Herald and Review (Decatur IL)
February 24, 1988Westfield - Floyd Jenkins, 88, of Evanston, former ly of Westfield, died 8:30 a.m. Monday (Feb. 22, 1988) in Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park.
Mr. Jenkins was born in Guttenberg, Iowa, son of Walter and Elizabeth Jenkins. He was retired from Evaston Police Dept. He married Enid Shuey in 1934. She died in 1985.
Surviving are his sons, Neil of Wright City, Mo.l Reid of Evenston; Dale of Northbrook; four grandchildren.
Find-a-Grave
Laura Elizabeth Freeman passed away on March 9, 2012 at Country Villa Riverview surrounded by her family. She was born Nov. 21, 1921 in Marysville, Calif. to Harry Hamlin, of Red Bluff, Calif. and Juda Scott, of Marysville, Calif. She married Ralph Freeman on July 13, 1940 in Reno, Nev. and lived in Crescent Mills, Calif. They have three children, Lily, Merry and Robert. They lived in Greenville where she worked at the Indian Valley Hospital for 20 years until she retired.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Ralph, and by two daughters, Merry Britt and Lily Hamby.
She is survived by her son, Robert, and Darlene Freeman, of Cottonwood, Calif.; 11 grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren, and many great-great-grandchildren, several cousins, nephews and nieces.
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA)
September 9, 1998Graveside services for Julius R. McDonnell, 83, will be at 10:15 a.m. today at Riverside National Cemetery. He died Sept. 2 of heart disease at Riverside Community Hospital.
Mr. McDonnell, who was born in Byars, Okla., lived in Riverside 42 years. He worked for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department for 10 years, first in transportation and later as bailiff for Riverside Superior Court Judge J. William Mortland. He retired in 1978. Previously he was an aviation analyst for Rohr Aircraft Corp. in Riverside and North American Aviation for 11 years.
He served in the U. S. Army Air Corps from 1934 until he was discharged in 1943 with the rank of master sergeant. He was an airplane and engine mechanics instructor at Hickam Field in Hawaii when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He attended many Pearl Harbor survivor reunions. After his discharge, he enrolled in the U. S. Air Force officer candidate school and retired from the service in 1954 with the rank of captain.He played football and basketball while in high school and in the military. Mr. McDonnell was a member of the Victoria Shrine Club in Riverside and the Masonic Lodge York Rite for 52 years.
He enjoyed playing guitar and singing. He also played golf and competed in the 1952 British Amateur Open.
Mr. McDonnell is survived by three daughters, Jeanette Vanderpool of Riverside, Ramona Pack of Long Beach and Shelley Ostrowski of Arizona; four sons, Julius Jr. of Riverside, Dennis of Mojave Valley, Ariz., Patrick of Sandwich, Ill. and Norman of Pasadena, Texas; 17 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Don of Oakhurst and Sam of Dallas; and two sisters, Pauline Rose of Coalinga and Marge Conger of Lubbock, Texas.
The Boston Globe
December 12, 1975VAIL - Of Needham, formerly of Dedham, December 10, 1975, Athie *Blake), wife of the late Guy B. Vail of Marsh Road, Needham, mother of Earl W. Vail of Needham, Margaret Elizabeth Blanton of Atlanta Ga., William E. Vail of Norwood, Sally E. Berardinlli of Needham, and Lawrence E. Vail pf Peaks Island, Portland, Me. In addition she is survived by 33 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
69779. William Ernest Vail Sr.
The Boston Globe
June 9, 2011VAIL, William E. Sr. Of Norwood, June 8, age 87.
Beloved husband of the late Eleanor P. (Franklin) Vail.
Devoted father of Joanne Klein and her husband Paul of Foxboro, Barbara Rumley of Pawtucket, RI, Sandra Wright and her husband Jay of Hebron, CT, Sally Ann Kelly of Attleboro, Mary Lou Seery and her husband Joseph of Norwood, Eleanor Belanger and her husband Wayne of Columbia, CT, Carol Ann McGrath of Norwich, CT, and William E. Vail Jr. and his wife Barbara of Norwood. Also survived by 19 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Son of the late Guy and Athie E. (Blake) Vail.
