The Derrick, Monday, January 31, 2005: Ethel L.. Buzard, Knox RD 2 Dr. William H. Crosby Jr., Joplin, Mo., formerly of Oil City Dale R. McDaniel Jr., 179 W. Adams St., Cochranton Blanche M. Matthews, Parker, Pittsburgh and Naples, Fla. Donald Francis Porter II, Wentlings Corners, Knox Linda M. Stalker, Clintonville, formerly of Emlenton Edward J. Stralko, 1156 Grandview Road, Oil City Margaret E. "Peg" Ward, Franklin, formerly of Siverly, Oil City Lou Ziegler, Naples, Fla., formerly of Franklin Ethel L. Buzard Ethel L. Buzard, 64, of Knox RD 1, died at 3:55 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005, in Clarion Hospital. Born Aug. 14, 1940, in West Monterey, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Hazel McFadden Holliday. Mrs. Buzard was a member of the AARP. She was a homemaker and enjoyed camping, crocheting and planting flowers. Mrs. Buzard was married Aug. 3, 1959, to Hilton L. Buzard, who survives. Also surviving are five children, Deb Thompson and husband, Dale, of Emlenton RD 1, Roger Buzard of Knox, Brenda Clymo and husband, George, of Virginia, Cathy Rankin and husband, Jay, of Knox, and Ruth Yoder and husband, Ron, of Tennessee; 13 grandchildren, Shane Thompson, Nick Campbell, Victoria Clymo, Jessica Clymo, George N. Clymo, Alisha and Kiesha Hunsberger, Chyenne Matthews, Hunter Rankin, Izabella Rankin, Natosha Yoder, Kayla Yoder and Rona Yoder; and two great-grandchildren, Torrance Campbell and Lilyan Earp. She also is survived by six sisters, Mildred Ashbaugh and husband, Darrell, of Lamartime, Carole Cummings and husband, Butch, of Strattanville, Leda Mae Pengallo and husband, Richard, Beth Becker and husband, Gary, and Marie Myers and husband, Barry, all of Brookville, and Jean Hannold and husband, Larry, of Summerville; four brothers, Don Holliday and wife, Mary Jane, and Arch Holliday and wife, Mary, all of Rockland, Bob Holliday and wife, Cindy, and Randy Holliday and wife, Karen, all of Brookville, and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Buzard was preceded in death by two bothers, John Holliday and Larry Holliday. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the David C. McEntire Funeral Home, 504 E. Penn St., Knox. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with the Rev. Rick Osberg, pastor of Grace Evangelical Congregational Church in Ninevah, officiating. Interment will follow in Cedarview Memorial Park near Strattanville. Dr. William H. Crosby Jr. Dr. William H. Crosby Jr., a retired U.S. Army colonel and a world-renowned hematologist, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, in Joplin, Mo. Born in 1914 in Wheeling, W.Va., he was the son of W. Holmes and Frances Crosby, an architect and a schoolteacher. Dr. Crosby was raised in Oil City and graduated from Oil City High School. He received both his A.B. and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (1940) on a full scholarship during the Depression years. Anticipating the United States entry into World War II, Dr. Crosby served his internship in 1941 at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. Following Pearl Harbor and leading to his overseas deployment, Dr. Crosby served in a number of administrative and training positions at Army posts around the country, including the Army's Medical Field Service School at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Dr. Crosby was then assigned as regimental surgeon of the 338th Infantry Regiment. As a field surgeon, he soon became acquainted with the horrors of triage, when wounded GIs overwhelmed the Army doctors with their sheer numbers and often-hopeless conditions. His service in Algeria and Italy (1943-1945) included episodes in which he distinguished himself at great personal risk. He was decorated with a Bronze Star Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the first of many career awards. Following the completion of his specialization training in Boston in the late 1940s with Dr. William Damashek, the dean of American hematology, Dr. Crosby was "seconded" to the Royal Army Medical Corps and spent a year at The Queen Alexandria Military Hospital in London. On returning to Walter Reed, his assignment was to establish hematology, the medical study of the blood, as a specialty in the U.S. Army. Five years later he established a second Army specialty: oncology, the treatment of cancer. Dr. Crosby was chief of hematology at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research from 1951-1965. In the winter of 1952-53, he was sent to Korea to become director of the Surgical Research Team in the combat zone. Following Korea, he returned to Walter Reed and established a "Sprue Team" in Puerto Rico