Dr. Francis R. O'Brien 83 Dies In Philadelphia Area
Dr. Francis R. O'Brien 83 retired osteopathic physician died Sunday at Philadelphia Osteopathic Hospital. He lived on Providence Road Edgemont Township and practiced 58 years in North Philadelphia and Upper Darby. A 1911 graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy he served on its staff 18 years. Survived by widow Rosabelle M. he was a Knights of Columbus Rotary Club member and former Holy Name Society member. Requiem at St Anastasia Newtown Square. Burial St Denis Cemetery Haverford Township. Visitation 7 to 9 p m at Oliver H Bair Suburban West.
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Francis R. O’brien
Philadelphia Osteopathic Hospital
Providence Road
Edgemont Township
O'Brien
North Philadelphia
Upper Darby
Philadelphia College of Osteopathy
Knights of Columbus
Rotary Club of
Holy Name Society
St. Alice’s Church
Rosabelle M
St. Anastasia’s
West Chester Pike
Newtown Square
St. Denis
Haverford
Township
Oliver
H. Bair
Annie Gaither of Chester Dies in Upland Center
Mrs Annie Gaither of 213 Patterson St Chester died Friday at Crozer Chests Medical Center Upland She was born in Sparta Ga and lived in Chester AQ years Surviving are a son George of Rockaway Beach NY 12 grandchildren 48 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren Services will be this evening at Range Temple 2nd St and Central Ave Chester Calling hours 6 to 8 PM Burial will be Thursday morning Haven Memorial Park Feltonville Chester Township
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Annie Gaither
Patterson St. Chester
Crozer-Chesters Medical Center
Upland
Sparta
Chester
George
Rockaway Beach
At & At Range
Temple
2Nd SL
Central Ave
Haven Memorial Park
Feltonville
Chester Township
Announcements Deaths Andress and Baudoux Names
Obituary notices list multiple individuals with June 1949 death dates including Morgan M Andress of Box 214 Arinton Lake Contordyne Pa and Marion Starkey Baudoux of Aston. Details cover funeral times places and interment at Edgewood Memorial Park Moonl Hope Cemetery. Also includes Archie Blackwell Jr Joseph W Booth Herman E Branch Della H Brush Irene F Carlson Marie J Gresh William Henry Anna Jabkowski with service venues and arrangements.
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Andress
Morgan M
Elmo M. Andress
Arinton Lake
Contordyne
J. Nelson Rigby
Baltimore Ave
Jackson St
Edgewood Memorial Ark
Cartoonist Frank King Dies at 86
Chicago area obituary notes Frank King creator of Gasoline Alley died at 86 in Winter Park Florida He lived 40 years in Chester and left a wife Anna Mary a daughter Virginia Phillips and a son Drew Surviving relatives and funeral arrangements are listed with services at Laws Funeral Home in Chester and burial in Chestnut Grove Annex West Chester
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Henry
William
Anna Mary
Virginia Phillias
Laws Funeral Home
Ath
Eagle
Chestnut Grove
E. 8Th St
Chester
Mt. Pleasant
Del
Virginia, Phillips
Laws
4Th and
Eagle Sts
Funeral Home
Chestnut Grove Annex
West Chester
Chicago
Frank King
Skeegix
William Henry
Crozer-Chester Medicall
Xing
Upland
Winter Park
Fla
Walt Waller
Skeezix
King
Chicago Tribune
Tomah
Wis
Minneapolis Times
National Cartoonist Society
Delia
Drew
Chicago Tribune-New
York News
Gasoline Alley
Daily
Sun-dave
Gresh Marie J Harvily Gresh Rites Planned in Norwood
Marie J Gresh 39 wife of Charles F Gresh of 2020 Bishop Ave Secane died Monday at Haverford General Hospital. She lived in Delaware County 26 years and belonged to Italy Cross Church Springfield. Survived by husband two sons Brother Charles E Gresh F S C dean at LaSalle College Brother Bernard Gresh a student at Manhattan College a daughter Mrs Thomas Griffin III and brother Richard Harvity. Funeral 9:30 a m Friday at Cavanagh Funeral Home Norwood with requiem at 11 a m at LaSalle College Chapel Philadelphia burial SS Peter and Paul Cemetery Marple calling hours 7 to 9 p m Thursday.
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Cavanagh Funeral Home
St Chester Pike
Norwood
LaSalle College
20Th & Olney Ave
Phila
Intermont St. Peter 4 Paul Cemetery
Ardack
Marie J. Harvily Gresh
Charles F. Gresh
Bishop Ave
Secane
Haverford General Hospital
Haverford Township
Gresh
Alton
Delaware County
Italy Cross Church of
Springfield
Charles E. Gresh
F.S.C
Bernard
SS Peter and Paul
Marple
Carlson Mrs Jene F Carlson Dies at 59 in Essington
Mrs Jene F Carlson 59 wife of Olio Carlson of 626 Wanamaker Ave Tessington Tinicum died Thursday at home. Born in Camden she had lived in Essington 25 years and was a former member of the Women’s Republican Club of Issineton. Survived by daughter Dolores Smelright and son Otto K both of nearby towns, two brothers Theodore Pawlowski and Mitchell Pawlowski, and seven grandchildren. Services and burial will be for the convenience of the family.
