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| Name Donald J. Closs #13275 |
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| Born 20 Mar 1919 |
Place Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York |
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| Died 30 Jan 1964 |
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| Father Warren H. Closs 1891-1949 #13271 | Mother Ardelle Frost 1888- #13277 |
Donald J. Closs, 44, Mayor of the Village of Rhinebeck, died last Thursday night of a heart seizure. He had attended a dinner at the Rhinebeck Grange Hall honoring the Varsity Club and champion soccer team of Rhinebeck Central School, and was at home when he was stricken.
Mr. Closs was serving the first year of his second 2-year term as mayor, previously having served eight years as trustee.
Born March 20, 1919 in Rhinebeck, Mr. Closs was the son of Mrs. Ardelle Frost Closs and the late Warren H. Closs. He graduated from Rhinebeck High School in 1936 and served four and one half years in the U. S. Army with the 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion, spending 19 months overseas in the European theater. He was a member of the battalion's veterans' association.
Mr. Closs was proprietor of Ethan A. Coon and Co. in Rhinebeck, retail and wholesale florists. He was the first president of the Rhinebeck Chamber of Commerce Inc. and was actively associated with the organization until his death. A director of the First National Bank of Rhinebeck. Mr. Closs held memberships in the Rhinebeck Fire Department, Montgomery Post. No. 429, American Legion, Rhinebeck Grange, P. of H. No. 896, Rhinebeck Alumni Association, Mid-Hudson Florist Association, Albany Florists Club, the Society of American Florists, Florists Telegraph Delivery Association, and was an associated member of the Southeastern Florists' Association.
Mr. Closs was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wurtemburg and a former lay president of the congregation.
Surviving are his wife, the former Eleanor T. Coon, a son, James Warren, a daughter, Donna Delice, a brother, Robert W. Closs of Rhinebeck, and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. - The Rhinebeck Gazette February 6, 1964
Mr. Closs was serving the first year of his second 2-year term as mayor, previously having served eight years as trustee.
Born March 20, 1919 in Rhinebeck, Mr. Closs was the son of Mrs. Ardelle Frost Closs and the late Warren H. Closs. He graduated from Rhinebeck High School in 1936 and served four and one half years in the U. S. Army with the 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion, spending 19 months overseas in the European theater. He was a member of the battalion's veterans' association.
Mr. Closs was proprietor of Ethan A. Coon and Co. in Rhinebeck, retail and wholesale florists. He was the first president of the Rhinebeck Chamber of Commerce Inc. and was actively associated with the organization until his death. A director of the First National Bank of Rhinebeck. Mr. Closs held memberships in the Rhinebeck Fire Department, Montgomery Post. No. 429, American Legion, Rhinebeck Grange, P. of H. No. 896, Rhinebeck Alumni Association, Mid-Hudson Florist Association, Albany Florists Club, the Society of American Florists, Florists Telegraph Delivery Association, and was an associated member of the Southeastern Florists' Association.
Mr. Closs was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wurtemburg and a former lay president of the congregation.
Surviving are his wife, the former Eleanor T. Coon, a son, James Warren, a daughter, Donna Delice, a brother, Robert W. Closs of Rhinebeck, and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. - The Rhinebeck Gazette February 6, 1964
| Christian J. Closs
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| Jacob Christian Closs 1856 |
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| Warren H. Closs 1891 |
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| Ardelle Frost 1888 |
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