Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Abbey
Joseph H.
1919
Abbey
Margaret
68
5/28/1919
5/31/1919
1919 Mrs.
Abbott
Hanny
75
12/25/1919
12/26/1919
1919
Abels
William
1919
Adams
Maude
49
7/30/1919
8/2/1919
1919
Aiken
Emma A.
61
5/25/1919
5/26/1919
1919
1919
Aiken
Albeight
Mary Kelsey
Mary Warren
69
1919
Albright
Harrison
82
1919
Allen
Clay
1919
1919
Allen
Allen
Mary Elizabeth
Susan J.
?
86
3/22/1919
8/11/1919
3/25/1919
8/12/1919
1919 Dr.
Almy
Albert Curtis
71
3/28/1919
4/1/1919
1919
1919
Angell
Anthony
Malcolm
Theodore
50
45
5/29/1919
11/24/1919
1919
Apgar
Charles
59
2/23/1919
12/25/1919
12/3/1919 (notice)
12/19/1919
5/15/1919 (notice)
3/31/1919
11/12/1919 (notice)
Page 1 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1/7/1920 Pneumonia
12/3/1919
12/19/1919 Stroke
5/15/1919
4/5/1919
11/12/1919
5/29/1919
11/25/1919 Acute
Indigestion
2/24/1919 Pneumonia
Notes
Died at St. Georges, SC home. Brother of
Samuel Abbey of Atwaters.
Widow of Edward H. Abbey. Burial Maple Grove
Cemetery.
Mother ofAbe, Solomon, John and Michael. Burial
Lake View Cem.
Father of Mrs. Herman L. Smith of Trumansburg.
(p. 13, Trumansburg News.)
Died at Brookline, MA home, formerly of Ithaca.
Was a well-known architect who designed several
houses in the Bryant Tract in Ithaca. Daughter of
Franklin Reedy of Chillicothe, OH.
Wife of Fred L. Aiken. Burial East Lawn
Cemetery.
Wife of Frank B. Aiken. Burial Grove Cem.
Had lived at Montour Falls. (p. 11, Mecklenburg
News)
Died at Cortland, formerly of Dryden. (p. 7,
Dryden News)
Died at Cortland; formerly of McLean. (McLean
News, p. 11)
Died at Searsburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
Daughter of late Ebenezer and Pemima Allen.
Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Lansing.
Died at Fordham home in New York City. He was
one of the first students to enter Cornell, where
he graduated in 1873. Burial at Port Jefferson,
Long Island.
Had lived near Groton. Burial at Stockbridge.
Was a well-known Dryden farmer. See p. 5.
Brother of Edgar, Fred and Elmer. Burial at
Homer.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Asay
Sheldren
1919
Asterland
Ella
56
1919
1919
Atwater
Avery
Phoebe
Elizabeth
74
1919
Bagley
Solon T.
65
7/7/1919
7/8/1919
1919
Bailey
Nelson R.
31
10/9/1919
10/10/1919
1919 Mrs.
Baker
Charles T.
2/6/1919
2/6/1919
1919
Baker
Clara Poole
4/15/1919
4/261919
1919
Baker
Joseph C.
22
12/3/1919
12/3/1919
1919
1919
Baker
Bakos
Thomas
Katherine
79
24
5/15/1919
2/12/1919
5/15/1919
2/13/1919
1919
Baldwin
Clarence F.
3/25/1919
3/26/1919 Pneumonia
1919 Mrs.
Ballantine
J. Herbert
1919
Bamber
Richard H.
1919
Banfield
Julia
8/21/1919
18
11/18/1919
7/10/1919 (notice)
7/29/1919
Notice Date
8/22/1919 Typhoid
Fever
11/19/1919 Pneumonia
7/10/1919
8/2/1919
12/24/1919
12/26/1919
4/1/1919
4/5/1919
3/26/1919 (notice)
Page 2 of 54
Cause of
Death
3/26/1919
Notes
Died of complications at Ovid.
Wife of Frank Asterland of Newfield. Burial at
VanEtten.
(p. 9, King Ferry News) Buried at King Ferry.
Had lived at Cortland. Sister of George Ryan of
Ludlowville. (p. 7, Ludlowville News)
Brother to E. S., Frank and E. H. Bagley. Burial at
Enfield.
Died following long illness. Leaves wife, daughter
Mary and parents, Mr./Mrs. Edwin S. Bailey. Was
active in I.O.O.F. Burial Enfield. See p. 5 and p. 9
on 10/17/1919 of Enfield Falls News.
Died at St. Johns, N.B. Mother of Rev. George R.
Baker of Ithaca.
Died at Los Angeles home. Wife of George T.
Baker. She was former Ithacan. 1879 graduate of
Ithaca High School.
Son of Mrs. Etta Baker; brother of Walter, Henry
and Mildred Baker. Burial Trumbull's Corners
Cem.
Died at Danby; burial Danby Rural Cemetery.
Died at Meany Sanitarium. Had lived at New York
City. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Died at Auburn. Had spent summers at
Glenwood, near Ithaca.
Died at Pasadena, CA. Sister of John Wilgus and
Mrs. Arthur D. White of Ithaca.
Died at Rochester. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Bamber, formerly of Ithaca. Burial Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
(p. 7, Danby News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Barber
Fanny Gardner
4/13/1919
4/14/1919
1919 Mrs.
Barber
William
75
10/23/1919
10/24/1919
1919
1919
Bardwell
Barney
Maryette
Estella Ward
84
65
11/28/1919
11/23/1919
11/29/1919
11/24/1919
1919
Barnum
Frances Terry
1919
Barr
Fred C.
1919
Barr
Robert
12/27/1919
1/3/1920
1919
1919
Barrett
Barry
Edwin
Patrick
3/30/1919
7/7/1919
3/31/1919
7/8/1919
1919
Barton
George A.
63
12/20/1919
12/20/1919
1919
Bates
Wilbur J.
68
5/3/1919
5/3/1919
1919
Batty
Philena
56
8/1/1919
8/1/1919
1919
1919
1919
Beckwith
Beckwith
Bennett
Arvilla
Mary H.
Mary A.
80
78
93
10/13/1919
1/7/1919
12/16/1919
10/14/1919
1/8/1919
12/17/1919
1919
1919 Mrs.
1919
Benton
Bergen
Berlew
Bert J.
Edward
George
30
55
67
8/5/1919
11/30/1919
8/5/1919
9/25/1919 (notice)
60
4/8/1919
Page 3 of 54
Cause of
Death
9/25/1919
4/9/1919 Heart Attack
8/61919
12/3/1919
8/61919 Angina
Pectoris
Notes
Died at Willard State Hospital. Wife of N.W.
Barber. Burial Pleasant Grove. See also
4/15/1919.
Died at Enfield; mother of Frank. Burial Enfield
Cemetery.
Widow of Prof. Chester Barney. Burial Groton
Rural Cem.
Died at Philmont, NY. Widow of William Barnum.
They were former residents of Kum's Corners.
Buried in family plot, Hayt's Cemetery. (p.11,
Krum's Corners News)
Prominent businessman with his brother, David,
in the hardware business. Story on p. 3. Also p.
3, 4/10/1919 and p. 7, 4/11/1919.
Son of Dr. and Mrs. Winfield Barr of Cleveland,
OH. (p. 9, Ludlowville News.)
Burial at Windsor, NY.
Survived by wife, 4 daughters, 2 sons. Burial Mt.
Olivet Cemetery. See also 7/10/11.
Well-known furniture dealer, originally from
Walton, NY. Burial at Walton. See p. 7.
Well-known businessman, husband of Kathryn
Ryan. See story p. 7, 5/5/1919.
Had lived at Trumansburg. Widow of Oscar
Batty. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at Ludlowville home.
Died at Newfield; burial Lake View Cemetery.
Widow of Charles G. Bennett. Burial Lake View
Cem., Interlaken.
Son of Mrs. Rose Benton. Burial at Spencer.
Burial Grove Cem.
Burial Tioga Point Cemetery in Sayre, PA.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Besemer
W. Gaylord
1919
Beverly
Dwight
1919
Bickal
William
1919
Bickel
Elmer
1919
Bigelow
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
39
6/17/1919
6/18/1919
55
11/12/1919
11/14/1919
2/18/1919 (notice)
2/18/1919
32
7/14/1919
7/15/1919
Edward A.
60
3/16/1919
3/17/1919
Bishop
Anna
65
7/12/1919
7/14/1919
1919
Blackman
Charles L.
57
10/12/1919
10/13/1919
1919
Blakley
Justine
91
1/15/1919
1/16/1919
1919 Mrs.
Blanchard
M. K.
12/24/1919
1/3/1920
1919 Mrs.
Blauvelt
C. H.
1919
Blauvelt
Elizabeth
1919
Blend
1919
1919
Bliss
Bloom
Cause of
Death
5/14/1919 (notice)
5/14/1919
88
2/16/1919
2/20/1919
Arva E.
38
3/4/1919
3/7/1919 Pneumonia
Franklin
Erminda B.
75
75
2/20/1919
7/26/1919
2/21/1919 Pneumonia
7/26/1919
Page 4 of 54
Notes
Died at Besemer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Besemer. Leaves wife and 8 sons. Burial West
Slaterville.
Died at Rockford, MI. (p. 11, Ludlowville News)
Body found in Erie Canal at Syracuse. Had been
missing from Varna since December. Story on p.
3. Former deputy sheriff. See also p. 3,
2/19/1919.
Brother of George Bickel of Ludlowville. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Was member of the Painters Union; had no
immediate relatives.
Died at Newfield. Sister of Samuel Bishop. Burial
at Trumansburg.
Prominent businessman. Long time grocer. Burial
East Lawn Cemetery. Story p. 2.
Died at Ludlowville at home of grandson, Clarke
Bailey. Burial at Locke at the Edsall and Ashton
private cemetery.
Died at Syracuse. Formerly of Freeville. (p. 9,
Freeville News.)
Sister of W. T. Kellogg of Ithaca. Burial at Erin.
Had lived at Interlaken. Burial Lake View
Cemetery, Interlaken.
Died at Montclair, NJ where he had taught
school. Previously was principal at Ludlowville
High School. Husband of former Mabel Abbey of
Speedsville, where they had a summer home.
Burial at Oneonta.
Died at Dryden; funeral held at Richford.
Died at Lansing. Widow of Lewis E. Bloom. Burial
Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Bloomer
Cynthia
81
1919 Mrs.
Bloser
1919 Mrs.
Bodle
1919
Bodle
1919
1919
Boice
Bolster
1919
1919
Cause of
Death
9/17/1919
9/17/1919
A. P.
1/14/1919
1/17/1919
Howard
7/23/1919
7/28/1919
infant
7/21/1919
7/28/1919
Margaret F.
Harry
75
70
1/8/1919
11/13/1919
1/8/1919
11/14/1919
Bontentti
Bostwick
Angelo
Bert
60
23
11/20/1919
1/3/1919
11/21/1919
1/6/1919 Flu
1919
Bostwick
Emma
1919
Bower
Charles
1919
Bower
Mary Treman
1919
Boyce
1919
8/19/1919
8/20/1919
55
10/17/1919
10/22/1919
82
7/28/1919
7/30/1919
Sarah D.
4/20/1919
4/21/1919
Bradley
Harold
1/24/1919 (notice)
1919
Bradley
Wilbur
25
1/2/1919
1/24/1919 Killed in
Action
1/3/1919 Flu
1919
Branch
Minnie Bowker
48
11/22/1919
Page 5 of 54
11/24/1919 Pneumonia
Notes
Died in Trumansburg where she lived as a
recluse for many years. Born at Interlaken;
traveled to Ithaca only once. Story p. 5.
Died at Little Rock, AR; member of Eastern Star.
Formerly of Ithaca. Burial at Syracuse.
Died at Enfield. Former Anna Hausner. (p. 7,
Mecklenburg News) See also 7/29/1919.
Son of Mr./Mrs. Howard Bodle. Burial
Mecklenburg Cemetery. (p. 7, Mecklenburg
News) See also 7/29/1919.
Died at Slaterville; burial Slaterville Cemetery.
Died while plowing a field on a Slaterville farm.
See p. 5.
No near relatives. Burial Calvary Cem.
Died two weeks after his wife died of the flu. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bostwick of Cortland.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Died at Newfield. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Died at Lansingville; burial Groton Rural
Cemetery. Also: p. 11, Lansingville News,
11/6/1919)
Widow of William Bower. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Wife of John J. Boyce; died at Brookton. Burial
Cooper Cemetery.
Member of Royal Flying Corps. Cornell graduate
in 1918. Story on p. 3.
Died at Interlaken. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Bradley. Died same day as his grandmother, Mrs.
Horton, died. Burial Lake View Cemetery,
Interlaken. See story p. 3.
Died at Como Lake home. Burial at Dresserville.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Breen
Patrick
10 mos.
1919
Briggs
Mary
1919
Brimsmaid
Howard
1919
Brink
1919
Death Date
Notice Date
2/8/1919
2/10/1919
Cause of
Death
11/19/1919
11/20/1919 Stroke of
Paralysis
23
1/3/1919
1/4/1919 Accident
Clara A.
93
4/16/1919
4/17/1919
Brink
Jacob
65
6/15/1919
6/16/1919
1919
Britt
Margaret
1919
Brown
Alton
1919
Brown
Elizabeth
87
6/11/1919
1919
Brown
Elsie
56
1/3/1919
1919
Brown
Emeline
84
1/27/1919
1919
Brown
Eugene Wallington
5
4/2/1919
1919
Brown
Grace Anita
5
5/8/1919
4/3/1919 Spinal
Meningitis
following
Pneumonia
5/9/1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
Brown
Buckmeister
Bullivant
Burger
Mary A.
Mary
Robert
Charlotte
82
10/26/1919
3/22/1919
6/4/1919
4/17/1919
10/27/1919
3/24/1919 Pneumonia
6/7/1919
4/19/1919
5/7/1919 (notice)
9/30/1919
86
65
Page 6 of 54
5/7/1919
10/4/1919 Typhoid
Fever
6/12/1919
1/4/1919 Pneumonia
1/27/1919 Stroke
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Breen; burial
Calvary Cemetery.
Died at Podunk home. Mother of Thomas,
William, Frank Briggs and Mrs. Charles Clapp.
Killed when struck by Lehigh Valley Railroad train
near Newfield. Recently discharged from the
Army. Son of R.D. Brimsmaid. Burial Lake View
Cemetery. Story on p. 3.
Daughter of Ebenezer Terry, one of Ithaca's
earliest settlers.
Had lived at Newfield. Father of Charles, Ray and
Dollie. Burial Cutter Cemetery.
Had lived at Auburn; burial King Ferry Cemetery.
(p. 9, King Ferry News)
Died at Elmira. Son of D.C. Brown of
Taughannock Falls.
Wife of John Brown; burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
Widow of Herman Brown who died 12/27/1918.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Widow of John E. Brown. Burial City Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Brown. Brother of
Robert W. and Dorothy A. Burial City Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Bath; burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Died at Covert; burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at Dr. A. Chase's private sanitarium. Burial
City Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
1919 Pvt.
Burgess
Burgess
Burton J.
Lorenzo
47
5/31/1919
1/19/1919
1919
Burgess
William
71
2/1/1919
2/1/1919
1919
Burns
Sarah F.
48
1/13/1919
1/14/1919
1919
Burns
Winifred
9/11/1919
9/11/1919
1919
Burritt
Susan C. Schuyler
1/29/1919
1/29/1919
1919
Burtt
Ruth
86
5/13/1919
5/14/1919
1919
1919
1919
Bush
Butts
Butts
Winifred
Hannah M.
Reuben
69
6/17/1919
12/13/1919
9/4/1919
6/18/1919
12/15/1919
9/5/1919
1919
Call
Purington B.
88
7/18/1919
7/21/1919
1919
Campbell
Cornelia
90
5/14/1919
5/14/1919
1919
Campbell
Katie
50
11/22/1919
11/25/1919
1919
1919
Campbell
Cannavan
William
David B.
