Charles Francis Masury

Vermont Department of Corrections — Waterbury, VT

Illness

End of Watch March 19, 1941

Age 67

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Night Warden Charlie Masury succumbed to complications from a cerebral hemorrhage while on duty at the Windsor Prison at 570 State Farm Road in Windsor.

On the morning of March 17, 1941, around 5:00 a.m., Night Warden Masury suffered a medical emergency and was transported to the prison hospital. He passed away two days later.

Night Warden Masury had served for 12 years with the Vermont Department of Corrections at the Windsor Prison and had held the position of night warden for nine years.

He is buried at the Rochester Cemetery in Rochester, Stafford County, New Hampshire.

The Windsor Prison was renamed Southeast State Correctional Facility and permanently closed in 2017.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife, two sons, two daughters, and a sister.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Night Warden Masury gave the Vermont Department of Corrections 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Vermont. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Night Warden Masury.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Vermont Department of Corrections

Location Waterbury, VT

Platform Identity vdcorr.washington.vt.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 19, 1941

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 67

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Duty related illness

Night Warden Charles Francis Masury is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In VT, 4 of 31 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 12.9% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At Vermont Department of Corrections, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Vermont Department of Corrections

of 4 officers

25% Illness

VT — Statewide

of 31 officers

12.9% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness