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Ernest J. Chiantaretto

Posted 2018-01-06 by Judy Wight Branson
Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Tuesday, April 26, 1949, page 1, column 2

Man Found Dead In Local Hotel

Ernest Chiantaretto, aged 48, was found dead in local hotel room
yesterday afternoon. Death was apparently due to a heart condition,
ex-official coroner George W. Fryer reported.

The body was found at 3 p.m. by a maid. According to an
undertaker's estimation, Chiantaretto had been dead about 15 hours,
Fryer declared.

Chiantaretto had been in ill health for a long time, Fryer declared.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Ruffner's Mortuary.

Among other relatives, the man is survived by Joe Chiantaretto, a
brother, of Prescott; three sisters: Mrs. Theresa Brownfield,
Deming, NM.; Mrs. Emma Bostick, Los Angeles; Mrs. Adeline Chester,
Deming.
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Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Wednesday, April 27, 1949, page 2, column 2

Chiantaretto Rites Scheduled Thursday

Funeral services for Ernest Chiantaretto, 48, who was found dead in
his hotel room Monday, will be held at the Sacred Heart church at 9
o'clock tomorrow morning. Interment will be in the family plot in
the Citizens cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 o'clock
tonight in the Lester Ruffner Funeral Home.

Chiantaretto, a native of Congress, had lived in Prescott the
greater part of his life.

He is survived by a brother, Joe, of Prescott, and three sisters.

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