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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1941
Page
2
A batch of death notices and funeral details for Agnes Blodgett John Brennan Delia Cooney Victor Leisner Mary Leslie Margare Mulholland and others. Each entry notes survivors, home addresses, funeral times and cemeteries across Syracuse area communities with arrangements by local undertakers.
In memoriam verses available to aid you in preparing such an announcement. The brief notice offers guidance for wording gratitude and remembrance from family and friends for a departed loved one.
Williams P Lynch Florist advertises funeral designs priced as low as $1.50 in a compact classified notice. Located at 378S Warren with phone 3-315, and listing affiliation with a local floristry group.
Dorothy OConnor daughter of Mrs Margaret OConnor of Seneca Falls and William Legott son of Nicholas Legott of Geneva were married at St Patrick Church Seneca Falls today. Rev B L Quirk officiated with attendants Miss Alice Murphy and James Legott. A wedding breakfast at the Chimneys Auburn followed.
Victor Ladouceur 52 of 718 Oswego Street died after a ladder fall at Sanderson Brothers plant on May 6. An autopsy cites pulmonary embolism as the cause. Funeral Wednesday at home and Saint Lucy's Church with burial in Assumption Cemetery. Survived by wife Eunice and three sons Theophile Roland and Raymond. siblings in Amos and Syracuse.
Mrs Grace M Hilder 63 of 223 Eliott Street died Thursday funeral Monday bearers included William N Flynn Patrick J Murphy and Harry W Wright at Cornell Clement Greenleaf Home clergy Rev Elsworth C Beamon Rev Alex Lastries. Burial at St Agnes Cemetery.
Nephews served as bearers at the funeral for Eugene H. Vuillemot of 212 Elizabeth Street a hardware merchant who died Friday. Services were conducted at 2 PM at Rathbun Funeral Home by the Rev. Dr. John T. Reeve of South Presbyterian Church. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery with bearers Earl Harry Ward George and Flord Vuillemot and Louis Licourt.
Mrs Anna Szatanek of 302 Belle Isle Road died Thursday. Funeral rites were held Monday 8:30 AD at her sister Mrs George Stempien's home 616 Park Avenue and at 9 00 AM in Sacred Heart Church with Rev Casimir Piejda. Bearers were John Rozino John Wojcik William Kalinowski Gus Burowski George Kowalski and Alexander Sekrzynski. Rev Joseph Ow alczyk read committal at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Final prayers for Mrs Johanna Taylor 72 widow of John Taylor lifelong Baldwinsville resident will be held at her home 9 Mechanic Street at 9 A M and at 9 30 A M in Saint Mary's Church Burial follows in St Marys Cemetery She was a member of Saint Marys Church and the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association She is survived by a daughter Mrs Alfred Eadon a sister Mrs Margaret Dawley and two granddaughters Joan Elizabeth Eadon all of Baldwinsville
The funeral of Lucille Marie Ciero infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Dominic Ciero was held at 10 AM Monday in the Joseph Pirro and Son funeral home. Burial followed in Assumption Cemetery. Survived by her parents, maternal grandfather Carmen Gracht of Rome, and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Nicholas Ciero.
John Ensign Calkins 69 lifelong Savannah resident and barber shop proprietor for 47 years died suddenly at home Sunday night. Survived by wife Clair M. Calkins Auburn son sister Mrs Nathan Fitch Savannah brother Charles Elbert New ark and grandchildren Bruce and Joyce Calkins Auburn. Funeral 2:30 P.M. Wednesday at home with Rev Robert Huston Congregational Church Savannah officiating. Burial Butler's Savannah Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements for William Agis 26 of 68 Frederick Street East Syracuse follow his death Saturday after a long illness. Services set for 9 A M Tuesday at Delaney Hodge funeral home and 30 o'clock mass at Saint Matthew's Church in East Syracuse with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery Minca. He was born in Syracuse and lived in East Syracuse 20 years. Survived by mother Matilda Agis and two brothers Stephen and Anthony Agis, all of East Syracuse.
Kathry n I Kohut a 3 month old girl daughter of Andrew W and divine Hospital Surviving relatives include a brother Ronald Fre services at 2 PM at the Bars chapel burial planned at a local cemetery Note text is garbled but conveys a infant death and funeral details.
