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CUYAHOGA FALLS – Allen Parker Hensley, 58, died in Akron City Hospital Monday [January 28, 1980] after a short illness. He was born in Atwater, Feb. 27, 1921 and lived in this area most of his life. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Ravenna, the Retired Officers Association of the U.S. […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – Phoenix attorney John J. Flynn, best known for successfully arguing the Miranda case before the U.S. Supreme Court, died Saturday [January 26, 1980] after an apparent heart attack after skiing in northern Arizona. He was 55. Flynn was pronounced dead at 12:20 p.m. at Flagstaff Community Hospital. An autopsy was ordered […]

Elmer Frank Falk, 59, Route 14, died at 12:05 a.m. today [January 24, 1980] at Miller’s Merry Manor Health Care Center at Hope. He was an employee of the Indiana State Highway Department. Funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Carl Hawkins at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hathaway-Myers Funeral Chapel where persons may call […]

Services for Woodrow Wilson Allen, 66, of Longview will be 2 p.m. Friday at Mobberly Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. Laney Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Morris Cemetery near Pritchett under the direction of Welch Funeral Home. Mr. Allen died Wednesday morning [January 23, 1980] in a Shreveport hospital. He was a retired […]

William C. Brabham, director of the Iowa Conservation Commission, died of cancer Sunday [January 13, 1980] at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. Brabham, 58, of West Des Moines, had returned Friday from a trip to Orlando, Fla., where he had attended a meeting of the North American Game Breeders and Shooting Preserves Inc. He […]

William Allen Grider, 66, of of 310 Homeland Ave., Cantonment, died Wednesday afternoon [November 14, 1979] at a hospital. Mr. Grider, a native of Covington County, Ala., was a member of the Church of Christ and had resided in Escambia County for the past 21 years. He was retired from the U.S. Marine Corps, had […]

Lyle Eldon Sparks, 55, Downey, Calif., formerly of Pierson, Iowa, Thursday [November 1, 1979]; services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Greenwood Cemetery; Dickison-Michaelson Funeral Home, Kingsley.

Services for George Dean, 59, a World War II Marine Corps veteran who was a maintenance employee for Washington School District, will be 3 p.m. today in Grimshaw Chapel, 710 W. Bethany Home. Mr. Dean, 6540 N. Black Canyon, died Oct. 28, 1979, in his home. He moved here in 1962 from Texas. Surviving are […]

Chester Rukujzo [October 21, 1979], beloved husband of Carma, nee Montecalvo; loving father of Michael and Mark; loving brother of Eldora (Tony) Mikalonis, Lorraine (Joseph) Lelugas; fond uncle of many. Member of the Brother Rice Fathers Club and the Marine Corps Raider Association. Visitation begins Tuesday after 3 p.m. Funeral Thursday, 9 a.m. from the […]

Walter Edgar Orgain, 119 Sweetbriar Lane, died Tuesday [October 16, 1979] at Baptist Hospital East. He was a native of Memphis, sales manager at L. M. Berry Co. and a veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Markham, and a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Cotton. A graveside service will be at […]