TITLE:    Bart P. Sheridan, Obituary, April 10, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
             Publishing news & views of LANCASTER - GROVETON -WHITEFIELD 
             & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New 
             Hampshire & Vermont - John D. Harrigan, Publisher 
             "All the news that fits"

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, June 2001

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Bart P. Sheridan 

LANCASTER - Bart P. Sheridan, 92, of 35 Elm Street, died Tuesday
April 10, 2001, at the Country Village Health Care Center after a recent
illness. 

Mr. Sheridan was born in New York City on October 31, 1908, the son
of Bartholomew and Elizabeth (Nolan) Sheridan. 

He was an Army photographer during World War II and served in both
the European and Asiatic theaters. Before coming to live in Lancaster,
Mr. Sheridan donated his file of over a thousand aerial photographs he
had made of the Industries and Resorts of the Hudson Valley to the
Orange County, N.Y. Museum. 

Before coming to Lancaster in 1978 he lived in Goshen and Middletown
in Orange County. Since 1958 he had served as president of the
Lancaster Historical Society and had made and donated over 2000 slides
of old photographs, maps and documents in the Society’s archives. As
chairman of the yearly fundraising Flea Markets he was responsible for
expanding the Markets from 10 dealers to the present 60. 

There are no surviving relatives. At Mr. Sheridan’s request there will be
no services. Burial will be in the Summer Street Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, donations to the Lancaster Historical Society would be
appreciated. Arrangements are under the direction of the Bailey Funeral
Home, Lancaster. 


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