From the Oak Ridger 16 Feb 2005 James L. Foutch, 61, of Knoxville, John R. Lund, 88, a resident of Oak Ridge since 1950, Joan "Jo" M. Schappel, 76, of Pasco, Wash. Emily Pauline Blankenship, 82, of Coalfield, James L. Foutch, 61, of Knoxville, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2005. Born on July 1, 1943, he was the son of James M. and Delia Foutch. Mr. Foutch served in the U.S. Army as an Information Specialist from 1963 to 1966, and went on to earn his bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee in 1969. He was a 1970 graduate of the University of Tennessee Law School. He joined the U.S. Department of Energy in 1973 as primary counsel to all Oak Ridge Operations programs and support organizations. He later served as the assistant manager for defense programs for the Fernald, Ohio Site office and the Y-12 Site office. Before retiring in 1995, Mr. Foutch would also serve as deputy chief counsel for litigation and programs and acting chief counsel. Upon retirement from DOE after years of exemplary service, Mr. Foutch joined Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) where he served as vice president and general counsel and deputy director of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. He is survived by his loving wife, Doreen; daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Jason Wolfe of Knoxville; daughter and son-in-law, Hannah and Matthews Smith of Knoxville; daughter Heidi Foutch of Knoxville; father and step-mother, James and Edna Foutch of Cookeville; stepchildren, Greg and Amy Merritt of Kentucky; Laura and Arthur Wiseman of Michigan; and father-in-law, James Daniel of Knoxville. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Benjamin, Abby and Eliza Wiseman of Michigan, and Sam Merritt of Kentucky. A memorial service will be held in Oak Ridge on Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at Pollard Technology Conference Center on the ORAU main campus. The family will receive friends beginning at 3:30 p.m., and the memorial service will begin at 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Boston University Medical Center, Amyloid Research Center, 715 Albany Street, K-5, Boston, MA 02118. Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel, 11915 Kingston Pike, is serving the Foutch family. John R. Lund, 88, a resident of Oak Ridge since 1950, died at 5:23 a.m. Monday, Feb. 14, 2005, at NHC HealthCare of Oak Ridge. John was born in Kingsley, Kansas, on Feb. 19, 1916, the son of Clarence Jeffrey and Ruth Crockett Lund. They reared John and his sisters, Bernice and Margaret, on their wheat farm in Ensign, Kansas. A pilot who attained the rank of major during World War II, his P-47 Thunderbolt was shot down over Germany on March 19, 1945. He had to bail out, was captured and taken to a prisoner of war hospital in Frankfurt, Germany. He was later awarded the Purple Heart. As a result of injuries to his legs from bailing out, he had post-war surgeries at Aushing General Veterans Hospital in Framingham, Mass., where he met his wife of 58 years, Esther Marie McNiff. The couple married in the hospital chapel. They began their married life at the University of Kansas, where John studied for a master's degree in analytical chemistry, and in 1950 he moved his young family to Oak Ridge to accept a position with Union Carbide Nuclear Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition to his spouse, Esther, John is survived by his sister, Margaret "Maggie" Watson and her spouse, Norman, of Wichita, Kansas; and his four children and their families, Jeffrey Francis Lund and his spouse, Diane, of Arlington, Va., and their son, Jesse Crockett Lund; John Richard Lund and his spouse, Nancy, and their children, Carissa Marie and Gunner Conrad of Bozeman, Mont.; Jennifer Ann Lund and Bryan Akin Anderson of Atlanta, Ga., and Eric Conrad Lund and his spouse, Julie Alexander, and their son, Alexander, of Dothan, Ala. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, at St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. Michael Woods officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the church. Burial will be private. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of donations in honor of John R. Lund, who cared deeply about faith and education, to St. Mary's School, 327 Vermont Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. An on-line registration book is available at www.martinoakridgefuneralhome.com. Joan "Jo" M. Schappel, 76, of Pasco, Wash., died at home on Sunday, Feb.13, 2005. Born on Aug. 3, 1928, in Fort Wayne, Ind., she was the daughter of Henry J. and Mary P. (Tyner) Duerstock. She attended parochial grammar school there and graduated from South Side High School in 1946. The family included two younger brothers, both of whom are her friends to this day. Jo had an unusually strong thirst for knowledge which she displayed with her lifelong passion for reading and expanding her horizons. She worked for four years after leaving high school to earn money