Lester Manwell Merrill ⁷⁶⁷⁶

Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
June 20, 1975
p. 2

Lester Merrill

LEEDS -- Lester M. Merrill, 81, died at CMG Hospital, Wednesday night, after a short illness.

He was born April 18, 1894, in Leeds, son of Edwin and Carrie Thomas Merrill. He was educated in Leeds and was employed by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority until his retirement. He was a member of Pine Tree Showmen Association.

Survivors include a son, Allen, Seaford, Va.; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

MERRILL -- in Boston, Mass., June 18, 1975, Mr. Lester M. Merrill, age 81. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Bragdon Flanders Funeral Home, Monmouth, where friends may call Friday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. Interment River Grove Cemetery, Leeds.

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• He was described as being 6'1 1/2" in height with hazel eyes and a light complexion.

• He worked as a box fitter at a factory and street car operator.

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine. He was single and lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and rented.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and rented for $15 monthly. He also owned a radio set. An infant named Theresa Bonardio, just a few months old, boarded in the home. Though she was born in Massachusetts, her parents came from Italy.

Lester married Elizabeth S. Lyon, daughter of Robert B. Lyon and Margaret L. Smith, about 1918. (Elizabeth S. Lyon was born 1 June 1898 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts,⁷⁶⁷⁸ died 11 March 1975 in Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida ^2461,7679 and was buried after 11 March 1975 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine at River Grove Cemetery ⁷⁶⁷⁹.)