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Ithaca Journal

Obituaries and Death Notices

sorted by last name

Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918

Year Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date Cause of

Death

Notes

1918 Mrs. Abels William 7/17/1918 (notice) 7/17/1918 Died at Cleveland; mother of Mrs. Herman Smith

of Trumansburg. (p. 7, Trumansburg News)

1918 Acton Helen 12/17/1918 12/17/1918 Sister of Winifred, Katherine, Michael and

Edmund. Burial Mt. Olivet.

1918 Mrs. Adams C. Delos 6/4/1918 6/5/1918 Accident Died of injuries after struck by car. Had lived in

Moravia. See p. 2.

1918 Adams William Alonzo 65 2/20/1918 2/22/1918 Died at home near Searsburg. Burial James

Cemetery.

1918 Aldrich George 69 4/24/1918 4/24/1918 Had lived at Brookton; burial Roe Cemetery.

1918 Aldrich V.V. 85 6/6/1918 6/8/1918 Had lived at Trumansburg; burial Grove

Cemetery.

1918 Alexander Helen A. 3/16/1918 3/181918 Wife of G.M. Alexander. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Allen Anna M. 2/8/1918 2/9/1918 Died at Binghamton. Born at Newfield where she

spent most of her life. Burial Woodlawn

Cemetery. Death notices in 2/9/1918 and

2/14/1918.

1918 Allen Boice 11/5/1918 (notice) 11/5/1918 Pneumonia Died in Maine. (p.7, Dryden News)

1918 Allen Cara Abel 40 12/29/1918 12/30/1918 Suicide by

Gunshot

Had been despondent. Wife of Alfred W., mother

of Robert and Edwin and daughter of Mary Abel.

Burial Grove Cemetery. Story on p. 3.

1918 Mrs. Allen Claude 4/8/1918 4/11/1918 See: Allen, Hattie Collins.

1918 Allen Hattie 58 11/9/1918 11/16/1918 Died at New Berlin. Wife of Adelbert Allen.

Former Hattie Sweetland of Dryden. Burial at

Cortland.

1918 Allen Hattie Collins 45 4/8/1918 4/9/1918 Died at home in Winthrop, MA. Formerly of

Groton. Wife of Claude D. Allen. Burial Groton

Rural Cemetery.

1918 Allen John S. 73 10/5/1918 10/8/1918 Died at Waterburg; burial Jones Cemetery.

1918 Allen Mary Louisa 79 9/4/1918 (notice) 9/4/1918 Died at VanEtten; burial at VanEtten's Mt. Hope

Cemetery.

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Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918


Death

Notes

1918 Allen William 4/16/1918 (notice) 4/16/1918 Died at Key West, FL where he was a prominent

merchant. As a boy he lived with Mr. and Mrs.

George Burling at Myers.

1918 Allen infant 4/17/1918 4/19/1918 Pneumonia Child of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Allen. (p. 11, Peruville

News)

1918 Alley Frances 83 1/11/1918 1/12/1918 Died at McLean. Burial Indian Mound Cemetery,

Moravia.

1918 Almy Samuel 89 12/10/1918 12/14/1918 Died at Trumansburg; burial Lake View

Cemetery, Interlaken.

1918 Anderson Eliza 85 2/12/1918 2/13/1918 Burial at Newark, NY.

1918 Andrus William 11/6/1918 (notice) 11/6/1918 Sawmill

Accident

Died of injuries. Brother-in-law of George

Stevens. (p. 7, McLean News)

1918 Angus George 75 4/8/1918 4/8/1918 Lived at Krum's Corners; was Civil War veteran.

No known relatives. Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Annis Vida M. 47 12/24/1918 12/26/1918 Died at Brookton. Wife of Fred Annis. Burial

Cooper Cemetery.

1918 Armitage Nettie D. 75 5/7/1918 5/8/1918 Died at Oxford. Sister of Mrs. Klassie of Ithaca.

Burial at Mecklenburg.

1918 Armstron Hanford Morgan 9/28/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia Died at Syracuse Recruit Camp. Next of kin,

George Armstrong, South Lansing.

1918 Pvt. Armstrong Hanford 22 9/28/1918 9/30/1918 Pneumonia Died in Syracuse hospital. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

George Armstrong of South Lansing. Burial

Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Story on p. 2.

1918 Armstrong Ulysses 8/22/1918 8/29/1918 Died at Mohawk, NY; formerly of Mecklenburg.

Burial Mecklenburg Cemetery.

1918 Prof. Atkinson George F. 64 11/15/1918 11/16/1918 Died in hospital in Tacoma, WA. Was head of

Cornell's Botany Dept. and Experiment Station.

Husband of former Lizzie Kerr of Durham, NC.

Burial at South Haven, MI. Story p. 3.

1918 Atwater Edison R. 7/11/1918 (notice) 7/11/1918 Had lived in Cortland. Burial West Genoa

Cemetery. (p.9, King Ferry News)

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Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918


Death

Notes

1918 Atwater Manning 74 12/28/1918 12/28/1918 Died at Trumansburg.

1918 Atwood Milo 57 4/27/1918 4/30/1918 Died at Locke following long illness.

1918 Pvt. Auchter Fred 24 11/6/1918 11/26/1918 Grip Died at Camp Mickelson, New Orleans. Son of

J.G. Auchter of Brookton.

1918 Avery Harriet 2/23/1918

(notice)

2/23/1918 Died at her Baltimore home. Had spent summers

at Dryden. (p.7, Dryden News)

1918 Avery Harriet E. M. 73 2/16/1918 2/19/1918 Died in Baltimore. Widow of David C. Avery,

daughter of John and Salvina Mineah of Dryden.

1918 Ayers Mary Francis 62 3/7/1918

(notice)

3/7/1918 Died at Minneapolis, MN. Formerly of Ithaca.

Worked for 22 years at Minneapolis Public

Library. Daughter of Elizabeth G. Ayers.

1918 Babcock Samuel 12/3/1918 12/5/1918 Burial at Sayre, PA. (p. 9, Pleasant Valley News)

1918 Rev. Bailey Alvin F. 78 9/11/1918 9/18/1918 Died at New York City. Was pastor at Barre, MA

for 30 years. Formerly of Etna. Widower of

Minerva Wilcox of Etna.

1918 Mrs. Bailey Clifford 12/2/1918 12/6/1918 Died at Smith Valley; burial in Hector Union

Cemetery. (p. 9, Mecklenburg News)

1918 Baines Carrie 4/8/1918 4/10/1918 Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Wife of

William Baines. Had lived at Trumansburg. Burial

Grove Cemetery.

1918 Baird Jean Katherine 4/20/1918 4/25/1918 Measles Died at Renova, PA where she was Dean of

Women at Beaver College. Sister of Mrs. Frank

Holt of Ithaca. See obituary p. 3, Ithaca Journal.

1918 Baker baby girl infant 6/10/1918 6/11/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Baker of Locke.

(p. 7, Locke News)

1918 Mrs. Baker Calvin 63 5/1/1918 (notice) 5/1/1918 Died at Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News)

1918 Baker Charles A. 87 7/10/1918 7/11/1918 Had lived near Varna. Burial Pleasant Grove

Cemetery.

1918 Baker DeWitt M. 66 4/16/1918 4/17/1918 Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1918 Pvt. Baker Frank 12/5/1918 (notice) 12/5/1918 Burial Maple Grove Cemetery. (p. 9, Candor

News)

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Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918


Death

Notes

1918 Baldini Louis 6 11/2/1918 11/2/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Baldini.

1918 Baldwin Dane Lewis 32 3/28/1918 3/29/1918 Former Grace Surdam. Survived by husband,

mother, Mrs. Charles Surdam, and one week old

son. Burial in Ithaca.

1918 Capt. Baldwin William Wright 35 8/1/1918 9/23/1918 Killed in action in France. Well-known member of

Cornell, Class of 1905. See p. 2.

1918 Ballard Ettie 48 12/26/1918 12/26/1918 Flu Died at Slaterville. Wife of J.M. Ballard. Daughter

of Mrs. Alice Robinson. Mother of Joseph,

Frederick, Rexford, Argyle, Roger, Deborah and

Florence.

1918 Banfield Eda 62 8/24/1918 8/26/1918 Widow of Eugene Banfield. Was a trustee and

treasurer of Ellis Methodist Church.

1918 Barber William 76 1/30/1918 1/30/1918 Postmaster at Enfield Center for 50 years. Story

p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 1/30 & 31/1918; p. 5,

3/1/1918.

1918 Barber William 2/2/1918 2/2/1918 p. 7, Enfield Falls News

1918 Barnhardt Alice S. 55 8/8/1918 8/8/1918 Wife of Webster Barnhardt of Brookton. Burial

Quick Cemetery. See also p. 7, Bell School

District News, 8/14/1918.

1918 Barnum Matilda 69 3/2/1918 3/4/1918 Wife of James Clark Barnum. Burial Trumbull's

Corners.

1918 Dr. Barr Frank H. 11/4/1918 11/5/1918 Pneumonia Died at his home in Cleveland. Nephew of David

T. and F.C. Barr of Ithaca. Had summer home at

Lansing.

1918 Barra Mary 45 6/17/1918 6/18/1918 Died following one year illness. Wife of Nick

Barra. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See 6/20/1918

notice.

1918 Bartholomew Leo A. 1/23/1918 1/23/1918 See also p. 7, Dryden News, 1/25/1918. Burial

City Cemetery. Death notices in 1/23/1918 and

1/24/1918.

1918 Bartholomew Marcy 10/23/1918 (notice) 10/23/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bartholomew of

Waverly. (p.9, Etna News)

1918 Bates Otis 84 4/30/1918 (notice) 4/30/1918 Died at McLean; was a Civil War veteran of Co.

1, 143rd Regiment.

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Death

Notes

1918 Batterson Marjorie C. 4 11/1/1918 11/1/1918 Grip Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Batterson.

1918 Bayne George H., 4th 4/23/1918 4/27/1918 Died at New York City; cremated ashes buried at

Washington. Son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. W.H.

Miller of Ithaca.

1918 Mrs. Beach J.R. 12/11/1918 12/12/1918 Died at former Oneonta home. Had been living at

Davis, CA.

1918 Beach Mary 23 10/30/1918 10/31/1918 Pneumonia Died at sister's home at Saltville, VA. Was a

teacher at Martha Washington College,

Abbington, VA. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.G.

Beach of Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1918 Beam William 60 10/12/1918 10/14/1918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Beardsell J.C. 53 6/30/1918 7/1/1918 Died at Sisters Hospital at Buffalo. Had lived in

Ithaca. Burial at Lancaster.

1918 Beardsly Herbert 12/20/1918 12/26/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Beardsly. (p. 7,

Mecklenburg News)

1918 Mrs. Beckwith Wellington 7/2/1918 7/10/1918 Died at Malloryville. (p.7, McLean News)

1918 Bedell Alan T. 2/26/1918

(notice)

2/26/1918 Pneumonia Died at Lake Charles, LA. Had recently

completed course in U.S. School of Military

Aeronautics at Cornell. Nephew of Prof. Frederick

Bedell. See p. 6, 2/26/1918.

1918 Bell Charlotte . 11/25/1918 11/29/1918 Burial Trumbull's Corners Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Bellis Glenn L. 22 6/30/1918 7/9/1918 Had lived in Rochester. Married recently to Glenn

Bellis, formerly of Ithaca.

1918 Benedict John D. 82 2/10/1918 2/13/1918 Died at McLean.

1918 Mrs. Benjamin Electa M. 73 2/2/1918 2/4/1918 Died at W. Slaterville home of daughter, Mrs.

John Besemer.

1918 Bennett William 1/11/1918 1/14/1918 Civil War veteran. Died at Watertown, formerly of

Ithaca.

1918 Bentley Anna 1/17/1918 1/17/1918 Wife of E.J. Bentley. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

Death notices in 1/17/1918 and 1/18/1918.

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Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918


Death

Notes

1918 Besemer Howard Burhans 48 2/8/1918 2/8/1918 Acute

Indigestion

Died in his sleep. Well-known surgeon. Husband

of the former Ida Burling. Born in Town of

Caroline. Burial at West Slaterville. See story p. 3

of 2/8/1918 Ithaca Journal.

1918 Betties Eugene William infant 2/18/1918 2/20/1918 Died at Dansville; son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald

Betties.

1918 Bierce Mary A. 68 3/25/1918 3/25/1918 Had lived at Danby.

1918 Birch Parker 44 8/28/1918 8/29/1918 Suicide by

Shooting

Was Danby Highway Superintendent; despondent

over the failure of construction work on the Bald

Hill Road. See story on p. 2.

1918 Bishop Robert H. 10/24/1918 (notice) 10/24/1918 Died at Binghamton. Brother-in-law to Mrs. E.R.

Osterhout of Ithaca.

1918 Black Ida M. 30 1/3/1918 1/4/1918 Pneumonia Wife of W.J. Black. Daughter of Eugene Dorn of

Danby. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Lt. Blanchard Merrill 10/20/1918 11/15/1918 Killed in action in France. Cornell senior, left to

join service. Home was Evanston, IL. See p. 6.

1918 Blau Jerome L. 4/11/1918

(notice)

4/11/1918 Pneumonia Died at Newark, NJ. 1917 Cornell graduate.

Member of varsity cross country squad.

1918 Blaus Martha 10/13/1918 10/14/1918 Pneumonia Had been a school teacher at Ludlowville for 2

years. Had lived and was buried at North Harper.

1918 Bogardus Jacob E. 57 12/20/1918 12/21/1918 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1918 Boice James 67 4/4/1918 4/4/1918 Accident Died from auto accident injuries; former

supervisor for Town of Caroline. Had lived in

Slaterville. (See also, Krum's Corners News, p. 9,

4/10/1918)

1918 Bostwick William Herbert 52 2/23/1918 2/25/1918 Died of injuries when caught in machinery at a

plant he supervised in Norfolk, VA. Formerly of

Ithaca; son of late William L. Bostwick. Story on

p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 2/25/1918.

1918 Maj. Bouton Arthur 11/13/1918 (notice) 11/13/1918 Killed in war in France in August. Had lived in

Tompkins County. Buried in France. See p. 7.

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Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918


Death

Notes

1918 Bouton Arthur C. 7/18/1918 11/11/1919 Killed in

Action

Major, Co. G, 9th Inf., A. E. F. Recommended for

D.S.C. and promotion. Next of kin, E.P. Bouton,

Trumansburg.

1918 Bouton Carrie E. 7/25/1918 7/26/1918 Died at Buffalo; formerly of Ithaca. Widow of

DeWitt C. Bouton. Burial Green Hill Cemetery.

1918 Bower Anna L. 7/24/1918 7/26/1918 Died at Lansing. Widow of Jay Bower; burial at

family plot in Ludlowville.

1918 Bower Wagoner Frank R. 35 8/8/1918 9/7/1918 Died from wounds suffered in war in France. Had

worked for Lehigh Valley Railroad in Ithaca. Was

engaged to Gladys A. Blauvelt of Ithaca. See

story p. 3.

1918 Cpl. Bowyer Robert C. 18 7/2/1918 (notice) 7/2/1918 Killed in war. Was in Fifth Regiment, U.S. Marine

Corps. Son of Charles and Hattie Bowyer of

Cleveland, OH, formerly of Enfield.

1918 Dr. Boyce Charles A. 64 11/12/1918 11/13/1918 Heart Attack Well-known physician at McLean. Burial McLean

Cemetery. Story p. 3.

1918 Mrs. Boyer Harry 45 9/3/1918 9/3/1918 Resident of Speedsville; wife of Harry, mother of

Clarence.

1918 Boyle Zella Miller 27 10/10/1918 10/14/1918 Pneumonia Died at Petersburg Hospital in Virginia. Wife of

Lt. John R. Boyle; daughter of Mrs. Miller of

Ithaca. Burial at City Cemetery

1918 Boyle (Boyles) Margaret Roff 97 3/18/1918 3/19/1918 Oldest resident of N. Lansing, died at home of

her daughter, Mrs. George Forbes of West

Groton. Daughter of David and Sarah Roff; widow

of Henry Boyle. Burial N. Lansing Cemetery. See

story p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 3/18/1918 and p. 9, N.

Lansing News, 3/27.

1918 Boyles Quinton 58 1/7/1918 1/8/1918 Cancer of

Stomach

Died and buried at N. Lansing.

1918 Brearley Caroline 72 3/14/1918 3/15/1918 Widow of Joseph Brearley; burial at Lockwood.

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Death

Notes

1918 Breen Josephine 30 10/15/1918 10/16/1918 Grip Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Breen. Funeral

and burial St. James Cemetery. Died same day

as her sister, Anna Sears. Double funeral for

sisters.

1918 Breese Frank 10/24/1918 (notice) 10/24/1918 Died at Columbus, GA. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E.A.

Breese. (p. 7, Freeville News) See also

10/25/1918.

1918 Brillhart Rylan Edwin 3/19/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia 157th Aero Squadron, A.E.F. Died in England.

Next of kin, Rylan G.Brillhart, 204 N. Geneva St.

1918 Pvt. Brillhart Rylan E. 3/19/1918 11/22/1918 Pneumonia Died in hospital in England. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Rylan G. Brillhart. Story p. 3.

1918 Pvt. Brillhart Rylan Edwin 3/19/1918 5/20/1920 Pneumonia Died in England; son of Mr. Mrs. R.G. Brillhart of

Ithaca. Member of 157th Aero Squadron. Burial

at Tioga Point Cem., Sayre, PA. See p. 7

5/20/1920; also p. 5, 6/3/1920.

1918 Bristol Frances Hall 9/28/1918 9/28/1918 Sister of Mrs. Martha H. Mount.

1918 Brokaw Theodore L. 21 4/6/1918 4/8/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brokaw. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1918 Broman William 5/10/1918 (notice) 5/10/1918 Burial at Altay. (p. 9, Danby News)

1918 Brooks Clara A. 9/26/1918 10/2/1918 Died at North Lansing. Wife of James A. Brooks.

1918 Brooks Laura Day 15 10/20/1918 10/24/1918 Died at sister's home, Mrs. Claude Ballard of

East Steamburg.

1918 Brooks Phillip O.E. 29 10/29/1918 10/29/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Brooks.

1918 Brotherton Frank 4/8/1918

(notice)

4/8/1918 Neuralgia of

the Heart

Died at Cortland. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. (p.9,

Taughannock Falls News)

1918 Brown Charlotte G. 11/23/1918 11/25/1918 Died at East Lansing. Widow of James W.

Brown. Daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. John Vicars

of Canajoharie. Burial North Lansing Cemetery.

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Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918


Death

Notes

1918 Brown Emerson Grant 51 10/26/1918 10/28/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Lansing. Formerly of Ithaca. Owned

restaurant for several years, on Stewat Ave.,

known as "Brownie's Dog." Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Brown Herman G. 55 12/27/1918 12/27/1918 Died at Dryden in house he was born in and

where he had always lived. See also p. 3,

1/4/1919.

1918 Brown James H. 52 12/8/1918 12/9/1918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Brown Marian P. 12/2/1918 12/6/1918 Blood

Poisoning

Died at Muskogee, OK. Formerly of Ithaca,

daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Brown.

Was Muskogee Public Schools Physical Drector.

Burial Angelica, NY.

1918 Brown Ruth Westgate 9 11/15/1918 11/16/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Brown. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Buchanan Katharine 4/25/1918 4/26/1918 Died at Oswego; formerly of Ithaca.

1918 Buck Marvin W. 57 3/20/1918 3/20/1918 Was city assessor at one time.

1918 Bull John E. 75 1/6/1918 1/7/1918 Fall Died from injuries at his home in Ellis. Had been

successful farmer at Caroline for many years.

1918 Bull Sarah J. 69 9/20/1918 9/21/1918 Died at Slaterville. Widow of Ambrose Bull. Burial

Mulks Cemetery.

1918 Bunnell Raymond 8 4/19/1918 4/19/1918 Inflammatory

Rheumatism

and Heart

Trouble

Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bunnell of

Goodyear's Corners. Burial at King Ferry.

1918 Burch Thomas G. 79 6/18/1918 6/19/1918 Heart Disease Died at Dryden; was Civil War veteran.

1918 Burchell George 79 12/9/1918 12/10/1918 Accident Struck by train near Dryden; was a retired lawyer.

Story on p. 5.

1918 Burchfield Robert L. 8/29/1918 11/11/1919 Schrapnel

Wounds

Lewis Machine Gun Section, 116th Bat.,

Canadian E. F. Died at casualty clearing station

on the battlefield. Next of kin, H. W. Burchfield,

408 E. Tompkins St.

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Death

Notes

1918 Pvt. Burchfield Robert Lytle 24 8/29/1918 9/10/1918 Died in battle in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

H.W. Burchfield. Story on p. 3.

1918 Burr Eliza J. 78 12/4/1918 12/12/1918 Died at Interlaken. Widow of Walter D. Burr.

1918 Burr Sarah 94 10/9/1918 (notice) 10/9/1918 Lived near West Dryden. Burial Willow Glen

Cemetery. (p.7 Etna News)

1918 Burt Jennie 7/17/1918 (notice) 7/17/1918 Died at Russell, St. Lawrence Co. Mother of Carl

Burt of Trumansburg. (p. 7, Trumansburg News)

1918 Mrs. Bush Edgar 55 1/21/1918 1/23/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Freeville. Survived by husband, 2

daughters and 1 son.

