The San Diego Union-Tribune (CA)
November 2, 1999Mr Edward L Dodge
June 29, 1908-Oct. 29, 1999Edward L. Dodge, 91, of El Cajon died Friday. Mr. Dodge was born in Medford, Mass., and was a retired carpenter. He was a lifetime member of carpenters union Local 1571, the El Cajon Valley Gun Club and the San Diego Railroad Association.
Survivors include his daughter, Margaret P. Williams of El Cajon; sons, Edward L. Dodge of Thornton, Colo., and Henry F. Dodge of Jamestown; sister, Virginia Murphy of San Diego; brother, Robert L. Dodge of San Diego; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
The San Diego Union-Tribune (CA)
June 11, 1995DODGE -- Gertrude P., died June 7, 1995.
Survived by husband of 67 years Edward L. Dodge Sr. Mother of Margaret (Robert) Williams, Henry (Joyce) and Edward L. (Betty) Dodge Jr. Sister of Margaret Morse. 7 Grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren.
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) - Friday, November 9, 2007
Earl Dodge, six-time Prohibition candidate for president, dies at 74
DENVER (AP) - A Prohibition Party campaign song says, "I'd rather be right than president." By that score, Earl Dodge was right six times.
Dodge, an activist in the Prohibition Party since 1952, ran for president in every campaign since 1984. He died Wednesday, the same week his family received campaign buttons for his seventh bid for the White House in 2008. He was 74.
Dodge, a native of Malden, Mass., lived in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. He collapsed and died at Denver International Airport at the start of a business trip, said his daughter, Faith Nelson. The cause of death had not been determined. Dodge mounted 13 campaigns across nearly every level of government beginning with a 1969 run for City Council in Kalamazoo, Mich. He never won a race.
But family and colleagues said he was undaunted even as the party's prominence continued to slip from its heyday before the 1933 repeal of the 18th Amendment, which had banned alcoholic drinks.
"He firmly believed in the party, more so than many people believe in anything," said Howard Lydick, Dodge's running mate in 2004. "He was very concerned about personal integrity."
Lydick, 78, of Richardson, Texas, said he and Dodge were working on strategies to get on the ballot in more states in 2008. In 2004, they had managed to make it on the ballot only in Colorado, which allows any political party to nominate a presidential candidate. They received 140 votes.
After decades in the party, Dodge was the subject of a split among national prohibitionists in 2004. A faction of the party spurned Dodge and nominated the Rev. Gene Amondson for president.
"He very much saw things as black and white," said Nelson, one of Dodge's seven children. "When he thought something was right, he did not care if he was the only person to stand up and say it."
He was a Baptist Sunday school teacher, and his family said his faith permeated his politics.
Dodge's love of politics and history led him to own a campaign memorabilia business. He was on his way to a memorabilia show in Pennsylvania when he died.
"It was a real surprise to us," Nelson said. "He has been doing well."
Dodge was born in 1932. He began volunteering with the Prohibition Party at 19 - two years before he could vote at the time, his wife, Barbara, said.
In his life with the party, Dodge also ran for vice president, governor of Colorado, senator from Kansas and University of Colorado regent.
46353. Robert Livingston Dodge
U-T San Diego (CA)
December 2, 2012Robert Livingston Dodge, 91, born on July 2, 1921 in Newton, Massachusetts.
When two years old, he moved from Nausaucket, Rhode Island to San Diego, California with his father Lewis H. Dodge and mother Annie Bailey (Gilmore). He grew up in the Kensington area, and graduated from Hoover High School. He served in the California Conservation Corp at Cuyamaca State Park.
In WWII, he served in Europe with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B17 pilot, based in Thurleigh, England, the 306 Bomb Group. After war, he continued in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, attaining the rank of Colonel, counseling high school applicants to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Also, he was an officer with the San Diego Police Department, becoming a Police Sergeant and San Diego Court Police Liaison.
