Headline: Ivar J. Westerman, 81
Publication Date: April 16, 1994
Source: Telegram & Gazette Worcester, MA
Page: A5
Subjects: OBITS
Region: Massachusetts
Obituary: TEMPLETON - Ivar J. Westerman, 81, of 11 Bridge St., Baldwinville, died yesterday in Baldwinville Nursing Home after an illness.
His wife, Tynne (Manninen) Kemp Westerman, died in 1988. His first wife, Alice I. (Johnson) Westerman, died in 1966. He leaves two daughters, Janice A. Ouellette of Hubbardston and Judith A. Sirois of Templeton; a stepson, William J. Kemp of Gardner; a sister, Ellen Yatkola of Templeton; a close friend, Alma Gates of Baldwinville; four grandchildren; a stepgrandson; nephews and nieces. He was born in Bole, Finland, son of Albert and Aina (Orre) Westerman, and lived many years in Baldwinville.
Mr. Westerman was an automotive mechanic at several garages in Athol and Orange, including Cormier's Garage in Orange, for many years. He retired in 1974.
He was a Coast Guard veteran of World War II.
He was a member and former usher of Mission Street Congregational Church in Gardner. He was a 50-year member and past master of Templeton Grange.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Mission Street Congregational Church, 15 Mission St., Gardner. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. Calling hours at Smith Funeral Home, 69 Vernon St., Gardner, are 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Memorial donations may be made to the Residents' Activity Fund, Baldwinville Nursing Home, Hospital Road, Baldwinville, 01436.

Headline: Arthur P. Rossi Sr., 70
Publication Date: April 20, 1994
Source: Telegram & Gazette Worcester, MA
Page: B6
Subjects: OBITS
Region: Massachusetts
Obituary: SHREWSBURY - Arthur P. Rossi Sr., 70, of 13 Westmont Circle, a longtime worker in the carpet industry, died Tuesday in his home after an illness.
He leaves his wife of 49 years, Marion L. (Boland) Rossi; two sons, Arthur P. Rossi Jr. of Shrewsbury, and Alan E. Rossi of Worcester; two daughters, Karen A. Westerman of Holden and Diane M. Hamel of Boylston; his mother, Mary (Rozio) Rossi of Worcester; 13 grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. He was born in Enfield, Conn., son of the late Galileo Rossi, and had lived in Enfield before moving to Shrewsbury in 1961. He graduated from Enfield High School in 1942, trained at the Bigelow-Sanford School of Craftmanship in Enfield, and attended the former American International College in Springfield. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving on the D.E. 103 Carrier in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Mr. Rossi started in the carpet business by training at Bigelow-Sanford Co. in Enfield, and then worked as a regional manager for the former Fabers Carpets of Worcester. He later worked for Watkins Brothers of Manchester, Conn. His last job was with North Oxford Mills in North Oxford, where he was working up until one month ago.
Mr. Rossi was a member of St. Mary's Church. He was an active member of the Little League in both Enfield and Shrewsbury. He was also a member of the Junior Achivement in Enfield, and a former member of the Worcester Rotary Club.
The funeral will be held Friday from Britton Funeral Home, 648 Main St., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's Church, 640 Main St. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home are 5 to 8 p.m. tomorrow. Flowers may be sent, or memorial doantions may be made to The Visiting Nurses Association of Central Massachusetts, Inc., 120 Thomas St., Worcester 01608.

