Funeral services were held here for Joseph A. Wilner, a leading Jewish civic leader in Washington for many years. He was 74 years old. Mr. Wilner was a past president of the Louis D. Brandeis Zionist District and of the District Grand Lodge of British. The son of the Chief Rabbi of Orlowa, Poland, Mr. Wilner lost two sons in the U. S. military service during World War II.
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