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by Joyce M. Tice
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| Reading a series of obituaries from a single cemetery, as they are presented here, is like reading the multi-generational history of a community. These people were the local populace at a particular time. The people buried here knew each other, were neighbors, relatives and school mates. They attended church together and engaged in "trade" or business. All people are listed in alphabetic order by surname at BIRTH. Women identified by a married alias only and for whom a birth surname can not be identified, are listed on the last page for the cemetery's obituaries. |
PAOLINO - Charlotte A. Beideman, 72, of Deerfield Road, Morris, died Saturday, April 26, 2008 after a courageous 11 year battle with cancer. She was the wife of John (Jack) M. Beideman whom she married April 5, 1974. Charlotte was born June 6, 1935 in Wilmington, Del., the daughter of the late Charles and Jean Bennett Paolino. She was a legal secretary for the late Judge Christy, Supreme Court of Delaware and was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Wellsboro. She was active in the Gmeiner Art Club, loved to read, enjoyed interior decorating, and was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Surviving are her husband, Jack; daughters, Susan Rogers, and husband Mark of East Stroudsburg, Sandy Beideman, and friend, Mark Newruck of Wellsboro; sons, David Beideman of Milton, William Beideman, and wife, Colleen of Tannersville; granddaughter, Samantha Rogers of East Stroudsburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Kate Paolino, and brother Charles Paolino. Friends and family are invited to Charlotte's Life Celebration on Friday, May 2, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, a Life Celebration Home, 139 Main St., Wellsboro. Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 38 Central Ave., Wellsboro. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Laurel Home Health Hospice, 24 Walnut St., Wellsboro, Pa. 16901 or the American Cancer Society, 5 East Ave., Wellsboro, Pa. 16901 - Mansfield Gazette, 30 April 2008
PARTRIDGE HELENA
Wellsboro Gazette - November 6, 1924
Sudden Death of Mrs. R. W. Bailey Last Tuesday Afternoon at her Home
on Charleston Street. The whole community was sadly grieved and shocked
at the news of the death of Mrs. R. W. Bailey, which occurred at 4 o'clock
on Tuesday afternoon. While Mrs. Bailey had been ill for several
weeks, it was thought her condition was improving but death came unexpectedly
as a result of angina pectoris at the time stated. Mrs. Helena Patridge
Bailey was born in Mansfield in 1857, a daughter of Chester and Rachel
Partridge. She was united in marriage to R. W. Bailey at Mansfield,
June 23, 1879. For thirteen years they made their home in Elkland
and Knoxville, moving to Wellsboro in 1892, where they have since resided.
She was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a willing
helper in all good movements. A wonderful homemaker, devoted wife
and mother, loyal neighbor and friend, Mrs. Bailey will be mourned by a
large circle of admiring friends. Besides her husband she is survived
by four children: Edith, wife of Frank Pagan; Eunice, wife of Ward
Bastian, and Julius C., all of Wellsboro, and Mrs. Kathryn Linn, of the
faculty of the Rochester, N. Y., public schools; also one sister, Mrs.
William McKane, of Denver, Colorado. Funeral services will be conducted
from the family home at 18 Charleston street at 2 o'clock tomorrow, Friday,
afternoon, the Rev. W. J. Brown, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church
officiating.
LEO J. PATT
Leo J. Patt, 74, of Middlebury, Conn., formerly of Williamsport, died
Sunday, May 13, 1973, in the Waterbury Hospital, Water-bury, Conn. He was
a former employe of the former United States Rubber Co. in Williamsport
and later retired from the Unit-ed Uniroyal Co., Naugatuck, Conn. Born
in Antrim on June 4, 1898, he was a son of Stanley J. and Pauline Hadzinski
Patt. Surviving are his wife, the former Mahala Smith; a son, Francis L.,
of Naugatuck; four brothers, Stanley, Francis, Chester and Joseph, all
of Williamsport; five sisters, Mrs. Stewart Coumbes, of Wellsboro, Mrs.
William Derr, of Williamsport, Mrs. Lester Welsch, in New Jersey, Mrs.
Louis Dymeck, of Fullerton, Calif., and Mrs. Albert Welsh, of Muncy, and
two granddaughters. The funeral was held Wednesday morning in St. Peter’s
Catholic Church, Wellsboro, with Msgr. John J. O’Brien, officiating. Burial
was in Wellsboro Cemetery,
PATTERSON David Grove
Age 72, of Wellsboro, died Monday, April 20, 2009 in Clearwater, FL
after a brief illness. Family and friends are invited to call at the First
Presbyterian Church, 130 Main Street, Wellsboro, from 10-11 a.m., Monday,
May 4, where a memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Glen
J. Hallead officiating. Burial will be in the Wellsboro Cemetery. In lieu
of flowers, memorial donations in David's memory may be made to the Wellsboro
Community Foundation, 114 Main Street, or to a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, a "Life Celebration Home" 139
Main Street, Wellsboro, PA. Published in the Star-Gazette on 4/30/2009
PATTERSON - David Grove Patterson, 72, of Wellsboro, died Monday, April 20, 2009, in the Morton-Plant Mease Hospital in Clearwater, Fla., after a brief illness. He was born Feb. 25, 1937, in Williamsport, the son of George F. and Laura Grove Patterson. David was a graduate of Wellsboro High School, Class of 1955, and Lafayette College, Class of 1959, with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity. Following his graduation, he entered a management trainee program with Bethlehem Steel Company and worked for the company from 1959 to 1986, living and working in Buffalo, N.Y., Valparaiso, Ind., and Bethlehem. He served these communities by active participation and leadership in Jaycees, The United Way drives, the Presbyterian churches and Boy Scouts. He was the owner of Patterson’s Home Center in Wellsboro, having returned to join the family business in Wellsboro in 1986. During his tenure with the family business, he served on the board of directors of the Eastern Building Material Dealers Association from 1989 to 1998 and served as chairman of Eastern Retirement Trust in 1933. He established his own business as Patterson’s Home Center Company in 2001. He is survived by his sister, Diann (Robert) DeCamp of Wellsboro; nieces, Susan (Thomas) Owlett, Karen (Carl) Chambers; nephew, Matthew (Amy) DeCamp; three grandnephews; five grandnieces, all of Wellsboro; step-sisters, Ann (Charles) Bamford of Mechanicsville, Catherine (C.T.) French of Dresher; former wife, Arlene Quimby Simanek, in California; several cousins; and special friend, Barbara Stager of Fremont, Ohio. He was predeceased by his parents; stepmother, Ruth Lineaweaver Patterson; and cousins, Eleanor Miller Reed and JoAnn Miller Lemos, both originally from Mansfield. Family and friends are invited to call at the First Presbyterian Church, 130 Main St., Wellsboro, from 10 to 11 a.m. on Monday, May 4, where a memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Glen J. Hallead officiating. Burial will be in the Wellsboro Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in David’s memory may be made to the Wellsboro Community Foundation, 114 Main St., Wellsboro, Pa. 16901 or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are being handled by Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, a “Life Celebration Home,” 139 Main St., Wellsboro. - Mansfield Gazette, April 29, 2009
PAUL - Annabelle Keiser, 82, of Wellsboro, died Jan. 27, 2009 at Broad Acres Nursing Home. Born in Williamsport on May 25, 1926, Annabelle M. Paul was a 1944 graduate of Williamsport High School. "Nanny" to family and friends was the wife of the late William J. Keiser who died in 1984. She worked as a nurse's aid at Devine Providence Hospital. Surviving are children, Sara K. Putnam of Hyannis, MA, Sandra K. Keiser of Harrisburg, John J. Keiser of Williamsport, Judy A. Burfield of South Williamsport, Kathy J. Edkin of Wellsboro and William D. Keiser of Williamsport; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.Friends may call 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday at Zwicharowski Funeral Home, Blossburg. Services will follow with Rev. Eugene Charsky officiating. A private burial will be held in Wellsboro Cemetery. - Williamsport Sun Gazette, January 29, 2009
PAUL - Annabelle Keiser, 82, of Wellsboro died Jan. 27, 2009, at Broad Acres Nursing Home, Wellsboro. Born in Williamsport on May 25, 1926, Annabelle M. Paul was a 1944 graduate of Williamsport High School. Friends called from 11 a.m. to noon on Monday, Feb. 2, at Zwicharowski Funeral Home in Blossburg. Services followed with Rev. Eugene Charsky officiating. A private burial was held in Wellsboro Cemetery. - Mansfield Gazette, Feb. 4, 2009
PEAKE –CHARLOTTE PEAKE GROSS. Formerly of Wellsboro, PA. Age 85 diedSaturday, December 2, 2000 at Broad Acres Nursing Home, Wellsboro, PA. Charlotte was born on May 3, 1915 in Webbs Mills, NY, the daughter of Erwin W. and Josephine Hegcle Peake. She was a graduate of Charleston High School. She worked as an inspector for Corning Glass for 26 years and retired in 1971. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert W. Gross, October 9, 1985. She is survived by her stepsons, Morton Gross of Corning, NY, James Gross of Corning, NY. Donald Gross of Sacramento, CA and Robert Gross of Nauvoo, PA; step-daughters, Francis Heichel of Addison, NY and Lelia Ames of Los Angeles, CA; several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. Family and friends may call on Wednesday, December 6th from 9:30-11:00 AM at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, 139 Main St., Wellsboro, PA. Her Funeral Service will follow visitation an 11:00 AM, Wednesday, at the funeral home. The Rev. Gene Charsky will officiate. Interment in Wellsboro Cemetery. –Elmira Star Gazette.
PEAKE, Luva V. Miss
Age 79 of East Ave., Wellsboro, Pa. Wednesday, May 11, 1977 at Soldiers
and Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, Pa. Friends may call at the Tussey
Funeral Home, Friday 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held there
Saturday, May 14th at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Stephen P. McCutchan. Burial Wellsboro
Cemetery.
