1911 - 1920 Jefferson County Obits
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LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 02/24/1911
CUMMINGS Thursday evening, February 23, 1911, at 10:15 o
clock, Timothy Cummings, aged 43 years, 7 months and 21 days. Funeral from his late residence on Berry and Taylor
Boulevards, Saturday afternoon at 1 o
clock. Interment in Eastern Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 03/11/1911
Henry C. Giesel, seventy-three years of age, a watchman at the L. & N. Shops, died last
night at 8:40 o
clock at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Allen Gregory, on Thompson
s Lane. Tuberculosis was the cause of his death. Giesel was a native of Germany. He is survived by three daughters
and one son, Mrs. John G. Seabert, Mrs. James Barbee, Mrs. Allen Gregory and Edward Giesel.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/26/1911
Mrs. Mary Dolan, aged 38 years, wife of James Dolan, for many years a night watchman at the
Galt House, died yesterday morning at her home, 1815 High Street, of a complication of diseases. Besides her husband,
she is survived by three small children. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at St. Patrick
s Church.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 04/08/1911
The funeral of William Ahern, the thirteen-year-old son of J. M. Ahern, proprietor of a saloon
at Clay and Main Streets, will be held at 8:30 o
clock from the residence, 643 East Main Street, and at 9 o
clock from St. Michael
s Church. The burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery. The body died Friday evening at St. Anthony
s Hospital of injuries he received Wednesday when he was run over by a freight train at Shelby and the railroad
crossing. Besides his father Ahern is survived by a sister, Mrs. Maggie Lee Gogan, and two brothers, James and
John Ahern.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 04/08/1911
AHERN April 7, at 6:45 p.m., William Maurice, youngest son of John M. and the late Sarah Ahern,
(nee Coffee), in his 13th year. Funeral Monday morning at 8:30 from the residence, northwest corner of Clay and
Main, and from St. Michael
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 04/17/1911
While attempting to arise from his bed, Roger O
Hern, formerly a well-known saloonkeeper of the West End, toppled over and expired shortly before 7 o
clock Sunday night at his residence, 2742 West Main Street. Although he had been in ill health for some time, his
death was unexpected, as he seemed to be much improved Sunday. Mr. O
Hern was born in Ireland sixty-eight years ago. He retired from business a few months ago and went to French Lick
Springs, Ind., returning to Louisville only recently. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, two brothers and
a sister. The funeral arrangements have not been completed.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 04/18/1911
O
HERN Sunday, April 16, at 7 p.m., Roger, beloved husband of Ellen O
Hern (nee Hartnett), at his residence, 2742 West Main Street. Funeral Wednesday, April 19, at 8:30 from residence,
and 9 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church. Interment St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 06/15/1911
Olges Wednesday, June 14, at 7:30 a.m., Mary Anna, beloved daughter of John and Louisa Olges
(nee Kupper), aged 29 years 7 months and 16 days. Funeral Friday morning at 8 o
clock from residence, Fairmount, Ky. and from St. Edward
s Church at Jeffersontown at 9:30 o
clock. Burial in Jeffersontown Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 10/09/1911
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth O
Hern, sixty years of age, widow of Morris O
Hern, will be conducted at 8:30 o
clock tomorrow morning from the family residence, 1838 Frankfort Avenue, and at 9 o
clock from St. Francis of Rome Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery. Her death occurred at 12:30 o
clock Sunday morning. Two sons and two daughters survive her.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 11/19/1911
REPETTO Saturday, November 18, 1911, at 11:25 a.m., Bartholomew Repetto, beloved husband of
Amelia Repetto (nee Gatto), aged 79 years. Funeral from the residence, 447 South Third Street, Tuesday morning
at 8:30 o
clock and from the Cathedral of the Assumption at 9 o
clock. Burial in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 11/19/1911
Bartholomew Repetto, aged 79 years, one of the oldest Italian residents of Louisville died of
a complication of diseases and cirrhosis of the liver at 11:25 o
clock yesterday morning at his home, 447 South Third Street. He had been ill for only two weeks, prior to which
time he had discharged his duties at his fruit store, 136 West Jefferson Street. Mr. Repetto was born in Genoa,
February, 1832, and came to America when a boy. He had lived in Louisville for fifty-four years. For twenty-five
years he was connected with the Joseph Denunzio Fruit Company, having left that firm to open his store eleven years
ago. He is survived by his widow and four daughters, Mrs. Mary Griffo, Mrs. Henry Lanzami, Mrs. Charles Wehrle
and Miss Maymie Repetto, and nine grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 8:30 o
clock Tuesday morning at the residence and at 9 o
clock at the Cathedral of the Assumption. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY - 01/07/1912
Lotta Ede, beloved wife of Charles Ede, aged 29 years, at the residence of her father Dave Dubourg,
733 West Jefferson Street at 9 o'clock Friday evening. Funeral will be held from residence of her husband 2827
Fourth Avenue. Time later.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 01/07/1912
Lotta Ede, beloved wife of Charles Ede, aged 29 years, at the residence of her father Dave Dubourg,
733 West Jefferson Street at 9 o'clock Friday evening. Funeral will take place from her home, 2827 Fourth Street,
Monday morning at 8:30, and from Holy Name Church, Fourth and O Streets at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 01/27/1912
Former Louisville Man Victim of Meningitis - Stricken While With Boosters
Club at Houston and Succumbs Few Days Later
A telegram was received last evening by John M. Warden, of 2334 West Chestnut Street, manager
of W. L. Lyons & Co., announcing the death of his brother, William Hite Warden, at his home, Fort Worth, Tex.
The deceased was formerly a resident of Louisville and last July went to Texas, where he became manager for the
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. He was well known in this city and was a member of the Commercial Club
here. Mr. Warden was a son of Capt. John L. Warden and was born forty-four years ago. He was stricken by meningitis,
it was announced in the telegram, while with the Fort Worth Boosters
Club at Houston, Tex., and died a few days after returning to his home. He is survived by a widow, who formerly
was Miss Julia Shafer, and four children, his father and brother in this city, and a brother, Wayne Warden, of
Nashville.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/22/1912
Theodore Fontana, 54 years of age, baggage master for the B. & O. railroad of Cincinnati,
died late yesterday afternoon in Cincinnati of appendicitis, according to a telegram received by his mother, Mrs.
