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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1968
Page
18
Obituary notices dated Jan 27 1948 through Jan 29 1968 list deaths in Nichols Stratford and Westport with funeral services set at local churches and funeral homes. Entries include Anderson Ballou Burnett Bartholomae Berger Brown Glynn Ganley Maurizio Paller Austaka and others, with service times, interment venues, and visitation details.
In loving memory of my dear mother Ethel Rosenberg who passed away on San 27. Peaceful be thy rest dear mother. It is sweet to breathe thy name. In life we loved you dearly and in death we do the same. Missed by daughter Ars Aulidred.
Funeral services are set for Pfc. James Strano, 19, a Bulkeley High School graduate of 1966, whose 21-year-old brother Angelo was captured aboard the USS Pueblo by North Koreans last week. James’s death in Vietnam followed the family’s prior notification. Burial will be at Mt. St. Benedict cemetery in Bloomfield after a 9 a.m. Thursday service.
Albert A Roles 88 of 151 Summer Street died Monday at Norwalk Hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church and burial will follow in Lake View Cemetery.
In this city various obituaries mark January deaths including Dore Oppenheim of Stratford at A L Green funeral home and interment at Agudas Chim cemetery Fairfield. Catherine McNerney Reid wife of the late Michael Reid of Les Avenue noted, with funeral at Gannon & O Connor and St Peters Church. Verona Seeley and Elizabeth Severson memorials list funeral plans in Fairfield and Shelton with services and interments. Joseph Soter funeral details at Fairfield Avenue, Mount St Peters and Art Grove cemetery. Also memorial verses for Saul and Anthony V olello reflect family remembrances.
The list honors Frank J. Miller 69 of Fairfield died in Bridgeport hospital with services at Lesko Funeral Home and St George's Church. Other notices include Joseph L Mauricio 80, Mrs Bessie Burnett 57, Mrs Mary Bardu Mustaka, Mrs Verona Seeley, Mrs Letitia Mahoney Gault, J Joseph Glynn 12, Miss Margaret Hanley, James M McCormick 78, Joseph Brown 88 and Mrs Blanche Pouliot Arnold with funeral plans and burial details in local churches and cemeteries.
New York United Press International reports Robert Wood Johnson aged 74, longtime chairman and driving force behind Johnson & Johnson, died after a brief illness in Roosevelt Hospital. A New Brunswick, New Jersey native known as General Johnson for WWI and WWII service, he led the firm’s expansion to 50 plants on six continents with sales over 1.7 billion by 1967. Survivors include widow Evelyne, son Robert Wood Jr., and daughter Sheila.
Mrs Louis P Arnold 88 of 481 Flax Hill Road widow of Louis died Sunday in Nor today at 1 am in Raymond funeral home with Reverend Henry K Yordan officiating Burial Riverside cemetery Miss Margaret J Allingham 80 of 15 Park Avenue died Sunday services today 8:15 am John C Freedland funeral home 91 Wast Street and 9 o'clock in St Peters Church burial in St Peters cemetery Mrs Elizabeth Jantz Severson 84 of 27 Orchard Street widow of Ole Severson Sr died Monday in Griffin Hospital Derby services today 0 36 am James T Toohey funeral home and 10 o'clock in St Josephs Church Burial St Peters Derby Elizabeth White Bartholomae 84 of Burr Road widow of Hugo J Bartholomae memorial services today at 4 pm at the Fable Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
Catherine McNerney Reid 92 widow of Michael Reid of 72 Lee Avenue died yesterday at 8 30 p m in Gannon and O Connor funeral home 515 Washington Avenue and at 9 o clock in St Peter s church with a requiem Mass Burial will be in St Michael s cemetery She was born in County Clare Ireland and lived in Bridgeport 71 years Survived by four daughters Catherine Reid Florence Leikowski Mrs Patrick Dowling and Mrs John Miklus all of Bridgeport two grandchildren and two great grandchildren
Greenwich authorities identified the body found in Greenwich harbor on Monday as Benjamin King Swan, 50, of White Plains New York. The death was ruled a drowning by the medical examiner. Swan had come to Greenwich last week to take a dishwasher job at a local restaurant.
