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Lydia Almena Baker Melendy

Birth
Death
10 Nov 1922 (aged 75)
South Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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dau of Jeremiah "Jerry" Baker & Amelia Melissa (Fairfield) Baker

m. 1) Charles J. Warner 5 May 1867 at Deerfield, Mass.

m. 2) William Harold Melendy 4 Nov 1895 at Deerfield, Mass.
second marriage for both of them
William aged 46y, farmer, born Townsend, Vermont
son of John G. Melendy & Aurilla H. (Howard) Melendy

children w/1st husband:
Samuel
Emma
Worthy [drown in Cuba during the Cuban war]

MRS. LYDIA A.W. MELENDY DIES
WAS ACTIVE AS KNITTER DURING WORLD WAR
South Deerfield, Nov. 10 - Mrs. Lydia Almena Warner Melendy, 75, wife of William Harold Melendy, of Mill River district, died at her home this morning of pneumonia after a week's illness...daughter of Jerry and Melissa (Fairfield) Baker who moved to South Deerfield when she was a young child; born September 22, 1847; twice married; November 4, 1895 married William Harold Melendy and since lived at Mill River; during the World War she was active in the Red Cross as a knitter and won the distinction of knitting more than 50 pairs of socks for the soldiers; besides her husband leaves two children by her first marriage, Samuel Warner of New York City and Mrs. Victor Martin of Montague City; her youngest son Worthy Warner drowned in Cuba during the Cuban war; leaves nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; funeral at home; burial North Mill River Cemetery.
[published in The Springfield Republican on Saturday, Nov 11, 1922]
dau of Jeremiah "Jerry" Baker & Amelia Melissa (Fairfield) Baker

m. 1) Charles J. Warner 5 May 1867 at Deerfield, Mass.

m. 2) William Harold Melendy 4 Nov 1895 at Deerfield, Mass.
second marriage for both of them
William aged 46y, farmer, born Townsend, Vermont
son of John G. Melendy & Aurilla H. (Howard) Melendy

children w/1st husband:
Samuel
Emma
Worthy [drown in Cuba during the Cuban war]

MRS. LYDIA A.W. MELENDY DIES
WAS ACTIVE AS KNITTER DURING WORLD WAR
South Deerfield, Nov. 10 - Mrs. Lydia Almena Warner Melendy, 75, wife of William Harold Melendy, of Mill River district, died at her home this morning of pneumonia after a week's illness...daughter of Jerry and Melissa (Fairfield) Baker who moved to South Deerfield when she was a young child; born September 22, 1847; twice married; November 4, 1895 married William Harold Melendy and since lived at Mill River; during the World War she was active in the Red Cross as a knitter and won the distinction of knitting more than 50 pairs of socks for the soldiers; besides her husband leaves two children by her first marriage, Samuel Warner of New York City and Mrs. Victor Martin of Montague City; her youngest son Worthy Warner drowned in Cuba during the Cuban war; leaves nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; funeral at home; burial North Mill River Cemetery.
[published in The Springfield Republican on Saturday, Nov 11, 1922]


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