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RUTLAND, Vt. — Edward V. Godlewski, 74, died Thursday [Nov. 21, 1996] in Rutland Regional Medical Center. He was a Rutland area resident for most of his life. Mr. Godlewski was employee with Central Vermont Public Service Corp. for 37 years. He was a member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. During World War […]

Jerry A. Dockey, 75, passed away Saturday, November 16, 1996. Dockey was born July 13, 1921 in Williamsport, Pa. He was a WWII veteran in the U.S. Marine Corps and managed Public Storage in Las Vegas. He is survived by his wife Betty A. Dockey of Pahrump; and sons Kim W. Dockey of Williamsport, Pa. […]

CHARLESTON, Ark. — L.V. Harry, 83, of Roland, Okla., died Saturday, Nov. 16, 1996, in a Fort Smith, Ark. hospital. Service will be at 2 p.m. today at the First Free Will Baptist Church. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Miles Cemetery in Miles. Arrangements are by Smith Mortuary & Flower Shop. […]

William Bernard Murphree, 79, 9926 Bold Springs Road, McEwen, Tenn., a laborer, died yesterday [November 16, 1996], Veterans Administration Hospital, Nashville. Cause not disclosed. Services, 10 a.m. tomorrow, Humphreys County Funeral Home, Waverly, Tenn. Survivors: sister, Louise Brown, McEwen. Historian’s note: William B. Murphree went AWOL from the U.S. Army and was declared a deserter. […]

WHARTON –Memorial services for Russell David Calvo Sr., 71, of Wharton, native of Orange, were held Nov. 18 at the Wharton Funeral Chapel with the Rev. William E. Jenkins and the Rev. Ken Goddell officiating. He died Nov. 15 [1996] in Houston. He was an accountant who retired from Texas Gulf Sulphur, a U.S. Marine […]

Hugh Boyd Martin, 72, died Nov. 15, 1996, at Veterans Administration Medical Center. A native of Elizabeth, Colo., he was born July 30, 1924, to Hugh Gordon and Ilo Nene Shaw Martin, and had lived in Sun Valley for the past 20 years, coming from Elko. Martin was a fire chief in Elko. He was […]

Vincent G. Rogers, a former business executive and St. Louis city official, died Thursday [November 14, 1996] at Barnes-Jewish Hospital from injuries he suffered in a fall. He was 80 and a lived in St. Louis. Mr. Rogers was a sales executive at Consolidated Forwarding Co. when he retired in 1980. He had worked at […]

Charles Allen Day passed away Nov. 12, 1996 after a courageous battle with emphysema. Born Feb. 2, 1923 in Farmers, Kentucky to Peachie Day and Creed Norman. He served in the Carlson Raiders U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Retired sheet metal worker, Local 312. Married Donna Marie Hemmert, Oct. 18, 1944 in Los […]

Walter Joseph Mayer, 73, of Holiday died Saturday [November 9, 1996] at home. A native of New York City, he moved to this area nine years ago from Brewster, N.Y. He was a retired mechanical engineer, a Marine veteran of World War II, Catholic, a member of the Veterans of Foreign War #10167 in Holiday, […]

Floyd E. Watkins, 73, of 1410 Henry St. died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at Pekin Hospital. Born Feb. 25, 1923, in Pekin to William Earl and Bernice Bell Watkins, he married Melva M. Hoffman on June 29, 1949. She died Oct. 31, 1977. He later married Eleanor Haney Burbridge on Jan. 9, 1986, in Pekin. […]