Wilmette Life (IL)
June 16, 2005Anne H. (nee Hemenway) Dowd, 80, formerly of Evanston and Wilmette, died June 6 in Mercer Island, Wash.
Mrs. Dowd was born July 8, 1924 in Evanston. She graduated from Evanston Township High School and earned a bachelor degree from Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. She attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School and worked at Northwestern Technological Institute from 1946 to 1951. She married Merle Dowd in 1949. In 1956 the family moved to Birmingham, Mich. then to Mercer Island, Wash. in 1957.
Survivors include her husband, Merle; four sons, Jerry of Bellevue, Wash., Stephen of Mercer Island, Wash., Richard of Mercer Island, Wash. and Timothy of Seattle, Wash.; four grandchildren, Analeise of Bellevue, Wash., Laura Diane of Mercer Island, Wash., Caitlin of Mercer Island, Wash. and Teal of Seattle of Wash.
December 11, 2010
When Merle Dowd lost his job along with thousands of other workers in the Boeing bust, he reinvented himself, starting a personal-finance column for The Seattle Times in 1970.
Mr. Dowd, who also wrote a string of financial how-to books, practiced what he preached, saving money for the good things in life by doing much of his own car maintenance and home repair and overseeing construction of his family's house on Mercer Island.
He didn't mind it when friends teased him about his frugality, recalled Jim Marich, a friend of 50 years. "I buy a new car every 20 years, whether I need it or not," Mr. Dowd sometimes said.
Mr. Dowd, who authored some 20 books on personal finance and other subjects, died Dec. 1 at the Covenant Shores retirement community on Mercer Island following a prolonged period of declining health. He was 92.
"He showed the way in Seattle for somebody to take questions from investors and provide them answers. He was a local pioneer in doing this," said Richard Buck, a former Seattle Times reporter who wrote an advice column after Mr. Dowd.
Mr. Dowd's "Money Talk" column ran from 1970 to 1991.
His financial-advice books some put out by major publishers, others self-published included "Wall Street Made Simple," "Estate Planning Made Simple" and "How to Live Better and Spend 20% Less."
Steve Dowd, one of his four sons, recalled that when his father once visited his house in Redmond and saw him replacing his car's shock absorbers, Mr. Dowd insisted on replacing his own shocks so they could avoid renting a tool twice.
"He wanted to save money, but not be a tightwad. It was: 'Save your money. Spend it wisely. Do the work you can yourself,' " Steve Dowd said. Mr. Dowd made sure his sons knew how to fix their cars and do home repairs.
Not one to be pigeonholed as strictly a financial guy, Mr. Dowd also co-authored, with Frances Call, "The Practical Book of Bicycling" and, with Archie and Joyce Satterfield, "The Seattle Guidebook."
In his later years, he turned to writing fiction, self-publishing for friends and family a novel about a transcontinental model-railroad race between two billionaires. "He had a lot of common sense but also a great imagination," Buck said.
Born in Wellington, Kan., in 1918, Mr. Dowd saw his parents grow vegetables and take in boarders as he was growing up during the Great Depression. He sold newspapers and magazines in the train station where his father worked.
He dropped out of Kansas State College in order to support his mother and younger brother after his father died. He later enrolled at Northwestern University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA, and met his future wife, Anne Hemenway.
Mr. Dowd worked for the Ford Motor Co. in Michigan before he was hired by Boeing and the family moved in 1957 to Mercer Island.
Mr. Dowd wrote proposals for projects including the supersonic transport, a program whose cancellation by the federal government threw the company into a tailspin.
He was treasurer for his sons' Boy Scout troop and program chairman for the Rotary Club of Mercer Island, to which he belonged for 38 years.
Travels took Mr. Dowd and his wife to a range of destinations, including Western Europe, Russia, China, Antarctica and the Galápagos Islands.
"He had sort of a gruff exterior," Marich said. "On first meeting him, you might say, "Whoo, I don't know how I would get along with this guy.' But he had a twinkle in his eye, and much of the stuff he was doing was just to pull your chain a little bit. Underneath he was a sweetheart of a guy."
Anne Dowd died in 2005, and their son Richard in 2006. Mr. Dowd is survived by his brother, Verlin, and his wife, Betty, of Federal Way; sons Jerry, of Bellevue, Steve and his wife Debbie, of Cle Elum, and Tim and his wife Janet, of Seattle; daughter-in-law Sue Hall Dowd, of Mercer Island; and four grandchildren.
Warrenville Press (IL)
July 23, 2009Patricia B. Budgell, nee Boardman, age 81, formerly of Danvers, MA, born June 2, 1928, passed away July 20, 2009.
She was a telephone operator with AT&T for over 40 years.
Survivors include her children David T. Budgell, Susan L. Gates, Debra B. Hancock, Jeffrey N.(Susana) Budgell; 8 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sister Judy Butler.
Preceded in death by her husband Allston Budgell.
Interment Maple Grove Cemetery, Danvers, MA.
The Salem News (Beverly, MA)
June 22, 2015MYRTLE BEACH, SC: Gregory Congley, 87, passed peacefully at his home in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on June 12, 2015. He was a graduate of BHS, a WWII veteran, and was employed at GTE Sylvania for many years. He had lived in Beverly, Mass., with his wife and family, before moving to Myrtle Beach.
He was predeceased by his loving wife of 57 years, Marcia (Fife) Congley.
