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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1949
Page
6
A stream of death notices details services and survivors across Syracuse and nearby towns. Names include ADELAIDE LEITH, MARTIN MALONEY, JOHN STRAUB, LOUISE STREVER, ELMA WEEKS, and KATHERINE OBRIEN, with funeral times and locations at locations such as Fairchild Meach Chapel and St. Marys and Immaculate Conception. Interments list Woodlawn and North Syracuse cemeteries.
Funeral services for Eliza Stock Weeks 94 widow of Charles Weeks longtime Skaneateles resident will be held Monday at 2 20 PM at her daughter Mabel Cotte’s home 34 Lake Street with burial in Lake View Cemetery She came to this country with her parents at 14 and lived in Skaneateles since 1875 Surviving are son Wester C Weeks two granddaughters Mrs Arthur Dove and Mrs Leroy Pease and two great grandsons William C Dove and Richard Pease all of Skaneateles
Mrs. Emma Hamilton of 1625 SE West St Syracuse died last night at Onondaga General Hospital after a short illness. Survived by four daughters and two sons, plus two sisters and two brothers, with six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 9 AM at John G. Butler Funeral Home and 9:30 AM at St Lucy's Church. Burial in Williams Town. Friends may call tonight and Monday evening.
Edward C Bigsby a retired farmer and former New York Central Railroad flagman died yesterday at his home 649 Liverpool road. services set for 9 am Monday at his home and 9:30 am at St. Josephs Church Liverpool burial at Immaculate Conception Cemetery Fayetteville. Born in Phoenix he worked 23 years for NY Central Railroad. Survived by son Arthur S Bigsby Syracuse daughter Mrs Ray L Sanford Liverpool brother Jay M Bigsby Taunton and four grandchildren.
Funeral services for Martin Maloney of 120 Lehr Ave held at 9 A M in the home and 9 30 A M at St Lucy's Church burial at St Agnes Cemetery. He died yesterday in Syracuse General Hospital. Survived by wife Anna and two sisters Mrs Winifred Martin and Mrs Fred J LaClair plus several nieces and nephews.
Lt. Edward McFarland Eagan of Syracuse was buried after a private Mass at St. Vincent de Paul’s Church. He died July 14, 1944, over Budapest, Hungary, earning the Air Medal with oak clusters, the Firing Cross, and the Purple Heart. His body was escorted home by Capt. Arthur Leder of Winter Park Florida.
Funeral services for Louis Franklin of Syracuse will be held Monday at 2 PM at Mooney funeral home. Burial will follow in Ballston Spa. He lived at 300 S West Street, worked for Smith Trucking Company for four years, and was a Ballston Spa native. Survived by three cousins, James Armstrong, Mrs. William Stelter and Mrs. William Fogarty, all of Syracuse. Friends may call tomorrow from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 PM.
Funeral services for William B Brookfield of 405 Radcliffield are set for 2 PM Monday at Welter Funeral Home with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors include wife Clara J Brookfield and three brothers. Also noted are obituaries for Frank Gilbert and John Straub with service details and relatives listed. Local residents Elsie Strever and Lillian Reynolds are noted in notices with family connections and burial plans.
Fragmented obituary list mentions Helen Fox Sherman Sands and other residents. The readable lines indicate a Syracuse area death notices page with several names and partial affiliations.
A. J. Becker, 67, longtime Syracuse resident, dies in Winter Park Florida after moving there two years ago. A pioneer in the hair dressing and beauty salon field, he was active in civic affairs and previously a Syracuse businessman. Survived by wife Edith Seeker daughter Helen son Harold J mother Fred Becker and grandson Richard Koon. Services set for Monday in Winter Park at Pitman Cox funeral home.
Services are set for Monday at 10:00 AM in St. Lucy's Church for Neil B R Riley a Syracuse Transit Corp driver for 20 years who died suddenly at his mother's home. Burial will follow at St Agnes Cemetery. He was a World War I veteran and member of Amalgamated Street and Electricity Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America. Survivors include his mother two daughters a son and a brother.
Sgt C F Sellars of 326 W Kennedy St Syracuse killed in action over Germany August 3 1944 is to be buried Tuesday at 2 PM in Hillside Cemetery Central Square following a service at Traub funeral home Rev J J Baker will officiate Fuller Taylor Post American Legion to conduct military rites He served as top turret gunner on a B 24 with 15th Air Force 48 missions He held Air Medal with two clusters and Purple Heart Surviving wife Mary and parents brothers and sisters in Syracuse plus a niece and nephew
Helsinki Finland The Central Trade Union Federation moved to curb Communist led unions as government crackdowns followed. Four strong unions including dockers food workers and forestry face expulsion if their strike calls are not canceled by August 25. The textile leather and rubber unions may be expelled if their actions continue. The Communist group urged President Paasikivi to denounce police actions against lumberjacks in Hem i.
Andrew J Pierson a pilot plant operator and Evelyn M Pierson his wife of 505 University Ave Syracuse seek a period to pay debts under a Chapter order in U S District Court Imlay with attorney John EX Shafer of Syracuse representing them.
Chicago report says Perfect Mathers, the first incubator baby born in the nation in Lynn Massachusetts in 1896, is thriving as he prepares to celebrate his 59th birthday with his wife Grace. Mathers later worked for the Fred Harvey System and moved to Chicago in 1938.
Maryland troopers uncovered two odd devices in a tobacco barn linked to Jonathan Caldwell. Air Force investigators say the contraptions resemble early saucer prototypes but did not fly, and Caldwell disappeared with his family years ago.
The report notes rooms strewn with personal effects and laundry as Cap Belk describes an effort to locate Caknwell's son for engineering data on a flying disc. A quarter horsepower model flew on a farm in the 1930s but was not perfected due to vectors. An unidentified Air Force officer cites the inventor moving away and others pursuing similar aircraft.
Weather Bureau forecast for Syracuse and eastern New York interior calls for fair skies and continued cool conditions tonight and tomorrow. Highs ranged from 2 to 70 degrees in the region with yesterday’s high 70 and record highs and lows noted for past years. Relative humidity near 70 percent yesterday evening and today’s morning conditions noted.
Weather by Wirephoto forecasts a mild day nationwide with scattered showers mainly in the east and central Gulf states. Morning fog blankets the Pacific coast, with only minor temperature changes expected. discussion includes stationary, warm, and cold fronts and daily forecaster notes from Dr. Maxwell.
Richarda Morrow-Tait, a British housewife, revealed a tattoo of small wings on her right wrist after returning from a year long solo world flight with navigator Michael Townsend. Norman Morrow-Tait, her husband, greeted her at Croydon with gladioli as their daughter Anna, then 22 months old, failed to recognize her. The cost of the journey was estimated at about 12066 dollars.
Michael Giannuzzi of Buffalo will be guest speaker at Unity Church of Truth services tomorrow. The Rey Russell Kemp pastor will speak at Buffalo United Church tomorrow.
Nationally known producer of specialized petroleum products offers distributorship to an aggressive organization with established industry contacts. Reply box B-30, Mereld-Jourrai.
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