Ithaca Journal Obituaries and Death Notices sorted by death date Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917

Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Morton Luther 91 1/1/1917 1/4/1917 Died at Cheektowaga, NY. Widower of Elizabeth, father of Willis Morton. 1917 Rehn John F. 36 1/1/1917 1/2/1917 Pneumonia Was superintendent of Cayuga Cement Corp. in Ludlowville. Husband of Adele Niggli Rehn. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. See story p. 5 of 1/2/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Brown Alvah 67 1/2/1917 1/2/1917 Died at Newfield. 1917 Mrs. DeBiajio Angelo 20 1/2/1917 1/2/1917 Was ill for several months. Former Mary C. McGrade. Burial in Cavalry Cemetery. 1917 Messpell William P. 1/2/1917 (notice) 1/2/1917 Had lived near Dryden. Burial at Willow Glen. 1917 Searles John 83 1/2/1917 1/10/1917 Died north of Cayutaville. Lived most of his life on farm where he died. Brother, Howard, died at Harrisburg, PA only one week before. Burial at Newfield. 1917 Garling Mary 76 1/3/1917 1/3/1917 Formerly of Seneca Falls; resided in Ithaca for 4 (notice) years. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Personius Leonard 81 1/3/1917 1/4/1917 Retired farmer; burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Reeves John W. 84 1/3/1917 1/3/1917 Burial at Pine Valley. 1917 Allen Edith Abbott 29 1/4/1917 1/4/1917 Typhoid Married only 7 months to Kenneth Allen. Fever and Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Abbott. Burial at Pneumonia Interlaken. 1917 Davidsen Robert 89 1/4/1917 1/9/1917 Pneumonia Was oldest survivor of the famous Seventy-Sixth Regiment. Had lived in McLean. 1917 Gluck Bessie 47 1/4/1917 1/4/1917 Formerly of Niagara Falls; widow of Alvah Hector Gluck who conducted the Ithaca Hotel for 4 years. Burial at Niagara Falls. 1917 Nixon William D. 43 1/4/1917 1/10/1917 Pneumonia Died at Minneapolis, MN. Well-known muscian of Patrick Conway's Ithaca Band. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery. Story on p. 5 of 1/10/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Stewart Harriet Theresa 1/4/1917 1/4/1917 Died following surgery. Wife of James H. Stewart. Burial in City Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Allick Delia Briggs 87 1/5/1917 1/10/1917 Life long West Danby resident. Wife of DeWitt Allick. 1917 Lobdell Fannie C. 76 1/5/1917 1/5/1917 Died at Ludlowville. Wife of Thomas Lobdell. 1917 Sabin Jefferson L. 78 1/5/1917 1/8/1917 Died at Danby; burial in South Hill Cemetery. 1917 Speer Freeman F. 74 1/6/1917 1/8/1917 Intestinal Veteran cigar maker. Story p. 3 of 1/8/1917 Problem Ithaca Journal. 1917 Breakey Abigail A. 92 1/7/1917 1/8/1917 Life long Ithaca resident. Burial at Inlet Valley Cemetery. 1917 Cornelius Henry 63 1/7/1917 1/8/1917 Pneumonia Died at Dryden. 1917 Dwyer James 40 1/7/1917 1/9/1917 Died at Groton; burial at Catholic Cemetery in Groton. 1917 Hyde J.M. 67 1/7/1917 1/9/1917 Died near Groton; burial in Groton Rural Cemetery. 1917 Vandermark Herman 81 1/7/1917 1/8/1917 Died at Newfield; burial at Asbury. 1917 Warren Charles 73 1/7/1917 1/8/1917 Died at Buffalo; formerly of Ithaca. Burial in City Cemetery. 1917 Harker Charles W. 61 1/8/1917 1/8/1917 Died following surgery; had lived in Lansing. 1917 Harker Charles Wesley 62 1/8/1917 1/9/1917 Burial in Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Palmer Harold J. 1/8/1917 1/9/1917 Pneumonia Died at his home in Poughkeepsie. Was head of English Dept. at Cascadilla School in Ithaca. 1915 Cornell grad. 1917 Campbell Mary J. 1/9/1917 1/171917 Died in LaHabra, CA where she had lived since 1902. 1917 Cornell Frank 6 mos 1/9/1917 1/11/1917 Youngest of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Cornell of Slaterville. 1917 Gould Edwin B. 61 1/9/1917 2/6/1917 Died at Dresserville, at home of sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones. Born in Candor; had lived in Newark Valley. Long time member of the Newark Valley Band. 1917 Mrs. Rulison Charles 76 1/9/1917 1/10/1917 Died at Freeville. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery.

1917 Alexander Isaac 72 1/10/1917 1/16/1917 Died at Soldier's Home;Dayton, OH. Had lived in Newfield; Civil War veteran.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Clapp Lewis A. 65 1/11/1917 1/12/1917 Bright's Publisher of The Weekly Ithacan. Born in Dryden. Disease Husband of Lillian. See story on p. 5 of 1/12/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial in Fisher's Cemetery.

1917 Myers Herman 65 1/11/1917 1/11/1917 Apoplexy Was a veteran cigar maker born in Germany. Story on p. 3 of 1/11/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Small Mary A. 71 1/11/1917 1/13/1917 Died and burial at North Lansing. Was North Lansing correspondent for the Ithaca Journal.

1917 VanTine Amanda Shevalier 78 1/11/1917 1/16/1917 Pneumonia Had lived in Dryden. Widow of Isaac VanTine. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. Death notices in 1/16/1917 and 1/20/1917. 1917 Mrs. Keyes C.R. 1/12/1917 1/12/1917 Died while undergoing treatment at Clifton Springs. Burial at Lodi. 1917 Miller Emma Linderman 59 1/12/1917 1/12/1917 Shock Died at Lansing; burial North Lansing Cemetery. Wife of Orin Miller. 1917 Sisson Addie E. 27 1/12/1917 1/13/1917 Had lived on Slaterville Rd. Wife of Leonard Sisson. Burial in Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Wood Almerian T. 88 1/12/1917 1/12/1917 Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred (notice) Doolittle of Interlaken. Burial at Cayuta. 1917 Boda Irving infant 1/13/1917 1/17/1917 Pneumonia Child of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boda of Danby. 1917 Howard William Burr 85 1/13/1917 1/15/1917 Former state dairy head. See story p.3 of 1/15/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Schwartz Emily 1/14/1917 1/17/1917 Had lived in Trumansburg. Burial at former Schwartz residence in Ulysses, PA. 1917 Personius James 90 1/15/1917 1/20/1917 Had lived at Caroline Center where buried. 1917 Miss VanDine Theodosia 80 1/15/1917 1/15/1917 Died at Jacksonville. 1917 Crawford Jane Elizabeth 81 1/16/1917 1/16/1917 Burial in Fisher's Cemetery. 1917 King Sylvester 90 1/16/1917 1/17/1917 Had lived in Trumansburg. Burial at Grove Cemetery. 1917 Tillotson Almira Gere 76 1/16/1917 1/17/1917 Heart Attack Daughter of Donald T. Tillotson and Jane Ann Gere; member of one of Ithaca's oldest families. Burial in City Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Malone Bridget 75 1/17/1917 1/17/1917 Widow of James Malone. Ithaca resident for 50 years; burial Mr. Olivet Cemetery. 1917 Norris Jennie 49 1/17/1917 4/17/1917 Rheumitism Was a bookkeeper at grocery firm: Wanzer & of the Heart Howell. Funeral and burial at Sayre, PA. 1917 Sheffield Alice E. 4 mos 1/17/1917 1/17/1917 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sheffield. Burial in Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Bates Stephen S. 98 1/18/1917 1/19/1917 Died at Dryden; husband of Nora Bates. 1917 Hoagland Walter 91 1/18/1917 1/19/1917 Died at Brooktondale; burial at Richford. 1917 Sisson Addie McFall 1/18/1917 (notice) 1/18/1917 Had lived near Slaterville, formerly of Danby. 1917 Todd Mary N. 70 1/18/1917 1/19/1917 Burial at Odessa, Laurel Hill Cemetery. 1917 Farrington Charlotte 1/19/1917 1/22/1917 Died at Syracuse; formerly of Jacksonville. Widow of Warren Farrington. Burial at Grove Cemetery in Trumansburg. 1917 Osmun Janette 87 1/19/1917 1/20/1917 Fall Died from injuries. Widow of Rev. John D. Osmun. See lengthy obituary on p. 3 of 1/29/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Perry Herman 68 1/19/1917 1/20/1917 Burial at Wilseyville. 1917 Piper Emeline 51 1/19/1917 1/19/1917 Had lived at Newfield. Daughter of Mrs. Henry Piper. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. 1917 Ferris Lewis 79 1/20/1917 1/22/1917 Burial at Newfield. 1917 Sherman Lisette Jones 1/20/1917 1/23/1917 Appendicitis Died following surgery at Kansas City. Wife of Merritt Sherman. She was an 1878 graduate of Cornell. They lived on Sherman Ranch, Crawford, KS. 1917 Grover Maryett E. 78 1/21/1917 1/22/1917 Stroke Widow of Peter Grover. Burial at City Cemetery.

1917 Lewis Mary 87 1/21/1917 1/22/1917 Had lived in Newfield. 1917 Louis Mary Briggs 86 1/21/1917 1/24/1917 Died at West Danby; widow of Alfred Lewis. Burial at Baptist Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Overacker Cleoma Rachael 65 1/21/1917 1/22/1917 Burial at Snyder Hill Cemetery. 1917 Legg Dora 84 1/22/1917 1/25/1917 Died at Speedsville; burial Speedsville Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Lovell William Henry 72 1/22/1917 1/23/1917 Pneumonia Was Elmira postmaster and a pioneer in the tobacco raising industry. Was a member of many organizations and well-known to Ithacans. Story p.3 of 1/23/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Rosencrans not given 9 mos 1/22/1917 1/25/1917 Died at Bostwick's Corners. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rosencrans. Burial Enfield Center Cemetery. 1917 Snyder Arthur 9 1/22/1917 1/22/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Snyder of Groton. Burial at Owego. 1917 Sprouls Rebecca 80 1/22/1917 1/25/1917 Died near Groton; burial at West Homer. 1917 Tyler Mae Mary 46 1/22/1917 1/23/1917 Wife of Locey Tyler, local druggist. 1917 Westervelt Phillip 69 1/22/1917 1/23/1917 Died at Newfield; burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.

1917 Harris Thomas 76 1/23/1917 1/24/1917 Heart Collapsed and died on the street. Was a painter; Problem burial Hayts Cemetery. He was at first mistaken for E. M. Weed. Story on p.3 of 1/24/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Knickerbocker James R. 80 1/23/1917 1/25/1917 Died at Newfield home of Mrs. A.J. Decker, his sister. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery. 1917 Nixon Frank 48 1/23/1917 1/29/1917 Heart Trouble Died at New Woodstock. Born in and buried at Speedsville. Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Nixon. 1917 Vorhis Esther C. 1/23/1917 1/24/1917 Widow of Andrew C. Vorhis. Died at Spencer; formerly of Brooktondale. 1917 Fournier George 63 1/24/1917 1/24/1917 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Green Rufus 63 1/24/1917 1/24/1917 Died at Danby; burial in Danby Rural Cemetery.

1917 Griffen Charles B. 1/24/1917 1/25/1917 Died at Hayt's Corners; burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1917 Judge Emma 88 1/24/1917 1/29/1917 Died at Locke. Born in County of Kent, England. Came to America in 1900. Burial Bird Cemetery, West Groton. 1917 Knettles Emily Gardner 66 1/24/1917 1/24/1917 Pneumonia Died at VanEtten; formerly of Ithaca.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Leonard Emma J. 65 1/24/1917 1/24/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Wright George Robert 51 1/24/1917 1/29/1917 Husband of Katherine Batty Wright; father of Paul. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Nelson Mary 73 1/25/1917 1/25/1917 Stroke Widow of George H. Nelson; burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Death notices in 1/25/1917 and 1/27/1917. 1917 Newport Arlula C. 46 1/25/1917 1/26/1917 Wife of Theodore Newport; burial Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn. 1917 Perigo Daniel 70 1/25/1917 1/25/1917 Died and burial at Trumbull's Corners. Civil War veteran. 1917 Haring Cornelia B. 65 1/26/1917 1/27/1917 Burial East Lansing. 1917 Taylor Mina 1/26/1917 (notice) 1/26/1917 Pneumonia Burial in Spencer. 1917 Mrs. Slater not given 86 1/27/1917 2/2/1917 Had lived in Danby with daughter, Mrs. Frank Eastman. 1917 Smith M. Treman 80 1/27/1917 1/29/1917 Lived entire life in Trumansburg. 1917 Walter Helen 22 1/27/1917 1/29/1917 Died in NY City; daughter of F.E. Walter of NYC. Granddaughter of Helen Freer of Ithaca. 1917 Saylor Emma A. 90 1/28/1917 1/30/1917 Burial Bethlehem, PA. 1917 Carmer Walter 11 1/29/1917 1/31/1917 Died at Dryden; burial Willow Glen Cemetery. 1917 Parker Charles W. 84 1/30/1917 2/1/1917 Died at Willow Glen; formerly of Freeville. 1917 Seaman Caroline J.B. 1/30/1917 1/30/1917 Wife of Luther W. Seaman. Burial Coddington Cemetery. 1917 Ayers Nelson 93 1/31/1917 2/5/1917 Died at Hornell. Formerly of Jacksonville area. Widower of Maria VanKirk and Sarah Francis. Related to Treman family of Ithaca. See p.3 of 2/5/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Beach Fannie 1/31/1917 1/31/1917 Died at Newfield; widow of John Beach. Burial Ennis Cemetery at Swartwood. 1917 McGowen Marion W. 80 1/31/1917 1/3/1917 Sister of Andrew Stevenson; burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Ayers Molancy 77 2/1/1917 2/2/1917 Died at Etna. Widow of Job Ayers of Harford. Burial at family plot Lapeer, Cortland County.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 DeMun John L. 89 2/1/1917 2/5/1917 Died at Covert. At one time the leading dealer for lumber, coal and grain at Kidders and Morehouse areas. Husband of Emeline DeMun. Burial at Interlaken's Lake View Cemetery.

