Per 1910 census, Marion was adopted.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
February 24, 1997Clifford L. Prout, 83, died Sunday at his residence.
He was born in Scarborough, a son of Winfield L. and Blanch Beckwith Prout, and graduated from Scarborough High School.
Mr. Prout was the owner of the Clifford Prout Insurance Co. for more than 20 years. He also worked part time in the heating installation business in South Portland, Portland and Scarborough.
Mr. Prout was a member of the First Congregational Church, the Loyal Order of the Moose in Scarborough and South Portland and the Oak Hill Grange in Scarborough, and was a charter member of the Scarborough Lions Club.
He was a volunteer for the Scarborough Fire Department. He loved hunting, fishing, saw sharpening, playing cards and building doll houses.
His wife, Josephine E. Prout, died in 1988.
Survivors include a son, Joseph W. of Windham; two daughters, Sally Abrahamson of Falmouth and Susan Cousens of Windham; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Providence Journal (RI)
February 15, 1994ELMER P. BRYANT, 75 of Fletcher Road, an electrician for the Sun Valley Electric Co., East Greenwich, before retiring in 1990, died yesterday at home. He was the husband of Hope E. (Ogren) Bryant.
Born in Damariscotta, Maine, a son of the late Arthur C. and Mabel (Stetson) Bryant, he had been a resident of North Kingstown for five years.
Mr. Bryant had also been employed by Freeborn Electric and Hutchins Electric, and had worked as a shellfisherman.
He was a member of Quidnessett Grange 44, and a member of the National Rifle Association.
Besides his wife he leaves a daughter, Carloyn V. Soares of North Kingstown; a sister, Merle Bryant of Coopers Mill, Maine, and two grandsons. He was father of the late Dale E. Bryant.
Philly.com
September. 20, 2005SPELLMAN DOROTHY S. (nee Smith) on Sept. 18, 2005 of Newtown Square PA, formerly of Springfield PA; beloved wife of the late John A. Spellman Jr.; beloved mother of John A. (Sandy) Spellman III and Marcia S. (Richard) Forbes; also survived by 8 grand-children and 11 great grandchildren.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) and Philadelphia Daily News (PA)
September 17, 2003JOHN A., on Sept. 15, 2003 of Springfield, PA, beloved husband of Dorothy J. (nee Smith) Spellman, beloved father of John A. (Sandy) Spellman and Marcia S. (Richard) Forbes; also survived by 8 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
81091. Col. Harry Devereux Clarke
The Orlando Sentinel (FL)
January 18, 2014Clarke, Harry Colonel USMC Ret passed away January 2, 2014. He was born in 1919 to Harry and Edna Clarke, Washington, DC, April 1919 and grew up in Wauwatosa, WI.
He graduated from the U of Wisconsin (BS CivEng) and commissioned in US Marine Corps, Sept 1941. During WWII, he participated in European and African campaigns aboard USS RANGER (CV-4). In 1945, as a Combat Engineer, he served in command positions with the 3rd and 5th Marine Divisions during the occupation of Japan. He held additional command positions with the 2ndMarDiv, followed by assignments at Quantico, VA and Parris Island, SC. During the Korean War, he served as CO 1stEngrBn and as 1stMarDiv Engineering Officer, coordinating the building/maintenance of bridges and facilities throughout the Korean peninsula. He was assigned to HQMC, then to Quantico,VA to complete Senior Course and then HQ FMFPAC,Hawaii. In 1960, he served as Maintenance Officer,Camp Pendleton,CA and in 1963, as the ACoS (G-4) and then CO, Marine Corps Engineer Schools at Camp Lejeune,NC.
Retiring in 1966, he relocated to Winter Park, FL, completed additional graduate education at FTU, taught mathematics at Sanford Naval Academy and worked with Field Enterprises, Inc. Into his 90's he was an avid golfer at the Winter Pines Golf Course. He was a Life member of the 1stMarDiv Assoc. and the First Congregational Church of Winter Park. His military awards included the Legion of Merit with Combat V as well as numerous campaign and service awards. He was a member of ASCE, Phi Eta Sigma, Chi Epsilon, and Psi Upsilon.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Amy, three sons: Scott (Carolyn)Oviedo,FL; Steven(Janet)Virginia Beach,VA; and Craig, Sanford,NC; two granddaughters: Valerie Clarke(Paul), Maitland,FL; Kelly Harris(Justin), Richmond,VA; two grandsons: Andrew Clarke, Oviedo, FL; Christopher Clarke (Nicole), Ashburn,VA; great-grandson PJ Diaz, Maitland,FL.