The Los Angeles Times, CA, Saturday, October 3, 1959, pg. 25, cols. 1-2; pg. 32, col. 3
Cancer Fatal to Atty. Dockweiler
Funeral Services Set Tomorrow for Prominent Catholic Layman
Atty. Thomas A. J. Dockweiler, 67, member of an industrious old Los Angeles family, prominent Catholic Catholic layman and long-time president of the City Social Service Commission, died of cancer Thursday night.
Mr. Dockweiler has been inactive most of the time since he underwent surgery last February. Death came at his W Adams district home, 27 Saint James Park, where he had resided more than 40 years.
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow in St. Vincent's Church, W Adams Blvd. and Figueroa St. Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated there at 10 a.m. Monday, with Cardinal McIntyre presiding. Cunningham & O'Connor is directing.
Mr. Dockweiler was born March 25, 1892, in his grandmother's home at 188 S Hill St. now the site of the new State Building. He was the eldest of 11 children of the late Isadore B. Dockweiler, pioneer lawyer, and Mrs. Gertrude Dockweiler.
Entered Law Practice
He attended St. Joseph's School and the old St. Vincent's college here, received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1912 and his doctorate of laws from the University of California in 1915.
He immediately went into his father's law practice which had been established in 1891 and became senior member of the family firm on the death of his father in 1947.
Mr. Dockweiler was first appointed to the Social Service Commission in 1916, and then took time out the next year for officer training at the Presidio in San Francisco. Through World War I he served as an Army first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's department.
He was reappointed to the commission in 1922 and served continuously to his death, longer than any other person has been a city commissioner. He was vice president from 1924 to 1930 and president since 1930.
Active in Charities
Mr. Dockweiler was active in many charitable organizations, particularly Roman Catholic, and served as a legal adviser to the heirarchy and clergy of the Archdiocese here. He was a member of the advisory board of Mt. Mary's College.
In 1950 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius XII.
A member of the editorial board of the California Law Review in 1913-15, he served as vice chairman of the State Bar committee of bar examiners from 1928 to 1936. He was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1927.
In addition to his legal work, Mr. Dockweiler was a director of A. J. Bayer Co., Forthman Estate Co., Los Angeles Soap Co., Mission Corp., Skelly Oil Co. and the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles.
He was a member of the Los Angeles and American Bar Assns., the American Legion, the Native Sons of the Golden West, California Club, Newman Club and Bel-Air Bay Beach Club.
Mr. Dockweiler leave his widow, Katherine Stearns Dockweiler, whom he married in 1917; two children, Julia Stearns Dockweiler, John E. S. Dockweiler, M.D. ; four brothers, Atty. Henry I. Dockweiler, Superior Judge George A. Dockweiler, Rear Adm. Edward V. Dockweiler, USN (ret.) and Atty. Frederick C. Dockweiler, and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Young, wife of William K Young; Mrs. Rosario Crahan, wife of Dr. Marcus Crahan and Mrs. Ruth Ysidora Brady, wife of Charles Quinn Brady.
Brothers preceding him in death were John F. Dockweiler, Los Angeles County district attorney and member of Congress; Dr. Robert R. Dockweiler and Atty. Louis B. Dockweiler.
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The Los Angeles Times, CA, Sunday, October 4, 1959, pg. 48, col. 3
DOCKWEILER, Thomas A. J., beloved husband of Katherine Stearns Dockweiler, loving father of Julia Sterns Dockweiler and John E. S. Dockweiler, M.D., brother of Mrs. William Kenyon Young, Mrs. Rosario Dockweiler Crahan, Mrs. Charles Quinn Brady, Henry I. and Frederick C. Dockweiler, Judge George A. Dockweiler and Rear Admiral Edward V. Dockweiler, USN, retired.
Rosary Sunday evening, 8 o'clock, at St. Vincent's Church (Figueroa and Adams Boulevard). Solemn Mass of Requiem Monday, 10 a.m., at St. Vincent's Church. Interment Calvary. Cunningham & O'Connor, directors. (In lieu of flowers, Masses would be appreciated or donations to the St. Vincent's Seminary, Montebello, Cal.)
Cancer Fatal to Atty. Dockweiler
Funeral Services Set Tomorrow for Prominent Catholic Layman
Atty. Thomas A. J. Dockweiler, 67, member of an industrious old Los Angeles family, prominent Catholic Catholic layman and long-time president of the City Social Service Commission, died of cancer Thursday night.
Mr. Dockweiler has been inactive most of the time since he underwent surgery last February. Death came at his W Adams district home, 27 Saint James Park, where he had resided more than 40 years.
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow in St. Vincent's Church, W Adams Blvd. and Figueroa St. Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated there at 10 a.m. Monday, with Cardinal McIntyre presiding. Cunningham & O'Connor is directing.
Mr. Dockweiler was born March 25, 1892, in his grandmother's home at 188 S Hill St. now the site of the new State Building. He was the eldest of 11 children of the late Isadore B. Dockweiler, pioneer lawyer, and Mrs. Gertrude Dockweiler.
Entered Law Practice
He attended St. Joseph's School and the old St. Vincent's college here, received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1912 and his doctorate of laws from the University of California in 1915.
He immediately went into his father's law practice which had been established in 1891 and became senior member of the family firm on the death of his father in 1947.
Mr. Dockweiler was first appointed to the Social Service Commission in 1916, and then took time out the next year for officer training at the Presidio in San Francisco. Through World War I he served as an Army first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's department.
He was reappointed to the commission in 1922 and served continuously to his death, longer than any other person has been a city commissioner. He was vice president from 1924 to 1930 and president since 1930.
Active in Charities
Mr. Dockweiler was active in many charitable organizations, particularly Roman Catholic, and served as a legal adviser to the heirarchy and clergy of the Archdiocese here. He was a member of the advisory board of Mt. Mary's College.
In 1950 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius XII.
A member of the editorial board of the California Law Review in 1913-15, he served as vice chairman of the State Bar committee of bar examiners from 1928 to 1936. He was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1927.
In addition to his legal work, Mr. Dockweiler was a director of A. J. Bayer Co., Forthman Estate Co., Los Angeles Soap Co., Mission Corp., Skelly Oil Co. and the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles.
He was a member of the Los Angeles and American Bar Assns., the American Legion, the Native Sons of the Golden West, California Club, Newman Club and Bel-Air Bay Beach Club.
Mr. Dockweiler leave his widow, Katherine Stearns Dockweiler, whom he married in 1917; two children, Julia Stearns Dockweiler, John E. S. Dockweiler, M.D. ; four brothers, Atty. Henry I. Dockweiler, Superior Judge George A. Dockweiler, Rear Adm. Edward V. Dockweiler, USN (ret.) and Atty. Frederick C. Dockweiler, and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Young, wife of William K Young; Mrs. Rosario Crahan, wife of Dr. Marcus Crahan and Mrs. Ruth Ysidora Brady, wife of Charles Quinn Brady.
Brothers preceding him in death were John F. Dockweiler, Los Angeles County district attorney and member of Congress; Dr. Robert R. Dockweiler and Atty. Louis B. Dockweiler.
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The Los Angeles Times, CA, Sunday, October 4, 1959, pg. 48, col. 3
DOCKWEILER, Thomas A. J., beloved husband of Katherine Stearns Dockweiler, loving father of Julia Sterns Dockweiler and John E. S. Dockweiler, M.D., brother of Mrs. William Kenyon Young, Mrs. Rosario Dockweiler Crahan, Mrs. Charles Quinn Brady, Henry I. and Frederick C. Dockweiler, Judge George A. Dockweiler and Rear Admiral Edward V. Dockweiler, USN, retired.
Rosary Sunday evening, 8 o'clock, at St. Vincent's Church (Figueroa and Adams Boulevard). Solemn Mass of Requiem Monday, 10 a.m., at St. Vincent's Church. Interment Calvary. Cunningham & O'Connor, directors. (In lieu of flowers, Masses would be appreciated or donations to the St. Vincent's Seminary, Montebello, Cal.)
The Los Angeles Times, CA, Saturday, October 3, 1959, pg. 25, cols. 1-2; pg. 32, col. 3
Cancer Fatal to Atty. Dockweiler
Funeral Services Set Tomorrow for Prominent Catholic Layman
Atty. Thomas A. J. Dockweiler, 67, member of an industrious old Los Angeles family, prominent Catholic Catholic layman and long-time president of the City Social Service Commission, died of cancer Thursday night.