John Fontana, of 421 East Walnut Street. Mr. Fontana had been ill three days. He had been a resident of Cincinnati
a number of years. He is survived by his mother, five brothers and six sisters. The remains will arrive at 2:10
o
clock this afternoon, and the funeral will be held at his mother
s residence.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/23/1912
FONTANA At Cincinnati, O., Thursday, March 21, 1912, at 1:15 p.m., Theodore Fontana, beloved
son of Mrs. Catherine and the late John Fontana. Funeral Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o
clock, from family residence, 421 East Walnut, and from Cathedral of Assumption at 2 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 08/08/1912
HUGHES August 7, 1912, at 12 p.m., William Hughes, aged 30 years, son of the late William
Hughes. Funeral from Dougherty & McElliott
s chapel, 1227 West Market Street, Friday morning, August 9, at 10 o
clock. Interment St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 08/31/1912
Robert Fink, 2210 St. Xavier Street, attempted suicide yesterday afternoon by swallowing paris
green. His wife discovered him writhing on the floor of their bedroom and called Dr. H. V. Saunders, who administered
an emetic and had Fink removed to the City Hospital, where his condition is considered critical. Mrs. Fink said
that she knew of no motive for her husband
s act. He has been employed by the Peaslee-Gaulbert Company, but did not go to work yesterday morning.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 10/19/1912
DORAN - Friday, October 18, 1912, at 4:30 p.m., John Doran, beloved husband of Sibbie Doran
(nee Carlton), aged 49 years. Funeral from the Residence, 502 Rubel Avenue, near Underhill Street, Monday morning
at 8:15, and from St. Michael's Church at 9 o'clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/16/1913
BUSCH Friday, March 14, 1913, at 6:30 p.m., Amelia Busch (nee Laufer), beloved wife of Michael
Busch, aged 58 years. Funeral from the residence, 739 South Clay Street, Monday morning at 8:45 and from St. Martin
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Michael
s Cemetery. Terre Haute, Ind., papers please copy.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 04/04/1913
SIEGEL On Thursday, April 3, at 3 a.m., Charles Siegel, beloved husband of Kate Siegel, aged
64 years. Funeral Saturday, April 5, at 8:30 a.m. from residence, 913 Marshall Street, and 9 a.m. at St. Martin
s Church. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL ARTICLE 04/11/1913
Inquest into Killing of George Snyder Held
J. M. Young, Whose Plea of Self-Defense Is Challenged, Held Responsible in Verdict
At an inquest held by Coroner Ellis Duncan yesterday afternoon into the death of George Snyder,
the jury returned a verdict to the effect that Snyder came to his death by gunshot wounds inflicted by J. M. Young.
Snyder was killed several days ago following an argument over a right of way for a road between the farms of Snyder
and Young. They lived near Hikes Point on the Taylorsville Road. Young claims that Snyder drew his revolver before
the fatal shot was fired. Testimony before the coroner
s jury was that Snyder did not draw a weapon. Deputy Coroner William Kammerer testified that when he searched the
body he found a revolver in the left pocket of the dead man
s trousers. He stated that the cylinder of the revolver contained five cartridges and none had been fired.
LOUISVILLE TIMES ARTICLE 04/09/1913
Inquest Is Set For Friday
Coroner Duncan Will Investigate Killing of George Snyder by John Young
Coroner Ellis Duncan will hold an inquest Friday morning at 9 o
clock to determine exactly the circumstances of the killing of George Snyder by John M. Young on the Taylorsville
Road, yesterday afternoon. Young came straight to town and surrendered to Jailer Pflanz. He stated that the shooting
was due to a quarrel over a right of way, and that he shot after the other man had drawn his gun. The affair happened
on the right of way between the two farms. Coroner Duncan, who made an immediate investigation, found dust on the
guard and trigger of Snyder
s pistol, which was in his pocket. On calling the attention of witnesses to it, a man who saw the shooting declared
that Snyder had nothing in his hand when Young opened fire. Three shots struck Snyder, one grazing the right temple,
a second plowing through the left side of the body, and the third, which caused his death, striking him squarely
in the back of the head. William Snyder, a son, witnesses the affair from a distance. Snyder leaves several children
in addition to his wife. Young is married and has four children. Young was presented before Muir Weissinger County
Judge, today and admitted to bail in the sum of $5000 and his examining trial set for Saturday, April 17. E. R.
Sprowl was accepted as bondsman for Young. Young appeared in the courtroom with his wife. Edward G. Klemm appeared
as attorney for Young and made the motion for bail. He briefly stated the case to Judge Weissinger, reiterating
the fact that Snyder was the aggressor and was on Young
s place.
