William Hubert Church, 65, was found dead Tuesday morning at 1:15 o'clock in a booth at the New American Hotel on Mechanic street, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. According to authorities who investigated, Mr. Church walked into the hotel about midnight and sat down in one of the booths, evidently falling asleep. When the proprietor was ready to close up, an attempt was made to awaken the man, but without success. Dr. L.T. Kinney, coroner, was called and pronounced the man dead. Officer Harold Mattice of the Norwich police department also was called to the scene. Dr. Kinney ordered the body removed to the Seymour Funeral Home in this village where an autopsy was performed Tuesday afternoon by Dr. Mat G. Boname, assisted by Dr. B.A. Hall. The autopsy revealed that death was caused by coronary thrombosis. Mr. Church, formerly of Oxford, was a carpenter by trade and for the past year had roomed at the New National Hotel in Norwich. He was reported to have been in poor health for the past few months and had not worked for some time. Mr. Church was born March 12, 1875, in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Church. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Cora Stratton of Norwich; three nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess, Binghamton, Mrs. Anna Hamilton, Bainbridge, and Clara Kelsey, Norwich; five nephews, Maurice Church, Oxford; Owen Church, Detroit, Mich., James Hunter, Greene and Ross and Albert Stratton, Norwich. Funeral service will be held Thursday at the Seymour Funeral Home at 2 p.m. with burial in Riverview Cemetery [Oxford, NY]. [Bainbridge Press, Jan. 25, 1940]
Addison E. Benedict, prominent member of the Chapman & Turner Company at Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died suddenly Tuesday afternoon from a heart attack suffered earlier that day. He had been associated with the Chapman & Turner Company since 1913 and was a member of all three Masonic orders in Norwich, a past master and trustee of Norwich Lodge F.&A.M.; trustee of the First Baptist church, member of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce, the Norwich Club and the Canasawacta Country Club. [Bainbridge Press, Jan. 25, 1940]
Mrs. Ida Sprague, 76 years, died last Saturday in the Bainbridge Hospital [Chenango Co., NY]. Mrs. Sprague had been in failing health for the past few years. Mrs. Sprague is survived by her husband, Edgar Sprague, a son, H.S. Sprague of Norwich, a daughter living with her father in Bainbridge and three grandchildren of Norwich. [Bainbridge Press, Feb. 1, 1940]
Eveline Maretta, wife of Adelbert Clark, died at her home at Mt. Pleasant, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 31, aged 52 years. Mrs. Clark had been an invalid for sometime and was very ill at the time of the death of her daughter, a young lady, some two years ago. She had not regained her health since and her gradual decline developed the fatal disease of cancer. Her sufferings though great and prolonged were borne with Christian fortitude. She was gentle and patient to the last. Her family has met with a great loss in the decease of this estimable woman. Mrs. Clark was a member of the Methodist church, and was a diligent attendant when health would permit. The funeral was held at the house Friday at 1 p.m., Rev. C.H. Sackett officiating. Burial was at West Bainbridge. Mrs. Clark is survived by her husband and five children, three sons, Alton of West Bainbridge, George and Ernest and two daughters Daisy and Elnora. [Bainbridge Republican, Jan. 31, 1900]
West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]: Mrs. Elsie Deforest Lyon passed away Monday morning, Jan. 22, in her home at the age of 79. She had lived in West Bainbridge all her married life. Funeral services were held at Colwell bros. Funeral Chapel, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Paul Carpenter, pastor of the Bainbridge Presbyterian church officiating. Burial was made in Greenlawn cemetery, Bainbridge. Mrs. Lyon, during most of her life, was affiliated with the West Bainbridge Baptist church and sang in the choir for several years, and was a regular attendant as long as health permitted. She is survived by her husband, Richard G. Lyon and a sister, Mrs. Frances Smith, and a nephew, Harland Smith, of Rockwells Mills. Rev. Carpenter also conducted the burial services at the vault in Greenlawn cemetery, Bainbridge. [Bainbridge Press, Feb. 1, 1940]
Word has been received by relatives of the death of Mrs. Budd Peaslee, of Riverside, Calif. Mrs. Peaslee, the former Miss Nettie Phelps, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident last Wednesday night. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Phelps. Mr. Phelps was a representative for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company for many years. The survivors are her husband, Captain Budd Peaslee; a son, Richard, six; daughter Nettie, three, and three brothers, Gilbert and Travis Phelps, both of New Berlin and Milton Phelps, of Norwich. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Riverside, Cal. and burial was at Salinas, Cal. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Feb. 8, 1940]
Mrs. Pansy Page Robinson passed away at the home of her son, Carl Robinson, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Sunday. Funeral services were held at Colwell Bros. funeral home Wednesday and burial was made in Riverview cemetery, Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]. Mrs. Robinson lived for many years on the Turner farm on East Hill, Oxford now owned by Frank Hofmann. She leaves four children, Evelyn of Norwich, Dorothy of Utica, and Carl and Archie of Bainbridge, also six grandchildren. [Bainbridge Press, Feb. 15, 1940]
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