Mattie Ola Walker1

F, #28378, b. Sep 20, 1901, d. Jan 14, 1997
Pedigree
ChartsKenyon Descendants Chart
Father*Arthur M. Walker2 b. Nov 19, 1873, d. Aug 2, 1917
Mother*Lulu Fannie Bixby3 b. Nov 23, 1877, d. Feb 5, 1913

Family

Carroll Eastwood Kenyon b. Oct 26, 1894, d. Apr 10, 1968
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Sep 20, 1901 Mattie Ola Walker was born on Sep 20, 1901 at Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States.1,4 
 She was the daughter of Arthur M. Walker and Lulu Fannie Bixby.2,3 
Marriage*Jun 18, 1921 Mattie Ola Walker married Carroll Eastwood Kenyon, son of George R. Kenyon and Harriet E. Mansur, on Jun 18, 1921 at Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States.1,5 
Death*Jan 14, 1997 Mattie Ola Walker died on Jan 14, 1997, at age 95 at Woodlawn Nursing Home, Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, United States.6 
ObituaryJan 15, 1997  OBITUARY: CORNISH -- Mattie O. Kenyon, 95, formerly of Parsonage Road, died Tuesday (Jan. 14, 1997) at the Woodlawn Nursing Home in Newport after a long illness. She had resided in Cornish for most of her life. Mrs. Kenyon was a waitress during World War II, when she lived with her husband in Chicago, Ill. She was a member of the Sew N' Sew Club and the South Cornish Home Dem Club. Mrs. Kenyon was a 60-year member of the Cornish Grange. Mr. Kenyon loved her many flower beds and house plants and doing housework. She was born in Cornish on Sept. 20, 1901, the daughter of Arthur and Lula (Bixby) Walker. Mrs. Kenyon attended schools in Cornish and was a graduate of Windsor High School. On June 25, 1921, she married Carroll E. Kenyon. He died April 10, 1968. Survivors include one son, Arthur G. Kenyon of Cornish; two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Beverly) Rockwood of Chelsea and Mrs. Kurt (Kathleen) Train of Plaistow, N.H; 14 grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 25 stepgreat-grandchildren; 18 step greatgrandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was also predeceased by one son, Randall C. Kenyon on Jan. 4, 1991; two sisters; and one brother. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Stringer Funeral Home at 146 Broad St. in Claremont with the Rev. Mary Elizabeth Scales, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Claremont, officiating. Interment will be at a later date in the Comings Cemetery in Cornish. Visiting hours will be for one hour prior to the service Friday in the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made in her name to: Alzheimer's Association, 10 Ferry St., Suite 419, Concord, N.H. 03301; or the Kenyon Art Fund, in care of the First Congregational Church, Pine and Pleasant streets, Claremont, N.H. 03743.

Obituary found online at www.obitcentral.com.4
 
Burial*Jan 17, 1997 She was buried on Jan 17, 1997 at Comings Cemetery, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 100876519.7

Citations

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  2. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  3. [S4204] New Hampshire - Marriage Record, online at familysearch.org.
  4. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  5. [S815] Site - FamilySearch.org, online at http://www.familysearch.org
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  7. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #79.
  8. [S516] Census 1930 - United States Federal.
  9. [S921] Book - New Hampshire - History of the Town of Cornish, by William H. Child.