COURIER JOURNAL ARTICLE 04/09/1913
Road Tragedy - J. M. Young Charged With Killing G. Snyder - Quarrel Over Right-Of-Way Ends in
Shooting - Coroner Finds Victim
s Pistol in His Pocket - Self-Defense is Claimed
Although John M. Young, aged 52, a farmer, living one mile beyond Hike
s Point on the Taylorsville Road, charged with having shot and killed George Snyder, 44, a neighbor, yesterday
afternoon, asserts that he shot Snyder only after the latter drew a revolver on him. Coroner Duncan discovered
dust on the trigger of Snyder
s pistol. Dr. Duncan declared he further found that Snyder
s pistol was in his pocket and that a bullet wound square in the back of the head caused the man
s death. The investigation of the Coroner was made immediately following the shooting, the body of the dead man
not having been moved until Dr. Duncan and his deputy, William T. Kammerer, arrived on the scene. Snyder had three
bullet wounds in his body. One bullet grazed the right temple, clipped a notch from the right ear and fractured
the skull. Another bullet entered about two inches to the left of the center line of the front of his body, passed
through the body and was located under the flesh in the back of his body. The third bullet, which caused his death,
according to the Coroner, entered the back of the head. Upon discovering the dust on both the front and back of
the trigger Coroner Duncan called the attention of two witnesses to it. Young surrendered at the jail yesterday
afternoon. He told the deputies he had shot a man, but at that time he did not know his victim was dead. To reporters
Young declared that there had been bad feelings between himself and Snyder for some time, growing out of an argument
over a right of way. He declared the road was on his property, but that Snyder, who occupied an adjoining farm,
contended it was his ground. He frequently ordered me off the road, but as it was on my own property, I drove
my team over it again, Young said. I was planting potatoes in my field when Snyder came over to me and told me
to get my team off the road. I told him that if he would give me time I would take the team off the road and never
use the road again. As I started to go toward the team, he drew a revolver on me. Then I drew mine and beat him
to the shot. I am not sure how many times I fired, but I believe it was twice, was Young
s story of the trouble. He declared that after shooting Snyder he turned and walked away without looking to see
how badly his victim was injured. He said he drove his team to the barn and unhitched. Then he went into his home,
cleaned up and, boarding an interurban car, went direct to the jail. Snyder
s body was found by Alex Kennedy, whose farm is across the Taylorsville Road from that of Young. Kennedy said he
heard three shots fired and saw Young leave the spot and go to his home. Kennedy said he went to the scene and
found the body. Life was extinct. The Coroner and the county police were then notified. Snyder was 44 years of
age and is survived by a widow and several children. Young is the owner of the farm where the shooting occurred,
and has lived there about two years. He has a wife and four children.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 04/11/1913
Mary Loretta (nee Rehm) Luckert, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Rehm, age 25 years, wife of
C. A. Luckert, druggist, 1562 South Seventh Street, at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 10. Funeral will be held from residence
of parents, 612 Floral Terrace. Due notice of funeral later.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 04/11/1913
Mary Loretta (nee Rehm) Luckert, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Rehm, age twenty-five years,
wife of C. A. Luckert, druggist, 1562 South Seventh Street, at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 10. Funeral will be held
from residence of parents, 612 Floral Terrace at 8 o
clock Monday morning, and from St. Louis Bertrand Church at 8:30 o
clock. Interment St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 05/05/1913
BUSCH Monday, May 5, 1913, at 2 a.m., Michael Busch, age 66 years. Funeral from the residence
of his son, John Busch, 1002 Mulberry Street, Wednesday morning at 8:45 o
clock and from St. Elizabeth
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Michael
s Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 05/16/1913
Miss Nellie O
Hearn, thirty years of age, daughter of the late Maurice and Elizabeth O
Hearn, died at 6:50 o
clock last night at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital. She is survived by two brothers, James and Thomas O
Hearn, and a sister, Miss Minnie O
Hearn. The funeral will be conducted from the residence, 1838 Frankfort Avenue, at 8:30 o
clock tomorrow morning and at 9 o
clock from St. Francis of Rome Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 05/16/1913
Miss Nellie O
Hern, age 30, daughter of the late Maurice and Elizabeth O
Hern, died Thursday afternoon at 6:50 o
clock at the O
Hern residence, 1838 Frankfort Avenue. The hour for the funeral has not been fixed.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 08/20/1913
John Luvisi, beloved husband of Jennie Luvisi (nee Gatto), August 19, at 8:10 a.m., in his sixty-sixth
year. Funeral from residence, 218 South Third Street, Thursday morning, August 21, at 8:30 o
clock and from the Cathedral of the Assumption at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 02/17/1914
Mrs. Lillian O
Hern, wife of D. W. O
Hern, died at 6 o
clock last evening after an illness of five weeks of stomach trouble at her home, 1204 Rowan Street. She was forty-one
years of age and a native of Louisville. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Miss Mary Josephine
O
Hern; her mother, Mrs. Mary Pfeffer; a sister, Miss Margaret Pfeffer, and two brothers, H. C. Pfeffer, of St. Louis,
and J. W. Pfeffer, of Oakland, Cal.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 02/17/1914
O
HERN Monday, February 16, at 6:30 p.m., Lillie O
Hern, aged 41 years, beloved wife of Daniel O
Hern (nee Pfeffer). Funeral Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the residence, 1204 Rowan Street, and from St. Patrick
s Church at 3 o
clock. Burial in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 03/24/1914
Babe Dies of Pneumonia
Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell, eighteen-month-old daughter of Patrolman Orville Mitchell, of the
First District, died of pneumonia at 6:30 o
clock last evening at her home, 939 Ellison Avenue. The funeral will be conducted from the residence at 2:30 o
clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 04/18/1914
Peter Silliman, 48 years old, of 1331 Payne Street, died at 10:45 o
clock yesterday morning at the Waverly Hill Sanatorium of tuberculosis. Funeral services will be held at L. D.
Bax
s chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2 o
clock. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 05/07/1914
REPETTO Wednesday, May 6, 1914, at 11:45 a.m., Amelia Repetto (nee Gatto), widow of the late
Bartholomew Repetto, aged 74 years. Funeral from the residence, 447 South Third Street, Saturday morning at 8:30
and from Cathedral of the Assumption at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery. Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati papers please copy.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 06/27/1914
NOONAN June 24, at 5:30 a.m., Thomas Noonan, in his 40th year. Funeral from the residence,
2227 High Avenue, Sunday afternoon at 2 o
clock and at St. Cecilia
s Church at 2:30 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 06/27/1914
The funeral of Thomas Noonan, forty years of age, who died of Bright
s disease Friday, will be conducted at 2 o
clock Sunday afternoon from the residence 2227 High Avenue, and at 2:30 o
clock from St. Cecilia
s Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery. His widow and four children survive him.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 08/04/1914
Mrs. Ellen O
Hern, 62 years old, died yesterday afternoon at her residence, 2742 West Main Street of infirmities. She was the
widow of Rodger O
Hern. A daughter, Miss Blanch O
Hern survives. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 o
clock tomorrow morning at the residence, and at 9 o
clock at St. Charles Borromeo
s Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 08/25/1914
Henry Bruning, eighty-one years of age, died last night at his home, 2135 Duncan Street. Several
sons and daughters survive him. The funeral will be conducted from the residence at 2:30 o
clock Wednesday afternoon, with interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 08/25/1914
BRUNING Entered into rest Monday, August 24, 1914, at 7:30 p.m. Henry Bruning, in his 81st
year. Funeral at the family residence, 2135 Duncan Street, Wednesday, August 26, at 2:30 p.m. Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery. Indianapolis, Ind. papers please copy.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY - 09/02/1914
Malgoire L. Dubourg, Tuesday afternoon, September 1, 1914, at 1 o'clock, age 65 years. Remains
will be taken to Shelbyville, KY; Wednesday morning, September 2, at 10 o'clock. Funeral Thursday morning at 9
o'clock from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Con Sullivan, and at 9:30 o'clock from the Church of the Annunciation
at Shelbyville. Interment in Grove Hill Cemetery. Friends of family invited to attend.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 11/20/1914
William J. O
Hearn, for fourteen years a member of the City Council, president of the Kentucky Colonels since its organization
and superintendent of the J. B. Wathen Distillery for the last fifteen years, died at 4:55 o
clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 2435 West Broadway, of stomach trouble after an illness lasting eleven months.
