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Freeland Rosebrook Bolster

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Freeland Rosebrook Bolster

Birth
Easton, Aroostook County, Maine, USA
Death
20 May 1928 (aged 52)
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Burial
Windham, Cumberland County, Maine, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.7996209, Longitude: -70.4067736
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The Piscataquis Observer, 7 Jun 1928, p. 1
Freeland R. Bolster
The death of Freeland R. Bolster occurred in Portland May 20th at the age of 52 years. He was born in Easton the son of David O. and Adelaide Bolster and after his graduation from the public schools of that town he engaged in farming. He came to South Dover in 1907 and bought the Captain A. C. Lambert farm which he occupied 12 years. He then moved to the David J. Edgerly farm nearer Dover-Foxcroft village where he lived about six years since which he has been a resident of Gorham and Portland.
Mr. Bolster was a good farmer and a good citizen and his departure from Dover-Foxcroft was regreted by a great many friends as is his death. He married Miss Annie Crabtree of Easton in 1902, who survives him. In addition to his wife and parents he is survived by two sons, Clinton of Portland and Everett, a student at Gorham Normal school; also a daughter, Miss Vera Bolster, also of Portland; three brothers, Alvin of Rumford, Lester of Freeport, and Merle of Buxton; and three sisters, Mrs. Grace Hall of Dover-Foxcroft and the Misses Florence and Elvira Bolster, of Windham.
The funeral service was held at the church of the Apostolic Faith in Portland and burial was in Windham cemetery.
Transcribed, 25 April 2021, by Duane E. CrabtreePortland Press Herald - Monday, May 21, 1928
Freeland Bolster, 52, a janitor at 159 Grant Street, died Sunday in this city following an illness of five weeks. Mr. Bolster had lived here about two years. He had spent the greater part of his life near Dover-Foxcroft, where he had maintained a farm.
His wife, who before her marriage was Abbie [i.e. Annie] Crabtree, and two sons, Clinton of this city, and Everett, a student at the Gorham Normal School, survive.
Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the church of the Apostolic Faith, Cumberland Avenue.
The Piscataquis Observer, 7 Jun 1928, p. 1
Freeland R. Bolster
The death of Freeland R. Bolster occurred in Portland May 20th at the age of 52 years. He was born in Easton the son of David O. and Adelaide Bolster and after his graduation from the public schools of that town he engaged in farming. He came to South Dover in 1907 and bought the Captain A. C. Lambert farm which he occupied 12 years. He then moved to the David J. Edgerly farm nearer Dover-Foxcroft village where he lived about six years since which he has been a resident of Gorham and Portland.
Mr. Bolster was a good farmer and a good citizen and his departure from Dover-Foxcroft was regreted by a great many friends as is his death. He married Miss Annie Crabtree of Easton in 1902, who survives him. In addition to his wife and parents he is survived by two sons, Clinton of Portland and Everett, a student at Gorham Normal school; also a daughter, Miss Vera Bolster, also of Portland; three brothers, Alvin of Rumford, Lester of Freeport, and Merle of Buxton; and three sisters, Mrs. Grace Hall of Dover-Foxcroft and the Misses Florence and Elvira Bolster, of Windham.
The funeral service was held at the church of the Apostolic Faith in Portland and burial was in Windham cemetery.
Transcribed, 25 April 2021, by Duane E. CrabtreePortland Press Herald - Monday, May 21, 1928
Freeland Bolster, 52, a janitor at 159 Grant Street, died Sunday in this city following an illness of five weeks. Mr. Bolster had lived here about two years. He had spent the greater part of his life near Dover-Foxcroft, where he had maintained a farm.
His wife, who before her marriage was Abbie [i.e. Annie] Crabtree, and two sons, Clinton of this city, and Everett, a student at the Gorham Normal School, survive.
Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the church of the Apostolic Faith, Cumberland Avenue.


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