Archie B. Shay, 52, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], died Saturday afternoon at City Hospital after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Furman Shay; a son, Archie Shay, Jr., both of Greene; four brothers, John, Robert and Ralph Shay, all of Susquehanna, Pa., and Charles Shay of Thompson, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Finch and Mrs. Helen Beuhener, both of Susquehanna, Pa.; several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was a member of the Methodist Church of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]. The body was moved to the Root Funeral Home, Greene, where friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m.
Miss Charlotte Shay was born in the town of Colesville, Broome county, in 1820. For a number of years she taught school in this and neighboring districts and until the death of her brother, Eli Shay, about seventeen years ago, lived at his home here. The past three years she has made her home with a niece, Mrs. Herbert Wedderspoon in Cooperstown, where she passed away last Sunday morning, aged 82 years. Miss Shay was a member of St. Luke's church in Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], a quiet unassuming lady with strong christian character. Two nieces, Mrs. Bert Baker, of Harpursville, and Mrs. Herbert Wedderspoon, of Cooperstown, and a nephew, Martin Shay, of this village, survive her. Her remains were brought here and the funeral held from St. Ann's Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Rev. J.N. Goodrich, of Harpursville, officiating. Interment at Glenwood [Afton, Chenango Co., NY]
George R. Shay, 83, of Thompson, Pa., RD1, died Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital, Carbondale, Pa., after a long illness. Born in Susquehanna County, Pa., he had been a resident in the Thompson area for the last 45 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Shay of the same address; two sons, Nathan Shay of Binghamton and Milton Shay of Herrick Center, Pa.; three step-sons, John Hendrickson of Carbondale, Russell Hendrickson of Friendsville, Pa., and Benson Davis of Thompson; two step-daughters, Mrs. Homer Painter and Mrs. Glenford Carpenter, both of Binghamton; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Shay was a member of the Ararat Methodist Church and of Thompson Grange 862. The body was taken to the Mumford Funeral Home, Starrucca, Pa., where friends may call. [MHD notation: July 5, 1959]
SHAY--The funeral of George R. Shay will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Ararat Methodist Church, Ararat, Pa. The Rev. William Jenkins will officiate. The body will lie in state in the church from Wednesday noon until time of service. Burial will be in Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro, Pa. Friends may call at the Mumford Funeral Home, Starrucca, Pa., at their convenience. [d. 1959]
Again the village has been called to mourn the loss of one of its old residents in the death of Charles M. Sheldon on April 5th, at the home of his son in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY]. Mr. Sheldon was the son of Harmon and Phoebe Sheldon and was born December 14th, 1853 at Davenport Center, N.Y. In 1877 he was married to Delila A. Hawkins of Sanford, N.Y., and to this union was born two sons, Earl D. of Binghamton and Roy F. of Schenectady. For many years Mr. Sheldon operated a sawmill in partnership with V.N. Cas and A.E. Merritt. In 1904 he purchased the Stoddard Hammond farm just outside the village of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] which he operated until 1922, when failing health required him to give up farming, and he moved to the village where resided until the time of his death. Mr. Sheldon was a consistent Christian, and an ardent church worker. His love for young people often drew them to his home and they found in him a friend and helper. In a prayer meeting last October he gave expression to a thought that revealed his high ideals. He said, "We always recognize a foreigner when they come to our country, and how nice it would be if the world could recognize Christ in us as readily." He lived Christ, he taught Christ and he loved Christ, "For him to live was Christ, to die was gain." Seldom does the Grim Reaper came and take out two from a home in one week, but such was the case with Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon. They had lived together for nearly fifty years, they had shared each other's joys and sorrows\, and in death they were only separated one week. [MHD notation: d. 1927]
James Ferris Shelley, aged 65, died at his home in the town of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Tuesday morning, after a brief illness. Mr. Shelley was born in Delaware County in 1871 but had been a resident of the town of Coventry for the last 37 years, where he followed the occupation of farming. Funeral services will be held from the Root Funeral Home in Greene, Thursday morning at 10:30, the Rev. Lewis Folk of the Baptist Church at Harpursville, officiating. Burial will be made in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery [Greene, Chenango Co., NY]. Mr. Shelley is survived by his wife, Margaret Shelley, and one son, Victor Shelley, of Hillcrest. [MHD notation: Jan. 29, 1936]
