www.yourwestvalley.com | Daily News-Sun | FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014 A5 FULL-TIME CARE Glen Campbell’s wife defends his care THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nashville, Tenn. • Glen Campbell’s Alzheimer’s disease has progressed to the point where he needs full-time professional care, his wife said Thursday, explaining her decision to place the singer in a long-term care facility and responding publicly for the first time to criticism from Campbell’s eldest daughter. In an email to The Associated Press, Kim Campbell wrote that doctors persuaded her earlier this spring to discontinue care at the family’s home, drawing criticism from Campbell’s daughter Debby. “It is crushingly sad to see him afflicted with Alzheimer’s but indulging those feelings does not help him,” Campbell wrote, adding, “I am his wife and no one wants him home more than me, but I must do what is in his best interest.” Debby Campbell told Country Weekly magazine last week that she objected to the move and that she and Campbell’s eldest children heard about it through news media Glen Campbell, left, and his wife, Kim, pose for a portrait in Malibu, Calif. in this July 2011 photo. Campbell’s wife has issued a statement explaining the decision to place the singer in a long-term care facility and expressing hurt over criticism of the move. [The Associated Press] reports. She also said she did not believe family members in Nashville, where the Country Music Hall of Fame member now lives, were spending enough time with him. Expo >> From page A1 ing pet supplies and food delivery, spay, neuter and vaccine assistance, financial assistance for veterinary care, transportation and temporary foster care. Read about Dogs on Deployment Monday in the Daily News-Sun Talk to Tina column. For more information on the organizations, visit www.dogsondeployment. org, www.azk9.org, email [email protected] or call 602448-7595, and to learn more about the MASH Unit, visit www.mcso.org/mash or call 602-876-1212. DEATH NOTICES LEHMANN, Jean B., 91, of Sun City West died June 18, 2014. She was from Chicago. Service will be in Des Plaines, Ill. Camino del Sol Funeral Chapel and Cremation Center handled arrangements. 623-584-6299. STEPHENS, Barbara Jean, 85, of Sun City West died June 18, 2014. Services will be in Oklahoma City, Okla., at a later date. Camino del Sol Funeral Chapel and Cremation Center handled arrangements. 623-584-6299. Campbell, 78, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2011. He issued two albums and went on a world tour following the diagnosis. At the time, Kim Campbell said the tour was a way to help her husband combat the brainravaging disease and spend time with his family members, including Debby, who made up his band and traveled with him. Glen Campbell has eight children, including three with Kim Campbell, his wife of 32 years. She says she spends time with her husband every day and that two of his children who live in Nashville visit weekly. Beyond that, she says she organizes activities for the Grammy Awardwinning singer of such hits as “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “Wichita Lineman.” “He has longtime friends here in Nashville who come to play music for him and give him hugs,” Kim Campbell said. “He has activities and therapies to stimulate him and help him experience daily moments of success. His life is filled with love and laughter and he is being cared for round the clock by people who specialize in Alzheimer’s care and happen to adore him.” HOT DAYS KALLEMEYN, Harriet E. Harriet E. Kallemeyn, 94, nee Hanson, was taken to Heaven June 15, 2014. Born in Chicago to Robert and Grace Hanson, she was preceded in death by her parents and brother Fillmore. Harriet was a synchronized ballet swimmer participating in the Chicago World’s Fair at Lake Michigan. She was very talented at building doll houses and crafts. Her greatest love was her family and she cherished all of us. She leaves behind her loving husband, Earl (married 70 years); children: Scott (Cathy), Kaye Nossem, Linda Mizutowich, Mark (Cindy), Cheryl (Ken) Clark, Kristine, Todd (Becky); fifteen grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. We will miss her dearly. She will be laid to rest at Chapel Hill Garden South in Oak Lawn, IL. Please visit www.menkefuneralhome.com to leave condolences. Visit this person’s Guest Book at www.yourwestvalley.com BASLER, Dolores Meyer Manning Broaddus Dolores Meyer Manning Broaddus Basler, 92, died at her home peacefully inn her sleep after a long illness on Saturday, June 14, 2014. She was born in Belleville, Illinois and lived most of her life in Wood River, Illinois. She moved to Arizona in 1993, along with her daughter Fran, both joining her other daughter Marcia already in Phoenix. Surviving her are two daughters. Francine Manning of Sun City and Marcia Manning Kortmeyer and son-in-law Richard Kortmeyer of Trophy Club, Texas. One grandson Scott