Obituaries (November 14)

Charles Henry Tuttle

Died July 28, 1938, Norwich, NY

Stricken with a heart attack Thursday morning, Charles Henry Tuttle, a widely known resident of this city, died about 12:30 Thursday noon at his home, 84 Pleasant street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  News of his sudden passing was a shock to neighbors and friends.  He was born May 28, 1860.  Mr. Tuttle was about as usual Thursday morning and was apparently enjoying his usual health Wednesday afternoon.  He was at his residence when he became suddenly ill and failed to respond to medical aid. A native of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] where he was well known, Mr. Tuttle followed the occupation of farming for many years.  He was also skilled as a painter.  He had been a resident of this city for the past 25 years.  For many years Mr. Tuttle was active in the program of prohibition.  He was a staunch church member and for years was actively identified with the Broad Street Methodist church.  In recent years he passed the winters in Florida and made many friends who came to know him through his newspaper writings.   Besides his wife, Lola Coy Tuttle, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frank Loomis of Clearwater, Florida, and Mrs. Martha Lyon of Smyrna, also a brother-in-law, Herbert Coy of Smyrna and several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services are to be held from the Broad Street Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Rev. George B Callender, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be made in Sherburne West Hill cemetery.

Anna Todd Tuttle

New Berlin Gazette, September 10, 1942

Mrs. Mary Todd Tuttle, wife of Franklin J. Tuttle, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold L. Keeler, 16 Randall avenue [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], at 8 o'clock Tuesday night.  The deceased was born in New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], April 26, 1860, the oldest of five children of Chauncey Todd and Isabelle Fistcher Bogg.  She was united in marriage at St. Andrew's Episcopal church, New Berlin, Sept. 26, 1888, to Frank J. Tuttle of Columbus.  They moved to Woods Corners in 1893 and to the city of Norwich in 1924.  For the last four years she and Mr. Tuttle have lived with their daughter.  She had been in failing health for some time, but had been seriously ill only the last two weeks.  In childhood the deceased joined the Episcopal church at New Berlin, but upon coming to Norwich she became a member of the Congregational church.  Soon after taking up her residence here she joined the Willing workers' Circle of King's Daughters and served as a leader for some time.  She was an active member as long as health permitted.  Mrs. Tuttle was devoted to her church and family.  She was a truly Christian woman, loyal to her friends and neighbors, and her passing will be learned with sincere regret by all with whom she became acquainted.  There survive her husband, the daughter above mentioned and three granddaughters, Eleanor and Jean Keeler and Mrs. Mary Newcomb, also an infant great-grandson.  She also leaves two brothers, William Todd of Norwich and Louie Todd of New Berlin, and a sister, Mrs. Grace Sharts of Oneonta.  Funeral services are to be held from Mrs. Keeler's home, Randall avenue, at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, with Rev. Dr. O. Edgar Wolfe officiating.  Interment will be made in St. Andrew's cemetery at New Berlin.  

Ruth Tyler (Died April 27, 1941, Norwich, NY)

Catherine De Gaetanto (Died April 26, 1941, Norwich, NY)

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Two Chenango County children were dead today as the result of falls suffered recently in towns near here.  Both died as the result of their injuries in Chenango Memorial Hospital, one of them having been hurt when she landed on the prongs of a three-tined hay fork.  The dead are:

Ruth Tyler:  daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tyler of South Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], who would have been 12 years old May 14.

Catherine De Gaetano: one and one-half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William DeGaetano of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

The Tyler child died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, this morning from injuries she received last Thursday afternoon when she slid down a stack of hay in the Clarence Dunckel barn, landing upon the upturned prongs of a three-tined hay fork, which pierced her child's stomach.  At the time of the accident, Ruth was with her brother, Richard, about one year younger and a chum, 12-year-old Maxine Dunham.  The Tyler boy had been in the habit of stopping at the Dunckel farm on his way home from school to pitch hay from the mow to the floor below for the stock.  On Thursday after the hay had been thrown down, the two little girls started to slide down the loose hay.  Ruth went first and landed upon the fork.  Brought to the Norwich Hospital, she was treated by Dr. Thomas F. Manley and Dr. Martin Jacobi.  Death was due to internal hemorrhage and peritonitis.  Besides the parents and the brother mentioned, there are two older brother, Ronald and Robert, and a tiny sister, Sylvia, only two weeks old., also a grandmother, Mrs. Grace Steere of Norwich, and a grandfather, Alton H. Steere, also of Norwich.  Ruth was a member of the sixth grade at the South Plymouth School, a member of the Sunday School at the North Broad Street Methodist church Norwich, and prominent in 4-H work.  The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the George J. Devine Funeral Home in Norwich with burial in Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, NY].

Slipping away from her grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Reitano, late yesterday afternoon, Catherine DeGaetano crawled through an open window, out onto a roof and fell one story to the concrete sidewalk below, receiving a fractured skull and concussion of the brain.  The child was rushed to the Chenango Memorial Hospital about 6 o'clock last night and died there this morning shortly after 8 o'clock. The funeral will be held from St. Joseph's Church, Oxford, Tuesday morning at 9:30 with burial in St. joseph's Cemetery [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].

Death Notices

Chenango American, July 31, 1862

In Triangle [Broome Co., NY], on the 27th inst., Carrie L. Taft, aged 2 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ins.t, of consumption, Mr. B. Sherman Allen, aged 39 years.

Chenango American, August 7, 1862

In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Mr. Almon Janes, aged 58 years, 6 months and 18 days.

In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Mary Ann [Seward], daughter of Daniel C Seward, aged 21 years.

Killed at the retaking of Mumfreesboro, Tennessee, by the Rebels, on the 13th of July, Mr. David Ingersoll, of the 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, son of David H. Ingersoll, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY, aged 18 years, 8 months and 5 days.

At Charles City, Iowa, July 18th, Rosalia M. Coley, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 24 years.

In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th ult., Edgar M. [Cooley], son of Robinson Cooley, aged 3 years.