Syracuse (NY) Herald-Journal
Monday, January 8, 1945
Page 6, Columns 2 and 3
Earle E. Heffron Dies; President of Typo Union
Herald-Journal Employe Heart Attack Victim on Way to Work
Earle E. Heffron, 49, president of Syracuse Typographical Union 55 and secretary-treasurer of the Allied Printing Trades Council of Syracuse, died of a heart attack at about 7 A.M. today in the building of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, where he had been employed as a linotype operator since September, 1922.
Having just left a bus, Mr. Heffron was walking to work with a fellow employe, Otto C. Till of 122 Craton Street, when he collapsed on the street in front of 204 Herald Place. Till and another Herald-Journal employe, Robert Sniffen, who was following a block behind, carried Heffron into the lobby of the newspaper building.
Mr. Heffron was unconscious, but still breathing at the time. The police emergency inhalator squad managed by Patrolmen Robert Williams, Peter Bennett and Frank Weber, administered oxygen for 20 minutes, before he was pronounced dead by an intern with the Crouse-Irving ambulance. Coroner Harry L. Gilmore said death resulted from coronary thrombosis. Till said Mr. Heffron had complained of having a bad cold shortly before he was stricken.
Mr. Heffron was in his fifth term as president of the Syracuse Typographical Union and had presided at hits meeting Sunday afternoon, when he had seemed in good health.
He had been secretary-treasurer of the Allied Printing Trades Council for seven years. He was also a member of the advisory board of the United War Fund in Onondaga County and a member of the postwar committee of the Empire Typographical Conference, embracing all the printing unions in New York State.
A native of Auburn, he had been employed as a printer there before coming to Syracuse in September, 1922, when he joined the composing room staff of the Syracuse Herald.
He had served in France during World War I and had been wounded in action twice. Previous to the United States entrance into the World War he served in the Mexican campaign.
Mr. Heffron was a member of Sea and Field Masonic Lodge 3974 of Auburn, of First Baptist Church and of the Central City Consistory of Syracuse. He resided at 313 Hillsdale Avenue.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Madeline Thurston Heffron; two sons, Stephen E. and Eugene N. Heffron; a brother, Fred Heffron of Auburn; three sisters, Mrs. Neil Lerch of Geneva, Mrs. F. Martin Brown of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Gordon Dutton of Auburn; and several nieces and nephews.
The body was removed to the Welter funeral home where funeral services are to be conducted at a time to be announced later.
Monday, January 8, 1945
Page 6, Columns 2 and 3
Earle E. Heffron Dies; President of Typo Union
Herald-Journal Employe Heart Attack Victim on Way to Work
Earle E. Heffron, 49, president of Syracuse Typographical Union 55 and secretary-treasurer of the Allied Printing Trades Council of Syracuse, died of a heart attack at about 7 A.M. today in the building of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, where he had been employed as a linotype operator since September, 1922.
Having just left a bus, Mr. Heffron was walking to work with a fellow employe, Otto C. Till of 122 Craton Street, when he collapsed on the street in front of 204 Herald Place. Till and another Herald-Journal employe, Robert Sniffen, who was following a block behind, carried Heffron into the lobby of the newspaper building.
Mr. Heffron was unconscious, but still breathing at the time. The police emergency inhalator squad managed by Patrolmen Robert Williams, Peter Bennett and Frank Weber, administered oxygen for 20 minutes, before he was pronounced dead by an intern with the Crouse-Irving ambulance. Coroner Harry L. Gilmore said death resulted from coronary thrombosis. Till said Mr. Heffron had complained of having a bad cold shortly before he was stricken.
Mr. Heffron was in his fifth term as president of the Syracuse Typographical Union and had presided at hits meeting Sunday afternoon, when he had seemed in good health.
He had been secretary-treasurer of the Allied Printing Trades Council for seven years. He was also a member of the advisory board of the United War Fund in Onondaga County and a member of the postwar committee of the Empire Typographical Conference, embracing all the printing unions in New York State.
A native of Auburn, he had been employed as a printer there before coming to Syracuse in September, 1922, when he joined the composing room staff of the Syracuse Herald.
He had served in France during World War I and had been wounded in action twice. Previous to the United States entrance into the World War he served in the Mexican campaign.
Mr. Heffron was a member of Sea and Field Masonic Lodge 3974 of Auburn, of First Baptist Church and of the Central City Consistory of Syracuse. He resided at 313 Hillsdale Avenue.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Madeline Thurston Heffron; two sons, Stephen E. and Eugene N. Heffron; a brother, Fred Heffron of Auburn; three sisters, Mrs. Neil Lerch of Geneva, Mrs. F. Martin Brown of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Gordon Dutton of Auburn; and several nieces and nephews.
The body was removed to the Welter funeral home where funeral services are to be conducted at a time to be announced later.
