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ST. PETERSBURG TIMES SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1987 1 Eddie Davis, ran famous nightclub SUNCOAST DEATHS CNwwVorkTlmai Complete details of local obituaries appear daily in regional editions of the St. Petersburg Times: City Times and Independent, Largo-Seminole Times, Clearwater Times, North Pinellas Times, Pasco Times, Hernando Times, Citrus Times and Tampa. SOUTH PINELLAS resident of Safety Harbor, died April 22. Thomas J.

Brett Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. LUBERECKI, FRANK 76, of Clearwater, died April 23. National Cremation Society, Clearwater. Mr.

Davis joined forces with Leon Enken in Leon Eddie's in its basement hideaways Mr. Davis, a gravel-voiced singer with a repertory of 1 ,000 songs, served as host and was chief entertainer! In addition to Davis, Leon Eddie's featured' other performers who ranged from Jackie Gleason and Alan King to Eydie Gorme. Mr. Davis appeared in two movies, The Ship Cafe in 1935 and Blonde Crazy in 1937, as well as in the musical comedy Clad To See You in 1 94 1 In 1946, Mr. Davis and Enken opened a second Leon Eddie's in Palm Beach, and the next year; they dissolved their partnership; Enken retained the club in Florida and Mr.

Davis took over in New York. Mr. Davis closed Leon Eddie's in 1953 and moved with his wife to Fort Lauderdale. Mrs. Davis; the former Clementine LeNormand, died in 1981.

The couple had been married 62 years. Mr. Davis is survived by a son, Eddie Davis who lives in Naples, and Tenafly, and a daughter, Edwina Auel of Sacramento, Calif. Eddie Davis, 92, an entertainer and nightclub owner who ran one of New York's leading clubs during the 1930s and 1940s, died Monday in Fort Lauderdale. Mr.

Davis was co-owner and manager of Leon Eddie's, which began as a Prohibition-era speakeasy in a brownstone basement at 18 52nd St. in New York. When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the club moved across the street to 33 52nd where it endured for 20 more years. During its heyday, Leon Eddie's was one of the most famous drinking and entertainment places in the world. Mr.

Davis, who was born'in Philadelphia, was one of 12 children of a haberdasher. He left home at 14 to join a carnival, and worked as a barker before and after military service in World War I. He began to work as a singer in Philadelphia in 1924 and later in Atlantic City nightclubs, and moved to New York for a job at the Club Everglades, where his colleagues included Ruby Keeler and Barbara Stanwyck. LUNDH, BETTY, 79, of Indian Shores, died April 24. National Cremation Society, St.

Petersburg. MOORE, DOROTHY 69, of Largo, died April 23. Kenfield-Woodlawn Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. PFEFFER, FLORENCE of Clearwater Beach, died April 22.

Moss-Feaster Guardian Funeral Home, Fort Harrison Chapel, Clearwater. WHITEHOUSE, RAY 67, of Largo, died April 21. Thomas J. Brett Funeral Home, St. Petersburg.

FUNERAL NOTICES HUH UK IT It AS CITRUS KARAITIS Michael. 82, of St. Pe DYKSTRA, JOSEPH, 76, of Homosassa Springs, MAKE YOUR OWN 546-9117 44Z4 PAIK II PtNEUASPAM died April 23. Richard F. Wilder Funeral Home, Homosassa Springs.

ESPINOZA, CAESAR 87, of Beverly Hills, died McFARLAND George T. Friends wil be received Sunday 6-8 PM at DAVID GROSS NINTH AVENUE CHAPEL, 104S-9 Avenue where Wake Service wll be 7:45 PM. Funeral Mass wil be 11:30 AM Monday at Holy Family Catho-Uc Church. Interment wil follow In Bay Pines National Cemetery. DAVID GROSS GUARDIAN FUNERAL HOMES 1045-9 Avenue No.

381-4911 tersburg Beach, died April 23, 1987. Mast of Christian Burial wll be ll AM Monday at Holy Name Catholic Church, Gulfport. Friends may cal today (Saturday) and Sunday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM at Beach Memorial Chapel, 30 1 Corey Avenue, St. Petersburg Beach, where there wll be Recitation of the Rosary 7 PM Sunday. Entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum.

Aril 24. Fero Funeral Home, Beverly Hills. KOLMEL, ANN 71, of Homosassa, died April 22. Richard F. Wilder Funeral Home, Homosassa Springs.

