Silas A. McDaniel 1917-1974

MCDANIEL, SMITH, JOHNSTON, KENISON

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/2/2001 at 22:19:47

SILAS A. MCDANIEL

Silas A. Mc Daniel, 57, formerly of Bridgton, Maine, died Tuesday, November 19th, 1974, at a Rockville, Connecticut, hospital following a long illness.

He was born here, May 2, 1917, son of Harold and Elfreda Smith McDaniel. He attended Bridgton schools.

Mr. McDaniel left Bridgton in 1950 and was employed by Amerville Corp. of Rockville, Conn., until his retirement in 1967. He was a member of El Bethel Fellowship Church in Rockville, Connecticut, and was a World War II veteran.

He is survived by his wife, the former Irma Johnston of Rockville, Connecticut; a sister, Mrs. Geneva Kenison of Bridgton; an uncle, two aunts, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at the Advent Christian Church of Bridgton. Interment was in Forest Hills Cemetery, Bridgton.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 245 of Obit Book #1 1963-1974 found in the Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in July 1999. Name of newspaper and date of obit not given, however handwritten at the top of the obit is "12 Dec 1974 Rec-Rep.") ORIGINAL POST 20 Sep 1999.

I am NOT related to Silas A. McDaniel and am posting his obit for those who may find him in their family history.