Notes:

Death Notice:

CHELF SERVICES FRIDAY

Lebanon, Ky., (AP) - Funeral services will be held at the Lebanon Baptist church Friday at 3 p.m. for Walter B. Chelf, 41, Lebanon attorney and brother of Rep. Frank Chelf (D-Ky) who died at his home here Wednesday.

(Published in the Owensboro Messnger on March 23, 1945)

Obituary:

Chelf Rites Friday

LEBANON, Ky., March 22 (AP) - Funeral services will be held at the Lebanon Baptist church at 3 p.m. Friday for Walter B. Chelf, 41, Lebanon attorney and brother of Representative Frank Chelf (D-Ky) who died at his home here Wednesday.

He had returned home Monday after treatment at a Rochester, Minn., clinic and a hospital in Louisville.

Chelf served as counsel for the National Labor Relations Board at Indianapolis and Cincinnati and in 1937 sought the Democratic nomination for state senator from the 14th Kentucky district.

Chelf also served as acting Marion county attorney while his brother was in the Army Air Forces. He was a graduate of Centre College, Danville, Ky., and o Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee.

In addition to his brother, who was reported on his way here, Chelf is survived by his wife and a son, Felix.

(Published in The Lexington Leader on March 22, 1945)

Walter married Yolande Georgia Perres 29 May 1939, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA. Yolande (daughter of Felix Perres and Georgiana Amy) was born 9 Mar 1911, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 12 May 1957, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA; was buried 16 May 1957, Mount Olivet Cemetery - Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Brengle Felix Chelf-Perres was born 25 Feb 1940, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA; died 13 Nov 2023, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA.