Obituaries (January 21)

Calvin R. Aylesworth

Norwich Sun, January 18, 1918

 

Calvin R. Aylesworth

1896 - 1918

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1918

The following clipping from the Cortland Standard of January 16 will interest many Norwich friends and relatives of the new national army to lose his life.  Several from Norwich, including the sister of the deceased, Mrs. Arthur G Bacon, went to Cortland to attend the funeral.

 

Calvin R. Aylesworth of Blodgett Mills [Cortland Co., NY] died of pneumonia at Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C. Thursday, Jan. 10, aged 21 years.  The first intimation his parents had of his illness was a letter saying he was sick with measles and confined in the base hospital.  He apparently recovered from the measles and went on duty.  About a week thereafter his parents received a letter from the deceased's chum saying that Calvin was suffering an attack of pneumonia.  Repeatedly his parents and family tried to keep in touch as to his condition, but were unable to get any reply until Jan. 9 when a telegram came saying "Calvin's condition is critical."  His father, Adelbert Aylesworth, immediately left for the south and arrived several hours too late to find his son alive. 

 

Calvin Aylesworth was a man and a soldier.  He enlisted at Syracuse Oct. 29, 1917, and was immediately sent to Fort Slocum, N.Y.  He was left there about two weeks from which place he was sent to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C., where he served until his death.  He was a young man deeply loved by all who knew him and greatly respected by his comrades.  He was  recommended for promotion a short time before his death and he received that promotion by giving his life for his country that those who are left behind may see the fulfillment of that peace which we hope for and which he died for.  His whole heart was in his work, about which he never complained.  His every desire was to see his country win, and toward that end he gave his life.  God, in His wisdom, has seen fit to take a soldier and a man with Him.

 

The heartfelt sympathy of all his friends is extended to his parents and family who deeply mourn his death and yet are proud to have had a son and brother who died even as he lived, faithful to the last.  Funeral services were held at the M.E. church in Blodgett mills Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 2 P.M., Rev. W.J. Stearnes officiating.  Interment was made in Forest Hill vault at Blodgett Mills.  "He is not dead, he sleepeth."  The bearers were Lawrence Reynolds, Donald VanBuskirk, Robert Snell and Frank Loope. The deceased wore his army uniform as he rested in the casket, which was covered with a great profusion of flowers.

Sophie Garcia

Cortland Standard, June 11, 1934

A bolt of lighting late yesterday afternoon killed Sophie Garcia, 15, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Strasser of 16 Prospect Terrace, Cortland.  Sophie, described by her friends as a beautiful girl of Spanish extraction, lived with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Suarez in Taylor Center [Cortland Co., NY].  Saturday, she and her older sister, came to Cortland to visit their mother, and Sophie was filled with joy when her mother, who works in the Hotel Cortland Coffee Shop, gave her a new dress.  Sunday afternoon Sophie was back with her grandparents when the thunder storm broke about 4:30 o'clock.  Her grandmother had been sitting in the rocking chair under the telephone in the kitchen, but when the storm broke she left it and Sophie huddled in the chair, expressing the fear that smoothing was going to happen.  There was a blinding flash accompanied by a crackle and members of the family thought Sophie had fainted.  Then they discovered the rocker on the chair was split and the corner of the telephone box was splintered. Efforts to revive the girl were fruitless and Dr. D.B. Glezen of Cincinnatus was called.  In his capacity, as coroner, he pronounced the girl dead from shock and directed that the body be removed to Heath's undertaking rooms in Cincinnatus. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning from St. Margaret's Church in Homer with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, Cortland.  Sophie was a freshman in Cincinnatus High School and leaves besides her mother and grandparents, a step father, Benjamin Strasser, employed by the Farmers Syndicate in Cortland, her old sister, and a younger brother.  Neighbors reported that there was only one sharp flash of lightning and that it is believed that this followed the telephone wire for some distance before entering the building.  There was a gun standing near the chair, but the electricity did not touch that.  Instead it jumped to the girl's body and then grounded through the wire springs of the chair and the wooden rocker.  No burns were found on the girl's body or on anything in the house.

Sidney Record, June 14, 1934

Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY]:  A bolt of lightning traveling along the telephone line and into the house of Mr. and Mrs. William Swartz of Solon Pond, near here, Sunday afternoon, struck and killed 15 year old Sophie Garcia, freshman at Cincinnatus High School.  Death was instantaneous.  Miss Garcia, seated in a chair in the living room of the Swartz home, was badly burned about the head, back and arms. The chair was split in two and a wrist watch the girl was wearing shattered. She was the only person injured.  The victim is survived by her mother and a sister, Louise, and a brother, Charles.

Dimis Crawford

Afton Enterprise, January 30, 1896

Mrs. Dimis Crawford, widow of Mr. Hugh Crawford, who died January 18th, died at her home on the East side, Saturday, just one week after the death of her husband. The funeral was held Monday forenoon, and the remains taken to Bainbridge for burial. Rev. B.B. Carruth officiated and the singing was rendered by a trio, consisting of Messrs. W.E. Hyde, W.H. Carr and C.J. Bresee. She was 77 years of age.

Charles W. Anable

Afton Enterprise, January 4, 1900

Chas. W. Anable who has passed most of his life in this town [Afton, Chenango Co., NY], died suddenly in Franklin [Delaware Co., NY] Wednesday morning of last week at a place where he had been engaged at work.  Arising in the morning he went down stairs and sitting down and reaching for his boots he suddenly became unconscious and died in half an hour.  Heart trouble was the cause of his death. The funeral was held on Friday the burial taking place at Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY].  Two sons survive him, Frank and George Anable of this place.

Charles W. Anable

Afton Enterprise, February 25, 1926

Charles W. Anable of North Afton [Chenango Co., NY], passed away Wednesday, February 17th.  Mr. Anable was born in Illinois and was 78 years of age. Deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Julia Anable.  The funeral was held Friday afternoon at 1:30 from his late home conducted by the Rev. W.D. Lathrop.  Burial was in the North Afton cemetery beside their only child, Royal, who died twenty-one years ago.