Thursday, May 23, 2013

Obituaries (Pr, Ta) MHD Collection

 
Ruby Belle (Hill) Prime, an Afton [Chenango Co., NY] girl, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. M.G. Hill, and residents of Afton for many years, died at her home in Hartford, Conn., April 25th after several weeks illness.  She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Stephanie, who is married and Natalie; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. George Stratton and Miss Nan Hill both of Oxford, one niece, Mrs. Bernard Johnson of Unadilla and infant son, and several cousins.  Owing to the illness of Mr. Stratton, Mrs. Stratton was unable to attend the funeral service.  Miss Nan Hill went to Hartford last Thursday.  Friends extend their heartfelt sympathy to all the family.  [MHD notation:  1947]
 
Mrs. Jane E. Taber, aged 95 years, died yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J.C. Hanley, 10 Munsell street.  Besides her daughter, she is survived by a son, William H. Taber, a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Taber; nine grandchildren, Virge M. Taber, Mabel E. Taber, Edith J. Taber, Mrs. Frank D. Bean, Frederick F. Pierce, Lincoln B. Pierce, George W. :Pierce, Thomas H. Taber and Mrs. Thomas B. Kattell, and 12 great-grandchildren.  The funeral will be held at 10 Munsell street, Wednesday afternoon, at 1 o'clock and the remains will be taken to Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY] for burial on the 2:45 p.m. train.
 
Martha E. Taft, aged 90, passed away Tuesday morning at her home in Bainbridge, N.Y {Chenango Co.].  There are five survivors, one daughter, Mrs. Harland Gridley of Moravia, N.Y.; Augustine and Darwin Taft of Bainbridge and Mason Taft of Norwich; one sister, Miss Harriett Conklin of Newburgh, New York.  Funeral services were held this Thursday in St. Peter's Church, Bainbridge at 2:00 p.m.  Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  Mrs. Taft was a former resident of Afton.  [MHD notation:  July 14, 1955]
 
Miss Alice Taggert of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] died last night after a short illness.  She was 90 years old.  She was the daughter of Calvin Taggert and Emily Packer.  She is survived by a niece, Mrs. Carrie DeLong of Nineveh, and a cousin, Mrs. Henry M. Beecher of 47 Riverside Drive, Binghamton.
 
TAGGERT:  The funeral of Miss Alice Taggert will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time, at the Presbyterian Church in Afton.  The Rev. Clifford E. Webb will officiate.  Burial will be in Nineveh Cemetery. Nineveh [Broome Co., NY].  Arrangements by E.F. Taber, Afton.  [MHD notation:  June 14, 1940]
 
A.V. Tallman died at his late home in this city at 2 o'clock this morning.  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E.W. Barnett and Marie E. Tallman of this city, and a son, Thomas K. Tallman of Honolulu.  He is also survived by  a sister, Mrs. Celistia Ogden of this city.  The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of E.W.Barnett, 100 Moeller street and the burial will be in the Floral Park Cemetery [Johnson City, Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  Oct. 15, 1910]
 
Stubbie is Dead.  "To Know Him Was to Love Him," Says his Obituary Notice:  Stubbie, the pet dog of somebody on Margaret street is dead, and Stubbie, evidently having been an unusual dog in the eyes of his mistress, is receiving real dead folks obituary notice.  The notice of Stubbie's death was formally announced by his mistress yesterday in an obituary notice sent to The Republican.  "Only a dog, but to know him was to love him," the announcement begins.  "He will long be mourned by the members of the bereaved family" so ends the announcement.  Other facts told therein are that Stubbie's full name was Stubbie Jason Tallman, that he died at the age of nine years at his home on Margaret street; further, that two weeks before his death he was bitten by a couple of neighboring bulldogs and althoguh medical aid was summoned he departed Tuesday night for his "Happy Hunting Ground."  He was a Scotch collie. 
 
Reginald C. Taylor, a resident of the Town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for 21 years, died Friday night at the Sidney Hospital after a prolonged illness.  Born June 8, 1895, in Barbeto, West Indies, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Taylor.  When a small boy he moved with his family to Maine and then later to Ilion, where he remained until he came to Bainbridge.  On June 30, 1922, he was united in marriage with Anita Cole, of Ilion.  He was a member of the Episcopal Church.  Upon his arrival in Bainbridge, he operated a farm in Union Valley for a time, then he went to work for Charles H. Eldred & Co. where he remained for a number of years.  A short time ago he took a job with Davidson-Holman where he was employed at the time of his death.  He is survived by his wife, Anita Cole Taylor; two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Kaples, of Mohawk, and Mrs. Lillian Tillson, of Frankfurt; three brothers, L. Clyde Taylor, of Syracuse, the Rev. E. Ernest Taylor, of The Dalles, Ore.; Ralph A. Taylor, of Portland, Ore.; and several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock at his home in Union Valley with the Rev. James E. Wolfe, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, in Bainbridge officiating.  Pall-bearers were:  John Smith, Fred Sherman, Ward Loomis, Carl Hutchinson, Charles Myers, J. Fred Davis.  Burial was in the family plot in Mohawk cemetery [Herkimer Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  July 9, 1948]

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