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JERSEY SHORE – Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for a Clinton County native and former resident of Jersey Shore, Donald E. Stabley, 44, more recently of Corning, N.Y. Mr. Stabley died last Friday [August 22, 1969] at the Veterans Hospital in Bath, N.Y. He was born June 5, 1925, in Loganton, and had […]

Funeral services for Ralph William Hansen, 46, of Manilla were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. from the Trinity Lutheran Church in Manilla. Mr. Hansen died in the Manning General Hospital Saturday [August 9, 1969] from cancer. Husband of the former Betty Brannan of Bayard, he is survived by his widow and a son Dennis, 19, […]

Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Hansen Chapel for a former Marshfield resident, Gordon M. Jensen, 44, of Marquette, Mich., who died Friday evening [August 1, 1969] at Peshtigo, Wis. Death was due to an apparent heart attack. The Rev. Virgil Taylor, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate and […]

Raymond E. Marston, 47, of 611 Blair Drive, Normal, was dead on arrival at Brokaw Hospital Friday morning [July 4, 1969]. He was taken to Metzier Memorial Home. McLean County Coroner Curtis M. Gilberts will conduct an inquiry. He was born in Omaha, Neb. on Nov. 15, 1921, the son of Raymond E. and Florence […]

Services for Cecil E. (Jack) Gentry will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Harvey Chapel with the Rev. Harold E. Hall, pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Provence Cemetery. Bearers will be Dan Nall, Bobby Nall, Bobby Joe Williams, Mose Love, Ray Love and Earl Love. Gentry, 48, died Sunday [June […]

Wisconsin counted at least 10 deaths on its roads during the weekend, boosting the state’s 1969 toll to 468 Sunday, still well behind the 536 on this date last year. Among the victims were three from Superior, Wis. They were: Nick Grcar, 43, who was killed late Saturday [June 28, 1969] when the car he […]

WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) – At least five persons were killed in the apparent collision of two light airplanes over Long Island Sound about a quarter mile from shore Saturday [June 14, 1969], the Coast Guard said. Two bodies were recovered by private boats near the site of the crash, the Coast Guard said. The other […]

Morris B. Rainsford, of Hayword, May 13, 1969, beloved husband of Margaret F. Rainsford; loving father of John G. Rainsford and Ellen M. Rainsford, both of Hayward; dear brother of William Rainsford, Mrs. Ann Fleming, Mrs. Katherine Ehbrecht and Mrs. Helen Rohnstock, all of Mass. A member of Teamsters Union, Local 70 of Oakland. A […]

MONTGOMERY — Masonic graveside service for Lawrence Homer Holdren, 59, Jacksonville, N.C., will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Montgomery Memorial Park at London. Mr. Holden, a retired Marine, died Wednesday [May 7, 1969] in a Jacksonville hospital. Survivors: wife, Lahoma Goheen Holdren; mother, Mrs. Miriam G. Holdren of Chesapeake; sister, Mrs. Margaret Jarrell […]

Donald B. Jonas, age 46, passed away May 6, 1969 in St. Mary’s Hospital. Mr. Jonas was born in Elcho, Wis. on April 22, 1923 and had resided in Racine for 27 years. During World War II he served in the Pacific with the U.S. Marine Corps and had been employed as a machinist at […]