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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1944
Page
5
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list deaths in Aug 1944. Names include Margaret O Neil Bryant, William R Cole, Alois Faulker, Floyd J Gates, Ralph H Hamlin, Marie Kvin, Betty MacDonald Kola, J Te Linehan, John N Navin, Michael J OBrien, and Ruth Siewertsen. Details cover survivors, addresses, funeral home arrangements, service times, and burial plans at local cemeteries.
Col. Edmund W. Starling, 69, long time White House detail head for the Secret Service, died in St. Luke's Hospital after pneumonia treatment. He guarded Presidents Wilson to Roosevelt, retired last year after 25 years, and had planned memoirs with Allan Nevins. Messages of condolence came from Hoover and Roosevelt aides.
Multiple obituaries list survivals and funeral plans. Lottie Sagala of 1031 West Belden Avenue dies. services set for Monday at Giminski funeral home and Sacred Heart Church. Elizabeth McAllister aged 50 dies. services Sunday at Welter funeral home with burial in West Monroe. Leonard C. Hack, 67, of Nichols Avenue dies. funeral at Blessed Sacrament Church and burial in Assumption Cemetery. Edward Beach, former Syracuse resident, dies in Cleveland. survivors include wife and children. funeral in Cleveland. Mary Anderson Hawthorne, 39, of 103 Daisy Street dies. services at Whelan Brothers and Most Holy Rosary Church. James H. Birney, 72, of Warners dies. services at Warners and Our Lady of Good Counsel Church with burial in St. Marx's Cemetery. Elen Jane Welch dies. daughters listed. funeral arrangements incomplete. John Navin, 75, of 316 Helen Street dies. survivors include wife, children, siblings. services at Bert W. Day memorial home.
Directory style notice lists funeral homes and directors with addresses and phone numbers. It names Osbelt J J Keegan Fairchild Meech Tindall Barnard Danforth Meagleife Gang Molloy Dart Hart Onewell Snyder Funeral Co Artis Floral Kelso Florist Lutz and other local services with contact details.
George Souter of 129 Hope Avenue a railroad conductor for 35 years died at home. He was born in Edinburgh Scotland and belonged to the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors and Lodge 379. Survived by wife Margaret, son Edward sister Mary Gregg and several nieces and nephews. funeral Monday at 9 15 AM at home and 9 AM at Saint Anthony of Padua Church with burial at Sts Agnes Cemetery.
Judge Marcus B. Campbell, long serving senior federal judge of the eastern district of New York, dies in New York. The obituary notes a respected career and prominent status among American jurists.
The notice from the Department lists 219 casualties including Navy and Marine personnel connected to the Syracuse area. It names PFC John McGannon and PFC George L Jones among the wounded, with parental contact details for Adeline Gannon of Syracuse and Mr and Mrs Clark Jones of Utica. It also notes status changes for Walter Sharp Jones, storekeeper, previously reported missing on February 3, with wife Madeline Ruth Jones of Endicott.
Michael J. O'Brien, longtime State armories employee, died Thursday at 104 Belmont Street. He served 37 years and belonged to Battery A First Field Artillery and Troop D First New York Cavalry. Survived by wife Josephine Dwyer and children Kendall Tala Mary sisters, the funeral is Monday at home and 9:30 AM at Saint Lucy Church with burial at St Agnes Cemetery.
The obituary notes Ellen Herbst Lydenhae of Syracuse with four sons John James Michael and Thomas in the Pacific area, 12 grandchildren and a great granddaughter. The body was moved to Martin funeral home with funeral arrangements incomplete.
Surrogate's Court filings name Agnes B Breen of 408 Shennard Street as petitioner in the estate of Leo Me Ryan of Fabius. Ryan left an estimated 10 000 personal estate. Widow Reata Wiler of 301 Norwood Avenue also filed. John Kosloski of 213 Catawba Street is named with Mrs Wiler as next of kin due to action and a 3 000 loan.
A list of deceased individuals from Syracuse area and surrounding towns includes Paola Sardina Guica Thomas J Schaiiner Edward C Gibbons William F Watson 55 Mrs Otis Thompson 62 Lisbon Mrs Laura B Williams 39 Owego Mrs Mary Celeste 73 Cortland Mrs Mary Kennedy 85 Waterloo West Auburn Herkimer 79 Tupper Lake Conklin 62 Watertown Sin Feoves Dunn Watertown Mrs Ada B Thomas 69 Auburn Fred W Bradshaw 72 Kuston Mrs Ethel Stages 3 Mexico Mrs Mary E Gridith 82 Oneida.
Syracuse youths 17 years old will ride free in eight CAP and two Army planes at Syracuse Municipal Airport Sunday as part of a free ride day. William Magie, veteran parachutist, will jump from a CAP plane at 3 PM with radio and PA coverage. A Curtiss Helldiver exhibition and related events will accompany the program to boost Army Air Forces enlistment. Tickets are moving quickly with parental consent.
Native of Syracuse Corporal Robert Stemmler son of Mrs Ernestine Stemmler 1610 Grant Boulevard now with the US Rangers earned the Presidential citation for courageous action on D-Day. He trained in Tennessee Florida New Jersey and went overseas December 1943. Birth notices list multiple newborns including a daughter for Mr and Mrs John W Piatkowski and a son for Airs Mrs John P Dwyer among others with addresses in Syracuse and surrounding areas.
Instructions for propagating gooseberries from the parent plant using simple layering and mound layering. Describes selecting a side branch, girdling, burying the stem, securing with wire, and allowing roots to form before transplant. Also covers cutting the parent plant back to stimulate shoots and piling soil to encourage new growth, with timing notes for root and shoot development.
A battered account describes scattered resistance and ambushes north of a front line with armored spearheads and mobile supports. It notes camouflaged positions, close-range bazooka fire, and 80 mm munitions used to disrupt roads. The piece cites Luftwaffe air attacks on highways and bridges with minimal impact, save for brief damage to a Breton bridge, as German attempts to blunt Allied advances.
On August 4 the village announces the decision to close the playground as a precaution due to rising polio cases in the state. The State Board of Health urged children to rest and avoid crowds, with only one case reported locally so far.
Prosecutor Arthur Fy Scherr said affidavits charge four people including Jackie Cooper 22 of Beverly Hills Calif a Navy V 12 student at Notre Dame since last November with contributing to and encouraging the delinquency of minors. Also charged are Pauline Frederic 19 of South Bend George Bender a V 12 student at Notre Dame and Olie Lowery a hotel waiter. Warrants to be issued for the four and they will be arraigned in juvenile court.
Stanley Witkus of Bentleyville and Hazel Vanita Doran of Albert Edward St Denis and Margaret Ella Hanley of 411 Gifford Street. Albert Edward St Denis and Margaret Ella Hanley. Glenn Fohl of Navarre and Fern Cronk of Salina. Robert Stephens of Salina and Mary Rebensky. Walter Wells of 122 Leonard Ave and Margaret Gillani. Robert Cox of 132 Nichols Ave and Norma Rollins of 117 East Brighton Ave.
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