George R. Dexter^[1]

1885 - 1960  (75 years)

• Name	George R. Dexter  [2, 3]
  Birth	28 Feb 1885	Damascus, Wayne Co., PA   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Aug 1960	New York, NY   [5]
  Burial	Calvary Cemetery, NY   [5]
  Person ID	I6078	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Moses Herbert Dexter,   b. 9 Jul 1863, Branningville Or Damascus, Wayne Co., PA d. 15 Mar 1936, Scranton, Lackawanna Co., PA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Lenna Esther Randtel,   b. 16 Sep 1866, Atco (Branningville), Wayne Co., PA d. 25 Sep 1940, Home Of Minnie Dexter Case/Scranton, Lackawanna Co., PA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	8 Jun 1883	Atco, Wayne Co., PA   [7, 8, 9]
  	"After their marriage the couple worked for four months for W.D.Guinnip in his store at Atco. They then moved to Barkely Lake until about 1886 when they moved to Port Jervis, NY, for eight years... About 1923 they purchased a home in Narrowsburg, NY (DVN 6/9/1933). Poplierz, p.63)
  Family ID	F64825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Taylor   d. Bef 1947
  Children	1. George T. Dexter,   b. 18 Jul 1910   d. Between Jun and Aug 1952, Mastic Beach, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY   2. Florence M. Dexter,   b. 6 Apr 1916
  Family ID	F64903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Contact and Research Gaston and Florence Dunnell or their daughter, Carol Dunstan when time available. Retired from the Astoria, Long Island or New York City police force. Believed to have worked for either the Astoria Long Island or New York City police departments or both. Retired. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Obituary from the Long Island Star-Journal 8/24/1960: Dexter, George R., on Aug. 21, 1960, retired member of N.Y. Police Department; loving husband of the late Katherine (nee Taylor); loving father of Florence Dunnell and the late George; brother of Minnie Lapsansky; beloved grandfather of Carol Dunnell. Fumeral from the Bergen Funeral Home, 45-18 48th Ave., Woodside, Thursday at 9:30 A.M. Solemn mass of requiem at St. Raphael's Church 10 A.M. Interment in Calvary Cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- GEORGE R. DEXTER - Retired Policeman George R. Dexter, 75 of Long Island City, will be buried tomorrow in Calvary Cemetery following a 10 A.M. solemn requiem mass in St. Raphael's Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Dexter died Sunday of a heart attack in his home at 47-07 39th Street. Born in Pennsylvania, he became a member of the Police Department in 1914 and retired in 1939 after serving for 25 years. Mr. Dexter was stationed at the Long Island City Precinct at the time of his retirement. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America in Manhattan. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Florence Dunnell; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Lapsansky, and a grand-daughter, Carol. The Bergen Funeral Home at 45-18 48th Avenue, Woodside, is in charge.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3318] Jon Todd Gibson Case, jontoddgibsoncase. [S3643] Minnie Dexter, Minnie Dexter Case Notes, (Handwritten Notes). [S893] Newspaper Obit. for Moses Dexter. [S3665] LDS Film 0955013 - Prothonotary Wayne Co., Court House, Honesdale, PA 18431 Register of Births 1893-1906. [S3666] Long Island Star-Journal, George R. Dexter Obituary, (8/24/1960), 8/24/1960 (Reliability: 3). [S277] Richard Orvis Eldred & Iona Irene Popielarz, Dexter and Related Families of the Upper Delaware Valley, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1994 Correspondence and book orders to: Iona Irene Popielarz 56 Sharrer Rd. Port Murray, NJ 07865 (908) 832-7968), 95, LOC 94-72779. (Reliability: 3). [S277] Richard Orvis Eldred & Iona Irene Popielarz, Dexter and Related Families of the Upper Delaware Valley, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1994 Correspondence and book orders to: Iona Irene Popielarz 56 Sharrer Rd. Port Murray, NJ 07865 (908) 832-7968), 63, LOC 94-72779. (Reliability: 3). [S905] Minnie Dexter, Bible Record copied by Minnie Dexter. [S917] Delaware Valley News, 6/9/1933 (Reliability: 3).