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Dennis Benjamin Page

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Dennis Benjamin Page Veteran

Birth
Brooklyn, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
13 Jan 2009 (aged 91)
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Obit sent by contributor #47232933. Names of living relatives have been removed, per FAG guidelines.

Mr. Page was the son of the late Edwin and Lydia Kahl Page. While studying engineering at North Central College, Dennis enlisted in the U.S. Army, in the fall of 1941. He rose through the ranks to captain, serving in the Coastal Artillery in Panama and Boston during World War II. After the war, Dennis was a design engineer for Mercury Outboard Motors, Fond du Lac, Wis., and United Aircraft in Connecticut, working at the CANEL Atomic Testing Lab, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Turbo Power & Marine and Stal Laval, in Sweden. Dennis was an active member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, an excellent athlete and known for his kindness and wry sense of humor.

Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, a daughter and son-in-law, a son and daughter-in-law, five grandchildren. He was predeceased by a brother, Weston and his wife, Elda; brothers, Earl and Auldin; a sister, Ethel; and a daughter-in-law, Christine Steblek Page.

PUBLISHED OBITUARY-Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) - Thursday, January 15, 2009
Obit sent by contributor #47232933. Names of living relatives have been removed, per FAG guidelines.

Mr. Page was the son of the late Edwin and Lydia Kahl Page. While studying engineering at North Central College, Dennis enlisted in the U.S. Army, in the fall of 1941. He rose through the ranks to captain, serving in the Coastal Artillery in Panama and Boston during World War II. After the war, Dennis was a design engineer for Mercury Outboard Motors, Fond du Lac, Wis., and United Aircraft in Connecticut, working at the CANEL Atomic Testing Lab, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Turbo Power & Marine and Stal Laval, in Sweden. Dennis was an active member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, an excellent athlete and known for his kindness and wry sense of humor.

Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, a daughter and son-in-law, a son and daughter-in-law, five grandchildren. He was predeceased by a brother, Weston and his wife, Elda; brothers, Earl and Auldin; a sister, Ethel; and a daughter-in-law, Christine Steblek Page.

PUBLISHED OBITUARY-Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) - Thursday, January 15, 2009


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  • Added: May 5, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110053199/dennis_benjamin-page: accessed ), memorial page for Dennis Benjamin Page (24 Dec 1917–13 Jan 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110053199, citing Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Memorial Garden, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by DWV (contributor 47789311).