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From the New York Daily News, Saturday, October 16, 1954
MRS. TINIE GREENE
Mrs. Tinie Greene, 87, mother of Abe J. Greene, commissioner of the National Boxing Association and Associate Editor of the Paterson Evening News, died yesterday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Irving Blank, at 410 East 38th St., Paterson, NJ.

New York Daily News, Saturday, October 16, 1954
NICHOLAS SCHULDT
Funeral services for Nicholas Schuldt, 36, traffic consultant and nephew of Frank Hoffman, of the building department of The News, will be held at 10am Monday in Immaculate Conception Church, Secaucus, NJ. Schuldt died Thursday in his home at 174 Pandolfi Ave., Secaucus.

New York Daily News, Thursday, September 9, 1954
JOSEPH DOWNS
Philadelphia, Sept. 8
Joseph Downs, 59, curator of the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum, died today at Jefferson Hospital. He was formerly curator of the Philadelphia Art Museum and of the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

New York Daily News, Friday, September 10, 1954
JOSEPH DOWNS
A Mass of Requiem will be offered at 10 A.M. tomorrow in Our Lady's Chapel of St. Patrick's Cathedral, for Joseph Downs, 59, curator of the Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, Del., who died Wednesday.

New York Daily News, Thursday, September 9, 1954
RUTH V. TWOMBLY
Funeral services for Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly, of 1 E. 71st St., great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vandelbilt(sic), will be held at 11 A.M. next Wednesday in St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church, Fifth Ave. and 53d St. She died Sept. 1 in Paris.

New York Daily News, Thursday, September 9, 1954
JUDGE CURTIS WILBUR
Palo Alto, Calif., Sept. 8
Judge Curtis Dwight Wilbur, 87, Secretary of the Navy in the Coodlige Administration died today of a circulatory ailment. Wilbur was appointed Secretery(sic) in 1924 to succeed Edwin Denby in the aftermath of the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills oil reserve scandals. In March, 1929, Wilbur was appointed to the U.S. Circut Court of Appeals by President Hoover.

New York Sunday News, October 10, 1954
GEORGE J. CHAMBERS
Funeral services for George J. Chambers, 93, of 305 Park Hill Ave., Yonkers, who retired 16 years ago as a federal court stenographer after a half century in that field, will be held at 8 P.M. tomorrow in the Havey funeral home, 107 N. Broadway, Yonkers. He died Friday in St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers.

New York Sunday News, October 10, 1954
PAUL FOLGER
Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 9
Paul Folger, 71, former assistant to the chief attorney for the New York Central system, died today. He was former president of the Western New York Federation of Bar Associations.

New York Daily News, Tuesday, September 7, 1954
Services for Matthew J. Lauer, 58, insurance man and worker for Jewish philanthropies, who headed the Matthew J. Lauer Agency, 295 Madison Ave., will be held at noon today at the Riverside chapel, 76th St. and Amsterdam Ave. Lauer lived at 450 E. 63d St. He died Saturday at Beth David Hospital.

New York Daily News, Tuesday, September 7, 1954
DON STEWART
Los Angeles, Sept. 6
Don Stewart, 65, president since 1944 of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League, died today of a heart attack. Selected by Bill Veeck in December, 1953, to run the Milwaukee Club in the American Association, Stewart quit a month later to rejoin Los Angeles.

New York Daily News, Tuesday, September 7, 1954
NIKOL SCHATTENSTEIN
Nikol Schattenstein, 79, internationally known portrait painter, died yesterday in his summer studio in the Port Chester, N.Y., home of his niece, Mrs. Harry Brandt. He lived at 58 W. 57th St. Schattenstein, Russian-born, won many awards in Europe before coming to this country in 1920. Services will be held at 10 A.M. tomorrow at Temple Rodeph Sholom, 7 W. 83d St.

New York Journal-American, Sunday, October 17, 1954
Rev. L.T. Walsh, Of Franciscans
BUTLER, N.J., Oct 16 - The Rev. Leonard Thomas Walsh, 57, O.F.N., of St. Francis Monastery here died last night.
Father Leonard came to the monastery in 1948 from St. Francis College in Brooklyn where he taught philosophy.
Born in Brooklyn, he received his early education at St. Anthony's and St. Francis' Preparatory schools there, and later at St. Joseph's Seminary in Callicoon, N.Y.
He was received into the Franciscan Order in 1919, and ordained to the priesthood in 1926.
After a short time at St. Joseph's Church in East Rutherford, N.J., he was appointed superior of the Franciscan Monastery in Washington, where he served from 1937 to 1943.
In 1943 he was assigned to the philosophy department of St. Bonaventure College of New York and later to a similar department at St. Francis College.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. William Moran of Brooklyn and Mrs. Edward J. Moran of Ridgewood, N.J.