Headline: Raymond J. Harrington
Publication Date: August 17, 1995
Source: Telegram & Gazette Worcester, MA
Page: B5
Subjects: OBITS
Region: Massachusetts
Obituary: WORCESTER - Raymond J. Harrington, 90, of 7 Montrose St. died yesterday morning in Holden Nursing Home, Holden.
His wife, Mary T. (Finnegan) Harrington, died in 1985. He leaves a son, John R. Harrington of Worcester; two daughters, Rosemary K. Moriarty of Williamsburg, Va., and Maureen A. Westerman of Worcester; a sister, Sister Mary Denise Harrington with the Sisters of Providence in Holyoke; seven grandchildren; nephews and nieces. He was born in Jefferson, son of Dennis and Josephine (Griffin) Harrington, and lived in Worcester for many years. He graduated from high school in Holden, and attended Rice Business School.
Mr. Harrington was a butcher and meat buyer for 20 years for St. Vincent Hospital, retiring in 1970. He also owned and operated the former Harrington Market in Jefferson for many years, and was a deputy sheriff in Worcester County for many years.
He was a member of Ascension Church, and a former member of the Worcester County Deputy Sheriffs Association.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from O'Connor Brothers Funeral Home, 592 Park Ave., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in Ascension Church, 40 Vernon St. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Calling hours are 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Headline: James C. Sullivan, 69
Publication Date: November 11, 1996
Source: Telegram & Gazette Worcester, MA
Page: B5
Subjects: OBITS
Region: Massachusetts
Obituary: RUTLAND - James C. Sullivan, 69, of 157 Main St., formerly of Worcester, a longtime maintenance mechanic, and active in his church, died Saturday in University of Massachusetts Hospital, Worcester, after he was stricken ill at home.
He leaves a son, John W. Kemp of Schenectady, N.Y.; three daughters, Susan M. Rutherford of Rutland, Patti Kemp of Albuquerque, N.M., and JoAnn M. Sullivan of Rutland, with whom he lived; two brothers, John L. Sullivan of Spencer and Francis X. Sullivan of Leicester; five sisters, Ruth Federico of West Peabody, Helen Westerman of Worcester, Theresa Barrette of Westboro, Rita Robertson and Marian Martin, both of Sutton; five grandchildren; nephews and nieces; and his former wife, Joan C. (Gibbons) Sullivan of Rutland. He was born in Worcester, son of John L. and Catherine (Barrett) Sullivan, and lived here 27 years. He was a Coast Guard Veteran of World War II.
Mr. Sullivan was a maintenance foreman at Heald Machine Division of Cincinnati Milacron Inc. in Worcester, where he worked for 29 years. He retired in 1991. He also worked part-time at Iandoli Markets for many years. And he was the custodian at St. Patrick's Church. He was a member of St. Patrick's Church, where he was an acolyte and Eucharistic minister.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from Miles Funeral Home, 1158 Main St., Holden, with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Patrick's Church, 258 Main St. Burial will be in Rural Cemetery. Calling hours are 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Patrick's Church, 290 Main St., Rutland 01543; or another charity.

Headline: Mary Rossi, 103
Publication Date: November 09, 1996
Source: Telegram & Gazette Worcester, MA
Page: A5
Subjects: OBITS
Region: Massachusetts
Obituary: SHREWSBURY - Mary (Rozio) Rossi, 103, formerly of Westmont Circle, and South River Street, Enfield, Conn., a longtime carpet worker and skilled needleworker, died Thursday in Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Nursing Home, Worcester, after an illness.
Her husband of 39 years, Galileo Rossi, died in 1955. She leaves a daughter-in-law, Marion (Boland) Rossi of Shrewsbury; two grandsons, Arthur P. Rossi Jr. of Shrewsbury and Alan E. Rossi of Worcester; two granddaughters, Karen A. Westerman of Holden and Diane M. Hamel of Boylston; 13 great-grandchildren; a nephew; and a niece. A son, Edmund Rossi of Enfield, died in 1989. Another son, Arthur P. Rossi Sr. of Shrewsbury, died in 1994. A sister, Clelia Ross of Laguna Niguel, Calif., died in 1994 at age 103.
Mrs. Rossi was born in Bagnasco, Italy, daughter of Giovanni and Anna Rozio, and lived most of her life in Enfield before moving to Shrewsbury in 1990. She worked at Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. in Enfield for many years before she retired. She also worked at Smith & Wesson Arms Co. in Springfield during World War II and was skilled in needlework.
The funeral will be held Monday from Leete-Stevens Enfield Chapels, 61 South Road, Enfield, Conn., with a Mass at 11 a.m. in St. Patrick's Church, 64 Pearl St., Enfield. Burial will be in St. Patrick's King Street Cemetery, Enfield. A calling hour is 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 7 Oak St., Worcester 01609.

