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Clifford Evans DeBaptiste (born May 19, 1924) is an American politician and funeral director who served as mayor of West Chester, Pennsylvania, from 1994 to 2002.A Republican at the time, he was the borough's first black mayor. [4]
DeBaptiste has been a funeral director at her family's funeral home, DeBaptiste Funeral Homes, since 1973. The business has a location in West Chester and another in Bryn Mawr. [3] [4] She runs a banquet hall as well. Called Milestone Events, it is located next door to their West Chester funeral home. [2] [5] [6]
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 ...
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2008.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
[citation needed] (death announced on this date) Lanier W. Phillips, 88, American civil rights activist. [201] Gösta Schwarck, 96, Danish composer and businessman. [202] John Souza, 91, American soccer player (1950 World Cup, 1948 and 1952 Olympics). [203] Leon Spencer, 66, American jazz organist. [204] Ghiath Tayfour, 42-43, Syrian boxing ...
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Georgia Mabel DeBaptiste (November 24, 1867 – April 20, 1951) was an African-American journalist, teacher and social worker from Chicago. After completing her education, she taught at various notable black schools before becoming the first woman of African descent to be employed at the Chicago Post Office.