PETERS, Emiline -
MRS. ERNEST BELL
Mrs. Emiline Bell, 72, wife of Ernest Bell, of Wellsboro RD 4,
died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1972, in the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital.
She was born May 25, 1900, in Ogdensburg, a daughter of Herman and Jennie
Wrightman Peters. Mrs. Bell was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. She
was a graduate of the former Mansfield Normal School and taught
elementary classes in Marsh Creek and Wellsboro Area Schools until her
retirement. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Retired Teachers
Assn. Mrs. Bell was also a member of the Wellsboro Grange. Surviving, besides
her husband, are two sons, Manford and Carvel, both of Wellsboro; a daughter,
Mrs. James Bogaczyk, of Blossburg; a sister, Mrs. Kathryn Guinand, of Chicago,
Ill., and nine grandchildren. The funeral was held Saturday in the church.
Burial was in Wellsboro Cemetery. The Rev. Roger E. Kuhn, her pastor, officiated.
GEORGE E. PETERSON
George B. Peterson, 69, of 4 Wingate Street, died Wednesday, Dec. 6,
1972, in the Williamsport Hospital, Where he had been a patient since Nov.
23. Born in Wellsboro on Jan. 16, 1903, a son of Charles and Susie Johnson
Peterson. Mr. Peterson was a retired self-employed welder. He was a member
of Ossea Lodge 317, F&AM, and the Coudersport Consistory. Surviving
are his wife, the former Rose Mahosky; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Heatwole,
of Hampton, Va.; three sons, Newman and Jerome Peterson and Frank Mahosky,
all of Wellsboro; a sister, Mrs. Elsie Avery, of Wellsboro; a brother,
Richard, of Holly, Blair County, 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
The funeral was held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Tussey’s, 139 Main Street.
Burial was in Wellsboro Cemetery. The Rev. Harry T. Frownfelter, pastor
of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, officiated.
PETERSON Neuman J. Age 78, of Wellsboro, PA, died Thursday, June 30, 2005, at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Born on February 12, 1927 in Antrim, PA, he was the son of George E. and Margaret E. Davis Peterson. On February 13, 1948 in Wellsboro, he married Joyce Youmans who survives. Neuman attended school in Antrim and Wellsboro, and was a 1945 graduate of Wellsboro High School. He enlisted in the Air Force from high school and served in World War II in the Philippines. He returned to Wellsboro where he worked at the H. W. Taynton Co. for 40 years. He became the President and CEO of Taynton Freight Systems until 1985. Neuman was a consultant for Corning Glass Works and the Small Business Administration Department at Mansfield University, and was an entrepreneur. He was president of the PMTA, and an active member of ATA and the TOC. Neuman was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Wellsboro, and St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Bonita Springs, Florida. He was a 32 degree mason and was a member of Ossea Lodge #317 F. & A.M. of Wellsboro and the Williamsport Consistory. He was also a member of the Wellsboro Rotary Club, the Tioga Country Club, the Grow Committee in Wellsboro, and was on the board of directors of the Wellsboro Cemetery Co. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Thomas (Anita) Peterson of Sharpsburg, GA, and Kent (Dorothy) Peterson of Hoschton, GA; a daughter, LuAnn (Mrs. Francis) Hetherington of Harrisburg, PA; five grandchildren; five step grandchildren; one brother, Jerome (Mary) Peterson of Wellsboro; one nephew and one niece; and several cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Thomas Kennedy. Friends are invited to attend Neuman's life celebration on Wednesday, July 6, 2005, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, www.lifecelebration.com, 139 Main Street, Wellsboro. A Masonic service will be held at 8 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Wellsboro with the Reverend Gregory Hinton, Pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wellsboro Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded at the cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to The First Tee, c/o World Golf Village, 425 South Legacy Trail, St. Augustine, FL 32092, or to Robert Packer Hospital, c/o ICU renovations, 1 Guthrie Square, Sayre, PA 18840-1698, or to Friends of Laurel Health, c/o Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital, Central Avenue, Wellsboro, PA 16901.
Wellsboro Cemetery [2nd wife of Stillman Baity]
PETRIE - Mrs. Ettie Francis Baity, [SRGP 85416] aged
72 years, of Wellsboro, widow of Stillman F. Baity, died Sunday morning,
after an illness of six months. Mrs. Baity had been a life-long member
of the Baptist church and was beloved by all who knew her. She was born
Nov. 27, 1860, daughter of Henry and Nancy Petrie, of East Charleston.
In 1889 she was married to Ellsworth Francis, of Charleston, where they
made their home until Mr. Francis' death in 1914. She then moved to Wellsboro,
where she had since made her home. On March 25, 1925, she was married to
Stillman Baity, who died Dec. 15, 1930. Mrs. Baity is survived by a half-brother,
Louis Petrie, of Waterloo, NY; a half-sister, Mrs. Edith Fletcher, of Wellsboro;
two step-daughters, Mrs. Gladys Bellinger and Mrs. Vivian Smith, of Mansfield;
several nephews and nieces, among whom are Ralph Baity and Bert Francis,
of Wellsboro; Mrs. Belle Wetherbee, Floyd, Elwn and Frances Benedict, of
Mansfield and Mrs. Merrill Reamer of Charleston. The funeral was held at
the First Baptist church yesterday, Rev. C.W. Sheriff officiating; burial
in the Wellsboro cemetery. Mrs. Baity was a member of the Baptist church,
and was greatly respected by all who knew her. - Wellsboro Agitator, June
14, 1933
PHILLIPS
Glenn W. Age 75 of Queen Street, Wellsboro, Pa. died August 19, 2001
at home. He was the husband of Gwendolyn Rodabaugh Phillips whom he married
May 12, 1951. He was born December 11, 1925 in Laporte, Pa., the son of
the late Walter and Myrtle Smith Phillips. He was a retired employee of
Ward Foundry, Blossburg, Pa., member of the VFW, Wellsboro, Pa., former
member of the Morris Fire Company and Honorary member of Mitchell Creek
Sportsmens Club, Tioga, Pa. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran serving during World
War II. Surviving other than his Wife are Daughters and Son-in-law, Glenda
(Tess) Reese, Wellsboro, Pa., and Mary and Craig Kroldart, Batavia, N.Y.;
3 Grandchildren, Rebecca and Tyler Reese, Wellsboro, Pa. and Timothy Farrell,
Scottsville, N.Y.; 1 Great Grandchild, Jonathan William Phillips-Farrell;
Brothers, Dale Phillips and Doyle Phillips, both of Morris, Pa.; Sisters,
JoAnn Osborn, Morris, Pa., Cora Thornton, Morris, Pa., Madeline Bartlett,
Mansfield, Pa. and Nina McCarthy, Wellsboro, Pa.; Several Nieces and Nephews.
He was preceded in death by a Grandson, Jared Reese, in 1999. Friends may
call at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, 139 Main Street, Wellsboro, Pa.
on Thursday, August 23, 2001 from 3:00-4:00 P.M. Funeral to follow at 4:00
P.M. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery. Family will provide flowers. If desired,
Memorials may be sent to Laurel Home Hospice, 24 Walnut Street, Wellsboro,
Pa. or Samaritan House, 3 Morgan Terrace, Wellsboro, Pa.
PHIPPEN ROSS A.
The Wellsboro Agitator - Wednesday, 12 Dec 1928
Death of Ross A. Phippen - Ross Alonzo Phippen, aged 44 years, of Delmar,
died Friday morning about 6 o'clock, of heart disease. He was born March
5, 1884, in Delmar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Phippen. He is survived by
three children, Floyd, Margaret and Hilda; one brother, Loren Phippen,
of Delmar, and a sister, Mrs. Seymour Bowers, of Victor, N. Y. The
funeral was held Sunday; interment in the Wellsboro cemetery.
PIERCE –MRS. CATHERINE A. BOOTH, 76 of 10 Caldwell Ave., Waverly, Thursday night, Nov. 25, 1954 following an extended illness. She attended the Waverly First Baptist Church and was a member of Waverly Rebekah Lodge, Patriotic Order of America. Survived by husband, Robert Booth; daughter, Mrs. Florence Whitley; cousin, Hoffman D. Pierce of Pine City. The body is at the Geer Funeral Home, Waverly, where friends may call after 7 this evening. Funeral there Sunday at 2:30 p.m., the Rev. C. Philip Tanner. Burial in Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens at the convenience of the family. –Elmira Star-Gazette 11/26/1954
PIERCE Clair Melvin
Age 68, of Stony Fork Road, Wellsboro, PA, died December 26, 2009 at
home. He was the husband of Barbra Joan Allen Pierce whom he married December
12, 1970. Clair was born July 7, 1941 in Hastings, PA, the son of the late
Clair Melvin Pierce. He worked for Bache Water Company before entering
the Army, and was employed by UGI Energy, formerly North Penn Gas, for
forty-four years, starting in April, 1965. He was a retired Fire Chief
and fifty-year member of the Wellsboro Firemen's Ambulance Association.
He enjoyed restoring fire equipment and old cars. Clair was dedicated to
helping anyone in need, day or night. At one time he belonged to the Laurel
Lanes Bowling League and the Antique Car Club. He had his own business,
"Pierce's Cable", and had a backhoe business he shared with his sons. Surviving
are his wife, Barbara Joan Pierce; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael E.