1918 Bush William R. 7/14/1918 4/25/1919 Killed in

Action

Details written to mother, Mrs. Luther R. Bush.

Story p. 8.

1918 Pvt. Bush William R. 7/15/1918 3/19/1919 Killed in

Action

Died in France; son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bush

of Ithaca. Article on p. 5 or 3/19/1919 describes

the location of his gravesite in France.

1918 Bush William R. 7/15/1918 5/22/1919 Killed in

Action

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bush of Ithaca.

Identification was learned through a letter from

his sister, Miss Marian Bush, in his shirt pocket.

See story on p. 7.

1918 Buttles John E. 9/11/1918 9/11/1918 Neuralgia of

the Heart

Had lived at VanEtten. Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery.

1918 Button Roland 28 8/23/1918 8/24/1918 Drowned Drowned in Lake Como, Cayuga County when he

and his wife went into the lake to bathe. Could

not swim and stepped into a deep hole. Well-

known and prosperous farmer near Summerhill.

Story p. 3.

1918 Butts Ethel Ruth 25 10/21/1918 10/26/1918 Grip Died at Auburn. Wife of Arthur Butts, daughter of

Mrs. William Bobbitt of Fleming. Died one day

before death of her brother, Harold R. Penird.

Burial Fort Hill Cemetery. See p. 3.

1918 Byers Margaret E. 6/18/1918 6/18/1918 Wife of John J. Byers. Burial at Rensalaer, her

former home. See 6/20/1918 notice.

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Death

Notes

1918 Byrum Roderic 74 9/20/1918 10/4/1918 Heart Failure Died at Enfield. Widower of Elizabeth

Wallenbeck. Civil War veteran. See Enfield

Center News, p. 7.

1918 Cain Jacob D. 77 6/9/1918 6/10/1918 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1918 Calkins Stella 34 11/22/1918 11/23/1918 Burial Quick Cemetery.

1918 Campbell Ada B. 61 1/13/1918 1/14/1918 Wife of John C. Campbell, treasurer of H.B. Bool

Co. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1918 Campbell Louise 67 7/10/1918 7/11/1918 Wife of Christopher Campbell. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Cannavan Mary Baker 78 12/1/1918 12/2/1918 Wife of David B. Cannavan. Burial City

Cemetery.

1918 Capozzi Mary 40 7/26/1918 7/26/1918 Mother of Angelo, Mina and Theresa. Burial at

Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Pvt. Carey John B. 35 12/27/1918 12/28/1918 Pneumonia Died near Wilkes Barre, PA. Had been employed

by NYS Gas and Electric Corp. and was awaiting

Army discharge to begin job in Norwich. See p. 5

and 1/4/1919.

1918 Carey John B. 12/27/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia Ordnance Dept., Aberdeen, Md.

1918 Carey William L. 76 12/31/1918 1/10/1919 Died at Montrose, PA. Husband of former Emma

V. Vaughn. Former railroad employee, trustee of

the Village of Ithaca. See lengthy obituary on p.

5.

1918 Carey Helen A. 20 1/31/1918 2/1/1918 Pleuro-

pneumonia

Died at Bellevue Hospital, NYC, where she was in

nurse training. Graduate of Ithaca High School.

Lived with aunt, Ellen Carey. Burial at Groton.


1918 Mrs. Carman J.O. 10/16/1918 10/18/1918 Died at Trumansburg.

1918 Mrs. Carmer Abraham 10/27/1918 10/29/1918 Died at Willow Glen near Dryden.

1918 Carpenter Charles 80 3/8/1918 3/8/1918 Died at son's home in Geneseo. Was formerly of

Interlaken; was a printer for 65 years and a

correspondent for the Ithaca Journal. See story

and photo on p.2.

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Death

Notes

1918 Carpenter Dana L. 34 12/21/1918 12/28/1918 Died at Camp Crook Hospital in Capitol,

Montana. Formerly of Newfield. Son of Mr. and

Mrs. George D.Carpenter.

1918 Pvt. Carpenter Delmar D. 10/30/1918 2/7/1919 Shot Shot after escaping a German prison camp. Son

of Mrs. Carpenter of Ulysses, formerly of

Newfield. Brother of Floyd and Bert; also Mrs.

Charles Jackson of Elmira. Story on p. 5.

1918 Carpenter Delmer D. 10/30/1918 11/11/1919 Co. 102d Field Signal Battalion, 27th Div. A. E. F.

Reported prisoner in Germany 9/25/1918.

Wounded by German sentry while trying to obtain

food. Died of wounds. Next of kin, Mrs. Phoebe L.

Carpenter, Ulysses.

1918 Lt. Carr Joseph A. 27 11/4/1918 (notice) 11/4/1918 Killed in

Action

Member of 364th Infantry. 1913 Cornell graduate.

Reporter for Cornell Daily Sun and Ithaca

Journal. Native of Auburn. Story p.3.

1918 Lt. Carrington Frank E. 10/23/1918 10/24/1918 Pneumonia Died at Little Rock, AR. Son of Fred Carrington of

Groton. Burial at Groton. See story p. 3. Also,

Groton News, p. 7, 10/29/1918.

1918 Carrington Frank E. 10/23/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia Co. B, 19th Inf. Instructor Little Rock Camp. Died

Little Rock, Ark. Next of kin F.B. Carrington,

Groton.

1918 Carty Thomas 77 6/30/1918 7/2/1918 Died at Cortland. Born in Ireland; resident of

Ithaca until recently. Burial at St. Mary's

Cemetery in Cortland.

1918 Case Alma 42 7/24/1918 7/24/1918 Died at Cortland hospital. Widow of James Case.

Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1918 Pvt. Case Henry 9/2/1918 6/6/1921 War victim Killed in action in France. Was a member of

Machine Gun Company, 305th Infantry, 77th

Division. Burial Groton Rural Cem. (p. 7, Groton

News.) See also 6/13/1921, p. 7.

1918 Case Henry James 9/8/1918 10/16/1918 Killed in action in France. (p.9, Locke News)

1918 Caslin Jane 76 10/30/1918 11/6/1918 Shock (p. 7, McLean News)

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1918 Mrs. Casterline John 7/1/1918 (notice) 7/1/1918 Died at Washington, formerly of Ithaca. Husband

was manager of Western Union Telegraph office

in Ithaca at one time.

1918 Pvt. Cazenovia Henry A. 10/15/1918 2/7/1919 Killed in war. See story on p. 3. Member of

Ithaca Fire Co. No. 4.

1918 Cesari Henry 21 10/28/1918 10/29/1918 Tuberculosis Died at Meny Sanitarium at Taughannock Falls.

Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Chacona Yanula J. 90 1/3/1918

(notice)

1/3/1918 Died at Goritsa, Greece. Mother of Ithacan, John

Chacona.

1918 Cpl. Chadbourne Ernest C. 10/24/1918 11/22/1918 Killed in

Action

Died in France. 1917 Cornell graduate. Son of Dr.

O.T. Chadbourne of Syracuse.

1918 Chaffee Rhoda Elizabeth 85 6/18/1918 6/19/1918 Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Chapman Richard 73 3/20/1918 3/21/1918 Was Civil War veteran; burial Trumbull's

Corners.

1918 Chase Christobel Dorothy 10/8/1918 10/8/1918 Daughter of Mrs. Alice Chase. Was a Sunday

School secretary at Zion Methodist Church

1918 Cheesman William 83 2/9/1918

(notice)

2/9/1918 Died at Seneca Falls. Formerly of Groton. Civil

War veteran. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7,

Groton News)

1918 Cheseborough Frank 74 7/29/1918 8/1/1918 Died at Dayton, OH; formerly of Ithaca. Husband

of Ida Cheseborough.

1918 Christenat Bertha Chaffee 35 1/5/1918 1/12/1918 Had been ill for 4 years. Wife of George

B.Christenat; died at home sister in Carbondale,

PA. Burial at family plot in Trumansburg;

daughter of Harvey Chaffee.

1918 Church Elisha 79 4/30/1918 5/4/1918 Died in Town of Enfield at home of his son,

Everal Church. Burial at Hayt's Cemetery.

1918 Chury Anna 3/24/1918 3/25/1918 Wife of John Chury. Burial at Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Clapp Harriett 11/17/1918 11/19/1918 Died at Interlaken.

1918 Clapp Leland Raymond 1 4/19/1918 (notice) 4/19/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Clapp of

Syracuse. Grandson of George L. Clapp; burial at

Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.

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Death

Notes

1918 Clapp Lillian D. 44 3/4/1918 3/5/1918 Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium following long

illness. Widow of Lewis A. Clapp.

1918 Clark George H. 37 10/18/1918 10/19/1918

1918 Pvt. Clark Ira V. 29 7/7/1918 8/27/1921 War victim Killed in action in France; formerly of

Trumansburg and Ludlowville. Son of David

Clark. Burial Grove Cem. See p. 5; also

8/29/1921, p. 5.

1918 Pvt. Clark Ira V. 29 7/17/1918 8/13/1918 Killed in

Action

Died in France. Son of mr. and Mrs. David Clark

of Ludlowville. See p. 5, 8/13/1918; 8/16/1918

Ithaca Journal.

1918 Clark Ira Van Order 7/17/1918 11/11/1919 Died of wounds received in action. Co. B, 7th Inf.,

A. E. F.

1918 Clark James G. 27 10/20/1918 11/29/1918 Pneumonia Died at Geneva. 1913 Cornell graduate. Father of

Carl and Harold.

1918 Clark Rupert 25 1/30/1918 1/30/1918 Died following surgery. Was well-known aviator,

employed by Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corp. See

story p. 5; obituary on p. 3, 1/31/1918. Burial

Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 1/30/1918

and 2/2/1918.

1918 Clark Ruth H. 28 11/18/1918 11/18/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin W. Clark. Burial

at Adams, NY.

1918 Miss Clark Sabra E. 65 7/25/1918 7/26/1918 Had lived and was buried at CarolineC Center.

Sister of R.C. Clark and Hannah Snow of

Caroline Center.

1918 Sgt. Clark Walter 25 10/20/1918 10/21/1918 Cornell student. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William

Clark of Brooklyn.

1918 Clarke William F. 8/19/1918 (notice) 8/19/1918 Died at home at Winnipeg, Canada. Born and

raised in Ludlowville. Brother of Mrs. Margaret

Myers of Ludlowville.

1918 Clinton Mary 33 11/23/1918 11/23/1918 Died at Lake Ridge; wife of John Clinton.

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Inman.

1918 Clinton Maud Inman 33 11/23/1918 12/2/1918 Wife of John C. Clinton. Died at Lake Ridge.

Burial at Lansingville Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1918 Clough D.O. 3/5/1918

(notice)

3/5/1918 Civil War veteran. Had lived at Groton. Burial

Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News)

1918 Clute John A. 56 8/9/1918 8/9/1918 Suicide by

Gunshot

Despondent over business failure, closing of

Rock Salt Corp. at Portland Point. See story p. 3,

8/9/1918 and p. 5 of 8/24/1918 Ithaca Journal.

1918 Cobb Nelson Stevens 72 6/28/1918 6/29/1918 Had lived and died at West Groton.

1918 Colby Frank E. 65 7/5/1918 7/6/1918 Pneumonia Died at Owego. Former resident of Groton; an

employee of Groton Bridge Co. Burial at Owego.

1918 Cole Percy 11/7/1918 (notice) 11/7/1918 Flu Died at Detroit. Son of Mrs. Harvey Cole of

Interlaken. (p. 9, Interlaken News)

1918 Lt. Cole Sidney 7/18/1918 8/15/1918 Killed in

Action

Died in France. Cornell graduate 1914. Lived in

Corning. See p. 2.

1918 Coleman Bridget 11/25/1918 11/25/1918 Died after short illness. Sister of John Coleman.

Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. See also 11/30/1918.

1918 Collins Martha E. 62 8/5/1918 8/6/1918 Wife of James G. Collins; burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Collins Mary E. 80 8/25/1918 8/26/1918 Widow of Arthur Collins. Burial Asbury Cemetery.

1918 Comings John R. 77 12/28/1918 12/28/1918 Was a former undertaker; also Commissioner of

Charities.

1918 Compton Emma Williams 57 4/18/1918 4/19/1918 Died after long illness. Wife of Jacob Compton.

Mother of 5 daughters and 5 sons. Burial King's

Cemetery.

1918 Conger Phoebe 94 6/5/1918 6/8/1918 Widow of Simeon Conger; had lived at West

Groton.

1918 Mrs. Conger W.M. 60 11/18/1918 11/22/1918 Died at Dallas, TX. Wife of William M. Conger.

Former Groton resident. Daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. William Perrigo. Burial Groton Rural

Cemetery. See also 11/27/1918.

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Death

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1918 Mrs. Conklin A.D. 4/30/1918 5/1/1918 Died at Venice Center; daughter of Almerion

Tompkins of Newfield. Operated a millinery store

in Ithaca before marriage.

1918 Conklin Jacob 66 12/6/1918 12/7/1918 Heart Disease Died at Newfield; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Conklin William 6/12/1918 (notice) 6/12/1918 Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton

News)

1918 Connelly Michael 73 4/28/1918 4/29/1918 Husband of Anna Connelly. Member of the local

tailor's union. Burial near former home at

Towanda, PA, at Saint Peter and Paul Cemetery.

1918 Cpl. Conway Michael F. 11/1/1918 12/6/1918 Killed in

Action

Served in Co. G, 311th Infantry. Prominent Ithaca

businessman. Son of Mrs. Catherine Conway.

Story on p. 3, also p. 3, 12/9/1918 and p. 6,

12/23/1918. Remains returned to Ithaca for

burial. See story on p. 5; also p. 5, 7/27/1921,

and p. 5, 7/28/1921.

1918 Coon Leon 24 10/7/1918 10/12/1918 Pneumonia Died at North Lansing. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred

Coon. Burial North Lansing Cemetery.

1918 Coon William W. 10/30/1918 (notice) 10/30/1918 Cousin of Mrs. Fred Nichols of Ludlowville. (p.9,

Ludlowville News)

1918 Cooper Herbert A. 16 3/23/1918 3/23/1918 Son of Mrs. Abel Cooper. Burial at West Danby.

1918 Cooper Pearl May 10/16/1918 10/18/1918 Died at Newark. Burial West Danby Cemetery.

1918 Corey Thaddeus 10/31/1918 (notice) 10/31/1918 Had lived at Ledyard. Burial King Ferry. (p.9,

King Ferry News)

1918 Cornell Ruth L. 2 mos. 4/6/1918 4/8/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cornell. Burial

City Cemetery.

1918 Cornish Eliza 86 2/11/1918 2/13/1918 Died at Newfield Station. Wife of LaFayette

Cornish. Burial Newfield Village Cemetery.

1918 Cornwall Norman 16 3/21/1918

(notice)

3/21/1918 Died at South Wales, Erie County. Brother of

Esther Cornwall, Cornell freshman.

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Death

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1918 Cosgriff Fred J. 32 3/21/1918 3/22/1918 Died at Rochester, following a brief illness. Son of

Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Guth of Barnard, NY. Burial

Greece, NY.

1918 Cotter Julia 6/19/1918 6/19/1918 Burial Calvary Cemetery. See 6/20/1918 notice.

1918 Countryman Sarah Grace 10/18/1918 10/19/1918 Wife of Fred J. Countryman; had lived at Danby.

Burial Curtiss Cemetery.

1918 Cowles Claire 1/31/1918 2/6/1918 Bright's

Disease

Son of Mrs. Alma Axtell. (p. 7, West Danby

News)

1918 Cowles Loretta 77 4/23/1918 4/24/1918 Burial at Spencer.

1918 Mrs. Cox Richard 73 2/20/1918 2/22/1918 Died at Town of Covert, widow of James Cox.

1918 Cram Jacob 52 2/6/1918 2/7/1918 Neuralgia of

the Heart

Died at Sheldrake Springs. Formerly of Ithaca.

Proprietor of Willow Rest Inn, a resort at

Sheldrake Springs. He was well-known in Ithaca

and had traveled extensively throughout the

world. See story on p.5, Ithaca Journal, 2/5/1918.

1918 Crance Ernest G. 6 mos. 2/28/1918 2/28/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crance. Burial

Fsher's Cemetery.

1918 Crandall Marion G. 5/11/1918 (notice) 5/11/1918 Killed in battle in France. She was the first

American Y.W.C.A. war worker to be killed on the

battleline. Had lived at Alameda, CA. Was a

cousin of Miss H.L. Hill of Danby. Buried in

French cemetery. Story on p. 6, 5/11/1918.

1918 Crass Charles H. 69 3/30/1918 3/30/1918 Brother of George Crass. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1918 Lt. Crawford Conrad 24 8/1/1918 9/11/1918 Killed in action in France. Son of late Gilbert

Crawford of Nyack, NY, Cornell 1906. Story on p.

3.

1918 Crawford Frank 8/13/1918 8/14/1918 Died at Black Oak Corners home. See also

8/17/1918. Burial Enfield Center Cemetery.

1918 Creighton Karl 22 10/18/1918 10/18/1918 Flu Died at Cornell Infirmary; was Cornell student.

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Death

Notes

1918 Cron Jacob 76 12/31/1918 1/2/1919 Died at Elmira home. Burial at Woodlawn

Cemetery.

1918 Cronk Mary Emma 62 6/15/1918 6/17/1918 Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

Wife of John Cronk.

1918 Crozier R.A. 4/7/1918 4/8/1918 Prominent grocer, former supervisor for city of

Ithaca School Commissioner. Survived by wife, 6

daughters, 1 son. Burial City Cemetery. Story p.

7, Ithaca Journal, 4/8/1918.

1918 Culver Lewis J. 74 2/7/1918 2/7/1918 Civil War veteran. Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Culver Ross 56 5/9/1918 5/10/1918 Heart Disease

and

Pneumonia

Died at Locke. Burial Bird Cemetery.

1918 Curkendall Margaret Hendrix 34 11/2/1918 11/4/1918 Pneumonia Wife of William Curkendall, mother of Addie and

Elsie. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hendrix of

Newfield.

1918 Curry Deborah 90 10/25/1918 10/25/1918 Burial at Cayuga.

1918 Cutter Nelson 86 8/27/1918 8/27/1918 Lived all his life in Newfield. No known relatives.

Burial Seabring Settlement.

1918 Daniels Amelia 58 6/26/1918 6/28/1918 Died following surgery at Buffalo. Had lived and

was buried at Ithaca.

1918 Dans Caroline 35 10/29/1918 10/29/1918 Pneumonia Wife of Frank Dans; burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Darlin Preston 83 10/27/1918 10/28/1918 Was a Civil War veteran; lived at Caroline. Burial

Grove Cemetery.

1918 Dr. Darling Lacey B. 2/19/1918 2/20/1918 Bright's

Disease

Died at Palmyra. Former resident of Ithaca;

studied medicine and moved to Palmyra. Was an

employee of C.J. Rumsey & Co. in Ithaca.

Husband of Alice. Burial at Groton.

1918 Davenport Frances 12/29/1918 1/2/1919 Died at Omaha, NE. Formerly of Dryden. Burial

Willow Glen Cemetery.

1918 Davenport Mary E. 76 10/9/1918 10/10/1918 Widow of Moses Davenport. Burial Hayt's

Cemetery.

1918 Davis Anna M. 5/15/1918 5/17/1918 Burial Lansingville Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1918 Davis none given 14 mos 1/16/1918

(notice)

1/16/1918 Cerebral

Meningitis

Child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis of

Conneautville, PA. Burial at McLean. (p.7,

McLean News)

1918 Davis Henry 28 10/26/1918 10/28/1918 Flu Was an instructor at Cornell.

1918 Davis Lucy Gorton 12/30/1918 12/30/1918 Former resident of Buffalo and Rochester. Mother

of Prof. E. Gorton Davis. Burial Mt. Hope

Cemetery in Rochester.

1918 Day Frank Miles 57 6/15/1918 6/18/1918 Died at Philadelphia; well-known architect who

designed Cornell dormitories. See story on p. 2.

1918 Dayton Ann E. 74 2/22/1918 2/23/1918 Died at Freeville. Wife of rev. J.F. Dayton. Burial

McLean.

1918 Mrs. Dayton J.F. 2/27/1918

(notice)

2/27/1918 Died at Freeville. Was buried at McLean. (p.7,

McLean News)

1918 Dean Dana 77 6/8/1918 6/10/1918 Suicide by

Hanging.

Civil War veteran, 30 year Post Office employee;

was despondent over ill health. Burial at Newfield.

See story on p. 5.

1918 Mrs. Dean Frank 12/12/1918 12/16/1918 Died at home near Interlaken.

1918 Dean Kate 82 5/26/1918 5/27/1918 Was a well-known singer. Once sang for Pres.

Lincoln. Had sung for troops at war meetings.

Buried at Newfield. See story p. 3, 5/27/1918 and

p. 5, 5/28/1918 Ithaca Journal (photo).

1918 DeCamp Harvey 96 11/30/1918 11/30/1918 Died at home at Snyder Hill.

1918 DeGarmo Lindley H. 28 2/16/1918 2/21/1918 Killed in airplane accident in England. Was 1912

graduate of Cornell; training with members of

Royal British Flying Corps. Story on p.3, Ithaca

Journal, 2/21/1918.

