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Lynn Item, January 24, 1903 Mrs. Hannah Lundstrom, a Lynn resident for about 35 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Patrick M. Cronin, 106 Rockaway Street, at 1 p.m. Friday, aged 65 years. She was born in Cork, Ireland, but came to this country when quite young and was married in Boston in 1861, where she resided for some years. She came to Lynn with her husband in 1866, and has resided here since. She was a woman of an affable disposition and had a large circle of friends in Lynn, by all of whom she was held in the very highest esteem. She was a devout attendant at St. Mary’s Church during her residence in Lynn and was always eager and willing to assist in promoting the charitable work connected with the church, until she was compelled to relinquish active efforts in this direction on account of advancing years. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Cronin, with whom she resided most of the time, and Mrs. William H. Kane, wife of patrolman Kane, also one sister, a Mrs. Corcoran, who resides in Boston. Annie Catherine Cronin obituary Daily Evening Item, April 16, 1912 Mrs. Annie Catherine Cronin, wife of Patrick M. Cronin, of 106 Rockaway Street, died suddenly on Monday evening at her home after but one day’s illness of plural pneumonia. Mrs. Cronin was about the house as usual on Sunday in her usual cheerful manner. She retired at her customary time and during the night became ill. Monday morning a doctor was summoned and her condition was such that the physician stated she would recover in a short time. Later in the day she had a bad turn and death came at 10 o’clock in the evening. She was born in Boston 48 years ago, but has been a resident of this city during the greater part of her life. For a number of years past she has lived on the Highlands. Beside a husband, one daughter, Miss Annie C. Cronin, five sons, Charles, Richard, Joseph, George, and Edwin Cronin, and one sister, Mrs. Kane, of Bay View Avenue, survive her. Daily Evening Item, March 21, 1944 Edmund F. Kane, 47, son of William and Josephine M. Kane of 150 Euclid avenue, and brother of Dr, William D. Kane, died yesterday at the Veterans Hospital in Northampton. A native of Lynn, he was once foreman at the Herick and Phelan Shoe Companies. In World War I he was a member of a munitions division and suffered shell shock, the affects of which kept him in the hospital for the past 17 years. In his youth he was a member of Father Noonan’s Boys at St. Mary’s. He leaves two other brothers, Charles A. Kane and Ralph J. Kane, both of Lynn. The funeral will be held at his parents residence on Thursday at 8 Am followed by a high mass of requiem at St. Pius church at 9 AM. Burial will be in the family lot in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Ex-Chief Inspector Kane Dies Suddenly at Home Retired Official Served Force for 47 Years on Many Big Cases Daily Evening Item, April 29, 1946 Stricken with a heart attack shortly before noon yesterday, William H. Kane, 77, retired Chief inspector of the Lynn Police department, died at his home, 150 Euclid avenue. He retired from the department in 1939 after 47 years of service. One of Lynn’s best known police officers, he had been commended many times and had several narrow escapes from death while in the performance of his duty. He figured in a number of widely known crime cases. He was instrumental in solving the famous George E. Marsh murder case and traveled to California to bring back the killer of the Lynn soap manufacturer. His services were in demand by various neighborhood departments and he was called to Washington several times to confer with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The retired chief inspector was forced to shoot it out several times with criminals. In one case, his badge was shot off by a gunman, and in another instance, a bullet just missed him, striking a wall. A section of brick flew back and injured the inspector. He had an active role in the Carroll-Landregan case, in which a shoe manufacturer and Lynn policeman were killed by a daylight payroll robbery. Born in Lynn on Oct. 10, 1869, he attended the Lynn public schools and while in Lynn High school, he decided to learn shoemaking. He was employed at the Breed & Bartlett factory and also was a clothing salesman at a Munroe street store at the time of the big Lynn fire in 1889. Entering the Lynn police department in February, 1892, he was appointed a regular policeman on May 9, 1893. He was promoted to inspector in 1911 and to chief of the inspector’s department in 1919. For many years he was prosecuting officer in the District Court and handled the Lynn cases in the Superior Criminal Court. He was a member of the Lafayette Court of Catholic Foresters and the Holy Name Society of St. Pius parish. He had been active for years in the Lynn Police Relief association and was one time in the Father Mathews Total Abstinence society. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Josephine F. (Lunstom) Kane and three sons, Dr. William V. Kane, Ralph Kane and Charles Kane and seven grandchildren. The funeral will be held Wednesday from his home with a solemn mass of requiem in St. Pius church at 10 A.M. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Heart Attack Proves Fatal to Dr. Kane Daily Evening Item, October 14, 1946 A solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at 9 A.M. in St. Joseph’s Church for Dr. William V. Kane, 55, a children’s specialist, who died Friday night of a heart attack at his home, 41 Lewis street. Dr. Kane was born in Lynn, the son of Mrs. Josephine (Lundstrom) Kane and the late Chief Inspector William H. Kane of the Lynn Police department. A graduate of Whiting Grammar school, English High school and Tufts College medical school class of 1915, he interned at Carney hospital, Boston, and Bellevue hospital, New York. He was widely known in his youth as a pitcher of the Whiting school, and later of the St. Mary’s Young Men’s association. He was also active in the Denova club. In World War I, Dr. Kane served as a captain in the Army Medical Corps. He was on the staff of the Lynn Hospital, a member of the Lynn Medical Fraternity, the Massachusetts Medical society, Tedesco Country club, General Montgomery court of Catholic Foresters. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Helen (Coffey) Kane; three sons, William, Lawrence, and Robert Kane; his mother; and two brothers, Ralph and Charles, all of Lynn. Lynn Daily Evening Item, Oct 25, 1946 Stricken ill Wednesday, Mrs. Josephine (Lundstrom) Kane, 79, widow of former Chief Inspector William H. Kane of the Lynn Police Department, died last night at her home, 150 Euclid Avenue. Her death occurred less than two weeks after her son, the late Dr. William V. Kane, who died on Oct. 11, and less than six months after her husband, who died last April 24. Born in Boston, Mrs. Kane made her home in Lynn since infancy. She was active in the Columbus Guild, the G. L. W. Club, and the Women’s Sodality of St. Pius Parish. She leaves two sons, Charles A. Kane and Ralph J. Kane, and seven grandchildren, all of Lynn. The funeral will be from her home Monday 8 AM, with a solemn mass of requiem in St. Pius Church at 9 AM. Burial will be held in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Friends may visit the Kane home after 5 PM on Saturday. Death Takes Chas. Kane, G. E. Worker Daily Evening Item, September 11, 1958 Charles A. Kane, 59, of 150 Euclid Avenue, son of the late William H. Kane, chief inspector of the Lynn Police Department, was stricken ill last night at his home and was rushed to Lynn Hospital, where he died an hour later. A lifelong resident of Lynn, he was a die-sinker at Building 42 of the General Electric River Works for the past 16 years. His mother was the late Mrs. Josephine (Lundstrom) Kane. Mr. Kane was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Pius Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Esther A. (Lannon) Kane; a daughter, Mrs. Betty Stanton of North Andover; a son, the Rev. Charles R. Kane, curate of St. Joseph’s Church, Medford; a brother, Ralph J. Kane of Lynn; and four grandchildren. Mr. Kane was the brother of the late Dr. William V. Kane of Lynn. The funeral will be held from the William E. McGinn Funeral Home, 157 Maple Street, Monday at 9 AM, with a Solemn Requiem mass in St. Pius Church at 10AM. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lynn. Daily Evening Item, February 26, 1971 Ralph J. Kane, Sr., 69, 32 Magnolia Ave., retired instrument inspector of General Electric Co., died Thursday at Lynn Hospital after a lengthy illness. A lifelong resident of Lynn, he was the son of the late William H. Kane and Josephine (Lunsdstrom) Kane. His father was former chief inspector of the Lynn Police Department for years. Mr. Kane was employed at GE for 45 years at the West Lynn and Allerton Street plants. He was a member of the Thomason Quarter Century Club of the GE and of the Holy Name Society of St. Pius V Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Frances A. (Rosicky) Kane; a daughter, Mrs. Jean F. Nigro of Beverly; a son, Ralph J. Kane Jr. of Lynn, an engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; six grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews, including the Rev. Charles R. Kane of St. Bridget’s Church, South Boston. The funeral will be Saturday at 8 a.m. from the David J. Solimine Funeral Home, 444 Broadway, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 in St. Pius V Church. The celebrant will be his nephew, Father Kane. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. |
