Obituaries (February 28)

Catherine Matzinger Schlucke

Utica Saturday Globe,  June 17, 1918

  

Catherine Matzinger Schlucke

 



Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At the home of her son, John Matzinger, on Cortland street, last Saturday, occurred the death of Mrs. Catherine Matzinger Schlucke, aged 79 years.  Mrs. Schlucke was in her usual excellent health until Tuesday noon when she was stricken and passed away without regaining consciousness.  Deceased was born in Zurick, Switzerland, August 7, 1839, and came to the United States in February, 1882, residing at Liberty, N.Y., until the death of her husband, Joseph Matzinger, in March 1887.  She was married later to Charles Schlucke, of Jeffersonville, N.Y., where she resided until his death in 1901.  Since then she had been a resident of this city, making her home with her son and daughter, John and Mary Matzinger.  Mrs. Schlucke was a devoted member of the Broad Street M.E. Church and a constant attendant at the services there, where she made many friends who will miss her kindly presence.  She was a loving mother, a helpful friend and neighbor.  Family and church have lost a valued member in her passing.  Of her five children, four survive her:  Jacob L. Matzinger, of Liberty; Joseph, of Middletown, and Mary and John Matzinger, of this city.  A son, Ferdinand died at Middletown some 19 years ago.  Funeral services were held from her late home Wednesday afternoon.  Interment was in Mount Hope [Norwich, NY].

 

Reed William Kniskern

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 12, 1946

 

Reed William Kniskern, 53, formerly of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], died Thursday at the Veterans' Hospital, at Bath, where he had been a patient for 6-1/2 years.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Loveland Kniskern; two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Gilbert and Nancy Ann Kniskern, all of Windsor; three sons, Francis and Victor, of Windsor, Reed D., of Susquehanna; a granddaughter, Linda Lou Gilbert, of Windsor; five brothers, Claude Kniskern, of Utica, Leon Kniskern, of Hinesville, Vernon Kniskern, of Voorheesville, Edgar Kniskern, of Johnson City, and Raymond Kniskern, of Binghamton; a sister, Mrs. Fred Stanton, of Barnerville, also several nieces and nephews.  He was a veteran of World War I, and a member of Lloyd B. Phelps American Legion Post No. 571, of Windsor.

 

Wilma M. (Wade) Phelps

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 12, 1946

 

Mrs. Wilma M. Phelps, 46, died last Thursday morning at her home in Nineveh [Broome Co., NY], R.D.  She is survived by her husband, Vernon; a daughter, Louise; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Wade; a brother, Harvey Wade, all of Nineveh, R.D.; a sister, Marguerite Wade, of Melrose, Mass.; two nephews, Arthur Wade, of Nineveh, and George Wade, fo Bainbridge.

 

Hiram Risley

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 12, 1946

 

Hiram Risley, of DeWitt Drive [Sidney, Delaware Co NY], died in Sidney Hospital Tuesday morning, nearly two hours after a car he was driving was struck at a grade crossing by an O.&W. freight train.  The accident occurred about 6:55 o'clock at the Union street crossing.  Mr. Risley, who was about 60 years old, was alone in his car at the time. There are no gates at the crossing and motorists are warned of oncoming trains by a flashing light.  Mr. Risley had driven his son, Harold, to the Scintilla plant and was returning to the center of the village.  The train, a regularly scheduled southbound freight, struck the front of the car.  It dragged the car for about 20 feet.  The train continued another 500 feet before it stopped.  The first aid squad of the Sidney Police Department, composed of Archer Spencer, Raymond Laraway, James Smith, Wm. Bure and R. Elander was called to the scene.  Mr. Risley was taken to the hospital in the squad's ambulance.  He died without regaining consciousness.  Attendants at the hospital refused to reveal Mr. Risley's injuries until a police investigation is completed.

 

Rev. Martin V. Williams

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 29, 1946

 

Friends of the Rev. Martin V. Williams received news of his death, Aug. 12.  He had been in ill health for many months and a patient in a sanitarium near New York City where he died.  Mr. Williams was a Methodist minister, having become a member of Wyoming Conference in 1899.  Besides having been pastor of various churches in each of the three districts of the conference, he was for several years in evangelistic work.  he came ot the Methodist Church here in 1921 and stayed until 1927.  He was a man of keen spiritual intelligence and vigorous habits, like out-of-doors life, gardening and fishing.  He won many friends here, who, though they realize that he was aged, being about 85 years, yet mourn his death.  Surviving him are his wife, a daughter, and two sons.

 

Belle Mabey

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 29, 1946

 

Mrs. Belle Mabey, 95, died at her home here Sunday morning.  She had lived many years in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], taking an active part in community affairs.  She was a member of the Monday Club of Sidney and read a paper at the club at the age of 88.  In the spring of this year she was made an honorary member of the Federated Women's Club of New York State by the Monday Club of Sidney. She had been a semi-invalid for the past five years.  Her husband, who died many years ago, was a Civil War Veteran.  She is survived by a son, C.G. Mabey.

 

Melvin Iverson

 

Melvin Iverson, of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], was almost instantly killed when the automobile in which he was a passenger went off the road near Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY] and hit a tree at 1:20 a.m. today.  Donald S. Cole, 24, of Rockdale, the driver, suffered lacerations of the face and body.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, August 29, 1946]

The funeral of Melvin Iverson, 51, Mt. Upton, who was killed instantly about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, when a car in which he was a passenger left the road and crashed into a tree, was held today.  The accident occurred about one fourth mile south of Major's Inn on Route 51 in Gilbertsville. According to State Trooper Richard Chapman. Troop C. Barracks, Sidney, the driver of the car, Donald S. Cole, 24, Rockdale, fell asleep at the wheel and the car swerved from the road and crashed into a tree.  Mr. Cole suffered only minor injuries and was treated at the scene by Dr. Paul von Haeseler, Gilbertsville.  He told state police he was driving at a rate of about 40 miles an hour when he dozed off.  His car was completely wrecked.  Dr. Norman Getman, Otsego County coroner, gave a verdict of accidental death.  Mr. Iverson is survived by his wife, Audrey; his mother Clarissa; and a brother Arthur,  all of Mt. Upton.  Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. in the Episcopal Church, Gilbertsville, the Rev. Frederick Evenson officiating.  Burial was in the Mt. Upton Cemetery.  [Binghamton Press, August 27, 1946]

 

Deonigi Menaldino

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 29, 1946

 

Deonigi Menaldine, 42, partner in the Green Gardens, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], dine and dance spot, and Rock Inn, Mt. Upton nitery, died suddenly in the kitchen of his home Wednesday morning, Aug. 21, of coronary thrombosis.  Mr. Menaldio had attended the Walton fair the previous evening.  He apparently felt ill and had risen to take something to relieve his pain when Mrs. Menaldino heard a thump in the kitchen and found him there.