Obituaries (December 19)

Frank H. Hatton

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 21, 1946

Frank H. Hatton, 41, of the Afton-Coventry road [Chenango Co., NY], passed away suddenly on Sunday afternoon, Mar. 17.  He was born in the Town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on Aug. 3, 1904, the son of John H. and Emma Stark Hatton.  In January, 1934, he was united in marriage to Vivian Borst, who survives.  Besides his wife he leaves three children:  Geraldine, 9; George, 7; and Caroline, 3; his mother, Mrs. Emma Hatton, of Coventry; three brothers, Erford, of Coventry; Carl, of Norwich; and Homer, of Bainbridge; three sisters, Mrs. Isabelle Youngs, of Bainbridge; Mrs. George Burchard, of Bainbridge; and Mrs. Frank Reynolds; two half-brothers, Harry Hatton and Erwin Hatton; also a half-sister, Mrs. Fred Johnson; several nieces and nephews.  The funeral service was held at the Fisher Funeral Chapel on Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. Harry E. Brooks officiating.  Interment was in the Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].

 

Velma Owens

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 21, 1946

 

Mrs. Velma Owen, of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], entered into rest at her home on Monday evening, Mar. 18.  She was born in Susquehanna, Pa., on Oct. 6, 1863, the daughter of James and Adelia Murray.  She is survived by her husband, William Owen, of Masonville; a son, Myron Owen, of Bainbridge; three granddaughters, Mrs. Donald Mills, of Schenectady, Mrs. Carl Robinson, of East Guilford, and Miss Iva Owen, of Bainbridge; also one brother, Grant Murray, of New Kingston, Pa.  Funeral service will be held in the Fisher Funeral Chapel on Friday, Mar. 22, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Leon Loveless, of Harpursville, officiating.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].

 

Andrew Prohaska, Sr.

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 21, 1946

 

Mr. Andrew Prohaska, of 34 Division street, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], father of Andrew Prohaska, Jr., of R.D.2, Bainbridge, passed away Wednesday morning, March 13, at The Hospital, Sidney, after a long illness.  Mr. Prohaska, though born in Hungary on July 2, 1885, had lived in Sidney many years and was employed as a baker for some time in Close Bakery on Main street.  For the past year he had been employed at the Hotel DeCumber.  He married Katherine Weinber, also of Hungary, who died in May, 1942.  Besides his son he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Herman Keller and Miss Rose Prohaska, of Sidney.  A Rosary service was held Friday at 8:30 p.m. in the Carr & Landers Funeral Chapel.  Mass was held Saturday morning at 9:30 in the Sacred Heart Church with the Rev. F. John Kavanaugh officiating.  Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery [Sidney, NY].

 

George Lewis Stafford

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 28, 1946

 

George Lewis Stafford, 72, founder of the Oxford Review and publisher in Oxford for nearly 37 years, passed away at his home over the Review-Times office Wednesday evening, Mar. 13, following a heart attack.  Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Linn, of Scotia; a daughter, Charlotte, who teaches at Marion; a sister, Mrs. George Hotchkiss, of Oxford, and three grandsons.

 

Floyd Teel

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 28, 1946

 

Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY]:  Floyd Teel, 67, of Schenevus, was burned to death last Thursday while tending a rubbish and brush fire on the Herman Hawkins farm east of the village of Maryland [Otsego Co., NY].  A verdict of accidental death was issued by Otsego County Coroner Frederick E. Bolt, of Worcester.  Mr. Teel was working temporarily for Mr. Hawkins.  State police, who investigated the accident, said that his clothes apparently caught fire as he was tending the fire.

 

Mrs. Lyman Post

Bainbridge News & Republican, March 28, 1946

 

Lyman Post, and two sons, Edward and Nelson, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], called on their cousin, Mrs. Henry Petley, Tuesday afternoon, and brought her the sad news that Mrs. Post had died after failing to rally from a shock.  The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at the Funeral Parlors in Sherburne at one o'clock with burial in the family plot in West Bainbridge Cemetery.  Besides her husband and two sons, Mrs. Post leaves three daughters, and several grandchildren, also sisters and cousins.  Mr. and Mrs. Post were former residents of Union Valley [West Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]  [Compiler Note, from tombstone in West Bainbridge Cemetery:  Elsie M. Post, 1875 - 1946]

 

 

Death Notices

Bainbridge Republican, December 27, 1877

NEWTON:  In Masonville, N.Y., Dec. 13, Miss Eliza Newton, formerly of Bainbridge, aged 59 years.

 

MATHEWSON:  In East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on 16th, Viola M., daughter of Philip and Mary Mathewson, aged 2 years.

 

RAPELYE:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 20th, Mr. Peter Rapelye, aged 66 years.

 

MULTER:  Dec. 14th, 1877, at Schenevus, Jacob J. Multer, late editor of the Schenevus Monitor, aged 60 years.

 

MATHEWSON:  At East Guilford, N.Y. [Chenango Co], Dec. 21st of Diphtheria, Eugene H. Mathewson, son of Phillip and Mary Mathewson, aged 11 years 6 months and 13 days.

 

Bainbridge Republican, March 14, 1878

CASHMAN:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], March 1878, Tinnie Lee, only son of Timothy and Eliza Cashman, aged 3 years 4 months.

 

BENEDICT:  In Afton [Chenango Co.,  NY], Feb. 28th, Mrs. C.M. Benedict, aged 81 years.

 

PIERCE:  March 1st at North Sanford [Broome Co., NY], James Pierce, formerly of Harpersfield [Broome County, NY], aged 76 years.