Granville Dustin Small

1915 - 2008  (92 years)

• Name	Granville Dustin Small  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	7 Nov 1915	Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Jan 2008	Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine   [2, 3]
  Burial	Litchfield Plains Cemetery, Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I371386	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Delmar Rhoades Small
  Mother	Genevieve Mertelle Dustin
  Family ID	F232862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Shirley V. Sylvester,   b. 16 Jul 1924, Maine d. 28 Sep 1975 (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	24 Mar 1958  [1]
  Children	1. Delmar Small
  Family ID	F232861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME) January 25, 2008 LITCHFIELD -- Granville Dustin Small, 92, died peacefully on Jan. 23, 2008, at his family home in Litchfield. He was born in the same house on Nov. 7, 1915, the son of Delmar Rhoades and Genie (Dustin) Small, and attended the grade school on Pine Tree Road and Litchfield Academy. From 1942 to 1945, he was a field lineman in the 8th Army, 43rd Division of the 152nd Field Artillery Battalion, and served in Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons, New Guinea and Luzon. In 1946, he married Elaine Wright, of Auckland, New Zealand. They had one son, Rex. The marriage ended in divorce in 1951. In 1958, he married Shirley Sylvester, of Litchfield. They had one son, Delmar. Shirley died in 1975. In 1978, he married Ina Hutchins of Montville, his wife of 30 years, who survives him. Following his service in World War II and time in New Zealand, Granville returned to the family farm, where he raised livestock and produced lumber and maple syrup for many years. In the late 1960s and 70s, he worked as an electrician and at Globe Albany in Monmouth. Granville greatly enjoyed working the farm, and especially haying and lumbering with a team of oxen. He was known for his honesty, helpfulness in the community, his inventive projects and creative approaches. He was at one time town forester, a member of the Litchfield Grange, the Farmers Club, the Maine Tree Farm Association, the Civil Air Patrol, and a lifelong member of Plains Baptist Church. One of Granville's great life projects, for which he will always be remembered, is restoring the family property to its natural beauty after years of gravel mining. He was predeceased by his brother, Chester Small; and sister Freda Jones. In addition to Ina, he is survived by a sister, Hilda Mitchell and her husband, Emerson, of Gray; a brother, Leo Small and his wife, Fran, of West Gardiner; two sons, Rex Small and his wife, Kathy, of Auckland, New Zealand, and Delmar Small and his partner, Teague Morris, of Litchfield; and twin granddaughters Alannah Marshall and her husband, Rowan, and Vanessa Murphy and her husband, Paul, all of Auckland; and many nieces and nephews.

  
  

• Sources

  [S53672] Marriage index, Maine, Name Shirley V Sylvester Gender Female Spouse's Name Granville D Small Spouse's Gender Male Marriage Date 24 Mar 1958 Marriage Place Maine, USA Certificate 1122 (Reliability: 3). [S9844] Cemetery index, Litchfield Plains Cemetery, Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine, (Find-a-Grave). [S81330] Obituary, Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), Granville Dustin Small, (January 25, 2008).