Humbolt Standard
March 18, 1954George Washington Highes, 77, of 1908 Compton Road died this morning at a local hospital, after a long illness. He was born in Mendicino county and had lived in this part of alifornia for 50 years. By occupation he was a retired bartender.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy Hughes, of Eoreka; five sons, Warren and Bertram Hughes of Vacaville, Perry Hughes of Greenview, Arthur and Charles Hughes of Eureka; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Smith, of Oakland; a brother CharlesC. Hughes of Seattle; a sister, Mrs. Sadie Thomas, of Ukiah; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Find-a-GraveMildred Jeanette Hughes, a 100-year-old resident of Greenview passed away peacefully with family by her side on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012.
Mildred was born on Sept. 15, 1912 in Yakima, Wash. to Milton and Adelaide Orrell and moved to Siskiyou County in 1936. She worked on the school board in Greenview and Etna, and was the postmaster and clerk at the Greenview Post Office for many years, until she retired. She enjoyed spending time with her friends and family, going on trips to Depot Bay, baking, and as a seamstress, she worked on many projects to perfection. She made dolls and doll clothing from scratch and accumulated a fascinating collection of dolls that many have enjoyed over the years. Mildred had found so much joy recently, working on her life story of 100 years for the local Etna website www.fromoverthehill.info with Che'usa.
Mildred was preceded in death by her husband Perry "Bud" Hughes, her two children Arlene and Milton Hughes and her son-in-law Chuck Cromwell.
Mildred is loved and survived by her daughter Carolynne Burgess of Wenatchee, Wash.; Beverly Berryhill of Etna; her grandchildren Chuck Cromwell, Julie Smith, Ken, Bob, and Jeff Berryhill, Larry French, Jerry Hughes, Lonna Brown, Brenda Thurston, and Kristi and Kelly Hughes; many great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, cousins and numerous friends
Mildred leaves us all with many years of unforgettable memories and a piece of her in our hearts.
U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Virgil M Allen
Service Info.: 1ST SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 4 Sep 1914
Death Date: 28 Nov 1981
Service Start Date: 28 Jul 1942
Interment Date: 4 Dec 1981
Cemetery: Riverside National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 22495 Van Buren Boulevard Riverside, CA 92518
Buried At: Section 4 Site 1749
56202. Bertram Augustus Hughes
The Reporter (Vacaville, CA)
November 1, 2002A memorial service for Bertram A. Hughes, 87, of Vacaville will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Vacaville High School gym. Inurnment will be private. Mr. Hughes died Oct. 21, 2002, in Martinez. Born Feb. 9, 1915, in Fairfield, he resided in Vacaville all his life. He worked for the Vacaville Unified School District for 25 years and was also a shoemaker. He was a member of the Solano County Historical Society, California State Historical Society and member and official of the Northern California Black Belts Association.
Mr. Hughes is survived by his daughter, Judy Lopez of Vacaville; sister-in-law, Mildred of Greenview; granddaughter and husband, Tracy and Russ Harrison of Vacaville; grandsons and wives, Perry and Jackie Lopez, Scott and Susan Lopez, all of Vacaville, Shay and Lucy Lopez of Atwater; 11 great-grandchildren; cousin, Adele Moscucci of San Leandro; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise, in 1985.
U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985
Name: George R Haskell
Birth Date: 1915
Military Date: 30 Jul 1943
Publication Date: 1 Jul 1944
Title: Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Naval and Reserve
56207. Harriette Genieve Webster
Union-News (Springfield, MA)
April 4, 1995Harriette G. (Webster) Morrell, 85, formerly of 42 Adams Road, a operator for the former New England Telephone Co. (now NYNEX) for more than 30 years, died Sunday in a local nursing home. She was born in Orange, and moved here as a child. She was graduated from Greenfield High School.
She worshipped at the First Congregational Church of Turners Falls, and was a chorister and member of its Friends in Council. She played the violin, piano and organ, and was a former violinist in the Pioneer Valley Symphony. She was in the Council of Telephone Pioneers and Eastern Star's Arcana Chapter 81, for which she also served as organist.
Her husband, Roland W. Morrell, died in 1989. Mrs. Morrell leaves a brother, Virgil of Flushing, Mich., and several nephews and nieces.