1918 DeLano Jane B. 85 3/4/1918 3/6/1918 Died at her home in Grand Rapids, MI. Widow of

Martin S. DeLano and both formerly of Ithaca.

Burial at Groton.

1918 Mrs. Delano William 4/27/1918 5/1/1918 Died at Cortland. Former Miss Hall of Groton.

Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

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Death

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1918 Demun Emeline 80 7/10/1918 7/161918 Formerly of Interlaken. Died at brother's home at

Seneca Castle. (p.7, Interlaken News)

1918 Denton John W. 30 1/23/1918 1/23/1918 Son of Mary Denton. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery.


1918 DeViney Jay 58 2/15/1918 2/16/1918 Rheumatism

of the Heart

Well-known Ithacan.

1918 DeWitt Charles A. 10/16/1918 10/18/1918 Pneumonia Died at Boulder, CO; had lived in Ithaca.

1918 Dissin Emma 10/15/1918 10/22/1918 Died at Portland, OR; formerly of Ithaca. Wife of

James Dissin.

1918 Dixon Frank R. 23 5/1/1918 5/4/1918 Drowned Steamer he was on collided with French cruiser

off the Delaware Capes. He was with recruits

headed to Paris Island, SC. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Dixon of Lake Ridge. See also: p. 5,

5/4/1918 Ithaca Journal; p. 3 , 5/18/18; p. 5,

5/22/18; p. 3, 5/23/18 and p. 3, 6/11/18. Burial at

sea.

1918 Dobrowlski Anthony 7/5/1918 7/8/1918 Appendicitis Died following operation at Washington, D.C.

where he worked for the government. Husband of

Margaret; native of Ithaca. Burial at Washington,

D.C.

1918 Dodd George Allen, Jr. 30 12/20/1918 12/20/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Dodd. See p. 3.

Burial Williamsport, PA. See also 12/21/1918.

1918 Mrs. Dolloway Charles 11/1/1918 11/6/1918 Died at Mecklenburg.

1918 Pvt. Dorn Archie N. 24 10/18/1918 10/19/1918 Died at Camp Mills, Long Island, NY. Husband

of former Violet Fisher. Burial Evergreen

Cemetery, Spencer. See also 10/24/1918.

1918 Dorn Paul Miller 9 10/8/1918 10/8/1918 Son of Fred E. Dorn of Coddington Rd.

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1918 D'Orsay Richard 40 4/23/1918 4/26/1918 Died at sanitarium at Taughannock Falls. Burial

Trumansburg Cemetery. (p.7, Caroline News)

1918 Dorsey Richard 41 4/23/1918 4/24/1918 Died at Meany Sanitarium; burial Grove

Cemetery.

1918 Drake Sereno 76 2/27/1918 2/28/1918 Died at Interlaken. Well-known architect and

builder.

1918 Dresser John F. 10/22/1918 10/22/1918 Pneumonia Cornell student. Had lived and was buried at

Watertown.

1918 Dryer Morgan 3/31/1918 4/3/1918 Died in Chicago. Son of Capt. Chester Dryer,

former steamboat captain in Ithaca. Burial City

Cemetery.

1918 Dr. du Buisson J.P. 36 1/27/1918 3/26/1918 Sun Stroke Died at his home in South Africa. Had studied at

Cornell and was recently appointed Professor of

Agricultural Chemistry, University of

Stellenbosch. See story p. 2, Ithaca Journal,

3/26/1918.

1918 Mrs. Dudgeon William 25 5/17/1918 5/17/1918 Died at Elmira. Daughter of Jonathan Underdown

of Newfield. Former Ina Underdown, graduate of

Newfield schools. Taught school at Rome. Burial

at Trumbull's Corners Cemetery.

1918 Dudley Earl B. 8/9/1918 (notice) 8/9/1918 Killed in war in France; marine with 55th Co.,

Fifth Marine Regiment. Son of late John Dudley

of Ithaca and Clara J. Dudley of Roxbury. See p.

5.

1918 Dumont Elbert S. 2/11/1918 2/12/1918 Died at Batavia. Employed at the Minor Shoe

Factory. Born at Covert. (p.7, Interlaken News)

1918 Durling Charles F. 12/15/1918 12/16/1918 Prominent businessman and city alderman.

Burial Lake View Cemetery. See story p. 3. See

also 12/19/1918.

1918 Durling Sarah L. 80 6/7/1918 6/8/1918 Wife of J.J. Ayres Durling. Burial City Cemetery.

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1918 Duryea Charles 71 1/15/1918 1/18/1918 Died at Black Oak Corners. Husband of Ruth M.

Burial at Mecklenburg. (P.7, Black Oak Corners

News, 1/28/1918) (p.7, Mecklenburg News,

1/24/1918) Death notices in 1/18/1918 and

1/24/1918.

1918 Dutton William H. 59 2/1/1918 2/2/1918 Pneumonia Was in charge of Lehigh Valley Railroad Paint

Shops. Burial in mausoleum at Lake View

Cemetery. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal,

2/2/1918.

1918 Dykeman Jonas Hazard 72 9/28/1918 10/1/1918 Died at Trumansburg. Burial Mecklenburg.

1918 Eagan Jane J. 57 10/27/1918 10/28/1918 Disease

Complication

s

Widow of Michael Eagan. Burial Calvary

Cemetery.

1918 Earle Sylvester 84 4/23/1918 4/24/1918 Died in Waterloo at home of his daughter. Was

resident of Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Egan Jane J. 10/27/1918 10/30/1918 Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Egbert W. Grant 11/4/1918 (notice) 11/4/1918 Burial Danby Rural Cemetery.

1918 Eke Julia 71 1/17/1918 1/17/1918 Wife of John Eke; burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Eldred Gerald 10/29/1918 10/29/1918 Pneumonia Was Cornell student. Burial New York City.

1918 Ellenwood Cecelia A. 2 8/31/1918 9/3/1918 Cyclic

Vomitting

Daughter of Prof. and Mrs. F.O. Ellenwood. Body

sent to Rochester for cremation.

1918 Ellis William 45 2/2/1918 2/4/1918 Brother of Fred S. and Louis D. Ellis. Burial

Green Hill Cemetery, Dryden.

1918 Ellison Luther J./Lewis J. 75 2/20/1918 2/23/1918 Husband of former Mary Clapp, father of Mrs.

Thomas Briggs. Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake

View vault. (p.7, Interlaken News and p.7, Lake

Road News) Death notice in 2/23/1918 and

2/27/1918.

1918 Embree John H. 7/29/1918 8/12/1918 Killed in

Action

Died in France. Member of Cornell Class of 1920.

Lived at College Point, NY. See story p. 3.

1918 Emery Arva L. 2 mos. 2/27/1918 2/27/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Emery. Burial Fisher's

Cemetery.

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1918 Emery Arza L. 38 10/25/1918 10/25/1918 Grip Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery.

1918 Emmons Isabelle Welch 36 7/10/1918 7/11/1918 Died at Watkins home. Wife of Richard Emmons,

daughter of Alice Welch of Danby. Burial

Coddington Rd. Cemetery.

1918 English Gracie May 18 10/19/1918 10/21/1918 Died at Caroline.Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter

English. Burial Snyder Hill Cemetery.

1918 English Thomas 73 11/24/1918 11/25/1918 Heart Disease Died while walking near his home on Slaterville

Rd. Was a Civil War veteran, 21st NY Cavalry.

Burial Snyder Hill Cemetery.

1918 Estabrook Nellie 75 1/4/1918 1/5/1918 Widow of Isaac Estabrook. Died at home of

daughter in Montour.

1918 Estes Kate P. 79 10/19/1918 10/21/1918 Widow of Thomas Estes. Burial Lansingville

Cemetery.

1918 Esty Charles G. 20 10/20/1918 10/21/1918 Cornell student; son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman T.

Esty of Bellville, NY. Burial at Bellville.

1918 Mrs. Esty William W. 4/8/1918

(notice)

4/8/1918 Died at New Orleans, former resident of Ithaca;

widow of William. Buria New Orleans (at least

temporarily).

1918 Mrs. Esty William W. 10/12/1918 (notice) 10/12/1918 Died at New Orleans. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial

City Cemetery.

1918 Evans Arthur R. 10/8/1918 (notice) 10/8/1918 Pneumonia Had been a hotel manager in Atlanta, GA and

president of Hotel Manager's Association of

Georgia. Interred in vault at Lakeview Cemetery.

1918 Everhart Job 71 1/11/1918 1/12/1918 Died at home of nephew, Jesse S.Everhart, at

Snyder Hill. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1918 Everhart Odus N. 7/1/1918 11/11/1919 Died of wounds received in action. Co. K, 4th Inf.,

A. E. F. Next of kin, Mrs. John Tompkins,

Newfield.

1918 Pvt. Everhart Otis 23 7/3/1918 7/26/1918 Gunshot

Wounds

Died in France. Had lived at Newfield. Son of

Mrs. John Tompkins of Newfield. See also;

Newfield News, p. 7, 7/30/1918; p.5, 8/8/1918

and p. 3, 8/24/1918.

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Notes

1918 Everhart Robert C. 2 mos. 6/13/1918 6/14/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Everhart of Bostwick

Corners; leaves 7 brothers and sisters.

1918 Mrs. Fagan John D. 4/7/1918 4/9/1918 Died at Johnson City Hospital. Former Lena

Gaygen, survived by husband. Burial Willow Glen

Cemetery.

1918 Lt. Farnsworth Thomas H. 9/13/1918 10/24/1918 Died after plane shot down in France. Cornell

architecture graduate; see story p. 3.

1918 Farrell Johanna 67 1/23/1918 1/23/1918 Died after illness of 1 year. Burial Mt. Olivet

Cemetery.

1918 Farrell Margaret 50 4/26/1918 4/26/1918 Wife of George Farrell; burial Calvary Cemetery.

See also 4/30/1918.

1918 Farrey Viola 26 10/18/1918 10/18/1918 Pneumonia Wife of Samuel Farrey; daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Elmer Thompson. Burial Trumbull's Corners

Cemetery.

1918 Fatula Mary 44 1/9/1918 1/9/1918 Wife of Henry Fatula. Burial Mount Olivet


1/11/1918.

1918 Fausette Robert 42 10/9/1918 10/16/1918 Died following lingering illness at Interlaken

Beach. Husband of former Cora Huston and son

of Mrs. L.B. Walton; burial Lake View Cemetery.

See lengthy obituary.

1918 Felter Ross 10/5/1918 10/26/1918 Pneumonia Died at Minneapolis, MN; formerly of Pleasant

Valley, p. 9.

1918 Mrs. Field George L. 3/14/1918

(notice)

3/14/1918 Died at home in Hollywood,CA. Survived by

daughter, Mrs. Charles Gore, of Groton.

1918 Fish Ann L. 74 2/8/1918 2/9/1918 Died at Groton. Wife of A.E. Fish. Burial Groton

Rural Cemetery.

1918 Fitch Delia 68 2/11/1918 2/12/1918 Wife of Horace Fitch. Formerly of Richford; had

lived at Alberta, Canada for last 15 years. Burial

at Maple Grove Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Fitch Orison 2/15/1918

(notice)

2/15/1918 Had lived at Alberta, Canada. Sister of David

Clark of Caroline. Burial at Caroline. (p.7,

Caroline News and p.7, Dryden News, 2/16/1918)

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Death

Notes

1918 Fletcher Sydney 31 11/26/1918 11/26/1918 Septic

Pneumonia

Was a salesman and stockhoder at Treman, King

and Co. Son of Charles Fletcher. Burial Grove

Cemetery.

1918 Flynn Charles P. 4/11/1918 4/13/1918 Died at home and burial in Ovid. Had furniture

and undertaking businesses for many years.

1918 Foote Adelia Coe 7/24/1918 8/26/1918 Died at home of her daughter, Mrs. E.P. Boynton

at Cedar Rapids, IA. Wife of W.J.P. Foote,

former Ithaca florist.

1918 Foote Edwin Wesley 84 1/9/1918 1/9/1918 Died at Caroline; burial Maple Grove Cemetery.

1918 Foote John J. 83 1/29/1918 1/31/1918 Died at Willseyville. Was a Civil War veteran.

1918 Foote May 37 10/26/1918 10/26/1918 Pneumonia Wife of Bert Foote. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Marvin Baylor of VanEtten. Burial Hayt's

Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Foote Zina 5/1/1918 (notice) 5/1/1918 Died at Binghamton State Hospital. Had lived at

Willseyville where buried, Willseyville Cemetery.

(p. 7, Willseyville News)

1918 Fortner Eliza M. 8/19/1918 8/21/1918 Burial Curtis Cemetery in Danby.

1918 Mrs. Foster Robert E. 4/4/1918 4/8/1918 Died at Santa Rosa, CA. Wife of Robert; former

Lulu Gorsline of Brookton. Sister of Milton

Gorsline of Brookton.

1918 Fowler Lucy P. 60 9/28/1918 9/28/1918 Suicide by

Inhaling Gas

Widow of Frederick Fowler. Story p. 3,

9/30/1918.

1918 Fowler Thomas 32 2/25/1918 2/25/1918 Asphyxiation Asphyxiated by gas while working with Ithaca

DPW crew, inspecting sewers. Story on p. 3,

Ithaca Journal, 2/25/1918. Obituary p. 3,

2/26/1918.

1918 Frazier Daniel 79 11/18/1918 11/19/1918 Died at Krum's Corners; burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Frazier Lester H. 10/18/1918 10/18/1918 Pneumonia Was Cornell student from Bethlehem, PA.

1918 Frear Alexander 93 2/24/1918 2/25/1918 One of Ithaca's earliest pioneers, farmer, fruit

raiser and prominent Presbyterian. See story p.


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1918 Frear William H. 12/23/1918 1/8/1919 Grip Died at Rochester. Son of Mrs. Helen Frear,

brother of Arthur.

1918 Freece John 63 7/10/1918 7/13/1918 Died at Jacksonville. Brother of Charles and

James. Burial Pony Hollow Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Freese Daniel 80 7/8/1918 7/9/1918 Died at Myers. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery,

Ludlowville.

1918 French G. Burton 39 10/18/1918 10/18/1918 Pneumonia Died at McLean.

1918 Frith Isaac 84 12/14/1918 12/19/1918 Born in England; spent most of his life in Ithaca.

Married 64 years. Wife survives.

1918 Frost Frank W. 50 3/15/1918 3/15/1918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Fulkerson Georgianna 43 6/20/1918 6/20/1918 Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.

1918 Fuller Rosettta 10/14/1918 10/15/1918 Died in Elmira at home of sister.

1918 Capt. Gallagher C.H. 11/13/1918 (notice) 11/13/1918 Killed in war in France in August. Formerly of

Tompkins County. Buried in France. See p. 7.

1918 Gallagher Charles H. 8/28/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia Captain Medical Corps. Died at Base Hospital in

Orleans, France. Next of kin, Mrs. Charles H.

Gallagher, Ithaca.

1918 Dr. Gallagher Charles H. 42 9/20/1918 (notice) 9/20/1918 Gassed Died in war in France. Well-known Ithaca

physician. Husband of Stella Lyons, son of Dr.

and Mrs. C. Gallagher of Slaterville Springs. See

story on p. 3 of 9/20 & 21/1918.

1918 Gantner George S. 43 1/6/1918 1/11/1918 Died at Kingston, NY.

1918 Lt. Gardner Frank H. 2/23/1918 2/27/1918 Pneumonia Died a NYC. Member of Medical Reserve.

Graduate of Ithaca High 1908; attended Cornell

Law School. Son of Dr. E.R. Gardner of Montrose

Pt. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 2/27/1918.

1918 Garlic Martha D. 71 9/9/1918 9/10/1918 Had lived in Auburn. Burial in Rose, NY where

she was born.

1918 Garner Anna Y. 29 2/15/1918 2/16/1918 Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Wife of E.F.

Garner, an instructor in mechanical engineering,

Sibley College. Burial family plot at Westminster,

MD.

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Death

Notes

1918 Maj. Gass Daly R. 12/19/1918 (notice) 12/19/1918 Pneumonia Died at Camp Pike. Was at Cornell Law School

for 3 years. Had lived in Pittsburgh. Well-known

in Ithaca. See story p. 3.

1918 Gates Laura Jeanette infant 10/24/1918 10/25/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Gates of Lake

Ridge. Burial Lansingville Cemetery.

1918 Geary Michael 8/10/1918 8/10/1918 Gunshot Shot by son, Joseph John Geary, as he

threatened the son with an ax while in drunken

rage. Story p. 3, 8/10/1918 and 8/12/1918.

1918 Gee Raymond 18 11/30/1918 12/2/1918 Pneumonia Died at Olive Bridge near NYC - member of

Trumansburg platoon, Co. D, New York State

Guards. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gee,

Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. Story p. 2.

1918 George John F. 76 6/14/1918 6/14/1918 Heart Failure Died at Freeville. Husband of Eleanor B. George,

father of William R. (Daddy) George, founder of

George Junior Republic. Burial Pleasant Grove

Cemetery. Story on p. 3.

1918 Georgia Syrenius 85 3/8/1918 3/8/1918 Burial Inlet Cemetery.

1918 Gifford Fee N. 12/8/1918 12/9/1918 Wife of John C. Gifford.

1918 Gilbert William 36 10/4/1918 10/5/1918 Pneumonia Died while on a family vacation in Jamaica. Had

been manager at Corona Typewriter Co. in

Groton for 6 years. Burial at Knoxville, PA.

1918 Gilday Bridget 85 11/17/1918 11/18/1918 Burial at Owego Cemetery.

1918 Gilman R.C. 67 1/22/1918 1/25/1918 Died at Willseyville. Burial Candor Cemetery.


1918 Gorton Creighton H. 61 2/8/1918

(notice)

2/8/1918 Died at Oneonta. Husband of former Miss Harriet

Williams of Ithaca. Well-known salesman for

Syracuse Dry Goods Co. Burial at Syracuse.

1918 Grady Ralph 10/13/1918 11/29/1918 Flu Died at Buffalo. (p. 9, Myers news)

1918 Grant Francis Eugene 70 12/13/1918 12/17/1918 Died and was buried in NYC. Former Ithacan.

See story p. 3.

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1918 Grant George H. 8/28/1918 9/7/1918 Died at Chicago. Husband of Pheobe Osborne

Grant. Burial at City Cemetery family plot.

1918 Gray Elizabeth 69 2/16/1918 2/18/1918 Wife of William Gray; burial West Danby

Cemetery.

1918 Greenleaf Mott 4/10/1918 (notice) 4/10/1918 Burial Bird Cemetery. (p.9, Locke News)

1918 Grey Rachel 11/30/1918 12/5/1918 Burial at Groton.

1918 Gridley John Thomas 7/10/1918 7/15/1918 Died at Candor. Prominent lawyer in Tioga Co.

and Ithaca. Graduate of Cornell and Columbia

Law School. See p. 5.

1918 Grimm Louisa 65 12/13/1918 12/13/1918 Widow of Carl Grimm. Burial City Cemetery.

1918 First Lt. Groser Leslie Herbert 27 6/18/1918 (notice) 6/18/1918 Killed in war in France. 1913 Cornell Law School

graduate. Editor-in-Chief of Cornell Sun. Story on

p. 3.

1918 Pvt. Growe Harry 21 6/18/1918 (notice) 6/18/1918 Killed in war in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H.L.

Growe of Hayt's Corners, Seneca Co. Story on p.

5.

1918 Gunnison Royal Arch 45 6/15/1918 7/3/1918 Apoplectic

Stroke

Died at Juneau, Alaska, where he was former

judge of U.S. District Court. Husband of Lena C.

Gunnison. Born in Binghamton; 1906 Cornell

graduate. See story p. 5.

1918 Hall William Burritt 52 8/20/1918 8/24/1918 Apoplexy Died at summer home near Erie, PA. Son of the

late Ogden Hoffman and Hettie Eliza Burritt Hall.

Native of Ithaca; husband of former Alice West

Fielder. Prominent in business and musical

circles.

1918 Halliday Emerson 65 3/13/1918 3/14/1918 Had lived with his brother, Benton, at Lansing.

Burial at Groton.

1918 Hanford Leonora 83 11/12/1918 11/13/1918 Had lived at Danby; burial Danby Rural

Cemetery.

1918 Harding Michael 6/4/1918 6/8/1918 Died at Sayre Hospital; lived at Trumansburg.

Burial St. James Cemetery.

1918 Harris F.B. 11/21/1918 11/25/1918 Pneumonia Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural

Cemetery.

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Death

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1918 Harris Mary E. 78 9/22/1918 9/23/1918 Widow of Almon Harris. Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Harris Rena May 16 10/31/1918 11/1/1918 Grip Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Harris.

1918 Capt. Harrison Ray 7/18/1918 11/20/1918 Killed in action in France. Brother of Lt. Col.

George Harrison. Story p. 2.

1918 Harvey Ellen A. 82 3/21/1918 3/22/1918 Widow of Moses Harvey; burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Hassan Frank 62 3/23/1918 3/25/1918 Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in

3/25/1918 and 3/26/1918.

1918 Lt. Hastings Walcott B. 10/6/1918 11/27/1918 Killed in

Action

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Hastings of NY

City. 1915 Cornell graduate. Well-known here.

