Whitely Woman Dies After Pneumonia Illness
Mrs. Sarah Eliza Whitely wife of Francis M Whitely died Tuesday noon at the Norwood avenue home after a pneumonia illness. Rev J C Kelvey conducted the service and burial was in North Afeld cemetery. She was 28, daughter of Elvin A Crate of Grove street. Survived by husband, a daughter Whitely and two sisters Mrs Grover Sthuck of North Plainfield and Mrs Frank Shutter of Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Whitely
Sarah Eliza Whitely
Francis “M
Norwood Avenue
J.C., cKelvey
Whitely
Forelvin A. Crate
Grove Street
George Tourney Dies at Eighty in Greensburg
L Tourney aged eighty ge sabvent died Tuesday night at his daughter Mrs 8 3 itz Watding home. Body was taken to Greensburg Pennsylvania yesterday and funeral and interment are to be held there today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greorge - Tourney
L. Tourney
Sabvent
Watding
Greensburg
Mrs Ryshavy Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Anna Ryshavy wife of Wen Ryshavy of Wen t street Hospital died Wednesday after a brief illness. The funeral will be at St Josephs church tomorrow morning at 10 o clock with burial in St Marys cemetery. She was thirty years old and left three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenz
F. Ryshavy
Anna Ryshavy
Went Street
Hospital
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Mrs Meiers Dies in Plainfield After Illness
Mrs. Meiers widow of John Meiers died early Tuesday at her daughter Mrs Catherine Cubberly s home at 47 Pearl Street in the borough Burial took place in the family plot at Trenton She had come to Plainfield over a decade ago and was active in the M E church and the Women s Relief Corps She had been in poor health for more than a year Survivors include three grandsons besides her daughter.
Sergeant Collis H Case Dies After Influenza Service
Funeral held for Collis H Case in this city with full military honors. He served in the sanitary corps and died at Coldara Army Hospital after a week of influenza. Interment in Hillside Cemetery. He was twenty five and active in Roselle health work and pest control ventures with John Casey.
Army Sanitation Expert Sergeant Case Dies After Influenza Fight
Sergeant Case, an influenza sanitation authority and Army veteran, died after contracting illness during service at Camp Logan and Biltmore. He helped curb outbreaks in southern camps, earned praise for 24 hour stints, and planned a college education. He leaves a mother, two sisters, and a sister Mrs. Loizeaux who sails for Japan.
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Sanitary Corps
Sergeant Case
Camp Logan
Texas
Army
Biltmore
N. C
Edward M. Loizeaux
Japan
San Francisco
Colonia Hospital
Plainfield Y. M. C. A
Plainfield Board of Health
Eductors
New York
Loizeaux
Dorothy Case
Washington School
McVoy
Isaiah L. McVoy
Death of Arnoldus DeBree in Muhlenberg Hospital
Arnoldus DeBree aged 74 died early Monday after surgery on December 17 at Muhlenberg Hospital. Funeral at his Front Street Becker Plains home was led by Rev. C. E. Strickland. Burial followed in Scotch Plains Baptist cemetery. He was a Holland native and left twelve sons and daughters. One son, William DeBree, runs the Plainfield nursery in Scotch Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnoldus DeBree
Muhlenberg
Front Street
Becker Plains
C. E. Strickland
Baptist
Scotch Plains
DeBree
Holland
William DeBree
Plainfield Nursery
Obituary of Mrs Phoebe Reed of Plainfield
Mrs Phoebe Reed widow of William Reed died Sunday at 408 West Third Street. Funeral was held Tuesday at the residence with Rev John Y Broek of Trinity Reformed church officiating. Burial followed in the family plot at South Branch. Born in Hollingen in 1848 she lived near South Branch most of her life and moved to Plainfield twenty years ago. She was active in Trinity Reformed church and left no near survivors.
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Phoebe Reed
Willam Reed
W. H. Weber
West Third Street
John Y. Broek
Trinity Reformed Church
South Branch
Reed
Hollingen
Plainfield
Mrs Mary E Bailey Dies Quietly After Influenza
Mrs Mary Emerick Bailey 21 wife of Robert A Bailey died Sunday night at her parents Franklin and Mary Cooper home 206 Netherwood Ave after influenza complications. Married last October the funeral was held Tuesday night at 8 at parents home conducted by Rev J O McKelvey. Burial followed Wednesday in Mt Hope Cemetery New York. She is survived by her husband her parents and one brother.
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Robert A. Bailey
Mary Emerick Bailey
Franklin A. Cooper
Netherwood Avenue
J. O. McKelvey
Mt. Hope Cemetery
New York
Finley Funeral Held After Four Weeks Illness
James H. Finley died at his home 421 East Third street after a four weeks illness from asthma and complications. His funeral was held yesterday morning at St. Mary’s church.