1917 Starr Susie 2/1/1917 2/2/1917 Had lived at Newfield. 1917 Peck Lydia 80 2/2/1917 2/2/1917 Sister of Theron Primrose. Widow of William Grover, Freeville, and William Peck, Groton. 1917 Ayres Daniel H. 69 2/3/1917 2/6/1917 Pneumonia Died at Samaritan Hospital at Troy where he had gone on a business trip. Had operated Cayuga Lake Orchards at Trumansburg. Son of Daniel B. and Harriet Holister Ayres; husband of Sarah Gregg Ayres. 1917 Cox Frances 57 2/3/1917 2/5/1917 Died at Newfield; widow of George Cox. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. 1917 Rivenberg H. E. 2/3/1917 2/8/1917 Pneumonia Died at Sunbury, PA. Had lived in Groton; was a salesman. Burial in Preston Hollow, NY. 1917 Straight Caroline 76 2/3/1917 2/5/1917 Died at Slaterville. 1917 Youngs Margaret 82 2/3/1917 2/3/1917 1917 Herron Ann 2/4/1917 2/6/1917 Died at King Ferry at home of daughter, Mrs. Henry Murray. 1917 Lane Elizabeth 63 2/4/1917 2/5/1917 Died near Ludlowville. Wife of Calvin Lane. 1917 Lane Mary E. 67 2/4/1917 2/6/1917 Died at Lansingville. 1917 Mrs. Playford E. 2/4/1917 2/6/1917 Mother of Mrs. J. M. Hoefflin. 1917 VanMarter Martha 74 2/4/1917 2/5/1917 Wife of Rev. Estus VanMarter; sister of William Pew. Burial Snyder Hill Cemetery. 1917 Reed Charles D. 22 2/5/1917 2/8/1917 Pneumonia Died at Cortland. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Reed. Burial in Dryden Green Hill Cemetery. 1917 Adams Edward 2/6/1917 2/8/1917 Died at Harford; was well-known phone operator; crippled with rheumatism. 1917 Brooks Charles E. 68 2/6/1917 2/6/1917 Suicide by Died at Waverly. He was police chief, suffering Gunshot from an illness for a year. 1917 Browning Cecilia 38 2/6/1917 2/7/1917 Wife of James Browning. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Mrs. Depew Frank 52 2/6/1917 2/8/1917 Had lived near Caroline at Union Valley. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery. 1917 McClellan Frederick 6 mos 2/6/1917 2/10/1917 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. George McClellan; brother Ida. Burial Catholic Cemetery, Groton. 1917 Donovan Catherine 75 2/7/1917 2/8/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Hoagland George 57 2/7/1917 2/8/1917 Pneumonia 1917 Knuntila not given 3 mos 2/7/1917 2/9/1917 Pneumonia Died at Newfield; child of Mr. and Mrs. Alick Knuntila. 1917 Holmes Martha 61 2/8/1917 2/8/1917 Widow of Wesley S. Holmes. 1917 Kelly Mary 83 2/8/1917 2/9/1917 Died at Slaterville. Widow of Luthern Kelley. Formerly of and burial at Waverly. 1917 Sutfin Charity 85 2/8/1917 2/10/1917 Pneumonia Died at Freeville. 1917 Burger Charity M. 82 2/9/1917 2/9/1917 Died at Ludlowville. Widow of William N. Burger. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. 1917 Conklin Henry 18 2/9/1917 2/10/1917 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Conklin of Groton. Burial in Groton Rural Cemetery. 1917 Stafford Cassius M. 54 2/9/1917 2/10/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 McMahon John 75 2/10/1917 2/10/1917 Died of complications after illness of several months. Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Vandenburg Henry 76 2/10/1917 2/10/1917 Exposure Strayed from home of his daughter, Mrs. May Gaul, and died from effects of bitter cold. Burial Newton, PA. 1917 Leonard Jacob 58 2/11/1917 2/12/1917 1917 Mastin Harriet E. 90 2/11/1917 2/12/1917 Wife of Lucius Mastin. Burial Danby Rural Cemetery. 1917 Wiser Frank F. 55 2/12/1917 2/12/1917 Husband of Agnes. 1917 Bowen Augusta A. 2/13/1917 2/20/1917 Pneumonia Died at Joliet, IL. Widow of Lt. James Rumsey Bowen. Sister of Mrs. A.K. Warner of Ithaca.

1917 Ward Thomas 2/14/1917 2/14/1917 Died at Groton; formerly of Peruville. 1917 Cain Mary E. 2/15/1917 2/15/1917 Died at Willard State Hospital. Wife of J.B. Cain. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Teeter Truman M. 61 2/15/1917 2/16/1917 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Miss Jessup Sophronia 81 2/16/1917 2/17/1917 Died at Dundee home of her niece, Miss Jessie Bower. Jessup family resided in Newfield many years ago. Miss Jessup to be buried in Newfield.

1917 Stanley Charles Matthew 74 2/16/1917 2/17/1917 Heart Attack Civil War veteran. Had owned a shoe store for over 50 years on E. State St. Husband of Catherine. See story and photo on p.3 of 2/17/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Thomas David J. 78 2/16/1917 2/17/1917 Died following 5 year illness. Veteran of Civil War, Co. G, 109th Regiment, NY Volunteers. Burial in Burdette where he had previously lived.

1917 Townley Fred A. 58 2/16/1917 2/16/1917 Died after several strokes. Was a well-known contractor. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Ludlowville. 1917 Williams Elizabeth 2/16/1917 2/17/1917 Pleuro- Wife of Frank Williams. Burial Calvary Cemetery. pneumonia 1917 Burdick Isabella A. 83 2/17/1917 2/17/1917 Stroke Widow of Welcome S. Burdick. Active in women's organizations. 1917 Finch Elizabeth 94 2/17/1917 2/19/1917 Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Ford Margaret H. 52 2/17/1917 2/17/1917 Died of complications after year long illness. Wife of Philip Ford; burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. 1917 Kazmeier Ethel Benjamin 32 2/17/1917 2/21/1917 Died at Bryan, Texas. Wife of Prof. Fred Kazmeier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olney T. Benjamin. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Ashton George 81 2/18/1917 2/20/1917 Died at Groton; burial at Groton Rural Cemetery.

1917 Dimmick Alton M. 47 2/18/1917 2/19/1917 Burial at Interlaken. 1917 Moffat John L. 63 2/18/1917 2/19/1917 Prominent retired physician who moved to Ithaca from Brooklyn. Will be buried in Brooklyn

1917 Smith Alonzo F. 76 2/18/1917 2/19/1917 Burial at Trumansburg. 1917 Tillotson Henry N. 80 2/18/1917 2/19/1917 Brother of Anna L. Tillotson; burial City Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Cook John W. 42 2/20/1917 2/21/1917 Died at Willard State Hospital. Son of Mrs. Catherine Spicer of Ithaca. 1917 Backus 2/21/1917 2/21/1917 Died at NY City. Son of Mrs. D.H. Backus of (notice) Groton. 1917 Edgerton Josephine 63 2/21/1917 2/23/1917 Wife of George Edgerton; daughter of Betsey and James Chase. Formerly of and burial at Rock Stream, NY. 1917 Eray Adelia 65 2/21/1917 2/22/1917 Wife of Charles Eray. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Reed Mary 54 2/22/1917 2/22/1917 Wife of William Reed. Daughter of Charles Loucks. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Strang J.W. 2/22/1917 2/23/1917 Died at Trumansburg at home of daughter, Mrs. Howard K. Aiken. Burial at Waterloo. 1917 Robinson Mary L. 61 2/23/1917 2/23/1917 Pneumonia Burial at Breeseport. 1917 Robinson Fanny 2/23/1917 2/27/1917 Widow of Daniel Robinson, formerly of Ithaca. Died at Providence, R.I. burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Boice David 80 2/24/1917 2/27/1917 Buried at Mecklenburg. 1917 Cady Bridget 62 2/24/1917 2/26/1917 Wife of A.B. Cady; burial St. Louis, MO. 1917 Cushing John 50 2/24/1917 2/26/1917 Fell into an Interlaken creek and died of exposure. Had worked at Lehigh Valley Railroad, Interlaken. See story on p. 3 of 2/26/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Drake Charles 79 2/24/1917 2/24/1917 Died at Danby; burial Danby Rural Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Bishop Truman 57 2/25/1917 2/27/1917 Died at Willard State Hospital; burial Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Hurlbut Millard P. 21 2/25/1917 2/26/1917 Typhoid Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Hurlbut. Burial Fever Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. 1917 Mills Hannah 92 2/25/1917 2/26/1917 Died at Brooktondale; burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Col. Houtz George H. 81 2/26/1917 2/26/1917 Died at Etna. Former colonel of the 5th Batallion, NY National Guard. Later proprietor of an Etna feed mill and organizer and director of the Tompkins Cooperative Fire Ins. Co. See lengthy obituary p.6 of 3/9/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Gregg James G. 39 2/27/1917 3/2/1917 Pneumonia Died at NY City. Husband of Florence Alexander Gregg. Burial Grove Cemetery. See story p.5 of 3/2/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Jones Mary 76 2/27/1917 2/27/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Murphy Timothy J. 42 2/27/1917 2/28/1917 Husband of Mary Murphy; formerly of Danbury, CT. Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Bennett George 70 2/28/1917 2/28/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Crance Stephen . 85 2/28/1917 3/2/1917 Died at West Danby. 1917 Dr. Hollister Eugene 2/28/1917 (notice) 2/28/1917 Died at Newark, NJ; formerly of Danby. 1917 Reilly J. Furnie 20 2/28/1917 2/28/1917 Acute Son of Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Reilly. Burial Calvary Meningitis Cemetery. 1917 Miller Joshua 3/1/1917 3/8/1917 Died after suffering a shock; lived at Krum's Corners. Burial at Trumansburg. 1917 Snyder Fannie 90 3/1/1917 3/2/1917 Died at Newfield; burial at Snyder Cemetery. 1917 Townley Mary R. 69 3/1/1917 3/2/1917 Died at Groton. Wife of L.J. Townley. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dodd of Ithaca. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. See obituary on p.5 of 3/2/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Young Charles H. 3/1/1917 3/2/1917 Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Smith Irene F. 22 3/2/1917 3/3/1917 Accident Died of injuries after struck by car. Was a Cornell student from Gloversville. See story p.3 of 3/3/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Elmendorf Earl Bruce 24 3/3/1917 3/5/1917 Pneumonia Son of Mrs. J.C. Elmendorf. He was well known draftsman at Thomas Aeroplane Co. See story p.5 of 3/5/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial at Candor.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Van Kuren William "Jack" 40 3/3/1917 3/5/1917 Murdered Died of stab wounds during an argument. Had lived in Brooktondale. See story on p.3 of 3/3 & 7/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Quick Cemetery. See Ithaca Journal: 4/23-27/1917. 1917 Donohue Bridget 3/4/1917 3/5/1917 Stroke Died of complications from stroke. Widow of Timothy Donohue; burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Minor Hally 3/4/1917 3/7/1917 Died at Interlaken. 1917 Mowry Sarah M. 3/4/1917 3/5/1917 Died of old age health problems. Wife of H.F. Mowry. Daughter of late Ephraim LaBarre of Lansing, former Tompkins County sheriff. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Bott Arthur 3/5/1917 3/6/1917 Burial at Middlebury, VT. 1917 Emery Burton 27 3/5/1917 3/5/1917 Pneumonia Had injured his ankle while cutting wood at Newfield. Husband of former Mabel Blauvelt of Newfield. Son of Minnie Emery. 1917 Kellogg Frances 3/5/1917 3/7/1917 Died of disease complications at Interlaken. Wife of Supervisor Dan Kellogg. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. 1917 Naughton Mary 3/5/1917 3/6/1917 Died at Boston, MA; formerly of Ithaca. Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Berti Vittorio 25 3/6/1917 3/9/1917 Died following surgery at Bellevue Hospital. Had lived in Ithaca. Husband of Anita; father of Alberto. 1917 Gardner Alexander 76 3/6/1917 3/6/1917 Civil War veteran. Burial at Lyndonville, NY. 1917 Hakes L.A. 66 3/6/1917 3/7/1917 Pneumonia Died at Lake Ridge. Born at Herkimer. Was in real estate business in Syracuse for many years. Burial at King Ferry. 1917 Halliday Catherine 84 3/6/1917 3/6/1917 Pneumonia Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1917 Johnson Byron 65 3/6/1917 3/7/1917 Apoplexy Died at Cortland. Formerly of Groton. 1917 Sherman Hiram Almon 67 3/7/1917 3/7/1917 Burial Ellis Cemetery. 1917 Walker William W. "Daddy" 70 3/7/1917 3/8/1917 Heart Trouble Was caretaker at Odd Fellows Temple. Born in NYC, lived and is buried at Binghamton. See story p. 3 of 3/8/1917 Ithaca Journal.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Ward Sarah Beers 3/7/1917 (notice) 3/7/1917 Died at Gloversville; formerly of Danby. 1917 Hitchcock Albert H. 39 3/8/1917 3/12/1917 Pneumonia Died at Flushing, L.I. Brother of Jessica Hitchcock. Burial at Flushing. 1917 Mrs. Messer William 3/8/1917 3/9/1917 Lived near Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

1917 Sincebaugh Eva L. 48 3/8/1917 3/9/1917 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sincebaugh. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Ashdown James 80 3/9/1917 3/9/1917 Volunteer member of Ithaca Fire Dept. for 64 years. Also a machinist for Delaware and Lackawanna and Western Railroad when their machine shops were located in Ithaca. Last of 10 children, survived by one son, Fred J. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See story p.3 of 3/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Card Parthema 77 3/9/1917 3/10/1917 Survived by son, C.B. Card, and sister, Mrs. A. Hiles. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. 1917 Colton Edwin Hall 51 3/9/1917 3/10/1917 Pneumonia Died at Dryden. Husband of Nellie Colton. Burial Green Hills Cemetery. 1917 Matson Dora 70 3/9/1917 3/10/1917 Died at Slaterville; burial in Caroline, Maple Grove Cemetery. 1917 Randolph William C. 87 3/9/1917 4/2/1917 Pneumonia Died at Highland Springs, CA. Formerly of Ithaca. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Randolph. He was a jeweler by trade. See story p. 2 of 4/2/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Troy Ellen 40 3/9/1917 3/9/1917 Suicide by Daughter of Mrs. Bridget Troy. Burial Mt. Olivet Hanging Cemetery. 1917 Drake Mary L. 86 3/10/1917 3/12/1917 Survived by four nieces. 1917 Newton John W. 3/10/1917 3/12/1917 Died at Willard State Hospital. 1917 Sniffen William A. 67 3/10/1917 3/12/1917 Had owned a parcel delivery service and conducted a printing establishment at his home. Burial at VanEtten. 1917 Sutton Electa 32 3/10/1917 3/12/1917 Wife of C.A. Sutton; daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Ayers.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Green Ida 3/11/1917 3/12/1917 Died at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Wife of Harry Green; sister of W.J. Troy. 1917 Joiner Matthew 3/11/1917 3/12/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Kittrick William 84 3/11/1917 3/13/1917 Blood Died at home of son, H.J. Kittrick, at Camden, Poisoning NJ. Widow of William; former Ithaca residents. Burial at Camden, NJ. 1917 McKean Clara 32 3/11/1917 3/13/1917 Burial at Auburn. 1917 Swick Chermont 3/11/1917 3/13/1917 Pneumonia Died at Searsburg. Husband of former Martha Parker. Burial Jones Cemetery. 1917 Wood Lavinia M. 73 3/12/1917 5/28/1917 Died at Larned, KS; born in Ithaca, daughter of K.S. and Maria D. Van Voorhees. Widow of William V. Wood. 1917 Chilson Charles O. 53 3/13/1917 3/14/1917 1917 Briggs William 15 3/14/1917 3/15/1917 Had lived and was buried at Interlaken. 1917 Dunn John D. 60 3/14/1917 3/15/1917 Complication Died of complications. Husband of Pauline Dunn. s Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Gaskell Burr 3/14/1917 3/21/1917 Died at Willard. (p.7, Mecklenburg, 3/21/1917 Ithaca Journal) 1917 Seeley Bertha I. 34 3/14/1917 3/14/1917 Wife of Meaker Seeley; daughter of Adelbert Van Burger of Syracuse. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1917 Mrs. Mead Winslow M. 3/15/1917 3/16/1917 Complication Died of complications at home in Albany. Former s Miss Hattie Barnes of Ithaca. 1917 Personius Carrie L. 53 3/15/1917 3/16/1917 Died at Newfield; wife of David Personius. Burial Caroline Center. 1917 Whitlock Lorenzo R. 79 3/15/1917 3/16/1917 Farmer, always lived in Town of Ithaca. Burial in City Cemetery. 1917 Dr. Beach Judson 3/16/1917 3/16/1917 Civil War veteran; died at Etna. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. See p.6 of 3/27/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Higgins Ellen 65 3/16/1917 3/16/1917 Died from burns suffered in kitchen fire. Story p.3 of 3/16/1917 Ithaca Journal. Death notices in 3/16/1917 and 3/19/1917. 1917 Conrad Adda L. 63 3/17/1917 3/19/1917

