G V Cowan Dies at 86 Parkside Fire Chief
George W. (Butts) Cowan age 86 of Parkside formerly Chester longtime fire chief and charter Parkside Fire Co. member dies after a long illness in Sacred Heart Hospital Chester. Survived by widow Eva Kestner, son George W. Cowan, two daughters, a sister and eight grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday at Edward E Bateman Funeral Home. Burial Chester Rural Cemetery. Calling hours Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George WY. (Butts) Cowan
Chelton Road
Parkside
Sacred Heart Hospital
Chester
Mr. Cowan
Parkside Fire Co
Delaware County Firemen’s Association
Eva Kestner
George W. Cowan
Corene Buckalew
Helene Clark
Ridley Township
Marjorie Pennypacker
Gen Mills
Edward E. Bateman
Chester Rural Cemetery
Garrison William H. Garrison Dies in Chester At 51
William H. Garrison 51 of 26 E 7th St Chester died Friday at Crozer Chester Medical Center He was born in Wilmington NC and lived 15 years in Chester He was a construction worker Survived by four sisters Mrs Homer L Bowen Mrs Robert Weir Mrs Hubert Flack and Mrs Carl Hobbs and two brothers William A Garrison and Russell B Services will be Tuesday at 11 am at John P Nolan Funeral Home Burial will be in Lawn Croft Cemetery Calling hours 10 to 11 am Tuesday at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Garrison
E. 7Th St
Chester
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Upland
Garrison
Wilmington
N.C
Homer L. Bowen
Lower Chichester
Robert Weir
Tulsa
Oklo
Hubert Flack
Carl Hobbs
William A. Garrison
Phoenixville
Russell B
John P. Nolan
Providence Ave
Lawn Croft Cemetery
Funeral Home
Glenna Sue Mackrey
Dry Fork Creek
Joseph H. Wilson
Tores Edwards
Roger Mackey
Job
Mackey
A. Watts
John
Washington, D. C
Pearl Warren
Britton Goldsborough
New York City
Bertha Motte
Bessie Beardley
Viola Cooper
Greensboro
Murphy Ame Church
2Nd
Eagle Sts
Greenlawn
Chester Township
Deaths and funeral notices in Chester area
Obituaries and funeral details for George W. Cowan William H. Garrison Jean C. McKenzie Hollingsworth Frederick Hollingsworth and Joseph F. McCafferty listing addresses, dates of death in late December 1968, funeral home services times, and interment locations in Chester and nearby cemeteries. calls for calling hours and services across multiple churches and cemeteries.
Obituary for Shivers Manard Shivers 78 of Lower Chichester
Shivers Manard Shivers 78 of 1215 I Market St Lower Chichester died Thursday at Sacred Heart Hospital Chester after several weeks illness. Born Nanjemoy Maryland he lived 40 years in Linwood and was deacon at Mt Olive Baptist Church Linwood. Retired 13 years ago from DuPont Wilmington. Survived by Margie and son Manard Jr. Services 1 PM Tuesday at Mt Olive Church Hewas and Pershing Aves Lower Chichester. Burial Haven Memorial Park Chester Township. Calling hours 7 to 9 PM Monday at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manard Shivers
I Market St
Lower Chichester
Sacred Heart Hospital
Chester
Mr. Shivers
Nanjemoy
Linwood
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
DuPont de Nemours Co
Wilmington
Margie
Manard Jr
Mt. Olive Church
Hewas and
Pershing Aves
Haven Memorial Park
Chester Township
Shivers, Manard
Market St. Linwood
Manard
Dupont Co
Delaware
Hughes and Pershing Aves
Obituary notices list local bereavements across Chester county
A chaotic column lists multiple obituary notices for Emma O’Hara Manard Valeo VanSice Willis Wilson Joseph Wilson Sadie Worrall and others from Chester, Linwood, Aldan, Media, Boothwyn and surrounding areas. Funeral times venues include St Pauls Episcopal Church Chester Mt Olive Baptist Church Haven Memorial Park Calvary Cemetery Lawn Croft and Media Cemetery with calls to White’s and Rigby Funeral Homes. Interments and services span December 1965 to 1988 for numerous residents and family ties to Dupont Co and local lodges.