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Jene F. Carlson
Olio Carlson
Wanamaker Ave
Tessington
Tinicum
Theslay
Obituary of Robert L Turk longtime GE executive dies in Philadelphia
Robert L Turk 51 former GE tax and sales accounting manager in Philadelphia died Monday after a long illness. He lived in Brookhaven since 1955 and in Delaware County since 1928 born in Schenectady N Y Survived by widow Marjorie Costa three daughters Christine Betsy and Margie two sisters Elinor Silman and Beatrice Demme Services Thursday 2 p m at Middletown Presbyterian Church burial in church cemetery no calling hours.
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Robert L. Turk
General Electric Co
Philadelphia
Misericordia Hospital
Patton Ave
Brookhaven
Turk
Schenectady
N.Y
Delaware County
Middletown Presbyterian Church
Polar Bear Association
Girl Scouts of America
Marjorie Costa
Christine L
Besty
Margie L
Elinor T. Silman
Hempstead
Ll, N.Y
Beatrice J. Demme
Chadds Ford
Middletown
Church
Death notices and funeral details drift through scattered lines
Multiple obituary fragments list names Andrew Pellak Noah Smith Robert Turk and Elizabeth Turnbaugh with scattered addresses in Ridley Park Chester Brookhaven and Middletown. Dates range 1959 1960 with funeral home references James Foennergen Foe Brower Molla and locations including Holy Guardian Church and Middletown Presbyterian Cemetery.
Branch Herman E Branch Dies at 65 in Chester
Branch Herman E Branch 65 a laborer at Scott Paper Co died Sunday at Prospect Park Nursing Home. He lived at 2190 Ward St Chester and formerly from Prince Edward County Va resident of Chester 40 years. Survived by widow Temple a son John Newark N J a daughter Beatrice Jackson Lynchburg Va a brother John Chester a sister Elizabethy Rochester Westwood N Sas and four grandchildren. Services Friday 8 p m at Temple Baptist Church 6th and Parker Sts burial 10 a m Saturday Haven Memorial Park Feltonville Chester Township.
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Herman E
Reds
Scott Paper Co
Chester
Prospect Park
Ward SL
Prince Edward County
Temple Baptist Church
Temple
John
Newark
N.J
Beatrice Jackson
Lynchburg
Elizabethy Rochester
Westwood, N. Sas
Temple Baptist, Church
6Th and Parker Sts
Haven Memorial Park
Feltonville
Towwnship
Booth Joseph W Booth Dies. WWI Veteran Former Navy Yard Employee
Joseph W Booth retired from the Philadelphia Navy Yard in December died Monday at Taylor Hospital Ridley Park He lived at 1255 1th St Eddystone Pa He was a World War I veteran Surviving are his widow Marjorie Connors a son Ronny a brother Paul Edwin Booth Chester a sister Eleanor Gillolly Marple and one grandchild Funeral arrangements pending with Cavanagh Funeral Home
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Booth
Joseph W
Marjorie Conners
St. Eddystone
Phila. Navy Yard
Cavanagh
Chester Pike
Norwood
Church of St. Rose of Lima
St. Peter & Pauli
Joseph W. Booth
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Taylor Hospital
Ridley Park
Lath
Marjorie Connors
Ronny
Paul
Edwin Booth
Chester
Eleanor Gillolly
Marple
Parent's Night and Requiem Mass Planned in Chester Area
A funeral notice lists events for St Rose of Lima Eddystone and Glenolden Peters and Paul Cemetery. Requiem Mass at 9 am at St Rose of Lima Church with burial at a local cemetery. Also mentions Parent's Night at Marple and a fellowship event at the Presbyterian Church Chester from 7 to 9 PM.
Smith 74 retired shipfitter dies after long Chester life
Smith 74 a retired shipfitter from Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co Chester died Tuesday at Crozer Chester Medical Center Upland He lived at 1707 N Eyre Drive Chester born in Virginia and had resided in Chester 47 years He was a member of Fraternal Order of Maples Chester Acree No 159 Survived by two daughters Winnie Campbell of Eddystone and Jeannette Russell of Claymont a brother John U Smith of Baltimore a sister Altmarine Dennis of Virginia eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren Calling hours 7 pm Friday at James Pf Knoetven Funeral Home Ridley Township Services 4 pm Saturday at Fox Funeral Home Temperanceville Va Burial Groton's Cemetery Accomack County
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C. Smith
The
Sun
Winnie Campbell
Eddystone
Leqiutte Russell
Claymont
San Joh
Falsom
Ridley Township
John U Smith
Baltimore
Altmarine Dennis
Virginia
James Pf. Knoetven
Kedron Ave
Fox Funeral Home
Temperanceville
Groton's
Accamack County
Andrew Pellak R P Ridley Park Navy Yard Employee Dies
Andrew Pellak a Philadelphia native and World War II veteran died Tuesday at Saylor Hospital Ridley Park. Survived by widow Pauline two daughters Mrs Barbara Byers Eleanor and three sons Dennis Andrew Kenneth his mother Mrs Alhi Pellak and eight brothers. Funeral from Buntagh Funeral Home Philadelphia with Divine Liturgy at Holy Ghost Church and burial at SS Peter and Paul Cemetery Marple. Calling hours Friday evening.
