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- The Auburn Citizen, Monday, 26 Oct 1914
The Late W.F. Wakefield
W.F. Wakefield, whose interment took place at Fort Hill Cemetery this afternoon, although a resident of Port Chester, N.Y., for the past 30 years, was not altogether unknown in this locality, having served as pastor of the Baptist Church in Venice for a number of years following his graduation from Rochester University. During that pastorate he married Miss Mary E. Baldwin, sister of C.F. Baldwin and Mrs. H.H. Fell of this city and Mrs. George B. Crawfoot of Venice. he subsequently held pastorates at DeRuyter, Mahopac Falls and Port Chester, N.Y.
He was a veteran of the Civil War and since his retirement from the ministry some years ago has been prominent in public and philanthropic work in that city.
A son, Faron N., died in 1908, while a student at Harvard Law School and Mrs. Wakefield died in 1909.
Mr. Wakefield recently married Miss Reed of Rye, N.Y., who with one daughter, Miss Inez Wakefield, and two brothers survive him.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1845 - 1914 (69 years)