ROCKEFELLER FORTUNE
Not So Great As Was Anticipated ENORMOUS BENEFACHONS NEW YOBK, May 24. A private rail car has been eent to [florida to bring the body of Mr. Bockefeller back. A simple private funeral is planned on Wednesday at the Official residence, Pocantico Hills, where he planned to celebrate his 98th hirthday in July. The burial will take place on iThursday at Cleveland beside his wife 1 ;in accordance with his wishes. The immediate members of the fam,ily, none of whom were at the "bedside dae to the unexpectedness of the seiznre, are remaining in seclusion at Pocantico Hills. Messages of condolence and tributes are arriving from notable people in all paris of the world due to the scope of his philanthropies. It is ' believed the estate will prove astonishingly small due to the fact that he has given more than 530,000,000 dollars to various edueational, scientifio and religious institutions and most of the remainder to his heirs. The New York Times estimates the «etate at less than 250,000,000 dollars.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 109, 25 May 1937, Page 9
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171ROCKEFELLER FORTUNE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 109, 25 May 1937, Page 9
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