NtW rUIUNtrl CGWMMO tHHKt Nt OMC wPtR iowt junotq SYLVESTER, WILLIAM H. "BUD," 76, of RADAR WING OOCKSIOf POWfR EUCTR0NJC3 CAXYASS HQ RIU atCT, GAUXt MUCH MORF ALBEE, SARAH 97, of St. Petersburg, died April 22. Mathews-Palms Memorial Funeral Directors, St. Petersburg.

BIRINGER, IVA MURRAY, 85, formerly of St. Petersburg, died April 21 In Pickens, S.C. Mathews-Palms Memorial Funeral Directors, St. Petersburg. BRYANT, JAMES 61, of St.

Petersburg, died April 23. R. Lee Williams Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. CAVITT, PAUL MORTON, 67, of St.

Petersburg, died April 23. Bobbin Funeral Chapel, St. Petersburg. CLAY, ORA 85, of St. Petersburg, died April 22.

Mathews-Palms Memorial Funeral Directors, St. Petersburg. COOK, GRACE, 91, of South Pasadena, died April 24. Wilder and Fuss Funeral Chapel, Clearwater. DAHL, ALF 86, of St.

Petersburg, died April 19, 1987. International Association of Mortuary Services. St. Petersburg. ERNST, ANDREW, 88.

formerly of St. Petersburg, died April 23 in South Holland, III. All Faiths Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. FERRARA, CHARLES 83, of St.

Petersburg, died April 22. Alan R. McLeod Funeral Directors, St. Petersburg. HALL, ALITA KENYON, 86, of Pinellas Park, died April 24.

Kenfield-Woodlawn Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. HARRIS, WILLIAM 82, of Treasure Island, died April 23. National Cremation Society, Clearwater. HERNANDEZ, GREGORIA 84, of St.

Petersburg, died April 24. Alan R. McLeod Funeral Directors, St. Petersburg. HOLZMAN, WILLIAM BUTLER, 74, of St.

Petersburg, died April 22. National Cremation Society of Tampa. KARAITIS, MICHAEL, 82, of St. Petersburg Beach, died April 23. Beach Memorial Chapel, St.

Petersburg Beach. KEMSLEY, ARTHUR SCRIPPS, 71, of St. Petersburg, died April 23. Wilhelm-Thurston Funeral Home, St. Petersburg.

KUENZLER, CAROLYN, 87, of St. Petersburg, died April 23. National Cremation Society, Clearwater. LEIS, ALFRED H.t 89. of St.

Petersburg, died April 23. Leis, Tiverton, R.I. National Cremation Society, Clearwater. MARSH, WILLIAM HOWARD, 94, of St. Petersburg, died April 24.

Wilhelm-Thurston Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. Inverness, died April 23. Charles E. Davis Funeral Home, Inverness.

MOORE Dorothy 69, of 9165-88 HERNANDO WEISS Bruce Aaron. Funeral Services wll be 11 AM Sunday at DAVID GROSS CENTRAL AVENUE CHAPEL, 6366 Central Avenue, Rabbi Ira Youdovln officiating. Interment wll follow In Curlew Hills Memory Gardens, Palm Harbor. DAVID GROSS GUARDIAN FUNERAL HOMES 6366 Central Avenue 381-4911 DONAHUE, IRENE 75, of Spring Hill, died Street Largo, died Thursday, April 23, 1987. Funeral Services win be 2 PM Monday In Kenfield-Woodlawn Funeral Home (200 Pasadena Avenue with The Rev.

Vert Green officiating. Burial wll follow In Woodlawn Memory Gardens. Friends may cal at the Funeral Home Sunday 2-4 PM, April 22. National Cremation Society, Holiday. DYKSTRA, JOSEPH, 76, of Homosassa Springs, died April 23.

Richard F. Wilder Funeral Home, Homosassa Springs. WERDER, HAROLD 56, of Spring Hill, died April 18. Wellwood Funeral Home, Hudson. HILLSBOROUGH MATTRESS SETS Twin Size set $99 ONLY 200 SETS FuISizflSfit $49 MOTEL TO SELL AT $1QQ THESE LOW uueen OIZB 561 i PRICES.

