Obituaries (December 4)

Orra H. Waite

1859-1842 (Norwich, NY)

Private funeral services for Orra H. Waite, Norwich fire department engineer, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late residence, 11 Park street. Rev. R.L. Matthews, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church, officiated.  Pallbearers, all members of the Norwich fire department, were George Handy, Louis Brookins, Ernest Thomas and Arthur Jones.  Interment was made in Mt. Hope cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].

Fred Patrick

Died January 3, 1943

Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY]:  Fred Patrick, 65, New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], who was admitted to the Bassett Hospital Nov. 9, a surgical patient, died Jan. 3.  He was born June 6, 1877 in the Town of Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY], son of Richard and Amanda Denton Patrick.  His wife, Carrie Card, survives.

Alice Mary (Hunter) Richmond

Died December 1942, Norwich, NY

The death of Mrs. Alice Mary Hunter Richmond occurred Thursday night in Norwich after a long illness.  The deceased was the widow of William L. Richmond and was born in Colchester, Delaware county, in 1861.  Practically all her life had been sent in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and vicinity.  Her death will be mourned by many friends. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Sage, and a son, Sherman J. Richmond, both of Norwich, also two grandchildren, Mrs. John Cunningham of Miami Beach, Florida, and Earle Sage of Norwich. Services are to be held at the Seymour Funeral Home in Oxford at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon with burial in Oxford.

Leslie D. Peck

Died April 19, 1930, Norwich, NY

Leslie D. Peck, 15 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Peck of 10 Tillman avenue, died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital Saturday night at 7:30, following an illness of about three months.  the lad had been a patient at the hospital since April 10.  Besides the parents there survive a sister Evelyn and the aged grandmother, Mrs. Lina Hunt.  Private funeral services will be held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with burial at Lamb's cemetery, South Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY].

Abby J. (Pellet) Peck

Died December 1, 1942, North Norwich, NY

Following a brief illness, Mrs. Abby J. Peck, widow of Winfield S. Peck, died at the homestead farm in North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] Tuesday night at 9:30.  The daughter of the late Asa and Olive (Manvel) Pellet, she was born near Heady's Corners in the town of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], June 27, 1858.  On November 9, 1887, at her home, she was united in marriage with Winfield S. Peck. Rev. Warren G. Partridge, pastor of the Baptist church in Plymouth at that time, officiated.  Mr. Peck, an outstanding resident of the county, died May 30, 1924.  Mrs. Peck passed all of her life in Plymouth and North Norwich.  The Peck homestead in North Norwich where she passed away has been in the family since 1792.  Mrs. Peck enjoyed community life and participated in it.  She was devoted to her home and family and was always a kind and helpful neighbor.  She was a member for many years and actively interested in the Grange when her late husband was active in agriculture.  Surviving are one son, Asa P. Peck who now resides on the homestead farm; two grandchildren, Miss Marjorie A. Peck and Miss Mildred E. Peck, also a niece, Mrs. Olive Berry Benedict.  Funeral services will be held from her late home in North Norwich, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. R.L. Matthews, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church officiating. Burial will be made in the family plot in the North Norwich cemetery.

Cordelia Peaslee

Died April 2, 1944, Oneonta, NY

Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY]:  Funeral services for Mrs. Cordelia Peaslee, 90, of 407 Main Street were held Tuesday at the Bookhout funeral home, the Rev. Norman B. Graves of Oxford, a family friend, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Theodore Kohinke, pastor of the Laurens Methodist Church. Bearers were W.C. Aldrich, Frank Peck, Myron Taylor, Fred Webster, Arthur Mull and Stanley Grady, Burial was at Milford [Otsego Co., NY].  Mrs. Peaslee, who died Sunday, was born Dec. 31, 1853 at Phoenix Mills [Otsego Co., NY].  She was the daughter of Ziba and Clarinda Robinson.  On July 4, 1873 she married Farius H. Peaslee in Auburn. For the last 35 years she had made her home with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ceylon W. Peaslee, of Laurens, moving to this city six months ago with them.  Surviving are the son mentioned, Ceylon W. Peaslee, who lives at 407 Main Street; three granddaughters, Mrs. Hazel Abbott of Greenwich, Mrs. Marriam LeCoe of Clark Summit, Pa., Miss Eleanor Peaslee at home; two grandsons, D. Herman Peaslee of 37 Valleyview Street this city, and Dorance G. Peaslee of Albany. There are seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.