A.G. Leach
Utica Saturday Globe, March 17, 1906
A.G. Leach
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: A.G. Leach died at his home on Canasawacta street on Sunday afternoon after a long illness from consumption. Mr Leach was 43 years of age and was born August 22, 1862, in the same house where he died. He was educated in the Norwich schools and before he was out of his teens began teaching, following that occupation for a number of years. Afterwards he was employed in the Maydole hammer factory and later was a carpenter under Foreman Cobb on the Utica division of the Lackawanna Railroad. For two years he had been unable to do much work. Mr. Leach was a member of Canasawacta lodge, I.O.O.F., and a past grand in that order. He was also a member of Chenango Encampment. He was a member of the degree staff in the lodge and his impressive delivery of the high priest's charge in the degree of truth will long be remembered by his brethren in the lodge Besides his widow he is survived by one son, Floyd, and three daughters, Grace, Josephine and Jessica. His widowed mother, Mrs. Sarah Leach and one sister, Loie Leach, also survive, both being residents of Norwich. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Odd Fellows attending in a body. A delegation of ladies form the Lily of the Valley Lodge was also in attendance. Rev. J.S. Southworth officiated and the ritualistic service was conducted by Chaplain Rev. Ira W. Bingham and Past Grand George H. Mahan. Interment was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].
Donald K. Stensland
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 11, 1944
Donald K. Stensland, 19, of Unadilla R.D.2 [Otsego Co., NY], died Sunday at the Sidney Hospital after his 1933 coupe which was traveling north on Route 8 about a mile below Mt. Upton, left the highway and struck a tree. The car was badly damaged. Cause of the accident has not been determined. The state police were notified by Frank Hamond, Mt. Upton, and the youth was taken by the State Police to the Sidney Hospital where he died soon after. Dr. Ernest Burian, of Sidney, acting coroner for Dr. D.E. Hammond, of New Berlin, pronounced an accidental death caused by the puncture of a lung. The body was removed by the Merton Moore & Son Funeral Parlor at Gilbertsville and funeral arrangements will be delayed until his father, who is in the service, arrives. Donald was a graduate of the Gilbertsville High School and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Stensland. Mrs. Stensland resides on a farm near Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY].
Wilbur G. Clements
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 11, 1944
Wilbur G. Clements, prominent businessman in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] for 13 years, died at his home there Tuesday after a heart attack. The funeral was held Friday afternoon in the Congregational Church, with the Rev. Charlton H. Opdyke officiating. The body was at Carr & Landers' Funeral Parlors until Friday noon. After the funeral, it was cremated and the ashes buried in Bloomfield, N.J. He was born Feb. 22, 1883, in Newark, N.J.. In 1904 in married Viola Archer, of New Jersey. They had one daughter, Jeanne. Upon his arrival in Sidney, Mr. Clements became associated with the Wheeler & Mabey insurance and real estate office. After the death of P.O. Wheeler, he conducted the office. Mr. Clements was active in the affairs of the Congregational Church and other organizations. At the time of his death he was a trustee of the church, was serving on the Prudential Committee, and was a member of the Laymen's Conference. During previous years he had been a member of the choir. He was secretary of the Rotary Club and in the past had been president. He was also a member of the F.&A.M. Lodge 801, and a promoter of Boy Scout work. Besides his wife and daughter, Mrs. Richard McClelland, of Sidney, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Florence Carr, and a brother, Frederick Clements, of Nutley, N.J.
Earl J. Rushford
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 18, 1944
Earl J. Rushford, injured in an automobile accident at New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY] on Monday of last week, succumbed Wednesday afternoon at the Chase Hospital at New Berlin. In the accident, Rushford, who was 37 years old, suffered a fractured leg and a crushed knee on the other leg. At the time of the crash Mr. Rushford was returning to Rome after visiting friends in South New Berlin. Attempting to pass a truck, the car went out of control and smashed into a tree. Mr. Rushford leaves a widow and three daughters. Besides the immediate family he is survived by his mother, three sisters and three brothers.
Maxwell Howe
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 18, 1944
Maxwell Howe, Sr., 42, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], died Sunday morning from injuries received when he fell three stories from his front porch early that morning. According to Dr. John J. Breivis, acting Broome County Coroner, Mr. Maxwell lost his balance and tumbled over the railing which enclosed the porch. The coroner issued a verdict of accidental death. The police ambulance was summoned at 12:20 a.m. to remove the injured man, who suffered a fractured skull and fracture of the hip bone, to City Hospital. Mr. Maxwell is survived by his widow, Ethel Jackson Howe; three sons, two sisters and a half brother.
George T. Tanner
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 18, 1944
George T Tanner, aged 83, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home there last Thursday evening. He is survived by his widow, Estella; one daughter, Mrs. Bernice DuMond, of Afton; two sons, Thurston, of Columbia City, Ind., and Gilman, of Norwich; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A private funeral service was held at his home Sunday afternoon. The Rev Allen Douglas officiated. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton.
Cora A. Hendrickson
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 18, 1944
Mrs. Cora A. Hendrickson, 82, died Friday at her home in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], after a long illness. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Andrews and Mrs. Clara Meek, both of Afton. Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at Tabor's Funeral home, with the Rev. Allen Douglas officiating. Burial was in the East Side Cemetery, Afton.
Lewis J. Newton
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 18, 1944
Lewis J. Newton, 28, who was critically injured in a motorcycle-automobile crash in Binghamton early Wednesday night, died Friday at City Hospital. A machine operator at Remington Rand, Mr. Newton was a resident of Montrose, Pa., R.D.2, Honorably discharged from the Army May 12, 1943, Mr. Newton was the father of two small children. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Newton, of Montrose, also survive. Death resulted form a fractured skull and other injuries.
August Frank Kurkowski
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 25, 1944
August Frank Kurkowski, 48, Richfield Springs [Otsego Co., NY], died at Bassett Hospital at Cooperstown Thursday night as the result of injuries sustained in a fall earlier that afternoon. The owner of a two-story business on Otsego Lake, that village, Kurkowski was on a ladder painting a window sash, when the ladder slipped on the cement sidewalk, pitching him from it. He fell headfirst, witnesses of the accident said, and his death was attributed to a fractured skull and internal injuries.
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