Headline: James A.E. Hayden, 82
Publication Date: January 08, 1996
Source: Telegram & Gazette Worcester, MA
Page: B5
Subjects: OBITS
Region: Massachusetts
Obituary: MILLBURY - James A.E. Hayden, 82, of 11 Border Ave., an abrasives worker for 34 years, died yesterday in The Medical Center of Central Massachusetts - Memorial, Worcester, after an illness.
He leaves his wife of 57 years, Alphild E. (Westerman) Hayden; a son, Ronald C. Hayden of Norton and Sandwich; six grandchildren; a nephew; and a niece. A son, James A. Hayden of Millbury, died in 1987. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, son of James A. and Ada (Tattersall) Hayden, and was raised in Worcester. He lived here 52 years. He graduated from South High School in 1931 and attended Becker Junior College, now Becker College, both in Worcester.
Mr. Hayden was an abrasives worker at Norton Co. in Worcester for 34 years, retiring in 1974. He was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester, the Norton Retirees Club and Olive Branch Lodge of Masons. He was a longtime avid golfer at Pakachoag Golf Course in Auburn.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Lindquist & Lundin Funeral Home, 36 Butler St., Worcester. Burial will be in Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, Massachusetts Affiliate, 40 Speen St., Framingham, 01701; or All Saints Episcopal Church, Memorial Fund, 10 Irving St., Worcester 01609.

Headline: FRANCES R. Westerman
Publication Date: April 26, 1994
Source: Buffalo News
Page: A8
Subjects:
Region: New York
Obituary: Services for Frances R. Westerman, wife of Councilman Leonard G. Westerman, will be held at 9 p.m. Wednesday in Otto Redanz LaSalle Park Chapel, 2215 Military Road. Private burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery, Pendleton.

Headline: FRANCES R. Westerman
Publication Date: April 26, 1994
Source: Buffalo News
Page: A8
Subjects:
Region: New York
Obituary: Mrs. Westerman, 48, of Woodside Place, died Sunday (April 24, 1994) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a short illness.
A native of Niagara Falls, the former Frances R. Deyo was a lifelong resident of this area. She was active in Town of Niagara political organizations for many years and was a member of the Auxiliary of LaSalle Post 1142, American Legion, in Niagara Falls.
She attended Niagara County Community College and was a nurse's aide for several years at Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston. For the last two years, she was an outreach worker with the Niagara County Office for the Aging.
Surviving, besides her husband, are a son, Kenneth of Niagara Falls; three daughters, Kimberly Schwalm, Maureen and Christine; a brother, David Deyo of Sanborn; a sister, Judith Moulder of Newark, Ohio; and five grandchildren. {Baldwin}.

Headline: Sister Mary Denise, S.P.
Publication Date: March 13, 1997
Source: Telegram & Gazette Worcester, MA
Page: B5
Subjects: OBITS
Region: Massachusetts
Obituary: HOLYOKE - Sister Mary Denise, S.P., 89, of the Sisters of Providence died Tuesday in the Providence Mother House after an illness.
She leaves five nieces, including Ann Harrington and Mary Gardner, both of Holden, Maureen Westerman of Worcester, Mary Wentworth of Granby and Rosemary Moriarty of Williamsburg, Va.; and four nephews, Daniel Harrington, James Harrington, Joseph Harrington and John Harrington of Worcester. She was born Doris B. Harrington in the Jefferson section of Holden, daughter of Dennis W. and Josephine H. (Griffin) Harrington. She was educated in Holden Schools and graduated from St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing in Worcester.
Sister Denise was in the religious service for 66 years. She was a nursing supervisor at the Mercy Hospital in Springfield for 16 years. She was an administrator and local superior at Holy Family Institute, Holyoke, for six years. She also was a nursing supervisor, clinical nurse specialist and supervisor for the central supply room at St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, for 25 years.
Sister Denise was presented am Award for Achievement from the Massachusetts Association of Hospitals, Central Service Management, in 1977. In 1991, St. Vincent Hospital's newly renovated central supply department, known as Sterile Processing, was named in her honor. After her retirement, she volunteered at St. Luke's Home in Springfield for 10 years.
She was a member of the Massachusetts Association of Hospitals, Central Supply Management, the American Hospital Association for Central Service Management and the Worcester Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Providence Mother House, Gamelin Street, Holyoke, with a Mass at 9 a.m. in Mother of Sorrow Chapel, Gamelin Street, Holyoke. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Brightside, Holyoke. Calling hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, with a wake service at 7:30 p.m., at the Providence Mother House. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Sisters of Providence Retirement Fund, c||o Providence Mother House, Gamelin Street, Holyoke 01040. Dillon Funeral Home, Holyoke, is directing arrangements.

