Merle David Straw Jr

  General Notes:

Info per S. Phaneuf

Hampton NH Academy Alumni,
Merle D. Straw, Jr. '39

1950 Seabrook, Rockingham, NH
Merle Divr. Straw 29Head
Helen L. Straw28Wife
Merle D. 3rd Straw 4Son

Merle Straw
M. D. Straw, Auctioneer
Address:27 Dumas Avenue Hampton, NH 03842
Business:603-926-0200
Home:603-926-0200
E-mail:resserthorner@mindspring.com

Merle D. Straw Jr.: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH) - Thursday, May 23, 2013
Deceased Name: Merle D. Straw Jr.
HAMPTON -- Merle D. Straw Jr., auctioneer, appraiser and real estate broker, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton.
Merle, born on April 14, 1921, to Merle D. and Lottie (Publicover) Straw in Medford, Mass., was a 1939 graduate of Hampton Academy and attended the University of New Hampshire.
He served as a gunnery instructor in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
Mr. Straw graduated from Reppert School of Auctioneering in 1946. He served as the Seabrook town moderator and was a charter member of the Seabrook Lions Club. He was active in the auction profession for more than 50 years and was proprietor of The Old Man of Seabrook Auction Gallery for 25 years.
He was a charter member and past president of the New Hampshire Auctioneers Association, past chairman of the New Hampshire Board of Auctioneers and past director of the National Auctioneers Association. He imported antiques from Ireland, Scotland and Spain in the 1960s and 1970s and was a guest lecturer on antiques on WENH, Channel 11, Durham.
As a real estate broker, Mr. Straw was involved in numerous residential and commercial transactions in the Seacoast area.
He is survived by his wife, Judith Benford Straw; two sons, Merle David Straw III of Freedom and Robert Alan Straw of Hampton; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his beloved son, Steven Straw.
services: A private graveside service was held at Elmwood Lawn Cemetery in Guilford, Maine. A memorial service in celebration of Merle's life will be held Friday, June 14, at 1 p.m. in the United Church of Christ, 295 Atlantic Ave., North Hampton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Seacoast Family Promise, P.O. Box 233, Straham 03885.

Find a Grave Memorial 215000656

Merle married Helen Louella McClintock, daughter of Robert Jospeh McClintock and Madeline Hopwood, on 9 Feb 1944 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Helen Louella McClintock was born on 21 Jan 1922 in Cornersville, Tennessee and died on 29 Feb 2020 in Hampton, New Hampshire.)

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Merle next married Living