The funeral for 51 year old Mrs Mary Ripka a Polish native and East Syracuse resident for 24 years will be held Wednesday at 8 30 A M from the home 107 Phelps Street and at 9 A M in Transfiguration Church Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery She was a communicant of Transfiguration Church and member of St Stanislaus Society P R C U and the Polish National Alliance Surviving are her husband Konstanty Ripka a daughter Mrs Carl Schumann three sons Edward and Chester and Private Stanley Ripka of the Army in Puerto Rico a sister and a brother in Poland and a grandchild
Dorothy H OBrien 47 of 338 Green Street wife of Thomas OBrien died Sunday after a long illness. She was born in Syracuse. Survived by her father George E Wilbur two brothers George P Wilbur Syracuse and Joseph M Wilbur Detroit four sisters Mrs James Doyle Utica Mrs Dennis Fonehouse Boston Miss Kathleen Wilbur Dewitt Miss Grace Wilbur New Haven. Body taken to Bert F Brinaman funeral home pending funeral arrangements.
Services for Mrs Mary T Leslie widow of David Y Leslie will be held at 8 15 A M Tuesday at her home then at 9 O clock in Saint Lucy s Church She was daughter of Charles Ryan and Mary Moore Ryan of Liverpool and is survived by four sisters Mrs William E Kane Mrs Jeenee L Davies Mrs Clinton S Carr and Miss Winifred G Ryan
Peter F. Lawton died Friday. Services began in the funeral chapel of J. P. Burns & Son late Monday morning and continued at 9 30 at Saint John the Baptist Church. The Rev Dr William J Gylynn officiated. Attendees included Edward and William Lawton Fred and Francis Eppler John Loughtin and Frank Stack. Burial followed with committal at St Agnes Cemetery conducted by the Rev James P Slowey.
Fellow employees at Syracuse Typesetting Company acted as honorary bearers at the Monday funeral for William B Webb of 112 Hayden Avenue who died Thursday. Services were at home at 9 AM and at St Brigid's Church at 9 30 AM with Rev William Dwyer, burial in Assumption Cemetery. Bearers included John J Hauck Howard Seu fert Burton L Eno David R Roberts Herman L Glessing and Floyd A Randall. MES CORA B MASON died Saturday night at her home survived by four sons Clarence John Leon and James Mason three daughters Mrs Joseph Chap Mrs George Bruce and Mrs Partheny Bruce.
Miss Cecelia Longo 23 of 1022 North McBride Street in Syracuse died early Monday at home after a two year illness. She was a life resident of Syracuse. Surviving are her parents Michael and Mrs Longo, three brothers Michael John and Leonard, two uncles Mark Zackaraia and Leonardo, and a grandmother in Italy. Body released to Roma Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Funeral services are planned for Wednesday afternoon for Franklin Crane Brewerton six at his home in Clay. The boy drowned in 118 feet of water in the Oneida River at Brewerton after slipping from the State dock. Rev W Chester Winter will officiate with burial in Pine Plains. Survived by his parents sister Marleah Anne and grandparents F G Walliser and Myron Crane.
James Richard May 7 son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. May of Marcellus died at home after a long illness. He was a student at Marcellus Central School and attended Marcellus Methodist Church Sunday School. Family rites at 2 30 P M Wednesday at the home conducted by Rev W C Fryer burial in Highland Cemetery Marcellus.
A family relations institute sponsored by the YWCA opened today at the Watertown association rooms under director Dr Grace Sloan Overton, specialists in the field and family relations. It will also be held on Tuesday and Wednesday for girls of teenage years their mothers and young adults.
A list of local obituaries includes Henrietta Schidzick 73 Hinman Hollow Edith Foster Dulles Auburn Clara L Darling 81 Auburn Ora S Joyner 24 Lacona Frederick W Anderson 83 Ellisburg Julia Elizabeth Clough 67 Potsdam Andrew K Kearns 66 Louisville Elizabeth Glab 69 Cortland Mary Lovie Ogdensburg A J Kinney 83 Watkins Glen Mary E Nesbitt 71 Waterloo Carrie S Marquart Auburn John Tennant Auburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund P. Cola belli welcome a son on June 4. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest O. Brake field name a son on June 4. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Fiorito have a daughter on June 5. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Bul ford greet a daughter on June 5. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett M. James report a son on June 5. Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Groth announce a daughter on June 5. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Voorhees report a son on June 5. Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Willey welcome a daughter on June 6.
Joseph J. Svoboda of North Syracuse and Mary Catherine Nizkoski of 120 Fabius Street received a marriage license. Joseph Sam Ilacqua of 214 Maltbie Street and Mary Dorothy Warre of 119 Josephine Street also obtained licenses.
Street who died Friday was honored in a double service at 10 A.M. Monday at John B. Murphy funeral home and 10:30 A.M. at Saint John the Baptist Church with Rev Edward Ream presiding. Burial followed for Michael Besh William Carlton Henry Cotterer John Comerford Walter Weat and Harry Donovan.
