WAS THE OLDEST MAN IN HOULTON
Sudden Passing of Frank Carpenter At Age of 91
HOULTON, Jan. 22-THe Death of Frank Carpenter, 91, occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Amos Putnam, Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Carpenter was playing his usual game of solitaire and listening to the radio which had been his custom for a great many years when death came instantly.
He was born in Lincoln, son of Benjamin F. and Rebecca Hammond Carpenter, and was the oldest resident in Houlton. He was a member of Monument Lodge, F. and A. M., for 70 years and he was presented a medal from the Grand Lodge of Maine this past summer.
He moved to Hammond Plantation with his parents when he was a small boy and with the exception of a few years he lived in Fort Kent, the greatest part of his life was in Houlton and vicinity.
His wife, who was Elvira A. Green, died in 1917. Mr. Carpenter was the holder of the Boston Post cane. While listening to the radio he heard the tolling of the death of King George V. Mr. Carpenter's eyesight and hearing was nearly perfect and he saw the town of Houlton grow up, burn down and grow up again.
He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Cora Putnam of Houlton, Mrs. Nora Burrill of Canaan and Mrs. John L. Johnson of Bangor; three sons, Walter and Frank Carpenter of Vancouver and Charles Carpenter of Smyrna; ten grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, three of whom are the children of the late Joseph Putnam, who reside in Bexhill-On-Sea, Sussex, England. He also leaves two brothers, George and William Carpenter of Hammond Plantation and one sister, Mrs. George V. Hammond of Tacoma, Washington.
Funeral services will probably be held in the Unitarian church Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge.
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