Evening Star (Washington DC)
August 11, 1946Funeral services for Charles A. Cruze, 50, of 507 Greenwood avenue, Takoma Park, who died Thursday at Washington Sanitorium, will ...
Born in Knoxville, Tenn., Mr. Cruze had lived in Washington area for 23 years. For the last 18 years he had been general manager of the Bell Cab Co. He was a veteran of World War I and a active member of the American Legion.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Polly Cruzel a daughter, Mrs. Louise Carey; a son, Charles A. Cruze Jr.; a granddaughter, three brothers, Conrad, Lawrence and Ralph Cruze. all of Takoma Park; his father, David cruze, Arlington, and a sister, Miss Myrtle Cruze, Pittsburgh, PA.
Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, VA)
May 9, 2002Ruth Stackpole Baker, 91, of Washington Street, Moorefield, W.Va., died Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at Sunnyside Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, where she had lived since June 2000.
Mrs. Baker was born Nov. 22, 1910, in Arlington, Mass., and was a daughter of the late Edward E. and Florence Gott T. Stackpole.
She was a former teacher of the deaf and blind and started classes in Staunton, Lansing, Mich., and Fairbault, Minn., before coming to Romney, where she taught for nine years. She was also deputy county and circuit clerk for Grant County from 1947 to 1950.
In 1976, she and Mrs. Donald Baker Sr. and Mrs. Donald Baker Jr. formed a partnership and purchased the Welton Jewelry and Gift Shop, which they ran under the name Gifts and Things.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the Moorefield Presbyterian Church, where she served as treasurer, secretary, vice president, and president of the women's organization as well as circle chairman. A faithful member of the Hardy County Public Library, she was instrumental in starting the bookmobile that served Peru, Rock Oak, Mathias, Baker, and Wardensville for a number of years.
Her husband, Edward Baker, preceded her in death on Oct. 29, 1981.
She is survived by a sister, Edith S. Kennedy of New Town, Conn.; four nieces and three nephews.
New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH)
February 17, 2005NEW LONDON --William F. Kidder, 92, died Feb. 16, 2005, at Woodcrest Village. Mr. Kidder was born Sept. 16, 1912, in New London, the son of William M. and Edna L. (Foster) Kidder.
He attended Colby Hill School, Phillips Andover Academy, and graduated from Proctor Academy. He received a bachelor of science degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1936.
Mr. Kidder served as a lieutant colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater.
From 1971 to 1994, he was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature and had been chairman of the appropriations committee for 10 years.
He was town clerk for 40 years and was a member of the state Town Clerk Association, serving as president from 1979 to 1980.
He was a founder and president, until 1984, of The New London Trust Company and was chairman of the board from 1984 to 1993. He was President of Kidder Garage Inc., established by his father in 1911 and had served as director of King Ridge Inc. for 20 years. Mr. Kidder was clerk of the New London Water Department for 20 years and had been commander of American Legion Post 40.
He was a member of King Solomon's Lodge 14 F&AM of Elkins, had been a member of The First Baptist Church of New London and had been a deacon and member of the executive committee. Mr. Kidder was a charter member and had been president of The Profile Automobile League of New Hampshire.
In 1975, he was New Hampshire Oil Man of the Year. He received the State Grange Good Citizenship Award and in 1977 was the recipient of the Colby-Sawyer College Town-Gown Service Award. In 1978, Mr. Kidder received the William Beall Award, given by The New London Boys' Club.
He was a member of the University of New Hampshire Alumni Board, served on the Board of Trustees for the University System of New Hampshire from 1984 to 1992, and received the Profile of Service Award from the University of NH in 1993. Mr. Kidder received the Granite State Award from the University of NH in 1995.
He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Harriett (Gott) Kidder, in 1994, and his son, William F. Kidder Jr., in 1998.
Family members include a son and daughter-in-law, David and Janet Kidder of New London; a daughter-in-law, Marilyn Kidder of New London; and four grandsons, Will, Putnam and his wife, Kara, Drew, and Stow.
The Boston Globe
February 19, 1938Dr. CXharles Gott, 50, dean of the Gaduste School of Tufts College and head of the English department of the college, died last night at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
He has been in ill health for some time and a few days asgo underwent an operation for a blood condition. His condition, however grew worse.
Dr. Gott was born in Arlington and was educated in the Medford schools. He was graduated from Tufts College in 1911.
In 1914 he received a master of arts degree from Harvard and five years later received the degree of doctor of philosophy from the same institution. He was instructor of English at Tufts from 1911 to 1914. Between 1914 and 1919 he was an assistant in the English department at Harvard and taught at Radcliffe in the same capacity.
In 1919 he was appointed assistant professor of English at Carnegie Institute of Technology and remained in that capacity until 1923, when he was made an associate professor. He returned to Tufts in 1925 as head of the English department and retained that post even after he was made dean of the Graduate School in March, 1935.
He was assistant chief reader and chairman of the committee on revisions of the college entrance examinations. He was a member of the American Association of University Professors Modern Language Association, Dialectic Society, and the New England Asssociation of Teachers of English of which he was president 1928-1929.
He was co-author of the textbook "College Prose," published in 1936. He was a member of Phi Betta Kappa, National Honorary Fraternity, and a charter member of Pen, Paint, and Pretzels, honorary dramatic society.
Besides a wife,. he leaves two daughters, Marjorie, a freshman at Jackson, a senior at Medford High School; six sisters, Mrs. Mabel Cook. Mrs. Harriet Brown, Mrs. Louise Purnell, Mrs Bess Winn, Mrs. Evelyn Chase and Mrs. Marjorie Sterling, and a brother, Hollis Gott.
New Hampshire Sunday News (Manchester, NH)
April 25, 2004WILMOT -- Robert H. Sweet, 86, of Grace Road, died April 23, 2004, at home.
He was born Dec. 13, 1917, in Tarrytown, N.Y., the son of Dr. Byron L. and Grace (Tilley) Sweet. He lived in Tarrytown for many years before moving to Bradford in 1950.
Mr. Sweet worked as a tool and die maker for W.F. Lett Manufacturing Co. in Contoocook. He later moved to Franconia and worked for Burndy Electric. For the past nine years, Mr. Sweet had lived in Wilmot.
He was a member and Past Master of St. Peter's Lodge 31 F & AM of Bradford, a member of the Shrine, the Scottish Rite and the National Rifle Association, and a former member of the Bradford Lions Club.
Mr. Sweet was a fine wood craftsman who enjoyed making furniture, decoys, whirligigs and toys for children and also enjoyed maple sugaring, bee keeping, hunting, fishing and camping.
He was predeceased by his first wife, Elizabeth (Sterling) Sweet, in 1974, and by his second wife, Elizabeth (Billington) Sweet, in 1994.
Family members include three sons, Pieter S. Sweet and Jeffrey C. Sweet, both of Wilmot, and Douglas H. Sweet of Sutton; seven grandchildren and a greatgranddaughter; nieces, nephews and cousins.