Boston Herald
April 18, 1940MARBLEHEAD, Apr. 17 - Funeral services for Robert B.N. Rideout, 43, an employee of the Noyes Buick Company, who was killed in a plane crash early yesterday, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the George E. Nichols Funeral Home. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Marion Rideout, and two children, Robert E. and Martha Lindsay Rideout.
Salem Evening News
April 17, 1973MARBLEHEAD - Robert Noyes Rideout, 48, of 199 Washington St., died unexpectedly Sunday afternoon in Salem Hospital. He was the husband of Janice (Hiltz) Rideout.
The son of the late Robert B.N. and Marion (Praberg) [sic] Rideout, he was a lifelong resident of this town. Mr. Rideout was a Marblehead firefighter for over 20 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Mr. Rideout was a member of the Old North Congregational Church and Philanthropic Lodge, AF and AM, both of Marblehead and the Firefighters Square Club of Massachusetts.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Robert O. Rideout, serving with the Coast Guard at Otis Air Force Base, Cape Cod; 3 daughters, Miss Barbara E., Karen F. and Katherine H. Rideout, all of Marblehead; a sister, Mrs. Kenneth C. (Martha) Hamilton of Marblehead.
The Salem News (Beverly, MA)
January 6, 2015MARBLEHEAD: Janice (Hiltz) Rideout, 90, wife of the late Robert N. Rideout, died early Friday morning, January 2, 2015, at Devereux House Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitaion in Marblehead. Born in Marblehead, she was the daughter of the late Harry O. and Elsie (Boardman) Hiltz. Mrs. Rideout was a graduate of Marblehead High School, Class of 1942. She was a lifelong resident of Marblehead.
Following her marriage to Robert, she was a stay-at-home Mom. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She volunteered at the Town House in Marblehead for the G.A.R. and was also a tour guide at the Lee Mansion. Mrs. Rideout was active at First Church Swampscott, Congregational. She also loved music and dancing.
Surviving her are her four children, Robert O. Rideout and his wife, Stephanie, of Yarmouthport, Mass., Barbara Rideout of Marblehead, Karen Rogers and her partner, John Blaney of Marblehead, Katherine Zuccala and her husband, Joseph, of Watertown; her two grandchildren, Scott Rideout of Yarmouthport and Sophia Zuccala of Watertown; her significant other, Herbert Heggie of Marblehead; and several nieces and nephews.
78269. John Haskell Pramberg Jr.
Boston Herald (MA)
July 21, 2005John H. Pramberg Jr. of Newburyport, a veteran and retired bank president and chairman, died Monday at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. He was 75. Born in Newburyport, he had lived there most of his life. He graduated from Newburyport High School in 1947, attended Lynn Burdett College and graduated from Bentley College.
During the Korean War, Mr. Pramberg served in the Air Force. After he returned to Newburyport, he worked briefly at the First and Ocean National Bank. In 1955, he began a 40-year career at the Institution for Savings, where he was president and chairman of the board of trustees. He retired in 1995.
During his banking career, Mr. Pramberg served as chairman of the board of directors of Financial Institutions Marketing Association, Massachusetts Bankers' Association and Mutual Savings Institutions Central Fund. He also served on the board of directors of Norfolk and Dedham Insurance Co. and was president of West Newbury Insurance Co.
He was involved in the Newburyport Civic League, Swasey Fund for Teachers, Moseley Fund for Social Service, Griffin Home for Aged Men, Newburyport Area Industrial Development Corp., Newburyport Rotary Club, Protestant Guild for the Blind, Wheelwright Scientific School, Merrimack Humane Society, Historical Society of Old Newbury and the Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury.
He was president of the Mary Alice Arakelian Charitable Foundation and also served as treasurer of the International Haskell Family Association for 10 years.
Mr. Pramberg was a collector of metal toys, toy banks and paintings by Newburyport artist Francis Thurlo. He enjoyed spending summers with his family at County Pond in New Hampshire.
He is survived by his wife, Noreen (Cook); two sons, John W. of Newburyport and Jay P. of Newton, N.H.; four grandchildren; a niece; and many cousins.
Funeral services and burial will be private. Arrangements by Elliot, Woodworth and Rogers Family Funeral Home, Newburyport.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Samuel Stimson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1891
Death Date: 13 Sep 1977
SSN: 029207307
Enlistment Date 1:22 Sep 1917
Release Date 1: 13 May 1919
The Hartford Courant (CT)
June 11, 2009Mabel E. Bates, 92, of Southington, died Tuesday (June 9, 2009). She was the widow of Mervin Bates. Born in Springfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Clifton and Martha (Stimson) Keyes. Mabel formerly resided in Chester and Florida. She was a member of the Ladies Benevolent Society and a Deaconess at the United Church of Christ in Chester. Mabel was also a member of Kings Chapel in Boston.
Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law,??Stanley and Sharon Bates of Haddam, four daughters and two sons-in-law, Linda and Peter Lemnotis of Plantsville, Rosalie and Frank Kauders of Metairie, LA, Susanne Hearrell of Talent, OR, Martha Bates of Uncasville, a brother and sister-in-law, Lawrence and Beverly Keyes of Viera, FL, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
November 29, 2004ORLEANS - Edith L. (Waterhouse) Stimson, 102, died Saturday at Pleasant Bay Nursing Home in Brewster.
She was the wife of John Rieth Stimson Sr., who died in 1983. They were married for 54 years.
Mrs. Stimson was born in Springfield and graduated from Chicopee High School in 1920. She was a homemaker, an avid card player and a devoted fan of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins and Orleans Cardinals. She enjoyed reading, hooking rugs and baking. She also enjoyed teaching and playing cards with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Surviving are a son, John Rieth Stimson Jr. of Brewster; nine grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. She was the mother of the late Elizabeth "Betty" Housman.
Boston Herald
January 14, 1971Mrs. Marion (Oliver) Coughlin, 83, of 49 Monument Avenue, Swampscott, widow of Attorney Edwin J. Coughlin, died yesterday in Hartford, Conn., enroute from Florida to her home.
A son, Oliver W. Coughlin, is Swampscott town clerk, treasurer and tax collector.
Mrs. Coughlin was a native of Lynn and lived in Swampscott for 47 years. Active in community affairs, she was past president of Atlanta Club of Lynn, a director of the Union Hospital Auxiliary and member of the Women's Business and Professional Club.
She leaves three sons, Edwin J., Jr., Atty. Richard B., and Oliver W., all of Swampscott; four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy H. Bevelander of Newton, who was accompanying her mother home after a Florida vacation; Mrs. Elaine C. Harding of Marblehead; Mrs. M. Janet Ingalls and Mrs. Joan C. Keiver, both of Swampscott; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Welch of Lynn and Mrs. Natalie Sibley of Marblehead; 22 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Boston Herald (MA)
March 7, 2001Elaine (Coughlin) Harding of Marblehead, a businesswoman and former registered nurse, died Sunday at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of pneumonia. She was 92.
Born in Lynn, Mrs. Harding was raised in Swampscott. She graduated from Swampscott High School in 1927 and the Walter Reed Army School of Nursing in Washington, D.C., in 1931.
Mrs. Harding served as a registered nurse at the Public Health Service and later at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., and Lincoln, Neb.
In 1938, she married John William Ryan of Washinton, D.C.
Mrs. Harding returned to the North Shore in 1944 and purchased the John Hooper mansion in Marblehead, which had been owned by her great-great uncle, Henry Pitman, owner of the Marblehead Bank, today's National Grand Bank.
An independent woman for her time, Mrs. Harding founded and directed the Christopher Robin Nursery School in 1945 in the basement of the mansion. The school quickly built a loyal following and offered a range of activities in music, art, dance, structured activity and comportment - good manners, polite and civil behavior and getting along well with others.
With a growing reputation, Mrs. Harding enlarged the program to include a two-month summer beach school at New Ocean House beach in Swampscott.
She married Robert Ware Harding of Brookline and Marblehead in 1948. Several years later, they began to travel abroad. Over 20 years, they visited Cuba, Europe, Russia, Asia, Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico.
Mrs. Harding was an avid fan of the opera, the Boston Symphony, the Red Sox, professional tennis and birding. For many years, she was a parishioner of Our Lady, Star of The Sea, Church in Marblehead.
Wife of the late Robert W., Mrs. Harding is survived by a daughter, Deborah A. of New York City and Washington, D.C.; two sisters, Janet Ingalls of Swampscott and Joan Keiver of Chatham and Fort Myers, Fla.; 21 nieces and nephews and 43 great-nieces and nephews.
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78288. Oliver Wendell Coughlin
Boston Herald
May 30, 1980SWAMPSCOTT -- Oliver W. Coughlin, 63, of Swampscott, who held the offices of two clerk, collector and treasurer for years, died yesterday.
Born in Lynn, he lived most of his life in Swampscott. Coughlin was president of his high school class and captain of the football team. He later played football at the Clark School in Hanover, N.H.
He leaves his wife, Betty (Arnold); one son, J. Edwin of Salem; two daughters, Sally Coughlin of Lynn and Mrs. Andrea Reese of Swampscott; two brothers, Richard of Oly Lyme, Conn. and Edwin J. of Sebasco Estates, Maine; and four sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Bevelander of Chestnut Hill, Mrs. Elaine Harding of Marblehead, Mrs. Janet Ingalls and Mrs. Joan Keiber, both of Swampscott; and one grandson.
Boston Herald (MA)
April 8, 1997John Palmer Ingalls Jr., a lifelong resident of Swampscott and founder and retired president of the former Ingalls-Cronin Co., died Friday at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston after a lengthy illness. He was 80.