Headline: DEATHS
Publication Date: October 13, 1991
Source: The Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate
Page: 2-D
Subjects:
Region: Louisiana
Obituary: CHAMBERLAIN, LORRAINE MAE ADAMS

Died 9:40 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, 1991. She was 52, a native of Thibodaux and resident of Napoleonville. Visiting at Landry's Funeral Home, Napoleonville, 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday, and 8 to 9:30 a.m. Monday. Mass of Christian Burial at Assumption Catholic Church, Plattenville, at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial in St. Anne Cemetery, Napoleonville. Survived by husband, Walter "Bernie" Chamberlain; a son, Dennis Chamberlain, Labadieville; three daughters, Mrs. Russell (Deborah) Levron, and Mrs. Joseph (Lacy Rivero) Daigle, both of Napoleonville, and Mrs. Kenneth (Marlene) Lake, Calif.; three brothers, Leroy, Nolan and Preston Adams, all of Thibodaux; four sisters, Mrs. Lloyd (Yvonne) Boudreaux, Mrs. Roy (Joyce) Westerman and Mrs. Russell (Betty) Hebert, all of Thibodaux, and Mrs. Horace (Marie) Legendre, Chackbay; five grandchildren, Brandi and Russell Levron, Kasey and Andy Chamberlain and Dylan Daigle. Preceded in death by parents, Orville and Angelique Maronge Adams; and a sister, Doris Adams. Landry's Funeral Home, Napoleonville, in charge of arrangements.

Headline: MARJORIE L. GAESSER, ACTIVE IN LUPUS FOUNDATION
Publication Date: March 14, 1997
Source: Buffalo News
Page: A9
Subjects:
Region: New York
Obituary: Marjorie L. Gaesser, 71, of the Town of Tonawanda died Wednesday (March 12, 1997) in Buffalo General Hospital. She was 71.
The former Marjorie Lyall was born in Niagara Falls and lived on 30th Street.
A graduate of Niagara Falls High School, Mrs. Gaesser worked in the office of the Chisholm-Ryder Co. in Niagara Falls during the 1940s. In 1948, she began working for the forerunner of Calspan Advanced Technology Center in Cheektowaga. She also worked for the General Electric Co. in the Town of Tonawanda from 1976 until she retired in 1989.
Mrs. Gaesser was an avid golfer and bowler and was a ceramics hobbyist. She was an active volunteer for the Lupus Foundation.
Her husband, Kenneth R. Gaesser, died in 1976.
Survivors include two sons, Gordon L. of Bear, Del., and Bruce R. of Catonsvile, Md.; a daughter, Gail M. Mattina of the Town of Tonawanda; a sister, Jean Westerman of the Town of Tonawanda; two brothers, George Lyall of Gurnee, Ill., and Alexander Lyall of Niagara Falls; and three grandchildren.
A memorial service was held today in St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Brighton and Fries roads, Town of Tonawanda. {Kowalik}.
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Headline: KENTUCKY OBITUARIES Obits policy:
Publication Date: June 12, 1997
Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer
Page: C02
Subjects: DEATHS
Region: Ohio
Obituary: Syble Mae Figgins, 74, a retired office manager for Dr. James Westerman, died Monday.
Surviving are four sons, Wayne of Burlington, Harry of Hebron, Edward of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Michael of Monterey, Ky.; a daughter, Linda L. Roll of Milford; four brothers, Darrell Abrams, Don Abrams and David Abrams, all of Frankfort, Ky., and J.C. Abrams of Ludlow Falls, Ohio.; three sisters, Opal Perry and Kathleen Moss, both of Georgetown, Ky., and JoAnn Moore of Frankfort; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today and the service 11 a.m. Friday in Allison and Rose Funeral Home in Taylor Mill.
Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Taylor Mill.