to allow her to attend Indiana University, where she prepared to be a medical technician. The money ran out and soon she met and married Robert E. Schappel in 1954. Bob was a traveling service engineer for Foster Wheeler Corporation, and their marriage began with a two-year working honeymoon visiting seven different plant locations. Jo and Bob then moved to Oak Ridge for nine years and their two children, Kathleen and Christopher, were born there. Jo became interested in Girl Scouts when Kathy was old enough to join and soon found herself a Girl Scout leader. The next stop on their odyssey was Baltimore, Md., where Bob was employed by Westinghouse, a move that opened the door to some serious traveling. In Baltimore, Jo re-engaged with the Girl Scouts and was soon appointed a regional representative. Following four and a half years in Baltimore, the family moved to London, England, courtesy of Westinghouse. Jo volunteered with the American Girl Scouts organization and soon found herself appointed country commissioner of Great Britain and Ireland, as the military, which supported the organization in Europe, was trying to enlist civilian volunteers to broaden the scope of their activities. This volunteer job led to many trips to Germany and around Great Britain, which provided additional fringe benefits for the family. While in England, Jo soon became involved in equestrian activities because Kathy was deeply involved in pony club affairs. Upon returning to the United States, Bob elected to take a position with Westinghouse Hanford, a move that was blessed by Jo, who said, "Great, we've never lived in the Northwest before." Moving to Pasco, Wash., brought new opportunities to Jo, and she soon opened a shop called The Tack Box where she provided clothing, saddles and other horsey materials for Tri-Citians interested in English equestrian events. She sold The Tack Box in 1984, but the business continues to this day. During those years, she helped start the Columbia Hunter-Jumper Club, which sponsored springtime events for combined training riders and won the Washington State Horseman's South Central Zone "Club of The Year" award in 1977. After selling The Tack Box, Jo returned to her lifelong quest for knowledge, first by taking some courses at CBC and then enrolling in a degree program at the Tri-Cities campus of Washington State University. She completed the program and graduated cum laude in 1991 with a degree in the humanities, becoming the third Schappel to be a WSU Alumni. The first two were her children who preceded her there. Bob and Jo, now retired, then continued their program of lifelong learning which included nine elder hostels, one of which was a two-month trip to New Zealand and Australia, and two "Semesters at Sea" voyages, one being "Around the World in 100 Days" and the other a summer semester around Europe and North Africa. They also enjoyed a couple of Caribbean "Seminars at Sea." Sharing their common faith with peoples of different countries was of paramount importance on these journeys. Included in these travels were several trips for Florida family reunions, visits with their children and granddaughter, Jenny, and family genealogy trips to Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky, where Jo's family were among the earliest pioneers. She is eligible for membership in the "Daughters of The American Revolution." In between the activities, Jo and Bob found time to help the local Habitat For Humanity to get off the ground. This interest continued until Jo was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2001. She was a member of St. Patrick's Parish in Pasco, Wash., had spent several years of friendship with other members of TOPS, and belonged to the WSU Alumni Association and Phi Kappa Phi. With such a busy life, Jo managed to raise and positively influence two wonderful children and to enhance her family life with warmth and humor. She and Bob celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 26, 2004. Her family indicated that the kind, beautiful, gentle lady had confided to them that she viewed her final illness as an answer to her prayer that she be spared the lingering death which so often accompanies Alzheimer's. The family said the Lord has been so good to them, and they are thankful for the blessings of her life shared with them. The rosary will be recited at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at Mueller's Greenlee Funeral Home in Pasco, Wash. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Pasco, Wash. Services will conclude at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice House, 2108 W. Entiat Avenue, Kennewick, WA 99336. Mueller's Greenlee Funeral Home in Pasco, Wash., is in charge of the arrangements. Emily Pauline Blankenship, 82, of Coalfield, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005, at the Morgan County Life Care Center in Wartburg. Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete at press time. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD