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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1944
Page
3
A jumble of 1944 death notices and obituaries from Syracuse area papers. Entries mention Charles M. Gibo Helena Dacey Gibo and families in Geneva Rochester Syracuse with relatives and funeral plans. other listings include Holmes Bald Holmes Lynch Mackey Orvis Platt Nora Murphy Plaus Rogers Schmuchmeizr Gertrude Becher Tubbert Walser and more, with scattered funeral arrangements and cemetery details.
Mrs Julie L Orvis wife of Robert B Orvis vice president of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Baldwinsville died unexpectedly Saturday at Memorial Hospital She is survived by her husband son Robert L Orvis and a grandson Robert P Orvis A son will fly from Seattle to Syracuse for the funeral Thursday at 4 PM at the Orvis home Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery
Lambert L Weeks 55 of Skaneateles died suddenly Saturday evening at South Otselic while visiting friends. A native of Auburn he moved to Skaneateles as a child. Surviving wife Blanche Horsingston Weeks a son Hobart F Weeks two brothers Melvin A Weeks G Roswell Weeks and a sister Miss Zoraida E Weeks. Services at 2 30 P M Wednesday at 56 West Genesee Street with burial in Lake View Cemetery.
Ned R Mann a 46 year old general agent for Security Mutual Life Insurance in Syracuse died Monday at his home on Green Lake Road Fayetteville He was a member of Walters Lodge 228 F and A M the Con sistory and the Shrine of India Temple in Oklahoma City Surviving are his wife two sons a daughter a sister and his parents Services will be at 2 PM Wednesday at the home conducted by Rev John J Woessner with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery
Obituary notices list several deceased individuals across the Syracuse region including Catherine Cotter 75 of Utica and William Bullock among others in Utica Rome and Auburn with sparse spiller names and locations indicating a compiled death notice from local area records.
Henry Woodrow Holmes of Kirkville died after a heart attack at work in Syracuse. Survived by wife Margaret Balaz, daughter Mrs. Raymond C. Bloss, brother O. Willard Holmes, a grandson, and sister Mrs. Eva Griffin. Rites at 2 PM Wednesday at home, burial Kirkville Cemetery. Catherine Gilroy Lynch, Irish native, died Sunday. survived by sons John and Peter, daughters Mrs. Mary Loftus and Mrs. James Hogan, eight grandchildren. Services Wednesday at home of Mrs. Hogan and Saint John the Evangelist Church, burial St. Agnes Cemetery. Gertrude Becker Schmuckmeier, 19, died Sunday. widow of John Schmuckmeier. Survived by son Robert, sister Mrs. Mathilda Trampke, three grandchildren. Services Tuesday 9:30 AM at Wenz funeral home and 10 AM at Assumption Church, burial Assumption Cemetery. Anthony Scibilia, 63, Oswego visitor, died suddenly. native of Italy. Survived by wife, two daughters Miss John Guinia and Miss Maggie Scibilia, six grandchildren, four brothers, one sister. Services Wednesday 9:30 AM at Our Lady of Pompei Church, burial Assumption Cemetery. William Dedrick, 68, retired basket maker of 418 Wolf Street, Syracuse. survived by wife Ida Perkins Dedrick, four grandchildren, four brothers, two sisters. Services Wednesday at Miller & Waidle chapel.