to study that tropical disease of the small bowel. Dr. Crosby developed the "Crosby Capsule," a biopsy pod which permitted small intestine tissue analysis without intrusive surgery, as well as describing blood diseases like PK Deficiency, known for some time as "Crosby Syndrome." He also began to study the disease hemochromatosis, where the body overloads itself with iron to cause diabetes, cirrhosis of the liver, sterility, arthritis, heart failure and other disabilities. He maintained a lifelong interest in this disease. In 1965, after more than 25 years of service, he retired from the Army to succeed his mentor at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. Seven years later he moved on to Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in San Diego, Calif., where he established a training program in hematology-oncology. In 1979, he was recalled to active duty by the Secretary of the Army. He served another four years at Walter Reed and retired again after 30 years with the Army. In 1983, Dr. Crosby was invited by the Veterans Administration to become one of 11 professors in its nationwide Distinguished Physicians Program stationed in V.A. Medical Centers throughout the country. He resigned from that post two years later to take up private practice in Joplin, where he would spend his remaining years. Dr. Crosby authored more than 500 research papers and served on the editorial boards of 12 medical journals. He is a laureate of the American College of Physicians. He also served on many committees over the years and was a member of numerous medical organizations. He is survived by his wife, Ann; a brother, Forrester "Foss" Crosby, of San Diego, Calif.; a sister, Marian "Krispy" (Crosby) Wolke of Waynesboro, Va.; four sons and their spouses, John and Karen Crosby, of Chesapeake, Va., Dr. Seth and Tally Crosby and children, Abram, Racheal, Samuel, Haley and Shayna, of St. Louis, Mo., David and Daniela Crosby and children, Nadine and Aaron, of Milan, Italy, and Jonathan and Susan (Belau) Crosby and son, Simon Holmes, of San Francisco, Calif.; two daughters and their husbands, Mary Ann (Crosby) and Doug Blankenship and children, Erik and Adam, of Damascus, Md., and Susanna and Jon Perrin and children, Samantha, Jonas and Alexandra, of Tigard, Ore.; a granddaughter, Olivia Crosby, of Rockville, Md.; two stepsons and their spouses, Jeffrey and Lynette Ball and children, Logan, Landon, Lane and Jordyn, of Columbia, Mo., and Wes and Lynn Ball and daughter, Eli, of Neosho, Mo.; three stepdaughters and their spouses, Lou Ann and Hal Brown and children, Christopher, Jessica and Adam, of Stark City, Mo., Beth and Mike Brock and children, Aaron and Kyle, of Bella Vista, Ark., and Cathy and Ron Brown and children, Sara, April and Riley, of Stark City. He was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Ann "Marney"(Crosby) Wood, of Pasadena, Calif., and a son, Holmes Crosby, of Rockville, Md. Funeral ceremonies were held Jan. 17 at the United Hebrew Congregation in Joplin and the Mount Hope Cemetery in Webb City, Mo. Full military honors were rendered by the Fort Leonard Wood Honor Guard. Memorial donations may be made to Iron Overload Disease, 433 Westwind Dr., North Palm Beach, Fla., 33408; Attention: Steve Barfield. Blanche M. Matthews Blanche M. Matthews, 98, of Parker, Pittsburgh and Naples, Fla., died of natural causes at 6:08 a.m. Sunday, Jan 30, 2005, in McMurray Manor Care Nursing Home in McMurray. Born Dec. 5, 1906, in Butler County, she was the daughter of Walter and Lillie Morris Ellenberger. Mrs. Matthews was Protestant by faith. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Arthur Herman in 1973 and Kenneth Matthews in 1981. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. William (Audrey Herman) Heck of Parker and Naples, Fla.; three grandchildren, Sandra Bright of Colorado Springs, Colo., Mrs. David (Cindy) Garbera of South Fayette and Scott Phillips of Kissimmee, Fla.; five great-grandchildren, Jeramy and Andrew Bright of Colorado and Alyssa, Scott and Matthew Garbera of South Fayette. She also is survived by one brother, Orland "Ogie" Ellenberger of Slippery Rock and Florida; and three nieces; and one nephew. In addition to her parents and husbands, Mrs. Matthews was preceded in death by one brother, Albert "Ab" Ellenberger; and a sister, Charlene "Dutch" Sutton. