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THE DESERT SUN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009 For the record Lives Remembered PAID NOTICES Gwendolyn Jean Sherman-Jiles Gwendolyn Jean Sherman-Jiles of La Quinta, Calif. passed away on December 12, 2009 after a long illness. She was born on March 21, 1935 to John and Ruby Blann in Atoka, Okla. Gwen moved to La Quinta in 1976 with her family. She was a retired property manager and income tax preparer.

She owned Vista Business Service in La Quinta for 26 years. She is survived by her sons, Dan and Larry; grandson, Sean; sisters, Melba, Flo and Margie; daughter in law, Nancy; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Ruby Blann; her first husband, Orvial Sherman; and second husband, Jess Jiles. Gwen enjoyed traveling and being with her family. She had an infectious laugh that brought joy to everyone around her.

She will be missed greatly by her family and everyone who knew her. Viewing will be on Friday, December 18, 2009 at 11:30 AM at the Church of Christ, 45745 Deglet Noor, Indio, CA. Funeral services will be at the Church at 1:30 PM. Interment will be directly following the service at the Coachella Valley Cemetery, 82925 Ave. 52, Coachella.

To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: mydesert.com/obituaries Kevin Leslie Beatley Kevin Leslie Beatley, 52, of San Jacinto, Calif. passed away December 13, 2009 in Moreno Valley, Calif. He was born November 26, 1957 to Tom Beatley and Karyn Hill in Santa Barbara, Calif. He worked in property development and commercial real estate. Kevin is survived by his sisters, Vikki Beatley of Long Calif.

and Debbie Hill of Santa Ana, and stepfather, Herb Hill of San Jacinto. He was preceded in death by many who knew and loved him. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: mydesert.com/obituaries Death Notices La Quinta Gwendolyn Jean Sherman Palm Springs Francis C. Taylor, 83 Indio Jose Bonifacio Navarro, 79 San Jacinto Kevin Leslie Beatley, 52 Statesville, N.C. Lois Verlee Yancy Dascotte, 83 Frances C.

Taylor Frances Coore Taylor, 83, of Palm Springs, passed away at her home on December 11, 2009. She was born in Lakeview, N.C., to Frances and Thomas Coore. She was, a graduate of High School in 1943 and attended Florida State Teachers College, now Florida State University. Frances for the F.B.I. in Washington, D.C.

from 1947 to 1951 where she met and married J. Clayton Taylor in March 1950. They have lived in Palm Springs for the past 48 years. In the 1960's, Frances was one of the parents who helped establish the Palm Springs Swim Team, now known as the Piranha's. She also provided years of volunteer service at the Desert Regional Medical Center Auxiliary.

Frances touched the lives of so many people through her countless acts of kindness and charity, for which she wanted no recognition. Until the very end, the focus of her life was her family and their happiness and wellbeing. She was a wonderful wife and the best mother a family could ever wish for. She is survived by J. Clayton Taylor, her husband of 59 years; son, Thomas E.

Taylor of San Jose, daughters, Kathryn Lee Taylor of Norco, and Jane Blue Wang of Palm Springs; son-in-law, Sang Pao Wang; grandson, Thomas Blue Wang; and her sister, Edith Edmonds of Greensboro, N.C. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to your favorite charity. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: mydesert.com/obituaries Jose Bonifacio Navarro Jose Bonifacio Navarro, 79, of Indio, Calif. passed away December 12, 2009 in Indio. He was born in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico to Abundio Navarro and Victorina Valdivia.

He married Dora Salih on August 17, 1961 in Indio. He was a laborer at Kaiser Steel in Mountain for 25 years. Jose is survived by his wife, Dora Navarro; daughters, Mary Teresa Daniel (Carey) of Phoenix, Olga Partain (Jim) of Palm Desert, and Juanita Hernandez of Indio; son, John Salas (Terry) of La Quinta, eight brothers and sisters; seven grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by four siblings. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 18, 2009 at Casillas Family Funeral Home in Coachella, Calif.

from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM with a Rosary at 6:00 PM. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: mydesert.com/obituaries TO PUBLISH AN OBITUARY IN THE DESERT SUN Please e-mail obituary text (photo optional) to: or call 760.778.4704 The deadline is 4:00 PM Monday through Thursday 2 days prior to publication. Sunday publication deadlines Thursday at 4pm. Deadlines for Monday Tuesday publication is 12 Noon Friday. Deadlines are subject to change.

