Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Smith
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Jessie
1/1/1918
1/2/1918
Sayler
H.H.
1/2/1918
1/10/1918
1918
Saylor
H.H.
81
1/2/1918
1/4/1918
1918
Black
Ida M.
30
1/3/1918
1/4/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Chacona
Yanula J.
90
1/3/1918
1/3/1918
(notice)
1918
1918
1918
Kraft
Rice
Swartwood
George Henry
Susan Beam
Eugene
53
95
64
1/3/1918
1/3/1918
1/3/1918
1/10/1918
1/5/1918
1/4/1918
1918
Estabrook
Nellie
75
1/4/1918
1/5/1918
1918
Christenat
Bertha Chaffee
35
1/5/1918
1/12/1918
1918
Krum
Adelbert James
62
1/5/1918
1/7/1918
Page 1 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Daughter of the late William M. Smith, wellknown produce merchant. Burial East Lawn
Cemetery.
Died at Hendersonville, NC, where he spent
winters. (p.7, Mecklenburg News)
Died at Hendersonville, NC, Civil War veteran.
Had lived at Mecklenburg. Burial Trumansburg.
Death notices in 1/4/1918 and 1/7/1918.
Wife of W.J. Black. Daughter of Eugene Dorn of
Danby. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Goritsa, Greece. Mother of Ithacan, John
Chacona.
Died at Willow Creek; burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at home on South Hill, Dryden.
Died as a result of an accident at his feed mill at
Pony Hollow, near Newfield. See story on p. 3,
Ithaca Journal, 1/4/1918. Burial Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Widow of Isaac Estabrook. Died at home of
daughter in Montour.
Had been ill for 4 years. Wife of George
B.Christenat; died at home sister in Carbondale,
PA. Burial at family plot in Trumansburg;
daughter of Harvey Chaffee.
Son of Landon D. Krum, born at the old
homestead at Krum's Corners. Husband of
Minnie Van Gorder Krum. Was a court officer for
20+ years. Some of his forefathers fought in
Revolutionary War. Burial family plot West Hill
Cemetery. Obituary p. 5, 1/7/1918 and Krum's
Corners News on 1/111/1918.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Rumsey
Violet
11
1/5/1918
1/5/1918 Accident
Killed when cousin loading a shotgun in home of
her father, Almarian Rumsey, at West Newfield.
Story on p. 5, Ithaca Journa, 1/5/1918.
1918
Bull
John E.
75
1/6/1918
1/7/1918 Fall
Died from injuries at his home in Ellis. Had been
successful farmer at Caroline for many years.
1918
1918
1918
Gantner
Olmstead
Boyles
George S.
Lydia A.
Quinton
43
95
58
1/6/1918
1/6/1918
1/7/1918
1918
Reed
Harriet E.
65
1/7/1918
1918
Sweet
Durward T.
29
1/7/1918
1/8/1918
1918
Fatula
Mary
44
1/9/1918
1/9/1918
1918
Foote
Edwin Wesley
84
1/9/1918
1/9/1918
1918
Lipstagg
John
50
1/9/1918
1918
Rolland
Katherine
1/9/1918
1/9/1918
1918
Snolesky
Bella
1/9/1918
1/10/1918
1918
Alley
Frances
1/11/1918
1/12/1918
83
Death Date
Page 2 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1/11/1918
1/7/1918
1/8/1918 Cancer of
Stomach
1/8/1918
1/11/1918 Accident
Notes
Died at Kingston, NY.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Died and buried at N. Lansing.
Died at Besemer Depot; widow of Dr. DeForrest
A. Reed. Burial Quick Cemetery.
Survived by mother and sister, Marie Sweet.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Wife of Henry Fatula. Burial Mount Olivet
Cemetery. Death notices in 1/9/1918 and
1/11/1918.
Died at Caroline; burial Maple Grove Cemetery.
Struck and killed by train, near Harford. Was a
coal miner from Plymouth, PA. Either a Russian
or Hungarian immigrant. Burial at Cortland. Story
on p. 2.
Died following stroke while cleaning house.
Widow of Alfred Rolland.Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick Barry. Ran boarding and rooming
house for many years. Story p. 5, Ithaca Journal,
1/9/1918. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. (p.3,
1/10/1918)
Mother of Mrs. Isidore Levine. Burial at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.
Died at McLean. Burial Indian Mound Cemetery,
Moravia.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Bennett
William
1918
Everhart
Job
1918
Higgins
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1/11/1918
1/14/1918
71
1/11/1918
1/12/1918
Amelia
85
1/11/1918
1/11/1918
Knettles
Calista
83
1/11/1918
1/12/1918
1918
Lindley
Adelaide
1/11/1918
1/14/1918
1918
Rood
girl
6 days
1/12/1918
1/15/1918
1918
Scott
Sarah E.
74
1/12/1918
1/14/1918
1918
Campbell
Ada B.
61
1/13/1918
1/14/1918
1918
Duryea
Charles
71
1/15/1918
1/18/1918
1918 Mrs.
Keegan
Sherman A.
1/15/1918
1/16/1918
1918
Davis
none given
1/16/1918
1/16/1918 Cerebral
Meningitis
1918
Bentley
Anna
1918
Eke
Julia
14 mos
(notice)
71
1/17/1918
1/17/1918
1/17/1918
1/17/1918
Page 3 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Civil War veteran. Died at Watertown, formerly of
Ithaca.
Died at home of nephew, Jesse S.Everhart, at
Snyder Hill. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Widow of William Higgins; burial Calvary
Cemetery. Death notices in 1/11/1918 and
1/12/1918.
Heart Trouble Died at East Groton. Widow of Jacob Knettles.
Burial at McLean.
Died at Trumansburg; wife of George Lindley.
Burial at Jersey City.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rood. (p.7,
Freeville News)
Widow of William Scott. Burial Adams Cemetery,
Danby.
Wife of John C. Campbell, treasurer of H.B. Bool
Co. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Died at Black Oak Corners. Husband of Ruth M.
Burial at Mecklenburg. (P.7, Black Oak Corners
News, 1/28/1918) (p.7, Mecklenburg News,
1/24/1918) Death notices in 1/18/1918 and
1/24/1918.
Died following surgery at Brooklyn. Formerly Miss
Mabel Cass. Burial Lake View Cemetery. Death
notices in 1/16/1918 ans 1/17/1918.
Child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis of
Conneautville, PA. Burial at McLean. (p.7,
McLean News)
Wife of E.J. Bentley. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Death notices in 1/17/1918 and 1/18/1918.
Wife of John Eke; burial Lake View Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Landon
Lucy
1918
Lee
Harry J.
1918 Mrs.
Licht
L. J.
1918
Marshall
John T.
64
1/19/1918
1/19/1918
1918
Ross
Helen L.
70
1/19/1918
1/23/1918
1918
Riggs, Seymour A.
1/20/1918
1/22/1918
1918 Mrs.
Bush
Edgar
55
1/21/1918
1918
1918
O'Daniel
Gilman
Addison M.
R.C.
76
67
1/21/1918
1/22/1918
1918
1918
Linderberry
Bartholomew
Anna B.
Leo A.
69
1/22/1918
1/23/1918
1918
Denton
John W.
30
1/23/1918
1/23/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Freeville. Survived by husband, 2
daughters and 1 son.
1/21/1918
Burial City Cemetery.
1/25/1918
Died at Willseyville. Burial Candor Cemetery.
Death notices in 1/25/1918 and 1/26/1918.
1/23/1918
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
1/23/1918
See also p. 7, Dryden News, 1/25/1918. Burial
City Cemetery. Death notices in 1/23/1918 and
1/24/1918.
1/23/1918
Son of Mary Denton. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery.
Death notices in 1/23/1918 and 1/25/1918.
1918
Farrell
Johanna
67
1/23/1918
29
Death Date
Notice Date
1/19/1918
1/21/1918
1/19/1918
1/19/1918
1/19/1918
1/19/1918
(notice)
Page 4 of 77
1/23/1918
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Johnson City; widow of Bennett Landon
of Danby, where she had lived most of her life.
Burial Quick Cemetery.
Killed in accident at C.J. Swartwood Lumber Mill.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lee of Caroline. See
story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 1/19/1918.
Died at Geneva. Former Carrie Galloupe of
Trumansburg. Burial at Trumansburg. (p.7,
Trumansburg News)
Died at Interlaken. Prominent Interlaken
merchant, father of Ithaca Chief of Police,
William Marshall. Former proprietor of Hotels
Roarke and Robinson at Interlaken. See p. 2,
Ithaca Journal, 1/19/1918.
Widow of Wilbur Ross; died at Candor home of
daughter, Mrs. Lena Compton. Burial Maple
Grove Cemetery.
Died at Lansing, MI; formerly of Ludlowville
where buried. (p.7, Ludlowville News, 1/28/1918)
Died after illness of 1 year. Burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1918
Osborn
Fannie
1/23/1918
1/23/1918
Well-known Ithaca businesswoman; associated
with her brother, R.C. Osborn, in the firm, R.C.
Osborn and Co. Daughter of Mr. M.D. Osborn.
1918
1918
1918
Terpening
Hicks
Scott
A.F.
Samuel H.
Louisa
69
79
1/23/1918
1/24/1918
1/24/1918
1/30/1918
1/26/1918
1/24/1918
78
3
1/25/1918
1/25/1918
1/25/1918
1/26/1918
1/25/1918
1/25/1918
Burial at Virgil. (p.7, Dryden News)
Died at Eaton Rapids, MI. Formerly of Enfield.
Widow of James Scott. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Died at Caroline.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Robbins of Dryden.
Brother Floyd. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
Killed in airplane collision in France. Graduated
from Cornell Aeronautical School. Story p. 3,
Ithaca Journal, 1/25/1918.
Former harness merchant and well-known
horseman. Burial Fisher's Cemetery. See story p.
3, Ithaca Journal, 1/28/1918.
Died at his home in South Africa. Had studied at
Cornell and was recently appointed Professor of
Agricultural Chemistry, University of
Stellenbosch. See story p. 2, Ithaca Journal,
3/26/1918.
Died at Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
1918
1918
Hildebrant
Robbins
Robert
Clinton C.
1918 Lt.
Sherwood
Oliver
1918
Hughes
Joseph W.
52
1/26/1918
1/28/1918
1918 Dr.
du Buisson
J.P.
36
1/27/1918
3/26/1918 Sun Stroke
1918
Metzgar
Neuman J.
73
1/27/1918
1/29/1918
1918 Mrs.
Quick
Henry
83
1/28/1918
2/6/1918
Died at Catatonk; widow of Henry. Former
residents of Caroline (p.7, Caroline Center News)
1918
1918
1918
1918
Sherwood
Foote
Terry
Barber
Moses L.
John J.
Rachel M.
William
72
83
72
76
1/28/1918
1/29/1918
1/29/1918
1/30/1918
1/29/1918
1/31/1918
1/30/1918
1/30/1918
Burial Fisher Cemetery.
Died at Willseyville. Was a Civil War veteran.
Burial City Cemetery.
Postmaster at Enfield Center for 50 years. Story
p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 1/30 & 31/1918; p. 5,
3/1/1918.
(notice)
Page 5 of 77
Notes
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Clark
Rupert
1918 Mrs.
1918
Liddington
Carey
Omar
Helen A.
1918
Cowles
1918
Cause of
Death
25
1/30/1918
1/30/1918
44
20
1/30/1918
1/31/1918
1/31/1918
2/1/1918 Pleuropneumonia
Claire
1/31/1918
Hess
Charles A.
1/31/1918
2/6/1918 Bright's
Disease
1/31/1918
1918
Ketchum
Kate
82
1/31/1918
2/1/1918
1918
Signor
Burdett
66
1/31/1918
2/4/1918
1918
Dutton
William H.
59
2/1/1918
2/2/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Leary
William F.
2/1/1918
2/1/1918
1918
Rodgers
David
2/1/1918
(notice)
2/1/1918
(notice)
1918
1918 Mrs.
Barber
Benjamin
William
Electa M.
73
2/2/1918
2/2/1918
Page 6 of 77
2/2/1918
2/4/1918
Notes
Died following surgery. Was well-known aviator,
employed by Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corp. See
story p. 5; obituary on p. 3, 1/31/1918. Burial
Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in 1/30/1918
and 2/2/1918.
Died at Newfield.
Died at Bellevue Hospital, NYC, where she was in
nurse training. Graduate of Ithaca High School.
Lived with aunt, Ellen Carey. Burial at Groton.
Death notices in 2/1/1918 and 2/2/1918.
Son of Mrs. Alma Axtell. (p. 7, West Danby
News)
Died in England, son of Mrs. A.R.Conklin of
Jacksonville. He was formerly of Ithaca and a
well-known architect employed by Detmar Blow,
a London architect. See obituary on p. 3, Ithaca
Journal, 1/31/1918.
Died at Newfield. Burial Wood Lawn Cemetery.
Burial at Spencer. (p.7, Besemer News; p. 7,
Bethel Grove, 2/5/1918)
Was in charge of Lehigh Valley Railroad Paint
Shops. Burial in mausoleum at Lake View
Cemetery. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal,
2/2/1918.
Died at Cohoes. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial Mt.
Olivet Cemetery. Death notices in 2/1/1918 and
2/2/1918.
Died at McGraw, formerly of Ludlowville. (p. 7,
Ludlowville News)
p. 7, Enfield Falls News
Died at W. Slaterville home of daughter, Mrs.
John Besemer.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Ellis
William
1918
Wattles
Almira
1918
1918
Kingsley
Pumpelly
Charles Sullings
Gurdun H.
1918
Warne
1918
45
2/2/1918
2/4/1918
89
2/2/1918
2/8/1918
16 mos
2/4/1918
2/4/1918
2/5/1918
2/5/1918 Asphyxiation
Susa M.
89
2/4/1918
2/5/1918
Signor
Charles
72
2/5/1918
2/7/1918
1918
1918
Taylor
Cram
Julia B.
Jacob
60
52
2/5/1918
2/6/1918
2/5/1918
2/7/1918 Neuralgia of
the Heart
1918
Ticknor
Alfred
87
2/6/1918
2/6/1918
(notice)
1918
1918
Culver
Maloney
Lewis J.
Michael
1918
Signor
Thomas
74
66
2/7/1918
2/7/1918
2/7/1918
2/7/1918
2/7/1918
2/7/1918
(notice)
Page 7 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Brother of Fred S. and Louis D. Ellis. Burial
Green Hill Cemetery, Dryden.
Died at daughter's home at Glen Ridge, NJ where
she lived after death of husband, Chauncey
Wattles. Formerly of Caroline. Burial Maple
Grove Cemetery.
Son of Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Kingsley.
Died from gas fumes in his Owego garage. Was
well-known amateur trap shooter and uncle of
Cornell professor Laurence Pumpelly. Story p. 3,
Ithaca Journal.
Died at Trumansburg. Widow of G.W. Warne.
Burial Grove Cemetery.
Had lived at Bethel Grove. Burial at Spencer.
Brother of Thomas of Buffalo and Burdette of
Besemer. All three brothers died within last two
weeks.
Wife of George Taylor.
Died at Sheldrake Springs. Formerly of Ithaca.
Proprietor of Willow Rest Inn, a resort at
Sheldrake Springs. He was well-known in Ithaca
and had traveled extensively throughout the
world. See story on p.5, Ithaca Journal, 2/5/1918.
Died at Alford, MA. Former storekeeper at
Ludlowville. (See p. 7, Ludlowville News)
Civil War veteran. Burial City Cemetery.
