1914 - 2011 (97 years)
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Name |
PUFFER, Stephen Perry |
Suffix |
Jr. |
Birth |
24 Oct 1914 |
Amherst, MA [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Gender |
Male |
FindaGrave |
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Residence |
1920 |
Amherst, MA [1] |
_COLOR |
11 |
Death |
5 Dec 2011 |
North Amherst, MA [2, 4] |
Burial |
Hadley, MA |
Address: Saint Brigids Cemetery |
Person ID |
I32784 |
Puffers |
Last Modified |
26 Apr 2022 |
Father |
PUFFER, Stephen Perry Sr., b. 1 Sep 1889, Amherst, MA d. 11 Oct 1975, Northampton, MA (Age 86 years) |
Mother |
KELLOGG, Ruth Sybil, b. 24 Aug 1890, Amherst, MA d. 26 Mar 1987, North Amherst, MA (Age 96 years) |
Marriage |
25 Oct 1913 |
Amherst, MA [3, 5] |
Residence |
1950 |
Amherst, MA [6] |
Residence |
1960 |
Amherst, MA [7] |
Family ID |
F7873 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
RASKEVITZ, Doma Margaret, b. 8 May 1915, Scranton, PA d. 15 May 1997, Amherst, MA (Age 82 years) |
Residence |
1950 |
Amherst, MA [6] |
Children |
| 1. PUFFER, Barbara, b. Abt 1936, Amherst, MA d. Aft 2022, MA (Age > 87 years) |
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Family ID |
F7648 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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Notes |
- From his earliest years, he worked at his grandfather's grist mill on M ontague Road and for the family business. As a teen, in deepest winter, h e cut ice on frozen Factory Hollow Pond (aka Puffers Pond). Puffers Pon d was home to him. Later, his family donated the pond and surrounding a rea to the Town of Amherst for recreation and conservation purposes. H e started Puffer Construction Company.
A WWII Veteran of the US Navy from 1943 to 1945, in Ft. Pierce, FL.
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Sources |
- [S306] _1920 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_704; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 136; Image: .
Record for Stephen P Puffer Jr.
- [S1047] United States Obituary Collection.
- [S1178] Genealogy of descendants of John Nutting of South Amherst, Mass.
- [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Recorder, Greenfield, MA, 10 Dec 2011, page a2.
- [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.
- [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census.
- [S375] _US City Directories, 1821-1995.
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