E- 109 1160 swith INOH sill TIE-T 108 Isab MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2002 2ND THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR WWW.INDYSTAR.COM ommunity Funerals in Familiar Places Pre-plan funeral arrangements. Hold the service anywhere. Save thousands of dollars. 780-0207 OBITUARIES Ulysses G. "Buster" Akers, 76, Indianapolis, died Oct.
31. He worked 30 years for National Starch Chemical retiring in 1983. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church. Services: 1 p.m. Nov.
6 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Washington Park North, calling from 11 a.m. Burial: Washington Park North Cemetery. Survivors: wife Dorothy M. Warren Akers; children Joyce Eileen, Michael Wayne, Warren Rodney Akers, Deborah Gail Hawkins; sisters Vera Mill, Thelma Akers, Mary Torrence; brothers Vernon, John Akers; five grandchildren; one greatgrandchild. Antonio David Bell, 2-year-old son of Brett and Gina Cervone Bell, Indianapolis, died Nov.
2. Services: 1 p.m. Nov. 6 in Matthews Mortuary, Brownsburg, with calling from 11 Brownsburg Cemetery. Other survivors: brother Giovanni Bell; si sister Michelina Bell; grandparents Antonia and Dolores Carbonaro Cervone, Donald, Patricia Garvin Bell; great-grandparents Stephen and Juanita Garcia Carbonaro, George Garvin, Georgia Pickens Ketchum.
Dorothea Craft Bertorelli, 86, In- dianapolis, died Nov. 1. An actress and director, she was a drama and speech teacher for the Jordon Conservatory, Junior Civic Theatre and area schools. She had performed with Avondale Playhouse, Atheneum Players Epilogue Players and the Indianapolis Civic Theater. Mrs.
Bertorelli was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Job's Daughters and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. She was a graduate of Butler University and American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Memorial contributions: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation or the Indianapolis Humane Society. Services: 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 in St. Alban's Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, with calling there from 11 a.m. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. She was the widow of Aldo J.
Bertorelli. Survivors: daughters Alda Kaiser, Deana McGivern; six grandchildren; nine t-grandchildren. Crown Hill Funeral Home is handling arrangements. William E. Boyer 68, Anderson, died Nov.
2. He retired from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Joiners, of America, Local al 758. Memorial contributions: American Heart Association or St. John's Diabetes Education Foundation. Services: 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 6 in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, South Chapel, Anderson, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5.
Burial: Pleasant Walk Cemetery, Anderson. Survivors: wife JoAnn Dalton Boyer; children Linda Owen, William E. Richard, Patrick Boyer; sister Rita Goins; brothers Dale, David Boyer; six grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren. Tina M. Hoover Cashman, 39, Fishers, died Nov.
3. She was a nurse for the St. Vincent Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Mrs. Cashman and the Indiana University was a graduate of Indiana University.
Nursing. Services: 10:30 a.m. Nov. 6 in East 91st Street Christian Church, of which she was a member. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m.
Nov. 5 in Harry Moore Family Mortuaries, Allisonville Road Chapel. Burial: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Fishers. Memorial contributions: Jessica and Joshua Cashman Fund in care of the funeral home. Survivors: husband Darren Cashman; children Jessica, Joshua Cashman; parents James and Sheila Hoover; grandmother Grace Russell.
Anna L. Carter Coogan, 75, Jason- ville, formerly of Indianapolis, died Nov. 3. She worked for Winn-Dixie supermarkets, Sarasota, retiring in 1998. She was a member of Briley Chapel, Lewis.
Memorial contributions: the Arthritis Foundation. Memorial services: pending. She was the widow of Robert F. Coogan. Survivors: children Glenda Moyer, Brenda, Linda, Lorrie Totton, Donald Miller; brother John Carter; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: A.R.N. Cremation Services. Florence Mae Dyer Cooper, 75, An- derson, died Nov. 2. She worked 27 years for Eli Lilly and retiring in 1985.
She was a member of Coatesville United Methodist Church. Services: 10 a.m. Nov. 6 in BrownButz-Diedring Funeral Home, Anderson, with calling from 3 to 7 p.m. Nov.
