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James Leo Smurl

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James Leo Smurl

Birth
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
13 Jan 1955 (aged 64)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section BK, Lot 1275 Grave 7
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DOB is one listed on death certificate, may not be correct as his brother John was documented as being born on the same day a year previous. [as per John's military records]
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JAMES L. SMURL
James L. Smurl, 62, of 1647 South Conestoga Street. Philadelphia, died Thursday afternoon in Phlladelphia State hospital following an Illness of six months.

Mr. Smurl was born in Wilkes-Barre, a son of the late John and Ellen Ferguson Smurl. He resided In Philadelphia 20 years. Prior to his Illness, he was employed there by the Mill Print Shop.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Patrick Kennedy, Philadelphia, and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held Monday; at 9 from the funeral home, 333 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, with a requiem mass at 9:30 in St. Ignatius Church. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening.

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record, 15 Jan 1955, pg 15
DOB is one listed on death certificate, may not be correct as his brother John was documented as being born on the same day a year previous. [as per John's military records]
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JAMES L. SMURL
James L. Smurl, 62, of 1647 South Conestoga Street. Philadelphia, died Thursday afternoon in Phlladelphia State hospital following an Illness of six months.

Mr. Smurl was born in Wilkes-Barre, a son of the late John and Ellen Ferguson Smurl. He resided In Philadelphia 20 years. Prior to his Illness, he was employed there by the Mill Print Shop.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Patrick Kennedy, Philadelphia, and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held Monday; at 9 from the funeral home, 333 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, with a requiem mass at 9:30 in St. Ignatius Church. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening.

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record, 15 Jan 1955, pg 15

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  • Created by: Sister Sonya
  • Added: May 21, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90497604/james_leo-smurl: accessed ), memorial page for James Leo Smurl (22 Aug 1890–13 Jan 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90497604, citing Saint Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Sister Sonya (contributor 47696213).