Camden, Dec. 2 -- Milton Eastham, 65, retired railroad employe, an active worker in affairs of
the local Methodist Episcopal Church and a past master of Philanthropic Lodge, F. and A. M., died
Sunday night at a Rome hospital where he had been taken on Friday. He had been in poor health
for a few months.
He was born at Auburn, January 18, 1870, a son of the late Edmund and Lucy Armstrong Eastham.
His father died when he was 14 years old, and at the age of 22 he learned the trade of telegrapher
and held positions with the Lehigh Valley and New York Central railroads at Camden, Spencer,
Ludlowville and McConnellsville. He was station agent for the N. Y. C. in Camden from 1902 to
1918, when he resigned to become one of the telegraph operators here and at McConnellsville.
He married Miss Helen Swanson of this place on December 20, 1894, her death occurring October 2,
1918. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a member of the official board.
He had always taken an active part in church affairs. He served Philanthropic Lodge of Masons as
master in 1930.
Surviving are two sons, Milton and John Eastham of Camden; two sisters Mrs. Stephen Haven of
Sayre, Pa. and Mrs. Arthur Brown of Spencer.
Funeral services will be held at the home of his son, John Eastham, 61 Second St., on Wednesday
at 2 p.m. The Rev. W. K. Bradshaw will officiate and members of the Masonic Lodge will conduct
their ritual. Burial in charge of J. F. Smith will be made in Forest Park Cemetery.
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