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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1953

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Obituary Miss Margaret Ellis

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 4

Miss Margaret Jean Ellis, aged 22 years, who received fatal injuries when struck by a car in Sydney on Sunday…

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Silence Cloaks Moscow For Funeral of Stalin

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 1

MOSCOW, Monday (AAP).—The body of Joseph Stalin was interred in Red Square today, in the tomb of world Communism's other "immortal", Nikolai Lenin. Silence cloaked the capital and the rest of the Soviet Union during the funeral…

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Death of Back Crk. Brothers Mr. William Adams

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 7

The death of St. Vincent's Hospital, Lismore, of William Edward Adams, of Back Creek, via Bentley, removes perhaps…

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Obituary Fay Denise Miller

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 5

Victim of the burning fatality at Bexhill on Saturday afternoon, when her patents' home was destroyed by…

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Obituary Miss Margaret Ellis

Northern Star · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 4

A tribute indicative of the popularity of Miss Margaret Jean Ellis, was shown at the Lismore Seventh Day Adventist…

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Obituary Mrs. Emily O'keefe

Northern Star · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mrs. Emily Phyllis O'Keefe, which took place from St. Carthage's Cathedral yesterday morning…

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Obituary Mr R. Stroud-watts

Northern Star · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 5

A former well-known resident of McLean's Ridges, where he had lived for the greater part of his lifetime Mr…

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Obituary Mr. J. W. Hayward

Northern Star · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 5

A well known resident of Leycester, where he had resided for about 45 years, during which he had been a railway ganger…

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Obituary Mr. Bernard McMAHON

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 5

The death occurred in the Lismore Base Hospital of Mr. Bernard McMahon, who was 90 years old. He was born at…

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Obituary Mrs. M. E. McNIVEN

Northern Star · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 4

There was a large attendance at the funeral in Lismore on Tuesday afternoon of Mrs. Margaret Murray McNiven, wife of…

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Sudden Death Of Kyogle Businessman

Northern Star · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 4

KYOGLE, Thursday.—The death occurred suddenly at his home in Smith Street, Geneva, early this morning,…

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Obituary Mr. J. E. Smith

Northern Star · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 5

The death occurred in hospital in Sydney on Wednesday of Mr. James Ewart Smith, son of Mr. E. G. (Hughie) Smith,…

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Obituary Mr. Michael McNAMARA

Northern Star · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 5

Mr. Michael McNamara, of 21 Victoria Street, Lismore, who died in St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday afternoon, was…

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Obituary Mr. Michael McNAMARA

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 4

The congregation in St. Carthage's Cathedral yesterday morning when Rev. Father C. Bradley, assisted by Rev…

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Big Crowd at Funeral of J. S. Rosevear

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Thousands of people saw the State funeral today of Mr. John Solomon Rosevear, a former…

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Funeral May Be Televised

Northern Star · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 1

FUNERAL MAY // box.. LONDON Thursday (AAP).—Queen Elizabeth is expected to give…

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Obituary Mrs. W. Faulks

Northern Star · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 4

Mrs. Devida Annie Faulks, wife of Mr. W. Faulks, of 16 Cherry Street, Ballina, who died at Ballina on Sunday, was…

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Obituary Mr. William Atkin

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 4

Mr. William Atkin, of Chatswood, Sydney, died on March 22 in his 80th year, after a long illness. He was formerly a…

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Obituary Mrs. C. Meanev

Northern Star · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 4

The death took place at Kensington of Catherine Bridget Meaney, age 84 years. Born in Raymond Terrace, she came to…

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Death of Accident Victim

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 5

A 19 year-old youth who sustained severe head injuries in a motor accident on Saturday, died in…

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