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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1961

67 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4

Obituary Joseph Ratner

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1961 · page 4

One of the oldest members of Sydney’s Jewish community and one of the founders of the…

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Obituary

The Biz · Wednesday 11 January 1961 · page 5

One of Merrylands' most respected residents passed away on December 16. He was Alfred George…

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Letters to the Editor OBITUARY

Tribune · Wednesday 11 January 1961 · page 2

HER many friends will be grieved to learn of the death just before Christmas of Comrade Terry Carmichael, of Woolloomooloo CPA…

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Obituary Mrs P. L. Ivery

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 January 1961 · page 5

Phyllis Laurine Ivery, whose death occurred at St. John of God Hospital, Goulburn on December 25, was married in…

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Death of Mr. Fry

The Biz · Wednesday 18 January 1961 · page 6

The many friends of Mr. Gordon Fry and family of Fairfield Heights, will be sorry…

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OBITUARY Mr. H. J. ANDREWS

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 January 1961 · page 11

The death of a former Penrith resident and businessman, Mr. Henry John ("Jack") Andrews, occurred…

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Death of Communal Worker

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 6

The death occurred suddenly this week of well known communal worker and…

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Obituary Death of Citizen

The Biz · Wednesday 25 January 1961 · page 2

On Thursday last Mr. David Hugh Campbell, aged 74 years, of Smithfield Street, Fairfield, died in…

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Death of Identity

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1961 · page 5

A well-known Parramatta businessman who lived most of his 70 years in Parramatta…

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Death of Mrs. Wright

The Biz · Wednesday 25 January 1961 · page 13

Mrs. Esther M. Wright died at a private hospital, Gurl Curl on December 20, and her untimely death came as a great shock to her relatives and friends…

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OBITUARY Karl Wollstein

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1961 · page 10

The sudden passing last week of Mr Karl Wollstein, has left a gap in Sydney's Jewish community which will not readily be filled…

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OBITUARY Death of Mrs. Earp

The Biz · Wednesday 1 February 1961 · page 2

It is with profound regret that we inform readers of the death in hospital following a short…

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Obituary Mrs. V. M. Ausburn

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 February 1961 · page 4

After only four days illness, Mrs. Vera Maude Ausburn, who lived, all her life in Penrith, died at Nepean…

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Music in Review an Obituary for 1960

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 February 1961 · page 5

The multitude of ubiquitous active artists working in the musical field today keeps in front of us a galaxy of names that appear and disappear in a kaleidoscopic variety of combinations…

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Death of Eugene Dennis

Tribune · Wednesday 8 February 1961 · page 1

EUGENE DENNIS, 56, national chairman of the Communist Party of the United States, died in hospital last week after a…

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Death of H. Stemp

The Biz · Wednesday 15 February 1961 · page 8

The death has been reported of Henry Stemp, a war pensioner, who passed away at his home…

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Death of resident

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1961 · page 3

The son of one of Parramatta's first hotel keepers died recently. He was Mr. Frederick…

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OBITUARY Mr. E. J. LOVE

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 February 1961 · page 6

His many friends in Mulgoa, Wallacia and Penrith districts were shocked to learn of the sudden death…

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Major safety victory followed death of man

Tribune · Wednesday 15 March 1961 · page 10

SYDNEY: About 200 workers employed by Concrete Constructions Ltd on a major fiat project for the Housing Commission in Devonshire St., Surry Hills, this week won a major victory over safety conditions on the job…

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Tragic Loss to Press, Sport Many Mourn Death of David Watson

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 1

Within hours of appointment to a senior editorial position with one of Cumberland Newspapers' major publications, brilliant 23-year old journalist and potential State cricketer, David William Thomas Watson, last Wednesday…

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