• Allan F. Couch
Allan F. Couch died June 5, 2008, of cancer at age 67. Allan F. Couch was born Aug. 22, 1940, in Rantoul, Kan. He lived in Walnut Creek, Calif., and Bothell, Wash., before moving in 1987 to Tigard, where he was a self-employed manufacturer's representative. In 1968, he married Leslie A. Crockett.
• AROUND THE NATION
Dwight White, 58, of Pittsburgh, the Steel Curtain defensive end known as "Mad Dog" who helped lead the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl titles in the 1970s, died June 6. White, a two-time Pro Bowl player, was chosen as one of the 33 members of the Steelers' 75th anniversary all-time team last season, but he was best known for climbing out of a hospital bed to play in the Steelers' first Super Bowl victory, 16-6 over the Minnesota Vikings in 1975. Bob Anderson, 75, of Los Angeles, who played the young George Bailey in the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life," died June 6. He grew up in a Hollywood family and was introduced to films when relatives arranged for him to appear in a movie scene that called for a baby. Jimmy Croll, 88, of Oceanport, N.J., the Hall of Famer who trained Holy Bull, the 1994 Horse of the Year, and who won the 1987 Belmont Stakes with Bet Twice, died June 6. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1994. Elly Peterson, 94, of Lansing, Mich., a pioneering former chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party who devoted herself to passing the Equal Rights Amendment, died June 9. She was the first Michigan woman to be nominated for the U.S. Senate, the first to address a National Republican Convention, the first to twice be co-chairwoman the Republican National Committee and the first to serve as deputy campaign chairwoman for a presidential candidate. Tom Catlin, 76, of Tulsa, Okla., a longtime NFL assistant coach and a two-way star in the 1950s at the University of Oklahoma, died June 7. Catlin was assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks, where he coached from 1983-1995. Bill Stroud, 65, of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., a member of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team reporting on the accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant at the Philadelphia Inquirer, died June 6. Stroud worked at the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before moving to Pennsylvania to join the staff of the Inquirer. Eliot Asinof, 88, of Hudson, N.Y., an author who invited readers behind the scenes of the world of sports with books including "Eight Men Out," died June 10. "Eight Men Out" was his 1963 retelling of the "Black Sox" scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 World Series. The book was made into a 1988 movie by the same name starring John Cusack, Charlie Sheen and Christopher Lloyd. John Rauch, 80, of Atlanta, the former Georgia quarterback who coached the Oakland Raiders to a berth in the second Super Bowl, died June 10. He was 33-8-1 in three season as the Raiders coach from 1966-68 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004. Curtis Watkins, 51, of Chicago, a member of DePaul's 1979 Final Four basketball team, died June 9. Watkins scored 24 points in DePaul's win over UCLA that sent the Blue Demons to the Final Four. Indiana State, which featured Larry Bird, defeated DePaul in the semifinal game. Leon Rhodes Austin, 74, of Augusta, Ga., a musician and associate of the late James Brown who once styled the singer's famous hair, died June 12. Austin maintained the hair of the "Godfather of Soul" off and on before stage and media appearances for 20 years. Brown died in Atlanta on Christmas Day 2006. Danny Davis, 83, of Nashville, Tenn., a Grammy-winning band leader and record producer who blended swing music with a country style, died June 12. Davis formed the Nashville Brass in 1968 after a career with big bands and as a record producer. Neil MacNeil, 85, of Bethesda, Md., who spent decades covering Congress for Time magazine, died June 7. MacNeil arrived in Washington in 1949 to report on Congress for the United Press. He worked for Time from 1958 until his retirement in 1987.
• Barbara Anne Frakes
A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2008, in St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception) in Portland for Barbara Anne Frakes, who died June 13 at age 78.
• Betty McLain
A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Fir Lawn Mortuary for Betty McLain, who died June 14 at age 61.
• Blaine Boone Moore Sr.
A Mass will be at 3 p.m. Friday, June 27, 2008, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Portland for Blaine Boone Moore Sr., who died June 3 at age 94.
• Colorado doctor made strides in cancer research
Dr. George Moore, who discovered radioactive isotopes to diagnose cancer, has died in Conifer, Colo. He was 88.
• Geraldine Mae Barnes
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2008, in Mt. Scott Funeral Home for Geraldine Mae Barnes, who died June 10 at age 88.
• Glenn G. Johnson
Glenn G. Johnson died June 11, 2008, at age 89.
• Hannah M. Davis
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in Finley's Sunset Hills Mortuary for Hannah M. Davis, who died June 14 at age 83.
• Jorren Seaton Hess
A gathering will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in Gabriel Park for Jorren Seaton Hess, who died June 12 at age 39.
• Kenneth R. Tate
Kenneth R. Tate died June 10, 2008, of cancer at age 67.
• Lawrence Milton Fields
Lawrence Milton Fields died June 11, 2008, at age 90.
• Leroy Steinmetz
A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in Mt. Scott Funeral Home for Leroy Steinmetz, who died June 13 at age 52.
• 'Mr. Bubbles' enchanted museum visitors
To teach a lesson about scientific observation, Milt Feinberg, a volunteer in Boston's Museum of Science, once replaced the photo of his smiling face on his identification badge with a picture of a gorilla.
• Renowned teacher helped students find their voices
International acclaim as a mezzo-soprano was years away when Denyce Graves arrived at Oberlin Conservatory of Music in the early 1980s and asked around to find the best voice teacher.
• Restaurateur was fast-food pioneer
Inspired by the crowds lined up at the first McDonald's in San Bernardino, Calif., Neal T. Baker and Glen Bell became part of a wave of fast-food pioneers linked by friendship and geography.
• Richard Lee Harris
Richard Lee Harris died June 11, 2008, of an aneurysm at age 60.
• Virginia Myrl Hess
A service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2008, in Hillsdale Community Church for Virginia Myrl Hess, who died June 12 at age 76.
• William Richardson
A funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home for William Richardson, who died June 13 at age 84.
