b'ssociationNews Arnold HellerKansas City Mo.An icythat :snow RememberedbeganfallingintheKansasCity ArnoldWilliamH ler,75,diedmetropolitanareaa noon el round Feb. 1,his h He served on theresulted in more700 accidents atome.than boardof directorsoftheMidwestthat da:y,. RoofingContractorsAssociationAftertheaccident,doctorsat and the National Roofing Contrac Jackson M rialHospitalrebuilt emotors Association.SheilaGeo. Groh &part of Thomas\' spine withhooks Steinkuhler,Sons, He worked at Kreiling Roofing Co.Empo Kan., with Derrick Thomasand titanium rods.His spria,atinal cord from 1950 until her in 1 the \'MRCA 50th Annual Convention andw severelybut n sevreti ed997.asbruised,ot He served as its president from 1 Trade Show" in Kansas City,.ered. 984Moto1997, andfrom1997 u hisTh nt alof hntilomas spe 111 yearsis death, he served as chairman of theDenick. ThomasNFL career with the Chiefs. Hes waboard.Rememberedknownfor his"sackandstrip" Agraduate of Wabash Col Derrick Th 33, died Tues move, w he closedfaston a 1948omas,here lege in Crawfordsville, Ind., he wasday,Feb.8,after goingintocar quarterback\'s blind side and hacked an active participant in football,diorespiratoryarrestatJacksonat his arm toball out of bas knock the ketball and baseball. He was a MemorialHo ital in Miami.Hehisandofquickmem sp hand,was onethe ber ofChi and later served aswasonhis wayto rehabilitation,estdefendersintheleague. Sigma president of the Sigma Chi Alumnijust days after he was released fromThomas waslaudedbyfansand Associationin Peoria.Hewasaintensive carepasses toKansasC Chiefs coachingstaff and givenity member of the Kiwanis Club,untleave theMiami hospitalbecauseasprimarily responsibleforthe MoHawleyCountryClubandtheIvyhewasprogressingsowell.team leadingleagueaus-thewithplClub.Th joined MRCA last fall,130 turnover ratio1990s. omaswithin the A member andformerelderofhis company, BMI-Metcon In , a c.RedeemerLutheranC rch,heroofingcontractingcompanyin hunday schoo and taught Su lwas activeKansas City inthebuildingcommitteeandT wasbeingtransferred homas served as achairman of thefrom his hospitalbed to a formerwheelcongregation.chairhe told h mother that whenis HewasbornJan. 4,1 inhe wasn feeling well and h eyes 925,\'tis Farm Retreat,Ind.,toHermanrolledback.Extensiveeffortsto ers ra WilliamandLau EdithDroegerevive him were unsuccessful.An Heller,hemarriedieonautopsy confirmed that he died from Sall Elson June 7, 1953, inPeoria. She sur a pulmonaryembolism-a blood vives.clot th generally forms in the legs at Also surviving are onen, Pauland travels up through the heart so andJerry Tietsma (and Cindy) of Peoria; onethen gets stuckin theartery that daughter, Laura (and T Moore ofia; sixgoes to the lungs.The "Fricldas Quiz" on im)Peorg ndchildren;andonebrother,InJanuary, the Kansas CityFactoryMutual ra late Waldemar (and Beverly) of Grabill,Chiefs linebacker was injured in aReaderswill recall that inthe Ind.one-car accident that killed aOctoberissueoftheMidwest pasHe was preceded inby onesenger incar.Thomas andRoofer, we printedshort quiz deathhisBothacre-brother.Michael TellisKansas City, Kan.,ated by Dick Frick/as for readers to of Memorials may be made to Con were thrown fromthevehicle.Areturn with the reward ofMRCA an LutheranandttcordiaSchool.third passenger, who was wearinghata ache case for the highest hisseatbelt,sustainedminorscore.CongratulationstoJerry in ieswhenT \' carro edTietsmaof the Roofing Industrjur homas ll y over sev times on aEducational Institute, who won the eralsnow-and ice-covered highway.contest! Dick Frick/es provided the Theoccurred on Inter answers to the quiz which appear \'./ accident state 435inthenorthernpartofon the n page. ext'