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Johnston John J. 3/17/1917 3/23/1917 Died at Endicott; formerly of Danby. Was a deacon at Endicott Baptist Church. 1917 Whittaker Eddie 3/17/1917 3/17/1917 Pneumonia Died at Great Lakes Camp in IL. Member of US Army. Had lived at Enfield Center. See also Enfield Falls, p. 7 of 3/22/1917 Ithaca Journal. (notice) 1917 Woodson Jasper 80 3/17/1917 3/17/1917 Born in slavery. Came north from Virginia after Civil War. Resident of Ithaca for 60 years. Worked for Treman, King and Co. for 40 years. Well-known in Ithaca. 1917 Campbell Beatrice 15 3/18/1917 3/19/1917 Appendicitis Died from complications following surgery. Had lived at Lake Ridge. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Campbell. Burial at Ludlowville. 1917 Gardner Marion B. 60 3/18/1917 3/19/1917 Widow of Edward T. Gardner. Remains taken to Rochester for cremation. 1917 Gardner Minnie 3/18/1917 3/24/1917 Died at Ithaca; formerly of Krum's Corners. (Krum's Corners p. 7) 1917 Lucas Theressa B. 3/19/1917 3/21/1917 Wife of Horace Lucas; burial in Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Sutton Charles 92 3/19/1917 3/22/1917 Died at Spencer; was Civil War veteran. Father of William Sutton. (p. 7, Spencer, Ithaca Journal)

1917 Nourse Francis L. 59 3/20/1917 3/21/1917 Prominent resident of Danby.Husband of Charlotte. Burial Danby Rural Cemetery. 1917 Powers Patsey 3/20/1917 3/22/1917 Died at Spencer; was Civil War veteran. (p. 7, Spencer, Ithaca Journal) 1917 Smith Rufus 74 3/20/1917 3/23/1917 Died at Ludlowville. 1917 Mrs. Brown E.E. 82 3/21/1917 3/22/1917 Pneumonia Died at Groton. Burial North Lansing. 1917 Gaskell Lois 3/21/1917 3/21/1917 Had lived near Krum's Corners. (p.7, (notice) Mecklenburg, 3/21/1917 Ithaca Journal) 1917 Grover William 37 3/21/1917 3/21/1917 Survived by brother, John, and sister, Dolly. Burial Fisher's Cemetery. 1917 Heffron Leroy 55 3/21/1917 3/23/1917 Died at Johnson City. Formerly of Slaterville Springs. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Persons George R. 63 3/21/1917 3/21/1917 Burial at Inlet Valley Cemetery. Death notices in 3/21/1917 and 3/22/1917. 1917 Mrs. Tyler Moses Colt 3/22/1917 3/23/1917 Died at Coconut Grove, FL. Widow of Cornell professor, Moses Colt Tyler. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. See story p. 7 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Brown H.B. 3/23/1917 3/23/1917 Accident Died in train collision. Was an employee of Lehigh Valley R.R. See story p. 3 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Mrs. Darling O.L. 71 3/23/1917 3/24/1917 Died at Lansing, MI; well-known in Ithaca area.

1917 Ellis Orien 80 3/23/1917 3/23/1917 Pneumonia Died at Varna where he had been postmaster for 30 years. Known as "O.T." See story p.7 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Grace William 3/23/1917 3/23/1917 Accident Died in train collision. Was an employee of Lehigh Valley R.R. See story p. 3 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Rynelle Oscar 3/23/1917 3/23/1917 Accident Died in train collision. Was an employee of Lehigh Valley R.R. See story p. 3 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Atwater Fred 74 3/24/1917 3/26/1917 Stroke Was a well-known grocer and charter member of Complication Tornado Hook and Ladder Co. No. 3. See story s p.3 of 3/26 & 28/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See also story p.6 of 4/5/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Beebe John C. 77 3/24/1917 3/24/1917 Died near Ludlowville. Born in Groton; burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 1917 Bura John 40 3/24/1917 3/24/1917 Accident Killed when struck by train near Newfield. Was a Lehigh Valley R.R. employee and lived at Newfield. See story p. 5 of 3/24/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Crain Margaret 88 3/24/1917 3/27/1917 Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (Groton, p.7)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Craver William H. 72 3/24/1917 3/23/1917 Heart Trouble Well-known resident of Ovid Center. See story p.3 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Ludlow Leona 3/24/1917 3/28/1917 Died at Lansing Station; burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 1917 Tompkins Louisa 79 3/24/1917 3/24/1917 Pneumonia Burial Woodlawn Cemetery in Newfield. 1917 Bissel Albert 70 3/26/1917 3/27/1917 Died at Lake Ridge. 1917 Phelps Adelia D. 3/26/1917 3/28/1917 Died at Athens, PA. Widow of Harmon A. Phelps who once owned a jewelry store on State St. in Ithaca with his brother-in-law, Eugene W. Davies.

1917 Lester Ann 87 3/27/1917 3/28/1917 Died at Lansing; burial East Venice. 1917 Eastman Cyrus 73 3/28/1917 3/29/1917 Died at Central Chapel. Was a prominent farmer and Civil War veteran, 16th New York Artillery.

1917 Hine Bessie Tupper 29 3/28/1917 3/29/1917 Died following appendectomy. Had lived at Newfield. Wife of Wilbur Hine. Member of West Danby Baptist Church and a teacher at Newfield High School. 1917 Sears Fred 60 3/28/1917 3/29/1917 Died near Groton. 1917 Wood Jane 71 3/28/1917 3/28/1917 Died at Ludlowville. 1917 Hyland Richard 65 3/29/1917 3/29/1917 Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. 1917 Bull Erma Besemer 43 3/31/1917 4/2/1917 Died after brief illness near Slaterville Springs. Wife of J. Roy Bull. Burial West Stalerville.

1917 Line Sarah Sears 73 3/31/1917 4/4/1917 Died at Mecklenburg; burial Laurel Hill. 1917 Space Thomas 65 3/31/1917 4/2/1917 Husband of Anna Tyler Space. Died at Dryden. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. 1917 Marsh Harriet 69 4/1/1917 4/4/1917 Died at Colton, CO. Widow of Edward C. Marsh; mother of Mrs. F.D. Deuel of Ithaca. 1917 Milligan Marvin J. 61 4/1/1917 4/2/1917 Stroke Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Noxon Lawren F. 75 4/2/1917 4/2/1917 Heart Disease Well-known seed and grain merchant. Husband of Bertha Haight Noxon. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See story p. 2 of 4/2/1917 and p. 3 of 4/4/1917 Ithaca Journal.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Thompson James H. 65 4/2/1917 4/3/1917 Typhoid Had lived and was buried at Trumansburg. Fever and Pneumonia 1917 Coon Joel 4/3/1917 4/5/1917 Stroke Burial North Lansing Cemetery. (p. 9, East Genoa) 1917 Pemberton James F. 26 4/3/1917 4/3/1917 Fall Fell 540 feet at Rock Salt Corp. at Portland Point. Was a blacksmith and tool sharpener. Previously lived at Virginia, MN. See story p. 3 of 4/3 & 4/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Rappleye Peter W. 79 4/3/1917 4/4/1917 Acute Died at Interlaken. Was a Civil War veteran. Indigestion 1917 Cook James 4/4/1917 4/5/1917 Died at Auburn; formerly of Ithaca. Was Civil War veteran. 1917 Davis Charles L. 84 4/4/1917 4/5/1917 Prominent resident and undertaker at Slaterville Springs; well-known Democrat and notary public. Was said to be the third man to join Caroline Lodge of Masons. 1917 Griswold Laura 85 4/4/1917 4/5/1917 Died at McLean; burial at Green Hill. 1917 Frister Mary 5 4/5/1917 4/6/1917 1917 Hammond Susie A. 52 4/5/1917 4/6/1917 Wife of William Hammond. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Simpson George E. 46 4/5/1917 4/5/1917 Son of Ella M. Simpson. 1917 Starkins John 78 4/5/1917 4/5/1917 Civil War veteran, 137th Regiment, NY Volunteers. Was a carpenter by trade and employed by Cornell for 30 years. Burial Coddington Cemetery. 1917 Crozier Charles C. 4/6/1917 4/6/1917 Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Husband of Susan Crozier. Brother of James and William of Ithaca. 1917 Johnson Clara 4/6/1917 4/7/1917 Died at Monrovia, CA. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Johnson, formerly of Ithaca. 1917 Tillton Elisha 92 4/7/1917 4/7/1917 Died at Kennedy's Corners.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Wilgus Sarah Esty 86 4/7/1917 4/9/1917 Widow of Henry Wilgus, one of Ithaca's foremost merchants. See obituary p. 3 of 4/9/1917 and p. 5 of 4/10/17 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Akenstine Charles D. 67 4/8/1917 4/9/1917 Husband of Ida Akenstine. 1917 Bognar Charles 48 4/8/1917 4/10/1917 Pneumonia Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Field Nettie 4/8/1917 4/10/1917 Gastritis Died at Detroit, MI. Former Ithaca resident. Her first husband was the late Myron VanOrman.

1917 Fisher Charlotte 4/8/1917 4/10/1917 Former Charlotte Ann Marshall. Died at Enfield Center; widow of William M. Fisher. Death notices in 4/10/1917 and 4/12/1917. 1917 Rotata not given infant 4/8/1917 4/12/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rotata of Myers. (p.7, Myers) 1917 Stanton Ray 28 4/9/1917 4/9/1917 Died following appendectomy. Had been employed at Ithaca Gun Co. 1917 Cole David 80 4/10/1917 4/11/1917 Had lived in and was buried at Ovid. 1917 Mrs. Dougherty John 27 4/10/1917 4/11/1917 Died near Groton. 1917 Garrity Julia M. 22 4/10/1917 4/11/1917 Died of illness complications. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Garrity. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 4/11/1917 and 4/13/1917. 1917 Mount Robert S. 10 4/10/1917 4/11/1917 Accident Died after being hit by auto at Saltville, VA. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mount; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. R.G.H. Speed of Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Sutfin Isaac Lanning 4/10/1917 4/13/1917 Died and buried at Wilmington, DE; formerly of Ithaca. 1917 Cornell Ira 69 4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Died at West Danby. 1917 Crans John Sr. 74 4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Died and buried at West Slaterville. Was a veteran and member of David Ireland Post of Brooktondale. 1917 Douglass James U. 78 4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Died at Trumbull's Corners where he had a grocery store for 35 years. Burial Trumbull's Corners Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Hadley Henry 73 4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Fall Was a carpenter working on a home in Sheldrake. See story p.3 of 4/13/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Hazen Fred Eugene 60 4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Knight Rose 4/12/1917 4/14/1917 Died of illness complications in Miami, FL where she had gone for her health. Was a well-known milliner in Ithaca. See p.5 of 4/14/17 and p.3 of 4/18/17 Ithaca Journal. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. 1917 Zeliff Phebe 77 4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Burial at Salamanca. 1917 Chaddock Jared 76 4/13/1917 4/14/1917 Veteran, Co. D, 67th NY Volunteers. Burial at Rose in Wayne County. 1917 Sherman Laura C. 61 4/14/1917 4/16/1917 Heart Trouble Died at Moravia; burial Indian Mound Cemetery in Moravia. 1917 Allen Edna Strong 4/15/1917 4/16/1917 Died in New York City; formerly of Locke. Wife of H. Ralph Allen. Funeral in Elmira; burial Woodlawn Cemetery. 1917 Muckey William 81 4/15/1917 4/17/1917 Heart Trouble Had lived at and was buried at Etna.

1917 Turley Hazel 4/15/1917 4/17/1917 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Turley of Trumansburg. 1917 Cuffman Catherine 76 4/16/1917 4/17/1917 Wife of D.A. Cuffman. Burial at Ellis. 1917 Hart Royal C. 21 4/16/1917 4/16/1917 Suicide by Was a junior at Cornell. Had lived in Wyoming, Poison OH. Story p. 3 of 4/16/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Mrs. Kelly John B. 61 4/16/1917 4/16/1917 Died of a protracted illness. Wife of John Kelly. Burial Cortland Catholic Cemetery. See p. 7 of 4/19/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Rawley Orrin C. 4/16/1917 4/18/1917 Died at Richford; was a carpenter. Resided in Ithaca for 3 years. Burial Newark Valley. 1917 Mrs. Osman William 70 4/17/1917 4/18/1917 Died at Newfield; burial at Cayuta. 1917 Sweetland George 87 4/17/1917 4/19/1917 Died at Dryden. Retired farmer. Oldest member of Dryden Masonic Lodge. Burial Green Hills Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Brearley Allie 70 4/18/1917 4/18/1917 Had lived in Jacksonville. Burial at Caroline (notice) Center. (Caroline Center, p. 7 ) 1917 Snow George 28 4/18/1917 4/18/1917 Died at Meany Sanitorium. Son of William Snow (notice) of Caroline. Burial Caroline Center. 1917 Dr. Farrington J.M. 4/19/1917 4/20/1917 Died at Binghamton; formerly of and buried at Trumansburg. 1917 Sincepaugh Lydia Ann 89 4/19/1917 4/20/1917 Died at Danby. Resident of Newfield for many years. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery. 1917 Cannon Grant 52 4/20/1917 4/20/1917 Was a chef at Bandhu Fraternity House; previously a janitor at Ithaca Trust Co. 1917 Thomas William M. 83 4/20/1917 4/21/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Caveney Mary 64 4/21/1917 4/21/1917 Complication Died of complications. Had lived at Brooktondale; s burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in 4/21/1917 and 4/24/1917. 1917 Main Nelson 4/22/1917 5/9/1917 Died at Greenwood Springs, CO. Formerly of Locke. (See p. 9, Locke news, Ithaca Journal) 1917 Foster George Everett 67 4/23/1917 4/27/1917 Died at Hampton, VA. Former member of the Journal editorial staff and editor of the The Ithaca Democrat. See p. 3 of 4/27/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Martin Mary 53 4/23/1917 4/24/1917 Heart Trouble Died at Spencer. Wife of Frank A. Martin.

