 1907 - 1998 (91 years)
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| Name |
Burton Brockway Doolittle |
| Born |
14 May 1907 |
New Britain, Connecticut, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
19 Aug 1998 |
Middletown, Connecticut, USA |
| Buried |
Pine Grove Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States |
| Person ID |
I07038 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
28 Feb 2019 |
| Father |
Burton Baldwin Doolittle, b. 3 Jun 1881, New Britain, Connecticut, USA , d. 16 Jan 1940, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Age 58 years) |
| Mother |
Adelaide E. Brockway, b. 15 Nov 1883, Essex, Connecticut, USA , d. 2 Apr 1964, Middletown, Connecticut, USA (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
1907 |
| Family ID |
F2410 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Dorothy Boudway Deane, b. 8 Sep 1908, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA , d. 27 Aug 1987, Lee County, Florida, USA (Age 78 years) |
| Married |
1931 |
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Burton Edwin Doolittle, b. 8 Mar 1933, Middletown, Connecticut, USA , d. 15 Jun 1993, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA (Age 60 years) |
| + | 2. John David Doolittle, b. 10 Dec 1935, Middletown, Connecticut, USA , d. 29 Jan 2014, Stuart, Florida, USA (Age 78 years) |
| + | 3. Barbara P. Doolittle, b. 5 Jan 1937, Middletown, Connecticut, USA , d. 21 Aug 2018, Graham, North Carolina, USA (Age 81 years) |
| + | 4. Richard Albert Doolittle, b. 9 Apr 1942, Middletown, Connecticut, USA , d. 8 Jan 2000, Haddam, Connecticut, USA (Age 57 years) |
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| Last Modified |
28 Feb 2019 |
| Family ID |
F13305 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 14 May 1907 - New Britain, Connecticut, USA |
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 | Married - 1931 - Northampton, Massachusetts, USA |
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 | Died - 19 Aug 1998 - Middletown, Connecticut, USA |
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 | Buried - - Pine Grove Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States |
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| Notes |
- Burton B. Doolittle, 91, of Val Mar Drive, Ft. Myers, FL and former Middletown resident, husband of Marion (Schneider) Doolittle and the late Dorothy (Deane) Doolittle, died at Middlesex Convalescent Center in Middletown, Wednesday (Aug. 19, 1998). Born in Middletown, he was the son of the late Burton B. and Adelaide (Brockway) Doolittle. He attended Middletown schools, graduating from Middletown High School in 1924 and Wesleyan University in 1929 with Honors and Distinction in Physics. After graduation he joined his father in the operation of Doolittle Funeral Service, retiring in 1972 after 43 years. He was a former secretary-treasurer of the National Selected Morticians and a past president of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Assn. He was a past president of the Middletown Scientific Assn., the University Club and the Middletown Lions Club; was a former director and treasurer of the Middletown Rotary Club; and was director and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Middletown National Bank and served on the Advisory Board and the executive committee of the Middletown Branch of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Co. He was a director emeritus, served on the executive committee and was chairman of the building committee responsible for the construction of the South Wing of the Middlesex Hospital. He was a former member of the Finance Committee of the District Nurse Assn; served on the Board of Directors of the Middletown Chamber of Commerce and was a trustee and chairman of the Building & Grounds Committee of St. Luke's Home. His chief hobby was cinematography and he produced a number of public relations films for local organizations, including the Boy's Scouts, Girl Scouts, Middlesex Hospital Auxillary and the District Nurse Assn. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Pine Grove Cemetery Assn. and the Old Middletown Burying Ground Assn. He had made his home in Ft. Myers, FL since 1972 where he was a member of the Ft. Myers Congregational United Church of Christ. Besides his wife he leaves two sons, John D. Doolittle of Cromwell and Richard A. Doolittle of Ballwin, MO; a daughter, Mrs. John P. (Barbara) Rasch of Cromwell; 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son, Burton E. Doolittle. Funeral services will be at the Doolittle Funeral Home, 14 Old Church St., on Tuesday, (Aug. 24), 10 a.m. The Rev. John Hall, senior minister of the First Church of Christ, Congregational, will officiate and interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the Doolittle Funeral Home, 14 Old Church St., Monday from 6-8 p.m.
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