72
79
7/1/1919
10/8/1919
7/2/1919
10/9/1919
1919
Carberry
Robert
68
7/24/1919
7/26/1919
Page 7 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
6/2/1919
11/11/1919 Diptheria
Notes
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Troop I, 22d Cav. Died in hospital at Fort
Leavenworth. Next of kin, Burton J. Burgess, 312
Lake St.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery. See also 2/3/1919.
Died following operation for cancer in NY City.
Previously a member of the firm, Sigler and
Burns, after death of her husband, Frank Burns.
Burial at Ovid Catholic Cemetery.
Wife of James Burns. Mother of Elizabeth M. and
Ruth W. Burns. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See
9/13/1920.
Died following a long illness. Was born in and
always lived in Ithaca. See obituary on p. 5,
1/30/1919.
Had lived near Buttermilk Falls. Burial Inlet Valley
Cemetery.
Daughter of Dr. Frank I. Bush.
Wife of Myron H. Butts. Burial at Spencer.
Died near McLean home of daughter, Mrs. Frank
Crandall.
Died at Watkins; long time resident of Groton
where he was buried.
Widow of Alonzo Campbell. Always lived at
Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Was a housekeeper for B.C. Van Sickle. Burial
Willow Glen Cem.
Died at Newfield. Burial Newfield Cemetery.
Was a Civil War veteran. Burial Pine Grove
Cemetery, Ludlowville.
Died at Halseyville. Burial St. James Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Card
Albert
94
1919
Card
Elnathan
80
7/8/1919
7/8/1919
1919
Card
Maria
80
6/27/1919
6/28/1919
1919
Carey
Mary Ellen
53
12/14/1919
12/15/1919
1919
Carman
William
5/1/1919
5/8/1919
1919
Carmer
Jennie
11/4/1919
1919
Carpenter
George D.
68
5/9/1919
5/9/1919
1919 Prof.
Carpenter
Rolla C.
66
1/19/1919
1/20/1919
Member of Cornell faculty for 27 years; suffered
from a spinal injury. Recently had been a
consulting engineer. See story on p. 3.
1919 Mrs.
Carr
S.E.
67
3/24/1919
4/1/1919
Wife of Rev. S.E. Carr, former pastor of Newfield
Baptist Church. Burial at Waterbury, CT.
1919
Carrigan
Rosetta
62
11/16/1919
11/17/1919
1919
Case
Kate
72
2/15/1919
2/15/1919 Pneumonia
1919
Case
Merritt A.
53
2/21/1919
2/22/1919
1919 Lt.
Case
Mervin
5/21/1919 (notice)
1/7/1919
Page 8 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
5/21/1919
11/9/1919 Accident
1/13/1919 Pneumonia
Notes
Had lived at Dryden. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery.
Had lived at Slaterville where he at one time was
proprietor of The Slaterville House. His wife died
6/29/1919. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery.
Died at Slaterville. Wife of Elnathan Card. Burial
Maple Grove Cemetery.
Widow of William H. Carey. Burial at Catholic
Cem., Bradford, PA, her former home.
Had lived at Mecklenburg. Burial Mecklenburg
Cemetery.
Died of injuries after falling downstairs at
Wellsville, NY. Burial Green Hills Cemetery. (p. 9,
Dryden News)
Died at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Wife of Enos Carrigan. Burial Lake View Cem.
Widow of Eleazer Case, Dryden Justice of the
Peace. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See also
2/17/1919.
Died at Buffalo where he had gone for medical
treatment. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at parent's Chicago home. Was a Marine;
also Cornell class of 1919.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1919
Case
Richard J.
60
10/14/1919
1919 Mrs.
Case
Samuel
50
12/6/1919
12/8/1919
1919
1919
Cass
Caster
John
John
86
39
11/30/1919
8/31/1919
12/1/1919
9/2/1919
1919
Castleman
Jasper
8/1/1919
8/51919
1919
Chadwick
John
20
6/6/1919
6/6/1919 Meningitis
1919
1919
Chambers
Champaign
G.E.
Alice N.
16
1919
Cheeseman
Delos B.
1919
Chittenden
Nancy B.
88
10/8/1919
1919
Christiance
George
83
3/17/1919
3/18/1919
1919
Clapp
Julius M.
70
9/25/1919
9/26/1919 Heart Attack
1919
1919
Clapp
Clark
Sarah E.
Herbert C.
80
57
4/20/1919
8/14/1919
4/22/1919 Pneumonia
8/15/1919
1919
Clarke
Susan
85
11/15/1919
10/15/1919 Appendicitis
11/12/1919 (notice)
3/15/1919
11/12/1919
3/15/1919 Mastoiditis
following
Scarlet Fever
11/22/1919
11/24/1919 Suicide by
Poison
10/9/1919
Page 9 of 54
11/17/1919 Fall
Notes
Died following surgery. Had lived near Groton.
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Died at Cortland Hospital; had lived near
Moravia. Burial Groton Rural Cem.
Burial Lake View Cem.
Died near Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Lived and died at Union. (p.9, Rawson Hollow
News)
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald D. Chadwick. Was
a Cornell Ag College student. Burial at Interlaken.
See p. 7.
(McLean News, p. 11)
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Champaign of
Wellsboro, PA. Burial at Wellsboro, PA.
Was a well-known King Ferry farmer. See p. 3.
Died at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Husband of Mary E. Christiance. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Prominent furniture dealer; well-known speaker.
Burial at Newton, MA. Story p. 3. See 9/29/1920.
Burial Evergreen Cemetery in Spencer.
Formerly of Ludlowville, died at Syracuse. Burial
at Elmira.
Died from injuries as a result of recent fall. Had
lived at Ludlowville. Widow of Alonzo Clarke.
Burial Pine Grove Cem.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Clayton
Lawrence Allen
8
6/11/1919
1919
1919
Cleaver
Cobb
Millie
Theodore
76
5/17/1919
12/29/1919
1919
1919
Coggshall
Cole
Doris
Almira
87
8/29/1919
4/24/1919
9/2/1919 Pneumonia
4/25/1919
1919
Cole
Laura S.
1/17/1919
1/18/1919
1919
Colegrove
Louise
1919
Coleman
Carrie
1919
1919
1919
Coles
Collins
Comstock
Charles
Thomas
Charles
1919
Comstock
George H.
1919
Condit
1919 Mrs.
Congdon
9
Death Date
12/12/1919
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
6/12/1919 Drowned
5/22/1919
12/30/1919
12/12/1919 Pneumonia
1/4/1919
1/8/1919
75
65
47
12/26/1919
12/6/1919
1/14/1919
12/26/1919
12/8/1919
1/171919
90
12/6/1919
12/8/1919
Edward H.
3/12/1919
3/14/1919 Apoplexy
George E.
1/23/1919
1/25/1919
Page 10 of 54
Notes
Drowned near Ithaca Gun Co. Had lived with
grandmother, Mrs. Lorain Potter. Son of Mrs.
Frank Cummings of New York City. See story p.
3.
(p. 9, King Ferry News)
Father of Ithaca Attorney Howard Cobb. He was
a pioneer in oil, natural gas and railroad
industries. Burial at Spring Mills, Allegheny
County. See story on p. 7.
Died at Groton.
Former matron at Ithaca's OID Ladies Home.
Burial King Ferry.
Widow of Eli Cole. Mother of Addie and Charles.
Burial City Cemetery.
Only child of Mr./Mrs. Carr S. Colegrove. Burial
Grove Cem. See also 12/13/1919.
Died at Auburn, formerly of Kidders. Burial Lake
View Cemetery, Interlaken.
Died at North Lansing.
Died at Groton.
Died at Binghamton State Hospital. Son of Mrs.
Emerette Comstock. Burial at Jenksville
Cemetery.
Burial at Spencerport, his former home. See also
12/12/1919.
Died at Geneva. Formerly operated a garage in
Ithaca.
Had suffered a nervous breakdown at her
Rochester home. Had a summer home in
Jacksonville. Was a military field aid for the
American Red Cross and worked with service
men in the city hospitals and military base
hospitals. Burial at Trumansburg. See story p. 2.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
1919
1919
Conine
Conklin
Conway
Arsula
Addison
Michael F.
46
72
5/12/1919
8/4/1919
6/11/1919 (notice)
1919
Cook
Clarissa
76
7/12/1919
5/13/1919
8/5/1919
6/11/1919 Killed in
Action
7/12/1919
1919 Mrs.
Cooper
Dell
1/11/1919
1/17/1919
1919
Cornelius
Edith J.
66
10/13/1919
10/14/1919
1919 Mrs.
1919
1919
1919
Covert
Coxe
Coyle
Craft
Hiram
Sarah
George
Grace E.
73
82
3/2/1919
12/1/1919
1/7/1919
5/19/1919 (notice)
3/4/1919
12/2/1919
1/8/1919
5/19/1919
1919
Crance
Charles
74
12/8/1919
12/9/1919
1919
Crance
Hazel
18
7/19/1919
7/21/1919 Drowned
1919
1919
Crandall
Crass
Dora A.
Fred
57
29
11/15/1919
12/31/1919
11/15/1919
1/2/1920
1919
Crawford
Flora E.
62
11/30/1919
12/1/1919
1919
Creque
Wilmont D.
71
8/25/1919
9/10/1919
1919
1919
Crim
Crim
John P.
Lucy A.
64
34
5/2/1919
5/6/1919
5/3/1919
5/7/1919
Page 11 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
Burial at Cortland.
Died at Willard; had lived at Jacksonville.
Buried in France. Body brought to Ithaca. See p.
3.
Widow of James Cook. Burial Newfield
Cemetery.
Died at Cortland; formerly of Groton City. (p.7,
Groton City News)
Wife of Dennis Cornelius. Died at Lansing. Burial
Snyder Hill Cemetery.
Had lived at Interlaken.
Died at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cem.
Father of John and Fred; burial at Waverly.
Had lived at Franklinville. Sister of County Judge
Willard Kent. Burial at Olean.
Civil War Veteran, 50th Regiment, NY
Volunteers. Interred at Lake View Cem.
Mausoleum.
In Cayuga Lake canoe accident. Daughter of
Mr./Mrs. Edward Crance. Story p. 3. See also
7/22/1919 and p. 3 on 7/26, 7/28, 7/29.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died following surgery at New York City. Father
of Horace, Gladys and Helen; son of Mrs. Andrew
Barto.
Died at Krum's Corners; wife an Andrew C.
Crawford. Burial Hayt's Cem. See also 12/3/1919.
Died at Geneva. Former Trumansburg resident.
Son of late Francis Creque. Burial Pine Grove
Cemetery.
Died at Myers. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Wife of Philip Crim; daughter of Mrs. Emma
Atwater. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Crispell
Cynthia
1919
Crissey
Lucinda
1919 Dr.
Crittenden
Victor C.
1919
1919
Croft
Cronk
Andrew
Mary Dimick
1919
Culver
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
8/16/1919
8/20/1919
10/10/1919
10/13/1919
4/29/1919
5/2/1919
64
47
9/21/1919
10/29/1919
9/22/1919
10/30/1919
Lewis A.
28
11/23/1919
11/24/1919
Cummings
Brinton S.
25
1919
Cummings
Peter
1919 Mrs.
1919
Cushing
Cushman
Josie
Eugene M.
58
1/30/1919 (notice)
1/21/1919
1919
Daley
Kate
28
12/6/1919
1919
Danes
Frank
38
4/22/1919
4/22/1919 Accident
1919
Dann
Jamie Louise
5
6/21/1919
6/21/1919
1919 Mrs.
Darling
Robert
1919
Davis
George Francis
76
4/22/1919 (notice)
4/8/1919
10/14/1919
77
4/16/1919
Page 12 of 54
Cause of
Death
4/22/1919 Killed in
Action
4/12/1919
1/30/1919
1/22/1919
12/18/1919
10/31/1919 Tuberculosis
4/17/1919
Notes
Widow of Benson Crispell. Died and buried at
Willard State Asylum. (p.9, Slaterville Springs
News)
Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at Fredonia, NY home. Formerly lived and
practiced at Ithaca.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Trumansburg. Wife of Frederick B.
Cronk.Daughter of Mrs. Catherine Dimick. Burial
Grove Cemetery.
Died following long illness. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cem.
Died in France. Formerly of Germantown, PA,
had lived and was well-known in Ithaca. See p. 3.
Died at King Ferry. Burial at Lady of the Lake
Church Cemetery.
(p. 9, Dryden News)
Formerly of Auburn; member of Hardenburgh
Lodge of ODD Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Died and buried at Willard. Sister to Albert and
Ella.
Killed in auto accident near Covert. See p. 3
story.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Dann. Burial
Grove Cemetery.
Died at San Francisco. Wife of Robert Darling.
(Peruville News, p. 11)
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Davis
Mary E.
1919
1919
Davis
Davy
Sarah E.
Emmett
1919
Dean
baby boy
1919 Mrs.
1919
Dean
Dean
Fremont
Hannah
86
2/15/1919
5/22/1919
2/19/1919
5/23/1919
1919
Dean
Oscar
74
3/28/1919
3/28/1919
1919
Decker
Mary E.
75
2/25/1919
2/26/1919
1919
Dederer
William C.
82
6/22/1919
6/24/1919 Stroke
1919
Dennis
Charles
65
7/15/1919
7/15/1919
1919 Mrs.
Denson
Frank
50
12/28/1919
1919 Mrs.
DeNyke
Edward E.
1919
DePuy
1919 Mrs.
Dewey
Frank
1919
Dick
Newton
62
9/27/1919
9/27/1919
1919
Dickens
Annie E.
77
4/4/1919
4/8/1919
74
Death Date
Notice Date
6/2/1919
6/2/1919
4/13/1919
3/26/1919 (notice)
4/14/1919
3/26/1919
2/5/1919 (notice)
2/5/1919
7/12/1919
4
7/19/1919 (notice)
11/13/1919 (notice)
Page 13 of 54
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Cortland. Sister of Ithaca attorney,
George B. Davis. Burial in family plot at McLean.
Burial at Buffalo.
Died at Buffalo; buried at Mecklenburg. (p. 7,
Mecklenburg News)
Son Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Dean of E.
Steamburg. (p. 7, Trumansburg News)
(p. 7, Trumansburg News)
Had lived at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Died at home of daughter, Mrs. Walter Chase,
near Jacksonville.
Widow of Peter Decker. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
Well-known resident of Etna. See also Etna
News, p. 9, 7/23/1919.
12/29/1919 Heart disease Died at Trumansburg home. Burial at
Bennettsburg.
7/12/1919
Died at New York City. Former resident of Ithaca.
7/19/1919 Drowned
11/13/1919
Son of Mr./Mrs. Harvey DePuy of Norwich. (p. 11,
Freeville News)
Burial Maple Grove Cem. (p.11, Candor News)
Died after being kicked by a colt. Had lived at
Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. See p. 3.
Died at Mecklenburg. Widow of James L.
Dickens. Had operated a millinery business.
Burial Mecklenburg Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Dickinson
Alla Lee
1919
Dickinson
Elmer
1919
Dimmick
Catherine
11/8/1919
11/8/1919 Pneumonia
1919
Dimmick
Gladys Webster
9/26/1919 (notice)
9/26/1919
1919
Diven
Emerson Liseum
1919
Dixon
Frank R.
1919 Mrs.
1919 Mrs.
Dobrin
Donnelly
Theodore
John
1919
Donovan
Margaret Elizabeth
1919
Douque
Frances Garcia
19
5/3/1919
5/5/1919 Peritonitis
1919
Drake
Catherine J.
84
2/2/1919
2/4/1919
1919
Drake
Helen Gibbons
35
3/6/1919
3/7/1919
1919
Duncan
Katherine McDowell
64
4/8/1919
4/9/1919
1919
1919
Dunks
Dunn
John
Lawrence
52
20
Death Date
2/14/1919 (notice)
7/5/1919 (notice)
8/6/1919
11/11/1919 (notice)
81
47
Notice Date
2/14/1919 Typhoid
Fever
7/5/1919
8/71919 Plane Crash
11/11/1919 Drowned
2/4/1919
6/21/1919
2/5/1919
6/23/1919
2/12/1919
2/13/1919
8/6/1919 (notice)
1/19/1919
Page 14 of 54
Cause of
Death
8/61919
1/20/1919 Flu
Notes
Died in Florida. She was the adopted daughter of
Mrs. Cynthia Vorhis Steele, formerly of Ithaca.