5. Entombment: 1 p.m. Nov. 6 in Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors: children Peggy Rollison, Dwight, Steven Cooper, Cathy Abel; nine grandchildren.
Ina Grubbs Dunn, 74, Speedway, died Nov. 1. He was a mail sorter 12 years for Time-Life retiring in 1989., Memorial contributions: American Cancer Society. Graveside services: 1:30 p.m. Nov.
5 in Floral Park Cemetery. Calling: noon 01 p.m. Nov. in Conkle Funeral Home, Speedway Chapel. She was the widow of Jack W.
Dunn. Survivors: daughter Bonnie J. Snyder; sisters Inez V. Jarrett, Joyce Flannery; brother Melvin Heath; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Alvin Eickhoff, 83, Indianapolis, died Nov.
2. He worked in customer service 10 years for Merchants Bank, retiring in 1990. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II. Services: 10 a.m. Nov.
6 in Trinity Lutheran Church, of which he was a member. Calling: 3 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5 in Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel and from 9 a.m. Nov.
6 in the church. Burial: Concordia Cemetery. Memorial contributions: to the church. Survivors: wife Helen Marie Ortstadt Eickhoff; daughter Carol L. Zobel; two grandchildren.
Phoebe Louise White Elliott, 76, Beech Grove, died Nov. 1. She worked in emergency admissions 15 years for St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove, retiring in 1993. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, chapter 173.
Memorial contributions: to a favorite charity. Services: private. Calling: 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 5 in Singleton Herr Mortuary.
She was the widow of John Quincy Adams Elliot. Survivors: sons Steven Edward David D. Edens; brothers Howard, Robert, Bill White; sisters Betty Ashcraft, Mae Shaad; 10 grandchildren; 12 great -grandchildren. James K. Endsley, 71, Bainbridge, formerly of Indianapolis, died Nov.
2. He worked 28 years for Mechanic's Laundry, retiring as district sales manager in 1993. Previously, he delivered milk for Hornaday Roberts Dairies. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Greencastle. Memorial contributions: American Cancer Society.
Services: 11 a.m. Nov. 6 in Conkle Funeral Home, Hendricks County Chapel in Avon, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5.
Entombment: West Ridge Park Cemetery. Survivors: wife Emma Jean James Endsley; children Christina Barnes, the Rev. Donald Endsley; sisters Jo An Endsley, Linda Cottrell; one grandchild. Brett A. Fuller, 33, Anderson, died Nov.
2. He worked in environmental services for Anderson Community Hospital. Memorial contributions: building at Eastview Church of the Nazarene, Anderson. Services: 11:30 a.m. Nov.
6 in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, South Chapel, Anderson, with calling from 2 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery.
Survivors: wife Melanie Hendricks Fuller; parents Hal and Marsha Harmeson Fuller; sister Debra Fuller. Joseph C. Grisanti 87, Noblesville, died Nov. 2. He was a clerk 26 years for the Postal Service, retiring in 1972.
He was a Marine Corps. veteran of World War II. Services: 1 p.m. Nov. 6 in Randall Roberts Funeral Home, with calling from 5 to 8 p.m.
Nov. 5. Burial: Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville. Survivors: wife Pope Grisanti; son Joseph C. Grisanti brother Anthony Grisanti; two grandchildren; three great Henry Harrison Hadler, 74, Indianapolis, mechanic, died he Nov.
3. owned A self employed Shops franchises, Brookside Airport Phillips 66 at 16th Street and Post Road. Mr. Hadler was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of the Sertoma Club.
Services: 2 p.m. Nov. 6 in Hendryx Mortuaries, New Palestine Chapel, with calling from 11 a.m. Burial: New Palestine Cemetery. Memorial contributions: to the family, in care of the mortuary.
