>From The Oak Ridger 12 Aug 2003 Armond "Arnie" Arnurius, 96, of Norris, Nicholas Monroe Smith Jr., 89, Pauline Joan Paul, 81, of Oak Ridge, ============================================ Armond "Arnie" Arnurius, 96, of Norris, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003, at his home with his family. Mr. Arnurius spent many of his last days before returning home at St. Mary's Residential Hospice, where he was attended by his wife of almost 17 years, Chesley Dale Arnurius, and other family members, several friends and many nurses. Born in 1906, in Windsor, Conn., he was the son of Albert and Edith Lovell Arnurius, both now deceased. Mr. Arnurius graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture and engineering. He moved his family to Norris in 1946 where he served the city for many years and in numerous capacities, including city clerk, city manager, city councilman, and mayor. In 1994, he was appointed mayor emeritus by the Norris City Council. According to his family, he was an ardent horseman, riding for pleasure and in horse show competition. Mr. Arnurius received many ribbons for his walking horses and in 1994 the East Tennessee Walking Horse Association awarded him the Overall High Point Performance Champion trophy. At age 90, he was listed by the Association as the oldest amateur rider. He was a long-term member of the Norris Religious Fellowship. His wife of 53 years, Evelyn Sandstrom Arnurius, and a sister and brother-in-law Vi and Charles Parsons, also died earlier. In addition to his wife, Mr. Arnurius is survived by two sons, David Arnurius of Norris and special friend, Phyllis Harrington, of Claxton, and Donald Arnurius and wife, Beth, of Knoxville; four grandchildren Scott Arnurius, Mark Arnurius and Sarah Arnurius, all of Knoxville, and Cynthia Hannon of Jacksonville, Fla.; and by a great-grandchild Paige Hixon of Jacksonville. He is also survived by three step-children, Ann Dale Stierli of Knoxville, Janet Dale Jolly of Norris, and James Burrows Dale of Memphis; four step-grandchildren, Erika Stierli, Alison Stierli, Karen Jolly Stecker and Peter Dale; two nephews Robert Parsons and Bruce Parsons; and by two cousins, A.W. "Bud" Lovell and wife, Priscilla, of Essex, Conn., and Martha Porteus of Windsor. His family said he will be remembered by many very special friends. A graveside service for family and close friends was Monday, Aug. 11, 2003, at Norris Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Keith Haverkamp and the Rev. Robert Puckett officiating. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at Norris Religious Fellowship. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to Norris Religious Fellowship, 23 Dogwood Road, Norris, TN 37754, or the American Cancer Society, 871 N. Weisgarber Road, Knoxville, TN 37909, or St. Mary's Residential Hospice, 7447 Andersonville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37938. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton is in charge of arrangements. Nicholas Monroe Smith Jr., 89, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003, at his home in Lusby, Md., of stage IV metastatic prostate cancer. Born March 23, 1914, in Little Rock, Ark., he was the son of Mary Gossett and Nick Monroe Smith Sr., both now deceased. Dr. Smith was a nuclear physicist who did operations research consulting. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas and he earned a master's and doctorate at the University of Chicago in physics. Starting in 1951, he spent 20 years at what became Research Analysis Corp., a not-for-profit group funded by the Army, where he headed the advanced research department. His work focused on war gaming and nonlinear computer programming, useful for solving complex mathematical problems dealing with cost and resource allocation. In 1971, he founded Telimis Corp., a Woodbridge-based business focused on early applications in computer technology. Dr. Smith did consulting work for other firms, beginning in the 1980s. He was also a chief scientist at the Washington Institute of Technology, a research and analysis company. While in Chicago, Ill., he worked with his adviser, Sam Allison, on Chicago Pile 1, the first controlled nuclear reaction. The reaction was set off under the university's Stagg Field. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. During World War II, he worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and also was a civilian assigned to the Army Air Forces in England, where he did work on planning railway targets for airstrikes in support of D-Day. His work during the war earned him the Medal of Freedom, a predecessor to the Presidential Medal of Freedom. >From 1946 to 1951, he worked as a physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His memberships included Phi Beta Kappa and the Sigma Xi scientific research society. He was a fellow of the Operations Research Society of America. According to his family, his avocations included sailing, and he taught courses in boating safety for the U.S. Coast Guard. His marriages to Elizabeth Kimbrough Smith and Judith Brenneman Smith ended in divorce. His third wife, Grace Shumate Smith, died in 1984. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Shirley Thomson Smith, whom he married in 1989; three children from his first marriage, Robin S. Chapman of Madison, Wis., Nicholas K. Smith of Leonardo, N.J., and Shelagh A. Smith of Rockville, Md.; two children from his second marriage, Carlyle H. Smith of Falls Church, Va., and Jennifer K. Smith of Bethesda, Md.; three stepchildren, Gretchen Jolles of Frederick, Vanessa W. Ford of Cedar Grove, N.J. and William C. Watson III of Cincinnati; and by 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family will conduct a memorial service on Thanksgiving. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to Calvert Pauline Joan Paul, 81, of Oak Ridge, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2003, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Born June 22, 1922, in Prague, Czechoslovakia, she was the daughter of Michael and Mary Homa Krisko, both now deceased. She moved with her family to Cleveland, Ohio, where she married Michael John Paul on May 7, 1945. Mr. Paul died May 31, 1994. According to her family, she was a beloved wife, mother, sister and grandmother. Mrs. Paul is survived by two daughters, Gloria Jean Paul of Knoxville, and Nancy Lynn Whitmire and husband, Paul, of Oak Ridge; a brother, Michael Krisko of Las Vegas, Nev.; and by two granddaughters, Kerry Campbell of Clinton, and Michelle Sjoholm and husband, Jay, of Atlanta, Ga. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003, in the chapel of Resthaven Memory Gardens in Avon, Ohio, with Father Shields officiating. Busch-Burmeister Family Chapel in Parma, Ohio, is in charge of arrangements. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! <A HREF="www.byrge.com/genealogy/">www.byrge.com/genealogy/</A> Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD