Funeral Rites for VanOrnam This Forenoon - Death Claims Wartime Skipper of Federal "Mystery Ship"
Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M. today at the Mottell Chapel for Oscar F. Van Ornam, 57, who died Monday at his home, 17 Santa Barbara Avenue. Interment will be at Wilmington Cemetery.
Mr. Van Ornam was a former member of the Coast Guard, and during the World War he was skipper of a Government "mystery ship." He had lived in Long Beach for thirty-two years. He was a Thirty-second Degree Mason, a member of Long Beach Lodge No. 327. He also belonged to Long Beach Lodge No. 888, B.P.O.E., the Disabled Veterans of the United States and Chapter No. 17, Disabled American Veterans of the World War.
Van Ornam was known as one of the most able navigators of Pacific Coast waters. He leaves three sisters, Mrs. Abbey Castell, Long Beach; Mrs. Carrie Nichols, Brawley, and Mrs. Bessie Flack, Los Angeles.
Funeral Rites for VanOrnam This Forenoon - Death Claims Wartime Skipper of Federal "Mystery Ship"
Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M. today at the Mottell Chapel for Oscar F. Van Ornam, 57, who died Monday at his home, 17 Santa Barbara Avenue. Interment will be at Wilmington Cemetery.
Mr. Van Ornam was a former member of the Coast Guard, and during the World War he was skipper of a Government "mystery ship." He had lived in Long Beach for thirty-two years. He was a Thirty-second Degree Mason, a member of Long Beach Lodge No. 327. He also belonged to Long Beach Lodge No. 888, B.P.O.E., the Disabled Veterans of the United States and Chapter No. 17, Disabled American Veterans of the World War.
Van Ornam was known as one of the most able navigators of Pacific Coast waters. He leaves three sisters, Mrs. Abbey Castell, Long Beach; Mrs. Carrie Nichols, Brawley, and Mrs. Bessie Flack, Los Angeles.
Family Members
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Bertha Alice "Bessie" Van Ornam Flack Edmondson
1870–1952
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Florence Francis "Flora" Van Ornam Kustabother
1872–1935
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Charles Glime "Charlie" Van Ornam
1874 – unknown
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Abby May Van Ornam Casteel
1880–1966
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Grace Ann Van Ornam Wertz
1884–1923
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Raymond L Van Ornam
1887–1901
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Carrie Mattie Van Ornam Nichols
1889–1972
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Perry Perkins Van Ornam
1893 – unknown