He was operated upon last April. Mr. O
Hearn fought his illness heroically and was at his office until last Monday. He was compelled to go to bed then
and sank rapidly. He was conscious to the end and recognized his sisters and other relatives who were at the bedside
an hour before his death. He was 55 years old and unmarried. Representing the Twelfth Ward, Mr. O
Hearn was elected Alderman for fourteen years, but retired about eight years ago. He had opportunity to be elected
president of the Board of Aldermen, but did not seek the office when he learned that Charles F. Grainger would
be a candidate. Mr. Grainger was elected at that time. Mr. O
Hearn was a ready maker of friends and was a Democratic leader of his section of the city. He was made president
of the Kentucky Colonels, a Democratic organization, when it was first organized, and had been re-elected every
year since. He had never sought any other office except that of Alderman. He was a member of the orders of Elks
and Red Men. The funeral probably will be held tomorrow, but definite arrangements will not be made until the arrival
of his nephew, George McCran, from Pennsylvania. Mr. McCran is a traveling man and a telegram notifying him of
his uncle
s death was sent yesterday to Redding. The Rev. Charles P. Raffo, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Church, of which
Mr. O
Hearn was a member, will conduct the services. Mr. O
Hearn was born in Louisville and was the son of Dennis and Mary O
Hearn. He received his education in the public schools and early in life started out for himself. He was identified
with the Anderson-Nelson Distillery twenty-seven years before going to the Wathen Distillery. Surviving Mr. O
Hearn are two sisters, Mrs. J. McCran and Miss Mollie O
Hearn, a nephew, George McCran and a great-niece Miss Alice Sherrill McCran.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 01/17/1915
O
HEARN January 15, at 2:30 p.m., Mrs. Ellen O
Hearn. Funeral from the residence, 1207 West Oak Street, Monday morning at 8:45 and at St. William
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 01/16/1915
Mrs. Ellen O
Hearn, seventy-five years of age, mother of Police Sergt. Patrick O
Hearn, died of pneumonia at 2:10 o
clock Friday afternoon, following an illness of three weeks at her home, 1207 West Oak Street. She was a native
of Ireland, coming here in 1866. Her husband, Jeremiah O
Hearn, died twenty-five years ago. She is survived by five sons, Jerry, Michael, Edward, John and Sergt. Patrick
O
Hearn, and a daughter, Miss Katie O
Hearn. The funeral will be conducted from the residence at 8:45 o
clock Monday morning, and at 9 o
clock from St. William
s Church of which she was a member. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 10/20/1915
Mrs. Margaret Kempf died at 8:30 o
clock yesterday morning at her home, 1613 Garland Avenue. She had been active until stricken with paralysis three
months ago. Since childhood, she lived in the same neighborhood and for many years conducted a confectionery. She
was the oldest member of St. Peter
s Roman Catholic Church. Mrs. Kempf was twice married. She was the widow of John Kempf. Three sons, John, Frank
and Theodore Howe survive her. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence at 8:45 o
clock tomorrow morning, and at 9 o
clock at St. Peter
s Church, Seventeenth and Garland Avenue. Burial will be in St. John
s Cemetery. Howe
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY - 10/21/1915
THORNBERRY - Entered into rest Wednesday, October 20, at 7:45 a.m., Mrs. Ruth Gladys Thornberry
(nee Dubourg), beloved wife of Murray H. Thornberry, in her twenty-third year. Funeral from the late residence,
Taylor Boulevard and Gardner Avenue, Friday October 22, at 1 p.m. and from Bethlehem Evangelical Church, Seventh
Street near Hill, at 2 p.m. Interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 01/12/1916
Thomas P. Gogan, a pipe man of the No. 2 Engine Company, yielded to tuberculosis at 9:30 o
clock Monday night at his home, 110 South Shelby Street. He had been off duty on account of sickness since May
4. He was 26 years old and was appointed a fireman in April, 1911. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Lee
Gogan, four children, his mother, two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence
at 8:30 o
clock tomorrow morning and at 9 o
clock at St. Michael
s Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 04/24/1916
HOWE Sunday, April 23, at 11:05 a.m., Theodore Howe, age 58 years. Funeral Tuesday morning,
April 25, at 8:45 from the residence, 1613 Garland Avenue, and 9 o
clock from St. Peter
s Church, Seventeenth and Garland. Interment in St. John
s Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 05/18/1916
EILER - Wednesday, May 17, 1916, at 9 a.m., Melvina Eiler (nee Noe), in her thirtieth year,
beloved wife of J. L. Eiler. Funeral from residence, Auburndale Road, near South Park, Friday morning at 8 o
clock and from St. Leo
s Church, Highland Park, at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Stephen
s Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 07/23/1916
J. B. Martin, 19 years old, a printer, employed by the Mayes Job Printing Company, dived from
the canal wall at the foot of Twenty-fourth Street late yesterday afternoon and did not return to surface again.
