Sand Yachters Race Across Sahara Desert
An international twelve-sand yacht expedition sails from COLOMB BECHAR toward Nouakchott Mauritania across 1500 miles of Sahara. The crew of 24 yachtsmen from six nations faces sand storms dunes and sun while towing craft and pushing when winds fail. Americans include Lawrence Pardley Warren Zicharth and Arthur Joseph with Monique Gimel as sole female participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colomb Bechar
Algeria
West Africa
Atlantic
Sahara
Nouakchoit
Mauritania
Jean Duboucher
Hammaguir
Oglat Beraber
Tindouf
Zouecrdte
Cape Timiris
Nouakchott
Britain
Netherlands
Denmark
France
West Germany
United States
Lawrence Pardley
Warren Zicharth
Newport Beach
Calif
Arthur Joseph
Costa Mesa
Monique Gimel
Yachtsmen Split Shifts for Safety On Voyage
The group divides into shifts with each yachtsman at the helm for 8 to 10 hours daily. French and Arab guides monitor terrain and weather while a light plane circles to oversee the fleet and evacuate anyone hurt or sick. Rations in each yacht include about 10 quarts of water and four days’ emergency supply.
Mrs. Amy Jean Crowe Dies at 93 in Bridgeport Area
Amy Jean Crowe 93 widow of Maurice Crowe of 128 Clinton Avenue died Thursday at Hillside Hospital. Services Monday at 9:30 am at Henry E. Bishop and Son Funeral Home 1139 Fairfield Avenue and 10 am at St. Peter's Church with a solemn high Mass of requiem. Burial at Park Cemetery. Born in Blardsford she lived in the Bridgeport area over eight years. Survivors include three brothers Edward Hawley of Stratford Harry L Hawley and Wallace L Hawley of Bridgeport a sister Mrs Mabel E Lewis of Worcester MA and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Jean Crowe
Maurice Crowe
Clinton Avenue
Hillside Hospital
Henry E. Bishop and Son Funeral
Fairfield Avenue
St. Peter's Church
Park Cemetery
Crowe
Blardsford
Bridgeport
Edward €, Hawley
Stratfore
Harry L. Hawley
Wallace LE. Hawley
Mabel E. Lewis
Worcester
Mass
Luigi Costanzo Trumbull
Luigi Costanzo
Gorham Place
S. Spadaccino
Washington Avenue
St. Teresa’s Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Stratford
Mario Mentana
Joan Gail Hearne Mentana
Lindley Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Spa
St. Andrew's Church
Mentana
Charles Mentana
Florence Mentana
Jot
Florence Mushrall
Heanne
Martin
John GB
Florence Hearne
Rudolph F. Lim
Norwalk
Adele Jagy Lum
Jean
Depot Place
East Norwalk
Congregational Church-on
Fay P. Riling
Newtown
Patridge Lane
Monroe
Wilmot
West and
Goulding
Main Street
Stepney
Harry Thomas Cupp
Jesse Lee Methodist Church
Easton
Riverside Cemetery
Trumbull
Riling
American Legion
Jack W. Riling
Aston
Jean Sherman
Newtown J
Theresa M. Polke
Frank Polke and Son
St. Joseph's Church
Lakeview Cemetery
George Kling Rites Monday
George H A Kling 40 of 46 Wood Avenue Post Office employee and head of Local 549 United Federation of Postal Clerks died yesterday in St Vincent's Hospital. Rites Monday at Mullins and Redgate Funeral Home and St Augustine's Cathedral with burial in St Michael's Cemetery. Survivors include wife Francelia E Allenling and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. A. Kling
Wood Avenue
Post Office
Postal Clerks Union
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mullins and Redgate
Park Avenue
St. Augustine's Cathedral
St. Michael's Cemetery
Kling
United Federation of Postal Clerks
Clerks Union
Connecticut Federation of Postal Clerks
Greater Bridgeport Labor Council
AFPC
Louisville
Bridgeport
Bassick High School
Air Corps
75Th
Faith
Harry W. Congdon Post American Legion
The
Old Timers Association
George
Washington
Vincent Urbanowicz
R. Earl DeRoucher
Francis Rooney
John Onorato
Leonard Bratchett
John Mahoney
Francelia E. Allen Ling
Pacents
George Kling
Jataverts Hérskowitz
Patricia Cassidy
Obituaries Across Connecticut Honor Local Residents
Obituaries list multiple services for residents of Bridgeport Norwalk Stratford Norwalk Danbury Trumbull and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs Joan Gail Hearne Mentana Mrs Adele Jagy Lum Norman Lepolsky Fay P Riling George J Reisen Stanley J Ryzak Elizabeth Jane Kelley Wilson Bennett A Wilson Ruth Schofield Fanning Theresa M Polke day Robert Jostrand Clarence I Austin James F Clarke Anna Cox Morton C Bulkley Sr and others with details on burial places and conducting churches.
