Obituaries (Sm, Sn, Sp, St)

 MHD Collection

 

Jay C. Smith died Tuesday night at his home on Guilford Road [Chenango Co., NY] after a prolonged illness.  Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock (DST) at the Fisher and Sherman Funeral Chapel.  [MHD notation:  June 17, 1947]

 

Mrs. Rufus Smith of Spring street died at the home of Miss Louise Waterman this Thursday morning.  The body was taken to Colwell's Funeral Home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  Funeral announcements will be made later.  [MHD notation:  Oct. 9, 1937]

 

Mrs. Viola Eggleston Smith, wife of the late Stephen D. Smith, died Sept. 24 at her home, Bixby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], after an illness of a few weeks.  Born Jan. 28, 1871, in Tompkins, she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Eggleston.  Thirty-four years ago, she moved to Bainbridge from Masonville.  She is survived by seven sons, Lewis M., Lynn J., Clair M., all of Bainbridge; Leslie, of Coventry; Harry S., Reno G., and Raymond, all of Bainbridge; five sisters, Mrs. Emma Evans, Mrs. Agnes Jones, Mrs. Henry Seymour, Mrs. O.A. Peck, all of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Lewis Evans, of Norwich; and a number of grandchildren.  Services were held from her home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Harry E. Brooks officiating.  Bearers were four grandsons, Harry Smith, William Smith, Clifford Smith, and Stanley Smith.  Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge]. 

 

Again the death angel has visited the home of Joseph Snitchler for the third time inside of two years.  This time it was Mr. Snitchler who passed quietly away to his eternal rest Monday morning at 9 o'clock, which was a great shock to the family and neighbors.  Mr. Snitchler had worked in the hay field Friday afternoon and the doctor was called for him Saturday afternoon.  The funeral was held at his late home on Wednesday at 2 o'clock and was attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and intimate friends.  Rev. D.M. Thomas of Windsor officiated and his remarks were from Revelations, 14 chapter 13 verse.  The singing was under the charge of Mrs. H.G. Springsteen as organist consisting of Mrs. T.L. Dibble, Mrs. H.G. Dimorier, T.T.L. Dibble and H.G. Springsteen.  He was laid to rest in the Plains cemetery [Oneonta, Otsego Co., NY] by his two sons, Lewis and George and two son-in-laws Floyd Porter and Roy Stevens.  He is survived by his wife, son Lewis of Bainbridge, George at home, two daughters Mrs. Floyd Porter of Delhi and Mrs. Ray Stevens of West Windsor.  [MHD notation [Aug. 5, 1912]

Guy C. Spencer, 77, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], died at Homer Folks Hospital, Oneonta, N.Y., Wednesday afternoon after a long illness.  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Clarence Merrill of Quinnsville, N.Y,; a son, Ward Spencer of Pittsford, N.Y.; two brothers, Bishop Robert Nelson Spencer of Kansas City, Mo., and Irwin G. Spencer of Binghamton; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  The body was removed to the Root Funeral Home, Greene where friends may call.  [MHD notation:  Feb. 20, 1946]

Lynn S. Stannard, 51, of 146 East Frederick Street, died at 4:05 a.m. Saturday at the Binghamton City Hospital.  He is survived by his wife, Hazel; two daughters, Joan of Binghamton, and Mrs. Raymond Cole of Port Chester, and a sister, Mrs. Frank Weeks, of Binghamton, R.D.4.  The body was removed to the J.F. Rice Funeral Home, 150 Main Street, Johnson City [Broome Co., NY], where friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening.  The body will be taken to 146 East Frederick Street, Monday morning, from where the funeral will be held.  [MHD notation:  June 16, 1945]