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George Robert Daker

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
22 Dec 1923 (aged 22)
Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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SWITCHMAN KILLED AT STEEL CONCERN

His body severed beneath the wheels of a freight train, George Daker, 6003 Halsted st., 22 years old, a switchman, was killed instantly at 3:30 o'clock Saturday morning. The engineer of the train reported the death which occurred in the Illinois Steel company yards, 3426 East 89th st. The inquest will take place January 4 at the Thos. Murphy Undertaking establishment 3261 92nd st.

Surviving are a wife and a two-year-old son, George, the man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Daker, a brother, John T., and a sister, Elizabeth.

Funeral services took place Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock from the father's residence, 6903 Prairie ave., to St. Columbanus church. Interment was in Mt, Olivet cemetery.

Englewood Economist; Chicago, Illinois.
December 26, 1923; Page Four.
dm wms (#47395868)
SWITCHMAN KILLED AT STEEL CONCERN

His body severed beneath the wheels of a freight train, George Daker, 6003 Halsted st., 22 years old, a switchman, was killed instantly at 3:30 o'clock Saturday morning. The engineer of the train reported the death which occurred in the Illinois Steel company yards, 3426 East 89th st. The inquest will take place January 4 at the Thos. Murphy Undertaking establishment 3261 92nd st.

Surviving are a wife and a two-year-old son, George, the man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Daker, a brother, John T., and a sister, Elizabeth.

Funeral services took place Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock from the father's residence, 6903 Prairie ave., to St. Columbanus church. Interment was in Mt, Olivet cemetery.

Englewood Economist; Chicago, Illinois.
December 26, 1923; Page Four.
dm wms (#47395868)

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80820922/george_robert-daker: accessed ), memorial page for George Robert Daker (27 Apr 1901–22 Dec 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80820922, citing Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by dm wms (contributor 47395868).