H. Charles Dundin was a carpenter.
Samuel Smiley Alexander was a farmer.
68669. Frederick Ernest Alexander
Frederick Ernest Alexander was a farmer.
41102. Edmund Lancelot Robinson
Edmund Lancelot Robinson was a farmer.
68670. Alvin Edmund Varden Robinson
The Palmerston Observer
Alvin Robinson, a long time resident of Palmerston and well known to most people around this area passed away in his 80th year on Monday, June 3, 1985.
He was born in Wallace Township on February 23, 1906 and was the son of the late Edmund Robinson and the late Elvira Turner. He was raised on a farm on the sixth concession of Wallace Township.
He was the loving husband of Jean McLeod of Palmerston and after farming for many years on the sixth of Wallace they moved to 325 Main Street, Palmerston. Alvin was also an agent for Waterloo Fire Insurance. He was a councilor of Wallace Township in the mid 50s.
Besides his wife, he leaves his children June (Mrs. Al Hillman) of Windsor, Ronald of Nespean and Lois (Mrs. Jack McInnes) of Palmerston. He is also survived by one sister Eileen (Mrs. Alf King) of Toronto, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by one son Clifford.
He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 409. Palmerston.
Walter George Robinson was an implements dealer and farmer.
George Frederick Clinch was a laborer, carpenter, beltmaker in a paper mill, and building manager in a paper mill.
Nilles Beeches Clinch was a laborer in a paper and pulp mill.
Earl W. Clinch was a river man for a paper mill.
Marshall Rand MacCurdy was a buyer, division manager, and vice president of a department store.
Member of Prospect Masonic Lodge, 13 Sep 1920, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Sharlot Hall Museum: Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona
Grant W. MacCurdy
Born: Sawyerville, Quebec, Canada 30 Sep 1903 Died: Kingman, Mohave, Arizona 16 Nov 1966
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth McWilliamsOccupation: Home designer & builder, cowboy and oil engineer for a major oil company.
Remarks: He came to Arizona in 1930 from Boston. Had owned a bulk plant in Prescott at one time and had acted as distributor for both Richfield and Shell. At one time he was the manager of the Prescott Airport and was manager of the Douglas Airport. Was a member of the Prescott Elks Lodge; a life member of the Masonic Lodge; president of the Chamber of Commerce and was active in the development of the Antelope Hill Golf Course.Survivors included his wife, Mary Elizabeth of Prescott; a son, Marshall of Albuquerque, New Mexico; 3 daughters, Mrs. Joyce Fashbaugh of Midland, Michigan, Mrs. Jeddy Adkins of Prescott and Mrs. Mary Smith of Phoenix and 12 grandchildren.
George Arthue McCurdy was a clerk, merchant and grocery salesman.
Homestead application: 03 May 1909, residence, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Walter George Laberee was a brakeman and railroad conductor.
68685. Marion Campbell Laberee
Marion C. Laberee was a nurse.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)
October 25, 1995John Laberee, 88, a retired Du Pont executive and former executive director of the West Chester Chamber of Commerce, died Saturday at Chester County Hospital.
For the last 30 years, he had lived in Kennett Square with his wife, Mary. Although he retired from Du Pont in the 1970s, he spent much of his free time giving lectures to business groups. He also was development director for Delaware Technical and Community College.
Mr. Laberee was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, and grew up in Sudbury, Mass. After graduation from high school, he went to Wesleyan University, where he played football and baseball. He taught and coached at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., and the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. He then earned graduate degrees from Harvard University and the University of Paris. During World War II, he was an Army Air Corps intelligence officer in China, Burma and India and received a Bronze Star as a member of the Hellbirds Squadron.
"He was the nicest man in the world," said his daughter, MaryJane Lang of Wilmington.
Mr. Laberee was a lover of language, skilled punster and linguist who read in English, Spanish and French, according to his daughter. He could speak several other languages and dialects.
His first career was in academia, working as development director for Wesleyan and as president of Rocker College, in Houlton, Maine.
In the early 1950s, he moved to Du Pont, serving in its public relations operations in Wilmington, Atlanta and Palo Alto, Calif.
Mr. Laberee was the president of the Unionville-Chadds Ford Parents Association and was on the bond authority for the Unionville Middle School.
Survivors: besides his wife of 46 years and his daughter, sons, John Jr. and Peter, four grandchildren, a brother, and two sisters.
Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
April 17, 2009Mary Laberee, 92, of Wilmington, Del., died on Monday, April 13, 2009, after a short illness.
The daughter of the late Patrick and Agnes Donahue, Mrs. Laberee was born and raised in Milton, Mass., and was a graduate of Boston University and Boston University Law School.
When in law school, Mary was the only woman in her class, which was emblematic of her intelligence, determination and quiet dignity.
Her professional accomplishments included work with various federal agencies during World War II and with private law firms.
She married the late John Laberee, a DuPont Co. employee, with whom she raised three children in the Cedarcroft neighborhood of Kennett Square.
Upon the birth of their first child, Mary devoted herself to civic matters, including the League of Women Voters and environmental issues, and to various school-related activities.
