Harry Jasper Purple, Jr - Gravestone
Grave stone for my father, Harry Jasper Purple, Jr. Newton Cemetery, Newton MA, 791 Walnut St. Section A North, Plot 9 - second row of stones along the pathway by the pond.
Born 25 August 1914, Newton Hospital, Newton MA, parents residence 49 Prince St, Jamaica Plain (Boston) MA. Father : Harry Jasper Purple, Sr, Mother : Emma Lousie (Lamkin) Purple.
Died at home, 346 Otis St, West Newton MA, 31 March 1979. He donated his body to Harvard Medical School, Cambridge MA and then his remains were cremated.
My twin brother (William Charles Purple) and I (Robert Davis Purple, Sr) placed his urn in the ground with my mother by our sides (Anne Catherine Lucy Purple) and the Minister of Elliot Chruch, Newton MA, in attendance (Herb ?).
Gravestones nearby : Dad's row : Left-Holmes, Right-Jackson. In front row : Left-Weaver, Right-Frew, Below-Pagalys.
Born 25 August 1914, Newton Hospital, Newton MA, parents residence 49 Prince St, Jamaica Plain (Boston) MA. Father : Harry Jasper Purple, Sr, Mother : Emma Lousie (Lamkin) Purple.
Died at home, 346 Otis St, West Newton MA, 31 March 1979. He donated his body to Harvard Medical School, Cambridge MA and then his remains were cremated.
My twin brother (William Charles Purple) and I (Robert Davis Purple, Sr) placed his urn in the ground with my mother by our sides (Anne Catherine Lucy Purple) and the Minister of Elliot Chruch, Newton MA, in attendance (Herb ?).
Gravestones nearby : Dad's row : Left-Holmes, Right-Jackson. In front row : Left-Weaver, Right-Frew, Below-Pagalys.
Date & Place:
at Newton Cemetery in Newton, Massachusetts USA
