Mrs. Mekelburg, who turned 100 on Tuesday, was one of only two known remaining survivors of the Cocoanut Grove fire when she died Thursday in her NewBridge on the Charles senior living home in Dedham.
Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country. An enlistment officer sent him home, saying the ...
Dayton-area Holocaust survivor Bob Kahn died Tuesday at the age of 100. Kahn’s survival of the Nazi Holocaust during World War II and his teachings in the Dayton region have been well documented.
Editor’s note: Jack Burke Jr. passed away on Jan. 19, 2024. He was 100 years old. This obituary was published following his death. It’s being run again at the request of the Texas Children’s ...
He was 100 years old. Brown was a child of the Great Depression, raised in a wood shack in rural Louisiana, but launched his first enterprise while in high school by selling appliances door to door.
Shigeichi Negishi, the inventor of the world's first commercially-available karaoke machine, has died in Japan. He was 100 years old. According to the Wall Street Journal, Negishi's daughter Atsumi ...
Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has died, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021. (Chris ...
Apr. 4—Dayton-area Holocaust survivor Bob Kahn died Tuesday at the age of 100. A funeral is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday at Temple Israel with Rabbi Bodney-Halasz officiating, according to an ...
(Tribune News Service) — Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country. An enlistment officer ...