1917 Abel Jarvis S. 76 4/24/1917 4/25/1917 Died at Abel's Corners. 1917 Ballard Stacey 10 4/24/1917 4/26/1917 Died at the home of his brother, Edward, at Dryden. Burial Green Hill Cemetery. 1917 Warren Amelia B. 75 4/24/1917 4/25/1917 Died at Jacksonville. Widow of John Warren. Burial Grove Cemetery. 1917 Grover Cora Drake 40 4/26/1917 4/27/1917 Died at Napanoch. Wife of Seymour Grover; sister of Leon and Earl of Newfield. Burial at Newfield. 1917 Hollister Lewis 81 4/26/1917 4/26/1917 Father of Eugene, George, John, Frank; burial at King's Cemetery. Death notice in 4/26/1917 and 4/30/1917.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Koenig Paul 5 mos 4/27/1917 4/27/1917 Son of Dr. and Mrs. F.F. Koenig. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. 1917 Willson William H. 77 4/27/1917 4/28/1917 Hardening of Was a well-known merchant who once had a Arteries business near the Ithaca Hotel. Burial City Cemetery. See p. 3 of 4/28/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Hilliker Max 5 4/28/1917 5/9/1917 Diptheria Died in Detroit, MI where family had moved 7 months previously. Formerly of Newfield, son of Floyd A. Hilliker. See story on p. 3 of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Porter Albert Augustus 4/28/1917 4/28/1917 Died at Paris, France. Was a sophomore at Cornell University. Member of the Ithaca-Cornell unit of the American Ambulance Field Service. Nephew of Mrs. VanRensselaer Thayer, brother of A.L. Porter, Cornell feshman. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Porter of buffalo. See p. 7 of 4/28/1917 Ithaca Journal. (notice) 1917 Hall Miller 69 4/29/1917 4/30/1917 Pneumonia Had lived near Alpine. 1917 Fitzgerald Alice 70 4/30/1917 4/30/1917 Died in Ithaca. Formerly of and burial at Towanda, PA. 1917 Hoyt Leon 75 4/30/1917 5/1/1917 Was a well-known tinsmith. Burial at Athens, PA.

1917 Leary Cornelius 70 4/30/1917 4/30/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Payne William Edward 49 4/30/1917 4/30/1917 Illness Was former waiter at Ithaca Hotel, known as Complication "Willis" Payne. Burial at Harper's Ferry, WV. s 1917 White Daniel M. 77 4/30/1917 5/1/1917 Pneumonia Died at the Grove Hotel in Dryden. 1917 Charles Andrew J. 84 5/1/1917 5/3/1917 Died at Odessa. Was Civil War veteran, 161st Reg. NY Volunteers. Burial Danby Rural Cemetery. 1917 Attenborough Ada 5/3/1917 5/7/1917 Died at Elmira. Wife of George Attenborough. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Clark Newton 24 5/3/1917 5/5/1917 Measles, Died at Buffalo. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Scarlet Fever Clark of Danby. Burial at North Spencer. and Pneumonia Complication s 1917 Savercool Uri 94 5/3/1917 5/4/1917 Died at Alpine, formerly of Newfield. Burial Eastbrook Cemetery at Pony Hollow. 1917 Townsend Mabel E. 5/4/1917 5/5/1917 Pneumonia Died at Poughkeepsie where she had taken a job only one week prior to death. Born in Cortland; had recently been employed at Rothschilds Dept. Store. See story p. 7 of 5/5/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Hilliker Maude Sebring 34 5/5/1917 5/9/1917 Diptheria Died in Detroit, MI where family had moved 7 months previously. Formerly of Newfield, wife of Floyd A. Hilliker. See story on p. 3 of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Mrs. Wilcox John 5/5/1917 5/16/1917 Born and lived at Richford. ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 microfilm.

1917 Bronson Myron P. 5/6/1917 5/8/1917 Died at Syracuse. Father of Mrs. Herman Apgar of Ithaca. 1917 Hollenbeck Fred 54 5/6/1917 5/8/1917 Died at Lansingville. Survived by wife and nine children. 1917 Norton Augustus 50 5/6/1917 5/7/1917 Illness Husband of Ellen Norton. Was Assistant Complication Superintendent of Dept. of Public Works, s popularly known as "Gus." Burial Mr. Olivet Cemetery. See p.5 of 5/7/1917 and p. 3 of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Mrs. White Frank 5/6/1917 5/9/1917 Died at Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Had lived at Jenksville. Burial at Windham.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Mrs. Brewer Fred 5/7/1917 5/7/1917 Died at Trumansburg. Daughter of Mrs. A.F. Spencer of Ithaca. Burial Grove Cemetery. Death notice in 5/7/1917 and 5/10/1917. 1917 Clark Robert C. 21 5/7/1917 5/7/1917 Stomach Son of Mrs. F.W. Head; brother of Donald G. Ulcer Clark. Employed at Morse Chain. Burial at Trumansburg. 1917 Merritt Ransom Hayward 23 5/7/1917 5/7/1917 Accident Killed in plane crash at Mineola, L.I. Was a Cornell Student 1913-14. Story on p. 5 of 5/7/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Pierce William 81 5/7/1917 5/7/1917 Well-known resident of North Lansing. 1917 Mrs. Spear Fred. W. 5/7/1917 5/7/1917 Had lived at Ovid. 1917 Trautman Myron J. 5/8/1917 5/8/1917 Died at home of brother, Fred, at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Formerly of Interlaken, was a master of Farmerville Lodge F and A.M. in 1875-76. He had edited a newspaper in the West. Burial Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken. (notice) 1917 Waite Hattie J. 53 5/8/1917 5/9/1917 Wife of Arthur Waite; burial Lake View Cemetery.

1917 Bolden Carrie 5/9/1917 5/9/1917 Died at Cortland; had lived in Ithaca for several (notice) years. Wife of Samuel Bolden. 1917 Charles Andrew Jackson 5/9/1917 5/9/1917 Veteran of the Civil War. (See Danby news, p.9 (notice) of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal.) 1917 Clark Newton 5/9/1917 5/9/1917 Died at Buffalo, formerly of Danby. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Clark. 1917 Fallon John 80 5/9/1917 5/11/1917 Died at King Ferry. He was one of their oldest residents; a Civil War veteran, Co. F., Angel's Battery, Heavy Artillery. Survived by his widow, 4 daughters, 3 sons. Burial at King Ferry. 1917 Hilliker Alma 5/9/1917 5/9/1917 Died in Detroit, MI where family had moved 7 months previously. Formerly of Newfield, daughter of Floyd A. Hilliker. See story on p. 3 of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Morris Cinderella 84 5/9/1917 5/15/1917 Burial McIntyre Cemetery. (p. 7, Mecklenburg News) ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May 15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 microfilm. 1917 Brown Madge A. 19 5/10/1917 5/10/1917 Septicimia Grandaughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Potter. Was stenographer of Sibley Journal. Sister of E.L. Brown. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Rappleyea Wirt 62 5/10/1917 5/10/1917 Retired farmer; had lived at Interlaken where burial took place. 1917 Mrs. Rockwell Charry R. 54 5/10/1917 5/16/1917 Died at Enfield Center. Wife of Hiram Rockwell. Burial at Millport. ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 microfilm.

1917 Gelatt Roland B. 61 5/12/1917 5/17/1917 Died at LaCrosse, WI. Newspaper publisher. Cornell grad of 1879. First wife, former Alice Blakeslee, who died in 1883, was from Ithaca. He was well-known here. See story on p.5 of 5/17/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Merrill Eunice M. 66 5/12/1917 5/16/1917 Died at Roulette, PA. Formerly of Ithaca and Caroline. Died one week after her sister, Jennie Merrill Smiley, who was brought to Brookton for burial. ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May 15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 microfilm. 1917 Patterson Fannie 5/12/1917 5/17/1917 Died at Rosedale, KS. Widow of William Patterson. Formerly of Ithaca. 1917 Osborn William 5/13/1917 5/15/1917 (p. 7, Mecklenburg news, Ithaca Journal) 1917 Rev. Van Dusen Henry 80 5/13/1917 5/28/1917 Died at Milford, NY. Former pastor of M.E. church at Slaterville.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Elliott Jeanette 89 5/14/1917 5/16/1917 Mother of Dr. G.L. Rood; burial at Center Lisle.

1917 Jacquish Walter 35 5/14/1917 5/16/1917 Burial at Mainsburg, PA. 1917 Boyce William 81 5/15/1917 5/15/1917 Suicide Slashed throat; despondent over ill health. Had lived at Dryden. Husband of Cynthia Boyce. Story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 5/15/1917. ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May 15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 Ithaca Journal microfilm. 1917 Buckingham Asa T. 37 5/15/1917 5/15/1917 Died at Lodi. Formerly of Lansing. Burial at Lansingville. 1917 Davis Anna M. 79 5/15/1917 5/16/1917 Died from complications from recent fall, when she broke her arm and hip, while celebrating her 79th birthday. Widow of Joshua B. Davis, formerly of Lake Ridge. Burial Lansingville Cemetery. Story on p. 3. ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May 15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 microfilm.

1917 Eshelman Myrtle 5 mos 5/15/1917 5/16/1917 Died and buried at Lake Ridge. (p.7, Lake Ridge news) 1917 Prof. Mauxion George R. 5/15/1917 6/13/1917 Killed in the war in Europe. He was a lieutenant in the French army and former professor of architecture at Cornell University. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 6/13/1917

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Parker Clifford J. 4 5/15/1917 5/16/1917 Drowned Drowned in spring near Lansing home. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Parker. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Story on p. 3. ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 microfilm.

1917 Mrs. Perkins Willis 5/15/1917 (notice) 5/15/1917 (p. 7, Groton News) ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May 15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 microfilm. 1917 Smith Laurence W. infant 5/15/1917 5/15/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Smith; burial at (notice) Trumbull's Corners. (p.7, Enfield Falls) 1917 Tyler C.M. 5/15/1917 5/16/1917 Cornell trustee, noted scholar. See story p. 3. ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 microfilm. 1917 Breckenridge Edward E. 45 5/16/1917 5/17/1917 Drowned In Six Mile Creek near Potter's Falls Resevoir while fishing. Burial near former home in Hopewell, IL. Story on p. 3. 1917 Funderburg Lydia 5/16/1917 5/19/1917 Died at Lansingville. Burial at Missouri, her former home. (p. 7, Lansingville) 1917 Saxton Charles H. 58 5/16/1917 5/18/1917 Formerly of Ithaca, had lived recently at Cortland. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Smiley Jennie Merrill 5/16/1917 (notice) 5/16/1917 Died at Roulette, PA; burial at Brookton. ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for May15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint since both dates are included on the May 1918 microfilm. 1917 Sweet Glen A. 25 5/16/1917 5/16/1917 Son of Mrs. D.T. Sweet; burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Cavanaugh David 65 5/17/1917 5/18/1917 Heart Attack Body found in neighbor's field near Newfield. See story on p. 3 of 5/18/1917 Ithaca Journal.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Linderman Thomas 5/17/1917 5/17/1917 Burial at West Danby. 1917 Van Valken-burg Eugene 75 5/17/1917 5/26/1917 Died at Flatbush, formerly of Ithaca. Son of William and Harriet Van Valkenburg. Civil War veteran, 109th Regiment, NY Volunteers, commanded by General Benjamin F. Tracy. He had met President Abraham Lincoln. See story on p. 7 of 5/26/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Bays John 86 5/18/1917 5/23/1917 Died in Virgil, at home of daughter, Mrs. F. L. Stillman. Burial Virgil Cemetery. (p.7, Virgil News) 1917 Brown Minnie McArthur 5/19/1917 5/22/1917 Pleural Died at Cortland. Wife of Wells D. Brown. Burial Pneumonia Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden. 1917 Collins Nettie 43 5/19/1917 5/21/1917 Had lived at Peruville. Wife of Walter Collins. Burial Kline Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Collins Walter 48 5/19/1917 5/25/1917 (p. 9, Peruville) 1917 Ellis John S. 74 5/19/1917 5/19/1917 Had lived at Jacksonville. 1917 Smith Sara 76 5/19/1917 5/19/1917 Heart Trouble Had lived at Newfield; past grand of Newfield Rebekah Lodge. She had gone to Utica to attend the Rebekah State Assembly. See also Newfield News, p. 9, 5/22/1917) 1917 Tuttle Thomas G. 5/19/1917 5/21/1917 Nephew of Ida Cheesebrough of Ithaca; burial at Millport. 1917 Whipple Olive 5/19/1917 5/21/1917 Died at Pine City. Mother of Mrs. Jay Morey of Ludlowville. 1917 Keegan Lorinda M. 70 5/20/1917 5/21/1917 Died at Endicott; formerly of Ithaca. Funeral at Ithaca Unitarian Church. 1917 Markell Melinda 81 5/21/1917 5/21/1917 1917 Morehouse Violet 4 5/21/1917 5/22/1917 Drowned In Cayuga Lake. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Morehouse. See story on p. 3 of 5/22/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Pew William 5/21/1917 5/22/1917 Had lived at Snyder Hill. Burial at Snyder Hill Cemetery. 1917 Talmadge Vianna King 89 5/21/1917 5/22/1917 Died at Podunk; mother of Mrs. A.F. Allen of Trumansburg.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Wright Mildred 10 5/21/1917 5/23/1917 Bright's Died at Lansingville where the family had recently Disease moved from Moravia. Funeral held at Moravia.

1917 Miss Freeman Lou 5/23/1917 5/23/1917 Died at Van Nooy Sanitarium in Cortland. Owned millinery shops in Ithaca and Cortland. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Story on p.3 of 5/23/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Freeman Lucy E. 5/23/1917 5/31/1917 1917 Korts William S. 48 5/23/1917 5/23/1917 Died at Genoa. Was a resident of Buffalo, formerly of Ithaca. 1917 Paine James 43 5/23/1917 5/24/1917 Died at Binghamton. 1917 Burrows Jesse 54 5/24/1917 5/26/1917 Died at Five Corners; burial North Lansing. 1917 Hanford Samantha M. 84 5/24/1917 5/25/1917 Widow of Warren Hanford. Burial Mandeville Cemetery, Danby. 1917 Mrs. Hover Olin 5/24/1917 5/26/1917 Typhoid Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Middaugh. Fever Burial at Speedsville. Death notice in 5/26/1917 and 5/31/1917. 1917 Nolan Helen Slocum 5/25/1917 (notice) 5/25/1917 Had lived at King Ferry. (p.9, King Ferry) 1917 Mrs. Cross Oria 66 5/26/1917 5/28/1917 Died at Groton. 1917 Lewis Kate F. 5/26/1917 5/28/1917 See also, "Additional Personals," on p. 7 of 5/31/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Carpenter Louis 70 5/27/1917 5/28/1917 Pneumonia Had lived near Enfield Falls; burial Trumbulls Corners. Death notice in 5/28/1917 and 5/29/1917. 1917 Loucks Charles 80 5/27/1917 5/28/1917 Valvular Burial Lake View Cemetery. Heart Trouble

1917 Irey Ann J. 79 5/28/1917 5/29/1917 Died at Brooktondale; burial Quick Cemetery. 1917 Shaw Mary 93 5/28/1917 5/29/1917 Died at Locke. Survived by six children. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Brink Robert E. 66 5/29/1917 5/31/1917 Died at Caroline Center where he conducted a general store for 43 years. Well-known throughout Tompkins County. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. Story p.7 of 5/31/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Pierce Andrew M. 75 5/29/1917 5/29/1917 Had been in the building trades. Husband of Clara Louise Skeels. Was member of Masonic Order for 50 years. Burial in Skeels Cemetery, Niagara County. See story p.3 of 5/29/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Walsh Gladys E. 27 5/29/1917 5/31/1917 Died at Cortland; wife of Thomas F. Walsh. Member of Lane-Walsh Millinery Concern. 1917 Drake Ella Barnes 63 5/30/1917 5/31/1917 Died at Lansing Station at home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Swayze. 1917 Jacox Leroy C. 84 5/30/1917 5/31/1917 Civil War veteran; burial in Sommerville, PA. 1917 Swartout not given 5 mos 5/30/1917 6/1/1917 Died at Trumansburg; son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Swartout. 1917 Darragh Amelia 5/31/1917 5/31/1917 Wife of George Darragh; burial Rolfe Cemetery, Enfield. 1917 Kenney Morgan J. 5/31/1917 6/2/1917 Died in Binghamton. Well-known railroad employee; resided in Ithaca many years. 1917 Durnin Mary A. 59 6/1/1917 6/2/1917 Had lived in Auburn. Sister of P.J. Herron of Ithaca. 1917 Dr. Smith Lavelle 6/2/1917 6/2/1917 Died at Detroit, MI following surgery for mostoiditis. Son of Mr/Mrs. Willis Smith. (See Black Oak Corners News, p. 7, Ithaca Journal, (notice) 6/2/1917) 1917 Overacker Bert 30 6/3/1917 6/4/1917 Accident Struck by train near Freeville. Was a farmhand who had lived near Etna. See p. 3 of 6/4/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Sabin LaVerne 38 6/3/1917 6/5/1917 Son of E.M. Sabin. Burial City Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 McDowell Abraham "Abe 70 6/4/1917 6/4/1917 Died at Hawthorne, NY. Was well-known peddler Galusha" in Ithaca, often lived as hermit, was placed in the County Home near Jacksonville. Burial at Hawthorne. See story on p.3, Ithaca Journal, 6/4/1917. 1917 Mrs. Mahoney Martin 27 6/5/1917 6/6/1917 Survived by husband, Martin, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Breen. Had lived in Trumansburg. Burial St. James Cemetery. 1917 Sullivan Martina infant 6/5/1917 6/5/1917 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan. Burial Cavalry Cemetery. 1917 George William F., Jr. 27 6/7/1917 6/9/1917 Appendicitis Died following surgery at Albany, Georgia. Husband of Mabel; son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. George of Lansing. He had left this area to accept the position of steward at a Georgia plantation. 1917 Spafford Louis Orlo 24 6/7/1917 6/7/1917 Died at Saranac Lake. Son of Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Spafford of Tampa, FL. Nephew of Mrs. F.H. Warner of Ithaca. Attended Ithaca High School.