(Kimberly) Pierce, Wellsboro, Clair Melvin (Christina) Pierce III, Sayre,
PA; daughters and sons-in-law, Tammy (Herb) Frank, Tioga, PA, and Joan
(Bob) Huck, Wellsboro, PA; grandchildren, Nicole, Kelly, Jordan, Emily,
Rayann, Clair Pierce IV, Glen, Brandon and Shawn Pierce, Teaka and Tess
Frank, Jessica, Tyler and Katelyn Huck; sister, Kitty Jones, Pittsburg,
PA. He was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Pierce. Clair was raised
with his cousins, Dennis, Gaynell, Gladys and Anamae. Friends and family
are invited to Clair's Life Celebration on Tuesday, December 29, 2009,
from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home,
a "Life Celebration Home", 139 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA. Funeral service
Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at the Funeral Home, with Rev.
Peter A. DeVantier officiating. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery. If desired,
memorials may be made in his memory to the Wellsboro Firemen's Ambulance
Association. Memorial Fund, P.O Box 81, Wellsboro, PA 16901. Published
in Star-Gazette on December 28, 2009
PITZONKA –EMMA P. BAILEY, 94, a resident of the Green Home, Wellsboro, died Thursday, April 18, 1996. Her husband, Dr. Thomas R. Bailey, died March 2, 1993. A retired Teacher, she had been employed by the Wellsboro School District. She received a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Penn State University. Bailey was a member of the Emeritus Friday Club and the Audubon Society. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Born May 4, 1901, in Bristol, she was a daughter of Gustave and Katherine Schmidt Pitzonka. Surviving are a son, Thomas H. of Penn Yan, N.Y.; three grandchildren, Nancy, Jeff and Sue, and four great-grandchildren, Jeremy, Lea, Julian and Gabriella. She predeceased by a son Harry W. II. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the church, Main Street, with the Rev. Dr. Robert K. Greer, her pastor, officiating. A private burial will be in Wellsboro Cemetery. The family will provide the flowers. Arrangements are being handled by Tussey-Mosher’s, 139 Main St.
A.C. PLACE
Andrew Carpenter Place, aged 66 years died Sept. 22 at his home
on Helvetia street after an illness of six years of heart disease.
He was born in Farmington Jan. 7, 1861 the only son of Ambrose and Auvilla
Phelps Place. In 1901 he was elected assessor, served three years
and reelected. He was a progressive successful farmer who lived a
honorable life and was respected by all. He came to Wellsboro several
years ago where he had since resided. He is survived by his widow,
Dollie Brooks Place, one son, Freeman, of Wellsboro; Mrs. Myron Finch,
of Farmington; Mrs. Harry VanDusen, of Osceola; Mrs. Augustus Brown, of
Cleveland, Ohio; Eulah at home, one daughter, Edith Place Washington, of
Cleveland, Ohio, died three years ago. Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. W.J. Brown officiating; interment in the Wellsboro
cemetery. (The Agitator: Wellsboro, PA, Wednesday, September 28,
1927)
PLACE FREEMAN B.
Wellsboro Gazette - October 31, 1963
Freeman B. Place, 72, of Wellsboro RD 3, died Wednesday, October 23rd,
1963. He was a retired farmer. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Presher, of Tioga RD; sisters, Mrs. Pearl VanDusen of Elkland; Mrs. Eulah
Husted, of Knoxville. Funeral was held at Johnson & Tussey Funeral
Home Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Paul Miller officiating. Interment
in Wellsboro Cemetery.
PLUMLEY - Mrs. Lepha P. Maynard, [SRGP 30242] 73, wife of Howard Maynard of RD3, died Sunday, April 3, 1960 at her home. She had been ill for some time. Born in Delmar Township October 10, 1886, she was the daughter of Fred and Harriet Ashley Plumley, and was a member of the First Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband; four sons, Alden and William of Wellsboro, Frederick and Robert of RD3; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie English of Corning, NY and Mrs. Phyllis Heatwole of Wellsboro RD1; 25 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Edward T. Read officiating. Burial was in Wellsboro.
POOR David A.
80, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in Wellsboro, PA. Mr. Poor taught
Social Studies at Wellsboro Senior High School and served as the District's
Audio-Visual Director. He retired in 1991 after 30 years of service. He
is survived by a son, Jonathan E. Poor of Jersey Shore, PA; grandson, Jason
Poor; brother, Robert J. Poor of Annapolis, MD; numerous nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by a brother, Arthur G. Poor, Jr. Friends may call on
Monday, June 16, 2008, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Carleton Funeral Home,
Inc., Wellsboro, PA. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. with the
Rev. Roger Wagner officiating. Interment will be in the Wellsboro Cemetery.
Published in the Star-Gazette on 6/14/2008.
POWERS
Gordon Powers Dies At Altoona Hospital
The sudden and untimely death of Gordon A. Powers, 65 of 13 Bacon Street,
Wellsboro shocked and saddened Wells¬boro friends and relatives. Mr.
Powers, a retired office manager of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment
Security in Wellsboro died Tuesday in the Altoona Hospital. His death resulted
from com¬plications connected with a rare illness which first became
evi¬dent while he and Mrs. Powers were on a motor tour through the
Smokey Mountains and Wil¬liamsburg, Virginia. He was brought to Altoona
to be near a daughter. He was born in Mansfield, Feb. 9, 1907 the son of
Fred and Mary Cornwell Powers. He was a graduate of Mansfield State College.
He also took courses at Bucknell University. Mr. Powers was a member and
trustee of the United Meth¬odist Church of Wellsboro, was a member
of the Wellsboro Lions Club, Ossea Lodge F&AM, an executive committee
member of the Tioga County Chapter of the American Red Cross and was a
Navy veteran of World War II. He was also a member of the Earle Champaign
Post, American Legion at Wellsboro. Mr. Powers retired from BES in July,
1971. He is survived by his wife Gertrude Wetherbee Powers, son, Fred S.
Powers II of Lowell, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Janice) Cunningham
of Altoona and Mrs. Karl (Martha) Stock of Lansdowne; a sister, Mrs. Francis
Howard of Bradford; two grandsons and nieces and nephews. The funeral was
held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the church. Burial was in Wellsboro Cemetery.
The Rev. William A. Snyder, his pastor, officiated. In lieu of flowers,
contributions may be made to the church’s memorial fund in his name.
POWERS, Gordon A. Age 65 of 13 Bacon St., Wellsboro, Tuesday, August 8, 1972 at Altoona Hospital. Friends are invited to call at the Tussey Funeral Home Friday 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Saturday 1:30 p.m. in the United Methodist Church, Wellsboro. Rev. William A Snyder. Burial inWellsboro Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the United Methodist Church Memorial Fund. Survived by wife, Gertrude Wetherbee Powers; son, Fred S. Powers II of Lowell, Mich.; daughters, Mrs. Donald (Janice) Cunningham of Altoona, Pa., Mrs. Karl (Martha) Stock of Lansdowne, Pa.; sister, Mrs. Francis (Eloise) Howard of Bradford, Pa.; two grandsons; several nieces and nephews. He was retired office manager at the Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment Security retiring July 1971. He was a trustee at the United Methodist Church; member of the Ossea Lodge F&AM; executive committee member of the Tioga County American Red Cross Chapter; Wellsboro Lions Club; U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Earle Champaigne Post American Legion. He was active in community affairs.
PRESIT – Bert Lee Priset, 68, died Thursday, December 8, 1955, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Waymon Borden of Wellsboro RD4. Born in Wellsboro, August 20, 1887, he was the son of John and Rebecca Shaffer Priset. He was employed by E.A. VanValkenburg and Bennett and Latzer on Vanacres farm and later worked by R. J. Dunham. Surviving besides Mrs. Borden are two other daughters, Mrs. Mildred Collins of Morris, and Mrs. Vinona Campbell of Canton; a son, Clifford of Corning NY; four brothers, Fred and Clarence of Wellsboro; Lewis of East Riverside, MD, and Harry of Sheffield; one sister, Mrs. Sara Jenkins of Wellsboro; 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services were held Sunday at the funeral home, 126 Main Street, Wellsboro. The Rev. L.F. Cobb officiated and burial was in Wellsboro Cemetery. – Wellsboro Agitator, 15 Dec. 1955, p.11
PRICE, Charles S. Age 82 of 111 E. Cherry St., Athens, Pa., Saturday, August 5, 1972 at the Robert Packer Hospital. Friends may call at the Kuhl and Spink Funeral Home, 126 Main St., Wellsboro, Monday, 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services at the funeral home Tuesday at 2 p.m. Rev. S. Wade Stewart, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery. Surviving are; nieces, Mrs. William (Genevieve) Wallis of Bartlesville, Okla., Mrs. Kenneth (Wanda) Austin of Wellsboro, nephews, Kenneth Price of Elkland, Pa., Charles M. Price of Wellsboro, Pa. Mr. Price was a retired Lehigh Valley Railroad detective. He was born in Farmington Twp., Tioga County PA. on December 23, 1880 a son of Charles and Martha McCullum Price.
PRISET
Gregory F. Age 46, of Marsh Creek Rd., Wellsboro, PA, died suddenly
at home, June 12, 2005. Greg was born March 8, 1959 in Wellsboro, PA, the
son of Kenneth and Harriet Perry Priset. Greg was a longtime employee of
Cornell Brothers and Kitlinski Enterprises. He was an avid outdoorsman,
enjoying hunting, fishing, camping, his garden and lawn, small animals
and sports. Greg enjoyed working in the woods. He liked planting trees,
harvesting mature trees, cutting and splitting firewood. He was a member
of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge # 1147, Wellsboro, and was active
in many of their activities. He was a quiet and well thought of man, helping
many along the way. Surviving are his parents; son, Derrick Priset; daughter,
Brianna Priset; stepdaughter, Nicole (Terry) Davis and grandson; brothers,
Bill, Kenneth, Jr., and Steve Priset, all of Wellsboro; sister, Amy Beard,
Wellsboro; four aunts, two uncles; eight nieces and two nephews; many great-nephews
and cousins. He had many, many friends, neighbors, and co-workers, and
special friends, Tom Hagar and Jack Smith. Friends and family are invited
to Greg's Life Celebration on Thursday, June 16, 2005, from 6:00 - 9:00
p.m. and Friday, June 17, 2005, from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. at Tussey-Mosher
Funeral Home, www.lifecelebration.com, 139 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA.
