This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sample, Pratt, Lindsey, Gates, Howard, Bowen, Stearns, Peterson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11814.1 Message Board Post: Sample, Mark I. Thomas. b. Oct. 22, 1910 Ellery Center, NY. d. Apr. 28, 1997 in his home 4726 Chautauqua Avenue, Maple Springs, NY. Ashes bd. May 2, 1997 Lot 195 G - 9. Age 86. s/o Franklin T. & Belle A. (Pratt) Sample. md. July 31, 1932 at Bemus Point by Clark L. Lord J.P. - Geneva Lindsey. b. Mar. 14, 1913 Clymer, NY. d/o Herbert & Elva (Gates) Lindsey. PJ: 4/29/1997: Maple Springs: Mark T. Sample, 86, of 4726 Chautauqua Ave., died at 8:20 p.m. Monday (April 28, 1997) in his home. A lifelong area resident, he was born Oct. 22, 1910 in Ellery Center, the son of Franklin and Belle Pratt Sample. He was a member of the first graduating class of Bemus Point Central School in 1929 and was employed by Weber-Knapp Inc. as a watchman, retiring in 1972. He was also a popular area square dance caller from the 1940s to the 1960s. Surviving are his wife, the former Geneva Lindsey, whom he married July 31, 1932: a son, Herbert Sample of Jamestown; two daughters, Lona Howard of Stockton and Eldora Bowen of Westfield; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and two sisters: Mary Stearns of Portland Ore. and Elsie Peterson of Lakewood. He was prec! eded in death by two brothers: William and Hugh Sample. PJ: 5/4/1997: A memorial service was held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Lind Funeral Home Inc. Rev. Mary Krahn, Hospice Chaplain, officiated. Interment was in Bemus Point Cemetery. Attending from out of town were Mrs. Brenda Prell, Marion, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Sample, Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Cynthia Miller and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bergano, all of Syracuse, N.Y.; Mrs. Beth Duncan, Williamsburg, Va.; and Mrs. Beverly Dunham, Wrightsville, Pa.