Edwin P. Story, 88, of 1 Tara Road, Essex, husband of Gloria (Rieker)
Story, died Friday December 10, 2010 in the Kaplan Family
Hospice, Danvers, following his brief illness.
Born in Ipswich May 16, 1922, son of the late Lyndon R. and
Florence K. (Price) Story, he was raised in Essex, a 1939
graduate of Essex High School and a graduate of Essex
Agricultural & Technical Institute. A veteran of WWII, he served
proudly as a Staff Sergent in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 6th
Bombardment Group at the B-29 Bomber Base on Tinian, Mariana
Islands. He was the recipient of the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre
Campaign Medal, the American Theatre Campaign Medal and the
Victory Medal. He was a member of the Ipswich VFW Post #1093,
Essex Lions Club and was a charter member of the former Essex
AMVETS.
Following his honorable discharge he returned to Essex where he
gained a reputation as a builder and carpenter taught by his
father, a former Essex shipbuilder. Mr. Story specialized in
restoration work for the Essex Institute in Salem which included
the House of Seven Gables and other historic Salem home
restorations. He served the Town of Essex as a Cemetery
Commissioner for twenty years and as the Town’s Building
Inspector for ten years. In later years he turned to
horticulture and became known for his greenhouse production of
flowering plants, annuals, perennials and vegetable plants, all
products of his Apple Street greenhouse.
In addition to his wife Gloria of forty three years, he is
survived by a son, Lyndon R. Story of Essex; two daughters,
Kendra, wife of Dr. Kevin Ennis of Danvers and and Lynda, wife
of Norman Seppala of Gloucester; two step-daughters, Alicia
(Crowley) Piscitello of Gloucester and Roberta Crowley,
companion of William Tyack of Wenham. He also leaves his five
grandchildren, Brendan Piscitello of Danvers, Mary Crowley of
Wenham, Kaitlyn Piscitello of Gloucester, Devan Story of
Danvers, and Robin Garfield of Essex; five great grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews. He was the widower of the late
Christine Christopher and Louise McKenzie and was the brother
of the late Helen Kopanon formerly of Essex and Martha Anderson
formerly of Gloucester. He was the step-father of the late
Thomas Crowley formerly of Essex.
His funeral service will be Saturday December 18 at 10 am in the
Whittier-Porter Funeral Home, 6 High Street, Ipswich, followed
by interment with Army Honors in the Spring Street Cemetery,
Essex. Family and friends are also welcomed to an hour of
visitation preceding the service from 9 to 10 am. In lieu of
flowers memorial contributions in his name may be made to
Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St, Suite B-102, Danvers,
MA 01923.
