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Funeral services for J. W. North Sr., 54, of West Monroe, were at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Kilpatrick’s Funeral Home of West Monroe with the Rev. Ernest Oliver and the Rev. Billy Carter officiating. Burial was in Roselawn Cemetery in Calhoun. Mr. North died Friday [October 14, 1977] at the Veterans Administration […]

Ernest Harrington Glidden, 53, of 45-568-B Keaahala Road died Saturday [September 3, 1977]. He was born in Maine. Services held. Survived by wife, Sueko; sons, Ernest H. and Steven M.; daughters, Christine P. and Michele L.; mother, Mrs. Christine Glidden of Maine; sisters, Mrs. George (Freida) Colbert of California and Mrs. Turk (Phyllis) Sawyer of […]

BROWNSVILLE – James Vernon Harvey, 56, Rt. 1, Bowling Green, died Saturday [September 3, 1977] in Bowling Green. Funeral, 2 p.m. Monday, Shady Land Church of Christ near here. The body is at the Patton Funeral Home here.

Roy Forest Jenkins, 57, of Collinsville, died at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 1977, in Memorial Hospital in Belleville. He was born in Edwardsville on Aug. 19, 1920, a son of the late Roy Debs Jenkins and of Mrs. Gladys Kohburn Jenkins, who survives in Collinsville. On Jan. 15, 1945, in San Diego, Calif., he […]

Victor Maghakian, a legendary World War II Marine who won more than two dozen medals for heroism while serving in the Pacific, died Wednesday [August 17, 1977] in a Fresno hospital. He was 61. One of the most decorated Leathernecks of the war, Maghakian was wounded twice, earned the nickname “Transport” for his island hopping […]

Calvin J. Blackett, age 51, of 6317 17th Court South, West Palm Beach, died Monday, July 25, 1977. Resident 8 years, coming from Oscoda, Michigan. A disabled veteran, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He was a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 130 West Palm Beach and of United […]

A memorial service for Marcus “Mike” Gorton, 56, will be held Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalists Fellowship Church. Born June 19, 1921, in Wyeth, Ore. Mr. Gorton died Tuesday [July 19, 1977] at his Anchorage residence of natural causes. He had lived in Anchorage since 1963 and had been employed as a […]

Funeral services for Warren O. Monty, 54, of 2901 Duncan Drive, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Wellman Funeral Home with Chaplain Warren H. Turner of Barksdale Air Force Base officiating. Burial will be in Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Monty died Sunday [June 26, 1977] in his home. Dr. Robert Braswell, Caddo Parish […]

HIGHMORE – Funeral for Glenn Franklin Taylor, 60, who died Sunday [June 26, 1977] in Hand County Memorial Hospital, will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in Our Savior’s Lutheran Church with the Rev. Arthur Schmitt officiating. Interment will be in the Highmore City Cemetery. Prayer service will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. in […]

Donald C. Stephenson passed away June 26, 1977 in Van Nuys. Survived by wife Edith; sons John, James, Donald C. Jr. and Dennis; daughters Pamela, Patricia and Mary; three grandchildren. Graveside services Wednesday 10 a.m. at San Fernando Mission Cemetery. J. T. Oswald Mortuary, San Fernando.