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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 108770567
• Group: Halls of Portsmouth, RI - DNA Family 015

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108770567

Group:
Descendants of William Hall of Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Martha married Charles W. Tukey before 1920. Charles was born in 1880; died in 1945; was buried after 1945 in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 62336675
• Group: Halls of Portsmouth, RI - DNA Family 015
• Obituary: 30 Nov 2010, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; Providence Journal

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Birth:
Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Birth Index, 1636-1930
Name:      William P Tukey
Birth Date:      14 Jan 1920
Birth Place:      Rhode Island
1st Parent:      Charles W Tukey
2nd Parent:      Martha A Tukey

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62336675

Group:
Descendants of William Hall of Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Obituary:
William P. Tukey, 90, of 516 Gravelly Hill Road in South Kingstown, passed away at home on November 23 after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Hope (Hall) Tukey, to whom he was married for over 62 years.

Mr. Tukey was born on January 14, 1920 in Providence, the son of the late Charles W. Tukey and Martha (Peckham) Tukey.

He was educated in North Providence public schools, then graduated from Classical High School in 1938 and from Brown University in 1942. In World War II, he was a decorated naval aviator who flew Hellcats from the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, earning three Distinguished Flying Crosses and six Air Medals. During a long and distinguished career in the textile industry, he worked for companies including Textron, Allied Chemical, Indian Head Mills, and Monsanto Corporation. He retired in 1986 and lived for the remainder of his life in South Kingstown.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Tukey leaves two sons, William P. Tukey, Jr. of South Kingstown and Paul M. Tukey of Charlestown; two daughters, Cynthia H. Cruser of Narragansett and Melissa T. McQuarrie of Virginia Beach, Virginia; seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

A committal service with militany honors was held in Rhode Island Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Exeter.

William married Hope E. Hall about 1948. Hope (daughter of Rev. Charles Merrill Hall and Ruth Elizabeth Mary Boothman) was born on 22 Jul 1923 in North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; died on 17 Feb 2017 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island; was buried after 17 Feb 2017 in Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

C. married D.A. Cruser [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: D.J.". McQuarrie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]