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Bogalusa Daily News

(Died April 6, 2004)

BOGALUSA n Thelma Olivia Thomas Watson, 71, a resident of Bogalusa, died yesterday in her home.

She is survived by her husband, Ray C. Watson of Bogalusa; two daughters, Barbara Snow and husband Allen of Crossville, TN, and Kay Medley and husband Dale of Denham Springs; a son, Ronnie "Doc" Watson and wife Brenda of Bogalusa; two sisters, Pauline T. Lumpkin and husband Paul of Franklinton, and Betty T. Hughes and husband Kermit of Tylertown, MS; two brothers, Marvin Thomas and wife June, and Glen Thomas and wife Susan, all of Franklinton; a sister-in-law, Jean Thomas; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Preceding her in death was her brother, James N. Thomas; and her parents, Alphus and Hattie Thomas.

Visitation will be held at Monroe Street Baptist Church today from 6:30-9 p.m. and will continue at the church tomorrow from 9 a.m. until the funeral service at 2 p.m. The Rev. Lloyd Camp will officiate. Interment will follow in the Thomas Cemetery.

Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements

Thomas, Thelma Olivia (I2498)

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Bogalusa Daily News

(Died Jan. 8, 2006)

BOGALUSA - Ray C. Watson, 76, a resident of Bogalusa, died Sunday, Jan. 8 in Ochsner Foundation Hospital, Jefferson, La. A native of Washington Parish and Bogalusa, he was a member of Monroe Street Baptist Church and a U.S. Navy veteran.

He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara J. and Allen Snow of Clark Range, Tenn. and C. Kay and Dale Medley of Baton Rouge; a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald C. and Brenda Watson of Bogalusa; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Myrtle Lee Watson Miller of Mt. Hermon and Maudine "Susan" Watson Pearson of Oralaska, Tex.; one brother, Frankie Watson of Bogalusa; numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Thomas Watson; his parents, Edward William Watson and Minnie Stellar Primes Watson; a sister, Ruby Dean Watson Stanley; and a brother, Lindsy Watson.

Visitation was held yesterday, Jan. 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home and continued today at 9 a.m. until time for the funeral service at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. The Rev. Chad Jenkins will officiate, with interment in the Thomas Cemetery.

Watson, Ray C. (I2503)

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Bogalusa Daily News
Allie Victoria McDonald (Died April 4, 1999)
BOGALUSA
Allie Victoria
McDonald, 94, died yesterday at Golden Age Nursing Home,Denham Springs. McDonald is survived by three sons, Doyle McDonald of Durham, NC, Marvin McDonald ofBellport, NY and Bobby McDonald of Denham Springs; three daughters, Mavis Franks of Tucson, AZ, Waver Lee Keck of Bryan, OH and Judy Boggs of Slidell; twenty-four grandchildren; thirty-five great-grandchildren and eleven great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held at Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home tomorrow from 6 p m until 10 p m.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a m in Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home Chapel withRev Malcom Dykes officiating. Burial will be at Talley's Chapel Cemetery.

Taylor, Allie Victoria (I2259)

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Bork, Agnes L.
Irondequoit: Friday, July 6, 2007. Predeceased by her husband, Carl F. and great-grandchild, Lillian Bork. Survived by her daughter, Karen Paliani; grandchildren, Michael (Karen Ryan) and Kim Paliani; her sons, Donald (Karen), Robert and Jeannie Bork of CA.; grandchildren, Erich, Tim, Kristine, Jeff and Heidi Bork of CA.; 7 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; niece, Marilyn (Edward) Potter. Mrs. Bork was a member of Sequoia Twig and the St. Paul Blvd. Vol. Fire Dept. Women's Club.
Friends may call Wednesday 5-8 PM at the DREIER-GILTNER FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1717 Portland Ave. (at the corner of Portland Ave. and Ridge Rd. E.). Funeral Service Thursday at 10 AM in the Funeral Home's Chapel. Entombment White Haven Memorial Park. Memorials may be directed to St. Paul Blvd. Volunteer Fire Dept.

Published in the Rochester Democrat And Chronicle from 7/8/2007 - 7/11/2007.
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Agnes Lillian (Roeper) Bork, b 10 Jul 1909, d 6 Jul 2007. d/o Albert and Emma (Heuer) Roeper

Roeper, Agnes Lillian (I5371)

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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Distefano, C.R. (I191)

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born in Eiterfeld, Fulda, Hessen, Germany

She married John or Joseph Käsmann in Germany. They had at least three children before his death - Joseph, Richard, and Adam. Her birthdate is confirmed on the marriage notice in the local German records, which matches the birthdate of Eugenius, George, and Adam's sister.

