assembly of God Church of Ed-
na, the Rev. David Murff officiat-
ing.
Burial will be at Memory Garders
of Edna. Slavik Funeral Home, Ed-
na, 361-782-2152.
Pallbearers: Charles Damborsky
Ronnie Damborsky, Michael
Damborsky, Bryan Miska, Larry
White and Leonard Yendrey.
Memorials: Hospice of South
Texas.
CHERRIE L. E. POLK
LIVE OAK - Cherrie Lee Edison
Polk, 72, of Live Oak, died Thursday,
Oct. 10, 2002.
Survivors: husband, Billie Polk;
daughters, Sandra Polk of Houston,
Teresa Green of Sugar Land and Ri-
ta of Kingwood; sons, Robert Polk of
Brazoria, Lester Polk and Vernon
Polk, both of Live Oak, Herbert Polk
of Bay City and Warren Polk of
Houston; sisters, Ola Edwards and
Ada Monroe, both of Live Oak; 14
grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.
Preceded in death by: parents,
Sharper and Jessie Mae Dennis
Edison; and brothers, Lige Edison
and Herbert Lee Edison.
Visitation will be 1-8 p.m. today at
Green's Mortuary and 10 a.m. until
service time Monday at Vine Grove
Christian Church.
Family visitation will be 7-8 p.m.
tonight at the funeral home chapel.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at
the church, the Rev. L.S. Fletcher
officiating.
Burial will be at Live Oak Ceme-
tery. Green's Mortuary, Bay City,
979-245-3489.Prokopowicz said Saturday.
Meanwhile, Iraq's parliament
met in an emergency session Sat-
urday, but said nothing about a
resolution by the U.S. Congress
giving President Bush authority to
use force against Iraq. Instead,
Iraq lawmakers condemned a res-
olution by Congress that recog-
nized Jerusalem as the capital of
Israel.
Charges of Iraqi deception, and
U.S. double-dealing, have dogged
the inspections - inaugurated in
1991 with volleys of Iraqi bullets
over the heads of newly arrived in-
spectors, and ended in 1998 with
punishing U.S.-British airstrikes
the night thwarted inspectors fi-
nally withdrew. /
Trying to stave off a new U.S. at-
tack over what Washington says
are covert weapon programs, Iraq
has dropped objections to inspec-
tors' return, and says it hopes to
see an advance team back as soon
as Oct. 19.
Asked if Iraq reserves the right
to again revoke cooperation with
inspectors, Baghad's inspections
chief Amin told The Associated
OBITUARIES
OLLIE KING
BLOOMINGTON - Ollie King, 88,
of Bloomington, died Thursday, Oct.
10, 2002.
Services are pending at Colonial
Funeral Home, Victoria, 361-578-
3535.
EDGAR BREITKREUTZ
CUERO - Edgar Breitkreutz, 90,
of Cuero, died Saturday, Oct. 12,
2002.
Services are pending at Freund
Funer l Home, Cuero, 361-275-2343.them for spying, collecti
mation," Amin said, spe
side a walled industrial
where Washington asse
weapons work could be u
If they will follow scien
sures, and they will take
from the United Nation
the United States, the,
come on the date," he sai
Iraqi Islamic leaders ap
the Muslim world Sat
come to their aid if thF
tacks.
"Take the word of Iraq
ready has lost so much
blood to this country:
stops it, it will destroy I
world!" Iraq's Populai
Conference said in a fa
gious edict, signed by 50
Iraq's Shiite Muslim m
Sunni minority.
In the United Nations,
bassador said in an inte
Saddam has changed si
the Gulf War 11 years a
country is now doing ev
can now to avert anothe
"War must be behind
fore us," Mohammed
said. He spoke as the B
istration pressed the U.
Council to act to match
tion passed by the U.S.
Al-Douri said the Ira
ship had changed its p
tactics since it fought I
1980s, used chemical
against its Kurdish mi
vaded neighboring Kun
and lobbed Scud missile
and Saudi Arabia during
ing Gulf War.
"Ten or even 12 years
to judge the behavior
ments and the kind of r
we now have with our
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