Obituaries (June 11)

Rose Wiles Pellow, 69, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ray Showalter, on Monday.  Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, she was the daughter of James and Lyda (Moon) Wiles.  The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the Showalter home.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, June 11, 1942]

 

Elizabeth B. Bond, aged 27 years, 4 months and 5 days, died in the Chenango Memorial Hospital, May 28, after weeks of intense suffering.  She was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of the late Frank H. Bond and Mary Dressle Bond.  Elizabeth was a graduate of the Guilford Central School in the Class of 1935.  She is survived by her mother Mary Dressie Bond; her sister, Ella M. Bond, and by several uncles, aunts and cousins.  [Bainbridge News & Republican,June 11, 1942]

 

Mrs. Lulu Dardis, of Detroit, who was called to Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] by the death of her brother, Don C. Pratt, was stricken with a heart attack at the home of her sister, Mrs. Leo Wheeler, South Main street, Sunday.  The Pratt family had planned a reunion in honor of Mrs. Dardis and about an hour before the picnic she was stricken.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, June 18, 1042]

 

Frank Butts passed away at his home on Monday, June 8, following a shock.  He had been in poor health for several months.  The deceased was one of a family of six children, the son of Darius and Emily Edson Butts and was born in Davenport [Delaware Co., NY] on Sept. 1, 1871.  He was united in marriage to Amy Barnes on Aug. 16 in 1893.  To them three sons and one daughter have been born.  The sons have also passed on and he is survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Ralph Palmer, of Bainbridge, and three grandchildren, Wesley Butts, of Franklin Depot, and Pearl and Amy Palmer, of Bainbridge; and three step-brothers, Clarence and Harvey Butts, of Bainbridge; and Harold Butts, of Deposit.  Frank Butts died on the farm where he had lived for 33 years.  The deceased was a kindly man and respected by all who knew him.  He was devoted to his home and family, leading an industrious life but always finding time to do a favor for a neighbor or friend; he was honest in all his dealings; and is one who will long be missed by family and friends.  The many beautiful floral tributes bore testimony to the love and esteem in which he was held in the community.  The funeral was held Thursday afternoon, June 11, at 2 o'clock in the Colwell Brothers' Funeral Chapel.  The Rev. R. Lewis Johnson, pastor of the Baptist Church of Bainbridge, officiated.  Burial was in the family plot in Masonville Cemetery. [Delaware Co., NY]  [Bainbridge News & Republican, June 18, 1942]

STOCKWELL--In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on Thursday, Feb. 3d, 1876, Mrs. Sarah Stockwell, aged 63 years.  [Bainbridge Republican, Feb. 12, 1876]