Obituaries (January 11)

Rev. John S. Mitchell

Sidney Record, April 13, 1918

Another case of sudden death of a gentleman well known in Sidney was that of Rev. John S. Mitchell pastor of the Congregational Church at Smyrna, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], which occurred at his home in that village last Saturday. 6th inst. and occasions widespread regret to family and friends, who will always remember him as a worthy and zealous servant of God, kindly to all devoting his entire life to the upbuilding of all that is good in this world.  On Thanksgiving Day the late pastor took part in the Union services held in Sidney.  His daughter, Mrs. M.N. Ottaway resides in this village and the family have the deep sympathy of all. The funeral was held on Monday, 8th inst. at Smyrna, Rev. O.T. Fletcher officiating.

Stanley J. Skinner

The community was shocked on Friday night to hear of the sudden death of Mr. Stanley J. Skinner.  He had been to Centre Village to attend a business meeting of the creamery of which company he was president, and returning about five o'clock, seemed as well as usual.  Passing into the sitting room, he remarked it was quite cold, and his son, Carl, then noticed he was not well and caught him just as he would have fallen.  He only lived a moment after.  The funeral was attended at his late residence on Monday at 2 o'clock, Rev. J.A. Ward officiating. Deceased leaves a wife, one son and a sister to mourn the loss of one who was ever kind and thoughtful for them.  Mr. Skinner was a man of noble nature, ever endeavoring to square his life by the golden Rule; one who was honored and looked up to by all who knew him as a man who endeavored to make his profession of Christianity an open example.  He will be missed by the town, whose important offices he had often filled; by the church, whose staunch supporter he had been for years, but most of all by the people at large, irrespective of political or sectarian stripe who knew him as a noble specimen of manhood.

Pheobe (VanDerwarker) Atwater
March 15, 1835 - March 20, 1896

Mrs. Pheobe Atwater, wife of John Atwater, died at her home in this village last Friday night from bowel trouble at the age of 61 years.  Her sickness was confined to four days.  Funeral services were held at the house Monday morning at 10 o'clock, and interment in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], the Rev. E. Kilpatrick officiating.  Mrs. Atwater was born in Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY] and was the daughter of the late John VanDerwacrer, who lived to be 106 years old and who was a pensioner of the war of 1812.

Charles Walrath
died March 10, 1896

Chas. Walrath died Tuesday about 1 p.m. of pneumonia at his home two miles north of this village, after a short illness.  He leaves a wife and five small children. The funeral was held this morning at the house, Rev. H.W. Chollar officiating.  Interment in Perch Pond Cemetery [Center Village, Broome Co., NY].

Hiram C. Burlingame

July 6, 1916 - January 10-, 1939

Hiram C. Burlingame, aged 22, of 17 Hale street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, following a short illness of pneumonia.  He was born July 6, 1916.  He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Burlingame; two brothers, Melville and Kenneth Burlingame; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Crandall and Mrs. Ruth Marvin; one niece and three nephews.  Funeral services are to be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Breese Funeral Home. Rev. Mickael Klinoff, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY].