Robert Delvey "Bob" Wetmore, Jr.

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• Census: 1940, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 9; Address:
  111 Maple Street
• Military: 27 Mar 1952; He joined the Army.
• Residence: 1954, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Address:
  111 Maple Street
• Office Held: 1964 to 1976; Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Office Held: 1976 to 1996; Massachusetts Senate
• Residence: 2016, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Obituary: 20 Jan 2016
• Wikipedia:: 2019;
• Last Full Review: 20 Sep 2020

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Census:
He was recorded while living with his parents.

Obituary:
His obituary reads, " BARRE - Former state senator Robert D. Wetmore, 85, of Barre, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, due to complications of Parkinson?s Syndrome.

Bob Wetmore was born in Gardner, the son of Marion (Parmenter) and Elmer Wetmore, graduated from Gardner High School and attended Worcester Jr. College, Clark Evening College and Holy Cross Institute of Industrial Relations. A veteran of the Korean War, he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1964 and ran for the Massachusetts Senate in 1976. Wetmore served as senator for the Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin district through 1996.

While in the House, Bob co-chaired the ?Wetmore/McKinnon Commission? charged with implementing the 1975 Massachusetts Growth Policy Development Act to identify the effects of growth patterns on the quality of life in the Commonwealth. This resulted in local, regional and state-wide land use planning initiatives, including the Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Program.

A tireless crusader for the environment, Wetmore was named ?Conservator of the Region 2014? by the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust for his role as executor in conserving most of his aunt and uncle Roy and Marjorie Wetmore?s 1,000 acres following their death in the late 1990s, including 330 acres on and around Tully Mountain, as well as for his sponsorship of Article 97. Also known as the Environmental Bill of Rights, the initiative was approved by voters in November 1972 as the 97th Amendment to the State Constitution and became the foundation for a myriad of environmental laws that followed. Wetmore served on the Mount Grace board from 2001 to 2004. In addition, the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) presented him with the Legislative Advocacy Award. He also served on the Special Commission on Bike Paths which resulted in a network of existing and proposed bike paths and trails throughout the Commonwealth.

While serving in the Senate, Wetmore sponsored the Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) initiative ? first ratified in 1984 ? to Quabbin Reservoir, Ware River, Wachusett Reservoir, and Sudbury Reservoir Watershed communities. He co-chaired the Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor and also served as vice-chairman of the powerful Senate Ways and Means Committee.

A lifelong champion of sportsmen and women, Bob Wetmore received legislator of the year awards from the Massachusetts Sportsmen?s Council, Worcester County League of Sportsmen and the Mahar Fish ?N Game Club. The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) named Quabbin Reservoir Gate 31 the Robert D. Wetmore Fishing Area. He was also influential in the passage of the Wildlands Stamp, which pays for the cost of wildlife habitat, as well as legislation that established the Quabbin Watershed Advisory Committee (QWAC).

Wetmore chaired the committee to study the contribution of women in leadership in the government of the Commonwealth and the gender equity committee on comparable worth in employment and segregation at work based on gender. He sponsored the Displaced Homemakers and the Older Worker Opportunity Program and was responsible for the Massachusetts Whistleblower Protection law and the overhaul of the outdated Workman?s Compensation Law.

Along with sponsoring legislation to fund roads, bridges, schools, a courthouse and other infrastructure projects, Bob Wetmore championed the ?Hear Us? mural at the State House, recognizing women in Massachusetts history, and the Massachusetts Korean War Veterans Memorial in Charlestown.

Wetmore established the Special Commission on Forest Management Practices and sponsored the creation of the Mount Wachusett Community College Forest and Wood Products Institute and served as its chair. The college honored him in 2004 by creating the Robert D. Wetmore Center for Innovation in Design, Technology and Resource Development.

Bob Wetmore was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Utilities Workers of New England and the Shriners, Springfield. He was awarded the Joseph Warren Medal for his many years of service to the William Sewall Gardner Masonic Lodge. Prior to his 32 years in elected office, he worked as a head lineman for the Massachusetts Electric Company, presiding over the local union.

Bob spent much of his retirement traveling the world and exploring the outdoors. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and also focused more on his lifelong hobbies of photography and creative writing. He is survived by his wife, Andrea; his brother Elmer; sons Robert and Asa; and daughter, Susan Fargnoli and her husband, Peter; as well as seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews."