1917 Jarvis Nora A. 74 6/8/1917 6/9/1917 Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Smith Barbara E. 21 6/8/1917 6/8/1917 Daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H.D. Smith of Ovid; 1914 graduate of Ithaca High School. Burial at Binghamton. 1917 DeWitt Catherine Brown 6/9/1917 6/9/1917 Died at Portland, OR. Mother of George B.DeWitt (notice) of Ithaca. 1917 Knapp Catherine 79 6/11/1917 6/12/1917 Survived by 4 sons and 4 daughters; burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Hart Charles, Sr. 82 6/12/1917 6/13/1917 Died at Freeville. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery.

1917 Young Daniel E. 65 6/12/1917 6/13/1917 Died at Ledyard. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Dean Mary DuBoise 6/13/1917 6/13/1917 Died at Macktown. Lifelong resident of Ulysses. (notice) (p.7, Krums Corners News)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Goldsmith Oliver 48 6/13/1917 6/14/1917 Died at Seneca Falls Hospital. Formerly of Newfield. 1917 Griffith E. A. 51 6/13/1917 6/14/1917 Died at Geneva. Graduate of Cornell Law School, 1893. Well-known here. See story on p. 6, Ithaca Journal, 6/14/1917. 1917 Waters Minnie Marie 49 6/13/1917 6/14/1917 Mother of Isaphine and Aliene. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Goodwin Edward W. 3 6/17/1917 6/19/1917 Died at Chicago. Mother is former Ithacan, Maude Tree. Father is graduate of Cornell, 1900. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Homolka Joseph 31 6/17/1917 6/18/1917 Accident Died in auto crash in Varna. Had lived at Groton; employee of Corona Typewriter Co. See story on p. 3 of 6/18/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Jones Madelin E. 16 6/17/1917 6/18/1917 Daughter of Mr./Mrs. R.P. Jones; sister of Cecil J. Jones. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Bates Lydia H. 6/18/1917 6/18/1917 Wife of Dr. E.S. Bates. 1917 Brown Annie 6/18/1917 7/17/1917 Had lived in Trumansburg. Details of her will are on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 7/17/1917. 1917 Augenblick Joseph 18 6/19/1917 6/20/1917 Drowned Canoe capsized in Cayuga Lake. Cornell freshman; son of Mr./Mrs. M. Augenblick of Newark, NJ. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 6/20 &25/1917 and p. 5, 6/27/1917. 1917 Kennedy E.W. 62 6/19/1917 6/20/1917 Died at Ver Nooy Sanitarium, Cortland. Had lived at Groton. 1917 Giltner Richard D. 71 6/20/1917 6/20/1917 Burial Fisher's Cemetery. 1917 Johnson William W. 6/20/1917 6/20/1917 Died after 4 months illness. Had been employed at hardware firms. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1917 Cleveland Elbert 13 6/21/1917 6/21/1917 Died from accidental gunshot wound. Son of Mr./Mrs. Clarence Cleveland. Story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 6/21/1917. Also p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 6/25/1917, Interlaken News. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. 1917 Cooper Caroline 6/21/1917 6/28/1917 Burial at Groton. (p.11, Groton News)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Marion Carrie M. 50 6/22/1917 6/23/1917 Wife of DeWitt Marion. Mother of 9 sons and one daughter. Burial Hayts Cemetery. 1917 Elston Harriet H. 79 6/23/1917 6/23/1917 Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Denman John F. 83 6/24/1917 6/27/1917 Was an undertaker for 60 years. Burial at Moravia. (p.7, Locke News) 1917 Lynch Hazel M. 21 6/24/1917 6/25/1917 Died at Central Chapel. Wife of H. L. Lynch; daughter of Mr./Mrs. Orson Snow. Burial Quick Cemetery, Brooktondale. 1917 Bradt Henry F. 67 6/25/1917 6/26/1917 Had lived at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery. 1917 Williams Charles Hill 61 6/26/1917 6/26/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. Death notices in 6/26/1917 and 6/28/1917. 1917 Bower Thomas 81 6/27/1917 6/28/1917 Died at Jacksonville. 1917 Col. Payne Oliver Hazard 78 6/27/1917 6/28/1917 Died at New York City. Was benefactor of Cornell University, prominent in steel, oil, mining and railroad industries. See p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 6/28/1917. 1917 Mrs. Trumble Philander 6/27/1917 6/27/1917 Died at South Dakota; former Locke resident. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Locke News) (notice) 1917 Griffin Julia 88 6/28/1917 6/28/1917 Died at Trumansburg. Burial Center Cemetery. (notice) (p.11, Enfield Center News) 1917 Earsley Phebe 79 6/29/1917 7/6/1917 Died at Caroline. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery.

1917 Moe Frank 69 7/1/1917 7/2/1917 Had been employed for 40 years by D.B. Stewart Co. , for many years foreman of their cigar making shop. Worked daily although he was crippled and unable to walk. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Clawson Jane Louise 30 7/2/1917 7/2/1917 Daughter of Mr./Mrs. J.W. Clawson. Was an assistant in office of Prof. George Cavanaugh, College of Agriculture at Cornell. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 7/2/1917 and 7/5/1917.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Cummings Frank G. 43 7/2/1917 7/2/1917 Died at Enfield Center. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1917 Miney William 7/2/1917 7/2/1917 Drowned Canoe overturned. Had been a painter; husband of former Charlotte English of Ithaca. Burial at Buffalo, his former residence. See p.3 of 7/2/1917 and p. 2 of 7/3/1917 Ithaca Journal. Death notice in 7/2/1917 and 7/3/1917.

1917 Stoddard E. Schuyler 7/2/1917 (notice) 7/2/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Babcock George 88 7/3/1917 7/5/1917 Well-known pioneer railroad man, former superintendent of Lehigh Valley Railroad shops; active in municipal affairs. Father of Mrs. Mary E. Johnson. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1917 Mrs. Cornell William 7/3/1917 7/3/1917 Had lived in Groton; burial Groton Rural (notice) Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News) 1917 Rumsey Oscar 75 7/3/1917 7/5/1917 Lifelong resident of Enfield; was an invalid for many years. Burial Trumbull Cemetery. 1917 Van Court Jason 65 7/3/1917 7/3/1917 Accident Auto hit by train at Interlaken. He was a rural mail carrier. See p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 7/3/1917.

1917 Covert Allen G. 51 7/4/1917 7/5/1917 Died at Danby. Buried at Horseheads, NY. 1917 Mrs. Skiff John 7/5/1917 (notice) 7/5/1917 Burial Gainesville, NY. 1917 Dr. Clawson C.D. 79 7/6/1917 7/7/1917 Died at Montour Falls. Well-known physician and director for 40 years of Montour Falls Sanitarium.

1917 Newton Burdette 77 7/6/1917 7/7/1917 Suicide Self-inflicted gunshot; despondent over ill health. Died at Homer; formerly of Groton; was a Civil War veteran. 1917 Robins Julia A. 75 7/6/1917 7/7/1917 Stroke Died at Groton; widow of Henry Robins. 1917 Lanterman Clara 68 7/7/1917 7/7/1917 Burial West Genoa Cemetery. (p.7, King Ferry (notice) News) 1917 McLinden Charles Francis 7/7/1917 7/7/1917 Prominent Lawyer at Troy, NY. Cornell graduate, (notice) 1893. Well-known in Ithaca.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Randolph George Lewellyn 20 7/7/1917 7/7/1917 Died following a long illness. Son of Mrs. Frances E. Randolph. Was an accomplished cartoonist; contributed short stories to magazines; participated in minstrels and was employed by Central NY Southern Railroad Co. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Wise (Wyse) Louisa 90 7/7/1917 7/10/1917 (p.7, Danby News) 1917 Olney Theodore 75 7/8/1917 7/9/1917 Died at Caroline Center; burial at Caroline. 1917 Ross Martha S. 73 7/8/1917 7/9/1917 Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Frieburg Nelson 45 7/9/1917 7/11/1917 Accident Died in explosion in salt mine shaft at Portland Point. Story on p. 3, 7/11/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Wilcox Dorothy 79 7/9/1917 7/9/1917 Died at North Lansing. Burial North Lansing Cemetery. 1917 Burns Mary E. 32 7/10/1917 7/10/1917 Died following one year illness. Daughter of Sarah Burns; burial Cavalry Cemetery. 1917 Morris Susan M. 82 7/10/1917 7/10/1917 Died at Evansville, IN. Mother of Mrs. William R. (notice) Satterlee of Ithaca. 1917 Herson John 7/11/1917 7/11/1917 Had been an engineer at the city of Ithaca pumping station. Husband of Kathryn. 1917 Thayer Margaret A. 83 7/11/1917 7/12/1917 Died at Binghamton, formerly of Ludlowville. Widow of D.H. Thayer. Burial at Ludlowville. 1917 McArthur Amy J. 83 7/12/1917 7/13/1917 Heart Disease Died at Etna. Former Amy Jane Stuart, widow of Benjamin. Lived on family farm over 50 years. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. 1917 McGhan Hugh 7/12/1917 7/14/1917 Died at Ovid. Well-known, served on Board of Supervisors, was a county clerk and served as sheriff for one term. (p.11, Interlaken News)

1917 Barnes Oscar 7/13/1917 7/13/1917 Died at Sanitaria Springs. Father of Harry L. (notice) Barnes. 1917 Swansbrough Edward 69 7/13/1917 7/14/1917 Burial King Cemetery. 1917 Taber Lucinda 79 7/13/1917 7/14/1917 Widow of Henry Taber. Burial City Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 King Ada 7/14/1917 7/19/1917 Funeral at Enfield Center. (p.7, Black Oak Corners News) 1917 Mrs. Spaine James 7/14/1917 7/14/1917 Pneumonia Died at New York City. Mother of Mrs. Leonard Reulein and James Spaine of Ithaca. Burial in New York City. 1917 Taylor Helen Pierce 30 7/14/1917 7/16/1917 Heart Attack Died at bathing beach at Amagansett, L.I. Wife of William Winthrop Taylor; granddaughter of Willard B. Pierce of Ithaca. Formerly of Ithaca, she met her husband while he was attending Cornell law school. See story on p.3, Ithaca Journal, 7/16/1917. 1917 McWhorter Charles S. 63 7/15/1917 7/16/1917 Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Doetch Irving H. 23 7/18/1917 7/18/1917 Drowned Drowned in Lake Erie at Woodlawn Beach near Buffalo. Had lived in Hamburg, NY. Graduate of Cornell Ag. College in June 1917.

