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Boston Post Cane Presentation
January 4, 2017
Mildred Peck Byard
It was with great pleasure that the Town of Buxton presented the (Buxton) Boston Post Cane to
Mrs. Mildred Peck Byard.
Mrs. Byard was born October 5, 1921 in the Town of Weston, Maine. She grew up on a farm in
North Bancroft, Maine and was the youngest of 10 children. She married Mr. Stanley Allen in
1941. They had one child, a daughter, and moved to Brewer, Maine.
In 1949 Ms. Mildred moved to Brunswick, Maine and married Mr. David Ponziani.
In 1993 Ms. Mildred married Barclay (Sonny) Byard. She moved to Buxton in 1999.
Mrs. Byard keeps herself “young” by doing her own housework, cooking, gardening, and working
on the many crafts that she plans to sell at the Craft Fair at Living Waters again this November.
Mrs. Byard still resides in Buxton. She has one daughter, two grandsons, and four great
grandchildren.