Story p. 3.

1918 Hauber Oscar H. 32 5/19/1918 5/20/1918 Pleuropneum

onia

Died at Union Springs; formerly of Ithaca.

Employed by the Weather Bureau; later in the

farm machinery and insurance businesses. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Havens Daniel 10/2/1918 11/15/1918 Killed in action in France. Had lived in Newfield.

Brother of Ray Havens of Locke. Story p. 3.

1918 Havens Ira 55 10/30/1918 11/1/1918 Father of Clarence and Leonard. Burial City

Cemetery.

1918 Hawks Etta Swartwood 78 3/26/1918 3/27/1918 Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Hawley Iva M. 10/10/1918 10/11/1918 Pneumonia Wife of Patrick Hawley. Had lived at Syracuse;

formerly of Ithaca. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Hazen Blair Allen 85 5/18/1918 5/20/1918 Father of Fred D. Hazen; died on his birthday.

Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Pvt. Hazen Daniel W. 7/15/1918 5/12/1919 Killed in

Action

Presumed missing until mother and father, Mr.

and Mrs. O. C. Hazen, of Caroline Center,

received letter from a fellow soldier. See story on

p. 7.

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Death

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1918 Hazen Durion N. 6 8/2/1918 8/3/1918 Died of an acute attack of stomach trouble,

believed to have been caused by undigested

food. Son of Prof. and Mrs. Leslie E. Hazen.

Pleasant Grove Cemetery burial. See report: p.3,

8/3/1918 and p. 3, 8/13/1918.

1918 Head Martha J. 66 3/9/1918 3/9/1918 Died at Asbury, wife of Horace A. Head. Burial

Pleasant Grove Cemetery. See p.7, Asbury

News, 3/14/1918.

1918 Heath Claude Edward 16 10/12/1918 10/14/1918 Influenza Son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Heath. Burial Brookton

Cemetery.

1918 Heher Sylvester 10/2/1918 10/5/1918 Died at Elmira. Brother of Mrs. Michael Driscoll of

Ithaca.

1918 Hemmingway Claudia 7/20/1918 7/25/1918 Died at Dryden; burial at virginia. (p. 7, Dryden

News)

1918 Cpl. Henighen James B. 10/8/1918 11/18/1918 Killed in action in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Henighen. Well-known Ithaca family.

See story p. 3.

1918 Cpl. Henighen James B. 10/16/1918 5/14/1919 Killed in

Action

Son of Mrs. M. A. Henighen. Story on p. 3.

1918 Cpl. Henighen James B. 10/18/1918 8/13/1921 War victim Killed in action in France. Member of 309th

Infantry, Cayuga Hose Co. No. 1, and Fraternal

Order of Eagles. Son of Mr./Mrs. Thomas J.

Henighen. Story on p. 5. Also see 8/27/1921, P.

5, and 8/29/1921, p. 5.

1918 Hess Charles A. 1/31/1918

(notice)

1/31/1918 Died in England, son of Mrs. A.R.Conklin of

Jacksonville. He was formerly of Ithaca and a

well-known architect employed by Detmar Blow,

a London architect. See obituary on p. 3, Ithaca

Journal, 1/31/1918.

1918 Hicks Samuel H. 69 1/24/1918 1/26/1918 Died at Eaton Rapids, MI. Formerly of Enfield.

1918 Higgins Amelia 85 1/11/1918 1/11/1918 Widow of William Higgins; burial Calvary


1/12/1918.

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Death

Notes

1918 Higgins Frederick 11/29/1918 12/2/1918 Pneumonia Died at Olive Bridge near NYC - member of

Trumansburg platoon, Co. D, New York State

Guards. Son of Morris Higgins of Groton,

formerly of Willow Creek. Burial Grove Cemetery.

Story p. 2. Also p. 9, 12/5/1918 Taughannock

Falls News.

1918 Higgins Harry B. 8/12/1918 8/13/1918 Drowned Drowned while swimming in Taughannock Creek.

Well-known farmer in Jacksonville. See story p.

3.

1918 Hildebrant H.A. 67 12/6/1918 12/6/1918 Heart Disease Died at Caroline; burial Caroline Grove Cemetery.

1918 Hildebrant Robert 78 1/25/1918 1/25/1918 Died at Caroline.

1918 Hildebrant Ruel 40 8/17/1918 8/17/1918 Died at Slaterville Springs.

1918 Hill De Alton Holly 19 10/16/1918 10/17/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Hill of New Rochelle,

formerly of Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

See p. 3.

1918 Dr. Hill Fred 8/9/1918 (notice) 8/9/1918 Died at Brooklyn home. Formerly of Trumansburg

where he was buried.

1918 Hill Julia 3/12/1918

(notice)

3/12/1918 Widow of Dr. R. Byron Hill of Trumansburg.

Burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Hill Minnie 10/22/1918 (notice) 10/22/1918 Wife of Dr. O.H. Hill of Mifflinburg, PA. Sister of

Mrs. W.H. Tarrell of Ithaca.

1918 Hill Nancy Ann 82 3/2/1918 3/4/1918 Burial at Asbury.

1918 Hinds Richard 72 7/7/1918 7/8/1918 Died at home in South Danby. Born and buried at

Binghamton.

1918 Hines Helen 18 10/26/1918 10/28/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hines. Was a

nursing student at Ithaca Hospital. Burial Willow

Glen Cemetery.

1918 Hodder Lena L. 39 11/19/1918 11/20/1918 Wife of William Hodder; mother of William, Jr.

Burial at Gloversville.

1918 Hogan John M. 9/14/1918 9/21/1918 Died at Taylorville, IL. Member of Cornell Law

School, Class of 1919.

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Death

Notes

1918 Hollenbeck Edward M. 10/3/1918 (notice) 10/3/1918 Died at Newport, R.I. Naval Training Camp. Son

of Mrs. Addie Hollenbeck of Candor. Story p. 2.

1918 Hollenbeck Wyland D. 37 6/27/1918 6/28/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hollenbeck. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Hollister Amanda 78 7/20/1918 7/20/1918 Heart Disease Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1918 Hollister Julius 71 6/12/1918 (notice) 6/12/1918 Overexertion Well-known farmer lived on Mecklenburg Rd.

near Enfield. Found dead in field. Story on p. 5.

1918 Holmes baby girl 3 days 3/1/1918 3/5/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Holmes. (p.7,

Reynoldsville News)

1918 Hoose Louise 71 12/10/1918 12/10/1918 Wife of William Hoose; burial City Cemetery.

1918 Hoover Bessie M. 7/14/1918 7/15/1918 Died at Trumansburg; wife of J.M. Hoover. Burial

at DuBois.

1918 Hoover Pruma A. 70 10/10/1918 10/11/1918 Died at Caroline. Wife of George W. Hoover;

burial Quick Cemetery.

1918 Lt. Horton Harding F. 25 10/10/1918 12/16/1918 Killed in

Action

Member of the 33rd Div., National Guard of

Illinois. Son of Mrs. Jennie Horton of Forest

Home. Story on p. 5.

1918 Horton Harding F. 10/18/1918 11/11/1919 Killed in

Action

Co. F, 129th Inf., 33d Div. Next of kin, Mrs.

Jennie S. Horton, Forest Home.

1918 Mrs. Horton Philip 10/1/1918 (notice) 10/1/1918 Pneumonia Died at Peoria, IL. Daughter of Mrs. O.P. Mabee

of Ithaca.

1918 Hortsman Fred 4/4/1918

(notice)

4/4/1918 Pneumonia Died at Camp Upton; brother of Mrs. Walter

Kinch of Freeville. (p.9, Freeville News)

1918 House Velma 68 10/21/1918 10/22/1918 Had lived and was buried at Newfield.

1918 House Zelman 10/21/1918 10/23/1918 Died at daughter's home in Elmira. Burial at

Newfield.

1918 Howe David 9/30/1918 10/1/1918 Pneumonia Died at Grotto.

1918 Howe Rispa 90 10/9/1918 (notice) 10/9/1918 Oldest resident of McLean. (p.7, McLean News)

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Death

Notes

1918 Howell Bert 49 8/7/1918 8/8/1918 Died at Auburn Hospital of infection following

farm accident. Had lived at Ludlowville. Obituary

p. 3. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. See also

8/9/1918.

1918 Mr. Howell Marion 12/30/1918 1/3/1919 Died at NY City. Formerly of Ludlowville. Burial

Pine Grove Cemetery. See also 1/4/1919.

1918 Howell Percy 19 12/10/1918 (notice) 12/10/1918 Pneumonia Had lived at North Lansing. Was a member of

Trumansburg Platoon, NYS Guard. Fourth

platoon member to die of pneumonia at Olive

Bridge, NY. See story on p. 3.

1918 Hoyt George 12/29/1918 12/30/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Moravia. Former Ithaca resident.

1918 Pvt. Hoyt Richard J. 25 10/15/1918 2/22/1919 Pneumonia Died in hospital in Rubery, England. Had been

wounded in action on Sept. 29, 1918. Born in

Binghamton; member of Cornell class of 1920.

See story on p. 5.

1918 Hrivnak Annie 24 12/28/1918 12/28/1918 Died at Myers. Wife of Vencel. Burial Calvary

Cemetery.

1918 Hubble Josephine 65 5/9/1918 5/9/1918 Wife of W.D. Hubble; burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1918 Huff Alethe Bernice 7 11/3/1918 11/6/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Huff. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Hughes Joseph W. 52 1/26/1918 1/28/1918 Former harness merchant and well-known

horseman. Burial Fisher's Cemetery. See story p.


1918 Hulbert Caroline A. 85 11/5/1918 11/6/1918 Widow of Edward E. Hulbert. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Hull Grace 35 12/13/1918 12/16/1918 Heart Disease Died at Syracuse. Wife of Lewis Hull; daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Whitley of Ithaca. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1918 Hulslander Marion 36 11/24/1918 11/27/1918 Died at Meany Sanitarium. Mother of Lena,

Sophia, Enza, Rodney, Clifford and Howard.

Burial Maple Grove Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1918 Hunt Annabel 58 12/30/1918 12/311918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Hutchinson Florence West 10/6/1918 10/12/1918 Pneumonia Died at Dryden.

1918 Hutt James 12/2/1918 12/5/1918 Veteran of the Civil War. Died at Albany. Buried

in Groton.

1918 Mrs. Hyde Clarence 9/15/1918 9/17/1918 Lived and was buried at Groton.

1918 Hyde Venie 12/4/1918 (notice) 12/4/1918 Buried at Dryden. (p. 7, Dryden News)

1918 Ingalls George 75 12/8/1918 12/11/1918 Stroke

Complication

s

Died at McLean.

1918 Mrs. Ink LaVerne 29 11/15/1918 11/16/1918 Flu Mother of Dora; daughter of Mrs. Rosetta

Kellogg. Had lived at Newfield.

1918 Jackson Napoleon 6/13/1918 3/24/1919 Murdered Body found near Danby, at Justice Slocum's

farm. See story on p. 3. Son of Mrs. Susan

Jackson. See obituary on p. 7. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 James George 58 4/20/1918 4/22/1918 Died at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

See also: Newfield News, p. 9, 4/25/1918.

1918 Jansen Edith C. 57 6/7/1918 6/8/1918 Wife of Dana Jansen; lived at Brookton. Burial

W. Slaterville Cemetery.

1918 Johns Walter S. 12 6/6/1918 6/6/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Johns; burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Johnson Charles 10/4/1918 10/7/1918 Had lived at Groton.

1918 Pvt. Johnson Claude Winfield 10/21/1918 11/22/1918 Killed in

Action

Served with the 11th Infantry, 28th Division. Son

of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Johnson.

1918 Johnson Claude Winfield 10/21/1918 11/11/1919 Killed in

Action

Co. G, 111th Inf., A. E. F. Next of kin, Herbert L.

Johnson, 111 Auburn St.

1918 Johnson Henry 70 3/20/1918 3/21/1918 Born at Norfolk, VA; enlisted in Co. 1, 31st United

States Colored Troops in 1864. One of 3

surviving members of Sydney Post G.A.R. in

Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Johnson Marietta 82 4/2/1918 4/3/1918 Died at Trumansburg. Widow of Robert E.

Johnson. Burial Grove Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1918 Johnson Nelson 10 7/6/1918 7/8/1918 Tetanus Had stepped on a rusty nail. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ford Johnson of Richford.

1918 Johnston Annie 3/31/1918 4/2/1918 Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in

4/2/1918 and 4/4/1918.

1918 Jones Mary 24 9/27/1918 9/30/1918 Died at Philadelphia. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Jason Jones, Enfield. Burial Enfield Cemetery.

1918 Jordan Gladys V. 16 mos. 8/19/1918 8/19/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jordan of

Hanshaw Corners. Burial Pleasant Grove.

1918 Jordan Josephine Lovejoy 66 4/19/1918 4/23/1918 Widow of Andrew Jordan. Had lived and was

buried at Speedsville.

1918 Joyner Richard A. 4 mos. 4/9/1918 4/9/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Joyner. Brother of

Marjorie. Burial at Enfield Center.

1918 Juracka Elizabeth 33 10/23/1918 10/24/1918 Bronchial

Pneumonia

Wife of Paul Juracka. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Kastenhuber Henry C. 11/?/1918 11/11/1919 Corporal Co. M, 311th Inf., 77th Div., A.E. F.

Died of wounds received in action November

1918. Next of kin, George I. Kastenhuber, 420

First St. Member of Co. M, 311th Infantry, 78th

Div. See p. 5. 7/16/1921.

1918 Mrs. Keegan Sherman A. 1/15/1918 1/16/1918 Died following surgery at Brooklyn. Formerly Miss

Mabel Cass. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Death

notices in 1/16/1918 ans 1/17/1918.

1918 Keeler Mary L. 84 2/25/1918 2/27/1918 Died at Slaterville Springs. Mother of Dr. Frank

E. Blackman. Burial at Owego.

1918 Keiber Hazel M. 7/24/1918 7/26/1918 Died at Rochester; wife of Sgt. Edward J. Keiber.

Former Hazel White of Ithaca; burial at Romulus.

1918 Kellogg George 7/27/1918 7/30/1918 Died at Brooklyn. Formerly of Interlaken. (p.7,

Interlaken News)

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Death

Notes

1918 Kelly Hannah 4/2/1918 4/3/1918 Pneumonia Formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Michtel Kelly; died

in New York City. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death

notice in 4/3/1918 and 4/5/1918.

1918 Kennedy Michael 4/19/1918 (notice) 4/19/1918 Burial Groton Cemetery. (p.11, Peruville News)

1918 Kennelly James C. 31 4/15/1918 4/15/1918 Pneumonia Brother of Agnes Kennelly. Burial Mt. Olivet.

1918 Kennelly James C. 4/15/1918 4/16/1918 Burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. See additional

notice April 18, 1918.

1918 Kent Margaret Green 30 4/17/1918 4/17/1918 Wife of Clinton Kent. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Green. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Keogh Bridget 10/16/1918 10/17/1918 Died at Willard. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial

Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Kerchner Kenneth 18 10/23/1918 10/23/1918 Pneumonia Was a mail clerk for Lehigh Valley Railroad.

Burial at White Haven, PA.

1918 Ketchum Kate 82 1/31/1918 2/1/1918 Died at Newfield. Burial Wood Lawn Cemetery.

1918 Ketchum Kate 2/11/1918

(notice)

2/11/1918 Had lived at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn

Cemetery. (p.7, Newfield News)

1918 Pvt. Kilmer Leland A. 17 10/1/1918 11/5/1918 Pneumonia Died in France. Brother of Mrs. Asa Swayze and

Leslie Kilmer of Ithaca. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Kilmer of Auburn. See p. 3.

1918 King Delancy M. 76 10/18/1918 10/18/1918 Born in Enfield. Had lived in Ithaca for 65 years.

1918 King Mary 5/10/1918 5/11/1918 Died following a lingering illness at the home of

Prof. J.H. Comstock.

1918 King Thomas 79 3/27/1918 3/30/1918 Pneumonia Died and buried at Interlaken; born in Ireland.

1918 Kingsley Charles Sullings 16 mos 2/4/1918 2/5/1918 Son of Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Kingsley.

1918 Kingsley Kenneth George 3 wks 3/24/1918 3/25/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. George King.

1918 Kinney Joseph B. 88 9/4/1918 9/5/1918 Died at Brookton home; burial Quick's Cemetery.

1918 Kinsella Margaret 62 10/8/1918 10/10/1918 Died at Trumansburg; burial St. James

Cemetery.

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Notes

1918 Kinsman Ralph C. 5 4/22/1918 4/22/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Kinsman. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1918 Kirkendall Albert 77 6/19/1918 6/20/1918 Died at home at the Davis Farm, at Hanshaw

Corners. Burial at Newfield.

1918 Klinko Andrew 65 7/26/1918 7/26/1918 Accident Struck and killed by Lehigh Express Train No. 17

at Creedon's Curve near Newfield. He was a

section hand on Lehigh RR; walking to work

because he feared riding on the section car due

to accident at that location 2 days earlier. Brother

of Edward, Sr., and Stephen Klinko of Cliff St.

See p. 3.

1918 Mrs. Knapp Isaac 8/16/1918 8/17/1918 Formerly of Spencer. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Knapp Mary J. 87 8/16/1918 8/16/1918

1918 Knettles Calista 83 1/11/1918 1/12/1918 Heart Trouble Died at East Groton. Widow of Jacob Knettles.

Burial at McLean.

1918 Knettles Francis M. 80 12/9/1918 12/10/1918 Suicide by

Shooting

Died at Lansing where he lived with his sister,

Mrs. Harry Head. Was a well-known musician.

Burial at Asbury Cemetery. Story on p. 3.

1918 Knickerbocker Louis B. 7 11/20/1918 11/21/1918 Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Knickerbocker. Brother of

Frank, Charles and Thelma. Burial Fisher's


1918 Kraft George Henry 53 1/3/1918 1/10/1918 Died at Willow Creek; burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Krist Charles A. 33 12/22/1918 12/23/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mrs. Nelson Montgomery. Burial Calvary


1918 Krum Adelbert James 62 1/5/1918 1/7/1918 Son of Landon D. Krum, born at the old

homestead at Krum's Corners. Husband of

Minnie Van Gorder Krum. Was a court officer for

20+ years. Some of his forefathers fought in

Revolutionary War. Burial family plot West Hill

Cemetery. Obituary p. 5, 1/7/1918 and Krum's

Corners News on 1/11/1918.

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Death

Notes

1918 Mrs. LaDue Eva May 10/26/1918 10/26/1918 Pneumonia Wife of Martin LaDue. Burial Lake View


1918 Lamb Sapper W. F. 12/18/1918 1/2/1919 Pneumonia Died in France. Member of Canadian Forces,

Royal Engineers; was former Ithaca resident,

born in England. See story p. 6.

1918 Lamberson Royal V. 62 4/11/1918 4/12/1918 Heart Failure Founded and was Vice President and General

Manager of Remington Salt Works on east side

of Cayuga Lake. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See

story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 4/12/1918.

1918 Lambert Inez 44 2/10/1918 2/11/1918 Died of cerebral problems after two weeks in a

coma. Daughter of Lyman Brown of Cayutaville.

Burial at Odessa.

1918 Lamont Charles 10/13/1918 10/15/1918 Pneumonia Died at Syracuse. Son of Mrs. A.B. Lamont. (p. 9,

Groton News)

1918 Lamont Clarence B. 41 3/21/1918 4/5/1918 Pneumonia

and Pleurisy

Died at Seattle, WA home. Born in Van Etten,

Cornell graduate in 1900 and well-known

engineer. Several relatives in Ithaca survive him.

See story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 4/5/1918.

1918 Mrs. Lamont Robert 3/20/1918

(notice)

3/20/1918 Died at Auburn home for elderly women. Burial at

McLean where she had lived. (p. 9, McLean

News)

1918 LaMott L.P. 12/30/1918 1/2/1919 Pneumonia Died at McLean.

1918 Landon Daniel 76 9/28/1918 9/28/1918 Civil War veteran, Post Office janitor. Burial City

Cemetery.

1918 Landon Lucy 1/19/1918 1/21/1918 Died at Johnson City; widow of Bennett Landon

of Danby, where she had lived most of her life.

Burial Quick Cemetery.

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Notes

1918 Cpl. Landon Richard Gage 11/1/1918 12/4/1918 Killed in

Action

Died in France. Member Co. I, 310th Infantry, 78

Division. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville H. Landon

of Brookton. See p. 3. Killed in action in France

the same day Cpl. Michael F. Conway died in

action. Born in Danby. Parents have decided to

allow Cpl. Landon's body to remain in France.

See p. 5. 8/6/1921.

1918 Landon Richard Gage 11/1/1918 11/11/1919 Killed in

Action

In France. Co. I, 810th Infantry, 78th Div., A. E.

F. Corporal. Next of kin, Orville H. Landon,

Brookton.

1918 Lane George C. 40 12/23/1918 12/24/1918 Pneumonia Died at Sheldrake Springs. Burial Pleasant Grove


1918 Mrs. Lang Fred 10/4/1918 (notice) 10/4/1918 Daughter of Fred Parker of Freeville. Had lived at

Virgil. See p. 7, Freeville News.

1918 Lanning Julia C. 76 6/10/1918 6/10/1918 Died at Kennedy's Corners. Burial Hayt's

Cemetery.