1917 Houde Mabel 37 7/18/1917 7/19/1917 Had lived in Syracuse; came to Ithaca for surgery. Wife of Dr. W.C. Houde of Syracuse. Burial at Syracuse. 1917 Blackman Juliett E. 49 7/19/1917 7/20/1917 Mother of Hobart and Hazel. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Dougherty Mary J. 7/19/1917 7/19/1917 Died at Binghamton. Sister of Mrs. Ella Leonard (notice) of Ithaca. Burial Nicholson, PA. 1917 Riley Louisa Lord 81 7/19/1917 7/21/1917 Died at Plainfield, NJ, widow of William H. Riley. Mother of Howard W. Riley. 1917 Starkweather Mary A. 7/19/1917 7/20/1917 Burial at Candor. 1917 Hageman Herman 65 7/20/1917 7/20/1917 (p. 9, Interlaken News) 1917 Joiner Parley 61 7/20/1917 7/20/1917 Farmer in Dryden. Struck by lightning. Story on p.3 of 7/20/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Raub Samuel 76 7/20/1917 7/27/1917 Dropsy Died at Indianapolis. Formerly of Ithaca; Forest Home area. Burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. (p.7, Forest Home News)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Mrs. Chaddock Jared 83 7/21/1917 7/21/1917 Widow of Jared, who died three months previously. Mother of Mrs. C.E. Head. Burial at Rose, NY. 1917 Tichenor Wilbur 7/21/1917 7/21/1917 Died at Big Pine, CA. Brother of Mrs. Josephine (notice) Manning of Myers. 1917 Newberry Elmer 22 7/22/1917 7/23/1917 Struck by lightning at a farm near Mecklenburg. See story, p. 3, 7/23/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Kenyon Elizabeth 7/23/1917 7/25/1917 Died at Buffalo. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial Buffalo, NY. 1917 Scott Geary C. 40 7/23/1917 7/23/1917 Suicide by Despondent over ill health. Well-known salesman Hanging at Rothschilds Dept. Store for 19 years. Story on p.5, 7/23-25/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Mrs. Tucker S.J. 7/24/1917 8/2/1917 Died following surgery. Had lived at Buffalo, formerly of Ithaca. 1917 Mrs. Williams Orpha C. 66 7/24/1917 7/25/1917 Died at West Slaterville. Burial Westona, PA. 1917 Zinberg (boy) 2 days 7/24/1917 7/25/1917 1917 Brotherton Merritt G. 25 7/25/1917 7/26/1917 Died from injuries in salt mine explosion at Portland Point on 7/9/1917. Story p. 3 of 7/26/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. See also: Krum's Corners News, p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 7/30/1917. 1917 Mapes Marian J. 59 7/25/1917 7/26/1917 1917 Mrs. Miller Warren 77 7/25/1917 7/27/1917 Died at Interlaken. Wife of Warren Miller. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News) 1917 Walker Ada Hall 7/26/1917 7/30/1917 Died at Scranton, PA. Formerly of Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News) 1917 Conway Elizabeth 7/27/1917 7/28/1917 Accident Killed in auto accident in Auburn. Wife of Dr. M.P. Conway, well-known in Ithaca. Burial at Auburn.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Goewey John E. 74 7/27/1917 7/28/1917 Was a former Ithaca seed merchant;resident of Lyons, Civil War veteran; salesman for David Landreth and Sons, Seedmen, of Philadelphia for 35 years. 1917 Smith Clarence Merritt 7/27/1917 7/28/1917 Resided in Rochester. Husband of Alice Emery Smith. (p.7, Trumansburg News) 1917 Simpson Robert 84 7/28/1917 7/31/1917 Died at Norman, OK; born in Newfield. Had lived in Iowa and Washington, D.C. 1917 Hubble Susie Z. 59 7/29/1917 7/30/1917 Wife of W.D. Hubble. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Cleveland John 53 7/30/1917 8/7/1917 Died at Tioga County almshouse. Formerly of Caroline Center. (p.7, Caroline Center News) 1917 Havens Mary M. 7/30/1917 7/30/1917 Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Burial City (notice) Cemetery. 1917 Stout Arthur 60 7/30/1917 8/1/1917 Died at Batavia. Formerly of Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News) 1917 Lacey Ann 7/31/1917 8/1/1917 Died at Cortland Sanitorium. Former resident of Slaterville. (p.7, Slaterville Springs) 1917 Phillips Amelia 81 7/31/1917 8/1/1917 Died at Danby; burial Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden. 1917 Hassan George G. 67 8/1/1917 8/1/1917 Heat and Overcome while walking home from railroad job. Heart Trouble Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1917 Updike Ada 45 8/1/1917 8/2/1917 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Wood Bertha 48 8/1/1917 8/2/1917 Died at Enfield Falls. Daughter of late Orson Wood. She was an invalid. 1917 Miller John 80 8/2/1917 8/11/1917 Had lived at North Danby. Burial Mandeville Cemetery. (p.7, N. Danby News) 1917 Van Orman Kate 60 8/2/1917 8/3/1917 Wife of Jacob Van Orman; mother of Dr. Ray Van Orman. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery. 1917 Adams Mark 8/4/1917 8/4/1917 Died of injuries from June 17 auto accident. Had lived in Groton;employed at Corona Typewriter Co. See story on p. 5 of 8/4/1917 Ithaca Journal.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Hart Burt 8/6/1917 8/8/1917 Accident Killed when train hit his car in Iowa. Had lived in McLean. (p.7, McLean News) 1917 Pickney Marenos W. 84 8/6/1917 8/13/1917 Died at Fort Smith, AR; formerly of Enfield. 1917 Card Mary A. 91 8/8/1917 8/9/1917 One of Ithaca's oldest residents. Had come to Ithaca by wagon train from Connecticut with her father. Story on p.3 of 8/9/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial in Candor. 1917 Smith Gerald 20 8/8/1917 8/8/1917 Suicide Was a Cornell student. Despondent over war and college. Had lived in Pennsylvania. Story on p.3, 8/8/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Hooper Mary L. 71 8/9/1917 8/10/1917 Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Hilliard Judith Barrows 87 8/10/1917 8/21/1917 Died at Atwater home of her son, R. Maurice Hilliard. Burial at King Ferry Cemetery. See lengthy obituary on p. 7 of 8/21/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Tetly J. Frank 59 8/10/1917 8/14/1917 Died at Elks National Home at Bedford, VA. Former Ithaca businessman; owned a steam and dry cleaning business. 1917 Knapp Zoe 8/11/1917 8/16/1917 Bright's Died at Cortland Hospital; burial at Marcellus. Disease Formerly of Etna. 1917 DeLong Paul R. 3 mos 8/12/1917 8/13/1917 Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Grant DeLong of Slaterville. Burial at Slaterville. 1917 Banks Stephen B. 89 8/13/1917 8/14/1917 Died at Fredericksburg, VA. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Denniston William W. 8/13/1917 8/15/1917 Died at Newark, NJ; former railroad conductor and farmer in Tompkins County. 1917 Sill Henry Augustus 8/13/1917 8/15/1917 Heart Trouble Died in New York City; was a professor of history at Cornell. Husband of Alfreda Payson Sill. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 8/15/1917. 1917 Grady Michael 65 8/14/1917 8/15/1917 Accident Killed when Lehigh Valley motor car he was operating, while employed at the railroad, was struck by a train near Swartwood. Resident of Breesport.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Mrs. Martin T.R. 58 8/14/1917 8/14/1917 Wife of Theodore R. Martin. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Evans William 57 8/15/1917 8/18/1917 Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1917 Manning Ferris B. 66 8/15/1917 8/16/1917 Died at Cortland Hospital; burial Asbury Cemetery. 1917 Vant John, Jr. 65 8/15/1917 8/16/1917 Was clerk at Post Office for many years. Burial City Cemetery. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 8/16/1917. 1917 Rogers Pembroke 73 8/17/1917 8/18/1917 Died at McLean. 1917 Rogers P.C. 73 8/17/1917 8/22/1917 Father of E.A. Rogers of Ithaca. (McLean News, p.7. Ithaca Journal, 8/22/1917) 1917 Landon Priscilla 74 8/18/1917 8/18/1917 Wife of Daniel Robinson; burial City Cemetery.

1917 Mrs. Peterson A.G. 31 8/18/1917 8/20/1917 Died at Buffalo. Former Grace Stanford of Ithaca; daughter of O.R. Stanford. Burial City Cemetery.

1917 Gay Charles W. 68 8/19/1917 8/20/1917 Heart Disease Prominent in business and financial circles; affiliated with First National Bank for 47 years. See Ithaca Journal: p. 3 on 8/20/1917 and p. 5 on 8/22/1917. 1917 Bruce Robert Francis infant 8/20/1917 8/21/1917 Son of Harry S. and Mabel Bruce of Danby. Burial Curtis Cemetery. 1917 Rice Patrick H. 8/20/1917 8/20/1917 See lengthy obituary p. 3, Ithaca Journal, (notice) 8/20/1917. Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Miller Polly 87 8/21/1917 8/21/1917 Died at Ludlowville. Widow of Alpheris Miller. See also Ludlowville News, 8/25/1917. 1917 Fippin Robert Allen 13 8/22/1917 8/22/1917 Died following appendectomy. Son of Prof. and Mrs. E.O. Fippin. 1917 Prof. Somes Albert 63 8/22/1917 8/23/1917 Died following surgery. For 17 years he was the head of the Somes School at Aurora. See story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 8/23/1917. 1917 Copp Phillip 8/25/1917 8/25/1917 Had been a night watchman at salt plant. Burial (notice) at Auburn. (Myers News, p. 7)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Crandall Charles Lee 67 8/25/1917 8/25/1917 Pneumonia Was an Emeritus Professor, College of Engineering, Cornell University. Husband of Myra G. Robbins. See story p. 5 of 8/25/1917 and p. 3 of 8/29/17 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Wiley Elder 8/25/1917 8/25/1917 Liver Cancer Had been pastor at Christian Church at (notice) Trumbulls. (See p. 7, Enfield Falls News) 1917 Phinney Phoebe 80 8/26/1917 8/27/1917 Widow of Alben Phinney. Burial Asbury Cemetery. 1917 Davis Floyd 8/27/1917 9/5/1917 Died at St. Louis; formerly of Ithaca, husband of Elizabeth Edwards. He was one of the early graduates of Cornell. (p. 7, Forest Home News)

1917 Mrs. Griswold John 49 8/27/1917 8/29/1917 Died at Groton. 1917 Wheeler Belle 8/31/1917 9/6/1917 (p. 7, Mecklenburg News) Burial Jones Cemetery.

1917 Childs Nancy 9/1/1917 9/6/1917 Had lived in Binghamton; formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Civil War veteran, David Childs, who was killed several years ago at an Elmira railroad crossing. Burial at Candor. 1917 King Mahala 9/1/1917 9/6/1917 (p. 7, Trumansburg News) 1917 Leonard Sarah A. 64 9/1/1917 9/4/1917 Died following surgery. Wife of J.N. Leonard. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Booth Richard T. 9/2/1917 9/27/1917 Died of disease complications at Yorks, England. Well-known, famous temperance campaigner who had lived in Ithaca at one time. See story p.3, 9/27/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Leonard Margaret 85 9/2/1917 9/5/1917 Had lived in Trumansburg. 1917 Mrs. Mabee Wealthy 73 9/2/1917 9/4/1917 Burial Grove Cemetery. 1917 Paquetti Carrie 9/2/1917 9/18/1917 Died at Dover, NJ. Wife of D. Paquetti, formerly of Ithaca. 1917 Mrs. Ackley Permella 9/3/1917 9/4/1917 Died at Elmira Heights; burial Trumansburg.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Harris Lena 9/4/1917 9/5/1917 Died following long illness in New York City. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Harris. Mr. Harris was a well-known Ithaca merchant for many years. 1917 Dr. Peck F. H. 93 9/4/1917 9/4/1917 Died at Oneonta at home of his sister. Burial at (notice) Trumansburg. 1917 Bradford Arthur 9/5/1917 (notice) 9/5/1917 Burial Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Hatch Mary McNerney 51 9/5/1917 9/6/1917 Had lived at Groton. Wife of Frank Hatch. Burial at Groton. 1917 Mrs. Acker Corry 9/6/1917 (notice) 9/6/1917 (p. 7, Covert News) 1917 Bonezzi Florence Bower 9/6/1917 9/11/1917 Wife of Peter Bonezzi; died at home of her mother at South Owego. Burial at Kline next to grave of her father, Charles Bower. 1917 Kelsey Ernest W. 9/7/1917 9/11/1917 Died at Colorado Springs. Grad of Cornell Law School, 1905. 1917 Webster 78 9/7/1917 9/11/1917 Died and buried at Crawford, IL. Formerly resident of King Ferry. Husband of former Phoebe J. Mack. Civil War veteran. See lengthy obituary on p. 5 of 9/11/1917 Ithaca Journal.

1917 Dowd John Edmund infant 9/8/1917 9/8/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Dowd 1917 Dr. Skillman George 9/8/1917 9/8/1917 Accident Died in an auto accident in Ransomville. Had lived at Buffalo. (p. 7, Brookton News) See story (notice) p. 3, 9/17/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Mintz Louis 65 9/9/1917 9/10/1917 Died at Newark, NJ, formerly of Ithaca; brother of Ben Mintz. 1917 Snyder Theodore 82 9/9/1917 9/10/1917 Burial Coddington Rd. Cemetery. 1917 Metzgar Almeah 68 9/10/1917 9/12/1917 Died at West Groton. Was one of 11 children. Burial at Groton. 1917 Mrs. Hemingway O.G. 48 9/11/1917 9/12/1917 Died at Dryden; burial at McLean. (See also McLean News, p. 7, 9/20/1917) 1917 Hines Andrew 9/11/1917 9/12/1917 Pneumonia Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. 1917 Kellogg Augusta Fleming 9/11/1917 9/12/1917 Died at West Danby; wife of D.M. Kellogg.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Loveless Jesse 46 9/11/1917 9/11/1917 Well-known café proprietor and athlete. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/11/1917. Death notices in 9/11/1917 and 9/12/1917. 1917 Northrup Fred 9/12/1917 9/12/1917 Died at the County Farm. Burial at McLean. (p. 7, (notice) Groton News) 1917 Baldini Ottavia 3 9/13/1917 9/14/1917 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Baldini. Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Epps Melissa 44 9/13/1917 9/14/1917 Died at Meany Sanitorium. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Parks William 68 9/13/1917 9/15/1917 Died at Dryden. 1917 Dodd Emily 9/15/1917 9/17/1917 Died at Enfield while visiting her son, General George A. Dodd, Retired. She had lived at Williamsport, PA. Burial at Rose Valley, PA. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/17/1917.

1917 Owen Lydia A. 79 9/16/1917 9/17/1917 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Thomas Albert 67 9/17/1917 9/17/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Rightmeyer Earl 9/18/1917 9/21/1917 Peritonitis Died at Syracuse. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A.B. Chase of Jacksonville. 1917 Dutton Phoebe Steenburgh 72 9/19/1917 9/20/1917 Wife of C. Seymour Dutton. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Edwards Irving 67 9/19/1917 9/20/1917 worked at Ithaca Gun for 20 years. No known survivors. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Hixson Amos 9/19/1917 (notice) 9/19/1917 Died at El Paso, Texas; formerly of Ithaca. 1917 Denk Joseph 30 9/20/1917 9/21/1917 Died in Lansing; burial Asbury Cemetery. 1917 Hutchings William 40 9/20/1917 9/21/1917 Accident Killed in auto accident in St. Paul, MN. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hutchings of W. Danby. Burial at W. Danby. Story on p. 2 of 9/21 and p. 7 of 10/4/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Mowry Henry F. 92 9/20/1917 9/21/1917 Ithaca resident for 60 years. Well-known grocer; known as "Judge Mowry." Burial City Cemetery. Story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/21/1917.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Yates John James 9/20/1917 9/21/1917 Husband of Mary Yates. Well-known Freeville resident for 40 years. Born at Dorsetshire, England. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. 1917 Yeates John 78 9/20/1917 9/22/1917 Heart Trouble Died at Freeville. Born in England; burial Willow Glen. 1917 Boorom Eugene 68 9/22/1917 9/25/1917 Died following surgery. Was one of Interlaken's most prominent businessmen. 1917 Sears Minnie K. 9/23/1917 9/25/1917 Died at Hartford, CT; wife of Dr. Blake Sears. Former Ithacan. Burial in Trumansburg. 1917 Barkee Albert 50 9/24/1917 9/25/1917 Died and buried at Slaterville. 1917 Johnson Jesse 94 9/24/1917 9/24/1917 One of Ithaca's earliest settlers. Pioneer in oil discoveries in Titusville and Oil City, PA; and employed by the government during Civil War as superintendent of transportation. Also had businesses in Ithaca. See story on p. 2 of 9/24 & 25/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Monell Kate H. 83 9/24/1917 9/25/1917 Widow of A.H. Monell. Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Porter Fred 24 9/24/1917 9/24/1917 Killed in war, somewhere in France. Had been employed in bakery at Atwater's Grocery Store. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/24/1917. (notice) 1917 Ludford J.E. 19 9/25/1917 9/25/1917 Died when his plane and another plane collided in Canada. Was a Cornell student, a British citizen and was registered with the Royal Flying Corps, training in Canada. Was to be sent to France for active service. See p. 2, Ithaca Journal, (notice) 9/25/1917. 1917 Dimick Melissa 9/26/1917 9/26/1917 Widow of William Dimick; burial in Grove (notice) Cemetery, Trumansburg. 1917 Drake Edna Green 31 9/26/1917 9/26/1917 Typhoid Died in Delaware County; wife of Henry Drake. Fever Formerly of Danby. Burial Curtis Cemetery. (notice) 1917 Mrs. Christman W. Clark 9/29/1917 10/2/1917 Died at East Bethany, NY. Formerly of Ithaca.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Fowler William 72 9/29/1917 10/1/1917 Broken Neck Fell downstairs at home in Enfield where he was a farmhand. Burial at Grove Cemetery. See story p. 5, 10/1/1917 Ithaca Journal. 1917 Myers John R. 9/29/1917 10/1/1917 Accident Killed when auto overturned. Was a prominent Cayuga County farmer. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 10/1/1917. 1917 Willey Herbert 9/29/1917 10/1/1917 Died at Syracuse; son of DeWitt Willey of Ulysses. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Bradley Mary 91 9/30/1917 10/1/1917 Died at Willard, formerly of Ludlowville, a well- known milliner. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 1917 Uhl Charles D. 65 9/30/1917 10/1/1917 Prominent Searsburg farmer. Husband of Edna Uhl. 1917 Jackson Sarah Van Orman 80 10/1/1917 10/2/1917 Died at New York City; widow of Thomas Jackson. Formerly of Danby. Burial Kings Cemetery. 1917 Mead Susan E. 79 10/1/1917 10/2/1917 Had one sister, Catherine Mead. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Hitchcock Alphonso 71 10/3/1917 10/5/1917 Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. 1917 Hurley William 62 10/3/1917 10/4/1917 Pneumonia Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Brown Emma Louise 77 10/4/1917 10/6/1917 Wife of Richard Brown. Her first husband was Luther Roper of Danby. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 VanDemark Arnold L. 2 mos 10/4/1917 10/5/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. VanDemark of Brooktondale. Burial Quick Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Leland H.E.P. 74 10/5/1917 10/5/1917 Mother of Major O.M. Leland. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Death notices in 10/5/1917 and 10/6/1917. 1917 Bedell Charles 50 10/6/1917 10/6/1917 Was an engineer at Cornell University. 1917 Mrs. Rinker Frank 45 10/6/1917 10/9/1917 Had lived near Black Oak Corners. Survived by husband and mother, Mrs. Lucinda Bement.

