Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Obituaries (Ro) MHD Collection

 
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Robbins, widow of John Robbins and formerly of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], will be held at the McCormack Funeral Home in Binghamton, Friday at 2 p.m.  Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Great Bend, Pa.  [MHD notation:  funeral April 11, 1947]
 
Alden D. Roberts, 73 years old, died Sunday morning, October 3, at the home of his son, Murray C. Roberts, in North Fenton [Broome Co., NY], after a brief illness.  Mr. Roberts had been a lifelong resident of the community where he died, and was a member of the Afton Masonic Lodge.  Funeral services were held at the home of his son in North Fenton, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Tracy E. Webster of North Fenton, officiating.  Burial was made in the North Fenton Cemetery.  Besides his son, he is survived by one brother, W.E.Roberts, of Binghamton, two grandchildren, and one nephew.  [MHD notation: 1937]
 
North Fenton [Broome Co., NY]:  The death of Flora, beloved wife of Alden D. Roberts occurred Sunday morning at a private hospital in Binghamton where the previous Friday she passed through a serious operation, complications developed and she was unable to rally.  She was a lady of sterling worth and character loved and respected by a multitude of friends and today we mourn with the afflicted family, for their loss is ours.  She is survived by her husband and one son, Murray, one sister, Miss A.E. Christian and two brothers Marion and Gorham.  The funeral will be held from her late home Wednesday at 1 P.M.  [MHD notation:  d. 1910]
 
Watson E. Roberts, 77, retired lawyer and former city recorder of Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], died Thursday morning, April 13, after a brief illness.  Mr. Roberts was born at Page Brook but had resided in Binghamton for many years.  Mr. Roberts was a former school teacher at North Colesville and a former baseball player with the old "Resolute" team in Greene and will be remembered by many of the older residents of this section.  Funeral services were held at the Root Funeral Home, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Clifford F. Bound of the Methodist Church officiating.  Burial was made in New Ohio Cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  Mr. Roberts is survived by two nephews, Watson [Roberts] of Syracuse and Murray Roberts of Greene, and several cousins.  [MHD notation:  d. 1939]
 
It was a great shock and sorrow for us to learn of the death of Mina Weeks Robertson, which occurred at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weeks, South Main street, on Thursday night, December 1st, after an illness of five days, of pneumonia.  Mrs. Robertson was born July 25th, 1900, at North Afton [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Ralph and Anna Curtiss Weeks.  She was a graduate of Afton High School and was trained for a business career at Lowell School of Business in Binghamton.  On April 26t, 1922, she was married to W. Dewey Robertson, of Edmeston, N.Y.  At the time of her death she was a resident of Canajoharie, N.Y [Montgomery Co.].  The funeral was held at the Colwell Funeral Chapel on Sunday, December 4th, 1932, at 1:30 p.m., and burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery, at Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].  She is survived by her husband, one son, Richard; her parents; two brothers, J. Ray and Howard C., of Afton; two sisters, Ellen and Ada, of Oneonta; eight nieces and nephews, and several uncles, aunts and cousins.  [MHD notation:  d. 1932]

Roy Dening Robinson, who suffered a heart attack last Wednesday, died at his home in Camp Ground street, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], Friday morning.  He was born Apr. 13, 1890, at Belleville, the son of Charles W. and Nellie G. (Dening) Robinson.  Mr. Robinson was a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for a number of years.  He was a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge of Bainbridge; treasurer of the Benevolent Fund of the Sidney Methodist church and a member of the official board and the Board of Trustees of the Methodist Church.  The deceased is survived by his wife, Helen Clink Robinson, of Sidney; his father, Charles W. Robinson, of Adams; three brothers, Glen, of Adams; Kent, of Paulaski, and Howard, of Trenton, N.J.;  a son, Roy J. Robinson, of Oxford; and a daughter, Mrs. Rena Neigut, of Texas; and five grandchildren.  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Methodist Church with the Rev. Roy T. Henwood, of West Pittston, Pa., and the Rev. Frederick W. Connell, of Cooperstown, former pastors, officiating.  Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney.  [MHD notation:  Aug. 10, 1945]

Miss Sara E. Robinson, 63 years old, died at 6 o'clock Sunday night at her home, Belden avenue, Harpursville [Broome Co., NY].  She is survived by a brother Henry Robinson of Harpursville, and a cousin, Louis Bogart of Port Crane.  She was a member of St. Luke's church for over 35 years.  The funeral was held at the home Tuesday afternoon, with Rev. Robert H. Moore officiating.  Burial was in Pratt's Cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  Oct. 22, 1939]

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