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High Street runs east from East State Street through Cramer Hill to the Pennsauken border at North 42nd Street, with a dogleg at North 26th Street. Home to the Thomas H. Dudley and Henry H. Davis schools, and notorious since 1985 as a drug corner at North 25th Street.
Martin B. Carrigan, born in Pennsylvania in July 1872, was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in 1904, rose to Captain, and died in the line of duty on January 19, 1922 of injuries sustained fighting the Kaighn Avenue fire.
Howard Lambert Gick (1895–1968) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1923, served until his retirement as District Chief in 1956, and later worked as Fire Inspector at Garden State Racetrack.
Death notice for Richard G. Coffman of Cherry Hill, formerly of Westmont, a Camden firefighter of 25 years, published in the Camden Courier-Post on July 14, 2004.
Death notice for David W. Humphries of 113 South 35th Street, a member of the Camden Fire Department for 26 years, who died April 19, 1974; interment at Arlington Cemetery.
Bowman L. Hargis, 82, a retired Campbell Soup electrician of 114 South 32nd Street, died April 18, 1972. Services were held at the Bradley Funeral Home on Federal Street with Masonic rites by Trimble Lodge #117.
Obituary for Lydia M. Gonce (née Mason), 79, wife of the late James Gonce of 501 Beideman Avenue, Camden. Funeral services at Keller Funeral Home, Maple Shade, with interment at Arlington Cemetery.
Obituary of Howard L. Gick, retired Camden fireman, who died June 4, 1968.
Obituary of Patrick Gismondi, 52, of 925 North 27th Street, a Camden barber for 35 years, who died in Cooper Hospital in November 1959.
Obituary of Mrs. Helen L. Brewin, 64, of 613 Bailey Street, a lifelong Camden resident, Camden Courier-Post, May 1959.
Harry S. Helferich, 72, of 601 Birch Street, died November 21, 1957. Funeral services at B. C. Schroeder and Sons, 715 Cooper Street. Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
Obituary of Francis J. Allaire, 54, a chef at the Hawaiian Cottage in Maple Shade, who died at his home at 2942 High Street; burial in Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken.
Frederick W. Morse, 77, a Camden Board of Education employee from 1919 to 1954, died at his home, 200 North 28th Street, where he had lived for 76 years. Survived by his wife Mary, a daughter, a grandson, and two great-grandchildren.
Obituary for Frederick Frett Sr., 65, of 2850 Polk Avenue, an employee of the Cutler Metal Products Co. and a member of Bible Presbyterian Church, survived by his wife Marie, three children, two brothers, a sister and three grandchildren.
Obituary of Joseph T. Johnson, 88, retired Camden city fireman of 626 Berkley Street, who drove a horse-drawn steam pumper for Engine Company 7 from 1900 until 1932.
A February 28, 1955 Camden Courier-Post death notice for Absalom Kennedy, of 1014 N. 27th St., a Scotland-born former real estate broker, with his survivors and funeral arrangements.
Obituary of Mrs. Emma M. Grover, 81, of 910 North 27th Street, a Cramer Hill resident of 65 years, February 1954.
Sarah V. Atkins (née Truitt), wife of the late Frank W. Atkins, of 221 South 33rd Street, age 77, died May 13, 1952. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Mason E. Bradley Funeral Home, 3303 Federal Street. Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
Obituary of Mrs. Emma E. Johnson, 77, of 626 Pine Street, Camden, who died in Cooper Hospital; she was the wife of retired Camden fireman Joseph T. Johnson and stepmother of Mrs. Walter Eastlack of Collingswood.
Obituary of Otto Engler, 66, of 1110 North Nineteenth Street, a resident of East Camden for 31 years, who died July 9, 1949.
Death notice for Agnes M. Neuman, 72, widow of Hugo Neuman, of 2216 Howell Street, who died November 14, 1948.
Funeral notice for John A. Bryson of 922 North Front Street, a member of Camden Lodge 111, Loyal Order of Moose.
George W. Spicks, 85, who retired as a Camden hotel keeper in 1923, died at his home, 52 South Twenty-eighth Street, after a long illness. He had owned a hotel at Twenty-first and Federal Streets for 40 years.
