Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
November 26, 1994ATHOL - Roy D. Wetmore, 99, of 210 Pleasant St., a longtime toolmaker and sawmill operator, died yesterday in Athol Memorial Hospital after an illness.
He leaves his wife of 67 years, Marjorie M. (Brown) Wetmore; a brother, Elmer M. Wetmore of Gardner; three nephews, including state Sen. Robert D. Wetmore of Barre; a niece; grandnephews and grandnieces. He was born and raised in Warwick, son of Charles W. and Hattie (Delvey) Wetmore, and later lived in Orange. He lived here 67 years.
He was an Army veteran of World War I, serving in the Flying School Detachment Squadron "B" in Texas.Mr. Wetmore was a toolmaker at L.S. Starrett Co., where he worked for 32 years. He retired in 1961. He bought his first woodlot at age 15 and was active in the timber industry for more than 80 years, owning and operating several timber lots and sawmills.
Mr. Wetmore was a 57-year member of Edward H. Phillips Post 102, American Legion, and a member of the World War I Veterans Association. He was a member of the Eastern Draft Horse Association, and was an avid hunter of raccoons.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
June 16, 1997ATHOL - Marjorie M. (Brown) Wetmore, 91, of 210 Pleasant St., a longtime bookkeeper, died Saturday in Athol Memorial Hospital.
Her husband of 67 years, Roy D. Wetmore, died in 1994. She leaves two nephews, former state Sen. Robert D. Wetmore of Barre and Elmer M. Wetmore of Wheaton, Ill.; two nieces, Dorothy F. Grant and Dorothy R. Davis, both of Athol; grandnephews and grandnieces. She was born in Athol.
Mrs. Wetmore was a bookkeeper in her husband's lumber business for many years before retiring. She was previously a machine operator in Department 31 at L.S. Starrett Co. She was a member of the Athol Congregational Church and Banner Lodge 89 of Rebekahs. She was skilled at knitting and tatting.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
\January 9, 1996GARDNER - Elmer M. Wetmore, 88, of 177 Blanchard St., a former treatment-plant operator and enamel worker, died Saturday night in Heywood Hospital after an illness.
His wife, Marion R. (Parmenter) Wetmore, died in 1980.
He leaves two sons, Sen. Robert D. Wetmore, D-Barre, and Elmer M. Wetmore Jr. of Wheaton, Ill.; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces.
He was born in Warwick, son of Charles W. and Hattie (Delvey) Wetmore, and later lived in Orange. He lived here for 65 years.
Mr. Wetmore worked for 25 years in the enamel room at Florence Oil Stove Co. He was then a treatment-plant operator at Gardner State Hospital before he retired.
Alice never married. She was active in the Swampscott Historical Society and a family historian.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: Martha Elizabeth Kehoe
Enlisted: March 1, 1918
Discharged: July 6, 1919
U.S. Army nurse
Base hospital # 51
Army Nurse Corp A. E. F.
Edward was gassed during his service in WWI.
U. S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: Frank L Burk
Enlisted: July 23, 1917
Discharged: June 30, 1922
Lieitenant
Naval Aviation Detachment, Pacific Fleet
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: Samuel Blaine Kehoe
Enlisted: May 18, 1917
Discharged: August 20, 1919
U. S. Marine Corps, 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Brigade
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
September 28, 1995KEHOE, WILLIAM K., 95, of St. Petersburg, died Monday (Sept. 25, 1995) at Westminster Health Shores Health Center. Born in Swampscott, Mass., he came here in 1965 from Norfolk, Va., and was a graduate of the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
Following his retirement from the Coast Guard, he taught fifth grade for the Norfolk school system for seven years. He served with the Coast Guard for 30 years. He retired in 1953 and was a life member of the Retired Officers Association and the Chief Warrant Officers Association. Locally, he was a member of Lakewood United Methodist Church and was a life member of American Legion Post 14.Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Hancock, Boulder, Colo., and Jane Cullum, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.; four grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Immigrated from The Racks, Carrick On Suir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland at about 16 years old to her Carroll aunts in South Boston, MA. Daughter of William Deehy and Johanna Carroll Deehy, wife of Harold Leburton Kehoe. Was the first female police officer in Swampscott, MA., matron at Swampscott High School and a Red Cross Nurse at The Fishhouse, Fisherman's Beach, Swampscott, MA. during the summers.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: George E Goodwin
Birth Date: 29 Sep 1892
Death Date: 19 Mar 1958
Cemetery: Swampscott Cemetery
77033. Kenneth Richard Goodwin
The Orange County Register
January 7, 1992.Kenneth R. Goodwin, 83, of Huntington Beach, a retired building inspector, died Saturday.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Pierce Bros.-Smiths' Mortuary, Huntington Beach.
Burial at Good Shepherd Cemetery, Huntington Beach.Survived by his wife, Caroline; sons, Russell, of Huntington Beach, and Kenneth, of Perris; daughters, Brenda, of Texas, and Margaret, of Chino; eleven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.