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Obituaries for Howard B. James and Ethel Kirby
Howard B. James 71 of Venice died April 15 1978 at Venice Hospital born Mattoon Illinois formerly Brownsburg Indiana was a Penn Central Railroad conductor and member of Murat Temple Shrine Mattopon Masonic Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Grace United Methodist Church survived by wife Emily son Larry James Atlanta four grandchildren brother Harold James Ft Lauderdale funeral at Rawles Englewood burial Gulf Pines Memorial Park Ethel Kirby 79 of Venice died April 12 1978 at Tampa General Hospital born England moved to Venice 18 years ago Protestant St David's Episcopal Church Hobby Club South Venice Area Volunteer Fire Department Women’s Auxiliary survived by husband Edward Edward R. Kirby Southgate Michigan two sisters Lillian Davies Lincoln Park Annie Walsh South Venice and three grandchildren