Obituaries
LOUISE P. DUHAMEL Mrs.
Duhamel was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and
received a bachelor of arts degree in sociology. Her
local memorial Mass will be at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph Church,
Fairhaven. WALTER
A. BRITTON Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Walter A. and Mary L. (Francis) Britton, he lived in the city all his life. He was a communicant of St. Mary's Church. Mr. Britton was a machine operator at Teledyne Rodney Metals until he retired. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and was in one of the first waves of servicemen to land at Normandy. Survivors
include his widow; two sons, David Britton and Robert J. Britton,
both of New Bedford; a daughter, Susan Levasseur of New Bedford;
and five grandchildren, Nicole Britton, Ashley Britton, Katie
Britton, Amy Levasseur and Brett Levasseur. KENNETH
MAXWELL Mr. Maxwell was a machinist, employed at Ecological Fibers Inc. in Pawtucket, R.I. He was a sports enthusiast. Survivors include his widow; a son, Tyler John Maxwell of Westport; a daughter, Megan Maxwell of Fall River; four brothers, Richard Maxwell of Swansea and John B. Maxwell, Mark Maxwell and Wayne Maxwell, all of Fall River; three sisters, Debbie Maxwell, Doreen Maxwell and Denise Maxwell, all of Fall River; a stepdaughter, Hollie Donald of Westport; and several nieces and nephews. His
funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Grace Church.
JULIETTE
VANLANDINGHAM Mrs.
Vanlandingham had been employed by Hemingway Trucking, New Bedford,
and Colonial Provision Co., Boston, for many years. She was also
a salesperson at Sixteen Plus and Peerless, North Dartmouth Mall.
She
was the sister of the late Edouard Potvin. NOLAN
WHITE, HOT-ROD RACER White, driving Spirit of Autopower, a streamliner powered by twin supercharged Chevrolet engines, averaged 413.156 mph for two runs Aug. 12 in the Southern California Timing Association speed trials. That meet was not sanctioned by the Federation International de Automobile and White was attempting to match or better that speed for that organization's recognition when he crashed last week. He
had just gone through the speed traps at the end of the measured
mile, at 422 mph, on the first of the required two runs. When
he deployed his three braking parachutes, they were ripped from
their mountings. A longtime competitor on the Salt Flats, White and his son and partner Rick were leaders in the quest for speed in piston-driven cars, although the much faster jet-powered cars draw most of the attention. The world land-speed record is 763.035 mph set in 1997 at Black Rock Desert, Nev., by Englishman Andy Green, a Royal Air Force pilot who broke the sound barrier in a car powered by twin jet engines. White's record-setting run in August also was not without incident. Traveling at more than 400 mph, with half a mile to go on the second run, a tire blew. "I was not about to shut the car down and was adamant that I would get through the (timing) lights," he said at the time. "I've had a half-dozen flat tires at 400 mph. "It's a real comfortable car. I've been doing this for 45 years. Once you are comfortable in your car, it doesn't bother you. If it bothered me, I'd quit." White also lost his main braking parachute after that run but managed to stop the car in slushy salt. JORGE
E. TAVEIRA Mr. Taveira was attending LifeStream Employment and Training Services in Taunton. He was a bodybuilder and a professional kickboxer. Survivors
include his parents; his girlfriend, Ann Monteiro; and several
aunts, uncles and cousins. Arrangements are by the Boulevard Funeral Home, 223 Ashley Blvd., New Bedford. ALVINA
MACHADO, 90 Mrs. Machado was a stitcher at San Toro until she retired. She was a member of the Arruda Senior Citizens Club, Somerset Adult Day Care and the Melody Club. Survivors include a son, Ronald R. Machado of Largo, Fla.; two daughters, Cynthia Rodrigues of Swansea and Carol Hilsman of Plainville; three sisters, Virginia Souza and Deolinda Ferreira, both of Fall River, and Louise Whittaker of California; 13 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Her funeral will be at 9 a.m. Friday at the Manuel Rogers & Sons Funeral Home, 1521 N. Main St., Fall River, with a Mass at 10 a.m. at St. John of God Church, Somerset. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River. MAURICE
D. TETREAULT Born
in Acushnet, the son of the late Maurice and Estelle (Mercier)
Tetreault, he lived in Dartmouth most of his life, in Westport
for many years and in Fall River for the past four years. He
was formerly employed by LaBerge Wrecking Co., Fall River. His funeral will be at noon Friday from the Auclair Funeral Home, 690 S. Main St., with a Mass at 1 p.m. in St. Anne Church, South Main Street. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. BARBARA
A. WADE Born in New Bedford, she was a lifelong resident of the city. Mrs. Wade worked in the food service division at Marriott Corp. until she retired in 1996. She enjoyed playing cribbage and billiards, and was a sports enthusiast. Survivors include two sons, David T. Wade and his wife, Doreen, of New Bedford, and Eric J. Wade of New Bedford; a daughter, Lauren K. Wade of Fall River; three grandchildren, Crystal Wade of New Bedford, Amber Allen of Fall River and Tristan Wade of New Bedford; a stepgrandson, Jeffrey Furtado of New Bedford; and a great-granddaughter. She
was the sister of the late Janice Shoesmith. GEORGE
ADAMS Mr. Adams managed the Pocasset Country Club for eight years. Previously, he was a bartender for many years at various restaurants in the Fall River area. He
was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post in Tiverton, R.I. His funeral will be private. Cremation will take place today at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence. Burial will be in Bay Pine's National Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Fla. Arrangements are by Boule Funeral Home, 615 Broadway. NORBERT
SCHULTZE, COMPOSER, 91 By MELISSA EDDY, Associated Press
writer Schultze died Oct. 14 in Bad Toelz, near Munich, his son Norbert Schultze said yesterday. He said his father passed away quietly in the presence of his family. Throughout World War II, Schultze composed scores for Nazi films, which discredited him in his homeland for several years after the end of the war and left him able to find work only as a gardener. He later apologized for supporting Hitler's regime. Born in Braunschweig in 1911, Schultze studied music theory and theater in Cologne and Munich before beginning his career as a theater music director in the university city of Heidelberg. He began writing songs and several children's musicals in the 1930s that were successful, but never wildly popular. In 1938, he set to music the words of a World War I-era poem by Hans Leip about a soldier who is called to the front, leaving behind his sweetheart who waits for him in the lamplight. It sold only several hundred copies. Three years later, a version of the song, recorded by Lale Anderson, was broadcast from a German radio station in occupied Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to forces in North Africa. It was an instant hit with the soldiers. Although the Nazis banned the song, it spread like wildfire through barracks, hospitals and bunkers on both sides of the front -- whereever there were lonely soldiers longing for their left-behind lovers. British commanders reportedly hated hearing their troops singing the German version of the song and hired a lyricist to compose an English version of "Lili Marlene," that first aired on the BBC in 1944. The song was translated into about 30 languages and was performed by countless singers, including Marlene Dietrich, Edith Piaf and Greta Garbo. Yet Schultze, who wrote a book in 1996 titled, "With you, Lili Marlene," never considered the song his greatest work and was often plagued by its enormous success. "When I hear it today, I don't have the feeling that it is from me," the Monday edition of Berlin's Tagesspiegel daily quoted him as saying in 1996. "Musically, I had bad luck." By 1950, he was again composing musicals for children, such as "The Snow Queen" and operettas including "The Rain in Paris," as well as music for nearly 50 films. Schultze,
who lived more recently on the Spanish island of Mallorca and
kept a vacation residence in Bad Toelz, is survived by his wife,
Iwa Wanja, and five children.
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