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Elizabeth Baumgartner Ziegler Obituary
Article and Funeral Notice accompanied by Mrs. Ziegler's photo published in the Orlando Sentinel on Sunday, April 22, 1951. Funeral Monday For Mrs. Ziegler Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Baumgartner Ziegler, 94, mother of G. Clarence Ziegler and All...
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Bemory Puckett Whidden Obituary - 1950
Prominent Local Druggist Dies Mr. Bemery Puckett Whidden, 53, prominent Orlando cattleman and pharmacist died Tuesday in a Sanford hospital after being admitted from his Volusia County ranch. A resident of Orlando since 1919, Mr. Whidden lived at 1311 No...
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Lilly Bosse Westfall Obituary 1951
Mrs. Westfall's Services Set Funeral services for Mrs. Lilly Bosse Westfall, 69, member of one of Orlando's pioneer families who died Friday at a local hospital following a short illness will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the Eiselstein Black...
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After the War
When Michael Monell and his wife came to Orlando in 1955, they bought their first house out in the country, what is today known as Fashion Square Mall area. Mike recalls asking his wife, "Don't you think it is too...
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Erna Achenbach
Mrs. Erna Achenbach was the founder and operator of one of the earliest and longest running pre-schools in central Florida, the Open Air School. She was interviewed by Eleanor Fisher on June 25, 1975 for the Friends of the Orlando...
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Oral History Interview with Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Director of Pastoral Ministry at Saint James Cathedral
ABOVE: March 18th, 2011 photo of Sister Mary Katherine Palisin in front of the Tabernacle at Saint James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun and Director of Pastoral Ministry at St. James Cathedral...