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SACRAMENTO – Theodore L. Richeson, 68, a retired account representative for Westinghouse-KFWB Radio in Los Angeles, died Thursday [December 21, 1989] in his Sacramento home of heart failure. Most of his career was in broadcasting. His resume included such stations as KREM in Spokane, KCRA in Sacramento and KMPC-AM/710 and KFWB-AM/980 in Los Angeles. He […]

Robert A. McNeil, 69, of Phoenix, the president of a food brokerage, died Dec. 14, 1989. He was born in Tulare, Calif., and was a World War II Marine Corps veteran. Survivors include his wife, Delores; three daughters; one son; one sister; and six grandchildren. Rosary: 3 p.m. Sunday, Whitney & Murphy Arcadia Funeral Home, […]

VERO BEACH – Darrell W. Riley, 68, a retired automobile salesman, died Tuesday, Dec. 12 [1989], at Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero Beach. Mr. Riley was born in Tunnelton, W. Va. He moved to Indian River County 15 years ago from Milan, Ohio. He had been a salesman for Erie Chrysler & Plymouth in […]

DAVENPORT – Doyle L. “D.” Swingle, 67, of 2223 W. 29th St., died Thursday [December 7, 1989] at Mercy Hospital. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday at Runge Mortuary. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday. He had been safety director 16 years at the former J.I. […]

Robert Coxworth, 64, an insurance executive, died Wednesday [November 1, 1989] at his home in Flossmoor. A former vice president of Old Republic International, a Chicago life insurance company, he retired in 1982. In 1979, he founded Coxworth & Associates Inc., a life insurance company in Burr Ridge. Born in Chicago, he was a veteran […]

LAURENS – W. Paul Riddle Sr., 65, of 622 Church St., died Nov. 26, 1989 at his home. Born in Enoree, he was a son of the late Samuel Erskine and Maude Adell Garrett Riddle. He was a retired operations manager for Laurens Electric Cooperative and a member and deacon at Hillcrest Baptist Church. A […]

Howard Taft Willie, of Longview, age 72, died November 15, 1989 of a heart attack at his home. Services held in Centre Presbyterian Church at Elderville. Burial in Elderville Cemetery. Revs. Joe Palacek and Burle Mattingly officiated. Welch Funeral Home of Longview in charge of arrangements. He was born about 1917 the son of Emil […]

Thomas H. Driscoll, a Swampscott town selectman, died of a heart attack Sunday [August 13, 1989] at Salem Hospital. He was 74. Mr. Driscoll was serving his third term as a selectman. He was formerly a Ward 6 city councilor in Lynn and was the former director of the Lynn Housing Authority. Formerly, he was […]

SUMMERFIELD – Stanley John Suhalla, 81, Summerfield, died Monday, Oct. 16, 1989, at Munroe Regional Medical Center. A native of Medina, N.Y., he came here from Albany, N.Y., 16 years ago and was a retired furniture upholsterer. Mr. Suhalla was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, serving with Carlson’s Raiders in the […]

Joseph T. “Copper” McFadden, 72, of Silver Spring, Md., formerly of Allentown, died Monday [October 9, 1989] at home. He was the husband of the late Eva Marie (Allem) McFadden. A lawyer, he worked for the welfare and retirement fund of the United Mine Workers (UMW) before retiring in 1975 as assistant general counsel of […]