Obituaries (October 29)

Ormond Eugene Tyler

Died August 30, 1916, Los Angeles, CA

The death of Ormond Eugene Tyler occurred at his home 735-1/2 Ottawa street, Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 30, 1916, aged 72 years.  Ormond Eugene Tyler, second son of Sarah Parcelle and Orville Tyler, was born in South New Berlin, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], September 3, 1844. He came to  Waukesha, Wisconsin, with his parents when a young man.  Enlisted in army, in Company A., 39th Wisconsin.  Was married to Miss Mary Bancroft May 15, 1873.  One daughter was born to them.  He came to California in 1882.  He is survived by his wife and daughter. The funeral was held Saturday, Sept. 2, at 10 a.m., from the Los Angeles Crematory, corner of Sixteenth and Grover streets.

Frances E. (Welch) Ubbens & Margaret Ann Ubbens

Died October 16, 1933, Norwich, NY

Mrs. Frances E. Ubbens, 39, wife of Gottlieb Ubbens of 27 Mitchell street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died early Monday night at the Chenango Memorial Hospital.  Deceased was born in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], October 14, 1894, and had lived in Norwich for 28 years.  Besides her husband she is survived by five sisters: Mrs. Edward Byrne and Mrs. Jesse W. Church of Norwich, Mrs. James McEney of Oxford, Mrs. William J. Sullivan of Minon, and Miss Margaret E. Welch of Ossining; five brothers: William  H., Thomas F., Paul E, and John H. Welch, all of Norwich, and Joseph M. Welch of Chicago; and several nieces nd nephews.  An infant daughter, Margaret Ann [Ubbens], died at the hospital Saturday, October 14.  Mrs. Ubbens, who was a member of the League of the Sacred Heart of St. Paul church, was well known throughout the city and held in the deepest affection by a wide circle of friends.  Funeral services will be held from the deceased's home at 27 Mitchell street Thursday morning, and from St. Paul's church at 9:30, Rev. Charles M. Coveney officiating.  Interment will be made in St. Paul's cemetery.

Ward L. Winsor & Eunice Kevill

Died August 15, 1936, Guilford, NY

Thousands of dollars in damage was surveyed by residents of Unadilla, Otsego county after a cyclonic storm had roared over the region north of Binghamton Saturday night, and the area counted two deaths due directly to the weather.

WARD L. WINSOR, 28, of Gospel Hill, Guilford, Chenango County, killed by lightning Saturday afternoon while milking cows.

EUNICE KEVILL, 32, of 607 South Street, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], dead of heart exhaustion brought on by excessive heat.

Unadilla bore the brunt of a savage blow that lasted for two hours Saturday night, tore a large storehouse from its foundations, ripped up sidewalks, snapped and uprooted trees and bowled over silos like tenpins.  Ten valuable new road machines were buried in debris when a 100 by 45 feet storehouse of the York Modern Corp. at Unadilla toppled from its base.  Paul Newton, superintendent, said he is unable to estimate the damage, and predicted that some of the parts could be salvaged.

Mr. Winsor, prominent 4-H Club member whose farm is located on Gospel Hill, Town of Guilford, Chenango County, was killed by the flash before the eyes of his father, Lee C. Winsor, who was insulted by a pair of rubber boots.  The same bolt knocked 23 cows in the dairy barn off their feet, but none were fatally injured.  The dead man's father told Coroner Earl W. Wilcox of Norwich that the electrical flashes were blinding and blazed through the structure in flame.  The herd bull, chained in his stanchion, seemed to be alive with flame as it sputtered along the chains, the farmer described.  The victim in 1927 won first prize with his Holstein heifer at the State Fair and represented New York State at the National Dairy Show at St. Louis where he also took first prize.  He was also selected in 1928 as typical 4-H boy of the county.

The windstorm of hurricane proportions swooped down on the unprepared Unadilla at 7 o'clock Saturday night and before a half hour had passed, the streets were littered with debris.  A deluge of rain sent miniature floods over the sidewalks and Main Street was crippled by the inundation.  Traffic was completely paralyzed.  More than 100 trees were bent to the ground split or totally uprooted.  The uprooting of trees cracked sidewalk pavement and tore it up and scores of falling limbs damaged homes.  For 20 hours, homes were darkened and telephones out of commission.  A small army of emergency trouble shooters swarmed into the village from all directions when word of the storm reached outside.  No clear estimate has been made on the damage.

Norwich Sun, August 17, 1936

Ward L. Winsor of Gospel hill, Guilford, 28 years old, was a victim of lightning Saturday afternoon while milking cows on his father's farm.  The young farmer was killed before the eyes of his father, Lee C. Winsor, who was saved from the bolt, probably by a pair of rubber boots which he wore.  Twenty-three cows on the dairy farm were knocked off their feet by the lightning bolt, but none were fatally injured.  The herd bull, chained in the barn, apparently was alive with flame as the lightning sputtered along the chains.  Dr. E.W. Wilcox of this city, coroner, was called and gave a verdict of accidental death caused by lightning.  Mr. Winsor was a prominent 4-H club member and in 1927 won a prize with his Holstein heifer at the state fair and represented New York state at the National Dairy Show at St. Louis where he also took first prize.  He was also selected in 1928 as typical 4-H boy of Chenango county. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Guilford Center church following a prayer service at the family home.  Since completing his 4-H career, Mr. Winsor, together with his wife, Helen Schlafer Winsor, have served faithfully in the leadership of the Guilford 4-H clubs and have been successful farmers on the home farm.  Not only the Guilford community but the entire county will feel the loss of this splendid young man.

Press & Sun Bulletin, August 17, 1936

Miss Eunice L. Kevill, 32 years old, died at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon at her home, 607 South street, Endicott.  She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Kevill of Endicott; three sisters, Mrs. Raymond Rosencrans of West Endicott, Mrs. Louis Willey of West Endicott and Mrs. Frank Haight of Endicott, and a brother Floyd S. Kevill of Vestal.

Death Notices

Chenango American, June 5, 1862

In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], on Saturday evening, 18th ult., J.C. Dana, aged 37 years, son-in-law of Mr. Moulter, of the Lewis House, Binghamton.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult., Julia A. [Eggleston], wife of Samuel Eggleston, aged 21 years.

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult., of disease of the brain, Mr. Ezra Kingsley, formerly of Otis, Mass., aged 76 years.

In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Anna Burch Allen, aged 1 year and 3 days.

In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th ult., of diptheria, John A. [Coy], youngest son of Alanson and Mary J. Coy, aged 5 years and 10 months.

At Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress Monroe, on the 20th ult., Mr. Stephen B. Brown, of Co. C., 14th Regiment U.S.I., son of Erastus Brown, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], aged 20 years.