Dates Listed From Oldest To Newest
Eastport Sentinel Newspaper -- Maine dated September 06, 1823
In Machias, on the 2nd of August last, Capt. Solomon Meserve, formerly of Scarborough, Age 80. He lived and died in the faith of the Gospel.
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Unknown Newspaper -- Machias, Maine
In Sticlacooma, Washington, on December 19, 1866, Leonard J. Meserve, son of Solomon & Pamelia Meserve, 30 y, 7m, 17d.
Machias Union -- Machias, Maine dated Tuesday, October 21, 1873
In Machias, Oct 17, George Meserve, son of Solomon B. & Pamelia B. Meserve, aged 35 years; a worthy man.
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Machias Union -- Machias, Maine dated Tuesday, May 25, 1875
Solomon B. Meserve died very suddenly at his home, in Machias, Sunday forenoon at about 11. He had been about lately and up to the time of his death was able to do chores, but had been in poor health several years. Probably 76 years old.
Solomon B. Meserve died very suddenly at his house in Machias on Sunday May 23rd, 1875 at about 11 1/2 o'clock A.M. He was aged 77 years 23 days having been born April 30th, 1798 at the time of his death he had been feeble from the effects of rheumatism for several years.
Machias Union -- Machias, Maine dated Tuesday, June 8, 1875
In Brooksville, May 19, Martha A, wife of Rev. H. N. Meservey, aged 38, years
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Unknown Newspaper -- Machias, Maine
November 12, 1877, Reuben Meserve, ae. abt. 70 years.
November 21, 1877, Burnham, only son of Reuben Meserve, ae. 17 years.
October 26, 1879, in San Francisco, Foster Meserve formerly of Machias
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Machias Republican -- Machias, Maine dated Saturday, May 5, 1888
In Machias, April 30, Mrs. Pamelia, wife of the late Solomon Meserve, aged 85 years 4 months.
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Unknown Newspaper -- Machias, Maine
June 16, 1888, Aaron Meserve, ae. 60 years
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Machias Union -- Machias, Maine dated June 25, 1914
The above obituary was contributed by Eleanor Clarke of Machiasport, MaineWe are grieved to report the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Meserve, the estimable wife of our well known townsman Lewis S. Meserve, which occurred at her home on Friday evening at 10 o'clock after a prolonged season of ill health. Mrs. Meserve was a beloved and former efficient lecturer of Machias Valley Grange. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Center Street Congregational Church, the pastor J. M. Bieler officiating. The Grange, which will attend in a body will meet at their hall at 1:30 o'clock. Mrs. Meserve is survived by her husband and one son to whom the community extend their heartfelt sympathy.
Machias Republican -- Machias, Maine dated June 27, 1914
The above obituary was contributed by the WebmasterMrs. Elizabeth Allen Meserve wife of Lewis passed away at her home Friday afternoon, at the age of 67 years. Mrs. Meserve had been failing in health the past few years. She had a serious affliction of the heart and during the last few weeks her strength diminished rapidly.
The deceased was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Marshfield when young woman and made her home in that place until her marriage to Mr. Meserve.
Mrs. Meserve was a member of Machias Valley Grange and since the organization of that order she has been actively engaged in its interests. She has most acceptably filled the offices of lecturer and secretary.
The Congregational Church has also lost a valued acquisition in the passing on Mrs. Meserve. She was a faithful and devoted member of this church and as long as her health enabled her to do so, she was present and earnestly manifested her interest in its various societies and meetings. Her friends were legion and kindly, thoughtful advice and help often been sought by many, both old and young, who have enjoyed her acquaintance.
New Examiner -- Connersville, Indiana published between 1915 - 1917
CHARLES MESERVY DIED THIS MORNING
Reputed More Than Hundred Years Old
But Probably Not So
Was Veteran of Civil War
Had Lived at Brownsville Many Years
Charles Meservy died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Emma Campbell, on west Sixth street, about half past eight o'clock, this morning, after an illness of several months from paralysis. That disease, although it had rendered him helpless, was not the sole cause of his death. During the early spring he contracted a heavy cold, which developed pneumonia. He never rallied from the effects of this illness and during the last few weeks his weakness has been so extreme that his death would have been no particular surprise at any time. His age was commonly supposed to be about one hundred years, but the most reliable information obtainable places the time of his birth in the year 1816. He was born in the State of Maine and when a little more than a child moved with his parents to Wabash, Indiana. When a young man, about twenty-five years of age, he moved to Brownsville and there, when twenty-five years of age, was married to Miss Mary Ann Jones. Ten children were born to this union, of whom five are still living. They are George Meservy, of Hartford City, and John Meservy, Mrs. William huber, Mrs. William Thompson and Mrs. Emma Campbell, all lliving here. Twenty-six years ago his wife passed away and three years later he came from Brownsville to make his home with his children in this city.
For a little more than one year he served in the Civil War, in Company G, 69th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. At the end of that time, he was released on account of a bullet wound in his hip. He was a very active man throughout his life up till the time of his paralysis, which rendered him helpless. Since being stricken with that disease his mind has been confused at intervals, while at times he was wholly lucid and could talk with rare interest of the times of three quarters of a century ago.
The funeral services will be held at the home, Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, and will be under the auspices of the G. A. R. All members of that organization are invited to attend the services.
The above obituary was contributed by Frank & Melissa Romano
This Tribute appeared in The Machias Union Newspaper dated Oct 17, 1918.
Washington Normal School Pays Tribute to Former Pupil
Word has been received in Machias of the death of Dwight Meserve who graduated from Washington Normal School in the year 1914. He died at Fort Slocum, NY of pneumonia following influenza.
Mr. Meserve was a very talented young man being especially strong along mechanical lines. Immediately after graduation he took an advanced course in manual training at a school in Rochester, NY His work there was so successful that the government called him to be a manual training teacher in the schools of Porto Rico. For one year he was located at Rio Piedras. While there his work was very satisfactory and he was urged to remain another year.
But while in Maine for his summer vacation he was hired to go to Calais to take charge of the manual training work in that city. He remained in Calais 2 years and during that time with the aid of students and with very little expense to the city, he built a splendid manual training building.Mr. Meserve's work in Calais attracted more than local attention and he was called to Bangor. At the end of one year in Bangor he was recalled to Calais at a considerable increase in salary. His third year of work in Calais had hardly begun when he was drafted into the army and went to Fort Slocum, NY for special service.
There are 27 stars on the Washington Normal School service flag and the only one that has been changed from blue to gold is for Mr. Meserve. So far as we know, no other student of the school has lost his life in the service.
Mr. Meserve made the supreme sacrifice for his country and the sympathy of his classmates and teachers is extended to members of the sorrowing family.
William L. Powers
Principal of Washington Normal SchoolThe above tribute was contributed by Eleanor Clarke of Machiasport, Maine
Machias Republican -- Machias, Maine dated Saturday, October 19, 1918
Machias Union Republican -- Machias, Maine dated December 03, 1918Dwight F. Meserve
Another of our young men has succumbed to dread influenza, news reaching here Monday of the death of Dwight F. Meserve at Fort Slocum, N. Y. at the age of 26 years.
Deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Onward F. Meserve of this town and received his education in the public schools of Machias and was a graduate of Machias High and Washington Normal Schools, later taking a course at the Mechanic's Institute at Rochester, NY. Shortly after graduating from this institution he was employed by the US government as an instructor in manual drawing in the government schools in Rio Pietras, Porto Rico. Upon his return from Porto Rico he was engaged for a term of three years by the City of Calais as an instructor in manual training in the high school there.
In 1917 he was engaged in teaching manual training and drawing in the Bangor High School, retiring from that position to accept a position as draftsman with the Eastern Manufacturing Co. at South Brewer. During the early spring of this year he was re engaged by the city of Calais as instructor there and was teaching in the high school in that city when called by the government to be an instructor at Fort Slocum. Shortly after his arrival, which was on Oct 1st, he was stricken with influenza, which developed into pneumonia, from which he died.
Dwight Meserve was one of Machias' most efficient young men and had a host of friends. He was of pleasing personality highly intelligent and withal accomplished, being among other things, a fine musician. He was a general favorite with young and old and his passing is regretted by a wide circle of friends.
On Dec 15, 1917, he was united in marriage to Miss Carolyn E. Alward, of Calais, and their life together had been an unusually happy one. Mrs. Meserve was at her husband's side when he died.
Besides his widow he leaves a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Onward F. Meserve, 3 sisters, Mrs. Thomas F. Howland, the misses Charlotte and Edith Meserve, and two brothers Elton and Solomon. All reside in Machias.
The remains arrived in Machias from Ft. Slocum Wed morning and funeral services were held Thursday afternoon by the Rev. J. M. Bieler officiating.Nine men from Machias Section headquarters acted as escort. Four of the reservists acted as bearers and five of them constituted a firing squad and fired "volleys and musketry" as the body was lowered into its last resting place.
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The above obituary was contributed by Eleanor Clarke of Machiasport, MaineOn Tuesday afternoon Louis S. Meserve dropped dead in the blacksmith shop near his residence on the Machiasport Road. By his death Machias has lost one of its veteran blacksmiths and a very highly respected citizen. Sympathy is extended to his son Onward Meserve who is the only near relative surviving.
Machias Republican -- Machias, Maine dated December 07, 1918.Machias Union Republican -- Machias, Maine dated December 12, 1918
Ruth Meserve Howland
Death has again entered our midst and removed another of our young women, Ruth Meserve Howland who passed away early Sunday morning after a short illness of influenza and pneumonia.
Mrs. Howland was the eldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Onward Meserve, though only twenty years of age. Friends learned of her death with regrets, and it seems doubly hard for her parents as a few weeks ago Dwight Meserve, a brother, died at Camp Upton and only last week her grandfather, Mr. Lewis Meserve, passed away.
Funeral services which were private, were conducted from the home of W. H. Leownes on Court Street where Mr. & Mrs. Howland had been boarding.The above obituary was contributed by Eleanor Clarke of Machiasport, Maine
Obituary from the Machias Republican newspaper dated Sat Dec 14, 1918
Ruth Meserve Howland, oldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Onward Meserve, wife of Thomas Stanley Howland, succumbed last Sunday to pneumonia, after a short illness.
Mrs. Howland was married less than a year ago to Thomas Howland, one of the telegraph operators at section headquarters of the U.S.N.R.F. and their short married life appeared to be a very happy one. Deceased was a young woman of cheerful disposition and enjoyed a wide acquaintance and many close friends who will long cherish her genial, sunny disposition and companionship.
The death falls most heavily upon Mr. and Mrs. Meserve, who but a short time ago lost their oldest son, Dwight and only last week Mr. Meserve's father, Lewis Meserve died suddenly, making 3 deaths in a very short time. Mrs. Howland was 20 years old and 6 months of age and leaves besides her husband and parents, two sisters, Charlotte and Esther and two brothers, Elton and Solomon.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the residence of H. W. Downes, Court St. where Mr. and Mrs. Howland were boarding, and were conducted by Rev. J. M. Bieser, Arthur Hanscom acting as funeral director.
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Lewis S. Meserve died suddenly, Tues afternoon, in his blacksmith shop on the Machiasport Road. He had been in his usual health and was about to shoe a horse, when he was stricken with heart disease. He was the son of Solomon Meserve and was born and always lived in the Meserve homestead on the Machiasport Rd. His wife, who died about 4 years ago, was Elizabeth Allen of Cincinnati. Three children were born to them, one son Onward, who survives and two daughters, Mrs. Parmelia Clark and Elizabeth Meserve, both deceased. Mr. Meserve was a charter member of Machias Valley Grange and in 1867 became a member of the Congregational Church. He was a man of stanch principals and universally respected. The funeral was held from the Congregational Church, Thursday afternoon, Rev. J. M. Bieler officiating.
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The Okeechobee News -- Florida, dated Friday, April 14, 1933
George S. Meserve, for nearly fifty years a representative and honored citizen of this community, died at Flagler Hospital shortly after eleven o'clock Saturday night, following a very brief illness. The funeral was held Monday afternoon from Trinity Episcopal Church, interment being in the family plot in Evergreen Cemetery. Rev. L. Fitz-James Hindry, rector of Trinity church conducted the service.
Mr. Meserve is survived by his widow, Mrs. Adella Underhill Meserve, and by three sons, George U. Meserve and Robert B. Meserve, of this city; and Ellis M. Meserve, of Okeechobee.
Born in Freedom, New Hampshire, on April 21st, 1860, Mr. Meserve taught school in the lumber regions of the Green Mountains upon leaving high school. Later he became affiliated with a textile manufacturing company in Boston. In poor health at the time, he was sent to California as a representative of the textile company. In California he bought an orange grove and remained in that state until the freeze of 1887, when he moved to Florida and St. Augustine, still in search of health. He was married to Adella Underhill of Wolcott, N.Y., July 7, 1889. Shortly after his arrival in St. Augustine, Mr. Meserve took over the management of the business of Charles F. Hamblen. He has been president of C. F. Hamblen, Incorporated, since the incorporation of that business following the death of Charles F. Hamblen.Although in very poor health for the past five years, with remarkable courage and tenacity Mr. Meserve continued the active management of business affairs to within a few days of his death.
The above obituary was contributed by Charles L. Meserve of Wenonah, New Jersey
Newspaper Unknown -- April, 1933
George Seth Meserve
Although in very poor health for the past five years, with remarkable courage and tenacity Mr. Meserve continued the active management of the business affairs to within a few days of his death. The above obituary was contributed by Charles L. Meserve of Wenonah, New JerseyBorn in Freedom, New Hampshire, on April 21st, 1860, Mr. Meserve taught school in the lumber regions of the Green Mountains upon leaving high school. He later became affiliated with a textile manufacturing company in Boston. In poor health at that time, he was sent to California as a representative of the textile company. In California he bought an orange grove and remained in that State until the freeze of 1887, when he moved to Florida and to St. Augustine, still in search of health. He was married to Adella Underhill of Wolcott, N. Y., July 7, 1889. Shortly after his arrival in St. Augustine, Mr. Meserve took over the management of the business of Charles F. Hamblen, at that time located on King Street close by the present establishment of C. F. Hamblen, Incorporated. From that time Mr. Meserve took an active part in the development of St. Augustine. He was for many years president of the board of trade, was elected president of the Southeastern Hardware Association in 1926, and was a member of the executive board of that association from that time until the date of his death. He has been president of C. F. Hamblen, Incorporated, since the incorporation of that business following the death of Charles F. Hamblen. He was also a trustee under the will of Mr. Hamblen and it was largely through his efforts that the Charles F. Hamblen Club was successfully organized and will be perpetuated for St. Augustine.
Capt. Charles L. Meserve stated that his grandfather, George Seth Meserve was most interesting. When in St. Augustine, they made St. George St. one-way; they said except for George Meserve.
Machias Valley News Observer -- Machias, Maine dated Wednesday, May 16, 1934
The community was saddened Sunday evening when it learned that Elton Meserve, son of Mr. & Mrs. Onward Meserve, had meet death by drowning while fishing in a pool near his home on the Machiasport road. The body was discovered by Eugene Renshaw, Jr. who lived nearby and who was accustomed to fish in this pool. Medical examiner, Dr. H. O. Larson was notified and stated that the body had been in the water less than an hour. As Meserve had gone alone to the brook the cause of the accident is not known, but it is supposed he suffered an attack of the affliction (epilepsy) he had been troubled with during his life and was unconscious when he struck the water.