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Andrew Pellak
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Saylor Hospital
Ridley Park
Collier Cir
Ridley’ Park
Pellak O
Philadelphia
American Lesson
Aire
Pauline
Barbara Byers
Drexel Hill
Upper Darby
Eleanor
Dennis
Andrew
Kenneth
Alhi Pellak
Wires
Buntagh Funeral
21St St
Passyunk Ave
Salemn Divine Guurey
Holy Ghost Church
Wolfe Sts
SS Peter and Paul
Marple
Fineral
Girl Drowns in Delaware River Near Bristol Bridge
Gwen Idolyn Manning aged 17 of Bristol drowned Tuesday night in the Delaware River after reportedly ignoring a companion’s warning not to wade out too far near the Burting Street Bristol Bridge.
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Bristol
UPI
Gwen- Idolyn Manning
Delaware River
Burtingston-Bristol
Harlow Ray L Heulaw 74 Swarthmore resident dies
Harlow Ray L Heulaw 74 of 315 Lafayette Ave Swarthmore Pa died Monday at Taylor Hospital Ridley Park after a short illness He was a retired GE marine starting engineer from Philadelphia born in Washington and lived in Swarthmore 31 years He was a Pratt Institute graduate and a former Mason and church trustee Burial and services set for Swarthmore United Methodist Church with burial at Eastlawn Cemetery Swarthmore.
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Ray L. Heulaw
Lafayette Ave
Swarthmore
Taylor Hospital
Ridley Park
Harlow
General Electric Co
Philadelphia
Washington
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hayes Institute
Chicago
Men's Association
Swarthmore United Methodist Church
Millee
Lucille Heinberger
Barbara, Alexander
Gales Ferry
Conn
Beverly Solimini Oflingham
Mass
Frank W. Tarlow
Portlane
Ore
Grace Nammersly
Civil Service Exams Set for Philadelphia Applicants
Statewide 1777 candidates will take exams with over 1300 testing for police cadet at Philadelphia High School at 47th and Walnut. Other tests include data recording machine operator and various professional state positions.
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Wat
Philadelphia High School
47Th
Walnut Streets
Atte Police
German born rocket expert Willy ey dies after heart attack
NEW YORK AP Willy ey 62 a German born rocket expert and author who long ago envisioned man landing on the moon died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack Ley born in Berlin was a planning an ssultant to NASA LOS ANGELES APStan ey Andrews 77 the Old Bang 27 in the radio and early television period of Death Valley Days died Monday He was a veteran of more than a half century in show business
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New York
Willyey
Ley
Berlin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Los Angeles
Staney Andrews
Death Valley
Bradway William C Bradway 98 died in Chester
William C Bradway a 98 year old retired farmer died Monday in Center Upland He lived at 1029 WWW 3rd St Chester born in Bridgeton Nut and moved to Chester 39 years ago He is survived by four sons John Wilbert Adolph Robert four daughters Mes Naomi Marguerite Emma Ellen 23 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Services will be 1 30 p m Thursday at Laws Funeral Home Chester Burial at Greenlawn Cemetery Feltonville Chester Township Calling hours 1130 a m to 1 p m Thursday at the funeral home
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William C. Bradway
Arrired Farmer
Crozer - Chester Medical Center
Upland
3Rd St
Chester
Bridgeton
Nut
John
Willingsboro
N.J
Wilbert
Adolph
Brooklyn
N.Y
Robert
Los Angeles
Calif
Mes
Naomi Whittaker
Marguerite Bradway Bath
Emma McCoy
Philadelphia
Ellen Weldon
North Wales
Laws Funeral
4Th and
Eagle Sts
Greenlawn
Feltonville
Chester Township
No Wheelchair License Needed in Florida
Ray Lewis, a 24 year old in a motorized wheelchair, is cleared by Florida's top trooper to drive at full speed without licenses. State Patrol director Col. H N Kirkman said license requirements depend on interpretation of the law, and Lewis will not be required to obtain a license plate or driver's license.
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Tampa
Fla
Ray "Lewis
Florida
Lewis
Col
H.N. Kirkman
Florida Highway ‘Patrol
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Franklin Lodge
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Pszczolkow
Leon P. Jabkowsk
Swarts St
Robert Moreland
Sis
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Griffith
Inschweiler-Brower Funeral Home
Edgmont Ave
Sup Aun
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Andrew DE
Cowler Circle
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Barbara Ayers
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