Obituaries (June 20)

Ward V. Randall

1888 - 1936

The passing of Ward V. Randall occurred Sunday, Feb. 9, at 11:30 a.m.  He was born Oct. 1, 1888 in the town of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], the son of Etta and Delos Randall.  When a boy, he moved to Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] with the family.  He was married to Miss Mabel J. Ray, daughter of Amy and Edward Ray, of Liberty, in 1910.  The greater part of his life was spent in Guilford and for the past 17 years he had been a successful farmer in Ives Settlement.  His favorite trade was carpenter work.  He was ambitious and industrious, making it very hard for him to give up.  He ceased activities in 1934 because of his continued ill health.  The last three months of his life were very depressing, his illness necessitating his confinement, and death came as a release from intense suffering. Surviving are the widow and six children, Gerald, Dorothy, Carl, Orison, Inez and Stanley; his mother, Mrs. Etta Randall; a sister, Jenny, all of them from Guilford; a half-sister, Mrs. Laverne Butts, of Connecticut, several nieces and nephews and an aged aunt.  Miss Edna Saunders, of Bainbridge.  He was affiliated with the M.E. church in his home town for many years.  Funeral services were held Wednesday Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. from the Colwell Bros. chapel in Bainbridge, the Rev. Leon Bouton officiating. The remains were placed in the vault to await burial in the spring. The bearers were Clinton Burlison, Everett Shapley, Stuart Ives and Lewis Ives. 

 

Nancy Emeline Robinson

1860 - 1936

Nancy Emeline Robinson quietly passed away Sunday morning, Feb. 16, at her home on Depot street after several years of intense suffering.  In 1931 she suffered a stroke which left her left side paralyzed and since then she has not walked, only being able to get around in a chair. Se was a daughter of Franklin Benjamin and Emeline (Huntley) Robinson, having been born in the town of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] on Gospel Hill June 23, 1860, on the farm which was owned by the Robinson family for over 70 years her parents coming here from Cortland.  Practically her whole life had been spent in Guilford. She was the fifth of a family of six children, David Jerome, Lucy Ellis, Henry, William, herself and Adrian Tisdale. The first four have preceded her to the rest eternal. 

 

Sidney Record, February 20, 1936

[continued] She was a member of the Guilford Methodist Episcopal Church, having been brought to the Saviour when a young girl, under the labors of Rev. Iva B. Hyde, then pastor of the Guilford Church.  The writer of this brief sketch, will leave others to express the value in which Nancy was held among neighbors and friends.  As a sister, her memory will be a lasting and radiant treasure, never to be forgotten. The pastor spoke a splendid message from Romans 8:18, the words which were so great a comfort to her, "the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."  The funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Seymour's Funeral parlors in Oxford, her pastor, Rev. Leon W. Bouton, officiating. The body will be placed in the vault at Oxford awaiting burial in the early spring in the family plot at Sunset hill cemetery, Guilford, beside parents and loved ones.  Those who survive are one brother Adrian Tisdale of Guilford; two nieces, Mrs. Ella Barstow, of Binghamton, Mrs. Emma Whaley of Johnson City, and several great nieces and nephews.

 

Dr. Alpha Raymond Morse

1871 - 1936

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Dr. Alpha Raymond Morse, prominent Chenango County physician and coroner, died Sunday night of a heart attack at the home of Leslie Bowers, who lives on the Oxford-Coventryville Road.  Dr. Morse had been making a call and was returning to his home at Oxford when he felt the attack. Realizing his condition he stopped his auto and entered the Bowers home.  He had opened his medicine case and was preparing a hypodermic when he passed away. Dr.  Norman C. Lyster of Norwich was called, but Dr. Morse had succumbed before he arrived. The deceased was born in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on July 1, 1871, and after graduation from the Oxford Academy entered the Baltimore Medical College, where he was graduated in 1904. He had practiced his profession continuously at Oxford since that time, with the exception of a brief interval when he moved to Eaton.  He had served the county for more than 20 years as coroner, and the Republican ticket at last Phil's election.  He served one term as president of the village of Oxford, was pensioner examiner for several years and from 1914 to 1928 served as physician at the county Welfare Home at Preston. Dr. Morse was a member of the Oxford Lodge of Masons and Norwich Commandery. He was the immediate past president of the New York State University of Maryland Alumni Association; a member of the Chenango county Medical Society and the New York State Medical Society and the American Medical Society, also the Odd Fellows. The funeral will be held from the Morse home on Main Street in Oxford on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  The survivors are the widow, one son, Dr. Carter R. Morse of Tupper Lake and one daughter, Mrs. Cecil Rogers of Hadley.

 

Mary Anna (Tolay) Bradley

1853 - 1936

Mrs. Mary Anna Bradley passed away Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Pearce, at Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].  Mrs. Bradley was born in Germany, Sept, 1853, the daughter of Martin and Christine Tolay, Shortly after her birth, her parents came to this country settling on a farm in Yaleville, Guilford [Chenango Co.].  In 1882 she married William Bradley and many years of their life was spent on a farm in our village.  In 1932 Mr Bradley passed on and Mrs. Bradley has resided with her two daughters, Mrs. William Gardner, of Sherburne, and Mrs. Peace, of Unadilla. She also leaves two sons, Warren, of Binghamton, and Ira, of Guilford.  Services were held Friday afternoon at Colwell Bros'. Chapel in Bainbridge.  Interment at the Yaleville Cemetery, Guilford.