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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Their home, the Joseph Hewes House, was built in 1756 and the property was once owned by Joseph Hewes, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. [15] [16] [17] Wood converted to Anglicanism from Presbyterianism when she was forty-one. [1] She serves as the Parent Teacher Association president at her children's public elementary ...
Fernando C. Beaman, former U.S. Congressman; lived in Adrian and was mayor in 1856 [10] Jerome B. Chaffee, U.S. Senator from Colorado; lived in Adrian where he was a teacher and local businessman [11] Thomas M. Cooley, 25th Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court; lived in Adrian [12] Charles Croswell, 17th Governor of Michigan; lived in ...
The Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan trace their origin to Holy Cross Convent in Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, a convent established in 1233. [5]In 1853 four Sisters from this convent were sent to New York in response to a request for Sisters to provide religious education for German immigrant children.
Francis Joseph Sheeran (October 25, 1920 – December 14, 2003), also known as " The Irishman ", was an American labor union official and enforcer for Jimmy Hoffa and Russell Bufalino. He was accused of having links to the Bufalino crime family in his capacity as a high-ranking official in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the ...
Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell [1] was born on June 21, 1921, in Bemidji, Minnesota. [3] [4] She had four brothers: Thomas, Kenneth, Jamie, and Wallace.[5]Her father had been a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and her mother an actress with a road troupe; [6] her mother was also the subject of a portrait by Mary Bradish Titcomb, Portrait of Geraldine J., which received public attention ...
When Johnny Papalia became the boss of the Buffalo family's Canadian faction, Frank became his brother's Underboss. [164] In 1997, his brother Johnny was killed. [164] Frank took over leading the crew but the crew's influence in Canada declined significantly. Frank began suffering from Alzheimer's in the early 2000s and died on April 15, 2014 ...
Sportspeople from Adrian, Michigan (17 P) Pages in category "People from Adrian, Michigan" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.