Obituaries (December 26)

Helen E. Crouch

Bainbridge News & Republican, May 2, 1946

 

Mrs. Helen E Crouch, wife of Edward Crouch passed away at the Bainbridge Hospital, Friday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock.  Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage, she suffered in the morning and never rallied from.  Helen Crouch was born in Ireland on June 2, 1897.  She came to this country at the age of 13 years.  She was twice married and Tuesday Apr. 16, she and her husband celebrated their 5th anniversary.  They moved to Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] last July from Schenectady and purchased the Johnson house on Main street.  She was a communicant of the Methodist Church, of which she was an active member.  Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Elmer, of Schenectady, and two grandchildren, Gay and Larry, also of Schenectady.  Final rites were held from the Seymour Funeral Home in Oxford, Monday at 2 p.m.  The body was taken to Waterville and cremated and the ashes will be buried in Vale Cemetery, Schenectady.  Mrs. Crouch was a most friendly woman, and a kindly neighbor.  Much sympathy is extended to the bereaved husband and son.

 

Winifred Sears Freiot

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 6, 1946

 

Word has been received here by Miss Alice Freiot of the death of her sister-in-law, Winifred Sears Freiot, wife of Dr. John K. Freiot, which occurred May 23 at her home in Washington, D.C. after an illness of several months.  Burial was in Washington.  She is survived by her husband, Dr. John K. Freiot; a son, Commander Minor S. Blackford, U.S. Navy, of Florida; a daughter, Mrs. A.E. Conradis, of Bethesda, Md.; her mother, Mrs. William Sears, of Washington, D.C.; and a brother, Craig Sears, of Calif.

 

Harry Gregory

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 6, 1946

 

Harry Gregory, of North Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], suffered a stroke Saturday afternoon, and in the early part of the evening was removed to the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich.  His condition, late Sunday afternoon, showed no improvement.  he is a brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Utter, of Guilford. He was stricken at the time the  auction was being held at his farm, disposing of his herd and equipment.  Mr. Gregory passed away Sunday evening at 6 o'clock.

 

Dr. Charles S. Butler

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 6, 1946

 

Dr. Charles S. Butler, 76, native of Ouaquaga [Broome Co., NY], died on Sunday of last week at the Binghamton City Hospital, after an illness of several months.  Dr. Butler was born in Ouaquaga Mar. 29, 1870. He attended Windsor Academy and Albany Medical School from which he was graduated in 1894.  He opened his first office in Nineveh, later moving to Harpursville.  While there he was elected Broome County representative in the New York State Assembly, serving a term of two years.  From Harpursville he moved to Binghamton, where he practiced until his retirement in 1936.  He spent several years in Texas and, with the start of the war, returned to Binghamton and active practice until February of this year. At that time he went to New York City for observation and subsequently underwent a series of operations  Returning to Binghamton he entered the City Hospital in April and has been there since.  Dr. Butler was a 33rd degree Mason, past master of Afton lodge 360 F.&A.M., and was a member of local and state medical societies.  he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Butler; three sons, Andrew Payson Butler, of California, and Charles Sylvester and Thomas Wright Butler, of Binghamton; three sisters, Mrs. Maude Chandler, of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Carrie Cole, of Lexington, Mass., and Mrs. Addie Francis, of Binghamton; a granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Eleanor Butler, of New York City.  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Prentice Funeral Home, Binghamton. The Rev. Melvin Dodd, pastor of the Boulevard Methodist Church, officiated.  Burial was in Spring Forest Cemetery.  Friends and associates of the deceased were honorary pall bearers, including Dr. A.J. Stillson and Dr. W.C. 0Armstrong of Windsor.

 

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, June 10, 1835

MITCHELL:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Monday last, of consumption, Mrs. Rowena Mitchell, consort of the Hon. Henry Mitchell, aged 42 years.  Mrs. M. was a most estimable woman in every respect, and in all the relations of life. To her family and connexions, her loss is irreparable; and by all who knew her, it will be deeply lamented.

 

Chenango Telegraph, October 7, 1835

DEXTER:  At South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday last, after a short but painful illness, Mrs. Patience Dexter, wife of Peleg Dexter, aged 43 years, 3 months and 26 days.  In the death of this amiable and pious woman, the husband has lost a valuable companion, her children a kind and tender mother, and the church a worthy member.  We trust she died as she had lived for more than 18 years--an exemplary and devoted Christian.  In the Spring of 1817, as she frequently expressed, the Lord for Christ's sake pardoned her sons.  She soon after united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which she remained much respected and beloved until she was called to join the Church triumphant where congregations never break up nor Sabbaths ever end.

 

Bainbridge Republican, June 10, 1878

RANDALL:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], suddenly, Jan. 1st, John Swan Randall, Esq., aged 60 years.

 

CHURCH:  By a fall from Lyon Brook Bridge [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 1st, Mr. Frank Church of Norwich aged 20 years.

 

ATWATER:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] Dec. 31st, Mrs. Aaron Atwater, aged about 80 years.

 

MORSE:  In new Haven, Conn., Dec. 31st, Ellen, wife of Bennett Morse, and daughter of Thos. Dickson, Esq., of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 37 years.  Her remains were brought to Guilford for interment.