Funeral there Friday at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Robert Vaughn officiating.
Burial at Wellsboro Cemetery. If desired, donations may be made to the
Trust Fund for Derrick and Brianna, c/o Citizens and Northern Bank, Main
Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901.
PURPLE Elisha J
Wellsboro Agitator – July 21, 1897
Fatal Result of Fall Suffered Last Friday – Sketch of a Good Citizen
Last Friday afternoon Mr. Eljsha J. Purple, a Citizen of this borough
well known in other parts of the county, met with an accident that resulted
in his death within two days. He had placed a ladder against a cherry tree
in his dooryard and started to go up to pick the cherries. When he
way only six or eight feet from the ground the bough against which the
ladder rested snapped short off and he fell, striking on the base
of his spine. He was unable to rise to his feet without help, and
it was feared at first that the shock might result in paralysis of the
lower limbs. The event indicated however, that the fall severely
injured some internal organ and it seemed to aggravate an infection of
the kidneys from which he had recently suffered. For some hours after
the accident he was was in great agony; but the next morning he fell into
a comatose state and remained in that condition most of the time
until the end. When aroused, however, he was conscious almost up
to the moment of dissolution on Sunday afternoon, when he died surrounded
by his family. His death was a painful surprise to many citizens
of the borough, who had seen him on Friday apparently as vigorous as usual.
Mr. Purple had just entered upon his seventy-third year. His native
place was the town of Richford, Tioga county, N.Y. where he first say the
light on the 27th of June, 1825. His parents, Ansel and Maria Howard
Purple, raised a family of five children – three sons and two daughters.
They were Elisha J., Silas H., late of Columbia, Lancaster county, Martin
V., of Academy Corners, Mrs. Mary E. Barker of Homer, N.Y. , and Mrs. J.
B. Ingham, of Academy Corners. When Elisha was still a lad of twelve
years his father brought his family to Harrison Valley, Potter county,
where he became a prominent and successful businessman. After
living there a few years, the family moved to Coudersport, the father having
been elected by the people as the first sheriff of that new county.
Having served out his term as sheriff, Ansel Purple moved back to the Cowanesque
valley and settled on a farm near the present Purplebrook postoffice.
While living there he was elected one of the Commissioners of this county
in 1851. He afterward sold this property and bought a place at Academy
Corners, where he resided until his death in 1862. While the father
was thus actively employed in business and political affairs, the boy Elisha
was attending the district schools, finally completing his schooling at
Alfred Academy. He taught school a number of terms and in the meantime
assisted his father in his farming and lumbering operations. When
27 years old he married Rachel A. Fellows, daughter of the late Erastus
Fellows, of this borough, and in the second year of his married life he
moved here and assisted Mr. Fellows in running his farm and hotel – the
latter being one of the best known hostelries in the county. After
remaining here two years, he took his young family back to the Cowanesque
region and entered into the mercantile business at Elkland in company with
the late Timothy I. Coates. He continued in that business for two
years and then returned to this borough, where he lived the remainder of
his life. He became a substantial and well known citizen of the borough,
and his acquaintance with the people of the county was extensive.
He became a member of the first Board of County Commissioners elected under
the new State constitution in 1875, his associates being Colonel N. A.
Elliott, of Mansfield, and the late Levi L. Smith, of Sullivan. During
his long residence in this borough he held several local offices, being
Constable for two or three terms, Deputy Sheriff during Sheriff Harry Baxter’s
term and being elected Judge of Election year after year. Mr. Purple’s
entire immediate family survive him, save one son, who died in infancy.
Besides his widow, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Flora Swan and Mrs. Emma
Shattuck, both of this borough. He was essentially a domestic man,
and the ties that bound him to his family were of the most vital and enduring
nature, and his home was a school of the domestic virtues. He was
also the best of neighbors and one of the most hospitable of men, and he
was never happier than when entertaining his friends. He was an honest
man, a ? citizen, an unpretentious Christian and a worthy member of the
Presbyterian church. He has diedforever from the busy haunts of men,
and we shall see him no more in life; but his memory will live long in
the hearts of the host of friends who loved and respected him. The
funeral was held at the family residence on Charleston street at four o’clock
yesterday afternoon, and it was largely attended by the relatives and friends
of the deceased. The number of aged men gathered together to pay
the last tribute of respect to their old friend and neighbor was a notable
feature of the occasion. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr.
Shaw and Rev. N. L. Reynolds, and interesting remarks were made by each
of them. The remains were then laid at rest in the family lot in
our beautiful cemetery.
GEORGE H. PUTNAM, age 89, of East Avenue, Wellsboro, Pa., died August 12, 2002 at the Samaritan House. He was the husband of the late Jean Webster Putnam, who died in 1990, and survived by his wife, Helen Dartt Davis Putnam, whom he married May 15, 1993. George was born January 23, 1913 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of the late Dr. Harry and Clara Gibson Putnam. He moved to Wellsboro in 1976. He was a Vocal Music Teacher in Pontiac, Michigan, then became Superintendent of Music in Pontiac Public Schools, Pontiac, Michigan. George was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Wellsboro, Pa., a 64 year member of Rotary, a First Presbyterian Church Elder and Choir Director, and an Army Veteran during World War II. Surviving other than his wife are sons and daughters-in-law, Roger W. (Linda) Putnam, Akron, Ohio, Thomas W. Putnam, Wellsboro, and G. Brooks (Cheryl) Putnam, Wellsboro; daughter, Susan Halverstadt-Cole, Airville, Pa.; 15 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; step-son and wife, Joe (Pam) Davis, Wellsboro; step-daughter and husband, Linda (Robert) Woomer, Tyrone, Pa.; sister, Louise Corrick, Topeka, Kansas. He was predeceased by brothers, Gibson Putnam and James Putnam. Friends may call at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, a "Life Celebration Home", 139 Main Street, Wellsboro, Pa. on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 from 6:00-8:00 P.M. and again on Thursday, August 15, 2002 from 9:30-10:30 A.M. at the First Presbyterian Church, 130 Main Street, Wellsboro. Funeral Thursday at 10:30 A.M. with Rev. Dr. Robert K. Greer officiating. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery. If desired, Memorials may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church Music Department, 130 Main Street, Wellsboro, Pa. 16901, or the Samaritan House, 3 Morgan Terrace, Wellsboro, Pa. 16901, or to the Laurel Health Home Hospice, 22 Walnut Street, Wellsboro, Pa. –Elmira Star Gazette.
PUTNEY –MRS. THELMA JANE MATHERN, 71, widow of George D. Mathern, died Monday, Nov. 23, 1936 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Eberenz in Delmar Township, Pa. Survivors include her daughter and a brother, Frank J. Putney, Elmira. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Dexter Church, the Rev. Harold C. Loughead officiating. Burial in the Wellsboro Cemetery. –Elmira Star-Gazette 11/25/1936
QUIMBY - Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -Thurs., April 16,
1959, Pg 3
Minor E. Quimby, 92, died early Thursday morning [4/9/1959] at the
home of his niece, Mrs. Wayne Knowlton, Wellsboro RD 6. He was born
October 7, 1866 in White Pine, the son of Robert and Francis Benjamin Quimby.
Mr Quimby was a retired farmer and member of First Baptist Church.
Only survivors are nieces and nephews. Funeral was Sunday at 2pm.
The Rev. David Burrows officiating. Interment was in Wellsboro Cemetery.
RADEKER
The Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, May 24, 1899, Pg 3
Last Saturday afternoon there was an exciting runaway on Main
Street. Mr. Irving Radeker was driving Register and Recorder Babcock's
team in the western part of the borough, when a whiffletree broke and the
horses ran away. They smashed the carriage and left it by the roadside
and madly dashed down Main Street, where rigs were numerous. They
collided with a wagon in front of Bernkopf's store and overturned it.
The wagon seat struck Mrs A. Van Gorder and knocked her down and cut a
gash in her cheek. The horses then struck Mr. F. H. Rockwell's carriage
in which Mrs Rockwell and her children and a guest were seated, and came
very near upsetting it. One of the runaways tripped, howevver, on
the wheel of this rig and fell, but was not seriously injured. Mr
Radeker had a rib broken by being thrown out.
RADEKER IRVIN R.
Wellsboro Gazette, Tioga, PA -- Friday, November 24, 1899, Pg 4
Irvin Radeker Took a Dose of laudanum and Ended His Earthly Career.
Another unfortunate young man has been added to the list of suicides, an
unusually large number of which deplorable events have occurred in this
section during the past year. On Tuesday morning (Nov. 21, 1899)
about 8:30 o'clock Irvin R. Radeker was found dead in his bedroom in the
(this newspaper page is blackened and hard to read in the middle of the
news item.) Continuing to the ending it says: That the unfortunate
young man contemplated taking his life is shown by the following extract
from a letter addressed to his stepmother, which was found in a pocket
in his clothing: Dear Mother: --If you will allow me to call you
so, for you are the only mother I ever knew. May God bless you.
By the time you get this, I will be no more. I do not want to do
anything to cause you pain but there is no use of my trying to do better.
There is no use of trying to do different. Please forgive (then
the page is black again).... nothing for me to live for, so good
bye. I hope you will forgive me. I hope you will think kindly
of me. I hope we will meet again. A kiss for you from,
Irvin R. Radeker. Another letter addressed to his brother, Amos Radeker,
read as follows: By the time you get this I will be on the other
side. Good-Bye, I hope you will think kindly of me when gone.
