A.B. Cole, 84, Dead; Was Well Known in Area
Albert B. Cole of 1812 Clark St., manager of the subcontracting department at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., during World War II, died Tuesday night at Holy Family Hospital. He was 84.
Mr. Cole was a ninth generation decendant (sic) of James Cole who left England with his family in 1633 and joined the Plymouth Colony in America.
For many years Mr. Cole had been associated in the marine industry. He also had been active in athletic and civic affairs in this city.
Mr. Cole was born Feb. 17, 1875, at Indianapolis, Ind. He was graduated from the elementary school and the high school of that city and attended Butler College.
He served in the 131st Indiana Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War and in World War I was a marine in the Third Brigade.
As a young man he took a position with the Philip Carey Mfg. Co. at Cincinnati, Ohio, and while in that city married in 1900. Later he moved to Chicago as








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