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Willard A. Darling, 57, a 20-year Marine Corps veteran and a 15-year employee of the U.S. Customs Service, died Friday [October 29, 1976] in Doctors Hospital. Services were today. Mr. Darling served in the Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War before retiring in 1964. He was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma […]

James O. Gilbo [October 15, 1976], dear father of Gary, Victoria and Mark; fond brother of Edna Svoboda and Virginia Carrigan. Funeral Monday, 9:30 a.m. from Beverly Ridge Chapel, 10415 S. Kedzie, to St. Walter Church. Mass 10 a.m. Interment St. Mary. Member of U.S. Marine Raider 4th Battalion 1942-1945. Visitation Sunday, after 4 p.m.

Mr. Roland P. Curtis, 55, of 353 Hanging Moss Circle, died unexpectedly Thursday night [September 30, 1976] at his home from an apparent heart attack. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today from the Ridgecrest Baptist Church with the Rev. Julius C. Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Lakewood Memorial Park. The family […]

Services for James T. Pashas, 53, of Palatine, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Ahlgrim and Sons Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Burial will be in Oak Wood Cemetery, Chicago. He was dead on arrival at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, apparently from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Barrington […]

George C. Dunn [September 14, 1976], age 52, of Clawson. Husband of Rosemary; son of Mrs. Josephine Dunn; brother of Rev. Father John F. Dunn, Richard J. and Charles D. Rosary 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gramer Funeral Home, 705 N. Main, Clawson. Prayers at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Mass 11 a.m. at […]

William E. Vahey, age 55, of Calumet City, August 29, 1976, loving husband of Jean, nee Mudro; dearest father of Michael (Debra) and Karen; fond brother of Jack (Irene), Thomas (Helen) and Helen Deak. Funeral Wednesday, 9 a.m., Nowak Funeral Home, 400 Pulaski Rd. (154th Street), Calumet City, to St. Victor Church. 9:30 a.m. Mass. […]

Robert Lee Calhoun Sr., 51, a longtime resident of Santa Cruz before moving to Arnold three years ago, died at his Arnold home on Monday [August 16, 1976]. A native of Santa Cruz, Calhoun was employed here for 10 years as a chef for the Windjammer Restaurant in Aptos. He is survived by his wife, […]

LAKE VIEW – Paul K. Horne, 51, died Thursday [July 15, 1976] in a Mullins hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Lake View Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Lake View Cemetery, directed by Prevatte Funeral Home. Mr. Horne was born in Dillon County, […]

CARSON CITY – Robert Walter Hass, 53, a resident of Carson City the last 14 years, died in a Carson City hospital Thursday [July 6, 1976]. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1924. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the Marine Corps. At the time of his death he […]

A retired U.S. Marine Master Sergeant, Theodore W. Houk, 62, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of McGrann, died Friday, July 2, 1976, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Bay Pines, Fla. He was born in California and served for 25 years with the Marine Corps. He was married to Irene (Cravener) Houk, formerly of McGrann, who survives.