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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1944
Page
5
Obituary notices for John L Butler Gertrude Post Campbell Margaret Cody Ellen Conlon Perry Phalen Louis Ludwick Ptak William Riley Florence Weeks Florence Rogers Zeller and others list survivors burial details funeral arrangements and church services across Syracuse Oneida and surrounding areas with multiple relatives noted and arrangements handled by local firms.
Mrs Alice Klock aged six died Tuesday at her Brewerton home. Surviving: son Charles Wood daughter Mrs Charles Foster of Cleveland stepson Sam Wood stepdaughter Mrs Andrew Wilson two brothers Gilbert Vinney Charles Vinner sister Mrs Florine Cotter and two grandchildren. Services Friday 2 PM at Disciples Church burial in Brewerton. Perry Moroney Phalen died Tuesday at 112 Bellaire Place life resident shoe salesman at E W Edwards Son and Smuller stores. Surviving wife Helen Maroney Phalen several nieces and nephews. Funeral Saturday 8:20 AM at home and 9:50 AM at Saint Anthony of Padua Church burial in St. Agnes Cemetery.
David Donovan of Syracuse died Tuesday in Buffalo. Survived by his wife two sons Bernard and David a daughter dune all of Buffalo two brothers Owen J and William C Donovan two sisters Mrs Louise Clink and Mrs Emma Cornelius all of Syracuse Services set for 9 A.M. Friday at John B Murphy funeral home and 10 A.M. in Saint John the Baptist Church with burial at Assumption Cemetery Body to arrive in Syracuse Thursday
Florence Weeks wife of Hedley R Weeks died Wednesday at home 222 West Seneca Turnpike. Survived by sister Edith Rogers Johnson and three nephews. Daughter of the late Rev and Mrs Edson Rogers of Cincinnatus. Private rites will be conducted. Arrangements are incomplete.
John C. Group 59 died at home 230 Malverne Drive Tuesday. He worked as a cutter at a Searbury clothing factory and belonged to St. Peter's Lutheran Church Syracuse Turners McChesney Community Servicemen's Club and Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Survived by wife Jessica Fielding Group mother Katherine Group brother Edward F Group and sisters Hilda Obrist and George W Day. Funeral 2 PM Friday at home conducted by Rev. Viggo Swenson with burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Venance Lauzon died Tuesday at his home in Lafayette. He was the oldest member of Lodge 98, Cooper's International Union. Survived by four sons Vernon Lawrence William and Peter Lauzon a daughter Mrs Eva Condérill and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral 2 PM Friday at Carl J Ballweg funeral home with Rev Even Evans officiating. Burial in Onondaga Valley Cemetery.
William Giblin of New York City, director of Chase National Bank, died at his home in New York Monday. A Syracuse descendant of Mohawk Valley settlers, he formerly led the Mercantile Safe Deposit Co. Survivors include niece Miss Mary Raleigh and nephews Stuart F. and Thomas L. Raleigh of Syracuse. Funeral at St Patrick's Cathedral NYC, burial Friday at Oak Hill Cemetery, Union.
A dense OCR fragment lists funeral homes and florists with addresses and phone numbers. Mentions Kempf Funeral, Greenleaf Funeral Home, John Thomoloy, and McKinley Abrosius services along with various florist designs and contact lines. Provides street names and business lines for memorial services and associated products.
The War Department lists 399 U S soldiers killed in action in multiple theaters. From the Syracuse area the records include Second Lt. Delma Vein Oneida, PVT Everett A Greenwood Vernie Greenwood of Norwich, and SSGT John Sopchak William Sopchak of Syracuse with home addresses on Ludington Street and Box 207 Norfolk.
Charles Eugene Van Order aged 79 of Bundy Road died today at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He served as chief of police from Jan 1 1890, appointed by Mayor Bradford Almy, and joined the department in 1898 before resigning in 1909 to work as a carpenter. Funeral arrangements pending.
Bern dispatch reports Paul Poiret, famed French dress designer, died last Sunday at 64. Cause not disclosed. He severed ties with his Paris firm in 1925 and sold houses, boats, cars to meet debts by 1929, later lived on a small dole and was said to work as a bartender in 1936 with no later records.
Anthony Palehlopex, 59, of Clay, ill for five years, shot himself with a shotgun late last night. Coroner Dr. H Ernest Galt ruled death by self action due to melancholia. The body was found in the orchard after a neighbor heard a shot and a dog bark. Palehlopek had heart problems and had recently been advised to rest at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Miss Margaret Amelia Cole died Wednesday at her niece Blanche A Tibbitts home 3315 South Salina Street. Former district school teacher at South Hollow and longtime dental hygienist. Member of South Presbyterian Church quilting circle. Services Friday 2 P M Fairehild Meech funeral home. Burial Oakwood Cemetery.
