Mr. Hannigan,
I apologize for taking so long to get back to you. I had asked one of our interns to help with this, but just discovered that your request was overlooked for the last month.
I am not able to get a copy of any of the newspapers you asked for, but I did copy and paste the Richard Read obituary that appeared online at www.seacoastonline.com from Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005.
I have attached the text as a Word document.
I hope this helps.
Carl Pepin
Maine community editor
Seacoast Media Group
603-570-2239
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Hannigan Family Research
I am researching my father’s family members and his great aunt, Grace Jolicoeur Read Berry has provided a list of her children to him when we visited in 2006. Grace passed away a couple of years ago and listed her children again in her obituary.
We are trying to tie up the Jolicoeur branch. Grace’s mother and my father’s grandmother were sister.
Anyway, I have found a listing for the obituary of Richard Read (age 54) who passed away on 11 Dec 2005. Richard’s obituary appeared in the Portsmouth Herald on 17 December 2005; along with the York County Coast Star and the Hampton Union on the same date and the York Weekly on 18 December 2005.
Is it possible to get a copy of the obituary from one (or all) of the newspapers either sent via email or US Mail to me? According to the Obituary Collection, they list a number of other persons and several other locations of reference to the family.
Thank you for your consideration.
John C Hannigan
2950 Unity Drive, #572137
Houston Texas 77257
Richard Read.docx
Richard Read
FT. MYERS, Fla. – Richard Read, 54, of Ft. Myers, died Sunday, Dec. 11, at his home after a short illness.
Born in Weymouth, Mass., on Sept. 28, 1951, he was the son of Grace (Jolicoeur) Read-Berry of Plymouth, Mass., and the late Francis Read.
He was raised and educated in Hingham, Mass., and served in the Peace Corps. He was employed in Florida as a limousine driver.
He is survived by his former wife, Edna (Black) Read of Greenland, N.H.; two sons, James Read and John Read, both of Greenland; one daughter, Jane Read of Greenland; his mother, Grace (Jolicoeur) Read-Berry of Plymouth; five brothers, William Read of Abington, Mass., James Read of Hingham, John Read of Weymouth, Andrew Read of Hingham, and Joseph Read of Milford, Mass.; three sisters, Frances Alger of Pembroke, Mass., Susan Guthrie and Elizabeth Townsend, both of Belfast, Maine.
SERVICES: A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Monday in the Resurrection Church, 1057 Main St., Route 228, Hingham. Interment will be in St. Patrick Cemetery in Rockland at a later date. Arrangements are by the Sullivan Funeral Home of Rockland, Mass.