Son of William Dickinson. Burial King Ferry. (p.
7, King Ferry News)
Died at Trumansburg one week after the death of
her daughter, Mrs. Frederick Cronk. Burial Grove
Cemetery.
Died at Rochester. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died in Texas. Was a Cornell junior from Elmira.
See p. 2.
Drowned while on route to Marine training camp
at Paris Island, on City of Athens. Next of kin,
Arthur Dixon, Lake Ridge.
Mother of Mrs. Jacob Rothschild.
Was a dressmaker. Died at Interlaken while
working at a client's home. Burial St. James
Cemetery. See p. 7.
Sister of Mary T., John, William and Randles.
Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also 2/14/1919.
Died following appendectomy. Daughter of Mrs.
Ruby S. Douque. Burial at Herkimer.
Died at home of her son, William E. Drake, in
Elmira. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Died at Buffalo home. Wife of Allen N. Drake.
Daughter of Mrs. Ann Gibbons of Ithaca.
Survivors include her 3-day old son. Burial at
Buffalo.
Died at home of daughter, Mrs. H. N. Eaton.
Burial at Columbia, S.C.
Burial Bird Cemetery. (p. 9, Locke News)
Burial at Unionville, NJ.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Durphy
William
52
1/15/1919
1/17/1919 Ptomaine
Poisoning
1919
Dusenbery
Maurice E.
22
7/10/1919
7/11/1919 Accident
1919
1919
Dykeman
Easling
Harriet
Elizabeth
86
89
10/12/1919
5/14/1919
10/13/1919
5/14/1919
1919
Eckerson
Catherine A. King
79
7/23/1919
7/25/1919
1919
1919
1919
Edgcombe
Elliott
Elliott
Mary
Minar
Sarah
81
74
77
1919
Ellison
Louisa J.
73
1919
Elting
Dorothy
19
1919
English
Charles
69
11/28/1919
1919
Enz
Martha J.
83
8/12/1919
1919 Mrs.
1919
1919
Evans
Eylenburg
Faulkes
Ziba
Henrietta
Edward Whitlock
39
41
7/21/1919
4/30/1919
9/28/1919
4/30/1919
7/10/1919 (notice)
10/28/1919
4/11/1919
9/2/1919 (notice)
Page 15 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
5/2/1919 Pneumonia
7/10/1919
10/29/1919
4/12/1919 Flu
Notes
Died at a DesMoines, IA hotel. Formerly of
Ithaca; ran a creamery business at one time.
Recently a salesperson for the Four-Wheeled
Drive Auto Co. Son of Henry Durphy.
Killed when he fell from a sulky plow on his
father's farm near Dryden. Son of Mr./Mrs. Zina
B. Dusenbery. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. See
story p. 2.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Had lived at Trumansburg; burial Grove
Cemetery.
Died at Mt. Vail, NJ; formerly of Ithaca. Wife of
David Eckerson. Burial at Mt. Vail.
Had lived at Peruville.
(p. 9, Locke News)
Died at Interlaken home of her sonl, Fred Elliott.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died while visiting relatives in Ludlowville. Had
lived at and was buried at Dimondale, MI.
9/2/1919 Auto Accident Killed near Adams. She had lived at Watertown.
Father at one time an Ithaca resident. See story
p. 5, 9/3/1919.
11/28/1919 Suicide
At his Snyder Hill home. Well-known farmer; had
recently been despondent. Burial Snyder Hill
Cem. See p. 3.
8/13/1919
Widow of Frank J. Enz; former Ithaca
postmaster. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
7/25/1919
Died at Candor. (p. 9, Prospect Valley News)
5/6/1919
Had lived at Interlaken.
9/30/1919
Died at Willard Hospital. Had lived and was
buried at Auburn. Son of Mrs. George Beach of
Ludlowville. Had served in the Spanish American
War.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Fenn
Gertrude
1919 Mrs.
Ferguson
Lynn Curry
1919
Fessenden
Archie
1919 Rev.
1919
Fetter
Fisher
Newton C.
Gladys Jane
72
infant
10/18/1919
10/21/1919
30
10/23/1919
10/24/1919 Stroke
10
6/23/1919
1919
Fitch
Mary Everett
66
2/21/1919
1919
1919
Flagg
Fletcher
George
Carrie W.
73
79
10/12/1919
1/27/1919
1919 Mrs.
Foot
P.L.
1919
1919
Foote
Foster
Elizabeth
Abbie G.
86
93
5/8/1919
12/12/1919
5/9/1919
12/12/1919
1919 Mrs.
Fowler
Arthur
25
12/28/1919
12/29/1919
1919
Frank
William
21
1919
Franks
1919
Franks
12/12/1919
2/15/1919 (notice)
4/19/1919 (notice)
Cause of
Death
6/26/1919
12/13/1919
2/15/1919
2/21/1919
10/13/1919
2/3/1919 Pneumonia
4/19/1919
6/30/1919 (notice)
6/30/1919 Drowned
Minnie D.
1/25/1919
1/27/1919
Walter B.
1/14/1919
1/16/1919
Page 16 of 54
Notes
Widow of Elbert H. Fenn; had lived at Covert.
Burial Grove Cemetery.
Died of apoplexy. Wife of Lynn Ferguson.
Daughter of Grant Curry. Had lived at Enfield.
Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. See also
10/27/1919.
Son of Mr./Mrs. Clifford Fessenden, Newark
Valley. (p. 11, Candor News)
Burial Reading, PA.
Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Fisher.
Burial Mecklenburg Cemetery. (p.7, Black Oak
Corners News)
Died at Dryden. Daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs.
William Fish of Dryden.
Died at Interlaken; burial Ovid Cemetery.
Died at Detroit. Widow of Herman E. Fletcher of
Enfield. Burial at Detroit.
Had lived in Poughkeepsie. Daughter of Alfred
VanKirk of Jacksonville. Burial Grove Cemetery.
(p. 7, Trumansburg News; also in Jacksonville
News)
Widow of Lot Foster. Burial Danby Rural Cem.
Died at Detroit home. Wife of Arthur, formerly of
Ithaca.
Near Union Springs on Cayuga Lake. Story on p.
3.
Widow of Walter Franks who died 1/14/1919.
Burial at Binghamton.
Died at St. Luke's Hospital at NY City. Had
operated a fish market at Aurora and Seneca
streets. Was well-known here. Burial at
Binghamton.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919 Sgt.
Frawley
John J.
26
1919
Frear
Helen M.
1919
Freeland
Hawley
40
1919
1919
1919 Mrs.
1919
Freeland
Frith
Fuller
Fuller
Hawley
George W.
Frank
Irving Chapman
58
80
60
1919 Mrs.
Fuller
R. Glenn
3/20/1919
3/20/1919
1919
Gage
Jennie Landon
6/18/1919
6/19/1919
1919 Mrs.
Gardner
Herschel L.
43
10/16/1919
10/16/1919
1919
Garey
Cora B.
23
10/17/1919
10/17/1919
1919
Gast
Maria
1919
Gaston
Etta Seager
1919
Gates
Frank
1919
Geary
Joseph
5/5/1919
12/20/1919
7/31/1919
8/1/1919
8/5/1919 (notice)
11/11/1919
1/27/1919
1/5/1919
24
8/5/1919
11/12/1919
1/30/1919
1/6/1919
12/6/1919
11/24/1919
11/25/1919
1/1/1919
1/3/1919
3/30/1919
3/31/1919
Page 17 of 54
Cause of
Death
5/9/1919 Accident
12/19/1919
12/6/1919 (notice)
69
Notice Date
Notes
Died in motorcycle accident in Nogales, AZ,
where he was stationed with the 7th Signal Corps
Co. was former resident of Ithaca, employed by
Western Union Telegraph Co. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick Frawley of Owego. See p. 7. See
also: 5/13/1919.
Died at Rochester, former Ithaca resident. Widow
of Martin Frear. Burial City Cem.
Died at Speedsville home. Burial at Speedsville
Cemetery.
(p. 9, Rawson Hollow News)
Pneumonia
Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
(p. 9, Mecklenburg News)
Died at Groton. Father of Leslie Fuller, of State
Guard, who died 5 weeks ago of the flu. Burial
Groton Rural Cemetery.
Died at Slaterville home; burial at Candor. See
also 3/21/1919.
Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Wife of
Richard J. Gage of Danby. Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bennett Landon. Burial Danby Rural
Cemetery.
Heart Failure Died following surgery. Had lived at Elmira where
her husband is a prominent attorney. Burial at
Blossburg, PA, her childhood home.
Wife of John Ford Garey; daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J.J. Sincepaugh.
Died at Washington. Burial at Mecklenburg. (p.9,
Mecklenburg News.)
Died at Groton home; wife of James Gaston.
Burial Groton Rural Cem.
Died at McGraw. Former owner of Cruett and
Gates Gristmill in Etna.
Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also 4/1/1919.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
George
Amazilla
1919
1919
George
George
1919
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
82
11/13/1919
11/13/1919
Anna
Jason J.
60
82
7/5/1919
4/18/1919
7/7/1919
4/19/1919
Georgia
Gibbons
William E.
Anna May
68
12/7/1919
12/14/1919
1919
Gibbons
Margaret
1919
Gifford
Morgan
1919 Mrs.
Gilley
William C.
1919
Gleason
Celia
1919
Goodrich
Frances
1919
Goodyear
Harper
1919
Goodyear
Marian Augusta
1919
Gorton
Walter
73
1/21/1919
1919 Dr.
Gould
L.A.
66
10/24/1919
9/3/1919
84
3/31/1919
3/16/1919
12/11/1919 (notice)
10
3/7/1919
3/6/1919
8/12/1919
Page 18 of 54
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Freeville. Widow of Joel B. George;
mother of O.K., Edgar N. and Luella. Burial
Willow Glen Cem. Lived at Freeville since 1871.
Had lived and was buried at Geneva.
Born at Redwood, NY; resident of Ithaca for 38
years. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
12/9/1919
Burial at Newfield.
12/15/1919
Widow of Thomas Gibbons. Survived by 4
daughters, 2 sons. Burial Calvary Cem. See also
12/16/1919.
9/4/1919
Widow of Martin Gibbons. Survived by 6 sons.
Burial Calvary Cemetery. Also 9/8/1919.
3/31/1919
Burial at Inlet Valley Cemetery. See also
4/1/1919.
3/19/1919
Wife of Dr. William C. Gilley; burial at City
Cemetery.
12/11/1919
Formerly of McLean. Burial at Dundee. (p. 11,
McLean News.)
3/8/1919
Daughter of Mrs. Angeline Goodrich. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
3/15/1919
Died at New York City, formerly of Trumansburg.
Burial Grove Cemetery. See p. 9, Trumansburg
News.
8/13/1919
Daughter of the late Dr. John Goodyear; had lived
in Groton. Suffered a stroke in recent years.
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
1/22/1919 Paralysis
Died near White Church. Father of William, Fred,
Complication Lewis and Earl. Burial Cooper's Cemetery at
s
Brookton.
10/24/1919
Prominent Interlaken doctor. Member of Masons.
Born at Cantoocook, N.H. Burial Lake View
Cemetery, Interlaken. See p. 2.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Graham
Edward
1919
Grice
1919 Mrs.
35
8/13/1919
8/14/1919
John T.
92
12/18/1919
12/22/1919 Asphyxiation
Grice
John T.
93
12/18/1919
12/22/1919 Asphyxiation
1919
Griswold
Harrison
1919 Mrs.
1919
Grove
Grover
Alfred
Lucinia
1919
Gunderman
William
1919
Guyer
Andrew
7/28/1919
7/29/1919
1919 Dr.
Haiselden
Harry
6/19/1919 (notice)
6/19/1919
1919
Hall
Arthur G.
41
10/17/1919
10/18/1919
1919
1919
Hall
Hall
Charles
Deborah M.
79
7/15/1919
1/20/1919
7/17/1919
1/20/1919
1919
Hall
Martha S.
8/20/1919
8/21/1919
1919
Halpin
Matthew B.
35
9/16/1919
1919
Halsey
Francis Whittling
68
11/24/1919
1/12/1919
1/15/1919
50
60
4/15/1919
11/17/1919
4/16/1919
11/18/1919
62
8/9/1919
Page 19 of 54
Cause of
Death
8/11/1919 Heart Attack
Notes
Died at Harrisburg, PA. Formerly of Ithaca. See
also 8/15/1919 and 8/16/1919.
Died from fumes from a defective coal range at
Waterburg home. See story on p. 5. See also p.
7, 12/23/1919.
Died from fumes from a defective coal range at
Waterburg home. See story on p. 5. See also p.
7, 12/23/1919.
Died at home in NY City. Husband of Alice
Hixson Griswold. Formerly of Ithaca.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died near Freeville. Widow of John Grover. Burial
Willow Glen Cem.
Prominent politician and former Ithaca mayor.
Burial Lake View Cemetery. Story p. 3.
Died at Belmar, NJ. Husband of former Mary
McAllister of Ithaca.
Died at Havan, Cuba. Was from Chicago, a
controversial doctor who appeared in a film made
at the Wharton Studio in Ithaca. See story on p. 2
and p. 3, 7/9/1919.
Was a member of Ithaca's Carpenters Union.Son
of Mrs. Susan Hall; burial Lake View Cemetery.
(p. 9, King Ferry News)
Widow of William L. Hall. Burial Christian
Cemetery, Enfield Center. See also 1/21/1919.
Daughter of Mrs. Mary Hall. Had been on faculty
of Conservatory of Music.
9/17/1919 Consumption Son of Mrs. Alice Halpin of NY City. Burial at St.
Raymond's Cemetery in Westchester, NY.
11/25/1919
Died in New York City. Prominent Cornellian,
editor and author. See p. 2.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Hamilton
Andrew
74
1919
Hamilton
Jane
85
1919
Hammond
Joseph
1919 Mrs.
Hammond
W. F.
1919
Handsom
Fred
1919
Hanford
Elizabeth
1919
1919
Hare
Hargreaves
Lurinda
Sarah Cook
1919
Harrington
Mary E.
1919
Harris
1919
1919
Death Date
Notice Date
3/17/1919
3/19/1919
2/3/1919 (notice)
2/3/1919
3/4/1919 (notice)
3/4/1919
12/25/1919
12/29/1919
67
10/19/1919
10/20/1919
85
11/28/1919 (notice)
11/28/1919
Cause of
Death
3/30/1919
5/11/1919
3/31/1919
5/12/1919
75
6/9/1919
6/10/1919
Adeline Bothwell
86
12/14/1919
12/15/1919
Haskin
Hassan
Clinton A.
Margaret
85
6/20/1919
6/17/1919
6/21/1919
6/18/1919
1919
1919
Hazen
Head
Louisa M.
63
infant
4/13/1919
1/4/1919 (notice)
4/14/1919
1/6/1919
1919
Heath
Frank Leslie
7/29/1919
7/31/1919 Pneumonia
1919
Heathering
Kate
7/29/1919
7/31/1919
65
Page 20 of 54
Notes
Died at Stryker, OH where he ran a grocery and
women's furnishings business. Civil War veteran;
brother of Mrs. T.D. Tryon of Ithaca. Was born in
Caroline.
Widow of Alphonso Hamilton. Burial at
Chemung.
Had lived at Syracuse; formerly of Interlaken,
where he had been school commissioner for
several years. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Boulder, Co. home. Former Mary Baker
of Enfield.
Father of Fred, Richard, Lura, Ruth Handsom.
Burial at Mansfield, PA.
Died at Mason City, IA. Former resident of Etna,
widow of Frederick. (p.9, Etna News)
Burial at Georgetown, NY.
