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and Dana Pond, a New York artist.
McDermott of Decatur; and three sis-
Funeral services were held May 31st teis, Sallie McDermott of Oak Park;
at the late residence with Rev. Howard Lina McDermott, of Houston, Tex.;
J. Chidley, pastor of the First Con- and Mrs. Agnes Razer, of Kansas City,
gregational Church, officiating. Repre- Mo.
senting the American Numismatic As-
socation were Horace M. Grant of
Mrs. Earle K. Hawken
Providence and Malcolm Shell-Frost
Shepard Pond
Mrs. Earle K. Hawken, widow of the
of
Boston.
Henry
Schumacher
and
Shepard Pond, president of the Poole
Piano Co. and treasurer of the Ivers Jesse Klein of Boston represented the late Earle K. Hawken and since his
& Pond Piano Co., Cambridge, Mass., Boteton Coin Club. Interment was in death in 1934 head of the retail piano
firm of Earle K. Hawken & Sons, Inc.,
died a t Winchester Hospital in Win- Wildwood Cemetery.
Springfield, O., passed away suddenly
chester, Mass., on May 28th, at the age
on May 23rd. She would have been 76
of 56.
years old on her next birthday.
Born in Winchester, he was gradu-
John F. McDermott
Mrs. Hawken had been active in the
ated from Harvard in 1909 and became
John Frank McDermott, co-partner
business
up to a short time ago but
associated with the investment bank- in the Emerson Piano Co.,- Decatur,
ing firm of Hayden, Stone & Co. In 111., died in the Decatur and Macon has always acted in an advisory ca-
pacity. She is survived by two sons,
1923 he joined his brother, Clarence County Hospital on May 22, 1945.
H., in the Ivers & Pond Piano Com-
Before World War I, Mr. McDermott E. Robert Hawken and Harry C. Haw-
pany, which has been founded by his had been employed as manager of the ken, both of whom are active in the
father, Handel Pond. Later, he be- Victrola and records department at the business. Funeral services were held
in the Littleton Funeral Home on May
came president and treasurer of the Emerson Piano Co.
Poole Piano Company.
Mr. McDermott was born in Rey- 26th and interment was at Ferncliff
He was a former president and nolds, Neb., Sept. 2, 1890. He had Cemetery, Springfield.
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curator of coins of the Boston Numis- lived in Decatur the last 44 years,
Souder
Breaks
Ground
matic Society and curator of coins of
coming from Dalton City in 1901.
the Massachusetts Historical Society.
He married Beulah P. Potts a t Vir- For New Building in Muncie
E. L. Souder, head of Souders Music
He also was a member of the council den, 111., Dec. 1, 1919, shortly after
of the American Numismantic Society, returning from overseas duty in the Shop, Muncie, Ind.., reports that this
the board of governors of the American 47th Infantry in France and Germany. house has just started construction on
a new building which will be ready for
Numismatic
Association
and the
In addition to being a member of
French and Belgian societies, and a the First Methodist Church, Mr. Mc- occupancy on September 1st. When
fellow of the Royal Numismatic Soci- Dermott belonged to the Association of this operation is completed Mr. Sou-
ety. He was a member of the Harvard Commerce, the Decatur Club, the Coun- der states he intends to expand his
Club of Boston and New York.
try Club of Decatur, the Shrine and business and include pianos, organs
and radio-phonographs in his stock,
He leaves a widow, Mrs. June Ann the Knights Templar.
Besides his wife, he leaves two broth- besides small musical instruments.
Thornton Pond; a daughter Miss Susan
Pond, and two brothers, Clarence H. ers, O. P. McDermott and Ralph R.
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