Puffer Genealogy
Norma Imogene FRENCH[1, 2]

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Name Norma Imogene FRENCH Born 25 Feb 1925 Bar Mills, ME [1, 2, 3]
Gender Female Baptism 19 Jun 1932 Providence, RI - St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Confirmation 16 Feb 1936 Providence, RI - St. Thomas Episcopal Church
FindaGrave Died 21 Jun 1990 Torrington, CT [1, 2, 3]
Cause: of metastatic cancer - Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Buried 24 Jun 1990 Buxton, ME [5, 6]
- South Buxton Cemetery
43.608949, -70.539350
Person ID I2 Puffers Last Modified 16 Feb 2021
Father Charles Kimball Worcester FRENCH, b. 14 Feb 1898, Columbia, ME , d. 26 Nov 1967, Lakeville, CT
(Age 69 years)
Mother Frances Alma SMITH, b. 24 Jan 1901, Columbia, ME , d. 18 May 1979, Canaan, CT
(Age 78 years)
Married 7 Nov 1917 Columbia, ME Family ID F10872 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Charles CARANCI, b. 7 Feb 1922, Greenville, RI , d. 14 Jul 1970, Centerdale, RI
(Age 48 years)
Married 19 Jun 1943 Centerdale, RI Divorced 21 Sep 1964 Alexandria, VA [7]
- The legal grounds or cause of divorce was "Desertion". My mother and her children were told by my father to "get out", from what little information I got from her. She never told the whole story of their separation/divorce. He was the plaintiff in the divorce and it's hard to imagine that desertion was the cause, when he was the one to tell us all to get out.
Children 1. John Charles CARANCI, b. 21 Jan 1945, Providence, RI , d. 16 May 2016, Bellevue, NE
(Age 71 years)
2. Living 3. Living 4. Living Last Modified 21 Feb 2021 Family ID F5488 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Headstones norma i french gs.jpg
Photos norma imogene french.jpg norma imogene french.jpg norma i french gs.jpg john charles caranci divorce.jpg
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Notes - In the 1930 Census she was listed as residing in the household of her aunt, Hazel Marie (Smith) Pinkham, in Hollis, ME. She went to live with them as her father and mother were not able to keep all their kids together during the Depression.
Norma moved from Alexandria VA to Lakeville, CT in Oct of 1961, after being separated from her husband of 19 years. Prior to that she lived in Providence, RI where she met her husband. She lived in Japan from 1957-1961 with her family.
She was employed for most of her life (30 years) as a printer for The Hotchkiss School, a private prep school in Lakeville, CT. She also had jobs as a secretary, bookeeper, and waitress. She was a recovering alcoholic.
She never remarried after her divorce and raised her children alone. She was eulogized as a tireless, hard working woman and loving mother who did her best during difficult times to support and raise 4 boys virtually on her own.
- In the 1930 Census she was listed as residing in the household of her aunt, Hazel Marie (Smith) Pinkham, in Hollis, ME. She went to live with them as her father and mother were not able to keep all their kids together during the Depression.
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Sources - [S630] Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012, Database online.
Record for Norma I Caranci - [S166] SSDI, Database online. Number: 036-18-3382; Issue State: Rhode Island; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Record for Norma I. Caranci - [S815] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
- [S650] FindAGrave.com, S2196.
- [S166] SSDI.
- [S650] FindAGrave.com, S2196., memorial # 63078014.
- [S838] Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014.
- [S630] Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012, Database online.