Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameRobert George Short
Birth7 Oct 1923, New Haven, CT1,2
Death23 Dec 2002, Chestertown, Kent, MD1,2
Burial28 Dec 2002, Still Pond Cemetery, Still Pond, Kent, MD1,2
FatherWilliam Joseph Short (1889-1965)
MotherLuella Maude Hearns (1883-1968)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Still Pond Cemetery, Still Pond, Kent, MD1, Robert George Short, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160116005
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Robert George Short, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/GMQL-FXG
!CENSUS: 1930 New Haven, New Haven, CT, Robert G. Short
!CENSUS: 1940 New Haven, New Haven, CT, Robert G. Short
!REFERENCE: 15-Sep-1951 Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, page 16, notice of marriage license for Robert G. Short and Jean B. Suleski
!REFERENCE: 28-Dec-2002 Delaware State News, Dover, DE, obituary for Robert George Short, "STILL POND, Md. - Robert George "Bob" Short of Still Pond died Monday, Dec. 23, 2002, in Magnolia Hall Nursing Center. He was 79. Mr. Short was born Oct. 7, 1923, in New Haven, Conn., son of the late William and Luella Hearns Short. He graduated high school in New Haven and attended Yale University. Mr. Short enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served during World War II as a communications expert with the Atlantic Fleet. He was honorably discharged in 1946. He married Geneieve Beatrice Archambeault in 1948 and resided in North Hampton, Mass. Mr. Short worked as a retail distribution manager with Sperry and Hutchinson for 25 years, retiring in the early 1980s. In 1998, he and his wife moved to Still Pond. He enjoyed golfing. Mr. Short was a member of the Naval Retirees Organization. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Harold Francis Short of North Hampton, William Richard Short of Still Pond and Lawrence John Short of Colonial Heights, Va.; four daughters, Mary Ann Lynde of Springfield, Joan Pieri of Fort Myers, Fla., Dolores Ashlaw of Holyoke, Mass., and Linda Davidson of Wheeling, W.Va.; 23 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Fellows, Helfenbein, and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, where friends may call from 12:30 until 2 p.m. Burial will be in Still Pond Cemetery. The grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein, and Newnam Funeral Home Chestertown."
Spouses
Birth26 Dec 1918, MA1,2
Death30 Apr 20041,2
BurialStill Pond Cemetery, Still Pond, Kent, MD1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Still Pond Cemetery, Still Pond, Kent, MD1, Genevieve Beatrice Short, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160115998
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Genevieve Beatrice Archambeault, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LTD1-2L5
!REFERENCE: 21-Jun-1939 Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, MA, page 4, notice of 20-Jun-1939 wedding for John Suleski, Jr. and Genevieve Archambeault
!REFERENCE: 15-Sep-1951 Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, page 16, notice of marriage license for Robert G. Short and Jean B. Suleski
!REFERENCE: 28-Dec-2002 Delaware State News, Dover, DE, obituary for husband Robert George Short, "STILL POND, Md. - Robert George "Bob" Short of Still Pond died Monday, Dec. 23, 2002, in Magnolia Hall Nursing Center. He was 79. Mr. Short was born Oct. 7, 1923, in New Haven, Conn., son of the late William and Luella Hearns Short. He graduated high school in New Haven and attended Yale University. Mr. Short enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served during World War II as a communications expert with the Atlantic Fleet. He was honorably discharged in 1946. He married Geneieve Beatrice Archambeault in 1948 and resided in North Hampton, Mass. Mr. Short worked as a retail distribution manager with Sperry and Hutchinson for 25 years, retiring in the early 1980s. In 1998, he and his wife moved to Still Pond. He enjoyed golfing. Mr. Short was a member of the Naval Retirees Organization. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Harold Francis Short of North Hampton, William Richard Short of Still Pond and Lawrence John Short of Colonial Heights, Va.; four daughters, Mary Ann Lynde of Springfield, Joan Pieri of Fort Myers, Fla., Dolores Ashlaw of Holyoke, Mass., and Linda Davidson of Wheeling, W.Va.; 23 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Fellows, Helfenbein, and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, where friends may call from 12:30 until 2 p.m. Burial will be in Still Pond Cemetery. The grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein, and Newnam Funeral Home Chestertown."
Marriage1951, CT
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