Sunday, May 26, 2013

Obituaries (Ti, To, Tr, Tu) MHD Collection

 
Harrison Tilyou, aged 77, died at the Afton Hospital, Monday, June 10th at five P.M.  Mr. Tilyou was born in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], August 1, 1862, son of Jane L. and John C. Tilyou.  His early days were spent in Norwich and Masonville [Delaware Co., NY].  For the past 30 years he has been a resident of this vicinity.  He is survived by his wife living in Afton, a daughter, Mrs. Vern Wylie of Binghamton; a brother, Frank Tilyou of Oneonta; five grandchildren, Mrs. Harold Campbell of Bainbridge, Mrs. Kenneth Elander, Kenneth House and Spurgeon Shillabeer, all of Afton and Lloyd Shillameer of Binghamton; three great grandchildren, Donald and Sharon Campbell and Dawn Elander, also several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will be held at the Baptist Church, this Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.  Rev Nichols will officiate and burial will be in the family plot in Masonville.  [MHD notation:  d. 1940]
 
Mrs. Gladys Tingley, 58, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died Sunday morning at her home.  She is survived by her husband, George Tingley; two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Webster and Miss Ruth Tingley; a son, Frank Tingley, all of Afton; a sister, Mrs Ruth Fredenberg, of Marathon, and an uncle, Howard Benedict, of Wellsville.  The funeral was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Baptist Church, Afton.  The Rev. Archie Benedict, assisted by the Rev. Allan Douglas, officiated.  Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton.  [MHD notation:  Jan. 1947]
 
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Myra (Margaret) Smith Tingley, 24, of 58 Henry Street, died this morning in the Chenango Memorial Hospital, as a result of a gun shot wound she suffered on Aug. 23.  Police broke into the Buchanan Hardware Store in North Broad Street shortly after midnight on the morning of Aug. 23 and found Mrs. Tingley on the floor, wounded.  She was rushed to the hospital suffering a wound in the side from a .22 caliber rifle bullet.  After investigation, Police Chief Harold O. Mattice said that Mrs. Tingley entered the store with a key belonging to her father, Lynn Smith, an employee of the store.  Chief Mattice said she took a .22 caliber rifle to the back of the store, loaded it and tested it, and then returned to the front of the store and shot herself.  She called the telephone operator, who called the police, the chief said.

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Littlewood and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wells attended the funeral of Mrs. Myra Smith Tingley held at the Fahy Funeral Home, Norwich, Friday afternoon, Sept. 2nd.  The Rev. Donald Tubbs pastor of the First Baptist Church, Norwich, officiated.  He was assisted by the Rev. L.E. Gardiner of Hoosick Falls.  Interment in Columbus Corners Cemetery.  [The Courier, Brookfield, NY, Sept. 9, 1954]

Frank R. Todd, 64, of Afton Lake [Chenango Co., NY], died at 2:25 a.m. yesterday at The Hospital, Sidney, after a short illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ione (Doolittle) Todd; a son, H. Fay Todd, both of Afton Lake; a sister, Mrs. Helen Vidler of Norwich; a brother, Chauncey R. Todd of Englewood, Cal., and several nieces and nephews.  He was a member of St. Ann's Episcopal Church, Afton, a veteran of World War 1, and a member of the Clifford Homes Post No. 923, American legion, in Afton.  The body was removed to the Karschner Funeral Home in Afton where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.  [Binghamton Press, July 21 1958]

Ethel, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Truesdell died at their home at Washington Mills [Oneida Co.,  NY] May 4th, aged 11 years.  She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Deloss Wood formerly of this place.  Mrs. Wood died when Ethel was a few days old.   She gave her baby to her sister.  Mrs. Truesdell has been a faithful mother to her.  Her father, two sisters and one brother survive her.  the body was brought to Undertaker Kark's rooms Friday.  The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at the Belden church, Rev. Platt Thompson officiating.  Burial in Pratt cemetery [Colesville, Broome Co., NY]

Numan Tuckey died Aug. 30 at his home after being in poor health for two years.  Born Feb. 6, 1891, in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], he was the son of James and Julia Tuckey.  At the age of 12 he moved to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] where he has lived until his death.  On Apr. 30, 1927, he was united in marriage to Jane Tripp, of Bennettsville.  He is survived by his wife, and son, Joseph Lee, 2-1/2; also a son, Jack Tuckey, of Binghamton, by a former marriage; two brothers, William of Sidney; Amos W., of Bainbridge; and a sister, Mrs. Rose Stimpson, of Oneonta.  Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Colwell's Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Carpenter officiating.  Bearers were Robert Archer, Frank Daly, Albert Pixley and Reno Smith.  Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  [MHD notation:  d. 1944]

 

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