1918 Larison Jay 5/24/1918 (notice) 5/24/1918 Died at McGraw; formerly of Black Oak Corners.

(p. 9, Black Oak Corners News)

1918 Laro Frank 45 7/23/1918 7/24/1918 Accident Killed when two machines carrying Lehigh Valley

Railroad construction workers collided on the

tracks north of Newfield. Story on p. 3.

1918 Laszio Julia 45 10/14/1918 10/15/1918 Grip Wife of Joseph Laszio. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Lt. Lathrop Louis H. 3/17/1918 4/6/1918 Pneumonia Died at base hospital in France. Graduate Cornell

1918; engaged to Marjorie Mabee of Ithaca. See

story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 4/6/1918.

1918 Lawrence John Bogart 70 3/14/1918

(notice)

3/14/1918 Died at Kansas City. Cornell graduate, 1872.

Well-known newspaperman and city official in

Kansas. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal,

3/14/1918.

1918 Mrs. Lazear M.W. 3/5/1918 3/6/1918 Died in Dryden at home of her daughter, Mrs.

M.E. Bowman.

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Death

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1918 Mrs. Lazell Ezra 84 6/24/1918 6/25/1918 Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1918 Leary James T. 11/22/1918 11/23/1918 Died at Baltimore. Was comptroller for Baltimore

and Ohio Railroad. Son of late Cornelius Leary.

Formerly of Ithaca. Cornell graduate 1880. Burial

at Baltimore.

1918 Leary William F. 2/1/1918 2/1/1918 Died at Cohoes. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial Mt.

Olivet Cemetery. Death notices in 2/1/1918 and

2/2/1918.

1918 Lee Charles H. 8/19/1918 (notice) 8/19/1918 Died at Binghamton. Had been employed at Cook

Mfg. Co. Husband of former Maud Hinds of

Jacksonville.

1918 Lee Harry J. 29 1/19/1918 1/19/1918 Killed in accident at C.J. Swartwood Lumber Mill.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lee of Caroline. See

story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 1/19/1918.

1918 Leonard John 70 5/9/1918 5/10/1918 Died at Central Chapel. Brother of Mrs. Amelia D.

Reed of Ithaca.

1918 Leonard Minnie O. 48 10/15/1918 10/16/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mrs. Lyman Leonard. Burial City

Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Lewis Chester A. 66 10/18/1918 10/19/1918 Grip Had lived at Danby.

1918 Mrs. Licht L. J. 1/19/1918

(notice)

1/19/1918 Died at Geneva. Former Carrie Galloupe of

Trumansburg. Burial at Trumansburg. (p.7,

Trumansburg News)

1918 Mrs. Liddington Omar 44 1/30/1918 1/31/1918 Died at Newfield.

1918 Mrs. Lindall Grant 4/23/1918 4/25/1918 Acute Asthma Died at New Haven, NY; formerly of Ludlowville.

1918 Linderberry Anna B. 69 1/22/1918 1/23/1918 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1918 Lindley Adelaide 1/11/1918 1/14/1918 Died at Trumansburg; wife of George Lindley.

Burial at Jersey City.

1918 Lindsay Edward F. 11/10/1918 11/11/1918 Pneumonia Died at Scarborough, NY. Cornell Law School

graduate, 1909. See p. 3.

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Death

Notes

1918 Lipstagg John 50 1/9/1918 1/11/1918 Accident Struck and killed by train, near Harford. Was a

coal miner from Plymouth, PA. Either a Russian

or Hungarian immigrant. Burial at Cortland. Story

on p. 2.

1918 Little Edwin C., Jr. 10/21/1918 11/11/1919

1918 Lt. Little E.C., Jr. 10/21/1918 10/22/1918 Plane Crash Died of injuries suffered a week ago in crash. See

p. 3.

1918 Little Isaac 10/8/1918 (notice) 10/8/1918 Had lived at Cortland. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Munsey Little of Dryden. Father of Edwin and

Paul. (Dryden News, p. 9)

1918 Little Mary Elizabeth 10/2/1918 10/10/1918 Wife of Virgil V. Little; formerly of Ithaca. Burial at

Groton.

1918 Lobdell Herbert 10/4/1918 10/8/1918 Died at Idaho Falls, ID. Formerly of Ithaca. Son

of Mrs. L.B. Lobdell. See 10/15/1918 also.

1918 Lockwood Alice A. 67 10/31/1918 10/31/1918 Wife of Walter C. Lockwood, Sr. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Loomis Haines 1 5/14/1918 5/17/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Loomis of West

Danby.

1918 Lormor Nancy 10/6/1918 10/7/1918 Died at Groton; burial Dryden Cemetery.

1918 Lormore Carrie Hubbard 64 10/27/1918 10/29/1918 Widow of Henry Lormore. Died at Dryden.

1918 Loughnan Francis 10/26/1918 (notice) 10/26/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Loughnan. Burial

Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Lounsbery Clara Marie 1 3/30/1918 3/30/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Lounsbery.


1918 Pvt. Lovell Harry 20 5/23/1918 5/23/1918 Died from complications of diseases at Cornell

Infirmary. Was member of 22nd Engineers, 27th

Div., Camp Wadsworth. Adopted son of Mrs.

R.P. McGreevy and the late Richard P.

McGreevy. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See p. 5,

5/23/1918 and 5/25/1918 Ithaca Journal.

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Death

Notes

1918 Lovell Henry 5/28/1918 11/11/1919 22d Engineers, 27th Div., Aviation School,

Cornell University. Died at Ithaca. Next of kin,

Mrs. R.P. McGreevy, Lehigh Valley House.

1918 Lovell Herbert M. 4/13/1918

(notice)

4/13/1918 Fall Fell from office window to ground in Elmira. Was

principal of Dryden High School at one time.

Married to former Lillian Truesdale of Dryden.

(p.11, Dryden News)

1918 Lowe David 4/30/1918 5/1/1918 Burial Cobb Cemetery, West Groton.

1918 Lozano Maria 3 10/23/1918 10/23/1918 Grip Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Lazano.

1918 Lyme Mary Dell 64 7/6/1918 7/8/1918 Died in hospital at Hornell. Wife of Henry F.

Lyme. Had lived at Slaterville. Burial at Lockwood

Cemetery.

1918 Lynden Eloise Herring 4/24/1918 4/24/1918 Died at New Haven, NY. Wife of Grant Lynden;

formerly of Ludlowville.

1918 Lyon Hattie E. 3/9/1918 (notice) 3/9/1918 No information given.

1918 MacGillivray Charles C. 11/2/1918 11/6/1918 Died at Unadilla. Son of late George MacGillivray

of Coddington Rd.

1918 MacGillivray George J. 5/21/1918 (notice) 5/21/1918 Auto Accident Died at Imperial, CA. Formerly of Enfield and

Ithaca.

1918 MacGowan Bessie 10/1/1918 10/8/1918 Pneumonia Died at Washington. Formerly of Ithaca. Had a 4

year old son now in Ithaca with Miss Van

Derhoef.

1918 MacKeegan Phoebe E. 93 4/16/1918 4/17/1918 Pneumonia Widow of Robert MacKeegan; leaves 5 daughters

and 2 sons. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery,

Trumansburg.

1918 Rev. Madden M.T. 70 9/23/1918 9/24/1918 Died at Phelps. Was pastor at St. James Church

in Trumansburg for 29 years and at Phelps St.

Francis Church for 9 years.

1918 Mallory W.G. 10/18/1918 10/23/1918 Died at Oberlin, OH. Former instructor and

graduate of Cornell University.

1918 Maloney John 50 12/27/1918 12/27/1918 Accident Killed when struck by work car at Ithaca Traction

Co. where he worked. Story on p. 5, also

12/28/1918. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1918 Maloney Michael 66 2/7/1918 2/7/1918 Husband of Mary A. Longtime employee of

Lehigh Valley Railroad. Burial Mt. Olivet


2/11/1918.

1918 Manning George 8/5/1918 8/10/1918 Died following an appendectomy in NYC. Son of

Frances Manning of Jacksonville. (p.7,

Jacksonville News)

1918 Manning George B. 8/5/1918 8/21/1918 Died following appendectomy at Brooklyn. Son of

Mrs. Frances F. Manning of Jacksonville;

husband of Jane Manning; graduate of Eastman

Business College. Was in sales dept. of

Seamans, Cobb, and Co. of Boston.

1918 Manning Leland 4/3/1918 4/11/1918 Died after long illness at Cleveland, OH. Son of

Mrs. Frances Manning. (p.9, Taughannock Falls

News)

1918 Manning William J. 76 4/26/1918 4/27/1918 Stroke

Complication

s

Lived at Burdette; burial Lakeview Cemetery,

Interlaken.

1918 Mapes Frank O. 45 5/6/1918 5/8/1918 Died at Spring Valley. (p. 7, South Lansing News)

Also listed with date of death as 5/7/1918 in

5/10/1918 Ithaca Journal. Survived by sister, Mrs.

Willis Fenner.

1918 Lt. Markaham Robert B. 4/20/1918 (notice) 4/20/1918 Plane Crash Graduate of Cornell, 1917. Home was at Turin,

NY.

1918 Marshall James H. 4/23/1918 (notice) 4/23/1918 Died at St. Louis, MO. Former resident of Enfield.

(p. 7, Kennedy's Corners News)

1918 Marshall John T. 64 1/19/1918 1/19/1918 Died at Interlaken. Prominent Interlaken

merchant, father of Ithaca Chief of Police,

William Marshall. Former proprietor of Hotels

Roarke and Robinson at Interlaken. See p. 2,

Ithaca Journal, 1/19/1918.

1918 Masters Louise J. 86 10/8/1918 10/9/1918 Sister of Livingston Masters. Burial Fisher

Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1918 Mattison Helen 16 11/6/1918 11/6/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isak Mattison of

Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Mazza Giovanna 74 3/19/1918 3/19/1918 Died from long illness and shock of the 3/16/1918

death of her daughter, Filomena Perri. Widow of

Raffaele Mazza. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See

story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 3/19/1918.

1918 McAllistar Michael 82 8/26/1918 8/26/1918 Born in Dundalk, Ireland. Husband of Ann

Connolly McAllister. Had been in meat business

with brother, Patrick, for many years. Burial

Calvary Cemetery. See p. 3.

1918 McCann William Irvine 30 11/18/1918 11/18/1918 Pneumonia Was pomology instructor at Cornell. Son of

Orville McCann. Burial at Frazeysburg, OH.

1918 McCarthy Ellen 3/23/1918 3/25/1918 Widow of Thomas McCarthy. Burial at the family

plot in Waverly. Death notices in 3/25/1918 and

3/26/1918.

1918 McClellan Harry G. 27 10/28/1918 10/29/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. George McClellan. Burial at

Spencer.

1918 McClenothen Phyllis 16 10/10/1918 (notice) 10/10/1918 Typhoid

Fever

Died at Akron, OH. Daughter of Robert

McClenothen of Akron and niece of Elsie Markell

of Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 McCormick Alice 8 10/13/1918 10/14/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McCormick.

Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 McCormick Walter 64 11/27/1918 11/27/1918 Well-known Ithaca burinessman and first ward

alderman. Also associated with his son, Walter J.

McCormick, as coal and wood dealer. Interred in

family vault at Calvary Cemetery. See story p. 5;

also 11/29/1918.

1918 McCoy Mandy 10/29/1918 10/31/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.C. McCoy of

Interlaken.

1918 McDaniels Martha 76 10/23/1918 10/24/1918 Had lived at Newfield; burial Woodlawn

Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1918 McDaniels Watson 69 2/21/1918 2/22/1918 Heart Failure Died at home of his daughter, Mrs. Clarence D.

Tarbell. Was a prominent farmer at Newfield.

Body placed in vault, Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Lt. McGrain Edward O. 27 10/31/1918 (notice) 10/31/1918 Member of Company C, 69th Engineers.

Engaged to Carolyn Fowler of Auburn; formerly of

Ithaca. Story p. 3.

1918 McHale Patrick 8/21/1918 8/21/1918 Husband of Mary McHale. Father of 3 daughters

and 6 sons. Burial Mt. Olivet.

1918 Mrs. McKean Adelbert 68 12/31/1918 12/31/1918 Accident Died of injuries after being struck by a car near

her Trumansburg home. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 McKee William 7/1/1918 7/6/1918 Had lived at Dryden.

1918 McKinney Mary E. 82 5/22/1918 5/22/1918 Died at Schenectady; had lived at Forest Home

for 72 years. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1918 McMillen Sarah 96 11/30/1918 12/2/1918 Burial at VanEtten.

1918 McRostie John 68 4/20/1918 4/23/1918 Died at son's home; Gordon McRostie. Burial at

Ottawa, Canada, his former home.

1918 Mead David 37 7/17/1918 (notice) 7/17/1918 Died at Baltimore, MD. Formerly of Ithaca; burial

at Groton. See also 7/20/1918 notice.

1918 Mead Philo W. 68 6/8/1918 6/8/1918 Former resident and burial at Cortland. See also

Ludlowville News, 6/11/1918.

1918 Cpl. Mead Clyde S. 11/21/1918 (notice) 11/21/1918 Killed in

Action

Had lived at Atwater's. See p. 2.

1918 Mead John G. 12/12/1918 12/13/1918 Died and was buried at Binghamton.

1918 Mead Leland C. 10/4/1918 11/25/1918 Killed in

Action

Died 3 weeks before his brother, Capt. Theodore

F. Mead was also killed in action. Leland had

lived at Morrisville, NY.

1918 Capt. Mead Theodore F. 10/30/1918 11/23/1918 Killed in

Action

Died in France. Cornell graduate 1908; Cornell

Medical School 1912. Husband of former Ruth

Fahnestock, father of Elizabeth of Ithaca. Also p.

3, 11/25/1918.

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Death

Notes

1918 Mekeel Isaiah 59 3/19/1918 3/21/1918 Died after 5 year illness in Jacksonville. Services

held at Friends' Meeting House, Jacksonville.

1918 Merrill Alvin 92 12/12/1918 12/13/1918 Died at Roulette, PA. Born in Candor; had lived at

Caroline. Was oldest employee of Lackawanna

Railroad where he went to work at age 10. His

late wife was Augusta Haskin of Union Springs.

See story p. 5.

1918 Merrill Mary 10/18/1918 10/19/1918

1918 Metcalf Helen O. 8/14/1918 8/28/1918 Lived at West Danby. Burial at Hornell.

1918 Mrs. Mettler Frank 4/17/1918 (notice) 4/17/1918 (p. 7, Danby News)

1918 Metzgar Leni G. 39 11/5/1918 11/7/1918 Flu Died near Etna. Was a farmer. Burial Willow

Glen Cemetery.

1918 Metzgar Neuman J. 73 1/27/1918 1/29/1918 Died at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1918 Milburn Ide 10/13/1918 10/14/1918 Lived in Ithaca. Burial at Horseheads.

1918 Miles Roswell 9/11/1918 9/13/1918 Farm

Accident

Well-known Locke farmer. Story p. 3.

1918 Dr. Millard H.R. 11/20/1918 11/22/1918 Pneumonia Died at Cheyenne, WY. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Willis Millard of Dundee. Dr. Millard had lived in

Ithaca for many years before moving west. Burial

at Dundee.

1918 Miller Alson 72 3/5/1918

(notice)

3/5/1918 Died at County Home; formerly of West Groton.

Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton

News)

1918 Miller Laura 10/20/1918 10/21/1918 Died at Presbyterian Hospital in New York; burial

Fisher's Cemetery.

1918 Miller Lillian 44 6/7/1918 6/7/1918 Wife of Arthur P. Miller, former sheriff. Burial

Lake View Cemetery. See also 6/10/1918.

1918 Lt. Miller Stanley M. 10/8/1918 12/9/1918 Pneumonia Died in France. 1912 Cornell graduate. Son of

Mrs. James Taylor, Ionia, MI. See also

12/10/1918.

1918 Mrs. Milligan Marvin 6/18/1918 6/19/1918 Died at Elmira Heights at home of her son, Arthur

Milligan. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1918 Capt. Mills Adelbert P. 10/20/1918 11/29/1918 Cerebrospinal

Meningitis

Died in hospital in France. Former assistant

professor at Cornell. See also 11/30/1918.

1918 Mills Maude 39 10/5/1918 10/7/1918 Wife of John Mills; mother of Gladys and

Catherine. Daughter of Charles F. Kiff. Had lived

at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Mills Adelbert P. 10/20/1918 11/11/1919 Captain Engineer Corps. Died at Brest, France.

Next of kin, Mrs. Grace C. Mills, Ypsilanti, Mich.

1918 Mineah Edwin Van Hord 11/1/1918 11/9/1918 Died at Fort Worden Hospital near Puget Sound,

WA. Nephew of Albina Mineah of Dryden.

1918 Monahan Mary 8/28/1918 8/29/1918 Internment in the Driscoll Vault, Mt. Olivet

Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Montford J.M. 5/12/1918 5/14/1918 Burial Peruville Cemetery.

1918 Dr. Montgomery John J. 75 11/23/1918 11/25/1918 Died at Dryden where he was a physician for 50

years. Brother of Mary Montgomery. Burial Green

Hills Cemetery.

1918 Moon Phoebe Delle 61 2/28/1918 3/2/1918 Died at Peruville; widow of Morris Moon.

1918 Morehouse John 6 mos. 2/26/1918 2/28/1918 Whooping

Cough

Died at Interlaken. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin

Morehouse.

1918 Pvt. Morey Harry 9/30/1918 11/26/1918 Bronchial

Pneumonia

Died at hospital in France. Son of Mrs. Sarah

Morey of Ludlowville, formerly of Cortland.

1918 Morey Harry E. 9/30/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia Died overseas. Battery B, 344th Field Artillery,

37th Div., A. E. F. Next of kin, Mrs. Sarah Morey,

Ludlowville.

1918 Morey Willard 67 3/25/1918 3/26/1918 Was a government stagecoach messenger

between Ithaca and Watkins Glen for many

years; active in the Ithaca express business.

Burial Brookton.

1918 Morgan Adeline 3/16/1918 3/26/1918

1918 Pvt. Morgan Harvey L. 11/21/1918 (notice) 11/21/1918 Killed in

Action

Had lived at Locke. See p. 2.

1918 Morgan Herbert F. 34 10/16/1918 10/17/1918 Grip Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Morgan.

1918 Mrs. Morgan John 2/8/1918 2/15/1918 (p. 7, Mecklenburg News)

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Notes

1918 Morgan John 12/6/1918 12/12/1918 Died at Burdett; was former resident and was

buried at Mecklenburg.

1918 Morgan Myrtle M. 35 10/12/1918 10/14/1918 Pneumonia Wife of Herbert F. Morgan, daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Fred Beers of Danby. Burial Curtiss

Cemetery.

1918 Morris Eliza Jane 80 10/22/1918 10/23/1918 Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Morris Irene 3/31/1918 4/2/1918 Widow of George Morris; burial Pleasant Grove

Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Morton Peter 79 10/5/1918 10/7/1918 Lived at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1918 Morton Sarah Ethel 20 10/19/1918 10/21/1918 Wife of Charles Morton; daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

William Martin.

1918 Mosley M. Melissa 82 9/19/1918 9/20/1918 Died at West Groton. Widow of Edmund

Moseley. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.

1918 Mott Mildred 17 10/23/1918 10/23/1918 Wife of Charles Mott; mother of Beatrice;

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gunn. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Mott William H. 4/10/1918

(notice)

4/10/1918 Died at Cold Water, MI. Had relatives in this area.

(p.9, Krum's Corners News)

1918 Mouillesseaux Edward 68 4/26/1918 4/27/1918 Formerly of Towanda, PA. Burial Calvary

Cemetery. See also p. 2, 5/1/1918 Ithaca Journal.

1918 Mowers Belle 52 4/2/1918 4/3/1918 Step-brother, Edgar Newman, survives. Burial

King's Cemetery.

1918 Mowry Irene 4/7/1918 4/10/1918 Died in Trumansburg. Burial at Towanda, PA.

1918 Mulahy John 7/2/1918 7/3/1918 Resident of Ithaca for over 50 years. Burial Mt.

Olivet Cemetery.

1918 Murray Lydia 65 4/25/1918 4/30/1918 Died at home of Hiram Kelly, near Towsendville.


1918 Murray Mary 10/16/1918 10/17/1918 Grip Died at King Ferry.

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Death

Notes

1918 Murray Elva L. 12/25/1918 12/26/1918 Cerebral

Hemorrhage

Daughter of Mrs. Mary Murray. Was a former

teacher in Ithaca schools and most recently in

NYC schools. Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery. See

also 12/28/1918.

1918 Maj. Murtaugh John M. 12/1/1918 12/2/1918 Died after taking poison accidentally. Prominent

lawyer, 1899 Cornell graduate, state senator, well-

known in Ithaca. Burial in Elmira. Story p. 3. See

also 12/6/1918.

1918 Myers LeCount 72 7/9/1918 7/12/1918 Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Myers Benjamin C. 73 11/28/1918 11/29/1918 Died at home at Harford Mills on Thanksgiving

Day after a long illness. Last of 12 children of

Andrew and Mandane Myers, for whom the Town

of Myers is named. Burial at Ludlowville.

