Kenneth Rufus Capen

M, #2862, b. Aug 18, 1942, d. Sep 14, 1977
Father*Wallace Thomas Capen Sr. b. Mar 1, 1906, d. circa 1962
Mother*Louise May Pierce b. Apr 29, 1917, d. Jun 13, 1990

Chronological Events

Birth*Aug 18, 1942 Kenneth Rufus Capen was born on Aug 18, 1942 at Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
 He was the son of Wallace Thomas Capen Sr. and Louise May Pierce
Death*Sep 14, 1977 Kenneth Rufus Capen died on Sep 14, 1977, at age 35 at Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
ObituarySep 16, 1977  OBITUARY: KENNETH R. CAPEN, 35, of Camp Road, Leverett, Mass., was killed Friday, Sept. 14, 1977, when the car he was driving filed to negotiate a turn and struck a tree.

Medical Examiner Dr. Henry A. Rys ruled that Capen died of a fractured skull. Police said that the car apparently was traveling at a high rate of speed south on Amherst Road when the accident occurred at 2 p.m.

Born in Northampton, Capen graduated from Belchertown High School. He lived in Amherst most of his life, moving to Leverett in 1971. He was a member of the Methodist Church of Amherst.

He leaves his mother, Louise (Pierce) of Easthampton; his father, Louis Capen of Ft. Myers, Fla; four brothers, Wallace T., George R. and Lawrence A., all of Easthampton, and William J. of Northampton; and three sisters, Patricia Clark of Shutesbury, Nancy Atwell of Belchertown and Mrs. Linda Houle of Ware.

The funeral will be Monday, Sept. 17, 1977, at Douglass Funeral Home, Amherst, with burial in South Cemetery, Belchertown.

Published in the Springfield Union, Sunday, Sept. 16, 1977.2
 
Burial*Sep 19, 1977 He was buried on Sep 19, 1977 at South Center Cemetery AKA Old Belchertown Cemetery, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 77801249.3 

Citations

  1. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  3. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #79.