This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PURDY Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EZ.2ADI/1094 Message Board Post: cAN SOMEOME HELP ME TO FIND A DEATH RECORD OR OBITUARY FOR MY GREAT UNCLE EDWARD PURDY. HE WAS BORN 1-09-1885 IN LASALLE IL. HE WAS A BOXING REFEREE IN MADISON SQUARE GARDENS DURING THE EARLY 1900'S(1923-19270) THEN HE RETIRED TO HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA SOMETIME NEAR 1950,I KNOW THIS BECAUSE HIS BROTHER'S OBIT. SAYS THAT ED WAS LIVING IN HOLLYWOOD FLA. IN 1953. HE DIED NOVEMBER 1966 IN BROWARD CO. HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA, THAT INFO. COMES FROM SSDI. I AM ALSO WANTING TO KNOW WHERE HE MAY BE BURIED AT IN HOLLYWOOD. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HE HAS FAMILY THERE YET.