He graduated from SDSU in 1975 with a degree in Vocational Arts. Robert was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church and then the Mission San Diego de Acala. He was an active member of Sons of the American Revolution, Military Order of the World Wars, and the Order of Daedalians. A founding member and Past President of the Dodge Family Association (DodgeFamily.org). He served as Chairman of Congressional selection committee of U.S. Service Academy applicants, Congressman Duncan Hunter's office, and served as camp host, Trinity California State Park.
Robert died in San Diego, November 19, 2012. Survived by his wife of 62 years, Hilda M. Dodge, his son Peter W. Dodge, daughters Marianne E. Zeigler, Patricia Dodge Simpkins, son-in-law William R. Zeigler and granddaughter, Lauren M. Wainscott.
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 24, 2020Hilda M. Niedermann Dodge Two years ago, on May 24, 2018, we lost a kind and gentle soul, Hilda Margaret Niedermann Dodge.
Born February 26, 1923, in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, Hilda moved to Arcadia, California, in the 1930s with her parents, Franz Egon and Margaret Kleber Niedermann, and her two older brothers, Karl Joseph and Oscar Franz. After graduating from Monrovia High School in 1942, Hilda attended Pasadena Junior College and San Diego Mercy College of Nursing, where she joined the World War II Cadet Nursing Corp, becoming a nurse in 1946.
Hilda met the love of her life, Robert Livingston Dodge, on a blind date for New Years' Eve and they were married at St. Charles Borromeo Church in San Diego on June 10, 1950. Hilda and Robert were blessed with three children, Peter William Dodge, Marianne Elizabeth Dodge Zeigler (William), and Patricia Diane Dodge Simpkins, and one grandchild, Lauren Michelle Wainscott.
Yet Hilda's life was more than just a series of dates on a calendar. She was a creative individual that was known for her quilt-work that graced their home. Hilda enjoyed other needlework too, and her Christmas ornaments continue to be family treasures. After graduating from Mercy, Hilda had a short career as a registered nurse but continued to offer nursing services at camps for the Boy Scouts. She excelled as a Den Mother and Camp Fire leader, creating memories that enrich her children to this day.
After Robert retired from the San Diego Police Department, he and Hilda became camp hosts at Preacher Meadow in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, hiking throughout the Trinity Alps. They spent many years backpacking and camping in the local mountains and the Sierras.
Hilda is survived by her children and grandchild and predeceased by her husband, parents, brothers, and a son-in-law, Richard A. Simpkins.
Hilda and Robert loved the outdoors and came back from their hikes with stories of beautiful flowers, glorious sunrises, colorful sunsets, gentle deer, and a gregarious bear or two! They are eternally together, enjoying the best of days, hand in hand, relishing the great outdoors. February 26, 1923 - May 24, 2018.
46355. Norman Blanchard Prentice
Press & Sun-Bulletin
March 16, 2002Norman B. Prentice, 89, of Apalachin, passed away Thursday evening, March 14, 2002 at the Homestead in Apalachin.
He was predeceased by a daughter, Lillian; and two brothers, Ralph and Judson; and a sister, Lillian.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Grace Prentice, Apalachin; three sons and daughters-in-law, William and Diane Prentice, Edward and Penny Prentice, all Apalachin, Richard and Pamela Prentice, Concord, N.C.; six grandchildren; a sister, Laura Losefsky, Hill, N.H.; sister-in-law, Joyce Prentice, Erie, Pa.; several nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.
He graduated from Berkshire High School. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the US Navy Air Corp. He was a retired employee of IBM Endicott Corp. with 33 years of service and a member of its Quarter Century Club. He was a member of the Apalachin United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the choir and served as Financial Secretary and a member of the Administrative Board and was active in Sunday School for many years. He was a past member of the Speedsville Masonic Lodge. He was a 50 year and life member of the Apalachin Volunteer Fire Dept., serving mainly with the Emergency Squad. He was past Secretary Treasurer of the Apalachin Fire District. He was active with the Grenadiers Drum & Bugle Corp., a former baseball coach with the Apalachin Little League. He was an avid gardener and bowler.