Born and raised in Swampscott, Mr. Ingalls was a 1936 graduate of Swampscott High School and attended Gov. Dummer Academy.
During World War II, Mr. Ingalls served with the Edson Rangers, 1st Marine Raiders Battalion, the first group to land on Guadalcanal. He was decorated for his service.
He was president and owner of the Ingalls-Cronin Co., a paper company that was eventaully sold to Carter Rice. Mr. Ingalls remained president until his retirement in 1987.
Active in Swampscott affairs, Mr. Ingalls was a Town Meeting member for many years and served on the Swampscott School Committee for eight years. He served as chairman of the Swampscott Building Needs Committee, chairman of the 1965 Memorial Day Parade Committee and was former chairman of the Swampscott Republican Committee.
He was also a member of the General John Chaisson Committee, the World War II Committee, the Marine Corps League, the American Legion and the VFW, all of Swampscott.
Mr. Ingalls was the founder of the Swampscott Alcoholics Anonymous Group and a member of AA for 43 years.
He was a former member of Tedesco Country Club and a member of the Swampscott Beach Club and Swampscott Club. He was also a member of the First Church in Swampscott Congregational.
Mr. Ingalls is survived by his wife of 53 years, M. Janet (Coughlin); a son, John III of Swampscott; three daughters, Pamela Leger and Nancy P. Gallugi, both of Swampscott, and Patricia Ingalls McGlynn of Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard; a sister, Martha P. Butterworth of Hingham; several nieces and nephews; and 10 grandchildren.
49474. Raymond Osgood Brackett
San Francisco Chronicle
July 30, 1937WAR HERO DIES
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 29 -- Lieutenant Commander Raymond O. Brackett, 52, United States Naval Reserve, decorated by France and England during the World War, today died of a heart ailment at the home of his daughter.
Boston Herald
February 28, 1936BRACKETT - At Marblehead, Feb. 27, Ethel M., wife of Raymond O. Bracket
78293. Grace Elizabeth Brackett
The Boston Globe
October 7, 1986ELISABETH ALSBERG, 75; AUTHOR; OF BOOKS, ARTICLES ON COOKING
Elisabeth (Brackett) Alsberg, active in community and social affiars and an author of articles and books on cooking and other subjects, died of cancer Sunday in her home. She was 75.
Mrs. Alsberg was a lifelong resident of Marblehead. She received a degree in English from Wellesley College in 1932.
She was a past trustee for 12 years of Abbot Public Library, chairman of the Marblehead Bicentennial Commission, member of the Committee on the Town Report, the Committee to Celebrate the 350th Anniversary of the Founding of Marblehead and a member of the Marblehead Commission to Celebrate the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution.
Mrs. Alsberg was active in local theaters for many years. She acted in or directed over 50 plays for the Tavern Players of Lynn and later for the Marblehead Little Theater.
She founded the Travelwise Agency in Marblehead in 1952 and worked there as a part-time travel consultant after she sold the business in 1964. Mrs. Alsberg escorted tour groups as a certified travel counselor and visited more than 100 countries.
For many years, she taught cooking and lectured throughout New England. She was a regular guest every Wednesday on "Ken and Carolyn," a radio program on WNAC in Boston devoted to sewing, cooking and decorating. She wrote two books, "Everyday Gourmet" and "Everyday Gourmet and Left with a Left Over." She also wrote a biweekly cooking newsletter.
Mrs. Alsberg served as a board member of the Boston Symphony Cook Book committee. She has written regularly for various publications on travel, cooking, world affairs and profiles and anecdotes of Marblehead and Greenwich Village in New York City.
In 1985 she received the Lighthouse Award for "Outstanding Service to the Town" and in 1982 received the Old Marblehead Improvement Association award for her contributions to preserving local traditions.
She served for 30 years on the Altar guild of St. Michael's Church. She also was a member of the Archives Committee and had managed the church restoration efforts there.
She was a member of many organizations, including the Marblehead Historical Society, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Marblehead Arts Association, The Peabody Museum of Salem, The Essex Institute of Salem and the House of Seven Gables.
She leaves her husband, George M. Alberg; three sons, Noble Smith of Marblehead, Michael B. Smith of Rockville, Maryland, and Timothy Smith of Swampscott; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Boston Herald
January 19, 1962MARBLEHEAD -- Ralph Leslie Smith, 61, of 32 State St., a building contractor, died Thursday at Salem Hospital.
A native of Rutland, Vt., he had lived in Marblehead 27 years. He is a member of the vestry of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Eastern Yacht Club, and Boston Yacht Club.
He leaves his wife, Elisabeth (Brackett); three sons, Noble and Timothy of Marblehead and Michael of Tehran, Iran; a sister, Mrs. Rena Reed of Dumiston, Vt. and two grandchildren.