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Katherine Bertha <I>Lapan</I> Royston

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Katherine Bertha Lapan Royston

Birth
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
8 Apr 1997 (aged 106)
Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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*Social Security Death Index
Name: Katherine B. Royston
SSN: 014-05-4981
Last Residence: 01033 Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States of America
Born: 2 Dec 1890
Died: 8 Apr 1997
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

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*Union-News (Springfield, MA) - April 9, 1997
Deceased Name: Katherine Royston, 106
Katherine B. (Lapan) Royston, 106, formerly of Phins Hill Manor, the town's oldest resident, died Tuesday in a local nursing home. She was the longtime manager of the employees' restaurant at the former Fisk Tire Co. of Chicopee (later Uniroyal Tire Co.). She was previously the restaurant manager at the former Old Tavern in Holyoke, and worked at the former Roger Smith Hotel in Holoyoke.

She retired in 1952.

Born in Holyoke, she lived in Fairview, Chicopee, for 85 years before moving here in 1976.

She was awarded the Boston Post gold-headed cane by the Women's Club in 1985. She was a communicant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.

Her husband, Irving Royston, died in 1975.

She leaves nephews and nieces, including Roger E. Delisle of Chicopee, and Dorothy I. Plante of Granby; grandnephews and grandnieces, and great-grandnephews and great-grandnieces.

The funeral will be on Friday morning at Phaneuf-Blais Fairview Funeral Chapels and the church, with the burial in Village Cemetery at South Hadley.
Additional information courtesy of RJensen in the forums.
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Father: 73739314
Mother: 96908886
( father link corrected to 73773320
parental links courtesy of Mark Wing (#47348447)
*Social Security Death Index
Name: Katherine B. Royston
SSN: 014-05-4981
Last Residence: 01033 Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States of America
Born: 2 Dec 1890
Died: 8 Apr 1997
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

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*Union-News (Springfield, MA) - April 9, 1997
Deceased Name: Katherine Royston, 106
Katherine B. (Lapan) Royston, 106, formerly of Phins Hill Manor, the town's oldest resident, died Tuesday in a local nursing home. She was the longtime manager of the employees' restaurant at the former Fisk Tire Co. of Chicopee (later Uniroyal Tire Co.). She was previously the restaurant manager at the former Old Tavern in Holyoke, and worked at the former Roger Smith Hotel in Holoyoke.

She retired in 1952.

Born in Holyoke, she lived in Fairview, Chicopee, for 85 years before moving here in 1976.

She was awarded the Boston Post gold-headed cane by the Women's Club in 1985. She was a communicant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.

Her husband, Irving Royston, died in 1975.

She leaves nephews and nieces, including Roger E. Delisle of Chicopee, and Dorothy I. Plante of Granby; grandnephews and grandnieces, and great-grandnephews and great-grandnieces.

The funeral will be on Friday morning at Phaneuf-Blais Fairview Funeral Chapels and the church, with the burial in Village Cemetery at South Hadley.
Additional information courtesy of RJensen in the forums.
*
Father: 73739314
Mother: 96908886
( father link corrected to 73773320
parental links courtesy of Mark Wing (#47348447)


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  • Created by: ditdit
  • Added: Sep 7, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76149435/katherine_bertha-royston: accessed ), memorial page for Katherine Bertha Lapan Royston (2 Dec 1890–8 Apr 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76149435, citing South Hadley Falls Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by ditdit (contributor 47012745).