This Day in History: 1955-04-22
A combined business and pleasure trip to Washington D.C. ended tragically for a mahwah man. Louis Chambre, a native of France died suddenly of an apparent hear attack. He was 53 years old and had lived in Mahwah for twenty years. He was a vice-president of the Bollet-Vianney Wire Die Company located in Gutenberg, NJ. He was attending a business conference and was planning to attend his daughter’s graduation from Georgetown University two days later. A High Requiem Mass was celebrated at the Immaculate Conception Church in Darlington by the Rev. Lester Quinn. He was survived by his wife, Renee, his daughter Marie-Therese and his three sons, Jacques, Robert and Andre. (Bristow)