You will never see me again on this earth. I have been the black
sheep, but will not be any more. So, good-bye, dear brother, from
Irvin R. Radeker.The deceased was about 30 years of age and was the eldest
son of James H. Radeker of this borough. He was married but had not
been living with his wife for some time.
RADEKER SAMUEL
Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, September 7, 1904
Young Samuel Radeker Killed by the Cars at Stokesdale Junction.
Was Walking
on the Track, Stepped Out of the Way of a Freight and Was Struck by
an Express. --- Samuel J. Radeker, aged 15, was killed by the cars
near Stokesdale Junction about 6:30 o'clock Saturday (Sept 3, 1904) evening.
He left here on the 4:35 train to spend Sunday with friends on Baldwin
run and was walking the track between the Niles celery farm and the Landrus
farm when the accident occurred. A northbound freight train came
along and "Sammy" stepped off the track not noticing the approach of the
southbound express which is due at this station a little before seven o'clock.
The engineer blew his whistle, but could not stop, as the train was almost
upon the boy. The lad saw the train, but too late, and was turning
to jump out of the way and was almost clear of the track when the locomotive
struck him and hurled him a considerable distance, killing him instantly.
His skull was badly crushed in the back, his neck broken and his back broken
besides numerous cuts and bruises. Although considerably mangled
his face was not much disfigured. The body was brought here on the
train and taken to Evans Brothers & Myers' undertaking establishment,
where it was some time before the remains were identified, some persons
thinking the deceased was a young man from Farmington, others were positive
that the body was that of a young man from Middlebury. The mother
and sister of young Radeker called at the undertaking rooms and positively
identified the remains about 8 o'clock in the evening. "Sammy" was
born September 15th, 1889 and was the only son of Mrs M. J. Radeker.
He is survived by his widowed mother and by four sisters, Sarah, Almina,
Nettie and Minnie Radeker. He was an active and zealous member of
the First Baptist Church, which he joined about two years ago. He
was a regular and conscientious attendant upon its services and was beloved
by all his friends and acquaintances. He was a bright, capable, industrious
lad, honest, faithful and kind hearted and was a great help to his mother
and sisters. Too much can hardly be said of the boy's character and
good disposition. He was a favorite among his schoolmates and his
death was a great shock to his many friends. His mother and sisters
have the sympathy of the community in their great bereavement.
"Sammy" was a student in the Wellsboro schools in the grade taught by Miss
Nancy Johnson, and there was no session of school on Monday in that room.
The pupils attended the funeral services in a body and members of his class
acted as pall-bearers. The largely attended funeral services were
held at the Baptist church on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. N. L.
Reynolds officiating. Burial in the Wellsboro Cemetery.
RANKIN - MRS. SABINA BOYDEN
Williamsport Sun Gazette - Tuesday, 28, Aug 1956
WELLSBORO - Mrs. Sabina Boyden, 86, of Tioga RD, widow of Charles M.
Boyden, died early Monday morning, Aug. 27, 1956, at her home. Prayer services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the residence with further services at 2:39
in the Tioga Baptist Church. Burial will be in Tioga. Friends may call
at the residence Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The Wellsboro Agitator - Thursday, 30 Aug 1956
MRS. CHARLES M. BOYDEN - Mrs. Sabina M. Boyden, 86, of Tioga RD, widow
of Charles M. Boyden, died Monday morning, August 27, 1956, at her home.
She was born March 16, 1870, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rankin
and was a lifelong member of the Baptist Church having lived in the vicinity
of Tioga for 30 years. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Roy Bartholomew
of Tioga RD; a sister, Mrs. Aryntha Bernauer of Wellsboro RD; eight grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren. A prayer service will be held at the
family home Thursday at 2 o'clock. Funeral services will be conducted at
2:30 at the Tioga Baptist Church, Rev. David Burrows officiating. Burial
will be in Wellsboro cemetery.
RATHBONE Abigail
Wellsboro Agitator - October 21, 1879
Mrs. Beecher, whose maiden name was Rathbone, was born in Richmond
township, Berkshire county, Mass, November 14, 1779. She died in
Charleston, Tioga County PA., October 14, 1879, wanting only a month and
two days of being one hundred years old. Her father was a deacon
in the Baptist Church, and two of his brothers were ministers in the same
denomination. At the age of 21, Miss Rathbone was married to Hopestill
Beecher, and for their marriage tour they proposed a journey to and settlement
in the far-off land of Tioga County PA. The neighbors remonstrated against
such a hazardous undertaking, and tried to frighten the young bride out
of such a purpose by telling her she was going among the "Pennamites,"
and that they were nearly all thieves and robbers and most of them had
lost one or both eyes in their many brawls. But in two weeks from their
marriage they started for the wilds of Pennsylvania, and after many days'
journey took up their abode in the vicinity of what is now Tioga village,
at that time consisting of a log tavern and two or three houses. After
residing five years in Tioga, Mr. Beecher purchased a track of land
on the Cowanesque and removed to that section. An island on his farm
made by the parting of the river, was called Beecher's Island, by which
name the village near by has since been known. Here they were a great ways
from neighbors, and had very few privileges, social or religious.
Old Mr. Knox, grandfather of Hon. John C. Knox, had settled farther up
the river about the same time. He was a Methodist exhorter, and was
invited by Mrs. Beecher to hold meetings at her house. She became
much affected and remembering the prayers of the home of her childhood,
sought earnestly to be a Christian. She yet had a great prejudice
against the "shouting Methodists," as she called them, and rather than
make a profession of religion among them she tried to be a Christian and
not let anyone know it. After many trials she was brought to a different
view by a dream. She saw in her vision heaven opened and beautiful
birds coming and going, and bright angels, and one like unto the Savior
looking down upon her. In her sleep she shouted "Glory!" and was
awakened by her own voice. She immediately understood it as an indication
that "shouting" was all right. She took an active part in the meetings,
and became a happy Christian and ever after was a good friend of the Methodists.
But holding fast to her early teaching, she could not unite with them.
It was a great trial to her to leave them; but, persuaded that it was her
duty, she started out alone and on horseback for Tioga, and was one of
the first to unite with the Baptist Church just organized in that place.
She was one of the first persons baptized in this county, and has ever
since been a faithful Christian and worthy member of the Church.
Her religion was soon put to a severe test. Her husband was not far
enough west to suit him. He had heard of a wonderful country in far
off Illinois. Leaving his property here to be sold by his brother,
he took his family, after a seventeen years' residence on the Cowanesque,
and started west. He went as far as Port Allegany with teams, then
made a boat with which to finish his journey down the Allegany and Ohio
rivers. But before reaching his destination, his boat was stranded
upon an island and nearly all his household goods destroyed. A severe
storm came on, in which he and his family suffered greatly. In the
exposures of this voyage he contracted an illness from which he never recovered
and died in less than a year after their arrival at their western home.
Mrs. Beecher was left without means and with eight children to care for
in that far-off land. Her son, Thomas, aged eighteen, for a time
took his father's place; but continued sickness came to the family, and
three sons, including Thomas, and one daughter died. In her distress
and grief she called upon the Lord for help and she had no lack.
Physicians came attentively and free of charge. Many favors were
received from unknown hands. In the meantime, Mr. John Mathers went
out there and brought two of the girls home with him, having married one
of them. After residing west eleven years, Mrs. Beecher desired
to return to Tioga county again, and her son-in-law Mr. Mathers met her
at Pittsburgh and brought her home. Since then she has lived with
him or with some one of her children. At the time of her death - having
been fifty-six years a widow - she was living with her son-in-law Mr. Charles
Coolidge of Charleston. Mrs. Beecher had a remarkable memory, being
able to repeat whole chapters of the Bible and to quote with great readiness
an appropriate passage for any occasion or a proof text for any of her
views. She contributed to the best of her ability to benevolent purposes.
Her mother had given her a string of gold beads which she prized greatly,
and yet no persuasion could restrain her from laying these on the altar
of the Lord for foreign missions. Her piety increased with increasing
years. Hers was the shining light that grew brighter and brighter
unto the perfect day. Among her last words she asked with outstretched
hands to be taken home: "I want to go home. I want to go home."
Calm as an infant going to sleep, she breathed her last. Her
children and grandchildren and indeed all her relatives, had been very
kind to her. She had lived as well as if she had been worth her thousands,
and for this she was continually thanking them and speaking kinds words
about them, and yet she preferred all the goodness of the Lord who had
heard and answered her prayers. To have had such a mother - such
a grandmother - is indeed an honor not often conferred on any in this world.
Her life is worthy of a much more extended notice than is given here.
A hundred years is a long time, and longer in this last century than in
any preceeding one. It almost makes one dizzy to think of the wonderful
progress the world has made in the life-time of this one woman. When
she was a babe in the cradle of her Massachusetts home there was not a
cleared field nor a house in Tioga county. She was three years
old when Lord Cornwallis gave up his sword to General Washington. She was
old enough to be interested in politics and remembered distinctly to the
day of her death the election of General George Washington as the first
president of the United States. Since her birth States have been organized
and cities built, and railroads, steamboats, telegraphs, stoves, and the
great mass of labor-saving machinery have come into being. Great denominations
have arisen from small beginnings. John Wesley did not die until she was
twelve years of age. Within her day foreign missions have been organized
and the world filled with mission stations. The doctrines of religion
and civil liberty, from being rarely embraced by the few, are becoming
the common views of mankind. To have lived this last one hundred
years is worth more - is a longer life than to have lived the first fifteen
hundred years of the Christian era. Wellsboro
Cemetery.
REED - SANDRA KAY SCHNIBBE
Many Wellsboroans were shocked and saddened by the untimely death
of Sandra Kay Schnibbe of Costa Mesa, California, formerly of Wellsboro.
Mrs. Schnibbe, the former Sandra Reed died suddenly on Thursday, December
27th at her home. Funeral services will be held at the Tussey Funeral Home
on Wednesday, January 2nd at 2 pm with the Rev. William A. Snyder officiating.
