Obituaries (March 22)

Glen S. Whitaker, 51, Unadilla, who had conducted an automobile agency in Sidney [Delaware Co. NY] for the last 38 years, succumbed to a heart attack Sunday while vacationing in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., according to word received in Unadilla.  The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George E. Whitaker, the deceased was born in Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY] on Mar. 28, 1895, and attended local schools.  After completing his education he joined with one of his brothers, Carlton, in helping to operate a livery stable that their father conducted in Sidney.  With the advent of the automobile the firm, Whitaker & Son, was transformed into a garage and later became a distribution agency.  Carlton Whitaker left the firm several years ago, but Mr. Whitaker's son, Glen, Jr., was made a partner last year after his discharge from Naval service.  Mr. Whitaker was married in Brooklyn on May 18, 1916, to the former Miss Arlene Rumpf.  He was on the board of directors of The Hospital, Sidney, and was a member of the Sidney Rotary Club and the Sidney Chamber of Commerce.  He also had belonged to the IOOF.  The survivors include his wife, Unadilla; his son, Glen, Jr., Sidney; a daughter, Virginia L., Unadilla; two sisters, Miss Lillian Whitaker and Mrs. Grant B. Zeh, both of Sidney; and two brothers, Carlton, Unadilla, and George F. Whitaker, South Chelmsford, Mass.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 20, 1947]

 

William R. Hawkins, 73, of Nineveh [Broome Co., NY], died Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ruth Pease, in Nineveh.  Besides Mrs. Pease, he is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Marie Saulsbury, of Nineveh; and four grandchildren, also of Nineveh.  A Masonic service was conducted Sunday night by the Afton lodge.  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. M. Harmer Patton officiating.  Burial will take place later in Perch Pond Hill Cemetery.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 27, 1947]

 

Earl R. Gregory, 73, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died Monday at St. Petersburg, Fla., following a long illness.  He is survived by his wife, Lura, of Afton; a daughter, Mrs. Bernard Kenyon, of Susquehanna, Pa., and two sons, Victor J. and Hugo, both of Afton; two sisters and several grandchildren.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 27, 1947]

 

Walter C. Hamilton died Monday morning, Feb. 24, 1947, at the Sidney Hospital following a very brief illness.  He was born April 23, 1869 in the Town of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], the son of Isaac and Olive Sally Hamilton.  As a young man he taught rural school, later taking on the management of the homestead farm located on South Hill Road.  His entire life, except the last year and one-half was spent on the farm where he was born.  In 1906 he married Miss Libbie Fosbury.  She died in 1933. He had lately made his home with a nearby neighbor, Mrs. Palmer, in sight of the home and farm he loved so well.  He was a member of Susquehanna Lodge no. 167, F.&A.M. of Bainbridge.  Services will be held Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at the Fisher & Sherman Funeral Chapel, the Rev. Harry Brooks officiating.  The body will be placed in the vault in Greenlawn Cemetery and burial will be later in the family plot in Guilford Cemetery.  The only survivors are several cousins.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 27, 1947]

 

Charlie W. Burt, 75, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], died Saturday night at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, where he had been a patient for only a day.  Mr. Burt leaves four daughters, Mrs. R.D. Washburn, Norwich, Mrs. Ralph Taber, Davenport, Mrs. Floyd Dutcher, of Sherburne, and Miss Florence Burt, of Norwich; four sons, the Rev. C. Douglas Burt Springville Pa., Andrew J. Burt, Binghamton, Laurence E. Burt, Bainbridge, and John T. Burt, Guilford; two sisters, Mrs. Lulu Nichols, Montour Falls, and Mrs. Nellie Snyder, Binghamton; a brother George Burt, Binghamton; several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.  The body was removed to the Harry C. Kark Funeral Home in Harpursville, where final rites were Held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, the Rev. J.W. Bump, of Guilford officiating.  Burial will be in the Brookvale Cemetery at the convenience of the family.  For several years Mr. Burt and family owned and operated a farm in Ives Settlement.  Mrs. Burt passed on several years ago.  He has made his home with his son, John Burt, and family, in Guilford, since his health began to fail.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 27, 1947]

Mr. Harrison H. VanCott of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died last Friday, his birthday, aged 83 years.  Mr. VanCott had been a man of hardy health and youthful appearance, until within the last year when his strength gradually failed and severe attacks of heart disease had made him somewhat of an invalid.  The day preceding his death he was remarkably sprightly and buoyant in spirits, and in the evening recalled much that had been pleasant in the past.  Before morning he was seized with a spasmodic difficulty of the heart and sank into unconsciousness at 6 o'clock, from which he did not awaken, dying three hours later, at 9 o'clock.  The deceased came from Orange county, N.Y., to Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], about sixty years ago and settled upon a farm in that vicinity.  He was a man of industry and integrity, and became one of the wealthy citizens of the town.  He retired to Bainbridge in 1881 and was associated for several years with his son, Herman, in the hardware business, of which the late Abram Owens was at that item a partner.  Mr. VanCott withdrew from the business and his last years have been free from care. Though a communicant with the Baptist church in Guilford he was an attendant of the Presbyterian church in Bainbridge.  He had been married twice, and his second wife, who survives him, was Miss Mariette Morse, of Guilford.  There are four children living:  Mrs. Hiram Evans, of Yaleville, Mrs. William Ives, of Guilford, Homer VanCott, of Norwich, and Herman, of Bainbridge.  The funeral was held from his residence on Pearl street [Bainbridge, NY], at 11 o'clock Monday morning, and the burial was at Guilford.  Rev. Mr. Spaulding officiated--Bainbridge Republican  [Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, Nov. 21, 1896]

 

Chenango Union, Oct. 7, 1863

 

At sea, on the 22d ult., while on his way home, of consumption, Mr. George Isbell, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], a member of Co. B, 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V.

 

At Berwick City, La., Sept. 22d, of congestive chills, Mr. Wait Stiles, a member of Co. C, 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V., of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co.].  He was a soldier ever prompt and obedient in the execution of his duty; a friend always affable and obliging; and a man against whom the finger of reproach could not be lifted.  We gave him all a soldier has to give, a grave hallowed by the last offering of his sorrowing comrades. 

 

At Cleveland, Ohio, on the 19th ult. Mr. Augustus Mowrey of the 161st Regiment, while on his way to his home in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].