Obituaries (June 9)

Robert G. Foreman

Sidney Enterprise, April 13, 1944

Robert G. Foreman, 74, retired farmer, died at his residence in Walton [Delaware Co., NY] Monday following an illness of about three years.  Services were conducted this Thursday at 2 p.m., at Walton United Presbyterian church of which he was an elder.  Burial was in Bovina Center cemetery.  A farmer all his life, Mr. Foreman had been a resident of Walton for about 30 years.  He was born at  Bovina [Delaware Co., NY], Jan. 22, 1859, a son of Archibald and Davina (Laidlaw) Foreman.  He married Miss Dora Boggs of Bovina, who survives.  Also surviving are five sons, Robert, of West Brook farm; Clifford A. Foreman of Walton; Lester B. Foreman, superintendent of schools at Pittsfield; James A. Foreman, assistant cashier of the Walton National Bank & Trust Co., and Lt. E. Thomas Foreman, U.S. Army, now in Italy; one brother, James F. Foreman, for many years county welfare commissioner and Republican chairman; a sister, Mrs. James A. Thomson of Delhi; several grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

Cora L. Yale

Bainbridge News, February 28, 1952

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Cora L. Yale, 78, of Guilford, passed away at the Bida Convalescent home in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], early Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 1952. She had only been a patient there for a few hours.  Cora Yale was born in Guilford on Oct. 24, 1874, the daughter of Erviette and Eddy Wade.  She was united in marriage to Frank Yale early in life and Guilford has always been her home.  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bernard Windt, of Phoenix, Ore. two sons, Maurice W. Yale, Patterson, Calif., and Francis C. Yale, of Guilford; two sisters, Mrs. Libby Gridley and Mrs. Mary Dexter, both of Guilford, and several grandchildren. The body was removed to the Seymour Funeral Home in Oxford. Services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., with the Rev. C. Duane Butler of the Guilford Methodist church officiating.  Burial will be in River View Cemetery, Oxford, in the spring.

Peter J. Monihan

Bainbridge News, February 28, 1952

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Peter J. Monihan, age 71, a retired Guilford farmer, passed away early Friday morning, Feb. 22, 1952.  He was born in Newark, N.J., on Sept. 12, 1880, the son of Owen and Bridget Carroll Monihan. The survivors include a brother, Hugh, of Hillside, and a niece, Mrs. Mary Ritenmyer. The body was removed to the Devine Funeral home in Norwich. The Rev. Henry Contols conducted funeral services Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock from St. Paul's Church and the body was placed in the Mt. Hope vault [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] for burial in the spring.

Floyd A. Musson

Bainbridge News, February 4, 1954

Floyd A. Musson, 38, Gilbertsville [Otsego Co., NY] polio victim, died Saturday in the Binghamton City Hospital [Broome Co., NY].  Funeral services were held in the Gilbertsville First Baptist church, Tuesday, Feb. 2.  The family requested that instead of flowers, friends send contributions to the Otsego County March of Dimes to help finance research work on a polio vaccine.  Mr. Musson was the first Otsego County person to die of polio this year. During 1953, there was one polio death in Otsego County.  Mr. Musson was the third member of the Musson family to be felled.  Ramona, nine, and Janice, 17, were stricken previously.  They are both reported recovering.  Mr. Musson's case also was the third reported this year for Otsego County.  His daughter, Janice, was the first, and an 18-month-old Unadilla boy the second. The case of Ramona Musson is listed under Chenango County because she lives in Norwich.  Dr. Flanders pointed out that since Dec. 15, there have been five polio cases reported in Otsego County.  One year ago, only one case was reported for the entire month of January, usually considered a non-critical month for the crippling disease.  Incidentally, Mr. Musson was stricken just one week before his death.  Shortly after returning home from a visit to his daughters in Binghamton City Hospital, he complained of back and head aches and a leg pain.  He was hurried back to the hospital, this time as a patient.  Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Walter A. Miller, pastor of the First Baptist church, of Gilbertsville.  Interment in the Brookside Cemetery.