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"My Small Part In The War" by Johnnie H. Noles
First person account of WWII written by Orlando resident Johnnie Herman Noles, and first person account of WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War by Forest Reid Noles, his brother.
After retiring from the United States Air Force as a Master Sergeant,...
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Orville Victor Lewis
The obituary for Orville Victor Lewis was published in the Orlando Morning Sentinel on 12 February 1954, page B7. Mr. Lewis passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 1954.
Mentioned in the obituary: First Methodist Church Orlando, Wesleyan Men's Bible Cl...
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Oral History Interview with Holocaust Survivor Helen Greenspun
ABOVE: Photo of Holocaust survivor Helen Garfinkel coming to the United States of America for the first time in 1949. Helen Garfinkel Greenspun and her husband, Joe Greenspun, also a Holocaust survivor, moved to Orlando in 1973.
June 15, 2010 oral...
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serros, St. James Parishioners
ABOVE: Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serros at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, January 9th, 2011.
Robert Serros is an Orlando native and has been a member of St. James Church all his life. His wife Rosalee became a...
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Andrew Meszaros Obituary 1974
Andrew Meszaros died Monday 28 October 1974. His obituary was published in the Home Edition of the Orlando Sentinel Star on 29 October 1974, page 4B.
Mentioned in the obit include: Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, U.S. Steel Company, Miflin Pennsylvania, ...
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Judge James Gamble Speer
An article published 16 May 1957 provides a photo and brief history of Judge James Gamble Speer's life in Orange County, Florida from the time he arrived just nine years after Florida was admitted to the union until he died...
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Leona Law, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
Ms. Law's father, Orie Buzzelli, came to Orlando in 1925. After working successfully as a tailor for two years he invited his family to Orlando to live. Leona Buzzelli Law recalls coming to Orlando from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania by train...
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James R. Smyth, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
Listen to Orlando native James R. Smyth recorded at the "Sneak Preview" for the restored Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010.
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Robert Serros, St. James Parishioner
Interview with Orlando native Bob Serros at the "Sneak Preview" for the restored Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010.
Mr. Serros was baptized in the original wooden church and recalls, "the murals in the chapel which were part...
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Cathy Steiger, St. James Parishioner
Listen to this interview with Catherine Buning Steiger recorded at the "Sneak Preview" for Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010.
Catherine Buning was born in Orlando in 1957, the sixth child in a family of eight children. The...
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WWII Veteran Audrey Tracy Interview
Listen to this interview with WWII Veteran Audrey Tracy in Orlando, FL June 6, 2010, D-Day.
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ABOVE: Photo of WWII Veteran Audrey Tracy in her dress wh...
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Veteran Stephen Sterner Video Interview
Interview with Veteran Stephen Sterner at VFW 10147 in Apopka, FL, May 19th, 2010.
Veteran Sterner graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and retired from the U.S. Navy in 1982. He visits the VA Hospital once a week, volunteers at the...
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