NY Journal-American, Sunday, October 17, 1954
Mass Tomorrow For E. Marchisio
A Mass for Ercole Marchisio, 71, one-time owner of the Marguery Restaurant, 270 Park ave., will be offered tomorrow at 10 a.m. at St. Cecilia's Church, Teaneck, N.J. He died of a heart attack at his home on Palisade ave., Englewood Cliffs.

NY Journal-American, Sunday, October 17, 1954
Alex Berman
Rites were being planned today for Alex Berman, 60, president of Tad, Inc., an Elizebeth firm. He died Friday at his home in Elizabeth.

NY Daily News, Tuesday, October 12, 1954
WALTER S. JEFFRIES
Margate, N.J., Oct 11 (AP) - Walter S. Jeffries, 61, former New Jersey Congressman and ex-mayor here, died last night. A Republican, he was elected to the House from the Second District in 1938, and served one term.

NY Journal-American, Sunday, October 17, 1954
Walter F. Luby, 71, Riverdale Teacher
Services were being planned today for Walter Frederick Luby, 71, a Latin teacher at the Riverdale Country School for many years. He died Friday at a nursing home in White Plains. Mr. Luby joined the school faculty in 1916. He graduated from Ohio State University and received his Master's degree from Harvard. He lived at 3615 Greystone ave., Bronx.

NY Journal-American, Sunday, October 17, 1954
Francis J. Leach, Finance Firm Aide
Services were being arranged today for Francis J. Leach, 36, manager of the Riverhead, L.I. branch of the Personal Finance Co. He died Friday at his home in Riverhead. Mr. Leach was past president of the Riverhead Lions Club. His wife, Elizabeth, his mother and a sister survive.

NY Journal-American, Sunday, October 17, 1954
A.L. Dorgin Rites Today
Services for Abraham L. Dorgin, 63, president of the Dorgin Textile Corp., 470 4th ave., were to be held today at The Riverside, 76th st. and Amsterdam ave. He died Thursday in his home at 110 Riverside dr. Mr. Dorgin developed a method of creping nylon fabrics for womens clothing.
A native of Russia, he served in the U.S. Army in World War I.
He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, a son, Lawrence; a daughter, Barbara, and two brothers.

NY Journal-American, Sunday, October 17, 1954
Rev. Dr. Race Rites Today
Funeral rites for the Rev. Dr. John H. Race, 92, former president of the University of Chattanooga, were to be held today at his home, 316 W. 79th street.
He died Thursday in Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn.
Dr. Race became president of Ulysses S. Grant University in 1898. It later became the University of Chattanooga.
He attended Wyoming Seminary and Princeton University and received his D.D. degree from Syracuse University.
PROFESSOR OF GREEK
He was professor of Greek at Wyoming Seminary from 1890 to 1894, when he became pastor of Centenary Methodist Church in Binghamtom, N.Y.
From 1913 to 1936 he was in charge of the Methodist Book Concern which had headquarters in Cincinnati.
Dr. Race was chairman emeritus of the executive committee of Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn, a trustee of Syracuse University and was at one time president of the Wesley Foundation.

New York Daily News, Friday, September 10, 1954
Laredo, Tex., Sept. 9 - Samuel Hammer, 67, general manager of the Texas and Louisiana lines of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, died here today after a heart attack.

NY Daily News, Friday, September 10, 1954
C. RAYMOND DAILY
A Solemn Requiem Mass will be offered at 9 A.M. tomorrow at St. Mary's Church, East Islip, L.I., for C. Raymond Daily, 62, head of the Daily Funeral Corp. of Bablyon. He died Wednesday at his Islip home."

NY Daily News, Friday, September 10, 1954
DR. JAMES W. MACQUEEN
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 9 - Dr. James W. MacQueen, 54, a physician who became a mystery writer and psychiatrist after a crippling illness interrupted his career died yesterday. He wrote under the pen name of James Edwards. His eight books included "Murder in Surgery" which was made into a movie. Dr. MacQueen headed a hospital here until 1946 when he lost the use of his legs. Against the advice of other doctors he ordered both limbs amputated - and recovered after 20 months in a hospital. He got around in a wheelchair and drove his own car.

NY Daily News, Friday, September 10, 1954
FRANK C. BECKWITH
Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 9 - Frank C. Beckwith, 83, a director and former president and chairman of the board of the Hamilton Watch Co., died today in his home here after a long illness.


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