Obituaries (May 2)

Mrs. Henry Gardner died very suddenly on Wednesday morning.  the Gardners live on the Goldmeyer farm, formerly owned by George Frank.  Mrs. Gardner's husband is a nephew of Mrs. Lewis Higler.  Besides her husband, Mrs. Gardner is survived by four children.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 27, 1939]

 

Word was received by Mrs. Sidney Heath, last week, that her grandmother, Mrs. Celia Masters, of Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY], had passed away at the age of 97 years.  She was born in Northern Susex, England, and had been a resident of Syracuse for over 60 years.  Private prayer services were conducted at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wardner Rathbun, at 2 p.m., Wednesday, followed by funeral services in St. Mark's Episcopal Church.  The Rev. Joseph R. Clair, rector, officiated.  Mrs. Masters was the oldest communicant of the church.  Burial was in Woodland cemetery.  The Rev. and Mrs. Heath left for Syracuse, April 18, to attend the funeral and remained as guests of Mrs. Heath's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Masters, for the remainder of the week.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 27, 1939]

Justice Leon C. Rhodes, justice of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court, died suddenly this morning of a heart attack at his home, 146 Riverside Drive, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  He was in his 61st year.  Descendant of a pioneer Chenango County family, Justice Rhodes was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 28, 1877, son of Dudley Asa and Betsey (Copley) Rhodes.  He was graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1893 and then studied at the Lowell School of Business, Binghamton.  For two years he taught school near Oxford and then began the study of law in the offices of Cortland A. Wilber, now director of the state income tax bureau, and Harry A. Yetter, Binghamton attorney, then partners at Wilber & Yetter.  His rise as a lawyer was rapid.  After election to the Supreme Court he was elevated to the Appellate Division in 1931.  In 1937, he was re-elected for a 14-year term.  Prominent in Republican circles, his loss will be mourned by all who had the privilege to know him, either casually or more intimately.  He was a frequent visitor in Bainbridge and Sidney.  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha Maude (Davis) Rhodes.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 27, 1939]

 

Mrs. H. Anna Scott, wife of the late Attorney Julian C. Scott, died at her home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] early Tuesday morning, July 25, after a long illness.  The funeral service was held Thursday afternoon from her home with Rev. Sidney E. Heath, of the Episcopal Church, and Rev. Bradford H. Tite, of Syracuse, a former rector here, officiating.  Interment was made in Greenlawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  Mrs. Scott was well known in Bainbridge and had been active in the church and Eastern Star lodge.  She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Marguerite Hartmann, and a daughter, Mrs. Helene Landon, who tenderly cared for her during her illness, and three brothers, William and Louis Hartmann, of Bainbridge, and Walter Hartmann, of New Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. Henry Hill, of Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 10, 1939]

 

Mrs. John H. Petley, of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clifford Tuckey, at 6 Willow street, Sidney, on Friday, September 29, at 8 P.M. after a long illness.  Funeral services were held at the family home in Rockdale on Monday, October 2, 1939, at 2 P.M.  The Rev. Norman B. Graves, pastor of the Methodist Church at West Endicott, a personal friend of the family and former pastor, conducted the funeral services, assisted by the Rev. Roy Herwood, pastor of the Sidney Methodist church.  Interment was in the family plot at Greenlawn Cemetery in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  Viola Sackett Petley was born January 29, 1881, at Avoca, Pa., a daughter of Charles H. and Belle Crandall Sackett.  She attended the Bainbridge High School.  On February 20, 1901, she was united in marriage to John Hamilton Petley.  They resided in or near Rockdale nearly all of their married life.  Mr. Petley pre-deceased her by less than a year, having passed away last February.  She is survived by the daughter above mentioned, one son, Ralph S. Petley, of Rockdale, three grandchildren, David Harlowe and Robert Petley, of Rockdale, her mother, Mrs. Belle C. Sackett, of Oneonta, six sisters, Mrs. George Wheeler, of Norwich, Mrs. Howard Isby, of Clark's Summit, Pa., Mrs. Russell D. Pickering, of Endicott, Mrs. Earl A. Westcott, Mrs. Hannah S. Patchin and Miss Carrie E. Sackett, all of Oneonta, and several nieces and nephews.  She will be sadly missed by her family and friends as she was known for her generous hospitality and for her patient attitude during her long illness.  She was a member of the Guilford Methodist church.  The bearers were Harry Curtis, James Matterson, Henry Boise, and Ray Rudi, all friends of the deceased.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 5, 1939]

 

Friends in Guilford were shocked late Sunday afternoon to hear of the death of Ray Hall of Endicott [Broome Co., NY] for years a resident of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  He passed away Sunday, October 1, in the Johnson City Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past few days.  His death was due to a heart attack.  Mr. Hall spent many years of his life in Guilford.  For thirty years he served as superintendent of the Sheffield Farms in Guilford.  When his health began to fail he tendered his resignation, and made his home in Endicott where his daughters teach.  Last Summer they purchased a summer home on Guilford Lake, and the coming back to the town, where he had spent the happiest years of his life, did much to brighten his last days.  Mr. Hall was born 73 years ago at Guilford Center, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hall.  Final rites were held Tuesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, from Seymour's Funeral Home at Oxford.  Surviving are the two daughters, Julia and Pauline.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 5, 1939]

 

Tuesday evening at 9:30 o'clock, September 26, William W. Nash died at his home in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  Although not enjoying the best of health, Mr. Nash had been at his office throughout the day and days previous.  Death was nearly instantaneous, caused by a violent heart attack.  Mr. Nash was born November 2, 1866, nearly 73 years ago in the Town of Windsor.  He was the son of William O. and Marcia (Winsor) Nash. Sixty years of his life have been spent in Guilford, and they have been full years, full of acts of kindness, full of activity in all things pertaining to Christ church, our school, and our village.  During his 60 years spent in our village, there is hardly a public office he has not at some time filled.  among them, postmaster and town clerk.  At the time of his passing he served as senior warden and treasurer of Christ Church, Secretary and treasurer of the Guilford Cemetery Association and school treasurer.  For 25 years he has been associated with the American Surety Company, and only recently was awarded a beautiful electric clock with his name engraved in gold-plate, as a token of his years of splendid service.  His passing will leave a void, that only time alone can fill.  At every turn in the road of life he will be missed.  Surviving are one aged aunt, Mrs. Phoebe Bentley, of Gilbertsville, nine cousins, Carlton Bentley, of Gilbertsville, Mrs. Walter Bunnell, of Pehlam, Mrs. Bertha Cook and Miss Mae Hovey, of New York City, Mrs. Bert Evans and son, Russell, Mrs. Fred Plumb and Harry Nash, of Guilford, and Miss Ella Winsor, of Sherburne.  A Masonic service was held Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, from the Seymour Funeral Home, Oxford, in honor of their departed member.  Final rites were held Friday P.M., at 2 o'clock, from the same place, the Rev. G.E. Scull, of Christ Church, officiating.  Burial in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Guilford.  Floral pieces were beautiful and profuse, expressing the place Mr. Nash held in the hearts of his friends.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 5, 1939]