His body was recovered by a crew from the Coast Guard station and the exact reasons for the young man
s drowning still remain a mystery. Martin was an excellent swimmer and there was no bruise on his head to indicate
that he had struck any object in the twenty feet of water into which he had dived. The coastguardsmen believed
that Martin was the victim of cramps, both arms being still when the body was rescued from the water by them. In
company with Byron Durham, 17 years old, Martin went to the canal to swim shortly after 4 o
clock yesterday afternoon. The two lads amused themselves for some time in diving from the canal wall and swimming
about. Durham was in the water when Martin made a spectacular dive. That was the last seen of him. When his companion
did not return to the surface, Durham ran for assistance in his excitement instead of trying to locate him by diving.
After some time the Coast Guard station was notified and a crew set out for the scene. Their passage through the
canal was greatly impeded and almost thwarted by the presence of a heavy drift of debris. They did not reach the
place where Martin had disappeared until nearly 5:00 o
clock, but it was not long after that the dragging hook brought up the body. Hoping that still there might be a
spark of life, the crew resorted to artificial respiration for almost an hour in the hope of resuscitating young
Martin. About a pint of water was expelled from his lungs. Finally all hope of reviving him was abandoned and Acting
Coroner Kammerer was called. He ordered the body sent to the undertaking establishment of John Maas & Bros.
Floyd Street and Broadway where it was prepared for burial. Besides his mother, Martin is survived by his stepfather,
J. M. Anderson, who is connected with the R. E. Wathen Distillery Company, and three stepbrothers, Harold, Noland
and Eddins Anderson. The family home is at the intersection of the Seventh-street Road and the Bernheim Lane. Arrangements
for the funeral have not been completed.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 11/21/1916
Mrs. Freda Ott Duerr, 48 years old, wife of John T. Duerr, died after a short illness of stomach
trouble at 3 o
clock yesterday afternoon at her residence, 912 East Jefferson Street. Besides her husband she leaves five daughters,
Freda, Elsie, Margaret, Catherine and Mary Louise Duerr, and five sons, Theodore, Joseph, John and Richard Duerr
and Brother Lignori (Duerr), of the Xavarian Brothers at Newport News, Va. Two sisters, Misses Catherine and Mamie
Ott, also survive. The funeral will take place from the residence at 8:30 o
clock Thursday morning and at 9 o
clock at St. Boniface Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 12/20/1916
VEITH Tuesday, December 19, 1916, at 1:10 p.m., Anna May Veith (nee Wentzel), aged 25 years,
beloved wife of Peter A. Veith. Funeral Friday morning at 8:30 from the residence, 811 Lampton Street, and from
St. Martin
s church at 9 o
clock. Interment at St. Michael
s Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 12/21/1916
WHITE December 20, at 9:30 a.m. Mr. Daniel White. Funeral from the residence, 1026 West Oak
Street, Friday morning, December 22, at 8:45 o
clock and St. William
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 12/21/1916
The funeral of Daniel White, 64 years old, who died yesterday morning at his home, 1026 West
Oak Street, of a complication of diseases, will be held at 9 o
clock tomorrow morning from St. William
s Church, with burial in St. Louis Cemetery. Mr. White for many years was an employee at the L & N shops. He
is survived by four daughters, the Misses Mary and Kate White and Mrs. William Bland and Mrs. Edward Brockie and
four sons, Patrick, John, Daniel and William White.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 01/07/1917
THOMPSON January 6, at 7:15 a.m., Claude Thompson, beloved son of Claude and Mary Thompson
(nee Crowley), aged 3 years. Funeral from the residence, 2026 Portland Avenue, Monday morning, January 8, at 10
o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 01/22/1917
REPETTO Saturday, January 20, 1917, at 11 a.m., Catherine Repetto, widow of Louis Repetto,
aged 81 years. Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Hasselwander, 1637 Rosewood Avenue, Tuesday
morning at 8:30 and from St. James Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 01/25/1917
Frederick A. Schick Pneumonia proved fatal at 5 o
clock yesterday morning to Frederick A. Schick, 21 years old, bartender for his father, Fred Schick, saloonkeeper
at the Eighteenth Street Road and Bernheim Lane. He is survived by his parents and four sisters, Mrs. William Ducoff,
Mrs. V. M. Hartlage and Misses Elsie and Hildegard Schick. Funeral services will be conducted at 8:30 o
clock tomorrow morning at the residence and at 9 o
clock at St. George Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 02/24/1917
Mrs. Delia Luckert, 68 years old, died of complication of diseases at 12:45 o
clock yesterday afternoon at her home 1474 South Seventh Street. She had been ill about two months. She is survived
by her husband, Chris Luckert, and three sons, Frank, Chris and Joseph Luckert. Funeral services will be held at
9 o
clock this morning at St. Anne
s Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 02/27/1917
The funeral of Patrick O
Hearn, 59 years old, and a veteran motorman on the Seventh-street car line, who died at 12:30 o
clock yesterday at his home, 953 South Twelfth Street, following a short illness, will be held at 8:30 o
clock tomorrow morning at the residence and at 9 o
clock at the St. Louis Bertrand Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery. He leaves his wife, Mollie O
Hearn; one sister, Hanna O
Hearn, and two brothers, James and Owen O
Hearn.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/02/1917
KOEHLER Thursday, March 1, 1917, at 8:55 p.m., Lillie May Koehler, beloved daughter of Henry
T. Koehler and the late Anna Koehler (nee Stumpf), aged 22 years 3 months and 3 days. Funeral from the residence,
319 South Clay Street, Sunday at 2 p.m., and from St. Paul
s Evangelical Church, Broadway, near Brook, at 2:30 p.m. Interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/26/1917
GERING Sunday, March 25, at 2:30 a.m., Henry Gering, aged 75 years, 8 months and 19 days,
beloved husband of Anna Gering (nee Rochner). Funeral Wednesday morning at 8:30 from the residence, 907 Barret
Avenue and from St. Brigid Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/30/1917
Funeral services for John Frederick Olges, 60 years old, farmer, will be conducted at 9:15 o
clock tomorrow morning at St. Edward
s Church, Jeffersontown, with interment in the Jeffersontown Cemetery. He died of organic heart disease at 9:05
o
clock Wednesday evening at his home at Fairmount. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Kupper Olges; a son,
Henry Olges; seven daughters, Misses Catherine, Alma, Lillian, Loretta and Bernadine Olges, Sister Mary Lawrence,
of the Ursuline Convent; and Mrs. John Tobbe. He was a member of St. Ludwig
s Benevolent Society and other organizations of the Catholic Church.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 04/07/1917
John M. Ahern, 59 years old, saloonkeeper at 701 East Main Street, a former policeman and bond
commissioner, and for years active in the affairs of the Democratic party in Louisville, died at 2:30 o
clock yesterday morning, following an illness of two months of stomach trouble, complicated with other ailments.
