Essex-Orange-Rutland County VT Archives Obituaries.....Austin, Earnest , Winslow August 3, 1932
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Family records -  possibly Rutland  Herald [VT]
            Randolph  
            -------  
Funeral of Earnest W. Austin Held on 
Saturday.

  The auditorium of the Baptist
church was filled nearly to its capacity
Saturday  afternoon by sorrowing
friends who gathered to pay their last
tribute to Edward W. Austin, who
passed away on Wednesday following
an operation for a brain tumor.  Rev. 
J. M. Maxwell officiated at the funeral
service and paid a beautiful tribute to
the life stricken down so early.  The
members of the American Legion, Le-
gion Auxiliary and of the Masonic
lodge attended in a body.  The flowers
were beautiful and very abundant
completely banking the casket and the
pulpit of the church.
  Earnest Austin was born in Fairfax
on April 25, 1896, the younger of two
sons born to Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Aus-
tin.  The mother died when Earnest
was two years old and the two boys
came to Randolph to live with their
uncles and aunt, Homer and Arthur
and Miss Flora Bell.  After the uncles
married and established their own 
homes,  Miss Bell still maintained the
home and reared her nephews with
real mother-love until they themselves
married.
 Earnest attended the graded and
high schools here and then en-
tered Bell Bros.' store.  where he has
been a courteous, obliging and effi-
cient clerk for about eighteen years.
His special charge was the shoe de-
partment which he has managed well.
During the World war he served his
country as sergeant in the commissary
department having charge of the pur-
chase of clothing.  He was stationed
for fifteen months at Fort Preble in
Portland, Me., returning here in Feb-
ruary, 1919.
  In June, 1920, he was united in mar-
riage with Miss Valentine Packard and 
to them two children were born, Dor-
othy, aged nine, and William, aged six.
His home, his wife and his children,
meant much to Earnest and to them he
has given his devotion and for them
he constantly and faithfully worked.
  He is survived by his wife and chil-
dren, his father, T. S. Austin of Es-
sex Junction, his brother, Arthur Aus-
tin of Lebanon, N. H. his aunt Miss
Flora Bell, and his uncle, Homer B.
Bell,of Randolph. There are also three
half-brothers and one half-sister of 
Essex Junction.
   The bearers at the funeral service
were Edson Gifford, Roy Johnson, Joel
Fifield, Edwin McIntyre, Laurence
Leonard and Cyril Angell of Boston.
Buriel was at Pleasant View cemetery.
   Among those whe came from away
to attend the service were T. S. Aus-
tim of Essex Junction,  Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Austin of Labanon, N. H., Er-
nest Packard and son of Manchester
N. H. and Mrs Lucile Travers of Med-
field, Mass.
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Additional Comments:
Original is a photo copy of a poor newspaper clipping so I have transcribed it 
as is.  Cound send copy of original if preferred.

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