Obituaries (May 8)

Rosa May Knowles

Chenango Union, April 16, 1885

KNOWLES:  In Smyrna [Chenango co., NY], March 25th, of typhoid pneumonia, Rosa May Knowles, youngest surviving daughter of Joseph and Katie Knowles, in the 12th year of her age.  Rosa was a faithful member of the Friends' Church in Smyrna.  Five years ago she gave her heart to Jesus, and has been singing the new song of praises unto him ever since.  She was diligent in the Sabbath School, and in her studies elsewhere, kind and gentle with her companions, and deeply loved by all.

 

Dr. Oliver E. Noble

Chenango Union, April 16, 1885

NOBLE:  in Dundee, N.Y., March 27th, 1885, Dr. Oliver E. Noble, aged 81 years.  A ripe sheaf gathered in--ripe in years, ripe in rich and varied experience, ripe in Christian attainments and usefulness.  Dr. Noble was one f the old landmarks.  He united with the Baptist church of Norwich when a boy of twelve years, and remained true to his Christian profession, loyal to truth and duty.  He practiced medicine about forty years in Oxford and Binghamton, but most of his life was in Penn Yan, Yates county, where he gained and maintained a large practice for twenty years; then in New York for seven years, when failing health compelled him to retire.  He was living with his daughter, Mrs. Dr. C.C. Norton, of Central Park, N.Y.  For the last nine years his home has been with his son, G.Z. Noble, druggist and practicing physician in Dundee.  His two children, with his many friends, are sustained by the remembrance of a good life.  He leaves this as the best inheritance.

 

Paris Ives

Chenango Union, January 8, 1880

Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]:  Little Paris, youngest son of Rufus Ives, died last week of diphtheria.  He was a very bright, loving little man, and all unite in extending sympathy to the bereaved parents.  None but parents who have seen their own little ones go out form them into the tomorrow can realize the depths of their sorrow.

Chenango Union, January 1, 1880

IVES:  In Guilford Centre, Dec. 28th, 1879, Paris L., son of Rufus S. and Adeline H. Ives, aged 4 years and 8 months.

 

Minnie Briggs

Chenango Union, January 8, 1880

Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY]:  The funeral of Minnie, wife of William P. Briggs, whose sad death was announced in a dispatch to the Union last week, too late for further comment, was very largely attended on New Year's Day, at the M.E. Church, and the occasion will long be remembered with sadness by a large circle of relatives and friends.  The sermon was preached by Rev. O.L. Leverson, from the text: "There is but a step between me and Death."  It is but a few months since a large party of young people gathered to witness the marriage of the happy couple, little thinking that they would so soon be parted by the grim monster Death.  Time is working many sad changes in our little community, and the young as well as the old are being taken from among us, to be seen no more until we, too, have crossed over the river.

 

Roxy Ives

Bainbridge Republican, June 8, 1888

Died at the home of her son, Rufus, in Ives settlement [Chenango Co., NY], May 31st, Mrs. Roxy Ives, widow of Alfred Ives, aged 84 years.  The deceased was well and favorably known in the town as a devoted wife, and mother, a kind neighbor and a sympathizing friend, and she has passed from a useful and well spent life to the life eternal in the heavens.  Her funeral was largely attended from her late residence on Saturday last, services being conducted by Rev. J.L. Jones, pastor of the Congregational church at Guilford Centre, of which church Mrs. Ives was a devoted and consistent member - Oxford Times

 

Mrs. Lemuel Jewell

Chenango Union, March 22, 1877

In the death of Mrs. Lemuel Jewell, on the 10th last, at the advanced age of eighty-five years, our community lost one of its eldest and most respected citizens.  Coming to this place from the East at an early period, she entered her new field with cheerful courage, soon becoming identified with many benevolent and praise-worthy objects, and lived to behold, through the trials and vicissitudes of over half a century, the origin and prosperity of our village, as well as the growth of the surrounding country.  For fifty years she lived and toiled upon the spot where she died, and with true motherly solicitude witnessed a family grow up and go forth into distant parts of the country.  With Christian resignation she meantime endured family afflictions and death, and under the filial care and protection of a faithful son, calmly awaited the sure summons that at last found her ready.  She retained her faculties until the last, and was gladdened during the past few months with visits from sons in California, whom she had not seen for many years.  All who knew her will miss Mrs. Jewell, for her many kindnesses in the long years that are past, and cherish her remembrance with feelings of the deepest respect.  Her husband died something over two years ago, aged about ninety-four.