PORT HENRY -- Yet another member of "the greatest generation" has become a part of history. Francis R. Carpenter, 89, formerly of Port Henry, N.Y., and for the past five years a resident of the Horace Nye Home in Elizabethtown, N.Y., died Thursday, July 24, 2008.
Francis, or "Bob" as he was known, was born in Port Henry on Oct. 11, 1918, to Leonard Carpenter and Eliza Brooks Carpenter. Francis married his first wife, Mary Gerow, in 1940. He and Mary were the parents of two children, Jean and James.
Francis was inducted into the U.S. Army on June 1, 1944. He was attached to the 102nd Infantry Division, 405th Regiment, Company F. He attained the rank of PFC and served in central Europe, the Rhineland. He received a Certificate of Merit in recognition of conspicuously meritorious and outstanding performance of military duty as an ammunition bearer. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and was decorated with the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal; the World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He was honorably discharged on Jan. 16, 1946.
Francis spent the greater part of his working years as an employee of Republic Steel Corporation, retiring as a millwright.
Francis married his second wife, Anna K. Treadway, in 1974. They spent more than 30 years together until he broke his hip, which necessitated his being placed in the Horace Nye Home.
Francis was predeceased by his first wife Mary in 1973; his son James in 2002; his second wife Anna in 2007; and his brother Carl in 2006.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Russell Paquette of Westport, N.Y.; a granddaughter, Michelle Paquette of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and a brother, Jack of Port Henry, N.Y.
The family wishes to acknowledge the wonderful care he received from the people at the Horace Nye Home. He could not have been in better hands.
There will be no calling hours. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated by Father William Meunch at St. Patrick's Church in Port Henry on Monday, July 28, 2008, at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the family plot in St. Philip Neri Cemetery in Westport.
Francis, or "Bob" as he was known, was born in Port Henry on Oct. 11, 1918, to Leonard Carpenter and Eliza Brooks Carpenter. Francis married his first wife, Mary Gerow, in 1940. He and Mary were the parents of two children, Jean and James.
Francis was inducted into the U.S. Army on June 1, 1944. He was attached to the 102nd Infantry Division, 405th Regiment, Company F. He attained the rank of PFC and served in central Europe, the Rhineland. He received a Certificate of Merit in recognition of conspicuously meritorious and outstanding performance of military duty as an ammunition bearer. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and was decorated with the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal; the World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He was honorably discharged on Jan. 16, 1946.
Francis spent the greater part of his working years as an employee of Republic Steel Corporation, retiring as a millwright.
Francis married his second wife, Anna K. Treadway, in 1974. They spent more than 30 years together until he broke his hip, which necessitated his being placed in the Horace Nye Home.
Francis was predeceased by his first wife Mary in 1973; his son James in 2002; his second wife Anna in 2007; and his brother Carl in 2006.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Russell Paquette of Westport, N.Y.; a granddaughter, Michelle Paquette of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and a brother, Jack of Port Henry, N.Y.
The family wishes to acknowledge the wonderful care he received from the people at the Horace Nye Home. He could not have been in better hands.
There will be no calling hours. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated by Father William Meunch at St. Patrick's Church in Port Henry on Monday, July 28, 2008, at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the family plot in St. Philip Neri Cemetery in Westport.
PORT HENRY -- Yet another member of "the greatest generation" has become a part of history. Francis R. Carpenter, 89, formerly of Port Henry, N.Y., and for the past five years a resident of the Horace Nye Home in Elizabethtown, N.Y., died Thursday, July 24, 2008.
Francis, or "Bob" as he was known, was born in Port Henry on Oct. 11, 1918, to Leonard Carpenter and Eliza Brooks Carpenter. Francis married his first wife, Mary Gerow, in 1940. He and Mary were the parents of two children, Jean and James.
Francis was inducted into the U.S. Army on June 1, 1944. He was attached to the 102nd Infantry Division, 405th Regiment, Company F. He attained the rank of PFC and served in central Europe, the Rhineland. He received a Certificate of Merit in recognition of conspicuously meritorious and outstanding performance of military duty as an ammunition bearer. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and was decorated with the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal; the World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He was honorably discharged on Jan. 16, 1946.
Francis spent the greater part of his working years as an employee of Republic Steel Corporation, retiring as a millwright.
Francis married his second wife, Anna K. Treadway, in 1974. They spent more than 30 years together until he broke his hip, which necessitated his being placed in the Horace Nye Home.
Francis was predeceased by his first wife Mary in 1973; his son James in 2002; his second wife Anna in 2007; and his brother Carl in 2006.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Russell Paquette of Westport, N.Y.; a granddaughter, Michelle Paquette of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and a brother, Jack of Port Henry, N.Y.
The family wishes to acknowledge the wonderful care he received from the people at the Horace Nye Home. He could not have been in better hands.
There will be no calling hours. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated by Father William Meunch at St. Patrick's Church in Port Henry on Monday, July 28, 2008, at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the family plot in St. Philip Neri Cemetery in Westport.
Francis, or "Bob" as he was known, was born in Port Henry on Oct. 11, 1918, to Leonard Carpenter and Eliza Brooks Carpenter. Francis married his first wife, Mary Gerow, in 1940. He and Mary were the parents of two children, Jean and James.
Francis was inducted into the U.S. Army on June 1, 1944. He was attached to the 102nd Infantry Division, 405th Regiment, Company F. He attained the rank of PFC and served in central Europe, the Rhineland. He received a Certificate of Merit in recognition of conspicuously meritorious and outstanding performance of military duty as an ammunition bearer. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and was decorated with the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal; the World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He was honorably discharged on Jan. 16, 1946.
Francis spent the greater part of his working years as an employee of Republic Steel Corporation, retiring as a millwright.
Francis married his second wife, Anna K. Treadway, in 1974. They spent more than 30 years together until he broke his hip, which necessitated his being placed in the Horace Nye Home.
Francis was predeceased by his first wife Mary in 1973; his son James in 2002; his second wife Anna in 2007; and his brother Carl in 2006.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Russell Paquette of Westport, N.Y.; a granddaughter, Michelle Paquette of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and a brother, Jack of Port Henry, N.Y.
The family wishes to acknowledge the wonderful care he received from the people at the Horace Nye Home. He could not have been in better hands.
There will be no calling hours. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated by Father William Meunch at St. Patrick's Church in Port Henry on Monday, July 28, 2008, at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the family plot in St. Philip Neri Cemetery in Westport.
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