HEART ATTACK FATAL FOR J. W. BLACK
Succumbs at 71
Joseph W. Black, 71, general manager of the Murray-Black Co., died of a heart attack at 4:40 p.m. Saturday in his home at 202 Hawthorne rd.
Mr. Black had been ill the last several years.
He suffered a heart attack while he was sitting in a chair at his home around 9 a.m., but it was not until approximately eight hours later that death occurred.
Mr. Black was a bachelor. He resided with a sister, Miss Florence E. Black.
What was to become the Murray-Black Co. was started by the late Laban H. Murray. Several years after the company started operations, Mr. Black joined Mr. Murray and in 1910 the firm, which manufactures trimmers and paper hangers' tools, became known as the Murray-Black Co.
This company during the war did a great amount of war work.
Mr. Black was born Aug. 27, 1877, in Springfield. He attended Springfield grade schools and Springfield High School.
He was a member of Anthony Lodge No. 455, F. and A. M. and Springfield Chapter No. 48, R. A. M.
Survivors include three sisters, Miss Black, at home, Mrs. C. E. Winters of Birmingham, Ala. and Mrs. John McDorman of Bloomington, Ill.; one brother, James D. Black of York, Pa., and several nieces and nephews.
The body was taken to the Richards Memorial Home.
! (Copied from the Springfield News-Sun, Sunday, October 24, 1948).
Succumbs at 71
Joseph W. Black, 71, general manager of the Murray-Black Co., died of a heart attack at 4:40 p.m. Saturday in his home at 202 Hawthorne rd.
Mr. Black had been ill the last several years.
He suffered a heart attack while he was sitting in a chair at his home around 9 a.m., but it was not until approximately eight hours later that death occurred.
Mr. Black was a bachelor. He resided with a sister, Miss Florence E. Black.
What was to become the Murray-Black Co. was started by the late Laban H. Murray. Several years after the company started operations, Mr. Black joined Mr. Murray and in 1910 the firm, which manufactures trimmers and paper hangers' tools, became known as the Murray-Black Co.
This company during the war did a great amount of war work.
Mr. Black was born Aug. 27, 1877, in Springfield. He attended Springfield grade schools and Springfield High School.
He was a member of Anthony Lodge No. 455, F. and A. M. and Springfield Chapter No. 48, R. A. M.
Survivors include three sisters, Miss Black, at home, Mrs. C. E. Winters of Birmingham, Ala. and Mrs. John McDorman of Bloomington, Ill.; one brother, James D. Black of York, Pa., and several nieces and nephews.
The body was taken to the Richards Memorial Home.
! (Copied from the Springfield News-Sun, Sunday, October 24, 1948).
HEART ATTACK FATAL FOR J. W. BLACK
Succumbs at 71
Joseph W. Black, 71, general manager of the Murray-Black Co., died of a heart attack at 4:40 p.m. Saturday in his home at 202 Hawthorne rd.
Mr. Black had been ill the last several years.
He suffered a heart attack while he was sitting in a chair at his home around 9 a.m., but it was not until approximately eight hours later that death occurred.
Mr. Black was a bachelor. He resided with a sister, Miss Florence E. Black.
What was to become the Murray-Black Co. was started by the late Laban H. Murray. Several years after the company started operations, Mr. Black joined Mr. Murray and in 1910 the firm, which manufactures trimmers and paper hangers' tools, became known as the Murray-Black Co.
This company during the war did a great amount of war work.
Mr. Black was born Aug. 27, 1877, in Springfield. He attended Springfield grade schools and Springfield High School.
He was a member of Anthony Lodge No. 455, F. and A. M. and Springfield Chapter No. 48, R. A. M.
Survivors include three sisters, Miss Black, at home, Mrs. C. E. Winters of Birmingham, Ala. and Mrs. John McDorman of Bloomington, Ill.; one brother, James D. Black of York, Pa., and several nieces and nephews.
The body was taken to the Richards Memorial Home.
! (Copied from the Springfield News-Sun, Sunday, October 24, 1948).
Succumbs at 71
Joseph W. Black, 71, general manager of the Murray-Black Co., died of a heart attack at 4:40 p.m. Saturday in his home at 202 Hawthorne rd.
Mr. Black had been ill the last several years.
He suffered a heart attack while he was sitting in a chair at his home around 9 a.m., but it was not until approximately eight hours later that death occurred.
Mr. Black was a bachelor. He resided with a sister, Miss Florence E. Black.
What was to become the Murray-Black Co. was started by the late Laban H. Murray. Several years after the company started operations, Mr. Black joined Mr. Murray and in 1910 the firm, which manufactures trimmers and paper hangers' tools, became known as the Murray-Black Co.
This company during the war did a great amount of war work.
Mr. Black was born Aug. 27, 1877, in Springfield. He attended Springfield grade schools and Springfield High School.
He was a member of Anthony Lodge No. 455, F. and A. M. and Springfield Chapter No. 48, R. A. M.
Survivors include three sisters, Miss Black, at home, Mrs. C. E. Winters of Birmingham, Ala. and Mrs. John McDorman of Bloomington, Ill.; one brother, James D. Black of York, Pa., and several nieces and nephews.
The body was taken to the Richards Memorial Home.
! (Copied from the Springfield News-Sun, Sunday, October 24, 1948).
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