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Charles N. Jester of 534 Woodland Avenue, a retired boilermaker and member of Boilermakers Local 803, died after a long illness. Services were set for the Frank J. Leonard Funeral Home, with burial in Locustwood Memorial Park.
John G. Dalton, 68, of 509 Fairview Street, a retired construction worker and native of Newfoundland who had lived in Camden 45 years, died at his home; a requiem Mass was set for the Sacred Heart Church.
Mrs. Stella M. Beach, 47, of 702 Carman Street, a lifelong Camden resident and charter member of Camden Aerie 065, FOE Auxiliary, died at her home in September 1958; services were held at the Frank J. Leonard Funeral Home, 1451 Broadway.
The Camden Courier-Post death notice of February 14, 1958 for Thomas Hyde, 55, of 812 Howard Street, a life-long Camden resident who died in Cooper Hospital, survived by a brother, Richard, and a sister, Miss Ida Hyde.
Mrs. Theodosia Conaghy, 82, who served 27 years as matron of the Camden County Jail, died at the Berkley Street home of a nephew, Eli E. Conaghy.
Obituary for Mrs. Ada Dawson, 81, born in England, who died in Cooper Hospital in March 1957 after living seven years with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Butch, at 345 Winslow Street; services at the Frank J. Leonard Funeral Home, 1451 Broadway.
Obituary of John Melfi Sr., 74, of 24 Ablett Village, Camden — born in Italy, Camden resident for 42 years, maintenance man for Eavenson and Levering. Camden Courier-Post, December 11, 1956.
Death notice for James E. Murphy, 88, of 3010 Fenwick Road, Fairview, who died January 2, 1955; funeral from the Frank J. Leonard Funeral Home, 1451 Broadway, Camden. Camden Courier-Post, January 4, 1955.
Death notice for Charles B. Lamon of 1233 South 4th Street, Camden, who died February 1, 1954; husband of the late Anna Davis Lamon (nee Hagerty).
Obituary for Thomas Scarduzio Sr., who died in his home at 419 Winslow Street, his address for 35 years; a retired engineman in the round house of the old Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. Mass at Sacred Heart R.C. Church, burial in Calvary cemetery.
Page 50 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the Belgrade Wagon Works, J. J. Inglesby and Sons funeral directors of Merchantville, the Ave Maria Shop of Trenton, and funeral director Frank J. Leonard at 1451 Broadway, Camden.
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.
Obituary of Mrs. Stella Wright of 1139 North Twentieth Street, mother of Patrolman Earl Wright, who died July 30, 1941.
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.
Requiem mass was celebrated in Sacred Heart Church for Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, 46, of 915 Broadway, wife of Patrolman John McTaggart, with burial in Calvary cemetery. Camden policemen formed a guard of honor and served as pallbearers.
Hundreds paid tribute to Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, wife of Patrolman John McTaggart, at the funeral home of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway. She died in Cooper Hospital while her husband's friends were honoring him at a St. Patrick's Day party in Eagles Hall.
Fellow officers of Policeman John McTaggart will form a guard of honor for Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, 46, at the Frank J. Leonard funeral home, 1451 Broadway. She died in West Jersey hospital while her husband's friends were holding their annual frolic in his honor at Eagles' Hall.
Funeral notice for John H. Brown, 44, of 549 Woodland Avenue, with services at the parlors of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway. He was survived by his widow, Mary L. Brown.
Captain John Golden, head of the Camden city detective bureau, announced that detectives knew who killed Eighth Ward political leader "Mose" Flannery and held warrants for his arrest, as 2500 mourners turned out for the solemn high requiem mass at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church.