Irene Judge Wiley
and her obituary scrapbook
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Mrs. Will Colston

Mrs. Julia Wiley Colston, widow of the late Will Colston, passed away at 6 o'clock this morning at the residence, 413 Broadway. A native of Mercer County, Ky., where she was born March 4, 1884, she had been ill for a long time. She was a member of the Baptist Church, having joined in 1908.

Mrs. Colston is survived by a son, I. J. Colston, Franklin County; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Harrod, Franklin County; and Mrs. Edith Kurner, Las Vegas, Nevada; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted in Rogers Chapel at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with interment in the Frankfort Cemetery.

 Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky
Julia Colston, 04 Mar 1884-09 Sep 1955
Will Colston, Jan 12 1881-26 Jul 1937

 Sunset Memorial Gardens, Woodford County, Ky
I. J. Colston, 1913-1976 [Son]
Elizabeth A. Colston, 1915-

 Franklinton Church Cemetery, Henry County, Ky
Benjamin W. Wiley, 14 Jun 1847-04 Mar 1919 [Father]
Sarilda E. Wiley, 15 Jun 1848-29 Oct 1910 [Mother]


Son Of Native Of Woodford Dies In Italy

Last week came the tragic news from the War Department that Lt. Hal T. Hackney, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Owen Hackney, 444 Parkway Drive, Lexington, had been killed in action somewhere in Italy. He enlisted in the armed service in 1941, taking his initial training at Fort Sheridan, Ill.

Lt. Hackney had been overseas about two years and was one of the first men of the United States Army to graduate from the Officers Candidate School conducted in London. Prior to entering the armed service, Lt. Hackney was a student at the the University of Kentucky, where he had completed his sophomore year.

T. Owen Hackney, father of Lt. Hackney, is a native of Woodford county and a veteran of World War I, in which he served as Chief Yeoman in the Navy. Lt. Hackney's mother was the former Margaret Frazier, who was associated with the Lexington Leader for many years.

Other survivors include two aunts, Mrs. O. P. McGaughey and Mrs. H. L. Yowell, of McKee's Crossroads, Woodford County.

Lt. Hackney was a very promising young man and his many friends regret his untimely death. They know, however, that he gave his life in the service of his country and they honor him for that.

The Woodford Sun, Versailles, Ky, March 30, 1944


Thoroughbred Newsman Neville Dunn Dies at 52

Lexington, Ky., -- Neville Dunn, 52, president of the Thoroughbred Record Company, died today at his home. He had been in failing health five years and was confined to his home the past three weeks.

Dunn was a thoroughbred breeder, co-editor of The Thoroughbred Record magazine and secretary-treasurer of the Thoroughbred Press, Inc.

He became a sports editor of the Lexington Herald in the early 1930's after several years on the news staff of the Lexington Leader. Dunn soon began to specialize in writing on the horse industry in 1941, he left the Herald to organize, along with Haden Kirkpatrick, The Thoroughbred Record Co.

He was one of the founders and the first secretary-treasurer of the Thoroughbred Club of America and was active in early planning for the University of Kentucky Medical School.

Thoroughbreds he owned solely or in partnership included Top Bracket, Little Red Fox, Transformer, Fire Power, Vienna Waltz, Roman Sandal and He Like.

As sports of the Herald, Dunn tagged Kentucky basketball Coach Adolph Rupp with two nicknames which stuck through the years--"Baron" and "The Man In The Brown Suit."

He was a native of Maysville but lived in Lexington most of his life. Survivors include his wife; a son, Neville Myers Dunn, Frankfort; his mother, Mrs. Laura Bona Dunn, Lexington; and four brothers, Marvin Dunn, Madisonville; John Isola Dunn, Columbus, Ohio; James Buford Dunn, Del Ray Beach, Fla.; and Burdette Dunn, Burson, Cal. The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky, March 13, 1957


William D. Clark

Frankfort -- Services for William Douglas Clark, 51, husband of Edith Clark, retired city police chief and owner and operator of Clark Excavating Co., who died Wednesday, will be 10:30 a.m. today at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home. The Hearld-Leader, Lexington, Ky, July 22, 1978


Orland T. Wood

Frankfort -- Orland T. Wood, 41, of Pasadena, Calif., formerly of Frankfort, was killed in Shelby County Thursday. He was the husband of Margee Swab Wood. Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday at LeCompte and Young Funeral Home. Burial will be in Los Angeles. Newspaper Unknown, August 10, 1979


Chicago Father Dies in Sorrow

Chicago, Nov. 12--A despairing heart-broken father, who two young sons and a companion were brutally murdered less than a month ago, died yesterday. The cause of Anton Schuessler's death was described by a physician as "apparently a heart attack." He suffered the attack, the doctor added, while being given a routine electrical shock treatment for a depressed state of mind. But police and friends of the 42 year old father of the slain boys agreed that he died of a broken heart.

Schuessler's wife, Eleanor, 37, prostrate at the news of her husband's death in a rest home in suburban Des Plains, sobbed: "It's all the killers' fault. They killed the boys and now they've killed Tony. I had everything to live for and now I've got nothing."

The Schuessler's only children, John, 13, and Anton, Jr., 11, and their neighborhood chum, Robert Peterson, 14, were found brutally murdered October 18 at the Robinson Woods Forest Preserve. The boys had disappeared from their Northwest Side home Sunday, October 16 after leaving to attend a Loop movie.

Schuessler went without sleep in the search for the boys. After the burial of his sons the succeeding days were filled with heartbreak and anguish. He closed his North Side tailor shop and said he would devote all his time in helping police search for the sadistic slayers. Thus far police have found no tangible clues in connection with the slayings. Police have questioned some 100,000 persons and have pursued every lead, however, insignificant. Reward for the capture of the slayers total $33,350. He entered the private rest home Thursday. His wife said his nerves were "shot". "He's going to stay in the home at least a week, maybe two, and get a complete rest," Mrs. Schuessler told newsmen yesterday after it was learned her husband had entered the home.

Dr. Julius Steinfield, superintendent of the rest home, described the treatment given Schuessler as "a very normal and routine procedure." He said the first reactions were normal but later the pulse became weaker. He said four doctors worked nearly three hours in an unsuccessful attempt to revive him.





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