Ervin Putnam's Obituary from the Marietta Times

 March 17th, 1988

Ervin E. Putnam

Houlton, Maine - Private services for Ervin Earl Putnam, 94, of Houlton, who died Thursday, March 10, in Licking Memorial Hospital, were Sunday in McPeek Funeral Home in Granville, The Rev. Thomas J. Lowery Officiated.

He was born July 9, 1883, in Houlton to Amos and Cora Carpenter Putnam. He was a retired director of radiology at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Northampton, Mass., and served in France with the U.S. Army during World War I. 

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Connolly Putnam.

He is survived by two sons, Robert E. of Marietta and Richard D. of Granville; one sister, Mrs. Harold (Hariette) Cates of Peacedale, R.I.; eight grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.

Burial will be at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery at Houlton.