OBITUARY
JOHN J. COSTELLO
Was All-Round Athlete and Father of Olympic Champion Oarsman
John J. Costello, father of Paul V. Costello, the Olympic Champion oarsman, died early yesterday morning at his home, 4141 Ridge avenue, Falls of Schuylkill, after an illness of six weeks. Death was due to anemia. He was 56 years old.
Mr. Costello was himself an all-around athlete. He assisted in the organization of the Philadelphia Swimming Club, of which he was a charter member, and was at one time boxing instructor of the “Schuylkill Navy.” Mr. Costello at one time conducted a gymnasium at Fifteenth and Arch Streets, where he taught the boxing game to several men now prominent in pugilistic circles. He was said to have been possessed of one of the best physiques in Philadelphia at one time, and frequently posed in statuary tableaux in amateur theatricals.
For three weeks Mr. Costello had been a patient at Misericordia Hospital, but was taken to his home prior to his death.
He was a member of Santa Maria Council of Knights of Columbus: Holy Name Society of St. Bridget’s Catholic Church. The Young Men’s Literary Institute of the same church and was for the last twenty-three years a clothing salesman.
Mr. Costello is survived by his widow, Hanna R.; a daughter May V. Costello and two Sons. Paul V. and John L. , all of who were at his bedside when he died.
OBITUARY
JOHN J. COSTELLO
Was All-Round Athlete and Father of Olympic Champion Oarsman
John J. Costello, father of Paul V. Costello, the Olympic Champion oarsman, died early yesterday morning at his home, 4141 Ridge avenue, Falls of Schuylkill, after an illness of six weeks. Death was due to anemia. He was 56 years old.
Mr. Costello was himself an all-around athlete. He assisted in the organization of the Philadelphia Swimming Club, of which he was a charter member, and was at one time boxing instructor of the “Schuylkill Navy.” Mr. Costello at one time conducted a gymnasium at Fifteenth and Arch Streets, where he taught the boxing game to several men now prominent in pugilistic circles. He was said to have been possessed of one of the best physiques in Philadelphia at one time, and frequently posed in statuary tableaux in amateur theatricals.
For three weeks Mr. Costello had been a patient at Misericordia Hospital, but was taken to his home prior to his death.
He was a member of Santa Maria Council of Knights of Columbus: Holy Name Society of St. Bridget’s Catholic Church. The Young Men’s Literary Institute of the same church and was for the last twenty-three years a clothing salesman.
Mr. Costello is survived by his widow, Hanna R.; a daughter May V. Costello and two Sons. Paul V. and John L. , all of who were at his bedside when he died.
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