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Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Tucker Funeral Home in Kingman for Elmer P. Imus, 56, who died at the Winslow Memorial Hospital Friday, Feb. 17 [1978]. Burial was in the Mountain View Cemetery in Kingman. Mr. Imus was a construction superintendent for Roidan Construction Company, a sub-contractor for M.M. Sundt […]

Funeral services for Mr. Porter Shuttleworth Jr., age 53, of 2109 Lake Christie Dr., who passed away Tuesday [February 14, 1978] will be held Friday 2 p.m. at Pine Castle Memorial Chapel with Rev. Clarence M. Yates officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn with graveside services being conducted by Mokanna Lodge No. 329 F&AM. Lodge […]

Retired Marine Corps Col Henry J. “Hank” Adams Jr., 70, of Fairfax, Va., died Friday [February 10, 1978] in Fairfax after a long illness. Inurnment of the ashes will take place in San Diego at a later date. Col. Adams, as an officer in the First Marine Division, was active in seven major campaigns in […]

Robert A. Rinearson, 57, of Garrettsville, died Friday a.m. [January 6, 1978] unexpectedly following a short illness at Cleveland Clinic. He was a public accountant, operating his own office since 1946. He served as clerk for Garfield School Board, the village of Garrettsville and the Board of Public Affairs from 1947 to 1975. Mr. Rinearson […]

Leslie Lee Hanna Jr., 56, 1317 N. Oak, McKinney, died this morning [December 8, 1977] in a McKinney hospital. He was born Nov. 15, 1921 in Delta County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Lee Hanna Sr. He was a deputy sheriff for Collin County, a member of the Christian Church, Lebanon […]

Wiley M. Nugent, 55, of 22 Robin Way, San Carlos, died Monday [December 4, 1977] at Sequoia Hospital after a long illness. A native of San Francisco, he had lived in the Belmont and San Carlos area for the past 30 years. He began a law enforcement career with the Belmont Police Department after World […]

Col. Olin L. Beall, USMC (Ret.), 79, of Reno, died Sunday [November 6, 1977] in San Francisco. Beall enlisted in the Marines in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 5, 1917, and was discharged in 1957 in San Diego, Calif. He served in World War I, World War II and the Korean Conflict. A funeral is scheduled […]

PECATONICA — Charol D. Swanstrom, 55, of Pecatonica, died at 3:30 a.m. this morning [October 28, 1977] at his home following a lengthy illness. He was a lifelong Pecatonica resident and was employed by the E & W Clothing House in Freeport seven years. Prior to that he was in partnership in Hobson’s Department Store […]

BENNETTSVILLE — Funeral services for Nathaniel Haynes Odom were held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in Whilner Funeral Home. Burial was in Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Odom, 57, died Tuesday [October 25, 1977] in a local hospital after an apparent heart attack. Mr. Odom was born in Marion, N.C., a son of the late James […]

AVALON – Former state Assemblyman Marvin D. Perskie, 57, one of New Jersey’s most colorful and controversial attorneys, died Thursday [October 20, 1977] in the Atlantic City Medical Center following a lengthy bout with cancer. He was the uncle of state Assemblyman and senate candidate Steven Perskie and lived at 40th and Bayberry Drive here. […]