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday in the H. Jack Buzard Funeral Home, Wayne Street, Parker. A memorial service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Interment will be in Greenlawn Burial Estates, Mount Chestnut, Butler County, at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the First Responders of PCVFD or Fireman of PCVFD at Parker City Fire Department, Parker 16049. Dale R. McDaniel Jr. Dale R. McDaniel Jr., 78, of 179 W. Adams St., Cochranton, died at 7:17 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, in UPMC Northwest, Seneca. Born March 7, 1926, in Rocky Grove, he was the son of Dale R. and Matilda I. Gibbons McDaniel. He was a graduate of Rocky Grove High School. Mr. McDaniel was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in the European and Atlantic theaters of World War II. He was employed at CPT as an assemblyman and service engineer for 28 years, retiring in 1983. For several years after his retirement, he was a security guard for Burns International. Mr. McDaniel enjoyed reading history and NASCAR and had traveled throughout the world. He was married Dec. 19, 1945, to Joan Kistler, who died July 8, 2002. Surviving are two daughters, Carol L. Haylett and husband, Robert, and Joanne Foster and husband, Ralph, all of Cochranton; eight grandchildren, Kathy Rhoades, Robert Haylett, David Haylett, Ralph Foster III and Jeffrey Foster, all of Cochranton, Richard Foster of Mesa, Ariz., Patty Brooks of Saegertown and Francis McDaniel of Huntington, W.Va.; and 15 great-grandchildren. He also is survived by a brother, Robert L. McDaniel of Rocky Grove; and a daughter-in-law, Lois McDaniel of Shinnston, W.Va. In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. McDaniel was preceded in death by a son, Dale R. "Skip" McDaniel III; and a sister-in-law, Delores McDaniel. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Huff Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with the Rev. Kenneth Peters, pastor of Christ United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in the Franklin Cemetery. The family suggests memorial donations be made to the American Lung Association, 3524 W. 26th St., Erie, 16506. Donald Francis Porter II Donald Francis Porter II, 49, of Wentlings Corners, Knox, died at 8:20 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, in Town and Country Hospital, Tampa, Fla., following a 10-month battle with cancer. Born July 14, 1955, in Quantico, Va., he was the son of Donald F. and Faye Henry Porter of Route 208, Knox. He was a 1973 graduate of Keystone High School, Knox. Mr. Porter first worked from 1977 to 1988 for George W. Wolf, Pennzoil distributor, driving tractor-trailer. From 1988 until 1999, he worked for Pennzoil, Cherry Run Terminal in Rouseville where he was union steward for the Teamster Union. From 1999 until the present, Mr. Porter was a business partner with F. Charles Logan in Floco Co. and Glycol Tech Co., both in Thornhill Industrial Park, Cranberry Township. Mr. Porter enjoyed spending time with family and friends, traveling, collecting guns and shooting. He was owner of Top Guns gun business and was a member of the Penguin Scout Artic Warfare Unit. He was married Aug. 13, 1977, to Patricia Caye Fleming, who survives. In addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by a daughter, Megan Elizabeth Porter, a sophomore at Mercyhurst College, Erie; and a son, Kirk Donald Porter at home. He also is survived by a brother, Kevin V. Porter and friend, Kathy Huddy of Hookstown; his in-laws, Carl F. and Elizabeth "Betty" Fleming of Knox; two sisters-in-law, Pamela Anderson and husband, Richard, of Akron, Ohio, and Carla Klinger and husband, Joseph, of Ludlow; five nephews, Amos E. Rudolph of Venus, Jacob C. Rudolph of Fort Valley, Va., Joseph C. Anderson and Joshua R. Anderson of Akron, Ohio, and Jared R. Klinger of Ludlow; and two nieces, Brandi L. Rudolph of Knox and Danika E. Klinger of Ludlow. Mr. Porter was preceded in death by a sister, Vickie Lynn Porter Rudolph; his maternal grandparents, Roscoe and Leora Henry; and paternal grandfather, George Porter. There will be no visitation. The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, in St. Paul United Church of Christ, Twin Church Road, Knox. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. that day in the church with Nancy Dunmire, minister of the church, officiating. Interment will be in Knox Union Cemetery. The family suggests memorials be made to Clarion Hospital Cancer Center, One Hospital Drive, Clarion, 16214. The David C. McEntire Funeral Home, 504 East Penn St., Knox, is in charge of arrangements. Linda M. Stalker Linda M. Stalker, 81, of Clintonville, formerly of Emlenton, died late Friday evening, Jan. 28, 2005, in The Caring Place, Franklin, following a brief illness. Born June 12, 1923, in Mount Washington, Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of Lewis and Pauline Merola. In earlier years, she had been employed as a waitress in