Obituaries (March 25)

Helma Christina Pedersen Lewis

Died January 26, 1944, Butternuts, NY

New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY]:  After an illness of two years, Mrs. Helma Christina Lewis died Wednesday at her home in the town of Butternuts [Otsego Co., NY].  She was born July 23, 1885 in New York, the daughter of Andrew and Trinia (Tunersen) Olsen.  Her early life was passed in New York where she attended school.  In 1910 she was married to William Pedersen and his death occurred in 1926.  In 1930 she was united in marriage with Leon J. Lewis, He Survives.  Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Florence Pederson Dixson of South New Berlin; a son, Sgt. Arthur Pedersen, who is serving overseas, and two step-daughters, Mildred Lewis and Mrs. Dorotta Nelson, both of South New Berlin. Five grandchildren survive in addition to a sister, Miss Ottolia Olsen of Brooklyn.  Mrs. Lewis was an active member of St. Mathew's church and the auxiliary of that church. She also belonged to the home bureau and the Unadilla Valley Grange. Services will be held from her late home Saturday afternoon at 2.  Rev. Harold C. Kelleran, rector of St. Mathew's church will officiate. Burial will be made in Riverside cemetery at South New Berlin.

Charles Lethbridge

Died December 24, 1943, East Hubbardton, VT

Pittsford [Otsego Co., NY]:  Funeral services for Charles Lethbridge, 88, who died Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Martin Powers in East Hubbardton, will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Barnard Funeral home here. Burial will be in this village.  Mr. Lethbridge was born in Rutland town and spent his entire life in Rutland county [VT].  He leaves, besides Mrs. Powers, three other daughters, Mrs. Alice Laroqque of Cambridge, N.Y., Mrs. Nora Harvey of Rutland and Mrs. Donna Chespo of New Haven, Conn., and three sons, Charles Lethbridge of Dresden Station, N.Y., Walter Lethbridge of Hudson Falls, N.Y., and Henry Lethbridge of Rutland. Twenty-six grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren also survive.

Ralph J. Griswold

Died January 16, 1935, Philadelphia, PA

Ralph J. Griswold of 14 Boulevard Terrace, former Norwich business man and prominent Binghamton investment expert, died at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., Wednesday, following a two-months illness for which he was operated on last week.  He was 54 years old.  Mr. Griswold had been undergoing treatment in Philadelphia since November.  Born in McDonough, Chenango County, in 1880, the son of Henry and Helen Griswold, he was educated at village schools, followed by attendance at Fairfield Academy and the Albany Business College.  He held the position of vice president and local representative of the F.G. Hood lumber co. of Pentoga, Mich., for six years as a young man, and then moved to New York City where he entered the brokerage business with the A.H. Lanburn Co., sugar brokers.  His next employment was with the E.J. Goode Rug Co. of New York, for whom he traveled.  In 1920 he went to Norwich and became associated with the John N. Benedict auto agency, remaining with this firm for about six years.   During that period he lived at Sherburne, attending the First Congregational Chruch.  Mr. Griswold opened investment offices in Binghamton in 1930 in the Security Mutual Building, establishing his home on Oak Street.  Since that time he moved to Boulevard Terrace.  He belonged to the Norwich Rotary Club, the Kalurah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., of Binghamton and the West Presbyterian Chruch here.  He is survived by his wife, Jennie and two daughters, Mrs. George B. Vermilye and Jane Griswold, all of Binghamton. The body arrived in Binghamton last night at 9:20 from Philadelphia and was taken to the Ivan Barber Funeral Home in Johnson City.  Prayer services will be held there Saturday night at 7:30 and the body will then be removed to Sherburne for funeral services at the First Congregational Church of that village Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The Rev. Lloyd Stanton Ruland, pastor of the West Presbyterian Church of Binghamton, will officiate.

Death Notices

Chenango American, May 5, 1864

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Frederick Newkirk [Balcom], twin son of William and Selinda Balcom, aged six months.

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult., Mr. Sherman S. Bartholomew, aged 39 years, 9 months and 20 days.

In Cannon, Mich., on the 8th ult., Harriet K. [Lownsberry], wife of J.D. Lownsberry, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 32 years.

Chenango American, May 12, 1864

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mrs. Polly Campbell, aged 84 years.

At Fort Schuyler, McDougall Hospital, March 31, of measles, Mr. Joseph Searles of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] and a member of the 5th Heavy Artillery, aged 33.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mrs. Abby [Brown], relict of the late Jesse Brown, aged 83 years.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult., Mrs. Clarissa Noyes, widow of the late Col. John Noyes, aged 69 years.

Chenango American, May 19, 1864

In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., Louisa E. [Towslee], wife of H.L. Towslee, aged 34 years and 11 months.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Margaret [Crozier], wife of William Crozier, aged 26 years and 3 months.

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst., Willie [Lee], son of Calvin G. and Eliza Lee, aged two years, 3 months and 24 days.

In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst., Mr. William W. Green, aged 38 years.

In German [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mrs. Lydia Harvey, wife of the late Cyrus Harvey, aged 79 years, 4 months and 8 days.