Obituaries (January 4)

Anna I. Smith

Bainbridge News & Republican, January 10, 1946

Anna I. Smith, of 8 Maple avenue, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], passed away in the Sidney Hospital on Monday after failing health for several months.  Mrs. Smith was born on July 2, 1862, the daughter of William and Angelina (Russell) Smith.  She has been a resident of Sidney for the past 35 years.  Several nieces and nephews survive.  Final rites were held in St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Friday morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. R.D. Malany officiating.  The body was placed in the Sidney vault, with burial in Gospel Hill Cemetery in Guilford in the spring.  Miss Smith was well known in Guilford, being personal friends of Mrs. Belle Havens and Mrs. Minnie Stansell.

William H. Sitterley

Bainbridge News & Republican, January 17, 1946

After a lingering illness over a period of months on Friday, Jan. 4, occurred the death of William H. Sitterley, of Johnson street, a respected citizen of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for 37 years.  Mr. Sitterley was born in Milford on Feb. 8, 1875, the son of William and Martha Sitterley.  On July 4, 1895 he was united in marriage to Cora E. Fuller, of Oneonta, who survives him.  Mr. Sitterley was a trusted employee of the local Casein Company for 33 years.  For a considerable length of time he was a member of the local Fire Department.  Before moving to Bainbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Sitterley  were residents of Ouaquaga where Mr. Sitterley was a member of the Methodist congregation in that place. A lover of music, for 12 years he played in the Windsor band.  A quiet neighbor and friend he endeared himself to a large circle of people both in Ouaquaga and Bainbridge. The obsequies were held at Fisher's Funeral Parlors on Monday afternoon, Jan. 7, at 1 o'clock, the Rev. Harry E. Brooks, of the local  Methodist Church in charge, who spoke from the text in Isaiah 25:8 "He shall swallow up death in victory" and read two of the favorite hymns of the deceased "The Old Rugged Cross" and "When the Mists Have Rolled in Splendor from the Beauty of the Hills."  Burial was in the Ouaquaga Cemetery.  Besides his wife, Mr. Sitterley is survived by three cousins, Messrs. Clifford and David Sitterley, of Ouaquaga, and Mrs. Mildred Bayley, of Otego.

John Fitzpatrick

Bainbridge News & Republican, January 17, 1946

John Fitzpatrick, a resident at the Chenango County Welfare Home since 1931, died Friday at the home.  A former Afton [Chenango Co., NY] and Harpursville [Broome Co., NY] resident he was widely known throughout that area.  Mr. Fitzpatrick was born Feb. 4, 1857, at Harpursville, the son of Patrick and Margaret (Vernon) Fitzpatrick.  He had never married.  There are no surviving relatives.  During his lifetime he had followed farming.

Mary Elizabeth (Weeks) Hyde

Bainbridge News & Republican, January 17, 1946

Mary Elizabeth Hyde, the widow of Edwin G. Hyde, died Jan. 7 at the family home in the town of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  Born Dec. 27, 1855, the daughter of Samuel and Mary Beardsley Weeks.  Mrs. Hyde had always made her home in that community. She had been a member of the Nineveh Presbyterian Church since 1870.  She is survived by four children, Myrtha E., Mildred W., Charles A. Hyde and Mrs. F.P. Sickler.

Death Notices

Chenango Union, November 4, 1875

THOMAS:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 26, 1875, Mr. Thomas, aged 76 years.

BAKER:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 16, 1875, Mrs. Polly Baker, aged 79 years 10 months.

REES:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 28, 1875 Lieut. Jacob I. Rees, aged 39 years.

RAIT:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 24, 1875, Mr. Geo. Rait, aged 41 years.

MAYHEW:  In South Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 25, 1875, Mr. Mott J. Mayhew, 20 years.

SHIPPEY:  In Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], Oct. 20, 1875 Mrs. E. Shippey, wife of E. Shippey of New Berlin, aged 74 years.

THURBER:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 22, 1875 Mary Ann [Thurber], wife of Uziel Thurber, aged 58 years.