Burial will be in the Wellsboro cemetery. Besides her husband, Warren C.
Schnibbe of Costa Mesa, she is survived by three children including one
son, Warren G. Schnibbe, two daughters, Rhonda and Cathy E. all at home;
parents, Mr. Leon Reed of Wellsboro and Mrs. Elizabeth Reed of St. Petersburg,
Florida; one sister, Mrs. June Hallock of St. Petersburg, Florida.
REEP - KNAUS, Eva J.
Age 87, formerly of East Avenue, Wellsboro, PA, died Monday, March
9, 2009 at the Williamsport Home, Williamsport, PA. She was born December
27, 1921 in Lawrenceville, the daughter of the late Michael and Margaret
Brown Reep. Eva was a 1939 graduate of Lawrenceville High School. She worked
as a waitress at Corning Glass and as a clerk at several stores in Wellsboro,
retiring from Witmer's Ladies Shop. She was an active member of Trinity
Lutheran Church in Wellsboro, having served as Sunday School teacher and
president of the Ladies Guild. She was a member and past Worthy Matron
of the Mary Wells Chapter, #452, Order of the Eastern Star. She participated
in the Laurel Doll Club and was an avid gardener and weaver of wool rugs.
She is survived by Son and Daughter-in-law, Donald and Margaret, of Wellsboro;
Daughter and Son-in-law, Suzanne and Charles Hutchins of South Williamsport;
Son-in-law, John Dugan, of Athens; 7 Grandchildren; 6 Great Grandchildren;
Sister, Lucy Roberts, of Wellsboro; several Nieces and Nephews. She was
predeceased by her Husband of 46 years, Donald (Wimpy) Knaus, her Daughter,
Bonnie Dugan, and her Sister, Julia Catchpole. Friends and family
are invited to Eva's Life Celebration on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 from
7:00 to 9:00 PM and Thursday, March 12, 2009 from 10:00 to 1:00 AM at Tussey-Mosher
Funeral Home, a "Life Celebration Home", 139 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA.
Funeral Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the Funeral Home at 11:00 AM. with
Rev. Peter DeVantier officiating. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery.
Published in the Star-Gazette on 3/11/2009
REESE BERT R.
Wellsboro Gazette, Tioga, PA -- Thursday, September 24, 1942
Bert R. Reese, 65, died on Monday at his home in Charleston township.
He was born in Charleston Oct. 28, 1876 the son of the late George W. and
Minnie Schusler Reese. Mr Reese was engaged in farming all his life
in Charleston township. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Myrtle
Drew; three sons, Basil Reese, of Wellsboro, Earl and Floyd Reese
of Elmira; and one daughter, Mrs Roy Bowen of Charleston township.
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Johnson Funeral Home, here,
with the Rev. H. C. Hayward, pastor of the Charleston Baptist Church in
charge of the services. Burial was made in the Wellsboro Cemetery.
REESE - Clara J. Torpy, 92, of Wellsboro, died Friday Sept. 7, 2007 at Bradford County Manor. She was the wife of John H. Torpy whom she married May 31, 1962. Clara was born March 22, 1915 in Charleston Township, the daughter of the late Thomas W. and Mae Norman Reese. She was retired after 17 years at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro. She loved cooking and enjoyed gardening and crocheting. Surviving are her husband, John H. Torpy; daughters, Phyllis Mae Horning of Dallas, PA, Betty Lou McCoy of Houston, Texas; five grandchildren; five great grandchildren; three step-children, Mary Lou Young of Wellsboro, Duane Torpy of Laurel, Montana, Thurston Knapp of Christiansburg, VA; ten step-grandchildren; 18 step-great-grandchildren; four step great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arden Erway, in 1961, and three brothers, Grant Reese, LaVerne Reese and Leslie Reese. Friends and family were invited to Clara’s Life Celebration on Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, 139 Main St., Wellsboro. Funeral followed at 1 p.m. with Rev. Dr. Jeff McCleary officiating. Burial was made in Wellsboro Cemetery. If desired, memorials in her memory may be made to the First Baptist Church, 25 Central Ave., Wellsboro, PA 16901. - Mansfield Gazette, 12 September 2007
REITH Paul F.
Age 80, of Wellsboro, PA, died November 20, 2009 at Soldiers and Sailors
Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Shirley M. Zipp Reith, whom he
married November 25, 1950. Paul was born August 7, 1929 in Lanark, PA,
the son of the late Frederick B. and Lillian E.R. Gessner Reith. He was
a retired truck driver, enjoyed camping, and was a member of the Trinity
Lutheran Church. Paul was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in Germany during
the Korean War. Surviving are his wife, Shirley; son, Donald (Sandra) Reith,
Wellsboro; grandchildren, Brian and Karen Naylor, Kristin and John Walker,
Richard Naylor, Kerry and Todd Davis; Kelly and Tim Merrick, and Kendra
Reith; great-grandchildren, Ethan and Brenden Naylor, Marcus and Devin
Walker, Ryan Naylor and Carson Merrick; brother, Stanley (Jane) Reith,
Coplay, PA; sisters and brothers-in-law, Phyllis (Robert) Ludwig, Breinigsville,
PA, and Kathleen (David) Einherst, Hellertown, PA. Friends and family are
invited to Paul's Life Celebration on Monday, November 23, 2009, from 6:00
– 8:00 p.m. at Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, a "Life Celebration Home", 139
Main Street, Wellsboro, PA. Funeral service Tuesday, November 24, 2009,
at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, West Avenue, Wellsboro, PA, with
Rev. Peter A. DeVantier officiating. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery. If desired,
Memorials may be made to the Trinity Lutheran Church, 53 West Avenue, Wellsboro,
PA. 16901. Published in Star-Gazette on November 21, 2009
REESE HAZEL
Wellsboro Gazette, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, June 16, 1993
Hazel R. Bowen English, 89, a resident of the Shared Home, Wellsboro,
died Monday, June 14, 1993, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital,
Wellsboro. Born July 28, 1903, in Charleston Township, she was the
daughter of Bert and Myrtle Shumway Reese. She was a member of the
first Presbyterian Church, Wellsboro. Preceding her in death were
her husbands, Roy S. Bowen in 1966 and Vine English in 1974.
Surviving are two sons and daughter-in-law, Walter H. Bowen of Flagler
Beach, Fla, and Verne and Pauline Bowen of Wellsboro; two daughters
and sons-in-law, Marie and Donald Wallace of Huntington Beach, Calif and
Marjorie and Harold Brown of Liberty; two brothers and sisters-in-law,
Basil J. and Elizabeth Reese of Wellsboro and Earl W. and Adele Reese of
Elmira, NY; 12 grandchildren; 15 gr-grandchildren; several
nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral
Home, 139 Main St., Wellsboro on Wednesday, June 16, from 7pm to 9pm and
Thursday, June 17 from 1pm to 2pm. Services will be held there Thursday,
June 17, at 2pm with the Rev. C. Leroy Doverspike, pastor of the Wellsboro
United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be made at
Welsh Settlement Cemetery, Charleston Township.
RICHARDS ISRAEL
The Wellsboro Agitator, March 25, 1879 – Page 3 Column 3
The Death of Two Aged Citizens;
Israel Richards, of Wellsboro. Early last Friday morning Mr.
Israel Richards, an aged citizen of this borough, died at his residence
on Main street, of extreme old age. He had been feeble for some time,
and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Richards was born on
the 23d. of May, 1792, in the town of Chatham, Middlesex county, Conn.
After residing at different points in that State, his father moved to Meredith,
Delaware county, N.Y., when Israel was ten years of age. The family
soon afterward went to Colesville, Broome county, in the same State, and
here the lad grew to be a young man of twenty years. He then left
home and went to Norwich, N.Y. to learn the carpenter’s trade. In
1817 he went to Deposit, N.Y., where he became acquainted with Miss Hannah
Fatham (?couldn’t read well) to whom he was married on Christmas eve in
the year 1823. The young couple resided at various places in Delaware
and Broome counties until the year 1839, when they came to the Pine creek
region in this county, where Mr. Richards worked at his trade as a carpenter
and joiner and millwright almost exclusively for Messrs. Stowell &
Dickinson. After four years of this work he moved to this borough,
where he has ever since resided, working his trade regularly until about
eight years ago, and working considerably since that time as the increasing
infirmities of age would permit. While at work on Pine Creek he built
the old church edifices at Ansonia, which was one of the pioneer church
buildings erected within the county. On the evening of December
24, 1878, a number of ladies and gentlemen of this village attended the
Golden Wedding of Mr. Richards and his aged wife. The old gentleman
was in excellent health at that time for so aged a man and Mrs. Richards
seemed as smart and vigorous as many a woman of forty years.
She still survives her companion who for fifty-five years walked beside
her in life’s journey. Mr. Richards was a good citizen and
a faithful worker following the precepts of the catechism of the Church
to which he belonged – the Protestant Episcopal – and learning to labor
truly to get his own living and to do his duty in that state of life unto
which it pleased God to call him. His funeral was attended last Sunday
afternoon at St. Paul’s church. Rev. Mr. Marshall, of Mansfield,
read the service and preached an excellent sermon, in the enforced absence
of Rev. Dr. Breck, the rector of the parish. Buried in the Wellsboro
Cemetery.
RITTER Ruth
Wellsboro Agitator - December 29, 1920
--Mrs. Ruth Ritter Bliss, aged 87 years, widow of the late W. T. Bliss,
died Dec. 21, at 8 a.m., at her home on Austin Street. She is survived
by one son, S. W. Bliss, and a daughter, Mrs. Fred Webb; also by one sister,
Mrs. Daniel Wilson, all residents of this borough. The funeral was
held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, Rev. S. M. Blair, officiating; interment
in the Wellsboro cemetery.
