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Sumner Sewall, 67, pioneer aviator and Republican Governor of Maine from 1941 to 1945, a World War I ace (seven planes, two balloons) who teamed up with Juan Trippe in 1926 to fly the first New York to Boston airmail run, as Maine's Word War II Governor organized one of the country's first Civil Defence Corps. Later returned to aviation as President of American Overseas Airways, helped build it into a major transatlantic carrier before it merged with Trippe's Pan American in 1950. Time Magazine 5/2/1965
His military service is summarised as Enl: ERC Paris, France, Aug. 23/17. Private. Org: Hq Det Aviation Sec Paris France to Sept. 2/17; AS Tours France to Nov. 17/17; AS Tssoudon France to disch. Hon disch to acpt com: Jan. 7, 1918. Called into active serv as 1st Lt ASSC Jan. 8/18. Org: Sig Corps to -; 95 Aer Sq to -; ASA to disch. Eng: Champagne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Awarded Fr L of H & citation for same; DSC & Oak Leaf Cluster; awarded Fr C de G; awarded Belgium Chevalier de l'Order de la Couronne. Overseas: Aug. 23/17 to Feb. 17/19. Hon disch for conv of Govt: Feb. 20, 1919.⁶

Susan B. (Sewall) Merriam, of Marblehead, formerly of Burlington, Danvers and North Reading, died October 31, 2006, at the Devereux House in Marblehead.Born in Winchester, August 14, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Philip W. and Janet (Greene) Sewall. She was raised and attended school in North Reading.
Mrs. Merriam was a homemaker and she cherished her family and friends. She was a very compassionate and caring person. She loved watching the sunrise in Rockport with her husband, Richard, and she loved the ocean. She also enjoyed going to Mohegan Sun with friends.
Family members include her loving husband of 49 years, Richard Merriam; her sons, Richard Merriam Jr. of Danvers, John Merriam and his wife, Lisa, of Middleton, and Michael Merriam and his wife, Jessica, of Marblehead; her daughter, Kathy McDermott and her husband, John, of Tewksbury; and her brothers, Philip Sewall Jr. of California and Jeffrey Sewall of Florida.
She was also the cherished grandmother of John, Jason, Brian, Kathryn, Christopher and Aidan.
Her funeral service was held November 4 at the Union Congregational Church, 148 Haverhill St., North Reading.²

She was a charter member of the Rev. James Caldwell D.A.R., Jacksonville, Illinois. It is entirely due to her efforts that the records of this branch of the family are so complete and all the data was in her possession at her death. She continued to live at the Barnes homestead, 415 West State Street, Jacksonville.¹

Mrs. Herbert C. Hunter, 80, former teacher of drawing at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, died Friday at Whitehall Sanatarium, Falls Church, Va.
Mrs. Hunter was the former Isabel Sewall, a native of Farmington. Va. She was graduated from normal school in Farmington in 1893, and after teaching elementary grades in Maine, she studied at Massachusetts Normal Art School.
Her late husband, to whom she was married in 1908, worked with the Weather Bureau here. From 1909 until her recent illness Mrs. Hunter lived near Franklin Park, Fairfax County, Va.
She joined the teaching staff at Sidwell Friends School in 1915, and except for a year at McKinley High School in 1917-18, she was at Friends until her retirement in 1934.
Survivors include two sons, Richard S. Hunter. 5420 Brier Ridge road, Falls Church, and Gilbert T. Hunter, Indianapolis, Ind.: a sister, Mrs. Helen S. Hunter, Boston; and five grandsons.
A memorial service will be held September 11 at Rock Spring Church, Arlington, Va., where she was a charter member. Burial will be in Newburyport. Mass.⁵