Boston Herald
September 19, 1939G.P. Brackett Is Dead at 52, Active Yachtsman on North Shore
MARBLEHEAD, Sept. 18 -- G. Paul Brackett, 52, North Shore yachtsman and director in the Boston investment securities firm of Gregg & Storer & Co., died tonight at his home on Harbor avenue, Marblehead Neck, after a long illness.
Former hotel operator and realtor, Mr. Brackett served for three years recently and without pay as harbormaster here, was sponsor of the current proposal to deepen the harbor and drafted the harbor regulations now in effect.
He was born in Springfield, the son of Gilbert H. and Mattie Stimson Brackett. He was educated at preparatory and commercial schools, Boston University the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After many years as a member of the firm operating the Hotel Rockmere, he entered the real estate business in 1927, developed realty on Marblehead Neck and came to be the holder of much property here.
During the World War he served as an ensign in the navy. He was a former president of the local chamber of commerce, and had served since 1928 as chairman of the Marblehead chapter of the Red Cross. He was a Republican and an Episcopalian.
Mr. Brackett was a member of the Eastern and Corinithian Yacht clubs. In 1911 he married Miss Mary Blanchard Bridge, who survives him. He also leaves a son, Robert Paul Brackett, a daughter, Mrs. Martha B. Speck of California, wife of Lt. Robert H. Speck, U.S.N.; and a grandson, Robert H. Speck, Jr.
78294. Martha Blanchard Brackett
Boston Herald
April 23, 1979SPECK -- Formerly of Marblehead in Wynnewood, Pa., April 16, Martha (Brackett) wife of Rear Admiral Robert H. Speck, U.S.N. (Ret.) of 132 Adrienne Lane, Wynnewood, Pa.
Robert Hursey Speck Rear Admiral
Philadelphia Inquirer
June 1, 1990Rear Admiral Robert H. Speck, 83, a combat veteran of the South Pacific who was commandant of the Fourth Naval District and commander of the Philadelphia Navy Base from 1965 to 1968, died Wednesday at the Beaumont at Bryn Mawr retirement community.
The admiral was called out of retirement to serve as governor of the Naval Home at 24th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue from 1970 to 1974.
Admiral Speck was born in Oscaloosa, Iowa, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1927. During World War II, he won two Bronze Stars and an Asiatic- Pacific campaign ribbon with eight battle stars.
A specialist in ordnance and gunnery, he spent the early part of the war in development work at the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Va. He later saw action at Saipan, Tinian, the Marshalls and the Philippines.
Admiral Speck commanded the destroyer Longshaw as the vessel took part in operations connected with the invasion of Okinawa. He also was operations and planning officer for the commander of the amphibious group that landed on the Japanese island of Hokkaido at the war's end.
After the war, he attended the Naval War College in Rhode Island and was assigned to command a destroyer squadron in the Atlantic Fleet. He was named an admiral in 1956 and given command of a destroyer flotilla in the Western Pacific.
From 1961 to 1963, he was commander of all destroyers and cruisers in the Atlantic Fleet during a period that included the Cuban missile crisis.
Admiral Speck became commandant of the Fourth Naval District and commander of the Philadelphia Navy Base in 1965. As commandant of the naval district, he was responsible for coordinating all Navy and Navy Reserve activities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware and South Jersey.
The admiral retired from the Navy in 1968 after 41 years of service. He then worked briefly as business manager of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, until he was called out of retirement to head the Naval Home.
Admiral Speck "was very fond of Philadelphia," said his son, Robert H. Jr.
He became involved in a variety of civic affairs and was chairman of the Boys Work Committee of the Union League of Philadelphia. He was a frequent speaker in Philadelphia for the Navy League and other community groups.
Admiral Speck was a member of the Merion Cricket Club and the Philadelphia Racquet Club. He was an avid tennis player and had run the quarter mile and the half mile as an Annapolis midshipman.
He was married to Martha Blanchard Brackett, who died in 1978.
He is survived by his wife, Frances Townsend Speck; son, Robert H. Jr., and three stepsons, Charles T. Alexander, Edward T. Alexander and Henry deH. Alexander.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Robert Brackett
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1922
Death Date: 7 Aug 1978
SSN: 023142846
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Devalle R Horton
Birth Year: 1917
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Dist of Columbia
State of Residence: Dist of Columbia
Enlistment Date: 21 Mar 1941
Enlistment State: District of Columbia
Enlistment City: Washington
Branch: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of college
Civil Occupation: Skilled Miners, and mining-machine operators
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 72
Weight: 160
The Times-Herald (Newnan, GA)
April 29, 2006Jean (Comeau) Horton, 92, of Newnan, Ga., died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at her residence.
She is survived by her daughter, Sally Grillo of Atlanta, Ga.; three sons, Stephen and Mary Darlene Horton of Newnan, Lawrence and Kathy Horton of Newnan, and Christopher and Shirley Horton of Gallatin, Tenn.; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: William Joseph Horton
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1919
Death Date: 30 May 1959
Cemetery: Highland Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Ipswich, Massachusetts
Portland Press Herald (ME)
October 9, 1996Nancy R. Hutchison, 72, of Mayberry Hill died Monday at Northern Cumberland Memorial Hospital in Bridgton.
She was born in Hingham, Mass., a daughter of Henry and Anne Sullivan Robinson.
Mrs. Hutchison was a women's rights activist.
She was a member of Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church and the Women's Spiritual Community.
She enjoyed reading books.
Her husband, John H. Hutchison, and a son, Michael Hutchison, died previously.
Surviving are a son, John D. Hutchison of Weare, N.H.; and a brother, Nathaniel Robinson of Laconia, N.H.
Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919
Name: Chester A Hiller
Birth Place: Georgetown, Massachusetts
Birth Date: abt 1898
Service Start Date:21 May 1917
Service Start Place: Rochester, New York
Service Start Age: 19
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Gordon E Burnham
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Essex
Enlistment Date: 29 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Boston
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 175
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Robert M Burnham
Birth Year: 1925
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Essex
Enlistment Date: 21 Sep 1943
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Boston
Branch: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled painters, except construction and maintenance
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
The Telegraph (Nashua, NH)
November 22, 1999Regina Louise Burnham, 79, formerly of Nashua, died Saturday Nov. 20, 1999, at Harborside Healthcare -- Pheasant Wood in Peterborough.
She was born Nov. 25, 1919, in Salem, Mass., daughter of the late Max and Mary Anna (Katzmasik) Malolepszy.
She was the widow of Robert M. Burnham, who died Nov. 6, 1994.
Mrs. Burnham was a dedicated homemaker and mother.
She was an avid bingo player.
Mrs. Burnham was educated in the Salem, Mass., school system.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Patricia (Baldic) Burnham of Merrimack; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Norma and Richard Elliott of Bennington, Nancy and Christopher Blute of Danvers, Mass., and Shirley Howell of Salem, Mass.; a brother, Felix Malolepszy; four sisters, Wanda Kulak, Helen Bzowski, Sophie Phillips and Irene Nicgorski; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.