Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Obituaries (Holcomb) MHD Collection

 
Carrie, wife of George C. Holcomb, died at her home at Tunnel [Broome Co., NY]--East End on Thursday, July 25th, of acute Brights disease, at the age of twenty-nine.  Besides a husband and infant son, she leaves a father and mother, brothers and sisters to mourn her death, and many sad friends and neighbors who will miss her in social circles and her home.  "She was beloved by all, despised by none."  Her funeral was held Thursday, at twelve o'clock at her home and at one o'clock at New Ohio church.  Rev. C. Hickok, pastor of the church, spoke words of sympathy.  Her casket, a light, drab, was covered with a profusion of flowers.  Burial was at New Ohio [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. 1907]
 
Lines written in memory of the death of Carrie E. Holcomb and Sarah Lounsbury:  On the 24th of July last, it pleased an Allwise and Omnipotent Ruler of heaven and earth to remove from our midst by death, Mrs. Carrie E. Holcomb, and on the 27th day of August last, Mrs. Sarah Lounsbury was by Divine dispensation removed from us by death; two daughters of Austin and Amelia Ingraham, residing at Chenango Forks, Carrie E. being 29 years of age and the wife of George Holcomb of New Ohio, and Sarah was 30 years of age and the wife of Judson Lounsbury of Chenango Forks.  In the death of these sisters there has passed from earth two zealous and devoted christians of the highest character, the most prominent trails of their lives being their utmost devotedness to the principles and teachings of the Lord Jesus in all their walks of life; kind, loving and cheerful to all, patient under all afflictions and circumstances aiding at all times any whose aid was needed.  Beloved by all who were so extremely fortunate as to be acquainted with them.  Indeed two of our most beloved christian jewels have passed away to receive the reward promised to them in their early years  by the love of Him who has them now ripe and ready for the early harvest.  Though yet not far advanced in years and in the height of their usefulness both of them were ready to obey the voice of the Master when the summons came, to be bourne away on the snowy wings of angels to a land of peace, of joy and love, and there to hear the words of the Master: "Well done good and faithful servants enter thou in the joys of thy Lord."  Among the last words ever spoken by our worthy and much esteemed christian friend Sarah, as she lay on dying bed surrounded by her stricken husband, three of her children, her aged father and mother and her brothers and sisters and those who so dearly loved her were:  "Bless God, Praise Him," passing away into her eternal home with those beautiful words upon her lips.  The deeply afflicted husbands and families of the deceased sisters have the utmost sympathy of all.  their loss is indeed a severe one, none but those who pass through the firey ordeal can fully realize such a loss.  Let us all and each of us strive to meet our worthy christian friends who have gone before us in that land where parting will never more be known; a land of joy and of peace and of love, where God and the Son makes it blest.
Two more ties are broken
From the earthly stem,
Two more jewels sparkle
In the Savior's diadem
 
Two more voices are hushed,
You'll never hear them more;
But Carrie and Sarah are not lost,
They have only gone before
                                                                                                  J.H. Trafford
 
L. Duane Holcomb of 545 State Street, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Binghamton City Hospital.  He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. Allen Scott of Galveston, Tex., Mrs. John P. Ough of Landsdowne, Pa., and Mrs. Edward Ernst of Binghamton; two sisters, Mrs. LaVerne Stanton of Greene and Mrs. Fanny Standard of Binghamton; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.  The body was removed to the George H. Scholderer Funeral Home, 269 Chenango Street, where friends may call Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.  Funeral arrangements will be made later.  [MHD notation:  d. Aug. 18, 1945]
 
Edgar W. Holcomb, aged 71 years, died at his home near Windsor [Broome Co., NY], Monday, December 30th.  He was a veteran of the Civil War.  For the past twelve years he has been a sufferer from cancer.  Mr. Holcomb was twice married; in 1866 to Rosetta Wood, and in 1898 to Ada Knott, who survives him, and has very tenderly cared for him during his long illness.  Three children by his first marriage survive him; Mrs. Wm. Jewell, East Guilford; Homer Holcomb, Blodgett's Mills; George Holcomb, Harpursville; also a brother, Smith Holcomb, Tunnel.  The funeral service was held at the home of his son, George D. Holcomb, Thursday, January 2nd, at 1 o'clock.  Rev. E. Haner of Ouaquaga officiated with burial in the New Ohio cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].
 
Mrs. Ettie M. Holcomb, 76, of 546 State Street, died at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at her home after a long illness.  She is survived by her husband, L. Duane of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY]; three daughters, Mrs. J. Allen Scott of Galveston, Texas, Mrs. Edward W. Ernst of Binghamton and Mrs. John P. Ough of Lansdowne, Pa.; five grandchildren, and a great grandchild.  Mrs. Holcomb was a member of the Chenango Street Methodist Church for 37 years.  The body was removed to the George H. Scholderer Home for Funerals, friends may call Wednesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.  Funeral arrangements will be made later.  [MHD notation:  d. Jan. 30, 1945]
 
Frank W. Holcomb, 82 years old, died at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night at his home, 59 Bigelow street.  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Leigh Yeager of Harpursville and Mrs. A. MacFarlane of Binghamton; a granddaughter, Lorena Margaret MacFarlane of Binghamton and several nieces and nephews.  The body was removed to the William R. Chase Funeral Home, 44 Exchange street.  [MHD notation:  d. July 27, 1940]
 
