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5th Street
Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.
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F.X. Engel Sr., Shot Howard Unruh
Obituary of Francis X. Engel Sr., the Camden tavern owner who shot and wounded accused mass murderer Howard Unruh from an upstairs window during the 1949 Cramer Hill rampage. Camden Courier-Post, August 17, 1983.
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Friends Will Honor Veteran Firefighter
On the eve of his March 1980 retirement dinner, Camden fire captain John P. Gryckiewicz looked back on 40 years with the department — the rescues, the Garden State Race Track fire, 84-hour weeks and $60 paychecks, and a city he still loved.
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The Kids…The Breadman…The Cop…
On the 25th anniversary of Howard Unruh's September 6, 1949 shooting rampage, the Courier-Post recalls William Joyce, bread-truck driver Roxy DeMarco and former policeman Harry "Barney" Tracy.
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George Williams, Army Retiree, Rites Tomorrow
George H. Williams, 49, a retired Army sergeant of 60 S. 26th St., Camden, died at Cooper Hospital; Mass of the resurrection at St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral, Federal Street, and burial with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Lydia M. Gonce
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.
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Martha A. Crossley
Obituary of Martha A. Crossley, 66, of 2411 Howell Street, who died May 9, 1971.
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Juckett
Death notice for Harry F. Juckett, 81, of 15 North 35th Street — a World War I veteran and retired Public Service Gas & Electric employee — with Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and interment at Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill.
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Purden
Death notice for James P. Purden, 29, of 1217 North 18th Street, Camden, who died October 10, 1970. He was the husband of Joyce M. (nee Briggs) and was survived by a brother and two sisters.
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Giuseppe De Luca
Obituary for Giuseppe De Luca, 75, of 603 Avon Street, a native of Italy and 44-year Camden resident, retired RCA maintenance man and uncle of Camden County register of deeds Joseph De Luca.