Funeral services for Milton Bautz 52 vice president and treasurer of Industrial Softing and Manufacturing of Shelton will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Stratford funeral home Dennis and D Arcy 2612 Main Street with Rev Ward R Wilson officiating Burial at family convenience He was born in Buffalo New York and lived in Stratford 27 years He belonged to St John s Lodge AF and AM Baldwin Chapter RAM Hamilton Commandery 5 Knight Templars and the Shelton Derby Rotary Club Survivors include his wife Janet Ballou Bautz two sons Gordon T Bautz of Clifton New Jersey and David M Bautz of Milford a brother Gordon Bautz of Kentmore New York his father Julius Bautz of Buffalo a granddaughter and a niece
Hartford AP report states fireman Marshall Slavkin died after injuries from being knocked from a fire truck during a Dec 9 collision while answering a fire alarm. He died Monday night without regaining consciousness.
Hartford reports Jacob Rosenthal, director of the Culinary Institute of America in New Haven, urged maintaining the Connecticut campus at a luncheon. He noted financial pressures, expansion needs, and a likely loan, saying moving would risk roots and tax status, with many faculty and students from New England. A coalition formed to aid efforts, urging boards to back the drive.
Incumbent Robert Petronella of Wilton was nominated for president of Local 371 AFL-CIO Food Handlers union at Strat Field Motor Inn. Elections set for March 3 with John Kurne secretary treasurer nominee. Other nominees include Frank Santora Ernest Czepiel Robert Daniels W R Dawkins John Kulas Kenneth L Madigan John McDermott John S Pizzi Frank Martello George Olah Nicholas Merola Thelma Prochodsky for various posts. Next contract expires with Grand Union and Food Fair in September. Union reports 15 new companies organized in three years and 18 contracts settled in the past year. Treasurer and membership both up despite a 17 day strike against First National.
William G. Smith, 19, of 1062 Stratford Avenue, arrested on larceny charge after Donway's Mews Clothing Shop theft on January 15. Moses Jones, 32, of 282 Newfield Avenue, arrested same day, freed on bail. Smith held in view of $100 bond as case proceeds in Circuit court.
Mrs Charles Oppenheim and Mrs Dora Oppenheim 85 of 75 Raven Terrace Stratford died Services set for today at 1 30 p m at A L Green Funeral Home 927 Grand Street Burial planned at Agudas Achim Cemetery Fairfield Born in Lithuania she had lived in the area 70 years Survivors include two sons William of Bridgeport Louis of Hallandale Fla a daughter Mrs Freida Naftal of Stratford and several grandchildren
UPI reports Aldofi Ray has flown to Rome to begin his starring role in Murder in the Third Dimension for Warner Bros. The move marks a bold international step in the production with plans for a high profile release.
IVER England UPI Baroness Agnes de Stoeckl died Tuesday at her cottage home on the Duke of Kent estate at 94. Known as Aunty Ag in European circles she began writing at 78 and penned The Life for Madame Du Barry at age 91. Born Paris to Irish parents she married Baron Alexander de Stoeck in 1892 and later went into exile after the Russian Revolution. Between the World Wars she worked in a London dress shop and published Not All Vanity along with five other books.
Mrs Amalia Guidice 95 of 411 Catherine Street widow of Dominic Guidice died yesterday in St Vincent's hospital. Lombardi funeral home Fifth avenue Brooklyn NY handles arrangements. Survivors include five sons Angelo and Anthony Guidice of Bridgeport and Louis Romeo and William Guidice all of Brooklyn, 20 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
Anthony J. Moretti, 52, police chief and 27-year veteran, collapsed and died Tuesday while on duty in Cranston. The UPI report notes his long service and leadership within the department.
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