Benjamin Franklin Thurston

Benjamin married Mary Elizabeth Banning on 6 Mar 1884 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Mary (daughter of Carlos B. Banning and Harriet Elizabeth Pitman) was born on 28 Feb 1867 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 24 Jan 1902 in Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; was buried in Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Gertrude A. Allen on 16 May 1907 in East Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Gertrude (daughter of John H. Allen and Harriet M. ?) was born in 1876 in Dennis, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Nov 1966 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA; was buried in Braman Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donald married Blenda O. Hendrickson in 1917, and was divorced in Yes. Blenda (daughter of John Hendrickson and Helma B. ?) was born on 3 Aug 1896 in Rhode Island, USA; died on 5 Mar 1985 in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Brenton married Helen Agnes Lewis in 1942. Helen was born on 11 Oct 1922 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 25 Mar 2013 in Rhode Island, USA; was buried in Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Florence Teaze. Elizabeth was born on 23 Nov 1904 in Rhode Island, USA; died on 18 May 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Walter Andrew Yarosz in 1951 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Walter was born on 4 Jul 1927 in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 May 2003 in Spencer, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sonya married James Otto Byers on 11 Jun 1955. James was born on 25 May 1929 in Edneyville, North Carolina, USA; died on 22 Jan 2015 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA; was buried in Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Stephen Penick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Geoffrey Roy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert Caporaletti. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Barbara ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]