Obituaries (Mo) MHD Collection

 

Mrs. Amret Montgomery, aged 88 years, died at her home in South Nineveh [Broome Co., NY], Wednesday noon, June 24, 1936.  She fell and broke her hip Sunday, May 24, from which she never recovered, growing weaker until her death.  Mrs. Montgomery was born in the town of Colesville, May 4, 1848, and was united in marriage to Eugene Montgomery May 4, 1864.  Mr. Montgomery enlisted in the Civil War, September 5th, following their marriage.  Mrs Montgomery was a member of the Harpursville Baptist Church, in which she was an active worker until recently, and was the oldest member in both of the local units of the W.R.C. and the W.C.T.U.  Surviving her are two sisters, Mrs. Charles Edmonds of Sidney and Mrs. Hattie Humiston of Nineveh.  Mrs. Humiston has been caring for Mrs. Montgomery since her fall.  The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at the Baptist Church in Harpursville with Rev. Loren C. Hawver of Oneonta, former pastor of the Harpursville Baptist Church, and Rev. Louis G. Falk, present pastor, officiating.  The beautiful flowers betokened the high esteem in which she was held by her neighbors and friends.  Burial was beside her husband in the Pratt Cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co.., NY].  Mrs. Montgomery's faith was such that she was just waiting for the summons to "come home".  She will be greatly missed by the entire community where she has lived so many years. 

"The summons may come in the morning,

Or the deep, peaceful slumber of the night;

It may come with a lingering warning,

Or as quick as a flash of sunlight.

While I'm sitting alone in my dwelling,

Or greeting some friends on the way;

But the day or the hour when the bidding

Comes to me, I never can know;

And at the call of her 'Maker'

She answered 'I'm ready to go'.

 

Vernon D. Moore, died October 27, at Norwalk Hospital Norwalk, Conn., of pneumonia and complications.  He had been ill one week.  Mr. Moore was born February 3, 1904 in Windsor, the son of Charles H. and Anna Snell Moore, both deceased.  He married Agnes Denham, who survives in Norwalk.  He lived for many years in Afton [Chenango Co.,  NY] and was a member of the North Afton Methodist Church while there.  He was an employee of the Connecticut Light and Power Co.  He is survived by his wife; a step-daughter, Barbara; two sisters, Mrs. Donald Loomis Walton, and Mrs. Jerry Acquino, of Sandy Hook, Conn.;  and several cousins in the Binghamton area.  Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the Collins Funeral Home in Norwalk.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home. 

Dr. William A. Moore died at his home on Washington street at 10 o'clock Thursday night, following a stroke which he sustained on Wednesday during an illness which began earlier in the week.  He was 59 years of age, and is survived by his wife and three daughters.  The funeral arrangements had not been completed today, save for the announcement that the services will be held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock.  Dr. Moore was one of the foremost physicians and surgeons of this part of the State, and began his practice in this city more than 30 years ago, after his graduation from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.  During his college days he was one of the famed athletes and oarsmen in the university.  Up to 10 years ago he acted as chief surgeon fro the City Hospital and gave freely of his time and interest to develop the institution into one of the best, and placing it on a high plane of efficiency.  With Dr. Overton he built the Moore-Overton hospital on Henry street and was a part owner of it, an institution regarded as one in the front ranks as a private hospital.  For many years he had been surgeon for the Lackawanna and D.&H. railroads, and the Binghamton Railway Company.  He had been recently appointed a member of the Council of National Defense at Washington, and was chairman of the local medical advisory board in the selective service army.  He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of many medical and surgical societies, including the Binghamton Academy of Medicine and the Broome County Medical Society.  He had been a director of the Broome County Humane Society since its organization.  [MHD notation:  April 23, 1918]

 

Mrs. Adeline M. Moot passed away Oct. 20th, 1900 at 12:454 p.m. at her home in this village, aged 49 years, 3 months and 1 day.  The deceased had been a great sufferer since May 2nd from internal cancer.  She was a loving wife and mother; a woman possessed of sterling Christian principles.  During her entire illness she displayed great courage and unswerving faith in her Heavenly Father.

 

One we dearly loved has left us, there is now a vacant chair,

And our hearts are sad and lonely with a grief that's hard to bear.

We shall miss her presence, sadly, the vacant place cannot be filled;

But, we'll not forget the counsel of the voice forever stilled.

She was ready when the Savior spoke the word for her to come,

And she passed from earth to Heaven, there, with God, to be at home.

Now she's with her Heavenly Father, And her children gone before;

She will rest and wait the coming of those on this distant shore.

