Burton Alger, 68 years of age, passed away at his home from the results of a heart attack, Sunday, January 24th. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, January 27th, at the Alger homestead, now occupied by Mrs. Ray Richard. Burial was made in Bennettsville Cemetery [Chenango Co., NY] with Rev. George N. Underwood officiating. Mr. Alger was born Oct. 17, 1968, in Oneonta [Otsego Co.., NY], the son of Chauncey and Louisa Mills Alger. [Compiler notes: d. 1937]
Mrs. Evaline E. Allen, 80, of 9 Rugsby Road, died at 11 a.m. Saturday. She is survived by a son, Everette E. Allen; a daughter, Mrs. Leon H . Morse, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY]; a sister, Mrs. Hattie Howard, of Linden, N.J.; a brother, Clarence Hamlin of Deposit; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren. The body was removed to the George H. Scholderer Home for Funerals, 269 Chenango Street where friends may call Sunday from 3 to 5 and 9 to 9 p.m. [MHD notation: d. Oct. 1950; Compiler notes: b. 1870, d. 1950, buried Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City, Broome Co., NY]
Elman L. Andrews, 86, well-known Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] resident, died Saturday at his home at 86 North Main Street, in that village. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the home with the Rev. M. DeForest Lowen officiating. Burial was made in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton. Among those surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nellie Mudge Andrews; a daughter, Mrs. Nellie A. Wakeman; two sons, George and Lester Andrews; 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. [Compiler comment: Elman L. Andrews b. 14 May 1852, son of Anson Homer Andrews and Sylva Yale, buried Glenwood Cemetery, Afton, Chenango Co., NY]
Essie E. Andrews of North Afton [Chenango Co., NY], daughter of Homer Andrews and Sylva Yale Andrews, died April 18, 1938 at the home of her nephew, Andrew H. King, of Afton. Miss Andrews was born in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 5, 1853. Funeral services were held this Thursday, April 21 at Colwell Bros. Funeral Home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] at two P.M. She is survived by one brother, Elman Andrews of Bainbridge, N.Y., and several nieces and nephews. [Compiler comment: buried North Afton Cemetery, Afton, Chenango Co., NY]
Philo Andrus, aged 81 years, died at his home in Harpursville [Broome Co., NY] Monday evening. Funeral will be held Thursday at 1 o'clock from the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. Paddleford, burial in the Pratt cemetery.
The gaiety of the holiday season in the village ended in a tragedy New Year's night [1 Jan. 1944] when a young Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] mother was instantly killed within a stone's throw of her home. The victim, Charlene Johnston Archer, 35, wife of Elmer Archer, 4 Johnson street, lost her life when the light sedan which she was driving was struck by a southbound freight train at the Johnson street crossing of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. The body was found by her husband in the roadbed of the northbound tracks, about 175 feet south of the crossing. The car, which was about 500 feet from the body, was a mass of twisted steel. Evidently the car was first struck at about 8:05 by a southbound freight, a few seconds later. Neither train stopped, apparently trainmen were unaware of the accident. The crossing was unprotected at the time of the accident as the watchman goes off duty at 8 p.m. Mrs. Archer was enroute to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Lee, across the track, where she was to have picked them up, meet her husband downtown, and go to a theatre. When she failed to appear, Mr. Archer returned home. His mother informed him that his wife had left the house. She recalled having heard a "peculiar noise" when the train passed. After securing a flashlight, Mr. Archer ran to the crossing where he discovered broken glass and immediately started looking up and down the tracks and later discovered his wife's body. Dr. Edward Danforth acted as coroner for D. Matt Boname, of Oxford. The accident was investigated by Cpl. Frank C. Storms and Cpl. Franz VanBuskirk, of the State Police. Born Aug. 28, 1908, she was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Nat Johnston, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY]. Mrs. Archer graduated from Afton High School and attended Lowell's Business College in Binghamton, and at the time of her death was employed in the office of the Scintilla Magneto Co., Sidney. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and had been active in the local office of Civilian Protection while it was in operation. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Beverly, 10, and her parents. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Colwell's Chapel with the Rev. Paul L. Carpenter, assisted by the Rev. Clifford Webb, pastor of the Afton Presbyterian Church, officiating. Bearers were Wilbur Lee, Lynn Klinetob, Dr. H.K. Salzberg, Dewey Robinson, Carlton Wilcox and Lee Evans. Burial was in the Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].