ROBBINS –MRS. MINNIE ROBBINS MUNCASTER, 76 of Wellsboro RD 3, Sunday, Oct. 6, 1957. She was a member of Marsh Creek Baptist Church. Survived by son, Theodore J. of Wellsboro; sister, Mrs. Fred. Simerson of Newark Valley, N.Y. Body at Johnson and Tussey Funeral home, Wellsboro. Funeral there Wednesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Sidney Fenton. Wellsboro Cemetery. –Elmira Star-Gazette 10/8/1957
ROBERTS Ellsworth O.
Age 86, of Rectory Lane, Wellsboro, PA, diedon Sunday, September 9,
2007, at Robert Packer Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Lucy M.
Reep Roberts. Ells was born May 17, 1921 in Wellsboro, PA, the son of the
late Cecil O. and Ida V. Evans Roberts. He was a self-employed owner-operator
of Roberts Pontiac-Cadillac Dealership of Wellsboro for 22 years before
retiring in 1980. Prior to ownership, he worked 13 years for Putnam Pontiac-Cadillac,
graduated from Wellsboro High School, "Class of 1939", and graduated from
Elmira School of Business in 1940 in Business Administration. He was an
Army veteran serving during World War II. Ells was a charter member of
the Wellsboro Men's Chorus since 1946, member of the Wellsboro Lions Club
since 1948, the Wellsboro Rotary for over 50 years, Wellsboro American
Legion Post #84, Wellsboro VFW Post #4901, and a member of the Wellsboro
United Methodist Church for 74 years. Ells was a man who was strongly devoted
to his community. He loved and cherished his family and was especially
devoted to his wife with whom he shared over 60 years. Surviving are his
wife; daughters, Sharon (John) Suhr, Wellsboro, Jacqueline Knaus, Wellsboro,
Barbara (Thomas) Auman, Wellsboro, and Connie (Michael) Kudrich, Hawley,
Pa; 10 grandchildren, David, Steven, Cathy, Brad, Laurie, Jason, Tyler,
Caitlin, Sara and Jeremy; one great-grandchild, Matthew. He was predeceased
by a sister, Ethel Hunter, on September 11, 2004. Friends and family are
invited to Ells' Life Celebration on Wednesday, September 12, 2007, from
6:00-8:00 p.m. at Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, 139 Main Street, Wellsboro,
PA. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 13, 2007, at 11:00
a.m. at the Wellsboro United Methodist Church, Main and Queen Street, Wellsboro,
with Rev. Marian E. Hartman officiating. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery.
In his memory, memorial contributions may be made to the Wellsboro United
Methodist Church, Queen and Main Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901, or to the
Wellsboro Men's Chorus Memorial Scholarship Fund, PO Box 481, Wellsboro,
PA 16901. Published in the Star-Gazette on 9/11/2007.
ROBERTS - ETHEL V. HUNTER
Ethel V. Roberts Hunter, 90, of 5 Park Place, Wellsboro, died Saturday,
Sept. 11, 2004.Born March 16, 1914 in Wellsboro, she was the daughter of
Cecil O. and Ida V. Evans Roberts. Ethel was a 1932 graduate of Wellsboro
High School. She retired from Corning Glass in Wellsboro after 40 years
of employment. She was a member of the Wellsboro United Methodist Church;
an avid reader; and enjoyed music. Ethel also enjoyed spending time with
her family. Surviving are her brother, Ellsworth O. (Lucy) Roberts of Wellsboro;
four nieces, Sharon (John) Suhr of Wellsboro, Jacqueline R. Knaus of Wellsboro,
Barbara R. (Thomas) Auman of Wellsboro, Connie R. (Michael) Kudrich of
Hawley; several great nieces and nephews. A celebration of Ethel's life
began with a viewing on Tuesday at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, a "Life
Celebration Home," Wellsboro. Services immediately followed with her pastor
the Rev. Mark Shover, officiating. Interment was held at the Wellsboro
Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wellsboro United Methodist
Church, Main and Queen Sts., Wellsboro, Pa. 16901.
ROBERTS Nellie Rose
Wellsboro Gazette - April 12, 1934
Mrs. Nellie Roberts Mastin dies at Asaph Sunday Night
Asaph, April 11 - Mrs. Nellie Roberts Mastin, 64, widow or Dr. N. W.
Mastin, formerly of Wellsboro, died Sunday night at the home of her brother,
Marsden Roberts, here. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
of Wellsboro, and for many years during her residence there associated
with and active in its societies, she had a large circle of friends here.
Another brother, J. P. Roberts, of Little Marsh; two nephews, George Roberts,
of Philadelphia, formerly of Wellsboro, and Humphrey Roberts, of Little
Marsh; a niece, Mrs. Howard Payne, of Sabinsville; two step-daughters,
Mrs. J. H. Thomas, of Pittston, and Mrs. Earl O. Wade, of Mansfield, and
a stepson, Dr. Morrell Mastin, of Lisbon, Maryland, survive. Funeral
services were held Tuesday at Asaph at 10 o'clock at the home, and at the
Wellsboro Methodist Episcopal; Wellsboro cemetery. Among those who
attended the funeral were: Mrs. J. H. Thomas, of Pittston, Arthur
Mastin, Mrs. Orin Mastin, Clarence Mastin, Mrs. Arthur Pierce, Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Pierce, of Moravia, N.Y.; Mrs. Ida Stockwell, of Chicago;
Mrs. Earl Wade, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wade, Jr., Miss Charlotte Wade and
June Wade, of Mansfield; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beach, Tioga.
ROBERTSON - WILCOX, Gladys R.
Age 93, of State Route 287, Morris, PA, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008,
at her home. She was the wife of the late Charles Wilcox, who died in 1983.
Gladys was born February 9, 1915 in Nauvoo, PA, the daughter of the late
Ernest and Gertrude Schmouder Robertson. She was a housewife and member
of the Morris United Methodist Church. Surviving are sons, Charles (Donna)
Wilcox, Jr., Lawrenceville, PA, and Roger (Mary) Wilcox, St. Petersburg,
FL; daughter, Sue (Leroy) Young, Wellsboro, PA; sisters, Iva Campbell and
Pansy Reinwald; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by two daughters, Lois Kalmbach and Peggy Ottaway.
Friends and family are invited to Gladys' Life Celebration on Sunday, March
30, 2008, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, a Life Celebration
Home, 139 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA. Funeral to follow at 2:00 p.m., with
Rev. Marian Hartman officiating. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery. Published
in the Star-Gazette on 3/27/2008.
ROBERTSON - Gladys R. Wilcox, 93, of State Route 287, Morris, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at home. She was a housewife. Survivors include her sons, Charles Wilcox Jr. of Lawrenceville, Roger Wilcox of St. Petersburg, Fla.; daughter, Sue Young of Wellsboro; sisters, Iva Campbell and Pansy Reinwald. Calling hours are 1-2 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, 139 Main St., Wellsboro. Services will be held there at the conclusion of calling hours at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 30, the Rev. Marian Hartman officiating. Burial will be in Wellsboro Cemetery. - Corning Leader, 26 mar 2008
ROBBINS EUGENE LEON
Wellsboro Gazette - December 17, 1953
Eugene L Robbins
Eugene L. Robbins, 77, retired railroad engineer and resident of Wellsboro,
R. D. 2, died last Wednesday afternoon at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Johnson &
Tussey Funeral Home, Rev. Alfred Gross officiating,, with interment in
the Wellsboro cemetery. Mr. Robbins was born April 24, 1876 in Wellsboro.
He served 51 years with the New York Central Railroad and was a member
of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers. He is survived by his
wife, Harriet Taylor Robbins; five sons, William and Harry of Wellsboro;
Leon of Wellsboro, R. D. 2; Leory of Towanda and John of Westfield; two
daughters, Mrs. Florence West, of Wellsboro, R. D. 4 and Mrs. Bernice Fleming,
of Shadyside, N.J.; seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
ROBINSON - DAVIS Ruth Ann Robinson
Age 92, died peacefully at her home at Bethany Village in Horseheads,
NY, on Sunday evening, November 11. She was surrounded by family and Hospice.
The daughter of Frank Crowell Robinson and Ruth Ann Smith, she was born
in Springfield, PA, on February 2, 1915. She graduated from Wellsboro High
School and attended Goucher College in Baltimore, MD. She is predeceased
by her high school sweetheart and husband, John B. Davis. They were married
in Florida in 1933 and took up residence in Addison, NY where they operated
the Davis General Store, later the Davis Department Store, for many years.
After her husband died in 1979, she wintered in Gulfport, FL and summered
at the family cottage near Hammondsport, NY on Keuka Lake. While in Florida,
she volunteered at Children's Hospital and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal
Church and the St. Petersburg Little Theatre. Ruth Ann always loved to
garden and adored fresh vegetables. One of her favorite things to cook
was homemade soup with everything in it but the kitchen sink. Ruth Ann
is survived by her beloved family: her sister, Peggy Champlain (Charles)
of Los Angeles, CA; her children, Joan Reppert (Nelson) of Ithaca, NY,
Linda Roth (Jay) of New Port Richey, FL, Alan Davis (Sue) of Sun City West,
AZ, and Richard Davis (Pat) of Corning, NY; and grandchildren, Denise McEnerney,
LuAnn Love, Tim Reppert, Kara Shea Crohn, Jeff Davis, Jim Davis, Maria
Goldwyn, Diane Savino and Cathy Collins. The great-grandchildren are, Andy
Noyes, Sophia Reppert, Angela and Laura McEnerney, Charlie and Remy Love,
Oliver and Ezra Davis, Ani and Alenoush Davis, Noah and Neila Goldwyn,
Mason Collins; and many nieces and nephews. Her final days were eased in
the care of the wonderful nurses and aides at Crispin Hill, the assisted
living apartments at Bethany Village and from Southern Tier Hospice. Family
and friends are invited to attend her memorial service of Eucharistic Celebration
on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 375
W. Church St., Elmira, NY, with the Rev. Donald W. Matthews officiating.
A gathering and a time of food and fellowship will immediately follow in
the church at 12:00 noon. The burial service will take place in Wellsboro
Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. Barber Funeral Home of Horseheads is in charge of
the arrangements. Those wishing to remember Ruth Ann with a gift are invited
to give a memorial in her memory to Southern Tier Hospice, 11751 East Corning
Rd., Corning, NY 14830; or Grace Episcopal Church, 375 W. Church St., Elmira,
NY 14901. Published in the Star-Gazette on 11/14/2007.
