Obituaries (December 2)

Sarah Elizabeth (Taylor) Monk

Utica Saturday Globe, October 1911

 

 

Sarah Elizabeth (Taylor) Monk

1849 - 1911

Mrs. George Monk, who recently passed away at her home in Groton [Tompkins Co., NY], was a former resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and a sister of the late John C. Taylor.  Her death followed a brief illness from pneumonia.  She became ill on Thursday and a physician was at once summoned.  She grew worse so rapidly that a consultation of physicians was held on Sunday, when it was definitely decided that she was suffering from pneumonia.  On Monday night she died.  Funeral services were held from the Congregational Church in Groton on Thursday of last week.  Among those in attendance were Mrs. J.C. Taylor and daughter, Florence, of Norwich.  Mrs. Monk was born in Canada on August 28, 1849, and her marriage to Mr. Monk took place in Trumansburg on April 21, 1867.  Twenty-three years ago they moved from Ithaca to Groton, where they had since made their home.  Deceased was a member of the Congregational Church, in the affairs of which she took an active interest.  She was a prominent member of the Rebekah Lodge and a leading worker in the W.C.T.U.  At the funeral there were many beautiful floral offerings from various organizations and friends.  Besides her husband she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J.C. Taylor and Mrs. Charlo.  tte Monk, of Brooklyn, and Mrs. David Hollenbeck, of Candor; also by two sons William of Ithaca, and George, of Groton.  [Glen Buell Collection, Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY]

 

Laura A. (Hebbard) Hickok

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1911

 

 

Laura A. (Hebbard) Hickok

1836 - 1911

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  After two years of failing health Laura A., wife of Hiel G. Hickok, passed away at her home at the corner of Court and Henry streets on Monday morning, aged 75.  Private funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Dr. M. D. Fuller officiating.  Burial in Mount Hope [Norwich, NY].  Mrs. Hickok was the daughter of Daniel and Clarissa O. Hebbard and was born in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] in the year 1836, passing her girlhood in that place.  On September 30, 1852, she married Hiel G. Hickok, who at the time was conducting a general store at Plasterville.  They afterwards moved into the village of Norwich and have since resided here most of the time.  In her young girlhood Mrs. Hickok became a member of the Congregational Church.  She possessed a fine alto voice and for 15 years she and Mr. Hickok sang in the Methodist choir.  Nine years ago they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.  Mrs. Hickok was highly esteemed by a large circle of friends.  Besides her husband she is survived by three brothers and two sisters, John Hebbard, of Chicago; Mrs. Ellen Taylor, of Norwich; Mrs. Harriet Daniels, of Rockwell's Mills; George Hebbard, of Ilion, and Charles Hebbard, of Sherburne.  One granddaughter, Miss Nina Hickok, of Norwich also survives.  A son, Charles Hickok, died about two years ago.  [Glen Buell Collection, Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY]

 

Ella S. Belden

1882 - 1940

Mrs. Ella S. Belden, wife of Andrew Belden of the East River road, died at the Chenango Memorial Hospital at 4:30 Saturday afternoon.  She was born in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] Nov. 3, 1882, but had been a resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] for many years.  The deceased was a member of the Grand Eagles and Calvary Baptist church and there are many friends who will mourn her passing.  Besides her husband she leaves the following sons and daughters:  Earl Belden, Mrs. Fred Butts and Andrew Belden, Jr., of Norwich, Mrs. Myrtle Whitney of Port Crane and a sister, Mrs. Etta Thompson, of Binghamton, also two brothers, Charles Kilmer of Millbury, Mass., and Louis Kilmer of Brockton.  One grandchild and several nieces and nephews also survive. Services will be held at the Breese Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. R.L. Mathews officiating with burial in Mt. Hope [Norwich, NY].

 

Jennie (Adams) Bell

1880 - 1941

Mrs. Jennie Bell, for many years, a resident of this place, but who had been residing for sometime at West Winfield [Herkimer Co., NY], died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Stafford at Cedarville last Sunday.  Funeral services were held from the Baptist church on Wednesday of this week, with burial at Lambs Corners cemetery.  Mrs. Bell is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Stafford, Mrs. Fred Lottridge of Kis Lyn, Pa., and Mrs. Lyle M. Gifford of Gifford Hill, and one son, Hugh of this village. 

 

South Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY]:  Committal services were held in the Columbus Corners cemetery [Columbus, Chenango Co., NY] here Wednesday for Mrs. Jennie Bell.  Burial was made beside her husband, the late James Bell, in the family plot.  Mrs. Bell before her marriage was Miss Jennie Adams of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].  The Bell family were former residents on a farm in Columbus many years.  Since the death of her husband she has resided in New Berlin and later Winfield.