Nevada state legislator, longtime educator dies The Associated Press CARSON CITY, NEV. Jack Vergiels, a longtime Nevada educator and legislator who served as both Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 72. According to the Legislative Counsel Bureau, Vergiels was the only lawmaker in Nevada history to have held the top leadership posts of both chambers. The Las Vegas Democrat served in the Assembly from 1973 to 1984 and was speaker in 1983.

He served in the Senate from 1985 through 1992, where he was majority leader in 1991. Vergiels was a close ally of then-Gov. Mike 'Callaghan and then-Lt. Gov. Harry Reid in the early 1970s, Reid said in a statement.

"I was saddened to hear of his passing," said Reid, now the majority leader in the U.S. Senate. "Throughout Jack's long career serving our state, he was a true leader that Nevadans could always depend on." Sue Lowden, who defeated Vergiels for the state Senate in 1992, said she was saddened by the death of her onetime political rival. "Sen. Vergiels demonstrated his commitment to public service and to our great state.

He will be missed," Lowden said in a statement. Vergiels grew up on Ohio, and received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in education from the University of Toledo. After coming to Nevada, he taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In 1998 he was honored as Professor of Education Emeritus by the University. and Community College System of Nevada.

In 2007, Vergiels was inducted into the Nevada Senate Hall of Fame. Funeral arrangements were pending. Lois Verlee Yancey Dascotte Lois Verlee Yancey Dascotte, 83, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009 in Statesville, N.C., after a lengthy illness. She was born on January 21, 1926 in Herrin, Ill. and was the daughter of Willis and Ada Yancey.

She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and will be missed. Lois was a member of the Statesville East Congregation of Jehovah's Witness. She was preceded in death by husband of 65 years, Arnold Dascotte; and son Steven Eugene Dascotte. Survivors include two sons, Thomas Arnold Dascotte (Ann) of Highland, Ill. and Robert Lee Dascotte (Tami) of Indio, two daughters, Melinda Colleen Dascotte of Charlotte, N.C.

and Sharon Ada Caughron of Hemet, and a brother, Royal Yancey of Herrin, 13 grandchildren; and 23 greatgrandchildren. A Memorial was held in the Westmoreland Chapel of BunchJohnson Funeral Home in Statesville. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: mydesert.com/obituaries Blood donations Community Blood Bank's Central Facility: 39-000 Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage. Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Information: (760) 773-4190. The Community Blood Bank facility at 46-100 Rubidoux St. in Indio is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Information: (760) 863-5377 Community Blood Bank's Bloodmobile regularly visits the following locations: Kmart Shopping Center, 14-011 Palm Drive, Desert Hot Springs, 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month; Sun Lakes Shopping Center, 300 S. Highland Springs, Banning, 2 to 6 p.m.

on Mondays; and the Town Center Mall, 57-725 29 Palms Highways, Yucca Valley, 1 to 6 p.m. Information: (866) 507-5433 LifeStream La Quinta Donor Center Facility: 79-215 Corporate Centre Drive in La Quinta. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 7:30 a.m.

to 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. To donate blood, a person must be at least 17 years old (15- and 16-year-olds may donate with a signed LifeStream consent form), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health and be free of antibiotics for at least two weeks. Donors can find out about eligibility when they call, too. Information: (760) 777-8844.