Husband of Mary A. Longtime employee of
Lehigh Valley Railroad. Burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery. Death notices in 2/7/1918 and
2/11/1918.
Had lived in Buffalo. Death announced in obituary
of brother, Charles.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Allen
Anna M.
1918
Besemer
Howard Burhans
1918
Fish
1918
Gorton
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
2/8/1918
2/9/1918
48
2/8/1918
2/8/1918 Acute
Indigestion
Ann L.
74
2/8/1918
2/9/1918
Creighton H.
61
2/8/1918
2/8/1918
Notes
Died at Binghamton. Born at Newfield where she
spent most of her life. Burial Woodlawn
Cemetery. Death notices in 2/9/1918 and
2/14/1918.
Died in his sleep. Well-known surgeon. Husband
of the former Ida Burling. Born in Town of
Caroline. Burial at West Slaterville. See story p. 3
of 2/8/1918 Ithaca Journal.
Died at Groton. Wife of A.E. Fish. Burial Groton
Rural Cemetery.
Died at Oneonta. Husband of former Miss Harriet
Williams of Ithaca. Well-known salesman for
Syracuse Dry Goods Co. Burial at Syracuse.
(notice)
1918 Mrs.
1918
Morgan
Cheesman
John
William
83
2/8/1918
2/9/1918
2/15/1918
2/9/1918
1918
1918
Benedict
Lambert
John D.
Inez
82
44
2/10/1918
2/10/1918
2/13/1918
2/11/1918
1918
Cornish
Eliza
86
2/11/1918
2/13/1918
1918
Dumont
Elbert S.
2/11/1918
2/12/1918
1918
Fitch
Delia
2/11/1918
2/12/1918
1918
Ketchum
Kate
(notice)
68
2/11/1918
2/11/1918
(notice)
Page 8 of 77
(p. 7, Mecklenburg News)
Died at Seneca Falls. Formerly of Groton. Civil
War veteran. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7,
Groton News)
Died at McLean.
Died of cerebral problems after two weeks in a
coma. Daughter of Lyman Brown of Cayutaville.
Burial at Odessa.
Died at Newfield Station. Wife of LaFayette
Cornish. Burial Newfield Village Cemetery.
Died at Batavia. Employed at the Minor Shoe
Factory. Born at Covert. (p.7, Interlaken News)
Wife of Horace Fitch. Formerly of Richford; had
lived at Alberta, Canada for last 15 years. Burial
at Maple Grove Cemetery.
Had lived at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn
Cemetery. (p.7, Newfield News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
O'Connell
John
1918
Stewart
Ruth
1918
1918
1918
Anderson
Palmer
Wilbur
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
2/11/1918
2/11/1918
Died while visiting daughter, Mrs. Frank Kerwin,
at Buffalo. One time employee of Lehigh Valley
Railroad. Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Death
notices in 2/11/1918 and 2/14/1918.
89
2/11/1918
2/12/1918
Died a Newfield; Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Eliza
George
Burge
85
2/12/1918
2/13/1918
2/13/1918
2/13/1918
2/13/1918
2/13/1918
States
George
75
2/14/1918
2/19/1918
1918
DeViney
Jay
58
2/15/1918
2/16/1918 Rheumatism
of the Heart
Burial at Newark, NY.
Died at Pony Hollow.
Died at Willard. Father of Romain Wilbur. Burial
at Trumbull's Corners.
Had lived at Cayutaville. Burial Laurel Hill. (p.7,
Cayutaville News)
Well-known Ithacan.
1918 Mrs.
Fitch
Orison
2/15/1918
2/15/1918
Had lived at Alberta, Canada. Sister of David
Clark of Caroline. Burial at Caroline. (p.7,
Caroline News and p.7, Dryden News, 2/16/1918)
1918
Garner
Anna Y.
29
2/15/1918
2/16/1918
1918
Nagle
James
61
2/15/1918
2/161918 Pneumonia
1918
Avery
Harriet E. M.
73
2/16/1918
2/19/1918
Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Wife of E.F.
Garner, an instructor in mechanical engineering,
Sibley College. Burial family plot at Westminster,
MD.
Survived by son, John , of Sayre, PA. Burial
Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in 2/16/1918 and
2/18/1918.
Died in Baltimore. Widow of David C. Avery,
daughter of John and Salvina Mineah of Dryden.
1918
DeGarmo
Lindley H.
28
2/16/1918
2/21/1918
(notice)
Notes
(notice)
Page 9 of 77
Killed in airplane accident in England. Was 1912
graduate of Cornell; training with members of
Royal British Flying Corps. Story on p.3, Ithaca
Journal, 2/21/1918.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Gray
Elizabeth
1918 Mrs.
Seeley
M.C.
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
69
2/16/1918
2/18/1918
73
2/16/1918
Cause of
Death
2/16/1918
(notice)
1918
Betties
Eugene William
1918 Dr.
Darling
Lacey B.
1918
Phillips
Lucretia H.
1918 Mrs.
Shepard
Fremont
1918 Mrs.
Sturgis
James Van Auken
1918
Adams
1918 Mrs.
1918
1918
1918
infant
Notes
Wife of William Gray; burial West Danby
Cemetery.
Had lived in Elmira; many relatives in Ovid. Burial
Ovid Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News)
Died at Dansville; son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Betties.
Died at Palmyra. Former resident of Ithaca;
studied medicine and moved to Palmyra. Was an
employee of C.J. Rumsey & Co. in Ithaca.
Husband of Alice. Burial at Groton.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery. See also: Bethel
Grove News, p.7, 2/26.1918.
Died at Toledo, OH. Former Eloise Ryder of
Ithaca. Married to James Heggie. After his death
she married Fremont Shepard, who survives her.
2/18/1918
2/20/1918
2/19/1918
2/20/1918 Bright's
Disease
2/19/1918
2/20/1918
2/19/1918
2/20/1918
83
2/19/1918
2/23/1918
Died at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.
William Alonzo
65
2/20/1918
2/22/1918
Cox
Ellison
Richard
Luther J./Lewis J.
73
75
2/20/1918
2/20/1918
2/22/1918
2/23/1918
Died at home near Searsburg. Burial James
Cemetery.
Died at Town of Covert, widow of James Cox.
Husband of former Mary Clapp, father of Mrs.
Thomas Briggs. Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake
View vault. (p.7, Interlaken News and p.7, Lake
Road News) Death notice in 2/23/1918 and
2/27/1918.
Skillman
McDaniels
Eunice
Watson
69
2/20/1918
2/21/1918
2/20/1918
2/22/1918 Heart Failure Died at home of his daughter, Mrs. Clarence D.
Tarbell. Was a prominent farmer at Newfield.
Body placed in vault, Lake View Cemetery.
86
Page 10 of 77
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Sheffield
Ruth
15
2/21/1918
2/22/1918 Accident
1918
Dayton
Ann E.
74
2/22/1918
2/23/1918
1918
Sincebaugh
Frederick F.
13 mos.
2/22/1918
2/23/1918
1918
Yaple
Frank S.
45
2/22/1918
2/23/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Avery
Harriet
2/23/1918
Cause of
Death
2/23/1918
(notice)
1918
Bostwick
William Herbert
1918 Lt.
Gardner
Frank H.
1918 Mrs.
Palmer
Alonzo
1918
Frear
1918
Peterman
52
2/23/1918
2/25/1918
2/23/1918
2/27/1918 Pneumonia
75
2/23/1918
2/25/1918
Alexander
93
2/24/1918
2/25/1918
Sophie
69
2/24/1918
2/25/1918
Page 11 of 77
Notes
Killed when hit by a car near her home in
Almond, NY. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert
Sheffield, former Enfield residents. See story on
p.3, Ithaca Journal, 2/22/1918.
Died at Freeville. Wife of rev. J.F. Dayton. Burial
McLean.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard L. Sincebaugh;
brother Catherine. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
Died near Slaterville. Was a prominent farmer
and former Justice of the Peace. Burial at
Boiceville. See also Caroline News p.3,
2/27/1918; Caroline Center News, 2/28/1918
Died at her Baltimore home. Had spent summers
at Dryden. (p.7, Dryden News)
Died of injuries when caught in machinery at a
plant he supervised in Norfolk, VA. Formerly of
Ithaca; son of late William L. Bostwick. Story on
p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 2/25/1918.
Died a NYC. Member of Medical Reserve.
Graduate of Ithaca High 1908; attended Cornell
Law School. Son of Dr. E.R. Gardner of Montrose
Pt. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 2/27/1918.
Died at Horseheads home of daughter, Mrs.
James Brown. Had lived at Newfield. Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery.
One of Ithaca's earliest pioneers, farmer, fruit
raiser and prominent Presbyterian. See story p.
2, Ithaca Journal, 2/25/1918.
Survived by son, Otto, who was designer of
Corona Typewriter Co. Burial at Groton.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1918
Fowler
Thomas
32
2/25/1918
2/25/1918 Asphyxiation
1918
Keeler
Mary L.
84
2/25/1918
2/27/1918
1918
Bedell
Alan T.
2/26/1918
2/26/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Morehouse
John
1918 Mrs.
Dayton
J.F.
1918
Drake
Sereno
76
2/27/1918
2/28/1918
1918
Emery
Arva L.
2 mos.
2/27/1918
2/27/1918
1918
1918
Shoemaker
Short
Georgiana
Clarence W.
88
2/27/1918
2/27/1918
2/28/1918
2/27/1918
1918
Wilson
Henry
51
2/27/1918
2/28/1918
1918
Crance
Ernest G.
6 mos.
2/28/1918
2/28/1918
1918
1918
Moon
Sullivan
Phoebe Delle
Mary A.
61
59
2/28/1918
2/28/1918
3/2/1918
3/1/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Vorhis
Julia G.
89
2/28/1918
3/1/1918
(notice)
6 mos.
2/26/1918
2/28/1918 Whooping
Cough
2/27/1918
2/27/1918
(notice)
(notice)
Page 12 of 77
Notes
Asphyxiated by gas while working with Ithaca
DPW crew, inspecting sewers. Story on p. 3,
Ithaca Journal, 2/25/1918. Obituary p. 3,
2/26/1918.
Died at Slaterville Springs. Mother of Dr. Frank
E. Blackman. Burial at Owego.
Died at Lake Charles, LA. Had recently
completed course in U.S. School of Military
Aeronautics at Cornell. Nephew of Prof. Frederick
Bedell. See p. 6, 2/26/1918.
Died at Interlaken. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Morehouse.
Died at Freeville. Was buried at McLean. (p.7,
McLean News)
Died at Interlaken. Well-known architect and
builder.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Emery. Burial Fisher's
Cemetery.
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Van Etten.
Lost his life when the liner Tuscania was
torpedoed earlier this month. He was a private in
the 158th aero squadron. Nephew of Ransom
Ryant and Clarence Ryant of Ithaca. Buried in
Scotland. Story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal,
2/27/1918.
Former Freeville resident. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crance. Burial
Fsher's Cemetery.
Died at Peruville; widow of Morris Moon.
Widow of James O. Sullivan. Burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
Died at Cayuga Heights home of daughter, Mrs.
P.J. Herson. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Vose
Mabel Adaline Blake
1918
Holmes
baby girl
1918
Seeley
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
2/28/1918
3/1/1918
3 days
3/1/1918
3/5/1918
Obed
92
3/1/1918
3/6/1918
Sherwood
Archie B.
62
3/1/1918
3/7/1918
1918
Barnum
Matilda
69
3/2/1918
3/4/1918
1918
1918
Hill
Teets
Nancy Ann
Jesse
82
3/2/1918
3/2/1918
3/4/1918
3/6/1918
1918
Smith
Hesler
65
3/3/1918
3/4/1918
1918
Clapp
Lillian D.
44
3/4/1918
3/5/1918
1918
DeLano
Jane B.
85
3/4/1918
3/6/1918
1918
Clough
D.O.
3/5/1918
3/5/1918
(notice)
1918 Mrs.
Lazear
M.W.
1918
Miller
Alson
1918
Robinson
Lavinia
3/5/1918
3/6/1918
72
3/5/1918
3/5/1918
77
3/5/1918
(notice)
3/5/1918
(notice)
Page 13 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Newark, NJ at parent's home. Wife of
Major R.M. Vose, U.S.M.R., well-known Ithaca
surgeon. See p. 3 of 3/1/1918 Ithaca Journal.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Holmes. (p.7,
Reynoldsville News)
Died in Spencer at home of his sister, Mrs.
Norris. (p.7, Spencer News, 3/6/1918 and p.9,
Newfield News, 3/8/1918)
Died at Utica 11 days after death of his wife,
Mella E. Owen. They were former Ithaca
residents; conducted a boarding house in Utica.
He also was a well-known race track promoter.
Wife of James Clark Barnum. Burial Trumbull's
Corners.
Burial at Asbury.
Died at brother's home at Freeville. Burial New
Jersey. (p.7, Freeville News)
Buried at Newfield. See also p. 9, Newfield News,
3/8/1918.
Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium following long
illness. Widow of Lewis A. Clapp.
Died at her home in Grand Rapids, MI. Widow of
Martin S. DeLano and both formerly of Ithaca.
Burial at Groton.
Civil War veteran. Had lived at Groton. Burial
Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News)
Died in Dryden at home of her daughter, Mrs.
M.E. Bowman.
Died at County Home; formerly of West Groton.
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton
News)
Had lived at Burdette. Burial Reynoldsville
Cemetery. (p.7, Reynoldsville News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Smith
Isaac B.
1918
Ayers
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
80
3/5/1918
3/5/1918
Mary Francis
62
3/7/1918
3/7/1918
Shephard
Francis A.
21
3/7/1918
3/8/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Shephard
Francis A.
3/7/1918
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
1918
Carpenter
Charles
80
3/8/1918
3/8/1918
1918
1918
1918
Georgia
Rowe
Head
Syrenius
DeWitt F.
Martha J.
85
63
66
3/8/1918
3/8/1918
3/9/1918
3/8/1918
3/8/1918
3/9/1918
1918
1918
1918
Lyon
Stevenson
Stoddard
Hattie E.
Joseph A.
Albert J.
75
1918
Turk
no name given
1918
Velletre
Pietro
(notice)
3/9/1918 (notice)
3/9/1918
3/10/1918
3/9/1918
3/9/1918
3/13/1918
infant
3/10/1918
3/11/1918
27
3/11/1918
3/11/1918 Pneumonia
Page 14 of 77
Notes
Died at Newfield. Well-known farmer. Survived
only by nephew, Fred Kemp, who lived with him.
Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Death notices in
3/5/1918 and 3/6/1918.
Died at Minneapolis, MN. Formerly of Ithaca.
Worked for 22 years at Minneapolis Public
Library. Daughter of Elizabeth G. Ayers.
Died at Newport News, VA. Member of 607th
Aviation Supply Squadron. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Adelbert Shephard. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 3/8
& 11/1918 and p. 5, 3/9/1918. And p. 3,
3/11/1918.
607th Aero Supply Squadron. Died at Newport
News. Next of kin, Adelbert Shephard, 626 West
Green St.
Died at son's home in Geneseo. Was formerly of
Interlaken; was a printer for 65 years and a
correspondent for the Ithaca Journal. See story
and photo on p.2.
Burial Inlet Cemetery.
Died at Brookton; burial Quick Cemetery.
Died at Asbury, wife of Horace A. Head. Burial
Pleasant Grove Cemetery. See p.7, Asbury
News, 3/14/1918.
No information given.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Died at Rochester,home of his sister, after illness
of 7 years.
Baby of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Turk. See p. 7 of
Rawson Hollow News.
