Obituary - Kenneth Henson PATON

I found this article recently - Kenneth H. Paton was the son of George & Amelia Paton.
George was the son of Samuel & Isabella Batton. Samuel was the brother of our relative Andrew Batton. Samuel registers his fathers death in September 1872 as Samuel Batton and then marries Isabella Anderson in April 1877 - his marriage certificate is Samuel PATON.
He has 2 sons that he registers as PATON - George Crawford Paton and David Paton. George would have been named after our main patriach GEORGE BATTON and David was Isabella's fathers name.

COOPERSTOWN — Services for Kenneth Henson Paton are scheduled for 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 22, 2000, at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Springfield Center, with the Rev. Persis Willams, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Lakewood Cemetery in the spring.

Mr. Paton died Friday, March 17, 2000, after a brief illness.
He was born Oct. 17, 1911, in Flushing, the son of George Crawford and Amelia Ann Gordon Paton.
He attended Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and New York University. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and was honorably discharged in 1953, having attained the rank of lieutenant.
He married Mary Hyde Clarke on April 28, 1938. She died in November 1981.
He was a coffee economist and consultant. With his brother Gordon, he founded George Gordon Paton and Co., a coffee trade journal, the predecessor of Coffee Publications Inc. He served as co-editor and then editor until his retirement in the mid-70s.
After his retirement, he maintained residences on Lake Otsego and on Hilton Head Island, S.C., with golf and travel occupying his time. He moved to Ardmore, Okla., in 1996.

He was preceded in death by his loving wife, his parents, one sister and four brothers.
Mr. Paton is survived by two sisters, Muriel P. Hallock and Lorraine Hughes, both of Florida; three daughters, Barbara von Briesen of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Patricia Jurey of Ardmore, Okla., and Susan Liu of Hong Kong. Survivors also include seven grandchildren, Katherine S. Addleman of Aurora, Colo., Robert M. Smith Jr. of Bartlesville, Okla., Diana S. Walters of Coppell, Texas, Jennifer Soor of Framingham, Mass., Frederica Goodman of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Mark von Briesen of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and Liane Liu of Hong Kong; and seven great-grandchildren, Abigail and Bethany Smith, Elizabeth and Virginia Addleman and Angela, Mitchell and Conner Walters.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to The Discretionary Fund at St. Mary's Church, Springfield Center, N.Y. 13468.
Arrangements are under the direction of Tillapaugh Funeral Home, Cooperstown and Milford.