Obituary: Theodore F. Mead (1938)

Source: Greenwich Press. Thursday, March 3, 1938.

Funeral service for the late Theodore F. Mead, World War veteran with a distinguished service record, who died Monday at United Hospital, Port Chester, after a brief illness, were held this morning at 9:15 o'clock at the home of a brother, William L. Mead of 95 Putnam Avenue, Port Chester, followed by a requiem mass at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Burial was at the family plot, St. Mary's Cemetery, Greenwich. Mr. Mead, 51, who was born in Greenwich and spent most of his life here, had been residing with his brother in Port Chester.

Son of the late Peter and Catherine L. Mead, he enlisted in Greenwich in September, 1917, and was assigned to Company A of the Third Machine Gun Battalion. He was wounded in action several times and was decorated with the Order of the Purple Heart. For 20 years he had been employed as a shipping clerk at the Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt & Nut Company. He was a member of the Port Chester Post, No. 93, American legion.

Surviving, besides his brother, are two other brothers, Charles F. Mead of Greenwich and Walter B. Mead of Port Chester; and two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Brennan of Port Chester, and Mrs. John J. Neafsey of Greenwich.