Husband of Carmela, father of Ardovico and
Augusto. Had been employed at Morse Aircraft
Corp. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
1918
Surname
Name
Hill
Julia
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
3/12/1918
3/12/1918
(notice)
1918
Stoughton
Carrie
3/12/1918
3/13/1918
1918
Halliday
Emerson
65
3/13/1918
3/14/1918
1918
Personius
Henry
81
3/13/1918
3/13/1918
1918
Rappleye
Frank
79
3/13/1918
3/15/1918
1918
Terriberry
Duncan
94
3/13/1918
3/14/1918
1918
Brearley
Caroline
72
3/14/1918
3/15/1918
1918 Mrs.
Field
George L.
3/14/1918
3/14/1918
(notice)
1918
Lawrence
John Bogart
70
3/14/1918
1918
Predmore
1918
1918
3/14/1918
Frederick Carl
3 mos.
3/14/1918
3/15/1918
Pulz
Smith
Chloe
Alice Fretcher
74
60
3/14/1918
3/14/1918
3/15/1918
3/15/1918
1918
Yates
Martin
76
3/14/1918
3/15/1918
1918
Frost
Frank W.
50
3/15/1918
3/15/1918
(notice)
Page 15 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Widow of Dr. R. Byron Hill of Trumansburg.
Burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at Binghamton; formerly of Reynoldsville.
Had lived with his brother, Benton, at Lansing.
Burial at Groton.
Died at Caroline Depot. Had been a postmaster
and ran a general store. Burial South Hill
Cemetery, Coddington Rd.
Died at Interlaken. Civil War veteran. (p.7,
Interlaken News)
Died at Trumansburg. Civil War veteran. Burial
Grove Cemetery.
Widow of Joseph Brearley; burial at Lockwood.
Died at home in Hollywood,CA. Survived by
daughter, Mrs. Charles Gore, of Groton.
Died at Kansas City. Cornell graduate, 1872.
Well-known newspaperman and city official in
Kansas. See story p. 5, Ithaca Journal,
3/14/1918.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Predmore of
Trumansburg.
Burial at Great Bend, PA.
Died at Freeville; widow of William Smith, who
gave valuable service in the founding and
maintenance of George Junior Republic. See
story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 3/15/1918, also
Freeville News, 3/21/1918.
Died at Cortland Hospital. Had lived at the Grove
Hotel in Dryden for last two years. Burial Willow
Glen Cemetery.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Alexander
Helen A.
1918
1918
Morgan
Park
Adeline
Minnie
1918
1918 Lt.
Perri
Lathrop
Filomena
Louis H.
1918
Pierson
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
3/16/1918
3/181918
3/16/1918
3/16/1918
3/26/1918
3/18/1918
37
3/16/1918
3/17/1918
3/16/1918 Pneumonia
4/6/1918 Pneumonia
Albert
79
3/17/1918
3/25/1918
Died at Trumansburg. Civil War veteran. Later
became a Trumansburg School teacher; elected
to the State Assembly at Albany. Also was an
insurance business man. Husband of Harriet I.
Pierson. (p. 9, Trumansburg News)
Pierson
Albert Henry
78
3/17/1918
3/18/1918
Died at Trumansburg where he had been an
insurance businessman. Burial Grove Cemetery.
1918
Boyle (Boyles)
Margaret Roff
97
3/18/1918
3/19/1918
1918
Brillhart
Rylan Edwin
3/19/1918
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
Oldest resident of N. Lansing, died at home of
her daughter, Mrs. George Forbes of West
Groton. Daughter of David and Sarah Roff; widow
of Henry Boyle. Burial N. Lansing Cemetery. See
story p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 3/18/1918 and p. 9, N.
Lansing News, 3/27.
157th Aero Squadron, A.E.F. Died in England.
Next of kin, Rylan G.Brillhart, 204 N. Geneva St.
1918 Pvt.
Brillhart
Rylan E.
3/19/1918
11/22/1918 Pneumonia
17
Page 16 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Wife of G.M. Alexander. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orman Park. Survived
by 6 brothers and 1 sister. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Died at base hospital in France. Graduate Cornell
1918; engaged to Marjorie Mabee of Ithaca. See
story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 4/6/1918.
Died in hospital in England. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Rylan G. Brillhart. Story p. 3.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918 Pvt.
Brillhart
Rylan Edwin
1918 Mrs.
Mazza
Giovanna
1918
Mekeel
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
3/19/1918
5/20/1920 Pneumonia
74
3/19/1918
3/19/1918
Isaiah
59
3/19/1918
3/21/1918
Died after 5 year illness in Jacksonville. Services
held at Friends' Meeting House, Jacksonville.
Van Order
Nelson
84
3/19/1918
3/20/1918
1918
1918
1918
Wilcox
Buck
Chapman
Western E.
Marvin W.
Richard
79
57
73
3/19/1918
3/20/1918
3/20/1918
3/20/1918
3/20/1918
3/21/1918
1918
Johnson
Henry
70
3/20/1918
3/21/1918
1918 Mrs.
Lamont
Robert
3/20/1918
3/20/1918
1918
Trainor
Lawrence Gates
1918
Cornwall
Norman
Lived entire life on West Hill; burial Hayt's
Cemetery.
Funeral and burial Canton, PA.
Was city assessor at one time.
Was Civil War veteran; burial Trumbull's
Corners.
Born at Norfolk, VA; enlisted in Co. 1, 31st United
States Colored Troops in 1864. One of 3
surviving members of Sydney Post G.A.R. in
Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Auburn home for elderly women. Burial at
McLean where she had lived. (p. 9, McLean
News)
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Trainor. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Died at South Wales, Erie County. Brother of
Esther Cornwall, Cornell freshman.
Died at Rochester, following a brief illness. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Guth of Barnard, NY. Burial
Greece, NY.
Widow of Moses Harvey; burial Grove Cemetery.
(notice)
1 yr.
3/20/1918
16
3/21/1918
3/20/1918 Pneumonia
3/21/1918
(notice)
1918
Cosgriff
Fred J.
32
3/21/1918
3/22/1918
1918
Harvey
Ellen A.
82
3/21/1918
3/22/1918
Page 17 of 77
Died in England; son of Mr. Mrs. R.G. Brillhart of
Ithaca. Member of 157th Aero Squadron. Burial
at Tioga Point Cem., Sayre, PA. See p. 7
5/20/1920; also p. 5, 6/3/1920.
Died from long illness and shock of the 3/16/1918
death of her daughter, Filomena Perri. Widow of
Raffaele Mazza. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See
story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 3/19/1918.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Lamont
Clarence B.
1918
Wlcox
Fred Elmer
1918
Cooper
Herbert A.
1918
Hassan
Frank
1918
McCarthy
1918
Age
41
Death Date
3/21/1918
Notice Date
4/5/1918 Pneumonia
and Pleurisy
3/21/1918
3/22/1918
16
3/23/1918
3/23/1918
62
3/23/1918
3/25/1918
Ellen
3/23/1918
3/25/1918
Chury
Anna
3/24/1918
3/25/1918
1918
1918 Mrs.
Kingsley
Robinson
Kenneth George
Charles E.
3 wks
3/3/1900
3/24/1918
3/24/1918
3/25/1918
3/25/1918
1918
Williams
DeForest
86
3/24/1918
3/25/1918
1918
1918
Bierce
Morey
Mary A.
Willard
68
67
3/25/1918
3/25/1918
3/25/1918
3/26/1918
1918
1918
Hawks
Watkins
Etta Swartwood
John L.
78
84
3/26/1918
3/26/1918
3/27/1918
3/26/1918
Page 18 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Seattle, WA home. Born in Van Etten,
Cornell graduate in 1900 and well-known
engineer. Several relatives in Ithaca survive him.
See story p. 7, Ithaca Journal, 4/5/1918.
Died at Pasadena, CA. Son of Seth Wilcox. 1883
Cornell Architecture graduate. Associated here
with A.B. Wood.
Son of Mrs. Abel Cooper. Burial at West Danby.
Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in
3/25/1918 and 3/26/1918.
Widow of Thomas McCarthy. Burial at the family
plot in Waverly. Death notices in 3/25/1918 and
3/26/1918.
Wife of John Chury. Burial at Calvary Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George King.
Had lived at and buried at Pleasant Grove. See
also p.5, 4/1/1918. Death notices in 3/25/1918
and 3/26/1918.
Superintendent of Ithaca glass factories, a 32nd
degree Mason, successful farmer, businessman
and husband of former Eliza Wilson, daughter of
Andrew Wilson. Burial at Grove Cemetery. See
story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 3/25/1918.
Had lived at Danby.
Was a government stagecoach messenger
between Ithaca and Watkins Glen for many
years; active in the Ithaca express business.
Burial Brookton.
Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
Was a pioneer resident and longtime merchant.
Burial City Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
1918
King
Pierce
Thomas
Marion
1918
Baldwin
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
79
15 mos.
3/27/1918
3/27/1918
3/30/1918 Pneumonia
3/27/1918
Dane Lewis
32
3/28/1918
3/29/1918
Poole
Josephine
27
3/28/1918
3/29/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Sweet
Irene W.
86
3/28/1918
3/29/1918
1918
Thompson
Ana M.
46
3/28/1918
3/29/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Reed
J.H.
(notice)
3/29/1918
3/29/1918
(notice)
1918
Crass
Charles H.
69
3/30/1918
3/30/1918
1918
Lounsbery
Clara Marie
1
3/30/1918
3/30/1918
1918
Dryer
Morgan
3/31/1918
4/3/1918
1918
Johnston
Annie
3/31/1918
4/2/1918
1918
Morris
Irene
3/31/1918
4/2/1918
1918
Schaefer
Augustin I.
3/31/1918
4/2/1918
1918
Rasmason
Lillian Hook
4/1/1918
4/2/1918
1918
Sutton
Mary
4/1/1918
4/3/1918 Pneumonia
65
Page 19 of 77
Notes
Died and buried at Interlaken; born in Ireland.
Died at Bloomfield, NJ. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford A. Pierce.
Former Grace Surdam. Survived by husband,
mother, Mrs. Charles Surdam, and one week old
son. Burial in Ithaca.
Died at New York City; survived by husband,
Alvine Poole, and 4 week old son. Formerly
Josephine McAllister, daughter of Catherine
McAllister of Ithaca.
Had lived in Jacksonville; burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at Trumansburg. Employed at post office
where her brother was postmaster. Burial Grove
Cemetery.
Lived and died at Hector. Father of T.E. Reed of
Ithaca.
Brother of George Crass. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Lounsbery.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died in Chicago. Son of Capt. Chester Dryer,
former steamboat captain in Ithaca. Burial City
Cemetery.
Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in
4/2/1918 and 4/4/1918.
Widow of George Morris; burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in
4/2/1918 and 4/4/1918.
Daughter of George H. Hook. Member of Eastern
Star; burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at County Home; burial Hayt's Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Johnson
Marietta
1918
Kelly
Hannah
1918
Mowers
Belle
1918 Pvt.
Shanklin
Frank
1918
Terry
no name given
1918
Manning
Leland
1918
Wilcox
Fred Elmer
1918
Boice
James
1918 Mrs.
Foster
1918
Hortsman
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
4/2/1918
4/3/1918
4/2/1918
4/3/1918 Pneumonia
52
4/2/1918
4/3/1918
43
4/2/1918
5/2/1918
infant
4/2/1918
4/3/1918
4/3/1918
4/11/1918
54
4/3/1918
4/11/1918 Stroke of
Paralysis
67
4/4/1918
4/4/1918 Accident
Robert E.
4/4/1918
4/8/1918
Fred
4/4/1918
82
Cause of
Death
4/4/1918 Pneumonia
(notice)
1918 Mrs.
Whitby
John
4/4/1918
1918 Mrs.
White
Frank
4/4/1918
Page 20 of 77
4/8/1918 Pneumonia
4/11/1918
Notes
Died at Trumansburg. Widow of Robert E.
Johnson. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Formerly of Ithaca. Widow of Michtel Kelly; died
in New York City. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death
notice in 4/3/1918 and 4/5/1918.
Step-brother, Edgar Newman, survives. Burial
King's Cemetery.
Killed in an attack on the British Army. Brother of
Jennie Shanklin of Ithaca. See story p. 3,
5/1/1918 Ithaca Journal.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Terry of
Trumansburg. (p.7, Trumansburg News)
Died after long illness at Cleveland, OH. Son of
Mrs. Frances Manning. (p.9, Taughannock Falls
News)
Died at home in Pasadena, CA. 1883 Cornell
graduate. Prominent businessman in Pasadena,
President of Board of Trade. See p. 3, 4/11/1918.
Died from auto accident injuries; former
supervisor for Town of Caroline. Had lived in
Slaterville. (See also, Krum's Corners News, p. 9,
4/10/1918)
Died at Santa Rosa, CA. Wife of Robert; former
Lulu Gorsline of Brookton. Sister of Milton
Gorsline of Brookton.
Died at Camp Upton; brother of Mrs. Walter
Kinch of Freeville. (p.9, Freeville News)
Died at Freeville. Survived by husband, John,
brother, David S. Robinson; sister, Phoebe King.
Died at home in Enfield Center. Burial in Ohio. (p.
9, Enfield Falls News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Brokaw
Theodore L.
1918
Cornell
Ruth L.
1918
Crozier
1918 Mrs.
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
21
4/6/1918
4/8/1918
2 mos.
4/6/1918
4/8/1918
R.A.
4/7/1918
4/8/1918
Fagan
John D.
4/7/1918
4/9/1918
1918
1918
Mowry
Rogers
Irene
Claire D.
23
4/7/1918
4/7/1918
4/10/1918
4/8/1918 Pneumonia
1918 Mrs.
1918
Allen
Allen
Claude
Hattie Collins
45
4/8/1918
4/8/1918
4/11/1918
4/9/1918
1918
Angus
George
75
4/8/1918
4/8/1918
1918
Baines
Carrie
4/8/1918
4/10/1918
1918
Brotherton
Frank
4/8/1918
(notice)
1918 Mrs.
Esty
William W.
1918
Joyner
Richard A.
1918
Greenleaf
Mott
4/8/1918
Cause of
Death
4/8/1918 Neuralgia of
the Heart
4/8/1918
(notice)
4 mos.
4/9/1918
4/10/1918 (notice)
Page 21 of 77
4/9/1918 Pneumonia
4/10/1918
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brokaw. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cornell. Burial
City Cemetery.
Prominent grocer, former supervisor for city of
Ithaca School Commissioner. Survived by wife, 6
daughters, 1 son. Burial City Cemetery. Story p.
7, Ithaca Journal, 4/8/1918.
Died at Johnson City Hospital. Former Lena
Gaygen, survived by husband. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery.
Died in Trumansburg. Burial at Towanda, PA.
Cadet in Cornell Aviation School. Burial
Meadville, PA.
See: Allen, Hattie Collins.
Died at home in Winthrop, MA. Formerly of
Groton. Wife of Claude D. Allen. Burial Groton
Rural Cemetery.
Lived at Krum's Corners; was Civil War veteran.
No known relatives. Burial City Cemetery.
Died at Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Wife of
William Baines. Had lived at Trumansburg. Burial
Grove Cemetery.
Died at Cortland. Burial Hayt's Cemetery. (p.9,
Taughannock Falls News)
Died at New Orleans, former resident of Ithaca;
widow of William. Buria New Orleans (at least
temporarily).
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Joyner. Brother of
Marjorie. Burial at Enfield Center.
Burial Bird Cemetery. (p.9, Locke News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
1918
Title
Surname
Name
Mott
William H.