The deceased was 33 years old and had always made his home with his parents. He was a conscientious, hard-working boy and had a wide circle of friends who will regret his passing. Surviving beside his parents are a sister, Mrs. Edith Sullivan of Ellsworth and a brother Solomon at home.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Congregational Church, Rev. W. R. Riddiough officiating with L. H. Hanscom Sons directing. The poll bearers were Arthur and Kenneth Pennell, James McDonald, Jr. And Clifford Frye. Interment in Court Street cemetery.
The above obituary was contributed by Eleanor Clarke of Machiasport, Maine
According to Ethel Quimby, the corresponding secretary for the Machiasport Historical Society, Elton Lee Meserve, was called Ruben and he worked in the blueberry factory in Machiasport. He had epileptic fits. She remembered one afternoon while eating lunch he had a fit, fell, gnashed his teeth until someone put something between them so he wouldn't hurt his mouth. When he came to, he raced and mounted the ridge of the blueberry factory building and when fully alert again was standing astride the ridge of the building, everyone was scared, afraid he fall and get hurt. He didn't.
A few years later he was found in a brook he had drowned. Apparently he had another of those epileptic fits. He was a fine looking man and well liked.
Machias Valley News Observer -- Machias, Maine dated January 01, 1936.
The sympathy of the community is extended to Mrs. Ida Meserve and family in the loss of a husband and a father whose sudden death occurred last Thursday noon, December 26, from heart disease. Mr. Meserve, one of a family identified with the earliest settlers of the town was born in 1868, the son of the late Lewis and Permelia Meserve, was a life long resident of Machias, being educated in the town schools and graduating from Machias High School in the class of 1886.
Mr. Meserve's death occurred at home of his late parents on the Machiasport Road where he did some farming and like his late father some blacksmith work. Besides his widow, Ida Cushing Meserve, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Edith Sullivan of Ellsworth and a son Solomon of Machias.
Funeral services were conducted on Saturday with Rev. W. R. Riddiough of the Center Street Congregational Church officiating.
The above obituary was contributed by Eleanor Clarke of Machiasport, Maine
A TRIBUTE published in the pages of Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine dated Dec 11, 1968
Memorial Obituary
Entered Into Eternal Rest Monday, December 9, 1968
Scarborough -- Perley Meserve, 66, a landscape gardener, died unexpectedly Monday at his home on Highland Ave.
A lifelong resident of Scarborough, he was born June 5, 1902, son of John and Mary Dumphy Meserve and attended local schools.
Surviving are his wife, the former Delia B. Kelly; a brother Roland J. Meserve, Scarborough, a nephew and several nieces.
Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Hay and Peabody Funeral Home, Dunstan Corner. Burial will be in Black Point Cemetery.
The above obituary was contributed by Ardeth Sunny Meserve Browne
A TRIBUTE published in the pages of Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine dated April 13, 1970
Memorial Obituary
Entered Into Eternal Rest Saturday, April 11, 1970
Roland J. Meserve
Scarborough -- Roland J. Meserve, 66, of Black Point Road, a landscaper for the past several years, died Saturday in a Portland hospital after a long illness.
He was born here Nov. 22, 1903, and was a long resident. He attended Scarborough schools and was a deacon of the First Congregational Church of Scarborough.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Angela Lutz Meserve ; two daughters Mrs. Theodore W. (Ardeth) Browne of Braintree, Mass., and Mrs. Robert M. (Marilyn) Ward of Pittsfield, N. Y., and eleven grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the First Congregational Church with the Rev. Kenneth Almeida and the Rev. Morton Sorenson officiating. Interment will be in Black Point Cemetery.
The above obituary was contributed by Ardeth Sunny Meserve Browne
Unknown Newspaper -- Harold E. Meserve died January 1972
NEWMARKET - Harold E. Meserve, 72, of Exeter Road, died early yesterday morning at Exter Hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Eaton, he lived here 54 years. He retired in 1963 from the Public Service Company of N. H., Portsmouth Division, after 24 years service.
Meserve was a charter and life member of the Newmarket Historical Society, of which he was a custodian of property for five years. He was a 52-year member of Rising Star Lodge, F&AM.
The family includes his wife, Mrs. Antonia (Beaudet) Meserve; a son, Harold A. Meserve of Saugus, Mass.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Roy George of Dothan, Ala.; eight grandchildren; three brothers, Howard Meserve of Danvers, Mass., Ernest Meserve of Colchester, Conn., and Walter Meserve of Salem; a half-sister, Mrs. Leslie White of Independence, MO.; nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Brisson and Kent Funeral Home by Rev. Everett Gassett, pastor of the Community Church. Burial will be Conway Village Cemetery at a later date.
Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Newmarket Historical Society in care of Marvin Davis.
Masonic services will be held at the funeral home Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
The above obituary was contributed by Harold Albert Meserve of Saugus, Massachusetts
Unknown Newspaper -- Howard W. Meserve died August 1986
DANVERS - Howard W. Meserve, 87, 63 Locust St., died Tuesday at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Rose ( Sirois ) Meserve.
Born in Eaton, N. H., son of late Edwin and Ann ( Whittaker ) Meserve, Mr. Meserve lived in Danvers for 30 years.
Prior to his retirement, Mr. Meserve was employed at the General Electric Co. River Works in Lynn for many years. He was a member of the GE Quarter Century Club.
