Sunday, April 21, 2013

Obituaries (Har) MHD Collection

 
Mrs. Augusta E. Harrington, 59, of Cincinnatus [Madison Co., NY], died Wednesday morning at her home.  She is survived by her husband, Theon, of Cincinnatus; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Kohn of Johnson City, Mrs. Paul Burlingame of Binghamton, and Thelma, of Cincinnatus; three sisters, Mrs. Lynn Wylie of Greene, Mrs. Earl Dann of Whitesboro and Mrs. Lynn Pratt of Binghamton; four brothers, Rolland Eldred of Greene, and Grover Eldred, Burdett Eldred and Clifford Eldred, all of Frankfort, and two grandchildren.  Friends may call at her home Thursday and Friday.  Arrangements by the Bush Funeral Home, Cincinnatus.  [Compiler note:  d. May 22, 1946]
 
Bainbridge:  Mrs. Isabelle Harrington, 85, of Bainbridge died Monday, April 18, 1960, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Forest Bradish, Bainbridge.  Besides her daughter, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Laura Cox, Hialeah, Fla.; two sons, Earl Harrington, Marathon, Lee Harrington, Bainbridge; 14 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.  The body was removed to the Harold Sherman Funeral Home, 58 W. Main St., Bainbridge, where the funeral and committal services were held Friday at 2 p.m.  The Rev. Theodore C. Meyer, Bainbridge, officiated.  Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]
 
John Harrington, aged 68 years, a resident here for the past three months, died at his home on Mechanic street Wednesday night, July 10, after a long period of ill health.  The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Seymour's funeral parlors with the Rev. Howard F. Deller officiating.  Burial was made in Riverview cemetery.  Mr. Harrington was born in the town of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], April 22, 1867, the son of James Harvey Harrington and Margaret Hendrickson Harrington.  The past eight years he has lived on Mt. Upton.  Surviving are his wife, Grace Harrington, a sister, Mrs. Thomas Sherman of Middletown; a brother, Robert Harrington of Cortland, and several nieces and nephews.  [MHD notation:  d. 1935]
 
Greene [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Margrette Harrington died on Wednesday at her home in Smithville, aged 74 years.  The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the Congregational Church in Smithville, Rev. Mr. McCloud officiating.  [MHD notation:  d. 1911]
 
Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Watson were called to Coventry by the death of Mrs. Watson's father, Thomas W. Harrington, aged 87 years.  He is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Anise D. Cornish of Sun City, Kansas, Mrs. H.T. Watson of Binghamton and Jennie E. Meed of Binghamton, residing with her daughter, Mrs. F.L. Bowe; one grandson of Sun City, Kansas, son of Edward C. Harrington, who died in Oklahoma; four grandsons and one granddaughter, children of Mrs. John Dowd; one granddaughter and four great grandchildren, daughter and grandchildren of Mrs. H.T. Watson.  The funeral was held at his late residence in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] last Wednesday in charge of the Eastern Light Lodge, F.&A.M., of which he was the oldest member.  Burial was in Sylvan Lawn cemetery at Greene [Chenango Co., NY].  The one piece of flowers presented by Mrs. Watson, a daughter, spoke of the great esteem in which the deceased was held.  It was a magnificent sheaf of wheat, from which the gleaners had separated the chaff.  [MHD notation:  d. 1913]
 
Charles C. Harris, 80 years old, died Tuesday morning at his home on Algerine street, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  He is survived by his widow, Hattie A. Harris; five daughters, Mrs. Leonard Norton and Mrs. W.G. Doolittle of Endicott, Mrs. William F. Doolittle of Binghamton, Mrs. Melvin Livingston of Bainbridge and Mrs. Jerry Taylor of Baltimore, Md.; two sons, Herbert Harris of Castle Creek and Clyde Harris of Auburn; a sister, Mrs. Mary Allen of Syracuse and two brothers, David Harris of Spokane, Wash., and George Harris of East Orange, N.J.  Service will be held at the Tabor Funeral Home in Afton, Friday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Jasper Hamm will officiate.  Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. Mar. 30, 1943]
 
Polly A. Harris, aged 71, widow of the late J.D. Harris of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of her son, Raymond Harris of Brisben, Sunday night, August 29.  Funeral services were held at the Harry R. Rogers Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. R.E. Gould, officiating.  Burial was made in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery [Greene, Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Harris is survived by four sons, Frank of Herkimer, William of Rome, Jerry of Ilion, and Raymond of Brisben; three daughters, Mrs. May Rapke of Rome, Mrs. Polly Lyon of Coventry and Mrs. Ruby Wright of Brisben; one brother, Reuben Clendenning of Harpursville; and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Lang of Oquaga, and Mrs. Jennie Tuttle of Herkimer.  [MHD notation:  d. 1937]
 
Harold G. Harvey, 61, of 736 Chenango Street, Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], is dead and his daughter, Miss Claire Harvey, 25, is fighting for her life at City Hospital as a result of the worst Labor Day weekend traffic accident in the Southern Tier.  The accident happened Saturday night in Route 12 near Greene [Chenango Co., NY] when state police reported Mr. Harvey attempted a left turn in front of an approaching car operated by Thomas Maynard, 19, a soldier from Albany, who also is in City Hospital.  Mr. Harvey, a Wilson Memorial Hospital employee, was founder and director of a radio program, Glimpses of Truth, which a family gospel team has broadcast over WNBF Sundays at 8 a.m. for six years.  Miss Harvey is pianist and soloist.  Miss Harvey, an EJ employee, this morning was reported still on the critical list at the hospital, in semi-conscious condition and unaware of her father's death, which occurred at the hospital early Sunday morning.  She suffered brain concussion, a broken leg and multiple cuts in addition to other possible injuries.  Young Maynard, who was visiting relatives in Greene, suffered a dislocated hip and multiple cuts about the face and head.  His condition this morning was reported to be fair.  Mr. Harvey's funeral will be tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Johnson City.  [MHD notation:  Sept. 3, 1956]
 


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