Obituaries (November 9)

Orlando W. Jones

Chenango American, August 7, 1862

Orlando W. Jones, son of John B. Jones, of this town, died at Key West on the 24th ult.  His father has received a letter from the chaplain of the Regiment with which he was connected, announcing the melancholy fact.  Young Jones was a private in Co. E, 90th Rev. N.Y.S.V.  He was 24 years of age.

Belle W. Turner

Died August 6, 1938, Norwich, NY

Mrs. Belle W Turner, wife of Ray E. Turner of Mesick, Mich., died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon after an illness of three weeks. The deceased was 72 years of age.  Mr. and Mrs. Turner had been visiting at their former home in Sherburne for the past two months and while here as the guests of their sons, she was taken ill and removed to the hospital. The deceased and her husband were residents of Sherburne for nearly 15 years being engaged in farming.  They came here from the west and some four or five years ago returned to Michigan to reside.  Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, Wilbur R. Turner of 78 Cortland street, Norwich, and Harold R. Turner of Sherburne. There also survive 10 grandchildren, two brothers, Sidney Wilbur of Ashley, Mich., and Henry Wilbur of Portland, Oregon, also a niece and nephew.  Services are to be held at the home of the son at 78 Cortland street at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with burial in Sherburne West Hill cemetery [Sherburne, NY].

Florence Pratt Tucker

Died November 26, 1942, Norwich, NY

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Mrs. Florence Pratt Tucker, wife of Hubert L. Tucker of 41 Birdsall Street, died last night at the Chenango Memorial Hospital after a long illness.  Born in Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], Feb. 18, 1876, she was a member of the North Broad Street Methodist church, a member f the Salmagundi Club and a former member of the Eastern Star. She is survived by her husband and two sons, Harold A Tucker and Hubert A. Tucker, and two sisters, Miss Laura Pratt of Norwich and Mrs. Edgar Smith of Norwich, also six grandchildren. The funeral will be held from the Breese Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.

Services for Mrs. Hubert L. Tucker were held at the Breese Funeral Home at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon and were largely attended by friends and relatives. A profusion of beautiful flowers was evidence of the high regard in which the deceased was held and extended sympathy to the bereaved family. Rev Dr. W. Gray Jones officiated at the services Cremation took place at Waterville  Monday.

Robert Tracy

Died May 3, 1937, Waterloo, NY

Fatally injured while racing in the second day's card of a two-day Memorial auto racing program on Maple Grove fairgrounds at Waterloo [Seneca Co., NY], late Monday afternoon, Robert Tracy of this city [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] was dead before reaching the Waterloo Memorial Hospital. Tracy, who would have been 24 years old in September, was driving a car owned by John Gallet of Binghamton. The car skidded on the southwest curve, scene of an accident Sunday, which sent an East Rochester youth to the Waterloo hospital. Tracy, who had finished in fourth place in the time trials, third in one elimination heat and first in another, was attempting to pass Al Newton, another Norwich driver, in the first lap of the main event, a 7-1/2 mile race, when his car skidded through the outside fence and struck a tree. The impact forced the Norwich driver between the frame of the car and the driveshaft. A crowbar was used to release the unconscious driver.  Death was due to a fractured skull and internal injuries.  The fatality was one of three accidents which thrilled more than 2,000 race fans in the races conducted by the Empire Racing Association. A newly organized group of Syracuse, Rochester, Norwich, Ithaca and Binghamton drivers. The victim is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron E. Tracy of Norwich; a brother, Harold of this city, and his grandmother, Mrs. Charles A. Tracy of Norwich.  He was born in North Norwich September 4, 1913.  Undertaker Robert J. Shader of the William Breese Company accompanied by the victim's father, went to Waterloo Tuesday for the remains. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, but it is possible services may be held Thursday.

Services or Robert Tracy, auto racer killed at Waterloo, were held from the Breese Funeral Home at 3:15 Thursday afternoon, Rev. D.G. DeBoer officiating with burial in Mt. Hope [Norwich, NY]. The services were largely attended and there was a fine floral tribute. Acting as bearers were Leroy Adam, Waldemar Bucksath, Donald Tucker, James McNutly, Henry Cook and Ward Cornell.

Death Notices

Chenango American, July 24, 1862

In Dundus, Canada West, on the 15th inst., Mr. Orrin R Wells, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY]\, aged about 48 years.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 19th inst., Mr. Robert Shipman, recently of Springfield, Otsego Co., aged 82 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st inst., of Consumption, Mr. N. Horace Stanton, aged 32 years.

In Boston, on the 15th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Henrietta Upton [Fenno], widow of the late George Fenno, and daughter of the late Captain Francis Upton, of the British Navy.  Her remains were taken to Mount Upton, Chenango Co., for interment.

In Port Crane, on the 2d inst., Mr. Edgar H. Warner, a member of Co. F, 27th Reg. N.Y.S.V., a Bull Run prisoner, and a victim of Southern prison houses.