Title
Mr.
Last Name
Tompkins
First Name
Harry
Middle Name
E.
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Bowerbank, ME
Date of Birth
1899-02-13
Place of Death
Dexter, ME
Date of Death
1979-01-23
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 2-1 & 2-8-1979
Obituary
HARRY E. TOMPKINS DEXTER - Harry E. Tompkins, 80, died January 23 at a Dexter nursing home. He was born February 13, 1989 in Bowerbank. He was a veteran of World War I. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. C.H. (Laura) Cook, Las Vegas, Nevada; a sister, Mrs. Carroll (Rose) Pray of Dover-Foxcroft and 6 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Crosby Funeral Home, Dexter, January 24, with the Rev. Paul Marshall officiating. Burial was in the Maine Veterans Cemetery, Augusta. (The Eastern Gazette 2-1-1979, p.4) CORRECTION DEXTER - The obituary notice for Harry E. Tompkins in last week's paper omitted some survivors. They include two sons, Eugene and William, and eight grandchildren, not six as written last week. (The Eastern Gazette 2-8-1979, p.5)