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Newspaper

Delaware County Daily Times

Location

Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1968

Page

2

Obituaries for Howard A Smith and others in Chester area

Obituary notices list Howard A Smith 59 of Chester died Monday at Veterans Administration Hospital Esmere Delaware. Survived by two daughters Brenda Tyler and Elvin Smith, brother William, two sisters Novella Flamer and Millie Handy, and four grandchildren. Services Friday 8 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church Chester with viewing 6 to 8 p.m. Burial 10 a.m. Saturday Greenlawn Cemetery Chester Township. Other deaths: S Thomas J Naylor Jr 54 chief financial accountant Atlantic Richfield Co Philadelphia died Tuesday at Delaware County Memorial Hospital Drexel Hill. Walter E O Brien 43 automobile mechanic died Monday at University of Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia. O Brien lived Boothwyn Upper Chichester. burial Lawn Croft Cemetery Lower Chichester. Mrs Marcella Roberts 80 of Darby died Sunday in Fair Acres Farm Middletown Township. Mt Zion AME Church Darby member, survived by daughter Ethel Walker, son Paul F of Wenonah NJ, 7 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren. Thomas J Naylor details repeat with Mt Zion AME Church 10th and Wharton School. Burial Rolling Green Memorial Park West Chester. Thomas J Naylor funeral 9 a.m. Friday Toppitzer Funeral Home Drexel Hill and St Bernadette's Drexel Hill. Burial SS Peter and Paul Cemetery Marple. Calling hours Thursday at funeral home.

Howard A. Smith Philadelphia‘ Navy Yard Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital Esmere Del Flower St Chester Calvary Baptist Church Elvin P. Smith Brenda Tyler William Novella, Flamer Millie Handy New York City Edwards Sts Greenlawn Cemetery Chester Township Thomas J.’ Naylor Jr Atlantic Richfield Co Delaware County Memorial Hospital Drexel Hill Upper Darby O’brien Eddystone Peach St Boothwyn Upper Chichester Tale Patricia Heston Aston Colleene Bonnie Cole Dorothy, Brown West Belmont Maxwell-Boyer Meetinghouse Road Lawn Croft Marcella. Roberts N. St. St Darby Fair Acres Farm Middletown Township Zion Ame Church of Lindale Ave Naylor Wharton Schoo Mt. Zion University of Pennsylvania Cecilie Oey Rolling Green Memorial Park West iChester

Maj. Gen. Brenton G. Wallace Dies at Bryn Mawr

Maj. Gen. Brenton G. Wallace, aide to Gen. Patton during the 1944 Siegfried Line breakthrough, and author of Patton and His Third Army, died Monday at Bryn Mawr. Funeral services are set for Thursday. Wallace directed an architectural and engineering firm, a veteran of both world wars, whose firm designed buildings at PMC Colleges in Chester.

Bryn Mawr UPI Brenton G. Wallace George E. Patton Third Army Siegfried Line Wallace Ward PMC Colleges Chester

Gregory Rites Set for George Gregory

Funeral services for George Gregory 40 who died Monday at Crozer Chester Medical Center Upland Chester will be held Friday at Robert Moreland Funeral Home 9th and Main Streets Burial will be in Chester Rural Cemetery Gregory senior vice commander of the Lynch Brush Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 521 Chester was born in Frackville and moved to Chester in 1942 He was a Chester High School graduate and served in the Army during World War II He lived at 913 Edgmont Ave Chester Calling hours will be after 6 pm Thursday at the funeral home

George Gregory Crozer - Chester Medical Center Upland Chester Robert Moreland’ Funeral Home 9Th and Main Sts Chester Rural Cemetery Grégory Lynch-Brush Veterans of Foreign Wars Frackville Chester High School Tits Official Board Edgmont Ave Hester

Announcements Deaths A N N A M A E Andreon

Obituary notices list several individuals with addresses and relatives. Anna Mae Andreon of Venango and Philadelphia convalescent home, Ches ter area, with funeral details. Olive M Carpenter nee Scott, June 3 1968, Mulberry Upland, service at Trinity Methodist Church and Lawn Croft interment. Peter Cudny formerly of Chester, funeral services to be held at Clancy Funeral Home with Lawn Croft interment. Curtis Durgin of Cape May Point, funeral at William S Brewer Funeral Home. Thomas Gay of Harding Avenue, funeral arrangements to be announced by Necrelli Funeral Home.

