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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1950

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Obituary John Thomas ("Tom") HICKS

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 4

As briefly mentioned in our last issue the death took place at his home, Church Street, Gloucester, late on Thursday week last, of Mr…

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Drowned While Crossing Flooded Creek Death of Well-known Wybong Resident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

Claude Googe (37), single, was drowned while attempting to cross the flooded Wybong Creek at about 9 a.m. yesterday…

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Death of Sister of St. Josephs

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 1

A member of the Community of St. Joseph's, Lochinvar, Sister Mary Geneveive Luney died suddenly at the Merriwa branch Convent of the…

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OBITUARY Late Mrs. Florence Hunt

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 7

Mrs. Florence Hunt, of Allandale-road, Cessnock, passed away at the Cessnock Hospital last Saturday at the age of 67…

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Death Of Aged Actress

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 3

SANTA MONICA, California, June 2[?].—Jane cowl, 65, stage star of a generation ago, died yesterday of an abdominal…

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Obituary Mr. E. A. Howell

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 4

With the death of Mr. Ernest Andrew Howell, the Millfield district lost one of its old identities. Born in Millfield in 1875, he…

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Death of Mr. E. A. Howell Old Millfield Identity

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 7

With the death of Ernest Andrew Howell the district lost one of its old identities. Born in Millfield in 1875, deceased…

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Obituary Mrs. J. H. Ross

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 3

The sudden death occurred at Bellingen District Hospital, of Mrs. J. H. Ross (nee Rita E. Osmond), daughter of Mrs. C. H. Osmond, of Eloiza St…

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Obituary Mrs. J. B. Timbs

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 2

Friends will regret to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Timbs, of Morpeth. She was the wife of Mr. J. B. Timbs, Manager of Bowthorne…

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Obituary Mr. H. Griffin

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Monday. — The death occurred recently at Shellharbour of a former Singleton resident, Mr. Harry Griffin…

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Obituary Late Mr. C. D. Swinton

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 3

Mr. Charles David Swinton, of Desmond-street, Cessnock, passed away on June 20. The late Mr. Swinton, who was 70…

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Late Mrs. MacNEIL

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 4

The death took place on 31st May last of an old resident of Casino, Mrs. MacNeill, at the age of 87. Deceased was a sister of Thomas and Catherine…

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Homeville Funeral Fund

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 3

Owing to the Homeville Hall being in use by flood victims, it was not available for the annual meeting of the Homeville Funeral Fund…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Elliott

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Tuesday. — Mr. Thomas Elliot, of 61 Kelso-street, Singleton, died at the residence of his son on Sunday…

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Death Of Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 2

Ernest Albert Buttenshaw, deputy Premier with the late Sir Thomas Barvin in 1927, died at his home in Ashleld yesterday…

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Funeral Per Army Duck

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed—An army duck is being used as a hearse at the federal of three of the four Grafton’s flood victims to-day…

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Death Of Mr. T. A. Braye

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wed. — Mr. Thomas A. I. Braye, one of the best known solicitors in the North, died at his home at…

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Obituary Mr. W. Tulip

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 2

Mr. Walter Tulip, who for the past eight months has been residing with his sister, Mrs. .G. Brooker, of Argyle Street,…

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Obituary Me. W. G. Tulip

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 3

SINGLETON, Wed. —The death took place In the Dangar Cottage Hospital on Monday of Mr. Walter George Tulip, aged 51 years…

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Obituary Mrs. I. J. E. Castleden

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 3

Mrs. Ma Jane Elizabeth Castleden, widow of the late Frederick George Castleden, Anglican diocesan archi-tect of Newcastle, was the last…

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