Roger Blanchard Sawin ¹⁰⁵⁸²

Boston Herald
Boston, Mass.
Friday, August 29, 1969
p. 19

Roger B. Sawin Rites Tomorrow in Brighton

Roger B. Sawin, 63, of 118 Parker St., Newton, former oil burner repairman in the Brighton Allston area, died yesterday at Jewish Memorial Hospital, following a long illness.

A lifelong resident of Brighton, he had lived at 12 Saunderson Place, Brighton, until he became ill early this year.

He was graduated from Brighton High School and was a commercial printer at the Oxford Print Co. in Boston until World War II when he went to the Watertown Arsenal as a machinist.

For 25 years, he installed and repaired oil burners until he was disabled in a highway accident and retired in 1955.

He leaves two sons, Paul of Newton, a Herald Traveler repoter, and George of Brighton; a brother, Frank of Waltham; four sisters, Mrs. Marion Redonett of Dorchester; Mrs. Geneva Schofield of Eastham; Mrs. Eleanor Hedding of Randolph, Vt. and Mrs. Mabel McDonald of Newton.

A requieum high Mass will be celebrated tomorrow at 9 a.m.at St. Columbkille's Church, Brighton.

SAWIN -- Formerly of Brighton, in Newton, August 28, Roger B. of 118 Parker St., beloved husband of the late Mary (Mahan) and father of Paul of Newton, George of Brighton, brother of Frank of Waltham, Marion Redonett of Dorchester, Geneva Schofield of Eastham, Eleanor Hedding of Randolph, Vt. and Mabel McDonald of Newton. Funeral from the Joseph L. Muldoon & Son Funeral Home, 300 Market St., Saturday at 8 a.m. High Mass of Requiem in St. Columbkille's Church at 9 a.m. Donations in his memory may be made to the Beth Israel Hospital. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.

  Events

• He appeared on the census in 1910 at 19 Saunders Street in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1920 at 19 Saunders Street in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 at 105 Glencoe Street in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He lived with his wife in the household of his in-laws.

• He appeared on the census in 1940 at 12 Sanderson Place in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He lived with his wife in the household of his in-laws.

Roger married Mary Frances Mahan, daughter of George Frederick Mahan and Adelaide Ferullo, in 1927 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.¹⁰⁵⁸¹ (Mary Frances Mahan was born 19 October 1908 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts,¹⁰⁵⁸⁵ died 18 July 1957 in Brighton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ¹⁰⁵⁸⁶ and was buried after 18 July 1957 in Brighton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts at Evergreen Cemetery.)