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"GEORGE V. KELSEY -- A solemn requiem mass was offered yesterday at Our Lady of the Lake Church for George V. Kelsey, 57, of 70 Forest Ave., who died Sunday in Mountainside Hospital after a short illness. The funeral was from the Prout Funeral Home, 370 Bloomfield Ave. Interment was in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Born in Jersey City, Mr. Kelsey had lived in Verona for 25 years. He operated a service station in Bloomfield Ave., opposite Fairview Ave., for 22 years, retiring from business three years ago. During World War II, Mr. Kelsey was active in civil defense work in Verona. He was a member of Caldwell Council, Knights of Columbus, and a former member of the Verona Rotary Club.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alice Singewald Kelsey; a son, Pfc. George V. Kelsey Jr., with the Marines in the Mediterranean; a daughter, Mrs. John Finnie of Rochester, N.Y.; four sisters, Mrs. Anastasia Berensten, Mrs. Marguerite Della, Mrs. Mary Missina and Mrs. Alice Sommas, all of Port Monmouth; two brothers, James E. of Spotswood and Vincent of Spring Lake,, and one grandson."--8 Oct 1959, Verona-Cedar Grove (NJ) Times

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"Gladys M. Ruble, Greenville -- Gladys Marie Ruble, 93, of 2 Oakleaf Road, died April 13, 1996. Born in Fredonia, Kan., she was a daughter of the late Edwin Herbert and Margaret Estelle Hartzell Ruble.
She was a resident of Kansas City, Mo., for 61 years before she moved to Greenville in 1973. She was a teacher in the Kansas City School system for 44 years before she retired.
She was a member of Hampton Park Baptist Church and Alpha Delta Kappa, Alpha Chi Chapter.
Surviving are a sister and brother-in-law, Margaret Ruble Blair and Carl R. Blair of Greenville; a niece and her husband, Ruth Elaine Blair Lair and Michael Paul Lair of Canton, Ohio; and a great-nephew, Cameron Michael Lair of Canton.
Memorials may be made to Piedmont Lutheran HealthCare Center, 401 Chandler Road, Gree, S.C. 29651. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive, with Drs. Dave Yearick and Ed Panosian and the Rev. Andrew Linder officiating. Entombment will be in the Garden of Love Mausoleum in Woodlawn Memorial Park. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the mortuary."--15 Apr 1996, The Greenville (SC) News

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"Mary Gilman, 88; chronicled humorous moments in court. -- Mary Louise (Hartzell) Gilman, a court reporter who edited a compendium of humorous moments from judicial proceedings, died Sunday in Newfield House, a nursing home in Plymouth. She was 88. Mrs. Gilman was born in Peru, Kan. She was a court reporter in Chicago before World War II.
During the war, she worked for the State Department in Europe and Japan, transcribing courts-martial. In Japan, she met her future husband, Turner Gilman, who was an Army colonel.
Following the war, the couple moved to Hanover, where Mrs. Gilman resumed her career as a court reporter. It took her a while to decipher the Boston accent.
In a story published in the Globe on Sept. 7, 1980, she said that in her first case, at Middlesex Probate Court, counsel took umbrage at his opponent's question. "Pray your Honor's judgment," he said. "Mavvit," the judge said, and the witness answered.
This was her introduction to the Bay State habit of objecting with that phrase, and sh had no idea that "mavvit" means that the judge has determined that the lawyer has done nothing objectionable, so: "He may have it."
Mrs. Gilman was the editor of the national Court Reporters Association Journal and edited the book "More Humor in the Court," a compendium of what she called "transquips" from proceedings.
"It was hard to keep from laughing out loud sometimes," she said in a story published in the Globe on April 3, 1991. "Court reporters are supposed to be neutral, absolutely impartial, and we are. But if everyone else laughs, we are entitled to join in, too. We'd just better not start it."
She recalled a couple of cases in particular, such as the time a witness was asked whether he had seen a defendant. "I could see his head," said the witness. "And where was his head?" asked the lawyer. "Just above his shoulder," was the response.
Mrs. Gilman said she especially loved Probate Court cases, where the domestic drama of divorce is played out. "It was like having a good seat at a Broadway play," she said.
She leaves two brothers, Robert Hartzell of Illinois and Clyde Hartzell of Indiana. A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Village at Duxbury, a retirement community."--29 Nov 2000, The Boston (MA) Globe

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"GILMAN -- of Hanover, Sept. 1, Col. Turner W. Gilman, U.S. Army (Ret), Husband of Mary Louise (Hartzell) Gilman, Brother-in-law of Clyde Hartzell of Frankfort, IN and Robert Hartzell of Dixon, IL. Masonic Services Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Sullivan Funeral Home, 551 Washington St., Rte 53, Hanover. Private Interment in Hanover Center Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Memorial contributions may be made to the Talking Information Center, Box 519, Marshfield, MA. 02050. Army Veteran of WW 2 and Korea."--5 Sep 1995, The Boston (MA) Globe