Saturday, March 29, 2014

Obituaries (March 29)

Mrs. Mary E. Wakeman, 81, a resident of the village of Afton [Chenango Co. NY), passed away at her home May 14; death caused by a cerebral hemorrhage.  Mrs. Wakeman was born in great Bend, Pa., Nov. 4, 1854, the daughter of Daniel and Sarah Frost Barber.  Funeral services were held from her home in Afton, with interment in Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, NY] on May 16.  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Leslie Crane and Mrs. Mattie Harper, both of Afton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 21, 1936]
 
Mrs. Mary E. Lawton Darlin died early Thursday morning, May 21st, at the Arnot-Ogden Hospital in Elmira, N.Y., after a long and painful illness caused by being terribly burned March 31st when her clothing ignited as she was working over a gas stove.  Mrs. Darlin was born in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], May 19, 1862.  A card shower was planned for her 74th birthday and while it was only a short time before her death, she was able to have the messages read to her and greatly enjoyed and appreciated the cards, flowers and other remembrances sent.  The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at Colwell's Chapel with Rev. George Underwood, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating.  Mrs. Darlin has long been a member of this church.  Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Surviving are one son, Foster L. Darlin, of Hillburn, N.Y., and several nieces and nephews.  Friends and relatives from Elmira, Binghamton, Bovina Center, Sidney and Masonville attended the funeral and the beautiful flowers showed their affection for her.  Mrs. Darlin was for several years a resident of this village and has many friends here who sympathize with her son in his bereavement.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 28, 1936]
 
Mrs. Gertrude C. Evans, 79, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Catherine C. Comings, in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], May 23.  Mrs. Evans was born December 20, 1856, in Montpelier, Vt., daughter of John C. and Mary Brown Evans.  The funeral service was held in the Colwell Chapel, Monday morning, May 25, with Rev. Charles H. Evans, priest of the Episcopal Church Missionary district of N. Tokyo, Japan, officiating.  Rev. Evans was on leave and at his home in Stamford, Conn.  The remains were sent to Waterville for cremation with burial at Montpelier, Vt.  Surviving are her husband, William Carrol Evans, the daughter with whom she made her home, and another daughter who resides in Chicago, Ill.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 28, 1936] 
 
Henry Frank, 76, a resident of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home May 23 of heart trouble.  He had been ill for the past five years.  Mr. Frank was born in Baden, Germany, January 25, 1860.  The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the Colwell Chapel, with Rev. Anderson, pastor of the Oxford Baptist Church, officiating.  Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  Surviving are one son, Clifford Frank and two daughters, Mrs. Harry Jones and Mrs. John Eschen, of New York city, and five grandchildren.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 28, 1936]
 
Henry Frank passed away early on Sunday morning, May 17th, at the home of his son, Clifford Frank, of South Hill [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY].  Death was due to heart disease.  Mr. Frank was born in Germany in January, 1860, coming to this country in the year 1891.  He has lived on South Hill for the past 45 years.  Services were held Wednesday with burial in the Bainbridge Cemetery.  Two daughters, one in new York and one in Oxford, and the son above mentioned survive. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 28, 1936]
 
Mrs. Harriet Slade, widow of the late Edward C. Slade, passed away Friday evening, June 6, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Alice Lewis, on Cartright avenue, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  Death was caused by a week's illness, followed by pneumonia, and she lived but a few short hours after this added complication set in. Harriet Slade was born 61 years ago in Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], the daughter of Alice (Priest) Wilson and Theodore Wilson.  Her home for many years has been in Sidney with her mother.  Many in Guilford will remember Mrs. Slade, she having served as head clerk in the Simmons Novelty Store on River street for 25 years.  Her pleasant, courteous manner made her many friends in this vicinity.  Final rites were held form the late home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Wendell, of the Congregational Church, officiating.  Burial beside her husband in the Sidney Cemetery.  The bearers were Theodore Wilson, of Albany, John Hicks and Douglas Anthony, of Norwich; and Donald Anthony, of Guilford, all nephews of the deceased.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, June 11, 1936]
 
Nineveh [Broome Co., NY]:  The funeral of Mrs. Frances Duffy was held at the church last Friday afternoon.  The service was conducted by Rev. C.E. Webb, of Afton, the pastor of the church Mrs. Duffy joined in 1872 and has been a faithful member of all these years.  She has been in failing health for the past two years and was cared for at the home of Mrs. W.S. Hinde, in Afton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, June 11, 1936]
 
A.W. Foote passed away Wednesday, May 27, at his late home at the Trestle, Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], at the extreme age of 81 years.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.  G.B. Foote and was born in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Aug. 22, 1854.  Services were held from the late home Sunday, with burial at Coventry.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, June 11, 1936]
 
Sidney [Delaware Co., NY]:  While picking apples at Riverside Wednesday afternoon, Smith B. Patterson, 78 years old, fell from the tree in which he was working and was fatally injured.  He fell a distance of 30 feet, sustaining a broken hip and serious internal injuries from which he later died.  He leaves a son, Arthur, and a daughter, Harriet, both of whom reside in Utica.  [Norwich Sun, Oct. 29, 1909]
 
WEST:  At Port Hudson June 11, 1863, John D. West a private in Co. B, 114th Reg., N.Y.S.V., aged 26 years.  He was from Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], and enlisted at the same time with Andrew and Thomas Peck, a notice of whose deaths appeared in the Telegraph of Oct. 8.  His Capt. in communicating the sad intelligence of his death says "John D West was one of my best men, always reliable and prompt in the discharge of his duty, and that he was brave, his falling upon the field of battle will testify, as he was advised by his Captain not to go into the action, he being unwell at the time.  John was a Christian young man as well amid the temptations and allurements of camp life as among better influences at home.  On the evening before the battle he said to a friend:  'If I fall write to my folks and tell them I fell at my post, and in a glorious cause, fighting for my country." [Chenango Telegraph, Nov. 18, 1863]

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