Obituary - Charles D Belcher
Charles Belcher, of Old Winthrop Clan
Boston Globe March 11, 1962, page 61
Services for Charles D. Belcher, 88, oldest member of one of Winthrop's founding families will be held at 2:30 pm tomorrow in the Reynolds Funeral Home, Winthrop. Interment will be at the Winthrop Cemetery.
Mr. Belcher died March 2 at Wilmington, Del, where for the past seven years he lived with a son, Dr. Charles Jr. A retired employee of the Winthrop Post Office, Mr. Belcher was a member of the First Church in Winthrop, Methodist; a past noble grand of Crystal Bay Lodge I.O.O.F., and a member of Winthrop Lodge, A.F. & A.M. He was a brother of the late Arnold Belcher, former Globe news photographer.
He is survived by his wife Katherine (Borden); a sister Gertrude of Winthrop; two other sons Horace E of Baltimore and Norman H of Winthrop; four daughters Mrs. Arthur H. Nielson of South Portland, Me; Mrs. Harold I. Carter of Winthrop; Mrs. Arthur D Roberts of New Canaan, Ct; Mrs. Carl Masson of Dedham; 19 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
