Obituaries (February 27

Oria R. Baker

Died March 2, 1894 in Bainbridge, NY

A pall was cast over our village, when word was received last Friday morning, of the sudden death of Oria R. Baker, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Baker, of this place, who died at her home after a brief illness, in the twenty-third year of her age.  Miss Baker was born in Sanford, N.Y. [Broome Co.] removing to this place with her parents about twelve years ago.  She was for some time a student at Bainbridge Academy, and was a young lady of marked ability and much beloved. She will be sorely missed among us, especially in her home where she was very dearly loved and was helpful to her father in his extensive business. She leaves, besides her father and mother, one sister and one brother with a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn their loss. the esteem in which she was held was shown by the large attendance at her funeral, which was held from the home, Sunday afternoon, at 1 o'clock.  The services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. T.F. Hall.  The floral tributes were very beautiful.  The interment took place at Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]

Edna (Davis) Ireland

Died December 11,1897 in West Bainbridge, NY

Mrs. Edna Ireland, wife of Frederick Ireland, died Saturday evening at her home in West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], of an attack of neuralgia of the heart.  Mrs. Ireland was the only child of Eldredge Davis of West Bainbridge, and her early death at twenty-three years of age is specially sad to her mourning friends.  She was a young woman of pleasing manner, bright and social, and the life of her parents' home and her husband's fireside  The sadness of her death is all the more increased that the infant child of but a few days old is so suddenly bereft of a mother's fostering care. The deceased was well known in Bainbridge, having been educated at the Bainbridge academy, holding a high record in her studies and maintaining a prominent position among the students.  Upon leaving school she was engaged in teaching until her marriage to Mr. Ireland, since which time she has been a most devoted wife and companion.  Mrs. Ireland was a member of the Methodist church and the graces of her Christian character were markedly felt in the circle in which she moved.  Her life was brief but she has left a sweet influence behind and a memory that will not fade.  Of her immediate household the husband and one child only remain.  Her funeral occurred Tuesday at 12 o'clock at the home and burial was at West Bainbridge.  Rev. Mr. Sackett officiated, and his fine address upon the life and untimely death of the departed one, the excellent music, the profusion of flowers woven into various devices, and the large attendance of people, among them being a delegation from Bainbridge, were so many expressions of regard for the deceased, and so many tokens of sympathy for those bereaved.

Rena B. Teetsell

Died September 24, 1953 at Endicott, NY

Mrs. Rena B. Teetsell, 63, of 1906 Monroe Street, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], a veteran Endicott Johnson employee, died at her home yesterday after a long illness.  Mrs. Teetsell retired from EJ in 1948 after 32 years of service.  She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Endicott, a past noble grand of Endicott Clover Leaf Rebekah Lodge and a member of Kayam Zuanna and Oneactah Reservation 87 of Pocahontas. She is survived by her husband, LeRoy E. Teetsell; a brother, Harry L. Ingram, both of Endicott, and several nieces and nephews.  The funeral service will be held on Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott, with the Rev. Leon W. Bouton, pastor of the First Methodist Chruch of Endicott, officiating.  Burial will be in Vestal Hills Memorial Park.

Leona M. Davey

Died November 30, 1959 at Binghamton, NY

Miss Leona M. Davey, age 68, of 20 Beacon St., Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], died Monday at 6 p.m. at Binghamton City hospital.  She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Glenn B. Goodspeed, of Port Dickinson; one brother, Charles Davey of Washington, D.C.; one niece, Miss Alice Davey of Washington, D.C.; three nephews, Robert Davey of Washington, D.C., Charles Davey of Afton, and Morris Goodspeed of Binghamton; two grandnieces.  She taught at the Lowell School of Business for over 40 years. She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd. The body was removed to the Hopler & Georgia Funeral home, 483 Chenango St., where the funeral will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m.  The Rev. L. Densmore Jacobs will officiate.  Burial will be in the Nineveh Cemetery, Nineveh, N.Y. [Broome Co.]

Myra (Margaret) Smith Tingley

Died August 31, 1954 at Norwich, NY

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Myra (Margaret) Smith Tingley, 24, of 58 Henry Street, died this morning in the Chenango Memorial Hospital, as a result of a gun shot wound she suffered on Aug. 23.  Police broke into the Buchanan Hardware Store in North Broad Street shortly after midnight on the morning of Aug. 23 and found Mrs. Tingley on the floor, wounded. She was rushed to the hospital suffering a wound in the side from a .22 caliber rifle bullet.  After investigation, Police Chief Harold O. Mattice said that Mrs. Tingley entered the store with a key belonging to her father, Lynn Smith, an employee of the store.  Chief Mattice said she took a .22 caliber rifle to the back of the store, loaded it and tested it, and then returned to the front of the store and shot herself.  She called the telephone operator, who called the police, the chief said.

Death Notices

Chenango Telegraph, December 15, 1847

On the 8th instant, at her father's residence, in Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Miss Aleada Cady, formerly of this place [Norwich, NY], aged 24 years. She was a member of the Baptist Church in this village, and died, as she had lived, trusting in the merits of her Redeemer.

\Chenango Telegraph, December 29, 1847

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., of Consumption, Miss L. Keanett Brewer, aged 18 yrs.