Funeral Sunday for Colombo V Melillo in Danbury
Funeral services Sunday will honor Colombo V Melillo 44 of 70 East Pembroke, Danbury, who died Thursday at Danbury Hospital. Masonic services precede the funeral at 8 pm. Burial planned for Wooster Cemetery in spring. Melillo active in church and community groups, WWII veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Colombo V. Melilo
East Pembroke
Danbury Hospital
Tomlinson
Main Street
Paul F. Battenhouse
First Congregational Church
Wooster Cemetery
Union Lodge
AF J and
Melillo
WFIW
Louise Harrison Melillo
Samuel A. Melillo, Jr
Reino Pelkonen
Burbank
Calif
Mrs Amy VanAllen Services set for today in Stamford
Mrs Amy E VanAllen 73 of Cane diewood Park wife of Edward J VanAllen died Tuesday in Danbury hospital Funeral services to be held at 10 am at Pritchard Funeral Home 80 Prospect Street Stamford Reverend T Cecil Swackhamer of First Methodist Church officiating Burial will be in Fairfield Memorial Park Stamford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. VanAllen
Danbury
Amy E. VanAllen
Canediewood Park
Edward J. VanAten
Danbury Hospital
Pritchard Funeral Home
Prospect Street
Stamford
T. Cecil Swackhamer
First Methodist Church
Fairfield Memorial Park
Death Notices and Memorials Across Fairfield Area
A batch of death notices and memorial reminders list multiple residents from Fairfield, Bridgeport, and surrounding towns. Entries mention Mahoney, Mentona, Erdreaux, Polke, Booth, Clarke, Logan, Costanzo, Cox, Crowe, Dawe, Kiseluk, Kling, and others with dates around February 1947 to 1987. Funeral homes include Franke Polke & Son, Henry E. Bishop and Son, and Spadaccino, with church services at St Joseph's R. C. Church, St Michael's Cemetery, and St Andrew's Church noted. Services, rosaries, and calling hours are described for each deceased.
Girl Is Summoned After Easton Sideswipe Crash
Laura Gordon 16 of Gates Ridge Road North on Sport Hill Road crossed the center line and sideswiped a southbound car driven by Michael A. Luongo 52 of Bethel on Sport Hill Road at Old Oak Drive. Officer Schuyler Sherwood issued Gordon a summons for failure to drive in the proper lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Sport Hill Road
Old Oak Drive
Laura Gordon
Gates Ridge Road
Michael A. Luongo
High View Terrace
Bethel
Schuyler Sherwood
Miss Gordon
Obituaries for Mrs Anastasia Choma Kiseluk and Mrs Martha E Peck
Mrs Anastasia Choma Kiseluk 78 of Barry Jane widow of Nauma Kiseluk died Thursday in Notre Dame Convalescent Hospital Norwalk will have services today at 7 30 a m at Stable Funeral Home 215 West State Street and at 9 a m in Church of the Assumption Burial in Mt Olivet Cemetery Maspeth L I Mrs Martha E Summerfield Peck 79 of 47 Pembroke Road widow of Charles A Peck died Wednesday afternoon in Danbury Hospital services today at 9 15 a m at Tomlinson Homestead 335 Main Street and at 10 a m in Church of St Edward the Confessor New Fairfield with a solemn high requiem Mass Burial in Wooster
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Zontak
Norman Lepolsky
Norwalk
Finley Street
Gaming
Israel Yavne
Congregation Beth Israel
Beth Israel Cemetery
West Norwalk
Lepofsky
Poland
Electric Regulator Company
Beth Israel Synagogue
Anna Kmiotek Lepofsky
Isidore Nadler
Montreal
Canada
Leona
Hazel Lepofsky
Meyer Sand
Nathan Shilepsky
Westport
Stanley J. Ryzak
Linwood Avenue
Fairfield
John M. Shaughnessay
Post Road
St. Thomas Church
St. Thomas Cemetery
Karl Alexanderson
Ruth
Young Alexanderson
Pleasant Street
Norwalk Hospital
Raymond Funeral Home
East Wall Street
N. P. Giuliano
Talmadge Hill
New Canaan
Riverside Cemetery
Alexanderson
Jack Townsend
Ridgefield
Russell Neil Rogers
John Giuliano
Georgetown
A. Brothers
Richard Young
Charles McKeever
Joseph Stepkoski
Joseph Sullivan
Robert Jostrand
Robert Bruce Jostrand
Verna Jostrand
Russell Street
Guanar Jos Street
Ganung Funeral Home
South Main Street
Arthur E. Bello
Christ Episcopal Church
Clarence
Austin Danbury