Controversial Russian economist, former acting prime minister dies BY DAVID NOWAK The Associated Press MOSCOW Yegor Gaidar, who oversaw Russia's painful economic transition from communism to the free market in the 1990s, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 53. Gaidar died unexpectedly of a blood clot at his Moscowarea home while he was working on a book early in the morning, his aide Valery Natarov told The Associated Press. Gaidar who served under Boris Yeltsin and as acting prime minister for six months in 1 1992 was loathed by ordinary Russians who saw their savings wiped out by the inflation that followed his sudden price liberalization that year. But he was praised by others for taking it upon himself to make painful but necessary changes to fix a dysfunctional communist economy.

He oversaw the so-called shock therapy reforms that opened prices that formerly were set by the state to the free market. That meant empty grocery stores restocked immediately but that hyperinflation put most goods out of reach of many consumers. Gaidar, a graduate of the economics department of Moscow State University, was among a group of young liberals in the 1990s who have been cast as the architects of that decade's economic and political chaos by Russia's current leadership. Former associates acknowledged Gaidar was hated by ordinary Russians who lost everything during the economic liberalization, but they said he succeeded in avoiding a greater catastrophe. "He stood before the choice of civil war or painful reforms," Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister under told the Ekho Moskvy radio station.

"He gave his life to avert civil war." Anatoly Chubais, Gaidar's close associate in the reforms and a former deputy prime minister, described Gaidar his blog as a friend and "an intellectual and moral leader for all of "He was a great man," Chubais said. "Russia is very lucky to have had him in one of the most difficult times of its history. He saved the country from hunger, civil war and collapse." TANYA MAKEYEVA ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar is seen Oct. 17, 2002, in his office in Moscow. An aide to Yegor Gaidar, Russia's former acting prime minister under Boris Yeltsin and economic reformer, said Wednesday that he has died of a thrombosis.

Russian Prime Minister swer any question. He made a Vladimir Putin posted a Web great contribution to Russia's site statement calling the death economic science. I am very "a heavy loss for Russia, for us sorry that such people die so all." young," Zhirinovsky said. "We have lost a genuine cit- Gaidar fell ill on a book izen and patriot, a strong spir- promotion trip to Ireland in ited person, a talented scientist, November 2006, a few days writer and expert. He didn't after the poisoning death i in dodge responsibility and 'took London of former Russian sethe punch' in the most chal- curity agent Alexander Litvilenging situations with honor nenko.

Gaidar said he feared he and courage," the statement had been poisoned, too, and said. pointed the finger at unidenPresident Dmitry Medvedev tified enemies of the Kremlin. issued a statement calling Andrei Lugovoi, Britain's Gaidar a "daring, honest and main suspect in Litvinenko's decisive" economist who death, who had headed "evoked respect among his Gaidar's personal security sersupporters and opponents." vice in the early 1990s, praised Former Soviet President him on Wednesday. Mikhail Gorbachev, who op- "You can have different posed Gaidar's reforms, said in opinions about his views on comments carried by the economic policy and the reITAR-Tass news agency that he forms that were carried out, "personally grieves" Gaidar's but one thing remains indisdeath. But he also pointed to putable: He always acted in the what he called the shortcom- country's interests," Lugovoi, ings of Gaidar's policies.

now a member of Russia's "Gaidar went into politics parliament, was quoted by with many hopes, but his plan ITAR-Tass as saying. was to (resolve all the prob- Gaidar was part of a lems) in one shot," Gorbachev renowned family. said. His grandfather, Arkady, was In one of his final interviews, a Red Army hero of the BolGaidar spoke of his time in shevik Revolution who turned office. to writing children's books that "One of the main achieve- remain popular today.

His faments in 1991-1993 was that ther, Timur, was a military we managed to avoid civil reporter with the Soviet Pravda war," he was quoted as saying newspaper. His daughter, by Novaya Gazeta, in an in- Maria, is a liberal campaigner interview published Nov. 20. who has been arrested several Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the times for taking part in anleader of the right-wing Liberal ti-government rallies and now Democratic Party and a con- serves as an aide to Nikita temporary of Gaidar as a State Belykh, a regional governor. Duma deputy, expressed his Gaidar is survived by his wife, admiration Wednesday.

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