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Robert Stafford Mayne

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Robert Stafford Mayne

Birth
Lisbon, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Death
9 Apr 1994 (aged 75)
Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Burial
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Watertown Daily Times - Sunday, April 10, 1994

Robert S. Mayne, 75, Main Street, died at 10 a.m. Saturday in the intensive care unit at A. Barton Hepburn Hospital, Ogdensburg, where he had been a patient since Thursday.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Fox Funeral Home, Lisbon. Burial will be in Foxwood Memorial Park, Ogdensburg.

Surviving are his wife, a son, two daughters, a sister, eight grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Two brothers, Maj. Carleton Mayne and Maxwell Mayne, died before him.

Born March 26, 1919, in Lisbon, son of Arthur and Grace Stafford Mayne, he was salutatorian of the class of 1936 at Lisbon High School. He attended Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., for one year.

He served with the Army Air Corps during World War II and married Lorraine Gagnon June 18, 1941, in St. Paul's Church, Washington, D.C.

After his discharge from the military, Mr. Mayne worked for the U.S. Census Bureau in Washington, D.C., and later for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a fingerprint classifier.

He returned to Lisbon in the late 1940s and worked first at the Aluminum Company of America, Massena. He then worked for his father at the Mayne & Stafford International Harvester dealership and feed mill in Lisbon until 1960.

Mr. Mayne became a rural mail carrier for the Lisbon Post Office, a position he held until retiring in 1986. Active in community affairs, he was a member of the St. Lawrence County Selective Service Board, the Lisbon Planning Board and the Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department.

He was a past commander of the Lisbon American Legion and coached boys' basketball in Lisbon for five years. He was an avid golfer and was a member of the St. Lawrence University Golf and Country Club.

Mr. Mayne was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He and his wife had lived at their home on Main Street for the past 40 years.
Watertown Daily Times - Sunday, April 10, 1994

Robert S. Mayne, 75, Main Street, died at 10 a.m. Saturday in the intensive care unit at A. Barton Hepburn Hospital, Ogdensburg, where he had been a patient since Thursday.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Fox Funeral Home, Lisbon. Burial will be in Foxwood Memorial Park, Ogdensburg.

Surviving are his wife, a son, two daughters, a sister, eight grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Two brothers, Maj. Carleton Mayne and Maxwell Mayne, died before him.

Born March 26, 1919, in Lisbon, son of Arthur and Grace Stafford Mayne, he was salutatorian of the class of 1936 at Lisbon High School. He attended Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., for one year.

He served with the Army Air Corps during World War II and married Lorraine Gagnon June 18, 1941, in St. Paul's Church, Washington, D.C.

After his discharge from the military, Mr. Mayne worked for the U.S. Census Bureau in Washington, D.C., and later for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a fingerprint classifier.

He returned to Lisbon in the late 1940s and worked first at the Aluminum Company of America, Massena. He then worked for his father at the Mayne & Stafford International Harvester dealership and feed mill in Lisbon until 1960.

Mr. Mayne became a rural mail carrier for the Lisbon Post Office, a position he held until retiring in 1986. Active in community affairs, he was a member of the St. Lawrence County Selective Service Board, the Lisbon Planning Board and the Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department.

He was a past commander of the Lisbon American Legion and coached boys' basketball in Lisbon for five years. He was an avid golfer and was a member of the St. Lawrence University Golf and Country Club.

Mr. Mayne was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He and his wife had lived at their home on Main Street for the past 40 years.


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