Press & Sun-Bulletin
January 16, 2008Grace E. Prentice, 91, of Apalachin, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, January 13, 2008, at her home in the Homestead, Apalachin.
She is predeceased by her husband, Norman B. Prentice; her infant daughter, Mary Lillian Prentice; and her sister, Wilma Rosati.
She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, William and Diane Prentice, Apalachin, Edward and Penny Prentice, Upperco, Maryland, and Richard and Pamela Prentice, Concord, N.C.; six grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters, also several nieces and nephews.
Grace was a lifelong member of the Apalachin United Methodist Church, active in the choir, was a treasurer of the church for many years, and a member of the United Methodist Women. She was an honorary member of the Apalachin Volunteer Fire Department with many years of service to the Apalachin Firemen Field Days. She loved music, was an accomplished pianist, enjoying spiritual and Big Band era music. She loved bowling. At home, she loved her flower gardens, birds that would come to her bird feeder (and she hated the squirrels.) Known for her cooking, canning and baking (she never burned a cookie.)
Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
February 14, 2001ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Lillian P. Stanley, 85, of Annapolis, a resident of DeLand from 1975-99, died Jan. 27 at Sunrise Assisted Living of Annapolis.
Mrs. Stanley, a registered nurse at the then-West Volusia Hospital from 1975 until retiring in 1985, was born in Glenwood, Ill., and moved to DeLand from Shaker Heights, Ohio. Earlier, she was an elementary school teacher, one of the first flight attendants for Eastern Airlines and, in Cleveland, a nurse in a coronary care unit. She had been a member of First Presbyterian Church of DeLand and the Onyx Chapter of Eastern Star, and she helped Meals on Wheels. She did college work at Syracuse Memorial Hospital and the Cortland Normal School, both in New York. She enjoyed hiking, baseball, gardening, sewing and knitting.
Survivors include two daughters, Joan Stanley, Davidsonville, Md., and L. June Stanley, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; two stepdaughters, Shirley Wells, Sanford, and Patricia Gorklo, Denver; a brother, Norman Prentice, Apalachin, N.Y.; a sister, Laura Losefsky, Hill, N.H.; 11 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Erie Times-News (PA)
October 11, 2000Judson B. Prentice, 83, 5507 Gardner Drive, Millcreek, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2000, at Millcreek Community Hospital after a brief illness.
He was born at Berkshire, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1916, son of the late Harper H. and Myra Dodge Prentice.
He graduated from Berkshire High School, then served as a radar technician with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He worked for Dahlkemper's for several years, W.T. Grant Co. for 10 years and retired as a manager for Sears Roebuck and Co. after 32 years.
He was a member of the Sears Retirement Group and First United Methodist Church. He participated in the QUAD Games and was the overall winner in his age group in 1987, 1988 and 1989.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Ralph Prentice.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Joyce M. Klingman Prentice; a daughter, Nancy P. Kirner and her husband, William, of North East; a son, Stephen B. Prentice and his wife, Carol, of San Marcos, Texas; a brother, Norman B. Prentice and his wife, Grace, of Apalachin, N.Y.; two sisters, Lillian Stanley of Annapolis, Md., and Laura Losefsky of Hill, N.H.; three grandchildren, Brent and Judd Kirner and Christina Prentice; and many nieces and nephews.
Erie Times-News (PA)
August 2, 2015Joyce M. Prentice, age 89, of Erie, died on Saturday, July 25, 2015, at Independence Court.
Joyce was born in Johnson City, N.Y., on December 25, 1925, daughter of the late Lewis and Pearl Dennis Klingman.
Joyce was employed as a school secretary before marrying Judson Burr Prentice on June 26, 1949.
She also worked at Halle Brothers department store, in the Millcreek Mall, in the early 1980s, and was a volunteer teacher's aide at Chestnut Hill School for many years. Her church was her life, and she was a 50-year member of First United Methodist Church, 707 Sassafras Street, in Erie, serving many years as president of the United Methodist Women's group.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Judson in 2000; brothers, Jack and Russell; cousin, Jean Larsen; and friend, Rose Faber.
