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Earl Ezekiel Russ

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Earl Ezekiel Russ

Birth
Beamsville, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
8 Nov 1909 (aged 24)
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA Add to Map
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The body of Karl E. Russ, who was asphyxiated in a Toronto, Ont. boarding house on Monday night, arrived here this morning at 11:15 o'clock. Escorted by two delegates of the American Federation of Labor and three members of the local Typographical Union the body was taken to the family home in No. 1150 Ontario avenue. William Glockling, president of the Canadian Labor Congress, came with the body as the personal representative of the convention.

The funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. The Reverend Albert S. Bacon, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Mr. Russ was a member of the order of the Owls, Camp Lowry No. 45, W.O.W., the 42d Separate Company and of local No. 7470 A. F. and L. The employees of the Carter-Crume Company and the members of organizations with which the deceased was connected will attend the funeral.

Niagara Falls Gazette
Thur., Nov. 11, 1909
The body of Karl E. Russ, who was asphyxiated in a Toronto, Ont. boarding house on Monday night, arrived here this morning at 11:15 o'clock. Escorted by two delegates of the American Federation of Labor and three members of the local Typographical Union the body was taken to the family home in No. 1150 Ontario avenue. William Glockling, president of the Canadian Labor Congress, came with the body as the personal representative of the convention.

The funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. The Reverend Albert S. Bacon, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Mr. Russ was a member of the order of the Owls, Camp Lowry No. 45, W.O.W., the 42d Separate Company and of local No. 7470 A. F. and L. The employees of the Carter-Crume Company and the members of organizations with which the deceased was connected will attend the funeral.

Niagara Falls Gazette
Thur., Nov. 11, 1909

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