Merrill R. Wetherbee

Abt 1907 - 1999  (92 years)

• Name	Merrill R. Wetherbee
  Born	Abt 1907	Boxborough, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Apr 1999	Worcester, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I60875	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Charles Theodore Wetherbee,   b. 18 Aug 1860, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1937,  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mercy Hoar,   b. 6 Oct 1862, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1943,  (Age 80 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1883	Boxborough, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F13670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel M. Cobleigh,   d. 1994
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2012
  Family ID	F23680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - Abt 1907 - Boxborough, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  [[ Obituary: Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - April 7, 1999 Deceased Name: MERRILL R. WETHERBEE, 92 GRAFTON - Merrill R. "Bud" Wetherbee, 92, of 21 Carroll Road, a retired machinist, died Monday night in Worcester. His wife of 58 years, Ethel M. (Cobleigh) Wetherbee, died in 1994. He leaves a son, Otis C. Wetherbee of Charlton; two daughters, Naomi A. Howarth of Upton and Mercie M. Vinton of Spencer; a sister, Ina Carlson of Worcester; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. He was born and raised in Boxboro, son of Charles and Mercie (Hoar) Wetherbee, and lived here more than 60 years. He graduated from Worcester Boys Trade High School in 1926. Mr. Wetherbee was machinist 35 years at the American Steel & Wire Co. division of U.S. Steel and Carnegie, Worcester, and retired in 1971. He was a member of the Evangelical Congregational United Church of Christ and a former member of the United Church of Christ Congregational in Boxboro. He was also a member of the Tahatawan Lodge of Masons, Littleton, for more than 68 years and was a 75-year member of the Boxboro Grange. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in United Church of Christ Congregational, 723 Massachusetts Ave., Boxboro. Burial will be in South Cemetery, Boxboro. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Robert C. Roney Funeral Home, 152 Worcester St., North Grafton. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Evangelical Congregational United Church of Christ, Memorial Fund, 30 Grafton Common, Grafton, MA 01519; or to United Church of Christ Congregational, 723 Massachusetts Ave., Boxboro, MA 01719.