Friday, August 15, 2014

Obituaries (August 15)

William A. Steele died at his home in Walton [Delaware Co., NY] Thursday morning, Apr. 12, after an illness of five days.  Mr. Steele was born at Sweet Valley, Pa., Nov. 20, 1888.  He had resided in Walton for the past three years.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 19, 1945]
 
Mrs. Louis Baum, the former Miss Betty Hahn, of Delhi [Delaware Co., NY], died Thursday night, Apr. 5, at Callicoon Hospital following the still birth of a child earlier in the week.  She had been in a coma for several days.  Mrs. Baum was a young woman, having been married less than a year.  She had a large circle of friends who mourn her untimely death.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 19, 1945]
 
Lynn G. Farnsworth, 63, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died Sunday morning at his home in that village.  He is survived by his wife, Mary; a daughter, Mrs. Walter Nelson; a granddaughter, Miss Marilyn Nelson; a sister, Mrs. Eva Holleran, all of Afton; an uncle, George DeVoe, of Coventry; two nieces, Mrs. Charles Klingman, of Afton, and Mrs.  Guy Williams, of Deposit; and a cousin, Harry Derby, of Montclair, N.J.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 19, 1945]
 
Mrs. Helen Ell, 89, of Marsh Pond, Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died Friday morning at the Binghamton City Hospital.  She is survived by her husband, Harry L.; a son, Harry Baxter, of Johnson City; also 10 grandchildren.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, April 19, 1945]

Mrs. Bertha J . Hawley, wife of William Hawley, of Union Valley [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died Mar. 28.  Funeral services were held Mar. 31 at Colwell's Chapel, Bainbridge, with the Rev. Jones, pastor of the Baptist Church, West Bainbridge, officiating.  Besides her husband; she is survived by a son in the service.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 12, 1945]

Ruth Pearsall Cooley, 30, of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], sister of Clarence Pearsall, of Bainbridge, died early Sunday morning in the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, after an extended illness.  Mrs. Cooley was a member of the Baptist Church, the World Wide Guild, and the Home Bureau.  She is survived by her husband, Ansel Cooley; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Pearsall; a sister, Mrs. Floyd Cooley; two brothers besides Clarence, Graydon Pearsall, of South New Berlin, and Glenn Pearsall, of Mt. Upton; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist Church in Mt. Upton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 19, 1945]

Mrs. Ira Sargeant passed away at her home in South Main street in this village Wednesday, Apr. 11, at 12 o'clock noon, after a long period of declining health.  Minnie Davis, only daughter of Judson K. and Mary (Kellogg) Davis, was born in Morris, Aug. 21, 1870.  On Dec. 22, 1886, she was united in marriage to Ira M. Sargeant.  To them were born five children:  Mrs. Hayward Hutchinson, Mrs. Fred Gerow, and Miss Hilda Sargeant, residing in Bainbridge; and two sons, William Sargeant and Stanley Sargeant, both deceased.  her life merits the unstinted praise which diligent and faithful service to her family, her community and her church when health permitted must always exact, but above and beyond that it merits the reverent tribute which memory pays to consecrated living.  Immediate surviving relatives are:  three daughters previously mentioned; two grandsons, Stanley and Carl Hutchinson, both in the Armed Forces; also two brothers, William H. Davis, of Norwich, and Homer J. Davis, of Morris; and several nieces and nephews, to all of whom sincere sympathy is extended.  Funeral services conducted by the Rev. James E. Wolfe, rector of St. Peter's Church, were held at Colwell's Funeral Parlors, Saturday, Apr. 14, at 2 p.m., with interment in the family plot in Hillington Cemetery at Morris [Otsego Co., NY]. j Pall-bearers were:  James Ireland, Milton Spohn, Carroll Severson, of Bainbridge; and Chester Backus, LeVern Lull and Fred Gardner, all of Morris.  Out-of-town people who attended the funeral were from Morris, New Berlin, South New Berlin, New York and Binghamton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Apr. 19, 1945]

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