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South Coast · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1948

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Obituary

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 1

The death occurred, at Murwillumbah, on June 20, of Mr. Brooks, (father of Rev. A.S. Brooks, who has just come…

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Death of Mr. W. Fitzpatrick

The Bega District News · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 8

Last Wednesday week the news reached Candelo of the death of Mr. William Fitzpatrick at the comparatively early age of 45 years. Mr. Fitzpatrick who…

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Obituary Mrs. Walter Curtis

The Bega District News · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 6

Mrs. Walter Curtis, who passed away last week, lived most of her life on the farm of her late husband, at Brogo. Here she saw good and bad times come…

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Obituary the Late Mrs. A.j. Heffernan of [?]Ogilla

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 4

When the death occured at Mogilla, of Mrs. Anne Jane He[?]nan, the district lost one of nature’s finest and best pioneering women…

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Obituary Mr. Albert Y. Faulks

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 2

Another of the district’s old pioneers passed away on Thursday last, in the person of Mr. Albert Yeoman Faulks, who…

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Death of Wolumla Resident Mrs. A. Walsh

The Bega District News · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 4

Mrs. A. Walsh, of Wolumla, passed away peacefully in the Bega District Hospital on Tuesday morning last, after a long illness…

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Obituary Mr. James Abernethy

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 2

A very well-known dairy farmer, in the person of Mr James Henry Abernethy, passed away at the David Berry Hospital on…

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Obituary Mr. A. F. Hale

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 2

The death occurred at the David Berry Hospital on Sunday last of Mr. Arthur Frederick Bale, at the age of 76 years…

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Obituary Mrs. P. Jardine

The Bega District News · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 4

The death of Mrs. Penelope Jardine, on Wednesday of last week will bring back memories to many people of this district of old newspaper and silent…

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OBITUARY Mr. Thomas Joseph Miller

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 4

Tie sad and unexpected passing of Mr. Thomas Joseph “Bun” Miller, of Lidcombe, occurred at the home of his mother, Mrs. E. Miller and the late…

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Obituary Mrs, Isabella Jane [?]

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 2

The many friends of Mrs, Isahells Jane Oke were stunned to hear of the sudden passing of this popular Broughton Vale…

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Obituary Mrs Catherine Veigel

The Bega District News · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 5

One of the district’s oldest residents and pioneers, Mrs. Catherine Veigel, recently passed to her reward, a short time after celebrating her 88th,…

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Obituary Mrs. Mary Kelly

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 2

Another of Berry’s old pioneers breathed her last on Saturday, in the person of Mrs. Mary Kelly, at the age of 88 years…

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Young Mother's Tragic Death Death of Stony Creek Woman

The Bega District News · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

A young mother of four children died whilst giving birth to her fifth at the Bega District Hospital, on Thursday night…

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Obituary Mr Allan Rankin

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 September 1948 · page 2

Berry residents received [?] blow, when news became, circulated that Allen Rankin had been run over by…

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Obituary the Late Mr. George Truk

The Bega District News · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 6

The passing of Mr. George Turk, of Springvale, on Monday August 23, has left a gap in the district previously made pleasant by a personality whose…

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Obituary Mr. John Albert Rheinberger

The Bega District News · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 5

Representatives from every family in Buckajo and Numbugga, and many, from his wide circle of friends in Bega district, followed the remains of the…

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Obituary Late Henry Weston Davis

The Bega District News · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 5

Henry Weston David, aged 91 years. Third son of the late John and Mary Davis; passed away August 7, after a short illness at the residence of his…

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Death of Mr. Percy Walsh

The Bega District News · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 7

Mr. Percy Walsh passed away peacefully in Goulburn last Friday. The body was brought to Wolumla for burial. A large cortege of relatives and…

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Jovial Stan Scott Was Respected Sudden Death of Prominent Wolumla Identity

The Bega District News · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 4

That we shall see no more in Carp Street, the rotund figure of Stan Scott, and be greeted by his hearty handshake and genial good wishes, is one of those facts which is hard to accept…

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