1918 Myers Milton 11/13/1918 (notice) 11/13/1918 Pneumonia Died at Camp Hancock, GA. Burial McLean.

(McLean News, p. 7)

1918 Nagle James 61 2/15/1918 2/161918 Pneumonia Survived by son, John , of Sayre, PA. Burial

Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in 2/16/1918 and

2/18/1918.

1918 Names Clara 10/26/1918 10/28/1918 Accident Killed when struck by car in Rochester. Mother of

Carl Names of Ithaca.

1918 Neale Harold E. 12/21/1918 12/21/1918 Grip Cornell student. Son of Mrs. Mabel Plant. Burial

at Brooklyn.

1918 Neill Martha 11/3/1918 11/4/1918 Died at parent's home near Freeville.

1918 Newman Deborah E. 6/20/1918 6/22/1918 Died at Pawhuska, OK, at home of daughter,

Mrs. Elmer J. Black. Burial at Ithaca.

1918 Nichols Wilbur F. 53 9/2/1918 9/4/1918 Died at home in Elmira. Had been salesman for

17 years for J.C. Stowell & Co., wholesale

grocery business in Ithaca. Was born and buried

at VanEtten.

1918 Nicholson Clara Belle 9/4/1918 (notice) 9/4/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Nicholson of

Kings Mill, Ontario, former Ithacans.

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1918 Nickerson Lawrence 18 12/24/1918 (notice) 12/24/1918 Pneumonia Died at Rochester. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank

Nickerson, formerly of Besemer.

1918 Niland Edward J. 33 10/14/1918 10/14/1918 Pneumonia Had been a fireman on D.L. & W. Railroad; burial

Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Niver Russell M. 6 10/1/1918 (notice) 10/1/1918 Died at Schnectady. Son of the late Clarence O.

Niver. Formerly of Ithaca.

1918 Mrs. Noble Arthur 70 5/22/1918 5/23/1918 Died at Newfield; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

1918 North George W. 23 9/12/1918 4/29/1919 Killed in

Action

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberts of Ithaca.

Story on p. 3.

1918 Mrs. Northrup George 6/6/1918 6/6/1918 Lived near Lake Ridge. Burial Kline Cemetery.

See 6/7/1918 Ithaca Journal, too.

1918 Norton Katie Ann 83 4/19/1918 4/20/1918 Widow of Halsey Norton. Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Pvt. Nourse George 17 11/26/1918 11/27/1918 Pneumonia Died at Newburgh Hospital. Member of

Trumansburg Platoon, Co. D, NYS Guards. Son

of Arthur W. Nourse of Perry City. Story p. 3.

1918 Oakley Charles 10/9/1918 (notice) 10/9/1918 Had been a resident at the County Home for

several years. (p.7, McLean News)

1918 O'Brien Patrick 28 10/16/1918 10/17/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O'Brien. Born in

Ireland. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also

10/22/1918.

1918 O'Connell Catherine 9/29/1918 9/30/1918 Formerly of Rochester; came to Ithaca to live with

her sister, Mrs. Sarah Burns. Burial at Ovid, at

family plot.

1918 O'Connell John 2/11/1918 2/11/1918 Died while visiting daughter, Mrs. Frank Kerwin,

at Buffalo. One time employee of Lehigh Valley

Railroad. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Death

notices in 2/11/1918 and 2/14/1918.

1918 Lt. O'Conner Timothy 10/20/1918 11/21/1918 Killed in

Action

Member of 108th Infantry. Former resident at

George Jr. Republic. Brother of former football

player at Cornell, "Paddy" O'Conner. Story p. 5.

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Death

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1918 O'Daniel Addison M. 76 1/21/1918 1/21/1918 Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Olmstead Lydia A. 95 1/6/1918 1/7/1918 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Oltz Orville 62 10/30/1918 10/30/1918 Stroke

Complication

s

Died at Enfield.

1918 Osborn Frank 69 12/10/1918 12/10/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Besemer; burial Snyder Hill Cemetery.

1918 Osborn Marguerite M. 6/29/1918 6/29/1918 Died at Homeopathic Hospital at Buffalo 24 hours

after death of her mother. Survived by father,

Robert; brother, Robert; sister, Lois. Funeral for

mother and daughter at family residence at 303

N. Aurora St. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See

also p. 2, 7/1/1918.

1918 Mrs. Osborn Robert C. 6/28/1918 6/28/1918 Died at Buffalo while undergoing medical

treatment. Had lived and was buried at Ithaca.

1918 Osborn Fannie 1/23/1918 1/23/1918 Well-known Ithaca businesswoman; associated

with her brother, R.C. Osborn, in the firm, R.C.

Osborn and Co. Daughter of Mr. M.D. Osborn.

1918 Oueftecky Joseph 35 7/7/1918 7/8/1918 Died at Meany Sanitarium; burial Woodlawn

Cemetery, Newfield.

1918 Paddleford W.M. 6/6/1918 (notice) 6/6/1918 Husband of Clara M. Paddleford.

1918 Mrs. Palmer Alonzo 75 2/23/1918 2/25/1918 Died at Horseheads home of daughter, Mrs.

James Brown. Had lived at Newfield. Burial

Woodlawn Cemetery.

1918 Palmer Clara W. 10/14/1918 10/15/1918 Grip Died at Brooklyn. Wife of Percy F. Palmer;

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wager. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Palmer George 2/13/1918 2/13/1918 Died at Pony Hollow.

1918 Palmer Leon H. infant 7/15/1918 7/15/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Palmer. Burial City

Cemetery.

1918 Paquette Docity 4/10/1918 4/12/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Dover, NJ. Formerly resided in Ithaca.

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Death

Notes

1918 Parella Domenico 11/7/1918 (notice) 11/7/1918 Flu Died at Candor. Was foreman for D. L. & W.

Railroad. (p. 9, Caroline Depot News)

1918 Park Minnie 17 3/16/1918 3/18/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orman Park. Survived

by 6 brothers and 1 sister. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Parker James M. 82 9/29/1918 10/4/1918 Died in Owego; born in Caroline. Son of Samuel

and Lydia Genung Parker. Civil War veteran;

former resident of Ithaca. Burial at Harbor Beach,

MI, next to his wife.

1918 Payne Joseph 71 4/24/1918 4/25/1918 Lived at Newfield; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.

1918 Payne Marion M. 25 10/12/1918 10/18/1918 Pneumonia Died at Herkimer. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John

Payne of Trumansburg. Burial Ovid Cemetery.

1918 Peck Anna K. 62 5/7/1918 5/7/1918 Died at Danby; wife of John Peck. Burial King's

Cemetery.

1918 Penird Harold Raymond 19 10/22/1918 10/26/1918 Grip Died at Fleming. Son of Mrs. William H. Bobbitt;

brother of Ethel R. Butts, who died 10/21/1918.

Burial Fort Hill Cemetery. See p. 3.

1918 Perkins Edward A. 64 9/5/1918 9/5/1918 Died at Renwick Heights. Burial at Ellis.

1918 Perkins Effie Sobera 52 5/9/1918 5/22/1918 Died at West Groton. Wife of Willis Perkins and

daughter of Noyce Sobera.

1918 Perkins Helen M. 82 4/23/1918 4/23/1918 Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1918 PerLee Claribel Jordan 43 7/23/1918 7/25/1918 Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Wife of

Harry H. PerLee. Burial at McLean.

1918 Perri Filomena 37 3/16/1918 3/16/1918 Pneumonia Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Perrigo Charles Mudge 80 7/8/1918 7/9/1918 Died at Dryden. Husband of Mary Brockway of

Berkshire. Burial at Berkshire. See obituary p. 3.

1918 Perrigo Morgan A. 77 5/8/1918 5/10/1918 Died at Wilkes Barre, PA. Burial at Cortland

Rural Cemetery. Had relatives in Dryden and

Freeville areas. (p.9, Dryden News)

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Death

Notes

1918 Personius Henry 81 3/13/1918 3/13/1918 Died at Caroline Depot. Had been a postmaster

and ran a general store. Burial South Hill

Cemetery, Coddington Rd.

1918 Pete Francis 2 10/21/1918 10/22/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Pete, Sr. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1918 Peterman Sophie 69 2/24/1918 2/25/1918 Survived by son, Otto, who was designer of

Corona Typewriter Co. Burial at Groton.

1918 Phillips Lucretia H. 86 2/19/1918 2/20/1918 Burial East Lawn Cemetery. See also: Bethel

Grove News, p.7, 2/26.1918.

1918 Pickerill Horace Mann 30 12/18/1918 12/31/1918 Pneumonia Died at Indianapolis, IN. Former student and

instructor at Cornell. See lengthy obituary.

1918 Pierce Edward 47 4/15/1918 4/16/1918 Died at Carman Hospital. Had lived in

Trumansburg. Son of Samuel Pierce. Burial St.

James Cemetery. See additional notice April 18,

1918.

1918 Pierce Marion 15 mos. 3/27/1918

(notice)

3/27/1918 Died at Bloomfield, NJ. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Clifford A. Pierce.

1918 Pierson Albert 79 3/17/1918 3/25/1918 Died at Trumansburg. Civil War veteran. Later

became a Trumansburg School teacher; elected

to the State Assembly at Albany. Also was an

insurance business man. Husband of Harriet I.

Pierson. (p. 9, Trumansburg News)

1918 Pierson Albert Henry 78 3/17/1918 3/18/1918 Died at Trumansburg where he had been an

insurance businessman. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Pierson Nettie S. 50 11/30/1918 11/30/1918 Died at West Groton. Wife of Frank Pierson.

Burial W. Groton Rural Cemetery.

1918 Cpl. Pinckney Alto 9/29/1918 3/23/1919 War victim Killed in action and buried on the Hindenburg

Line; remains returned for burial in Grove Cem.

Son o f Clayton Pinckney. (p. 15, Trumansburg

News.)

1918 Piper Karl 10/23/1918 (notice) 10/23/1918 Pneumonia Died at home at Straight's Corners. (p.9, Newfield

News)

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Death

Notes

1918 Pole Alice 9/22/1918 9/28/1918 Died in New York City; formerly of Ithaca.

Daughter of Mrs. M.A. Norton, Trumansburg.

Burial Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Dr. Polk William Mecklenburg 74 6/23/1918 6/24/1918 Died in New York City. Was Dean of Cornell

Medical College. Story on p. 3.

1918 Poole Addie M. 44 4/27/1918 4/29/1918 Wife of Frank J. Poole; daughter of Kitty Knight.


1918 Poole Josephine 27 3/28/1918 3/29/1918 Pneumonia Died at New York City; survived by husband,

Alvine Poole, and 4 week old son. Formerly

Josephine McAllister, daughter of Catherine

McAllister of Ithaca.

1918 Poole William H. 6/25/1918 6/27/1918 Found dead in bed; burial Gibb Cemetery.

1918 Poor Philip M. 28 10/18/1918 10/19/1918 Former chef at Ithaca Hotel. Son of Mary A. Poor.

1918 Pope William Henry 18 10/20/1918 10/21/1918 Cornell student. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew

Cornwall, Patterson, NY.

1918 Pvt. Potter Lemuel J. 12/19/1918 12/23/1918 Pneumonia Died at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Brother of

Irwin; burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Potter Lemuel J. 12/19/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia Died Fort McClellan, Alabama. Next of kin, Mrs.

Lemuel Potter, Trumansburg.

1918 Pratt Anna Gillow 7/3/1918 (notice) 7/3/1918 Died at Erie, PA. Sister of Dewitt Gillow. (p.7,

West Danby News)

1918 Pratt Everett Norton 12/21/1918 12/23/1918 Pneumonia Died at Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital. Former

Cornell student.

1918 Predmore Frederick Carl 3 mos. 3/14/1918 3/15/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Predmore of

Trumansburg.

1918 Preston Ann Deuel 82 11/7/1918 11/8/1918 Had lived and died at Slaterville.

1918 Preston Helen M. 7/23/1918 7/29/1918 Died at Waukesha, WI. Widow of E.J. Preston of

Amenia, NY. Had lived in Ithaca; burial

Amenia,NY.

1918 Pringle Margaret 85 12/2/1918 12/2/1918 Mother of William J. Pringle. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Pulz Chloe 74 3/14/1918 3/15/1918 Burial at Great Bend, PA.

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Death

Notes

1918 Pumpelly Gurdun H. 2/4/1918 2/5/1918 Asphyxiation Died from gas fumes in his Owego garage. Was

well-known amateur trap shooter and uncle of

Cornell professor Laurence Pumpelly. Story p. 3,

Ithaca Journal.

1918 Purdy Rhoda L. 27 10/21/1918 10/21/1918 Bronchial

Pneumonia

Wife of Dorman S. Purdy. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Purvis George 9/11/1918 (notice) 9/11/1918 (p. 7, McLean News)

1918 Queal Squire M. 74 12/1/1918 12/2/1918 Burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Quick Henry 83 1/28/1918 2/6/1918 Died at Catatonk; widow of Henry. Former

residents of Caroline (p.7, Caroline Center News)

1918 Quirk Thomas 8/28/1918 8/29/1918 Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

1918 Ens. Randolph George F. 8/27/1918 10/25/1918 Died in submarine attack off Fire Island, NY.

Cornell graduate. See p. 5.

1918 Randolph Luretta M. 80 10/19/1918 10/21/1918 Wife of Charles R. Randolph; burial City

Cemetery.

1918 Randolph Rachel A. 83 9/9/1918 9/10/1918 Wife of David Randolph, mother of William.

Came to Ithaca at age 6 with parents from Bound

Brook, NJ. Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Rappleye Frank 79 3/13/1918 3/15/1918 Died at Interlaken. Civil War veteran. (p.7,

Interlaken News)

1918 Rasmason Lillian Hook 4/1/1918 4/2/1918 Daughter of George H. Hook. Member of Eastern

Star; burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Reardon John 36 8/26/1918 8/26/1918 Died at Muskegon, MI. Former Vena Leebody of

Slaterville, daughter of Mrs. Henry Leebody.

1918 Redfield Robert C. 43 8/14/1918 8/15/1918

1918 Reed Gussie Seals 39 5/18/1918 5/18/1918 Wife of Fred C. Reed. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Reed Harriet E. 65 1/7/1918 1/8/1918 Died at Besemer Depot; widow of Dr. DeForrest

A. Reed. Burial Quick Cemetery.

1918 Reed J.H. 3/29/1918

(notice)

3/29/1918 Lived and died at Hector. Father of T.E. Reed of

Ithaca.

1918 Reed Joseph A. 6/13/1918 6/13/1918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

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1918 Reed William H. 4/17/1918 4/18/1918 Brother of Joseph and Samuel. Member of Fire

Co. No. 4. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Reese Thomas M. 6/16/1918 6/21/1918 Heart Disease Died while driving to Ithaca from Syracuse to visit

cousin, Weedon Smith, and family. Burial at

Syracuse.

1918 Renney Helen Clark 57 9/28/1918 9/30/1918 Stroke

Complication

s

Widow of Alfred Renney; had lived at

Summerhill. Burial at Groton Rural Cemetery.

1918 Reynolds Horace M. 14 6/19/1918 6/20/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Reynolds. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Reynolds Robert N. 9/27/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia Musician, Camp Dix. Died at Camp Dix. Next of

kin, Mrs. Robert N. Reynolds.

1918 Rice Edna E. 24 10/25/1918 10/26/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Thompson.

Burial Trumbull's Corners.

1918 Rice George Randall 98 12/31/1918 1/2/1919 Stroke

Complication

s

Believed to be oldest Tompkins Co. resident.

Died at Caroline. Burial Caroline Cemetery. Story

on p. 3.

1918 Rice Louis A. 10/17/1918 (notice) 10/17/1918 Died at Randolph. Husband of former Maude

Birdsall of Ithaca.

1918 Rice Susan Beam 95 1/3/1918 1/5/1918 Died at home on South Hill, Dryden.

1918 Pvt. Rich Francis 23 7/17/1918 (notice) 7/17/1918 Chronic

Pneumonia

and

Tuberculosis

Died while serving with the American Forces in

France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom J. Rich of

Caroline Center. See story p. 5.

1918 Rich Francis Orvin 7/?/1918 11/11/1919 Chronic

Pneumonia

and

Tuberculosis

Died in France in July 1918. Motor Truck Co. 4;

2d Div. A. E. F. Next of kin, Ranson J. Rich,

Caroline Center. The 1921 newspaper listed him

as son of Mr./Mrs. Ransom Rich. Body being

brought to Caroline for burial. (p. 9, Caroline

News, 6/22/1921; also p. 5, 6/29/1921, and p. 5,

7/5/1921.)

1918 Mrs. Richardson George H. 50 5/18/1918 5/21/1918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Riggs Mary E. 9/1/1918 9/3/1918 Burial at Syracuse.

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Death

Notes

1918 Riggs, Seymour A. 1/20/1918 1/22/1918 Died at Lansing, MI; formerly of Ludlowville

where buried. (p.7, Ludlowville News, 1/28/1918)

1918 Rightmire Gertrude 69 4/10/1918 4/11/1918 Pneumonia Died at home in Berkshire.

1918 Rightmyer Roxanna 86 6/16/1918 6/17/1918 Died at Central Chapel; burial Slaterville

Cemetery. Wife of John Rightmyer. See also

6/18/1918 notice.

1918 Riker John Jones 76 6/18/1918 6/19/1918 Burial South Hill Cemetery.

1918 Lt. Riley Lowell Hobart 22 8/7/1918 9/11/1918 Killed in action in France. Member of Cornell

Class of 1922. Story on p. 3.

1918 Robbins Clinton C. 3 1/25/1918 1/26/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Robbins of Dryden.

Brother Floyd. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.

1918 Lt. Roberts A. Meredith 28 10/18/1918 11/14/1918 Died in air collision in France. Cornell 1911

graduate. Well-known in Ithaca. Story on p. 5.

1918 Robertson A. J. 4/18/1918 4/22/1918 Died at his home in Sydney, Australia. Father of

Leslie C. Robertson of Slaterville. (p. 7, Slaterville

News)

1918 Mrs. Robinson Charles E. 3/3/1900 3/24/1918 3/25/1918 Had lived at and buried at Pleasant Grove. See

also p.5, 4/1/1918. Death notices in 3/25/1918

and 3/26/1918.

1918 Robinson George 30 7/11/1918 7/12/1918 Suicide by

Gunshot

Despondent over mental health of his 4 year old

son, who he also killed. Had lived at Groton. See

story p. 3. See additional notice 7/13/1918.

1918 Robinson Lavinia 77 3/5/1918

(notice)

3/5/1918 Had lived at Burdette. Burial Reynoldsville

Cemetery. (p.7, Reynoldsville News)

1918 Robinson Osco W. 22 4/24/1918 5/9/1918 Killed by enemy fire in France. Was U.S. Marine;

brother of Glenn Robinson of Ithaca. Had been

living at Killawog, Broome County. Was studying

for the ministry. See story and photo on p. 6,

5/9/1918 Ithaca Journal.

1918 Robinson Ralph 32 10/24/1918 10/25/1918 Pneumonia Had lived at South Lansing. Burial Asbury

Cemetery.

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Death

Notes

1918 Mrs. Robinson Samuel 66 10/29/1918 11/4/1918 Died at Lansing; burial at Asbury Cemetery.

Mother of Ralph who died of pneumonia on

10/24/1918.

1918 Robinson Stanley 4 7/11/1918 7/12/1918 Gunshot

Wound

Father desponent over Stanley's condition. See p.

3.

1918 Mrs. Robinson William 24 11/9/1918 11/11/1918 Died following surgery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Adelbert Chessman of Groton.

1918 Robinson William 4 12/7/1918 12/9/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson; brother of

Charles, Earl, Lillian and Ruth. Burial City

Cemetery.

1918 Rockwell E. Saunders 74 4/11/1918 4/13/1918 Heart Disease Died at Washington, D.C.; formerly of Dryden.

Was, at one time, in business with his father,

Erastus Rockwell, at Dryden Woolen Mills. Was

employee at U.S. Treasury Dept. for 20 years.

1918 Rodgers David 2/1/1918

(notice)

2/1/1918 Died at McGraw, formerly of Ludlowville. (p. 7,

Ludlowville News)

1918 Roe Sarah Greent 86 8/12/1918 8/13/1918 Died at Lansing, MI. Was well-known in her early

life at Slaterville.

1918 Rogers Claire D. 23 4/7/1918 4/8/1918 Pneumonia Cadet in Cornell Aviation School. Burial

Meadville, PA.

1918 Rolland Katherine 1/9/1918 1/9/1918 Died following stroke while cleaning house.

Widow of Alfred Rolland.Daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Patrick Barry. Ran boarding and rooming

house for many years. Story p. 5, Ithaca Journal,

1/9/1918. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. (p.3,

1/10/1918)

1918 Rood girl 6 days 1/12/1918 1/15/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rood. (p.7,

Freeville News)

1918 Roof C. Webster 8/4/1918 8/6/1918 Died at Utica following illness of several months.

Was Cornell student, in ROTC and assistant

instructor in Sibley College Machine Design dept.

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Death

Notes

1918 Rose Leonard A. 4 12/3/1918 12/4/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rose. Brother of

Ernest, Jr., George, Hilda, Ivy and Elsie. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Ross Helen L. 70 1/19/1918 1/23/1918 Widow of Wilbur Ross; died at Candor home of

daughter, Mrs. Lena Compton. Burial Maple

Grove Cemetery.

