Mahlon Robert Straw

  General Notes:

VR Maine; information on wife and children per research of Ray and Mary Straw

30 April 1945 out of Portland, ME - U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record - Mahlon R. Straw of Cumberland County, ME; born 1920 Maine; a farmer woth 4 yrs of HS; single w/o dependents

Marriage Record for Mahlon R. Straw
Spouse: Beatrice F. Sargent
Date: 13 Jun 1942
B/G: Groom
Residence: Gorham
Officiant: Rev. H.E. Townsend
County and State: Cumberland Co. ME
Notes:
Source = Town Reports 1893-1944.

MAHLON R. STRAW OPERATED STRAW FARM, ACTIVE IN GRANGE: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Portland Press Herald (ME) - November 6, 1996
Mahlon R. Straw, 76, of Straw Road died Monday after a long illness, at the home where he was born.
A lifelong local resident, he was the son of Robert A. and Jennie S. Deering Straw. In 1938, he graduated from Gorham High School.
Mr. Straw owned and operated Straw Farm for his whole working life.
He was a member, a former deacon and had served of the sanctuary committee of Westbrook Warren Congregational Church.
He was an honorary member of Harmony Masonic Lodge, a 60-year member, past master and held other offices in the North Scarborough Grange.
He was a member and past master of Cumberland Pomona Grange, a member and past state deputy of the Maine State Grange.
He served 12 years on the executive committee of Maine State Grange and was a director of the Rose Drill Team for the State Grange for several years. He was also a seventh-degree member of the National Grange.
In 1976, he was the recipient of the Maine State Grange Farm Family Award and the Living Legend Award, in recognition of 60 years of dedicated service, from the North Scarborough Grange.
He served on the Maine Dairy Promotion Board for 12 years and also on the State Agricultural Committee.
He was a vice chairman of the Soil Conservation Committee in Cumberland County.
Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Beatrice Sargent Straw; a son, Kevin M.; two daughters, Kathleen F. Robbins and and Cheryl D. Walls, all of Gorham; a sister, Ethel S. Rowe of Buxton; and six grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Dolby and Dorr Funeral Chapel, 76 State St. Rev. Harold Shepard will officiate. Burial will follow in South Gorham Cemetery.


per SSDI:
Mahlon STRAW
Birth Date: 14 Jan 1920
Death Date: 4 Nov 1996
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Maine
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 04038
Localities: Gorham, Cumberland, Maine

This family was the 1976 winner of the Maine State Grange Farm Family Award.
"The Straws have a herd of 110 Holsteins on a 300-acre farm operated by (Mahlon) and before him by his father (Robert) and grandfather (Arthur)..."

Mahlon married Beatrice Frances Sargent, daughter of Harry W. Sargent and Charlotte M. Dunning, on 13 Jun 1942 in Gorham, Maine. (Beatrice Frances Sargent was born on 17 May 1918 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, died on 5 Jun 2014 and was buried in South Gorham Cemetery in Cumberland County, Maine.)