Harpursville [Broome Co., NY]: On Thursday evening, about 7:30 o'clock, occurred the sudden death of Mrs. Mary Shelly, wife of J. Ferris Shelly, aged thirty-eight years, who, after taking a bath and changing her clothes, died in five minutes. It is said that she was seen to throw a piece of paper into the stove before retiring. The coroner, Dr. Preston of Greene, was summoned and held an inquest. He removed the stomach, which will be sent away for examination. She leaves besides her husband, one son, Victor; two sisters, one brother and her father, Joseph Gage. The funeral was held this noon at one o'clock, Rev. George Somerson officiating. Burial was in Greene [Chenango Co., NY]. [MHD notation: d. 1910]
Police today lacked valuable clues in their search for the person or persons who robbed and murdered Victor F. Shelley, 41-year-old Hillcrest mechanic, in his automobile two miles north of Newburgh [Orange Co., NY] late yesterday. Only clue was a bullet removed from the victim's body, which was found slumped over the steering wheel. Mr. Shelley, an employee of the Colonial Beacon Oil Co., who left his Hillcrest home [Broome Co., NY] Wednesday morning to attend a business meeting in Poughkeepsie, was shot in the neck by a .32 or .38 caliber gun an autopsy revealed. State police today were of the opinion robbery was the motive for the crime. Mr. Shelley's coat, watch, traveling bag and wallet, said to have probably contained considerable money, were missing. Whether his slayer was alone could not be determined. He was found slumped over the front seat of a company car parked about 10 feet off the highway. As members of Troop K of the state police reconstructed the crime, they advanced the theory that something went wrong with Mr. Shelley's car and that he had stopped to fix it when held up and subsequently shot. Relatives at Mr. Shelley's Hillcrest home today discounted the possibility that he had enemies. They also said he did not have much money with him, but admitted that he usually carried large sums of money. As investigation of the murder continued today, Captain Daniel E. Fox, commanding officer of Troop C, assigned Trooper Carl Fordham to work with Patrick Gale of Troop K's BC1 in checking local angles. The troopers visited the Shelley home this morning and talked with relatives and Marshall A. Kattell, New York city head of the oil concern and formerly of this city, who went to the victim's home from Newburgh. Lieutenant Walter Reilly of Troop K said he was certain the case was "clear-cut murder" and that robbery was the motive. A search of the car by Troop K men revealed no gun in or near the car in which Mr. Shelley's body was found. Troopers learned from nearby farmers that the car was first seen parked along the highway during a heavy storm at 11 o'clock Wednesday night, but no one investigated. It wasn't until about 3:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon that J. F. Conway of Newburgh, a passing motorist, discovered the body. He immediately called state police. Authorities found the wires on two of the spark plugs of the motor of the car had been disconnected. The right hand door of the car was locked and there was a large hole smashed in the left window near the body. Dr. Theodore Proper and Dr. Harold Snyder of Newburgh performed an autopsy which revealed that the bullet entered the body at the junction of the neck and chest and had plowed down through the right lung. Death was attributed to hemorrhage of the lung, but doctors could not determine how long he had been dead. Michael Hoey attached to the district attorney's office at Newburgh, was called into the investigation by troopers. Several of Troop K's BC1 men today had been assigned in the case. Mr. Shelley planned to be in Poughkeepsie at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, oil company officials said, for a business meeting. He was employed as a repair man for the oil concern in upstate counties. When he failed to appear for the meeting officials called the company's Binghamton office and were told that he had left for Poughkeepsie several hours previously. Company heads were still looking for Mr. Shelley when the body was found. Mr. Shelley had been an employee of the oil concern for several years. He made his home at 4 Franklin avenue, Hillcrest. Survivors include his wife, Edith (Small) Shelley; a daughter, Mary; a son, Donald and a stepmother, Mrs. Margaret Shelley of Harpursville. Mr. Shelley's body was taken to the Root Funeral Home in Greene and will be brought to his home Saturday at 11 o'clock. A prayer service will be held at his home Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The funeral will be held at the West Colesville Baptist church at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev. Louis D. Falk will officiate, assisted by the Rev. T. Part Gates. [Binghamton Press, Aug. 12, 1938]
Ruling that Victor P. Shelley of Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], victim of an unsolved murder in an automobile near Newburgh [Orange Co., NY] on August 11th, was "killed while working the course of his employment," Compensation Court Referee James P. Richardson of Syracuse granted an award to his widow, Mrs. Edith Shelley. Mr. Shelley was killed while in the employ of Colonial Beacon Oil Company. The Court decreed that Mrs. Shelley will receive $10.39 each week unless she remarries. In that event, the payments will cease. In addition, Referee Richardson ordered compensation payments of $3.45 per week to each of two children until they become 18 years of age. [MHD notation: Dec. 1939]
