Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Thursday, November 08, 2007 at 04:44:02 :
Independent Journal
Saturday, Sept. 9, 1967
Page 3
James B. (Sid) Ahern Dies At 57
James B. (Sid) Ahern, 57, member of a pioneer Marin family, died yesterday in a San Francisco hospital after a long illness.
His father, James, was an engineer on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and took the first passenger train into Eureka in about 1915, according to a sister, Mrs. Alfred Kirby of Sausalito.
A native of San Rafael, Ahern lived at 2 Constance Drive there. He was a salesman for Tidewater Oil Co. He belonged to Saint Mary’s Alumni Association.
Other survivors are his wife Evelyn; a son, James R. Ahern of Australia; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Sullivan of Moss Beach, San Mateo County, and Mrs. Geraldine Chipchase of Sonoma; a stepson, James Tobin of Munich, Germany; a sister, Mrs. Harold Haley of San Rafael; and eight grandchildren.
Requiem Mass will be at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Isabella’s Church, San Rafael. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Harry M. Williams Mortuary, Sausalito. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael.
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A Death Notice in the same paper adds that he was the son of the late Laura A. and James B. Ahern, and brother of the late Mrs. Arthur Gifford.
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