Sister of
Eugenius Wiegand
George Wiegand
Adam Wiegand

She then married Frederick John Möller (listed as Möller in Rochester Catholic church records, spelled in English as Miller, Moeller, or Mueller) in Germany. They had at least four children - Theresa, Mary Elizabeth, Clement, and Regina (Minnie).

She and her second husband moved with her children from both marriages to Rochester in the late 1860s

She was originally buried at St. Boniface Cemetery 14 Sep 1885 according to St. Boniface death records. Burials from St. Boniface Cemetery were moved to Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in 1957.

Obituary

13 Sep 1885 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle page 6

"Mrs. Mary Moeller, wife of John Moeller, of 153 Averill Avenue, died yesterday, aged 59 years. The funeral will take place at St. Boniface Church at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Wiegand, Elizabeth Mary (I6002)

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Born in Hobstin, Ostholstein, Schleswig Holstein, Germany to Johann Friederick Dunker and Charlotta Dorothy Wegener. Married May 11, 1844 in Altenkrempe Parish to Johann Heinrich Roeper. They had the following children:
Peter August Roeper, Elisabeth Catharina Roeper, Claus Peter Hinrich Roeper, Johann Wilhelm Heinrich Roeper, and Dorothea Friederike Roeper. They lived in Neuratjensdorf, Ostholstein. They left Germany in 1854. Her husband died by 1855 and she remarried Charles Bendschneider in Rochester, NY in 1855 and had the following children: Mary, Johanna Christina and Elizabeth Amelia.

Dunker, Elizabeth Charlotta Friederike (I6463)

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Born in Lewis Township

Wife:
Lona White McCane (married 26 Dec 1901, Brooksville, KY)

Children:
Dorothy N (b. 1908)
John "Jack" (b. 1912)

In 1942, @ age 62y: 5'7", 180 lbs., blue eyes, brown hair, & dark complexion

Invented & patented the first cigarette rolling machine

Began his insurance career as an agent in Huntington, W VA, at age 17. At age 95, he was recognized as the nation's oldest active insurance salesman

occupations: schoolteacher & life insurance agent
(worked for the OH State Life Insurance Co. & Estate Life Insurance Co. of FL during his career)

Shinkle, Guy Everett (I510)

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Born in Miller Township

Wife:
Elsie (married on 9/1/1862, Dearborn Co., IN)

Enlisted on 8/17/1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant

On 9/4/1862 he was commissioned into "H" Co. in 83rd Regiment, Indiana Vol Infantry; he resigned on 2/9/1863

occupation: farmer

cause of death: bronchial asthma complicated by myocarditis

(sources: Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959; Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953; United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans)

Nowlin, Ferris Jeremiah (I707)

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Born in Rohrbach, Sinsheim, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany to Johann Leonhard Pfenninger and Maria Barbara Trautman. Arrived in Rochester, NY about 1847. Was a pioneer settler in West Webster, NY and family lived in a log cabin there on an 1855 census. He was later followed to Rochester by his brother, Georg Baltasar Pfenninger, and a sister, Kathrina Susanna Pfenninger, who married Johann Michael Schuhmacher in Rohrbach. They were given the name Shoemaker.

Unknown newspaper from a private collection: Daniel Pfeninger died Thursday at his home, northwest of the village of Fairport. He is survived by a brother, George, of Rochester, and five children, Charles of Fairport; Daniel,of West Webster; Mrs. William Roper (Roeper) of Pearl Creek; Mrs. William Meyer of Rochester, and Mrs. John Lusink of Union Hill, N.Y.

Pfenninger, Johann Georg Daniel (I4331)

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born in Steinbach (near Eiterfeld)

She went by Charity in New York. Census records, city directories, and newspaper articles refer to her as Charity. She had several nieces named after her in addition to a daughter and granddaughter.