Mr. Dockweiler has been inactive most of the time since he underwent surgery last February. Death came at his W Adams district home, 27 Saint James Park, where he had resided more than 40 years.
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow in St. Vincent's Church, W Adams Blvd. and Figueroa St. Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated there at 10 a.m. Monday, with Cardinal McIntyre presiding. Cunningham & O'Connor is directing.
Mr. Dockweiler was born March 25, 1892, in his grandmother's home at 188 S Hill St. now the site of the new State Building. He was the eldest of 11 children of the late Isadore B. Dockweiler, pioneer lawyer, and Mrs. Gertrude Dockweiler.
Entered Law Practice
He attended St. Joseph's School and the old St. Vincent's college here, received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1912 and his doctorate of laws from the University of California in 1915.
He immediately went into his father's law practice which had been established in 1891 and became senior member of the family firm on the death of his father in 1947.
Mr. Dockweiler was first appointed to the Social Service Commission in 1916, and then took time out the next year for officer training at the Presidio in San Francisco. Through World War I he served as an Army first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's department.
He was reappointed to the commission in 1922 and served continuously to his death, longer than any other person has been a city commissioner. He was vice president from 1924 to 1930 and president since 1930.
Active in Charities
Mr. Dockweiler was active in many charitable organizations, particularly Roman Catholic, and served as a legal adviser to the heirarchy and clergy of the Archdiocese here. He was a member of the advisory board of Mt. Mary's College.
In 1950 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius XII.
A member of the editorial board of the California Law Review in 1913-15, he served as vice chairman of the State Bar committee of bar examiners from 1928 to 1936. He was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1927.
In addition to his legal work, Mr. Dockweiler was a director of A. J. Bayer Co., Forthman Estate Co., Los Angeles Soap Co., Mission Corp., Skelly Oil Co. and the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles.
He was a member of the Los Angeles and American Bar Assns., the American Legion, the Native Sons of the Golden West, California Club, Newman Club and Bel-Air Bay Beach Club.
Mr. Dockweiler leave his widow, Katherine Stearns Dockweiler, whom he married in 1917; two children, Julia Stearns Dockweiler, John E. S. Dockweiler, M.D. ; four brothers, Atty. Henry I. Dockweiler, Superior Judge George A. Dockweiler, Rear Adm. Edward V. Dockweiler, USN (ret.) and Atty. Frederick C. Dockweiler, and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Young, wife of William K Young; Mrs. Rosario Crahan, wife of Dr. Marcus Crahan and Mrs. Ruth Ysidora Brady, wife of Charles Quinn Brady.
Brothers preceding him in death were John F. Dockweiler, Los Angeles County district attorney and member of Congress; Dr. Robert R. Dockweiler and Atty. Louis B. Dockweiler.
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The Los Angeles Times, CA, Sunday, October 4, 1959, pg. 48, col. 3
DOCKWEILER, Thomas A. J., beloved husband of Katherine Stearns Dockweiler, loving father of Julia Sterns Dockweiler and John E. S. Dockweiler, M.D., brother of Mrs. William Kenyon Young, Mrs. Rosario Dockweiler Crahan, Mrs. Charles Quinn Brady, Henry I. and Frederick C. Dockweiler, Judge George A. Dockweiler and Rear Admiral Edward V. Dockweiler, USN, retired.
Rosary Sunday evening, 8 o'clock, at St. Vincent's Church (Figueroa and Adams Boulevard). Solemn Mass of Requiem Monday, 10 a.m., at St. Vincent's Church. Interment Calvary. Cunningham & O'Connor, directors. (In lieu of flowers, Masses would be appreciated or donations to the St. Vincent's Seminary, Montebello, Cal.)
Cancer Fatal to Atty. Dockweiler
Funeral Services Set Tomorrow for Prominent Catholic Layman
Atty. Thomas A. J. Dockweiler, 67, member of an industrious old Los Angeles family, prominent Catholic Catholic layman and long-time president of the City Social Service Commission, died of cancer Thursday night.
Mr. Dockweiler has been inactive most of the time since he underwent surgery last February. Death came at his W Adams district home, 27 Saint James Park, where he had resided more than 40 years.
