Florence E. (Dann) Drew (1916 - 2006)

Born 21 Feb 1916 in Hyde Park, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Harry Sylvester Drew — married 22 Mar 1941 in Harrington, Washington County, Maine

Died 25 Nov 2006 at age 90 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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Biography

Florence Dann was born in 1916. She is the daughter of Sumner Harry Dann and Margeret Elizabeth Kessell. She passed away in 2006.

Obituary

Florence Elizabeth Dann Drew died on November 25, 2006 at The Edgewood Centre in Portsmouth, New Hampshire after a lengthy illness. Florence was born in Hyde Park, Mass, to Harry S. and Margaret Kessell Dann. She attended Hyde Park schools before going to work in Boston, Mass, at John Hancock Insurance. There she met Harry S. Drew and they were married in 1941, in Harrington, Maine. They built a home in Sharon, Mass, before moving to Blue Hill, Maine in 1951. She was a homemaker who loved cooking, braiding rugs, and sewing projects. In later years she enjoyed bowling, camping, rockhounding, gardening, creating driftwood/dried flower arrangements and volunteering at the hospital. Florence is survived by her daughter, Patricia Sally Winchenbach and husband Kenneth, of Sedgwick; sister Betty Barren, of Plainville, Mass.; brother Albert Dann, of Stowe, Vermont; sister-in-law Marilyn Torrey, of Blue Hill; four grandchildren: Sara Winchenbach and husband Edward Hamlin, of Mt. Desert; Shari Whelan and husband Devlin, of Sedgwick; Karl Winchenbach and wife Sherrie, of Epping, New Hampshire; Kenneth Winchenbach Walden and wife Amanda, of West Danville, Vermont; and ten great-grandchildren: James, Kalee, April, Michael, Anthony, Kendra, Philip, Seska, Drew and Gideon; and many nieces and nephews. Florence was predeceased by her husband Harry in 1962; brothers Edward, Lester and Harry Dann; and brother-in-law George "Butch" Barren. [Jordan-Fernald Funeral Homes, Mount Desert, ME, 25 November 2006]

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• Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1860-1970: Florence Elizabeth Dann, 1916, Boston, Vol. 1, Pg. 63, Reference Number: F63.M362 v.94. - Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Births [1916–1970]. Volumes 92–160, 162, 168, 175, 212– 213. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1920 US Census: Boston, Suffolk County, MA, 12 Jan 1920, Enumeration District 286, Sheet 13B. - Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: T625_734; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 286
• 1930 US Census: Hyde Park District, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, Enumeration District 13-479, Sheet 21B. - Priginal data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls; Roll: 955; Page: 24B; Enumeration District: 0479; Image: 813.0; FHL microfilm: 2340690
• U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014: Florence Dann Drew, born 21 Feb 1916, died 25 Nov 2006. Last residence: 03801 Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. - Original data: Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #64235271; Seaside Cemetery, Blue Hill ME (no g.s. photo)

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