Headline: DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Publication Date: May 26, 1995
Source: Dayton Daily News
Page: 6B
Subjects:
Region: Ohio
Obituary: Westerman, Robert W., 68, of 411 N. Main St., Christiansburg, Wednesday in Troy. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Christiansburg Methodist Church. (Richeson-Wickham & Atkins, St. Paris)

Headline: DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Publication Date: June 12, 1997
Source: Dayton Daily News
Page: 2B
Subjects: DEATH & DYING MIAMI VALLEY, OHIO
Region: Ohio
Obituary: Westerman, Hertha Nielsen, 67, of Washington Twp., Wednesday in Dayton. Services 2 p.m. Friday. (Routsong, Centerville)

Headline: OBITUARIES
Publication Date: July 02, 1994
Source: Denver Post
Page: B-05
Subjects:
Region: Colorado
Obituary: Douglas Wayne Bentley
Sales manager, 32
Douglas Wayne Bentley of Castle Rock, a sales manager, died Monday. He was 32.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Andrews Caldwell Gibson Funeral Home in Castle Rock. Interment will be in Elizabeth Cemetery.
Bentley was born July 25, 1961, in Sacramento, Calif. On July 25, 1984, he married Sharon Kay Stafford in Fort Worth, Texas.
Bentley enjoyed fishing and motorcycles.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Sherrie, Castle Rock; three sons, Douglas Jr., Hurshel and Jesse, all of Castle Rock; his mother, Hursheline Adcock, Fort Worth; his father, Bob, Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas; three brothers, James Wells, Sacramento, Bob Wells, Elizabeth, and Bobbie Bentley Jr., Fort Worth; five sisters, Dorothy Mitchell, Sacramento, Donna Yates, Eagle Mountain Lake, Annette Butler, Forest Hill, Texas, and Amanda and Angela Bentley, both of Fort Worth; and his grandmothers, Dora Teague and Lorraine Bentley, both of Fort Worth.
Contributions may be made to the Bentley Children, c/o Andrews Caldwell Gibson Funeral Home, 407 Jerry St., Castle Rock 80104.

Kathleen E. Westerman

Aurora homemaker, 74

Kathleen E. Westerman of Aurora, a homemaker, died June 23 at the Aurora Care Center. She was 74.

A service was Monday at St. Therese Catholic Church. Interment was in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens.

She was born Nov. 16, 1919, in Brooklyn. On June 19, 1948, she married Wallace B. Westerman in Denver. He is deceased.

Mrs. Westerman was a member of the Altar & Rosary Society and active in the St. Theresa parish.

She is survived by a son, Joe, Aurora; four daughters, Kathy Tilton, Peggy Williams, Mary Motley and Barb Westerman, all of Aurora; and five grandchildren.

Contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

Barbara L. Williams

Pharmacist, 45

Barbara L. Williams of Westminster, a pharmacist, died June 21. She was 45.

No services were held. There was cremation.

She was born June 10, 1949. She attended South High School and the University of Wyoming. She was a pharmacist at Denver General Hospital and a member of Happy Church.

She is survived by her father and stepmother, Willard and Margaret Ellis, Arvada; and a brother, Clifford Ellis, Washington, D.C.

 Headline: Obituary of Aidan Crawley
Publication Date: November 04, 1993
Source: The Daily Telegraph London
Page: 21
Subjects:
Region: United Kingdom

Obituary: AIDAN CRAWLEY, who has died aged 85, was a man of legendary dash and talent - brilliant cricketer, crusading journalist, gallant pilot, daring PoW escaper, minister in Clement Attlee's Labour government, influential figure in television, Conservative MP and well-reviewed author.