1917 Mrs. Carrington F.B. 55 10/7/1917 10/91917 Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Cook Ann M. 77 10/7/1917 10/9/1917 Wife of Zachariah; had lived at Caroline Depot. Burial Quick Cemetery. 1917 Hoskins or William 56 10/7/1917 10/8/1917 Had lived at Forks of the Creek (Town of Haskins Lansing). Burial North Lansing. Also p. 7, 10/9/1917, Lansingville News. Death notices in 10/8/1917 and 10/9/1917. 1917 Houk George W. 52 10/7/1917 10/8/1917 Died at Los Angeles. Was a millionaire manufacturer of wire wheels and one of the most prominent auto accessory manufacturers in the country. He formerly had a small bicycle repair shop in Ithaca. Story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 10/8/1917. 1917 Wright Luther H. 77 10/7/1917 10/9/1917 Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. 1917 Barnes Kenneth O. infant 10/8/1917 10/9/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Barnes. 1917 Searles Daniel M. 10/8/1917 10/17/1917 Died at Bath Hospital. Buried at Mecklenburg Cemetery. (p.7, Cayutaville News) 1917 Davenport Edwin 83 10/9/1917 10/10/1917 Retired farmer; had always lived at the homestead of his father, Benjamin Davenport. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Bower Adaline 73 10/10/1917 10/12/1917 Died at Horseheads; formerly of Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Newfield. 1917 Johnson Emma Louise 52 10/10/1917 10/11/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Machen Glenola May infant 10/10/1917 10/10/1917 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Machen; burial City Cemetery. 1917 Myers Leroy F. 65 10/10/1917 10/11/1917 Was a member of Carpenter's Union; burial at North Lansing. 1917 Perrin Alexander 69 10/10/1917 10/10/1917 Father of Bert; brother William. Burial at Spencer.

1917 Harris George Williams 67 10/11/1917 10/12/1917 Husband of Anna Smith. First wife, Lucy D. Howard, is deceased. He was born in Nova Scotia. Was Librarian Emeritus, Cornell University. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 10/12/1917.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Mrs. McClintock William 10/11/1917 10/13/1917 Had lived near Dryden. 1917 Thorpe Frank 10/11/1917 10/11/1917 Husband of Helen Johnson. Had lived in (notice) Burdette. (p.7, Krum's Corners News) 1917 Hammond Anna 60 10/12/1917 10/15/1917 Died at Rockville Centre, L.I., formerly of and buried at Interlaken. (See p. 7, Interlaken News)

1917 Marsh Jane 81 10/12/1917 10/15/1917 Widow of George Marsh. Died at Black Oak Corners. Burial at Trumbull's Corners. 1917 Cooper Jennie 45 10/13/1917 10/18/1917 Had lived at Groton. 1917 Metzler Caroline 77 10/13/1917 10/15/1917 Died at Saratoga Springs, formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Joseph Metzler. Burial family plot at City Cemetery. 1917 Mr. Palmer M.M. 75 10/13/1917 10/15/1917 Died at North Lansing. Formerly of Genoa; burial N. Lansing. 1917 Haley James 62 10/14/1917 10/15/1917 Died at Meaney Sanitorium. Formerly of Ithaca; was employed by Lehigh Valley Railroad. No near relatives. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1917 Mrs. Teeter A.J. 81 10/14/1917 10/15/1917 Had suffered a shock recently; died at Enfield Falls. Buried at Teeter Farm Family Plot. Death notices in 10/15/1917 and 10/16/1917. 1917 Lindow Edward L. 52 10/16/1917 10/26/1917 Had lived at Enfield Center. Survived by widow, 6 sons and 2 daughters. (See p. 9, Enfield Center News) 1917 Chacona James P. 10/17/1917 10/18/1917 Had been in confectionary and real estate business in Milwaukee, WI. Burial in Ithaca. 1917 Hitchcock Harry Alton 41 10/17/1917 10/18/1917 Died following surgery. Was secretary of Cornell University and a Cornell grad. See story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 10/18/1917; obituary p. 2, 10/19/1917. 1917 Corp. Pendelton Alfred 10/17/1917 10/17/1917 Killed in action in France. Was in the British Army. Brother of William Pendelton, employee at (notice) Ithaca Gun Co.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Primrose John T. 76 10/18/1917 10/20/1917 Apoplexy Died at Cortland. Had lived at Dryden. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. 1917 Bower Marshall C. 58 10/19/1917 10/20/1917 Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ludlowville. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Ludlowville. 1917 Esty Clarence H. 10/19/1917 10/20/1917 Died and buried at Brookline, MA. Formerly of Ithaca. Son of late Senator Edward S. Esty, husband of Rosamond F. Esty. 1917 Hawley Lena Gilkey 34 10/19/1917 10/20/1917 Wife of Ralph Hawley. Had lived at Moravia; burial North Lansing. 1917 Marsh Jane 81 10/19/1917 10/20/1917 (p.9, Black Oak Corners News) 1917 Smiley Harvey 86 10/19/1917 10/19/1917 Died at Roulette, PA. Formerly of Dryden. Burial at Dryden. 1917 Sundstrom Pierre A. 10/19/1917 10/19/1917 Pneumonia Was a Cornell freshman from Middletown. 1917 Donovan Jerry 75 10/21/1917 10/22/1917 Died at Muscatine, IA while on a business trip.

1917 Beardsley Hannah 74 10/22/1917 10/23/1917 Had lived at Odessa. 1917 Klinko Edward J. 38 10/22/1917 10/23/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Klinko. Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 English Jeffe U. 69 10/23/1917 10/24/1917 Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Stout Michael 84 10/24/1917 10/25/1917 Had and was buried at Interlaken. Civil War veteran; had a saw mill and basket factory business at one time. (See p. 9, Interlaken News)

1917 Barger Harriet J. 80 10/25/1917 10/25/1917 Had lived at King Ferry. Burial King Ferry (notice) Cemetery. (p.9, King Ferry News) 1917 Bruton Rose 10/25/1917 10/25/1917 Daughter of Commissioner John Bruton of (notice) Venice. (p.9, King Ferry News) 1917 Burr Charles 10/25/1917 10/27/1917 Spinal Young son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Burr of Meningitis Geneva. Burial at Trumansburg. (p.7, Trumansburg News 10/27/1917) 1917 Drake Esther 5 10/25/1917 10/25/1917 Typhoid Daughter of Henry Drake. Mother, Edna Drake, Fever died in Sept. of typhoid fever. Burial at Danby Rural (Curtis) Cemetery. (p.9, Danby News) (notice)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Abbot Lucy 10/26/1917 10/30/1917 Died at Spencer. Burial at Evergreen Cemetery. (p.7, Spencer News) 1917 Dimon Prudence 87 10/26/1917 10/27/1917 Widow of Daniel Dimon,Civil War veteran. Had lived at Groton. Burial Rural Cemetery. 1917 Truesdale Ann 87 10/26/1917 10/26/1917 Widow of George Truesdale; daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Bowen Sweetland; had lived at Dryden. Born in house known as Grove Hotel. Burial Green Hills Cemetery. 1917 Van Dine Mary 78 10/26/1917 10/26/1917 Widow of Charles Van Dine; burial Hayts Cemetery. 1917 Whitlock William 75 10/26/1917 11/1/1917 Apoplexy Died at Toledo, OH, formerly of Ithaca. Was a well-known painter who did portraits of Pres. Lincoln, federal judges and Ezra Cornell,among others. See obituary on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 11/17/1917. 1917 Mrs. Burnett E.M. 43 10/27/1917 10/27/1917 Rheumatism Survived by husband and four children.

1917 Fulkerson Ella 49 10/27/1917 10/2/1917 Died at Meany Sanitorium. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Parker Edward M. 23 10/27/1917 10/27/1917 Died of disease complications. Son of W. H. Parker. Burial Fishers Cemetery. 1917 Bush Eliza Catherine 93 10/29/1917 10/30/1917 Widow of Abram Bush. Burial at Slaterville. 1917 Carlton Donald 2 mos 10/29/1917 10/30/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Carlton. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Drake Myron 55 10/29/1917 10/30/1917 Died at Newfield, son of Mrs. Aaron Drake. Burial at Trumbull's Corners. 1917 De Veber William J. 84 10/30/1917 10/30/1917 1917 Donovan Jerry 10/30/1917 (notice) 10/30/1917 (p.7, Krum's Corners News) 1917 Hornbeck Julia 10/30/1917 10/31/1917 Widow of Lewis Hornbeck. Had lived and was buried at Slaterville. 1917 Locke Alice Banfield 10/30/1917 10/31/1917 Wife of Albert Locke. See also Etna News, p. 9, Ithaca Journal, 11/8/1917. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Mrs. DeGraw John 64 10/31/1917 11/2/1917 Had lived at Interlaken. Survived by husband and daughter, Mrs. W.A. Rogers. Burial Grove Cemetery. 1917 Morgan Delbert 10/31/1917 11/2/1917 Paralytic Lived at Enfield Center. Survived by wife and six Stroke small children. 1917 Raab Agnes 10/31/1917 10/31/1917 Had lived at Groton. Burial at Garretsville, Ohio. (notice) (p.7, Groton News) 1917 Mrs. Rumsey Jefferson 44 10/31/1917 11/1/1917 Died near Newfield. Survived by husband and seven children. Burial Trumbull's Cemetery.

1917 Anderson Julia 44 11/1/1917 11/2/1917 Wife of Jesse Anderson. Burial at Newburgh. 1917 Carson J. S. 11/1/1917 11/1/1917 Died at Shortsville; father of Henry Carson of N. Lansing. (p.11, N. Lansing News) 1917 Rocker none given 11/1/1917 11/1/1917 Died at Cbaraz, Austria. Mother of I. Rocker, of Ithaca, who was notified by Russian government and by his father in Cbaraz. Letter was censored and no details given.See story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 11/1/1917. (notice) 1917 Rundle Charles 11/3/1917 11/5/1917 Civil War veteran; had lived at Odessa. Burial Mitchell Cemetery. 1917 Ross Martha Graves 64 11/4/1917 11/7/1917 Died at Hornell, formerly of Groton. Widow of Alson Ross. Burial at Groton. 1917 Slaght Emeline 92 11/4/1917 11/7/1917 (p.7, Trumansburg News) 1917 Brown Melissa A. 86 11/5/1917 11/7/1917 (See also, p. 9, Taughannock Falls News, 11/16/1917) Burial Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Bundy Warren W. 50 11/5/1917 11/12/1917 Died at Elmira; formerly of Ithaca. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Hatch T.L. 35 11/6/1917 11/7/1917 Died at Auburn Hospital. Had lived at King Ferry. See also: King Ferry News, p. 9, 11/15/1917.

1917 Kelsey William 45 11/7/1917 (notice) 11/7/1917 Had lived at Moravia. (p.7, Locke News) 1917 Beach Sarah Adelia 11/8/1917 11/8/1917 Burial Green Hills Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Hakes Mary 11/8/1917 11/13/1917 Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p. 7, Groton News) 1917 Snyder Mary Ann 76 11/8/1917 11/9/1917 Life-long Etna resident; wife of Milo Snyder. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. 1917 Wixom Georgiana 53 11/8/1917 11/8/1917 Wife of Charles M. Wixom. 1917 Tompkins Alonzo 73 11/9/1917 11/10/1917 Burial Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Baker Oscar C. 71 11/10/1917 11/12/1917 Burial Caroline Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Comber John 11/10/1917 11/15/1917 Burial at Poplar Ridge. (p. 9, King Ferry News)

1917 Muir Della L. 91 11/10/1917 11/12/1917 Burial at Speedsville. 1917 Baldwin Eliza E. 70 11/11/1917 11/12/1917 Died at Richmond Hill, L.I. Wife of George D. Baldwin. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Merrill of Ithaca. She spent most of her life in Caroline Township. Burial at Brooktondale. See also "Personals," p.3, Ithaca Journal, 11/15/1917.

1917 Van Woert Smith 81 11/11/1917 11/15/1917 (p. 9, Willseyville News) 1917 Mrs. Ball George 79 11/12/1917 11/14/1917 Died at Searsburg. Burial at Valois. (p.7, Trumansburg News) 1917 Beardsley Harriet Ham 69 11/12/1917 11/13/1917 Died and was buried at Montour. She was born at Newfield. 1917 Buckley Emma R. 70 11/12/1917 11/13/1917 Died at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1917 Grover Florence E. 56 11/12/1917 11/13/1917 Bright's Was born and was buried at Trumbull's Corners. Disease 1917 Herson Lawrence 84 11/12/1917 11/13/1917 Was one of Ithaca's early Catholic settlers; had operated a store in Ithaca for many years. Survived by two daughters, Margaret and Hannah. Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery. 1917 Taber Carrie Laura 71 11/12/1917 11/12/1917 Wife of Charles Taber. Was secretary of Tompkins County W.C.T.U. for 26 years. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 11/12/1917. 1917 Blauvelt Levina 77 11/14/1917 11/14/1917 had lived at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Van Valkenburg Willie 11/14/1917 11/22/1917 Died at New York City. Had lived at Forest Home. See also p.3, 11/23/1917, Ithaca Journal

1917 Whitlock Bert E. 45 11/15/1917 11/15/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edison Whitlock. Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Grant Josephine 11/16/1917 11/16/1917 1917 Mullady (Malady) Dennis 11/17/1917 11/19/1917 Civil War veteran; had lived at Brooktondale. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 11/19/1917 and 11/20/1917. Also see Brookton News, p. 7, 11/20/1917. 1917 Thayer Louise 65 11/17/1917 11/21/1917 Heart Trouble Widow of James Thayer. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1917 Mrs. Purdy John 61 11/18/1917 11/20/1917 Died at Newfield; burial Trumbull's Corners. 1917 St. Croix Philip 77 11/18/1917 11/22/1917 Died at Lake Ridge; Civil War veteran. Burial Auburn Cemetery - Soldiers' plot. 1917 Sullivan Daniel 11/18/1917 11/19/1917 Pneumonia Was employed by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad for 45 years. Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery. 1917 Merical William 95 11/19/1917 11/23/1917 Civil War veteran. Burial at West Slaterville. See p. 9,Caroline Center News, 11/23/1917. 1917 Snook Moses 82 11/19/1917 11/21/1917 Died at Auburn. Former well-to-do farmer on West Hill, Ithaca. Never married. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. 1917 Cronin John 60 11/20/1917 11/20/1917 Heart Disease Died at County Home at Waterloo. Former Interlaken resident. (p.7, Interlaken News, (notice) 11/20/1917) 1917 Osgood David 11/20/1917 11/24/1917 Died at Minetto. Son of L.P. Osgood of Kingtown. Burial Grove Cemetery (p.7, Trumansburg News)

1917 Woolley Bertha 35 11/20/1917 11/22/1917 Wife of Arthur Woolley; died near Lansing Station. See Ludlowville News, 11/23/1917. 1917 Wright Harriet 74 11/20/1917 11/21/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery. 1917 Emmons Melissa 78 11/21/1917 11/22/1917 Burial at Trumansburg.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Miller Warren L. 77 11/21/1917 11/22/1917 Died at Interlaken. Widower of Johanna, who died 7/25/1917. Well-known businessman. See Interlaken News, p.9, 11/22/1917. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. 1917 Saltsman Henry 58 11/21/1917 11/27/1917 Pneumonia Died at Elizabeth, NJ, formerly of Dryden. (p.9, Dryden News) 1917 Streeter N.R. 11/21/1917 11/21/1917 Died at Syracuse; burial Groton. (p.7, Groton (notice) News, 11/21/1917) 1917 Burritt Edwin J. 11/22/1917 12/1/1917 Died at Freeport, IL. Was a jeweler in Ithaca at one time. 1917 Dr. Hodson J.P.F. 11/22/1917 11/22/1917 Died at New York City. Son of the late Horatio (notice) Hodson. Was native of Ithaca. 1917 Johnson Adelbert B. 73 11/22/1917 11/22/1917 Heart Failure Died at Dryden.