Died at Duluth, MN. Formerly of Ithaca; sister of
Comptroller E. L. Williams of Ithaca. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Widow of T. J. Harrington; burial East Lawn
Cemetery.
Died at Groton. Widow of Nelson Harris. Burial
Groton Rural Cem.
Widow of George C. Hassan. Burial Calvary
Cemetery. See also 6/19/1919.
Wife of D.J. Hazen. Burial at Willseyville.
Baby of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Head of Richford.
(p.7, Caroline News)
Died at Asbury Park, NJ. Was a well-known
Candor hardware merchant. Well-known in
Masonic circles. See p. 3.
Died near Enfield. Mother of Ward Smith of
Cayutaville.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Heilbrun
Louis I.
1919
Hesketh
Edith M.
1919
Hesley
Anna
1919
Hesley
Paul F.
1919
Heustis
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
12/20/1919
12/22/1919
12/21/1919
12/22/1919
7/4/1919
7/5/1919
72
8/6/1919
8/61919
Edwin T.
61
6/16/1919
6/16/1919
Hillick
James B.
61
1/12/1919
1/13/1919
1919
1919
Hillsinger
Hine
W.B.
(boy)
46
infant
11/29/1919
6/18/1919
11/29/1919
6/23/1919
1919
Hinkley
Gerold Watson
1/16/1919
1/17/1919 Flu
1919
Hinman
John
11/6/1919 (notice)
11/6/1919
1919
Hinman
Warne
56
1/13/1919
1/15/1919
1919
Hitchcock
Emma R.
74
7/9/1919
7/9/1919
1919 Lt.
Hochstein
David
1919
Hoffman
Fred
36
32
1/29/1919 (notice)
1/29/1919
1/27/1919
1/28/1919
Page 21 of 54
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died and buried at New York City. Husband of
Dora Hyman, former Ithaca resident and
employee of Rothschild's Department Store.
Daughter of Mrs. E. S. Purington. Temporarily
interred at Lake View Cem. Vault.
Wife of Paul F. Hesley. Internment in Lake View
Cemetery mausoleum. See p. 3.
Died following surgery. Internment at Lake View
Mausoleum. See p. 3.
Was a long-time mail carrier. Burial Pleasant
Grove Cemetery. See p. 3. See also 6/18/1919.
Died at Geneva, formerly of Ithaca. Was a
conductor on the Lehigh Valley Railroad for 35
years.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hine of Newfield.
Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. (p. 9, Newfield
News)
Cornell graduate in 1916. Well-known here. Late
father, Charles Hinkley, also a prominent
Cornellian. Burial at Dunkirk, NY.
Died at Soldier's Home, Bath, NY. Burial at Bird
Cemetery. (p. 11, Locke News)
Died at Rochester. Had formerly lived and was
buried at Groton.
No known relatives. Burial Adams Cemetery in
Danby.
Killed in the war. Well-known violinist who made
his debut in Ithaca, January 1917.
Died at Detroit; formerly of Ithaca. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hoffman.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919 Mrs.
Holden
Charles
63
3/2/1919
3/3/1919
1919
1919
1919
Holden
Holden
Holford
Charles D.
DeWitt
John W.
67
71
49
5/16/1919
2/25/1919
2/11/1919
5/15/1919
2/26/1919
2/12/1919
1919
Hollenbeck
Emily
63
4/22/1919
4/23/1919
1919
Hollenbeck
Lucy
37
3/4/1919
3/4/1919
1919
1919
Hollister
Hollister
Martha
Martha
34
11/24/1919
11/24/1919
11/25/1919
11/28/1919
1919
Holman
Irvin
66
2/26/1919
2/27/1919
1919
Holton
Eugene
75
7/14/1919
7/15/1919
1919
Holton
Isaac
70
10/12/1919
10/13/1919
1919
1919
Hopkins
Horton
Thomas B.
Frank
78
60
11/24/1919
11/27/1919
11/25/1919
12/3/1919
1919 Mrs.
Horton
1919
Hosley
Ann Elizabeth
1919
Hosmer
Julia W.
1/2/1919
5/28/1919
10/10/1919
10/10/1919
Notes
Died at Ludlowville. Mother of Dr. C.E. Stockton,
Russell, Richard, Earl and Frank Stockton. Burial
Lansingville Cemetery.
Burial Lansingville Cemetery.
Died at Auburn; formerly of Ithaca.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holford of Interlaken.
Burial at Lodi.
Burns
Burned when clothing caught fire. Story p. 3, 4/22
and 23/ 1919. Widow of James Hollenbeck.
Funeral and burial at Elmira.
Widow of Wyland D. Hollenbeck. Daughter of
Patrick Flynn. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Burial King Cem.
Spinal
Daughter of late Lewis Hollister of Danby. Sister
Meningitis
of John, Eugene, George, Fred, Frank and Sarah
Hollister. Burial King Cem.
Had been a member of Holman Brothers Feed
Store on N. Aurora St. Burial at Seabring
Cemetery, Newfield.
Died at Interlaken. Was a Civil War veteran.
Burial Lakeview Cemetery.
Heart Disease Well-known Trumansburg pharmacist. Burial
Grove Cemetery. Story p. 2.
Died at Groton; was Civil War vet.
Died at Covert. For many years he owned grocery
store at Pratt's Corners. Burial Grove Cem.
1/3/1919 Flu
5/25/1919
Page 22 of 54
Cause of
Death
Died at Interlaken. Grandmother of Wilbur
Bradley who died the same day. Burial Lake View
Cemetery, Interlaken. See story p. 3.
Had lived with niece at McLean. Burial at Cuba,
NY.
Died at Elmira. Widow of Rev. George Herbert
Hosmer. Burial at Concord, MA.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Housden
Emma
66
1919 Mrs.
Hovencamp
Joshua
1919
Howe
Emma Crain
1919
1919
Howser
Hoyt
1919
11/15/1919
11/17/1919
5/17/1919
5/22/1919
83
10/23/1919
10/24/1919
James William
Louisa J.
82
80
1/15/1919
7/12/1919
1/16/1919
7/13/1919
Hradisky
Joseph
4
3/25/1919
3/25/1919 Accident
1919
Hudson
W.H.
10/9/1919 (notice)
10/9/1919
1919
1919
Huff
Hulford
Charles E.
Anna May
51
58
3/3/1919
12/5/1919
3/4/1919
12/6/1919 Pneumonia
1919
Hull
Albert M.
90
12/9/1919
12/9/1919
1919
Hulslander
Helen Beers
5/15/1919
5/15/1919
1919
Humphrey
Richard F.
10/1/1919
10/6/1919 Drowned
1919
1919
Hunter
Hunter
Frank
William
22
12/15/1919
9/26/1919 (notice)
Page 23 of 54
12/19/1919
9/26/1919
Cause of
Death
Notes
Had lived and was buried at Medina, NY. Wife of
Alfred Housden.
Had lived at Mecklenburg. Burial Mecklenburg
Cemetery.
Widow of Prof. S. B. Howe. Burial Groton Rural
Cemetery.
Had lived and was buried at Denver, CO. Born in
Ithaca, daughter of Mr./Mrs. John W. Gibbs.
Married David Hoyt in 1860 and moved to
Colorado.
Hit by Lehigh Valley train near Myers. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Hradisky. See p. 3.
Died at London, England. Former assistant
librarian at Cornell University. Was a staff
lecturer at London University.
No known relatives. Burial South Newfield.
Wife of Salin Hulford of Trumansburg. Burial
Grove Cem.
Widower of Margaret Visscher; father of Prof.
Charles H.Hull and Mary J. Hull. He was
President of Fall Creek Milling Co. which he
purchased in 1862 from Ezra Cornell. Burial City
Cem. See also p. 7, 12/9/1919, and p. 7,
12/10/1919.
Wife of Leroy Hulslander; daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Charles B. Beers of Elmira. Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira.
After diving into Fall Creek Gorge. Cornell
sophmore from Waterbury, CT. Story p. 3. See
also 10/7/1919.
Lived near Groton. Burial Bird Cem.
Burial Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. (p. 9,
Jacksonville News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
1919
Hurlbert
Hurlbut
Lavina
Mary A.
84
81
1919
Hurley
1919
2/13/1919
12/23/1919
2/14/1919
12/24/1919
Buried at Friendship, NY.
Had lived at Trumansburg. Mother of Fred, Frank,
Walter, and Warren. Burial Hayt's Cem.
Catherine Dwyer
10/8/1919
10/10/1919
Hutchins
Lulu
8/21/1919
8/25/1919
1919
Hutchinson
Douglas Gray
8
2/7/1919
2/7/1919
1919
1919
Ingalls
Ische
Dana
John H.
65
33
3/3/1919
2/16/1919
3/5/1919
2/17/1919
Died at Buffalo; wife of William Hurley; sister of
Anna Higgins.
Died at Saratoga Springs. Niece of Minnie
Barnes. Frequent visitor to Ithaca.
Scarlet Fever Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hutchinson, brother
of Duncan and Stanley. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Had lived and died at McLean.
Died at Scranton, PA where he was advertising
manager for the Scranton Tribune-Republican.
Son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. George Adams of
Ithaca. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1919
1919
Ives
Ives
Emily
Nianette
81
74
4/27/1919
2/20/1919
4/28/1919
2/24/1919 Pneumonia
1919
1919
Jackson
Jackson
Mary H.
Richard
78
42
7/2/1919
4/15/1919
7/21919
4/16/1919
1919
Jackson
Sylvia A.
60
2/11/1919
2/14/1919
1919
1919 Mrs.
Jacobs
Jacobs
Calvin C.
Samuel
48
70
8/7/1919
4/20/1919
8/8/1919
4/23/1919
1919
1919
Jarvis
Jennings
Maria S.
I.B.
80
4/20/1919
2/13/1919
4/21/1919
2/14/1919
Page 24 of 54
Cause of
Death
Notes
Burial at Genoa.
Died at Ludlowville home Burial at N. Lansing
cemetery.
Burial at Lodi.
Son of Mrs. Susan Jackson, brother of Mrs. Susie
Bell, Mrs Annette Brown and the late Napoleon
Jackson.
Died at Trumansburg. Wife of George M.
Jackson. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at Groton.
Died at North Lansing; burial N. Lansing
Cemetery.
Wife of William Jarvis. Burial City Cemetery.
Died at Danby; burial Curtis Cemetery. See also
p. 7, 2/19/1919, Danby News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Jennings
Jesse H.
1919
Johnson
Emery
1919
Johnson
George A.
84
2/26/1919
2/27/1919 Paralysis
1919
Johnson
Winifred Cecelia
31
9/15/1919
9/16/1919
1919
Johnston
Edward F.
40
9/4/1919
9/8/1919
1919
Jones
Allen
23
4/25/1919
4/26/1919
1919
Jones
Emma E.
87
2/26/1919
2/28/1919
1919 Mrs.
Jones
G.W.
90
11/29/1919
12/1/1919
1919
Jones
Mary Josephine
65
5/18/1919
5/19/1919
1919
Jones
Nichol F.
4/2/1919
4/10/1919
64
Death Date
Notice Date
2/14/1919
2/14/1919
4/1/1919
Page 25 of 54
Cause of
Death
4/5/1919 Typhoid
Pneumonia
Notes
Died at Meany Sanitarium after long illness. Born
in Danby; was lawyer and former district attorney.
See p. 5 and p. 2, 2/15/1919. Burial Curtis
Cemetery.
Died at home in East Troy, PA. Well-known
farmer, cousin of Amelia Krum. See p. 7, Krums
Corners News.
Well-known barber, having learned the trade from
his father. Served several years as Republican
employee in the State Senate. Brother of Porter
A. Johnson, father or Jessie and C. Herbert
Johnson. See story on p. 5. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Wife of Harry E. Johnson; daughter of Mr./Mrs. J.
E. Walker. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at New York City. Former organist at Cornell
Univ. and Calvary Baptist Church in Ithaca. Born
Edinborough, Scotland. See p. 7.
Foster son of William Robinson. Died at
Tompkins County TB Hospital. Recently,
honorably discharged from army; Co. B, 63rd
Pioneer Infantry. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Owego; wife of John Jones. Burial
Evergreen Cemetery.
Widow of Cornell Prof. of Mathematics, George
W. Jones. Burial Pleasant Grove Cem.
Wife of Edward Jones. Mother of Mrs. Lorinda
Thomas. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Enfield Falls. Was a Civil War veteran.
Burial Laurel Hill Cemetey.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Jones
Wylie B.
1/27/1919
1919
Joseph
baby girl
1/8/1919
1919
1919
1919
Joyce
Jump
June
William
Susan
Emma
1919 Cpl.
Kastenhuber
Henry C.
1919
1919
Kelley
Kelsey
Martha A.
Mary Auble
82
78
2/3/1919
2/7/1919
1919
Kennedy
Anna
54
3/2/1919
3/31919
1919
1919
Kennedy
Kennedy
Eliza
Sarah
92
87
3/2/1919
2/25/1919
3/4/1919
2/26/1919
1919 Mrs.
Kent
G. Ervin
28
2/19/1919
2/20/1919
1919
1919
Kimble
King
John
George
72
75
3/26/1919
6/3/1919
3/27/1919
6/4/1919 Heat
Exhaustion
1919 Mrs.
King
Harsey
67
63
Death Date
1/17/1919
6/14/1919 (notice)
2/25/1919
2/28/1919 (notice)
9/9/1919 (notice)
Page 26 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1/29/1919 Heart Attack
1/11/1919
Notes
Was head of the Wylie P. Jones Advertising
Agency at Binghamton; formerly head of the
Booth Advertising Agency in Ithaca. Burial
Binghamton. Story on p. 5.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Joseph. (p.7,
Myers News)
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
(p. 9, King Ferry News)
Died at Ludlowville. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery.
1/18/1919
6/14/1919
2/26/1919 Stroke
Complication
s
2/28/1919 Gunshot
Died in Field Hospital #312 in France. Also
Wounds
known as Henry Cazenovia; son of George
Cazenovia. See story on p. 7.
2/4/1919
Widow of Alanson Kelley; burial at Odessa.
2/8/1919 Heart Trouble Died at Groton where she lived in same house for
50 years. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
9/9/1919
Wife of Thomas Kennedy. Had lived at
Trumansburg.
Had lived at Interlaken.
Died at Interlaken; burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died in hospital in Dayton, OH. Wife of G.Ervin
Kent, former grad manager of athletics at Cornell.
Well-known in Ithaca while working for the Red
Cross. Daughter of Charles Kennedy of
Minneapolis. See p. 5.
Died at his Etna farm; burial at Rochester.
Died when Ithaca temperatures reached 98
degrees. Was a former laborer. See story on p. 3
and 6/6/1919.
Had lived at Gotham Burial Grove Cemetery. (p.
11, Trumansburg News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
1919
King
Kingman
Mary A.L.
Leroy
3/15/1919
3/6/1919 (notice)
3/17/1919
3/6/1919
1919
Kingsley
Harriet A.
8/20/1919
8/21/1919
1919
Kipp
Blanche
35
11/21/1919
11/22/1919 Bright's
Disease
1919
1919
Kirkendall
Knapp
Cassie
Elizabeth Crozier
30
87
2/15/1919
12/28/1919
2/17/1919 Pneumonia
12/29/1919
1919
Knapp
Ivan
12
8/24/1919
8/25/1919 Accident
Killed when he rode his bicycle into a car. Son of
Mr./Mrs. Emory Knapp of Dryden. Story p. 3.
1919
Knettles
Homer M.
71
10/1/1919
10/2/1919
1919
Knox
Pauline Gardner
6/20/1919 (notice)
6/20/1919
1919 Mrs.
1919
Kolar
Kresga
Michael
Delmar J.
49
10/12/1919
7/25/1919
10/13/1919
7/25/1919
1919
Kresge
Susanna
79
1/4/1919
1/4/1919
1919
Krist
Magdalena
90
1/7/1919
1/8/1919
1919
LaBarre
Amie
50
5/18/1919
5/19/1919
1919
LaBarre
Mary
59
3/26/1919
3/27/1919
Survived by 6 daughters, 3 sons. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Died at New York City, formerly of Dryden. Wife
of John Knox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paige
Gardner. Mother of Paige and Kenneth. Sister of
John.
Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Was a carpenter. Father of Edna. Burial Inlet
Valley Cemetery. See also 7/26/1919.
Died at VanEtten, formerly of Newfield. Had 8
sons.
Widow of Ambrose Krist. Burial Calvary
Cemetery. See also 1/10/1919.
Had been in poor health. She was head of Ithaca
High School English Dept. Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bloom LaBarre; sister to Byron. Burial Lake
View Cemetery. See story on p. 3.
Wife of Philip LaBarre.
Page 27 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Owego where he was the editor of the
Owego Gazette. Had lived at Speedsville. See p.
9, Speedsville News.
Died at Asbury Park, NJ. Sister of Mrs. George
P. Bristol of Ithaca.
Wife of James A. Kipp; daughter of Mr/Mrs. J.W.
Ireland. Well-known concert singer, graduate of
Ithaca Conservatory of Music. Burial Lake View
Cem. See also 11/24/1919.
Wife of Floyd. Burial at Spencer.
Died at Rochester. Widow of Stephen K. Knapp.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919 Mrs.
Laird
W. R.
1919
Lamb
Chester
18
1/9/1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
Lamb
Lambert
Lamoreaux
Lane
Mabel V.
William J.
Jennie
Bertha
37
56
50
1/11/1919
3/17/1919
8/21/1919
6/9/1919
1919
Lanning
Edna B.
26
4/9/1919
1919
Lanterman
Maria
91
4/5/1919
1919
Lason
Jane
8/26/1919 (notice)
8/26/1919
1919
Latimer
Clark
12/9/1919 (notice)
12/9/1919
1919 Lt. Col.
Leary
Edward M.
55
9/27/1919
9/29/1919
1919
Leonard
Lucy
60
7/11/1919
7/12/1919
1919
1919 Mrs.
Leonard
Lesh
Susan
Daniel E.
75
4/5/1919
3/7/1919
1919 Capt.
Lewis
John
1919
Linderman
Almira
68
Death Date
Notice Date
1/17/1919
1/18/1919
1/10/1919 Suicide by
Shooting
1/11/1919 Grip
3/17/1919
8/22/1919
6/14/1919
4/10/1919 Bronchial
Pneumonia
4/12/1919
4/5/1919 Pneumonia
3/14/1919
5/17/1919 (notice)
5/17/1919
12/9/1919
12/9/1919
Page 28 of 54
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Auburn. Formerly of Caroline and
Trumansburg. See also Krum's Corners News, p.
7, 1/22/1919.
Died at Lodi. Was a farm hand from Canton, PA.
Story on p. 3.
Wife of Clarence E. Lamb.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Interlaken. No near relatives.
Daughter of Mr.and Mrs. John Lane of Virgil. (p.
9, Dryden News)
Died in Town of Lansing. Wife of Ray Lanning.
Burial at Willow Glen Cemetery.
Died at King Ferry; beilieved to be oldest woman
in Cayuga County. Burial King Ferry Cemetery.
Widow of Capt. Lason. Burial Speedsville
Cemetery. (p. 9, Speedsville News)
Son of Rev. John Latimer, formerly of West
Groton. Burial Groton Cem. (p. 11, West Groton
News.)
Killed in Texas plane crash. Husband of Agnes
Dodd Leary, whose parents live in Enfield. Story
p. 5.
Was for many years matron of Ithaca Children's
Home. Burial at Enfield Center.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Yakima, WA. Former Miss Minnie
Personius of Ithaca.
Died at Springfield, IL. Brother of Marie Lewis of
Ithaca. Funeral held at Mt. Hope Crematory
Chapel, Rochester.
Widow of Chester F. Linderman. Burial Hayt's
Cem.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Linsay
George W.
4/12/1919
4/12/1919
1919
1919
1919
Little
Lombard
Lombard
Mary
Sam
Sybil
60
83
12/26/1919
3/30/1919
10/30/1919
1919
1919
Longcoy
Loomis
Alfred W.
Rhoda L.
67
66
1/10/1919
5/13/1919
1919
Lori
James
5
4/23/1919
1919
Lormore
Robert
73
1/5/1919
1919
1919
Loveless
Low
Albert
Lydia
80
1919
Lull
E.E.
1919
Lumbard
Almira
68
3/15/1919
1919
1919
Lumbard
Lusk
Samuel G.
Guy E.
52
3/30/1919
11/4/1919
1919 Mrs.
Lynch
Frank
1919
Lynch
John H.
3/24/1919
1/29/1919 (notice)
9/30/1919
12/12/1919 (notice)
89
12/18/1919
Page 29 of 54
Cause of
Death
12/30/1919 Apoplexy
3/31/1919
11/1/1919
Notes
Died at Meny Sanitarium where he had been
receiving treatment. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
See also 4/14/1919.
Died at Auburn. Burial at Union Springs.
Had lived at Ludlowville. Burial at Moravia. (also:
p.9, Ludlowville News, 11/4/1919)
1/11/1919
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
5/14/1919
Wife of Frank J. Loomis of Danby; burial
Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
4/24/1919 Drowned
Drowned in Cayuga Inlet near Cornell Boathouse.
Son of Mrs. Sophie Lori. Burial Calvary
Cemetery. Story p. 3.
1/6/1919 Heart Failure Died at Dryden. Husband of former Loretta
Givens.
3/24/1919
Burial City Cemetery.
1/29/1919 Heart Failure Died at Helena, MT. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. P. Pew. Former Ithaca schoolteacher.
Burial Helena, Montana.
10/2/1919
Died at High Point, NC; formerly of Ithaca. Burial
at Scipio Center.
3/17/1919
Died at Cryden where she lived with her adopted
daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Weyant. Burial Green Hills
Cemetery.
4/1/1919
11/5/1919
Died at Hartford Mills. Well-known businessman.
Member of Odd Fellows.
12/12/1919
Died at Union. Burial Maple Grove Cem. (p.11,
Candor News.)
1/12/1920 Pneumonia
Died at Palomar, CA home. Had been esident of
Danby for several years around 1846 when he
and his brother, Ely, ran a millingbusiness. See
obituary on p. 2.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
MacGuigan
Margaret E. King
1919
Mack
Frank
1919 Mrs.
Mack
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
4/18/1919
4/19/1919
Died at Auburn Hospital. Wife of Charles R.
MacGuigan. Burial at Soule Cemetery in Auburn.
78
11/9/1919
11/14/1919
Thomas
72
3/2/1919
3/5/1919 Pneumonia
Mack
Thomas
78
3/3/1919
3/5/1919 Pneumonia
Died at Decatur, MI. Formerly of Ludlowville; son
of Mr/Mrs. William Mack. (p.11, Ludlowville
News)
Died at McLean less than 24 hours before her
husband's death.
Died at McLean. Double funeral held for Mr. and
Mrs. Mack. See p. 5. Burial at McLean Cemetery.
1919
Mahoney
Thomas
1919 Mrs.
Malley
John
10/25/1919 (notice)
1919
Maloney
Thomas
12/25/1919
1919
1919
Mann
Manning
William
Sarah Priscilla
68
75
2/8/1919
2/21/1919 (notice)
1919
Marcelle
Jane
79
3/11/1919
1919
Martin
Elizabeth
57
1/4/1919
1919
Mastin
Lucius
78
8/14/1919
1919
Matthews
Meryl
17
4/26/1919
9/4/1919
Page 30 of 54
Cause of
Death
Notes
9/4/1919 Heart Disease Survived by 5 daughters.Burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery. Also 9/8/1919.
10/25/1919
Burial Groton Catholic Cemetery. (p. 7, Groton
News)
12/26/1919
Husband of Bridget. Burial Mount Olivet Cem.
See also 12/27/1919.
2/10/1919
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
2/21/1919 Stroke
Widow of Ithamar Manning; had lived at
Complication Wellsburg; also had owned farms at Interlaken,
s
Sheldrake and Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery
at Ithaca.
3/121919 Heart Disease Died at Rogue's Harbor. Wife of Frank Marcelle.
Burial Asbury Cemetery.
1/6/1919 Heart Disease Died at Syracuse, formerly of Ithaca. Widow of
Henry H. Martin. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Story on p. 3.
8/14/1919
Oldest member of Ithaca Fire Dept. Burial Curtiss
Cemetery, Danby.
4/28/1919 Accident
Killed in auto accident in Brooklyn. Sister of
James Matthews of Thomas - Morse Aircraft
Corp. See p. 3 story.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Mattison
Ernest C.
4/18/1919
4/19/1919 Pneumonia
1919
McAuliffe
Cornelius D.
9/15/1919
9/16/1919
1919
McComb
Albert E.
20
5/5/1919
1919 Mrs.
McCready
James
70
5/29/1919
5/31/1919 Acute
Indegestion
1919
1919
McDuffee
McElheny
Garvin
Jane C.
77
85
5/12/1919
8/8/1919
5/12/1919
8/91919
1919 Mrs.
McGovern
Harry
1919
1919 Maj.
McKay
McKenna
Jane M.
James A., Jr.
60
1/14/1919
7/28/1919
1/15/1919
10/14/1919
1919
McLafferty
Garaphelia
72
8/5/1919
8/5/1919
1919
Mead
Catherine A.
87
11/12/1919
11/13/1919
1919 Judge
Mead
Howard J.
71
8/13/1919
8/14/1919
1919 Mrs.
1919
Meeker
Merritt
Urania
Harriet Smith
76
1/26/1919
11/4/1919
1/27/1919
11/8/1919
4/7/1919 (notice)
Page 31 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
5/5/1919 Accident
4/7/1919
Notes
Had lived at Jacksonville. Was a nursery man
and fruit dealer. Burial at Lake View Mausoleum.
See also 4/24/1919.
Burial St. James Cemetery, Trumansburg. See
9/18/1920.
Died of injuries from motorcycle accident. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McComb. Recently
discharged from the navy. Story on p. 7.
Died at Washington; had lived in Ithaca with her
brother, Frank J. Alberger. Burial at Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Buffalo.
Civil War veteran. Had lived at Interlaken.
Widow of Thomas J. McElheny. Burial at Nichols,
NY.
Died in Pennsylvania; husband was pastor in
Caroline Center. (p. 7, Caroline Center News)
Wife of C.E. McKay. Burial at Paterson, NJ.
Killed in war in France. Memorial mass held in
Ithaca. See p. 2.
Widow of Frank McLafferty. Burial Montour Falls.
Died in same house on Dryden Rd. in which she
was born. Burial Pleasant Grove Cem.
Died at Owego; born in Caroline. Son of David P.
and Mary Green Mead. Attended Albany Law
School. Was an attorney at Candor; D.A. in Tioga
County. Husband of former Electa Gardner of
Ithaca. Story p. 2.
Burial at Susquehanna, PA.
Died at Washington; formerly of Trumansburg.
Burial Grove cemetery. (p. 9. Trumansburg
News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Messenger
Apilona
1919
Messer
1919
76
2/15/1919
2/17/1919
Clarence
26
6/18/1919
6/19/1919
Meyers
William Henry
86
8/19/1919
8/20/1919
1919
Michaels
(girl)
Infant
12/4/1919
12/12/1919
1919 Mrs.
Mickle
Silas
3/5/1919
3/12/1919
1919
1919
1919
Middaugh
Middaugh
Miller
Elizabeth
John J.
Charles H.
2/24/1919
6/1/1919
4/25/1919
2/24/1919
6/2/1919
4/26/1919
1919
Miller
William R.
9/1/1919
9/2/1919
1919
Mills
Katherine Wilson
5/29/1919
5/31/1919
1919
1919
Mineah
Minor
Carrie
A. V.
76
2/24/1919 (notice)
5/4/1919
2/24/1919 Stroke
5/6/1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
Minor
Moe
Moffatt
Montgomery
A.V.
Mary
Sarah J.
Daniel R.
77
66
76
81
1919
Moore
Mary
79
87
68
2/14/1919
12/3/1919
11/21/1919
8/5/1919
2/14/1919
12/4/1919
11/22/1919
8/61919
3/18/1919
3/19/1919
Page 32 of 54
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Dryden. Widow of Levi Messenger. Burial
Willow Glen Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Messer of Searsburg.
Father of Richard. Was a member of the
Immaculate Church.
Died at Ludlowville. Oldest member of I.O.O.F.
and Civil War veteran. Father of Frank H. and
Edward G. Meyers of Ludlowville. See Ludlowville
News, p. 9, 8/25/1919.
Daughter of Mr./Mrs. David Michaels. (p. 11,
Myers News.)
Died at home in Cayutaville. Burial in Union
Cemetery in Burdett.
Burial Ellis Cemetery.
Burial City Cemetery.
Died at home of sister, Mrs. Allen Curtis, near
Covert. Brother to Frank, Olin and William of
Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.
His family resides in Akron, OH. Burial at
Doylestown, OH.
Died at Trumansburg home of her son, John.
Burial at Athens, PA, her former home.
Died at McLean. Mother of Jerome Mineah.
Died at Interlaken 6 weeks after her husband
died. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken.
Died at Interlaken.
Widow of Frank Moe. Burial Lake View Cem.
Widow of Orin Moffatt. Burial Lake View Cem.
Died at Cortland Hospital following goiter surgery.
Was well-known Dryden businessman, former
postmaster, Civil War veteran. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery. See story p. 7 and 8/7/1919.
Died at her Sheldrake home.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Morrill
Georgianna Lee
1919
1919
Morrill
Morris
Margaret
Herbert
19
7/19/1919
8/20/1919
1919
Moseley
William A.
57
8/13/1919
8/14/1919
1919
Moses
Stanley
8/23/1919
8/26/1919
1919
Mosher
Elizabeth T.
78
2/9/1919
1919
Moss
Roxy
74
2/27/1919
2/28/1919
1919
Mulks
Frank F.
65
7/23/1919
7/23/1919
1919
Munson
J. Ada
75
9/8/1919
9/11/1919
1919
Murphey
Ellen
76
10/15/1919
10/20/1919
1919
Murphy
Harriet
87
9/17/1919
9/17/1919
1919 Pvt.
Murray
Charles Warner
19
2/16/1919
2/18/1919 Pneumonia
11/18/1919
Page 33 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
11/22/1919 Heart Disease Died at New York City where she taught school.
Daughter of the late Rev. Abner Morrill of Etna.
Burial Willow Glen Cem.
7/22/1919
Died at Groton.
8/28/1919 Pneumonia
At Lake Montague. Son of Alice Rumsey.
Formerly of Enfield Falls. Grandson of Mr./Mrs.
Alonzo Rumsey. (p. 7, Enfield Falls News)
2/10/1919 Grip
Died at Lansing home; burial Willow Glen
Cemetery.
Son of Mr./Mrs. Gerald Moses. (p. 9, Groton
News)
Wife of Albert F. Mosher of Trumansburg. Burial
Grove Cemetery.
Died at Waterburg; widow of John Moss. Burial
Grove Cemetery.
Died at Brookton where he had operated a
general store for 32 years. Brother to Charles F.
and Fred R. Mulks. Burial Slaterville Cemetery.
Widow of Orange Munson. Had lived in Erin;
formerly of Snyder Hill. Burial Snyder Hill
Cemetery.
Died at Willard Hospital; daughter of Martin and
Johanna Murphey of Ludlowville. Burial Pine
Grove Cemetery. (p. 11, Ludlowville News)
Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery,
Interlaken.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Murray of Rockaway
Beach, L.I. and grandson of Mary Murray of
Ithaca. Born in VanEtten, he had recently
returned from France. Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery
in VanEtten. See p. 2.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Murtha
Charles
67
7/27/1919
7/29/1919
1919
Neff
Ralph
6/15/1919
6/20/1919
1919
Nelligan
James
63
9/24/1919
9/25/1919
1919
1919
Nevius
Noble
Louisa Schribner
William Nelson
69
7/12/1919
5/30/1919
7/14/1919
5/31/1919
1919
North
Marcia Sweet
72
9/5/1919
9/10/1919
1919
Northrup
Henry G.