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F.T. Blount Funeral Home, Lutz Chapel. BERAN, ARTHUR, 57, of Lutz, died April 23. F.T. Blount Funeral Home, Lutz Chapel.

CHAPMAN, LILLIAN 94. of Tampa, died April 24. F.T. Blount Funeral Home, Tampa Chapel. FERNANDEZ, ANTONIO, 92.

of Tampa, died April 24. Roel Curry Funeral Home, Tampa. GLAZIER, RICHARD "DICK" S. 45, Of Tampa, died April 23. Curry Son Funeral Home, Tampa.

HARRIS, DENNIS, 38, of Tampa, died April 23. Roel Curry Funeral Home, Tampa. HIZA, STEPHEN, 75, of Tampa, died April 23. Tampa. McGARVEY, MARGARET 76, of Tampa, died April 23.

Curry Son Funeral Home, Tampa. REID, CHRISTINE 94, of Tampa, died April 24. Curry Son Funeral Home, Tampa. SMITH, LILIAN 80, of Tampa, died April 23. F.T.

Blount Funeral Home, Tampa Chapel. SHIPP, WILLIAM D. 36, of Richmond, died April 19. Wilson Funeral Home, Tampa. STEWART, EULA 71, of Tampa, died April 22.

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PETERSBURG PALM HARBOR 23. Bell Funeral Home, Bayonet Point. MATHEWS, FRANCES 87. of St. Petersburg, died April 24.

All Faiths Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. McFARLAND, GEORGE 68, of St. Petersburg, died April 23. David C.

Gross Guardian Funeral Homes, Ninth Avenue Chapel, St. Petersburg. PAULDING, MAZIE 85, of Suncoast Manor, died April 23. Beach Memorial Chapel, St. Petersburg Beach.

PORZELT, KATE 76, of St. Petersburg, died April 24. The Neptune Society, St. Petersburg. RODGERS, ALBERT HAMILTON "HAM," 90, of St.

Petersburg, died April 18 in Washington Court House, Ohio. Kirkpatrick Funeral Home, Washington Court House. SHEDLER, FRANK LEON, 83, of St. Petersburg, died April 22. National Cremation Society, Clearwater.

WEISS, BRUCE AARON, 24, of Palm Harbor, formerly of St. Petersburg, died April 24. David C. Gross Guardian Funeral Homes, Central Avenue Chapel, St. Petersburg.

WRIGHT, JOSEPHINE, 87, of Port Richey, formerly of St. Petersburg, died April 24. Faupel Funeral Home, Port Richey. MltUt It IMaitKCotar Trio) 845-4646 1M-Mth(t N. IMasI Horn Dopotl 327-4770 I mMm wort Cur tew I 788-7716 PASCO NORTH PINELLAS CHACE, ELSIE, 71, of New Port Richey, died April 24.

George B. Morgan Funeral Home, New Port Richey. DEAN, HAROLD CHARLES, 74, of Zephyrhills, died April 22. Richardson Funeral Home, DULANEY, WILLARD 86, of New Port Richey, died April 22. North Guardian Funeral Home, New Port Richey.

GOODMAN, IRENE 78, of New Port Richey, died April 24. George B. Morgan Funeral Home, New Port Richey. LIVINGSTON, RAY, 50, of Hudson, died April 23. North Guardian Funeral Home, Hudson.

MARTIN, JIMMIE, 42, of New Port Richey, died April 23. National Cremation Society, Holiday. MASTERS, SIDONIA 59, of Hudson, died April 23. Bell Funeral Home, Bayonet Point. SCHAFER, FRED FRITZ, 83, of Embassy Hills, died April 22.

North Guardian Funeral Home, New Port Richey. WRIGHT, HAROLD 52, of Panama City, died April 22. Padgett Funeral Home, Holiday. WRIGHT, JOSEPHINE, 87, of Port Richey. died April 24.

Faupel Funeral Home, Port Richey. BUXTON, RALPH 88, of Largo, died April 23. National Cremation Society, Clearwater. ELLIOTT, JEANETTE 89, of Clearwater, died April 24. Moss-Feaster Guardian Funeral Home, Belcher Road Chapel, Clearwater.

FELIX, BESSIE MAY, 89, of Seminole, died April 24. Lewis W. Mohn Funeral Home, Seminole. GORR, MARGARET, 69, of Arlington Heights. a winter resident of Largo, died April 23.

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