(died May 8, 1946)

Funeral services for Paul H. Oliver, 50, who died last Wednesday night in the Newark, N.J. Presbyterian hospital, were held Saturday afternoon in Newark by Rev. Frederick Jenkins of Forest Hill Presbyterian church. Burial was in East Ridge Lawn cemetery, Delwanna. Mr. Oliver had been ill for the past two months.

He was born in Norwood, a son of Mrs. Cora Scanlon Oliver and the late William Oliver. His father was for many years chief clerk of the Norwood station for the New York Central railroad. Mrs. Cora Oliver operated a dress and hat shop in Potsdam for a number of years.

He was graduated from the Crane department of music of Potsdam State Teachers college in 1917 and later received his B. S. Degree in music from New York University. He joined the Newark school system in 1921 and in 1933 became supervisor of music of the city’s schools.

Mr. Oliver devoted his life to music and was responsible for bringing the New Jersey All-State high school chorus and orchestra to the Mosque theater for annual concerts. He was a former president of the music department of the New Jersey Educational Association and was given a life membership in that group last fall. He organized music courses in the wartime summer school program in 1942 and the Saturday free music classes for boys and girls in the fall of 19143.

A versatile musician, he was most familiar with the flute and saxophone. He introduced instrumental music in elementary schools in Newark and organized the first grade school band in 1922. He was a veteran of overseas service in World War I with the marine corps and active in a number of organizations.

Besides his wife, Mrs. Hazel Crawford Oliver, he leaves a son, Richard, 18, recently discharged from the navy; a daughter, Janet, a student at Arts High school; a brother, William Oliver, Livingston, N.J., director of instrumental music in the Orange public schools, and his mother, Mrs. Cora S. Oliver, who is now residing in Livingston.

(From the Friday, May 17, 1946 edition of the Potsdam Herald-Recorder, courtesy of the Northern New York Library Network @ news.nnyln.net).