10/14/1919
10/15/1919
1919
Nourse
Charlotte G.
60
10/13/1919
10/14/1919
1919
Novak
Emanuel
70
1/23/1919
1/24/1919
1919
Noyes
Grace P.
83
12/20/1919
12/20/1919
1919
O'Brian
Mary A.
60
9/27/1919
9/27/1919
1919
O'Connell
Alice
3/2/1919
3/3/1919
1919
O'Connell
Margaret
65
9/14/1919
9/15/1919
1919
1919
Ogden
Oliver
Gertrude Emerson
Barbara M.
1
6 mos.
2/1/1919
2/11/1919
2/3/1919
2/12/1919
Page 34 of 54
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Buffalo. Brother of James Murtha,
Groton. Burial Java Center, NY.
Heart Trouble Died at Dryden. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Neff.
Burial Green Hills Cemetery.
Born in Ireland; lived on farm on Coddington Rd.
for several years. Burial at Trumansburg.
Died at Orange, NJ. Burial City Cemetery.
Heart Failure Died while on a business trip to Sayre, PA. He
was a prominent Ithaca attorney. Story on p. 7.
Wife of James North. Born in Peoria, IL; died at
Enfield. Burial Roif Cemetery.
Died in Brooklyn; will be buried at Ithaca. Son of
Mr./Mrs. John (Louise A.) Northrup. See
10/17/1919.
Widow of Francis Nourse. Burial at Curtiss
Cemetery, Danby.
Died at Newfield. Born in Bohemia; father of
Joseph. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Died at Old Ladies Home. Born, and buried, at
Cortland
Widow of Thomas O'Brien. Burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
Had lived at Danby. Widow of Timothy O'Connell.
Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Widow of Martin O'Connell. Prominent in work at
St. James Catholic Church, Trumansburg.
Daughter of Prof. and Mrs. H. N. Ogden.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Oliver; burial
Grove Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Oliver
William
68
1/20/1919
1919
Olney
Rachel M.
80
2/4/1919
2/5/1919
1919
Oltz
Augusta
58
12/9/1919
12/10/1919
1919
Orlo
Scott
2/12/1919
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
1919
Osborn
Mary D.
84
2/13/1919
2/14/1919
1919
Osborn
Mary J.
71
1/16/1919
1/16/1919
1919
Osborn
8/19/1919 (notice)
8/19/1919
1919
1919
Osburn
O'Shea
Walter
Elizabeth
82
7/4/1919
11/8/1919
1919
1919
1919
Ostrander
Ostrander
Outwater
Byron L.
Mandana
Emily J.
64
75
75
10/13/1919
5/31/1919
11/11/1919
10/13/1919
6/2/1919
11/12/1919
1919
Owen
Herman
56
11/9/1919
11/10/1919
Page 35 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1/21/1919 Suicide by
Poison
7/5/1919 Apoplexy
11/10/1919
Notes
Despondent over failing health. Born in England,
was a well-known Trumansburg farmer for 45
years. Had 4 daughters and 4 sons. Burial Grove
Cemetery. See story p. 3.
Died at East Lansing; formerly of West Groton.
Burial at North Lansing Cemetery.
Wife of Gordon Oltz. Died at Auburn. Burial Lake
View Cem. See also 12/15/1919.
Died at Palch, Germany. Battery E, 809th Heavy
Field Artillery, A. E. F. Next of kin, George Scott,
South Danby.
Had been associated in business with her son,
R.C. Osborn, for 28 years. She was the last of 10
children. Mother of R.C., Harry and Mary E.
Osborn. See also Speedsville News, p. 7,
2/20/1919.
Died at her Slaterville Rd. home; burial Pleasant
Grove Cemetery.
Died and buried at Willett. Daughter of Mr./Mrs.
Louis Osborn. (p. 9, Caroline News)
Well-known Speedsville carpenter.
Widow of Daniel O'Shea. Burial Vault at Calvary
Cemetery.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Widow of Herman Ostrander.
Born in Syracuse; Ithaca resident since 1870.
Sister-in-law to the late Andrew D.White. Burial
Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse. See p. 2.
Died of injuries after struck by car near Elbridge
where he was visiting his son. He owned
magazine agencies in Ithaca. See p. 5.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919 Mrs.
Parker
Jesse Alfon
1919
Parsell
Flora
1919
1919
Parshall
Patch
Gilbert
Lyman Adelbert
1919
Patmore
Libbie A.
1919
Patterson
Estus
1919
Payne
Wesley
1919
1919
1919
Pearsall
Peck
Peck
1919
Age
83
74
Death Date
Notice Date
3/16/1919
4/1/1919
5/2/1919
5/3/1919
4/30/1919
12/17/1919
4/30/1919
12/18/1919 Pneumonia
3/6/1919
3/6/1919
63
12/21/1919
12/22/1919
14 mos
7/16/1919
7/1/1919
Warren M.
Eugene A.
Nathaniel
71
54
4/16/1919
8/6/1919
10/31/1919
4/17/1919
8/61919
11/6/1919
Peirce
Willard B.
78
12/11/1919
1919
Perkins
Sumner
56
9/15/1919
9/15/1919
1919
Perry
George J.
54
4/3/1919
4/4/1919
1919
Perry
Martha
79
10/30/1919
11/4/1919
Page 36 of 54
Cause of
Death
12/11/1919 Pneumonia
Notes
Died at Honolulu, Hawaii, former Grace Marshall
of Ithaca.
Died at Battle Creek, Michigan; burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Burial Curtis Cemetery in Danby.
Died at Caroline. He was overseer of the poor.
Burial Maple Grove Cem.
Wife of Fred G. Patmore; burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Well-known rural mail carrier and former grocer
in Newfield. See p. 7.
Son of Mr./Mrs. Richard Payne. Survived by 3
brothers and 4 sisters. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Burial Grove Cemetery.
Survived by wife, five brothers, two sisters.
Burial at Trumansburg. (p. 11, Mecklenburg
News)
Civil War Veteran, Member of Battery A, First
Regular Rhode Island Light Artillery, took part in
Battle of Bull Run. Agent for the Lehigh Valley
Railroad; conducted a coal business in Ithaca for
10 years. Burial East Lawn Cem. See story on p.
5.
Had been employed at Cornell Univ. and Ithaca
Street Railway. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Town of Caroline; burial Snyder Hill
Cemetery.
Mother of Ada and adopted son, William
Cleveland. (p. 9, Rawson Hollow News) also (p.
9, Speedsville News). Burial Speedsville
Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Personius
Frances Delphine
1919 Dr.
Petersen
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
76
3/7/1919
3/8/1919
Peter
32
12/20/1919
Pew
Mary A.
80
1/23/1919
1/24/1919
1919
Philips
Joseph D.
57
2/7/1919
2/8/1919
1919
Phillips
Carrie M.
61
4/22/1919
4/23/1919
1919
Pierce
William
46
6/20/1919
6/21/1919
1919 Mrs.
1919
1919
Pinckney
Polan
Pollay
D.J.
Mary
Adelena
69
7/29/1919
5/13/1919
4/23/1919
7/29/1919
5/13/1919 Pneumonia
4/24/1919
1919
Pope
Beulah M.
9/30/1919
10/6/1919
1919
Porter
Phoebe
89
10/27/1919
10/28/1919
1919
Post
Leonard
19
10/17/1919
10/18/1919
1919
Potter
Hiram
84
7/19/1919
7/22/1919
1919
Poyer
Isaiah
76
2/1/1919
2/1/1919
1919
Poyer
Jay
47
3/25/1919
3/26/1919
Page 37 of 54
Cause of
Death
1/28/1920 Uremic
poisoning
Notes
Widow of Henry Personius. Had lived at Caroline
Depot. Burial South Hill Cemetery.
Died at San Francisco. Born in Denmark;
received degreeof DVM at Cornell in 1915;
appointed to a faculty position at the University of
California. Husband of former Rose Scott. See p.
7. See also 2/16/1920.
Died at Rochester; widow of George Pew. Burial
East Lawn Cemetery.
Died at Caroline at home he was born in. Burial
W. Slaterville Cemetery.
Mother of Leslie Phillips; daughter of Mrs. C.G.
VanOrder. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Died and buried at Trumansburg. Son of Samuel
Pierce; burial Catholic cemetery. See also
6/23/1919.
Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Wife of George C. Pollay. Member of Eastern
Star. Burial Lake View Mausoleum.
Wife of Harold Hutchinson of Syracuse. Burial
Willow Glen Cemetery. (p. 11, Dryden News)
Widow of Francis Porter. Burial at Trumbull's
Corners.
Died in fire at barn silo near Buttermilk Falls.
Story p. 3.
Died at daughter's home at Groton. Burial at
Cortland.
Heart Disease Died near Trumbull's Corners and buried at
Trumbull's Corners Cemetery.
Heart Disease Had lived and was buried at Trumbull's Corners.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Preston
Allen Leonard
infant
6/30/1919
7/5/1919
1919
Preswick
Joseph J.
87
6/2/1919
6/3/1919
1919
Price
Minnie L.
8/30/1919
8/30/1919
1919
1919
Pudney
Puff
Almeda
Emaline
92
93
11/24/1919
11/1/1919
11/25/1919
11/3/1919
1919
Queer
Mary
50
6/9/1919
6/10/1919
1919
1919 Mrs.
Quick
Quick
Charles
Henry
69
89
4/7/1919
12/20/1919
4/7/1919
12/27/1919
1919
Quinn
Edward (Family)
1919
1919
Quinn
Ragan
Ellen
Elizabeth
80
84
10/10/1919
6/9/1919
10/11/1919
6/10/1919
Died at Trumansburg.
Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. See also 6/11/1919.
1919
Randall
Emillus Oviatt
69
12/18/1919
12/24/1919
Died at Columbus, OH. Husband of former Mary
A. Coy of Ithaca. He was Cornell grad '74,
historian, lawyer, writer and teacher. Burial at
Green Lawn Cem., Columbus. See story, p. 7.
1919
1919
Rapp
Rappleye
Alexander W.
Marion
79
4/27/1919
7/10/1919
5/1/1919
7/11/1919
1919
Raub
Mary
68
1/6/1919
1/7/1919
1919
Reeves
Lorin W.
64
4/15/1919
8/31/1919
Page 38 of 54
Cause of
Death
9/2/1919 Accident
4/17/1919 Apoplexy
Notes
Son of Mr./Mrs. Allen D. Preston of Horseheads.
Burial at Caroline.
Well-known farmer; burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Mother of Clifton Price and Mrs. M.W. Brown.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Dryden.
Mother of Fred Puff; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Wife of John Queer. Daughter of Mrs. Joseph
Shaw. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Died at Kidders. Burial Lake View Cem. (p. 7,
Lake Rd. News.)
Killed when auto struck by a Lehigh Valley train
near Romulus. See p. 5. In same car as Calvin
Wheeler family, also killed in the accident.
Residents of West Junius, near Waterloo.
Had lived and buried at King Ferry.
Had lived near Interlaken. Burial Lake View
Cemetery, Interlaken.
Wife of David Raub. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
Died at Lodi.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Reeves
Mode
86
1919
Rhodes
Bertrand
1919
1919
1919
Rhyder
Rice
Rich
Sarah
Sarah P.
William
69
59
6/14/1919 (notice)
6/24/1919
10/19/1919
9/4/1919 Heart Disease Died at home of nephew, Emmett Woolley at
Lake Ridge. Survivor of the Ithaca Flood of 1857.
Burial Upper Sandusky, OH. Story p. 3.
2/18/1919
Died at New York City. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
George B. Rhodes. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
See also 2/19/1919.
6/14/1919
(p. 9, King Ferry News)
6/24/1919
Wife of John A. Rice; burial City Cemetery.
10/20/1919
Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
1919
Riley
Robert William
3
10/18/1919
10/20/1919 Pneumonia
Son of H. W. Riley; brother of Manton.Cremated.
1919
Roach
Mary A.
12/31/1919
12/31/1919
Died at Scranton, PA. Formerly employed by Mrs.
E. L. Williams in Ithaca. Burial at Waverly.
1919
Roat
Mary Elizabeth
86
9/18/1919
9/19/1919
1919
Robbins
Daniel H.
80
7/7/1919
7/9/1919
1919
Roberts
William
1919
Robertson
Katherine Beatrice
1919
Robinson
James M.
1919
Robinson
Tracy
1919
Robinson
William
Widow of Fred Roat. Lived entire life in Ithaca.
Burial City Cemetery.
Had lived and was buried at North Cohocton, NY.
Civil War veteran and father of H. Eugene
Robbins of Newfield.
Burial Indian Mount Cemetery, Moravia. (p. 9,
Locke News)
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Robertson of
Philadelphia, PA. Burial at Slaterville.
Died at Newton, MA. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Montgomery Robinson. Burial Brooklyn, NY.
Died at Auburn City Hospital. Formerly of West
Groton. Mother of two week old Hazel and 10
year old Eula.
Burial Union Cem. (p. 9, Reynoldsville News.)
1919
Robinson
William H.
9/4/1919
2/18/1919 (notice)
7/16/1919 (notice)
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
7/16/1919
10 mos.
5/2/1919
5/3/1919
infant
4/14/1919
4/16/1919
1/3/1919
1/20/1919 Pneumonia
12/21/1919
1/3/1920 Pneumonia
2/21/1919
Page 39 of 54
2/21/1919
Notes
Was chef for Cornell crew and worked at various
fraternities.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Roby
Harry, Jr.
1919
Roehrig
Harold L.
1919
Rogers
1919
Rosa
1919
Age
16
Death Date
Notice Date
7/10/1919 Drowned
In Cayuga Lake while trying to retrieve a canoe
during a storm. Son of Harry Roby of New York
City. Family was vacationing here. Story p. 3.
7/13/1919
7/151919 Drowned
In Delaware River near Philadelphia. Cornell
engineering graduate, 1912. Grandson of Mrs.
A.N. Hungerford of Ithaca. Story p. 3.
Baby of Mr. and Mrs. Dana Rogers. (p. 7,
Freeville News)
Had lived at Portland Point. Burial Calvary
Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr./Mrs. Harry L. Roscoe of
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Child became ill while
visiting relatives at Valois. Story p. 5.
Killed in plane accident in Florida. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Horace R. Rouse, brother of Henry. See p.
3. See also p. 5, 3/26/1919.
2d Lieutenant, Aviation. Killed in aeroplane
accident, Camp Arcada, Florida in March 1919.
Next of kin, Horace R. Rouse, Cascadilla Park.
1/4/1919
1/7/1919
Charles
40
9/3/1919
9/4/1919
Roscoe
Katherine H.
4
10/24/1919
1919 Lt.
Rouse
Charles L.
22
3/24/1919
1919
Rouse
Charles L.
1919
1919
Rowley
Ruebel
D.W.
Jannet
1919
1919
Rumsey
Rumsey
Horace
LaFayette
1919
Rumsey
1919
1919
Russell
Ryan
78
infant
John
Anna
84
58
Notes
7/9/1919
infant
46
Cause of
Death
10/25/1919 Pneumonia
3/25/1919 Accident
11/11/1919 (notice)
11/11/1919
9/13/1919 (notice)
10/23/1919
9/13/1919
10/23/1919
12/14/1919
9/26/1919 (notice)
12/18/1919
9/26/1919
5/1/1919 (notice)
5/1/1919
3/26/1919
3/27/1919
Page 40 of 54
3/27/1919
3/27/1919
(p.9, Dryden News)
Died at home on Slaterville Rd. Wife of Adam
Ruebel. Burial Quick Cemetery.
Burial Trumbull's Corners Cem.
Had lived at Kansas; formerly of Enfield Falls.
Brother of Levi Ramsey. (p. 9, Enfield Falls
News)
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rumsey of
Enfield Falls. (p. 9, Trumballs Corners News)
Died at Enfield; burial Enfield Center.
Heart Disease Died in Trumansburg home. Widow of Edward
Ryan. See p. 2.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Ryan
Julia
1919
Sage
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
88
2/23/1919
2/24/1919
Died in Danby where she had lived for 50 years.
Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also 2/26/1919.
Mary W.
75
9/24/1919
9/24/1919
Sammons
Ellen
57
9/27/1919
9/29/1919
1919
Sanders
Mary
82
7/25/1919
7/25/1919
1919
Sandhovel
William
12/20/1919
1/2/1920
1919
Sandwick
Elizabeth
10/17/1919
10/20/1919
Died at Old Ladies Home. Burial at Hayt's
Corners.
Wife of Maurice Sammons. Burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
Wife of Henry Sanders. Had lived at Beloit, OH
for many years. Burial King Cemetery.
Died at Brooklyn. Husband of Mida VanOrder,
former Ithacan. Burial Greenwood Cem.,
Brooklyn.
Died at Dryden. Buried at Green Hills Cemetery.
See also Dryden News, p. 9, 10/23/1919.
1919
1919
Sanford
Satterly
Frank
Paul
6
1/25/1919
1/4/1919
1919 Mrs.
1919
1919
Satterly
Savacool
Savage
Ralph
Laura
Dennis
78
93
1/4/1919
5/6/1919
12/28/1919
1/6/1919
5/10/1919
12/30/1919
1919
Sawyer
Elizabeth
77
8/31/1919
9/2/1919
1919
Saxton
Fred
49
2/18/1919
2/18/1919
Page 41 of 54
Cause of
Death
1/29/1919 Grip
1/6/1919 Pneumonia
Notes
Brother of Fred. (p. 9, McLean News)
Died at West Danby. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Satterly. Mother also died 1/4/1919; brother died
12/30/1918. Burial at Richford.
Pneumonia
Died at West Danby. Burial at Richford.
(p. 9, Groton News)
Died at St. Louis, MO. Formerly of Ithaca, an
employee for 50 years at C. J. Rumsey Hardware
store.
Heart Disease Died near Trumansburg. Burial Lake View
Cemetery, Interlaken.
Husband of Louise Saxton and brother of John.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Schaeffer
Ruth Stone
1919
Schempp
George
1919
Scherer
Frederick J.
1919
Schutt
Louise S.
1919 Cpl.
Scofield
Arthur Perry
1919
Scott
Orlo
1919
1919
Seaman
Seamon
Smith
Alice E.
1919
Seamon
1919
Searles
Age
28
37
26
Death Date
7/8/1919
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
7/14/1919 Accident
Shot at Camp Alexander, Newport News, VA
when military guard ordered her husband to stop
the car in which they were riding. Guard shot at
rear tire; bullet went into the car. She was former
resident of Trumansburg, daughter of Stephen L.
Stone. Wife of Edward Schaeffer. Story p. 3.
1/20/1919 (notice)
1/20/1919 Pneumonia
7/13/1919
7/14/1919
7/16/1919
7/17/1919
Died in Georgia where he did agricultural work for
the state. Cornell Agricultural School graduate,
1911. Burial at Tacoma, WA.
Well-known Ithaca barber. Son of Mrs. Ella
Scherer. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. See
also 7/17/1919.
Died at Ensenore. Widow of Charles W. Schutt.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Died at Luxemburg. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Scofield of Dryden. Story on p. 7. Died of
pneumonia while serving in U.S. Army. Body
returned to Dryden 11/20 for burial at the Willow
Glen Cem., survived by 2 brothers and 3 sisters,
see IJ, 11/15/1920 on p.2. Also, see Dryden
News, 11/17/1920, p.9.
Died in Germany in February, 1919 while serving
in the military. Originally from Danby, his body
just arrived in New York;. Burial at Watkins Glen.
5/7/1919
5/21/1919 Pneumonia
2/?/1919
9/14/1920
64
5/11/1919
10/2/1919
5/12/1919
10/4/1919
Barney
50
7/11/1919
7/11/1919
Ella
60
4/25/1919
4/26/1919
Page 42 of 54
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Astoria, L.I. Widow of Charles Seamon.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
He had been a prominent clothing merchant for
many years with his brother, Philip. See story on
p. 7.
Had lived at Newfield. Daughter of Mrs. Hannah
Dean.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Sears
John David
1919
1919
Sellen
Shank
Martha
Eugene
1919
Shaw
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
11/11/1919 (notice)
11/11/1919
Co. C, 7th Inf., A. E. F. Taken prisoner in July
1918. Reported in prison camp, Raastadt,
Germany. Next of kin, Eli Sears, Swartwood, N.Y.
75
65
11/23/1919
4/8/1919
11/24/1919 Pneumonia
4/9/1919
Mary E.
71
10/30/1919
10/31/1919
Sherwood
Phoebe M.
71
7/19/1919
7/22/1919
1919
Shevalier
Levi
1919
Shurger
Rodney
1919
Shurter
Heman B.
Had lived at Groton.
Died at Interlaken; had operated a meat market.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Wife of Thomas E. Shaw. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Died at Trumansburg. Wife of W. Irving
Sherwood. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at Endicott; formerly of Besemer. (p. 9,
Besemer News)
Brother of E.J. Shurger. Died and buried at
Earlsville.
Died at Cassopolis, Michigan. Born in Ithaca;
worked for a few years at the Ithaca Journal and
the Auburn publishing house of Derby and Miller.
Married former Anna Fisher of Spencer in 1856
and moved to Cassopolis where he is buried.
1919 Rev.
Simpson
A.B.
1919
Sinsapaugh
Ann Elizabeth
1919
Slocum
1919
89
11/18/1919 (notice)
11/18/1919
2/1/1919 (notice)
2/1/1919
3/21/1919
4/8/1919
10/29/1919
11/3/1919
85
3/22/1919
3/22/1919
B.F.
75
10/26/1919
10/27/1919
Smiley
Henry F.
50
4/17/1919
4/17/1919
1919
Smith
Almina
10/17/1919
10/18/1919
1919
Smith
Arthur W.
10/31/1919
10/31/1919 Pneumonia
35
Page 43 of 54
Died at Nyack, NY. Founder of Christian and
Missionary Alliance.
Mother of James H. Sinsapaugh. Burial King
Cemetery. See also 3/25/1919.
Died at home of his son, Guy Slocum, at King
Ferry. Burial King Ferry Cemetery.
Had a meat market for many years at N. Cayuga
and Cascadilla Sts. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See
also 4/19/1919.
Wife of Harris I. Smith. Had lived at Enfield.
Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
Died following surgery. See obituary p. 5, also
11/1/1919 and p. 3, 11/2/1919.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Smith
August Belmont
1919
1919
Smith
Smith
Avery D., Jr.
Eliza K.
1919
Smith
Harry T.
1919
Smith
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
2/2/1919
2/4/1919
Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
See 'Memoriam" on p. 5, 2/12/1919.
23 days
85
1/18/1919
12/27/1919
1/20/1919
12/29/1919
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Avery D. Smith.
Wife of Charles Smith. Burial East Lawn Cem.
40
12/1/1919
12/2/1919
Jerome
10/1/1919 (notice)
10/1/1919
Smith
Larkin
7/26/1919 (notice)
7/26/1919
1919
Smith
Morgan J.
17
3/20/1919
3/21/1919 Pneumonia
1919
1919
Smith
Smith
Olive J.
Ward
85
57
12/12/1919
11/23/1919
1919
Smith
Kathryn
50
6/17/1919
1919
Smith
Rena M.
2
7/6/1919
7/16/1919
1919
Snyder
Abram L.
90
8/6/1919
8/71919
1919
Snyder
Chris E.
65
2/18/1919
2/19/1919
1919
Snyder
Mary Elizabeth
70
12/28/1919
12/29/1919
1919
Snyder
Sarah
76
8/24/1919
8/25/1919
60
Page 44 of 54
Cause of
Death
12/13/1919
11/24/1919 Stroke of
Apoplexy
6/18/1919
Notes
Son of A. L. Smith of Arcade. Burial at Arcade,
NY
Died at Willard State Hospital. Brother of
Charlotte Budd. (p. 6, Cayutaville News)
Burial Kline Cemetery. (p. 7, West Dryden News)
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Smith; brother of
Harold, Jesse, Eleanor and Elsie. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Burial Genoa Cem.
Died at Trumansburg. Burial Laurel Hill Cem.
Wife of Franklin Smith. Burial Lansing Cemetery.
Died at grandparents home at Rock Stream.
Daughter of Mr./Mrs. Earl Smith. Mother former
Leland Russell of Trumansburg.
Died at Trumansburg. Well-known vocal teacher
at area schools. Member of Presbyterian Church
in Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. See
story p. 2.
Well-known West Danby farmer. Father of
Edward E. Snyder. Burial at West Danby.
Wife of Oscar Snyder. Burial Willow Glen Cem.,
Dryden.
Wife of George Snyder. Daughter of late Jacob
Albright of Dryden. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery,
Dryden.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
9/4/1919
9/8/1919
Cause of
Death
1919 Mrs.
Sobers
Thompson
1919
Sommers
Henry Cantine
3/24/1919
3/24/1919 Pneumonia
1919
1919
Southworth
Sovocool
Ella W.
John
5/22/1919
5/22/1919 (notice)
5/26/1919
5/22/1919 Tuberculosis
1919 Ens.
Speed
Christopher M.
1/12/1919
1/24/1919 Pneumonia
1919
Spencer
Theodore C.
74
2/4/1919
2/5/1919
1919
Sperry
Marshall E.
74
5/5/1919
5/5/1919
1919 Mrs.
1919 Mrs.
Spur
St. John
Peter
Henry A.
65
1919
Starr
Daisy
1919
1919
Starr
Stevens
Wallace
Anna Briggs
1919
Stevens
Minnie
Notes
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p. 9, Groton
News)
Died at New York City. Son of Mrs. John L.
Morris of Ithaca. See also p. 5, 3/26/1919.
Had lived at Dryden. Burial Dryden Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sovocool. (p. 9,
Etna News)
Died while visiting family at Baltimore. 1918
Cornell graduate. Story p. 3.
Burial woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira. See p. 5,
2/7/1919.
Lived and died at Ludlowville. Prominent
hardware and boating industry businessman. For
30 years was owner of area's largest fruit farms.
Widower of Elizabeth Carr, survived by second
wife, Susie Johnson. Burial Pine Grove
Cemetery. Story on p. 3. Also: Ludlowville News,
p. 11, 5/9/1919.
2/12/1919 (notice)
8/9/1919
2/12/1919
8/11/1919 Pneumonia
Burial Bird Cemetery. (p. 7, Locke News)
Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Former
Cynthia Woodward Morgan daughter of Dr.
Edward J. and Ann Bruyn Morgan; wife of Henry.
Always lived in Ithaca; was well-known for her
charity and literary work. See story p. 7.
5/13/1919
5/15/1919
70
44
12/12/1919
3/8/1919
12/12/1919
3/10/1919
51
4/21/1919
4/221919
Died at Torrington, CT. Formerly of Newfield;
daughter of Frank Starr of Breeseport.
Died at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cem.
Died at Dryden; had been an invalid. Daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Moore. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery.
Died at Willard Hospital. Wife of Ira Stevens.
Burial Cooper Cemetery.
Page 45 of 54
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Stiefel
Frieda
15
1919
Stiles
Amy Davidson
1919
Stoddart
Joseph W.
56
12/20/1919
12/22/1919
1919 Mrs.
Story
William
78
6/17/1919
6/18/1919
1919 Mrs.
Streeter
Randolph
75
3/20/1919
3/21/1919
1919
Sumner
Nathaniel
infant
6/21/1919
6/24/1919
1919
Swartwood
Evangeline D.
63
4/1/1919
4/3/1919
1919
Switzer
Guernsey
31
9/6/1919
9/8/1919
1919
Szekely
Joseph
59
1/7/1919
1/8/1919
1919
Taber
Jasper
#######
4/19/1919
4/19/1919
1919
Tarbell
Lavina M.
82
5/30/1919
5/31/1919
Widow of James Tarbell; last of 14 children born
to Hannah Snyder and Andrew Miller of North
Lansing. Burial at North Lansing family plot.
1919
Tarbell
Thomas Edward
4
1/17/1919
1/18/1919 Septic
Infection
1919 Mrs.
Tatlock
H. A.
43
5/31/1919
1919
Taylor
Annie Reading
Died at Groton. Son of Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Tarbell,
brother of Roscoe C. Tarbell, Jr. Burial Groton
Rural Cemetery.
Had lived and was buried at Rochester. Sister of
John W. Baker of Ithaca.
Died at Manchester, England. Wife of
WilliamTaylor; brother of James Reading Ithaca.
11/14/1919
1/8/1919
4/9/1919 (notice)
Page 46 of 54
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
11/17/1919 Suicide
1/11/1919 Flu
6/2/1919
4/9/1919 Flu
Notes
Drank poison. Sister of John Stiefel of Groton.
Parents live in Germany. Story on p. 3. See also
p. 3, 11/18/1919.
Died while visiting her father at Albany. She was
a teacher at Ithaca High School. Burial
Cooperstown.
An employee at Ithaca Gun Co. Father of
Margaret. Burial at Groton.
Died and buried at Cortland (Cortland Cemetery).
Mother of J. C. Durfey of Ithaca.
Died at Syracuse; widow of N.R. Streeter;
Formerly of and burial at Groton.
Son of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Sumner. Burial at
Boston, MA.
Died at Dryden. Wife of Wallace Swartwood.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Died at Interlaken home of her parents, Mr./Mrs.
Frank Raymond. Burial at Lodi.
Employee of Lehigh Valley Railroad. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Was a Civil War veteran; burial City Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Taylor
Esther
12
1919 Mrs.
Taylor
Hester
1919
1919
Teeter
Teeter
Abelia
Lettie J.
1919 Mrs.
1919
1919
Teets
Terry
Thayer
Charles
Henry
S.W.
1919
Thomas
1919
80
Death Date
3/2/1919
Notice Date
3/3/1919 Drowned
8/19/1919
8/23/1919
7/27/1919
9/28/1919
7/29/1919
9/29/1919
12/19/1919 (notice)
10/22/1919
4/7/1919
12/19/1919
10/23/1919
4/9/1919
Frederick
1/10/1919 (notice)
1/10/1919
Thompson
Sidney P.
11/11/1919 (notice)
1919
Thygesen
Thoreald
6 weeks
3/30/1919
1919
Tichenor
Charles
70
5/23/1919
1919
Tichenor
John P.
51
1919
Tillotson
Anna T.
68
10/3/1919
1919 Capt.
Tinkham
Edward I.
23
3/30/1919
57
1/4/1919 (notice)
Page 47 of 54
Cause of
Death
11/11/1919 Missing in
Action
4/1/1919
5/28/1919
1/4/1919 Bright's
Disease
10/3/1919
4/5/1919 Spinal
Meningitis
Notes
Fell through ice on Beebe Lake. Adopted
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Taylor. Burial
Calvary Cemetery. Story on p. 3.
Died at Saratoga Hospital. Formerly of Ithaca.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Widow of George W. Teeter. Burial at Asbury.
Died at Lansing. Widow of Franklin Teeter. Burial
North Lansing Cemetery.
(p. 11 Etna News)
Burial City Cemetery.
Died at Binghamton, formerly of Ludlowville,
where he was a miller. Husband of Mamie Lewis
of Port Crane.
Died at Syracuse; buried at Ithaca. Husband of
former Della Whitcomb.
U.S. Aviation Corps, A. E. F. Next of kin, F.
C.Thompson, 206 East Lewis St.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thoreald Thygesen. Burial
Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Native of Town of Dryden. Had spent many years
at Hale, MI. Burial Willow Glen.
Died at Kansas City, MO. His mother was former
principal of Fall Creek School.
Widow of Henry B. Tillotson. Born in Enfield,
daughter of Jane Hooper Willets. See also
10/4/1919.