Clarence H. Austin
Weststreet
William
James F. Clarke
James Farm Road
Strathford
William R. McDonald
Main Street
Stratford
St. James Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Anna Cox
Broadbridge Avenue
Caroltan Hospital
Dennis and D'Arcy
Holy Name of Jesus Church
St. Rose Cemetery
Newtown
Nauma Kiseluk
Anastasia Choma Kiseluk
Barry Jane
Notre Dame Convalescent Hospital
Stable Funeral
West State Street
Church of the Assumption
Mt. Olivet
Maspeth
L.I
Charles A. Peck
Danbury
Martha E. Summerfield Peck
Pembroke Road
Hospita
Tomlinson Homestead
St. Edward the Confessor
New Fairfield
Wooster Cemetery
Obituaries and Memorial Remembrances From This City
Multiple death notices and memorial verses list individuals: George J. Relsch Marian Riling Stanley J. Ryzak Stone Milson Elizabeth Kelley Wilson Bennett A. Wilson and others. Entries note private services February dates 1947 1967 and funeral home details with interment and calling hours. In memoriam messages honor Robert Payne Jr Edward F Price Mae Dansky and Michael Lipick with family expressions of grief and thanks to clergy pallbearers and donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Gedda Riing
Partridge Lane
Newton
Jack W. Riling
Boston
Jean Sherman
Newtown
Monroe
Wilmot
Wesl and
Gould
Ing
Main Street
Stepney
Harry Thomas Cupp
Riverside Cemetery
Teumbul
Heart Fund
Ryzak
Fairfield
Conn
Stanley J. Ryzak
Linwood Avenue
John AA. Shaughnessey
Post Road
Thomas R.C
Wilson
Bennett A. Wilson
Wood Avenue
Fynero
George P. Poller
Robert Payne Jr
Bobby
Ssters
Edward F.price
Zabmaoriam
Mae Dansky
Feb
Beth
Joe
Michael Lipick
St. John's New Church
Fire Dept
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sahara Desert
Coutlet
Outlet
Shetland
Jona L. Mahoney
Jona L. Dumas Maroney
Seeley Road
Frank Polke and Sons
Church of the Most Precious Blood
Alfred Booth
Mabel Rasmussen Booth
Alfred’ Booth
St Randall Avenue
Robert E. Wennessy
St. Patrick's Church
Unity Cemetery
John Shepard Dawe
Dawn Street
Henry E. Bishop and‘ Son
William W. Sullivan
Second Baptist Church
Mountain Grove
Cemetery
Reisch Shelton
George J. Reisen
Booth
Hill “Toad
Raymond Vorster
First Congregational Church of
Reisch
New York City
General Electric Company
George Liacopoulos
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
William Kehayes
AHEPA
Dino Christian
George Formasonis
William Bertsules
Ilya Layke
Peter Devali, Jr
John Rendall
Robert D. Wilson
Elizabeth Jane’ Kelley’ Wilson
Rosalie Drive
Henry E. Bishop
George P. Potter and Son
Herbert D. Hrdlicka
First English Lutheran Church
Mountain Grove Cemetery
LeRoy L. Fanning
Ruth Schofield Fanning
London Street
Richard Thornburg
Wilbur Blackman
Cynthia Fanning
Elton Fanning
Helen Kassay
Dorothy Rosenberg
Ernest Daum
Clara Daum
Newark
N.J
Morton C
Bulkley
Whitney Avenue
Larson Funeral Home
North Avenue
C. V. Melillo
Joan Guil Hearne Mentona
Linley Street
Marlo F Mentona
Charles
Florence Menton
John
Florence Aushralt Hearne
Jona D
Spadaccino Funeral Home
Erdreaux
Genevieve Perdreaux
Carleton Ave
Henry E. Bishop and Son Funeral Home
Fairfield Ave
Polke
Theresa MA
Commer Hancock
Sir. Joseph's
R.C
Termant
Lakeview
Fairfield Hills Hospital
Alfred
Randall Ave
Logan
Aarion Sughardi Cagon
Sport Hitt Rd
Dunerot
Henry E. Bishop and Son
Costanzo
Luigi Costanza
Carmeta di Gratiola Costenzo
John Costanzo
Mary Cubelli
Ars
Theresa Schiro
Susan Collier
Louise Covallaro
Arthur
Joseph Costanzo
Assunia Parrelil
Carmen Traglanese
Anne J. Cox
Broadbridge Overdue
Adam Street
St. Roses
Amy Jane Crowe
Clinton Ave
Henry &. Bishop & Son
Anastasia Chomo Kiseluk
Borcy Lane
Fable Funeral
West State St
Alt
Olivet
St. Friends
Francella Allen Kling
Atullins
Redgate
Mongay
St Michael's Cemetery
Mary Kosho
Holy Name of Jésus Church
Mme
Flordl
Joseph G. Tomek
St. John's Nep Church
Girl
State St
Liberum, Heaphy & Doyle
Lieberum, Heaphy & Doyle
Park
Iranistan
Willow Monument Works, Inc
North Ave
John Toth, Jr
Unichaft
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