Obituaries (July 10)

Joseph A. Banks

Bainbridge News, February 5, 1953

Joseph A. Banks, 87, of 1040 Lake avenue, Rochester, died Jan. 31, 1953 at the Dale Sanitarium in Rochester. A native of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Mr. Banks for many years conducted a hardware store in Clifton Springs until 1945 when he went to Rochester to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Howard Stone. Born June 30, 1865, at the Banks homestead in Bainbridge, he was a son of John and Frances (Summers) Banks. The Banks homestead now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Warner Taylor, was built by William Banks, who came to Bainbridge in 1804.  He was a Revolutionary War soldier and is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, Bainbridge. The deceased is survived by his daughter, Madeline Banks Stone, of Rochester; a sister, Mrs. D.H. Copley, of Norwich; three brothers, Hobart and Samuel Banks, of Oregon, and Dr. John Banks, of Rochester; two grandsons, Robert and Joseph Stone, of Rochester; and Clifton Springs. Burial was in the family plot in St. Peter's Cemetery, Bainbridge, Feb. 3, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. James E. Wolfe, rector of St. Peter's Church officiating.

Bertha Swart

Bainbridge Republican, June 28, 1956

Mrs. Bertha Swart died Friday night June 22.  She is survived by her husband, Leo M. Swart; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret E. Neal of Cranston, R.I.; a son, Wellington L. Swart of Bainbridge; a granddaughter, Cathryn Neal; a grandson, Edmund Neal, 3rd, both of Cranston, several nieces and nephews.  Mrs. Swart was a member of St Ann's Episcopal Church of Afton for many years. Private funeral services were held Monday morning at the Karschner Funeral home with Rev. James E. Wolfe officiating. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY]

A note of tragedy came at the close of a gay and social evening when Mrs. Leo Swart collapsed as she was leaving the graduation party at the Williams' home at Afton Lake last Friday evening. A physician was called and pronounced her dead on his arrival.  Death was due to a heart condition form which Mrs. Swart has suffered for several years.

Death Notices

Bainbridge Republican, October 12, 1888

Sherwood Shapley, formerly a  resident of the west part of this town [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died Oct. 4th at his home in the southern part of the town of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].  The funeral was held at the Free Will Baptist church in that town on Sunday, Rev. Cook, of this places, officiating.

Bainbridge Republican, December 7, 1888

Ruth Searles, one of the old settlers of this town [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] died Friday night last, at the home of her son, A.G. Searles, in the western part of the town, aged 79 years.  The funeral services, conducted by Rev. H.B. Cook, were held on Sunday and the remains interred at the West Bainbridge cemetery.

Bainbridge Republican, March 15, 1889

The funeral services of Miss Dyantha Jacobs, who departed this life Wednesday morning, March 6th, aged sixty-five years, were conducted from the residence of Hiram Ireland Friday afternoon, Rev. H.B. Cook officiating.  On Saturday the body was taken to Hartwick [Otsego Co., NY] for burial.

Bainbridge Republican,  March 22, 1889

Died:  COAN:  At Orange, N.J. March 17th, of consumption, Miss Grace E. Coan (niece of Mrs. L. Juliand) of Guilford, Ct.