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
4/10/1918
Paquette
Docity
1918
1918
Rightmire
Wagner
Gertrude
George M.
1918
Blau
Jerome L.
4/10/1918
69
25
4/10/1918
4/10/1918
Died at Cold Water, MI. Had relatives in this area.
(p.9, Krum's Corners News)
4/12/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Dover, NJ. Formerly resided in Ithaca.
4/11/1918 Pneumonia
4/11/1918 Paralysis of
Resipiration
4/11/1918
4/11/1918 Pneumonia
(notice)
1918
Flynn
Charles P.
1918
Lamberson
Royal V.
1918
Rockwell
1918
1918
1918
1918
Snushall
Tobey
Van Sickle
Lovell
Kennelly
Kennelly
Died at home in Berkshire.
Was employed at Morse Chain. Autopsy ordered.
Story p.2, Ithaca Journal, 4/11/1918 and autopsy
results on p.3, 4/12/1918.
Died at Newark, NJ. 1917 Cornell graduate.
Member of varsity cross country squad.
Died at home and burial in Ovid. Had furniture
and undertaking businesses for many years.
4/11/1918
4/13/1918
62
4/11/1918
4/12/1918 Heart Failure Founded and was Vice President and General
Manager of Remington Salt Works on east side
of Cayuga Lake. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See
story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 4/12/1918.
E. Saunders
74
4/11/1918
4/13/1918 Heart Disease Died at Washington, D.C.; formerly of Dryden.
Was, at one time, in business with his father,
Erastus Rockwell, at Dryden Woolen Mills. Was
employee at U.S. Treasury Dept. for 20 years.
Moses
Josiah G.
Flaville A.
Herbert M.
64
87
4/11/1918 (notice)
4/11/1918
4/11/1918
4/13/1918
4/11/1918
4/13/1918
4/11/1918
4/13/1918 Fall
(notice)
1918
1918
Notes
4/10/1918
(notice)
1918
Cause of
Death
James C.
James C.
31
4/15/1918
4/15/1918
Page 22 of 77
4/15/1918 Pneumonia
4/16/1918
(p.9, King Ferry News)
Died at his home in Town of Richford.
Died at McLean.
Fell from office window to ground in Elmira. Was
principal of Dryden High School at one time.
Married to former Lillian Truesdale of Dryden.
(p.11, Dryden News)
Brother of Agnes Kennelly. Burial Mt. Olivet.
Burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. See additional
notice April 18, 1918.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Pierce
Edward
47
1918
Allen
William
1918
1918
Baker
MacKeegan
DeWitt M.
Phoebe E.
1918
Allen
1918
Kent
Margaret Green
1918 Mrs.
1918
Mettler
Reed
Frank
William H.
1918 Rev.
Shaw
J. R.
1918
Compton
Emma Williams
1918
Robertson
A. J.
4/15/1918
4/16/1918
4/16/1918 (notice)
4/16/1918
66
93
4/16/1918
4/16/1918
4/17/1918
4/17/1918 Pneumonia
infant
4/17/1918
4/19/1918 Pneumonia
30
4/17/1918
4/17/1918
4/17/1918 (notice)
4/17/1918
4/17/1918
4/18/1918
77
4/17/1918
4/18/1918
57
4/18/1918
4/19/1918
1918
Bunnell
Raymond
4/18/1918
8
4/19/1918
Page 23 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Carman Hospital. Had lived in
Trumansburg. Son of Samuel Pierce. Burial St.
James Cemetery. See additional notice April 18,
1918.
Died at Key West, FL where he was a prominent
merchant. As a boy he lived with Mr. and Mrs.
George Burling at Myers.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Widow of Robert MacKeegan; leaves 5 daughters
and 2 sons. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery,
Trumansburg.
Child of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Allen. (p. 11, Peruville
News)
Wife of Clinton Kent. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Green. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
(p. 7, Danby News)
Brother of Joseph and Samuel. Member of Fire
Co. No. 4. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Eden. Former resident of Trumansburg
and Perry City. Burial Jones Cemetery.
Died after long illness. Wife of Jacob Compton.
Mother of 5 daughters and 5 sons. Burial King's
Cemetery.
4/22/1918
Died at his home in Sydney, Australia. Father of
Leslie C. Robertson of Slaterville. (p. 7, Slaterville
News)
4/19/1918 Inflammatory Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bunnell of
Rheumatism Goodyear's Corners. Burial at King Ferry.
and Heart
Trouble
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Clapp
Leland Raymond
1
4/19/1918 (notice)
4/19/1918
1918
Jordan
Josephine Lovejoy
66
4/19/1918
4/23/1918
1918
Kennedy
Michael
4/19/1918 (notice)
4/19/1918
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Clapp of
Syracuse. Grandson of George L. Clapp; burial at
Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.
Widow of Andrew Jordan. Had lived and was
buried at Speedsville.
Burial Groton Cemetery. (p.11, Peruville News)
1918
Norton
Katie Ann
4/19/1918
4/20/1918
Widow of Halsey Norton. Burial City Cemetery.
1918
Baird
Jean Katherine
4/20/1918
4/25/1918 Measles
Died at Renova, PA where she was Dean of
Women at Beaver College. Sister of Mrs. Frank
Holt of Ithaca. See obituary p. 3, Ithaca Journal.
1918
James
George
4/20/1918
4/22/1918
1918 Lt.
Markaham
Robert B.
4/20/1918 (notice)
4/20/1918 Plane Crash
1918
McRostie
John
68
4/20/1918
4/23/1918
1918
Starks
Eugene
68
4/20/1918
4/25/1918
1918
Kinsman
Ralph C.
5
4/22/1918
4/22/1918
1918
Bayne
George H., 4th
4/23/1918
4/27/1918
1918
1918
Cowles
D'Orsay
Loretta
Richard
77
40
4/23/1918
4/23/1918
4/24/1918
4/26/1918
Died at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
See also: Newfield News, p. 9, 4/25/1918.
Graduate of Cornell, 1917. Home was at Turin,
NY.
Died at son's home; Gordon McRostie. Burial at
Ottawa, Canada, his former home.
Lived at Peruville all his life; burial Peruville
Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Kinsman. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Died at New York City; cremated ashes buried at
Washington. Son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. W.H.
Miller of Ithaca.
Burial at Spencer.
Died at sanitarium at Taughannock Falls. Burial
Trumansburg Cemetery. (p.7, Caroline News)
1918
Dorsey
Richard
41
4/23/1918
4/24/1918
83
58
Death Date
Page 24 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Meany Sanitarium; burial Grove
Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Earle
Sylvester
1918 Mrs.
Lindall
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
4/23/1918
4/24/1918
Grant
4/23/1918
4/25/1918 Acute Asthma Died at New Haven, NY; formerly of Ludlowville.
Marshall
James H.
4/23/1918 (notice)
4/23/1918
1918
1918
1918
Perkins
Aldrich
Lynden
Helen M.
George
Eloise Herring
82
69
4/23/1918
4/24/1918
4/24/1918
4/23/1918
4/24/1918
4/24/1918
1918
Payne
Joseph
71
4/24/1918
4/25/1918
1918
Robinson
Osco W.
22
4/24/1918
5/9/1918
1918
1918
Buchanan
Murray
Katharine
Lydia
65
4/25/1918
4/25/1918
4/26/1918
4/30/1918
1918
Farrell
Margaret
50
4/26/1918
4/26/1918
1918
Manning
William J.
76
4/26/1918
4/27/1918
1918
Mouillesseaux
Edward
68
4/26/1918
4/27/1918
1918
1918 Mrs.
Atwood
Delano
Milo
William
57
4/27/1918
4/27/1918
4/30/1918
5/1/1918
1918
Poole
Addie M.
44
4/27/1918
4/29/1918
84
Page 25 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died in Waterloo at home of his daughter. Was
resident of Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at St. Louis, MO. Former resident of Enfield.
(p. 7, Kennedy's Corners News)
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Had lived at Brookton; burial Roe Cemetery.
Died at New Haven, NY. Wife of Grant Lynden;
formerly of Ludlowville.
Lived at Newfield; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Killed by enemy fire in France. Was U.S. Marine;
brother of Glenn Robinson of Ithaca. Had been
living at Killawog, Broome County. Was studying
for the ministry. See story and photo on p. 6,
5/9/1918 Ithaca Journal.
Died at Oswego; formerly of Ithaca.
Died at home of Hiram Kelly, near Towsendville.
Burial Grove Cemetery.
Wife of George Farrell; burial Calvary Cemetery.
See also 4/30/1918.
Stroke
Lived at Burdette; burial Lakeview Cemetery,
Complication Interlaken.
s
Formerly of Towanda, PA. Burial Calvary
Cemetery. See also p. 2, 5/1/1918 Ithaca Journal.
Died at Locke following long illness.
Died at Cortland. Former Miss Hall of Groton.
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Wife of Frank J. Poole; daughter of Kitty Knight.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Whitlock
Sarah A.
80
4/27/1918
4/29/1918 Suicide by
Hanging.
1918
Connelly
Michael
73
4/28/1918
4/29/1918
1918
Simon
Ethel
6
4/28/1918
4/29/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Bates
Otis
84
4/30/1918 (notice)
4/30/1918
1918
Church
Elisha
79
4/30/1918
5/4/1918
1918 Mrs.
Conklin
A.D.
4/30/1918
5/1/1918
1918
1918
1918 Mrs.
1918
Lowe
Ward
Baker
Dixon
David
Edward
Calvin
Frank R.
1918 Mrs.
Foote
Zina
1918
Shaw
George D.
1918
Smith
Arthur
41
63
23
Death Date
4/30/1918
4/30/1918
5/1/1918 (notice)
5/1/1918
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
5/1/1918
4/30/1918
5/1/1918
5/4/1918 Drowned
5/1/1918 (notice)
5/1/1918
56
5/2/1918
5/3/1918
5
5/2/1918
5/2/1918 Diptheria
Page 26 of 77
Notes
Widow of John Whitlock; despondent over ill
health. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. See
story p. 3, 4/29/1918 Ithaca Journal.
Husband of Anna Connelly. Member of the local
tailor's union. Burial near former home at
Towanda, PA, at Saint Peter and Paul Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Simon of Portland
Point. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See also
4/30/1918 notice.
Died at McLean; was a Civil War veteran of Co.
1, 143rd Regiment.
Died in Town of Enfield at home of his son,
Everal Church. Burial at Hayt's Cemetery.
Died at Venice Center; daughter of Almerion
Tompkins of Newfield. Operated a millinery store
in Ithaca before marriage.
Burial Cobb Cemetery, West Groton.
Died at Rochester; formerly of Mecklenburg.
Died at Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News)
Steamer he was on collided with French cruiser
off the Delaware Capes. He was with recruits
headed to Paris Island, SC. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Dixon of Lake Ridge. See also: p. 5,
5/4/1918 Ithaca Journal; p. 3 , 5/18/18; p. 5,
5/22/18; p. 3, 5/23/18 and p. 3, 6/11/18. Burial at
sea.
Died at Binghamton State Hospital. Had lived at
Willseyville where buried, Willseyville Cemetery.
(p. 7, Willseyville News)
Died at home in Danby. Former proprietor of Fall
Creek Hotel. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Smith of Pittsburgh,
PA., formerly of Ithaca.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Smiley
Jennie
1918
Mapes
Frank O.
1918
Armitage
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
5/5/1918
5/7/1918
45
5/6/1918
5/8/1918
Nettie D.
75
5/7/1918
5/8/1918
Peck
Anna K.
62
5/7/1918
5/7/1918
1918
Sears
Cleon
59
5/7/1918
5/8/1918
1918
Perrigo
Morgan A.
77
5/8/1918
5/10/1918
1918
Wand
Edward
1918
Culver
Ross
56
5/9/1918
5/10/1918
1918
Hubble
Josephine
65
5/9/1918
5/9/1918
Wife of W.D. Hubble; burial East Lawn Cemetery.
1918
Leonard
John
70
5/9/1918
5/10/1918
1918
Perkins
Effie Sobera
52
5/9/1918
5/22/1918
1918
1918
Broman
King
William
Mary
Died at Central Chapel. Brother of Mrs. Amelia D.
Reed of Ithaca.
Died at West Groton. Wife of Willis Perkins and
daughter of Noyce Sobera.
Burial at Altay. (p. 9, Danby News)
Died following a lingering illness at the home of
Prof. J.H. Comstock.
5/8/1918 (notice)
5/10/1918 (notice)
5/10/1918
Page 27 of 77
5/8/1918
5/10/1918
5/11/1918
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Roulette, PA. wife of Rev. George Smiley,
formerly of Ithaca.
Died at Spring Valley. (p. 7, South Lansing News)
Also listed with date of death as 5/7/1918 in
5/10/1918 Ithaca Journal. Survived by sister, Mrs.
Willis Fenner.
Died at Oxford. Sister of Mrs. Klassie of Ithaca.
Burial at Mecklenburg.
Died at Danby; wife of John Peck. Burial King's
Cemetery.
Heart Attack Well-known farmer in the Town of Covert. Burial
Grove Cemetery. Story p. 3, 5/8/18 Ithaca
Journal.
Died at Wilkes Barre, PA. Burial at Cortland
Rural Cemetery. Had relatives in Dryden and
Freeville areas. (p.9, Dryden News)
Body brought from Rochester to home of his
brother, John. (p.7, Mecklenburg News)
Heart Disease Died at Locke. Burial Bird Cemetery.
and
Pneumonia
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Crandall
Marion G.
1918 Mr.
Wilcox
Gail
1918 Mrs.
1918
Montford
Schultz
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
5/11/1918 (notice)
5/11/1918
60
5/11/1918 (notice)
5/11/1918
J.M.
Flora B.
46
5/12/1918
5/13/1918
5/14/1918
5/14/1918
Wolcott
Earl A.
26
5/13/1918
6/24/1918
1918
Wolcott
Earl A.
5/13/1918
11/11/1919
1918
Loomis
Haines
1
5/14/1918
5/17/1918 Pneumonia
1918
1918 Mrs.
Davis
Dudgeon
Anna M.
William
25
5/15/1918
5/17/1918
5/17/1918
5/17/1918
1918
Hazen
Blair Allen
85
5/18/1918
5/20/1918
1918
Reed
Gussie Seals
39
5/18/1918
5/18/1918
1918 Mrs.
Richardson
George H.
50
5/18/1918
5/21/1918
Page 28 of 77
Notes
Killed in battle in France. She was the first
American Y.W.C.A. war worker to be killed on the
battleline. Had lived at Alameda, CA. Was a
cousin of Miss H.L. Hill of Danby. Buried in
French cemetery. Story on p. 6, 5/11/1918.
Died and buried in Buffalo; born in Jacksonville.
Burial Peruville Cemetery.
Wife of Harry Schultz; burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Died of injuries in war, battle in Germany. First
Tompkins Co. casualty. See story on p. 3.
Co. K, 18th Inf., A. E. F. Wounded by gas shell
probably near Cantiguy, France, May 8, 1918.
Died at Base Hospital in Beauvais. He had earlier
been twice wounded in the shoulder and twice
disabled by gas. Town of Caroline.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Loomis of West
Danby.
Burial Lansingville Cemetery.
Died at Elmira. Daughter of Jonathan Underdown
of Newfield. Former Ina Underdown, graduate of
Newfield schools. Taught school at Rome. Burial
at Trumbull's Corners Cemetery.
Father of Fred D. Hazen; died on his birthday.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Wife of Fred C. Reed. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Hauber
Oscar H.
