Obituaries (January 12)

John Whalen, Jr.

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 18, 1946

John Whalen, Jr., 23, Greene [Chenango Co., NY] farmhand who was shot accidently in the stomach by his brother about one month ago died Sunday in the Binghamton City Hospital.  Mr. Whalen was shot on the morning of June 11 while he and his 16-year-old brother, Edward, were sitting in the kitchen of the Whalen home on the Cobb farm, Greene.  Mr. Whalen was taken in a private ambulance to the hospital where an emergency operation was performed.  His condition was listed as serious at the time.  Hospital attendants, at the time of the accident, said that Mr. Whalen's mother, Mrs. John Whalen, Sr., told them that her sons were sitting in the kitchen and were talking about shooting pigeons. Edward was holding a .22 Caliber rifle, she said, and added that it was pointing at her.  She said she pushed it away and it discharged.  Hospital attendants said Mrs. Whalen told them that Edward did not know the rifle was loaded. 

 

Susan L. Keech

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 15, 1946

 

Mrs. Susan L. Keech, 69, formerly of Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], died Saturday morning at her home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  She is survived by her husband, Layman M. Keech, of Harpursville; three sons, Rexford Keech, of Mamaroneck, Carl and George Keech, both of East Worcester; a grandson, Harold Keech, of Mamaroneck.   Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Harpursville Tuesday afternoon.  Burial was in Harpursville cemetery.

 

Margaret F. Dix

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 15, 1946

 

Mrs. Margaret Faigle Dix, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], died Monday evening, Aug. 5, at the Binghamton City Hospital.  She had been ill about two years, but death followed a relapse a few days previous to her passing.  Mrs. Dix was born Margaret Faigle, daughter of Henry and Margaret Faigle, on May 14, 1880, at Hiawatha, Pa.  Her husband, Edson R. Dix, passed away in June 1927.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Pritchard, both of Hancock; also by two grandchildren, Sharon and David Pritchard; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Conrad, of Sherman, Pa., and Mrs. Mary Surine, of Adair, Oklahoma; two brothers, William and Fred Faigle, of Hancock, Star Route.

 

Eugene Bush

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 15, 1946

 

Funeral services for Eugene Bush, 33, formerly of Equinunk, Pa., who died of injuries suffered in an explosion in Miami, Fla., was held in Equinunk Monday afternoon.  Mr. Bush, who was son of Ernest and Rev. Adele Bush, of Equinunk, was fatally burned when a garage in which he was working exploded.  Fourteen other persons were injured in the garage.  The explosion, according to his parents, was touched off when a torch, ignited gasoline in the garage.  The garage was owned by the Royal Palm, Ice Co.  Mr. Bush was employed as a mechanic repairing the company's truck.  The blast occurred Tuesday, Mrs. Bush died in a Miami hospital the next day.  Mr. Bush had left Equinunk about six years ago.  He went to Union, N.J. and was employed in a garage there.  Later he was employed by an airplane firm in Patterson, N.J.  He went to Florida about a year ago.  his wife, Ruth, and two children, Carol Jeanne, 5, and Eugene DeRoy, 2, joined him in Florida about one month ago.  In addition to his parents, wife and children, Mr. Bush is survived by a sister, Mrs. Fred Shultz, of Binghamton. The body was shipped to the Henderson Funeral Home, Hancock.  It then was taken to the home of his parents for the funeral services.  

 

Niels M. Nielson

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 22, 1946

 

Niels M. Nielsen, 71, died Sunday morning at his home, Newton avenue, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Nielsen, of Bainbridge; four daughters, Anna Nielsen, of White lake, S.D.; Mrs. Mattie Cutting, of Sidney; Mrs. Gladys Torrey and Mrs. Emma D. Riley, both of Bainbridge; a son, Hans Nielsen, of Bainbridge; a brother, John O.M. Nielsen, of Deposit; two sisters residing in Copenhagen, Denmark; three grandchildren, also several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock with the Rev. Harry Brooks officiating.  the bearers will be:  William Nielsen, Edwin Torrey, Kenneth Riley and Lee cutting.  Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].

William Carroll & Richard Rohn

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1946

A 49-year-old pioneer aviator, who was attempting to regain his pilot's rating was killed instantly Sunday night with his instructor when their single engine training plane crashed near the Greene Flying Club in Greene [Chenango Co., NY].  The victims are William Carroll, 49, of Greene, who flew with the RCAF in both World Wards, and Richard Rohn, 35, of Greene, club instructor, who was employed as a draftsman at Link Aviation Devices' plant in Hillcrest.  The two-place Fairchild trainer in which the pair was flying crashed about 6:30 p.m. on the Walter Burroughs' farm, which is located across the Chenango river from the airfield.