In addition to his wife, he leaves a daughter, Helen Lobb of Peabody; two sons, Howard W. Meserve Jr. of Florida and Raymond Meserve of Peabody, and seven grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in The Lyons Funderal Home, 28 Elm St., Danvers.
The above obituary was contributed by Harold Albert Meserve of Saugus, Massachusetts
Peoria Journal Star of Illinois dated August 12, 1992
PRINCEVILLE -- Donald G. Meservey, 68, of 330 Edwards for 25 years, died at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1992, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.
Born April 20, 1924, in Perry to Genar and Gladys Riley Meservey, he married Jennie M. Stichling on Sept. 13, 1947, in Iowa.
She survives, along with his mother of Princeville; one son, Alan E. of Yates City; one daughter, Mrs. Dane (Lorraine) Bergquist of Glendale, Ariz.; one brother, Richard of Princeville; and three grandchildren. His father preceded him in death.
He was a truck driver and serviceman for S&R Gas Co. and Farrell Gas Co. for 20 years, retiring in 1987.
A World War II Army veteran, he was a 42-year member of Princeville Masonic Lodge 360, AF&AM; and Princeville Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hammitt Funeral Home in Princeville. Don Wagenbach will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with a Masonic service at 7:30. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria.
Memorials may be made to Akron-Princeville Ambulance Fund or any charity.
The Des Moines Register of Iowa dated October 03, 1992
Maynard Meservey, 72, of 4610 Douglas Ave. died of a heart attack Friday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. The body was donated to University Hospitals in Iowa City and no services are planned.
Mr. Meservey was born in Lincolnville, Maine, and had lived in Des Moines since 1955. He retired as a pathologist in the Clinical Pathology Laboratory in Des Moines, was an Army and Navy veteran of World War II and had been a member of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ.
Surviving are two daughters, Ann Riordan and Margaret McIntosh, both of Chicago; and four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation. Merle Hay Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dr. Nile Dale MeservyDr. Nile Dale Meservy, professor of sociology and social work at Utah State University, died of cancer on October 8, 1992. He was 69.
Nile was born June 23, 1923 in St. Anthony, Idaho, the son of Sarah Ann Bagley and James Alonzo Meservy. He married Ellen Hamilton of Sugar City, Idaho on July 15, 1943 in the Logan LDS Temple.
He served in the United States Navy during World War II and was a commissioned Army officer during the Korean conflict.
Dr. Meservy managed the Gerontology Program at USU, and was a former presidentof the Intermountain Association of Educators for Social Services and the Tri-County Branch of the National Association of Social workers. In 1986 he received the National Academic Advising Certificate of Merit. He was named Professor Emeritus in 1988.
Survivors include four sons, two daughters, and fifteen grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday, October 12, 1992 at 12 noon in Logan LDS 4th Ward Chapel, 294 North 100 East.
Friends may call at Nelson Funeral Home, 162 East 400 North, Logan, Friday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. and the chapel on Monday one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Logan Cemetery.
The above obituary was contributed by Marge Meservey of Klamath Falls, Oregon
Telegram & Gazette Worcester, Massachusetts dated October 12, 1992
CHARLTON - Myrtle (Healey) Meservey, 95, formerly of Franklin, died Saturday night in the Masonic Home, 88 Masonic Home Road, after an illness.
Her husband, Forrest Meservey, died in 1945. She leaves a sister, Gertrude McCutcheon of Slatersville, R.I.; three grandsons; five great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. She was born in Mount Vernon, Maine, daughter of Herman H. and Nellie (Bent) Healey, and lived more than 70 years in Franklin before moving here in 1986. She spent many summers in Mount Vernon, Maine.
Mrs. Meservey worked for several summers at vacation resorts in the Rangeley and Eustis areas in Maine. She later worked at Whiting & Davis Co. in Plainville before she retired. She was a former member of the Federated Church in Franklin.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Britton-Wallace Funeral Home, 91 Central St., Auburn. Burial will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Union Cemetery, Franklin. There are no calling hours.
John A. Meservey JEFFERSON -- John A. Meservey; 83, died Friday evening, Feb. 4, 1994, at the Kennebec Valley Medical Center, Augusta. He was born in Jefferson April 5, 1910, the son of Frank and Dora Miller Meservey.He attended Jefferson schools and was a farmer and woodsman.
For many years, Mr. Meservey worked for Meservey Lumber Co. He worked in the woods for Philip Peaslee and later for Thomas Jones in the antiques business. Mr. Meservey raised his own cattle and of particular interest were the oxen he trained and loved. He said oxen knew more than just,"gee" and "haw." He also enjoyed fishing and hunting.He married Eva Mae Hopkins on July 11, 1935. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Eva Mae Meservey of Jefferson; two sons, Chester E. Meservey of Jefferson and Charles A. Meservey of Suncook, N.H.; one daughter, Beverly L. Heyer of Waldoboro; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and several, nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be 7-8 tonight at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main St., Waldoboro, where a funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday. A tribute to his life will be made by the Rev. Warner Howard.