Death is nothing but transition from this world to one above,

We shall meet her in the future if faithful to the God of Love.

Though our hearts are sad at parting, and our grief we cannot still;

We will ask from God, his mercy, and will bow to Heaven's high will.

 

At Tunnel, N.Y. [Broome Co.], March 30th, '95, Nicholas S., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Moot, passed away after a short illness, aged five months and ten days.  [died 1895]

 

Within the casket pure and white, we laid the baby form;

Hidden from our earthly sight, until the "resurrection morn."

As we robed him for the grave, our tears fell thick and fast.

It is so hard to be brave when all hope is past.

Over the quiet heart we placed the tiny hands.

Never in this world to take part, but gather flowers with the angel band.

We will miss our baby every day, with his happy, joyous smile,

And his kisses, oh, how sweet were they; so pure and free from guile.

But in The Father place your trust, and your pathway will be clear;

He is ever merciful and just, and will be your friend most dear.

The babe we called our own, was but "a charge to keep;"

From The Father a priceless loan, now hushed in eternal sleep.

Think not of him as cold and still; but bright, joyous and glad,

And we must do our Father's will, and not be mournful and sad.

Let us be patient!  those severe afflictions not from the ground arise.

But ofttimes celestial benediction assume this dark disguise.

There is no death!  What seems so is transition;  This life of mortal breath

Is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portals we call death.

 

Funeral services for Clinton Douglas Morris of Sanitaria Springs [Broome Co., NY], retired railroad man, will be conducted at the Clinton E. Wood Chapel in Windsor at 2 p.m. Saturday.  Mr. Morris died Tuesday night in Binghamton City Hospital after a short illness.  He was 73 years old.  A veteran railroad employee, Mr. Morris worked 46 years for the Ontario & Western and the Delaware & Hudson Railroads as telegrapher and tower man.  He retired March 24, 1938.  He is survived by his widow, Minnie Pomroy Morris of Sanitaria Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Leon Webb of Sanitaria Springs and Mrs. Harry Albert of St. Petersburg, Fla.; one brother George A. Morris of Grand Rapids, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. C.S. Atwell of Smithville Flats; 11 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.  [MHD notation:  Nov. 17, 1942]

Thursday morning, August 28th, at about 2:45, the Angel of Death came silently among us, bearing away to her Home above, after a short illness, Ella S., wife of A.E Morse of Lake View [Erie Co., NY].  The deceased was the daughter of W.A. and Mary A. Cornish.  She was born May 1, 1857, at Coventry [Chenango Co.], N.Y., where she spent the most of her life. September 1, 1869, she was united in marriage to A.E. Morse and became the pound, as well as dutiful, mother of six children, two of whom are deceased.  The living are:  Mrs. Maude E. Morgan of Oxford, Mrs. Myrtle M. Yarnes of Penelope, Mrs. Edith Page of Page Brook and Lynn E. Morse of Itaska.  She leaves to mourn her loss, beside her husband and four children, two brothers, George A. Cornish of Sun City, Kan. and Fred E. Cornish of Coventry, N.Y.; also nine grandchildren.  The funeral was held at the house Sunday, August 31.  Rev. Mr. Rines of Triangle officiated.  The beloved remains were placed in the Sylvan Lawn cemetery at Greene, N.Y [Chenango Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  1913]

Ralph H. Mott, of Union Valley [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], passed away at Bainbridge Hospital, Thursday morning, Oct. 30, following an abdominal operation on Oct. 22.  Ralph Harry Mott was born in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], Sept. 26, 1903, the only son of Robert and Anna Belle (Culver) Mott.  On May 1, 1924, he was united in marriage to Katherine E. Riley at North Sanford.  Eleven years ago the family moved to Union Valley.  Since that time he has been employed by the American Separator Company and the American Plastics Corporation, of Bainbridge.  Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 3, at Colwell's Chapel, the Rev. David Dawson, of Beach Lake, Pa., and the Rev. Z. James Hall, of Coventry, officiating.  Burial was in Union Valley Cemetery [West Bainbridge Cemetery].  Pall-bearers were fellow employees;  Maurice McGinnis, Everett Smith, William LeSuer, Carlton Mott, Kenneth Jones and Clarence Smith.  Those who mourn his passing include:  his wife, Katherine; his children: Leon, Charles, Elizabeth, Lillian, Clyde, Eunice and David, at home; Laura Belle, who is being cared for at the Dingman home;  Gerald, whose home is in Hallandale, Fla., with Mr. Mott's sister, Mrs. Leonard Sita.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Nov. 6, 1941]