The funeral of Frank W. Holcomb was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the William R. Chase funeral home, 44 Exchange street.  The Rev. Leon Boughton officiated.  The pallbearers were Elmer Bullis, Clarence Cadwell, Claude Miller, Edward Hare, Archie Benedict, Raymond Miller, Donald Alford and Vere Holcomb.  Burial was in New Ohio cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. July 27, 1940]
 
George C. Holcomb, a retired merchant, died this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Watson Hayes, in Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY].  He was 74.  Mr. Holcomb who operated a general store in Chenango Forks for several years prior to his retirement about three years ago, was found dead in bed of an apparent heart attack.  A native of Tunnel [Broome Co., NY], Mr. Holcomb was a member of the Congregational Church of Chenango Forks.  His body was removed to the Root Funeral Home in Greene pending funeral arrangements.  Besides his daughter, Mr. Holcomb is survived by a son Gerald, of Hillcrest; a brother, Edwin, of Binghamton, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Warner and Mrs. Ellen Ingraham, both of Chenango Forks.  [MHD notation:  d. Oct. 17, 1948]
 
Norwich:  George D. Holcomb, 70, of 29 Court Street, died suddenly Saturday at the home of his son, Ralph Holcomb, in Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].  He was born in Smithville, May 9, 1881.  During his lifetime he was engaged in retail business in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], and for about 14 years just prior to retiring he operated a milk delivery route for the Bliven Dairy.  Surviving, besides the son, are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Joseph McNeil of Norwich, and 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.  Funeral arrangements were made at the Breese Funeral Home.  The funeral will be tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at the residence, and at 2 p.m. in Emmanuel Episcopal Church.  The Rev. Lloyd S. Charters, rector, will officiate.  Burial will be in the New Ohio Cemetery near Tunnel [Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. June 2, 1951]
 
Mrs. Homer Holcomb, of Mt. Upton, who recently came home to spend a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Appley, on Martin Hill, was taken sick with the grippe and died Monday night at 11 o'clock.  Funeral will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the house and 1 o'clock at the Baptist church in this place.  She was 23 years old.
 
At Lilly Lake Monday, Nov. 9th at the home of her youngest daughter, Mrs. Ellen Ingraham, Mrs. Jane E. McCullough Holcomb of Tunnel [Broome Co., NY], passed from this to the higher and better life.  The greater part of her life of fifty-five years had been spent within the borders of her childhood home; all except when she with her family tried a pioneer life in the state of Missouri.  The privations and burdens associated with such a life bore heavily upon her.  Reluctantly she bade her new formed associates good-bye and returned with her family to her relatives and friends in her old eastern home.  Her life was not an exception to the common lot of humanity; it was intermingled with joys and sorrows.  As her health gradually failed it seemed that her spiritual strength was renewed.  She was enabled to look beyond this vale of tears where all crooked ways would be made straight.  She is survived by two sons, Geo. and Edwin, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Warner and Mrs. Ellen Ingraham.  They can be happy in one thought, their doors were thrown wide open to receive their mother.  When she was suddenly prostrated and it was feared that the end was near, they left their several places of business and were at her bedside ready to administer to every want.  Besides her own family she leaves one brother, George McCullough, of Susquehanna, Pa., two sisters, Mrs. Henry Race, of Oxford, Mrs. Wm. Mead, of Greene, and three grandchildren.  The last tribute of respect of all that was mortal of their mother, sister and friend was paid on the following Wednesday.  The funeral was largely attended in the New Ohio church.  Words of consolation, a worthy tribute to her memory, was given by the pastor of her girlhood and one who had known her all these years, Rev. Hammond.  The floral contributions from her friends spoke words of love to comfort the afflicted family.  Interment was made in New Ohio cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  The bearers were her two sons and her two son-in-laws.  [MHD notation:  d. 1903]
 
The sad news of the death of Mrs. Jennie Holcomb of Candor reached this place Saturday.  She died very suddenly of a heart attack in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  Mrs. Holcomb was a former resident of this place and had many friends here.  Her funeral was held Monday at the M.E. Church and burial in New Ohio Cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY] by the side of her husband Richard Holcomb.  [Published June 6, 1940]
 
Mrs. Jennie Beman Holcomb, 78, formerly of Tunnel [Broome Co., NY], died at 7 a.m. Tuesday in Rochester.  She is survived by a son, Richard Holcomb of Rochester; a niece, Mrs. Herbert Robbins of Binghamton; three grandchildren and several cousins.  The body will be brought to Binghamton today and taken to Hopler & Georgia Funeral Home, 483 Chenango Street, where friends may call.  [MHD notation:  d. Dec. 25, 1951]
 
Mrs. Leona Holcomb, 79, of 9 Lyon Street, died at 8:30 a.m. Friday at her home.  She is survived by a son, Vere Holcomb of Binghamton.  The body was removed to the George H. Scholderer Funeral home, 269 Chenango Street, where friends may call Saturday evening from 7 to 9 and Sunday from 7 to 9.  Funeral arrangements will be made later.  [published in Binghamton Press, June 14, 1947]
 
Mrs. Liveria Holcomb died at her home in Tunnel [Broome Co., NY] this morning at 2:45 o'clock.  She is survived by a brother, Robert Dyer of Halstead; a sister, Mrs. Grace Germond of this city and several nieces and nephews.
HOLCOMB--A prayer service for Mrs. Liveria Holcomb will be held at the home in Tunnel Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock (E.S.T.).  The funeral will be held at the Tunnel M.E. church at 2:30 o'clock.  The Rev. Tracey Webster will officiate.  Burial will be in New Ohio cemetery, Tunnel [Broome Co., NY].  Arrangements by Harry G. Kark.  [published, July 19, 1939]
 

 


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