For the past decade, she was a resident of the Methodist Country House and included many of its residents and staff members among her friends.
A proponent of lifelong learning, Mrs. Laberee read, with enthusiasm, the Wall Street Journal and news magazines until her final illness. She also enjoyed sewing and embroidery and took pride in her needlework.
Her husband, John A. Laberee, died in 1995.
She is survived by her daughter, Mary Jane Lang of Wilmington, Del.; and two sons, John of Downingtown and Peter of Medford, N.J.; seven grandchildren; her sister, Rose Smithers of Massachusetts; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph and Patrick, both of Massachusetts.
68687. William Howard Farnsworth Laberee
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: William H F Laberee
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen (White)
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Middlesex
Enlistment Date: 7 Mar 1942
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Fort Devens
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled inspectors, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 144
Charles Jefferson Mark Thornton
Charles J. Thornton was a broker's clerk, and a securities broker.
Howard Samuel Laberee was a farm laborer and railroad brakeman
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The San Bernardino County Sun (California)
May 9, 1970Howard S. Laberee, 94, of San Bernardino, died yesterday in a Highland hospital. He was born in Canada and was a two-year resident of San Bernardino.
Laberee was a retired brakemen for the Boston and Maine Railroad. He was a member of Charles W. Moore Lodge, F&AM, Fitchburg, Mass. He was also a memnber of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Zephyr Hills, Fla.
Surviving is a daughter, Alberta McGlothlen of San Bernardino.
Fitchburg Sentinel (Massachusetts)
June 9, 19361930 graduate of the State Normal School at Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1935 graduate of the Worcester State Hospital in nursing; Registered Nurse, affiliated with Boston City Hospital
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The San Bernardino County Sun (California)
October 4, 1979Alberta McGlothlen, 71, a longtime resident of San Bernardino, died in a hospital there Saturday. The homemaker was a native of Fitchburg, Mass., and was a Protestant.
Survivors include a step-son, Byron McGlothlen of Los Angeles.
Private inurnment will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
Barton F. McGlothlen was a ticket clerk and franking agent for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad; a building and loan sales manager; a real estate broker and developer, and water utility company owner.
Alonzo Alton Rand was a farmer, teamster, and fireman in a mill.
Times Argus (Vermont)
January 28, 2008BERLIN � Gladys Irene Rand, 98, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, at Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin where she had been a resident for over four years.
Born on Oct. 19, 1909, in Chelsea, she was the daughter of Herbert R. and Katherine (Downs) Colby. She attended elementary school and Spaulding High School in Barre.
On Nov. 3, 1927, she married Alonzo Rand. He died on Oct. 5, 1932. She made her home in Barre until moving to the Quarry Hill Apartments in Graniteville.
Gladys worked in the laundry and as a seamstress at the former Barre City Hospital and later at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. In earlier years, she enjoyed knitting, sewing, going to flea markets, and making trips to Canada.
Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Ruth W. Rand of Barre Town; three grandchildren, Catherine Smith and Keith Rand both of Barre Town and Kevin Rand of East Calais; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and two nephews.
Her son, Clement A. Rand, her brother, John H. Colby, and her half-brother, George Clough, predeceased her.
The Times Argus (Montpelier-Barre, VT)
January 10, 2007BARRE TOWN - Clement A. Rand, 77, of Sunset Road died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007, at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.
Born on April 7, 1929, in Chelsea, he was the son of Alonzo and Gladys (Colby) Rand. He graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre in the class of 1949.
From 1951 to 1953, he served in the United States Army and was stationed in Germany.
On Aug. 15, 1953, he married Ruth Wheeler in the Barre Congregational Church. Following their marriage they made their home in East Montpelier for several years before moving to their present home in Barre Town.
In earlier years, he had worked for Bailey Spring and Glass in Barre and more recently he worked for the Vermont State Agency of Transportation as a motor vehicle mechanic until his retirement.
His memberships included the Mutuo Inc. and the American Legion Post 10, both of Barre, the Wyoming Masonic Lodge 80 of Plainfield, the Granite Chapter 26 of Barre and the Charity Chapter 57 OES of Williamstown.
Clement loved the outdoors and enjoyed camping, ice fishing, hunting and time spent at hunting camp. A handyman, he liked woodworking, tinkering and fixing anything that needed repair. His family was very important to him and more than anything he enjoyed spending time with them.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Rand of Barre Town; his daughter, Catherine Smith and her husband Craig of Barre Town; two sons, Kevin Rand of East Calais and Keith Rand and his wife Elizabeth of Barre Town; eight grandchildren, Tyler Smith, Paige Smith, Heather Padro, Jasmine Rand, Jennifer Thomas, Justin Carbonneau, Matthew Carbonneau and Ryan Rand; a great-grandson, Damien Thomas; his mother, Gladys Rand of Berlin; a niece, Catherine Pugh of Montgomery Village, Md.; and a nephew, Bruce Rand of Morris Plains, N.J.
Alan Austin Williams was a farmer.