Survivors: wife Margaret "Midge" Whitting Hadler; children Larry Edward, Lee Eric Hadler, Linda Elaine Davis; brothers Walter, Charles, Lawrence, Dennie, Victor Hadler; sisters Carolyn Osslund, Freddie Gordon, Barbara McCarthy, Dorothy Barone; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. I IndyStar.com: Read published obituaries from the past week at www.indystar.com/news/ AREA DEATHS Marion County Akers, Ulysses G. "Buster," 76 Bertorelli, Dorothea Craft, 86 Dunn, Ina Grubbs, 74 Eickhoff, Alvin "Bud," 83 Elliott, Phoebe Louise White, 76 Hadler, Henry Harrison, 74 Heddings, Betty Jean Gentry, 81 Jacobs, Lou Ella Capps, Jones, Jack 84 Jones, Lewis 83 Kimbrough, Elizabeth 90 Laramore, Martha Jean Dykes, 81 Metcalf, Calvin 78 Michl, Bertha M. Newlin, 84 Mitchell, George Louis 81 Phillips, Cynthia Jo, 51 Reed, Geraldine Johnson, 86 Tanner, Marthena Hendricks, 62 Taylor, Maude, 101 I Hamilton County Cashman, Tina M. Hoover, 39 Grisanti, Joseph C.
87 Mundell, Irma J. Harmon, 77 I Hanco*ck County Mitchell, Mary Rosamond, 72 I Hendricks County Bell, Antonio David, 2 Johnson County Smith, Blanche I. Stout, 102 Smith, Delphia Marie Long, 96 Madison County Boyer, William E. 68 Cooper, Florence Mae Dyer, 75 Fuller, Brett 33 Shaver, James 75 Shelby County McDonald, Bryan 39 Former Residents Coogan, Anna L. Carter, 75 Endsley, James 71 Tuggle, C.
Everett, 89 Nov. 4, 2002 Funeral home and family changes Evelyn Lucille Wilson Eberwein: Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, Lebanon, of which she was a member. This information was omitted from the obituary Nov. 3. Roger Eugene "Pipi" McCann IV: The first name of Rogetta McCann, a surviving sister, was misspelled in the obituary Nov.
3. Irma J. Harmon Mundell, 77, Fishers, died Nov. 2. She was a real estate broker 15 years for Carriage Estates, retiring in 1980.
Memorial contributions: Goodwill Industries. Services: 11:30 a.m. Nov. 6 in Conkle Funeral Home, Speedway Chapel, with calling from 4 to 7 p.m. Nov.
5. Burial: Salem Cemetery, Zionsville. Survivors: husband Carl J. Mundell; children Beverly, Thomas Pamela K. Stephens, Teresa L.
McNally; six grandchildren. Betty Jean Gentry Heddings, 81, Indianapolis, died Nov. 1. She had been a waitress 10 years for St. Moritz Steak House.
Services and calling: none. She was the widow of Victor Heddings. Survivors: sister Lucille Bray; nephew Thomas A. Graff. Arrangements: Lauck Funeral Home.
Lou Ella Capps Jacobs, 79, Indianapolis, died Nov. 2. She was a homemaker. Services: noon Nov. 5 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Washington Park East, with calling from 10 a.m.
Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. Survivors: sons Robert Teague Henry Killman; brothers Edward, Willie Capps; sisters Beattie George, Shirley Harris, Lil Capps; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Jack E. Jones, 84, Indianapolis, died Nov. 3.
He owned Jones Credit Service for 37 years, retiring in 1992. He was a member of Keystone Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite Murat Shrine and Universal Club. Memorial contributions: Salvation Army or Castleton United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Services: 10 a.m. Nov.
6 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Lawrence, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5. Entombment: Peace Chapel of the Community Mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: wife Olga Blank Jones; daughters Paula Carpenter, Susan Graves, Linda Grube, Jane Jenkins; sister Janice Storms; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Elizabeth V. Davenport Kimbrough, 90, Indianapolis, died Nov. 1. She was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m.
Nov. 6 in Phillips Temple CME Church, of which she was a member, with calling there from 11 a.m. Entombment: Abbey Mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: husband Marion A. Kimbrough; daughter Eunice A.
Norton; sister Ruby M. Goodman; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Arrangements: Stuart Mortuary. Lewis C. Jones, 83, Indianapolis, died Nov.
