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Donald Earl Eastham
b.15 Dec 1919 Camden, Oneida County, NY
d.21 Apr 2000 Watertown, Jefferson County, NY
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m. 21 Aug 1917
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m. 12 Aug 1945
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Census 1930, Washington ST, Camden, Oneida County, NY : Eastham, Milton E. - Head - " Donald E. - Son - Male - White - Age 10 - At school - Born New York Census 1940, Camden, Oneida County, NY: Eastham, Milton E. - Head - " Donald E. -Son - Male - White - Age 20 - Single - At school, 2d yr College - Born New York Syracuse Herald Journal, 18 July 1941: ORDER OF DRAFT... ONEIDA... S-131, Eastham, Donald Earl World War 2 Army enlistment records: Eastham, Donald E. - Residence, Oneida County NY - Place of enlistment, Utica NY - Date of enlistment, 25 June 1942 - Grade, Private - Term, Duration of war + 6 months = Source of army personnel, Civil life - Nativity, New York - Year of birth, 1919 - White, Citizen - Education, 4 yrs college - Occupation, Bandsman or musician - Marital status, Single without dependents - Component of army, Selectees (Enlisted men) Rome Daily Sentinel, 15 May 1945: MRS. M.E. EASTHAM DIES AT AGE OF 47 Camden, May 15-- Mrs. Elsie L. Eastham, wife of Milton E. Eastham, Surviving are ... stepchildren, .. Cpl. Donald E. Eastham, U.S. Army, Germany; [edit] ===============================================================Queen Central News, May 1, 2000: DONALD E. EASTHAM Donald E. Eastham, 80, 1215 Faichney Drive, Watertown, and formerly of Mannsville, died April 21 at the Samaritan Medical Center. Born in Camden on December 15, 1919, son of Milton E. and Margaret Durgee Eastham, he graduated from Camden High School, Postdam Normal College and Syracuse University. Following college he taught music in Harrisville. From 1941 to 1945 Mr. Eastham served in the US Army. He married Monica Stevens of Barnstaple, Devan, England, August 12, 1945 in the Barnstaple Baptist Church, the Rev. A. E. Johnson officiating. The couple lived in Cape Vincent from 1945 to 1954 where Mr. Eastham was a music teacher at the Cape Vincent School. In 1954 they moved to Mannsville where Mr. Eastham became Supervising Principal of the Mannsville-Manor Central School until 1968 when the school was merged into the South Jefferson Central School District, Mr. Eastham became the District's business administrator, a position he held until his retirement in 1978. In 1990 the couple moved to their present home in Watertown. Mr. Eastham was a member of the Mannsville United Methodist Church, the Camden Masonic Lodge, the Adams Rotary Club and the Cape Vincent American Legion Post. He is survived by his wife Monica, four sons James E. Shrewsbury, Mass., Robert M., North Syracuse, Donald E. Jr., Watertown, Thomas S., Cuba, NY; three daughters Jane E. Eastham, Minneapolis, Minn., Suzanne L. Eastham, New York City and Debra A. Eastham, Cranston, R.I.; nine grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. William J. (Barbara) Braell, Palmyra and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held April 25 at the Piddock Funeral Home, Adams. Burial Forest Lawn Cemetery, Camden. References
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