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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1941

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Obituary Mr. John Ford

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 2

Well-known in the Clarence, Brunswick and Tweed districts, Mr. John Ford died at his son's residence. Hartigan Street, Murwillumbah, early on…

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Obituary Mr. W. P. Geraghty

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 4

The death occurred at his home in Gorton Avenue, Lismore, yesterday afternoon of Mr. Walter Patrick Geraghty (77), a well known resident of…

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FUNERALS Late Mrs. Mary Maher

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Maher, wife of Patrick Joseph Maher, of Terranora, moved from the Church of the Sacred Heart, Murwillumbah,…

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Obituary Mr. Ernest Clements

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Ernest John Clements, who had lived here for 40 years. He was born at Grafton 66…

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Death of Italian General

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday:— A communique from Ca[?]o cays that information has been received that the General commanding the 10th…

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Obituary Mrs. F. Smith

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 4

TENTERFIELD, Tuesday. — Mrs. Mary Smith, wife of Mr. Fred Smith, of the Scrub, Tenterfield, died alter an acute illness of several…

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Obituary Mr. Albert Stumm

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 4

A link with Murwillumbah, dating back to the early years of this century was severed with the death in Brisbane of Mr. Albert L. Stumm (73),…

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Obituary

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 3

Mr. W. S. Arnott, 76, a former Police Magistrate at M'bah, died last weekend, leaving a widow and five children. Mr. Gus Longbottom, 69, a native of…

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Obituary

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 2

Mrs. Patrick Maher, 72, of Terranora, Tweed River, who died the other day was a daughter of the Clarence River pioneering family of Landrigans…

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Obituary Mrs. Lucy Donovan

Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 4

The death occurred in Lismore yesterday of Mrs. Lucy Donovan (77), of Goonellabah. Born at Gundurimba, the late Mrs. Donovan lived all her…

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Obituary Mrs. Hannah Blanch

Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 10

ALSTONVILLE, Friday.—At the age of 83 years. Mrs. Hannah Blanch died at the residence of her daughter. Mrs. W. J. Newman, of Alstonville,…

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Death of Former Canon of Perth Cathedral

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: --The death is reported of Canon Henry Edward" Hyde, formerly Canon of St." George's Cathedral, Perth…

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Obituary Mr. L. M. Boxsell

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

Leonard Marshall Boxsell (39), single, a farm laborer, died suddenly at the home of Mr. Arthur Herbert Jarvis, Nobby's Creek, on Saturday…

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OBITUARY Mrs. E. MARTIN

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 3

The death occurred in Kyogle Memorial Hospital of Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, wife of Mr. Alfred John Martin, of Faweett's Plain, at the age of…

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Obituary Mrs. B. A. Reilly

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 2

Mrs. Bertha Augusta Reilly, who died at Mullumbimby last Friday at the age of 78 years, was with her late husband, Ald. Reilly, one of the…

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Obituary Mr. C. W. B. King

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 4

One of the best known district residents, Mr. Claude William Breckenridge King, died at his home, 18 James-street, Lismore. early yesterday…

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Obituary Mrs. E. Martin

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 4

KYOGLE, Tuesday.—The death occurred in Kyogle Memorial Hospital of Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, wife of Mr. Alfred John Martin, of Fawcett's Plain,…

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Obituary Mr. Edwin Taylor

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 4

Advice was received yesterday of the death at Geelong West, Victoria, of Mr. Edwin Taylor (73), who with his wife had been a fairly frequent visitor…

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Obituary Mrs. W. H. Wiles

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday Summer Hill, Sydney, of Mrs. W. H. Wiles, a member of the well known Jay family, of Murwillumbah. Although…

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Obituary Miss M. J. McLEAY

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 4

Miss Mary Jane McLeay (63), a resident of Goonellabah for about 25 years, died in the Lismore Base Hospital yesterday morning after a long…

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