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Joel Burtis “Bert” Signor

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Birth	:	16 May 1850 Hamden, Delaware County, New York, USA
Death	:	18 May 1930 Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Saint Marys Catholic Church Cemetery, Laurel, Prince George's County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.1074982, -76.8555984
Plot	:	5-1-E
Description	:	Railroad hand and letter carrier. Obituary of JOEL BURRIS SIGNOR Atchison Daily Globe May 19, 1930 Retired Letter Carrier and Resident of Atchison Many Years Joel Burris ("Bert") Signor, 80, retired letter carrier, died shortly before 8 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ida Fortune, 716 Santa Fe Street. Mr. Signor had been in failing health for the last three years but had been confined to his bed for less than a week. Death resulted from a diabetic condition. The passing of Bert Signor removes from Atchison one of the town's best known and most popular figures. During his service of... Read More	Railroad hand and letter carrier. Obituary of JOEL BURRIS SIGNOR Atchison Daily Globe May 19, 1930 Retired Letter Carrier and Resident of Atchison Many Years Joel Burris ("Bert") Signor, 80, retired letter carrier, died shortly before 8 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ida Fortune, 716 Santa Fe Street. Mr. Signor had been in failing health for the last three years but had been confined to his bed for less than a week. Death resulted from a diabetic condition. The passing of Bert Signor removes from Atchison one of the town's best known and most popular figures. During his service of 29 years as a letter carrier, hundreds of Atchison people came to know and like him. He was polite, punctual in his work and of a highly cheerful disposition. Mr. Signor was born in Downswell, N. Y., May 10, 1850, and came to Atchison after he had reached young manhood. His first job here was in the maintenance department of the Burlington railroad. He went to work later as a packer in the Cain & Handthorne Mill, and then on May 1, 1888, he was appointed to the letter service department in the Atchison post office under the postmastership of H. Clay Park. Mr. Signor carried the "No. 4" route through north Atchison until September 30, 1917, when he fell while on duty and broke his shoulder. He was given government compensation and treated in various government hospitals until August 20, 1929, when the retirement bill was passed, and then pensioned. Mr. Signor married Mary E. Graham in Atchison on November 18, 1884. Mrs. Signor died here January 20, 1920. He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Ida Fortune, Atchison; Mrs. James R. Craig, Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. Clarence Shaver, who lives south of Atchison; Mrs. Georganna Koontz, Downswell, N. Y.; and Mrs. Cora Rice, Livingston Manor, N. Y.; one son, J. B. Signor, Jr., Atchison; one step-son, Ben H. Graham, Topeka; and two brothers, George Y. Signor, 82, Downswell*, N. Y.; and Albert E. Signor, 85, East Orange, N. J. Twenty-two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Mr. Signor was a member of the Abdallah Shrine of Leavenworth. The body is at the Sawin & Douglass parlors, where it will remain until noon tomorrow (Tuesday) when it will be taken to St. Mark's Lutheran church to lie

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Joel Burtis “Bert” Signor's memorial is located at: Saint Marys Catholic Church Cemetery, Laurel, Prince George's County, USA.
When did Joel Burtis “Bert” Signor death?
Joel Burtis “Bert” Signor death on 18 May 1930 in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 39.1074982
Longitude: -76.8555984

Family Members:

Spouse

Mary Esley Anderson Signor

(1855 - 1920)

Children

Ida F Signor Gilkison

(1885 - 1971)

Mary Elizabeth Signor Shaver

(1893 - 1964)

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