Spring interment will be in Shepard Cemetery, Jefferson.The above obituary was contributed by Marge Meservey of Klamath Falls, Oregon
Newspaper Unknown -- November 25, 1994
Faith Raulerson Meserve
The above obituary was contributed by Charles L. Meserve of Wenonah, New JerseyWith the death of Faith Raulerson Meserve on Nov. 25 the final chapter closes on members of the original founding family of what today is the City of Okeechobee.
Faith Raulerson was born on Aug. 1 1895 in Basinger and was 99 years old. She was a life-long resident and a member of the Christian Science Church.
Those first hardy pioneers arrived on the land that comprises present-day Okeechobee in 1896. Originally from Polk County, Peter and Louisiana Chandler Raulerson had moved first to Basinger on the west bank of the Kissimmee River. After a time, Peter decided he needed more land for his rapidly expanding cattle herd.
In the early fall of 1896, he loaded the children and the family's material belongings into a wagon, moved the herd of cattle to the southeast, settling on the west bank of Taylor's Creek (sic). There the family settled with children ranging all the way from infancy to adult age. Faith was a little more than a year old when the family moved to "The Bend." Faith's brother, Corneltus (Connie), was the first white man born in what became the City of Okeechobee.
By 1909, When Faith was 14 years old, the first schoolhouse was constructed on what is now South Parrot Avenue. Faith was listed among a long listing of Raulerson children who attended that school. Others attending were the Hancock children, the Wright children, the Sloan children, Jones, Gibson, Davis and Strickland completed the roll. There were 36 students in that class and 13 of them were Raulersons.
In 1915, the railroad arrived in Okeechobee and the first passenger who got off the train on a cold January morning was Ellis M. Meserve, a St. Augustine bank clerk. He quickly established his business and opened that summer as the Okeechobee Hardware Company, a two-story building that housed the hardware store on the first floor and living quarters on the second. A balcony/porch extended from the second floor and formed a shelter for the front of the hardware store.
His business established, Ellis then courted and married Faith Raulerson.
Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Massachusetts datedDecember 09, 1994
WORCESTER - Anne T. "Nancy" (O'Brien) Meservey, 68, of 129 Heywood St., a longtime industrial worker, died Wednesday in St. Vincent Hospital after she was stricken ill at home.
She leaves her husband of 45 years, Robert A. Meservey; five sons, Michael F., George H., Paul J. and Dennis J. Meservey, all of Worcester, and Thomas C. Meservey of Holden; a brother, Thomas O'Brien of Millbury; seven grandchildren; nephews and nieces. She was born in Worcester, daughter of Thomas F. and Gertrude M. (Sullivan) Meservey, and lived nine years in North Brookfield before returning here in 1964. She graduated from Ascension High School in 1943.
Mrs. Meservey worked at Massachusetts Wholesale Drug Co. for 10 years, retiring in 1987. She previously worked at Quaboag Rubber Co. in North Brookfield, Worcester Academy, Astra Pharmaceutical Products Inc. and Sprague Electric Co. After she retired, she worked part-time in the Kimball Dining Hall at Holy Cross College. She was a member of the Notre Dame Alumnae Association, the Guild of Our Lady of Providence and Division 36, Ancient Order of Hibernians Auxiliary.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from Athy Memorial Home, 111 Lancaster St., with a Mass at 9 a.m. in Our Lady of Loretto Church, 37 Massasoit Road. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., Boston, 02115.
The Patriot Ledger -- Quincy, Massachusetts dated March 07, 1995
SCITUATE -- Charlene Ann (Meserve) McDonough Dwight, 46, of Scituate, a clerk at WearGuard, died Saturday at South Shore Hospital, Weymouth, of a heart condition.
Mrs. Dwight has been a sales clerk at Marshall's and six months ago began her clerical job at WearGuard.
She was an ardent follower of the Jimo Claflin Band.Mrs. Dwight was born in Worcester, raised and educated in Marshfield and graduated in 1966 from Marshfield High School. She lived in Scituate for just over a year.
She is survived by her husband, George H. Dwight Jr.; a son, Matthew McDonough of Pembroke; a daughter, Lori McDonough of Marshfield; a sister, Patricia Poulin of Marshfield; and a grandson.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church of Scituate by the Rev. Richard Dutton. Burial will be in Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne.
Visiting is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at MacDonald Funeral Home, 1755 Ocean St., Marshfield.
Donations may be made to the Charlene Dwight Memorial Fund, c/o the First Baptist Church, 660 Country Way, Scituate 02066.
Sacramento Bee of California dated March 28, 1995
Services for Shasta Meservey Rinella, a longtime Sacramento resident, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Fremont Presbyterian Church, 5770 Carlson Drive.
Mrs. Rinella, who was born in Berkeley, died Thursday in her home of cancer. She was 71.
She was a descendant of a California pioneer family that settled in Nevada City in the 1850s, and her ancestors can be traced back to the 17th century in New England.
Mrs. Rinella graduated from Fremont High School in Oakland and the University of California, Berkeley.
In 1952, she moved to Sacramento, where she raised her family. She became active in various volunteer activities, including the Cancer League, Sacramento Medical Auxiliary and Channel 6 (KVIE).She was a member of the SA Chapter, PEO Sisterhood.
Mrs. Rinella retired from the state Department of Food and Agriculture in 1985 after about 10 years of service.