He leaves behind three children, Gary Congley and his partner, Sarah Murch, Glenn Congley and his wife, Pamela, and Laurie Congley and her partner, Herbie Robinson. He is also survived by several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild. He leave brothers and a sister, Roger Congley, Vincent Congley and Kay Paoletta.
Always caring and asking about others, Greg made a lot of friends and was loved by many.
He enjoyed cheering for his Boston sports teams, playing Bocce, cards, and watching his favorite TV show, "The Voice."
LONG BEACH INDEPENDENT
October-15-1946Hereford Berry, 75 of 3765 Linden Avenue, died yesterday in a local hospital. He was born in Gloucester, MA. He came to Long Beach in 1907. He was a graduate, and a member of the alumni of the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, and was a retired mechanical engineer.
He is survived by a son, Hereford Berry, and a daughter, Mrs. Frances Hoffman of Long Beach.
GILES M. BERRY
(I believe from family naming history that his middle name was Miner after his mother's surname)Notes on Find-a-Grave
Giles (b.14 Mar 1896) North Andover, Essex Co. Massachusetts. was the 1st of 3 children of Hereford Berry and Minnie J. Frances Miner.
Giles was named for his maternal Grandmother Lydia Giles Tucker's family of Gloucester, MA
His sibling were Hereford Berry Jr. b. 1899, NY and Frances Miner Berry b.1908 Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California.
Giles married in 1928, to Geraldine Louise Larson b. 1909 Cheyenne, Laramie Co. Wyoming
They had two children, Barbara Jean Berry and Gerald Giles Berry both in Los Angeles Co. CA
His death occurred (16 Jun 1935) as a result of an auto accident caused by a drunk driver on Figuroa and 59th place, in Los Angeles.
His wife, Geraldine, remarried and had three additional children.
Guyman Daily Herald
Tuesday , June 19th, 1956Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Basham, 70, former Texas county resident, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday' in the Texhoma Methodist Church with Rev. Earl D Burtis, pastor officiating.
Mrs. Basham witt lie in state at the Texhóma Methodist church from 9 30 a.m. Wednesday until time of the services The Howlett Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements.Interment will be in the family lot of the Texhoma Cemetery.
Mrs. Basham, the former Ethel Kimball daughter of Mr and Mrs John J. Kimball, was born at Larned, Kans , and died on her 70th birthday.
In 1905 the family came to Texas county and filed on land north of Texhoma.
Mrs. Basham is survived by her daughter, Mrs Eugene Sever, Minneapolis. Minn; one son, Orlanza Flanders, Chicago, Ill; one brother, John Kimball, jr., of Texhoma; two sisters, Mrs Mae Hanlon Guymon, and Mrs. Jane Green of Lynn, Mass.
Walter Albert Green was a mechanical engineer.
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Norwich Bulletin (CT)
May 9, 2007December 1, 1916 - May 8, 2007
NORWICH- Walter A. Green, 90, husband of Calista (Haskell) Green of 120 Broad St., Norwich died Tuesday morning at Harrington Court in Colchester. Born in Lynn, MA on December 1, 1916, he was the son of the late Walter R. and Jane (Kimball) Green.
Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a Mechanical Engineer at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton.A devoted member of St. James Episcopal Church in Poquetanuck (Preston), he was also a life member of the Norwich Lodge of Elks, a member of the Engineering Association, Sons of the American Revolution, Treasurer for the Children of the American Revolution, Habitat for Humanity, Civil Liberties Union and Society of the Founders of Norwich.
On January 7, 1944, in Marblehead, MA, he was united in marriage to Calista (Haskell) Green who survives.Along with his wife, he is survived by three sons, Walter R. Green, II of Worcester, MA, Timothy H. Green of Stratham, NH and Nathaniel K. Green of Springfield, MA; two daughters, Eden Munn of Preston and Ellen Kenney of Philadelphia, PA; one sister, Marion Heurlin of California; nine grandchildren; nine great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a daughter, Calista Joy Green.
A Memorial Service will take place on Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 2 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck. Interment will take place in Lynn, MA at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to either Leffingwell House Museum, P.O. Box 13, Norwich, CT 06360 or to St. James Episcopal Church, 95 Route 2A, Preston, CT 06365. Arrangements by Labenski Funeral Home.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
February 22, 2005BEDFORD -- Dale D. Chance, 72, passed away Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005, at a local care center.
Dale Chance was born March 27, 1932, in Texhoma, Okla. He was a faithful member of Harwood Terrace Baptist Church. Dale retired after 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff organization. He loved to help and volunteered many hours, especially for Vitas Hospice. Dale was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. Dale worked at the Onstage Theater Guild and participated in all local projects.
Mr. Chance was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Iris Chance of Texoma, Okla., and a brother, Tom Chance of Colleyville.
Survivors: Wife, Mary Ann Chance of Bedford; son, Michael Dale Chance of Keller; daughter, Brenda Kay Pizzino of North Richland Hills; stepdaughters, Janet Kay Swilling of Fort Smith, Ark., and Mary Elaine Haralson of Seminole; brother, John Chance of Amarillo; grandchildren, Stephanie Jackson of Hilton Head, S.C., Ryan of College Station and Josh Chance of Keller; stepgrandchildren, Hunter and Hillary Haralson of Seminole, John Paul and Alexander Swilling of Fort Smith, Ark.; great-grandson, Nicholas Tilly; and sisters-in-law, Linda Inglise of Grapevine and Judy Cummings of Alvarado.