Church Hollow [Chenango Co., NY]: Word was received here Friday of the death of Mrs. Phebe Fanning Ketchum at the advanced age of 96. She made her home with a daughter at Coventryville [Chenango Co. NY] and was ill only a few days with bronchitis. Seven children survive her, two sons and five daughters, John and Mrs. G. Sexsmith of Binghamton, Mrs. T. Bryant of Hamden, Mrs. Sickles of West Hill, Mrs. J. Seymour and Fred of Coventryville and Mrs. G.B. Davis of this place. Burial will be on Coles Hill [Broome Co., NY] her old home beside the husband Joseph, who died about twenty-five years ago. Grandchildren and great grandchildren besides many friends mourn for her and will miss her sadly. She was always kind and loving in disposition and pleasant in her manner. "Say not 'Good night' but in some fairer clime bid me 'Good morning.'" [MHD notation: d. May 1, 1914]
Sidney [Delaware Co., NY]: Mrs. Ruth B. Ketchum of Sidney Center RD2, died Saturday afternoon at The Hospital here where she had been a patient for nine weeks. Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 pm Tuesday at Carr & Landers Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. Wilfred Lyon, pastor of the Sidney Center Methodist Church. Interment will be made in Sidney Center Cemetery. Mrs. Ketchum, the daughter of Jay and Grace (Shepard) Bilby, was born April 3, 1908 at North Sanford [Broome Co., NY]. She is survived by her husband Will Ketchum of Sidney Center. Other survivors include 12 children at home, Mrs. Marjorie German and Donald, Richard, Leon, Clifton, Carl, Martha, Marcella, Kathleen, Dorothy, David, and Glen Ketchum; three sisters, Mrs. Harry Moore of Deposit, Mrs. Hill Birsack of North Sanford, and Mrs. Henry Clapper of Deposit; two brothers, Kenneth Bilby of North Sanford and Earl Bilby of Vestal; and one granddaughter. [MHD notation; d. Dec. 24, 1943]
Clark James Kinch, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], passed away at Preston, Thursday, Apr. 7, 1955, from a long illness after being stricken with a stroke Apr. 27, 1947 at his home in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY]. He was moved at once to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Greek, where he was lovingly cared for by her and his son-in-law and grandson, Thomas, until June, 1953 when he moved to Preston, due to his daughter's ill health. Mr. Kinch was born Feb. 3, 1869, the son of Mary A. (Mott) and James Kinch in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], where he spent his boyhood days. He was married to Mary E. Kitchel, of Sidney, July 4, 1896. They moved to Rockdale where he was employed on the farm of Ransom Truesdale for 13 years. To them were born two daughters, Esther and Ruth, while living at Rockdale. In March, 1916, Mr. Kinch and family moved to the A.B. Clark farm between Sidney and Bainbridge, and in March, 1918 he bought the farm, now known as the William Moore farm, on the Bainbridge-Coventry road. He was employed by the town of Bainbridge where he worked for 19 years. In 1943 Mr. and Mrs. Kinch moved to Masonville where Mrs. Kinch passed away Nov. 24, 1945. Mr. Kinch was a man of high esteem and always lived his life to give a kind helping hand to others. He was a member of the Federated Church, of Rockdale. He is survived by his two daughters, Mrs. Harry Greek, of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Guy Gray, of Downsville; an adopted son, Carlton; two sisters, Mrs. Lottie Stevener and Mrs. Caroline Palmer, of Albany; 15 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. His body was removed to the Harold Sherman Funeral Home where services were held Saturday, Apr. 9, at 2 p.m. with The Rev. Francis Richmond, of Windsor officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery at Sidney. The bearers were Fred Robbins, Ward Searles, Harold Brandt and Harry Smith.
Gone is his face we loved so dear,
Silent is the voice we loved to hear,
Tis sad, but true, we wonder shy
The best are always the first to die.
The blow was hard, the shock severe
But we know he is with out God so dear.
Only those who have lost can tell
The pain of parting without farewell.
[MHD notation: d. Apr. 7, 1955]
Mary E. Kinch, wife of Clark Kinch, of Masonville [Delaware Col., NY], formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], passed away at her home Saturday after a very long illness. She was born in Cresco, Pa., Apr. 1, 1873, the daughter of Chilean and Lanah Dingman Kitchel and came to Sidney when she was 19 years of age to work at the silk mill. She was united in marriage to Clark Kinch, of Sidney, July 4, 1895. To them were born two daughters, Esther and Ruth, who are now Mrs. Guy Gray, of Downsville, and Mrs. Harry Greek, of Bainbridge. She was a loving wife and mother always devoting her time to her family and was a member of the Sidney Methodist Church. In the year of 1898, Mr. and Mrs. Kinch moved to Rockdale, then in 1916 they moved to Bainbridge where they were residents until 1942 when they moved to Masonville. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, mentioned above, also an adopted son, Carlton; a brother, Thomas Mutchler, of Rochester; 12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at Colwell's Funeral Chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. the Rev. Harry E. Brooks officiating. Burial was at the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney. Bearers were Fayette Smith, Ward Searles, Andrew Sejersen and Harold Brandt.
In the land beyond tomorrow
There will surely be a day,
When we'll once more
See our loved one,
Who has only gone away.
[MHD notation: d. Nov. 24, 1945]
Miss H. Beatrice Krum of 87 Washington avenue, South Nyark, N.Y. [Rockland Co.], died last Thursday, in the Nyack Hospital after a short illness. A ranking member of the mathematics depart of DeWitt Clinton High school, New York City, she had lived in Nyack for 15 years and was well known there. She was a graduate of Mount Holyoke in the class of 1914, with graduate work in the University of Chicago and Columbia University. Miss Krum had been in the hospital less than a week, following a serious turn in illness which she had defied two weeks ago to return to her teaching duties for two days. Surviving are a sister, Miss Vivian B. Krum, dean of girls at the Nyack Junior-Senior High School, and a brother, Irving M. Krum of Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Krum has been in Nyack for several days. The funeral service was held at the White funeral home, 43 South Broadway, Nyack, at eight o'clock Saturday evening, with burial at Liberty, N.Y., at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Miss Krum was a cousin of Gerald Shaw and a former resident of Afton. [Chenango Co., NY] She graduated from the Afton School in the class of 1907. [MHD notation: Mar. 21, 1940]
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