Obituaries (January 22)

Henrietta Law

Utica Saturday Globe, November 16, 1907

 

 

Mrs. Henrietta Law

 

North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY]:  Many were the sorrowing friends of Mrs. Henrietta Law, who paid their last tributes of respect to the deceased at her old home near North Pharsalia, Saturday, November 9.  Her long life of usefulness was closed Wednesday, November 6, after a period of much suffering.  Deceased was born at Thomastown, Maine, in 1829.  At Lowell, Mass., June 29, 1851, she was united in marriage to Stephen Law, who died many years ago.  Soon after their marriage deceased and her husband came to New York State to live, and for over 60 years deceased resided on the place where she died in the latter part of her life with her son, Frank Law.  She is survived by two sons and one daughter, George M. Law, of Pitcher; Frank M. Law, of North Pharsalia, and Mrs. Ella V. Nitt, of Killawog, N.Y.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

 

Emma Fleming

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Mrs. Emma Fleming, 82, formerly of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died Wednesday, at the home of her grandson, Lenn Church, of Corbettsville.  Besides her grandson, she is survived by two sons, John and Gilbert Church, both of Binghamton.

 

Uri A. Hubbard

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Uri A. Hubbard, 81, died Tuesday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eugene Finch, Oxford.  Besides his daughter, he is survived by a son, Clarence Hubbard, of Homer; also eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

 

Rev. Frank C. Davidson

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Rev. Frank C. Davidson, pastor of Union United Presbyterian church at McKees' Rocks, Pa., former pastor of the Walton United Presbyterian church died at his home in McKees' Rocks Thursday morning, March 28.  He was 62 years old. 

 

Maude Knapp Smith

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 4, 1946

 

Mrs. Maude Knapp Smith, 58, of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday at Binghamton City Hospital.  She is survived by her husband, Delmar Smith a daughter, Miss Doris Smith, of Bainbridge; a sister, Mrs. Walter Coolbaugh, of Johnson City.  The body was removed to Clinton E. Wood Memorial Chapel, Windsor.

 

David DuBois

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 11, 1946

 

Walton [Delaware Co., NY]:  Just 24 hours after its official opening, the temporary swimming pool in West Brook was the site of a drowning.  The pool opened at 1 p.m. Thursday and at 5 p.m. Friday the body of six-year-old David DuBois, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald DuBois, was discovered in its murky waters.  The pool is a temporary affair erected at the site of the proposed recreation center.  According to Dr. C.S.Gould, of Walton, county coroner, the boy apparently drowned within the sight of more than 100 persons gathered at the pool.  He had gone swimming with some companions.  When the boy's mother arrived to take the group home, it was discovered that David was missing.  Search revealed that his clothes were still in a locker. The body was discovered in six feet of water at the deep end of the pool, which was muddy from diving activities.

 

Archie W. Smith & Mrs. Leo L. Kany

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

 

The crash of a sedan into a tractor-trailer near Campville on Route 17C about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, resulted in the death of two people and the hospitalization of four others. 

 

The dead:

Archie W. Smith, 27, of Vestal [Broome Co., NY].  A World War II veteran, killed instantly.

Mrs. Leo L. Kany, 29, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], who died in hospital four hours after crash.

 

The injured all in Ideal Hospital:

Miss Anna Severini, 30, Endicott, condition critical.  She suffered lacerations of head and arms.

Frank N. Wilson, 29, Endicott, condition fair. He sustained abrasions of the right leg and severe cuts about the face.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Harrington, Johnson City, condition fair. Both suffered head and arm lacerations.

 

Those who investigated the accident said it occurred shortly after midnight when Carl Bowgren was attempting to back a tractor-trailer into a drive-way.  The trailer was well lighted, according to the sheriff and there was unobstructed visibility for 700 feet.  Bowgren was arrested by state police, charged with criminal negligence. He was given a hearing before Justice of the Peace Huntington, demanded an examination and was released in $50 bail for hearing Aug. 12.

 

This was the third case of alleged criminal negligence involving an automobile in the Binghamton area within two weeks.  Four persons were riding in the front seat of the sedan at the time of the crash, the impact of which pinned Smith, the driver, between the wheel and the seat.  He was killed instantly.  It was necessary to pry the seat from beneath him in order to extricate his body.  Mrs. Kany was removed unconscious to Ideal Hospital where she died four hours after the accident.  The others suffered from shock and severe lacerations.  According to the Sheriff, the party was returning from the Brush and Pallette where its members had spent the evening dancing.  Police ambulances from Endicott and Owego were called to take the injured to Ideal Hospital.