Obituaries (April 9)

Matthew C. Bolger

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1911

 

Matthew C. Bolger

1872 - 1911

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Many friends in this village were shocked to learn of the death of Matthew C. Bolger which occurred in New York.  He was born in Norwich July 11, 1872, and was a son of Michael and Bridget Bolger of Mitchell street.  After graduating from Norwich High School he went to Ohio and for a time was employed by a large oil company in that State.  Later returning to Norwich he worked for a year at the printer's trade in the office of the Chenango Telegraph. For the past 13 years he had held a responsible position in the United States customs house in New York city.  While living in Ohio Mr. Bolger became acquainted with Miss May Christen of Lima, and 11 years ago they were married.  She survives with one son 9 years of age.  He is also survived by his parents of this village; three brothers, John F., of New York; Joseph V., of Oneida, and Edward L., of Norwich, and by three sisters, Mrs. J.E. Balderston, of Jersey City; Elizabeth M. Bolger, of New York, and Anna L. Bolger, of White Plains.  The remains were taken to the former home of his wife in Lima, Ohio, where the funeral was held on Thursday of last week.

 

Henry L White

Guilford Mail, March 1907

Henry L. White passed away Wednesday afternoon, February 13th, aged 73 years.  Mr. White held the office of assessor in this town [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY] for many years.  He is survived by his wife and three children Erwin White, Everette White of Sidney and Mrs. Gibbs of Norwich.  Three children preceded him.

 

Luzerne Westcott

Oneonta Daily Star, August 23, 1920

Luzern Westcott, a native of the town of Milford [Otsego Co., NY] for forty-three years a universally respected resident of the city of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], died at half past one o'clock Saturday morning, August [21] after an illness of several months duration, which, however, had not been of a critical nature until about three weeks before.  On Thursday, July 29, as was noted in the Star of the following day, Mr. and Mrs. Westcott celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage.  Surrounded by children and grandchildren, the day was spent very pleasantly, and Mr. Westcott himself rallied to a notable degree from his illness, and was exceptionally active and cheerful.  The day was one toward which he had looked forward eagerly, and it seemed that it was in the culmination of his dream.  A day or two later his condition became more serious, and he failed gradually for three weeks, when, surrounded by his wife and family, who gave devoted attention during his entire illness, he died, as above stated, on Saturday morning.  Mr. Westcott was born March 6, 1843, on the homestead farm at Milford Center, and was the son of Reuben and Wealthy Westcott, the family being one of the earliest to settle in Milford township.  When but 18 years of age he went to Watertown and engaged in the egg business. The following year he was married to Miss Charlotte Ball of that city and returned to the homestead farm in Milford.  His first wife dying in 1868, he was married two years later to Miss Emma Hubbard, with whom more than half a century of happy wedded life was spent.  Mr. Westcott moved to Oneonta in 1877 and was for several years employed in the hop business by George I. Wilber, an occupation in which he was engaged for practically all his life thereafter.  He was an excellent salesman and a remarkable judge of hops.  He was for several  years a member of the firm of M.&L. Westcott, and after the death of Monroe Westcott carried on the business alone. Afterwards he was in the employ of Kenyon and Saxton, F.D. Miller and Smith & Capron, but for the last year and a half he had been with the wholesale firm of Morris Brothers.    This work, however, by no means limited his activities.  Associated with M. Westcott he built the Westcott block, then the largest commercial structure in Oneonta in 1882, and he also dealt largely in Oneonta real estate, building many houses in the city.  With Eugene Rose he founded the first ice business in Oneonta, a business which under the name of the Oneonta Ice Company, still remains in the family of his descendants.  He was an energetic business man of real ability, and his advice was often sought and given.  Mr. Westcott is survived by his second wife, above named, and by six children, Mrs. Helen Crandall, Mrs. Minnie Lunn, Mrs. Mary Denton and Reuben H. Westcott of this city; Arthur L. Westcott of New York and Mrs. Charles H. Clark of Bainbridge.  The first two are children of his earlier marriage.  Also he leaves six great-grandchildren, Luzern W. Crandall, Alice E. Wendall and Herbert Denton, Mrs. Charlotte Wyckoff and Herbert Lunn.

Helen (Westcott) Crandall

Oneonta Star, November 26, 1924

Mrs. Helen Crandall, nearly a lifelong resident of this city [Oneonta, Otsego Co., NY], passed away at the Fox Memorial hospital at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning following an operation for relief from a malady from which she had long suffered.  A recent recurrence necessitated an operation but her condition was such that the best of medical and surgical skill was of no avail.  Mrs. Crandall was born in Portlandville on May 30, 1845, and was the daughter of Luzerne and Charlotte (Ball) Westcott.  Nearly all of her life had been spent in this city and for several years past she had made her home with her sister, Mrs. Joseph E. Lunn.  Surviving her are a son, Luzerne Westcott Crandall of Los Angeles, Cal., her mother, Mrs. Luzerne Westcott of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Joseph S. Lunn and Mrs. Mary Denton of Oneonta, and Mrs. Charles Clarke of Bainbridge; and two brothers, R.H. Westcott of Oneonta and A.L Westcott of New York city.  Arrangements for the funeral will not be completed until the arrival from Los Angeles of her son, who started for the east immediately upon receipt of the news of her serious illness.  Mrs. Crandall was a member of the First Baptist church and was very devoted to the tenets of her faith, working faithfully in various branches of church work [until her] disposition.  Mrs. Crandall was known intimately by but few but those who admired and respected her for many admirable qualities of womanhood.  By them she will be missed but the sense of greatest loss will be in the family circle of which she was such a loving and devoted member.  to the relatives so suddenly bereaved the sincere sympathy of many will be extended. 

Death Notices

Chenango Union, February 11, 1875

READ:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] January 29th, Sarah, wife of Hiram Read, aged 69 years.

MONCRIEF:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] January 24th, Mr. Alexander Moncreif, aged 88 years.

YALE:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], January 31st, Eliza [Yale], wife of Chester Yale, aged 62.

PRESTON:  In Lincklaen, January 10, Evaline [Preston], daughter of Corydon and Emerette Preston, aged 17 years.

WILLOUGHBY:  In Nebraska City, January 26th, Mrs. Ira Willoughby aged 75, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

EDWARDS:  At Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], January 28th, Mr. Edward H. Edwards, aged 63 years.

LOYD:  In Girard, Pa. Nov. 15th, 1874, Mrs. Lucinda Loyd, aged 74 years, formerly of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY].