MATLACK, REXFORD M., 94, of St. Petersburg, died
Thursday (March 24, 2005) at Pasadena Manor,
South Pasadena. He was born in Bridgeton, N.J.,
and came here in the 1960s from Reeders, Pa.
He
was a Navy veteran of World War II and was an
engineer for CBS Television Network, New York.
Locally, he was a member of St. Vincent's
Episcopal Church. Survivors include a
stepdaughter,
JoAnne Nicholson, Springfield,
Tenn. David C. Gross Funeral Homes and Cremation
Center, Central
Avenue Chapel, St. Petersburg.
GLOUCESTER COUNTY
Notes
on Old Gloucester County pg 250
1828
6/16 Keturah 2nd wife of James
Matlack, and sister of his fist wife Elizabeth,
deceased she being from home on a visit to her
sister ye widow of John Kelly. Buried
in Presby.
B. Ground
MERCER COUNTY
MAY
1---Loyal Order of Moose held memorial services.
2---Mrs. Annie Nelson found dead in Delaware
River.
3---Albert Matlack injured in explosion at
Chandler Oil Cloth Works died in hospital.
Age
39
Trenton Evening Times
Monday, January 1, 1917
OBITS:
Charlotte H. Matlack 42 yrs Sun., Dec. 2, 1883,
Vol. I, #48, p. 2
John R. Matlack Infant Sun., July 7, 1889, Vol.
VII, #27, p. 4, col. 4
John R. Matlack -- Tues., July 2, 1889, Vol.
VII, #2050, p. 3, col. 5
Mary Matlack 13 mos Sun., Oct. 9, 1887, Vol.
IV, #41, p. 6, col. 3
Sarah A. Matlack 02/22/1903
Walter E. Matlack 02/06/1905
Lydia C. Matlack 11/19/1907
Florence Matlack 03/26/1911
Isaiah Matlack 12/06/1913
Benjamin Matlack 11/07/1917
Grant Ley Matlack 12/08/1917
WARREN COUNTY
21
Mar 1953 -A 32 year old dairy farmer and nine
members of his family lost their lives in a head
on
highway crash last night as they were on
their way to do the weekly shopping. Their 1953
sedan was
crumpled in a collision with a trailer
truck on a two-lane highway in Warren County.
Worst In NJ
History - State Police said accident
is the worst in NJ history. Clarence Matlock, 60
cow dairy
farmer in Silver Lake, killed with his
wife Alma and their children plus other
relatives. Ester 10,
Joan 5, Rosemary 2,
Clarence Jr. 1, his mother Elizabeth 75, and his
2 sisters Grace 48 and Mary 50.
Another son
Raymond, the only member of the family taken
from car alive, died in a Warren hospital
early
this morning on his 8th birthday. The
truck drivers were not injured. (Dixon Evening
Telegraph,
Dixon, IL)