Floyd John Bourn1

M, #26456, b. Jan 30, 1915, d. Jan 25, 1984
Father*Dwight Winslow Bourn1 b. Dec 11, 1886, d. Sep 6, 1970
Mother*Jennie Louise Douglass1 b. Dec 1, 1889, d. Nov 28, 1929

Family

Doris Lucille Keyes b. Apr 1, 1916, d. Nov 26, 1989

Chronological Events

Birth*Jan 30, 1915 Floyd John Bourn was born on Jan 30, 1915 at Winhall, Bennington County, Vermont, United States.1 
 He was the son of Dwight Winslow Bourn and Jennie Louise Douglass.1 
Marriage*Jun 17, 1933 Floyd John Bourn married Doris Lucille Keyes, daughter of William Cotter Keyes and Nellie Belle Rushlow, on Jun 17, 1933 at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, United States.2,3 
Occupation*1980 Floyd John Bourn was a sexton for the Factory Point Cemetery in 1980 at Manchester Center, Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Death*Jan 25, 1984 He died on Jan 25, 1984, at age 68 at Manchester Center, Bennington County, Vermont, United States.2 
Burial*Jan 29, 1984 He was buried on Jan 29, 1984 at Factory Point Cemetery, Manchester Center, Bennington County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 196207360.4 
ObituaryFeb 1, 1984  OBITUARY: MANCHESTER, Vt. - Floyd John Bourn, 68, of Manchester, father of Miss Wyneta Bourn of Eagle Bridge, N.Y., died unexpectedly at his home on Lorette Avenue on Jan. 25, 1984.
Born in Bondville on Jan. 30, 1915, son of Dwight and Jennie (Douglas) Bourn, he was educated there. On June 17, 1933, he married the former Doris Keyes. They spent all their married life in Manchester, where Mr. Bourn worked as a logger for many years and had served as a sextant of the Factory Point Cemetery for the past 18 years.
Besides his daughter in Eagle Bridge and his wife, survivors include five other daughters, Mrs. Noreen Shores, Mrs. Jenny Sweeney, Mrs. Barbara Campney and Mrs. Beverly Bacon, all of Manchester, and Mrs. Georgia Mae Secoy of Arlington; three brothers, Herman Bourn of Poultney, Herbert Bourn of Hampton, N.Y., and Frank Bourn; two sisters, Minnie Slason of Toledo, Ohio, and Effie Gilmore of Worcester, Mass; 39 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. A son, Edmund J. Bourn, died in 1973.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard D. Olmstead, pastor, officiating. Entombment took place at Factory Point Cemetery, where burial will be at a later date.
The Brewster Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Published in the Salem Press, Salem, New York - February 1, 1984.5
 

Citations

  1. [S1094] Vermont - Birth Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S4094] Vermont - Death Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  3. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.
  5. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.