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Brenton P. Thurston

Male 1918 - 2008  (90 years)


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  • Name Brenton P. Thurston 
    Born 1 Mar 1918  Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 May 2008  Warwick, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I08932  Family Tree
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2018 

    Father Donald Pitman Thurston,   b. 11 Mar 1894, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1977, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Blenda O. Hendrickson,   b. 3 Aug 1896, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1985, West Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1917 
    Divorced Yes 
    Family ID F3039  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Helen Agnes Lewis,   b. 11 Oct 1922, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 2013, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 1942 
    Children 
     1. Carolyn Thurston
     2. Nancy Thurston
     3. Lorraine Thurston
     4. Brenton P. Thurston
    Family ID F3549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Mar 1918 - Newport, Rhode Island, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 May 2008 - Warwick, Rhode Island, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Census
    1920 US Census
    1920 US Census
    Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
    1930 US Census
    1930 US Census
    Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
    1940 US Census
    1940 US Census
    Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island

  • Notes 
    • Brenton P. Thurston, 90, of Wethersfield Commons, died May 1, 2008. He was the husband of Helen A. (Lewis) Thurston. They were married for 66 years.
      Born in Newport, he was the son of the late Donald P. Thurston and Blenda (Hendrickson) Thurston. He was a Warwick resident since 1952. He is of the 10th generation in direct decent from Edward Thurston, who was born in England in 1617, emigrated to America and settled in Newport in 1647.
      Mr. Thurston was active in Scouting, having joined in 1930. He was elevated to Eagle Scout in January 1933. At that time he was named youngest Eagle Scout in the State of Rhode Island. He continued in Scouting until 1952, when he moved to Warwick. As a young Eagle Scout he represented the Boy Scouts of Newport as an aide to several governors and also met personally several notable people, including Sir Thomas Lipton of yachting fame, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, noted Arctic & Antarctic explorer, the twin Swiss scientists August and Jean Picard, one a balloonist and the other an undersea explorer.
      He graduated from Rogers High School, Class of 1936. He also attended the University of Rhode Island. Mr. Thurston retired as an aerospace engineer from the Naval Air Station at Quonset Point upon the base closing in 1973 after 33? years of service. He also worked for Citizens Bank for over eight years, retiring in 1985.
      Mr. Thurston was a Navy veteran of World War II, enlisting in early 1942 and serving nearly four years in the American and Asia-Pacific Theatres, leaving the Navy as an aviation machinist mate first class.
      An active philatelist, he served as president of the Newport Armed Services YMCA Stamp Club. Upon moving to Warwick, he joined the Rhode Island Philatelic Society and is a past president of that organization. In April 1977 he was selected to be a member of the Webster Knight Stamp Committee, whose United States collection is in the John Hay Library at Brown University. He served as a senior member of that committee, overseeing all the stamp collections in the library. He will be awarded posthumously the William Williams Award, which is the highest honor that the Brown University Library can bestow.
      Besides his wife he is survived by three daughters, Carolyn Penick and her husband, Stephen, of Bradenton, Fla., Nancy Roy and her husband, Geoffrey, of Warwick and Lorraine Caporaletti and her husband, Robert, of North Providence; and a son, Brenton P. Thurston and his wife, Barbara, of Providence. He had 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was the brother of Elizabeth Yarosz of Spencer, Mass. and the late Sonya Byers and Malcolm D. Thurston.
      His funeral service will be held May 7 at 10 a.m. in Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Chapel, 2435 Warwick Ave. Burial will be in RI Veterans Cemetery, Exeter. Visiting hours are May 6 from 4-7 p.m.
      In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Alzheimer?s Association, 245 Waterman St., Providence, RI 02906 will be appreciated. For information and guestbook visit www.thequinnfuneralhome.com.