56208. Virgil Southard Webster
Dayton Daily News
March 2, 2008WEBSTER, Virgil "Bill" Southard age 92, died Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Hillspring of Springboro Nursing Center, where he resided since January of 2002. Born in Orange, MA on May 18, 1915, to Albert Ball Webster and Genieve Lillian (Haskell) Webster,
Bill is survived by his former wife and friend, Ellie Webster of Trenton, and their three children, Connie (Ed) Purdum of Franklin, Karen (Gary) Day of Middletown, and Lois Webster (Ken) Hollon of Miami Township; his son, James H. Webster of FL, and his two daughters Jeanne Webster and family and Joannie (Webster) Demlow and family, both of KY; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Springfield Union
October 15, 1970Mrs, Bertha M. (Haskell) Blanchard, 82, of 125 Lake Ellis Road, Athol, formerly of Springfield, died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital, Athol.
She was the daughter of the late Herbert and Izadora (Southard) Haskell. She leaves her husband, Arnold K. Blanchard; two sons, Neal L. Prouty with the Airforce in Charleston, N.C., and Dana H. Prouty of Orange; three daughters, Mrs. Frances Sawer and Mrs. Phenice Fault, both of Orange, and Mrs. Jean Boudreau of Phillipston; three stepsons, Arnold K. Blanchard, Jr., of Hartford, Conn., Robert B. Blanchard of Athol and Fred B. Blanchard of Middleboro; 18 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren.
U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Dana H Prouty
Service Info.: MSGT US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1920
Death Date: 31 Jan 1999
Cemetery: Center Cem
Cemetery Address: Erving, MA 01344
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U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Dana H Prouty
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Franklin
Enlistment Date: 17 Aug 1941
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Jacksonville Army Air Field
Branch: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard in Federal Service, within 3 months of Discharge
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Clerks, general office
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 73
Weight: 155
Find-a-GraveORANGE- Charlotte E. (Hall) Prouty, 86, of 106 Harrison Avenue, died on Wednesday afternoon, August 9, 2006, at home, following an illness.
Born in Erving on February 10, 1920, she was a daughter of Ralph S. and Daisy (Purrington) Hall and grew up in Erving
Following school, she had worked Erving Paper Mills as a bookkeeper and also had worked at the former James D. Kimball Insurance Company as well as the former Fleetwood Nursing Home now known as Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol.
Charlotte enjoyed knitting and sewing and had been a member of the Erving Congregational Church and the Orange Senior Citizens' Club.
Survivors include her daughter, Sharman Prouty of Orange; several nephews, nieces, and cousins; and her beloved beagle, "Nipper".
Charlotte was predeceased by her former husband, Dana H. Prouty in 1999 and a son, Alan Prouty in 1997.
Sentinel & Enterprise
February 21, 2017ATHOL -- Virginia May Keyes, age 98, died Saturday, February 18, 2017 at The Highlands.
Virginia was born September 17, 1918 in Athol. She is the daughter of the late Ralph H. and the late Mildred F. (Newton) Sedgwick.
She lived in Athol most of her life also living in the Tully section of Orange for several years. She graduated from Orange High School in 1935.
Virginia was employed as a LPN at Athol Memorial Hospital until her retirement in 1978. She began working at the hospital as an aide in 1954 taking training to become an LPN and worked there for a total of 24 years. She previously worked for L.S. Starrett Company for 12 years.
She was a member of Starrett Memorial United Methodist Church. She enjoyed going to Maine on family vacations which the family did for 58 years. She also enjoyed skiing for many years until the age of 65. Many of her ski trips were with seven of her fellow nurses from the hospital.
She is survived by one daughter, Sharon L. Besarkarski and her husband, James of Lunenburg.
She is predeceased by her husband, Russell Keyes and her cousin, Myrtha Gale.
The Palm Beach Post
October 31, 1966Lynn L. Pomeroy, 71, of 2375 Lynn Drive, West Palm Beach, died yesterday.
He was a veteran of World War I, a retired mining engineer and a member of the Masonic Lodge in Washington, N.J.
Survivord include his widow, Mrs. Grace R. Pomeroy of West Palm Beach; one brother, Robert F. of Bloomfield, N.J.; three sisters, Mrs. Vivian Peed of West Portsmouth, Ohio, Mrs. Patricia Gausden of Arlington, Va., and Mrs. Isabel Christie of Rochester, N.Y.
Arizona Republic
December 6, 1977MIAMI -- Graveside services fo Ralph Brizzee, 84, will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Masonic section of the Pinal Cemetery in Central Heights.
Mr. Brizzee, who died Friday at Miami Inspiration Hospital, was born in Mesa. He had lived in Miami for the past 55 years, where he worked as a yard foreman for Miami Copper Co.
Survivors include his wife, Florence: a daughter, Mrs. Bettie Hicks; a sister; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.