Kortmeyer of Southlake, Texas, and three great grand daughters: Aspen Kortmeyer 12, Riley Kortmeyer 10, Dejanee Boyko 20. She was proceeded in death by her parents Anna and Frank Meyer of Wood River, Illinois. Also her first husband Francis J. Manning of Wood River, Illinois, her second husband Joe Broaddus of Moro, Illinois, her third husband John Basler of Sun City. Her cremated remains will be sent back to Illinois for burial at St. Joseph Cemetery in Alton, Illinois. It is operated by St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton, Illinois. Funeral arrangements in Illinois are with Paynic Funeral Home. Visit this person’s Guest Book at www.yourwestvalley.com County reports 1st heat-related death of 2014 as summer looms hours away STAFF REPORT If you want to know what the first day of summer will feel like, step outside today. The summer solstice is still several hours away — 3:51 a.m. Saturday — but today’s forecasted temperature of 107 degrees is expect to be a mirror copy of tomorrow’s high, meteorologists predict. Following a slightly below average Thursday — about 100 degrees in the West Valley — the heat gets turned up today and will continue to rise through the middle of next week when a 110-degree peak is expected. A high pressure system sets back up over Arizona today, reminding those liv- ing here what they can expect for the next several months. On Thursday, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health reported a man in his 60s as the first death due to heat-related illness in the county this year. The man, who also had underlying health conditions, was found in his home in early June without functioning air conditioning. The man’s name and city where he resided weren’t immediately released. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more people die in the U.S from heat than from all other natural disasters combined. The first day of summer and its 107 degrees will be accompanied by a sunny sky and winds that could gust as high as 20 mph. Saturday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 79. The timing of the summer solstice depends on when the sun reaches its farthest point north of the equator. The word solstice is from the Latin solstitium, from sol (sun) and stitium (to stop), reflecting the fact that the sun appears to stop at this time — and again at the winter solstice. This summer solstice is the day with the most hours of sunlight during the year NEWS BRIEFLY California’s McCarthy chosen House majority leader Washington (AP) • Not so long ago Kevin McCarthy was working as an aide to his local congressman in hot, dusty Bakersfield, Calif. Now the 49year-old is a new face of the GOP, selected by House Republicans as their majority leader after a whirlwind round of politicking prompted by last week’s primary election upset of Majority Leader Eric Can- tor of Virginia. McCarthy’s ascent to the No. 2 House job in his fourth term is a testament to his political skills and talent for developing relationships. SECHREST, Mildred Edith Albertine Loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Mildred Edith Albertine Sechrest of Ashburn, Virginia, passed away on June 1, 2014 at the age of 99. Mildred was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 4, 1915 to Henry and Elizabeth (Kittle) Soldman. She was mother to Barbara Carpenter (Sechrest) Hardy, Patricia Louise (Sechrest) Failla and the late Bruce Robert Sechrest, Sr. Mildred was a military wife for many years and retired in Tempe, Arizona and later moved to Sun City, Arizona. The last few years of her life were spent in Virginia with her daughter Barbara Carpenter Hardy and her family Bruce, his wife Stacie and great grandson Ryan Hardy. She enjoyed reading, lunch at her favorite restaurants, theater, symphony, travel and spending time with her family. Truly remarkable women who will always live in our hearts. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Carpenter Hardy, Patricia Failla and her husband Tom; grandchildren: Scott James Failla and wife April, Bruce Robert Carpenter Hardy and his wife Stacie, Robert Sechrest and wife Christina, Dorothy Anne Alexander (Hardy) Beene and husband Jay, Michelle Lynn Bently, Kerrie Failla Sherrard and Bill Bounds and wife Gina; and great-grandchildren: Ryan Maddox Carpenter Hardy, Laura Elizabeth Beene, Philip Murff Beene, Tanner James Failla, Taylor Ann Failla, Raylee Marie Failla, Nicole Lynn Bentley, Ashley Caitlin Sechrest, Courtney Alexandra Sechrest, Renee Elizabeth Sechrest, Aleesia Bounds, Brandon Bounds and Christopher Bounds. A memorial service will be held on June 24th, 3:00 P.M. at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Ashburn, Virginia and reception at the home of Bruce and Stacie Hardy, 19664 Player Court, Ashburn, Virginia immediately following the service. Memorials can be made to The American Diabetes Association. www. colonialfuneralhome.com Visit this person’s Guest Book at www.yourwestvalley.com