Robert married Jean Valley on 23 Aug 1957 in New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1957, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Last Full Review: 20 Sep 2020

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• Census: 1910, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1910 US Census he was recorded, age 3, living in Warwick, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1920 US Census he was recorded, age 12, living on 199 Pleasant Street, Orange, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Census: 1930, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1930 US Census he was recorded, age 25, living on 51 Peabody Street, Gardner, Massachusetts with his parents. His occupation was listed as a battery repair person in a battery shop.
• Census: 1940, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1940 US Census he was recorded, age 33, living on 111 Maple Street, Gardner, Massachusetts with his parents. His occupation is listed as an enameller.
• Draft Registration: 1942, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In 1942 he registered for the draft giving his age as 33, his address as 111 Maple Street, Gardner, Massachusetts, and his employer as the Florence Stove Company.
• Residence: 1943, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1943 Gardner, Massachusetts, City Directory, his job was listed as an assembler.
• Residence: 1963, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He lived in Gardner, Massachusetts according to the 1963 Gardner, City Directory.
• Residence: 13 Sep 1991, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; On 13 September 1991 he was recorded as living in Gardner, Massachusetts.
• Residence: 1996, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; According to the Social Security Records, he last lived in Gardner, Massachusetts.
• Obituary: 9 Jan 1996; His obituary reads: GARDNER - Elmer M. Wetmore, 88, of 177 Blanchard St., a former treatment-plant operator and enamel worker, died Saturday night in Heywood Hospital after an illness. His wife, Marion R. (Parmenter) Wetmore, died in 1980. He leaves two sons, Sen. Robert D. Wetmore, D-Barre, and Elmer M. Wetmore Jr. of Wheaton, Ill.; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. He was born in Warwick, son of Charles W. and Hattie (Delvey) Wetmore, and later lived in Orange. He lived here for 65 years. Mr. Wetmore worked for 25 years in the enamel room at Florence Oil Stove Co. He was then a treatment-plant operator at Gardner State Hospital before he retired. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, in Smith Funeral Home, 69 Vernon St. Burial will be private in Riverside Cemetery, Barre. There are no calling hours. Memorial donations may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, 516 Carew St., Springfield, 01104. Published by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 9 January 1996
• Last Full Review: 1 Aug 2020

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Died:
He died at the Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital.

Elmer married Marion Ray Parmenter on 5 Oct 1926 in Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Marion (daughter of George Wheelock Parmentier and Kathrina Kolcz) was born on 10 Feb 1901 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 18 May 1980 in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1910 US Census she was recorded, age 9, living on East Main Street, Orange, Massachusetts with her parents.
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1920 US Census she was recorded, age 18, living on 18 Congress Street, Orange, Massachusetts with her widowed father. She was listed as a laborer in a machine factory.
• Census: 1930, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1930 US Census she was recorded, age 28, living on 51 Peabody Street, Gardner, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1940, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1940 US Census she was recorded, age 38, living on 111 Maple Street, Gardner, Massachusetts.
• Residence: 1943, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; According to the 1943 Gardner City Directory, she was living at 111 Maple Street, Gardner, Massachusetts.
• Residence: 1963, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; According to the 1963 Gardner City Directory, she was living in Gardner, Massachusetts.
• Residence: 1980, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Her last Social Security Check was mailed to Gardner, Massachusetts.
• Last Full Review: 1 Aug 2020

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• Census: 1871, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; : 10
• Census: 1881, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; : 19
• Census: 1910, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 44
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1926, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Orange, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1926
• Census: 1930, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 63; Address:
  199 Pleasant Street
• Census: 1940, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 73; Address:
  199 Pleasant Street
• Last Full Review: 5 Jul 2020

Notes:

Census:
He was recorded while living with his father.

Census:
He was recorded while living with his father.

Census:
He was a farmer.

Census:
He was listed as a laborer in a machine factory.

Census:
He is listed as a laborer.

Charles married Hattie Irene Delvey on 29 Jun 1894 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Hattie (daughter of Luke Delvey and Lovice Adelaide "Addie" Spear) was born on 8 Sep 1874 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Dec 1967 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried on 3 Dec 1967 in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1880, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 5
• Census: 1910, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 35
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 45; Address:
  199 Pleasant Street
• Residence: 1926, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1930, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 63; Address:
  199 Pleasant Street
• Census: 1940, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 65; Address:
  199 Pleasant Street
• Residence: 1967, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Obituary: 2 Dec 1967
• Last Full Review: 5 Jul 2020

Notes:

Census:
She was recorded while living with her parents.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He is listed as working in a restaurant.; : 49; Address:
  East Main Street
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was listed as a mechanic in a machine factory.; : 59; Address:
  18 Congress Street

George married Kathrina Kolcz. Kathrina was born about 1854 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1881
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 46; Address:
  East Main Street

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or possibly Alice Kolcz