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Thomas Wilfred “Jay” Meech

Birth
Weedsport, Cayuga County, New York, USA
Death
28 Feb 1944 (aged 65)
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
Burial
Pittsford, Monroe County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Rites Slated
Thursday for
T. W. Meech


Funeral rites for Thomas W. Meech, 65, of Oakland, Calif., will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. in Ingmire & Nagle Funeral Chapel, Chestnut Street. Burial will be in White Haven Memorial Park. Mr. Meech was stricken with pneumonia a few days after he arrived here to visit relatives. He died yesterday (Feb. 28, 1944) in Strong Memorial Hospital.

Formerly employed by the Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation, Mr. Meech left the city 40 years ago and has been living since in Oakland.

He was a master electrician, member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the Masons and was past master of the Masonic lodge in Oakland.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Elliott Gelsinger of Rochester and Mrs. Leah Mason of Los Angeles; a sister, Mrs. Orna Stone of Rochester; two brothers, Raymond F. Meech of Rochester and Henry Meech of Ithaca; two grandchildren, Miss Ruth June Geisinger and Pvt. Elwood Geisinger, and several nephews and nieces.

The Rochester Times-Union
Rochester, New York
Tuesday Evening, 29 February 1944
page 3-A, column 3
Rites Slated
Thursday for
T. W. Meech


Funeral rites for Thomas W. Meech, 65, of Oakland, Calif., will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. in Ingmire & Nagle Funeral Chapel, Chestnut Street. Burial will be in White Haven Memorial Park. Mr. Meech was stricken with pneumonia a few days after he arrived here to visit relatives. He died yesterday (Feb. 28, 1944) in Strong Memorial Hospital.

Formerly employed by the Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation, Mr. Meech left the city 40 years ago and has been living since in Oakland.

He was a master electrician, member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the Masons and was past master of the Masonic lodge in Oakland.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Elliott Gelsinger of Rochester and Mrs. Leah Mason of Los Angeles; a sister, Mrs. Orna Stone of Rochester; two brothers, Raymond F. Meech of Rochester and Henry Meech of Ithaca; two grandchildren, Miss Ruth June Geisinger and Pvt. Elwood Geisinger, and several nephews and nieces.

The Rochester Times-Union
Rochester, New York
Tuesday Evening, 29 February 1944
page 3-A, column 3


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  • Added: Jan 8, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195897204/thomas_wilfred-meech: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas Wilfred “Jay” Meech (23 Mar 1878–28 Feb 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 195897204, citing White Haven Memorial Park, Pittsford, Monroe County, New York, USA; Maintained by goroke (contributor 47115147).