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Obituaries & funerals, 1942

1,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 65

Obituary Mrs. Rhoda Hilton

The Broadcaster · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 4

Mrs. Rhoda Florence Hilton [?] of the late Frederick Waiter Hilton of Auburn passed away at the home of her daughter. Mrs. R Turton Bolton Street…

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Obituary. the Late Miss Stella Maroney

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 15

On 26th December, 1941. Stella, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Maroney, of Lower Coolngong and Randwick, passed peacefully to her reward at the…

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Obituary. Sergeant Francis Lyndsay Cunningham, R.A.A.F.

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 11

The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Cunningham, of 39 Tindale-road, Artarmon, were shocked by the tragic death of their son, Sergeant-Pilot Lyn…

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Obituary

The St George Call · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

The members of the St. George Cliicket Association executive desire to extend their deepest sympathy to the relatives and friends of the late J. Hannon who…

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Death of Cow

The Land · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 11

"S.B.G.": (1) The sudden cessation of milk secretion was due, there is little doubt, to some illness of a serious nature. Unfortunately. there is no information available…

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Death of Pinchas Rutenberg Jerusalem, Jan. 4th

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 5

Modest rites without speeches, in accordance with his last wishes marked Pinchas Rutenberg’s funeral from the Hadassah Hospital…

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Harbor Victim Funeral Hitch

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 5

The Rev. William Mullen, of Lid-combe Presbyterian Church, yesterday refused to sign the burial papers of William Malcolm McLean, 31, whose…

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Death of a Methodist Girl

The Methodist · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 2

Mrs. Joan Lowrie (nee Dobson), a beautiful and popular girl of our Roseville Church from her early girlhood, died suddenly last week at Manly, where she was spending the day. The…

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Obituary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 12

Mr. James Goodfellow, of Blenheim-avenue, Rooty Hill, died at his residence on Friday. He leaves a widow, a daughter, and a son (James)…

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Death of Old Member

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 2

Organiser J. P. Keogh pays a tribute to an old member recently fatally injured in a mining accident:…

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Funeral of Captain E. D. Crisp

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 11

The funeral of Captain E. D. Crisp, who was killed in an air crash near Cairns on Saturday, will take place at the Presbyterian Cemetery. Northern…

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Sudden Death of Barney Supple Collapsed at Social Gathering

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 2

"Barney Supple has been a wonderful Labor supporter, and I feel sure that he would not have wished to have gone out in…

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Funeral, Late Mrs. Coulter

The Biz · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 1

The funeral of the late Mrs. Dorothy Coulter, of Fairfield, who died suddenly last week, took place last Thursday afternoon…

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The Late Mrs. J. Byrne

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 23

Mrs. J. Byrne, of Katoomba, late of Bathurst, and formerly of Mitchell and Wondai, Queensland, passed peacefully to her eternal reward on the 30th ult., at a…

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Obituary

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 14
Also in The Farmer and Settler

[Obituary notices submitted for publication in the "Catholic Press" must be endorsed by the parish priest of the deceased person.]…

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Death of Feival Weizmann

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 3

Jerusalem.—The death has occurred in Haifa of Mr. Feivel Weizmann, eldest brother of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organisation…

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Death of Dr. E. Krasny

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 3

London.—The death has taken place of Dr. Emil Krasny, the veteran Austrian Zionist ana friend of Dr. Theodor Herzl. He was sixty-five years of age…

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Death of South Coast Leader

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 8

WELL known South Coast resident, Mr. William Watts (81), Numbaa, died last week. He had been an active man in public…

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The Late Mr. John Meaney. Father of Sydney Priest

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 8

One of the most highly-respected members of the Concord parish, Mr. John Meaney, passed to his eternal reward in Lewisham Hospital on the 23rd ult…

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