The H600 Project Genealogy DB
Minnie Blaisdell
1922 - 2002 (79 years)
Generation: 1
1. Minnie Blaisdell was born on 28 Oct 1922 in (daughter of John E. Blaisdell and Gertrude C. Lord); died on 16 Jan 2002 in Dover, Strafford Co, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in South Berwick, York Co, Maine, USA (Woodlawn Cemetery). Notes:
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Obituary:
Minnie B. Horr, 79, of Old Mill Road, South Berwick, ME, died Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital.
Born in Dover, on October 29, 1922, she was the daughter of John E. and Gertrude C. (Lord) Blaisdell. Following graduation from Berwick Academy in 1941, she married Cecil R. Horr on Christmas Eve of 1941.
Mr. and Mrs. Horr owned and operated the Chronicle Print Shop in South Berwick.
She had joined Dover Baptist Church in 1938 then transferred to the First Baptist Church in South Berwick in 1940.
She was an honorary deaconess, having served over 15 years as a deaconess, and flower committee member. She was a former church clerk, Sunday school teacher, youth advisor and choir member.
She was a member of the Old Berwick Historical Society in South Berwick and had served a three-year term as a director of the School Administration 35.
She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Cecil R. Horr of South Berwick; her son, Leslie Evans and his wife, Sheila, of South Portland; daughters, Sharon Stuart and her husband, John, of South Berwick, and Noreen Byrne and her husband, Charles J. "Chuck," of Teaticket, MA; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her brothers, George E . Blaisdell and John Richard Blaisdell.
Funeral services were held Sunday, January 20, 2002, at the First Baptist Church, South Berwick, with Pastor Timothy Wagner, officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, South Berwick.Minnie married Cecil Horr on 24 Dec 1941 in Maine, USA. Cecil (son of Virgil Horr and Marion Newcomb) was born on 31 Jul 1918 in Rochester, Strafford Co, New Hampshire, USA; died on 26 Mar 2011 in Dover, Strafford Co, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in South Berwick, York Co, Maine, USA (Woodlawn Cemetery). [Group Sheet]
Children:- Sharon L. Horr was born about 1942 in
. - Leslie Horr was born about 1944 in
. - Noreen Horr was born about 1946 in
- Sharon L. Horr was born about 1942 in
2. John E. Blaisdell Notes:
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John married Gertrude C. Lord. [Group Sheet]
3. Gertrude C. Lord Notes:
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Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, ME) - April 10, 1994
Deceased Name: GERTRUDE C. CARLSON SHOE WORKER, SEAMSTRESS, ENJOYED CRAFTS
Gertrude C. Carlson, 91, formerly of Parent Street, South Berwick, died Saturday at the Harbor Home.
She was born in Somersville, N.H., a daughter of George B. and Alta Austin Lord.
Mrs. Carlson was a shoe worker for many years and was also a seamstress. She enjoyed many crafts.
She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary of South Berwick and was a past president of the state VFW Auxiliary. She also was an active member of the First Baptist Church of South Berwick until she became ill.
She was predeceased by three husbands and also a son, George E. Blaisdell, who died in June of 1985.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Cecil R. (Minnie A. Blaisdell) Horr of North Berwick; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the McIntire-McCooey Funeral Home, 301 Main St., South Berwick, with the Rev. Philip Woodman officiating. Burial will follow in the family lot in Forest Glade Cemetery, Somersworth, N.H.Children:
- George Ervin Blaisdell was born on 26 Dec 1920 in New Hampshire, USA; died on 1 Jun 1985 in Hartford, Windsor Co, Vermont, USA.
- 1. Minnie Blaisdell was born on 28 Oct 1922 in
; died on 16 Jan 2002 in Dover, Strafford Co, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in South Berwick, York Co, Maine, USA (Woodlawn Cemetery).