Emma Cornwall O'Hara 96 Dies in Chester Area
Emma Cornwall O'Hara 96 longtime Chester resident and widow of William K. O'Hara died Friday after a long illness at Crozer Chester Medical Center Upland Born in Aston she lived much of her life in Chester She had resided with her niece Mrs James P Bryan at 105 Cameron Drive Chester and was a member of St Pauls Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Cornwall O'Hara
Crozer-Chester ‘Medical Center
Upland
William K. O'Hara
O'Hara
Aston
Chester
James P. Bryan
Cameron Drive
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Car Swept Off Bridge Traps Ten in Snowstorm Crash
A car carrying ten people was swept off a low water bridge during a snowstorm. One girl body recovered, two others missing. Surviving relatives include Roger Mackey and Janet Rush. Funeral services set for Chester community members with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Hollingsworth 87 Dies in Delaware County
Hollingsworth aged 87 of 724 Saville Ave Eddystone died Friday at Taylor Hospital Ridley Park He was a former Wildwood Real estate dealer and Cambridge Bank maintenance worker He belonged to Heraford Masonic Lodge 177 Wildwood and IOOF 263 Chester Burial at Chester Rural Cemetery Services Monday at William S Bleyler Funeral Home Chester Masonic service Monday evening In lieu of flowers. obituary notes survive by son Fred E Hollingsworth daughter Gladys Baxter six grandchildren and three great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollingsworth
Frederick
Saville Ave
Eddystone
Mary Emma Edyard Hollingsworth
William St. Bleyler
22Nd St
Chester ‘Oral Cemetery
Frederick Hollingsworth
Taylor Hospital
Ridley Park
Mary Emma Hilyard
Maryland
Wildwood
N.J
Cambridge Bank
PNB
Chester
Heraford Masonic Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Fred E. Hollingsworth
North Cape May
Gladys Baxter
Norwood
Clyde Pennington
Esther Kershaw
Aston
William S. Bleyler
W. 22Nd St
Chester Rural Cemetery
Funeral
Obituary: H B Wilson 65 of Upper Chichester
Hap Wilson died after weeks of illness at Wilmington Medical Center Memorial Division. He lived in Boothwyn, born near Blackbird, Del. and worked 19 years as a Sun Oil mechanic at Marcus Hook. He retired in 1965 and joined B & Auto Parts. Survived by widow Catherine Meek, a daughter and two grandchildren. Services Monday 1 p.m. at Robert Moreland Funeral Home. Burial Lawn Croft Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
B & § Auto Parts
Upper Chichester
Ogden Civic Association
Ogden Boys Baseball League
St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church
Aston
Lucius H. Scott Masonic’ Lodge
Delaware
Mounted Patrol
Nur Temple Shrine
Tall Cedars
Lebanon
Penn Forrest
Ronald Robertson
Wilmington
Beauty pageant organizer dies in San Diego area
Edward A. Young Jr. 68 of Chester died Wednesday near Fair Acres Farms San Diego. He formed an agency to organize local beauty contests and signed 30 young contestants. He is survived by two sons Thomas and Edward two daughters Ada Young and Dorothy Nickens two brothers John and George and a sister Mrs. Dorothy Brown seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Burial Monday at Haven Memorial Park Chester Township with funeral home services at Lewis M Hunt Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Edward A. Young Jr
Mary St. Chester
Doris Boyar
Fair Acres Farms
Middletown
Mr. Young
Lone
Chester
Thomas
Yeadon
Edward
Ada Young
Dorothy Nickens
John Young
Smyrna
Del
George
Dorothy, Brown
Alaska's 67 Exposition Site Reopens as Alaskaland
The 40 acre Fairbanks exhibition site built for Alaska's centennial will reopen next year as Alaskaland. It will feature gold rush cabins Indian and Eskimo exhibits and an amusement park for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks, Alaska
APL
Fairbanks
Bernard Goldfine Dies Owing Millions
Boston AP report reveals Bernard Goldfine died in debt with $3.3 million claims against his estate. The Boston industrialist faced tax disputes, had interlinked textile holdings, and left no will with about $10,000 in personal property. Sherman Adams, former New Hampshire governor and Eisenhower aide, was a friend linked to Goldfine’s interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Adams
Goldfine
Vienna
Eisenhower ad/Trade Commission
Intertonal Revenue Services
Suffolk
Kate Court
Sherman Adams
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Tomato stand stoppage during Daylight Saving Time
Carl Owen, vacationing in Alabama during Daylight Saving Time, stopped at a roadside vegetable stand and was told by the farmer that the extra hour of daylight had burned up every garden in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Alabama
Carl Owen
Greenland Ranch car tale shows odd temperature note
A garbled UPI brief from Death Valley reports strange temperature values and details about Finnish car ownership. It mentions Greenland Ranch, a shade temperature of 34 degrees, and references Finnish and Saab production licenses, with scattered mentions of 1913 dates and locations like Sweden, Libya, and Azlaia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Valley
Calif
UPI
Greenland
Finland
Azlaia
Libya
Man Distrusts Yule Giver In Boise Incident
