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George Watson Reed died at his home, 573 East Main Street, at
8:45 o'clock Sunday evening after a lingering illness of many months. The funeral services were held form his late
residence Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. W.F. Sturtevant, pastor of
the Main Street Baptist Church officiating.
The bearers were Archie Grow, Gordon Addison, A. J. Seguin and Austin
Beebe. The body was laid to rest in the
family lot in the East Main street cemetery.
Floral tributes from friends, neighbors and business associates were
many and beautiful. Mr. Reed was born
in Sherbrooke, P. Q., on August 24th, 1866.
He was the youngest child of George W. Reed, Sr., and Catherine McKay
Reed. His grandfather was Henry Reed, a
sea captain of Reed's Point, Nova Scotia.
His father died in April 1866, of concussion of the brain, when struck on
the head by a ball falling from the top of a flagpole while placing a flag at
half-mast following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. his mother, Mrs. Catherine Reed, and family
moved to Newport in 1876, when he was 10 years of age. he attended the Sherbrooke and Newport
schools until thirteen years of age.
his first employment was for the Clyde River Paper Company as a
machinist.
In the year 1889 he entered into partnership with his brother,
Harry Reed, and they built a machine shop on the present site of the G.W. Reed
and Sons furnishing shop, where they started the first electric light plant in
Northern Vermont, and it was there that the people of Orleans county saw for
the first time an arc light in 1890 displayed before a large and interested
crowd. The late Hon. C. A. Prouty
purchased the franchise and established the Newport electric light system in
1891 without the consent of George W. Reed, who knew they had a gold mine. He later sold the H.S. Johnson Fruit Packing
Co. the machine shop, whose building was afterwards burned, located on land
which was purchased
by Richard Hurst. After the close of the World War, Earl and
Grant Reed entered into partnership with their father and built the present
business under the name of George Reed and Sons which has done a prosperous
business until the present year.
He was united in marriage
with Miss Elizabeth Calhoun in Newport, July 11th, 1888. Of this union two sons were born, Earl and
Grant Reed, all of whom together with five grandchildren, all of Newport, he is
survived. The latchstring to
"Maplewold" his summer home on Lake Memphremagog was ever out to his
friends with whom he always found pleasure.
In the boathouse is a thirty-five foot on half cabin boat built by him
and launched two years ago. He was a
great lover of Lake Memphremagog, where he and his family spent their summers.
(There are several mistakes in this
obit, but it was typed word for word as it was. Brenda Hackett)
Frye---- The death of Mrs. Nellie
Reed, widow of Henry F. Reed, occurred January 18 at the Goodridge Nursing
Home, where she had been a patient eight days.
Mrs. Reed had been in this
community for the past 10 years, making her home with her daughter Mrs.
Florence Crooker, Frye.
She was born May 7, 1876, at Fitch
Bay, P. Q., Canada, the daughter of the late Hayden Cass and Flora Ella
Woodward Cass.
She is survived by a brother,
Osmond Cass, East Haven, Vt.; son, Frank L. Reed, Providence, RI; daughters, Mrs. Albert Dodge, Athol, Mass.,
and Mrs. Florence Crooker, Frye.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
at 2 PM. from the Meader and Son Funeral Home, Rev. Kenneth Hatch
officiating. The body was placed in the
tomb at East Rumford, and interment will be in the East Maine street cemetery, Newport,
Vt., in the spring.
Pallbearers were Joseph S. Reed,
Winthrop Reed, Albert Dodge, Harry T. Bryant.
Attending the funeral from out of
town were Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Reed, and son, Winthrop Reed, Providence, RI;
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dodge, Athol, Mass.; Mrs. Nora Archibald, Dixfield; Mrs.
Florence Crooker, Mrs. Annie Robins, Mrs. Susie Pettengill, Mrs. Etta Shaw,
Frye.
Mrs. Albert M. (Katherine) Dodge,
64, died Feb. 2 at the Framingham Union Hospital in Framingham, Mass., after
being a patient there a month and in ill health about 15 years.
Born Feb. 8, 1907 in Enosburg
Falls, she was the daughter of Harry and Nellie (Cass) Reed. She attended schools and was a graduate of
Enosburg Falls High School. She was a
graduate of Lyndon Teachers College and taught about 10 years in Tunbridge and
South Royalton.
