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GAINESVILLE – Raiford prison authorities Thursday confirmed one of three persons killed in an auto accident near Jacksonville Wednesday night [June 16, 1971] was an escaped trusty from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville. Authorities said John Douglas Mathews, 36, also known as Richard Douglas Morgan, of Gainesville, had walked away from the hospital Wednesday […]

COCOA BEACH – A Cocoa Beach businessman and his wife were killed Tuesday night [April 13, 1971] when their twin-engine private airplane crashed in the mountains near Harlan, Ky. Dead are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wesley Howard, 46, 210 Bimini Road, The plane was bound from Charlotte, N.C., to Columbus, Ohio, when the crash occurred […]

Martin E. Hulka, 50, of 4611 20th St., N.W., Canton, died March 16 [1971] in University Hospital, Cleveland, from complications following heart surgery. Services were held Saturday in Reed Funeral Home, and burial was in Sunset Burial Park, Canton. Hulka, who worked at Will-Burt Co. from 1945-49 and lived in Orrville until he was employed […]

Harry Horvath, 1618 S. Clover Knoll Pl., New Berlin, passed away Wednesday June 17 [1970], at the age of 47 years. Beloved husband of Delores (nee Kaltenbrun), dear father of Thomas (Kathie), Christine, Judith, Susan, Joan, and Jean; further survived by three brothers: Charles, Emil, and Victor, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, other relatives and friends. Funeral Friday, […]

PRESCOTT — Rosary for Hughie E. Hufft, 47, who died Monday [April 6, 1970] at Santa Fe Hospital in Los Angeles, will be at 8 p.m. today at Ruffner Funeral Home here. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Sacred Heart Church here with burial in Mountain View Cemetery. Born in Gridley, […]

James R. Hodus, 51, of 5232 Victor St., Downers Grove, died yesterday [December 4, 1969] in Hinsdale Hospital. He was a project leader for Western Electric Company at the Illinois Bell Laboratory in Naperville. He leaves his widow, Anna; two sons, James Jr. and Dennis; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Helen Gillen, Mrs. Shirley Anne Caro, […]

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, […]

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 […]

At least three persons drowned in separate accidents, two of them involving boats, in Washington state over the weekend. Walter Henkleman, 45, North Bend, drowned Saturday [June 29, 1968] when he tried to swim to shore after his boat capsized in Mud Lake about 10 miles northeast of Snoqualmie. A companion, Howard Adcock, 49, also […]

CLOVIS (Special) – Services for Edward E. Hargon, 44, who died Sunday [January 21, 1968] in Clovis Memorial Hospital, will be at 9 a.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Boniface Sack, pastor. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery under direction of Sherwood Mortuary. Survivors include his […]