Thursday, December 25, 2014

Obituaries (December 25)

Stephen Kasper
Bainbridge News & Republican, February 10, 1944
 
Victim of a gas preparation with which he had been disinfecting feed bags, Stephen Kasper, 32, of Candor [Tioga Co., NY], an employee of a store in Greene, Chenango County, was found dead in a small room off the store last Friday.  Donald Phelps, of Greene, discovered the body of Mr. Kasper lying on top of a pile of bags.  Dr. Chapin, was called and pronounced him dead.  He said that the room in which Mr. Kasper had been working was small and apparently he was overcome while sprinkling the powder on the bags.
 
Charles Hodencamp
Bainbridge News & Republican, February 17, 1944
 
Charles Hodencamp, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], died suddenly Wednesday morning in Scranton, Pa., from a heart attack.  Mr. Hodencamp was taking a truck load of cattle into that state and had stopped in Scranton when he was stricken.

Mrs. Charles James Kelloway
Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

Mrs. Charles James Kelloway, 53, died Saturday morning at her home in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], after a brief illness.  She is survived by two daughters, Miss Jean Broun and Miss Patricia Broun, both of Greene'  a son, Donald Broun, of Denver, Colo.; her mother, Mrs. J.H. Ottaway, of Wilmington, N.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Hollis and Mrs. B.E. Hollis, both of Wilmington; two brothers, H.J. Ottaway, of Wilmington, and M.R. Ottaway, of Boston.

Paris J. Van Auken
Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

Paris J. Van Auken, 63, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], died Wednesday morning at his home, after a brief illness.  He is survived by his wife Mrs. Cora Van Auken, of Greene; a son, Lansing Van Auken, of Greene; a daughter, Mrs. Elma E. Ingraham of Greene; a brother Frank Van Auken, of Oxford; two sisters, Mrs. John Fitzgerald, of Oxford and Mrs. Carroll Willcox, of Norwich; two granddaughters, the Misses Elma L. and Pamela J. Ingraham, both of Greene; also several nieces and nephews.  He was a mail carrier in Greene for about 10 years.  prior to that time he conducted a restaurant business.

Rev. George Oliver Read
Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946 

Rev. George Oliver Read, pastor of the Meredith Baptist church, Meredith [Delaware Co., NY], died Wednesday morning, March 27, following an attack of coronary thrombosis suffered March 3 when his wife found him unconscious on the floor of their home.  He was 54 years old.  Mr. Read has been pastor of the Meredith Baptist church since July 5, 1945, coming from South Edmeston.  During his two years residency at South Edmeston he was employed at the Scintilla plant and supplied various pulpits in the area.  Previous to that he had served churches at Unadilla Forks, West Edmeston and New Berlin.

Walter Pangburn
Bainbridge News & Republican, April 11, 1946

Walter Pangburn, 66, died Sunday night at his home in Harpursville [Broome Co., NY].  He is survived by his wife, Isabelle, of Harpursville a son, Ralph A., of Port Dickinson; a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Grimaldi, of Center Village; four brothers, John and Lewis, both of North Fenton, Ray, of Detroit and Clarence, of Binghamton; four sisters, Mrs. Carrie Hyatt, of Candor, Mrs. Tom Gilson, of Geneva, Ohio, Mrs. Ray Osterhout, of Windsor, and Mrs. Lottie Fitzgerald, of California.
 
Floran Oliver Bullis
Bainbridge News & Republican, April 25, 1945

Friends and relatives were shocked to learn of the sudden death of Floran Oliver Bullis (better known as "Buster") Apr. 14, at his home on East side.  His age was 36.  He had retired for the night and was stricken with a heart attack about 10:15 and died before his family could get to his bedside.  He was born Mar. 4, 1910, in Downsville [Delaware Co., NY], but had spent most of his life in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].  He attended Bainbridge School and was a member of the Methodist Church.  Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bullis; a brother, Clyde Bullis, all of Bainbridge; and one sister, Mrs. Frank Gabriel, of Maine, N.Y.  Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, Apr. 17 at 2 o'clock at the Fisher Chapel with the Rev. Harry E. Brooks officiating.  Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].
 
Nellie Elmendorf Collar
Bainbridge News & Republican, April 25, 1946
 
Mrs. Nellie E. Collar died at the Afton Hospital Apr. 17, after an illness of several months.  Mrs. Collar was stricken with a stroke the day following her husband's funeral, four months ago, and after failing to improve in health, she was removed from her home in Juliand street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to the Afton Hospital in January.  Born Sept. 17, 1872, she was a daughter of Edward and Sara Elmendorf, of Bainbridge.  Her early life was spent in Rockdale but after her marriage to William Collar on Nov. 2, 1889, in Harpursville, she lived the rest of her life in Afton and Bainbridge.  She was a member of the Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star.  The deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Chester Sackett, of Sidney, and Mrs. William Pellor, of Binghamton; one brother, Timothy Tripp, of Cohoes; and several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Fisher Chapel, Bainbridge, with the Rev. Harry E. Brooks officiating.  Interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney [Delaware Co.,  NY].

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