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Date: 7 Nov 2006 14:12:58 -0700

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'THE OWEGO GAZETTE" newspaper; week of Nov. 2, 1933, Page 2 [typed exactly as written]

WILLIAM H. O'DEA

William H. O'Dea, a retired Lackawanna railroad dispatcher, died at his home at Nichols on Tuesday evening, Oct 31, age 65 years. The funeral will be held at the house-to-morrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, the Rev. Benj. Klauser officiating. Burial will in the Nichols cemetery. Mr. O'Dea was born in Cohocton, Steuben county. He learned to be a telegrapher and was employed by the Lackawanna railroad all of his life. He rose in the ranks of the railroad until he became train dispatcher of the Scranton division with headquarters in Scranton, which position he held until his retirement from the railroad about a year ago, when he removed to Nichols. Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, Harold O'Dea, of Scranton, and Wilfred O'Dea, of Binghamton.

NOTE: additional information was found in same newspaper, dated 31 Jul 1913 under "Nichols News" - [typed as written in paper]

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. O'Dea, of Buffalo, visited relatives and friends here last week and attended the burial of Mrs. O'Dea's brother, Seelic Finch, whose body was brought here from Dansville, Pa., and interred in Nichols cemetery, where he has been at a sanitarium for several years.

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