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Riverina · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1947

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Obituary Mr. G. J. D. Pearse

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

The death occurred suddenly yesterday morning at tue Wagga Base Hospital of Mr. George James Dodds Pearse, of 12 Brookong avenue…

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Funeral Mr. G. J. D. Pearse

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

The funeral of Mr. George James Dodds Pearse, of 12 Brookong-avenue, Wagga, will leave St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church,…

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Obituary Mrs. E. Day

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

The funeral of Mrs. Vaimal Madeline Day, of Edward-street, Wagga, who was accidentally killed in Wagga on Sunday at the…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Anne Eileen Hopley

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

The many friends in Yanco and Leeton and the Irrigation Area generally, received a great shock yesterday, when they learned that [?]…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Anne Wilmore Cambourne

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

The death occurred at her home, Cadell Street, Narandera, on Thursday last of one of the oldest and most respected residents of the district in the…

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No Inquest Into Death of Stewart Dawson's Uncle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday: No inquest will be necessary into the death in the Royal Melbourne Hospital on Saturday night of Percy…

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Al Capone Funeral May Be Simple; No Massed Tributes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

MIAMI, Monday: Mrs. Capone, widow of gangster Al Capone, has not decided whether her husband's funeral will be quiet at Miami or flambouyant in Chicago. The doctor who attended Capone…

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Obituary Mrs. T. S. SCOTT, of "Yandilla."

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

Mrs. Bessie Scott, aged 68, wife of Mr. T. S. Scott of "Yandilla," Wallendbeen, died, at 1.30 yesterday morning, in hospital at Young…

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Funeral Mr. G. J. D. Pearse

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 2

The funeral of the late George James Dodde Pearse, of 12 Brookong-avenue, whose death Occurred at the Wagga Base Hospital on…

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Death of Rotary Founder

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 2

A cable from Chicago, U.S.A., announced the death, on Monday last, of Harris, founder of Rotary. He was 79, and was Rotary's first…

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Funeral Mrs. A. A. McNUFF

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 2

The funeral of Mrs. Alice Amelia McNuff, 53, who died in the Culcairn Cottage Hospital on Monday afternoon, following an operation,…

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Late Mr. Jack Stewart Veteran of Two Wars

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 6

AS recorded in a previous issue, Mr. John Alexander Stewart, died on the 13th of this month, at the Masonic Hospital, Ashfield,…

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Funeral of Mrs. Eileen Hopley

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mrs. Elleen Hopley, moved from Ashton's Parlors on Tuesday morning last, following a service conducted by Rev…

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Obituary Mrs. Esther Hayward

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

As briefly referred to in our last issue, the death occurred at the Orange Hospital on Friday, January 24, of Mrs. Esther…

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Obituary Mr. W. Crummy

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. William Crummy, well known residence of Yarragundry. died yesterday in the Base Hospital at the age of 68 years. He had resided…

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Obituary Mrs. Sarah Molineaux

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 3

By the death of Mrs. Sarah Mollneaux on January 23, briefly announced in Tuesday's issue of the "Tumut and Adelong Times." another Adelong…

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OBITUARY Mr. Alexander MacKinnon

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

As reported in the "Argus" of 17th January, Mr. Alexander MacKinnon died at his home, "Springbank," Widgiewa Siding, on Wednesday, 15th…

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Obituary

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 2

Mr. Robert Bills Stewart, of "Derneaveagh," Murrumburrah, died in Sydney last week at the age of 81 years…

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Obituary Mr Thomas Kelly

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 5

Mr Thomas Bernard Kelly, of Bowning, who sustained serious injury when a trailer loaded with stock capsized on “Bertangles” last…

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Obituary Mr. James Geary

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 1

Many town and country people in New South Wales will regret the passing of Mr. James Geary, who died at his home in Pine-Street, Manly, on Friday,…

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