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Wilson S. Smith, 76, a former Wilmington resident and a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, died Thursday [March 27, 1975] in the Bay of Pines Veterans Administration Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fl., after a short illness. Mr. Smith was a retired Marine Corps master sergeant and a World War II veteran. He lived at […]

Edward C. Kwiatkowski, 50, of 409 Winston Ave., Elmhurst, died yesterday [March 13, 1975] in General Division after a short illness. Mr. Kwiatowski was an air conditioner mechanic at St. Francis Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Virginia S.; a son, Edward J., and two daughters, Karen and Laurie, all at home; five brothers, […]

Word has been received of the death Feb. 17 [1975] of Hugh Semple, a native of Syracuse, at his home in Jackson, Ohio. He had resided 30 years in Jackson. He was a graduate of Ohio Northern University and served as a major with the Marine Corps in World War II. Surviving are his wife, […]

Stuart Penman Jr., 54, of 114 E. Cooke Ave., Glenolden, an employee of Westinghouse Electric Corp., was stricken after leaving work Tuesday [January 14, 1975] and was pronounced dead on arrival at Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park. Born in Waynesboro, Mr. Penman moved to Delaware County 52 years ago and lived four years at his late […]

Aubrey Thomas Jones, 54, of 141 Meadowlane, Brandon, died Wednesday night [January 8, 1975] at a local hospital. Services: 10 a.m. Friday from the Baldwin Funeral Home Chapel on Highway 80 East in Pearl. Interment: Old Brandon Cemetery. Survivors: his wife, Mrs. Mary Virginia Jones; and one sister, Mrs. Douglas Stewart, Jr. of Anniston, Alabama.

Gordon Wilson Laughlin, 56, of 552 E. 10th St., Beaumont, died Saturday [January 4, 1975] in Redlands. Born in McDonald County, Mo., he had lived in Beaumont for 14 years. Laughlin owned and operated the Beaumont Ave. Barber Shop in Beaumont. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States […]

Randall Upton Cox, 54, an investigator 23 years for the U.S. Immigration Service until retiring in 1972, died Wednesday [December 17, 1974] in Doctors Hospital. Mr. Cox, 3948 E. Devonshire, had been a security guard for the Arizona Coliseum the past year. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3513, Scottsdale […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (UPI) – Robert J. Herwig, member of the Football Hall of Fame and two-time All-American at the University of California, died Saturday [December 14, 1974] of an apparent heart attack. He was 60-years-old. Herwig had been a football coach and baseball coach at the American River College and served as a counselor when […]

A 50-year-old Garland man was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital Saturday [December 7, 1974], after apparently suffering a heart attack. According to police, Perry M. Barrow was driving on Central Expressway near Renner Road when the attack occurred. After suffering the attack, Barrow apparently lost control of the car, which left the […]

LAKE CHARLES, La. – Carl W. “Blackie” Fletcher, 50, of Lake Charles died at 4:45 p.m. Saturday [November 30, 1974] in a hospital here after a long illness. He was a native of Colfax and had lived here the past 25 years. He was a dispatcher for Bulk Transport Co. and a veteran of World […]