Obituaries (February 22)

Emily R. (Eldred) Green

Utica Saturday Globe, March 1909

 

Emily R. (Eldred) Green

1879 - 1909

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  After more than a year of intense suffering, Emily R. Green entered into rest at her home on Brown avenue Tuesday night of last week. her case having baffled the best medical skill and the most faithful nursing.  Although she was born in Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] on February 2, 1879, the second daughter of Sylvester and Julia Eldred, Mrs. Green had spent the greater share of her life in Norwich.  In 1897 she graduated from the High School and a year later from the teachers' training class, after which she taught several terms in the nearby rural districts. She was successful in her work and was beloved by her pupils.  In 1900 she became the wife of Floyd B. Green.  Two children came to bless their union, Ollisx L. and H. Llewelyn, only the latter surviving.  She is also survived by her bereaved husband, her father and step-mother and by three sisters, Mrs. Mary Adams of Haynes; Mrs. Devillo Levee, of Norwich, and Mrs. Maud Bowers, of DeRuyter.  Mrs. Green was a devoted member of Emmanuel Chruch and her funeral was attended from that church on Friday afternoon.  Interment was made in Mount Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].

 

Mrs. Lynn Geer

Chenango Union, April 4, 1907

Mrs. Lynn Geer died at her home in Preston [Chenango Co., NY] Sunday night after an illness of a few days.  The funeral was held from the M.E. church in this place Thursday at 1 o'clock.  Burial in Riverview cemetery.  [North Norwich Cemetery, Chenango Co., NY, d. April 1907, AE 30y]

 

Sally P. (Yale) Bentley, 1818 - 1886

Afton Enterprise, March 26, 1886

Mrs. Sally P. Bentley, mother of Geo. Bentley, of Afton, who has been in feeble health for some time past, died Tuesday night of this week, aged 67 years.  Her funeral will be held this week Friday, and the remains will be taken to Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] for burial.  [Yaleville Cemetery, Guilford, NY]

 

Charles Packer, 1854 - 1907

Chenango Union, April 18, 1907

Charles Packer, formerly a resident of this county [Chenango Co., NY], was killed at the Valley Stone company quarry, across the Mohawk river from Cranesville on Saturday.  His body was brought to Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] on Sunday and funeral services held from Breese's undertaking rooms on Tuesday, Rev. J.L. Ray officiating.  The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. tells of the accident which caused his death as follows:  "Charles Packer, aged about 53 years, met with a frightful death this morning at the plant of the Valley Stone Company quarry just across the Mohawk river from Cranesville.  There is a large quarry there where the company is busily engaged in getting out crushed stone.  Mr. Packer had charge of the machinery and acted in the capacity of engineer, also looking after the stone crusher.  Just how the accident occurred is not positively known as there was no eyewitness.  It is thought, however, that Mr. Packer was engaged in oiling the shafting of the stone crusher when his left arm became caught in some way and he was pulled nearly to the top of the apparatus.  The arm was torn from the socket and the wound bled profusely.  The foreman of the company was the first to notice the body of Mr. Packer where it was suspended and he hurried to the unfortunate man's aid.  Packer was still alive but he expired in a few moments, death being due to the loss of blood and shock. There were only a few slight bruises on the body outside of the injury to the arm."  [Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich, NY]

 

Erwin Allen Hyde

Chenango Union, April 11, 1907

Erwin A. Hyde died at his rooms about midnight Wednesday, after an illness of about 48 hours.  He had not been feeling well for several days but did not take to his bed until Monday night, when a physician was called and found him suffering from a complicated kidney and heart trouble.  Heroic treatment was resorted to and on Wednesday his condition was easier.  The conditions changed for the worse Wednesday evening and death followed about midnight.  Erwin Allen  Hyde was born in the town of Pitcher, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], October 21, 1864.  He came to Norwich about eighteen years ago and for several years was engaged in business with the late Frank Malone.  Since the establishment of the Borden plant he had been foreman of the tin room.  He was a member of Alert Hose company, of which he has been forman since the death of H enry O . Hall.  He was also a member of the Masonic bodies, having been raised in Norwich lodge on March 15, 1904, exalted in Harmony Chapter October 26, 1904, and knighted in Norwich Commandery on November 17, 1904.  Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m. from the rooms of Alert Hose company.  [Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich, NY]

 

Chenango Union, April 18, 1907

At a special meeting of Alert Hose company Sunday afternoon, the following memorial was adopted.  Another member has been removed from our ranks by the Angel of Death.  On April 1, 1907, our beloved foreman, Erwin A. Hyde, after faithful membership in the Alert Hose company nearly 23 years, passed peacefully away.  He became an active member in the Alert Hose company, June 26, 1884.  In 1885 he was chosen assistant foreman and in the following year was elected foreman.  In 1889 he became president of the company which office he held continuously for six years.  For two years he withdrew from active membership and his name was placed on the honorary roll but he resumed active membership March 14, 1898.  At the annual election of 1903, he was chosen first assistant foreman and in April, 1905, was unanimously elected foreman to succeed the late Henry O. Hall.  He continued in that position till the time of his death.  During his years of active service, Norwich has been visited by many disastrous fires and our department has often been called upon to aid our neighboring towns in like distress.  Mr. Hyde was always faithful to every duty and he was ever found where he could do the greatest good.  As an officer he never asked a fireman to go where he would not lead and his command was always, "Come on boys," not "Go on."  In his death we have lost a member whose place will not soon be filled.  Whether on festive or sad occasions or at duty's call he was ever found at the front and when distress or affliction visited our members without display or affectation, he made every sacrifice to give the needy aid.  In whatever other occupation he may have engaged, he was preeminently and distinctly an Alert, loyal, tried and true.  We sincerely deplore his death in the prime of his usefulness and to his bereaved family we extend our most profound sympathy and the assurance that their sorrow is most keenly shared by the Alerts, who have been his companions during all these years, and that we will ever keep sacred the memory of his life of usefulness.