Roger Maxim Stinchfield

Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
Wednesday, November 24, 1943
p. 3

Miller - Stinchfield

WAYNE - Mrs. Allan Stinchfield announces the marriage of her son, Pvt. Roger Maxim Stinchfield, USA to Betty Lorraine Miller, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. F. Warren Miller of Reading, Mass.

The couple was wed in a military double-ring ceremony Oct. 22 at Brookings, South Dakota, by Rev. C.E. Tulga, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Miss Doris Steele of County Road was maid of honor and Charles Zahl, best man. Guests were present from the Army Specialized Training corps representing 15 States.

The bride wore a powder blue crepe gown, with cut steele buckles, and carried red roses. Miss Steele was attired in blue velvet, and carried red roses.

Mrs. Stinchfield was graduated from Reading High School and from Colby Junior College. Before her marriage, she was employed by Marsh and McLennan, Inc., insurance brokers, Boston.

Private Stinchfield was graduated from Winthrop High School with highest honors, and from the University of Maine. He was engaged at graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before entering the service.

The bride's mother accompanied her to Brookings for the ceremony and an aunt, Mrs. Sylvia C. Lewis, of Chicago, joined them at that city.

Pvt. and Mrs. Stinchfield will make their home at 612 Melary Ave., Brookings, to be near South Dakota State University, where the bridegroom is doing research work for the U.S. Army.

  Events

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1940 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. He lived in the household of his widowed mother.

• He was educated at University of Maine in Orono, Penobscot County, Maine.

• He was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

• He had a residence in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

• He worked as a Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was Teaching Fellow in Biology from 1939-1940; Instructor in Food Technology from 1951-1953; and Assistant Professor of Biochemical Engineering from 1953-1954.

Roger married Betty Lorraine Miller, daughter of Francis Warren Miller and Viola Angele Lang, 22 October 1943 in Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota.⁷⁵¹² (Betty Lorraine Miller was born 1 November 1923 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,^{7512,7514,7515} died 9 September 2000 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⁷⁵¹⁴ and was buried after 9 September 2000 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts at Laurel Hill Cemetery ⁷⁵¹⁶.)