Grace Elizabeth Mealey

John married Catherine Ann Ballou [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Sally Mae Dike Sally (daughter of Garold Washburn Dike and Gladys Belle Johnson) was born on 19 Oct 1931 in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jun 2022 in Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried on 16 Jun 2022 in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: Sally graduated from Orange High School, Orange, Massachusetts in 1949. She graduated from Salter Secretarial School in 1950.
• Graduation: 1949, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She graduated in 1949 from Orange High School.
• Residence: 1960, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Retired: 1991; She retired in 1991 from the Shawmut Bank
• Residence: 1996, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Obituary: 12 Jun 2022; ORANGE - Sally M. (Dike) Ballou, 90, of Orange, died Friday, June 10, 2022 in Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, Massachusetts. She was born in Gardner, Massachusetts on October 19, 1931, the daughter of Garold and Gladys (Johnson) Dike. Sally grew up in Orange and graduated from Orange High School in 1949. She attended Salter Secretarial School in Worcester and worked for the Orange National Bank as secretary to the president. She returned to banking after raising her children, retiring in 1991 from Shawmut Bank. She married Richard Ballou in 1960, and they built the home they love on Warwick Road in West Orange. She was a member of the Orange High School Alumni Association, serving terms as president and treasurer; the Orange Scholarship Foundation, serving terms as treasurer and trustee, and a member of the Orange Historical Society. She was a skilled baker, seamstress, and balancer of checkbooks. She was a friend of the New Salem Central Congregational Church. She leaves her husband of 61 years, Richard C. Ballou, a son, Craig C. Ballou and his wife Caralyn of Northfield, MA; a daughter, Catherine A. Mealey and her husband John of Lynnfield, MA; four grandchildren, Liam Mealey, Grace Mealey, Elizabeth Ballou, and Eric Ballou. She was predeceased by her brother, James E. Dike. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 on Thursday, June 16th, at the New Salem Central Congregational Church, 24 South Main Street, New Salem. Burial will follow in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made in her memory to OHS Alumni Fund - The Orange Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 298, Orange, MA 01364. Published by the Fiske-Murphy Funeral Home

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Died:
She died at the Baystate Franklin Medical Center

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He went to Columbus, Ohio and worked on a large dairy farm there. He was later a crane operator in Chester, Pennsylvania. He later managed the Sheldegren Farm in Greenfield, Massachusetts, before returning to Orange in 1940.
• Census: 1900, Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1900 US Census he was recorded, age 3, living on Main Street, Wendell, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1910 US Census he was recorded, age 13, living on Mill Street, Orange, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Draft Registration: 5 Jun 1918, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In 1918 he registered for the draft giving his age as 21, his address as 115 Walnut Hill, Orange, Massachusetts, and his employer as the Chester Ship Building Company, Chester, Pennsylvania.
• Military: From 28 Aug 1918 to 31 Mar 1919; He served during World War I as a PFC in the Medical Department. He was discharged 31 March 1919.
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1920 US Census he was recorded, age 23, living on Walnut Hill Street, Orange, Massachusetts with his divorced father. He was a farmer.
• Residence: 1928, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Cecil and Mary lived on Holtshire Road, Orange, Massachusetts according to the 1928 Orange City Directory.
• Census: 1930, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1930 US Census he was recorded, age 33, living on 140 South Shelburne Road, Greenfield, Massachusetts. He was a manager on a farm.
• Census: 1940, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1940 US Census he was recorded, age 43, living on 383 East River Street, Orange, Massachusetts. His occupation was listed as a manager.
• Draft Registration: 1942, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In 1942 he registered for the draft giving his age as 45, his address as 383 East River Street, Orange, Massachusetts, and stated he was self employed as a farmer.
• Obituary: 7 Jun 1952; Orange, June 6—Funeral services for Cecil S. Ballou, owner of the dairy farm and registered Guernsey herd at 283 East River St., who was burned to death yesterday in a flash fire which destroyed his large barn, will be held at 2 Saturday afternoon at the Central Congregational Church. Rev. Ernest Hirrschoff will officiate and burial will be in the South Cemetery. Published by the Springfield Union, 7 June 1952
• Last Full Review: 22 Nov 2021

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Died:
From the Athol Daily News, 6 June 1952, "Cecil Stiles Ballou, 55, owner of the dairy farm and registered Gurnsey herd at 383 East River St. Orange, was burned to death in a flash fire in his barn yesterday afternoon. Ballou was pitching hay from a loft to a tractor-powered bailer on the barn floor, which was being operated by his son, Derrill. The hay toppled over, hurling Ballou onto the bailer and burying him under an estimated 2 tons of hay, which burst into flames from the exhaust and gasoline of the machine."

Cecil married Mary Elizabeth Richards on 28 Jun 1922 in Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of George Elmer Richards and Mabel J. Proctor) was born on 7 Aug 1898 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Jul 1976 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in South Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Vernon, Windham County, Vermont; In the 1900 US Census she was recorded, age 2, living in Vernon, Vermont with her parents.
• Census: 1910, Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1910 US Census she was recorded, age 12, living in Wendell, Massachusetts living with her divorced mother.
• Census: 1920, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; In the 1920 US Census she was recorded, age 22, living on Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts. She was a housemaid living with the Stowell family.
• Residence: 1922, Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1928, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Cecil and Mary lived on Holtshire Road, Orange, Massachusetts according to the 1928 Orange City Directory.
• Census: 1930, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1930 US Census he was recorded, age 32, living on 140 South Shelburne Road, Greenfield, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1940, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1940 US Census she was recorded, age 42 living on 383 East River Street, Orange, Massachusetts.
• Last Full Review: 22 Nov 2021

Garold married Gladys Belle Johnson on Yes, date unknown. Gladys was born on 21 Jun 1899; died on 10 Apr 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]