William Franklin Harper ²⁵³

Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
August 11, 1962
p. 2

WILLIAM F. HARPER

William Franklin Harper, 74, of 13 Newman St., Lewiston, died yesterday at the Veteran's Administration Hospital at Togus after a long illness.

Born at Errol, N.H., Dec. 17, 1887, he was the son of Asher K. and Lucy A. Harper Harper.

He had been a resident of Lewiston the past 35 years and was employed in the maintenance department of the Central Maine General Hospital until his retirement a few years ago.

A veteran of World War I, he was a member of Lewiston Post 22, American Legion.

Surviving are his widow, the former Maude C. Morton whom he married at Livermore Sept. 2, 1947; one daughter by a previous marriage, Mrs. Frank (Marie) Vickery of Auburn; two grandchildren, John and William Vickery of Auburn; one nephew, Reginal Harper of Auburn.

DIED -- At Togus, Me., Aug. 10, 1962, William Franklin Harper, aged 74. Funeral services will be attended at the Teague & Jenkins Funeral Home, Sunday, Aug. 12, at 2:30 p.m. Interment Pine St. Cemetery, Auburn. Friends may call at Teague & Jenkins Saturday evening 7 to 9.

  Events

• He worked as a farmer.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. He was head of household and owned property valued at $3,000. A ward named Lawrence A. Rich lived in the home as well, aged 13.

William married Ada Eva Knapp, daughter of Ralph L. Knapp and Eva Jane Carville, 24 July 1920 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine.²⁵³ (Ada Eva Knapp was born 7 July 1892 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine,²⁷² died 4 February 1922 in Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine ²⁵² and was buried 7 February 1922 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine ²⁵².) The cause of her death was influenza.