The Family of Earl L. Mastin and Helen Hilliard Mastin

The Parents of Earl L. Mastin

Lemon Mastin and Clara Caskey Mastin

The Parents of Helen Hilliard

Mother and Father Hilliard

Mastin Family Tree

Caskey Family Tree

Hilliard Family Tree

Helen’s Maternal Family Tree

Marriages of Earl L. Mastin

Marriage to Helen Hilliard in 1942

Marriages of Helen Hilliard

Marriage to Earl L. Mastin in 1942

The Obituary of Earl L. Mastin

31 March 1912 - 26 January 2011

From an Unknown Newspaper, January 2011

Earl Mastin passed away January 26, 2011 at the age of 98. He is survived by his wife Helen of 68 years, a woman he dearly loved and attributed to his long and successful life.

Earl is also survived by his sister, Irene Rowley McPherson of Honeoye, brother Ivan (Virginia) of Springwater, sister-in-law Grace Mastin of Honeoye, his dear cousin Wilson Mastin (Slyvia) and their family, many nieces, nephews, good friends and wonderful care givers.

He was predeceased by his brothers and their wives, Elwin(Emeline), Otto(Lottie), his brother Harold and his sister and her husband Onolee(Amos) Jenks.

Earl was born March 31,1912, the third son of Lemon and Clara Mastin. All together, there were 5 boys and 2 girls. He attended the Gull school house in Honeoye for his first 8 grades. He would walk to school each day The first order of business each morning was health inspection checking the faces, neck and hands for cleaniness. Earl attended Honeoye High School for his 4 years graduating in 1930. His brother Otto and sister Onolee went to school with him in and horse and buggy and then in a 1917 Model T touring car.

After graduating from high school, Earl worked with his father on the farm and for the Canadice Telephone Co. installing poles and wires. In 1931, Earl went to Teachers Training Class in Canadaigua for 1 year. That enabled him to teach at the Gull School in Honeoye. After teaching for one year, Earl went to Geneseo Normal which is now the Geneseo State University. He drove a 1929 Model A Ford Coupe to Geneseo. He did practice teaching for 10 weeks at York Grade School. Earl then got a job teaching at Frost Hollow School where he taught for 8 years. He then went to Honeoye Grade School where he taught 7th and 8th grades.

Around 1942, Earl went back to work with his father on the farm. He married the love of his life Helen in 1942 and they worked the Huff farm just south of his father’s farm. In 1945, Earl and Helen bought the family farm from his father. Helen and Earl farmed together with Helen driving tractors and a 1945 Ford truck to plant and harvest crops. They had 25 dairy cows which were milked by hand twice a day. Earl also hauled milk in cans for 25 years. Helen had 700 laying hens. Eggs were washed and put into cartons and sold to people out of their house.

In 1959, Earl was elected Supervisor of the town of Canadice and also served on the Ontario County Board of Supervisors for 14 years. On Earl’s 95th birthday, the town of Canadice proclaimed March 31 of every year as “Earl Mastin” day.

Earl served on the Board of Review for the Canandaigua National Bank for 35 years.

For many years, Earl wrote articles for the Canadice Chronicle entitled “As I Saw It”. These included good times gone by in Canadice and the surrounding area as well as good friends he had met along the way.

In Earl’s later years, he would write poems. Some of his best poems were about his wife Helen. He has told us all many times how fortunate he was to have Helen for his wife.

The last year of his life was made easier by all of the care givers that gave him love as he reciprocated with his famous “Earl Smile”.

Earl was born in the same house he died in. He lived there all his life except for the 2 years Earl and Helen farmed the Huff farm. Everyone has been made a better person as a result of a relationship with Earl.

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A Tribute to Earl L. Mastin

By Mike Maslanik of the Canandaigua Messenger Post

20 February 2011

Canadice - Family and friends will remember Earl Mastin as a kind, hard-working man who was quick with a smile.

