Thursday, July 17, 2014

Obituaries (July 17)

A resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] for 18 years prior to her removal to Clinton [Oneida Co., NY] last July, Mrs. James A. Haynes died Thursday in Faxton Hospital, Utica, after an illness of several weeks.  The former Grace Transue, she was born in Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], May 15, 1889, daughter of Addison and Ellen (Grant) Transue.  Educated in the Deposit school she was married to Mr. Haynes Sept. 6, 1914.  Services were held at Clinton, Sunday.  Burial will be in Clinton.  Besides her husband, Mrs. Haynes is survived by five daughters and a son.  They are:  Mrs. Maxwell Blemis and Mrs. James Hendricks, of Norwich; Mrs. Robert Hauer, of Clinton; Caroline and Mary Haynes, of Clinton, and Pvt. James Haynes, of Camp Croft, S.C.  One granddaughter also survives as do two sisters.  Mrs. Charles Uddelhoffen, of Binghamton, and Mrs. Charles Male, of Harpursville, and three brothers, Harry Transue, of Johnson City, Frank, of Binghamton, and John, of New York, also several sisters and nephews.  Mrs. Haynes was a former resident of Deposit [Broome Co., NY], where she resided with her parents for several years before her marriage.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 6, 1944]

Alex C. Edwards, well known retired farmer of Franklin [Delaware Co., NY], died at his home Monday afternoon of last week.  He had been in poor health for several years and ill since December with a heart ailment which caused his death.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 6, 1944]

Mrs. Minerva H. Gregory, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], passed away at her home Thursday morning after a brief illness, at the age of 80 years.  She was the daughter of Delos Sewell and Jennie Buell Sewell, and was born Nov. 1, 1863.  Mrs. Gregory married Milo C. Gregory on Nov. 24, 1886, at St. Matthew's Church of which she was a life-long communicant.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 6, 1944]

Mrs. Elizabeth Richards, 18, of Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], died Wednesday night in the Binghamton City Hospital.  She is survived by her husband, Private Halsey Richards, with the U.S. Army in Oklahoma; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bruce, of Chenango Forks; a sister, Mrs. Francis Stone, of Chenango Forks, and a brother, Pvt. James Bruce, of Fort Riley, Kans.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 6, 1944]

Clarence A. Tracy, 54 years old, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died Tuesday night of last week in Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton.  He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Charles Tracy; a brother, Byron Tracy, and a nephew, Harold Tracy, all of Norwich.  Services were held at the Tabor Funeral Home in Afton, Friday afternoon.  The Rev. Allen Douglas officiated.  Burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 6, 1944]

Mrs. Catherine Mills, 77, of R.D.2, Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], died in the Binghamton City Hospital, Thursday night.  She is survived by five sons, William, Joseph and George Mills, all of Harpursville, Fred Mills, of Smithville Flats, and Nelson Mills, of Greene; a step-son, Henry Mills, of Berea, Ohio; four daughters, Mrs. Joseph Ruzicka and Miss Catherine Mills, of Harpursville, Mrs. Jay Seal, of R.D.3, Binghamton, and Mrs. Walton Riley, of Windsor R.D.2; a brother-in-law, Thomas Huggins, of Harpursville, and 15 grandchildren.  Funeral was held at Kark's Funeral Home in Harpursville, Monday afternoon, Burial in Knox Cemetery, Ouaquaga.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 6, 1944]

The funeral of Mrs. Lewis Higler was held last Tuesday morning from the residence, 63 North Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], at 9 o'clock, and at St. John's Church at 9:30, where a Solemn High Mass was celebrated.  The Rev. Anthony Veit, a nephew, from Hamburg, was the celebrant and the Rev. Francis Zimmer, of Vestal, who was a former pastor of St. John's Church at Bainbridge, acted as deacon, while the Rev. John J. Toomey, now pastor of St. John's Church at Bainbridge, was the sub-deacon of the mass.  The following priests were in the sanctuary:  The Rev. Charles Coveney, of Norwich; the Rev. Henry Contois, now pastor at North Syracuse, and a former pastor at St. John's Church at Bainbridge; the Rev. John Phelan, of Binghamton, and the Rev. John Kavanaugh, of Sidney.  The altar boys were:  Michael Flyzik, master of ceremonies; acolytes were William Vawter and Frank Strasnicsak; thurifer, Patsy Puerile.  Mrs. Higler was a respected citizen of Bainbridge for over 50 years and was held in the highest esteem by all of her friends and acquaintances.  The survivors, beside her husband who resides at 63 North Main street, are a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner, of Norwich; two nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth Christlow, of Youngstown, Ohio, and Mrs. Elizabeth Shapley, of Guilford; five nephews, Henry Pfeil, of Guilford, William Gardner, of Sherburne, Charles Gardner, of Oxford, Henry Gardner, of Bainbridge and Louis Pfeil, of West Orange, N.J.  Mrs. Higler belonged to the Rosary Society of St. John's Church and the Rosary was said at the home on Monday evening at 7:30 by the Fathers Toomey and Veit, assisted by the Rosary Society.  This was one of the largest funerals ever held at St. John's Church and many out of town friends attended.  Committal services were held at Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY], conducted by Father Veit assisted by Fathers Zimmer, Contois and Toomey.  The body was placed in the vault at the Greenlawn Cemetery pending interment in the Oxford Cemetery at a later date. The following acted as pall-bearers:  Dr. Raymond Spahr, William Bonnell, Salvey Papallo, Patrick Ryan, Sr. Charles Flyzik and Dr. J.M. Flannery, all of Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, April 6, 1944]

Jay L. Anderson, 65, for 40 years a resident of Johnson City [Broome Co., NY], died last Thursday at his winter home in St. Petersburg, Fla.  Mr. Anderson was born Aug. 29, 1878, at Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], and passed his younger days in Bainbridge before moving to Johnson City.  For several years he was engaged in the real estate and insurance business with his father, Homer J. Anderson.  Besides his widow, Mrs. Helen M. Anderson, he is survived by an uncle, Luman G. Anderson, of Oneonta.  The body will be taken to the J.F. Rice Funeral Parlors some time in May, and service will then be held in Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr,. 6, 1944]

Clarence Shofkon, 49, a widely-known Susquehanna [PA] resident and a nephew of the late Fritz Shofkon, of Bainbridge, died in Barnes Memorial Hospital last week Tuesday from pneumonia.  He was ill about two days.  Mr. Shofkon, a veteran of World War I, served under General Pershing in France.  After the war he was employed for some time as a clerk in the Brown hardware store Susquehanna, and later followed farming and trucking.  For more than a year he was employed in a war plant in the Triple Cities.  He is survived by his widow and nine children, the oldest of whom is 15, and the youngest one year.  Two sisters, Mrs. Edward Whitmore and Mrs. Melvin Whitmore, of Susquehanna, R.D. 3, and a brother, Delbert Shofkon, of Sherman, Pa., also survive.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 13, 1944]

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