Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Obituaries (Jo, Ju, Ka, Ke) MHD Collection

 
Friday of last week, about 12 o'clock, the body of Chas. T. Joslin, was found hanging in the wagon house, on a rafter, on a farm owned by Thos. W. Harrington, in this town, near the Coventry line [Chenango Co., NY], with life extinct, but body still warm.  He had been working all the morning about the farm, and had gone to the wagon house, fastened the door, and then took an apple crate upon which he stood, and placing the rope in position, stepped off.  The farm dog was with him and was found tied with a rope within ten feet of the body.  Joslin is said to have been a man of peculiar disposition, was a great reader, and as is an unusual thing for a farmer, he was a subscriber of six different papers.  He was 45 years of age and unmarried.  Coroner L.P. Blair, of McDonough, was summoned, and in company with Dr. Geo. D. Johnson, of this village, made an examination of the body on Saturday, and deemed an inquest unnecessary.  [MHD notation:  d. Dec. 29, 1899]
 
Charles M. Judd died at the home of his son, Smith Judd, Saturday.  Born in 1862, in Franklin, the son of Ira and Emogene Smith Judd.  Mr. Judd was engaged in farming for 55 years.  The funeral was held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Colwell's Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. G.N. Underwood officiating.  The pallbearers were Lee Drake, James Shofkom, Fred Goodnough and L.W. Pixley.  Interment was in Glenwood cemetery at Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. July 29, 1939]
 
Mrs. Algie R. Kahn, aged 58 years, died at her home, No. 25 Sturges street, Saturday evening at 9:30 o'clock.  She was the widow of the late S.L. Kahn, who for a number of years was a member of the staff of the State Comptroller.  Mrs. Kahn is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles Reynolds; a grandson, Charles Lawrence Reynolds; two sisters, Mrs. E.K. Read, of Canistota, and Mrs. Chauncey Wood of Coventry; five brothers, Charles, James and Douglas of Afton, John of Hawleyton and Melvin and Marvin of North Colesville.  The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be in the Floral Park Cemetery [Johnson City, Broome Co., NY].

Mrs. Harriet L. Kasson, a former resident of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edwin F. Holcomb, 16 Moeller St., Binghamton, last Thursday afternoon.  Rising in the morning in apparent good health, she suffered a stroke about noon from which she did not recover.  Mrs. Kasson was born in the town of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] February 28, 1839, where she made her home until her marriage when she moved to North Colesville [Broome Co., NY].  Since the death of her husband she has lived with her daughter.  Mrs. Kasson grew old gracefully.  Keen of mind and spirit she was always ready to take her part in any subject under discussion and particularly if it pertained to the Bible.  She was a loyal member of the Universalist church, and greatly interested in all churches.  She had a growing faith which kept her young, hopeful and cheerful in her outlook upon life.  The funeral services were conducted at her late home Sunday afternoon by Rev. Harry J. Hiers.  The body was brought to Afton for interment in Glenwood Cemetery.  Rev. D.M. Geddes, reading the committal service....[MHD notation:  d. Dec. 23, 1928] 

Roscoe G. Kasson, 68, of 12 Bromley Ave., died at 11:45 pm, Tuesday.  He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Edwin Holcomb of Binghamton; one niece and one nephew.  He was an employee of the Broome County Home for the Aged for over 30 years.  The body was removed to the Hopler & Georgia Funeral Home, 463 Chenango St., where friends may call....[MHD notation:  d. July 15, 1947]

Tunnel [Broome Co., NY]:  T.C. Kasson died at his home near North Colesville [Broome Co., NY] on Saturday at 10:00 o'clock a.m., aged 74 years.  He had been a sufferer from Bright's disease for three years.  He was much respected by a host of friends and will be greatly missed in the community, where he has spent the whole of his life.  He was a member of the Universalist church at Afton, and always helped in other churches whenever occasion offered itself to him.  The funeral was held Tuesday at 10 o'clock at the house.  Rev. F.O. Hokerk of Richfield Springs officiating.  Burial at Afton beside his two children who died in infancy.  The deceased is survived by the widow and two children, a son Rosco who lives at home and one daughter, Mrs. Edward Holcomb.  [MHD notation:  d. 1911]

On January 7, 1911, there passed away at Tunnel in the county of Broome, state of New York, Theodore C. Kasson, who had reached the age of seventy-one in May of the past year.  Mr. Kasson was born in Suffield, Conn., but came to Colesville at a very early age.  When twenty-four he married Harriet Beardsley, youngest daughter, Seba and Rhoda Beardsley of Coventry, N.Y., and a sister of the Rev. O.R. Beardsley.  The early days of their marriage was saddened by the loss of their first two children who died within a few hours of each other.  Later there came two other little ones, a son and daughter, the latter being privileged to care for and comfort the father in his last days in the old homestead.  The deceased and his devoted wife united with the Universalist church about forty years ago, and although there was no place of worship of their faith for miles about, they observed the service faithfully in their own home, Mr. Kasson reading from the ritual of the church and as late as December 28th of the year past he had rendered the service for the day.  Tenacious as he was to the faith of old, he firmly believed in the unity of all faiths working as one to uplift the common cause of human helpfulness.  He rejoiced in its advent and was an earnest exponent of its virtues.  This sturdy old man, type of the passing generation and model for the coming one, was a gallant Christian soldier to the last although suffering and crippled.  He lived long, he wrought well, and died leaving the precious heritage to his bereaved family, of a memory filled with human kindness, faith and tolerance.  Mr. Kasson was survived by his wife; one son, Roscoe; one daughter, Bernice, the wife of Edwin Holcomb, and their children, Clifford and Rhea. 

Mrs. Helen Keator, 85 years old, died Saturday evening at her home, Spring street, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  She is survived by a son, Bruce S. Keator of Afton.  She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star of Afton.  [MHD notation:  d. July 1941]

The funeral of Mrs. Helen Keator will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at her home on Spring street in Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  The Rev. Clifford Webb will officiate, assisted by the Rev. William Jones.  Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton.  Friends are invited to call at the home this evening.  Arrangements by Tabor Funeral Home, Afton.  [MHD notation:  d. July 1941]


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