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ROCKINGHAM – Joe Dodd Erwin, 59, 426 Curtis Drive, Rockingham, died suddenly Saturday morning [September 27, 1975]. Funeral services will be held today at 4:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery, Rockingham. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Cecil Valley Erwin; three daughters, Mrs. Richard (Carmen) Dyson, Fairfax, Va., Mrs. […]

Russell John Drabbs, 54, died Sept. 4 [1975], in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was born Nov. 16, 1921, in Bell, the son of Frank and Mary Drabbs. He grew up in Hinsdale and later attended four years of college. Living in Missoula, Wyoming, Alaska, Saudi Arabia, Oregon, and New Mexico, he worked for the […]

Raymond E. Stephenson, a salesman for National Biscuit Co. of Memphis, died at his home in Memphis Thursday [August 21, 1975]. He was 50. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the main chapel of George A. Smith and Sons with the Rev. Clarence Hare and Dr. Jack Henton officiating. Burial will be in […]

On August 16, 1975, William Earl Wickert, Sr., of 2919 Dunmurry Road, Dundalk, the beloved husband of Loretta Lorraine Wickert, and father of William E. Wickert, Jr., of Washington, D.C. Friends are cordially invited to call at the funeral home of Walter Brooks Bradley, Inc., Dundalk, on Monday between the hours of 2 to 4 […]

COHOES – Paul J. Castracane Sr., 52, of 38 Conliss Ave., Cohoes, Marine Corps veteran of World War II, retired employee of Cohoes Housing Authority and former policeman here, died today [June 23, 1975] at Cohoes Memorial Hospital, after a long illness. A native of Italy, he was the son of Mrs. Eva Salway Castracane […]

PLENTYWOOD –Ed Nyby, 52, died Wednesday [June 10, 1975] of a gunshot wound. The incident is under investigation by the Sheridan County sheriff. He was born Nov. 30, 1922, in Medicine Lake, the son of Jens and Kristine Nyby. He grew up in Dagmar and attended schools there and also Antelope High School. Mr. Nyby[entered] […]

Services 11:15 a.m. this Thursday at St. Luke’s Church for Earl J. LaBreche [May 19, 1975], 58, 2616 8th Ave. S., with Rev. Terry Regan officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.

James Turnbow [April 29, 1975], beloved husband of Violet, nee Marcetich; dear father of Patricia Ann (William) Zakavec and Rose Mary (Frank) Lebeda; grandfather of Christina Zakavec; fond brother of Walcie (Mace) Howell and Walter (Clara); son-in-law of Johanna Marcetich; brother-in-law of John Marcetich, Marie Marcetich and Mildred Pollich; also nieces and nephews. Pomen services […]

DAVIN — Earl H. Smith Jr., 49, of Davin, Logan County, died Friday [April 18, 1975] in Man Appalachian Regional Hospital after a long illness. He was a member of the Gillman Bottom Community Tabernacle in Davin, and a retired employee of the Pittston Coal Co. He was a member of the United Mine Workers […]

A blind veteran of a Marine Corps attack force in World War II, Dan Gorby, died at the Veterans Administration hospital on Monday [April 14, 1975, the 30th anniversary of the day he was permanently disabled in the battle of Okinawa. He was 51. A Tucson resident since 1942, the same year he enlisted in […]