Brooklyn Daily Standard Union

21 January 1926
Shot in Heart, Gun Missing
Primio FURNARI, 32 years old, a laborer, shot and killed himself last night 
in his apartment on the top floor of a tenement at 568 Union street, 
according to the police.  An ambulance surgeon form Long Island College 
Hospital said death was practically instantaneous from one bullet wound near 
the heart.
Detectives of Grand avenue station who investigated said they were puzzled by 
their inability to find the pistol from which the bullet was fired, but 
declared they later obtained other conclusive evidence that the wound had 
been self-inflicted.  They said a heavy overcoat, an undercoat and a sweater 
he wore had been opened, and they learned from FURNARI'S wife and sister, 
with whom he lived, that he had been unemployed for some time and that he had 
been despondent.

23 January 1926
IN MEMORIAM
O'CONNELL-- In sad and loving memory of our dearly beloved sister; 
Jennie O'CONNELL ( nee BRYON) who departed this life Jan. 26, 1925.  
Gone, but never will be forgotten.  Sister and Brother, Helen and Charlie.

MURPHY-- In sad and loving memory of our beloved son and brother, 
Joseph MURPHY, who passed away Jan 25, 1925.  Anniversary mass will 
be said at 7;30 o'clock Monday morning at Our Lady of Victory Church, 
Troop Ave. and McDonough St.

A precious one from us has gone.
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our home.
That never can be filled.
Mother, sons , Daughter.

SMITH-- In sad and loving memory of our dearly beloved grandson, Norman SMITH, 
who departed this life Jan 17, 1923. Gone but not forgotten.

DALY, Lester G.-- Lester G. DALY, died Thursday at his home 652 Sixtieth Street.  
He was born in the old Twelfth Ward of Brooklyn and was a graduate of the 
parochial school of St. Mary Star of the sea.  He served in the United States 
NavalAir Service during the World War and was for 18 months stationed at Widdy Island.  
He was a member of Victor H. BRIDGEMAN, V. F. W., and Marquette Council K of C.  
He is survived by his mother, Teresa CARY DALY; two brothers, Gerald A. and Vincent, 
and three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Johnson, Mrs. Charles McCullough and Mrs. John Whitbeck.  
The Funeral will be held at 10:30 A. M. Monday with requiem mass at the 
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.  Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery.

BUCHHEIT,Martin.
Martin BUCHHEIT,died Friday at his home,451 Grandview Aveney.  
He was born In Brooklyn thirty=three years ago. And lived in Brooklyn and 
Ridgewood for many years.He was a member of the Catholic Young 
Men of Morgan Avenue. He was also a member of the R. C. Church St 
Aloysius, where a requlem mass will be celebrated Monday at 9 A. M.  
he is survived by his widow, Lillian BUCHHEIT: tow daughters, 
Lillian and Christine BUCHHEIT: two brothers, Jacob and John BUCHHEIT, 
and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Schreiner and Mrs. Louise Brosshardt.  
Interment will be at St. John's Cemetery under direction of 
Frank Darmstadt & Sons.

CATHERWOOD Joseph A.
Joseph A.  CATHERWOOD, died Wednesday.  He was born in Brooklyn 
twenty-nine years ago and was a son of the late Robert and Mary 
(PRENDERGAST)	CATHERWOOD.  He lived at 158 Fourth Avenue.  
He was a parishioner of the R.C. Church of St Augustine.  
He is surved in the 105th F. A. C. during the World War.  
He was employed by the Metro Choclate Company as an assistant engineer.  
He is survived by his widow, Nora, a son Harold: two brothers, 
Harry and Robert, and two Sisters, Mary and Lucy Catherwood.  
The funeral will be held at 2 P. M. 1918 Eighty-second Street.  
Interment will be at St. John's Cemetery under direction of 
John J. McGuire, 131 Sixth Ave.


18 February 1926
ESCAPING GAS KILLS WOMAN 82 YEARS OLD.
Gas escaping from an open jet in the bedroom of her home caused 
the death of Mrs. Henertta BLUMENTHAL, 82 yrs. old, of 
888 Fifth Ave., yesterday.  Ferdinand DEARING, of 874 Myrtle Ave., 
a nephew who was calling on his aunt found her lying in bed
and summoned a patrolman from the Fourth Ave. station.  Dr. DERBY, 
of Norwegian Hosp.,said death was due to gas poisoning.  According 
to the police Mrs. BLUMENTHAL has been despondent over the death 
of her husband and son.

23 February 1926
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JOSEPH A. BUTLER
   Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for
Joseph A. BUTLER, for twenty-five years a member of the editorial
staff of the "World".  Mr. BUTLER, who lived at 3101 Clarendon Rd., 
died yesterday morning at the Jewish Hospital, following a physical
breakdown suffered just a week ago.
   This evening the Brooklyn Lodge of Elks,22, of which he was a member, 
will hold a special Elks service at his home and tomorrow a solemn 
requiem mass will be celebrated at St. Jerome's R.C. Church, Nostrand
and Newkirk Ave.
   In his thirty-eighth year, Mr. BUTLER received his education in the
public schools and St. Stephen's Parochial Achool.  He was married
and had no children

5 November 1926
Hempstead Sentinel
Mrs. Robert VANDEWATER
Caroline VANDEWATER, wife of Robert VANDEWATER, former police chief in 
Hempstead village, died at her home early last Friday evening at 91 Columbia 
St. after a long illness.
Funeral service was conducted from her late home by Rev. Arthur BOUTON, 
pastor of the Hempstead Methodist Episcopal Church of which Mrs. VANDEWATER 
had been a member for many years. Internment was in Greenfield Cemetery 
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. VANDEWATER was born in Hempstead 62 years ago, one of seven children of 
the late John DENTON, an East Hempstead farmer and the late Hannah SMITH of 
Freeport. Both the DENTON and SMITH families were among the earliest settlers 
in the old Town of Hempstead. Mrs VANDEWATER was a direct descendant of the 
Rev. Richard DENTON, who led the little band that came from Conn. to Long 
Island in 1643 and first settled the Town of Hempstead.
In 1879 Robert VANDEWATER married Caroline DENTON. Three children survive the 
union, a son Edward VANDEWATER of Hempstead; two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Ryan 
of  Hempstead and Mrs. Josephine SMITH of Freeport; Two sisters, Mrs. 
Benjamin WHALLEY and Mrs. John CRAMPTON; Three brothers, Filimore and Amos 
DENTON of Hempstead and John DENTON of Amagansett.

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