Obituaries (December 21)

William R. Curtiss

Utica Saturday Globe, April 1912

 

 

William R. Curtiss

1843 - 1912

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Funeral services of the late William R. Curtiss were held from the residence of W.P. Chapman Tuesday afternoon.  About  a fortnight ago, Mr. Curtiss was found upon the floor of his room in New Haven, Conn., in a partial stupor and with a blazing oil heater, which had evidently exploded, on the floor beside him.  The flames were extinguished and the patient removed to the New Haven Hospital as quickly as possible.  The severe burns caused an acute attack of nephritis from which he appeared to rally at first, but later succumbed rapidly, his death occurring Saturday.  The remains were brought to Norwich for interment.  Mr. Curtiss was a native of Norwich where he was born in 1843.  He was one of the first pupils of the old Norwich Academy and, after some bookkeeping  experience in his father's warehouse, pursued a course in the Eastman Business college at Poughkeepsie.  He had just become of age when he entered the service of Fiske & Hatch, in their banking house in New York city, where he remained for a long course of years earning steady promotion and enjoying in full the confidence of his employers.  In 1885 Mr Curtiss retired from active business, for a time returning to Norwich to reside.  In 1889 he married Grace R. Hall.  Two children, Roswell Hall Curtiss, and Amy E. Curtiss, with their mother, survive him.  He leaves a sister, Mrs. W.P. Chapman, of this village.  For the past few years Mr. Curtiss had represented different business houses in banking and other lines.  Although he had met with financial reverses, his courage and grit kept him always in the field, a faithful worker for the welfare of his family.  His personal character was one of purity and integrity.  He was formerly a member and active worker in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, but at the time of his death was a member of the Congregational Church of this village.  Burial was made in the family plot in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY], Rev. H.W. Foreman, rector of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, officiating, in the illness of Rev. Paul Riley Allen, pastor of the Congregational Chruch. 

 

Arthur G. Williams

1870 - 1950

Arthur G. Williams, 8 Weir St., died at about 1:30 a.m., Friday, March 31st, after an illness of two weeks.  Funeral services were held at Carr & Landers Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 2nd, with the Rev. Robert P. Kellerman, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiating.  The body was placed in a vault for burial later in Yaleville Cemetery [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY].  Pall bearers were the five sons-in-law:  Jay Badeau, Willis Vaughn, Lawrence Haynes, Wesley Brown and Edson Shafer, and his oldest grandson, Robert Pendlebury.  Mr. Williams was born January 18, 1870, at Afton [Chenango Co., NY], son of George and Jennie (Russel) Williams.  He had been a resident of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY] for 56 years.  At one time he operated a tailor shop on Cartwright ave. and then on Main street near the present postoffice.  He was n the automobile business for a time, and later had charge of the Oneonta warehouse for the State Highway department.  For some years before his death he had been a shoe salesman.  Surviving are his wife, the former Maggie Pettys; six daughters, Mrs. Jay Badeau, Mrs. Lawrence Haynes, and Mrs. Willis Vaughn, Sidney; Mrs. Earl Conamp, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Mrs. Wesley Brown, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Edson Shafer, Binghamton; a brother, Pratt Williams, Bainbridge; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, December 9, 1880

 

STEVENS:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday evening, Dec. 5th, Mr. George F. Stevens, aged 37 years.

 

LAMB:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], of diphtheria, Nov. 4th, Albert R., aged 7 years.  Also, Nov. 11th, Cora M., aged 3 years, children of Ray and Mary J. Lamb.

 

BIRDSALL:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 24th, at the residence of her nephew, Dr. W.D. Purple, Mrs. Ann Birdsall, widow of the late Maurice Birdsall, aged 87 years.

 

HENDEE:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 27th, Mrs. Harriet Hendee, aged 77 years.

 

JOHNSON:  At Wappinger's Falls, Dutchess Co., Dec. 4th, Rev. Charles H. Johnson, aged 48 years, son of Homer Johnson, of East Norwich.

 

HURLBUTT:  At Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY], Nov. 8th, Mrs. Elisha Hurlbutt, aged 47 years, sister of E.H. Gadsby, of Norwich.