Obituaries (June 18)

William Henry Sweet

Afton Enterprise & Harpursville Budget, April 23, 1931

The funeral of William Henry Sweet was held from Colwell's funeral chapel[Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], Saturday afternoon, April 18, at 2 o'clock, Rev. G.H. Orvis, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating.  The burial was in the West Bainbridge Cemetery and the service was conducted by the Masonic Lodge of which the deceased was a member.  Mr. Sweet was born in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 4, 1857, the son of Cyrus and Fayette Davis Sweet.  For the past fifteen years he has been a resident and highly respected citizen of Bainbridge. For some time, he has lived alone in his home on Walnut Ave., and it was there that neighbors found him Tuesday morning in an unconscious condition from which he never rallied but passed away at the Bainbridge Hospital Wednesday afternoon.  he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Adah Teachout of Afton ad Mrs. Charles Jacobs of Greene; one grandson, Lewis Pratt of Coventry, and by several nieces and nephews.

 

Ellen A. Kark

Afton Enterprise & Harpursville Budget, April 23, 1931

Mrs. Ellen A. Kark, 74, died at her home in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] Tuesday night.  She is survived by her husband, Edward A. Kark, five daughters, Mrs. George M. Mason, Mrs. Verna Rice, Binghamton; Mrs. William Bickford, Clinton; Mrs. Stuart Tompkins, Middleburg; Mrs. Harlan Brown, Johnson City, Twenty-five grandchildren and five-great grandchildren survive. The funeral will be held at the home Friday at 12 o'clock noon and at 2 o'clock at the Grace Tabernacle church Binghamton. Burial in the Chenango Valley cemetery.

 

William Linus Clark

1873-1937

Word has been received here of the unexpected death of William Linus Clark, of Bradenton, Fla., and Woodgate, N.Y. [Oneida Co.], at his Florida home, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1937.  He was born in Utica [Oneida Co., NY], Nov. 20, 1873 son of the late Captain Linus R. Clark and Mary Care Clark, spending his childhood and early life there and in Bainbridge, the family moving here in the spring of 1880. They lived first on the farm in the edge of the village on the Sidney road, the house being across the road from the Beatty place and at the corner south of the Guilford Road. Later Capt. Clark bought the old Colonial home on West Main, now the residence of Dr. Edward Danforth, where they lived for many years.  While a high school student in Bainbridge he became interested in chemistry and invented a process of coating paper with milk casein and was employed for twenty years as chemist by the Champion Coated Paper co. of Hamilton, Ohio.  On Aug. 21, 1901 he married Caroline Clark, of Geneva, Ill.  He was a member of the Masonic Order and the Protestant Episcopal Church of Bradenton, Fla.  Beside his widow he is survived by two brothers, Charles J. of Holland Patent, and the Rev. Robert L. Clark, of Bainbridge; also several nieces and nephews.

 

Alice (Payne) Albrecht

1880 - 1937

Alice (Payne) Albrecht, died suddenly at her home in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], Wednesday evening, December 8, Her death came as a shock to friends and relatives in this vicinity. She was born June 2, 1880, in Bainbridge, the daughter of Elmer B. and Theodora (Bartlett) Payne.  She was united in marriage with Loren Albrecht on May 6, 1917.  they had made their home in Sidney since that time.  Rev. W.E. Ellwood, pastor of the Sidney Methodist Church, of which the deceased was a member, assisted by Rev. T.A. Rich, of Unadilla, were the officiating pastors at the funeral services which were held at the Carr-Hare Funeral Parlors in Sidney on Saturday afternoon.  Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, NY]. Mrs. Albrecht was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Bainbridge. She was active in church work, and did much to brighten the lives of those around her.  Besides her husband there survive a sister, Mrs. Julian G. Corbin, of Bainbridge; a brother, Butler B. Payne, of Afton, and several nephews and nieces.

 

Lena (Barnes) Hovey

1882-1937

Lena Barnes Hovey, 55, died at her home at Guilford Center [Chenango Co., NY], Thursday, Dec. 30, 1937.  Mrs. Hovey was born July 7, 1882, in the town of Butternuts, Otsego Co., where she spent her early childhood. She was united in marriage to Franklin G. Hovey on March 14, 1900.  Of this union were born three children, Merton B. Hovey, of Oswego, N.Y.; Everett F. Hovey, of Sidney, N.Y., and Mildred Hovey Savary, of Guilford Center. She is survived by her husband, Franklin G. Hovey; the three above named children; nine grandchildren; one brother W. Everett Barnes of Milford, N.Y., and one sister Alice Barnes Sherwood, of South New Berlin.  The first eleven years  of her married life were spent in the town of Butternuts, from there she moved with her husband to Guilford Center, where she made her home till her death, which came after a lingering illness of four months. Affiliated with the Congregational-Presbyterian Chruch of the village, she was a faithful member and very active worker in Ladies' Missionary and Aid circles, where she will be sorely missed.  Funeral services conducted Jan. 2, 1938, at the home and the Congregational-Presbyterian Chruch, were in charge of the pastor, Rev. A.E. Reudink.  Interment was made at the Guilford Center Cemetery.