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Arthur James DeCoste

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Arthur James DeCoste

Birth
Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
13 Jan 1944 (aged 34)
USA
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea Add to Map
Memorial ID
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He was the son of John William DeCoste (1868-1930) and Mary Ellen (Bushey) DeCoste (1869-1937).

He was the husband of Ruth Louise (Ekborg) DeCoste (1909-2003).

They had three sons Ronald Eugene DeCoste (1933-1955), Stanley L. DeCoste (1943-2011) and another son still living.

He was the brother of Lottie M. DeCoste (1890-1891), Howard W. DeCoste (1892-1893), John W. DeCoste Jr. (1898-1902), Helen Frances DeCoste (1900-?), Mary Evelyn (Bradstreet) DeCoste (1903-1971) and Abram Warrin DeCoste (1905-1974).

On December 30, 1943, Arthur sailed out of Gloucester aboard the fishing vessel Inca bound for the winter fishing season off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.

In January, a steamship docked in Norfolk and reported that on January 13, 1944, they struck another vessel in the Chesapeake Bay. It took some time to turn around and search for survivors but they found nothing.

The story of the Inca by R. Sheedy

His name appears on the panel for the year 1944 at the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial.
He was the son of John William DeCoste (1868-1930) and Mary Ellen (Bushey) DeCoste (1869-1937).

He was the husband of Ruth Louise (Ekborg) DeCoste (1909-2003).

They had three sons Ronald Eugene DeCoste (1933-1955), Stanley L. DeCoste (1943-2011) and another son still living.

He was the brother of Lottie M. DeCoste (1890-1891), Howard W. DeCoste (1892-1893), John W. DeCoste Jr. (1898-1902), Helen Frances DeCoste (1900-?), Mary Evelyn (Bradstreet) DeCoste (1903-1971) and Abram Warrin DeCoste (1905-1974).

On December 30, 1943, Arthur sailed out of Gloucester aboard the fishing vessel Inca bound for the winter fishing season off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.

In January, a steamship docked in Norfolk and reported that on January 13, 1944, they struck another vessel in the Chesapeake Bay. It took some time to turn around and search for survivors but they found nothing.

The story of the Inca by R. Sheedy

His name appears on the panel for the year 1944 at the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial.

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