John V. Gugulsky 64 of 220 Huntley Street dies suddenly at the Arsenal Street viaduct in Watertown. Funeral will be held Friday at home with Rev. Frederick C. Martin and burial in North Syracuse Cemetery. Survived by Bertha wife a daughter Vernice Merrifield a grandson Richard and two brothers Albert and Vincent. Masonic services by Centerville Lodge 648 F and A M. Burial at North Syracuse Cemetery.
A dense clipping lists names and ages of deceased individuals from various New York towns such as Watertown Seneca Falls and Gouverneur along with several engagement and marriage license notices. The mixed item includes numerous personal names ages and places like Owepo Ithaca and Gouverneur, plus partial addresses and family mentions. The fragmentary text also references birth records and twin births with scattered dates and street names.
A jury of seven women and five men acquitted Pvt Angelo Pettrone former Ninth Ward supervisor and attorney of subornation of perjury in a divorce case involving Bert and Lillian Sanderson. The verdict followed an hour and 40 minute deliberation as Pettrone prepared to return to Camp Shelby Mississippi. Court officers stopped a courtroom celebration.
Dominick J. Ranieri 21 of 1406 South McBride Street pleaded not guilty to petty larceny and was held on $500 bail. Trial is set for tomorrow by Judge Homer V. Walsh in Police Court. He allegedly stole a watch valued at $75 from Yates Barber Shop at 205 Montgomery Street where he works and signed a confession. He is also accused of stealing a fishing reel left by a customer and selling it for $5. the reel was valued at $17.
Lt. George Mosner of the Syracuse police department, nearing retirement on his 65th birthday, identified Frank Lavine at 212 North McBride Street and unearthed a 16 year old warrant from December 5, 1928 for petty larceny involving $22.50. Lavine pleaded guilty and awaits sentence on May 5 in Police Court.
Acting Prime Minister Francis Forde announced a two day review of Australia's manpower problem. The cabinet and advisory war council decide that there can be no further discharges from the fighting forces for use in industry or food production while not stopping routine army discharges. The October decision to release 20 000 men for industrial employment stands. The aim is to reinforce and maintain fighting strength to secure Australia and its territories for Allied obligations.
Early returns show Pepper leading with four opponents after 1007 of 1496 precincts counted and Edmunds in second. Gurney renominated in South Dakota over Miller by about four to three with 32,041 to 23,488 votes as 1893 precincts left uncounted. Alabama and Florida update on delegates and Byrd for President efforts. Indiana incumbents largely renominated amid low challenge.
Moscow radio said Germany is intensifying efforts to recruit Spanish manpower for the Nazi war machine. A German embassy attaché and the Spanish labor minister’s official contact in northern industrial districts are reported to be pushing the program with promises of large salaries and enticing terms.
The county Ladies Auxiliary hosts a card party on Tuesday May 16 at the Hotel Onondaga with Mrs John Reagan as arrangements chair. North Syracuse Volunteer Firemen honor newly elected officers during the same meeting disrupted by Louis Holzheimer’s death. Three Syracuse Home Bureau units meet tomorrow. Delaware unit at 8 PM at 203 Bassett Street Central Unit at 2 PM in the Home Bureau Lounge. Endeavor unit at 1 80 PM at 343 Norwood Avenue. Rabbi Fieldbin of Auburn speaks tomorrow at Temple Adath Yeshurun at 7 15 PM. Bahais host discussion on the World Faith at 8 15 PM Saturday at 959 Lancaster Avenue. Fairmount Townsend Club marks seventh anniversary at 6 39 PM tomorrow at Fairmount School. Lewis Cross dedicates service flat for club sons in armed forces. Elbridge and Jordan Chambers of Commerce meet tomorrow at 7 PM in the Congregational Church Elbridge with Charles Ames, parks board secretary, as guest speaker.
In Monticello on May 3 an attorney for Jacob Drucker 38 seeks arrest of state witness Hy man Barshay on perjury charges. Judge Cooke delayed ruling on Levine testimony about Drucker being near the scene and other witnesses recount a 1936 shooting and a 1937 murder case with a suspended sentence for cooperation.
Windsor Ontario May 3 The Ford Motor Company of Canada plants idle again after a mass United Automobile Workers meeting where members voted to halt work until a satisfactory grievance procedure settlement is reached. Picket lines formed and 10,000 attended the mass gathering criticizing wartime labor board recommendations.
The text presents disjointed remarks about resuming a stoppage, room for 14 000 more in jail, and possible invasion timing. It references England Canada and General Motors, with warnings that continued inaction could harm the union if invasion occurs within days.
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