1918
MacGillivray
George J.
1918
McKinney
Mary E.
82
5/22/1918
1918 Mrs.
1918 Pvt.
Noble
Lovell
Arthur
Harry
70
20
5/22/1918
5/23/1918
5/23/1918
5/23/1918
Died at Newfield; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Died from complications of diseases at Cornell
Infirmary. Was member of 22nd Engineers, 27th
Div., Camp Wadsworth. Adopted son of Mrs.
R.P. McGreevy and the late Richard P.
McGreevy. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See p. 5,
5/23/1918 and 5/25/1918 Ithaca Journal.
1918
Larison
Jay
5/24/1918 (notice)
5/24/1918
1918
Dean
Kate
5/26/1918
5/27/1918
Died at McGraw; formerly of Black Oak Corners.
(p. 9, Black Oak Corners News)
Was a well-known singer. Once sang for Pres.
Lincoln. Had sung for troops at war meetings.
Buried at Newfield. See story p. 3, 5/27/1918 and
p. 5, 5/28/1918 Ithaca Journal (photo).
1918
Lovell
Henry
5/28/1918
11/11/1919
1918 Mrs.
Wellin
Thomas
6/1/1918
6/7/1918
1918 Mrs.
Adams
C. Delos
6/4/1918
6/5/1918 Accident
1918
Harding
Michael
6/4/1918
6/8/1918
32
Death Date
5/19/1918
5/21/1918 (notice)
82
Page 29 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
5/20/1918 Pleuropneum Died at Union Springs; formerly of Ithaca.
onia
Employed by the Weather Bureau; later in the
farm machinery and insurance businesses. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
5/21/1918 Auto Accident Died at Imperial, CA. Formerly of Enfield and
Ithaca.
5/22/1918
Died at Schenectady; had lived at Forest Home
for 72 years. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
22d Engineers, 27th Div., Aviation School,
Cornell University. Died at Ithaca. Next of kin,
Mrs. R.P. McGreevy, Lehigh Valley House.
Lived at Kingtown, near Trumansburg; survived
by husband and 5 small children.
Died of injuries after struck by car. Had lived in
Moravia. See p. 2.
Died at Sayre Hospital; lived at Trumansburg.
Burial St. James Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Conger
Phoebe
1918
Waters
1918
94
6/5/1918
6/8/1918
Sarah
85
6/5/1918 (notice)
6/5/1918
Aldrich
V.V.
85
6/6/1918
6/8/1918
1918
Johns
Walter S.
12
6/6/1918
6/6/1918
1918 Mrs.
Northrup
George
6/6/1918
6/6/1918
1918
1918
Paddleford
Varick
W.M.
Grace F.
6/6/1918 (notice)
6/6/1918
6/6/1918
6/8/1918
1918
Durling
Sarah L.
80
6/7/1918
6/8/1918
Wife of J.J. Ayres Durling. Burial City Cemetery.
1918
Jansen
Edith C.
57
6/7/1918
6/8/1918
1918
Miller
Lillian
44
6/7/1918
6/7/1918
1918
Dean
Dana
77
6/8/1918
1918
Mead
Philo W.
68
6/8/1918
6/8/1918
1918
Shaw
Adelaide Elliott
72
6/8/1918
6/18/1918
1918
1918
Cain
Baker
Jacob D.
baby girl
77
infant
6/9/1918
6/10/1918
6/10/1918
6/11/1918
1918
Lanning
Julia C.
76
6/10/1918
6/10/1918
1918 Mrs.
Conklin
William
6/12/1918 (notice)
6/12/1918
Wife of Dana Jansen; lived at Brookton. Burial
W. Slaterville Cemetery.
Wife of Arthur P. Miller, former sheriff. Burial
Lake View Cemetery. See also 6/10/1918.
Civil War veteran, 30 year Post Office employee;
was despondent over ill health. Burial at Newfield.
See story on p. 5.
Former resident and burial at Cortland. See also
Ludlowville News, 6/11/1918.
Died at Baker, OR. Native of Danby; wife of John
B. Shaw.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Baker of Locke.
(p. 7, Locke News)
Died at Kennedy's Corners. Burial Hayt's
Cemetery.
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton
News)
Page 30 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Widow of Simeon Conger; had lived at West
Groton.
Former resident; buried at McLean. (p.7, McLean
News)
Had lived at Trumansburg; burial Grove
Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Johns; burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Lived near Lake Ridge. Burial Kline Cemetery.
See 6/7/1918 Ithaca Journal, too.
Husband of Clara M. Paddleford.
Heart Failure Died in New York City. Was resident of Ithaca
and matron of Cascadilla School for 10 years.
6/10/1918 Suicide by
Hanging.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Hollister
Julius
71
1918
Everhart
Robert C.
1918
Jackson
Napoleon
1918
1918
Reed
George
Joseph A.
John F.
1918
Cronk
1918
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
6/12/1918 (notice)
6/12/1918 Overexertion
6/13/1918
6/14/1918
6/13/1918
3/24/1919
76
6/13/1918
6/14/1918
6/13/1918
6/14/1918
Mary Emma
62
6/15/1918
6/17/1918
Day
Frank Miles
57
6/15/1918
6/18/1918
1918
Gunnison
Royal Arch
45
6/15/1918
1918
Van Deuzer
William H. L.
8
6/15/1918
6/17/1918
1918 Mrs.
Reese
Thomas M.
6/16/1918
6/21/1918
1918
Rightmyer
Roxanna
86
6/16/1918
6/17/1918
1918
Barra
Mary
45
6/17/1918
6/18/1918
2 mos.
Page 31 of 77
Notes
Well-known farmer lived on Mecklenburg Rd.
near Enfield. Found dead in field. Story on p. 5.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Everhart of Bostwick
Corners; leaves 7 brothers and sisters.
Murdered
Body found near Danby, at Justice Slocum's
farm. See story on p. 3. Son of Mrs. Susan
Jackson. See obituary on p. 7. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Heart Failure Died at Freeville. Husband of Eleanor B. George,
father of William R. (Daddy) George, founder of
George Junior Republic. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery. Story on p. 3.
Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
Wife of John Cronk.
Died at Philadelphia; well-known architect who
designed Cornell dormitories. See story on p. 2.
7/3/1918 Apoplectic
Stroke
Died at Juneau, Alaska, where he was former
judge of U.S. District Court. Husband of Lena C.
Gunnison. Born in Binghamton; 1906 Cornell
graduate. See story p. 5.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van Deuzer. Burial
City Cemetery.
Heart Disease Died while driving to Ithaca from Syracuse to visit
cousin, Weedon Smith, and family. Burial at
Syracuse.
Died at Central Chapel; burial Slaterville
Cemetery. Wife of John Rightmyer. See also
6/18/1918 notice.
Died following one year illness. Wife of Nick
Barra. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See 6/20/1918
notice.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Burch
Thomas G.
1918
Byers
Margaret E.
1918
1918 First Lt.
Chaffee
Groser
Rhoda Elizabeth
Leslie Herbert
1918 Pvt.
Growe
Harry
1918 Mrs.
Milligan
Marvin
1918
1918
Riker
Volbrich
John Jones
Lena
1918
Cotter
Julia
1918
Kirkendall
Albert
1918
Reynolds
1918
1918
Age
79
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
6/18/1918
6/19/1918 Heart Disease Died at Dryden; was Civil War veteran.
6/18/1918
6/18/1918
85
27
6/18/1918
6/18/1918 (notice)
6/19/1918
6/18/1918
21
6/18/1918 (notice)
6/18/1918
6/18/1918
6/19/1918
6/18/1918
6/18/1918
6/19/1918
6/27/1918
6/19/1918
6/19/1918
77
6/19/1918
6/20/1918
Horace M.
14
6/19/1918
6/20/1918
Fulkerson
Newman
Georgianna
Deborah E.
43
6/20/1918
6/20/1918
6/20/1918
6/22/1918
1918
1918
1918 Dr.
Van Tine
Vandemark
Polk
Mary
Ophelia L.
William Mecklenburg
70
63
74
6/22/1918
6/22/1918
6/23/1918
6/24/1918
6/22/1918
6/24/1918
1918 Mrs.
1918
Lazell
Williamson
Ezra
Charles
84
76
6/24/1918
6/24/1918
6/25/1918
6/26/1918
1918
Poole
William H.
6/25/1918
6/27/1918
76
16 mos.
Page 32 of 77
Wife of John J. Byers. Burial at Rensalaer, her
former home. See 6/20/1918 notice.
Burial City Cemetery.
Killed in war in France. 1913 Cornell Law School
graduate. Editor-in-Chief of Cornell Sun. Story on
p. 3.
Killed in war in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Growe of Hayt's Corners, Seneca Co. Story on p.
5.
Died at Elmira Heights at home of her son, Arthur
Milligan. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Burial South Hill Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Volbrich; burial
North Lansing Cemetery.
Burial Calvary Cemetery. See 6/20/1918 notice.
Died at home at the Davis Farm, at Hanshaw
Corners. Burial at Newfield.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Reynolds. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
Died at Pawhuska, OK, at home of daughter,
Mrs. Elmer J. Black. Burial at Ithaca.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
Died in New York City. Was Dean of Cornell
Medical College. Story on p. 3.
Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Died at Freeville; burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
See notice on 6/27/1918, too.
Found dead in bed; burial Gibb Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Daniels
Amelia
58
6/26/1918
6/28/1918
1918
1918
Schutts
Hollenbeck
Jennie
Wyland D.
71
37
6/26/1918
6/27/1918
6/26/1918
6/28/1918
1918
Teeter
Edward H.
75
6/27/1918
1918
1918 Mrs.
Cobb
Osborn
Nelson Stevens
Robert C.
72
6/28/1918
6/28/1918
6/29/1918
6/28/1918
1918
Osborn
Marguerite M.
6/29/1918
6/29/1918
1918 Mrs.
Beardsell
J.C.
53
6/30/1918
7/1/1918
1918 Mrs.
Bellis
Glenn L.
22
6/30/1918
7/9/1918
1918
Carty
Thomas
77
6/30/1918
7/2/1918
1918
Rich
Francis Orvin
7/?/1918
1918 Mrs.
Casterline
John
7/1/1918 (notice)
Page 33 of 77
Cause of
Death
7/3/1918 Stroke
11/11/1919 Chronic
Pneumonia
and
Tuberculosis
7/1/1918
Notes
Died following surgery at Buffalo. Had lived and
was buried at Ithaca.
Burial Grove Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hollenbeck. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Dryden home. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery.
Had lived and died at West Groton.
Died at Buffalo while undergoing medical
treatment. Had lived and was buried at Ithaca.
Died at Homeopathic Hospital at Buffalo 24 hours
after death of her mother. Survived by father,
Robert; brother, Robert; sister, Lois. Funeral for
mother and daughter at family residence at 303
N. Aurora St. Burial Lake View Cemetery. See
also p. 2, 7/1/1918.
Died at Sisters Hospital at Buffalo. Had lived in
Ithaca. Burial at Lancaster.
Had lived in Rochester. Married recently to Glenn
Bellis, formerly of Ithaca.
Died at Cortland. Born in Ireland; resident of
Ithaca until recently. Burial at St. Mary's
Cemetery in Cortland.
Died in France in July 1918. Motor Truck Co. 4;
2d Div. A. E. F. Next of kin, Ranson J. Rich,
Caroline Center.
Died at Washington, formerly of Ithaca. Husband
was manager of Western Union Telegraph office
in Ithaca at one time.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Everhart
1918
1918 Mrs.
1918 Cpl.
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Odus N.
7/1/1918
11/11/1919
McKee
Beckwith
Bowyer
William
Wellington
Robert C.
7/1/1918
7/2/1918
7/2/1918 (notice)
1918
Mulahy
John
1918 Pvt.
Everhart
Otis
1918
Pratt
Anna Gillow
1918
Wright
Olin H.
1918
Colby
Frank E.
1918
Dobrowlski
Anthony
1918
Van Houter
Peter H.
1918
Johnson
Nelson
18
7/2/1918
23
7/3/1918
Cause of
Death
7/6/1918
7/10/1918
7/2/1918
7/3/1918
7/26/1918 Gunshot
Wounds
7/3/1918 (notice)
7/3/1918
52
7/3/1918
7/3/1918
65
7/5/1918
7/6/1918 Pneumonia
7/5/1918
7/8/1918 Appendicitis
100
7/5/1918
7/5/1918
10
7/6/1918
7/8/1918 Tetanus
Page 34 of 77
Notes
Died of wounds received in action. Co. K, 4th Inf.,
A. E. F. Next of kin, Mrs. John Tompkins,
Newfield.
Had lived at Dryden.
Died at Malloryville. (p.7, McLean News)
Killed in war. Was in Fifth Regiment, U.S. Marine
Corps. Son of Charles and Hattie Bowyer of
Cleveland, OH, formerly of Enfield.
Resident of Ithaca for over 50 years. Burial Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
Died in France. Had lived at Newfield. Son of
Mrs. John Tompkins of Newfield. See also;
Newfield News, p. 7, 7/30/1918; p.5, 8/8/1918
and p. 3, 8/24/1918.
Died at Erie, PA. Sister of Dewitt Gillow. (p.7,
West Danby News)
Killed when tractor overturned at his farm near
Danby. Was well-known Ithaca optician. Husband
of Dorothy Wright. See story p. 3.
Died at Owego. Former resident of Groton; an
employee of Groton Bridge Co. Burial at Owego.
Died following operation at Washington, D.C.
where he worked for the government. Husband of
Margaret; native of Ithaca. Burial at Washington,
D.C.
Ithaca's only centenarian. Son of John and
Elizabeth Korts Van Houter. Husband of late
Lucinda Davis. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery. See
story p. 3.
Had stepped on a rusty nail. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ford Johnson of Richford.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Lyme
Mary Dell
1918
1918
Underwood
Walrod
William
Minetta
1918 Dr.
Whitlock
Charles E.
1918 Pvt.
Clark
Ira V.
29
7/7/1918
1918
Hinds
Richard
72
7/7/1918
7/8/1918
1918
Oueftecky
Joseph
35
7/7/1918
7/8/1918
1918
Tompkins
Friend
7/7/1918
7/8/1918
1918 Mrs.
Freese
Daniel
80
7/8/1918
7/9/1918
1918
Perrigo
Charles Mudge
80
7/8/1918
7/9/1918
1918
Tompkins
Oscar
63
7/8/1918
7/9/1918
1918
Myers
LeCount
72
7/9/1918
7/12/1918
1918
Van Order
Henry B.
7/9/1918
7/10/1918
1918
Baker
Charles A.
87
7/10/1918
7/11/1918
1918
Campbell
Louise
67
7/10/1918
7/11/1918
64
7/6/1918
7/8/1918
73
45
7/6/1918
7/6/1918
7/6/1918
7/8/1918
7/6/1918 (notice)
7/6/1918 Apoplexy
Page 35 of 77
Cause of
Death
8/27/1921 War victim
Notes
Died in hospital at Hornell. Wife of Henry F.
Lyme. Had lived at Slaterville. Burial at Lockwood
Cemetery.
Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Widow of Harry Walrod. Burial Groton Rural
Cemetery.
Died at Clifton Springs home; formerly of Ithaca.
Was a dentist.
Killed in action in France; formerly of
Trumansburg and Ludlowville. Son of David
Clark. Burial Grove Cem. See p. 5; also
8/29/1921, p. 5.
Died at home in South Danby. Born and buried at
Binghamton.
Died at Meany Sanitarium; burial Woodlawn
Cemetery, Newfield.
