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.