Oct. 23, 2002--Roland E. Bounds, 49, a senior research technician with the Delaware Geological Survey, died Oct. 18, 2002. Mr. Bounds was a partner in Broken Back Minerals and a member of the Delaware Mineralogical Society, Friends of Mineralogy.

Funeral services will be at noon, Thursday, Oct. 24, in the McCrery Memorial Funeral Home, 3924 Concord Pike, Talleyville, where friends may call after 10 a.m. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Kennett Pike. Contributions can be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society, 92 Read’s Way, New Castle, DE 19720.