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Raymond H. "Mike" Stark Sr. served 27 years in the Camden Police Department, appointed April 11, 1917 and retired on pension May 15, 1944, serving as traffic officer, district detective, patrolman and sergeant, and as a sergeant of the Camden Bridge police during a 1926 leave of absence (his 1953 obituary says he organized that force).
Obituary of Martha A. Crossley, 66, of 2411 Howell Street, who died May 9, 1971.
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.
Death notice of John Moellers, 77, of 1018 North 19th Street, Camden, who died July 19, 1969, survived by a brother Henry of Camden.
Funeral services for two rookie Camden policemen gunned down in a senseless killing early last Saturday morning, July 5, were held for one Wednesday and the other will be held today.
Death notice of Ambrose Faust, 71, of Haddon Heights, a retired Campbell Soup Company employee and father of Camden fireman Ambrose W. Faust.
George B. Smith, 81, of 515 Bailey Street, died January 31, 1956. He had lived 44 years in Camden and retired in 1945 as a maintenance foreman after 35 years with Warren Webster and Co., the Courier-Post reported on February 2, 1956.
Raymond H. "Mike" Stark Sr., 59, of 141 North 32nd Street, a retired Camden city policeman appointed in 1917 and pensioned in 1944, died of a heart condition in Cooper Hospital. He organized the Camden Bridge police force during a 1926 leave of absence and was a charter member and secretary of the Retired Police and Firemen's Association of Camden County.
Death notice for Lottie M. Service (nee Mancill), wife of Stuart F. Service of 435 North 41st Street, Camden, who died May 13, 1952, at age 56; services at Davies Funeral Chapel, Pennsauken.
Obituary of William E. Wilkinson, a former painting contractor of the 700 block of Royden Street, Camden Courier-Post, November 18, 1949.
Obituary of Mrs. Sophie Buechler, 74, of 1130 North 26th Street, who came from Germany, lived in East Camden from 1902 and was an aunt of Mrs. Pauline F. Caperoon, assistant to City Commissioner Mary W. Kobus.