1918 Roth Philip (family) 8/17/1918 8/17/1918 Shooting/Fire Died after being shot and house set on fire.

Believed to have been caused by the mother,

Mrs. Philip Roth. Killed were Mr. and Mrs. Roth

and 5 children, aged 5 to 11 years old. See story

p. 2, 8/17/1918 and p. 3, 8/19/1918.

1918 Rowe DeWitt F. 63 3/8/1918 3/8/1918 Died at Brookton; burial Quick Cemetery.

1918 Rummer Richard 12/11/1918 12/18/1918 Died at Dryden. (p. 7, Dryden News)

1918 Rumsey Charles D. 70 12/1/1918 12/2/1918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Rumsey Violet 11 1/5/1918 1/5/1918 Accident Killed when cousin loading a shotgun in home of

her father, Almarian Rumsey, at West Newfield.

Story on p. 5, Ithaca Journa, 1/5/1918.

1918 Ryan Joseph J. 65 9/15/1918 9/16/1918 Had been in ice cream and confectionary

business; former employee of M.W. Quick

Bakery. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Ryant Charles R. 7/13/1918 7/15/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Ryant, brother of

Beatrice. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Sager Henry A. 79 10/27/1918 10/28/1918 Died at home of daughter, Mrs. William Apgar of

Freeville.

1918 Sammons James 20 11/6/1918 11/7/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Sammons. Burial

Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

1918 Sammons Patrick 12/3/1918 12/3/1918 Former contractor; husband of Mary A.

Sammons. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also

12/5/1918.

1918 Sanford Rachel 78 9/21/1918 9/24/1918 Paralytic

Shock

Died at Genoa; formerly of Ithaca. Widow of

Luther Sanford. Burial at Five Corners.

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Death

Notes

1918 Satterly boy 8 wks. 12/29/1918 12/31/1918 Flu Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Satterly of West

Danby. Burial at Richford. See also p. 5,

1/6/1919.

1918 Satterly Ray 11/6/1918 (notice) 11/6/1918 Had lived in Richford. Brother of Mrs. Woods of

McLean. (p.7, McLean News)

1918 Savercool Jay 11/3/1918 11/9/1918 Pneumonia Died at Odessa. Was in the meat business.

Formerly of Newfield. (p. 7, Newfield News)

1918 Sayler H.H. 1/2/1918 1/10/1918 Died at Hendersonville, NC, where he spent

winters. (p.7, Mecklenburg News)

1918 Saylor H.H. 81 1/2/1918 1/4/1918 Died at Hendersonville, NC, Civil War veteran.

Had lived at Mecklenburg. Burial Trumansburg.


1918 Schaefer Augustin I. 3/31/1918 4/2/1918 Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in

4/2/1918 and 4/4/1918.

1918 Schlobohm Adolph 11/9/1918 (notice) 11/9/1918 Died at Detroit. Husband of former Ruth Wismar

of Ithaca. Father of Arthur and William.

1918 Schultz Flora B. 46 5/13/1918 5/14/1918 Wife of Harry Schultz; burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Schutt Horace 11/15/1918 (notice) 11/15/1918 Had been living in Waverly. Formerly of

Dusenbury. Burial at Willow Glen Cemetery. (p.7,

Dusenbury News)

1918 Schutts Jennie 71 6/26/1918 6/26/1918 Burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Scott Louisa 79 1/24/1918 1/24/1918 Widow of James Scott. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Scott Sarah E. 74 1/12/1918 1/14/1918 Widow of William Scott. Burial Adams Cemetery,

Danby.

1918 Scoville Ralph I. 7/22/1918 7/23/1918 Heart Failure Died at Cornwall, CT where he went to attend his

grandmother's funeral. Was living at Washington,

D.C.; Cornell graduate 1914. Husband of former

Frances Bigelow of Ithaca.

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Death

Notes

1918 Seabring Lena Sibley 43 11/25/1918 11/26/1918 Pneumonia Died at Spencer. Wife of attorney C.O. Seabring.

Former school teacher and leader of Tioga

assembly district of NYS Women's Suffrage

Party. Burial Evergreen Cemetery. See lengthy

obituary p. 5.

1918 Seaman Lott B. 9/9/1918 9/10/1918 Died at Hornell at home of his son, Dr. Arthur

Seaman. Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Sears Anna 36 10/15/1918 10/16/1918 Grip Died same day as her sister, Josephine Breen.

Wife of George Sears. Double funeral for sisters.

Burial St. James Cemetery. See p. 5.

1918 Sears Cleon 59 5/7/1918 5/8/1918 Heart Attack Well-known farmer in the Town of Covert. Burial

Grove Cemetery. Story p. 3, 5/8/18 Ithaca

Journal.

1918 Pvt. Sears John D. 12/27/1918 (notice) 12/27/1918 Died in German prison camp. Son of Mr. and

Mrs. Eli Sears of Swartwood. Story on p. 3. See

related story 1/21/1919. Death may have been

reported in error. Officials investigating.

1918 Mrs. Seeley M.C. 73 2/16/1918

(notice)

2/16/1918 Had lived in Elmira; many relatives in Ovid. Burial

Ovid Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News)

1918 Seeley Obed 92 3/1/1918 3/6/1918 Died in Spencer at home of his sister, Mrs.

Norris. (p.7, Spencer News, 3/6/1918 and p.9,

Newfield News, 3/8/1918)

1918 Shaefer Sydney 22 10/18/1918 (notice) 10/19/1918 Pneumonia At Cornell Infirmary; was from New York City.

1918 Pvt. Shanklin Frank 43 4/2/1918 5/2/1918 Killed in an attack on the British Army. Brother of

Jennie Shanklin of Ithaca. See story p. 3,

5/1/1918 Ithaca Journal.

1918 Mrs. Shaw Bert L. 8/28/1918 8/29/1918 Died at Peruville.

1918 Shaw Adelaide Elliott 72 6/8/1918 6/18/1918 Died at Baker, OR. Native of Danby; wife of John

B. Shaw.

1918 Rev. Shaw J. R. 77 4/17/1918 4/18/1918 Died at Eden. Former resident of Trumansburg

and Perry City. Burial Jones Cemetery.

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1918 Shaw Mary 10/18/1918 (notice) 10/18/1918 Died at War Workers Hospital in Washington

where she worked for the government. Daughter

of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Shaw. Burial West Genoa

Cemetery.

1918 Shaw William 10/6/1918 10/7/1918 Acute

Alcoholism

Son of Henry Shaw; burial City Cemetery.

1918 Shaw William D. 55 9/27/1918 9/27/1918 Had been a painter. Burial at City Cemetery.

1918 Shaw George D. 56 5/2/1918 5/3/1918 Died at home in Danby. Former proprietor of Fall

Creek Hotel. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Shaw Martha Skinner 88 12/25/1918 12/26/1918 Widow of E. Clinton Shaw. Burial at Towanda,

PA, her former home.

1918 Sheffield Ruth 15 2/21/1918 2/22/1918 Accident Killed when hit by a car near her home in

Almond, NY. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert

Sheffield, former Enfield residents. See story on

p.3, Ithaca Journal, 2/22/1918.

1918 Dr. Sheldon Ralph 35 7/11/1918 (notice) 7/11/1918 Died at Pittsburgh where he was a professor at

the University of Pittsburgh. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

H.C. Sheldon of Ithaca. Well-known neurologist

and Cornell grad. See p. 5.

1918 Mrs. Shepard Fremont 2/19/1918 2/20/1918 Died at Toledo, OH. Former Eloise Ryder of

Ithaca. Married to James Heggie. After his death

she married Fremont Shepard, who survives her.

1918 Shephard Francis A. 21 3/7/1918 3/8/1918 Pneumonia Died at Newport News, VA. Member of 607th

Aviation Supply Squadron. Son of Mr. and Mrs.

Adelbert Shephard. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 3/8

& 11/1918 and p. 5, 3/9/1918. And p. 3,

3/11/1918.

1918 Shephard Francis A. 3/7/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia 607th Aero Supply Squadron. Died at Newport

News. Next of kin, Adelbert Shephard, 626 West

Green St.

1918 Sherman Anna M. 77 7/20/1918 7/22/1918 Buried at Orange, NJ.

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1918 Sherwood Archie B. 62 3/1/1918 3/7/1918 Died at Utica 11 days after death of his wife,

Mella E. Owen. They were former Ithaca

residents; conducted a boarding house in Utica.

He also was a well-known race track promoter.

1918 Sherwood Bernice 2 10/18/1918 10/19/1918

1918 Sherwood Judson 10/18/1918 10/19/1918 Grip Former treasurer of Cole Garage Co. Burial East

Lawn Cemetery. See also 10/21/1918.

1918 Sherwood Moses L. 72 1/28/1918 1/29/1918 Burial Fisher Cemetery.

1918 Lt. Sherwood Oliver 1/25/1918

(notice)

1/25/1918 Killed in airplane collision in France. Graduated

from Cornell Aeronautical School. Story p. 3,

Ithaca Journal, 1/25/1918.

1918 Shoemaker Georgiana 88 2/27/1918 2/28/1918 Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Van Etten.

1918 Short Clarence W. 2/27/1918

(notice)

2/27/1918 Lost his life when the liner Tuscania was

torpedoed earlier this month. He was a private in

the 158th aero squadron. Nephew of Ransom

Ryant and Clarence Ryant of Ithaca. Buried in

Scotland. Story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal,

2/27/1918.

1918 Signor Burdett 66 1/31/1918 2/4/1918 Burial at Spencer. (p.7, Besemer News; p. 7,

Bethel Grove, 2/5/1918)

1918 Signor Charles 72 2/5/1918 2/7/1918 Had lived at Bethel Grove. Burial at Spencer.

Brother of Thomas of Buffalo and Burdette of

Besemer. All three brothers died within last two

weeks.

1918 Signor Thomas 2/7/1918

(notice)

2/7/1918 Had lived in Buffalo. Death announced in obituary

of brother, Charles.

1918 Mrs. Silsbee David 76 8/5/1918 8/5/1918 Died at Caroline; burial Caroline Cemetery.

1918 Simon Ethel 6 4/28/1918 4/29/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Simon of Portland

Point. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See also

4/30/1918 notice.

1918 Pvt. Simpson Horace 25 9/29/1918 12/3/1918 Killed in

Action

Son of Mrs. Harriet Simpson and husband of

Lena Johnston of Hall, NY. Ithaca native; had

worked in printer's trade. See p. 3.

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1918 Simpson Horace 9/29/1918 11/11/1919 Killed in

Action

Co. B, 108th Inf., 27th Div. Died in France. Next

of kin, Mrs. Lena Johnson Simpson, East

Railroad Avenue.

1918 Mrs. Simpson Robert 87 8/19/1918 (notice) 8/19/1918 Died at Shawnee, OK. Former Mary J. McCorn of

Newfield. Widow of Robert who died one year

ago. Burial at Jamesville, IA, where they had

lived.

1918 Sincebaugh Frederick F. 13 mos. 2/22/1918 2/23/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard L. Sincebaugh;

brother Catherine. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1918 Sincebaugh Josephine 33 9/9/1918 9/9/1918 Wife of Ira Sincebaugh, daughter of Albert

Chapman. Burial at Homer.

1918 Sisson Harold R., Jr. infant 7/15/1918 7/15/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Sisson. Burial

Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Sisson P. Frank 79 12/5/1918 12/9/1918 Died at Jerome, ID where he planned to spend

the winter. In 1831, he was elected president of

the Village of Ithaca. Was a prominent

businessman. See story on p. 2. Burial City

Cemetery.

1918 Skiff John M. 10/20/1918 10/21/1918 Pneumonia Died at Gainesville, NY.

1918 Skillman Eunice 2/20/1918 2/20/1918

1918 Slater Charles 51 10/31/1918 11/1/1918 Died at Slaterville Springs. Burial at Slaterville.

1918 Slingerland Isaac 28 7/19/1918 7/20/1918 Drowned Drowned in Cayuga Inlet while swimming with his

4 year old son on his back. Son apparently

holding father's neck too tightly. Burial Cobleskill.

See story on p. 3.

1918 Slingerland Maynard 4 7/19/1918 7/20/1918 Drowned Drowned in Cayuga Inlet while swimming with his

father. See story on p. 3.

1918 Slocum Cornelia 9/28/1918 10/1/1918 Died at King Ferry; burial King Ferry Cemetery.

1918 Smiley Jennie 5/5/1918 5/7/1918 Died at Roulette, PA. wife of Rev. George Smiley,

formerly of Ithaca.

1918 Smith Amasa 32 10/29/1918 11/1/1918 Pneumonia Died at Peruville and was buried there.

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1918 Smith Arthur 5 5/2/1918 5/2/1918 Diptheria Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Smith of Pittsburgh,

PA., formerly of Ithaca.

1918 Mrs. Smith Calvin 8/1/1918 8/3/1918 Died at Los Angeles, CA. Daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Anson (Sarah) Spencer of Ithaca.

1918 Smith Fred 8/21/1918 8/22/1918 Died at Elmira. Former manager for Singer

Sewing Machine Co. in Ithaca. Burial Lake View

Cemetery.

1918 Smith Herbert Lemuel 62 7/25/1918 7/26/1918 Had lived in Ithaca; burial at Trumansburg. See

also Krum's Corners News p. 7, 7/31/1918.

1918 Smith Hesler 65 3/3/1918 3/4/1918 Buried at Newfield. See also p. 9, Newfield News,

3/8/1918.

1918 Smith Isaac B. 80 3/5/1918 3/5/1918 Died at Newfield. Well-known farmer. Survived

only by nephew, Fred Kemp, who lived with him.

Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Death notices in

3/5/1918 and 3/6/1918.

1918 Smith Ivan infant 9/1/1918 9/4/1918 Convulsions Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith of Freeville.

1918 Smith Jessie 1/1/1918 1/2/1918 Daughter of the late William M. Smith, well-

known produce merchant. Burial East Lawn

Cemetery.

1918 Smith Monroe 61 11/27/1918 11/29/1918 Burial Ludlowville Cemetery.

1918 Smith William A. 35 12/16/1918 12/17/1918 Died at West Dryden.Brother of Horatio and

Susie. Burial Pleasant Grove.

1918 Smith Alice Fretcher 60 3/14/1918 3/15/1918 Died at Freeville; widow of William Smith, who

gave valuable service in the founding and

maintenance of George Junior Republic. See

story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 3/15/1918, also

Freeville News, 3/21/1918.

1918 Smith Ward E. 10 7/16/1918 7/16/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Smith of Buffalo;

grandson of Mr. and Mrs. D.F. Cook of Ithaca.

Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

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1918 Smith William C. 76 9/13/1918 9/18/1918 Died at Brooklyn home. Formerly of Ludlowville,

son of Philemon Smith. Had been employed at

A.S. Barnes Bookstore in Brooklyn. (p. 9,

Ludlowville News)

1918 Smith William D. 9/8/1918 9/9/1918 Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Snolesky Bella 1/9/1918 1/10/1918 Mother of Mrs. Isidore Levine. Burial at Cypress

Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.

1918 Snushall Moses 4/11/1918 (notice) 4/11/1918 (p.9, King Ferry News)

1918 Snyder David Arthur 11 mos. 12/29/1918 12/31/1918 Flu Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Snyder of West

Danby. Double funeral. Story p. 5.

1918 Snyder Edith 6 12/29/1918 12/31/1918 Flu Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Snyder of West

Danby. Double funeral. Story p. 5.

1918 Snyder Eugene 25 10/8/1918 10/12/1918 Pneumonia Had lived at Dryden.

1918 Lt. Snyder Robert Yarnall 20 7/21/1918 7/22/1918 Accident Killed in plane crash in Texas; member of Cornell

Law School Class of 1920; formerly of Elmira.

Story on p. 5.

1918 Sobol Mary 24 10/17/1918 10/18/1918 Wife of Julius Sobol; burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Pvt. Spaulding Leonard T. 23 10/17/1918 12/28/1918 Killed in

Action

Son of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Spaulding of Etna. Story

on p. 3.

1918 Spaulding Leonard T. 10/17/1918 11/11/1919 Killed in

Action

Co. E, 809th Inf., 78th Div. A. E. F Next of kin,

Charles L. Spaulding, Etna.

1918 1st Lt. Splane Alvin 12/16/1918 12/18/1918 Accident Killed in aerial collision at West Point, MS. Class

of '21 at Cornell. From Oil City, PA. Story on p. 5.

1918 Stack Albert L. 11/22/1918 11/23/1918 Died at Denver, CO. Formerly of Ithaca. Son of

the late Mrs. S.A. Renney. Was head of the

engraving dept. of V.H. Kistler Stationary and

Engraving Co. Active in Denver's Boys Camp.

Brother of Mrs. George Tuthill of Ithaca.

1918 Stanton Edith 54 10/8/1918 10/9/1918 Sister of Clayton Stanton. Burial East Lawn. (p.7,

10/12/1918 Newfield News)

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1918 Stanton Frank M. 32 10/25/1918 10/28/1918 Flu Died at home at Portsmouth, NH. Formerly of

Ithaca. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Smith, Sr.

Burial at Ithaca.

1918 Mrs. Starkins Fred 12/6/1918 (notice) 12/6/1918 Died at Washington. Had lived at Besemer for

many years. Daughter of late Benjamin Golden of

Ludlowville; adopted daughter of late Prentis

Golden of Varna.

1918 Starks Eugene 68 4/20/1918 4/25/1918 Lived at Peruville all his life; burial Peruville

Cemetery.

1918 States George 75 2/14/1918 2/19/1918 Had lived at Cayutaville. Burial Laurel Hill. (p.7,

Cayutaville News)

1918 Stearns Eugene A. 10/22/1918 (notice) 10/22/1918 Died at Willard. (p. 7, Groton News)

1918 Stebbins Lottie 12/27/1918 12/27/1918 Wife of Ira N. Stebbins. Burial at Albion, NY.

1918 Steele Dewey Day 10/23/1918 11/2/1918 Pneumonia Died at Fort Monroe; was First Class Gunner on

U.S.S. Delaware. Burial McLean Cemetery.

1918 Steele Dewey Dey 10/30/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia At Fort Monroe. First class gunner U. S.S.

Delaware. Next of kin, I. M. Steele, R.D. 17,

Freeville.

1918 Stevens Ina 35 12/5/1918 12/11/1918 Blood

Poisoning

Died at Dryden. Wife of Horace Stevens; was a

musician and singer. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Morgan Mix. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.

1918 Stevenson Joseph A. 75 3/9/1918 3/9/1918 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

1918 Stewart Lawrence 10/3/1918 (notice) 10/3/1918 Pneumonia Died at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Son

of former Ithacan and Cornell professor, O.M.

Stewart.

1918 Stewart Ruth 89 2/11/1918 2/12/1918 Died a Newfield; Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.

1918 Dr. Stewart V.B. 12/3/1918 12/5/1918 Died at Newark, NJ. Former assistant professor

in the plant pathology department, Cornell. Burial

at Elmira.

1918 Stobbs Herbert Ellington infant 8/15/1918 8/16/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Stobbs. Brother of

Marie. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

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1918 Stoddard Albert J. 3/10/1918 3/13/1918 Died at Rochester,home of his sister, after illness

of 7 years.

1918 Mrs. Stone Samuel 11/18/1918 11/19/1918 Died at Interlaken.

1918 Stoughton Carrie 3/12/1918 3/13/1918 Died at Binghamton; formerly of Reynoldsville.

1918 Stout Allen 90 9/21/1918 9/23/1918 Pneumonia Died at McLean. Burial at Cortland.

1918 Straight Alice 10/12/1918 (notice) 10/12/1918 Died at Philadelphia. Burial Green Hills

Cemetery. (p.7, Dryden News)

1918 Maj. Straight Willard 38 12/1/1918 12/2/1918 Pneumonia Died in Paris, France. Financier, diplomat,

Cornell alumnus and trustee. Husband of Dorothy

Payne Whitney, one of America's wealthiest

women. See story p. 5.

1918 Strait Alice May Kelsey 28 10/3/1918 10/15/1918 Died at Philadelphia; wife of Edward B. Strait;

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Kelsey of Dryden.

Burial Green Hills Cemetery.

1918 Strong Asa 54 9/16/1918 9/16/1918 Suicide by

Hanging.

Died at Dryden. Despondent over death of his

brother, Frank, 2 months ago. Was well-known

cattle dealer. Burial at Virgil.

1918 Strong Frank B. 7/13/1918 7/15/1918 Died at Dryden; burial Willow Glen Cemetery.

1918 Struble Hiram 71 10/8/1918 10/9/1918 Died at Danby; burial Curtis Cemetery.

1918 Sturdevant Judson 66 12/12/1918 12/13/1918 Died at Owego; formerly of Brookton and

Freeville. Father of Frank, Willis and Charles.

Burial Anderson Hill Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Sturgis James Van Auken 83 2/19/1918 2/23/1918 Died at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Lt. Suiter Wilbur Carleton 9/12/1918 10/25/1918 Killed in war in France. Cornell graduate, 1913.

Had lived at Shamokin, PA. See p. 5.

1918 Sullivan Mary A. 59 2/28/1918 3/1/1918 Pneumonia Widow of James O. Sullivan. Burial Mt. Olivet

Cemetery.