Died at Jacksonville Home. Burial Trumbull's
Corners Cemetery.
Died at Myers. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery,
Ludlowville.
Died at Dryden. Husband of Mary Brockway of
Berkshire. Burial at Berkshire. See obituary p. 3.
Died at Willard State Hospital. Half-brother of
Lucretia Blauvelt of Ithaca. Burial Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Died at Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Detroit where he worked for Ford Auto
Co. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial City Cemetery.
Had lived near Varna. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
Wife of Christopher Campbell. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Demun
Emeline
1918
Emmons
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
80
7/10/1918
7/161918
Formerly of Interlaken. Died at brother's home at
Seneca Castle. (p.7, Interlaken News)
Isabelle Welch
36
7/10/1918
7/11/1918
Freece
John
63
7/10/1918
7/13/1918
1918
Gridley
John Thomas
7/10/1918
7/15/1918
1918
Atwater
Edison R.
7/11/1918 (notice)
7/11/1918
1918
Robinson
George
30
7/11/1918
7/12/1918 Suicide by
Gunshot
Died at Watkins home. Wife of Richard Emmons,
daughter of Alice Welch of Danby. Burial
Coddington Rd. Cemetery.
Died at Jacksonville. Brother of Charles and
James. Burial Pony Hollow Cemetery.
Died at Candor. Prominent lawyer in Tioga Co.
and Ithaca. Graduate of Cornell and Columbia
Law School. See p. 5.
Had lived in Cortland. Burial West Genoa
Cemetery. (p.9, King Ferry News)
Despondent over mental health of his 4 year old
son, who he also killed. Had lived at Groton. See
story p. 3. See additional notice 7/13/1918.
1918
Robinson
Stanley
4
7/11/1918
1918 Dr.
Sheldon
Ralph
35
7/11/1918 (notice)
7/12/1918 Gunshot
Wound
7/11/1918
1918 Mrs.
Young
R.B.
7/11/1918
7/13/1918
1918
Ryant
Charles R.
7/13/1918
7/15/1918
1918
1918
Strong
Bush
Frank B.
William R.
7/13/1918
7/14/1918
1918
Hoover
Bessie M.
7/14/1918
7/15/1918
4/25/1919 Killed in
Action
7/15/1918
1918 Mrs.
Wright
Francis L.
7/14/1918
7/15/1918 Appendicitis
Page 36 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Father desponent over Stanley's condition. See p.
3.
Died at Pittsburgh where he was a professor at
the University of Pittsburgh. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
H.C. Sheldon of Ithaca. Well-known neurologist
and Cornell grad. See p. 5.
Died at Prospect Valley following illness of
several months. Burial Central Chapel.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Ryant, brother of
Beatrice. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Dryden; burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
Details written to mother, Mrs. Luther R. Bush.
Story p. 8.
Died at Trumansburg; wife of J.M. Hoover. Burial
at DuBois.
Died at Ludlowville following surgery. See also
7/16/1918 and p. 7, 7/22/1918.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1918 Pvt.
Bush
William R.
7/15/1918
3/19/1919 Killed in
Action
Died in France; son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bush
of Ithaca. Article on p. 5 or 3/19/1919 describes
the location of his gravesite in France.
1918
Bush
William R.
7/15/1918
5/22/1919 Killed in
Action
1918 Pvt.
Hazen
Daniel W.
7/15/1918
5/12/1919 Killed in
Action
1918
Palmer
Leon H.
infant
7/15/1918
7/15/1918
1918
Sisson
Harold R., Jr.
infant
7/15/1918
7/15/1918
1918
Swartwood
Fred C.
22
7/15/1918
10/25/1918
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bush of Ithaca.
Identification was learned through a letter from
his sister, Miss Marian Bush, in his shirt pocket.
See story on p. 7.
Presumed missing until mother and father, Mr.
and Mrs. O. C. Hazen, of Caroline Center,
received letter from a fellow soldier. See story on
p. 7.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Palmer. Burial City
Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Sisson. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Killed in war in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Swartwood of North Lansing. Story on p. 3.
1918
Swartwood
Fred Clayton
7/15/1918
11/11/1919 Killed in
Action
1918
Ward
Thomas
57
7/15/1918
7/16/1918
1918
Smith
Ward E.
10
7/16/1918
7/16/1918
1918
Welch
Alatha L.
82
7/16/1918
7/17/1918
1918 Mrs.
Abels
William
7/17/1918 (notice)
7/17/1918
Page 37 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
Co. B, 7th Inf., 3d Div., A. E. F. Died at ChateauThierry, France. Next of kin, Bert Swartwood,
R.D. 21, Locke.
Died at Willard State Hospital. Burial St. James
Cemetery in Trumansburg.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Smith of Buffalo;
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. D.F. Cook of Ithaca.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Widow of Henry B. Welch; burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
Died at Cleveland; mother of Mrs. Herman Smith
of Trumansburg. (p. 7, Trumansburg News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Burt
Jennie
1918 Pvt.
Clark
Ira V.
1918
Clark
Ira Van Order
1918
Mead
David
37
7/17/1918 (notice)
7/17/1918
1918 Pvt.
Rich
Francis
23
7/17/1918 (notice)
7/17/1918 Chronic
Pneumonia
and
Tuberculosis
1918
Bouton
Arthur C.
7/18/1918
1918 Lt.
Cole
Sidney
7/18/1918
8/15/1918
1918 Capt.
Harrison
Ray
7/18/1918
11/20/1918
1918
Slingerland
Isaac
28
7/19/1918
7/20/1918
1918
Slingerland
Maynard
4
7/19/1918
7/20/1918
1918
Hemmingway
Claudia
7/20/1918
7/25/1918
1918
Hollister
Amanda
78
7/20/1918
7/20/1918
1918
Sherman
Anna M.
77
7/20/1918
7/22/1918
29
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
7/17/1918 (notice)
7/17/1918
Died at Russell, St. Lawrence Co. Mother of Carl
Burt of Trumansburg. (p. 7, Trumansburg News)
7/17/1918
8/13/1918 Killed in
Action
Died in France. Son of mr. and Mrs. David Clark
of Ludlowville. See p. 5, 8/13/1918; 8/16/1918
Ithaca Journal.
Died of wounds received in action. Co. B, 7th Inf.,
A. E. F.
Died at Baltimore, MD. Formerly of Ithaca; burial
at Groton. See also 7/20/1918 notice.
Died while serving with the American Forces in
France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom J. Rich of
Caroline Center. See story p. 5.
7/17/1918
Page 38 of 77
11/11/1919
11/11/1919 Killed in
Action
Major, Co. G, 9th Inf., A. E. F. Recommended for
D.S.C. and promotion. Next of kin, E.P. Bouton,
Trumansburg.
Killed in
Died in France. Cornell graduate 1914. Lived in
Action
Corning. See p. 2.
Killed in action in France. Brother of Lt. Col.
George Harrison. Story p. 2.
Drowned
Drowned in Cayuga Inlet while swimming with his
4 year old son on his back. Son apparently
holding father's neck too tightly. Burial Cobleskill.
See story on p. 3.
Drowned
Drowned in Cayuga Inlet while swimming with his
father. See story on p. 3.
Died at Dryden; burial at virginia. (p. 7, Dryden
News)
Heart Disease Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Buried at Orange, NJ.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
69
7/20/1918
7/22/1918
20
7/21/1918
1918
Teed
Jerome B.
1918 Lt.
Snyder
Robert Yarnall
1918
Scoville
Ralph I.
1918
Laro
Frank
45
7/23/1918
7/24/1918 Accident
1918
PerLee
Claribel Jordan
43
7/23/1918
7/25/1918
1918
Preston
Helen M.
7/23/1918
7/29/1918
1918
Bower
Anna L.
7/24/1918
7/26/1918
1918
Case
Alma
7/24/1918
7/24/1918
1918
Foote
Adelia Coe
7/24/1918
8/26/1918
1918
Keiber
Hazel M.
7/24/1918
7/26/1918
1918
Bouton
Carrie E.
7/25/1918
7/26/1918
1918 Miss
Clark
Sabra E.
7/25/1918
7/26/1918
7/22/1918
42
65
Page 39 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Well-known harness maker; born in
Trumansburg. Member of Masonic Order; burial
City Cemetery.
7/22/1918 Accident
Killed in plane crash in Texas; member of Cornell
Law School Class of 1920; formerly of Elmira.
Story on p. 5.
7/23/1918 Heart Failure Died at Cornwall, CT where he went to attend his
grandmother's funeral. Was living at Washington,
D.C.; Cornell graduate 1914. Husband of former
Frances Bigelow of Ithaca.
Killed when two machines carrying Lehigh Valley
Railroad construction workers collided on the
tracks north of Newfield. Story on p. 3.
Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Wife of
Harry H. PerLee. Burial at McLean.
Died at Waukesha, WI. Widow of E.J. Preston of
Amenia, NY. Had lived in Ithaca; burial
Amenia,NY.
Died at Lansing. Widow of Jay Bower; burial at
family plot in Ludlowville.
Died at Cortland hospital. Widow of James Case.
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Died at home of her daughter, Mrs. E.P. Boynton
at Cedar Rapids, IA. Wife of W.J.P. Foote,
former Ithaca florist.
Died at Rochester; wife of Sgt. Edward J. Keiber.
Former Hazel White of Ithaca; burial at Romulus.
Died at Buffalo; formerly of Ithaca. Widow of
DeWitt C. Bouton. Burial Green Hill Cemetery.
Had lived and was buried at CarolineC Center.
Sister of R.C. Clark and Hannah Snow of
Caroline Center.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Smith
Herbert Lemuel
1918 Mrs.
Tanner
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
62
7/25/1918
7/26/1918
Had lived in Ithaca; burial at Trumansburg. See
also Krum's Corners News p. 7, 7/31/1918.
Delos
80
7/25/1918
7/26/1918
Capozzi
Mary
40
7/26/1918
7/26/1918
1918
Klinko
Andrew
65
7/26/1918
7/26/1918 Accident
1918
Kellogg
George
7/27/1918
7/30/1918
1918
Wilcox
Clara
2 mos.
7/27/1918
7/29/1918
1918
Zucal
Joe
30
7/27/1918
7/29/1918 Accident
1918
Wilson
Ruby
21
7/28/1918
7/29/1918
1918
Cheseborough
Frank
74
7/29/1918
8/1/1918
1918
Embree
John H.
7/29/1918
8/12/1918 Killed in
Action
Had lived at East Groton; burial Groton Rural
Cemetery.
Mother of Angelo, Mina and Theresa. Burial at
Calvary Cemetery.
Struck and killed by Lehigh Express Train No. 17
at Creedon's Curve near Newfield. He was a
section hand on Lehigh RR; walking to work
because he feared riding on the section car due
to accident at that location 2 days earlier. Brother
of Edward, Sr., and Stephen Klinko of Cliff St.
See p. 3.
Died at Brooklyn. Formerly of Interlaken. (p.7,
Interlaken News)
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wilcox.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Struck by Lehigh passenger train near
Ludlowville. Former employee at Rock Salt Corp.
and had eye injuries as a result of an accident
there a year ago. Burial at Calvary Cemetery.
Story p. 3.
Daughter of Daniel Wilson. Had 6 sisters, one
brother. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Dayton, OH; formerly of Ithaca. Husband
of Ida Cheseborough.
Died in France. Member of Cornell Class of 1920.
Lived at College Point, NY. See story p. 3.
1918
Williams
Henry Shaler
7/31/1918
8/10/1918
1918 Capt.
Baldwin
William Wright
8/1/1918
9/23/1918
35
Page 40 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died in Cuba. Was Professor Emeritus in geology
at Cornell. See also p. 3, 8/12/1918.
Killed in action in France. Well-known member of
Cornell, Class of 1905. See p. 2.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918 Lt.
Crawford
Conrad
24
8/1/1918
9/11/1918
1918 Mrs.
Smith
Calvin
8/1/1918
8/3/1918
1918
Hazen
Durion N.
8/2/1918
8/3/1918
1918
Roof
C. Webster
8/4/1918
8/6/1918
1918
Collins
Martha E.
8/5/1918
8/6/1918
1918
Manning
George
8/5/1918
8/10/1918
1918
Manning
George B.
8/5/1918
8/21/1918
1918 Mrs.
1918
Silsbee
Howell
David
Bert
76
49
8/5/1918
8/7/1918
8/5/1918
8/8/1918
1918 Lt.
Riley
Lowell Hobart
22
8/7/1918
9/11/1918
6
62
Page 41 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Killed in action in France. Son of late Gilbert
Crawford of Nyack, NY, Cornell 1906. Story on p.
3.
Died at Los Angeles, CA. Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Anson (Sarah) Spencer of Ithaca.
Died of an acute attack of stomach trouble,
believed to have been caused by undigested
food. Son of Prof. and Mrs. Leslie E. Hazen.
Pleasant Grove Cemetery burial. See report: p.3,
8/3/1918 and p. 3, 8/13/1918.
Died at Utica following illness of several months.
Was Cornell student, in ROTC and assistant
instructor in Sibley College Machine Design dept.
Wife of James G. Collins; burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Died following an appendectomy in NYC. Son of
Frances Manning of Jacksonville. (p.7,
Jacksonville News)
Died following appendectomy at Brooklyn. Son of
Mrs. Frances F. Manning of Jacksonville;
husband of Jane Manning; graduate of Eastman
Business College. Was in sales dept. of
Seamans, Cobb, and Co. of Boston.
Died at Caroline; burial Caroline Cemetery.
Died at Auburn Hospital of infection following
farm accident. Had lived at Ludlowville. Obituary
p. 3. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. See also
8/9/1918.
Killed in action in France. Member of Cornell
Class of 1922. Story on p. 3.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Barnhardt
Alice S.
1918
Bower
1918
55
8/8/1918
8/8/1918
Wagoner Frank R.
35
8/8/1918
9/7/1918
Clute
John A.
56
8/9/1918
8/9/1918 Suicide by
Gunshot
1918
Dudley
Earl B.
8/9/1918 (notice)
8/9/1918
1918 Dr.
Hill
Fred
8/9/1918 (notice)
8/9/1918
1918
Geary
Michael
8/10/1918
8/10/1918 Gunshot
1918
Higgins
Harry B.
8/12/1918
8/13/1918 Drowned
1918
Roe
Sarah Greent
8/12/1918
8/13/1918
1918
Crawford
Frank
8/13/1918
8/14/1918
1918
1918
1918
Metcalf
Redfield
Stobbs
Helen O.
Robert C.
Herbert Ellington
8/14/1918
8/14/1918
8/15/1918
8/28/1918
8/15/1918
8/16/1918
1918 Mrs.
Knapp
Isaac
8/16/1918
8/17/1918
86
43
infant
Page 42 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Wife of Webster Barnhardt of Brookton. Burial
Quick Cemetery. See also p. 7, Bell School
District News, 8/14/1918.
Died from wounds suffered in war in France. Had
worked for Lehigh Valley Railroad in Ithaca. Was
engaged to Gladys A. Blauvelt of Ithaca. See
story p. 3.
Despondent over business failure, closing of
Rock Salt Corp. at Portland Point. See story p. 3,
8/9/1918 and p. 5 of 8/24/1918 Ithaca Journal.
Killed in war in France; marine with 55th Co.,
Fifth Marine Regiment. Son of late John Dudley
of Ithaca and Clara J. Dudley of Roxbury. See p.
5.
Died at Brooklyn home. Formerly of Trumansburg
where he was buried.
