Porter Heaps Wins Organists Prize at Guild Convention
Porter Heaps formerly of Evans ton and organist of the New England Congregational Church in Chicago won the $100 anthem prize at the American Guild of Organists annual convention. H W Gray of the music publishing firm announced Heaps's anthem Thanksgiving for All Created Things as the best from about 75 entries.
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Porter Heaps
Evanston
New England Congregational Church
Chicago
American Guild of Organists
H. W. Gray
Mr. Heaps
Mrs. Bessie Murphy 82 Dies at Home in Kenilworth
Mrs. Bessie Cannon Murphy aged 82 of 708 Kent Road Kenilworth died Sunday at her home. Born in Ireland she had lived in Kenilworth ten years. Survived by daughters Margaret Kenilworth Eve Dallas Texas and Mary Kenilworth. Funeral Tuesday at St Joseph Church Wilmette. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
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Bessie Cannon Murphy
Kent Road
Kenilworth
Murphy
Ireland
Margaret
Eve
Dallas
Tex
Mary
St. Joseph’s Church
Wilmette
Calvary Cemetery
Couple visits Kenilworth kin at Whitehall summer home
The Reverend and Mrs. Leland Danforth of 333 Warwick Road Kenilworth spent the weekend of the Fourth with the George Shipmans at their summer residence in Whitehall Michigan.
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Leland Danforth
Warwick Road
Kenilworth
George Shipmans
Whitehall, Mich
Nicholas Wolter Dies President of Illinois Packing
Funeral services were held for Nicholas Wolter president of the Illinois Packing Company at St. Francis Xavier church in Wilmette. He died Sunday night at 61 after a long illness, survived by his widow Antonie, a son Nicholas Jr and a daughter Mrs. William F. Krippes. He had lived in Wilmette 14 years.
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Nicholas Wolter
Illinois Packing Company
St. Francis Xavier Church
Wilmette
Mr.Wolter
Sheridan Road
Luxembourg
Belgium
Walter
America
Antonie Wolter
Nicholas, Jr
William F. Krippes
Wolter
John D. Small Dies Noted Chicago Engineer at 60
John D. Small a consulting engineer long known in Chicago circles died at his Wilmette home last Friday at age 60. He had offices at 127 N Dearborn and leaves a widow a daughter Phyllis Nutt of Moline a son Stoddard four sisters and a brother. Funeral services were Saturday at Scott's Funeral Home and burial followed in Wilmington Illinois.
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John D. Small
Maple Avenue
Scott
Greenleaf Avenue
Wilmington
Barbara Schaefer Dies At 68 In Village Home
Mrs Barbara Schaefer 68 native of Wilmette died Sunday July 7 at her Ridge Avenue home after a long illness. Funeral at St Josephs Church Wednesday at 10 with burial in Memorial Park. Survived by husband Frank two sisters Mrs Mary Loutsch and Mrs Laura Engels and brothers Joseph and William Rengel, all of Glenview Road.
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Barbara Schaefer
Ridge Avenue
Wilmette
St. Joseph’s Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Frank Schaefer
Mary Loutsch
Laura Engels
Joseph Rengel
William Rengel
Glenview Road
Pioneer Insurance Worker Kossuth Marks Dies At 83
Kossuth Marks 83 longtime Chicago insurance figure dies at home 51 Kenilworth avenue Kenilworth after a career with Critchell Miller Whitney and Barbour. Funeral services were held last Friday at Rosehill Cemetery chapel. He lived at various Chicago addresses including the Hotel LaSalle site and Edgewater Beach hotel. He was unmarried and the last of his family and active in several clubs until illness.
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Kossuth Marks
Pioneer
Rosehill Cemetery
Chicago
Kenilworth Avenue
Kenilworth
Marks
Critchell, Miller, Whitney and Barbour
R. S. Critchell
Death notices Mrs Gladys Blaker 1011 Central
Mrs Gladys A Blaker aged about 1011 Central avenue died Tuesday night July 2 at her home after an illness of several months. She was wife of Edward T Blaker of Himelblau Byfield and Company Chicago. Survived by children Patricia 14 Stanley 12 Barbara 8. Funeral held at home last Friday afternoon with burial at the local cemetery.
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Gladys A. Blaker
Central Avenue
Blaker
Edward T. Blaker
Himelblau, Byfield and Company
N. LaSalle Street
Chicago
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mrs Grimes Guests and Travel Highlight Kenilworth Events
Mrs Floyd Grimes of Rockford Illinois was a guest of her mother Mrs Claude Hamilton at 430 Woodstock Avenue Kenilworth. Mr Grimes noted up on July 4 to take his wife home. Mrs Grimes is the former Alice Van Arsdell. Mr and Mrs Herbert Prussing of 549 Earlston Road Kenilworth were guests at a house party in South Bend Indiana last weekend.
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Floyd Grimes
Rockford, Ill
Claude Hamilton
Woodstock Avenue
Kenilworth
Grimes
Alice van Arsdell
Herbert Prussing
Earlston Road
South Bend
Ind
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Davenport
Chai
Davis Furniture Craftsmen
Main St
UNI
Bessie C. Murphy
Janet Schur Shop
Remarkable
Janet Schur
Pennsylvania Fuel Oilthis Company
North Shore
Pennsylvania Oil CO
Sherman Ave
Greenleaf
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