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Paxton, Neb.—Clyde R. Anthony, 62, died June 7 [1978] of a heart attack. Mr. Anthony was baptized May, 1975, and attended the North Platte, Neb., church. Survivors include his wife, Leona, his son Larry and wife Gayle Anthony of Lincoln, Neb., his daughter Rhonda and husband Ron Wiezorek of Paxton, and his daughter Linda and […]

Retired Marine Corps Col Henry J. “Hank” Adams Jr., 70, of Fairfax, Va., died Friday [February 10, 1978] in Fairfax after a long illness. Inurnment of the ashes will take place in San Diego at a later date. Col. Adams, as an officer in the First Marine Division, was active in seven major campaigns in […]

Funeral services for Mr. Henry T. Adamowicz, 58, who passed away Thursday, Nov. 28, 1974, will be held on Monday, Dec. 2, at 8:30 a.m. at the Acklam Funeral Home and at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church. The Rev. Erwin Mogilka will officiate. Interment will be at the Family Lot at Holy Cross Cemetery, […]

Rosary will be recited for Thomas Joseph Almeida, 49, of 2534 O’Brien Circle, Camarillo, at 8 tonight in the chapel of James A. Reardon Mortuary, Oxnard. Requiem Mass will be said by the Rev. J. J. Madera in Our Lady of Guadalupe Church here at 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Santa Clara Cemetery. […]

Services for former Akronite Charles E. Ashbee, 40, killed Friday [April 13, 1962] in an auto accident in Kansas City, Mo., will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Prentice & Co. Funeral Home, 1154 Kenmore Blvd. The Rev. John D. Harkness will officiate, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Born in Akron, Mr. Ashbee was […]

HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 29—Edward Adolphe, public relations consultant and former New York newspaperman, died this morning [July 29, 1958] of a heart attack at his home here. He was 48 years old. A 1931 graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, he became a reporter for The Providence Journal and from 1933 to 1939 […]

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP—James P. Alverson, 43, of 10 Bellevue Ave., Leonardo, died yesterday [January 30, 1957] in Monmouth Memorial Hospital, Long Branch. He was born in Newark. Mr. Alverson lived here 12 years. He was an engineer at Fort Monmouth. Mr. Alverson was a member of St. Agnes R. C. Church, Atlantic Highlands, and the Marine […]

Capt. Leonard W. Alford, son of Mrs. W. F. Alford of Garrett, died June 17 [1945] as a result of wounds received while fighting the Japs on Okinawa. Capt. Alford, who was 25, was serving with the U.S. Marine Corps, and had been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action at New Georgia in […]

Pfc. Alvin R. Ahlgrim, 21, a Marine, was killed in action in the fighting on Okinawa, his mother, Mrs. Gladys Ahlgrim, West Brainerd, was informed today. The message, sent by Gen. A. A. Vandegrift, commanding the Marine Corps, said the Marine was killed May 20 [1945]. Pfc. Ahlgrim was born in Brainerd and was a […]

Sergeant Warren G. Alger, wounded March 20 on Iwo Jima, died April 1 [1945], according to a telegram received Tuesday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Alger, 204 E. Eighth Street, Kaukauna. He was a member of Carlson’s Raiders during the early part of the war.