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Reverend John Edward Raven
(1860-1943)
Evelyn L. "Evie" Farley
(1866-1903)
Joseph Elwin Pooler
(1874-1948)
Minnie Blanche Raven
(1887-1971)

William Boyce Pooler Sr.
(1916-1989)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Verna Geraldine Dow

William Boyce Pooler Sr. 3

  • Born: 23 May 1916, Washburn, ME 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Verna Geraldine Dow on 21 Jan 1939 in Washburn, ME 1 2
  • Died: 11 Apr 1989, Grafton, MA at age 72
  • Buried: Washburn Riverside Extension Cemetery, Washburn, ME

bullet   FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QL2. Find a Grave ID: 202906586.

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• Census, 23 Jan 1920, Washburn, ME. 3

• Census, 2 May 1930, Washburn, ME. 5

• Census, 12 Apr 1940, Washburn, ME. 6

• Military Enlistment: U.S. Army, 16 Jun 1943.

• Military Discharge: U.S. Army, 19 Jul 1943.

• Census, 1 Apr 1950, Washburn, ME. 7

• Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 14 Apr 1989, Bangor, ME.
WILLIAM B. POOLER
GRAFTON, MASS. And WASHBURN -- William B. Pooler, 72, died April 11, 1989, at a Grafton, Mass., health-care facility. He was born at Washburn, May 23, 1916, the son of Joseph and Minnie (Raven) Pooler. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II. Mr. Pooler had been employed as a power plant engineer with the Civil Service Division of the U. S. Air Force at Loring A.F.B., retiring in 1963. He had also been employed as a manager at the Fair and Stuarts Department Stores, both in Massachusetts, for several years. He was a member of the Washburn Lodge No. 193, AF & AM, a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Bodies, Vally of Worcester, and the Lodge of Perfection of the Scottish Rite Bodies. Mr. Pooler is survived by his wife, Geraldine V. (Dow) Pooler; one daughter, Bonita L. White, both of Grafton, Mass.; four sons, David W. Pooler of E. Norwalk, Conn., Lawrence G. Pooler of Houston, Texas, Danny E. Pooler of Worcester, Mass., and William B. Pooler Jr. of Grafton, Mass.; three sisters, Josephine Fitzgerald of Paso Robles, Calif., Anne Nickerson and Ruth Duncan, both of Washburn; six grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle. Masonic services will be held 6:30 p.m. by officers and members of the Washburn Lodge No. 193, AF & AM. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bruce Blakney officiating. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Washburn, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to donate in Mr. Pooler's memory to the Washburn Lodge No. 193, AF & AM.


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William married Verna Geraldine Dow on 21 Jan 1939 in Washburn, ME.1 2 (Verna Geraldine Dow was born on 11 Nov 1921 in Presque Isle, ME,8 died on 21 Jun 2018 in Hudson, Pasco, Florida, United States and was buried on 29 Jun 2018 in Riverside Cemetery, Washburn, ME.)


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Sources


1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Jul 2012), entry for William Pooler and Geraldine Dow.

2 Maine Maine State Archives William Pooler-Geraldine Dow; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Jan 2021).

3 1920 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Washburn, enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 17, p. 17B, dwelling 321, family 363, Joseph E. Pooler; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 Dec 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_641.

4 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, unnamed Pooler; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 16 Dec 2011).

5 1930 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Washburn, enumeration district (ED) 81, sheet 16, p. 16A, dwelling 303, family 323, Joseph E. Pooler; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 829.

6 1940 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Washburn, enumeration district (ED) 2-106, sheet 6B, p. 12, household 106, William Pooler; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 23 Nov 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll T627.

7 1950 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, Washburn, enumeration district (ED) 2-134, sheet 8, p. 12, household 55, William B. Pooler; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 4 Jan 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 609.

8 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Verna Geraldine Dow; digital image, "Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922," Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 27 Jun 2018).


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