Cecil Horr

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• Census: [1920] 1930

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Field Title Value Meaning
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 31025858 31025858
NAME HORR#CECIL#R############ HORR#CECIL#R############
RESIDENCE: STATE 12 MAINE
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 031 YORK
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 1328 FT DEVENS MASSACHUSETTS
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 08 08
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 01 01
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private
GRADE: CODE 8 Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION BI# Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
BRANCH: CODE 00 Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
FIELD USE AS DESIRED # #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 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
LONGEVITY ### ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY 14 NEW HAMPSHIRE
YEAR OF BIRTH 18 18
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 4 4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 819 Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n.e.c.
MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7 Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER # #
BOX NUMBER 0385 0385
FILM REEL NUMBER 3.106 3.106

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Obituary:
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine ? Cecil R. Horr, 92, of Old Mill Road, died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital.

Born July 31, 1918 in Rochester, N.H., Cecil was the son of Virgil L. and Marion (Newcomb) Horr, the seventh of nine children.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and returned to work in his father's print shop after the war. After his father's death in 1966, Cecil, along with his wife Minnie, owned and operated the Chronicle Print Shop, which at one time published both the South Berwick Chronicle and North Berwick Enterprise weekly newspapers.

Cecil was a member of the First Baptist Church, served on the board of trustees and taught Sunday school for many years. He also wrote and published "175 Years of Service," a history of the church.

Cecil served on the South Berwick School Board and was a member of the Quamphegan Grange, VFW , American Legion and the Old Berwick Historical Society.

Cecil was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Minnie (Blaisdell) Horr; and is survived by his three children, daughter, Sharon Stuart and husband, John, of South Berwick, son, Leslie Evans and wife, Sheila, of South Portland, and daughter, Noreen Byrne and husband, Charles, of East Falmouth, Ariz.; and many nieces and nephews.

Cecil had a great sense of humor, cared deeply for his family and was always ready to help his family, friends and those in need.

Friends may call Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the McIntire-McCooey Funeral Home, 301 Main St., South Berwick, Maine. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church, 130 Main St. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the First Baptist Church, 130 Main St., South Berwick, ME 03908.

Cecil married Minnie Blaisdell on 24 Dec 1941 in Maine, USA. Minnie (daughter of John E. Blaisdell and Gertrude C. Lord) 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). [Group Sheet]