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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1936

Page

3

Mrs Blower Dies At Glencoe Home

Mrs. Blower aged 67 died Monday at the Glencoe home of her cousin Mrs. Samuel G. Arnold 214 Green Bay road after illness since moving to Glencoe a year and a half ago She was born in Memphis Tenn longtime Rogers Park resident Funeral services were held Wednesday at the chapel at Sixty third street and W Harvard avenue burial in Oakridge cemetery Survived by husband George Blower in England two brothers Charles Frost Lewis Berwyn and Earl S Lewis Palm Beach Fla member of Daughters of the American Revolution and Protestant Woman's Service club

Blower Glencoe Etta Lew Blower Samuel G. Arnold Green Bay Road Arnolds Memphis Tenn Rogers Park Sixty-third Street Harvard Avenue Oakridge

Funeral Services Held for Mrs Ruth J Schulte

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Jackson Schulte wife of Theodore E Schulte Jr of Glencoe were held at St Elisabeths church. Burial followed Monday at Mount Hope cemetery Mount Hope NY. She died Thursday after a brief hospital stay with husband two sons Theodore E III and David Roberts Schulte and her mother Mrs Jane Root Jackson of New York City surviving.

Ruth Jackson Schulte Theodore E. Schulte Valley Road Glencoe St. Elisabeth’s Church Mount Hope Cemetery Mount Hope N. Y Schulte Evanston Hospital Farwell-Chapman & Co South la Salle Street Chicago Theodore E. III David Roberts Schulte Jane Root Jackson New York City

Dr. Friend R. Eccles Dies After Brief Illness

Dr. Friend R. Eccles of Wilmette died in Ravenswood hospital from pneumonia after a short illness. Funeral services were held at the 2701 North Clark chapel with burial at Acacia Park. The 56 year old dentist had Chicago offices at 4753 Broadway and belonged to Sunset Ridge and Medinah clubs. He is survived by his widow Emma, a son Frank, and a daughter Dorothy.

Friend R. Eccles Laurel Avenue Wilmette Ravenswood Hospital North Clark Street Acacia Park Cemetery Eccles Sheridan Trust Bank Broadway Chicago Sunset Ridge Country Club Medinah Club

Fires Break Out in Wilmette This Week

Two minor fires occurred in Wilmette during the past week with no significant losses. The first started in the tool shed of the Chicago and North Western railway at Main and Isabella at 7 57 Saturday morning. The second fire stemmed from a gasoline stove explosion at the Skokie Valley Coal and Material company on Lake Avenue near the Skokie valley line tracks at 11 23 Sunday morning.

Village Wilmette Chicago & North Western Railway Main Isabella Streets Skokie Valley Coal and Material Company Lake Avenue Skokie Valley Line

Wilmette Health Reports Week of June Disease Totals

The Wilmette Health department logs mumps three cases scarlet fever one and whooping cough one for the week ending June 22. Mrs Edwin Hedrick of 304 Melrose Avenue Kenilworth will host her sewing club tomorrow afternoon.

Wilmette Health Department Edwin Hedrick Melrose Avenue Kenilworth

Former Wilmette Resident Dies in Elgin

Mrs. C. A. Borgfeldt, widow of a Wilmette photographer, died Sunday at her daughter Mrs. Cecil Davis’s Elgin home after four weeks illness. Funeral was in Omro, Wisconsin. Survived by son Robert in Chicago, another son Frederick in Middlebury Wisconsin, two sisters and two brothers. Active in Baptist church and Eastern Star in Wilmette.

Wilmette Elgin C. A. Borgfeldt Cecil Davis Omro Wis Borgfeldt Robert Chicago Davis Robert Borgfeldt Frederick Middlebury Paul Heinsen Winnetka Herman Hossmann Muskegon Mich Mark Remington Carson Remington Milwaukee

Michael Angelsberg Dies at Hubbard Woods Home

Michael N. Angelsberg aged 76 died Thursday of last week at the home of his step daughter Mrs. Henry J. Klauke 1148 Scott Avenue Hubbard Woods from a heart attack. A Chicago pioneer born in the city he lived in Rogers Park Evanston Win nettka and Des Plaines prior to retirement in 1935 after 50 years in cemetery gardening. Requiem high mass was held at Sacred Heart church Hubbard Woods and burial followed in St Henrys cemetery. Survived by Mrs Klauke and a brother Mathias of Wilmington NIL An honorary member of the Newman council Knights of Columbus.

Michael N. Angelsberg Henry J. Klauke Scott Avenue Hubbard Woods Mr. Angelsberg Florida Rogers Park Winnetka Klauke

Wilmette Boy Embarks on 51 Day National Cruise

Edwin Mahle son of Dr and Mrs Arthur E Mahle of 530 Washington Ave leaves Wilmette for a 51 day travel adventure with a national magazine cruise program. He travels west by special cars to Alaska aboard a ship party then returns via Seattle to Old Mexico Panama and Cuba aboard an ocean liner. He will join in Chicago for a Field Museum Shedd Aquarium visit and a banquet featuring magician Harlan Tarbell.

Wilmette National Alaska Seattle Old Mexico Panama Cuba Edwin Mahle Arthur E. Mahle Washington Avenue William L. Brown, Jr William S. Brown Chicago Field Museum Shedd Aquarium Harlan Tarbell

Huguenins Arrive for Two Week Visit in Lake Avenue Home

Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Huguenin arrived from Punta Gorda Florida for a two weeks stay at the home of Mrs. Philip Huguenin at 506 Lake Avenue.

Philip B. Huguenin Punta Gorda, Fla Mr. Huguenin Mrs Philip Huguenin Lake Avenue

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