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Burton Shellman Peckham

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Burton Shellman Peckham

Birth
Arcade, Wyoming County, New York, USA
Death
20 May 1972 (aged 61)
Springville, Erie County, New York, USA
Burial
Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Burton S. Peckham, 61, of Westover Ave., died Saturday (May 20, 1972) in Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, Springville, after a short illness.

Born in Arcade, Oct 15, 1910, he was a son of Byron and Maude Shellman Peckham. For 30 years, he distributed gas in Yorkshire with his father, and in later years he was self-emptoyed as a carpenter and cabinet maker.

Mr. Peckham was a past member of the Crystal Hose Fire Department; and a former assessor for the Town of Yorkshire and had been associated with the Yorkshire United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his widow, the former Mertie M Kittleson, two daughters, Mrs. Eldyn (Patricia) Davies of Rushford and Mrs. Arthur (Donna) McElheny of Yorkshire; and six
grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today (Monday, May 23, 1972) in Yorkshire UM Church with the Rev. Paul Whitcomb, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Yorkshire Cemetery under the direction of W.S. Davis Funeral Home, Arcade.

Memorials, if desired, may be made to Yorkshire UM Church.

Tuesday, May 23, 1972, Olean Times Herald-5
Burton S. Peckham, 61, of Westover Ave., died Saturday (May 20, 1972) in Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, Springville, after a short illness.

Born in Arcade, Oct 15, 1910, he was a son of Byron and Maude Shellman Peckham. For 30 years, he distributed gas in Yorkshire with his father, and in later years he was self-emptoyed as a carpenter and cabinet maker.

Mr. Peckham was a past member of the Crystal Hose Fire Department; and a former assessor for the Town of Yorkshire and had been associated with the Yorkshire United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his widow, the former Mertie M Kittleson, two daughters, Mrs. Eldyn (Patricia) Davies of Rushford and Mrs. Arthur (Donna) McElheny of Yorkshire; and six
grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today (Monday, May 23, 1972) in Yorkshire UM Church with the Rev. Paul Whitcomb, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Yorkshire Cemetery under the direction of W.S. Davis Funeral Home, Arcade.

Memorials, if desired, may be made to Yorkshire UM Church.

Tuesday, May 23, 1972, Olean Times Herald-5


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