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Francis Eugene HOISINGTON

Parents
Father Frank Eugene HOISINGTON (12 Aug 1887 - Apr 1974)
Mother Lillian Leona AVERY ( - )

Vitals

Birth 27 Mar 1919 Springfield, Windsor, VT1
Death 25 Nov 2002 (age 83) Queeche, Windsor, VT
Burial Oakland Cemetery, Springfield, Windsor, VT
Occupation

 

Marriage

Spouse Iola RAWSON
Date
Place Date Unknown

 

Children

Francis Eugene HOISINGTON ( - 1978)

 

Marriage

Spouse Wilma Pember LYON
Date 25 Nov 1939 (age 20)
Place Springfield, Windsor, VT 1

 

Children

Dawn Virginia HOISINGTON (10 Dec 1940 - )

Notes

Residence 1930 (age 11)

Springfield, Windsor, VT 2

Military

US Army during World War II in the European theater's Apennine Campaign

Death 3:

Francis E. Hoisington, 83

Quechee, Vt. - - France E. Hoisington, 83, died at his home in Quechee Monday (Nov 25, 2002).

He was born March 27, 1910, in Springfield, the son of Frank E. and Lillian (Avery) Hoisington, and graduated from Springfield High School in the class of 1937. He worked at the A& P Tea Co. in Springfield for three years, then farmed for a short time in Rochester, Vt., before returning to Sp;ringfield and working at Bryant Grinder. He served in the US Army during World War II in the European theater's Apennine Campaign.

He returned to Bryant Grinder and later owned and operated Union Street Grocery before going to work at Great Eastern. He moved to white River Junction Vt., in 1972 and worked for the state Department of Social Welfare until retiring in 1984. Mr. Hoisington was a member of the Quechee Congregational Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time at his camp in Ludlow. He was predeceased by his son, Francis E. Hoisington Jr., in 1978.

Survivors include his wife, Iola (Rawson) Hoisington, of Quechee; a daughter, Dawn cullen, of Holbrook, Mass.; a stepson, Lawrence Fuller of Okinowa, Japan; two stepdaughters, Margaret Neily of Windsor and Cynthia Saade of Hesperia, Calif.; a brother, Calvin E. Hoisington of Suncook, N.H.; two sisters, Muriel Berg and Rachael Jensen, both of Perkinsville; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Knight Funeral Home in White River Junction from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery in Springfield. Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Hoisington's memory to the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, 37 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, Vt., 05401-4390.

Sources

  1. Vermont Vital Records film Rec ID 20888, From 1871-1908. Transcribed by Linda Farnsworth 042904. Vermont Vital Records Center, Middlesex VT.
  2. Harry Hoisington, 'Supplement to The American Family Hoisington' (1939).
  3. Obituary, Eagle Times, Nov 26, 2002


Unless otherwise indicated in the text, data is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington, privately published 1935 and on file at NEHGS, Boston. However, if only source material is referenced, the research was done by Harriette Jensen.

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