He was a native of Louisville. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Ochsenhirt; two sons, John and James Ahern,
a daughter, Mrs. Rudolph Detroy; a brother, Michael Ahern, and two sisters, Misses Margaret and Mary Ahern. He
was a member of the Mose Green Club and the Loyal Order of Moose. Funeral services will be conducted at 8:30 o
clock Monday morning at the residence, and at 9 o
clock at St. Michael
s Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 06/05/1917
WALLER At 12:30 p.m., June 4, Alice Morris Waller, aged 67 years. Funeral from the residence
on Greenwood Road near Pleasure Ridge Park this (Tuesday), June 5, at 3 p.m. Burial at Waller burying ground.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 06/23/1917
Mrs. Ellen Dubourg, 78 years old, widow of Frank Dubourg, died yesterday at her home, Eighteenth
Street and Bernheim Lane. Her death was caused by a complication of diseases after an illness of several weeks.
Mrs. Dubourg was a member of St. George
s Church, and she was born in Ireland. One daughter, Mrs. Julia Schultz, and two sons, Ben J. Dubourg of Denver,
and David A. Dubourg, of this city survive. The funeral will take place from the residence tomorrow morning at
8:30 o
clock and from St. George
s Church at 9 o
clock. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 09/03/1917
THORNBERRY At 6 p.m., September 1, Howard H. Thornberry, aged 53 years. Funeral from residence,
Taylor and Berry Boulevard, at 3 p.m. Monday, September 3. Interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 12/03/1917
O
HERN December 2, at 9:30 p.m., Mary, beloved wife of Denny O
Hern (nee Gift), in her 56th year. Funeral from the residence, 133 North Clay, Wednesday morning at 8:30, and at
St. Michael
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 12/25/1917
WOLZ Suddenly, December 24, 1917, at 8:20 p.m., John S. Wolz, aged 42 years, beloved husband
of Mary Wolz (nee Klein). Funeral Thursday morning at 8:30 o
clock from residence, 1818 Dumesnil Street, and at 9 o
clock from St. Peter
s Church, Seventeenth and Garland Avenue. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 12/19/1918
Olges Tuesday, December 17, at 7 p.m., Bernadine Olges, beloved daughter of Louise Olges (nee
Kupper) and the late John Olges. Funeral Friday morning at 8 o
clock from the residence, Fairmont, Ky., and from St. Edward
s Church at 9:15 o
clock. Interment in Jeffersontown Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 02/27/1918
Bernard Smith, 41 years old, died of tuberculosis at the city hospital at 8:45 o
clock yesterday morning. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rosie Smith, of 1624 Maple Street. Funeral arrangements
have not been made.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/10/1918
Two Louisville trainmen were killed and one was injured yesterday afternoon when a northbound
Louisville & Nashville freight train on it
s way to Louisville struck a small push car loaded with crossties near Bonnieville, a station about sixty-five
miles south of Louisville. Michael O
Hearn, 35 years old, engineer, of 1207 West Oak Street, was crushed and scalded to death. O
Hearn was a brother of Sergt. Patrick O
Hearn, of the First district police station. He leaves three other brothers, John Edward and Jerry O
Hearn, and a sister, Miss Katherine O
Hearn. A son, Michael O
Hearn, Jr., also survives. O
Hearn had been with the L. & N. Railroad for twelve years. He was considered one of the most efficient engineers
on the road.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/11/1918
O
HEARN Suddenly, March 9, at 4:30 p.m., Michael J. O
Hearn. Funeral from the residence, 1207 W. Oak Street, Tuesday morning at 8:45 and at St. William
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 07/30/1918
Citizens of River Front Mourn Death of Friend - Joseph J. Repetto Widely Known for His Philanthropies
Louisville
s riverfront is in mourning. Here and there groups of men and women could have been seen yesterday talking in low
tones, while the children were strangely quiet. Joseph J. Repetto, probably the best known and most beloved citizens
of the district, was no more. Repetto was not a financier, nor was he a big business man, the esteem he had won
being due entirely to the fact that he had devoted his entire life to aiding his fellow men and women. All the
education Repetto had was what he picked up himself, but the work he did often was declared the most practical
sort of philanthropy. It is recounted that never did a needy person ask him twice for aid. Seldom was it necessary
for them to ask him at all, for Repetto had some unknown way of keeping in touch with the needs of the less fortunate
in the community and always where he was needed most. When the pinch of winter came there always were many who
faced hunger. Time and again those who had emptied their last bucket of coal in the stove were unexpectedly visited
by Repetto. Then for a time at least, there was no suffering from hunger or cold in that family. If a man needed
money, whether Repetto knew him or not, he could have a few dollars for the asking, and never was he questioned
when he would return the loan. Children loved him and he loved the children. There was nothing he would not do
to make them happy. He never cared whose child it was, whether it was white or black. He loved them all, just
cause they
re children, he would say. Repetto was born on the river front forty-seven years ago. He began work in a broom
shop when yet a small boy. Twenty-three years ago he went into business for himself and has conducted a broom factory
ever since at 136 North Third Street. He began life penniless and at the time of his death was a wealthy man. He
was always active in the work for the betterment of the section of the city in which he lived and was spokesman
and legal advisor of his neighbors. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Arkie Repetto: two daughters, Mrs. Carrie
Roach and Miss Katie Repetto, and three sons, George, Charles and John Repetto. Charles Repetto is in the United
States radio service, stationed at Camp Buell.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 07/30/1918
REPETTO July 28 at 11:40 p.m., Joseph J., beloved husband of Arkie Repetto (nee Perkins),
in his forty-seventh year. Funeral Wednesday morning at 8:30 from residence, 136 North Third Street, and from St.