On June 29, 1929, she was married
to Albert M. Dodge of South Royalton. After their marriage, they lived 10 years
in South Royalton and Tunbridge, then they moved to Suffield, Conn., for two
years and Mrs. Dodge worked at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Mass.,
where she was the only woman able to put the machinery together. They lived in Athol, Mass., for eight years
where she worked as a bookkeeper for the Cass Farms. In 1949 they moved to Bellingham, Mass., where they lived at 34
Rondeau Street. She worked as a
bookkeeper at the NY Lace Store in Pawtucket, RI, and a garage in Attleboro,
Mass., until she was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis in October 1956.
While in this area she was a member
of the South Tunbridge Methodist Church and for a time was the Sunday School
superintendent. Later she transferred
to the First Baptist Church in Bellingham.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Dodge
leaves four daughters, Mrs. James (Phyllis) Brand of Fitchburg, Mass., Mrs.
Gary (Priscilla) Withrow of Bellingham, Mass., Mrs. Rosalie Lussier of Franklin
, Mass., and Mrs. Richard (Carol) Ross of Pawtucket, R. I. ; 13 grandchildren;
a sister, Mrs. Florence Crooker of Mexico, Me. ; a niece and a nephew.
Funeral services were held Saturday
at 2 P.M. at the Tunbridge Congregational Church. The Rev. Raymond Shepard of Franklin, Mass., officiated. Mrs. Raymond Shephard accompanied herself on
the organ while sang "The Old Rugged Cross." Miss Grace Howe was the organist.
Bearers were James Brand of
Fitchburg, Mass., Gary Withrow of Bellingham, Mass., Richard Ross of Pawtucket,
R. I., and Fenwick Reed of Kingston, RI a nephew.
Entombment was in the Riverview
Cemetery vault at South Royalton, pending burial in the Button Cemetery in
South Tunbridge.
The Boardway and Cilley Funeral
Home of Chelsea was in charge of arrangements.
Rumford Times_ Wednesday, March 1, 1978
FLORENCE CROOKER
Mrs. Florence Crooker, age 79, died at the
Milford Division of Milford-Whitingsville Regional Hospital in Mass. on Saturday, February 25. She had been a patient for two weeks. She resided on Halow hill Road, Mexico, and
was formerly of Frye, where she lived for many years.
She was born in
Newport, Vermont, February 27, 1898, the daughter of Henry and Nellie Maude
Cass Reed. She was married to the late
John R. Crooker, who died in November 1944.
Surviving is a
daughter, Mrs. Harry (Beverly) Bryant of Middleburg, Virginia, and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held at the Meader and Son Funeral Home, Rumford, at 10 A.M. Tuesday, February
28. The Reverend Robert H. Plummer of the
Franklin Street Methodist Church officiated.
Entombment was in Sunnyside Receiving Vault, Rumford, with burial in the
Pineview Cemetery, Roxbury, in the Spring.
Marriages: WEST DERBY AND VICINITY Wedding Bells. Reed-Cass A very pretty and impressive marriage ceremony was solemnized at
the Free Baptist Church of West Derby, Oct. 1.
The happy young people were our popular young townsman, Harry F. Reed,
superintending electrician at the electric light station, and Miss Nellie M.
Cass, who for sometime has resided with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fish of this
town. The church was very tastefully
decorated by the young bridesmaids, assisted by Mr. Farrant of Newport. The bridal party made a very pretty
appearance at the altar. Mr. Reed was
worthily supported by Messrs. Carl White, D. M. Shepley, Forest Cousins and
I.B. Bishop, while the bride was gracefully attended by Misses Nellie Stevens,
Grace Whitney, Myrtie Whitney and Katie Donagby. A large audience witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by
Rev. J.L. Smith, pastor of the church.
Following the ceremony at the church a reception was given at the home
of Mrs. Catherine Reed, which was very largely attended by representative
citizens of both Newport and West Derby.
After the numerous and kindly congratulations, refreshments were
served. The many beautiful and useful
wedding presents were greatly admired by the company. Mr. and Mrs. Reed left on the 10:40 P.M. train for Boston and
other cities, attended by the best wishes of all. In the goo? Providence of
God may their journey be prosperous, and may they return safely to meet the
hearty welcome will be awaiting them.
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