Friday, May 23, 2014

Obituaries (May 23)

Nettie (Owens) Moon Conley, age 83, a resident of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for 40 years, passed away at the hospital in Preston, June 22, after being in poor health for some time.  Born July 8, 1857, in New Albany, Pa., she was the daughter of Myron and Mary Owens.  She was a member of the Baptist Church.  Mrs. Conley is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bell Patno, of Bainbridge, R.D.3, and a son, Lawrence Moon, of New Erie, Pa.  Services were held at Colwell's Chapel, June 24 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, with the Rev. Paul L. Carpenter officiating.  Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 3, 1941]
 
Mrs. Laura V. Carkhuff, aged 74, died at the W.R.C. Hospital, June 23, after an illness of several weeks. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lynn H. Smith, of Bainbridge, two sons, George, of Norwich, and William, of Eagle Bay; two brothers, Walter and George Coy of Dallas, Oregon; and four grandchildren, Evelyn, Carlton and Allen Carkhuff and Ethelyn Smith.  Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Colwell's Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Howard Deller, of Oxford, officiating.  Interment was in North Guilford Cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 3, 1941]
 
Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY] was the scene of tragedy Saturday afternoon when William David Moyer, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moyer, was drowned in the Bennettsville Creek, a short distance from his home.  The Sidney First Aid Squad arrived about three minutes after the troopers but their efforts proved futile.  Seven men of the squad, under the supervision of Chief Archie Spencer and Bob Laraway, worked for two and a quarter hours using the inhalator and other methods.  The body was found floating in three feet of water by the child's older brother, Donald, who with Mrs. Paul Michel, of Bennettsville, had been looking for the little boy.  Mrs. Michel carried the body to shore.  A neighbor called Dr. Ben Dodge and Troop C. Barracks, the barracks receiving the call at 1:20.  Troopers F.E. Van Buskirk and Milton Ratner responded after notifying the emergency squad.   Charles Staats, of Windsor, employed by the United Stated Department of Agriculture, and who was working on a private job in Bennettsville, heard Mrs. Michel's cry for help and rushed to the scene of the accident and immediately started artificial respiration, having taken First Aid in connection with his work.  Upon the arrival of Dr. Dodge, he and Staats alternated in artificial respiration until the emergency squad came.  Mr Staats told the troopers that he saw the child walking toward the brook about a half hour before the body was found.  He tried to send him home.   H. Smith, of Bennettsville, who was with Staats, also tried to send the boy home.  About 20 minutes after Staats talked with the tot, Mrs. Moyer missed him and started a search for him.  A neighbor called Mr. Moyer who was working in Barton.  Coroner Matt Boname, of Oxford, issued a verdict of accidental death by drowning.  Other members of the emergency squad assisting were:  Donald Fitzgerald, Ray Laraway, Ray Hatt, Ralph Marble, Don Cumber, Louis Parent and E. Dann.  The body was removed to Colwell's undertaking establishment on the consent of the coroner and Mrs. Moyer by the Sidney squad ambulance, escorted by the troopers.  Services were conducted at Colwell's Chapel Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Paul L. Carpenter officiating.  Interment was in the Bennettsville Cemetery. William David Moyer was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on March 11, 1938.  Besides his parents and his brother, he leaves six sisters, Dorothy, Virginia, Jean, Dolores, Beverly and Sandra, all of Bennettsville.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 3, 1941]
 
Will E. Bogart, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY, passed away at the Bainbridge Hospital, Tuesday, July 1, after a long illness.  He was born in Masonville, son of the late Gilbert and Hannah Beach Bogart.  He was a member of the Federated Church of Masonville and Masonville Lodge no. 606, F. and A.M.  Funeral services were held in the Baptist Church, Masonville, with the Re.v Hammer officiating.  Interment was in the Masonville Cemetery.  Mr. Bogart was educated in the Walton  High School and Colgate university.  During the years of 1906 through 1917, he was a prominent resident of Endicott [Broome Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 10, 1941]
Frederick George Mertz, son of Joseph and Ellen Jerome Mertz, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], passed away at the age of 19, at the Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich in the early hours of Wednesday morning, July 2.  He was taken to the hospital Tuesday, June 24, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis and was getting along nicely and would have been discharged from the hospital within a few days, when his parents were notified at midnight of his sudden change for the worse, and upon arriving at the hospital learned their son had passed away, death being caused by a blood clot on the brain.  Mr. and Mrs. Mertz moved here from New York City to the Edward Loomis farm where Frederick was born, and in the year 1925 they moved to the farm known as the Johnson Warner farm, also in West Bainbridge, where they now reside.  Frederick always lived at home attending school at Bainbridge and was liked by all his friends and he enjoyed helping others.  Colwell brothers, of Bainbridge had charge of the funeral and conveyed the remains to the home Thursday afternoon where a prayer was said Friday evening, funeral being held in St. John's Church at Bainbridge, Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, with the Rev. Francis Zimmer officiating.  Burial was at Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].  Frederick is survived by his parents, four brothers, Joseph, Jr., Jerome, George and Alford; five sisters:  Mrs. Clifford Frank, of East Oxford, Theresa, Ellen, Augusta and Veronica, all living home with the exception of the married sister; also four uncles and three aunts.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 10, 1941]
 
Nina Jump Darlin, age 43 and a resident of the vicinity of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY] during her lifetime, passed away on June 16, after a short illness.  Born March 7, 1898, near Masonville.  She was the daughter of Grant and Della Jump.  Mrs. Darlin is survived by her husband, Forrest Darlin, three daughters, Mrs. Clifford Harris, of Afton; Mrs. Norris Butts, of Bennettsville, and Miss Dorothy Darlin, at home; one son, Lloyd, at home; several nieces and nephews.  Also surviving her are three brothers, Louis Jump, of Walton, Melvin Jump, of Binghamton, and Reuben Jump, of Masonville; and one sister Mrs. Nora Fancher, of Sloansville.  Service were held at Colwell's Chapel June 19, at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Hammer, of Masonville, officiating.  Interment was in Masonville Cemetery.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 10, 1941]

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