Died in Italy. Former Cornell student. Had won
medals for bravery in action in France. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Julian Tinkham of Montclair, NJ. See
story on p. 5.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1919
Titus
Isabelle
1919
1919
Tompkins
Torrillo
1919
88
9/10/1919
9/11/1919
Widow of Charles M. Titus. Youngest and the last
survivor of 10 children of Ben Johnson and Jane
Dey. Active in church work; father was prominent
lawyer. Burial City Cemetery. Story p. 3.
Monroe
Assunta
63
26
1/11/1919
4/26/1919
1/13/1919
4/28/1919 Pneumonia
Died at Newfield; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Wife of Patrick Torrillo. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Totman
Mary N.
79
1/26/1919
1/27/1919
Died near Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
1919
Townley
Smith
74
12/16/1919
12/17/1919
1919
Townsend
Arvah
22
7/4/1919
1919
Townsend
Edgar Rolfe
62
4/22/1919
4/22/1919
1919
Tree
Edward
74
4/1/1919
4/1/1919
1919
Tripp
Albert
68
1/8/1919
1919
Tuck
Harriet B.
6 mos.
8/24/1919
1919
1919
Tucker
Tweddle
Eliza
John M.
92
26
10/5/1919
2/19/1919
1919
Twist
Mary E.
58
10/28/1919
Page 48 of 54
Cause of
Death
7/5/1919 Accident
Notes
Died at Portland Point. Burial at North Lansing.
Killed when motorcycle hit bus near Romulus.
Son of Mr./Mrs. Gilbert Townsend of
Townsendville, near Interlaken. Story on p. 3.
Burial Rolfe Cemetery, Enfield. See also
4/23/1919 and Krums Corners News, 4/25/1919.
Died at daughter's home in Chicago. Formerly of
Ithaca, employed at Cornell Veterinary College.
Burial at Pleasant Grove cemetery. See also
4/2/1919.
1/10/1919 Heart Disease Died at Freeville.
8/25/1919
10/10/1919
2/21/1919 Pneumonia
10/28/1919
Daughter of Mr./Mrs. Robert S. Tuck. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
(p. 11, Locke News)
Died at parents' home at Beaver Dam, near
Montgomery, NY. Was a graduate of the
Conservatory of Music in Ithaca and taught for
several years. See also p. 5, 2/25/1919.
Wife of Salem Twist. Internment: Lake View
Cemetery Mauseleum.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Tyler
Cyrus
85
1919
Tyler
Helen
86
4/5/1919 (notice)
4/5/1919
1919
Tyler
Merritt
88
12/22/1919 (notice)
12/22/1919
1919
Updike
Bert B.
40
9/9/1919
1919
Updike
Irving
80
7/14/1919
7/14/1919
1919
Utter
Edward H.
7/6/1919
7/7/1919
1919
Van Auken
Anna M.
68
9/16/1919
9/20/1919
1919
Van Cleef
Elizabeth Lovejoy
63
11/22/1919
11/22/1919
1919
Van De Mark
Myron
1919
1919
Van Droof
Van Order
George
Edward S.
1919
Van Order
George
76
Death Date
Notice Date
1/18/1919
1/18/1919
Cause of
Death
9/10/1919 Accident
Notes
Father of Locey Tyler. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery.
Died at Plainville, CT. Mother of Mrs. G. Rummer
of Dryden. (p.7, Dryden News)
Died at Skaneateles Falls, formerly of Dryden. (p.
9, Dryden News.)
Killed in auto-trolley car crash at Buffalo.
Formerly of Ithaca. Husband of Ethel Peck. Burial
Lake View Cemetery. Story p. 3.
Died at Jacksonville. Father of William, Fred and
Orville.
Prominent fruit grower at Taughannock Falls.
Husband of Katherine Stamp Utter. Burial East
Lawn Cemetery. See story p. 7.
Died at Bridgeport, CT. Widow of Calvin J. Van
Auken. Burial Bridgeport. (p.9, Trumansburg
News)
Died at Elmira while visiting her daughter. Wife of
Mynderse Van Cleef; daughter of late Elias and
Elizabeth Treman. Burial vault at City Cem. See
p. 5.
Died at Tampa Springs; burial at Brookton. (p. 7,
Brookton News) See also p. 5, 1/28/1919.
1/25/1919 (notice)
1/25/1919
3/14/1919
2/7/1919
3/14/1919
2/7/1919 Apoplexy
Was a member of Sydney Post, G.A.R.
Died a few hours before the funeral of his fatherin-law, Theodore C. Spencer. See p. 5. Burial
Lake View Cemetery. See also 2/8/1919.
11/6/1919 (notice)
11/6/1919
Died at Toledo, OH. Formerly of Ithaca clothing
store owner. Brother of Ithacans, Mrs. William
Tree and Mrs. Ada Burling. See also 11/7/1919.
Page 49 of 54
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919
Van Pelt
Archie
32
1919 Mrs.
Van Schaick
Fred
1919
Van Tine
Franklin Harold
1919
Van Worert
1919
Van Zoil
Lillian
1919
Vandemark
Jesse
1919
VanGorder
1919
1919
1919
Death Date
1/8/1919
1/24/1919
23 mos.
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1/8/1919 Pneumonia
1/25/1919
11/17/1919
11/17/1919 Pneumonia
10/24/1919 (notice)
10/24/1919
10/24/1919
10/25/1919
10 weeks
4/1/1919
4/2/1919
Alvah
69
1/3/1919
1/4/1919
VanSanwood
Vitelli
Vorhees
Anna May
Beniamino
Susette
27
89
12/24/1919
3/26/1919
7/1/1919
12/30/1919
3/27/1919
7/1/1919
1919
Vorhis
Frank
58
5/18/1919
5/19/1919
1919
1919
1919
1919
Vosburgh
Wafer
Wager
Wager
Edward
Margaret
Harriet
John
82
77
76
8/11/1919 (notice)
11/22/1919
5/2/1919
1/21/1919
8/11/1919
11/22/1919
5/2/1919
1/21/1919
1919
Wallace
James J.
76
11/16/1919
11/17/1919
1919
Wallenbeck
John
88
2/10/1919
2/10/1919
1919
1919
Wallenbeck
Wallenbeck
Maggie
Nancy E.
78
73
89
5/9/1919 (notice)
1/4/1919
Page 50 of 54
5/9/1919
1/4/1919
Notes
Died at Dryden. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Van
Pelt. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery. See also p. 7,
Krum's Corners News, 1/11/1919.
Died following appendectomy at Cortland.
Formerly of Summerhill. Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Perry.
Son of Mr/Mrs. Ralph G. Van Tine of Auburn.
Burial Willow Glen, Dryden.
Died at West Candor. Father of Sylas Van Woert.
(p. 9, Central Chapel News)
Daughter of Mr./Mrs. Ambrose Van Zoil. Burial
East Lawn Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Vandemark of Brookton.
Burial Quick Cemetery.
Died at Kennedy's Corners. Burial Hayt's
Cemetery.
Died at New York City. (p. 9, Freeville News.)'
Parents live in Italy. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Had resided at the Old Ladies Home; burial City
Cemetery.
Died at Brookton where he had been in the
milling business for 32 years. Burial Quick
Cemetery.
Had lived at Covert. (p. 3, Personal Notices)
Burial Mt. Olivet Cem. See also 11/24/1919.
Burial at Ludlowville.
Had been a lawyer; burial Lake View Cemetery.
Civil War veteran. Member of Sydney Post
G.A.R. Burial City Cem.
Husband of Amelia Zerfass; father of Edward.
Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
(p. 11, Black Oak Corners News)
Taught school for 50 years. Burial at Enfield.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919 Mrs.
Walters
1919
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
George
3/19/1919
3/25/1919
Ward
Frederick
6/19/1919
6/28/1919 Heart Disease Died at home at Bath. (p. 9, Dryden News)
1919
1919
Ward
Warner
John W.
Susie A.
61
44
6/2/1919
10/19/1919
6/3/1919
10/20/1919
1919
Washburn
Anna Belle
16
3/10/1919
3/11/1919
1919
1919
Webb
Webb
Caroline
James
72
94
3/4/1919
10/30/1919
1919
Weber
Rebecca
89
5/8/1919
1919
Welch
Harry Vincent
25
1919
1919
1919
1919 Mrs.
Wells
West
Westervelt
Westervelt
Stanley
Russell M.
Minnie Hine
Stephen F.
36
68
60
78
5/14/1919 (notice)
12/6/1919
11/15/1919
11/30/1919
1/27/1919
Page 51 of 54
Cause of
Death
3/5/1919
10/31/1919 Stroke of
Paralysis
5/9/1919
5/14/1919
12/6/1919
11/21/1919
12/1/1919
1/28/1919 Stroke
Notes
Died at Watkins Glen. Had lived at Ludlowville.
Husband is superintendent of salt plants at
Ithaca, Watkins Glen and Ludlowville.
Burial Mecklenburg Cemetery.
Daughter of Mrs. A.K. Warner. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Washburn of
South Newfield. Sister of Ethel and Mildred.
Burial Spencer Cemetery. See also 3/13/1919.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died following stroke. His father, Peter Webb,
was a slave brought to America by a family in
Caroline. James was born while father still had
not received his freedom. Burial Caroline Grove
Cemetery.. Story p. 2.
Widow of J. M. Weber. Died at Des Moines,
Iowa. Mother of former dean of Cornell Ag
College, Dr. H. J. Weber. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Killed in an explosion on the U.S.S. Stockton.
Son of John J. Welch of Auburn. Brother of
Edward Welch of Ithaca. Burial at Auburn. See p.
7.
Burial Lake View Cem.
Died at Dryden. Burial Green Hills Cem.
Died at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cem.
Died at home of her son, Abraham, at
Ludlowville. Burial Lake View Cemetery,
Interlaken.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1919
Westervelt
Thomas St. John
45
1/9/1919
1919
1919
Westfall
Wharton
George
Frances
93
76
3/29/1919
7/18/1919
1919
Wheeler
Calvin (Family)
1919
Wheeler
Ellen
50
1919 Dr.
Whitbeck
John W.
1919
White
1919
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1/9/1919 Pneumonia
Died at Philadelphia. Former resident of Ithaca.
1896 Cornell graduate, mechanical engineering.
Nephew of H. A. St. John of Ithaca.
9/2/1919 Accident
Died at Caroline Center. Burial Berkshire.
Died at Bronxville Sanitarium. Formerly of Ithaca.
Burial at Mt. Kisco, NY.
Killed when auto struck by a Lehigh Valley tain
near Romulus. See p. 5. In same car as Edward
Quinn family, also killed in the accident.
Residents of West Junius, near Waterloo.
7/3/1919
7/5/1919
Had lived at Trumansburg. Wife of John Wheeler.
74
7/16/1919
7/17/1919
Edgar M.
59
8/28/1919
8/29/1919
White
Nelson G.
72
10/23/1919
10/24/1919
1919
Whitman
Grace
39
8/15/1919
8/18/1919
1919
Whitney
Harriet
59
3/5/1919
3/12/1919
1919
Whittaker
Richard
71
1/16/1919
1/17/1919
1919
Wichelns
Alma
1/15/1919
1/21/1919
1919
1919
Wick
Wickes
Martha A.
Jane
86
85
12/20/1919
10/2/1919
12/20/1919
10/3/1919
Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery,
Interlaken.
Auto Accident Killed near Buttermilk Falls bridge. Was an
undertaker and furniture dealer from Weedsport.
Story p. 3.
Died at home at Allentown, PA. Formerly of
Ithaca; Civil War veteran. Burial Allentown.
Died following surgery; was an invalid. Daughter
of Mr./Mrs. Frank Whitman.
Had lived at Interlaken where buried in Lake View
Cemetery. (p. 7, Interlaken News)
Had lived near Caroline Center. Burial Caroline
Center Cemetery.
Pneumonia
Died at Brooklyn home. 1915 Cornell graduate,
prominent in women's activities and sports. Was
teaching at Rye, NY school.
Burial City Cem.
Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1919
Wicks
George M.
89
10/25/1919
10/27/1919
8/31/1919
Page 52 of 54
4/2/1919
7/21/1919
Notes
Had lived at Etna. Burial Etna Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1919 Mrs.
1919
Widmer
Wilcox
R. A.
William H.
78
1919
Wilkin
Josephine M.
71
1919
1919
Wilkin
Williams
Sarah E.
Barney
80
1919 Mrs.
Williams
James
1919 Dr.
Willis
Augusta
1919
1919
Wilson
Wilson
Asa D.
Carl Edward
82
infant
1919
Wilson
Elizabeth A.
74
2/21/1919
2/21/1919 Pneumonia
1919
Wilson
Jeff B.
65
3/15/1919
3/17/1919
1919
1919
Winters
Wire
Nancy A.
Harold
66
13
2/4/1919
11/17/1919 (notice)
2/5/1919
11/17/1919
1919 Mrs.
Wood
Charles
66
12/16/1919
12/26/1919
1919
Wood
Nellie
56
11/2/1919
11/3/1919
1919
1919
Wooden
Woodford
Fred
Mary A.
54
69
9/16/1919
12/28/1919
9/17/1919
12/29/1919
80
Death Date
6/10/1919 (notice)
10/16/1919
10/1/1919
12/18/1919
10/15/1919 (notice)
Notice Date
6/10/1919
10/17/1919
10/2/1919
12/18/1919
10/15/1919
5/23/1919
5/29/1919
7/14/1919
7/16/1919
8/1/1919
4/9/1919 (notice)
Page 53 of 54
Cause of
Death
8/5/1919
4/9/1919
Notes
Died at Brooklyn; formerly of Ithaca.
Died at Spencer. Burial Curtiss Cemetery. See
also: Danby News, p. 9 on 10/24/1919.
Died at Jacksonville. Widow of David Wilkin.
Mother of Homer, Harry and Harvey. Burial Hayt's
Cemetery.
Widow of Oliver C. Wilkin. Burial Hayt's Cem.
Remains buried at McLean, where he was a
former resident. Died 20 years ago at Lanesboro,
MA.
Died at Cayutaville. Burial Laurel Hill Cemetery.
(p.11, Enfield Falls News)
Died at Jersey City. Former Augusta Foote of
Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at Podunk.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Noble Wilson. (p. 7,
Ludlowville News)
Born at Enfield; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
H. Willets. Widow of Thomas Wilson.
Had lived at Dryden; was an invalid for many
years. Father of Paul and Ruth. Burial Willow
Glen Cemetery.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Died at Mt. Kisco when he jumped from a truck
and was hit by another truck. Son of Mr. Artemus
M. Wire, formerly of Forest Home. See p. 5.
Died at Azusa, CA. Formerly of Ludlowville. (p. 9,
Ludlowville News.)
Mother of Isabelle; widow of Albert, of
Ludlowville. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery.
Died at Podunk. Burial at MacDougall.
Widow of Frank D. Woodford, Mother of John,
Fred, and Eloise. Burial Lake View Cem.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1919
Woodson
William L.
1919
Woodword
1919 Mrs.
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
10/23/1919
10/23/1919
Thomas A.
2/24/1919
3/5/1919
Works
A. C.
3/12/1919
3/20/1919
1919
Wortman
Flossie
5/24/1919
5/26/1919
1919
1919 Mrs.
Wright
Wright
Charles
Joseph
1919
1919
Young
Zietor
Charles E.
Matilda
47
28
12/6/1919
3/21/1919 (notice)
65
1/20/1919
11/24/1919
Page 54 of 54
Cause of
Death
12/11/1919
3/21/1919
1/20/1919
11/28/1919 Pneumonia
Notes
Stepson of Mrs. Jasper Woodson. Burial City
Cemetery.
Died at Monrovia, CA; had lived at Beatrice, NE.
Brother-in-law to Mrs. Catherine Smith of Ithaca.
Mother of Mrs. A.B. Kennedy of Ithaca; died at
Lima, NY home.
Wife of Warren Wortman. Burial Grove
Cemetery.
Died near Perry City. Burial Jones Cem.
Died at Union Springs; formerly of Ithaca. Sister
of Elmer Thompson. See p. 3, Personal Notices.
Died at Cortland; formerly of Groton.
Died at Brooklyn. Former Ithaca resident.