Obituaries (August 14)

Rev. Henry Curtis Whedon

The Living Church,  Vol. 144, April 29, 1962, p 15

The Rev. Henry Curtis Whedon, retired priest of the diocese of Central New York, died at the Church Home, Rochester, N.Y., on April 2d.  Dr. Whedon was born in Stanley, N.Y., in 1883.  He attended Canandaigua Academy in New York, Hobart college, where he received the B.A. degree in 1904 and the D.D. degree in 1936, and the General Theological Seminary.  He was ordained to the priesthood in 1909 and served churches in Randolph, White Plains, Clark Mills, Chadwicks, Sherrill, Rochester, Oxford, Carthage, Great Bend, and Antwerp, N.Y.  He retired in 1951.  In the diocese of Central New York, Dr. Whedon served as a provincial synod delegate and assistant secretary of the diocese, and was an examining chaplain from 1928 to 1950.  Survivors include his wife, Cynthia Furness Whedon, and a brother, George D. Whedon.

 

The Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, NY, April 3, 1962

Dr. H. Curtis Whedon, native of Ontario County and well-known in Canandaigua, died Monday in the Church Home, 509 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, following a long period of ill health.  A native of Stanley, he was graduated from Canandaigua Academy in 1900 and attended Hobart College, Geneva where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.  In 1908, he was graduated from General Theological Seminary in New York and in 1936 was awarded a doctorate of divinity by Hobart College.  He served as rector of Episcopal Churches in White Plains, Rochester and Oxford before beginning his duties as rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Carthage, Jefferson County, in 1939.  He resigned that pastorate in 1951 due to ill health after serving for 43 years in church work.  He is survived by his wife, the former Cynthia Furness of Waterloo, whom he married in 1912; a brother, George D Whedon of Rochester; and a nephew, Dr. G. Donald Whedon of Bethesda, md.  Friends are invited to attend a funeral service in Christ Episcopal Church, East Ave., Rochester, Wednesday at 10 a.m.  Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. 

 

Morgan Rogers

1852 - 1938

Morgan Rogers, retired Greene [Chenango Co., NY] farmer, passed away Monday morning at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, aged 86 years.  He was admitted Sunday morning for an operation.  Mr. Rogers was active in the Pomona Grange, having held the office of steward for 43 years.  He owned a small farm near Greene until about 15 years ago when he retired and moved into the village.  Surviving are his wife and several nephews.  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Episcopal church in Greene. Burial was made in Sylvan Lawn cemetery [Greene, NY] with the committal services in charge of the Masonic Lodge.

 

Thelma Gaskin Quinn

1905 - 1938

Mrs. Thelma Gaskin Quinn, aged 30, wife of Richard T. Quinn, of Binghamton [Broome Co., nY], passed away last Thursday morning, Oct. 27, at the city hospital there after an illness of three weeks.  Funeral services were held at 7:30 Saturday night at Cornell-Dibble Home for Funerals with the Rev. John W Flynn, Tabernacle M.E. pastor, officiating.  Further services and funeral were held later from her home at Marietta, Florida.  Mrs. Quinn was a native of Florida, a graduate of public schools and state university there, and came to Binghamton in June, 1931, to study music with Miss Julia Allen after being instructed by leading musicians in New York City and Buffalo.  As soloist at the Tabernacle M.E. Chruch and through outside appearances, Mrs. Quinn became widely known in Triple Cities music circles. Selected in preliminary competition in the Atwater-Kent radio audition contest, Mrs. Quinn went to New York City to win a $3,000 prize and a year's musical scholarship. The award brought her national attention.  She was affiliated with a Major Bowes unit for a year and was a member of the Binghamton Harmony Club.  Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Sue Ellen; a sister, Mrs. Otis B. Radebough, of Orlando, Fla., and four brothers, Shelby Gaskin, of Miami, and Judge Ray Gaskin, William Gaskin and Burton Gaskin, of Blountstown, Fla.  Mrs. Quinn was a sister-in-law of Leonard Quinn of this village.

 

Rev. Harry Meyer

1905  - 1938

The Rev. Harry Meyer, Episcopal rector, son of Rev. and Mrs. Oscar Meyer, former residents of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], died at his home in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Sunday, Nov. 13, aged 33 years.  the Rev. Meyer had been in ill health for a long period, his last charge was at Homer and Marathon.  He was a graduate of Oxford Academy, class of 1923, and of St. Stephens college, and a student at the General Theological Seminary in New York City.  He was ordained deacon, April 24, 1930, and priest at Christ Chruch, Sherburne, Dec. 18, of the same year.  A requiem was celebrated at Christ church, Sherburne, at 9 o'clock  Wednesday morning with the bishop of the diocese officiating, assisted by Dr. W.E. Tanner, of Binghamton, and Dr. H.C. Whedon, Dean. Burial office was at 11 o'clock, with interment in Sherburne.  There survive his wife, Mildred Miner Meyer and three children, also his parents. The bearers were Dr. W. E. Tanner, Binghamton; Rev. B.H. Tite, and Rev. C.D. Newkirk, Syracuse; Rev. L.S Charters, Norwich, and Dr. H .C. Whedon.