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Martha Bartlett (Stokes) Eskelund (1922 - 2001)

Martha Bartlett Eskelund formerly Stokes
Born in Edgewood, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 30 Jan 1943 in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 79 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USAmap
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Biography

Martha was born in 1922. She was the daughter of Roscoe Stokes and Mabel F. (Bartlett) Stokes. She died in 2001.

"MARTHA STOKES ESKELUND, 79, of Round Pond Road, a retired columnist and TV personality, died Friday at home. She was the wife of Mogens Eskelund. Born in Cranston, she was a daughter of the late Roscoe Nelson and Mable (Bunny) Bartlett. Mrs. Eskelund was a weekly columnist for The Providence Journal and former Evening Bulletin, writing "Letters from Marnie," and had also been the coordinator for the Jay Kroll show on WJAR-TV, interviewing celebrities such as Phyllis Diller, Liberace and Lorne Greene. She was a graduate of Stephens College in Missouri and a member of St. Andrew's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. Mrs. Eskelund was a Cub Scout den mother in the 1950s, a former member of the Barrington Players, and was active with the Altar Guild at St. John's Episcopal Church in Barrington and St. Andrew's by-the-Sea, Little Compton. She was a member of the Sakonnet Golf Club, and a past member of the Sakonnet Garden Club and Little Compton Historical Society. Besides her husband, she leaves three sons, Eric C., Lance S. and Peter M. Eskelund; a sister, Dorothy Mulcahey; and five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren..." -- Providence Journal, Dec. 27, 2001.


  • Fact: Residence (1925) Cranston Ward 01, E.D. 092, Providence, Rhode Island
  • Fact: Residence (1930) Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
  • Fact: Residence (1935) Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1935) 127 Massasoit Ave, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
  • Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 1, Cranston, Cranston City, Providence, Rhode Island, United States


Sources


  • Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Number: 039-12-0689; Issue State: Rhode Island; Issue Date: Before 1951.
  • Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.




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