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James H. Finley
James H.finley
East Third Street
St. Mary’s Church
Funeral for Plainfield man Finley
Floral tributes marked the funeral of 37 year old John J Finley of Plainfield who died after a long illness. He resided with his father and leaves four sisters Julia Margaret Mary Gerhardt all of whom live in Hamilton Ohio or locally. He attended Plainfield High School class of 1899 but left to work in New York and remained with a large business house until illness. He was a devout member of St Marys church and had few fraternal interests. Burial was in St Marys Cemetery.
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St. Mary’s Cemetery
Finley
Plainfield
Plainfield High School
New York
St Mary’s Church
John J. Finley
Anna Gerhardt
Hamilton
Ohio
Julia, Margaret and
Mary Finley
Mrs Angleman Dies After Stroke At 73 In Plainfield
Mrs Angleman 73 died at Muhlenberg Hospital after a paralytic stroke and a recurrence of health problems. She lived most of her life in Plainfield on East Fourth street and was a faithful member of the First Methodist Church. She leaves two sons George W Taylor and Clarence L Angleman, a daughter Emma Florence Apgar, a sister Emma J Case, and several relatives. Funeral services were held at her late home with a large gathering and burial in Evergreen cemetery.
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Negreman
Muhblenberg
Evergreen Cemetery
Angleman
Muhlenberg
Plainfield
East Fourth Street
Watchung Avenue
Washington Street
Iona Corneil
Methodist Church
Mizpah Lodge
United Order of Odd Ladies
Lucetta Council
Daughters of Liberty
Howell Division
Sons of Temperance
George Whitfield Taylor
Clarence L. Angieman
Emma Florence Apgar
Gillard Apgar
Brooklyn
Apgar
George L. Apgar
France
Emma J. Case
Reaville, N. J
Miss Besler Inspires Proposals With Pleading Song Abroad
West Seventh street socialite Miss Helen Besler, daughter of the Central Railroad of New Jersey president, won the hearts of American troops in France after she sang a nursery tune at camp. Soldiers cheered and proposed en masse, then dubbed the AEF as one. The incident spread to every camp Miss Besler visited, with countless proposals recorded but not disclosed.
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Helen Besler
West Seventh Street
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
France
Paris
New York World
Nurse
Besler
Willin
Miss Besler
County Tax Board Sits to Hear Appeals Monday Morning
The Union County Board for the Equalization of Taxes will sit at City Hall Watchung Avenue and Sixth Street Monday morning at 9 30 to hear appeals from tax assessments in Plainfield. Objections to assessments for the coming year should be stated. The board then meets in Summit Monday afternoon and in Elizabeth Tuesday to hear district complaints.
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Union County Board ‘For
City Hall
Watchung Avenue
Sixth ‘Street
Plainfield
Summit
Elizabeth
Fire Dept Member Harry Wierenga III Stricken by Influenza
Harry Wierenga III of the Fire Department stationed at headquarters has been confined to his Wallace Place home for a week with influenza.
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Harry Wierenga III
Harry Wierenga
Fire Department
Headquarters
Wallace Place
Gallant Jack Otis recounts nine months of brutal trench warfare
In a front line letter from Luxembourg dated 1918, Jack Otis describes St Patrick’s Day begins in the trenches, immense bombardments with gas, and the first major fights around Belleau Wood Soissons and St Mihiel. He recalls heavy losses, American nerve, and surviving multiple close calls before the armistice ends fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack” Otis
Plainfield
Otis
Luxembourg
Tom
St. Patrick's Day
St. Mihiel
Remarkable Record of Returned Soldier William B Lewis
Twenty two year old William B Lewis, a patient at Colonia Hospital, endured multiple campaigns from Australia to France. He served with Italian forces at Gallipoli and the Somme, was wounded, gassed, and later joined the American air service as an observer claiming two enemy aircraft felled by gunfire before his invaliding home.
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William B. Lewis
Colonia Hospital
Lewis
New York
Australia
Great B
Germany
Withi
Land Tokesien
Dardanelles
Makhattne
Apital
Lemnos Island
27Th Battalion
France
Somme
England
Uncle George to Play Santa Claus at Holy Cross Church
The children's department at Holy Cross church hosts its annual Christmas program in the parish house next Monday afternoon. Santa Claus appears as "Uncle George," a parish member. About two hundred attend the Christmas midnight celebration led by the rector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Department of the Holy Cross Church
Santa Claus
George
Selainalen
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Colam University
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Shealth Board
Roselle
Roselle Park
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Capa Co. Extermior
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Arnoldus DE Bree
County Tax Board
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