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BASCOM, Kenneth Earle (58441)

Birth

  • Born on September 12, 1925 in Bangor, Penobscot Co., ME

Death

  • Died on August 18, 2006 in Alstead, Cheshire Co., NH
  • Buried in Acworth Cemetery in Acworth, Sullivan Co., NH

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  • Obituary: Kenneth E. Bascom was born in Bangor, Maine, September 12, 1925, the son of the Reverend Eric W. Bascom Sr. and the Reverend Elida G. (Frost) Bascom. He had resided in Canterbury, NH prior to moving to Acworth in 1939. Mr. Bascom graduated from the Vilas High School, class of 1943 and from the Thompson School at the University of New Hampshire class of 1949. He was a veteran having served in the US Army during World War II. He was the former owner and proprietor of the Bascom Maple Farms Inc. where he had worked all of his life. Mr. Bascom was a member of the Third Congregational Church in Alstead, and had served as church moderator and trustee. He served as an Acworth selectman. He was a past Master of the Warren Pond Grange, past president of the Sullivan County Farm Bureau, past president of the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association, past chairman of the North American Maple Syrup Council, and a member of the International Maple Syrup Institute. He was a recipient of the NH Farm Bureau Profile Award in 2004, and inducted into the Maple Hall of Fame in 1994. He is predeceased in 1990 by his first wife Ruth M. (Baker) Bascom. Their children are Bruce, Judy, Nancy, Bradford. His Second wife, Laura (Paige) Bascom currently resides in Bedford.
  • Military Service: WW2 US Army
  • Occupation: Owner Bascom Maple Farms Inc.

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