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- Dawson Rite Set for Tomorrow
Beverly Hills – Funeral services for Superior Court Judge Leroy Dawson, who died Sunday night, will be held Wednesday morning here.
Final rites for the 68-year-old jurist will be held at Pierce Brothers Mortuary, 417 N. Maple Dr., at 11 a.m.
Judge Dawson, survived by his widow, Alma, of the home, 1453 s. Reeves St., and daughters Alice Dawson and Mrs. Robert Hall, had served as a Superior Court judge since 1954 and previously was a Municipal Court judge since 1931.
He was stricken while visiting a friend, and was pronounce dead on arrival at UCLA Medical Center.
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, Los Angeles, California. Tuesday, 24 November 1964.
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- Judge LeRoy Dawson Dies; Won Fame in Finch Trials
Services will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Pierce Bros. Mortuary, 417 N. Maple Dr., Beverly Hills for Superior Court Judge LeRoy Dawson, 67, who died Sunday night in UCLA Medical Center.
He died of natural causes soon after arriving in an ambulance.
Dr. Gene Emmett Clark, pastor of the Church of Religious Science, Beverly Hills, will officiate.
The body will be cremated at Chapel of the Pines.
Survivors Listed
Judge Dawson resided at 1453 S. Reeves Ave., and was a Superior Court judge the past 10 years, after serving 23 years on the Los Angeles Municipal Court.
Surviving are his widow Alma and daughters Alice Dawson and Mrs. Robert Hall.
In 1959, Judge Dawson presided at two of the three murder trials of Dr. R. Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff, both accused in the death of Dr. Finch’s wife Barbara Jean in West Covina on July 18, 1959.
Judge Dawson was noted among his judicial associates as a man who would not wear judicial robes in the courtroom. Repeated efforts to get Judge Dawson into the robes failed. He always accepted them, but hung them neatly in his closet.
Won Degree at USC
He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the 42nd Rainbow Division. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism at St. Mihiel, France, in 1918.
His military service cost him both a foot and an eye, but he earned a law degree from the University of Southern California and passed the California bar examination in 1924.
The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet, Van Nuys, California. Tuesday, 24 November 1964.
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