Carpenter Olive M. Nee Scott Herbert A. Carpenter Hae Mulberry Upland Agears Trinity Methodist 8Th Butler Lawn Croft Cemetery Melvin J. Minswall Funerel Horns Middletown Knowlton Rds Cudnyj Peter E. 4Th St. Chester John Kl. Clancy Upland St. Chester Lawn Croft Cem Gay Thomas Helen Nee Haas Gay Harding Ave Milmant Park Necrelli Funeral Home

Delaware County Daily Pies Building Notice

Notice appears to list a building address at 1826 8th Street Chester Pennsylvania with post office handling and subscription rates for mail delivery. Details are partially garbled but indicate a paper entry and home delivery contact.

Delaware County Daily Rae Pies 8Th ST. Chester Penna Chester Ander

Obituary Notice for Johnny Walker Retired Caulker

Johnny Walker died May 29 at Taylor Hospital Ridley Park at 68. He lived at 709 Sharon Ave Sharon Hill. Survived by widow Elizabeth and son Straho New Jersey. Funeral at James H Hunt Funeral Home Darby 7 to 8 p.m. Burial Saturday Zion Cemetery Collingdale.

Johnny Walker Baldwin Lima

Obituary notices list multiple Chester area funeral services

Obituaries dated June 1968 announce funeral services for Bertha C Qoodley George Gregory Walter OBrien Katherine Hoffman Elizabeth Johnson Da Johnson Walter Wilson Heffer Robinson Isabel Stetson Isabella Weiler and Gralen Stetson in Chester area towns including Boothwyn Trainer Ridley Park Malvern and Media. Services set at various funeral homes with interments at local cemeteries and callers invited.

Memorial for Robinson 87 in Baltimore Avenue Fernwood

Robinson 87 died Monday. Widow of Mark I M Robinson she survived by son Mark Jr. Funeral at Baltimore Ave Fernwood Funeral Home. Calling hours this evening.

Keddie Robinson Ang Isemenet Mark IM. P. Robinson Mark,Jr Baltigiore Fernwood Upper Darby

Mrs Flora B Townsend Warburton 80 dies at Upper Darby

Mrs Flora B Warburton 80 of 320 S Carol Blvd Upper Darby died Sunday at home widow of George A Warburton who died in 1955 Survived by Miriam W Metz Havertown and Jeannette Warburton two grandchildren and four great grandchildren Services 2 p m Thursday at Fopitz er Funeral Home Garrett Road Lansdowne Ave Drexel Hill Burial Arlington Cemetery Drexel Hill Calling hours 1 to 2 p m Thursday at funeral home

S. Carol Blvd Upper Darby George A. Warburton Miriam W. Metz Havertown Haverford Township Jeannette Warburton Hottie Foppitzer Garrett Road Lansdowne Ave Drexel “Hill Arlington Cemetery Drexel Hill Funeral Home

Wright John T. Wright 58 retired American Viscose employee

John T. Wright 58 a retired American Viscose Corp employee died in Philadelphia. He lived at 704 Jeffrey Street Chester after moving from Philadelphia 22 years ago. WWII veteran and St Luke's Church member survived by widow Ida two daughters Vivian Elaine one son Philip Darnell of West Chester a brother William of West Chester and six grandchildren. Services set for noon Saturday at St Luke's Church Chester Burial Haven Memorial Park Chester Township calling hours 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the church

John T. Wright American Viscose Corp Marcus Hook Veterans Administration Hospital Philadelphia Jeffrey Chester St. Luke’s C.C. Church Ida Vivian Elaine Philip Darnell West Chester William

Kurek Louis dies in Arlington burial in Virginia

Kurek Louis formerly of Chester died Thursday in Arlington Virginia. He was buried Monday at Columbia Gardens Memorial Cemetery after services at R J Murphy Funeral Home Arlington. He lived at 763 Jefferson Street Arlington. Survived by Mary two daughters Wanda Carducci of Woodlyn and Jean Rahimpeda of Brookhaven two sisters Josephine Gracefal Chester and Catherine Hamilton Colwyn four brothers Frank Edward Peter and Stanley all of Chester and two grandchildren.

Louis. Kurek Chester Arlington Columbia Gardens Memorial R.J. Murphy Jefferson St Mary Wanda Carducci Woodlyn Ridley Township Jean Rahimpeda Brookhaven Mis Josephine Gracefal Catherine ‘Hamilton Colwyn Frank Edward Peter Stanley

Walter A. Fitzgibbons 78 dies in Drexel Hill area

Walter A. Fitzgibbons 78, longtime hosiery salesman for over 50 years, died Monday at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Broomall Marple Township. He lived at 1013 Childs Ave Drexel Hill and was survived by two sons, two daughters, 15 grandchildren, and was a member of Holy Name Society and American Legion Post 667. Funeral: 8:30 am Friday from John P. Donohue Funeral Home, Solemn Requiem at St Dorothy's Church, burial at SS Peter and Paul Cemetery. Calling hours Thursday evening.

