{"id":4877,"date":"2024-12-18T13:33:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/?p=4877"},"modified":"2024-12-18T13:34:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:34:02","slug":"m-edward-provost-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2024\/12\/18\/m-edward-provost-53\/","title":{"rendered":"M. Edward Provost ’53"},"content":{"rendered":"
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M. Edward Provost, 89, Rochester, Indiana, passed away at 8:54 A.M. Friday, June 28, 2024, at Wynnfield Crossing, Rochester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was born on November 5, 1934 in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of Edward N. and May (Merrill) Provost. Ed was a veteran having served with the United States Air Force and had attended Purdue University. On September 30, 1998, in Granby, Connecticut, he married Harriet (Bonine) McAllister and she survives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ed had worked as a salesman for Burns Construction, Macy, Indiana for over forty years. He was a member of the American Legion, Elks Lodge, Moose Lodge, and attended Wesley Methodist Church in Culver, Indiana. He was a sports enthusiast, an avid golfer, and a big fan of Big Ten Sports, especially Purdue University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survivors include his wife, Harriet Provost, Rochester, Indiana, son Curtis Adams, Boynton Beach, Florida, daughter, Tamara Provost, Westfield, Indiana, step-daughter, Gwen (Fiance\u2019 Adam Hoover) McAllister, Carmel, Indiana, five grandchildren, sister, Jacqueline Neumann, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Preceding him in death were his parents and step-son, James Brent McAllister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memorial services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, July 13, 2024 at Wynnfield Crossing in the Chapel, 1729 Wabash Avenue, Rochester, Indiana. Burial will be held at Riverside Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

M. Edward Provost, 89, Rochester, Indiana, passed away at 8:54 A.M. Friday, June 28, 2024, at Wynnfield Crossing, Rochester. He was born on November 5, 1934 in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of Edward N. and May (Merrill) Provost. Ed was a veteran having served with the United States Air Force and had attended Purdue University. … Continue reading M. Edward Provost ’53<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[352,63],"class_list":["post-4877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1950s","tag-class-of-1953","tag-williston-academy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4877"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4880,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877\/revisions\/4880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}