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
March 19, 2006PORTLAND -- Laurence Larry Vail, 69, passed away at his home on March 17, 2006.
He was born in Bethel on Sept. 8, 1939 the son of Guy & Athie (Blake) Vail. During his father's military service, Larry grew up in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Larry served our country in the U.S. Navy for eight years aboard the USS Bennington. Then, he settled on Peaks Island where he raised his family. In his later years, Larry lived in South Portland and worked at the Mill Creek Hannaford for nearly 20 years. He will be remembered as an independent, private man who was proud of his children and grandchildren.
Larry was predeceased by his daughter, Cathleen; three brothers; and four sisters.
Larry is survived by his wife, Gayl Vail; children, Larry Vail and his wife Susan, Ricky Vail and his wife Barbi, Cindy Vail, Christopher Vail and his wife Sherrin, Brian Vail and his wife Cindy, and Jamie Vail and his fiance Eran; brother, Bill Vail; seven grandchildren; two great- grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
69787. Willard Lincoln Haskell
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Willard Haskell
Gender: Male
Death Date: 26 Nov 1971
SSN: 026039697
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 3 Oct 1917
Release Date 1: 5 Aug 1919
Greenwich Time (CT)
June 14, 1989Raymond M. Henshaw, 87, of Cos Cob, a retired marine engineer, died of a stroke Monday night at Greenwich Hospital.
Mr. Henshaw was employed by Shell Oil Co. in New York City for 30 years before retiring 25 years ago. He was a founder of the Shell Retiree Club in this area, a group which met on a regular basis.
A resident of Cos Cob for 40 years, he was an active participant in the Retired Men's Association of Greenwich and was known as "Admiral" Henshaw because of the day cruises he arranged for members. As a columnist for the Senior Outlook newspaper, Mr. Henshaw wrote several series of articles on cruising the inland waterways of the United States and Canada.
He had been president of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and was vice president general of the New England district, a national office. He devised new programs that involved youth which resulted in a substantial increase in membership. He also belonged to the Mayflower Society.
On June 3, in an informal ceremony at Greenwich Hospital, Nolan Carson of Cincinnati, Ohio, a former president general of SAR, bestowed the Minute Man Medal, the highest SAR award, upon Mr. Henshaw for outstanding service. The award was to have been made at the SAR national congress in San Francisco July 3, but the ceremony was held in Greenwich because of Mr. Henshaw's illness.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
April 10, 2006SUTTON E. Frances (Marsh) King, 89, formerly of Mendon Rd., died Saturday, April 8, 2006, at Millbury Health Care Center in Millbury, surrounded by her family.
She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, George L. King Sr. of Sutton.
She is survived by a son, George Lewis King Jr. and his wife Robin of Sutton; three daughters, Carol F. Rej and her husband Ronald of Northbridge, E. Diane Cameron and her husband Jim of Charlton, and Debra G. King of Sutton; a sister, Phyllis M. Carlson of Sutton; eight grandchildren, Jim, Heather, Michael, Tanya, Jonathan, Keith, Justin, and Josh; five great grandchildren, Alyssa, Andrew, Nicholas, Evann, and Samantha; and many nephews and nieces.
She was born in Auburn, the daughter of the late George S. and Ethel G. (Gibson) Marsh, and lived in Oxford for 18 years before moving to Sutton in 1935. She graduated from Oxford High School in 1935.
Mrs. King was an executive housekeeper at the Memorial Hospital in Worcester for 6 years. She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Sutton for 70 years. She was also a former Sunday School teacher, choir member, and involved in the organ fund at the church. She was a former member of the Sutton Grange. Mrs. King was a member of the Womens Club in Sutton and also conducted the installation of officers for 5 years.
She was known by so many as "Gram." She was a supportive wife, loving mother, enthusiastic grandmother and a proud great-grandmother. She affected so many people with her strength, laughter, honesty and love. Her love and perseverance will live on in all of us.