Walter A. Fitzgibbons Haven Nosing Broomall Marple Childs Ave Drexel. Hill Upper Darby Fitzgibbons Holy Name Society American Legion Manoa Haverford Beatrice ‘Ryan Bit St. Dorothy's Church Drexel Hill SS. Peter and Paul Funeral Home

Retired Teacher Bertha Goodley Dies at 80

Bertha Cunningham Goodley 80, a retired schoolteacher, died Tuesday afternoon at Fair Acres Farm Middletown. She was the widow of Thomas Phillips Goodley and a West Chester State Normal alumna. She taught at Clayton School Chester and Green Ridge School Aston and belonged to Second Presbyterian Church. She lived near Bift h Street and Highland Avenue Chester before moving to Middletown six years ago. Services Friday at Melvin T. Minshall Funeral Home Middletown Knowlton Roads. Burial in Chester Rural Cemetery Chester.

Qoodley Bertha C. Nee Cunningham Thomas JP. Goddley Fair Acres Lima Chester Vwido Melvin J. Painshall Middletown Knowlton Ros Chester Rural Com Bertha Cunningham Goodley Fair Acres Farm Thomas Phillips Goodley West Chester State Normal School Bifth St Highland Ave Melvin T. Minshall Knowlton Roads Chester Rural Cemetery

Inn Damaged By Blaze In Chester County

The Delchester Inn in Willis town Chester County was damaged by fire Tuesday night. The blaze started in the kitchen near West Chester Pike and Delchester Road around 9 45 p m. It damaged the kitchen and attic and there were a few customers inside during the incident.

Delchester Inn Willistown Chester County Edgmont West Chester Pike Delchester Road

Prospect Park Meeting Invites Residents to 8 P.M. Session

Newly elected president James L. Stillman invites all residents to a Prospect Park organization meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in Magoni Hall located at 4th and Lincoln Avenues.

Weiler Graten Weiler Dies Former Malvern Resident

Weiler Graten Weiler age 50 an employee of Elwyn Institute Middletown Township died Monday at Haverford General Hospital He lived at the Institute and formerly lived in Malvern Surviving is a sister Mrs W James Robinson of Malvern Services 2 p m Friday at Mauger Funeral Home Malvern Burial in Great Valley Presbyterian Cemetery New Centerville Pa Calling hours 7 to 9 p m Thursday at the funeral home

Weiler, Graten Chubby Malvern Gralen Mauger Feamument Ave Great Valley Teran Cem Thuf Graten Weiler Elwyn _ Institute Elwyn Middletown Township Haverford General Hospital Haverford Township Institute W. James Robinson Mauger Funeral Home Monument Ave Great Valley Presbyterian ‘Cemetery New Centerville Funeral

Philadelphia songwriter jailed for burglary after failed courtroom serenade

George O. Makin, 58, of Market Street, received a 2 to 4 year prison term from Judge Edwin E. Lippincott II after pleading guilty to burglary of Sears Roebuck & Co in Millbourne. The judge cited his extensive criminal record and drinking problem, and ordered him to Eastern State Correctional Institution for assignment.

Philadelphia Edwin E. Lippincott George O. Makin Market Street Sears Roebuck & Co Millbourne David E. Auerbach Makin Broadmeadows Lippincott Sears Andrew J. Boettcher Boettcher Asst. Dist. Atty Philip J. O'Malley Irto Eastern State Correctional Institution and Diagnostic Center

Upland Man Held In Death In Utter Chichester Case

Police arrested 35-year-old Wilbur Lowe of 500 Hunt Street Upland on involuntary manslaughter and failure to stop offenses in a death on the Chester Highway. James H Watson 39 Scarlett Ave Aston was struck as his motorcycle stood at the curb near the B and O railroad bridge, body hurled 100 feet. Lowe posted 3000 bail and awaits a hearing.

Upper ‘Chichester Charles, E. Bryant Wilbur Lowe Hunt Street Upland Justice “of the Peace Louis Robinson Upper Chichester Conchester Jamies H. Watson Scarlett Ave Aston Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Volkswagen TR 2-6152 offers automatic stick shift option

The ad promotes an automatic stick shift as a higher priced but bargain option. It touts a money saving device included with every unit and mentions specific model identifiers TR 2-6152 and 6-1000 Ki 4-6600.

Volkswagen

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