Services were to be held at the Frank J. Leonard funeral home, 1451 Broadway, for Mrs. Gladys M. Gilkey, 44, of 560 Fairview Street; she was survived by her husband, John D., three children, a sister and a brother.
Services for Mrs. Gladys M. Gilkey, 44, of 560 Fairview Street, were set for Thursday at the Frank J. Leonard funeral home on Broadway, with burial in Arlington Cemetery.
Death notice for Gladys M. Gilkey (nee Wrench), 44, wife of John D. Gilkey of 560 Fairview Street, who died July 27, 1941; funeral services at the Frank J. Leonard funeral home and interment in Arlington Cemetery.
Thomas W. Burnside, 81, husband of the late Louisa S. Burnside, died June 28, 1941. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the home of L. D. Horner, 36th and Westfield Ave., Camden. Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
Former Camden Councilman Frederick Geissler, 67, died after a six-month illness at his home at 930 North 24th Street. He served as justice of the peace and was a lifelong Republican and member of Mozart Lodge No. 121.
Camden Chief of Police Arthur Colsey, a 27-year veteran of the department, died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home at 2937 Stevens Street. The Courier-Post traced his career from merchant at Ninth and Market streets and Second Ward councilman to patrolman in 1912 and permanent chief in 1934.
Obituary for Joseph Knispel, 98, of 2821 Arthur Avenue, Camden, who died on August 2, 1938. Survived by four children and eight grandchildren.
Mrs. Madaline Muchler, 36, wife of Edward Muchler of 926 North 28th Street, died. Funeral Monday at 36th Street and Westfield Avenue. Burial in Arlington Cemetery.
Mrs. Anna F. Schultz, 56, wife of George R. Schultz of 523 Grant Street, died in 1936 and is survived by four sons and four daughters.
Charles H. Truitt, 76, retired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1929 after 53 years of service, died suddenly at his home, 119 North Twenty-fourth Street. A Camden native, he began as a fireman on tugboats and later worked on the company's ferryboats and as an engineer in its power plants.
John W. Coleman, 87, of 31 North Thirty-fifth Street — a Civil War veteran, former Camden councilman and retired Southwark National Bank assistant cashier — died in February 1935 after 45 years in East Camden.
The hottest day of the year brought death to two persons in Camden and Philadelphia yesterday and caused general discomfort from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast.
Funeral services announced for Mrs. Annie Morse, 88, widow of Captain William Morse, longtime East Camden resident. Services at the home of her son Frederick Morse, 200 North Twenty-eighth Street; burial at Arlington Cemetery.
Funeral notice for 16-year-old Bertha Marie Catling, daughter of the caretaker of Arlington Cemetery, with services at 3523 Westfield Avenue. Camden Courier-Post, June 16, 1932.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, 70, mother of Elks exalted ruler Harry G. Robinson and widow of retired Camden fire captain Charles H. Robinson, died in Collingswood. The Robinsons were pioneer residents of Park Boulevard.
Hundreds lined the streets and firehouse bells tolled as the cortege of Captain Martin B. Carrigan passed through Camden to Arlington Cemetery, escorted by ninety-two firemen under Chief Peter B. Carter.
Camden's municipal buildings, police stations and firehouses were draped in mourning for Captain Martin Carrigan, who died of injuries received fighting the Kaighn Avenue fire; city council voted to pay the expense of his funeral.
Captain Martin B. Carrigan of Engine Company No. 2 died at Cooper Hospital of a fractured skull and severe burns received while leading his men at the Economy Store fire on Kaighn Avenue.
Members of the Sixth Ward Women's Republican Club, assembling at their club house at 908 Broadway, viewed the body of Mrs. Della Ward, wife of Policeman George Ward, at the family home at 610 Line Street. Her funeral was largely attended by South Camden policemen, with interment in Arlington cemetery.
A Camden Post-Telegram report of January 25, 1915 on the funeral of Fireman Robert B. Steer, a twenty-five-year member of the Camden fire department. Charles Watkins Jr. served among the pallbearers.
Funeral services for Karl F. Kellmann, murdered the previous Saturday night, were set for his parents' home at 2919 High Street, with Rev. Charles A. Walker of Grace Presbyterian Church officiating and private interment at Arlington Cemetery.