Age 34. 21 Williams Street, Southbridge, MA (lodging at 636 Cambridge Street, Worcester, MA). Born on 6/30/1908, in Southbridge. Died of burns (death certificate). Toolmaker, Heald Machine Co. (boring and grinding machinery), of Worcester. Was known as "Joe." Attended the historic afternoon College of the Holy Cross 55-to-12 football upset of nationally top-ranked Boston College at Fenway Park in Boston with coworker and friend Boris Lolo, age 25, of Worcester, dead. Another victim, Miss Monica Conlon, age 22, of Worcester, employed at the same firm, perished in a reported separate party. His remains were transported to Northern Mortuary, Boston. Was a graduate of Cole Trade School, Southbridge. Was recently divorced, ex-wife former J. Pauline Favreau, age 21 (Born 11/25/1921. Died as Pauline Martinez 3/21/2009, San Antonio, TX, age 87), married in 1941. Couple had no children. Average build (WWII draft registration, October '40: 5' 11," 172 lbs.). His WWII draft registration card shows the correct month and day of his birth but misstates the birth year as "1910." One of six Grove victims from the blue-collar central Bay State city of Southbridge (also Mr. and Mrs. H. Houghton Bellows and his wife Rita, ages 25 and 24, Steven Casavant, age 21, Raymond Martel, age 22, and Gray Miller, Jr., age 26, the latter lodging in Newton, MA). One of 256 males dead (including two outside passing rescue workers) along with 234 women, a total of 490 killed. Parents Mr. Joseph G., Sr., same Southbridge address, and the late Mrs. Annie L. (O'Connell) Ford. Burial at St. Mary's Cemetery, Southbridge. Middle name Alfred.

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