Charity was the daughter of Georg Kimpel

Charity married Adam Wiegand 10 Jan 1854 at St. Joseph in Rochester

Mother of George Anthony, Anthony John, Clara, George, Edward, Charity Elizabeth, Mary Agnes, Lucy Julia, Joseph, and Leo

son George Anthony was born 29 Jul 1856, baptized the same day at St. Joseph (godparents John George Wiegand and Elizabeth Weider Kimpel), and died 13 Oct 1857 in Rochester. St. Joseph death records state he was buried 15 Oct 1857, but do not state at which cemetery.

daughter Charity Elizabeth was born 28 May 1867 in Rochester, baptized 9 Jun 1867 at St. Joseph (godparents William & Gertrude Hahn) and died 29 Sep 1868. St. Joseph death records state she was buried 30 Sep 1868, but do not state at which cemetery.

St. Joseph's death record states she was 70 years, 9 months old at time of death

Some of her older siblings:

Catherine Kimpel Lester
John George Kimpel
George Adam Kimpel
Clara Kimpel Vogt

Another sibling Bernardina Kimpel, wife of Rudolph Weismuller, died 5 Jan 1853 in Rochester per St. Joseph death records. She was buried on 6 Jan 1853 but the death record does not specify which cemetery.

Kimpel, Charidas (I5781)

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Born March 6, 1894
Rank Cpl.
Unit Hdq. Co., 38 Inf., 3 Div.
Died April 5, 1956 aged 62
Type of Tombstone U. S. marker

Blum, Norman Alphonse (I5494)

332

born: August 1830 Prussia
Daughter of Martin Wilke, farm hand in Klein Strellin and
Charlotte Sophia Neitzel (b:May 24, 1794, Gross Strellin)
Charlotte's 1st Marriage: 22 Nov 1816, to Christian Friedrich Kerlin, Arnshagen
child of Charlotte Neitzel's 1st Marriage: 23 Apr 1814, Dorothea Elisabeth Neitzel
Charlotte married: 10-23-1829, to Martin Wilke, Arnshagen (near Klein Strellin)

Johanna's children: 3 known - Carl Herman, Theresa, Bertha
married: Johann August Papke, a Seafarer in Flinkow, a small town just NE of Stolp (17 Feb 1831 - before 5 Mar 1886)

died: age 71 yr - 9 mos while living on Mileus? Street of Bronchitis, interred 5/12/1902.

Wilke, Johanna Wilhelmine (I8794)

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born: Klein Strellin, Kreis Stolp, Germany/Prussia
Daughter of Johann August Papke & Johanna Wilhelmine Wilke
Married: Albert Heinrich Theodor Putzig (11/14/1859 - 6/2/1908).
children: 10 - Minny, William, Charles, Albert, Frunz, Hattie, Edward & Frederick, Art, Harold
died: 12 Klein St, Rochester NY.
She died of cancer at 48 yrs-10mos-10days while living on 12 Klein Street, leaving the older children to raise the young ones.
buried: Mt Hope Cemetary

Papke, Theresa Wilhelmina Augusta (I8373)

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both she and her husband Anthony Weber list is Widowed on the 1910 census, but are living seperatly in Rochester.

1910 Census lists she had 11 children, but only 4 of them living by 1910

Ege, Mary A. (I450)

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BRADFORD - Charles Greer, 90, 320 East Oakwood Street, died in Wayne Hospital, Greenville, at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, following an illness of two weeks .
A retired C. and O. Railroad employee, he was a native of Bradford but lived most of his life in Peru, Ind.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Ditmer, Bradford, Mrs. Ruth Crawford, Troy, Charlene and Mary Greer, both of Peru, Ind.; a son, Robert, Colo.; four brothers, Lloyd, Clarence, Roy, and William, all of Bradford; 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Stocker Funeral Home here, with the Rev. Wilbur Fether officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Source: The Daily Advocate, Greenville, Darke Co., Ohio - October 1966

Greer, Charles (I531)

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BROCKPORT NY-HUS OF MARY ANN MARTIN, SON OF MAYNARD W. MARTIN & GEORGIA E., USN WW II

Martin, Richard V. (I7929)

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BUFFALO NY COURIER EXPRESS
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1960
PAGE 9

Red Cross Gray Ladies Leader Dies

Mrs. Bradford D. Hutchinson, 42, of 272 Englewood Avenue, died Saturday evening in Roswell Park Memorial Institute. She entered the Institute as a patient on December 23.
She had served with the Red Cross Gray Ladies at Roswell Park Institute since 1952, the last two years as chairman of the volunteer workers.
Mrs. Hutchinson also was a member of St. Joseph's Church Altar Society and a Den Mother for Brownie Scouts in the University District.
The former Patricia K. Crosby, Mrs. Hutchinson was a life-long Buffalonian and graduate of Bennett High School.
Surviving besides her husband are two daughters, Kathleen and Maureen Hutchinson; her parents, Mr and Mrs. Thomas C. Crosby, a sister, Miss Marjorie Crosby, and three brothers, John, Thomas and Hugh Crosby.
Prayers at 9:15 Wednesday in the Denneville Funeral Home, 366 Ontario Street, will precede a mass of requiem at 10 in St. Joseph's Church. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Town of Tonawanda.