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow in St. Vincent's Church, W Adams Blvd. and Figueroa St. Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated there at 10 a.m. Monday, with Cardinal McIntyre presiding. Cunningham & O'Connor is directing.
Mr. Dockweiler was born March 25, 1892, in his grandmother's home at 188 S Hill St. now the site of the new State Building. He was the eldest of 11 children of the late Isadore B. Dockweiler, pioneer lawyer, and Mrs. Gertrude Dockweiler.
Entered Law Practice
He attended St. Joseph's School and the old St. Vincent's college here, received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1912 and his doctorate of laws from the University of California in 1915.
He immediately went into his father's law practice which had been established in 1891 and became senior member of the family firm on the death of his father in 1947.
Mr. Dockweiler was first appointed to the Social Service Commission in 1916, and then took time out the next year for officer training at the Presidio in San Francisco. Through World War I he served as an Army first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's department.
He was reappointed to the commission in 1922 and served continuously to his death, longer than any other person has been a city commissioner. He was vice president from 1924 to 1930 and president since 1930.
Active in Charities
Mr. Dockweiler was active in many charitable organizations, particularly Roman Catholic, and served as a legal adviser to the heirarchy and clergy of the Archdiocese here. He was a member of the advisory board of Mt. Mary's College.
In 1950 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius XII.
A member of the editorial board of the California Law Review in 1913-15, he served as vice chairman of the State Bar committee of bar examiners from 1928 to 1936. He was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1927.
In addition to his legal work, Mr. Dockweiler was a director of A. J. Bayer Co., Forthman Estate Co., Los Angeles Soap Co., Mission Corp., Skelly Oil Co. and the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles.
He was a member of the Los Angeles and American Bar Assns., the American Legion, the Native Sons of the Golden West, California Club, Newman Club and Bel-Air Bay Beach Club.
Mr. Dockweiler leave his widow, Katherine Stearns Dockweiler, whom he married in 1917; two children, Julia Stearns Dockweiler, John E. S. Dockweiler, M.D. ; four brothers, Atty. Henry I. Dockweiler, Superior Judge George A. Dockweiler, Rear Adm. Edward V. Dockweiler, USN (ret.) and Atty. Frederick C. Dockweiler, and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Young, wife of William K Young; Mrs. Rosario Crahan, wife of Dr. Marcus Crahan and Mrs. Ruth Ysidora Brady, wife of Charles Quinn Brady.
Brothers preceding him in death were John F. Dockweiler, Los Angeles County district attorney and member of Congress; Dr. Robert R. Dockweiler and Atty. Louis B. Dockweiler.
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The Los Angeles Times, CA, Sunday, October 4, 1959, pg. 48, col. 3
DOCKWEILER, Thomas A. J., beloved husband of Katherine Stearns Dockweiler, loving father of Julia Sterns Dockweiler and John E. S. Dockweiler, M.D., brother of Mrs. William Kenyon Young, Mrs. Rosario Dockweiler Crahan, Mrs. Charles Quinn Brady, Henry I. and Frederick C. Dockweiler, Judge George A. Dockweiler and Rear Admiral Edward V. Dockweiler, USN, retired.
Rosary Sunday evening, 8 o'clock, at St. Vincent's Church (Figueroa and Adams Boulevard). Solemn Mass of Requiem Monday, 10 a.m., at St. Vincent's Church. Interment Calvary. Cunningham & O'Connor, directors. (In lieu of flowers, Masses would be appreciated or donations to the St. Vincent's Seminary, Montebello, Cal.)
Inscription
BELOVED HUSBAND OF KATHERINE
FATHER OF JULIA AND JOHN E. S.
KNIGHT COMMANDER OF ST. GREGORY
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Henry Isidore Dockweiler
1893–1970
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Mary Dockweiler Young Sooy
1894–1988
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John Francis Dockweiler
1895–1943
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Rosario Dockweiler Crahan
1896–1972
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George Augustine Dockweiler
1898–1983
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Edward Vincent Dockweiler
1901–1961
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Ruth Ysidora Dockweiler Brady
1903–1992
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Dr Robert Reeve Dockweiler
1906–1941
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Frederick Charles Dockweiler
1909–2000
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Louis Bernard Dockweiler
1911–1944
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