obituary 1918 from my grandmother's scrapbook
Date:	98-04-08 08:11:10 EDT
From:	tess@sover.net (Terry Perham)

C. E. STARKERY GOUND DEAD IN HIS CHAIR

Had Been Afflicted with Asthma and Arose in Night to Use Remedy--
  Funeral Friday at 3 o'clock.

Charles Elliot Stanley, 69, of 5 Myrtle Street, was found dead this
morning about 5:30 o'clock by Mrs. Starkey.  He was in his night clothes
and was sitting in a chair in the dining room.  A physician was called
at once, who said that he had been dead several hours.  Mr. Starkey was
afflicted with asthma and it is supposed that he got up in the night to
use a remedy which he had for that trouble, when he was taken with heart
failure.  He had not been in hus usual good health the past year, but he
was able to work every day, as he did all day yesterday.

He was born in Townshend Sept. 30, 1849 and was one of three children of
the late Alonza and Phoebe (Howard)Starkey.  A brother, E. A. Starkey,
died four years ago.  Besides his wife, he leaves one sister, Mrs. Henry
P. Wellman of this town.  He married Mary E. Jepson of Halifax in West
Brattleboro in 1885.  No children were born to them.

Mr. Starkey was employed for several years by the Estey Organ company,
but later years he had worked at odd jobs, caring for lawns and gardens
about town.

The funeral will be held in the home on Myrtle street Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.  Rev. E. Q. S. Osgood of the Unitarian church will
officiate.
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(c)1998, Terry Perham
Courtesy of
Terry Perham
Hinsdale, NH
tess@sover.net

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