Monday, December 23, 2013

Obituaries (December 23)

The death of Miss Maria Sax occurred at the home of her niece, Mrs. Robert Bradford, at Saginaw, Michigan, March 12, 1922, aged 83 years.  On March 2, Miss Sax was stricken with a shock of paralysis from which she never rallied.  The funeral was held in the Baptist church in this village at 2 o'clock.  Wednesday, march 15, Rev. C.B Allnatt officiating.  Burial at Bennettsville [Chenango Co, NY].  For many years Miss Sax made her home with her sister, Mrs. William R. Kirby, who lived about three miles below this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] on the east side of the river, going to live with her niece after Mrs. Kirby's death.  Those from out of town attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradford of Saginaw, Mich. and Miss Katherine Sax of Utica, N.Y..  [Bainbridge Republican, May 11, 1922]
 
Without regaining consciousness, and thirty-six hours after the double shooting of his wife and himself, Frank Koury died at the  Norwich Memorial Hospital [Chenango Co., NY] Tuesday morning.  Surgeons at the hospital conceded his death to be a matter of a few hours from the beginning, but the man's tenacious hold on life did not weaken perceptibly until the early hours of Tuesday morning.  Koury was past 44 years of age.  Besides the wife whose life he attempted to take and their three children, Ernest, Loreta, and Irene, he has three brothers, two of whom reside in his native town of Syria and one, Charles Koury, of Binghamton.  A nephew, Sadie Koury of Oneonta, also survives.  Koury's brother believes that, inflamed with drink, his brother was temporarily demented when he attempted the double killing.  "He would never have done it, for the children if for nothing else, if he had not been drunk,.  He didn't know what he was doing," the man said....The body was removed to the home at No. 28 Gold street, where funeral services will be held at 9:30 o'clock on Thursday morning and from Emmanuel Episcopal church at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. Frank Dean Gifford officiating.  interment in Mount Hope cemetery.  [Bainbridge Republican, May 11, 1922]
 
On Thursday evening of last week at 6 p.m., Mildred, the little seven year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wiedman, was seriously burned by a kitchen stove.  While passing through the kitchen her clothes caught fire by some papers that were left by the stove and she was immediately enveloped in a mass of flames.  Enveloped in flames and screaming, she ran from the house to her parents but no help could be rendered and she was seriously burned, her death occurring in a few hours.  Dr. Evans was called and cared for the child.  The sympathy of the community is with the bereaved parents, in the sad loss of their little daughter.  [Bainbridge Republican, May 18, 1922]
 
The death of Lockwood H. Keith, Thursday morning, 4th inst. at the home on Avery street of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Keith, removes from our community one whose long associations in this locality won for him the just regard and affectionate esteem of all with whom he was acquainted.  His useful and industrious life came to close at the advanced age of nearly 89 years, the last ten years spent at the home of his son, Harley Keith where he received the best of care and rest.  His health had been uniformly good until early in March when overtaken by illness and infirmities of age.  He leaves us with the deep regret of all and expressions of sympathy are extended to the family.  Saturday afternoon, 8th inst., services were held at the family home on Avery street, Rev. C.L. Herrick officiating, followed by interment in Prospect Hill cemetery.  Mr. Keith is survived by one son, Harley Keith; three brothers, Newton Keith, George Keith, Albert Keith, and one sister, Mrs. C.R. Scofield, of Bainbridge, N.Y.--Sidney Record.  [Bainbridge Republican, May 18, 1922]
 
When returning to his home in Oneonta [Otsego Co.,  NY] Thursday afternoon, having attended the funeral of Frank Koury at Norwich in the morning, Joseph Wakin, a Syrian, sustained fatal injuries in an automobile accident which occurred near Unadilla.  The party left Norwich between noon and 1 o'clock.  At the time of the accident the car, a Nash four touring car, was traveling at a rate of at least 35 and possibly 40 miles an hour.  Samuel Wakin, the owner of the car, his wife, Assid Hashan, Chick Wakin and Joseph Wakin, were riding in the machine, with Hashan driving.  They had reached a point just above Unadilla where there is a bend in the road at an angle.  The car was seen to swerve twice, from right to left in the road, and then suddenly ditched and overturned.
 
On Wednesday, may 10th, at 1:30 a.m., occurred the death of Mrs. E.C. Wilber at her home on Front street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], this village, after an illness of nearly seven years.  For all this time she has been a patient sufferer, always hopeful that she would eventually recover her health.  For the greater part of the time it has been necessary for some one of the family to be with her constantly, and her daughter, Ruby, has proven herself equal to the task, having given up her work of teaching and devoted herself to the care of her mother.  Dora Bell Jones was born at Harpursville, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1867.  She was married to Edward C. Wilber on July 2nd, 1883.  She united with the First Baptist Church of Bainbridge, N.Y., in 1906, and has been an active worker therein so far as she was able through all the years.  The funeral was private at her home on Friday, May 12th, at 2 p.m. ... Mrs. Wilber is survived by four children, Louis Wilber, Mrs. Vern Peck, Miss Ruby Wilber and Miss Beatrice Wilber, also one granddaughter, Miss Ruby Wilber, and by four sisters and one brother, Mrs. Orin Rogers of Forty Fort, Pa., Mrs. Nellie Squares of Strausburg, Pa., Mrs. C. Carter of Afton, N.Y., Mrs. Mary Watson of Norwich, N.Y., and Mr. Samuel Jones of Pond Eddy, Pa.  Mr. and Mrs. Wilber have been residents of Bainbridge for the past 36 years, having resided for a short time in Masonville after their marriage.  [Bainbridge Republican, May 18, 1922]
 
Harry Cooper, age 80 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wilber Dickinson at Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] last week Tuesday.  Since the death of his wife six years ago in Bainbridge, Mr. Cooper moved to Sidney and was well cared for at the home of his daughter.  He died of the infirmities of advanced age, after an illness of seven weeks.  Thursday afternoon, 11th inst., Rev. A.D. Finch officiated at the services, followed by interment in Greenlawn cemetery, Bainbridge, N.Y.  Two children survive, Earl Cooper and Mrs. Wilber Dickinson; also one brother, William Cooper of Schenectady, and two sisters, Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Julia Floyd of Colorado.  The sympathy of all goes forth to the family in their sorrow.  [Bainbridge Republican, May 18, 1922]
 
 
 

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