3. He worked 38 years for Eli Lilly and retiring as a department head in 1979. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Eli Lilly American Legion Post. He also was a former member of the Avon School Board and was instrumental in forming a cancer survivor support group. at Hendricks Community Hospital, Danville.
Services: 11 a.m. Nov. 6 in Avon United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Calling: 4 to 8 p.m. Nov.
5 in Conkle Funeral Home, Hendricks County Chapel in Avon. Burial: Thomas Cemetery, Newport. Memorial contributions: church building fund. He was the widower of Martha Bishop Jones. Survivors: sons Dennis William Gregory Bradley Scott A.
Jones; 11 grandchildren; seven great -grandchildren. Martha Jean Dykes Laramore, 81, Indianapolis, died Nov. 2. She was a registered nurse five years for Methodist Hospital, retiring in 1975. Previously, she worked for Indiana.
University Medical Center. She was a 1943 graduate of the Indiana University School of Nursing. Services: 1 p.m. Nov. 5 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Broad Ripple, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.
Nov. 4. Inurnment: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Fishers. Survivors: husband Dr. Ward Laramore; children Sandra, Jeffery J.
Laramore; sisters Phyllis Ebbert, Helen Marsh, Josephine Pfieffer; brothers James, David Dykes; 11 grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren. Bryan R. McDonald, 39, Shelbyville, died Nov. 2. He was a construction worker for H.H.
Construction Shelbyville. Services: 10 a.m. Nov. 5 in Murphy-Parks Funeral Service, Shelbyville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov.
4. Burial: Paul Hill Cemetery, St. Paul. Survivors: stepchildren Dara, Aaron Vaught; mother and stepfather Judy Rafferty Robinson and Otis Robinson; stepfather Joe Higdon grandmother Emma Rafferty; sister Aleshia Bledsoe; brothers Tim, Joe Higdon, Kevin McDonald; stepsisters Sherri, Carrie Higdon, Paula Castaneda, Maria Pacheo, Cindy Sinclair; stepbrothers Jimmy, Travis Higdon, Roddy Robinson, T.J. Fucway; a stepgrandson.
Calvin C. Metcalf, 78, Indianapolis, died Oct. 31. He was a truck driver for Zebrowski Associates. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Services: noon Nov. 6 in Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church, of which he was a member. Calling: 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 5 in Williams Bluitt Funeral Home.
Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: wife Ruth Ann Goodloe Metcalf; daughters Kittie Williams, Charlene Greene; brothers Earl Jerry, Jessie, Danny, Larry Anderson; sisters Marriah Seawood, Lorinza Duvall, Oline Petty, Alice Hicks, Joyce Henry; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Bertha M. Newlin Michl, 84, Indianapolis, died Nov. 2.
She worked 15 years for the Indiana Employment Security Division, retiring in 1988. Previously, she worked 20 years for Sears. Memorial contributions: St. Vincent DePaul Society, of which she was a member. Services: 11 a.m.
Nov. 5 in St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, of which she was a member, with calling there from 10 a.m. Burial: Washington Park East Cemetery. She was the widow of Charles F.
Michl. Survivors: children Ellen Marvin J. Michl, Mary L. Kegeris; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Arrangements: Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel.
George Louis Mitchell 81, Indianapolis, died Nov. 1. He was an assembly line worker 27 years for Fairmont Glass, retiring in 1974. He was an Army veteran. He was a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church.
Services: 11 a.m. Nov. 6 in Williams Bluitt Funeral Home, with calling from 10 a.m. Survivors: children Alfred Walter, George Joseph, Charles, Ann, Ruby Mitchell, Gregory Cooper; sister Willa Bell Wyman; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Mary Rosamond "Rosie" Wolverton Mitchell, 72, Fortville, died Nov.
2. She worked 40 years for Greenfield (Ind.) Banking retiring as a loan officer. She was a member and past secretary of the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 149. Memorial contributions: Fortville Christian Church. Services: 10 a.m.
Nov. 6 in Ronald L. Seals Funeral Home, Fortville, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5.