Crosby, Patricia Katherine (I470)

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BUFFALO NY COURIER EXPRESS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1962
PAGE 3

Crosby - Catherine Mooney Crosby, of 272 Englewood Avenue, September 8, 1962, beloved wife of Thomas J. Crosby; mother of Mrs. Thomas (Marjorie) Devine of Wanakah NY, John D, Colonial Heights, VA, Thomas J Jr, Mountain Home, Idaho, and Hugh P. Crosby of Topeka KS, and the late Mrs. Patricia K. Hutchinson./ Friends received 2-5 and 7-10 pm at the Reger Funeral Home, 3135 Main Street, at Highgate, where funeral will be held Wednesday at 9:30 am, and at St. Joseph's Church at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Crosby was a member of te Ladies of Charity of St. Joseph's Church, Red Cross Volunteers of Roswell park and a past member of the USO.

Mooney, Catherine (I388)

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Burial location of Elihu Balsley is between Maria and Madison M, but no remaining headstone.

Balsley, Elihu (I5560)

340

burial moved to Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in April 1872

Vogt, George Adam (I2051)

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burial records state he was 68 years, 2 months, 28 days old

Fisher, George Edward (I5777)

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Buried 10 Aug 1893; 3 years old.
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Daughter of George A. and Anna B. Knopfli Gilman
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Oakwood listings for OP-E-25-4:
Gilman, Isaac H. OP-E-25-4,1 11/26/1856 33
Gilman, Charles OP-E-25-4,10 3 /21/1873 23
Edwards, Mary Gilman OP-E-25-4,2 2 /22/1897 59
Edwards, D. W. OP-E-25-4,3 5 /29/1902 76
Gilman, Clark E. OP-E-25-4,5 2 /23/1859 6
Gilman, Evelyn L. OP-E-25-4,6 6 /24/1975 93
Gilman, Elmer I. OP-E-25-4,7 2 /10/1965 82
Gilman, Ruth OP-E-25-4,8 8 /10/1893 3
Gilman, Henry OP-E-25-4,9 8 /1 /1893 12
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Gilman, Ruth Iva (I2533)

343

Buried 13 Apr 1993.
Next to Ruth E.
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WORLD WAR II VETERAN
188TH ENGINEER'S BATTALION
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"Son of Fred & Myrtle Nickerson Clem; married Ruth Voorhees March 5, 1933 in Normal, IL; employed by Roland's Department Store in downtown Bloomington, IL for 57 years, retiring in 1983. Served in World War II with the Army in the 188th Engineers Battalion.

Merle & his wife, Ruth were good friends of my parents. My dad and Merle loved to hunt with their Beagles. I have a lot of fond memories of Merle & Ruth Clem." (Credited to Connie 14 May 2016.)
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Member of First United Methodist Church in Normal. Private graveside service held in Normal, Illinois with the Rev. Clarence Young officiating. (The Pantograph [Bloomington, Illinois] 7 April 1993, Wednesday, Page 26.) Accessed by Mary Jo 14 April 2016.)
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Oakwood listings for 2nd-11-12:
Voorhees, Alva C. 2nd-11-12,1 3 /23/1938 87
Voorhees, Alva Jay 2nd-11-12,10 2 /15/1962 78
Voorhees, Emma J. 2nd-11-12,2 1 /12/1943 85
Clem, Merle P. 2nd-11-12,7 4 /13/1993
Clem, Ruth E. 2nd-11-12,8 5 /28/2004 96
Voorhees, Etta Gilman 2nd-11-12,9 8 /26/1966 81

Clem, Merle P. (I2523)

