|
50th Wedding Aniv.
|
James Francis Borden, my father, was born June 24,
1926 in Fall River, MA. and died April 26, 2006 in
Boston. He was the son of
Herbert and Clara (Booth)
Borden. His
brother was
Andrew T. Borden.
James married Elizabeth
Askew April
20,1948 in Willimantic, CT.
Elizabeth was born (private - still living) in Fall
River, MA. She was the daughter of Frederick and
Nancy (Chace)
Askew. Her siblings included Robert, Nancy
(Bradbury), Katherine (Whiston), Gifford, Susan
(Cantara).
The children of James and Elizabeth include;
Jim and Betty graduated from Durfee High School.
Jim left school early to join the Navy during WWII.
During WWII Jim served on the USS Missouri. The
deck of the Missouri was the site of the Japanese
surrender in August 1945.
Betty was a cadet nurse at Union Hospital School
of Nursing. The war ended before her graduation and
so she was exempted from serving in the military.
She completed the program and went on to serve Union
Hospital as an OB/GYN labor and delivery nurse.
Later she was an instructor in the FR Diploma School
of Nursing and then Director of Fall River Family
Planning before retiring in 1986.
After the war Jim attended business school and
began work at the Union Savings Bank in 1950. Except
for a two year stint in California, he worked his
entire life at the Union ( which later became
Citizens-Union Savings Bank). He rose through the
ranks to become Executive Vice President, before
retiring in 1986.
When first married, Jim and Betty lived on
Monarch St. in Fall River. Later Jim and Betty and
his mother Clara, purchased the farm in Westport
that had belonged to Clara's sister Sarah and her
Husband John Marsden. In 1957 they sold the farm and
headed off to California. Jim's' brother Andy and
his family had moved there earlier that year. After
two years in California Jim and Betty returned to
MA, the Union Savings Bank and the Union Hospital
and purchased a new home in Somerset. Throughout the
1960s, 70's and 80's they lived on Lepes Road
in Somerset.
After retiring at the age of 60, they began
spending winters in Deerfield Beach Florida to
pursue their passion - GOLF! After beginning to
winter in Florida they built an in-law apartment in
Berkley at Tricia's house for summer visits.
Jim and Betty were passionate about golf and both
had talent. Both preferred to play at Touisset
Country Club in Swansea where they had many friends.
Jim won the club championship a couple times and Bet
won the women's division. Both took their turns
serving as president of the associations. They loved
Touisset and in return the owners there treated Jim
and Bet with respect and great courtesy in their
later years.
|
The farm - Westport, 1957
Andy, Nana, Jim, Betty, with kids, Andrew Barbara,
Peter, Joyce, Carol, Stephen (with the hat and the
"attitude") |
