obituary-s Category

Col. Tolson A. Smoak, 61, an 18-year resident of Chula Vista, died Thursday [September 13, 1979] in Navy Hospital. He lived at 65 East Mankato St., Chula Vista. Smoak served in World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars. He also served as commandant of the Fifth Marines at Camp Pendleton. Smoak retired from the […]

Thomas Reese Shepard, husband of Barbara Knoop Shepard, father of Thomas R. Shepard, Jr., Ann Shepard Bulger and Amy Shepard, brother of Booth Shepard and Virginia Shepard Adair, Saturday, May 19, 1973; residence, 20 Observatory Hill. Funeral services from the Church of the Redeemer, Erie Ave. and Paxton Rd., Tuesday, May 22, at 10 a.m. […]

Alan Shapley, Lt. Gen., USMC (Ret.), 70, a highly decorated veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict, died May 13 [1973] of a lung tumor at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Md. A 1927 graduate of the Naval Academy, he commanded the Marine detachment aboard battleship Arizona and won the Silver Star for rescuing […]

Services for Edward R. Smith, a Harper Woods police sergeant, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Calcaterra Funeral Home, 16090 E. Seven Mile Mile. Sgt. Smith, 48, of Harper Woods, died Thursday [November 16, 1972] in St. John Hospital after a long illness. He joined the Harper Woods police force on a part-time […]

An El Sereno man was killed when the car he was working on rolled down an incline and pinned him to a guardrail, authorities said. Harry T. Schade, 51, of 3726 Oak Hill, was working on the brakes of his car in front of his home Thursday [June 15, 1972] when the auto began rolling […]

Harold G. Schrier, U.S. Marine veteran who played a major role in Memorial Day ceremonies at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens, has died [June 3, 1971] in Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton. Edward T. Kuss, senior vice commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars, District 13, who was in charge of the Iwo Jima Memorial dedication program at […]

Francis J. Sibolski, 47, of 235 Springside Ave. died Saturday [March 27, 1971] at his home. Born in Pittsfield, he was a lifelong resident. Mr Sibolski was a postman for the past 25 years He was a Marine veteran of World War II. His wife, the former Santina Gaetani, died in 1967. He leaves a […]

Military funeral services will be held this morning for Joseph Sebock, Harvey’s most-decorated World War II hero, who died Sunday, July 12 [1970] at the Veterans Administration Research Hospital in Chicago. The Rev. L. J. F. Stuckwisch will officiate at the 11 a.m. services at the W. E. Kerr Chapel in Harvey. Interment will be […]

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 […]

BARNEVELD – Thomas J. Slattery, 46, of Mapledale Road, died today [January 5, 1968] in Veterans Hospital, Syracuse, after a long illness. Mr. Slattery, a machinist with Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. for the past 18 years, was born in New Hartford, the son of Thomas and Gertrude Whitaker Slattery. He attended Utica schools and came […]