Joyce is survived by her sister-in-law Betty Klingman of Avon, N.Y.; two children, Nancy Kirner (Bill) of North East, Pa. and Stephen Prentice (Carol), of San Marcos, Texas; grandchildren, Brent Kirner (Christy) and Judd Kirner (Jill), of Erie, Pa. and Christina Starey (Earl) of Austin, Texas; great-grandchildren, Chase Judson and Adelle Brooklyn; and longtime family friend Bobbi Pollock. Joyce is also survived by cherished church friends, Audrey Carrick and Libby Beidler; and by several nieces and nephews - especially her niece, Dr. Karen Klingman of Silver Spring, Md. and "flower niece," June Stanley of San Luis Obispo, Calif.
The Keene Sentinel
December 31, 2008Laura Inez (Prentice) (Munn) Losefsky, 88, of Alexandria died Dec. 25, 2008, at Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth.
She was born in Central Square, N.Y., daughter of Harper Howland and Myra Lillian Dodge Prentice. She graduated from Canton Technical School, now part of the State University of New York system. She was raised in Newark Valley and Berkshire, N.Y. She also lived in Freedom Plains, N.Y., and Henniker before moving to Alexandria in 1969.
A skilled gardener, decorator, seamstress, artist and craftswoman, Mrs. Losefsky was a longtime active communicant of the Federated Church in Bristol, as well as an American Cancer Society volunteer. She loved music and for many years sang tenor in church choirs.
Survivors include her children, Patricia E. Putnam of Stoddard, Jeanne M. Bracken and her husband, Raymond, of Littleton, Mass., and George E. "Ged" Losefsky and his wife, Deb, of Thornton; her granddaughters, Lisa J. and Mollie H. Bracken, both of Littleton, Mass., Jan Caldwell and her husband, Greg, and their children, Jessica, Jacob and Jordan, all of Hillsboro; her grandsons, Mathew and Justin Losefsky, both of Plymouth, Candy, Bryce, Nathan, Barbara and Jonathan Putnam and Patrick Fuller, all of Stoddard; a sister-in-law, Joyce Prentice of Erie, Pa.; and several nieces, nephews and their children.
Her two husbands, Richard E. Munn and George P. Losefsky, her parents, her siblings, Ralph Prentice of California, Norman Prentice of New York, Judson Prentice of Pennsylvania and Lillian Stanley of Ohio and Florida, and her son-in-law, Roscoe Putnam Jr., all died earlier.
Find-a-Grave
Richard Earl Munn, 30, a former resident of Barton and a machine designer at the IBM in Poughkeepsie, died unexpectedly on Friday night, March 2, at his home on Freedom Plains Road near that city from a heat seizure. He had worked all day Friday at the Poughkeepsie IBM Plant.
His funeral was held on Monday evening at the Freedom Plains Presbyterian Church, Rev E Presby officiating.
Burial was in the Tioga Point Cemetery at Athens, Pa., Tuesday afternoon. Rev Ralph Gould of Berkshire officiated at the service at the grave.
Mr Munn was a son of Joseph Clay and Grace (Sage) Munn, and was born on April 19, 1920, at Athens, Pa.
He had lived in Dutchess County the last six years, going there from Barton. He was an active member of the Freedom Plains Presbyterian Church, of the IBM Country club, of the La Grange Fire Company and of Tioga Lodge 534, F and AM of Smithboro.
He leaves his wife, Mrs Laura Prentice Munn and two daughters, Patricia Elaine and Myra Jeanne of Freedom Plains; his parents, Mr and Mrs J C Munn of Barton; a brother, Robert Munn of Elmira and a sister, Mrs Virginia Crosby of Jamesville, NY.
New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH)
December 11, 2007CHESTERFIELD -- Roscoe Sewell Putnam Jr., 67, of Doe Road, Stoddard, died Dec. 7, 2007, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt.
He was born in Goffstown on Nov. 5, 1940, the son of Roscoe Sewell and Velma Iola (Pearson) Putnam Sr.