1918 Pvt. Sutphen William Earl 23 8/31/1918 9/26/1918 Killed in

Action

Died in France. Son of Mrs. C.M. Sutphen. Had

been employed with Lehigh Valley Railroad. Story

on p. 3.

1918 Sutphen William Earl 8/31/1918 11/11/1919 Killed in

Action

Co. M, 807th Inf., A. E. F. Next of kin, Mrs.

Charles M. Sutphen, 110 Lake Ave.

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1918 Sutton Mary 65 4/1/1918 4/3/1918 Pneumonia Died at County Home; burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1918 Swartwood Eugene 64 1/3/1918 1/4/1918 Died as a result of an accident at his feed mill at

Pony Hollow, near Newfield. See story on p. 3,

Ithaca Journal, 1/4/1918. Burial Woodlawn

Cemetery.

1918 Swartwood Fred C. 22 7/15/1918 10/25/1918 Killed in war in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert

Swartwood of North Lansing. Story on p. 3.

1918 Swartwood Fred Clayton 7/15/1918 11/11/1919 Killed in

Action

Co. B, 7th Inf., 3d Div., A. E. F. Died at Chateau-

Thierry, France. Next of kin, Bert Swartwood,

R.D. 21, Locke.

1918 Sweet Durward T. 29 1/7/1918 1/8/1918 Survived by mother and sister, Marie Sweet.

Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1918 Sweet Irene W. 86 3/28/1918 3/29/1918 Had lived in Jacksonville; burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Taber Judson M. 12/30/1918 (notice) 12/30/1918 Died at Bethlehem, PA. Former Ithaca resident.

Cornell graduate. Nephew of Mrs. Edgar Gregory.

1918 Mrs. Tanner Delos 80 7/25/1918 7/26/1918 Had lived at East Groton; burial Groton Rural

Cemetery.

1918 Tarbell Lottie 10/21/1918 10/22/1918 Died at Willard; wife of Fred Tarbell. Health failed

after her home burned down a year ago. Had

lived and was buried at Groton.

1918 Taylor Beatrice 20 10/18/1918 10/19/1918 Grip Had lived and was buried at Interlaken.

1918 Taylor Julia B. 60 2/5/1918 2/5/1918 Wife of George Taylor.

1918 Teed Jerome B. 69 7/20/1918 7/22/1918 Well-known harness maker; born in

Trumansburg. Member of Masonic Order; burial

City Cemetery.

1918 Teeter Andrew J. 75 12/25/1918 12/30/1918 Died near Asbury. Burial at N. Lansing.

1918 Teeter Edward H. 75 6/27/1918 7/3/1918 Stroke Died at Dryden home. Burial Willow Glen

Cemetery.

1918 Teets Jesse 3/2/1918 3/6/1918 Died at brother's home at Freeville. Burial New

Jersey. (p.7, Freeville News)

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1918 Terpening A.F. 1/23/1918 1/30/1918 Burial at Virgil. (p.7, Dryden News)

1918 Terriberry Duncan 94 3/13/1918 3/14/1918 Died at Trumansburg. Civil War veteran. Burial

Grove Cemetery.

1918 Terry Addie Lucile 6 10/18/1918 10/19/1918 Pneumonia Daughter of Mrs. Lena Dawson; burial Canton,

PA.

1918 Terry Myrtle A. 10/14/1918 10/14/1918 Pneumonia Wife of Clinton Terry. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

William Joyce. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.

1918 Terry no name given infant 4/2/1918 4/3/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Terry of

Trumansburg. (p.7, Trumansburg News)

1918 Terry Rachel M. 72 1/29/1918 1/30/1918 Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Terry Willet 64 11/16/1918 11/16/1918 Fall Died from injuries after falling off a farm wagon

near Trumansburg. Story on p. 2. Burial Grove


1918 Thomas Della M. 9/30/1918 10/2/1918 Widow of Aubrey Thomas; had lived at Freeville.

1918 Thomas George 68 12/27/1918 12/27/1918 Flu Died at Pony Hollow. Burial at Cayuta.

1918 Thompson Ana M. 46 3/28/1918 3/29/1918 Pneumonia Died at Trumansburg. Employed at post office

where her brother was postmaster. Burial Grove

Cemetery.

1918 Ticknor Alfred 87 2/6/1918

(notice)

2/6/1918 Died at Alford, MA. Former storekeeper at

Ludlowville. (See p. 7, Ludlowville News)

1918 Tierney John F. 18 10/26/1918 10/26/1918 Pneumonia Cornell student. Burial at Middletown, NJ.

1918 Tobey Josiah G. 64 4/11/1918 4/13/1918 Died at his home in Town of Richford.

1918 Tompkins Friend 7/7/1918 7/8/1918 Died at Jacksonville Home. Burial Trumbull's

Corners Cemetery.

1918 Tompkins Oscar 63 7/8/1918 7/9/1918 Died at Willard State Hospital. Half-brother of

Lucretia Blauvelt of Ithaca. Burial Woodlawn

Cemetery.

1918 Townsend Orville 58 12/21/1918 12/23/1918 Tuberculosis Died at Willard Hospital. Had lived near

Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. See p. 5

story.

1918 Tracey Adolphus 66 12/19/1918 12/21/1918 Died at Dryden; burial Kline's Cemetery.

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1918 Trainor Lawrence Gates 1 yr. 3/20/1918 3/20/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Trainor. Burial Lake

View Cemetery.

1918 Trapp Frank 12/1/1918 12/5/1918 Died at McLean. See also 12/17/1918.

1918 Trevell Roger W. 19 10/20/1918 M 10/21/1918 Pneumonia Cornell student, home and burial in New York

City.

1918 True Caroline 69 11/25/1918 11/26/1918 Wife of George True. Burial City Cemetery. See

also 11/29/1918.

1918 Mrs. Tucker J.M. 11/16/1918 11/16/1918 Heart Failure Died at Newfield. Mother of Dr. E. Tucker of

Newfield.

1918 Turk no name given infant 3/10/1918 3/11/1918 Baby of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Turk. See p. 7 of

Rawson Hollow News.

1918 Underwood William 73 7/6/1918 7/6/1918 Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.

1918 Van Atta Max 10/5/1918 (notice) 10/5/1918 Pneumonia Died in Recruit Camp in Syracuse. Had lived in

Spencer.

1918 Van Deuzer William H. L. 8 6/15/1918 6/17/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van Deuzer. Burial

City Cemetery.

1918 Van Houter Peter H. 100 7/5/1918 7/5/1918 Ithaca's only centenarian. Son of John and

Elizabeth Korts Van Houter. Husband of late

Lucinda Davis. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery. See

story p. 3.

1918 Van Order Henry B. 7/9/1918 7/10/1918 Died at Detroit where he worked for Ford Auto

Co. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Van Order Mary E. 85 11/22/1918 11/23/1918 Wife of Frank Van Order; burial City Cemetery.

1918 Van Order Nelson 84 3/19/1918 3/20/1918 Lived entire life on West Hill; burial Hayt's

Cemetery.

1918 Van Rensselaer Minnie 58 11/27/1918 12/3/1918 Wife of Leland D. VanRensselaer. Daughter of

late George Emory and Ruth C.Seager. Former

teacher, prominent in social life at Randolph, NY

before moving to Ithaca. See lengthy obituary on

p. 5. Burial Randolph, NY.

1918 Van Sickle Flaville A. 87 4/11/1918 4/11/1918 Died at McLean.

1918 Van Tine Mary 70 6/22/1918 6/24/1918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

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1918 Vandemark Ophelia L. 63 6/22/1918 6/22/1918 Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.

1918 Varick Grace F. 6/6/1918 6/8/1918 Heart Failure Died in New York City. Was resident of Ithaca

and matron of Cascadilla School for 10 years.

1918 Mrs. Vaughan Albert 10/20/1918 10/25/1918 Peritonitis Died at Weedsport. Mother of Mrs. Clinton Lewis

of Ithaca.

1918 Velletre Pietro 27 3/11/1918 3/11/1918 Pneumonia Husband of Carmela, father of Ardovico and

Augusto. Had been employed at Morse Aircraft

Corp. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1918 Vergason Charles Lynn 30 10/27/1918 10/28/1918 Flu Husband of Mabel Brown of Danby. Employed by

Treman, King and Co. Had been caring for his

brother who died 14 days earlier from the flu.

1918 Vernon Sarah 10/16/1918 10/17/1918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Volbrich Lena 16 mos. 6/18/1918 6/27/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Volbrich; burial

North Lansing Cemetery.

1918 Vorhis Julia G. 89 2/28/1918 3/1/1918 Died at Cayuga Heights home of daughter, Mrs.

P.J. Herson. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.

1918 Vose Mabel Adaline Blake 2/28/1918 3/1/1918 Died at Newark, NJ at parent's home. Wife of

Major R.M. Vose, U.S.M.R., well-known Ithaca

surgeon. See p. 3 of 3/1/1918 Ithaca Journal.

1918 Vought Henry H. 10/12/1918 10/16/1918 Pneumonia Died at Ilion, formerly of Slaterville Springs. (See

Slaterville News, p. 9)

1918 Wager Elias O. 85 12/4/1918 12/5/1918 Died at West Genoa. Burial at West Genoa

Cemetery.

1918 Wagner George M. 25 4/10/1918 4/11/1918 Paralysis of

Resipiration

Was employed at Morse Chain. Autopsy ordered.

Story p.2, Ithaca Journal, 4/11/1918 and autopsy

results on p.3, 4/12/1918.

1918 Waite Emma W. 69 12/29/1918 1/3/1919 Died at Etna. Widow of William H. Waite. Burial

at Speedsville.

1918 Wakeman Lucinda S. 78 10/11/1918 10/12/1918 Died at Trumansburg. Widow of Moses

Wakeman. Burial Grove Cemetery.

1918 Wallace Archie I. 9/19/1918 11/11/1919 Pneumonia In France. Co. I, 53rd Inf., A. E. F. Next of kin,

Charles B. Wallace, Etna.

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1918 Wallace Wagoner Archie 24 9/19/1918 10/5/1918 Pneumonia Died in France where he was serving American

Forces on an ammunition train. Son of Mr. and

Mrs. Charles B. Wallace of Etna. Story on p. 3.

1918 Walrod Minetta 45 7/6/1918 7/8/1918 Widow of Harry Walrod. Burial Groton Rural

Cemetery.

1918 Waltermire Albert L. 10/21/1918 10/22/1918 Pneumonia Had lived and was buried at Philmont, NY.

1918 Wand Edward 5/8/1918 (notice) 5/8/1918 Body brought from Rochester to home of his

brother, John. (p.7, Mecklenburg News)

1918 Ward Edward 41 4/30/1918 4/30/1918 Died at Rochester; formerly of Mecklenburg.

1918 Ward Margaret 11/14/1918 11/15/1918 Pneumonia Died in Binghamton. Formerly of Ithaca. Wife of

James Ward who was a clerk at the Clinton

House. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas

Golway of Ovid. Burial at Ovid.

1918 Ward Thomas 57 7/15/1918 7/16/1918 Died at Willard State Hospital. Burial St. James

Cemetery in Trumansburg.

1918 Warne Susa M. 89 2/4/1918 2/5/1918 Died at Trumansburg. Widow of G.W. Warne.


1918 Warner Elizabeth Boyd 67 12/24/1918 12/26/1918 Bronchial and

Heart

Infection

Wife of William W. Warner of VanEtten. Burial

Mt. Hope Cemetery.

1918 Warner Gifford 32 11/7/1918 (notice) 11/7/1918 Pneumonia Died at New York City. Formerly of Ithaca.

Nephew of Mrs. Arvilla Warner.

1918 Warner Grace Kellogg 8/21/1918 8/21/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arvilla K. Warner.


1918 Waters Sarah 85 6/5/1918 (notice) 6/5/1918 Former resident; buried at McLean. (p.7, McLean

News)

1918 Watkins John L. 84 3/26/1918 3/26/1918 Was a pioneer resident and longtime merchant.

Burial City Cemetery.

1918 Watros Paul K. 11/4/1918 11/4/1918 Pneumonia Died at Cornell Infirmary.

1918 Wattles Almira 89 2/2/1918 2/8/1918 Died at daughter's home at Glen Ridge, NJ where

she lived after death of husband, Chauncey

Wattles. Formerly of Caroline. Burial Maple

Grove Cemetery.

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Death

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1918 Weaver Mosher 84 12/14/1918 12/17/1918 Civil War veteran. Died at Soldier's Home at

Bath. Had been a Mason and lived at Ludlowville.

Burial North Lansing.

1918 Webster Georgia Cox 29 9/25/1918 9/27/1918 Died at Phillopston, MA. Wife of Ronald Webster.

Formerly taught school and lived at Newfield.

Burial Johnstown, NY.

1918 Welch Alatha L. 82 7/16/1918 7/17/1918 Widow of Henry B. Welch; burial Pleasant Grove

Cemetery.

1918 Mrs. Wellin Thomas 6/1/1918 6/7/1918 Lived at Kingtown, near Trumansburg; survived

by husband and 5 small children.

1918 Lt. West Karl G. 11/5/1918 8/28/1919 Killed in

Action

In France. Well-known athlete in Ithaca when

attended Cascadilla School and Cornell

University. Son of Mr./Mrs. I.D. West of Dansville,

PA. Story p. 5.

1918 Mrs. Whitby John 4/4/1918 4/8/1918 Pneumonia Died at Freeville. Survived by husband, John,

brother, David S. Robinson; sister, Phoebe King.

1918 White Andrew Dickson 85 11/4/1918 11/4/1918 Stroke First president of Cornell University. Story on p.

3. Also p. 3, 11/5/1918.

1918 White Esther Sincair 10/21/1918 10/25/1918 Died at Albany. Graduate of Ithaca Conservatory

of Music, 1917. Was a pianist.

1918 Mrs. White Frank 4/4/1918 4/11/1918 Died at home in Enfield Center. Burial in Ohio. (p.

9, Enfield Falls News)

1918 Whitead Thomas R. 19 11/22/1918 11/23/1918 Pneumonia Cornell student from LaGrange, IL where funeral

held.

1918 Whited Ethel 1 10/17/1918 10/17/1918 Grip Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whited.

1918 Whited George 3 10/19/1918 10/19/1918 Pneumonia Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whited.

1918 Whited Helen Dorcas 3 10/16/1918 10/16/1918 Grip Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whited.

1918 Whited Mabel M. 23 11/21/1918 11/22/1918 Flu Wife of Fred Whited. Lost 3 children in Oct. 1918

from the flu epidemic. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Manley of Willseyville. Burial Curtiss

Cemetery, Danby. See p. 5 (11/22/1918) and

11/23/1918.

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1918 Whitely William H. 72 11/21/1918 11/21/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Caroline. Was Civil War veteran, 179th

Regiment, NY Volunteers. Burial Slaterville

Springs Cemetery.

1918 Dr. Whitlock Charles E. 7/6/1918 (notice) 7/6/1918 Apoplexy Died at Clifton Springs home; formerly of Ithaca.

Was a dentist.

1918 Whitlock Sarah A. 80 4/27/1918 4/29/1918 Suicide by

Hanging.

Widow of John Whitlock; despondent over ill

health. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. See

story p. 3, 4/29/1918 Ithaca Journal.

1918 Widmer Rudolph Adolph 75 12/30/1918 12/31/1918 Burial at Waverly.

1918 Wilbur Burge 2/13/1918

(notice)

2/13/1918 Died at Willard. Father of Romain Wilbur. Burial

at Trumbull's Corners.

1918 Wilcox Clara 2 mos. 7/27/1918 7/29/1918 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wilcox.


1918 Wilcox Fred Elmer 54 4/3/1918 4/11/1918 Stroke of

Paralysis

Died at home in Pasadena, CA. 1883 Cornell

graduate. Prominent businessman in Pasadena,

President of Board of Trade. See p. 3, 4/11/1918.

1918 Mr. Wilcox Gail 60 5/11/1918 (notice) 5/11/1918 Died and buried in Buffalo; born in Jacksonville.

1918 Wilcox Leonard 10/8/1918 (notice) 10/8/1918 Died at Binghamton; had lived at West Richford.

(p.9, Caroline News)

1918 Wilcox Western E. 79 3/19/1918 3/20/1918 Funeral and burial Canton, PA.

1918 Willcox Abel Comstock 10/20/1918 10/25/1918 Died at Smyrna, NY. Graduate of Cornell Law

School, 1906. Widower of Marion E. Smith, who

died 7 months previously.

1918 Willey Dewitt 70 11/10/1918 11/11/1918 Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Williams DeForest 86 3/24/1918 3/25/1918 Superintendent of Ithaca glass factories, a 32nd

degree Mason, successful farmer, businessman

and husband of former Eliza Wilson, daughter of

Andrew Wilson. Burial at Grove Cemetery. See

story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 3/25/1918.

1918 Williams no name given 4 10/26/1918 10/30/1918 Flu Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams. (p.7,

Spencer News)

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Death

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1918 Williams Oliver B. 20 10/20/1918 10/21/1918 Pneumonia Cornell student; son of Mr. and Mrs. James

Williams of Waverly.

1918 Williams Henry Shaler 7/31/1918 8/10/1918 Died in Cuba. Was Professor Emeritus in geology

at Cornell. See also p. 3, 8/12/1918.

1918 Williamson Charles 76 6/24/1918 6/26/1918 Died at Freeville; burial Willow Glen Cemetery.

See notice on 6/27/1918, too.

1918 Williamson John H. 41 11/21/1918 11/22/1918 Well-known barber in Freeville. Burial Willow

Glen Cemetery.

1918 Willison Margery 18 10/26/1918 10/26/1918 Pneumonia Died at her dorm at the Conservatory of Music

where she was a junior. Burial at Huntington,

WVA.

1918 Willsey Jacob C. 78 10/21/1918 10/21/1918 Heart Disease

1918 Wilson Henry 51 2/27/1918 2/28/1918 Former Freeville resident. Burial Willow Glen

Cemetery.

1918 Wilson Jane Elizabeth 59 9/15/1918 9/16/1918 Wife of Palm Wilson. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Wilson Ruby 21 7/28/1918 7/29/1918 Daughter of Daniel Wilson. Had 6 sisters, one

brother. Burial Lake View Cemetery.

1918 Wlcox Fred Elmer 3/21/1918 3/22/1918 Died at Pasadena, CA. Son of Seth Wilcox. 1883

Cornell Architecture graduate. Associated here

with A.B. Wood.

1918 Wolcott Earl A. 26 5/13/1918 6/24/1918 Died of injuries in war, battle in Germany. First

Tompkins Co. casualty. See story on p. 3.

1918 Wolcott Earl A. 5/13/1918 11/11/1919 Co. K, 18th Inf., A. E. F. Wounded by gas shell

probably near Cantiguy, France, May 8, 1918.

Died at Base Hospital in Beauvais. He had earlier

been twice wounded in the shoulder and twice

disabled by gas. Town of Caroline.

1918 Wood Fanny Montgomery 10/14/1918 10/19/1918 Pneumonia Died at Dryden. Wife of F. Walter Wood.

1918 Woodbury Sarah 12/30/1918 12/5/1918 Burial at McLean.

1918 Mrs. Wright Francis L. 7/14/1918 7/15/1918 Appendicitis Died at Ludlowville following surgery. See also

7/16/1918 and p. 7, 7/22/1918.

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Death

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1918 Wright Jane Beach 58 11/24/1918 11/25/1918 Bronchial

Pneumonia

Died at Trumansburg. Wife of Thomas Wright,

superintendent of Trumansburg Silk Mill. Burial at

Reading, PA.

1918 Wright Olin H. 52 7/3/1918 7/3/1918 Killed when tractor overturned at his farm near

Danby. Was well-known Ithaca optician. Husband

of Dorothy Wright. See story p. 3.

1918 Wyckoff Sylvester 71 11/7/1918 11/8/1918 Had lived and was buried at Groton.

1918 Yaple Frank S. 45 2/22/1918 2/23/1918 Pneumonia Died near Slaterville. Was a prominent farmer

and former Justice of the Peace. Burial at

Boiceville. See also Caroline News p.3,

2/27/1918; Caroline Center News, 2/28/1918

1918 Yates Martin 76 3/14/1918 3/15/1918 Died at Cortland Hospital. Had lived at the Grove

Hotel in Dryden for last two years. Burial Willow

Glen Cemetery.

1918 Yih Charles Robert 26 10/17/1918 10/18/1918 Pneumonia Cornell student from Soo Chow, China.

1918 Young Marietta Willis 76 12/31/1918 1/8/1919 Died at Miami, FL. Formerly of Trumansburg;

widow of Ezra Young. Burial Trumansburg.

1918 Mrs. Young R.B. 7/11/1918 7/13/1918 Died at Prospect Valley following illness of

several months. Burial Central Chapel.

1918 Zimmer Nellie Legg 25 10/28/1918 10/31/1918 Grip Wife of Harry Zimmer of Richford. Burial Richford

Cemetery.

1918 Zucal Joe 30 7/27/1918 7/29/1918 Accident Struck by Lehigh passenger train near

Ludlowville. Former employee at Rock Salt Corp.

and had eye injuries as a result of an accident

there a year ago. Burial at Calvary Cemetery.

Story p. 3.

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