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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1942

373 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 19

Obituary Mrs. J. S. Orr

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 2

One of the town's most popular and best known ladies, Mrs. Jean Stewart Orr passed away in Lithgow hospital on Saturday morning at the…

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The Late Mr. H. E. MEYER Rotarian's Tribute

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 3

At has night's meeting of the Bathurst Rotary Club, the vice-president, Mr. David Boyd made reference to the passing of Rotarian Harold E…

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Death of Gulgong Native Mr. James Derwin

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 15

A NATIVE of Gulgong, Mr. James Derwin, aged 77 years, died in the district hospital at Coonamble recently…

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Death of R. H. Meyer

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 7

The death took place early in the week of Mr. H. Meyer. The late Mr. Meyer, who was a well-known optician in Bathurst, was a comparatively young…

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OBITUARY Frederick Walton Everingham

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 7

There passed away at the Molong Hospital on Monday last at the age of 63 Frederick Walton Everingham, a well-known builder, who had resided in…

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Obituary. Mr. George W. Taber

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

It is with the deepest regret that we have to report the passing of one of the oldest and most highly respected pioneers of the Toogong-Cranbury…

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OBITUARY Miss Isabel Leishman

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 3

The death occurred on Saturday night at her home, 29 Albion-street, Waverley, of Miss Isabel Leishman, the deceased being 55 years of age…

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[?] of Great Ladies of the [?] Death of Mrs. [?] Smith

Leader · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

[?] of the Orange [?] of the [?] Associations [?] Smith, [?]…

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Obituary Miss Ellen Blaney

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 6

Miss Ellen Blaney, of 156 Keira-street, Wollongong, died at Wollongong Hospital on Sunday afternoon aged 74 years. Her health had not…

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MRS. J. T. PEACHMAN Death Of Old Resident

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 3

One of Lithgow's oldest and best loved residents, Mrs. Margaret Jane Peachman, passed away in Lithgow hospital last night at the age of 72…

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Late Mrs. Orr Service of Remembrance

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 6

A large congregation was present at the Methodist Church on Sunday night, when the Rey. S. R. Robbins conducted a service in memory of the…

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OBITUARY Josiah Levett

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 3

On the night of February 17 last, Josiah Levett, aged 32, passed away at Cowra District Hospital, following an operation for appendicitis…

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Death of Mrs. Dora McLACHLAN

Leader · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 2

Just before going to press last night the death was reported of Mrs. Dora McLachlan, a very old and highly respected [?] of the town, at…

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Obituary. Mr. J. F. Hertslet

Leader · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 1

Though it was obvious to his many friends during [?] years that Mr. J. F. [?] was failing in [?] his sudden death at [?] on…

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Japanese Fleet Clears Out. Greater Part Destroyed. “Batavia Second Singapore,” Say Japanese “Funeral Bell for Australia.” BATAVIA

Leader · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 2

Although it is officially admitted that the Japanese overran part of Bali and seized an important aerodrome, the Japanese invasion Fleet was forced to flee without leaving a…

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Funeral of Mrs. Mclachlan

Leader · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 3

As briefly reported in our Wednesday’s issue, the death has occurred of one of our most widely known personalities in the person of Mrs J…

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OBITUARY Baby Dolbel

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

John Stanley Dolbel, aged six months, died in Cowra, on Friday last. His father is an A.I.F. man in camp at Rutherford, and John was the…

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Death of Child a Littleton Tragedy Driver's Ignorance of Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

Evidence that he drove away from a dwelling, not noticing that the child had followed him out, and in doing so apparently ran over her, was given…

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Obituary Russell Weekes

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 6

There passed away at the Molong Hospital on Sunday last, in his fifty-fifh year, Russell Weekes, after a short illness from which his recovery was…

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Obituary. Mrs. Dora McLACHLAN

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 7

The death occurred at 8 o'clock on Tuesday night of the oldest resident of Orange in the person of Mrs. Dora McLachlan, widow of the late J. C…

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