Thursday, February 27, 2014

Obituaries (February 27)

Mrs. Charles Bolster, of Guilford Center [Chenango Co., NY], passed away Easter morning, April 15, at 1 o'clock at the Chenango Memorial Hospital.  On Thursday, she submitted to an operation which was hoped would bring relief from the shock she suffered several days previous.  Her condition had been very critical and little hope was held for her.  Mrs. Bolster was born 71 years ago in the town of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  She was the daughter of Harriett and Carpenter Bennett.  For the past 20 years she and Mr. Bolster have made their home in our community.  A kindly neighbor, she had many friends who will grieve her passing.  Surviving are the husband, one brother, Will Bennett, of Bainbridge, and four nieces.  Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Colwell's funeral parlors in Bainbridge.  Burial in Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 20, 1933]

Mrs. Anna Bennett Bolster, of Guilford Center [Chenango Co., NY], died Saturday morning at 1 o'clock in the Norwich Hospital after an illness of two weeks.  Mrs. Bolster was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] December 28th, 1863, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter Bennett.  She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School.  She was married about twenty years ago to Charles Bolster, who died some time ago.  She ahs been for many years a resident of Guilford Center.  The funeral was held at the Colwell funeral chapel Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Bradford H. Tite officiating.  Burial was in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  The pall bearers were H.C. Newell, Will Evans, J.E. Hirt and Frank Fletcher.  Mrs. Bolster is survived by one brother, Mr. W.H. Bennett, of this village, and four nieces, the Misses Mildred and Mabel Bennett, Mrs. Ralph Warner and Mrs. Fred Montgomery.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 20, 1933]
 
Robert LeGrand Parsons died at the Bainbridge Hospital early on Tuesday, April 11th from complications resulting from an injury sustained in the performance of his duties at the American Plastics plant.  Mr. Parsons was born November 6th, 1883, in Center Village [Broome Co., NY], the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Parsons.  On April 16th, 1902, he was married to Miss Muriel Jacobsen.  Since that time he made his home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], with the exception of two years spent in Sidney.  He has been employed by the Casein Manufacturing Company, Kayser Silk Mill at Sidney and the American Plastics Corporation.  He also maintained an ice business here in Bainbridge.  He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Bainbridge, and of the Maccabee Lodge.  The funeral was held Thursday, April 13th, at the Presbyterian Church, and was preceded by a prayer service at the home of the deceased.  Rev. G. H. Orvis had charge of the services.  Pall bearers were Patrick Ryan, Ernest Butcher, Orla Howland, L. Thompson, Jesse Benton and Joseph Hohreiter.  Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  A large number of beautiful floral tributes revealed the wide circle of friends he had made.  Besides his wife, Mr. Parsons is survived by six sons, Harry, Martin, Edward, Robert, Merritt and Richard, all of whom reside in Bainbridge except Martin, who makes his home in Rochester, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Parsons, one brother, John A. Parsons, two sisters and four grandsons.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 20, 1933]

Mrs. Catherine K. Shepherd, widow of Aaron Shepherd, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Elliott, after having been in poor health for some time.  Mrs. Shepherd was born March 5th, 1856, in Cobleskill [Schoharie Co., NY], the daughter of George and Catherine Cole Kniskern.  She was a member of the Methodist Church in Sidney. The funeral was held at the home of her daughter on Wednesday, April 19, at 2 o'clock, Rev. G.H. Orvis officiating.  Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Otego [Otsego Co., NY].  Mrs. Shepherd is survived by four daughters, Mrs. George Elliott, of this village, Mrs. J. Bilby, Mrs. Henry Williams and Mrs. LaVerne Chase. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 20, 1933]

Dr. Newton Wray, minister, educator and author, who will be remembered by some Bainbridge citizens as the husband of Mary Gilbert, daughter of E.S. Gilbert, formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], passed away at Upland, Indiana, very suddenly on April 18th, of heart failure.  Dr. Wray, in earlier years, was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the New York Conference, and also at one time served the Calvary Presbyterian Church of Lockport, N.Y.  He joined the staff of Taylor University at Upland, Ind., in 1909.  Almost four years ago, because of failing health, he retired from the chair of Biblical Literature, New Testament Greek and Theology, which he had held for twenty years.  Before this he had been on the teaching staff of Asbury College, Wilmore, Ky., for three years. After retiring from his teaching position, he continued to write for the religious magazines, and had some books in preparation.  In the field of authorship his best known books are "Must the Bible Go" and "The Book of Job," an interpretation of that great religious classic.  He was especially eminent in the field of Biblical interpretation, and a great defender of historic Christianity.  Mrs. Wray will continue to make her home at Upland, where she is publicity secretary for Taylor University.[Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 27, 1933]

Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. J.H. Kirkland, widow of the Rev. J.H. Kirkland, both of whom were former residents of this village.  Mrs. Kirkland died at the home of her son, Prof. Robert Kirkland, who is a member of the faculty of the Theological Seminary at Sewannee, Tenn.  A daughter, Miss Winifred Kirkland, who also makes her home with her brother, has been ill for the past six months, but is now slowly improving.  Rev. Kirkland was a retired Episcopal minister, and he made his home on Pruyn Hill [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] for some time.  .[Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 27, 1933]

Ira Leon Bradley, a prominent business man of Franklin [Delaware Co., NY], died suddenly a few days ago.  Dr. Frederick Winans who was called, pronounced death due to a heart attack.  Mr. Bradley had been in his usual health, and had just returned from Oneonta when he was stricken in his home while conversing with his family.  .[Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 27, 1933]

William Raymond, retired Erie employee, was found dead in bed at his home Friday morning.  The discovery was made by his wife.  Mr. Raymond had been in poor health for several years, being afflicted by rheumatism.  For 25 years Mr. Raymond was a stock clerk in the Erie stores department.  Surviving are his widow and one brother, George, of Binghamton.  .[Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 27, 1933]

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  The funeral of Mrs. Emma Irene Whitman, who died May 1 at the Bainbridge Hospital following a major operation, was held Saturday afternoon in the funeral chapel of Colwell brothers on West Main street, following which burial was made in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  The service was in charge of Rev. Bradford Tite, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Whitman was a member.  Mrs. Whitman was born in Alabama March 5, 1867, the daughter of Charles and Adelia Swart Whitney.  About 18 years ago she came to Bainbridge from California to care for her mother, who now survives her.  She is also survived by two nephews, James and Nolan Scraggs of Memphis, Tenn.  [The Norwich Sun, May 9, 1932]

MONROE:  In the U.S. Hospital Donaldsonville, La., July 8, 1963, Charles Monroe, of Co. B., 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V., aged 20 years.  [Chenango Telegraph, Dec. 23, 1863]

MONROE:  At Baton Rouge, Sept. 7, 1863, Samuel Monroe of Co. B, 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V., both sons of Samuel Monroe of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].  A member of their company in communicating the sad intelligence of their death says:  "That they were good soldiers and held that reputation with all the company, but not being acclimated and being obliged to endure long marches was too much for their constitutions and they passed away to their long rest.  [Chenango Telegraph, Dec. 23, 1863]

GREEN:  In the University Hospital, New Orleans, La., Oct. 11, 1863, of typhoid fever, Mr. Jonathan W. Green, of Co. C, 114th Reg., N.Y.S.V., aged 39 years.  His funeral will be held at the house of his wife's mother, Dec. 27 at 3 o'clock.  [Chenango Telegraph, Dec. 23, 1863]
 

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