Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lawler, Edward Fenton June 21, 1935
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Norfolk Ledger Dispatch June 22, 1935

                           HEART ATTACK CAUSES DEATH

             E.F. Lawler, Contractor, Succumbs; Funeral Service Tuesday

Edward Fenton Lawler, 58, well known plumbing and heating contractor and for 
many years an outstanding figure in business, religious and fraternal spheres of 
the city, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, 714 Graydon Park, following 
a heart attack. He was stricken while downtown and was taken to his home where 
he died at 2:30 p.m.
News of Mr. Lawler's death came as a great shock to his many friends. He was not 
feeling well in the afternoon and went to the Medical Arts Building. He was 
stricken and was assisted into the pharmacy where he was examined by his 
physician, Dr. N.G. Wilson. He was carried to his residence where he died a few 
minutes after arrival.
A native and life long resident of Norfolk, Mr. Lawler was the son of the late 
Joseph J. and Mrs. Mary Fenton Lawler,. He was president of the firm of Joseph 
J. Lawler and Company, on Boush Street, which firm was established by his father 
in 1870.
In addition to his other connections, Mr. Lawler was State executive of the 
Virginia Code Authority for the Plumbing Industry until that, like other code 
agencies, was abolished through the Supreme Court's decision invalidating the 
NRA. Mr. Lawler  yesterday mailed to Washington his final reports on his work in 
that connection.
Mr. Lawler served as president of the State Master Plumbers Association for the 
year just ended. He was a member of the Holy Name Society, of Sacred Heart 
Catholic Church, was past exalted ruler of Norfolk Lodge 38, B.P.O. Elks and was 
a member of the Norfolk Country Club.
Mr. Lawler took a keen interest in the small boat activities of this section. He 
derived much pleasure from his star-boat and took part in the various racing 
events in nearby waters.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Cora M. Lawler, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Mary 
Frances Lawler; three sons, Robert Palmer Lawler, Edward Fenton Lawler, Jr. and 
Joseph John Lawler and four sisters, Misses Katherine F., Mary Alice, Elizabeth 
I. and Mary Louise Lawler.
Funeral services will be conducted at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, of which Mr. 
Lawler was a member, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Mary's 
Cemetery.
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LAWLER, EDWARD FENTON - At the residence, No. 714 Graydon park, Friday, June 21, 
1935, at 2:30 o’clock p.m., EDWARD FENTON, husband of Cora M. Lawler, and son of 
the late Joseph J. and Mary Fenton Lawler, aged 58 years.
Funeral services at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, TUESDAY MORNING, at 10 
o’clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend. Interment, St. Mary’s 
Cemetery.

Virginian-Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark June 22, 1935

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