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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1963
Page
4
The interment was made in the Oaklawn cemetery in Thornton according to the local notice. Community members gathered for the service at the cemetery, with relatives and friends paying their respects.
Two Dolton Illinois residents Margaret Faggnee Wolf 75 died April 29 1963 at Colonial Convalescent Home in South Holland born June 19 1887 Chicago funeral today May 2 at 2 pm Brown Funeral Home Dolton with Rev R B Shawl officiating interment Oakland Cemetery also Ada A Hahn 70 lifetime Dolton resident died April 27 1963 at 14126 Lincoln Ave Dolton born April 30 1892 Chicago survived by sister Grace Hahn three nieces two nephews funeral April 30 at Brown Funeral Home Dolton with Rev Clifford Woll officiating
Joseph Fik 65 of 321 EB 136th St Chicago died April 24 1963 while custodian at Lincoln School Dalton born October 2 1897 in Poland survived by wife Catherine and two daughters services April 27 12 am at Community Mortuary Riv erdale interment Oakland Cemetery Dolton Charles L Warnicke 73 of 13825 Park Ave Dolton died April 25 1963 in St Francis Hospital Blue Island longtime Chicago postal clerk survived by daughter Ruth Egelske two grandchildren and brother Bert services April 27 10 am at St Marys Church interment Assumption Cemetery Brown Funeral Home Dolton in charge of arrangements.
Lena Lucken 85 of 13834 Atlantic street Riverdale died April 26 1963 at Cook County Hospital She was born January 5 1878 in Chicago and had lived in the community for 73 years
Obituary notes a Thornton resident survived by husband Harry one son Roy one grandson Leroy and three great grandchildren. Funeral services scheduled 1 30 pm Monday April 30 at Brown Funeral Home Dal ton with Rev Theodore Melinat pastor and interment in Oaklawn Cemetery. Also a report on the Illinois Federation of Republican Women spring conference May 7–8 at the Leland Hotel Springfield with Ethel Savoie and Mildred Hunter attending from Thornton Township.
The Pacesetter Civic League thanks Sun Drugs Carteret Drugs and Pean-Ren All Drugs for donating alcohol cotton and banklages and Sun Drugs for extra suckers for children. Ray Dillon supplied syringes. President Quilan praises donors buyers and recipients for protecting families from polio.
The Dolton Park District recreation program presents a dance recital titled Hansel and Gretel on Sunday May 5 at Franklin School at 147th and Chicago Road Dolton. About 30 girls aged 4 to 13 from the Park District dance baton class will perform under instructor Miss Barbara Jean Perry with an admission fee for the public.
Henry Miller of Amoenberg, Germany, formerly of Riverdale, died on April 21. The obituary notes his life in Germany after leaving Riverdale and marks his passing from illness.
After an illness of several years the deceased is survived by two sons Carl of Frankfurt and Claude of Ampenburg. Additional survivors include two brothers and three sisters in Germany and one sister in Dolton, Mrs. H. Dee Rooy. READ THE WANT ADS
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