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Ernest Benjamin Tomlinson

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Ernest Benjamin Tomlinson

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
23 Nov 1953 (aged 73–74)
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.8677183, Longitude: -87.8228972
Plot
Section 4, lot 4
Memorial ID
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ERNEST B. TOMLINSON
Special to the New York Times
OAK PARK, Ill., Nov. 23--Ernest B. Tomlinson, retired vice president of the National Biscuit Company, died yesterday in West Suburban Hospital. His age was 74. He formerly was president of the Prairie State Bank of Oak Park.
Surviving are his widow, a son and a daughter.
--New York Times, 24 November 1953, pg. 29

Siblings: Roy, Genevieve, Howard
Children: Willis Herrick Tomlinson and Helen Jewell [Worcester]

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Second Obituary - *Submitted by Debbie B (#47274612)

Services Here for Ernest B. Tomlinson, 70-Year Villager
Ernest B. Tomlinson, 74, of 181 North Grove, died Sunday at West Suburban hospital, following a brief illness. Mr. Tomlinson. a lifelong resident of Oak Park, was the son of Everett S. and Genevieve Rush Tomlinson. He received his elementary and high school education in the village, and attended the University of Wisconsin. On June 18. 1914, he was married to Jewell Herrick, in Oak Park.
In the investment banking business from 1901 to 1922, he was then president of the Prairie State Bank of Oak Park from 1922 to 1928. Continuously with the National Biscuit company from 1927 until his retirement in 1945, he served as vice president the last 11 years there. He was a director of the Avenue State bank from 1933 to 1947.
Mr. Tomlinson also served on the board of trustees of Scoville Institute since 1933. He was a member of the River Forest Tennis club, and was its president in 1928.
Services were conducted yesterday by the Rev. Fred Hoskins at the First Congregational church, of which Mr. Tomlinson was a member and where he had served as member of the boards of deacons and trustees. His widow, Jewell H. survives, and a son and daughter, Willis H. of Indianapolis, Ind., and Helen Tomlinson Worcester of Port Washington, L. I., N Y. Also surviving are three grandchildren, Ann, John and Charles Worcester, a brother, Roy E. Tomlinson of Montclair, N. J., and a sister, Mrs. Genevieve Benezet of Honolulu, Hawaii.
—Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 26 Nov 1953, pg. 14
ERNEST B. TOMLINSON
Special to the New York Times
OAK PARK, Ill., Nov. 23--Ernest B. Tomlinson, retired vice president of the National Biscuit Company, died yesterday in West Suburban Hospital. His age was 74. He formerly was president of the Prairie State Bank of Oak Park.
Surviving are his widow, a son and a daughter.
--New York Times, 24 November 1953, pg. 29

Siblings: Roy, Genevieve, Howard
Children: Willis Herrick Tomlinson and Helen Jewell [Worcester]

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Second Obituary - *Submitted by Debbie B (#47274612)

Services Here for Ernest B. Tomlinson, 70-Year Villager
Ernest B. Tomlinson, 74, of 181 North Grove, died Sunday at West Suburban hospital, following a brief illness. Mr. Tomlinson. a lifelong resident of Oak Park, was the son of Everett S. and Genevieve Rush Tomlinson. He received his elementary and high school education in the village, and attended the University of Wisconsin. On June 18. 1914, he was married to Jewell Herrick, in Oak Park.
In the investment banking business from 1901 to 1922, he was then president of the Prairie State Bank of Oak Park from 1922 to 1928. Continuously with the National Biscuit company from 1927 until his retirement in 1945, he served as vice president the last 11 years there. He was a director of the Avenue State bank from 1933 to 1947.
Mr. Tomlinson also served on the board of trustees of Scoville Institute since 1933. He was a member of the River Forest Tennis club, and was its president in 1928.
Services were conducted yesterday by the Rev. Fred Hoskins at the First Congregational church, of which Mr. Tomlinson was a member and where he had served as member of the boards of deacons and trustees. His widow, Jewell H. survives, and a son and daughter, Willis H. of Indianapolis, Ind., and Helen Tomlinson Worcester of Port Washington, L. I., N Y. Also surviving are three grandchildren, Ann, John and Charles Worcester, a brother, Roy E. Tomlinson of Montclair, N. J., and a sister, Mrs. Genevieve Benezet of Honolulu, Hawaii.
—Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 26 Nov 1953, pg. 14


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