Burial: Gravel Lawn Cemetery, Fortville. Survivors: husband Roger D. Mitchell; children Paul A. Mitchell, Elaine L. Files; brother Norman E.
Wolverton; sister Leah J. Willman; a grandchild. Cynthia Jo Phillips, 51, Indianapolis, died Nov. 1. Memorial contributions: Speedway Christian Church, of which she was a member, or Noble of Indiana.
Services: 10 a.m. Nov. 5 in Conkle Funeral Home, Speedway Chapel, with calling from 9 a.m. Entombment: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: parents Richard A.
and Dorothy J. Loos Phillips; brother Richard C. Phillips; sisters Jody Johnson, Cathy Miller, Lynda Schmutte. Geraldine "Jerri" Johnson Reed, 86, Indianapolis, died Nov. 2.
She worked 35 years for Western Electric retiring in 1981. She was a member of Eaglewood Christian Church and Telephone Pioneers of America. Services: 1 p.m. Nov. 5 in StirlingGerber Funeral Home, with calling from noon.
Burial: Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville. Survivors: daughter Carolyn S. Cadwallader; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. James A. Shaver, 75, Anderson, died Nov.
2. He worked 20 years for Delco Remy Division of General Motors Anderson, retiring in 1987. Previously, he worked for Byrum Builders. Mr. Shaver was an Army veteran.
He was a member of United Auto Workers Local 662. Memorial contributions: St. Vincent Hospice. Services: 1 p.m. Nov.
6 in Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, South Chapel, Anderson, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5. Burial: Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.
Survivors: wife Leanne Simmonds Shaver; daughters Carol Thompson, Virginia Martin; stepdaughters Rebecca Anne Sidwell, Tari Murray; sisters Willie Judd, Thelma Wright; four grandchildren. Blanche I. Stout Miller Casto Smith, 102, Trafalgar, died Nov. 2. She was a homemaker.
Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Nov. 5 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville. Calling: none. She was the widow of James Miller, Harry Casto and Lucien Smith.
Survivors: grandchildren Betty Jo Smith, Harry Ficklin, Joann Todd, Pat Jackson, Jim, Bob, Larry Miller, Cheryl Wilmoth; 18 greatgrandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren. Arrangements: MeredithClark Funeral Home, Morgantown. Delphia Marie Long Smith, 96, Franklin, died Nov. 2. She was a homemaker.
She was a member of Progressive Farmers and Union Community Home Economics Club. Memorial contributions: memorial fund at Union Christian Church, Franklin, of which she was a member, or the Indiana Masonic Home, Franklin. Services: 10:30 a.m. Nov. 6 in Vandivier-Tudor Funeral Home, Franklin, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m.
Nov. 5. Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, Franklin. She was the widow of Ivory M. Smith.
Survivors: sons Deloris "Dee" Eldon, Merrill Wayne, Gerald Dean Smith; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Marthena Hendricks Tanner, 62, Indianapolis, died Nov. 2. She was a waitress 28 years at Steak Shake. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2839 ladies auxiliary.
Services: 2 p.m. Nov. 5 in Alpha Funeral Service, with calling from noon. Burial: New Crown Cemetery. Survivors: children Damon Tanner, Rebecca Howard, Sandra Peace, Cynthia Frost, Mary Black; brothers Robert, Jesse Hendricks; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Maude Taylor, 101, Indianapolis, died Nov. 1. She had been a clerk for the English Hotel. She was a member of Metropolitan Baptist Church. Services: noon Nov.
6 in Marvin L. Boatright Funeral Service, with calling from 1 10 a.m. Burial: Washington Park North Cemetery. Survivors: son Richard Hall; three grandchildren; six great 11 great-grandchildren. C.
Everett Tuggle, 89, Kokomo, formerly of Indianapolis, died Nov. 3. He had worked for Hygrade Food Products retiring in 1955. Services: 2 p.m. Nov.
6 in Flanner Buchanan Funeral Center Washington Park East, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5. Entombment: Washington Park East Mausoleum. He was the widower of Dovie Deaton Tuggle.
