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.
47529. 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.
George Boom Funeral Home
Sioux Falls- Ralph Tingley, 90, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at Sanford Hospital.
Ralph was a professor at the University of Sioux Falls for 33 years where he taught History, Government and Political Science. He was a long time member of First Baptist Church, the Sioux Falls Stamp Club, Minnehaha Historical Society, and the South Dakota State Historical Society. Ralph was also a volunteer at Sanford Hospital, a member of the board of managers of the American Baptist Historical Society, the past secretary of both the South Dakota Baptist Convention and South Dakota Habitat for Humanity, and past president of the South Dakota Social Science Association. He had also written two books titled Building on the Rock and Mission in Sioux Falls.
Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Kay Tingley; daughter, Barbara (David) Blackman; grandchildren, Alicyn (Raymond) Smith and Jonathan Blackman; and great-grandchildren, Aodhan, Holland and Grace Smith, all of Sioux Falls.
47539. Dr. Merritt Frederick Garland Jr.
The Recorder (Greenfield, MA)
January 19, 2015Dr. Garland was a ground-breaking pioneer in women's health, advocating for family-focused Lamaze method of childbirth, midwife-assisted home delivery, and a woman's right to choose. During Merritt's 19 years of practice he served as a chief of Obstetrics at the former Farren Memorial Hospital where he facilitated the development of the first Family-Centered Maternity Service in Western Massachusetts.
He also served as Secretary of the Medical Staff at the former Franklin County Public Hospital for two years.
Merritt Frederick Garland, Jr. was born in a blizzard on February 25, 1920 to Alice Fay (Dean) Garland and Merritt Frederick Garland, Sr. in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Haverhill High School in 1937, during which time he was a cheerleader and gymnast, a member of the YMCA swim team, a senior counselor and waterfront director certified by the American Red Cross at Camp Elliot, and an Eagle Scout. He attended Middlebury College from 1937 1941, graduating with a BA degree. He earned his varsity letter in football and sang in the college choir.
Following college, he worked as a psychiatric aide and then physical education director at the Institute of Living (Hartford Retreat) in Connecticut, where he met and married Saralou Chaffee (Sallee), his wife of 67 years. He graduated from Tufts College Medical School in 1946, then did his internship at Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston, Maine. From August 1947 to 1949 he served as Chief of Anesthesiology to the 382nd Station Hospital (MASH Unit) in Korea.
The family lived in San Jose, California and Burlington, Vermont before settling in Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1953, where Merritt opened his private practice in obstetrics and gynecology. In 1972, he accepted a position with the State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and earned his Master's of Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. During the last 10 years of his professional life, he served as Medical Director of the Statewide Family Planning Program of the Health Department and as a lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He retired in 1985.
Survivors include his children and their spouses: Leane Page Garland of Montpelier, VT, Christopher and Robin Sellers Garland of Volcano, HI, Laurance Dean Garland of Jackson, NH, and Marc Chaffee Garland and Susan Whelan of New York, New York; three grandchildren and their spouses: Jason and Kim Garland of Roanoke, VA, Moriah and Matthew Perry of Saco, ME, and Justin Daniel and Melissa Ferrigno Page of North Newport, NH; and three great-grandchildren: Nathan and Ryan Garland and Cordelia Perry. He will also be mourned by his half-sister, many nieces and nephews and their families.
Even in passing, Merritt continues to contribute to medical science by leaving his body to Tufts University School of Medicine for teaching and study.
47541. Theodore Whitney Garland
Dignity Memorial
Theodore W. Garland, 91, of Keene died Thursday morning, March 13, 2014, at Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth Hitchcock following a period of declining health.
He was born on October 22, 1922, the son of Dr. Merritt F. and Alice F. (Dean) Garland, Sr. and was raised in Bradford, MA. H
e graduated from Haverhill High School in 1940 and from Northfield Mount Hermon School in 1942. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts from Heidelburg College in Tiffin, OH, where he met his wife to be, Doris Lampe. He then earned a Masters in Education from Keene State College.
Mr. Garland served in the US Army from 1943 until 1946, when he served with a division of the Tank Destroyers.
On June 11, 1952, he married Doris J. Lampe in Greenfield, MA.
Mr. Garland was a true musician who began teaching at various schools in New England before becoming the Band Conductor at Monadnock Regional High School for seventeen years. In addition to his teaching career at various schools, he also coached cross-country, cross-country skiing and ski jumping as well as serving as the starter for track meets at MRHS. At other schools, he also served as a choral director.
After retiring from MRHS, he continued to substitute teach at MRHS and other regional schools until he was 80 years old. He also worked for Summers Ski & Mountain Center in Keene.
In addition to his career in music, he sang with the United Church of Christ Choir, the Keene Pops Choir, the Keene Chorale, the Barnstormers Choir, and the Yankee Male Chorus. He also appeared in the Old Homestead with the double male chorus for several years.
Mr. Garland attended the United Church of Christ for many years and served there in a variety of roles.
He enjoyed running throughout his life which eventually led to the consecutive days streak of almost 19 years. He also enjoyed cross-country skiing and hiking. His love of hiking led him to summit all of the 4000 foot peaks in NH. He enjoyed sharing these activities, and camping, with his children.
Mr. Garland is survived by his children; Anne Garland and her partner Silva Tenenbein of San Ysidro, NM, David Garland of Rutland, VT, Deb Laplante and her fiance Larry Bradish of Swanzey, Peter Garland and his wife Celia of Nashua, and his son Tim Garland and his wife Deb of Keene, 11 grand-children, and 6 great-grand-children. He is also survived by his brother Dr. Merritt F. Garland Jr. of Greenfield, MA and Merritt's four children and their families.
Mr. Garland's wife, Doris Garland, died in 2010.
The Keene Sentinel
Doris Jean Garland, 84, of Coolidge Street, Keene, died July 10, 2010, at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene after a period of failing health.
She was born in Sylamore, Ark., Jan. 3, 1926, daughter of Arthur and Carrie (Hedges) Lampe. She grew up in the Tiffin, Ohio, area, attending area schools and went on to graduate from Heidelberg College in Tiffin. After graduation she moved to New England.
On June 11, 1952, she married Theodore W. Garland, the former band director of Monadnock Regional Jr./Sr. High School. Moving around New England over the next few years, she spent her time raising her five children and putting her family as her top priority.
After her children were grown, she became a longtime employee at Howe's Jewelry Store in Keene.
Mrs. Garland was a loving and beloved mother and wife, the heart of the Garland household.
Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Theodore W. Garland of Keene; her daughter Anne C. Garland and her partner, Silva Tenenbein, Anne's daughter, Jennifer English and her husband, Steven, and their two children, Katharine Ann and Christopher; her daughter Deborah J. Laplante and her former husband, Marc P. Laplante, and their son, Marc F. Laplante; her son David W. Garland and his former wife, Teresa, and their children Noah, Caleb, Micah, Yahannah and Jonathan; her son Peter R. Garland and his wife, Celia, and their children, Jonathan and his wife, Kimberly, Justin and Andrea; her son, Timothy J. Garland and his wife, Deborah, and their son, Matthew; her brother, Carl Lampe and his wife, Ada, of Tiffin, Ohio; her sisters-in-law, Pauline Lampe, Marie Lampe and Shirley Lampe; as well as several nieces and nephews.