Ed Hennessy longtime educator and administrator in East Syracuse dies after a career spanning over 30 years. He served as vice principal, principal, and superintendent shaping strong schools, music and athletics while fostering civic projects. His work left East Syracuse with high academic and extracurricular standards and notable alumni.
Harold Girard 30 of Plattsburg drowned when his rowboat capsized in Lake Flower during a gale at Saranac Lake. Companions Gadway and Durett struggled to rescue him as rescuers recovered the body about an hour later. Coroner cites accidental death by drowning. Girard survived by wife and child.
Rutherford New Jersey June 9 Mrs Blanche Chapman Ford 91 widow of H Clay Ford who managed the Ford Theater in Washington when Lincoln was assassinated and a member of one of the oldest theatrical families on the English speaking stage She retired from the stage in 1936.
Hollywood obituary notes Mary Kelley a radio and vaudeville comedienne aged 47 who appeared on numerous radio programs.
New York note Charles Emerson Cook a Ti producer and playwright long associated with David Belasco is mentioned in this June report as a figure in theater.
Mrs Edith Foster Dulles age 78 daughter of Gen John Watson Foster a former Secretary of State and ambassador to Spain Russia and Mexico died in Auburn June 9. She was born in 186? and married to Allen Welsh Dulles. Funeral plans were not announced.
Dr. Julius Friedenwald, age 74, emeritus gastro enterologist at the University of Maryland Medical School, served on its faculty for over four decades in Baltimore.
Capt. E D C Herne aged 51, a Mutual Broadcasting System and NBC news commentator, and a World War commander with the British Royal Air Force, died. He was based in Chicago.
Mrs. Harry M. Stevens of Niles Ohio, aged 83, is remembered for her husband Harry M. Stevens and his song leading concessions at major venues including the Polo Grounds and other stadiums and race tracks for fifty years.
Dwight Edwards Austin of Bellport aged 68 died after a long tenure as president of Thomas Leeming and Company Inc a pharmaceutical house since 1926. He led the firm through decades of industry change and served in executive roles within the company.
Otis J. Rogers aged 72, a 30 year government veteran, previously ran a newspaper with his father in Princeton Missouri and published the Railway Mail. He served with the War Industries Board in World War I and later worked for the Labor and Agricultural Departments.
Saranac Lake June 9 Mrs Edith Foster Dulles 78 civic leader social worker and world traveler noted for public service and charitable work passes away leaving a legacy of community involvement and international engagement.
Joseph Peryea age 82 longtime Adirondack guide and blacksmith died after a long career. He lived near the abandoned Brandon lumber town and was known to many hunters as Old Blackoe. Monsignor Joseph Nicholas Grieff, founder of the American Passion Play in Union City New Jersey, died June 9 according to INS.
Fletcher S. Pratt, 81, early gas industry pioneer in Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia, died of a heart attack in Oklahoma City. He served as president of a fuel supply company and was born in Buffalo.
Edwin C. Hill reflects on a Peruvian aviator's discovery of a high valley where 37 years in isolation produced a utopia. The piece contrasts wild escape with civilization and recalls Ishi the California uplift as evidence that true civilization lies within.
Geneva June 9 Surrogate Fred D Cribb filed an order exempting from tax the estate of Ella Dawson of Phelps who died Jan 31 Ten heirs share the estate with personal estate totaling 4464 14 This was reduced on account commissions expenses to the net value of 2062 54
A public Webb town meeting heard that the Fulton Chain and Sixth Lake reservoirs, regulated by the Black River District, are three feet low in the first four lakes and two feet low at Sixth Lake. Regulators may close gates to protect navigation, as mail boats and private craft face dispatch delays and tied up boats. A joint Webb Inlet session is planned to safeguard future water levels.
Watkins Glen on June 9 reports two Cayuga County youths Myles McClarey 24 and George Fudala 17 were arrested after a hoax aimed at halting motorists. An Odessa Cayuta road incident left William Coberg injured when a flour sack stuffed with straw was used to lure vehicles. Coberg is under Dr Paul Willworth care. McClarey paid a $10 fine and received a three month suspended sentence. Fudala received a six month suspended sentence. Police were Jack Barry and Trooper Thomas Batters.
Seneca Falls reports progress in the condition of Version Brewer 17 of R D 1 Ovid after a 65 foot tumble to the bed of Van Cree Ovid. He was brought to Seneca Falls Hospital Saturday with injuries from the accident.
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