Survivors: children Charles E. Bill Tuggle, Mary Bueche; six grandchildren. INDIANA DEATHS Deaths reported from outside the Indianapolis area: Brownstown Mary Lee Stephens Mikels, 77, widow of Clyde E. Mikels (Winklepleck-Weesner Funeral Home). Greensburg Florence L.
Romine Stapp, 83, widow of John D. Stapp (Porter-Oliger-Pearson Funeral Home). Madison Kathryn L. Holt, 79, wife of Charles V. "Bud" Holt (Vail-' Holt Funeral Home).
North Vernon Benjamin Calvert, 62, husband of Patsy Walters Calvert (Pickett Funeral Home). Oldenburg Sister Angele Timmers, 84 (Weigel Funeral Home, Batesville). Osgood Linda Kinkey Clark, 61, wife of James A. Clark (LawsCarr-Moore Funeral Home, Milan). Otwell Delmer J.
Pride, 85, husband of Francis Beadles Pride (Becher-Kluesner Funeral Home, Jasper). Vevay Dean Ward Robinson, 77, husband of Martha Searcy Robinson (Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison). Larry Dobkin was actor, director By Dennis McLellan Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES Larry Dobkin, a television director and character actor whose acting credits spanned stage, radio, television and films over seven decades, has died. He was 83. Dobkin, who was one of five actors who played detective Ellery Queen on radio, died of heart failure Oct.
28 at his home in Los Angeles. Dobkin appeared in more than 65 feature films, including "The Ten Commandments," "The Defiant Ones" and "Patton." As an actor, he appeared in early TV shows, including "I Love Lucy," "The Adventures of Superman" and "The Colgate Comedy Hour." He also showed up frequently in TV westerns in the 1950s and '60s, including "Gunsmoke" and "Rawhide" as well as in series ranging from "77 Sunset Strip" to "The Untouchables" and, more recently, "NYPD Blue" and "Judging Amy." As a television director, his many credits from the '50s through the '80s include "The Donna Reed Show," "Dr. Kildare," "The Waltons," "Charlie's Angels," "Dallas" and "The Fall Guy." Dobkin, who received an Emmy nomination for his supporting role in the 1967 "CBS Playhouse" production of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," also wrote the 1976 film "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams." Born in New York City in 1919, Dobkin began acting off Broadway in his teens. He graduated from the Yale School of Drama. On radio in the '40s and early '50s, he appeared in shows including "The Lux Radio Theatre" and "Philco Playhouse." Most notably, he played the title role of the deductive genius in "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" from 1947 to 1948.
Dobkin is survived by his wife of 33 years, Anne; daughters Deborah Janke of Colorado Springs, and Kristy Dobkin and Kaela Dobkin, both of Los Angeles; a son, Laird Fenwick of Toronto; and a grandson. Bari Rolfe was expert mod on the art of mime By Myrna Oliver Los Angeles Times Bari Rolfe, dancer, choreographer, teacher and author who became an expert on the art of mime, has died. She was 86. Rolfe died Oct. 19 of unspecified causes in Berkeley, where she had lived since 1976, according to her friend Spring Friedlander.
Dubbed "the grandmother of American mime" by her devotees, Rolfe wrote several books, including "Behind the Mask" and "Commedia dell'Arte: A Scene Study Book," both in 1977; "Movement for Period Plays" in 1985; and "History and Mystery of Mime" in 1990. She edited other books, including "Mime Directory Bibliography" in 1978 and "Mimes on Miming" in 1980. She taught miming at several institutions of higher education, including the University of California at Los Angeles; California State University, Northridge; the University of Washington; and Chabot College in Oakland, where she helped establish the Conservatory of Mime. She also led workshops in Europe and Canada and at the International Festival of Clowning at California State University, Sacramento. Born in Chicago to a chiropractor father and dress designer mother, Rolfe grew up, in her words, "dancing around the house." She studied ballet as a child and performed professionally at the Chicago World's Fair, in nightclubs and in vaudeville.
After moving to Los Angeles with her family during World War II, Rolfe worked with the Pan American Dance Group, which helped teach dance to children. Rolfe also performed at Southern California military institutions..
