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Mildred Evelyn Lester

Mildred Evelyn Lester

Female 1922 - 2006  (83 years)


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  • Name Mildred Evelyn Lester  [1, 2] 
    Birth 9 Sep 1922  Richland Township, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Feb 2006  Richland, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I35919  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Hobert J. Lester,   b. 19 Jan 1898, Boylston, Osewgo Co. New York, USA. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1975, Watertown, Jefferson Co. New York, USA. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherine Maria Bennett,   b. 15 Feb 1900, Altmar, Oswego Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1987, Watertown, Jefferson Co. New York, USA. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 17 Mar 1920  Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11538  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marshall Thomas Minot,   b. 15 Apr 1917, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 2001, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 19 Aug 1941 
    Children 
     1. Marianne J. Minot  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Marvin L Minot,   b. 18 Mar 1944, Oswego, Oswego County, NY, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1993, Pulaski, Oswego County, NY, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Michael Edwin Minot
     4. Marshall T. Minot
    Family ID F11189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • MILDRED L. MINOT - FARMER, COURT CLERK
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - February 17, 2006Browse Issues
      Mildred L. Minot, 83, Richland, died Wednesday at Samaritan Keep Home, Watertown.

      Mrs. Minot owned and operated M&M Farms in the town of Richland with her husband, Marshall. They retired from farming in 1989.

      Born Sept. 9, 1922, in Richland, daughter of Holbert and Catherine Clark Lester, she graduated as valedictorian of her class in 1938 from Pulaski Academy High School.

      She married Marshall T. Minot on Aug. 31, 1941, in the Pulaski Baptist Church with the Rev. W.R. Rogers officiating. Mr. Minot died Sept. 8, 2001.

      She was an active member of the Pulaski Baptist Church and Pulaski Grange 730. She was court clerk for the Richland Town Court from 1958 until 1989, during her husband's tenure as town justice.

      Surviving are three sons, Michael E., Warren, Ohio, and Dr. Melvyn C. and Marshall T. Jr., both of Richland; a daughter, Marianne J. Minot, Watertown; two sisters, Dorothy Schryver, Mannsville, and Irma Chapman, Memphis, Tenn., five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

      A son, Marvin L., died in 1993.

      There will be no funeral. Calling hours will be 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Foster-Hax Funeral Home, Pulaski. Summer burial will be in Pulaski Cemetery. Donations may be made to Pulaski Baptist Church, 7 Bridge St., Pulaski, N.Y. 13142.

      Newspaper Obituary - February 17, 2006 Post Standard - Syracuse, New York - Mildred L. Minot February 15, 2006 - Mildred L. Minot died Wednesday, February 15, at Samaritan-Keep Home, Watertown. She was born in Richland and graduated Valedictorian of her 1937 Pulaski Union High School class. She was married to Marshall T. Minot on August 31, 1941. Together they owned and operated M&M Farms in Richland, retiring in 1989. She was an active member of the Pulaski Baptist Church and the Pulaski Grange 730. She was court clerk for the Richland Town Court from 1958 until 1989, for her husband's tenure as Town Justice. She was devoted to her extended family. Predeceased by her husband, Marshall Minot, who died in 2001, and son, Marvin L., who died in 1993. Surviving are three sons, Michael E. of Warren, OH, Dr. Melvyn and Marshall T. Minot Jr., both of Richland; one daughter, Marianne J. of Watertown, NY; two sisters, Dorothy Schryver of Mannsville and Irma Chapman of Memphis, TN; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visiting hours will be held on Saturday, February 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Foster-Hax Funeral Home, 52 Park Street, Pulaski, NY. Summer burial in Pulaski Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Pulaski Baptist Church, 7 Bridge Street, Pulaski, NY 13142.

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    2. [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Richland, Oswego, New York; Roll: T627_2715; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 38-69.