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Word has been received here of the death of a former Ogden and Boone resident, Donald A. Rinehart, 45, who died suddenly, while at work, Friday, April 14 [1961], in Sacramento, Calif. Mr. Rinehart, who was a native of the Ogden vicinity, also lived in Boone and had worked as a carpenter for several years […]

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, in Jamestown for Allen A. Cass, 50, of Frewsburg, former Chautauqua County attorney, who died Sunday [April 9, 1961] in W.C.A. Hospital, Jamestown, a victim of cancer. Burial was in Frewsburg.

Winchester, Mass., March 30 (AP)—Roy P. Grenier, 38, who lost his left arm in the battle of Okinawa as a member of the Marine Raiders, died yesterday [March 29, 1961]. He had been a high school football star in Maywood, Ill., and swimming coach at Illinois Wesleyan College.

Funeral services for John Henry Lock, 49, of 717 Westchester, will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Cage-Mills Funeral Chapel with the Rev. A. C. Bell, pastor of First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park. Lock was dead on arrival at a local hospital after he was found shot in […]

Funeral services for Billy S. Blair, age 37, of Houston were held there Friday morning at 10 a.m. He died in a Houston hospital Thursday [February 16, 1961] after a short illness. Graveside services for Mr. Blair were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas. A native of Dallas, Mr. Blair […]

Raymond Freeman of Route 3, Bryan, a lifelong resident of Brazos County, died at 6 AM Wednesday [February 1, 1961] at his home. Mr. Freeman, who was 43 years old, had been paralyzed since June 7, 1960, when he was knocked into a ditch while on the job with R. B. Butler Construction Co. Funeral […]

Gilbert Samuel Crum Jr., 36, died in Brewton Monday night [January 23, 1961]. Services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Parnell Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Cope Funeral Home, Evergreen, directing. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Pauline Crum, Frisco City; three sons, Douglas Gilbert, Donald Keith and Cheryl Lynn, […]

EVANSVILLE – Leonard DeVilbiss, 41, retired Marine Corps captain, died unexpectedly Friday [January 6, 1961] at his home in Arlington, Va. The son of Roy and Irene Simpson DeVilbiss, he was born Dec. 18, 1919, at Spirit Lake, Iowa. He was graduated from Evansville High School and was employed at the Baker Mfg. Co. before […]

Homer P. Meers, 39, of 4542 Albury Ave., died Sunday [December 4, 1960]. Surviving are wife, Kathryn; sons, James and Thomas; daughter, Linda; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Meers; a brother and two sisters. Service was today, Mottell’s & Peek Mortuary.

WOLCOTT—Paul Bennet Ward, 38, of Wolcott, a Marine Corps hero during World War II, died unexpectedly Thursday [November 3, 1960] in the Veterans Hospital at Bath. He had entered the hospital only the day before, following a sudden illness. He was one of the three Ward brothers of Wolcott, noted in Wayne County for receiving […]