various Pittsburgh restaurants. Mrs. Stalker was of the Catholic faith. Surviving are her husband, Howard Stalker; one daughter, Charlene Hau ght of Coraopolis; three stepdaughters, Eileen Edinger of Parker, Cindy Yarger of Nickleville and Jenny McGinnis of Eau Claire; five grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents Mrs. Stalker was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Oakes. There will be no visitation. A private memorial service and interment will be held later this week at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are in charge of the H. Jack Buzard Funeral Home in Eau Claire. Edward J. Stralko Edward J. Stralko, 86, of 1156 Grandview Road, Oil City, died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a short illness. Born Dec. 10, 1918, in Roaring Creek, he was the son of William and Stephanie Nawrocki Strzalka. Mr. Stralko attended the Assumption School. A World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, he saw duty in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Mr. Stralko worked for National Forge in Titusville and later for General Electric Co. in Erie, from which he retired in 1983. He was a member of the General Electric Quarter Century Club. He was a member of the Assumption B.V.M. Church. Mr. Stralko also was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 464 of Oil City and the Polish National Alliance in Oil City. His interests included studying the history of northwestern Pennsylvania, especially Venango and Crawford counties. Mr. Stralko was a train enthusiast and enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and Canada by rail. He was married in St. Stephen Church in 1955 to the former Alice M. King Reid, who survives. Also surviving are three children, Richard W. Stralko and wife, Mary Anne, of Greenville, Barbara A. Reid of Oil City and Mary Lou Cardy and husband, Richard, of Stoneboro; one grandson, Colin Dickson of Greenville; special friends, Kristy and Matthew Thompson of Oil City; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Mr. Stralko was preceded in death by three brothers, Vincent Stralka, John Stralko and Walter Stralko; and two sisters, Irene Drozdo and Dorothy Kightlinger. There will be no viewing. The family will have visitation from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Assumption B.V.M. Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the church with the Rev. John Neff presiding. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery. The Reinsel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice. Margaret E. 'Peg' Ward Margaret E. "Peg" Ward, 91, formerly of Siverly Avenue, Oil City, died at 6:20 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, in Sugar Creek Station, Franklin, after an extended illness. Born Jan. 19, 1914, in Oil City, she was the daughter of Peter P. and Louella Knight Jarzenski. Mrs. Ward attended the Oil City schools. She was a homemaker most of her life and enjoyed cooking and baking for her family. She also enjoyed reading, her flowers, her children and grandchildren, football and horse racing. Mrs. Ward was married Oct. 19, 1933, to Edward Ward, who died July 25, 1978. Surviving are a daughter, Jane Motter and husband, Merle, of Oil City; a son, Gerald Ward and wife, Becky, of Weston, Conn.; nine grandchildren, Dan Ward, Becky Anderson, Tami Dunkle, Merle Motter Jr. and wife, Ruth, Don and Maria Hegburg, Ralph Motter, Charles Motter, Gerald Ward Jr., and Rikki Ward; 12 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. She also is survived by a sister, Mildred Bowie. In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Ward was preceded in death by two sons, Edward R. Ward and James William Ward; two great-grandsons, Timothy and Daniel Motter; one brother, Henry Jarzenski; and two sisters, Mabel Benson and Sara Persing. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Morrison Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home with the Rev. Christopher Hill, pastor of the Free Methodist Church of Oil City, officiating. Interment will be in Heckathorn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the American Heart Association or to the Disabled American Veterans. Lou Ziegler Lou Ziegler, 56, editor of The Forum in Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, in Naples, Fla., where he had a second home. He was executive editor of The Derrick and The News-Herald in 1995-96 and lived in Franklin during that time. Ziegler told his staff late last year that doctors had diagnosed him with pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver. He is survived by his wife, Sandy, and by two children, a grandson and his mother.