Michael
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 10/06/1918
HERBIG Saturday, October 5, 1918, at 2:30 p.m., of pneumonia following influenza, Joseph H.
Herbig, aged 29 years, beloved husband of Anna Herbig (nee Denzinger). Funeral this Sunday afternoon at 4 o
clock from the residence, 910 Samuel Street. Interment in St. Michael
s Cemetery. Strictly private.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY - 10/10/1918
Julia Sympson, age 27 years. Beloved wife of Edward Sympson, at Pensacola, Fla., Sunday, October
6, of influenza. Remains now at residence of parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schultz, Kenwood Hill. Funeral from residence
this afternoon at 3:45 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery. Burial private.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 10/08/1918
HERBIG Monday, October 7, 1918, at 9:30 p.m., of pneumonia, following influenza, Anna Herbig
(nee Denzinger), aged 26 years, widow of the late Joseph H. Herbig. Funeral this (Tuesday) afternoon at 4 o
clock from the residence, 910 Samuel Street. Interment in St. Michael
s Cemetery. Strictly private.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 12/10/1918
TEHAN - December 9, at 3 a.m. William Tehan, beloved husband of Ellen Tehan in his seventy-third
year. Funeral from the residence, 2127 West Broadway, Wednesday morning at 8:45 and at St. Charles Borromeo Church
at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 02/08/1919
William Joseph Luvisi, beloved husband of Ola May Luvisi (nee Butler), and son of Mrs. Jennie
Luvisi (nee Gatto), at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, February 6, 1919 at 9:50 p.m. in his thirty-seventh year.
Funeral from residence, 316 West Breckinridge Street, Sunday afternoon February 9 at 1:30 o
clock and from the Cathedral of the Assumption at 2 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/11/1919
Mrs. Ethel Agnes A
Hern, 23 years old, wife of James J. A
Hern, recently discharged from the navy, died of pneumonia yesterday morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles L. Brown, 313 East Washington St. Besides her husband and parents she is survived by three sisters
and three brothers: Mrs. A. Switzer, Misses Nora and Catherine Brown, and Charles, William and John Brown. The
funeral services will be held at 10 o
clock tomorrow morning at the St. Michael Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/19/1919
SCHWARZER Tuesday morning, March 18, 1919, Elizabeth Schwarzer (nee Hoeppe), age 69 years,
widow of Joseph Schwarzer. Funeral Friday morning at 8:30 from the residence, 726 Jacob St. and St. Martin
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Michael Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 04/11/1919
LEBANGOOD April 10, 1919, at 10:30 a.m., Carrie, beloved wife of William Lebangood (nee Silliman),
age 37 years. Funeral from the residence, 1231 South Shelby Street, Saturday morning, April 12, at 9:30 a.m., and
at St. Vincent De Paul
s Church at 10 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 05/12/1919
SEABERT Sunday, May 11, at 7:25 p.m., John Seabert, husband of Lena Seabert, age 52 years.
Funeral Tuesday afternoon, May 13, at 2 o
clock from the residence, 2931 South Third Street. Interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 05/12/1919
John G. Seabert, 52 years old, chief engineer of the City Hall, died last night at 7:45 o
clock at his home, 2931 South Third Street. He was a member of the Preston Lodge of Masons and the Odd Fellows.
Mr. Seabert is survived by one son, W. F. Seabert, and two daughters, Misses Irene and Lena Seabert.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 07/26/1919
Frank Estes, 53 years old, died yesterday afternoon in his residence, 706 East Jefferson Street.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ada Estes; seven sons, Orville, Benjamin, William, Thurman, Lawrence, Minor and
Paul Estes, and two daughters, Mrs. Viola Abbey, Dayton, O., and Miss Elsie Estes. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o
clock.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 09/22/1919
Mary Elizabeth Kiesler (nee Yanner), age 53 years, Saturday, September 20, at 10:30 p.m. Funeral
from residence, 2817 Jones Street, Tuesday morning at 8:30, and from Holy Name church, Third and O Streets at 9
o
clock. Interment St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 10/30/1919
Nellie F. Eddins (nee Ducoff), age 30 years, at the residence of her mother-in-law, Mrs. J.
M. Anderson, Seventh Street Road and Bernheim Lane, Tuesday, October 28, at 8:15 p.m. Funeral from residence Friday
morning at 8 o
clock, and from St. George
s Catholic Church, Eighteenth and railroad crossing, at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 12/11/1919
HERBIG - Wednesday, December 10, at 1:10 a.m., at his residence, 1038 Ash Street, Joseph N.
Herbig, age 63, beloved husband of Elizabeth Herbig (nee Bimmerle). Funeral Friday morning at 8:30 from residence
of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Horny, 1102 East Burnett, and from St. Elizabeth
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Michael
s Cemetery. Jasper, Ind. papers please copy.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 01/11/1920
O
HEARN January 10, 1920, at 2:40 a.m., Michael J. O
Hearn, son of Alice Doyle and the late Michael J. O
Hearn, 7 years and 4 months old. Funeral from the residence, 313 North Twenty First Street, Monday morning, January
12 at 8:30 a.m. and from St. Anthony
s Church at 9 o
clock. Burial in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 01/19/1920
John P. Kelly, 76 years old, figure in the Louisville Police Department periodically for fifty
years, fell dead of apoplexy while waiting for a street car at Twenty-eighth and Madison Streets at 11 o
clock yesterday morning. Mr. Kelly was going to his home 3638 West Chestnut Street, for lunch at the end of his
watch at Fourth District Police Station. When he fell bystanders carried him into Schnepp
s Grocery. John Kelly is best known as the man who owned and operated Kelly
s Park, Twenty-eighth Street and Elliot Avenue, for a number of years at one time one of the most popular places
of amusement in Kentucky. While operating the park he contracted for the first balloon ascension in Louisville.
