This memorial is a cenotaph. Paul Akey is actually buried in Old Saint Mary's Cemetery, Potsdam, New York. His FAG#: 100984364
Bio provided by Don Wilcox
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Akey. He spent most of his youth in Potsdam, where his parents resided on a farm on the Potsdam-Norwood road. As a young man, he was a river driver, employed by the A. Sherman Lumber Company.
On Sept. 17, 1913, he married Miss Maude Pereau of Glens Falls. For several years the couple resided in that city where he was employed in the state superintendent of elections offices. In 1915, they moved to Potsdam where Mr. Akey was employed with the Racquette River Paper Company for nearly 30 years.
Mr. Akey is survived by his wife, five daughters, Mrs. Roy (Celia) Craft and Mrs. Paul (Pauline) McQuown, both of Potsdam, and the Misses Betty, Clista and Regina, all at home. A son, Pvt. Vernon Akey, who was one of the first Potsdam men to enter, service, died in a Jap prison camp after the fall of Corregidor. Also surviving are three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Myra Yandon.
Tue. 10/2/1945 Ogd. Journal
Bio provided by Don Wilcox
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Akey. He spent most of his youth in Potsdam, where his parents resided on a farm on the Potsdam-Norwood road. As a young man, he was a river driver, employed by the A. Sherman Lumber Company.
On Sept. 17, 1913, he married Miss Maude Pereau of Glens Falls. For several years the couple resided in that city where he was employed in the state superintendent of elections offices. In 1915, they moved to Potsdam where Mr. Akey was employed with the Racquette River Paper Company for nearly 30 years.
Mr. Akey is survived by his wife, five daughters, Mrs. Roy (Celia) Craft and Mrs. Paul (Pauline) McQuown, both of Potsdam, and the Misses Betty, Clista and Regina, all at home. A son, Pvt. Vernon Akey, who was one of the first Potsdam men to enter, service, died in a Jap prison camp after the fall of Corregidor. Also surviving are three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Myra Yandon.
Tue. 10/2/1945 Ogd. Journal
This memorial is a cenotaph. Paul Akey is actually buried in Old Saint Mary's Cemetery, Potsdam, New York. His FAG#: 100984364
Bio provided by Don Wilcox
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Akey. He spent most of his youth in Potsdam, where his parents resided on a farm on the Potsdam-Norwood road. As a young man, he was a river driver, employed by the A. Sherman Lumber Company.
On Sept. 17, 1913, he married Miss Maude Pereau of Glens Falls. For several years the couple resided in that city where he was employed in the state superintendent of elections offices. In 1915, they moved to Potsdam where Mr. Akey was employed with the Racquette River Paper Company for nearly 30 years.
Mr. Akey is survived by his wife, five daughters, Mrs. Roy (Celia) Craft and Mrs. Paul (Pauline) McQuown, both of Potsdam, and the Misses Betty, Clista and Regina, all at home. A son, Pvt. Vernon Akey, who was one of the first Potsdam men to enter, service, died in a Jap prison camp after the fall of Corregidor. Also surviving are three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Myra Yandon.
Tue. 10/2/1945 Ogd. Journal
Bio provided by Don Wilcox
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Akey. He spent most of his youth in Potsdam, where his parents resided on a farm on the Potsdam-Norwood road. As a young man, he was a river driver, employed by the A. Sherman Lumber Company.
On Sept. 17, 1913, he married Miss Maude Pereau of Glens Falls. For several years the couple resided in that city where he was employed in the state superintendent of elections offices. In 1915, they moved to Potsdam where Mr. Akey was employed with the Racquette River Paper Company for nearly 30 years.
Mr. Akey is survived by his wife, five daughters, Mrs. Roy (Celia) Craft and Mrs. Paul (Pauline) McQuown, both of Potsdam, and the Misses Betty, Clista and Regina, all at home. A son, Pvt. Vernon Akey, who was one of the first Potsdam men to enter, service, died in a Jap prison camp after the fall of Corregidor. Also surviving are three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Myra Yandon.
Tue. 10/2/1945 Ogd. Journal
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