Obituaries (January 16)

William Edward Knapp

Bainbridge News & Republican, May 9, 1946

William Edward Knapp, 34, of Susquehanna [PA], died suddenly Sunday morning at the Barnes Memorial Hospital, Susquehanna.  He is survived by his wife, Mary, of Susquehanna; a daughter, Mary Jo, of Susquehanna; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Knapp, of Warsaw, N.Y.; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Samuelson and Mrs. Raymond Moses, both of Rochester, and Mrs. Donald Peck, of Attica, and a brother, Albert, of Whalen.

 

Earl P. McMullen

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 13, 1946

 

Earl P. McMullen, 52, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died Monday morning at his home after a long illness.  He is survived by his wife and one son, Earl F. McMullen, both of Afton.  Funeral services were held at the Karschner Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Alan Douglas officiating.  Burial in Mount hope Cemetery, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Carrie Sprague Bartley

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 13, 1946

 

Mrs. Frank Bartley, 78, died at the Sidney Hospital Thursday night after an illness of several months.  The funeral was held Sunday at her residence at 12 Clinton street.  The Rev. Charlton Opdyke, pastor of the Congregational Church, officiated and burial was sin Prospect Hill Cemetery [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY].  Carrie Sprague Bartley was born July 25, 1867, at East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  Her husband, the late Frank Bartley, was postmaster at Sidney for many years.

 

Roy Place

Bainbridge News & Republican, June 13, 1946

 

Roy Place, nearly a lifelong resident of Margaretville [Delaware Co., NY], died Tuesday, June 4, of a heart condition.  His last illness lasted but two days.  Mr Place was born in Margaretville June 7, 1894, and had lived in Margaretville all his life except for three years spent in Andes.  Mr. Place is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Ransom Darrett and Mrs. Kenneth Miller, both of Margaretville; one son, Curtis Place, of Guilford, and one brother, Ray Place, of Downsville.  The funeral was held at the Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. Alfred Coons officiating.  Burial was in the Margaretville Cemetery.

 

Stephen Smith Cole

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 11, 1946

 

The funeral of Stephen Smith Cole, 78, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], father of Mrs. Henry Pratt, of Bainbridge, was held Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Sacred Heart Church, Sidney, with the Rev. John Kavanaugh officiating.  Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney.  Mr. Cole died July 6 at his home in 21 Pleasant street, Sidney, after an illness of about 10 months.  He was born Sept. 15, 1867 at Upsonville, Pa., the son of Louden and Mary Smith Cole.  He had lived many years in Sidney where he followed his trade as a carpenter.  he is survived by is wife, Lelah Dexter Cole; a daughter, Mrs. Henry Pratt, of Bainbridge; two grandsons, Donald and Bruce Pratt, Bainbridge; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lena Cole, Sidney; a sister, Mrs. Lottie Gardner, of Detroit; Mich., and several nieces and nephews.

 

William Carroll & Richard Rohn

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 25, 1946

 

Two Greene pilots, one of whom served in the RCAF during World War II, were killed Sunday night when their airplane crashed approximately 150 yards from the Greene airport.  The two men, William Carroll, 48, and Richard Rohn, 35, were flying a single-engine monoplane equipped with dual controls.  They took off from the Greene [Chenango Co., NY] airport a little after 6 p.m. for a flight over the surrounding countryside.  After they had circled near the port for more than half an hour their plane suddenly went out of control and crashed from a height of 1,500 feet, landing on the flat land across the Chenango River from the airport on a farm owned by Walter Burroughs.  Carroll was killed instantly in the crash, but Rohn survived for 30 minutes.  Dr. C.W Chapin and Dr. Everett Centerwall were called by airport officials who saw the plane come down, but were unable to save Rohn's life.  One witness who saw the crash from the airport on the west side of the river, said that he had been watching the plane as it circled and that he thought he heard the motor cut out.  The plane, he said, apparently went into a spin when the pilot turned in an attempt to glide back to the field. The pilot recovered from the spin by putting the plane into a dive, but was too low to level out.  Because the plane had dual controls, it was impossible to determine which of the two men was flying it at the time of the crash.  Both bodies were removed to the Rogers Funeral home in Greene, and Dr. Matt A. Boname, of Norwich, Chenango County coroner, was summoned.  Carroll, who was employed at the Whipple Auto Supply Co., served as a pilot in both World Wars, flying for the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II in Canada.  In addition to his two sons, William, Jr., and Edgar, both of whom served in World War II, he is survived by his mother and sister.  Rohn, who was employed at the Lyon-Raymond Corp. in Greene, held a commercial pilot license and had served as an instructor at the airport.  He is survived by his wife and two children.

 

Clifton Frink

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 22, 1946

 

Clifton Frink, 46, Norwich, Chenango County Highway Department garage foreman, died Monday morning in Chenango County Memorial Hospital as a result of injuries he received when a motorcycle he was driving struck the rear of a car driven by Levi Collins, Sherburne  Mrs. Frink, 42, who was riding on the back seat of the motorcycle, is in the hospital suffering with lacerations of the scalp and possible skull fracture.