1917 Howell Charles D. 65 11/23/1917 11/24/1917 Died at Ludlowville. Member of school board, Justice of thePeace and Postmaster. See obituary p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 11/24/1917. Also p. 9 Ludlowville News on 11/27/1917. 1917 Simpson Letha 7 11/23/1917 11/23/1917 Burns Burned when poured kerosene on a fire. Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Simpson of Freeville. Story p. 3, 11/23/1917, Ithaca Journal.

1917 Winans Emma E. 84 11/24/1917 11/26/1917 Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Coleman George 65 11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Heart Trouble Died at Trumansburg. Well-known merchant; owned Stover Hardware Co. Son of Mahlon B. Cohen and Elizabeth Townsend Coleman. Burial Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. See story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 11/26/1917. 1917 Hurlbut Fred H. 60 11/25/1917 11/27/1917 Died following surgery at Newark, NJ. Former depot agent at Groton. Burial at Groton. 1917 Illston John Newman 66 11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Pneumonia Born in Liverpool, England. Husband of Mary E.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Jeffers Raymond S. 30 11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Pneumonia Died at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Jeffers of Trumansburg. Burial Jones Cemetery. Death notices in 11/26/1917 and 11/27/1917, also p. 6, 12/8/1917. 1917 Jeffers Raymond S. 11/25/1917 11/11/1919 Training Camp, American University, Washington. Died in Base Hospital. Next of kin, Miss Emma T. Jeffers, Trumansburg. 1917 Marvin Harrison 91 11/25/1917 11/27/1917 Pneumonia Died in St. Petersburg, FL. Burial at Dryden, his former home. (p.9, Dryden News) 1917 Stevens Ida M. 49 11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Widow of Dumont Stevens. Burial City Cemetery.

1917 Clark M. Etta 11/26/1917 11/27/1917 Burial City Cemetery. 1917 Warren James 11/26/1917 12/1/1917 Pneumonia (p.7, Mecklenburg News) 1917 Ferrell Clara 10 11/28/1917 12/1/1917 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ferrell of Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News) 1917 Hewlett D.C. 82 11/28/1917 12/1/1917 Was a well-known farmer in Interlaken where he was buried in Lake View Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News) 1917 Arden Mary A. 85 11/29/1917 12/1/1917 Stroke Died from complications. Widow of Robert Arden. Had lived at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. 1917 Greenfield Perl M. 47 12/1/1917 12/3/1917 Fractured Died after hit by delivery truck. He was a Skull carpenter by trade, formerly of Auburn. Story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/3/1917. 1917 Smith Reuben 12/1/1917 12/3/1917 Died from injuries sustained several months ago when hit by an auto. Died at Lansing Station at the home of his daughter, Salina Smith.

1917 Giles John 77 12/2/1917 12/4/1917 Had lived at Freeville. 1917 Swarthout Charles H. 12/3/1917 12/8/1917 Well-known in Seneca County. Died at Ovid. Was sheriff at one time; also Town Commissioner of Highways and Justice of the Peace. (p.7, Interlaken News)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Anten George 28 12/4/1917 12/7/1917 Pneumonia Died at Hayt's Corners. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Anten. (p.7, Interlaken News) 1917 Clark Bernard A. 12/4/1917 12/4/1917 Died following abdominal surgery. Husband of Carrie. Had been employed by Lehigh Valley Railroad and, later, by Williams Brothers Foundry. Burial at Waverly. 1917 Herrington William H. 78 12/4/1917 12/4/1917 Long-time member, Ithaca Fire Dept. (p.5, 12/4/1917) also p. 3, 12/5/1917. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Rockwell Dwight 45 12/4/1917 12/6/1917 Died at New York City. Formerly of Dryden. Son of Saunders and Mary D. Rockwell. Had been an invalid for many years. 1917 Sheldon Adelaide Ralph 65 12/4/1917 12/6/1917 Wife of Frank Sheldon. Had lived near Etna. (See Etna News, p. 7, 12/12/1917) 1917 Tribe John 76 12/4/1917 12/6/1917 Died at his home in Barton, Tioga County. Well- known in Ithaca area. Burial at Halsey Valley.

1917 Wilcox William 73 12/4/1917 12/5/1917 Died at Genoa. Owned two farms. Was a prominent horse breeder. At one time he and his brother, George, conducted the Clinton House. Burial North Lansing. 1917 Cross J.W. 74 12/5/1917 12/6/1917 Burial Davis Cemetery. 1917 Mrs. Mosher Stephen 12/5/1917 (notice) 12/5/1917 Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News) 1917 Smith Mary Ellen 12/5/1917 12/10/1917 Died at VanEttenville; burial Trumbull's Corners. (p.7, Enfield Falls News) 1917 Mrs. Spencer Charles 12/5/1917 (notice) 12/5/1917 Died at Eugene, OR. Formerly of Ithaca. 1917 Donnelly Peter 12/6/1917 12/8/1917 Well-known Interlaken farmer. Burial at Trumansburg. (p.7, Interlaken News) 1917 Smith Mary Ellen 65 12/6/1917 12/13/1917 Stroke Died at Van Etten. Born in Enfield. Daughter of John and Theresa Smith. Had recently lived in Trumbull's Corners, active in W.C.T.U.

1917 Fisher Marvin D. 12/7/1917 12/12/1917 Died at Spencer. Burial Evergreen Cemetery. (p.7, Spencer News)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Mrs. Rappleye Judson 70 12/8/1917 12/12/1917 Died at Interlaken, widow of Judson. Burial Lake View Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News) 1917 Sackett Charles W. 72 12/8/1917 12/11/1917 Heart Trouble Died at Addison. Born at Enfield Center; had lived in Ithaca at one time. Was partner in drug firm of Sackett and Taber at Addison. Husband of Ida Cowles, formerly of Ithaca. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/11/1917. 1917 Mrs. Scott A.C. 12/8/1917 12/11/1917 Had lived at Dryden. (See Dryden News, p.7, 12/13/1917) 1917 Hoffman Florence 15 12/9/1917 12/10/1917 Typhoid Died at Detroit, MI; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Fever Hoffman, formerly of Ithaca. 1917 Robinson Susan 83 12/9/1917 12/12/1917 Had been ill with dropsy. Had lived at Locke. (p. 7, Locke News) 1917 Mrs. Gibson Frank 12/11/1917 12/11/1917 Died at Groton; former Ethel Davenport of Ellis. (p.7, Groton News and p. 7, Hibbard's Corners) (notice) 1917 Mrs. Johnson Adelbert G. 72 12/11/1917 12/12/1917 Died following long illness. Her husband died on 11/22/1917. 1917 Moxley James 19 12/11/1917 12/11/1917 Died of injuries in fire at Lehigh Valley Railroad Station. He was a boiler maker assistant from Sayre, PA., working to repair a boiler. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/11/1917.

1917 Park Charles R. 60 12/14/1917 12/14/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Dr. Payne C.S. 12/14/1917 12/14/1917 Died at Liberty. Brother of D.A. Payne of Ithaca. (notice) 1917 Herrick Hiram R. 93 12/15/1917 12/17/1917 Died at South Lansing. One of Tompkins County's oldest residents. Veteran of Civil War, Co. G., 15th NY Engineers. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. 1917 Kelly John 40 12/15/1917 12/17/1917 Peritonitis Had been employed by Fred Briggs, Trumansburg cattle raiser. Burial at Trumansburg. See story p. 7, 12/17/1917.

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Genung Homer Calvin 9 weeks 12/16/1917 12/18/1917 Died at Freeville. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Genung. Burial Willow Glen. 1917 Swick George 43 12/17/1917 12/18/1917 Pneumonia Burial at Mecklenburg. 1917 Westcott Franklin 76 12/17/1917 12/17/1917 Died at Newfield. Burial Wood Lawn Cemetery.

1917 Western Belle Daniels 34 12/17/1917 12/17/1917 Died at Endicott. Niece of William R. Daniels of Varna. 1917 Andrus William 80 12/18/1917 12/18/1917 Senior member of bookseller and printer firm: Andrus and Church; one of Ithaca's most prominent merchants. Survived by daughter, Florence S. Burial City Cemetery. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/18/1917, also 1/9/1918, p. 3, regarding his will. 1917 Mrs. DeWein George 12/18/1917 12/31/1917 Died at her home in Milwaukee, WI. Former Anna Elizabeth Haworth; born in Enfield, Cornell grad. Wife of George, a patent attorney for Allis Chalmers Mfg.Co. (E.E. Cornell '97); mother of Mary DeWein. 1917 Welch Catherine 80 12/18/1917 12/19/1917 Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. 1917 Besemer Emma W. 72 12/19/1917 12/20/1917 Widow of Dr. Martin Besemer. Survived by son, Dr. Howard B. Besemer. Burial W. Slaterville.

1917 Genung Daniel 58 12/19/1917 12/19/1917 Burial East Lawn Cemetery. 1917 Gibson Gilbert Sage 21 12/19/1917 1/3/1918 Died at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Was a Cornell student who had enlisted in the Army. Member of Co. B, 306th Field Signal Battalion. Had lived at Norwich, NY. 1917 Jones none given infant 12/19/1917 12/21/1917 Whooping (p. 9, Etna News) Cough 1917 Pressey William J. 74 12/19/1917 12/26/1917 Died at Canandaigua; formerly of Ludlowville. (p. 7, Ludlowville News) 1917 Robinson Minnie 12/19/1917 12/19/1917 Former Minnie Jewett of Ransom Hollow and Owego. Burial at Berkshire. (p. 9, Ransom (notice) Hollow News)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Davis Benjamin J. 70 12/20/1917 12/22/1917 Survived by brother, Albert, of Watkins. Burial Davis Cemetery. 1917 Prosser George 79 12/20/1917 1/14/1918 Died at Oakland, CA. Formerly of Dryden. (p.7, Dryden News) 1917 Root Fred 87 12/20/1917 12/21/1917 Had lived in Brooktondale. Survived by daughter, Flora. Burial: Quick's Cemetery. 1917 Sawyer Warren 12/20/1917 (notice) 12/20/1917 (p. 9, Caroline Depot News) 1917 Brown Anna C. 82 12/21/1917 12/22/1917 Widow of Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart Brown, at Fond du Lac, WI. See obituary on p. 3. 1917 Morgan Helen 83 12/21/1917 12/22/1917 Died at Trumansburg. Burial Sheldrake. 1917 Pierson Antoinette C. 82 12/21/1917 12/22/1917 Widow of William Pierson. Had lived at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. 1917 Abbott Sam 75 12/22/1917 12/26/1917 Died at Detroit while visiting son; was a merchant on W. State St., native of Syria. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 O'Grady Arthur 13 mos. 12/22/1917 12/24/1917 Burned to death in fire at home. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O'Grady. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/24/1917. 1917 Mrs. Olfield Jesse 12/22/1917 12/22/1917 Died at Newark Valley; burial Dryden. (p.9, (notice) Dryden News) 1917 Sawyer Warren 83 12/22/1917 12/27/1917 Died at Caroline Depot. Burial at Green Mount Cemetery. 1917 Minier David L. 60 12/23/1917 12/27/1917 Died at home in Toronto, where he moved to 10 years ago. Had worked at Ithaca Gun and opened a movie picture business. 1917 Baker Mary 12/24/1917 12/26/1917 Died at Chicago in home of her sister, Mrs. W.I. Baucus. Burial Dryden. 1917 Baker Mary 12/24/1917 1/2/1918 Died at Chicago. Buried at Dryden. (p.9, Dryden News) 1917 Mabee Fannie 12/24/1917 12/27/1917 Died at Cortland Sanitarium. She had been employed as a housekeeper for 23 years by F.D.Gunderman, Danby. (p.7, Danby News) 1917 Quinn F.M. 12/25/1917 1/7/1918 Died at his home in Reno, NV; formerly of Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Darling Mary Elizabeth 2 12/26/1917 12/26/1917 Burned when she fell into a pail of hot feed. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 12/26/1917. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Darling of Freeville.

1917 Woodworth Peter Covert 12/27/1917 1/2/1918 Had lived at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery in Interlaken. (p.9, Interlaken News)

1917 Lt. Cuthbert Stuart Ross 12/28/1917 12/29/1917 Died in aviation accident in Texas. Son of Mrs. A. Ross Cuthbert. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/29/1917. 1917 Williamson James M. 65 12/28/1917 12/29/1917 Killed in explosion at Remington Power Plant. See story p. 1, Ithaca Journal, 12/29/1917.

1917 Taylor Frances P. 62 12/29/1917 12/31/1917 Died at home of her son, William Taylor. Born at Hopetown, British Guinea. Burial Watertown.

1917 Thomas John 12/29/1917 1/2/1918 Husband of Lillian Pratt Thomas. Had lived near Dryden. 1917 Thomas John 53 12/29/1917 1/5/1918 Heart Failure While working on ice at Dryden Lake. Son of Walter and Caroline Leet Thomas. Husband of Lillian Pratt. Burial at Willow Glen Cemetery.

1917 Boyles Charlotte M. 74 12/30/1917 12/31/1917 Burial North Lansing. 1917 Northrup Anna Slater 70 12/30/1917 12/31/1917 Died from a shock at her Slaterville home. 1917 Bidwell David M. 2 mos 12/31/1917 1/2/1918 Son of Prof. and Mrs. Charles Bidwell. Burial Lake View Cemetery. 1917 Blauvelt Ernest 62 12/31/1917 1/4/1918 Asphyxiation From coal gas at home of Richard Matthews near Interlaken. Was a trapper and laborer; lived with his mother on the lake road. Burial Interlaken Cemetery. Story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 1/4/1918.

1917 Mrs. Phillips J.D. 12/31/1917 1/7/1918 Died at N. Lansing; burial Pennsylvania. (p.7, N. Lansing News)

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Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of Notes Death 1917 Tree J. Wesley 65 12/31/1917 1/2/1918 Apoplexy Was foreman of the printing department at Andrus and Church. See p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 1/2/1918.

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