A Boise woman entered the S H Kress store Friday and tried to hand over a fistful of bills to employer Noland Theobald, manager of the store. Theobald reported the woman left a single authentic bill behind, prompting police to be called. He commented that such a move seemed suspicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Noland Theobald
S.H. Kress
iCo
Merry Cristmas
Theobald
Mrs. Sara Anne Wilson Dies at 100 in Lima
Mrs. Sara Anne Sadie Wilson 100 longtime Middletown resident died Thursday at her home 112 S Pennell Rd Lima Her funeral 8 p m Monday at Honeycomb UAME Church Vanleer Barren Rd Lima burial in church cemetery Calling hours 6 to 8 p m Monday at the church She was born Elwyn and celebrated her 100th birthday last Sept 1 She married 1891 to William Emory Wilson who died She is survived by an adoptee daughter Mrs Irene Lewis Hart with whom she lived She was active in Honeycomb Church and funded the church stairway to the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Anne
Sadie) Wilson
Middletown
Honeycomb Uame
Vanleer
Barren Road
Lima
Wilson
S. Pennell Road
Elwyn
James
Harriet Marshall
Jana
Honeycomb Church
William Emory Wilson
Rovaniemi
Finland
Apply IL
Sadie
Irene Lewis
Hart
Satellite signals aid QE2 navigation at sea
Signals from space will guide the new cruise ship Queen Elizabeth II as electronic messages from a satellite are fed into the ship's computer to determine its position within 200 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clydebank
Scotland
UPS
New York Declares State Of Peril In Oil Fuel Shortage
City officials report a material improvement but still face fuel shortages and freezing weather. New York public schools were closed as heating oil ran low, with 26 deaths from flu and 41 from other causes in the period, while 6,000 more vaccine doses were distributed and 16,000 more on the way. The Emergency Control Board and Health Department moved to prioritize fuel deliveries to buildings and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Health Department
Kong
Wise Asamuay
Robert W
New York Board of Health
Sweet
Control Board
Health
William Mannion
Oid
Judy Garland Arrives in London to Wed Amid Legal Writ
Judy Garland lands in London for marriage and a four week Talk of the Town engagement. A High Court writ from Howard Harpe and Leon Greenspan seeks to halt her planned act, claiming an exclusive contract and delaying the wedding under British law. Garland and fiancé Mickey Deans face a legal dispute just before their planned honeymoon in the Virgin Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Judy Garland
Discotheque
Mickey Deans
Miss Garland
Keith Cockerton
Deans
Howard Harpe
Leon J. Greenspan
New Jersey
Talk of the Town
Virgin Islands
Vincente Minelli
Sid Luft
Mark Herron
David Rose
Nixon convenes advisers at Biscayne Bay retreat
President elect Nixon summons foreign policy advisers to his Bayside retreat for a daylong session on organization programs and personnel in foreign policy and national security. Vice President elect Agnew joins, with Rogers Laird Kissinger Murphy Harlow also attending as Nixon plans to stay in Florida before the Rose Bowl trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Bayside
Spiro T. Agnew
Rev. Biscayne
Allen Woods
Nix‘Jon
William P. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Defense Department
Bay Lane
Andrew J.gondpaster
U.S
Vietnam
Henry A. ‘Kissinger
Nix
Jon
Robert D. Murphy
State Department
Haison Wman
Bryce N.harlow
Biscayne Bay
Fat Key Biscayne
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Empire Industries acquires Waterman Machine Co
Empire Industries Inc has acquired Waterman Machine & Manufacturing Co. Waterman will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary. Both firms are based in Philadelphia. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed Friday. Waterman manufactures forged steel pipe flanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Empire Industries, Inc
Waterman Machine & Manufacturing Co
Waterman
Empire
Jgm
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G. V. Cowan
George VY. Cowan
Frovidence Ave
Imermont Lawn
Gray
Jean C
McCafferty
Joseph F
Chestnut St
Cheester
Mary Moonen McCafferty
White
Griffith Norwood
Sorwica
Inshall
Gerrer
Knowlton
Cameron
Cornwall
William KK. O'Hara
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
White's Funeral
9Th
Madison Sts
Valeo
Andrew R
Helen C. Marchiano
Walnut Ave
Aldan
Alten
Cavangoh
Chester Plc
Calvary Cemetery
Vansice
Olinp
Mary M. VanSice
Hunter St
Albert Thatcher
Hanby Lodge No
William C. Rigby
E. 4Th St
Willis
Elizabeth
Cyril C. Wills
Orange St
J. Nelson Rigby
Baltimore Ave
Herman B
Catherine N. Wilson
Meek
Boudwin Ave
Boothwyn
Robert Moreland
9Th and
Main Sts
Trainer
Lucius H. Scott
Greenlown Cemetery
Wilsom
Sadie A
Penne Ro
Man
Eve
Vanbeer & Barren Ait
Mornir
Honeycomb
Davis Pinkston
O’hara
Carthage
William I
Rush
Sandra Fay Rush
Sth
Madison
Neil Rush
Mackeys
Carthage Hospital
Jersey Probe
Trenton
Alfred N. Beadleston
Monmouth
William J. Brennan III
Brennan
Beadleston
Sido L. Ridolfi
D-Mercer
John T. Selecky
Rmercer
David Friedland
D-Hudson
H. B. Wilson
Main
Sts. Trainer
Lewis M. Hunt
3Rd St
Alaska
U. S
Honey Ltd
Long Binh
Saigon
South Vietnam
Bob Hope
Far East
Bernard Goldfine
Vinnish Car
Sara Wilson
Mixon
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