Obituaries (April 14)

Betsey M. Steele

Utica Saturday Globe, March 31, 1906

 

Mrs. Betsey M. Steele

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Betsey M. Steele, a former resident of Norwich, passed away on Friday of last week at the home of her niece, Mrs. George W. Aldrich, where she had been visiting for a few days.  Mrs. Steele was in her 82d year, having been born in Pompey, N.Y. [Onondaga Co.], November 29, 1824.  In her early years her parents moved to DeRuyter and later to New Berlin, where she married George L. Steele, a prominent manufacturer and head of the firm of Steele & Medbury, papermakers.  Afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Steele went to Watertown to reside and from there to Utica about the year 1846.  In 1861 they went to New York.  Mr. Steele having secured through the influence of Roscoe Conkling a fine position in the custom house service.  Hon. Thomas L. James was an intimate acquaintance and friend of the Steeles.  Mr. Steele died about 29 years ago, since which time Mrs. Steele had made her home with her only son, Charles L Steele, in Brooklyn, but spent some of the time with relatives in DeRuyter and Norwich.  She came here in the early part of the week in which she died. She was a remarkable woman in many respects and was much beloved by all who had her acquaintance.  Charles L. Steele, of Brooklyn, is the only surviving member of the immediate family, besides whom there survives one sister, Mrs. Joseph F. Vincent, of Truxton, and three nieces, Mrs. George W. Aldrich, of Norwich, and Mrs. S.H. Tanner and Mrs. Thomas Winston, of Newark, N.J.  Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Aldrich residence on Maple street.  Rev. Dr. Benton officiated and the remains were placed temporarily in the vault in Mount Hope chapel, awaiting burial later at new Berlin beside her husband.  The bearers were John L. Slocum, Myron Root, Daniel I. Beldin and William Card.  Her son, Charles L. Steele, of Brooklyn, was among the relatives and friends present at the funeral.

Stephen A. Smith

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 20, 1944

Stephen A. Smith, native of Susquehanna [PA], and a retired employee of the Erie, died in the Barnes Hospital Friday evening, April 7.  He had been a patient in the hospital since last November, when he sustained a fractured hip in a fall in his home in that boro.  Mr. Smith was in his 80th year.  He was a tinsmith in the Erie service for years, until he sustained injuries which forced his retirement.

Harry Maycumber

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 27, 1944

Harry Maycumber, 30, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died about midnight last Friday night in Chenango Memorial Hospital of a bullet wound of the head which authorities said was accidentally inflicted by his brother, Robert, 12.  The shooting happened in Harry's bedroom about 6:30 o'clock, according to Assistant District Attorney Lynn N. Peterson and Patrolman Ivan Morrell.  They said they were told Harry, a polio victim with a crippled leg, was lying on his bed when his brother entered the room, spotted Harry's revolver, an old model, on a chair, and asked if he could play with it.  Told by Harry that he could play with it provided he did not leave the room, Robert was twirling the gun on a finger, authorities said, when it suddenly slipped out of his hand and struck a dresser.  As it did, they said they were told, the weapon discharged and the bullet struck Harry in the left side of the head.   Robert summoned his mother, Mrs. Ralph Maycumber, who telephoned Dr. L.T. Kinney, the family physician.  Dr. Kinney, who also is a Chenango County coroner, ordered the victim removed to the hospital where, attendants said he died without regaining consciousness.  Dr. Kinney issued a verdict of accidental death as coroner and the body was removed to the Breese Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.

Stanley & Stanley Jr. Borek

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 27, 1944

Stanley Borek, 30, an employee of Remington-Rand at Westover, and his son, Stanley, Jr., 5, lost their lives by drowning late Sunday afternoon when Mr. Borek's automobile left Route 11 and plunged down a 40-foot bank into Alford Pond near New Milford.  Mr. Borek's wife, Helen, 31, escaped probable drowning when she leaped from the machine as it shot over the embankment.  She is in fair condition at the West Side Hospital in Scranton, Pa.  She suffered general body cuts and bruises and some shock.  Private David W. Roberts of the New Milford Barracks of the Pennsylvania Motor Police, who is continuing investigation, said Mr. Borek's car, a sedan, was completely submerged in the pond, scene of several similar deaths in past years.  Notified by a passing motorist, John O'Keefe, of Binghamton, R.D. 5, the Pennsylvania Motor Police went to the scene with a wrecker about 6 o'clock.  The bodies of Mr. Borek and his son had been in the water about an hour before workmen succeeded in hauling the machine up onto the highway.  Mr. Borek, who is reported to have been driving to his home at Clark Summit, Pa., R.D., is the father of two daughters, Virginia, 8 and Helen, 7.  They were believed at home at the time of the accident.  After examination by Kenneth A. Bush, a Susquehanna County coroner, the bodies of Mr. Borek and his son sere removed to a Scranton Funeral Home pending burial.  Private Roberts said he has yet to determine cause of the accident.  He indicated Mrs. Borek would be questioned later for details.

Donald Jones

Bainbridge News & Republican, April 27, 1944

Donald Jones, 13, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones, Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY], was injured fatally when an automobile operated by Dr. Harry Payne, of Edmeston, veterinary, crashed into a loaded truck on the West Edmeston highway Thursday night.  Dr. Payne suffered probable rib fractures and bruises.  Officers said the truck was parked without lights or flares.  They identified the driver of the truck as Mr. Stover, who resides at Mohawk, and the owner as Mr. Swartz.  Dr. Payne and his young companion were returning to Edmeston from the Unadilla Valley where the former had made several routine calls.  The impact crushed the top of the automobile.  The body was removed to the nearby home of Herbert Gould, where he died some hours after the accident.  Dr. Evans, Leonardsville, who acted as coroner's physician, said death was caused by a fractured skull.

Death Notices
Antimasonic Telegraph, September 9, 1829
Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], o Sunday last, after a short illness, Mr. Joel Hinckley, aged 45 years.

Antimasonic Telegrpah, December 23, 1829
Died in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday morning the 15th inst. Miss Cypha Wait, aged 20 years.

Chenango Telegraph, August 24, 1836
Died in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday morning last, Mr. Samuel Griffing, aged 72 years.

Chenango Telegraph, September 28, 1836
Died in Wilna, Jefferson county on the 16th inst.  Thomas Brayton, Esq. (father of the Rev. Mr. Brayton of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY]) aged 68 years.  Mr. B. was an excellent men, a devoted Christian, and highly respected by all who knew him.

Chenango Telegraph, February 20, 1867
HOPKINS:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 10th, Mrs. Sarah M. Hopkins, wife of the late George R. Hopkins, aged 42 years.

PABODIE:  Suddenly, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Feb. 13th, Aldin Pabodie.

WARNER:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Dec. 30th, 1860, Asa Warner, aged seventy-six years nine months and eight days, and for more than 50 years a subscriber to this paper.

Father rest from sin and sorrow,

Death is o'er and life is won;

On thy way dawns no tomorrow;

Rest! thine earthly race is run.

 

HALBERT:  In Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 8th, James, son of Asa and Mary Halbert, in the 5th year of his age, Feb. 12th of Dyptheria, Eliza Myrick Halbert, and on the 13th Mary, wife of Asa Halbert.

 

WILLIAMS:  In Buffalo [Erie Co., NY], Oct. 22d, 1866, Mrs. Julia wife of George Williams, aged 34 years.

RAYMOND:  In Elgin, Ill. Feb. 6th, after a painful and lingering illness, Augustin Raymond, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], aged 64 years.