He attended school in Hillsborough and then Hawthorn College in Antrim, graduating with an associate's degree in business. Her served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force.
For many years, he owned and opearted his own heavy equipment business for many years. He was also a long-haul trucker in the United States and Canada. He retired in 2002.
He loved hunting and fishing. He established the Smurf Country Farm in Stoddard. He was a member and trustee of the Congregational Church in Stoddard. He was a member of the American Legion in Gilsum, Veterns of Foreign Wars in Bennington, and St. Paul's Lodge 30 in Landgon, where he was the junior warden. He was a member of the Bektash Temple, and past commander of the Legion of Honor. He was a former selectman of Greenfield, where he had lived for 21 years. He was a member of the Stoddard zoning baord.
His first wife, Marie Hazel (Cluche) Putnam died in 1982. He was also predeceased by a son, Scott W. Putnam.
Family members includes his wife, Patricia Elaine (Munn) Putnam of Stoddard; a son, Nathan H. Putnam of Stoddard; two daughters: Janice B. Caldwell of Hillsborough and Candy H. Putnam of Stoddard; six grandchildren; a sister; Dale Sudsbury of Antrim; three brothers, James Putnam of Arizona, Donald Putnam of Florida and Wayne Olson of Antrim.
The Littleton Independent
August 29, 2017Raymond Ronald (Ray) Bracken of Littleton, age 75, died on Wednesday August 9, 2017, at Emerson Hospital, surrounded by family and friends.
Born in Hay Springs, Nebraska, on April 26, 1942, Ray was the adopted son of the late Donald and Dorothea (Rutkowski) Bracken.
Raised in Denver, Colorado, he was a graduate of Lutheran High in that city and studied at Concordia College in Austin, Texas. Ray was a veteran of the US sea services. He was on the US Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk during the Vietnam conflict and later served 16 years with the US Coast Guard, based in Boston and other New England locations. He was especially pleased with his term on the icebreaker Eastwind; that vessel often broke up ice pack to allow other ships to reach Antarctic ports.
Ray retired from the military in 1983. He subsequently worked at Donelan's and Archer's Mobil, both in Littleton.
When he was stationed in Boston he met Jeanne Munn and they married in 1970.
They moved to Goldsmith Street in 1972 and lived there for 43 years, raising daughters Mollie Howland Bracken and the late Lisa Jeanne Bracken, who died last November.
The household sometimes resembled a zoo with a number of cats, dogs, fish, birds, hamsters and rabbits in residence at different times. His favorite cats were Mongo, a gray tabby, and Avery, a pedigreed Bengal; the latter survives. In midlife Ray was contacted by his family of origin and he met his natural siblings: brothers Merle Hindman of Nebraska, Jerry Heard of North Dakota, and his sister Ermyle Cornett of Magnolia, Texas. His brothers predeceased him but his sister survives as well as many Cornett offspring in several generations and his nephew Gary Heard of Montana. His adoptive brother Ronald Bracken of Boise, Idaho, also predeceased him; Ronald's daughter Rose Bracken Burbidge, also of Idaho, and her children survive. Ray was a long-time member of the Congregational Church of Littleton, singing in the choir for years and also taking part in the educational program at the church.
He was fascinated by history, especially World War II, and read many books about ancient aliens (aka UFOs). Twenty years of his life were lived on the pages of the Littleton Independent and its sister publications through his wife Jeanne's columns "The Brighter Side" and "Ramblings." Ray loved RVs and owned several over time, taking the family camping from Maine to Maryland and once across country to Denver in a small pickup camper. He enjoyed swing music and anything by Mel Torm, and he was a Red Sox fan from afar, preferring his comfortable recliner for watching games to the uncomfortable seats at Fenway.
46359. Thomas Jefferson Eastman
per 1910 census Thomas was adopted.
Find-a-Grave
Margaret Ardel (Miller) Eastman, 77, of 670 S. Stark Highway, died Oct. 13, 1996, at her residence after suffering from a terminal illness.
