Providence Journal (RI) Sun. June 15, 2008
FRANK N. BORDO, 95, of Newtown Avenue, died Thursday at South County Hospital, South Kingstown. He was the beloved husband of the late Harriet O. (Barker) Bordo.
Born in Putnam, CT, a son of the late Oveler and M. Josephine (Gallian) Bordo, he had lived in North Kingstown since 1945.
Mr. Bordo was the first letter carrier in Wickford, and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 29 years, retiring in 1972. He was a Certified Lay Minister for the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island, and a member of the Odd Fellows, Rhode Island Shriners, and Washington Lodge #5 F.& A.M. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wickford.
He was survived by two daughters, the grandfather of three and great grandfather of six. He was the brother of the late Amedee Bordo and Donalda Sears.
His funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church in Wickford Village. Burial followed in the Elm Grove Cemetery, North Kingstown.
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Anglicisation of Non-English names was used often when names were spelt by record keepers the way they sounded. This is the case here. Bordo is just one of the variations used for the given surname "Bourdeau" pertaining to this family. As the generations continued they were more apt to keep the English version, but sometimes you find the mixture of both in the same family.
FRANK N. BORDO, 95, of Newtown Avenue, died Thursday at South County Hospital, South Kingstown. He was the beloved husband of the late Harriet O. (Barker) Bordo.
Born in Putnam, CT, a son of the late Oveler and M. Josephine (Gallian) Bordo, he had lived in North Kingstown since 1945.
Mr. Bordo was the first letter carrier in Wickford, and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 29 years, retiring in 1972. He was a Certified Lay Minister for the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island, and a member of the Odd Fellows, Rhode Island Shriners, and Washington Lodge #5 F.& A.M. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wickford.
He was survived by two daughters, the grandfather of three and great grandfather of six. He was the brother of the late Amedee Bordo and Donalda Sears.
His funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church in Wickford Village. Burial followed in the Elm Grove Cemetery, North Kingstown.
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Anglicisation of Non-English names was used often when names were spelt by record keepers the way they sounded. This is the case here. Bordo is just one of the variations used for the given surname "Bourdeau" pertaining to this family. As the generations continued they were more apt to keep the English version, but sometimes you find the mixture of both in the same family.
Providence Journal (RI) Sun. June 15, 2008
FRANK N. BORDO, 95, of Newtown Avenue, died Thursday at South County Hospital, South Kingstown. He was the beloved husband of the late Harriet O. (Barker) Bordo.
Born in Putnam, CT, a son of the late Oveler and M. Josephine (Gallian) Bordo, he had lived in North Kingstown since 1945.
Mr. Bordo was the first letter carrier in Wickford, and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 29 years, retiring in 1972. He was a Certified Lay Minister for the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island, and a member of the Odd Fellows, Rhode Island Shriners, and Washington Lodge #5 F.& A.M. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wickford.
He was survived by two daughters, the grandfather of three and great grandfather of six. He was the brother of the late Amedee Bordo and Donalda Sears.
His funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church in Wickford Village. Burial followed in the Elm Grove Cemetery, North Kingstown.
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Anglicisation of Non-English names was used often when names were spelt by record keepers the way they sounded. This is the case here. Bordo is just one of the variations used for the given surname "Bourdeau" pertaining to this family. As the generations continued they were more apt to keep the English version, but sometimes you find the mixture of both in the same family.
FRANK N. BORDO, 95, of Newtown Avenue, died Thursday at South County Hospital, South Kingstown. He was the beloved husband of the late Harriet O. (Barker) Bordo.
Born in Putnam, CT, a son of the late Oveler and M. Josephine (Gallian) Bordo, he had lived in North Kingstown since 1945.
Mr. Bordo was the first letter carrier in Wickford, and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 29 years, retiring in 1972. He was a Certified Lay Minister for the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island, and a member of the Odd Fellows, Rhode Island Shriners, and Washington Lodge #5 F.& A.M. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wickford.
He was survived by two daughters, the grandfather of three and great grandfather of six. He was the brother of the late Amedee Bordo and Donalda Sears.
His funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church in Wickford Village. Burial followed in the Elm Grove Cemetery, North Kingstown.
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Anglicisation of Non-English names was used often when names were spelt by record keepers the way they sounded. This is the case here. Bordo is just one of the variations used for the given surname "Bourdeau" pertaining to this family. As the generations continued they were more apt to keep the English version, but sometimes you find the mixture of both in the same family.
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