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Buried 15 Feb 1962; 78 years of age.
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Oakwood listings for 2nd-11-12:
Voorhees, Alva C. 2nd-11-12,1 3 /23/1938 87
Voorhees, Alva Jay 2nd-11-12,10 2 /15/1962 78
Voorhees, Emma J. 2nd-11-12,2 1 /12/1943 85
Clem, Merle P. 2nd-11-12,7 4 /13/1993
Clem, Ruth E. 2nd-11-12,8 5 /28/2004 96
Voorhees, Etta Gilman 2nd-11-12,9 8 /26/1966 81
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Voorhees, Alva Jay (I2525)

345

Buried 26 Aug 1966; 81 years of age.
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Etta Grace Gilman
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1885
Birth Place: Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin
Father's name: George Albert Gilman
Mother's name: Anna B Knopfli
(Source: Ancestry.com)
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Normal Woman's Mother Dies

Mrs. Etta G. Voorhees, 81, of Harvard, mother of Mrs. Merle P. Clem of 415 Grant, Normal died Tuesday in Monroe.

Her funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Schutt-McFarlin-Saunders Funeral Home in Harvard. (The Pantograph [Bloomington, Illinois] 25 August 1966, Thursday, Page 3.) (Accessed and transcribed by Mary Jo 14 May 2016.)
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Oakwood listings for 2nd-11-12:
Voorhees, Alva C. 2nd-11-12,1 3 /23/1938 87
Voorhees, Alva Jay 2nd-11-12,10 2 /15/1962 78
Voorhees, Emma J. 2nd-11-12,2 1 /12/1943 85
Clem, Merle P. 2nd-11-12,7 4 /13/1993
Clem, Ruth E. 2nd-11-12,8 5 /28/2004 96
Voorhees, Etta Gilman 2nd-11-12,9 8 /26/1966 81
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Gilman, Etta Grace (I2526)

346

Buried 28 May 2004; 96 years of age.
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"Married Merle Clem on March 5, 1933 in Normal, IL. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Normal, IL. Ruth retired from Illinois State University, Normal, IL after working as an accountant for 37 years." (Credited to Connie 14 May 2016.)
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Oakwood listings for 2nd-11-12:
Voorhees, Alva C. 2nd-11-12,1 3 /23/1938 87
Voorhees, Alva Jay 2nd-11-12,10 2 /15/1962 78
Voorhees, Emma J. 2nd-11-12,2 1 /12/1943 85
Clem, Merle P. 2nd-11-12,7 4 /13/1993
Clem, Ruth E. 2nd-11-12,8 5 /28/2004 96
Voorhees, Etta Gilman 2nd-11-12,9 8 /26/1966 81
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Voorhees, Ruth E. (I2524)

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buried with infant son

Chalker, Anna Hoskins (I7663)

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BURNETT Dee H., suddenly Dec. 20, 1960, of 34 May St. He Is survived by hit wife, Alice Burnett; two sons, Chester D. and William H. Burnett; two daughters, Mrs. Raymond (Betty) Mandel of St. Petersburg Beach, Flo., Mrs, James M. (Doris) Stivers of Rochester his sister, Mrs. Edith Jackling; tlx grandchildren,' several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at Holly-Leary Funeral Home, 1254 Mt. Hope Ave., from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. where services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment White Haven Memorial Park.

Burnett, Dee Henry (I7243)

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Burnett, Chester D. August 18, 1998. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Millicent Burnett; daughters, Carol (Richard) Piperni & Barbara Stoner; sister Betty (Raymond) Mandel of FL; brother, William (Marie) Burnett: 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; several nieces & nephews. He was a 40 year member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Humbolt Lodge 138. THURSDAY 2-4, 7-9 p.m. friends are invited to call at the Miller Funeral Homes, Inc. 1625 Mt. Hope Ave. FRIDAY 9:00 a m. his Funeral Service will be held at the funeral home. Interment White Haven Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers contributions may be directed to the John C. Sable Memorial Heart Fund in his memory .

Burnett, Chester Daniel (I7254)

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Burnett, Marie C. On December 2, 1998 at age 91. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, William H. Burnett; son, William Dee Burnett; sister, Mary T. Hearn; several nieces and nephews. SUNDAY 2-4, 7-9 p.m. friends are invited to call at Miller Funeral Homes, Inc., 1625 Mt. Hope Ave. MONDAY her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Boniface Church at 10:00 a.m. (330 Gregory St.). Interment White Haven Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers friends may have Masses offered for the repose of her soul.

C, Marie (I7260)