Miss Charlotte Shay was born in the town of Colesville, Broome county, in 1820. For a number of years she taught school in this and neighboring districts and until the death of her brother, Eli Shay, about seventeen years ago, lived at his home here. The past three years she has made her home with a niece, Mrs. Herbert Wedderspoon in Cooperstown, where she passed away last Sunday morning, aged 82 years. Miss Shay was a member of St. Luke's church in Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], a quiet unassuming lady with strong christian character. Two nieces, Mrs. Bert Baker, of Harpursville, and Mrs. Herbert Wedderspoon, of Cooperstown, and a nephew, Martin Shay, of this village, survive her. Her remains were brought here and the funeral held from St. Ann's Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Rev. J.N. Goodrich, of Harpursville, officiating. Interment at Glenwood [Afton, Chenango Co., NY]
George R. Shay, 83, of Thompson, Pa., RD1, died Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital, Carbondale, Pa., after a long illness. Born in Susquehanna County, Pa., he had been a resident in the Thompson area for the last 45 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Shay of the same address; two sons, Nathan Shay of Binghamton and Milton Shay of Herrick Center, Pa.; three step-sons, John Hendrickson of Carbondale, Russell Hendrickson of Friendsville, Pa., and Benson Davis of Thompson; two step-daughters, Mrs. Homer Painter and Mrs. Glenford Carpenter, both of Binghamton; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Shay was a member of the Ararat Methodist Church and of Thompson Grange 862. The body was taken to the Mumford Funeral Home, Starrucca, Pa., where friends may call. [MHD notation: July 5, 1959]
SHAY--The funeral of George R. Shay will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Ararat Methodist Church, Ararat, Pa. The Rev. William Jenkins will officiate. The body will lie in state in the church from Wednesday noon until time of service. Burial will be in Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro, Pa. Friends may call at the Mumford Funeral Home, Starrucca, Pa., at their convenience. [d. 1959]
Again the village has been called to mourn the loss of one of its old residents in the death of Charles M. Sheldon on April 5th, at the home of his son in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY]. Mr. Sheldon was the son of Harmon and Phoebe Sheldon and was born December 14th, 1853 at Davenport Center, N.Y. In 1877 he was married to Delila A. Hawkins of Sanford, N.Y., and to this union was born two sons, Earl D. of Binghamton and Roy F. of Schenectady. For many years Mr. Sheldon operated a sawmill in partnership with V.N. Cas and A.E. Merritt. In 1904 he purchased the Stoddard Hammond farm just outside the village of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] which he operated until 1922, when failing health required him to give up farming, and he moved to the village where resided until the time of his death. Mr. Sheldon was a consistent Christian, and an ardent church worker. His love for young people often drew them to his home and they found in him a friend and helper. In a prayer meeting last October he gave expression to a thought that revealed his high ideals. He said, "We always recognize a foreigner when they come to our country, and how nice it would be if the world could recognize Christ in us as readily." He lived Christ, he taught Christ and he loved Christ, "For him to live was Christ, to die was gain." Seldom does the Grim Reaper came and take out two from a home in one week, but such was the case with Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon. They had lived together for nearly fifty years, they had shared each other's joys and sorrows\, and in death they were only separated one week. [MHD notation: d. 1927]
James Ferris Shelley, aged 65, died at his home in the town of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Tuesday morning, after a brief illness. Mr. Shelley was born in Delaware County in 1871 but had been a resident of the town of Coventry for the last 37 years, where he followed the occupation of farming. Funeral services will be held from the Root Funeral Home in Greene, Thursday morning at 10:30, the Rev. Lewis Folk of the Baptist Church at Harpursville, officiating. Burial will be made in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery [Greene, Chenango Co., NY]. Mr. Shelley is survived by his wife, Margaret Shelley, and one son, Victor Shelley, of Hillcrest. [MHD notation: Jan. 29, 1936]
Harpursville [Broome Co., NY]: On Thursday evening, about 7:30 o'clock, occurred the sudden death of Mrs. Mary Shelly, wife of J. Ferris Shelly, aged thirty-eight years, who, after taking a bath and changing her clothes, died in five minutes. It is said that she was seen to throw a piece of paper into the stove before retiring. The coroner, Dr. Preston of Greene, was summoned and held an inquest. He removed the stomach, which will be sent away for examination. She leaves besides her husband, one son, Victor; two sisters, one brother and her father, Joseph Gage. The funeral was held this noon at one o'clock, Rev. George Somerson officiating. Burial was in Greene [Chenango Co., NY]. [MHD notation: d. 1910]