Survivors include her husband, F. Donald Rinella of Sacramento; sons, Charles Bachelor of Sacramento, Dr. Eric Bachelor of Danville and Peter Bachelor of Reno; daughter, Margret Kingston of Carmichael; sister, Madeline Soder of Davis; and four grandchildren.The family requests that any contributions may be made in Mrs. Rinella's memory to Sutter Hospice Care, 5151 F St., Sacramento, 95819.
Funeral arrangements were handled by Andrews & Greilich Chapel.
Unknown Newspaper -- Sarah M. Meserve dated July 08, 1995
WINTER, PARK, FLA -- Sarah M. Meserve, 93, died Saturday at Winter Park Towers, where she had been a resident since 1985. Mrs. Meserve, who was born in Rumford, Maine, had worked as a companion caring for adults. She moved to Florida in 1962. She was a past matron of the Eastern Star, and a member of the White Shrine of Portland, Maine. She was also a member of the Universalist church. She enjoyed playing bridge. Surviving are two daughters, Sally Arvidson of Winter Park and Ruth Noble of Abington, Mass.; three grandchildren, Carl Arvidson of Winter Park, Dr. Cathy Arvidson of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and John Noble of Franklin, NH.; four great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Graveside services will be held at a later date in Maine. Arrangements are by the Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home in Ocoee. The above obituary was contributed by Ardeth Sunny Meserve Browne
Portland Press Herald -- Portland, Maine dated August 12, 1995
The above obituary was contributed by Ardeth Sunny Meserve BrowneKENNEBUNK -- M. Elizabeth Meserve, 86, of Longview Terrace, formerly of Kennebunkport, died Friday in a Portland hospital after a long illness. She was born at Cape Porpoise at Kennebunkport, daughter of Benjamin Frank and Alberta Moody Wakefield. She graduated from Kennebunkport High School and attended a Portland business college.
Mrs. Meserve was a secretary at the medical records offices of the former Maine General Hospital (now Maine Center) in Portland and the former Webber Hospital (now Southern Maine Medical Center) in Biddeford for many years. She was also the secretary for school offices in Alaska and New York.
She was a member of the Good Cheer group and South Congregational Church, and was a member and a past matron of the Eastern Star, all in Kennebunkport.
She has spent winters in Englewood, Fla., for more than 20 years.
Her husband, Robert C., died in 1974.
Surviving are a son, Albert W. of Kennebunkport; a brother, George W. Wakefield of Wells Branch; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at South Congregational Church, Temple Street, Kennebunkport. Burial will be in Arundel Cemetery, Kennebunkport.
Arrangements are by Bibber Memorial Chapel.
San Francisco Examiner-- San Francisco, California dated September 25, 1995
BOSTON - Robert W. Meserve, a former American Bar Association president who pushed for tough ethical standards for lawyers and testified against Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court, died Thursday at 86.
As ABA president in 1972 and 1973, Mr. Meserve was outraged by the conduct of government lawyers during the Watergate hearings, and later chaired an ABA commission that tried to strengthen ethical standards.
Mr. Meserve graduated from Tufts University and Harvard Law School, and received seven battle stars from the U.S. Navy for his service on board the escort carrier USS Langley during World War II.
He served for a short time as an assistant U.S. attorney, trying antitrust cases against the film industry, but spent most of his career in private practice.
He also lectured at Harvard and was president of Tufts' board of directors from 1965-70. In 1968-69, he also was president of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
The Patriot Ledger-- Quincy, Massachusetts dated December 01, 1995
ABINGTON -- Ruth G. (Meserve) Doherty, 89, of Abington, died Thursday at Mildred Alford Nursing Home after a period of failing health.
Mrs. Doherty had been a member of the Friendly Folks Group of Abington.
She was born raised and educated in Abington and had lived in Flushing, Queens, N.Y., and South Dennis before returning to Abington in 1976.
Wife of the late Edward B. Doherty, she is survived by a son, Edward R. Doherty of Florida; three daughters, Eleanor Mason of New York, Madelyn Collins of Abington and Arizona and Geraldine Doherty of Florida; a sister, Violet Chadwick of New Mexico; eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at noon Monday in the Magoun Funeral Home, 135 Union St., Rockland. Burial will be in Mount Vernon Cemetery.
Visiting is from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.
The Patriot Ledger -- Quincy, Massachusetts dated December 04, 1995
WHITMAN -- Helen G. (Pratt) Crothers Meserve, 92, of Brockton, a former school teacher and operator of the former North River Clam Stand in Hanover, died Saturday in the Lutheran Home, Brockton, after a period of failing health.
Mrs. Meserve and her first husband, Eli Kirk Crothers, operated the stand and were among the first to introduce fried clams on the South Shore. They retired in the early 1950s.
Born in Norwell, Mrs. Meserve graduated from Rockland High School and from Bridgewater Normal School in 1925.
She lived 40 years in Whitman where she was a former member of Whitman Garden Club.She and her second husband, Lester D. Meserve lived in New England Friends Home in Hingham before his death.
Mrs. Meserve is survived by a brother, Clarence L. Pratt of Norwell, a nephew, three nieces and three cousins.A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Blanchard Funeral Chapel, Plymouth Street, Whitman, by the Rev. Stephen Fregeau, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Rockland. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery, Weymouth.
Visiting is at noon Wednesday in the funeral chapel.
