Roger Gidley Wilbur Jr. (1926 - 1990)

Born 12 Mar 1926 in Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Florence Mary (Correira) Wilbur — married 29 Jun 1946 (to about 1 May 1970) in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1990 at age 64 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Roger was born in 1926. Roger Wilbur ... He passed away in 1990.^[1]

Military

Service No. 579 01 80, Rank Seaman First Class, United States Navy^[2]

Obituary

SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS, Roger G. Wilbur, Jr., 64, of Sandwich died Wednesday, September 19, 1990, after a long illness. He was the son of Mary G. (Nickerson) Wilbur of Machias, Maine.

He died at Falmouth Hospital.

He was born in Seekonk and lived in Sandwich three years, moving there from Dartmouth. He was the Superintendent for the Water Department in Seekonk for six years, retiring in 1980. He was the Commissioner for the Department of Public Works in Dartmouth for 25 years. Among his hobbies were vegetable and rose gardening, and he was an accomplished war historian.

Mr. Wilbur served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946, serving aboard various vessels and he received the World War II Victory Medal, American Theatre Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Medal, and others.

Survivors include his mother; a son, Roger G. III, of Sanford, Florida, a daughter, Eunice Pender of Rochester, Massachusetts; a brother, Gene S. of Lincoln, Maine; two sisters, Priscilla Mandell of Garden Grove, California, and Susan Darling of Machias, Maine; three grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Arrangements are by the Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home, 154 Route 6A, Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Burial

Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Massachusetts, September 14, 1990, Grave No. 1078, Section 11. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Personal and first hand knowledge of daughter, Eunice Mary Wilbur Pender
2. ↑ Notice of Separation From U. S. Naval Service, Form NAVPERS-553 (Rev. 8-45), #4542
3. ↑ https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/0818/ROGERGWILBURJR/761098E/

See also:

• https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/0818/ROGERGWILBURJR/761098E/

• Notice of Separation From U. S. Naval Service, Form NAVPERS-553 (Rev. 8-45), #4542

• Certificate of Birth, Town of Seekonk, Massachusetts, date of record, January 14, 1927

• Veterans' Administration Interment Record For Next of Kin

• First hand knowledge of daughter Wilbur-403

• Wilbur Family Geneaology prepared by Orina Delano Reagan Delano-852 (10th generation in America), daughter of Dora Wadsworth Wilbur Wilbur-420 and Joseph Kempton Delano Delano-849. Unsourced family tree handed down to Eunice (Wilbur) Pender.

Acknowledgements

Created by Wilbur-403 on June 19, 2014