Another achievement in which he had a part was freeing turnpikes of Jefferson County. In 1897 he retired from business
in Louisville and moved to a farm on the Cane Run Road in Jefferson County. The movement to do away with tollgates
beginning about this time, Mr. Kelly organized the Free Turnpike League of Jefferson County. Free turnpike advocates
throughout Kentucky were destroying tollgates, but when the radical element in this county suggested such methods,
their leader dissuaded them pointing out that lawlessness would be ineffective. In the first election called the
league and its followers were defeated, but in the second election two years afterward, travelers were freed from
toll by a large plurality. Mr. Kelly was a candidate for the General Assembly from the Fifty-first District in
1902, but was defeated. His service in the Louisville Police Department dates back to April 1870. He was probably
the oldest man in point of service in the department. He was a First Lieutenant when John G. Baxter was Mayor.
Mr. Kelly was looking forward to April 1, at which time he intended to resign as patrolman and celebrate a golden
jubilee. Mr. Kelly was born in County Galway, Ireland, in 1844. He emigrated to the United States when he was
13 years old, coming to Louisville at once with his parents. His death was unexpected. According to his son, E.
C. Kelly, Mr. Kelly had often said that he had never been ill a day in his life. Mr. Kelly was a member of the
Catholic Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose Kelly; a daughter, Mrs. John Quinn, and four sons, W. C.
Kelly, Thomas F. Kelly, E. C. Kelly and Theodore Kelly.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 01/19/1920
KELLY Suddenly, January 18, at 11 a.m., John P. Kelly. Funeral from his residence 3638 West
Chestnut, Tuesday morning January 20, at 9 o
clock, and from the Church of Our Lady at 9:30 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 02/02/1920
WAHL Sunday, February 1, at 12:30 a.m., Mary T. Wahl (nee Herbig), age 62 years, widow of
Edward Wahl. Funeral Tuesday morning at 8:30 from the residence, 1061 East Kentucky Street, and from Holy Trinity
Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Michael
s Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 02/14/1920
Arch H. Gaar The body of Arch H. Gaar, who died of pneumonia in New York early Thursday, will
arrive in Louisville at 3 o
clock, this afternoon. Funeral arrangements will not be made until his mother, Mrs. Julia Gaar, and his wife, Mrs.
Bessie Gaar, who are accompanying the body, arrive in Louisville.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 02/15/1920
GAAR At 2:15 a.m., February 12, 1920, in New York City, Archie Hamilton Gaar, husband of Bessie
Franklin, aged 32 years. Funeral from the residence of his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Henry F. Gaar, 3502 West Chestnut
Street, at 8:30 a.m., February 16, and from St. Charles Borromeo Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/15/1920
Cornelius Joseph Sullivan, 15-year-old son of Mrs. Mamie Dubourg Sullivan, died of pneumonia
at 4 o
clock yesterday afternoon at the family residence, 2210 West Broadway, following an illness of one week. He was
a pupil of Sacred Heart School. He is survived by his mother and six sisters, Mrs. Margaret Shawhan, Shelbyville,
and Misses Cornelia, Alice, Mary Florence, Dorothy and Augusta Sullivan. The body will be taken to Shelbyville
tomorrow morning for burial in Grove Hill Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 03/25/1920
Charles Weedon, 53 years old, died at his home, 1417 West Walnut Street; at 12:20 o
clock yesterday afternoon. He is survived by his mother, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will
be held at the residence at 2:30 o
clock Friday afternoon. Burial will be in Eastern Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 04/06/1920
Mrs. Alice Gary, 66 years old, died of pneumonia last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
R. H. Duke, 3175 South Third Street. She was a native of Indiana. The body will be taken to Glasgow Junction today
for burial.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 04/29/1920
Mrs. Alice Noonan, 43 years old, widow of Thomas Noonan, died at 12:30 o
clock yesterday afternoon at her home, 622 North Twenty-third Street. She is survived by three sons, William, Thomas
and James Noonan, and a daughter, Miss Ellen Noonan. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 8:30 o
clock tomorrow morning and at 9 o
clock at St. Cecilia
s Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 05/28/1920
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Clark, 74 years old, died at 7:19 o
clock last night at her home, 1773 West Hill Street. She is survived by her husband, Louis W. Clark, and nine children.
Funeral services have not been arranged.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 05/29/1920
Clark at 7:19 p.m., May 27, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Clark, age 74 years, beloved wife Louis W.
Clark. Funeral from her residence, 1773 West Hill Street, Sunday, May 30, at 2 p.m. Interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 07/18/1920
FONTANA Saturday, July 17, at 2:45 p.m. Quilo B. Fontana, age 57 years, beloved husband of
Isabel Taylor Fontana. Funeral Monday morning at 8:30 from the residence, 310 South Third Street, and from the
Cathedral of the Assumption at 9 o
clock. Interment at St. Louis Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY 07/27/1920
THORNBERRY at 3:45 p.m., July 26, James Earl Thornberry aged 26 years. Funeral from the residence
on Taylor Boulevard Wednesday morning, July 28, at 10 o
clock. Interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 07/27/1920
J. Earl Thornberry, 26 years old, a clerk for three years at the Quartermaster
s Depot, Jeffersonville, died at 3:45 o
clock yesterday afternoon at his home, Taylor Boulevard at Berry Boulevard. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sue
Thornberry, a 16 month old child, his mother, Mrs. Murray P. Thornberry, and a brother, M. H. Thornberry. Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY 11/21/1920
HERBIG Saturday, November 20, at 6:15 p.m., George C. Herbig, age 58 years, beloved husband
of Caroline Herbig (nee Timmer). Funeral Tuesday morning at 8:30 from the residence, 1021 East Breckinridge, and
from St. Martin
s Church at 9 o
clock. Interment in St. Michael Cemetery.