Mr. Mastin died Jan. 26 at the age of 98, in the same farmhouse where he was born in 1912.

“As a friend of mine who also knew Earl wrote me, ‘Earl was a gentleman’s gentleman,’” said nephew Don Mastin. “A grand life well lived.”

Mr. Mastin was born and raised in Canadice and attended Honeoye High School. Mr. Mastin, his brother Otto and sister Onolee traveled in a horse and buggy before upgrading to a 1917 Model T touring car.

After high school, Mr. Mastin worked on the family farm and installed poles and wires for the Canadice Telephone Co. In 1931, he attended a one-year teacher training class in Canandaigua, which enabled him to teach at the Gull School in Honeoye, his old primary school.

After teaching at the Gull School for a year, Mr. Mastin attended Geneseo Normal School, spent 10 weeks practice teaching at York Grade School and took a full-time teaching job at the Frost Hollow School. He taught there for eight years before moving on teach 7th and 8th grades at Honeoye Grade School.

In 1942, Mr. Mastin went back to work on the family farm and soon married Helen, the love of his life, and began their 68 years of marriage.

“We worked together and if we had any differences, which we didn’t often have, we worked them out,” Helen Mastin said.

In 1945, the couple bought the Mastin family farm, which, at its peak, had 25 dairy cows and 700 laying hens.

Mr. Mastin then entered town politics and was elected supervisor of the Town of Canadice in 1959. In is 14 years in office, he was instrumental in getting the roads striped and providing the sheriff’s officers with uniforms, Helen said.

She said her husband was a plain-spoken straight shooter, attributes that served him well in politics.

“He was a man who said what he thought and meant what he said,” she said.

Richmond Town Board member Steve Barnhoorn recalled an incident in 1965, when Mr. Mastin bucked his political party to help his brother-in-law, the Richmond town supervisor, remain chairman of the Ontario County Board of Supervisors. Barnhoorn appreciated what that said about Mr. Mastin’s commitment to family.

“When push came to shove, family loyalty trumped politics, and I will always admire Earl for that,” Barnhoorn said.

Mr. Mastin remained a beloved figure in the community and on his 95th birthday, the town board proclaimed that March 31 will be known as “Earl Mastin Day.”

Mr. Mastin also served on Canandaigua National Bank Board of Review for 35 years.

Helen Mastin said that she measures the impact her husband had on the lives of others through the messages on the more than 100 sympathy cards she has received.

“He was a wonderful man who meant a lot to almost everyone,” she said.

The Obituary of Helen Hilliard Mastin

1921 - 1 September 2013

From the Livingston County News, 9 September 2013

Canadice - Helen Hilliard Mastin, age 92, passed away on September 1, 2013. She was predeceased by her husband Earl Mastin in 2011.

Helen is survived by her niece, Denise (Frank) Gundert of Newburg, N.Y.; her nephew, Edward Hilliard of Waterloo, N.Y.; her brother-in-law, Ivan (Virginia) Mastin of Springwater, N.Y.; special cousins including Wilson and Sylvia Mastin of Bloomfield and their family, many nieces and nephews of Earl’s including Donald (Sue) Mastin of Avon, N.Y. and Denise Alcock of Honeoye, N.Y.; many dear friends and devoted caregivers.

Friends and family are invited to attend her Funeral Mass on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Route 20A, Honeoye, followed by a luncheon. Burial, St. Bridgets Cemetery, East Bloomfield at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions may be made to the Richmond Ambulance Fund, PO Box 469, Honeoye, NY 14471 or St. Mary’s Church, 8961 W. Main St. Honeoye, NY 14471.

Arrangements, Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home, Inc. Honeoye — Livonia.

The Burial of Earl L. Mastin

St. Bridget’s Church Cemetery in East Bloomfield NY

The Burial of Helen Hilliard Mastin

St. Bridget’s Church Cemetery in East Bloomfield NY

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