Death

Date January 1943
Place East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Description at 63 Marion St

Narrative

East Boston Leader, January 15, 1943, page 5

William H Brown, a life-long resident of this district, died suddenly at his home at 63 Marion Street last Friday in his seventy-first year.
Funeral services were held from the M.J. Kelly Funeral Parlors, Meridian Street, Tuesday morning followed by a Requiem High Mass at the Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Ulton M. McCabe as celebrant. Interment took place in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, where prayers at the grave were said by Rev. John G Hogan.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret (Steele) Brown, and one daughter.

[notes. regarding "died ... last Friday." This obituary appeared on a Friday. Did he die January 8 or 15? Also, why wasn't he buried until April 2?]

Source References

  1. East Boston Leader
      • Page: obituary of William H Brown, Jan 15, 1943, p 5