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Mr. Tabor was born in Littleton, N.H., Nov. 12, 1927, a son of the late Harold and Olga (Irons) Tabor and was a graduate of Colby College, class of 1951. He had been a Cheshire resident for over 50 years, prior to moving to Narragansett, RI. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and a retired employee of Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. with over 35 years of service. While a Cheshire resident he had been a member and past President of the Jaycees and was a former Commissioner of the Park and Recreation Dept. and a member of the First Congregational Church of Cheshire. The family would like to express special thanks to Will and Kristen Cushing and Tracy Weber-Tierney for the care given to Mr. Tabor.
Besides his wife of 56 years, he leaves two sons, Richard Tabor of New York City and James Tabor Jr. of Cheshire; two daughters, Dorcas Prior of Cheshire and Dana Menzies of Woodbridge; one sister, Jane Tabor of Guilford; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
The funeral will be held on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. from the Slater Funeral Home, 242 South. Main St., Cheshire to the First Congregational Church of Cheshire, 111 Church Drive for services at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Cheshire Hillside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 11 a.m. until the procession leaves for church. Memorial contributions may made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 2572 Whitney Ave, Hamden. 06518. For additional information or to send an online condolence go to www. aldersons.com
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cindy hale
January 6, 2007
my dear friends, expressing deep and heartfelt sympathy to my extended family in your time of sorrow. be comforted in knowing jim is sitting with my dad talking redsox history!
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