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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1944
Page
5
In this city many obituaries list survivors including spouses children and siblings. Funeral details cover Welter Rathbun GIminski and other local funeral homes with dates and church interments noted throughout.
Andrew Whelan 74 a retired embalmer died Monday at his home 1639 West Onondaga Street He worked for John McCarthy Son funeral home and other Syracuse undertakers His sons Edward A and John D founded Wheland Brothers funeral home He is survived by his wife Julia Coolican Whelan and five grandchildren Funeral at 850 AM Thursday at Holy Rosary Church burial in St Agnes Cemetery The U S Navy serves in England and five grandchildren survive An obituary notice from a Syracuse newspaper.
Death records report John L. Butler age 37 of 107 Brookline Road Mattydale died Monday at home. Survived by wife Helen McCarthy Butler and two sons John K. Butler and James F. Butler with funeral at 9 AM Thursday and 9 30 AM at Saint John the Baptist Church burial at Agnes Cemetery. Also listed are Ethel M Derby died Saturday survived by husband James W Derby two daughters and two grandchildren. David Lobell 18 bricklayer died Saturday at Onondaga General Hospital with service set Tuesday at Snyder funeral home. He is survived by a son Ernest Lobell and two grandchildren.
William W Pease of Mottville died suddenly yesterday at his grandson Lewis J White s home He is survived by two daughters six other grandchildren and five great grandchildren Services will be at 230 PM Wednesday at B J O Neill Son funeral home Skaneateles Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery Skaneateles Agnes Urbaitis Wychules of 1319 West Manlius Street East Syracuse died Sunday Surviving are her husband William Wychules a son Vincent Wychules three daughters and five grandchildren The funeral will be at 9 AM Wednesday and 930 AM at Saint Matthew s Church East Syracuse with burial in Assumption Cemetery Fred Zeller of 225 Medford Road died today in University Hospital He is survived by a brother a sister and several nieces and nephews Services will be at 830 AM Wednesday at John Gang Son funeral home and 9 AM in the Church of Assumption with burial in Assumption Cemetery
Obituary and public notices summarize Eugene Klein 65 prominent stamp dealer and American Philatelic Society president, Hungarian native, and Robert Lynn 73 newspaperman and former Richmond News Leader editor who covered a railroad wreck tied to a ballad. Also lists club meetings, marriages, licenses, florists, and local businesses with addresses and times.
Mrs Irene Barry died of a heart attack at her home 1627 East Genesee Street Sunday She was widow of Sergeant Lawrence P Barry of the Syracuse Police Department Survivors include three daughters Mrs Andrew Roach Detroit Mrs Charles Chesterman Pittsford and Mrs John Kinsh Macedo n LeRoy Barry Syracuse five grandchildren two brothers Frank Farmer Brandrith and Earl Farmer Hartford Conn two sisters Mrs Betty Mayer Brandrith and Mrs Clarence Furbush Burlington Ia Funeral services set for 9 AM Wednesday at Welter funeral home and 9 30 AM at St Josephs French Church with burial at St Agnes Cemetery
Mrs. Hugh N. Leavell mother of Mrs. Winthrop Pennock of 215 Scarboro Drive died yesterday at her Louisville residence. Funeral will be held in Louisville tomorrow. Mrs. Pennock serves as executive secretary of the Associated Junior Leagues of America.
Obituary notices from Syracuse area list several deaths including Mrs Anna Moran Welch Cylde Mrs Mary Empson 63 Natural Dam Chris Nelson 85 Holmesville Mrs Michael Dowd 69 Clinton Bruce 63 Utica Alared H Dobson 74 Utica Louis F P Ty 33 Auburn and others in Auburn Geneva and Utica regions with ages and locations provided in fragmented form.
William D Lawson, 76, a Syracuse native and long time New York Central Railroad employee, died Sunday at his East Rochester home. He began with the railroad in 1890 as an operator, became a dispatcher five years later, and moved to Syracuse as dispatcher in 1907. He retired in 1937 after 47 years of service.
Department announces missing soldiers in actions across the Asiatic, European, Mediterranean, South Pacific and Southwest Pacific areas. Read as kin lists for ARMY personnel including T/Sgt Thaddeus S. Dmoch, S/Sgt Erwin D. Conley, Lt Donald R. Greene, S/Sgt Robert S. Matcham, Sgt Edward L. Storm, Pvt Lester J. King, Pvt Frank W. Sias, Lt Gwendolyn Whitney, Pvt Lewis P. Wilcox and others with addresses in Syracuse Johnson City Ithaca Watertown Oneonta and surrounding areas.
Maj. Ray N Cooley commanding officer of the Prisoner of War Camp at Pine Camp is promoted to lieutenant colonel. A Warners resident, he has a long Army record from enlistment in 1918 through WWI era service and Civilian Conservation Corps commands, arriving at Pine Camp in 1941 and advancing to major in 1942.
John J. Haykes of the Office of Defense Transportation says movement of the 1944 crop hinges on conserving and using motor vehicles through operator cooperation. A recent New York City regional meeting discussed farm transportation and local programs while Robert A. Hicks urged utmost public cooperation. Ronald L. Smith noted committees in Syracuse district to organize transport of all local agricultural products.
Syracuse police hold a 122 year old woman for investigation after Albert Russell of 614 Harrison Street is stabbed and hospitalized with chest wounds. Russell, treated at Crouse-Irving Hospital, refuses to explain. The woman voluntarily surrendered and admits stabbing with a paring knife.
The Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service informed Edward J. Gorman Jr of 105 Michaels Avenue that his son Lieutenant Edward J. Gorman was listed as a prisoner of war in German broadcasts. The War Department seeks official confirmation. Gorman, navigator on a bomber based in England, had studied at Christian Brothers Academy and St. Michael's College, Toronto, before service.
An outline of the Lyndon School District annual meeting indicates plans to discuss the Onondaga Club and replacement of Sear forces. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 PM with aims to preserve health and land and address initial diseases as noted by Dr. Harvey.
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