Police today lacked valuable clues in their search for the person or persons who robbed and murdered Victor F. Shelley, 41-year-old Hillcrest mechanic, in his automobile two miles north of Newburgh [Orange Co., NY] late yesterday. Only clue was a bullet removed from the victim's body, which was found slumped over the steering wheel. Mr. Shelley, an employee of the Colonial Beacon Oil Co., who left his Hillcrest home [Broome Co., NY] Wednesday morning to attend a business meeting in Poughkeepsie, was shot in the neck by a .32 or .38 caliber gun an autopsy revealed. State police today were of the opinion robbery was the motive for the crime. Mr. Shelley's coat, watch, traveling bag and wallet, said to have probably contained considerable money, were missing. Whether his slayer was alone could not be determined. He was found slumped over the front seat of a company car parked about 10 feet off the highway. As members of Troop K of the state police reconstructed the crime, they advanced the theory that something went wrong with Mr. Shelley's car and that he had stopped to fix it when held up and subsequently shot. Relatives at Mr. Shelley's Hillcrest home today discounted the possibility that he had enemies. They also said he did not have much money with him, but admitted that he usually carried large sums of money. As investigation of the murder continued today, Captain Daniel E. Fox, commanding officer of Troop C, assigned Trooper Carl Fordham to work with Patrick Gale of Troop K's BC1 in checking local angles. The troopers visited the Shelley home this morning and talked with relatives and Marshall A. Kattell, New York city head of the oil concern and formerly of this city, who went to the victim's home from Newburgh. Lieutenant Walter Reilly of Troop K said he was certain the case was "clear-cut murder" and that robbery was the motive. A search of the car by Troop K men revealed no gun in or near the car in which Mr. Shelley's body was found. Troopers learned from nearby farmers that the car was first seen parked along the highway during a heavy storm at 11 o'clock Wednesday night, but no one investigated. It wasn't until about 3:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon that J. F. Conway of Newburgh, a passing motorist, discovered the body. He immediately called state police. Authorities found the wires on two of the spark plugs of the motor of the car had been disconnected. The right hand door of the car was locked and there was a large hole smashed in the left window near the body. Dr. Theodore Proper and Dr. Harold Snyder of Newburgh performed an autopsy which revealed that the bullet entered the body at the junction of the neck and chest and had plowed down through the right lung. Death was attributed to hemorrhage of the lung, but doctors could not determine how long he had been dead. Michael Hoey attached to the district attorney's office at Newburgh, was called into the investigation by troopers. Several of Troop K's BC1 men today had been assigned in the case. Mr. Shelley planned to be in Poughkeepsie at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, oil company officials said, for a business meeting. He was employed as a repair man for the oil concern in upstate counties. When he failed to appear for the meeting officials called the company's Binghamton office and were told that he had left for Poughkeepsie several hours previously. Company heads were still looking for Mr. Shelley when the body was found. Mr. Shelley had been an employee of the oil concern for several years. He made his home at 4 Franklin avenue, Hillcrest. Survivors include his wife, Edith (Small) Shelley; a daughter, Mary; a son, Donald and a stepmother, Mrs. Margaret Shelley of Harpursville. Mr. Shelley's body was taken to the Root Funeral Home in Greene and will be brought to his home Saturday at 11 o'clock. A prayer service will be held at his home Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The funeral will be held at the West Colesville Baptist church at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev. Louis D. Falk will officiate, assisted by the Rev. T. Part Gates. [Binghamton Press, Aug. 12, 1938]
Ruling that Victor P. Shelley of Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], victim of an unsolved murder in an automobile near Newburgh [Orange Co., NY] on August 11th, was "killed while working the course of his employment," Compensation Court Referee James P. Richardson of Syracuse granted an award to his widow, Mrs. Edith Shelley. Mr. Shelley was killed while in the employ of Colonial Beacon Oil Company. The Court decreed that Mrs. Shelley will receive $10.39 each week unless she remarries. In that event, the payments will cease. In addition, Referee Richardson ordered compensation payments of $3.45 per week to each of two children until they become 18 years of age. [MHD notation: Dec. 1939]
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