Peoria Journal Star of Illinois dated January 21, 1997
PRINCEVILLE --Gladys L. Meservey, 90, of 329 S. Cottage Grove died at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, 1997, at her home.
Born March 25, 1906, in Oklahoma City to William and Sarah Franklin Riley, she married Genar M. Meservey. He died Dec. 14, 1975, in Peoria. One son, Donald, and one sister also preceded her in death.
Surviving are one son, Dyke of Princeville; one brother, Kenny Riley of Princeville; two sisters, Ada Evans of Delavan and Ann Manuel of Houston; and two grandchildren.
She was a cafeteria cook at Princeville Grade School for many years. She was a member of Princeville Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and the Order of Eastern Star Chapter 8 in Wyoming.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hammitt-Hott Funeral Home, Princeville. The Rev. Dennis Fitzgerald will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria.
Telegram & Gazette -- Worcester, Massachusetts dated December 29, 1998
WORCESTER - John B. "Jack" Meservey, 73, of 1622 Cypress Cove Court, Inverness, Fla., and East Matunuck, R.I., formerly of Worcester, died Dec. 18 in Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness, after he was stricken ill at home. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Mr. Meservey was the international sales manager at Hamilton Distributing Co. for many years before he retired.
He was an avid golfer, and a member of several area country clubs. He was a founding charter member and vice president of the Central Mass. Golfers Association. He was a member of Vernon Hill Post, American Legion.
A graveside service was held Thursday in Bushnell, Fla. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Worcester.
He leaves his wife of 48 years, Eleanor (Rowland) Meservey; a son, Bruce Meservey of San Francisco; a daughter, Linda Meservey of Kona, Hawaii; three brothers, Robert Meservey of Worcester, Harry Meservey of Grafton and Richard Meservey of Wayland; nephews and nieces. A son, Gary Meservey of Worcester, died many years ago. He was born in Worcester, son of Harry and Katherine (Lester) Meservey, and lived here before moving to Florida. He graduated from Commerce High School.
New York Times -- New York dated May 30, 1999
By WILLIAM H. HONAN
The above obituary was contributed by Billie Jo Johnstone of Enfield, New HampshireKathleen Kellogg Meserve, an amateur horticulturist from Long Island who produced a series of hardy holly hybrids that have become standard in nurseries and gardens in the United States and Europe, died last Sunday at her home in Vero Beach, Fla. She was 93.
Mrs. Meserve's interest in holly began shortly after World War II when she and her family moved to a 10-acre estate in St. James on Long Island and she chanced to attend a local garden-club lecture about the holly, the evergreen whose glossy, pointed leaves and clusters of red berries decorate gardens and deck the halls at Christmas.
At that time, the hollies used for Christmas foliage were the fragile English variety, Ilex aquifolium, which were grown in the Pacific Northwest and shipped as cut greenery to the East. Mrs. Meserve decided to create a English-style holly that could withstand the harsh winters of the Northeast.
The breakthrough came when Mrs. Meserve cross-bred Ilex rugosa, a low-growing native holly of northern Japan, with the handsome Ilex aquifolium. The results were blue hollies, hybrids with exceptionally dark blue-green, spine-tipped foliage and excellent hardiness.
"I didn't foresee my success," she later recalled. "I just wanted to create something that was going to give pleasure and be beautiful."
Blue Girl, Blue Boy, Blue Prince, Blue Princess and Blue Angel were followed by China Boy and China Girl, each with subtly different characteristics. As recently as 1997, she produced a new hybrid she called Centennial Girl.
The profits from the sale of Mrs. Meserve's holly patents helped to maintain her estate, which came to be called Holly-by-Golly, and her plants are sold by commercial growers throughout the world.
When honored by the United States Patent Office in 1980 for her contributions to horticulture on the 50th anniversary of the Plant Patent Law, Mrs. Meserve said she held more plant patents than any other person in the country.
The former Kathleen Kellogg was born in Manhattan and graduated from Miss Chandor's School. She took pleasure in telling visitors that her cultivars -- the name for varieties developed and maintained in cultivation -- had been created in a kitchen by an amateur gardener whose formal study of botany ended in the fifth grade.
"A professor from a leading university with a strong graduate horticulture program visited me once," she told an interviewer in 1978 with obvious delight. "He told me that he was amazed at how his school spent thousands of dollars in research hoping to come up with a new strain, but that here I did it on $15.
"Not knowing what I was doing was an advantage," she said. "Especially, at the beginning. I didn't know what could be done and what couldn't. So I just did it."
She once observed, "Horticulture is the only field in which an amateur can be on the same level as an expert."
In 1975 the American Horticultural Society honored Mrs. Meserve for her "outstanding contributions to amateur horticulture" and six years later she received the Eloise Payne Luquer Medal of the Garden Club of America for her work in hybridizing hollies and greatly extending their temperature range.
And in 1992 the land of Christmas holly recognized her contributions when the Royal Horticultural Society of Great Britain gave her the Reginald Cory Memorial Cup.
Her husband, F. Leighton Meserve, died in 1968, She is survived by a son, Frederick L. Meserve Jr. of Kennett Square, Pa; two daughters, Anne Davis of Winnetka, Ill., and Marcia Poutiatine of Vero Beach; seven grandchildren and a great grandchild.