DVR, p 453 b., d.
Leslie Ray Sears, 61, stricken with a heart attack Tuesday evening, died at Cape Cod Hospital a few hours later. He was attending a chess club meeting when stricken. The Dennis Fire Department rescue ambulance took him to the hospital where he suffered another attack.
Mr Sears, son of the late Elkanah H and Lelia T (Eldridge) Sears was a civil engineer, retiring two years ago to his Main street home in East Dennis with his wife Harriet (Thurston) Sears, after serving 20 years with the Metropolitan District Commission of Massachusetts.
Prior to this position, he worked several years for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. He was a graduate of MIT, and a member of the Massachusetts Engineers Association, the Audubon Society and the Masonic Lodge in Needham.
Survivors include his widow; a daughter, Mrs Allen E Martin of Rockland; a son, Lieutenant Leslie Ray Sears Jr of Nuernberg, Germany; three grandsons, Leslie Ray 3d, Stephen Smalley Martin and Richard Frederick Martin; a brother Louis E Sears of Melrose and E Dennis; a sister, Mrs Harvey E Dorr of OR; cousins Miss Ruth B Sears and Edmund H Sears of E Dennis and Lois F Harding.Funeral services will be held at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, E Dennis, Sat, Mar 27, 1954 at 1:30 PM, relatives and friends invited.
BURIED: South St Cemetery
Will - I, Leslie R Sears, in the county of Barnstable, and State of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory, do make and declare this my last will and testament in the manner following.
First, I give, will and devise all of my property, both real and personal to my beloved wife Harriet T Sears.
Second, I do nominate and appoint Harriet T Sears. my wife, to be executrix of this my last will and testament; and I do direct that my said executrix shall not be obliged to give security as such.
In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand this 3rd day of November 1952.signed Leslie R Sears
The above instrument was signed by said Leslie R Sears in our presence and we therefore, at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other sign our names thereto as witnesses.
Frank C Ryder-Yarmouthport, MA
Beverly M Crowell-Hyannis, MA
Marica Kelley-Yarmouthport, MA1 Apr 1954 A true photostatic copy of instrument purporting to be the will of Leslie R Sears, late of Dennis, on file in Barnstable County Probate Court but not yet allowed by the court. Attest:Alfred C Knight, Register.
Honorable Discharge from the United States Army
To All Whom It May Concern:
This is to certify that Leslie R Sears #398632, Corporal, Co G, 22nd Engineers, att. Demob Group #1, the United States Army, as a testimonial of honest and faithful service, is hereby honorably discharged from the military
service of the United States by reason of Demobilization per circular 75, War Department dated 15 Nov 1918.
Said Leslie R Sears was born in Dennis, in the State of Massachusetts. When enlisted he was 25 years of age and by occupation a civil engineer. He hadblue eyes, dk brown hair, ruddy complexion,a nd was 5 feet 8 1/2 inches in
height.
Given under my hand at Camp Devens, Mass this 17th Day of Jul, one thousand nine hundred and ninteen. H.S Cushing, Major, CAC, USAEnlistment Record.
Leslie R Sears, Corporal, inducted 7 Jul 1918, at Boston, MA serving in first
period of enlistment at date of discharge. NCO Corporal, 29 May 1919.
Marksmanship - Not classified
Horsemanship - Not mounted
Battles, engagements, skirmishes, expeditions - AEF 22 Aug 1918 to 9 Jul 1919
Wounds received in service - none
Physical condition when discharged - good
Typhoid prophylaxis completed - 13 Aug 1918
Single
Character - Excellent
Entitled to travel pay to Boston, MA No absences under G.O. 31 W.D. 1912 and
G.O. 45 W.D. 1914. F.W.Hollaway, Capt, Inf, USA,Commanding Det
Paid in full - $116.92, 17 Jul 1919, Camp Devens, MASS
Gravestone- CPL Co G, 22d Engineers, WWIFrom Ralph Dudley Kelley's[13593] diary provided by grandson R. Dudley
Kelley-(Our grandfathers worked together) Mon Apr 19-1954
- A pleasant day - temperature 60 deg. Leslie Sears died suddenly- Mar 23. He was employed in the parks division of the Metropolitan District Commission for 20 years prior to his retirement 2 years ago when he and his wife moved to the old homestead in East Dennis. We worked together on many engineering projects and I shall miss his contact when on the cape.Mom says grandpa was a very quiet man. Once when she rode down to the Cape
with him from Boston for a weekend (before she and Dad were married) he only
said a few words during the whole trip. They rented an apartment after they
lost the family house in _________. He would have been a member of the Masonic Lodge there.She also told me Grandpa was very interested in softball and that so was
Harriet. That may be how they met? From the Campus Echo Vol 1, No 3,
E Greenwich, RI Jun 1911 where he attended prep school:
"On May 5, The LaSalle Academy team defeated the Academy team on the homefield. Sears pitched a splendid game for the Academy, striking out 16 men and allowing only 4 hits, but poor support lost the game.""On May 10, the Academy team defeated the Business Men's team, in a ten inning battle, by a score of 9-7.
Sears pitched fine ball and had his opponents under control throughout the
game. Heavy hitting was the feature of the contest.""In a well played game at East Greenwich yesterday, the Academy defeated Rogers High of Newport by the score of 8 to 6.
Lyon and Sears for East Greenwich and Martin and Wilks for Newport did good
work at the bat."
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, commonly known as the New Haven Railroad or simply, 'The New Haven', operated in the states of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The New Haven operated freight and passenger trains over a Boston - New York City main line and a number of branch lines.
BURIED: Quivet Neck Cemetery
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017-22-2877Carl Fraser was Harriet (Gramma's) cousin.