Harry L. Platt aged 73 an independent insurance adjuster died Sunday at his home 469 Westcott Street He was born in Fulton past master Hirai Lodge Fulton member of Citizens Club Calvary Baptist Church and celebrated 50 years of marriage June 28 He is survived by wife Eleanor Goman Platt a son Lt Com Edward L Platt USN a daughter Miss Mary L Platt two grandchildren and a nephew Funeral Tuesday at the Elmer E Price Funeral Home with Rev Charles W Schmidt and burial in Fulton
Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Stoup of 612 Lodi Street died suddenly Saturday night in Miami Beach Florida while visiting her brother Luigi Haymond G Stoup. A Syracuse native, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Raymond J Stoup and worked in the Onondaga County Welfare Department legal division. She was a Central High School and Syracuse University graduate and a member of First Reform Church Syracuse University Alumni Association and Phi Alpha sorority. Surviving are her mother Mrs Raymond J Stoup and an aunt Miss Florence E Stoup. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Daniel C. Green 39 of Priestes Michigan died July 3, noted as a court appointed draftsman and reorganizer of Samuel Insull’s will. Theo Pewtt 64 of Cleveland listed as president of Dewitt hotels and executive manager of Hotel Hollenden in Cleveland. Rites for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Dembowski of 225 Ladisew Avenue held at Sacred Heart. Burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery after funeral at Sacred Heart Church.
Quick relief for piles offered by Peterson's Ointment. The wooling soothing astringent formula has helped thousands for 40 years. Available from all druggists in 33 cent boxes or 60 cent with applicator. Money refunded if not delighted.
Norman H. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross since 1938 and a former diplomat, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Hot Springs, Virginia, at age 65. A Tennessee native and Cuban banker turned statesman, Davis held multiple posts under Wilson, Hoover, and Roosevelt and helped lead disarmament efforts at Geneva and in London. Nelson Dean Jay of Elmwood, Illinois, will temporarily assume Red Cross duties. He leaves eight children. his wife preceded him in death. Davis’s career included work at the Treasury, State Department, and League of Nations Financial Commission, shaping U.S. diplomacy and international arms reduction.
Bernice C. Nash 66 longtime Cicero resident and 26 year teacher died Sunday at her home in Cicero Survived by brothers Bruce Crans Cicero and John Crans Euclid and sister Myra Gook Cicero Private funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 30 PM at the home Burial will be in North Syracuse
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple personal names and places such as Wilt Boiscard Car Waterson Teene Catherne decbenths Salina Charlie Tassie Auburn Morenec Mity Gerwee Marton Aver Gorden Dermen Drie Virginian Ante Hawles Werwich Meank Chatles Scheel Wohwert State and others, with garbled line markers and dates.
Geneve dispatch cites Ecumenical Refugee Commission and Fluchtlingshilfe reporting 1,715,000 Jews killed or died in Auschwitz and Birkenau extermination camps by April 15, 1944. Victims from Poland Netherlands Greece France Belgium Germany Yugoslavia Italy Norway Bohemia Moravia Austria Slovakia and Hungarian Jews.
Dr. Frederick H. Markham of 110 Redfield Place has been raised from first lieutenant to captain in the Army Dental Corps at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. A Peekskill Military Academy and University of Pennsylvania graduate, he has practiced dentistry since 1937 and entered service last August. He is married to Ruth Brown and they have a young daughter.
Local report lists several fallen service members including Mrs Ruth Borden of Frankfort and Second Lt Richard W Goodman of Auburn. Other names include Second Lt Robert P Hotaling of Little Falls and PFC Stanley H Hunt of Theresa, with Navy casualty Thomas Christopher Moran of Johnstown referenced in the same notice.
In France near Caumont on July 2 American forces repatriated six German nurses who had treated wounded soldiers. They were escorted by medical officers and Esther McCafferty, while morale and war aims formed part of their brief exchange before returning to German lines as heavy fighting resumed.
Syracuse University hosts the Hill Summer School with public sessions on postwar planning. Notable speakers include Dr. Thomas E. Kent and Chancellor William P. Tolley. A Land Use panel, talks by Dr. Nelson C. Brown and others, and a closing session on Television and Education conclude the program.
The workshop conference opens registrations for a course running July to August. It invites students and all interested to become citizens through the program.
Readable segments outline club activities for the week with multiple chapters and venues. List includes Mon through Sat meetings at Yates Hotel BF Odd Fellows Temple Marshs Hall and other local halls in East Syracuse North Syracuse and Kanatenah area with times 1:30 PM 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM across various clubs and districts.
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