Obituaries of burlington people - Town of Burlington

First Congregational Church of Meriden. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Doreenand John Donahue of Wallingford; a son and daughter-in-law, John Ford and CatalinaWessman Jr. and their family of Glendale, CA; two sisters, Hazel Conners of Orlando, FL,Gladys Reeve of Farmington; three grandchildren, James, Lynn and David Donahue, all ofWallingford; and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by a sister, Alice McCoy; andfour brothers, Ernest, Howard, Arthur and Irving Alderman. A funeral service will be held 10-7, atBeecher & Bennett Flatow Funeral Home, 48 Cook Ave, Meriden. Burial will be at Walnut GroveCemetery, Meriden.WHITFORD, ALAMANDER, 82, oldest member of the Burlington Church was buried inBristol Cemetery in the burial plot of his step-son, Homer S.Whitford of Bristol. Mr. Whitford wasa son of Stephen and Lydia Whitford, born in Sterling, CT 3-1-1856. In early life he united withthe Advent Christian Church until he was received into the Burlington Congregational Church, 3-27-1932. He was married in 1880 and being left a widower, was married on 12-31-1899, to Mrs.Belle Wilcox Whitman, the ceremony performed by Rev. John W. Keeler, Pastor. Mr. Whitfordwas last seen, at church on 1-8-1939. Monday night a light was seen in his home. Tuesday,while doing some work at a spring on the hill-side back of his home, his call came suddenly andlife ended in his 83rd year. His stepson and family are nearest relatives who survive him. Pallbearers were Messrs. Joseph Paradise, W.H.Hartigan, Arthur Alderman and George Stretch.WOLLMANN, OTTO, married Miss Anna Russell daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Russell, 5-21-1913.144