Syracuse (NY) Herald-Journal
Monday, January 8, 1945
Page 6, Columns 2 and 3
Earle E. Heffron Dies; President of Typo Union
Herald-Journal Employe Heart Attack Victim on Way to Work
Earle E. Heffron, 49, president of Syracuse Typographical Union 55 and secretary-treasurer of the Allied Printing Trades Council of Syracuse, died of a heart attack at about 7 A.M. today in the building of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, where he had been employed as a linotype operator since September, 1922.
Having just left a bus, Mr. Heffron was walking to work with a fellow employe, Otto C. Till of 122 Craton Street, when he collapsed on the street in front of 204 Herald Place. Till and another Herald-Journal employe, Robert Sniffen, who was following a block behind, carried Heffron into the lobby of the newspaper building.
Mr. Heffron was unconscious, but still breathing at the time. The police emergency inhalator squad managed by Patrolmen Robert Williams, Peter Bennett and Frank Weber, administered oxygen for 20 minutes, before he was pronounced dead by an intern with the Crouse-Irving ambulance. Coroner Harry L. Gilmore said death resulted from coronary thrombosis. Till said Mr. Heffron had complained of having a bad cold shortly before he was stricken.
Mr. Heffron was in his fifth term as president of the Syracuse Typographical Union and had presided at hits meeting Sunday afternoon, when he had seemed in good health.
He had been secretary-treasurer of the Allied Printing Trades Council for seven years. He was also a member of the advisory board of the United War Fund in Onondaga County and a member of the postwar committee of the Empire Typographical Conference, embracing all the printing unions in New York State.
A native of Auburn, he had been employed as a printer there before coming to Syracuse in September, 1922, when he joined the composing room staff of the Syracuse Herald.
He had served in France during World War I and had been wounded in action twice. Previous to the United States entrance into the World War he served in the Mexican campaign.
Mr. Heffron was a member of Sea and Field Masonic Lodge 3974 of Auburn, of First Baptist Church and of the Central City Consistory of Syracuse. He resided at 313 Hillsdale Avenue.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Madeline Thurston Heffron; two sons, Stephen E. and Eugene N. Heffron; a brother, Fred Heffron of Auburn; three sisters, Mrs. Neil Lerch of Geneva, Mrs. F. Martin Brown of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Gordon Dutton of Auburn; and several nieces and nephews.
The body was removed to the Welter funeral home where funeral services are to be conducted at a time to be announced later.
Monday, January 8, 1945
Page 6, Columns 2 and 3
Earle E. Heffron Dies; President of Typo Union
Herald-Journal Employe Heart Attack Victim on Way to Work
Earle E. Heffron, 49, president of Syracuse Typographical Union 55 and secretary-treasurer of the Allied Printing Trades Council of Syracuse, died of a heart attack at about 7 A.M. today in the building of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, where he had been employed as a linotype operator since September, 1922.
Having just left a bus, Mr. Heffron was walking to work with a fellow employe, Otto C. Till of 122 Craton Street, when he collapsed on the street in front of 204 Herald Place. Till and another Herald-Journal employe, Robert Sniffen, who was following a block behind, carried Heffron into the lobby of the newspaper building.
Mr. Heffron was unconscious, but still breathing at the time. The police emergency inhalator squad managed by Patrolmen Robert Williams, Peter Bennett and Frank Weber, administered oxygen for 20 minutes, before he was pronounced dead by an intern with the Crouse-Irving ambulance. Coroner Harry L. Gilmore said death resulted from coronary thrombosis. Till said Mr. Heffron had complained of having a bad cold shortly before he was stricken.
Mr. Heffron was in his fifth term as president of the Syracuse Typographical Union and had presided at hits meeting Sunday afternoon, when he had seemed in good health.
He had been secretary-treasurer of the Allied Printing Trades Council for seven years. He was also a member of the advisory board of the United War Fund in Onondaga County and a member of the postwar committee of the Empire Typographical Conference, embracing all the printing unions in New York State.
A native of Auburn, he had been employed as a printer there before coming to Syracuse in September, 1922, when he joined the composing room staff of the Syracuse Herald.
He had served in France during World War I and had been wounded in action twice. Previous to the United States entrance into the World War he served in the Mexican campaign.
Mr. Heffron was a member of Sea and Field Masonic Lodge 3974 of Auburn, of First Baptist Church and of the Central City Consistory of Syracuse. He resided at 313 Hillsdale Avenue.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Madeline Thurston Heffron; two sons, Stephen E. and Eugene N. Heffron; a brother, Fred Heffron of Auburn; three sisters, Mrs. Neil Lerch of Geneva, Mrs. F. Martin Brown of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Gordon Dutton of Auburn; and several nieces and nephews.
The body was removed to the Welter funeral home where funeral services are to be conducted at a time to be announced later.
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