Born in Goffstown, she was the daughter of John Leon and Mima J. (Merrill) Miller. She was the widow of John Harvey Eastman.The family includes three daughters, Mrs. Donald (Evelyn R.) Gage, Mrs. Thomas (Davideen) Lewis, and Mrs. Leonard (Jill) George, all of Weare; two sons, Thomas John Eastman of Sandown and John "Jack" Eastman II of Somersworth; 17 grandchildren; two brothers, Paul "Dutch" Miller of Goffstown and Dave Miller of Milltown, N. J.; a sister, Vera Miller of Manchester; several nieces and nephews.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
April 10, 1997GEER, CHARLES ""SANDY'' WARREN, 73, of Tampa, died Wednesday (April 9, 1997) at home.
He was born in Columbia, S.C. and came here in 1934. He was an advertising salesman in the radio and television industry working for WALT-Radio 1110 from 1948-1956 and for WTVT-Ch. 13 from 1966-1988. He was graduate of Plant High School and the University of Florida. He was an Army veteran of World War II, having served in Japan. He was a member and elder at Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church where he sang in the choir and served on the Presbytery Committee on Ministry. He was a member of Habitat for Humanity, the American Heart Association, the Tampa Oratorio Society, the Tampa and Clearwater Advertising Clubs and was active with the Boy Scouts.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred; a son, Charles, West Palm Beach; a daughter, Emily Peacock, Tampa; and six grandchildren.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
November 9, 2006Geer, Mildred Berry, 85, of Tampa, died Wednesday (Nov. 8, 2006). She was born in Tampa.
An organist and pianist, she played at Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, John Calvin Presbyterian Church and Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church. She was an accompanist, director and choir member. She worked in real estate until she was 80. She was a member of PEO, the Friday Morning Musicale, Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church and Amaryllis Garden Circle. She played leadership roles in most of these organizations. She also was a volunteer in the preschool at Palma Ceia Presbyterian, the Mustard Seed Bible class and the church's music programs. She was instrumental in efforts to restore the Friday Morning Musicale and Federated Building, a landmark in Old Hyde Park.
Survivors include a son, Charles; a daughter, Emily Peacock; and six grandchildren.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
November 3, 2010ATWOOD, Robert Dodge, 90, of St. Petersburg, died at home under Hospice care on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010.
He was born on June 20, 1920, to Howard and Alice Atwood in Bocas del Toro, Panama, where his father was a manager with the United Fruit Company.
Shortly after his birth, his parents moved back to the U.S. and settled in St. Petersburg. Robert graduated from Dartmouth College in 1942, and then served four years in the Army with the OSS in England and France during WWII. Until his retirement in the mid 1980's, Robert owned and operated the Public-Bonded Warehouse and Transfer Company, Inc., a local and long distance moving and storage company started by his father in 1927. He was a longtime member of the St. Petersburg Rotary Club, and was also a champion swimmer with the St. Petersburg Masters Swim Team for over 25 years.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Carole L. Atwood; his daughter, Libby Watts; and his grandson, Andrew Watts, both of Atlanta, GA; his step-children, Susan Nielsen, Nancy Odell, Gail Lancaster and Richard Odell; five step-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
Tampa Bay Times (FL)
April 10, 2013Dorothy Fisher Atwood, 89, formerly of St. Petersburg, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, GA.
She was born on July 3, 1923, to John T. and Sybil E. Fisher in Flint, MI.
In the mid - 1920's, Dorothy's family moved to St. Petersburg, where she subsequently spent most of her life. Dorothy graduated from Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee (now Florida State University), in 1944. Upon graduation, she served for two years as an ensign in the U.S. Coast Guard working as a communications operator in Miami. Following her military service, she taught in the Pinellas County School System for 6 years until the birth of her daughter. Dorothy moved to Atlanta, GA, in 1998 to be close to her daughter & grandson.
She is survived by her daughter, Libby Watts; grandson, Andrew Watts; and son-in-law, Terry Watts, all of Atlanta, GA.