Shot by son, Joseph John Geary, as he
threatened the son with an ax while in drunken
rage. Story p. 3, 8/10/1918 and 8/12/1918.
Drowned while swimming in Taughannock Creek.
Well-known farmer in Jacksonville. See story p.
3.
Died at Lansing, MI. Was well-known in her early
life at Slaterville.
Died at Black Oak Corners home. See also
8/17/1918. Burial Enfield Center Cemetery.
Lived at West Danby. Burial at Hornell.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Stobbs. Brother of
Marie. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Formerly of Spencer. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
1918
1918
Knapp
Hildebrant
Roth
Mary J.
Ruel
Philip (family)
1918
Clarke
William F.
1918
1918
Fortner
Jordan
Eliza M.
Gladys V.
1918
Lee
Charles H.
1918 Mrs.
Simpson
Robert
87
8/19/1918 (notice)
1918
Hall
William Burritt
52
8/20/1918
1918
McHale
Patrick
8/21/1918
1918
Smith
Fred
8/21/1918
1918
Warner
Grace Kellogg
8/21/1918
1918
Armstrong
Ulysses
8/22/1918
87
40
Death Date
8/16/1918
8/17/1918
8/17/1918
8/19/1918 (notice)
16 mos.
8/19/1918
8/19/1918
8/19/1918 (notice)
Page 43 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
8/16/1918
8/17/1918
Died at Slaterville Springs.
8/17/1918 Shooting/Fire Died after being shot and house set on fire.
Believed to have been caused by the mother,
Mrs. Philip Roth. Killed were Mr. and Mrs. Roth
and 5 children, aged 5 to 11 years old. See story
p. 2, 8/17/1918 and p. 3, 8/19/1918.
8/19/1918
Died at home at Winnipeg, Canada. Born and
raised in Ludlowville. Brother of Mrs. Margaret
Myers of Ludlowville.
8/21/1918
Burial Curtis Cemetery in Danby.
8/19/1918
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jordan of
Hanshaw Corners. Burial Pleasant Grove.
8/19/1918
Died at Binghamton. Had been employed at Cook
Mfg. Co. Husband of former Maud Hinds of
Jacksonville.
8/19/1918
Died at Shawnee, OK. Former Mary J. McCorn of
Newfield. Widow of Robert who died one year
ago. Burial at Jamesville, IA, where they had
lived.
8/24/1918 Apoplexy
Died at summer home near Erie, PA. Son of the
late Ogden Hoffman and Hettie Eliza Burritt Hall.
Native of Ithaca; husband of former Alice West
Fielder. Prominent in business and musical
circles.
8/21/1918
Husband of Mary McHale. Father of 3 daughters
and 6 sons. Burial Mt. Olivet.
8/22/1918
Died at Elmira. Former manager for Singer
Sewing Machine Co. in Ithaca. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
8/21/1918
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arvilla K. Warner.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
8/29/1918
Died at Mohawk, NY; formerly of Mecklenburg.
Burial Mecklenburg Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Button
Roland
28
8/23/1918
8/24/1918 Drowned
1918
Banfield
Eda
62
8/24/1918
8/26/1918
1918
Collins
Mary E.
80
8/25/1918
8/26/1918
1918
McAllistar
Michael
82
8/26/1918
8/26/1918
1918 Mrs.
Reardon
John
36
8/26/1918
8/26/1918
1918
Cutter
Nelson
86
8/27/1918
8/27/1918
1918 Ens.
Randolph
George F.
8/27/1918
10/25/1918
1918
Birch
Parker
1918
Gallagher
1918
44
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
8/28/1918
8/29/1918 Suicide by
Shooting
Charles H.
8/28/1918
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
Grant
George H.
8/28/1918
9/7/1918
1918
Monahan
Mary
8/28/1918
8/29/1918
1918
1918 Mrs.
Quirk
Shaw
Thomas
Bert L.
8/28/1918
8/28/1918
8/29/1918
8/29/1918
Page 44 of 77
Notes
Drowned in Lake Como, Cayuga County when he
and his wife went into the lake to bathe. Could
not swim and stepped into a deep hole. Wellknown and prosperous farmer near Summerhill.
Story p. 3.
Widow of Eugene Banfield. Was a trustee and
treasurer of Ellis Methodist Church.
Widow of Arthur Collins. Burial Asbury Cemetery.
Born in Dundalk, Ireland. Husband of Ann
Connolly McAllister. Had been in meat business
with brother, Patrick, for many years. Burial
Calvary Cemetery. See p. 3.
Died at Muskegon, MI. Former Vena Leebody of
Slaterville, daughter of Mrs. Henry Leebody.
Lived all his life in Newfield. No known relatives.
Burial Seabring Settlement.
Died in submarine attack off Fire Island, NY.
Cornell graduate. See p. 5.
Was Danby Highway Superintendent; despondent
over the failure of construction work on the Bald
Hill Road. See story on p. 2.
Captain Medical Corps. Died at Base Hospital in
Orleans, France. Next of kin, Mrs. Charles H.
Gallagher, Ithaca.
Died at Chicago. Husband of Pheobe Osborne
Grant. Burial at City Cemetery family plot.
Internment in the Driscoll Vault, Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Died at Peruville.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1918
Burchfield
Robert L.
1918 Pvt.
Burchfield
Robert Lytle
24
8/29/1918
9/10/1918
1918
Ellenwood
Cecelia A.
2
8/31/1918
1918 Pvt.
Sutphen
William Earl
23
8/31/1918
9/3/1918 Cyclic
Vomitting
9/26/1918 Killed in
Action
1918
Sutphen
William Earl
1918
1918
1918 Pvt.
Riggs
Smith
Case
Mary E.
Ivan
Henry
1918
Nichols
1918 Mrs.
8/29/1918
8/31/1918
Notice Date
11/11/1919 Schrapnel
Wounds
11/11/1919 Killed in
Action
9/3/1918
9/4/1918 Convulsions
6/6/1921 War victim
infant
9/1/1918
9/1/1918
9/2/1918
Wilbur F.
53
9/2/1918
9/4/1918
Boyer
Harry
45
9/3/1918
9/3/1918
1918
Allen
Mary Louisa
79
9/4/1918 (notice)
9/4/1918
1918
Kinney
Joseph B.
88
9/4/1918
9/5/1918
1918
Nicholson
Clara Belle
9/4/1918 (notice)
9/4/1918
1918
1918
1918
Perkins
Case
Smith
Edward A.
Henry James
William D.
64
9/5/1918
9/8/1918
9/8/1918
Page 45 of 77
Cause of
Death
9/5/1918
10/16/1918
9/9/1918
Notes
Lewis Machine Gun Section, 116th Bat.,
Canadian E. F. Died at casualty clearing station
on the battlefield. Next of kin, H. W. Burchfield,
408 E. Tompkins St.
Died in battle in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
H.W. Burchfield. Story on p. 3.
Daughter of Prof. and Mrs. F.O. Ellenwood. Body
sent to Rochester for cremation.
Died in France. Son of Mrs. C.M. Sutphen. Had
been employed with Lehigh Valley Railroad. Story
on p. 3.
Co. M, 807th Inf., A. E. F. Next of kin, Mrs.
Charles M. Sutphen, 110 Lake Ave.
Burial at Syracuse.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith of Freeville.
Killed in action in France. Was a member of
Machine Gun Company, 305th Infantry, 77th
Division. Burial Groton Rural Cem. (p. 7, Groton
News.) See also 6/13/1921, p. 7.
Died at home in Elmira. Had been salesman for
17 years for J.C. Stowell & Co., wholesale
grocery business in Ithaca. Was born and buried
at VanEtten.
Resident of Speedsville; wife of Harry, mother of
Clarence.
Died at VanEtten; burial at VanEtten's Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
Died at Brookton home; burial Quick's Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Nicholson of
Kings Mill, Ontario, former Ithacans.
Died at Renwick Heights. Burial at Ellis.
Killed in action in France. (p.9, Locke News)
Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
71
9/9/1918
9/10/1918
83
9/9/1918
9/10/1918
9/9/1918
9/10/1918
33
9/9/1918
9/9/1918
78
9/11/1918
9/18/1918
1918
Garlic
Martha D.
1918
Randolph
Rachel A.
1918
Seaman
Lott B.
1918
Sincebaugh
Josephine
1918 Rev.
Bailey
Alvin F.
1918
Buttles
John E.
9/11/1918
1918
Miles
Roswell
9/11/1918
1918 Mrs.
1918
Purvis
North
George
George W.
1918 Lt.
Suiter
Wilbur Carleton
9/12/1918
9/11/1918 Neuralgia of
the Heart
9/13/1918 Farm
Accident
9/11/1918
4/29/1919 Killed in
Action
10/25/1918
1918 Lt.
Farnsworth
Thomas H.
9/13/1918
10/24/1918
1918
Smith
William C.
9/13/1918
9/18/1918
1918
Hogan
John M.
9/14/1918
9/21/1918
1918 Mrs.
1918
Hyde
Ryan
Clarence
Joseph J.
9/15/1918
9/15/1918
9/17/1918
9/16/1918
23
76
65
9/11/1918 (notice)
9/12/1918
Page 46 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Had lived in Auburn. Burial in Rose, NY where
she was born.
Wife of David Randolph, mother of William.
Came to Ithaca at age 6 with parents from Bound
Brook, NJ. Burial City Cemetery.
Died at Hornell at home of his son, Dr. Arthur
Seaman. Burial City Cemetery.
Wife of Ira Sincebaugh, daughter of Albert
Chapman. Burial at Homer.
Died at New York City. Was pastor at Barre, MA
for 30 years. Formerly of Etna. Widower of
Minerva Wilcox of Etna.
Had lived at VanEtten. Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Well-known Locke farmer. Story p. 3.
(p. 7, McLean News)
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberts of Ithaca.
Story on p. 3.
Killed in war in France. Cornell graduate, 1913.
Had lived at Shamokin, PA. See p. 5.
Died after plane shot down in France. Cornell
architecture graduate; see story p. 3.
Died at Brooklyn home. Formerly of Ludlowville,
son of Philemon Smith. Had been employed at
A.S. Barnes Bookstore in Brooklyn. (p. 9,
Ludlowville News)
Died at Taylorville, IL. Member of Cornell Law
School, Class of 1919.
Lived and was buried at Groton.
Had been in ice cream and confectionary
business; former employee of M.W. Quick
Bakery. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Wilson
Jane Elizabeth
1918
Strong
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
59
9/15/1918
9/16/1918
Wife of Palm Wilson. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Asa
54
9/16/1918
9/16/1918 Suicide by
Hanging.
Mosley
M. Melissa
82
9/19/1918
9/20/1918
1918
Wallace
Archie I.
1918
Wallace
Wagoner Archie
Died at Dryden. Despondent over death of his
brother, Frank, 2 months ago. Was well-known
cattle dealer. Burial at Virgil.
Died at West Groton. Widow of Edmund
Moseley. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
In France. Co. I, 53rd Inf., A. E. F. Next of kin,
Charles B. Wallace, Etna.
Died in France where he was serving American
Forces on an ammunition train. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles B. Wallace of Etna. Story on p. 3.
1918
Bull
1918
9/19/1918
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
24
9/19/1918
10/5/1918 Pneumonia
Sarah J.
69
9/20/1918
9/21/1918
Byrum
Roderic
74
9/20/1918
10/4/1918
1918 Dr.
Gallagher
Charles H.
42
9/20/1918 (notice)
9/20/1918
1918
Sanford
Rachel
78
9/21/1918
9/24/1918
1918
1918
1918
Stout
Harris
Pole
Allen
Mary E.
Alice
90
78
9/21/1918
9/22/1918
9/22/1918
9/23/1918
9/23/1918
9/28/1918
1918 Rev.
Madden
M.T.
70
9/23/1918
9/24/1918
Page 47 of 77
Notes
Died at Slaterville. Widow of Ambrose Bull. Burial
Mulks Cemetery.
Heart Failure Died at Enfield. Widower of Elizabeth
Wallenbeck. Civil War veteran. See Enfield
Center News, p. 7.
Gassed
Died in war in France. Well-known Ithaca
physician. Husband of Stella Lyons, son of Dr.
and Mrs. C. Gallagher of Slaterville Springs. See
story on p. 3 of 9/20 & 21/1918.
Paralytic
Died at Genoa; formerly of Ithaca. Widow of
Shock
Luther Sanford. Burial at Five Corners.
Pneumonia
Died at McLean. Burial at Cortland.
Widow of Almon Harris. Burial City Cemetery.
Died in New York City; formerly of Ithaca.
Daughter of Mrs. M.A. Norton, Trumansburg.
Burial Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Died at Phelps. Was pastor at St. James Church
in Trumansburg for 29 years and at Phelps St.
Francis Church for 9 years.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Webster
Georgia Cox
1918
Brooks
Clara A.
1918
Jones
Mary
1918
Reynolds
Robert N.
1918
1918
Shaw
Armstron
William D.
Hanford Morgan
1918 Pvt.
Armstrong
1918
1918
1918
Age
29
24
Death Date
Notice Date
9/25/1918
9/27/1918
9/26/1918
10/2/1918
9/27/1918
9/30/1918
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Phillopston, MA. Wife of Ronald Webster.
Formerly taught school and lived at Newfield.
Burial Johnstown, NY.
Died at North Lansing. Wife of James A. Brooks.
Died at Philadelphia. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jason Jones, Enfield. Burial Enfield Cemetery.
9/27/1918
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
55
9/27/1918
9/28/1918
9/27/1918
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
Hanford
22
9/28/1918
9/30/1918 Pneumonia
Bristol
Dykeman
Fowler
Frances Hall
Jonas Hazard
Lucy P.
72
60
9/28/1918
9/28/1918
9/28/1918
1918
Landon
Daniel
76
9/28/1918
9/28/1918
10/1/1918
9/28/1918 Suicide by
Inhaling Gas
9/28/1918
1918
Renney
Helen Clark
57
9/28/1918
1918
Slocum
Cornelia
9/28/1918
Sister of Mrs. Martha H. Mount.
Died at Trumansburg. Burial Mecklenburg.
Widow of Frederick Fowler. Story p. 3,
9/30/1918.
Civil War veteran, Post Office janitor. Burial City
Cemetery.
9/30/1918 Stroke
Widow of Alfred Renney; had lived at
Complication Summerhill. Burial at Groton Rural Cemetery.
s
10/1/1918
Died at King Ferry; burial King Ferry Cemetery.
1918
O'Connell
Catherine
9/29/1918
9/30/1918
Page 48 of 77
Musician, Camp Dix. Died at Camp Dix. Next of
kin, Mrs. Robert N. Reynolds.
Had been a painter. Burial at City Cemetery.
Died at Syracuse Recruit Camp. Next of kin,
George Armstrong, South Lansing.
Died in Syracuse hospital. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Armstrong of South Lansing. Burial
Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Story on p. 2.
Formerly of Rochester; came to Ithaca to live with
her sister, Mrs. Sarah Burns. Burial at Ovid, at
family plot.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Parker
James M.
1918 Cpl.
Pinckney
Alto
1918 Pvt.
Simpson
Horace
1918
Simpson
1918
1918 Pvt.
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
9/29/1918
10/4/1918
9/29/1918
3/23/1919 War victim
9/29/1918
12/3/1918 Killed in
Action
Horace
9/29/1918
11/11/1919 Killed in
Action
Howe
Morey
David
Harry
9/30/1918
9/30/1918
1918
Morey
Harry E.
9/30/1918
10/1/1918 Pneumonia
11/26/1918 Bronchial
Pneumonia
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
1918
Thomas
Della M.