The son of Canon A S Crawley, a canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor, and Chaplain to King George V, Aidan Merivale Crawley was born on April 10 1908. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford.

It was as a cricketer that Crawley first made his mark. He was one of the very few players to appear in "Lord's Week" (Eton v Harrow; Oxford v Cambridge) for seven years running, in his case from 1924 to 1930.

From early boyhood there was a panache about his batting, even if his temperament scarcely matched his natural skill. But as he matured his high promise was increasingly fulfilled.

In 1928 he made a record total of 1,137 runs for Oxford University, including five hundreds. Next year, driving straight to the Wellingborough ground from a Commem Ball, Crawley hit 10 sixes and 22 fours in an innings against Northamptonshire.

With his high backlift, full follow-through, and rackets-player's wrist, he was a classic striker of the ball. Batting for the Gentlemen at the Pavilion End at Lord's he straight-drove "Tich" Freeman over the "free seats" (now the Compton-Edrich Stand) into the nursery ground - a very rare achievement.

After his undergraduate days he appeared occasionally for Kent, and was once 12th man for England. But he had already developed too busy a life to play regular county cricket.

Crawley had been going to North Borneo for Unilever when an offer from Esmond Harmsworth (son of the 1st Viscount Rothermere) diverted him into journalism. He joined the Daily Mail on Oct 5, 1930, and was immediately plunged in at the deep end with coverage of the R101 crash in France.

In 1932 he gained a lobby ticket for the House of Commons, although he continued with other assignments both at home and abroad. The conditions he witnessed as a reporter on the Swansea Evening Post led him towards socialism.

Yet he also immensely enjoyed his position as the Mail's hunting correspondent. Crawley hunted with no fewer than 66 packs of hounds.

In 1933 Esmond Harmsworth invited him on a world tour. In the long bar of the Raffles Hotel in Singapore Crawley met a distraught theatrical producer who complained that his junior lead had run off with the harbourmaster's daughter. He took over the part, and went on with the company to Shanghai, before returning via Hollywood and New York.

Back home, Crawley abandoned journalism to chance his arm in documentary films. He completed a successful series on the Holy Land and the Middle East for schools.

In 1936 Crawley, uneasy about developments in Europe, joined the Auxiliary Air Force, and after qualifying as a pilot was attached to No 601 (County of London Squadron).

Tall and handsome in the jutting-jawed style of a Percy Westerman hero, Crawley seemed perfectly cast in the role of fighter pilot. But he became frustrated when, during the first winter of the war, he was required only to fly night patrols over the Channel.

In April 1940 he was dispatched to Turkey, overtly as an assistant air attache, in fact as a member of the Balkan Intelligence Service. He also operated in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria; and was smuggled out of Sofia when the Germans arrived in March 1941.

Subsequently Crawley joined 73 (F) Squadron in Egypt. On July 7 1941 he took off from Sidi Hanish, in the North African desert, with instructions to give cover to barges which were supplying besieged Tobruk, and to strafe enemy positions.

Shot down by machine-gun fire, he crash-landed amid a company of enemy troops. The Germans flew him to Salonika, and then put him on a train for Vienna. Crawley whiled away the journey with a copy of Berlin Illustrierte, in which he was astonished to see a photograph of himself, described as an explosives expert and a dangerous member of the British Secret Service.

Subsequently Crawley made a remarkable escape from Oflag XXIB, in Schubin, a small market town some 150 miles west of Warsaw.

He left camp through a tunnel which began in a cesspool. Clad in plus-fours made out of a blanket, he found shelter with a Polish family before journeying on by bus and train. His papers served to convince officials that he was a Sudeten German schoolteacher on his way to Berlin.

Two fellow-escapers were also to become well-known: Anthony Barber, the future Tory Chancellor, and Robert Kee, the author and broadcaster. In Berlin Crawley ran into Kee when they were both shaving in a public lavatory; they had to pretend not to recognise each other.

Crawley then caught a train to Munich, where he took refuge from an RAF raid in an underground shelter. There he found much merriment and bonhomie: his companions cursed the bomber crews and tucked into food and wine which they gladly shared with him.

But on his next train, to Switzerland, he was rumbled near Innsbruck. His papers still passed muster; it was extreme exhaustion that gave him away. He was returned to Schubin and then sent to Stalag Luft III, 80 miles south-east of Berlin.

Crawley was appointed information officer of the escape committee and camp interpreter. In the latter role he was obliged to convey to Group Capt Wallis, the senior British officer, that 50 officers had been shot after the celebrated "Great Escape".

Crawley himself escaped several more times, but was always recaptured. He began to assemble material for an account of the various attempts to get out of Germany, taking it with him as the British prisoners were marched through the ice and snow of the east European winter. Such was the genesis of his book, Escape from Germany, published in an abbreviated version (for security reasons) in 1956, and in full by HMSO in 1985.

At the 1945 general election Crawley won Buckingham, for which he had been adopted before the war, for Labour. He became parliamentary private secretary to successive Secretaries of State for the Colonies, and in 1950 was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air.

But in the 1951 general election he narrowly lost his Buckingham seat. He went back to making documentary films, but now for television. His Americans at Home series was judged so successful that the BBC offered him a programme called Viewfinder, which dealt with current affairs at home and abroad.

In 1955 Crawley was appointed the first editor-in-chief of Independent Television News. The new operation made the BBC seem absurdly amateurish and old-fashioned; within a year, however, he was back making television documentaries for the BBC. He also appeared on Panorama.

His reputation in international affairs was such that in 1960 he was appointed a member of the Monckton Commission on the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In 1961 he was back with independent television, as editor of Associated Rediffusion Intertel features.

Meanwhile, in 1957, Crawley had left the Labour Party. In 1962 he won a tight by-election in the Conservative cause in West Derbyshire. He took his seat to booing from the Labour benches; in compensation he received a personal letter of congratulation from the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan.

But his warnings about Communist infiltration of the unions were ignored, and promotion appeared elusive. His second parliamentary career ended in 1967 at the behest of London Weekend Television, which had appointed him chairman.

Crawley was a skilled political lobbyist, but unfortunately London Weekend concentrated harder on gaining the franchise than on what to do with it. In 1971, after Rupert Murdoch had intervened to prevent economic disaster, Crawley exchanged the chairmanship for the presidency of the company.

As the first chairman of the National Cricket Association from 1968 to 1975, Crawley was deeply involved with the administration of cricket below first-class level. In 1971 he was the instigator, in collaboration with the Cricketer, of the National Village Championship, now an annual event. His career in cricket was crowned by the presidency of MCC in 1973.

Crawley's De Gaulle (1969) was a notably fair and accurate biography; The Rise of Western Germany 1945-72 was a readable account of the transition from Nazi ruin to democratic prosperity; and Leap Before You Look (1988) was an autobiography that eschewed special pleading.

He was appointed MBE in 1946.

Aidan Crawley married, in 1945, the American author and journalist Virginia Cowles, who was killed in a car crash in 1983. They had two sons, Andrew and Randall, both killed in an aircraft crash in 1988, and a daughter, Harriet.

Sir Robin Day writes: Aidan Crawley was an extraordinary man of brilliant gifts and great qualities, of rugged good looks and enormous charm. In all his various roles he demonstrated the qualities which characterised his life: courage, leadership, vision, panache.

More than once he felt it right to resign in protest and on principle.

As a young journalist in 1936 he resigned from the Daily Mail. This was because the then Lord Rothermere had issued an instruction that nothing hostile was to appear in the Daily Mail about Herr Hitler, Signor Mussolini or the Emperor of Japan. Up with that Aidan Crawley would not put, for he could see the gathering storm.

Twenty years later he resigned from the Labour Party because it clung to Clause Four socialism. In that he was 25 years ahead of Roy Jenkins and David Owen.

He resigned as founding editor of ITN in 1956 because the ITV contractors refused to give the infant news company adequate air time and adequate money.

Aidan's courage and vision in that crisis ensured the survival of ITN which he had created. ITN was the most important new national organ of news since the war. It went on to revolutionise television journalism and knocked the BBC News for six in the process. Earlier, Aidan had been the first serious television personality the BBC produced.

He was always ahead of his time. Throughout his career he hit out boldly and brilliantly. He played many spectacular strokes with only an occasional mis-hit.

I cannot avoid mentioning one personal debt. Aidan Crawley gave me my very first opportunity in television as one of the first ITN newscasters, and, more than that, he threatened to resign as editor if I were sacked.

I shall never know whether this was to demonstrate his independence as editor, or to demonstrate his confidence in me. And I never had the courage to ask him.

His later years were clouded by terrible family tragedy but he maintained his great courage and great charm to the end.

Headline: PAID OBITUARIES
Publication Date: September 10, 1994
Source: Sun-Sentinel Ft. Lauderdale
Page: 4B
Subjects: BIO PROFILE DEATH
Region: Florida
Obituary: BROWARD COUNTY

OWEN - Brandy M., 18, of Coral Springs died Wednesday, September 7, 1994. She was born in Jefferson Co. AL and moved to this area 14 years ago. Survived by her daughters, Kristina Owen and Cynthia Elaine Hysell; parents, Renee and James Westerman of Coral Springs; sister, Jessica Savage of Pompano Beach and Mellisa Savage of Coral Springs; brother, Joseph Owen of Deerfield Beach; grandparents, Sue Carlee of Birmingham, AL and Curtis Owen of Deerfield Beach; and uncle, Lee Owen of Deerfield Beach. Memorial services will be held, 2 PM, Monday, September 12, 1994 at New Covenant Church, Pompano Beach. In lieu of flowers donation of balloons would be appreciated. Arrangements by KRAEER SAMPLE ROAD FUNERAL HOME. 946-2900.

WAITZ - Jack, 82, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Allentown, died March 18, 1996 in Whiehall Nursing Care, Boca Raton. He was the husband of the late, Lorraine (Westerman) Wampole Waitz. A graduate of the former Allentown Preparatory School, he was the founder, and 35 year president and owner of Jack Waitz & Co., Allentown, a store that deals in trophies, awards, plaques, engraving and laminating before retiring in 1987. Before that he was a partner in the former Waitz's Standard Baking Co., Fullerton. Born in NY City, he was a son of the late, Abraham and Sadie (Ostrovesky) Waltz. He was a founder of the Locust Valley Gold Club, Coopersburg and a former chairman of its greens committee. He was a past president of the Allentown Duffers Golf League and a 1970 winner of the President's Trophy at Moselem Springs Golf Club, Fleetwood. He was a member of Congregation Keneseth Israel, Allentown. Survivors, sisters, Pearl, wife of Kenneth Linder of Pembroke Pines, FL, Sara, wife of Phillip Markman of Pikesville, MD, and Esther Halprin of Allentown; step-sons, Judson Wampole of Point Pleasant, NJ, Randy Wampole of Allentown and Glenn Wampole of Schnecksville. Services, 11 AM, Wednesday in the synagogue. Interment Keneseth Israel Cemetery, S. Whitehall Twp., PA. Arrangements by Bachman, Kulik and Reinsmith, Allentown.

Westerman - Siegriet, 85, of Hollywood, died Monday. Funeral service, 2 PM, Thursday at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, Hollywood. Friends may call Wednesday, 6-8 PM at Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens Home. Entombment Hollywood Memorial Gardens.

HeadlineHeadline: PAID OBITUARIES
Publication Date: July 24, 1997
Source: Sun-Sentinel Ft. Lauderdale
Page: 7B
Subjects: DEATH OBIT PROFILE
Region: Florida
Obituary: BROWARD
Westerman - Tania, of Delray Beach, FL died July 23, 1997. Beth Israel Memorial Chapel, Delray.*