Ola M. Aylesworth, of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], was taken to the Bainbridge Hospital, Sunday afternoon, May 7, and passed away the following day at about 4:30 p.m. at the age of 62. Mr. Aylesworth, son of Henry and Lavina Ray Aylesworth, was born on the Aylesworth farm in West Bainbridge and lived there all his life with the exception of one year in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] after his marriage to Miss Grace M. Ives, of Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], the year 1905 in the Bainbridge parsonage at Bainbridge. He became a member of the North Afton Methodist Church while a young boy, but in later years was affiliated with the West Bainbridge Baptist Church, being janitor for several years and a member of the Board of Trustees. He was a kind friend and neighbor, always ready to help in any time of trouble or emergencies and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Funeral services were held, and largely attended, in the chapel of Colwell Bros., at Bainbridge, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with his three sons and son-in-law acting as bearers. The many floral tributes played a silent part in the high esteem in which he was held. The Rev. G. Louis Jones, of the West Bainbridge Baptist Church, officiated at the funeral and burial, which took place at the North Afton Cemetery. Besides his wife, Mr. Aylesworth is survived by three sons and a daughter: Kenneth, of West Bainbridge, Donald, living at home, Clyde, of Nineveh, and Mrs. Lena Fletcher, also of West Bainbridge; three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Teachout, of Bainbridge, Mrs. Lula Brown, of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Gena Hubble of Sidney; one cousin, William Aylesworth, of Coventryville; seven grandchildren, June Marie Aylesworth, Douglas and Elaine Aylesworth, Robert, Morris, Charles and Roger Fletcher, and several nieces and nephews.
Ola M. Aylesworth, of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], was taken to the Bainbridge Hospital, Sunday afternoon, May 7, and passed away the following day at about 4:30 p.m. at the age of 62. Mr. Aylesworth, son of Henry and Lavina Ray Aylesworth, was born on the Aylesworth farm in West Bainbridge and lived there all his life with the exception of one year in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] after his marriage to Miss Grace M. Ives, of Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], the year 1905 in the Bainbridge parsonage at Bainbridge. He became a member of the North Afton Methodist Church while a young boy, but in later years was affiliated with the West Bainbridge Baptist Church, being janitor for several years and a member of the Board of Trustees. He was a kind friend and neighbor, always ready to help in any time of trouble or emergencies and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Funeral services were held, and largely attended, in the chapel of Colwell Bros., at Bainbridge, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with his three sons and son-in-law acting as bearers. The many floral tributes played a silent part in the high esteem in which he was held. The Rev. G. Louis Jones, of the West Bainbridge Baptist Church, officiated at the funeral and burial, which took place at the North Afton Cemetery. Besides his wife, Mr. Aylesworth is survived by three sons and a daughter: Kenneth, of West Bainbridge, Donald, living at home, Clyde, of Nineveh, and Mrs. Lena Fletcher, also of West Bainbridge; three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Teachout, of Bainbridge, Mrs. Lula Brown, of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Gena Hubble of Sidney; one cousin, William Aylesworth, of Coventryville; seven grandchildren, June Marie Aylesworth, Douglas and Elaine Aylesworth, Robert, Morris, Charles and Roger Fletcher, and several nieces and nephews.
Rest, dear Father, thy work is o'er;
Thy loving hands will toil no more.
Time was too short to say farewell
To those he thought of and loved so well.
Yes, we will miss him; oh, we miss him.
When we see his vacant chair,
And how sad the room without him.
For there's no dear Father there.
Friends may think the wound is healed
But little do they know our sorrow
That lies within our hearts concealed.
Wife and Children"[Compiler note: d. 8 May 1944, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]
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