Providence Journal (RI)
October 26, 2006CHADWICK, CHARLES A., 83, formerly of Providenece, died Tuesday at the VA Medical Center.
Mr. Chadwick was a Draftsman Engineer for the Builders Iron Foundry for over thirty years. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1950 and served in the Navy during World War II.
He is survived by his cousin Carol Colwell of Massachusetts.
Examiner-Enterprise
December 9, 2009Flora May Tarbox, 93, loving wife, mother and grandmother, went home to be with her Lord early Monday morning.
Flora May Kucera was born on July 20, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, the only child of Anton (Tony) Kucera and Flora Mary McNamee Kucera.
She grew up in Santa Monica and Hollywood, California, completing her education at Hollywood High. Flora May was one of Walt Disney's original Mouskateers. She and her family later returned to St. Louis where she worked as a dental technician. There, she met and married George R. Tarbox, Jr. on August 8, 1942.
They moved to Bartlesville in 1950 where George was employed by Phillips Petroleum Company as a Chemical Engineer before his retirement in 1979. George preceded her in death in 1993.
Flora May and George were the parents of eight children. She was a wonderful mother and homemaker who enjoyed gardening, latch hooking and playing bridge. She was an avid reader, particularly enjoying mysteries. Flora May embraced life and was well known by friends and family for her positive outlook and great sense of humor.
For many years she was a member of St. John Catholic Church, and later St. James Catholic Church in Bartlesville.
Flora May is survived by her children, Maurene Thompson of Bartlesville; Ann Brook Halsell and husband, Kent, of Coweta; George Tarbox III and wife, Cindy, of Frisco, Texas; Jeanne Crandall and husband, John, of Lewisville, West Virginia; Jill Yarcho and husband, Al, of Kettering, Ohio; Phil Tarbox; and Nick Tarbox and wife, Linda, of Auburn, Washington. She has 13 grandchildren, Barbara Wilson, Jeff Halsell, Tracy Thompson, Brett Tarbox, Jennifer Johnson, Katie Toler, Maggie Bradley, Lori Brown, Amanda Savage, Jimmy Yarcho, Nicholas Tarbox, Matthew Tarbox and Elizabeth Tarbox. She was also blessed with 17 great-grandchildren.
Preceding Flora May in death were her husband of 51 years, her daughter, Lorraine Parrish, and sons-in-law, Roger Parrish and Floyd Thompson.
78497. Brook Jackson Tarbox Sr.
New Haven Register (CT)
September 7, 2000Brook J. Tarbox Sr., 81, of 384 Patton Drive died Sept. 5. He was the widower of Barbara Kirby Tarbox.
He retired in 1986 as a purchasing manager at Scovill Manufacturing Co. He also worked at Wallace Silversmith in Meriden, Star Marine Hardware in Branford and Puritan Fireplace Furnishings in Wallingford. He was an Army Air Forces veteran.
He leaves a son, Brook J. Tarbox Jr. of Harrisville, Utah; a daughter, Linda Tarbox of Cheshire; and two granddaughters.
He was predeceased by a brother, George R. Tarbox Jr.
78514. Hilda Barstow Richardson
Portland Press Herald (ME)
July 24, 1997Hilda R. Austad died Wednesday at her home with her sister, Reitha McGaughan, by her side. She was a former resident of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Born in Burlington, a daughter of Guy A. and Josie May Richardson, she graduated from Burlington High School in 1926, and married Arthur M. Austad on Nov. 20, 1937. He predeceased her on Feb. 17, 1967.
The Austads made their home in Cape Elizabeth until after their children were married and Mr. Austad died. Mrs. Austad then moved back to Burlington and lived out her years in her family's home with her sister. In 1974, Mrs. Austad retired as secretary for the Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
She was past patron of Longfellow Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, of Portland, Maine, a member of the Burlington Business & Professional Women's Organization and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington.
Surviving are a daughter, Gretchen Becker of Underhill; a son, Jon Austad of Winchester, Mass.; a sister, Reitha McGaughan of Burlington; three grandchildren, Rachel Becker of Aiea, Hawaii, Rebecca Becker of Burlington, and Joseph Becker of Underhill.