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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1946
Page
16
Obituary notices listing deaths May 6 to May 9 1946 with survivors including spouses children and siblings. Services are scheduled at Assumption Cemetery St Peters Church and local funeral homes with details on dates times and burial arrangements for individuals such as Catherine Ann Corcoran James P Egghlen Edward Leahy Clarence Dwoodword and other residents.
Mrs Clara Woertheimer Goetz widow of ILerman L Goetz co founder of Keller & nats Coal Company died at her daughter’s home Tuesday night at S9 Bitternuts weekend location unclear from fragment.
The notices report multiple Syracuse area deaths including Mrs. Goetz Mrs. Gainsway Mrs. Pearl DeLany Mrs. Cora White Clarenge D Woodworth George Brockway Mrs. Mary Seeley and Mrs. Ruth Worden with survivors funeral homes service times and burial locations. The obituaries name relatives addresses affiliations and religious associations and note burial in Assumption Cemetery Pine Plains Cemetery Howlett Hill and Jamesville Gate Cemetery.
Edward Robert Leahy ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Edward R Leahy of 128 Worth Ave Solvay died Tuesday morning in Memorial Hospital A.M. rites at his maternal grandparents home 202 Center St Solvay at 9 and Saint Cecelia Church at 9 30 Burial in Saint Agnes Cemetery He was a student at Boyd School and member of the Boys Club and Junior Guard He died a week after a tonsillectomy He leaves six sisters Mrs William Torrey Mrs John Farley Gene Shirley Beverly and Joan Leahy and a brother William Leahy
LAST RITES for Antone Vollmer 76 a Germany native and Syracuse resident for nearly six decades will be held Friday. Services at his home 163 Greenland Dr at 9 AM and Holy Trinity Church at 9 30 AM. Burial in Assumption Cemetery. Survivors include wife Agnes a daughter Mrs Henry C Grom a son Edward Vollmer and granddaughter Miss Mary Lou Grom.
John W. Hillman 8&1 of 135 Stewart Court died Tuesday night after a long illness. He worked 33 years at New York Telephone Company retiring 17 years ago. Survived by wife Georgia Knight Hillman, daughter Florence Fellows, son George A. Hillman, siblings, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Greenleaf Funeral Home Friday at 2 30 P M with Rev Clayton Stoddard officiating burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
JOHN A GREWEN of Johnstown father of Rev Robert F Grewen S J director of Christ the King Retreat House died at home Tuesday night Funeral services set for Friday 10 AM at St Patrick's Church Johnstown He is survived by his wife and another son Frederick Grewen of Pelham and two daughters who are nuns Sister M Margaret Merry at St Lucy's Syracuse and Sister M Rosaire at St Eose's Albany
Merrill Lester formerly of Lowville and 215 Gifford Jr. is charged in U S District Court with failing to notify his local draft board of a change of address on Oct 1 1944 and failing to report for induction on Nov 20. He was released from Wallkill State Prison and jailed in Utica to await arraignment ahead of a Brennan motion term.
County Judge Leo W. Breed affirmed a $341.65 judgement against landlord Philip Okun of 120 Woodlawn Ave in a dispute over OPA rent regulations. Orville Yager countered with overpayment and damages after Okun evicted him. Municipal Judge Wiliam E. McCluskey had awarded court costs. Yager was represented by George A. Langan.
William Migdad of 933 State Street files a $10,000 claim against the city for injuries after a sidewalk collapsed at 915 917 State Street on March 5, dropping him into a hole.
The Syracuse area reports multiple deaths including Mrs Eva W Moulton 61 Clyde Leon L Franklin 67 Preston Julius W Blackmore 85 Philadelphia Mrs Ella S Bretsch 92 Plessis Mrs Marian M Amo 70 Watertown Mrs Georgia Griffiths Geneva Mrs Agnes C Snyder 74 Gouverneur George BE Burk 79 Vernon Center Daniel Barnett 87 Potsdam.
Kiwanis Club installs over 200 gum machines in Syracuse and Onondaga County venues to raise funds for underprivileged children. Proceeds will augment welfare work for crippled and orphaned youths, with Harold C. Nolting leading the initiative and G Russell Churchell noting the club’s long commitment to rehabilitation and youth programs.
The Rev. Leo R. Murphy of Bethany Baptist Church and Mrs. Murphy attended the funeral of Rev. G. W. Murphy in Memphis Tennessee on Monday afternoon. Survivors include two other sons George Murphy of Washington D C and Thomas Murphy of Chicago Illinois.
Police asked the SPCA to provide room and board for a horse belonging to John Shute 56 of 724 Montgomery Street. Shute a longtime hustler was arrested Tuesday night on a warrant charging second degree rape.
The annual clergy institute of the Council of Churches of Syracuse and Onondaga County will gather at 11 A M Thursday in the Temple of Society. Guest speaker Rabbi Emanuel Rackman of New York City will discuss The Role Religion Must Play in the Survival of Democracy.
Fire Chief Frank M. Savage received a letter from W. E. Mallalieu general manager of the National Board of Fire Underwriters praising newspaper clippings on the William Martin arson investigation and congratulating him on his work.
An unsolicited letter touts Kellogg's All Bran as a natural laxative alternative. The ad claims daily consumption aids bowel regularity without habit forming laxatives. It promises double money back if not satisfied after 10 days and urges purchases at grocers.
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