ROBYLER, HERBERT (SRGP 595)
Herbert Robyler of Osceola. A prayer service was held at
the family home Wednesday at 2 p.m. and the funeral in the Wellsboro ME
Church at 3:30 the Rev. E. Baker Brownell officiated. Burial was
in Wellsboro Cemetery.
DANIEL S. RODGERS
Daniel Sylvester Rodgers, age 95 of Charleston St., Wellsboro, died
on Friday, October 19, 1973 at the Van Zile Home for the Aged. Requiem
Mass was held Monday morning at 9:30 am at St. Peter's Catholic Church
with Rev. Thomas J. Hannigan officiating. Burial in Wellsboro Cemetery.
There was Recitation of Prayers Sunday evening at 8 pm at the funeral home.
ROE Erastus C.
Erastus C. Roe died Thursday at his home on Water Street, aged 80 years.
He was born July 2, 1857, in Middlebury, son of James M., and Harriet Hutchinson
Roe. When eight years of age he moved with his family to a farm in
Delmar, where he lived over 40 years. He was twice married.
His first wife was Miss ida Kizer, who died in 1909. Two children
were born to them, Guy, who died in infancy and Lettie, wife of Lloyd Spiegel,
who died in 1908. On Jan. 7, 1911, he married Mrs. Mae Mastin, who
survives with one step-daughter, Mrs. Leon Moshier and four step-grandchildren,
also several nieces and nephews. Mr. Roe served in Wellsboro for
18 years as Constable of the Second Ward, and resigned four years ago on
account of failing health and eyesight. He also served as Supervisor
and School Director in Delmar in his earlier years. He was a member
of the First Baptist church and a faithful attendant there as long as his
health permitted. Funeral services were held at the Bastian Funeral
Home Monday, Rev. C. W. Sheriff officiating; burial in the Wellsboro cemetery.
ROGERS - Mrs. Agnes Rogers Coolidge, 71, of Wellsboro died Friday, August 27, 1954, at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital. She was the widow of Perley Coolidge. She was employed at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital. Born August 31, 1881, in Charleston Township she was the daughter of William and Maria Sampson Rogers. She is survived by two sons, Cecil and Stuart of Wellsboro; one sister, Mrs. Jennie Smith of Mansfield RD#1; three brothers, William and Amos of Wellsboro RD and John of Wellsboro; seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday with burial in the Wellsboro Cemetery. - Wellsboro Agitator, September 2, 1954
ROOT NELLIE [MRS. ALBERT] ROOT
The Wellsboro Agitator - Wednesday, 22 Nov 1933, p. 1
Mrs. Nellie Root, aged 45 years, wife of Albert Root, died at her home
on Wellsboro R.D. 1, at 8:30 Sunday evening. She is survived by her husband
and eight children, John of Wellsboro R. D., Mrs. Susie Spencer, of Wellsboro
R. D., and Irving, George, Lillian, LaVerne, Mabel and Lula at home. The
funeral will be held at the Evans Funeral Home, this afternoon at
2 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Young of Antrim, officiating; burial in the Wellsboro
cemetery.
ROUSE CHARLES WILLARD
The Wellsboro Agitator - Thursday, 22 Apr 1954, p. 7
Charles Willard Rouse, 63, died in the home of his son, Andrew E. Rouse,
in Delmar Township, Monday, Aug. 19, 1954. Born in Addison, N. Y., March
29, 1891, the son of George Willard and Mary Miller Rouse. He was employed
at the Wellsboro plant of Corning Glass Works. He is survived by two sons,
Andrew Elton of Wellsboro R D4 and Clyde Norris, of Elkland, R. D. 1; two
brothers, Walter, of Endicott, and Delos, of Baldwinsville, N. Y.; three
sisters, Mrs. Alice Dodge, of Endicott, N.Y., Mrs. Helen Bleil, of Binghamton,
and Mrs. Lee Cole, of Oneida, N. Y., 13 grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday, with The Rev. Alfred
J. Gross officiating and burial was made in Wellsboro Cemetery.
RUMSEY ARTHUR BURDETTE
Articles from the Democrat & Chronicle - August 28, 1941
Watchman Dies in Shaft Plunge
Believed to have fallen six floors down an elevator shaft at the Ellwanger
& Barry Building 37 State St., the body of A. Burdette Rumsey, about
50, 86 Hardison Road, Irondequoit, was found early today. Rumsey,
engineer of the building was filling in as a night watchman and had been
breaking in a new man, John Eckert, 58 Bancroft Dr. After making
the rounds earlier, Rumsey told Eckert to return at 9 o'clock. On
his return at the scheduled time Eckert was unable to find the engineer.
Aided by his son, Fred, of the ADT office in the building, Eckert searched
the big building. It was not until after midnight that they finally
found the body at the foot of the shaft. The elevator was at the
seventh or top floor and it is believed that Rumsey inadvertently walked
into the shaft at the sixth floor.
August 30, 1941
RUMSEY ARTHUR BURDETTE
Rites Slated Today for Accident Victim
Funeral services for A. Burdette Rumsey, 60, of 86 Hardison Rd., Irondequoit
who fell to his death down an elevator shaft in the Ellwanger-Barry Building,
Wednesday (Aug. 27, 1941) will be conducted at 474 Lyell Ave. at 3 p.m.
today. Mr. Rumsey, engineer of the building, was found in the elevator
well early yesterday. Besides his wife, Margaret Hunter Rumsey, he
leaves a step-daughter, Mrs. Ruth Donovan, a stepson, Robert J. Hunter,
three sisters, Mrs. Nellie Derbyshire, Mrs. Ruth Beers and Mrs. Mayme Bowen,
and several nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Wellsboro, Pa.
Coroner David H. Atwater issued an accidental death certificate in the
case.
RUSSELL GEORGE MARSH
Gazette and Bulletin -Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA - Monday, 2 Feb
1953
WELLSBORO -- George M. Russell, 82, of Athens, formerly of Wellsboro,
a retired Lehigh Valley Railroad fireman, died Friday, Jan. 30, 1953 at
the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. Surviving are two sons, Paul
E. of Shinglehouse, and G. Robert, of Athens; a daughter, Mrs. Stephen
R. Neily, of Towanda RD 6; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Services were held yesterday in Wellsboro.
The Wellsboro Gazette - Thursday, 5 Feb 1953
George M. Russell, former Wellsboro resident, died at the Robert Packer
Hospital in Sayre, last Friday afternoon following a long illness. For
many years he was employed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Born in
Wellsboro on March 12, 1870, he was the son of Lucius and Eliza Moriae?
Russell. Surviving are two sons, Paul E. of Shinglehouse and G. Robert
of Athens; a daughter, Mrs. Stephen R. Neily, of Towanda, R. D. 6; seven
grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Services were held last
Sunday at the Johnson and Tussey Funeral home with burial in Wellsboro
cemetery.
RUSSEL - MAUDE ETHEL PHIPPEN
The Wellsboro Gazette - Thursday, 12 Nov 1970
Mrs. Maude E. Phippen, age 77, of Wellsboro died on Sunday at the Soldiers
and Sailors Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at the Tussey
Funeral Home on Wednesday with the Rev. R. Blair Moffett officiating. Burial
was in the Wellsboro Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. F. Wilbur Wilson of Ludlowville, N.Y., and Mrs. Jesse Brooks of Wellsboro;
a sister Mrs. Frank Jones of Aurora, N.Y.; ten grandchildren and 14 great
grandchildren.
RUSSELL PAUL EVERETT
The Wellsboro Gazette - Thursday, 7 Feb 1963
Paul Everett Russell, 62 of Shinglehouse, Pa., died Monday, February
4th, 1963 at the Arnot Ogden Hospital. He was born April 27, 1900 in Tioga,
Pa., the son of George and Ethel Russell. He was a high school teacher
at Oswayo Valley Joint School in Shinglehouse, Pa. Mr. Russell was a communicant
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Wellsboro; past master of Sharon Lodge,
No. 598 F. & AM, Shinglehouse; Coudersport Consistory, in Coudersport,
Pa.; Jaffa Temple, in Altoona, Pa.; a graduate of the Mansfield State Teachers
College; Ohio University and received his masters degree at St. Bonaventure.
Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. Margaret Hyde Russell; sister, Mrs. Stephen
R. Neiley of Towanda, Pa., brother, G. Robert Russell of Clyde, N. Y.;
several nieces and nephews. Masonic services were conducted at the
Howard Funeral Home in Shinglehouse on Tuesday evening. Burial was in the
Wellsboro Cemetery, the Rev. Harry T. Frownfelter officiating.
RUSSELL Stephen A.
Wellsboro Gazette - November 19, 1891
—Mr. Stephen A. Russell died at his home in Delmar last Thursday of
heart disease. He had been a resident of Delmar for the past 33 years,
was a native
of Broome county, N. Y., where he was born in April, 1810. He
was a highly respected farmer and leaves a widow and three children. The
funeral was held on Sunday afternoon; Revs. A. C. Shaw and O. S. Chamberlayne
officiating.
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