9/30/1918
10/2/1918
1918 Mrs.
Horton
Philip
10/1/1918 (notice)
10/1/1918 Pneumonia
1918 Pvt.
Kilmer
Leland A.
10/1/1918
11/5/1918 Pneumonia
1918
MacGowan
Bessie
10/1/1918
10/8/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Niver
Russell M.
10/1/1918 (notice)
10/1/1918
82
25
17
6
Page 49 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died in Owego; born in Caroline. Son of Samuel
and Lydia Genung Parker. Civil War veteran;
former resident of Ithaca. Burial at Harbor Beach,
MI, next to his wife.
Killed in action and buried on the Hindenburg
Line; remains returned for burial in Grove Cem.
Son o f Clayton Pinckney. (p. 15, Trumansburg
News.)
Son of Mrs. Harriet Simpson and husband of
Lena Johnston of Hall, NY. Ithaca native; had
worked in printer's trade. See p. 3.
Co. B, 108th Inf., 27th Div. Died in France. Next
of kin, Mrs. Lena Johnson Simpson, East
Railroad Avenue.
Died at Grotto.
Died at hospital in France. Son of Mrs. Sarah
Morey of Ludlowville, formerly of Cortland.
Died overseas. Battery B, 344th Field Artillery,
37th Div., A. E. F. Next of kin, Mrs. Sarah Morey,
Ludlowville.
Widow of Aubrey Thomas; had lived at Freeville.
Died at Peoria, IL. Daughter of Mrs. O.P. Mabee
of Ithaca.
Died in France. Brother of Mrs. Asa Swayze and
Leslie Kilmer of Ithaca. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Kilmer of Auburn. See p. 3.
Died at Washington. Formerly of Ithaca. Had a 4
year old son now in Ithaca with Miss Van
Derhoef.
Died at Schnectady. Son of the late Clarence O.
Niver. Formerly of Ithaca.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Havens
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Daniel
10/2/1918
11/15/1918
Heher
Sylvester
10/2/1918
10/5/1918
1918
Little
Mary Elizabeth
10/2/1918
10/10/1918
1918
Hollenbeck
Edward M.
10/3/1918 (notice)
10/3/1918
1918
Stewart
Lawrence
10/3/1918 (notice)
10/3/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Strait
Alice May Kelsey
28
10/3/1918
1918
Gilbert
William
36
10/4/1918
10/5/1918 Pneumonia
1918 Mrs.
1918 Mrs.
Johnson
Lang
Charles
Fred
10/4/1918
10/4/1918 (notice)
10/7/1918
10/4/1918
1918
Lobdell
Herbert
10/4/1918
10/8/1918
1918
Mead
Leland C.
10/4/1918
11/25/1918 Killed in
Action
1918
1918
Allen
Felter
John S.
Ross
73
10/5/1918
10/5/1918
10/8/1918
10/26/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Mills
Maude
39
10/5/1918
Page 50 of 77
Cause of
Death
10/15/1918
10/7/1918
Notes
Killed in action in France. Had lived in Newfield.
Brother of Ray Havens of Locke. Story p. 3.
Died at Elmira. Brother of Mrs. Michael Driscoll of
Ithaca.
Wife of Virgil V. Little; formerly of Ithaca. Burial at
Groton.
Died at Newport, R.I. Naval Training Camp. Son
of Mrs. Addie Hollenbeck of Candor. Story p. 2.
Died at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Son
of former Ithacan and Cornell professor, O.M.
Stewart.
Died at Philadelphia; wife of Edward B. Strait;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Kelsey of Dryden.
Burial Green Hills Cemetery.
Died while on a family vacation in Jamaica. Had
been manager at Corona Typewriter Co. in
Groton for 6 years. Burial at Knoxville, PA.
Had lived at Groton.
Daughter of Fred Parker of Freeville. Had lived at
Virgil. See p. 7, Freeville News.
Died at Idaho Falls, ID. Formerly of Ithaca. Son
of Mrs. L.B. Lobdell. See 10/15/1918 also.
Died 3 weeks before his brother, Capt. Theodore
F. Mead was also killed in action. Leland had
lived at Morrisville, NY.
Died at Waterburg; burial Jones Cemetery.
Died at Minneapolis, MN; formerly of Pleasant
Valley, p. 9.
Wife of John Mills; mother of Gladys and
Catherine. Daughter of Charles F. Kiff. Had lived
at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918 Mrs.
Morton
Peter
1918
Van Atta
1918 Lt.
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
10/5/1918
10/7/1918
Lived at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Max
10/5/1918 (notice)
10/5/1918 Pneumonia
Hastings
Walcott B.
10/6/1918
11/27/1918 Killed in
Action
1918
1918
1918
Hutchinson
Lormor
Shaw
Florence West
Nancy
William
10/6/1918
10/6/1918
10/6/1918
1918
Coon
Leon
10/12/1918 Pneumonia
10/7/1918
10/7/1918 Acute
Alcoholism
10/12/1918 Pneumonia
Died in Recruit Camp in Syracuse. Had lived in
Spencer.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Hastings of NY
City. 1915 Cornell graduate. Well-known here.
Story p. 3.
Died at Dryden.
Died at Groton; burial Dryden Cemetery.
Son of Henry Shaw; burial City Cemetery.
1918
Chase
Christobel Dorothy
1918
1918
Dorn
Evans
Paul Miller
Arthur R.
1918 Cpl.
Henighen
James B.
1918
Kinsella
Margaret
1918
Little
Isaac
1918
Masters
Louise J.
1918 Lt.
Miller
Stanley M.
1918
Snyder
Eugene
79
24
9
62
86
25
10/7/1918
Cause of
Death
10/8/1918
10/8/1918
10/8/1918
10/8/1918 (notice)
10/8/1918
10/8/1918 Pneumonia
10/8/1918
11/18/1918
10/8/1918
10/10/1918
10/8/1918 (notice)
10/8/1918
10/8/1918
10/9/1918
10/8/1918
12/9/1918 Pneumonia
10/8/1918
10/12/1918 Pneumonia
Page 51 of 77
Notes
Died at North Lansing. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Coon. Burial North Lansing Cemetery.
Daughter of Mrs. Alice Chase. Was a Sunday
School secretary at Zion Methodist Church
Son of Fred E. Dorn of Coddington Rd.
Had been a hotel manager in Atlanta, GA and
president of Hotel Manager's Association of
Georgia. Interred in vault at Lakeview Cemetery.
Killed in action in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Henighen. Well-known Ithaca family.
See story p. 3.
Died at Trumansburg; burial St. James
Cemetery.
Had lived at Cortland. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Munsey Little of Dryden. Father of Edwin and
Paul. (Dryden News, p. 9)
Sister of Livingston Masters. Burial Fisher
Cemetery.
Died in France. 1912 Cornell graduate. Son of
Mrs. James Taylor, Ionia, MI. See also
12/10/1918.
Had lived at Dryden.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Stanton
Edith
1918
1918
Struble
Wilcox
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
54
10/8/1918
10/9/1918
Hiram
Leonard
71
10/8/1918
10/8/1918 (notice)
10/9/1918
10/8/1918
Burr
Sarah
94
10/9/1918 (notice)
10/9/1918
1918
Davenport
Mary E.
76
10/9/1918
10/10/1918
1918
Fausette
Robert
42
10/9/1918
10/16/1918
1918
Howe
Rispa
90
10/9/1918 (notice)
10/9/1918
1918
Oakley
Charles
10/9/1918 (notice)
10/9/1918
1918
Boyle
Zella Miller
1918
Hawley
Iva M.
1918
Hoover
Pruma A.
1918 Lt.
Horton
1918
27
Cause of
Death
10/10/1918
10/14/1918 Pneumonia
10/10/1918
10/11/1918 Pneumonia
70
10/10/1918
10/11/1918
Harding F.
25
10/10/1918
12/16/1918 Killed in
Action
McClenothen
Phyllis
16
10/10/1918 (notice)
10/10/1918 Typhoid
Fever
1918
Wakeman
Lucinda S.
78
10/11/1918
10/12/1918
1918
Beam
William
60
10/12/1918
10/14/1918
Page 52 of 77
Notes
Sister of Clayton Stanton. Burial East Lawn. (p.7,
10/12/1918 Newfield News)
Died at Danby; burial Curtis Cemetery.
Died at Binghamton; had lived at West Richford.
(p.9, Caroline News)
Lived near West Dryden. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery. (p.7 Etna News)
Widow of Moses Davenport. Burial Hayt's
Cemetery.
Died following lingering illness at Interlaken
Beach. Husband of former Cora Huston and son
of Mrs. L.B. Walton; burial Lake View Cemetery.
See lengthy obituary.
Oldest resident of McLean. (p.7, McLean News)
Had been a resident at the County Home for
several years. (p.7, McLean News)
Died at Petersburg Hospital in Virginia. Wife of
Lt. John R. Boyle; daughter of Mrs. Miller of
Ithaca. Burial at City Cemetery
Wife of Patrick Hawley. Had lived at Syracuse;
formerly of Ithaca. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Died at Caroline. Wife of George W. Hoover;
burial Quick Cemetery.
Member of the 33rd Div., National Guard of
Illinois. Son of Mrs. Jennie Horton of Forest
Home. Story on p. 5.
Died at Akron, OH. Daughter of Robert
McClenothen of Akron and niece of Elsie Markell
of Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at Trumansburg. Widow of Moses
Wakeman. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918 Mrs.
Esty
William W.
1918
Heath
Claude Edward
1918
Morgan
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
10/12/1918 (notice)
10/12/1918
16
10/12/1918
10/14/1918 Influenza
Myrtle M.
35
10/12/1918
10/14/1918 Pneumonia
Payne
Marion M.
25
10/12/1918
10/18/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Straight
Alice
10/12/1918 (notice)
10/12/1918
1918
Vought
Henry H.
10/12/1918
10/16/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Blaus
Martha
10/13/1918
10/14/1918 Pneumonia
1918
1918
Grady
Lamont
Ralph
Charles
10/13/1918
10/13/1918
11/29/1918 Flu
10/15/1918 Pneumonia
1918
McCormick
Alice
8
10/13/1918
10/14/1918 Pneumonia
1918
1918
1918
Milburn
Fuller
Laszio
Ide
Rosettta
Julia
45
10/13/1918
10/14/1918
10/14/1918
10/14/1918
10/15/1918
10/15/1918 Grip
1918
Niland
Edward J.
33
10/14/1918
10/14/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Palmer
Clara W.
10/14/1918
10/15/1918 Grip
1918
Terry
Myrtle A.
10/14/1918
10/14/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Wood
Fanny Montgomery
10/14/1918
10/19/1918 Pneumonia
Page 53 of 77
Notes
Died at New Orleans. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial
City Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Heath. Burial Brookton
Cemetery.
Wife of Herbert F. Morgan, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Beers of Danby. Burial Curtiss
Cemetery.
Died at Herkimer. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Payne of Trumansburg. Burial Ovid Cemetery.
Died at Philadelphia. Burial Green Hills
Cemetery. (p.7, Dryden News)
Died at Ilion, formerly of Slaterville Springs. (See
Slaterville News, p. 9)
Had been a school teacher at Ludlowville for 2
years. Had lived and was buried at North Harper.
Died at Buffalo. (p. 9, Myers news)
Died at Syracuse. Son of Mrs. A.B. Lamont. (p. 9,
Groton News)
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McCormick.
Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Lived in Ithaca. Burial at Horseheads.
Died in Elmira at home of sister.
Wife of Joseph Laszio. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Had been a fireman on D.L. & W. Railroad; burial
Calvary Cemetery.
Died at Brooklyn. Wife of Percy F. Palmer;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wager. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Wife of Clinton Terry. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Joyce. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
Died at Dryden. Wife of F. Walter Wood.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Breen
Josephine
1918 Pvt.
Cazenovia
Henry A.
10/15/1918
2/7/1919
1918
Dissin
Emma
10/15/1918
10/22/1918
1918 Pvt.
Hoyt
Richard J.
25
10/15/1918
2/22/1919 Pneumonia
1918
Leonard
Minnie O.
48
10/15/1918
10/16/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Sears
Anna
36
10/15/1918
10/16/1918 Grip
1918 Mrs.
1918
Carman
Cooper
J.O.
Pearl May
10/16/1918
10/16/1918
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
Died at Trumansburg.
Died at Newark. Burial West Danby Cemetery.
1918
1918 Cpl.
DeWitt
Henighen
Charles A.
James B.
10/16/1918
10/16/1918
Died at Boulder, CO; had lived in Ithaca.
Son of Mrs. M. A. Henighen. Story on p. 3.
1918
Hill
De Alton Holly
10/16/1918
10/18/1918 Pneumonia
5/14/1919 Killed in
Action
10/17/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Keogh
Bridget
10/16/1918
10/17/1918
1918
1918
1918
Morgan
Murray
O'Brien
Herbert F.
Mary
Patrick
10/16/1918
10/16/1918
10/16/1918
10/17/1918 Grip
10/17/1918 Grip
10/17/1918 Pneumonia
30
19
34
28
Death Date
10/15/1918
Page 54 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
10/16/1918 Grip
Notes
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Breen. Funeral
and burial St. James Cemetery. Died same day
as her sister, Anna Sears. Double funeral for
sisters.
Killed in war. See story on p. 3. Member of
Ithaca Fire Co. No. 4.
Died at Portland, OR; formerly of Ithaca. Wife of
James Dissin.
Died in hospital in Rubery, England. Had been
wounded in action on Sept. 29, 1918. Born in
Binghamton; member of Cornell class of 1920.
See story on p. 5.
Daughter of Mrs. Lyman Leonard. Burial City
Cemetery.
Died same day as her sister, Josephine Breen.
Wife of George Sears. Double funeral for sisters.
Burial St. James Cemetery. See p. 5.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Hill of New Rochelle,
formerly of Ithaca. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
See p. 3.
Died at Willard. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial
Calvary Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Morgan.
Died at King Ferry.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O'Brien. Born in
Ireland. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also
10/22/1918.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1918
1918
1918
Vernon
Whited
Rice
Sarah
Helen Dorcas
Louis A.
3
10/16/1918
10/16/1918
10/17/1918 (notice)
10/17/1918
10/16/1918 Grip
10/17/1918
1918
1918 Pvt.
Sobol
Spaulding
Mary
Leonard T.
24
23
10/17/1918
10/17/1918
1918
Spaulding
Leonard T.
1918
1918
1918
1918
Whited
Yih
Clark
Countryman
Ethel
Charles Robert
George H.
Sarah Grace
1
26
37
10/17/1918
10/17/1918
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
12/28/1918 Killed in
Action
11/11/1919 Killed in
Action
10/17/1918 Grip
10/18/1918 Pneumonia
10/19/1918
10/19/1918
1918
Creighton
Karl
22
10/18/1918
10/18/1918 Flu
1918 Pvt.
Dorn
Archie N.
24
10/18/1918
10/19/1918
Died at Camp Mills, Long Island, NY. Husband
of former Violet Fisher. Burial Evergreen
Cemetery, Spencer. See also 10/24/1918.
1918
Farrey
Viola
26
10/18/1918
10/18/1918 Pneumonia
1918
1918
1918
Frazier
French
Horton
Lester H.
G. Burton
Harding F.
39
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
1918 Cpl.
Henighen
James B.
10/18/1918
10/18/1918 Pneumonia
10/18/1918 Pneumonia
11/11/1919 Killed in
Action
8/13/1921 War victim
1918
King
Delancy M.
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
Wife of Samuel Farrey; daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Thompson. