R. Wilbur Foote
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 11, 1946
Word has been received here by Mrs. Arta M. Teachout of the death of her brother, R. Wilbur Foote, who died suddenly Sunday, June 15, at his home in San Diego, Calif. Mr. Foote expected to visit Bainbridge this month. He was born Apr. 18, 1892, the son of the late Albert and Frances Foote, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Aleine Foote, and a son, Bruce, both of San Diego, Calif.; one sister, Arta Teachout, and one niece, Miss Dorothy Teachout, both of Bainbridge.
Gladys Sands Gifford
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 11, 1946
Mrs. Gladys Sands Gifford, 36, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] R.D.2, widow of the late Harvey Gifford, died Saturday at the Sidney Hospital. She is survived by three children, Jean, Sandra and Donald Gifford; her mother, Mrs. Mamie R. Sands, all of Bainbridge, R.D.2; two brothers, Howard Sands, of Sidney, and George Sands, of Masonville; a sister, Mrs. Rose Smith, of Masonville; her grandmother, Mrs. Jennie Tiffany, of Windsor, also several nieces and nephews. Services were held at the Fisher Funeral Chapel Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Norman Lawton officiated. Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery at Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].
Francis A. Zagata
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 11, 1946
Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY]: Francis A. Zagata, 29, Oneonta war veteran, was drowned in Gilbert Lake last Thursday afternoon within sight of about 1,500 persons on the lake front at the state park. Two physicians who were in the park at the time worked on the Oneonta man after his body was pulled form the lake about 10 minutes after the accident. Park officials called the Oneonta Fire Department and two firemen responded with a resuscitator. Mr. Zagata was about 10 feet from the south float in the lake and about 50 feet from a life guard on duty in a rowboat when he went under the water. According to park officials, none of the persons near the drowning man heard an outcry.
Oneonta: Francis A. Zagata, 29 Oneonta war veteran, was drowned in Gilbert Lake yesterday afternoon within sight of about 1,500 persons on the lakefront at the state park. Two physicians who were in the park at the time worked on the Oneonta man after his body was pulled form the lake about 10 minutes after the accident. Park officials called the Oneonta Fire Department and two firemen responded with a resuscitator. Mr. Zagata was about 10 feet from the south float in the lake and about 50 feet from a life guard on duty in a rowboat when he went under the water. According to park officials, none of the persons near the drowning man heard an outcry. Miss Agnes Mumford, a companion, who was sitting on the bank said that she saw Mr. Zagata suddenly lift his arms and go under the water. She shouted to a life guard in the boat near him. The life guard began diving into the water which is about 15 feet deep at that point, and the body was found at about 3:55 p.m. by Donald St. John of 5-1/2 Columbia Street. Park officials said that yesterday's drowning was the first since the park opened 20 years ago. Dr. A.M. Skinner of Homer Folks Tuberculosis Hospital who was in the park at the time was called and a Utica doctor, who was swimming in the lake, attempted to revive Mr. Zagata until the fire department crew arrived. A former Oneonta athlete, Mr. Zagata was a competent swimmer according to friends. He recently had passed his physical examination for appointment to the city fire department and was third on the civil service eligibility list. Veteran of four years' service in the army airforces, Mr. Zagata had served as a staff sergeant in the Pacific theatre as a gunner and an engineer on a Flying Fortress. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zagata of 30 Gilbert Street; five sisters, Miss Helen Zagata and Miss Aileen Zagata who were at Gilbert Lake with their brother at the time of his death; Mrs. Joseph Zarnsky, Mrs. Raymond Camp, and Mrs. Hugh MacNeil; and two brothers, Michael Zagata, Jr., and John W. Zagata, all of this city. [Binghamton Press, July 5, 1946]
Oneonta: Funeral services for Francis A. Zagata, who was drowned July 4 in Gilbert Lake, will be conducted Monday morning at his home, 30 Gilbert Street, at 8:45 and at 9:30 o'clock in St. Mary's Church here. The body was removed form Rothery's Funeral home here to the Gilbert Street residence today. Friends may call at the home tonight and tomorrow. Mr. Zagata, 29-year-old veteran of the Army Air Forces, served for four years in Dutch Guiana, Panama, Puerto Rico, South America and Trinidad. He was a graduate of Oneonta High School and Attended State Teachers College here. He was a member of Sergt. Elbert N. Patten Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American legion Post here. He also was a member of St. Mary's Church and the Holy Name Society. Two days before his death he was employed with Lina Coach and Truck Corp., this city. [Binghamton Press, July 6, 1946]
Rev. Ralph W. Carr
Bainbridge News & Republican, June 20, 1946
North Plainfield, N.J.: The Rev. Ralph W. Carr, pastor of the Hydewood Park Baptist Church here for the last 14 years, died today in his home at 157 Westervelt avenue, at the age of 59. Mr. Carr was born at Nineveh Junction [Broome Co., NY], and before entering the ministry was engaged in evangelistic work. He attended the Bible School Park, Binghamton, and the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, and was ordained in the Angelica Baptist church. He came here from Cenlands, N.J., where he served as pastor for seven years. He was a member of the board of the African Christian Mission of Paterson, and the Bolivian Indian Mission of Plainfield. Mr. Carr leaves a widow, Mrs. Elsa L. Sawyer Carr; two daughters, Mrs. Raymond Davis, a missionary at Kano, Nigeria, West Africa, and Miss Doris P. Carr; a son, Ralph W. Jr., of Milwaukee; a brother, Harry, of Afton; and three sisters Mrs. John A. Davis, of Bible School Park, Mrs. R. Clay Wilcox, of New York, and Mrs. Fred Chamberlin, of Afton--New York Times.
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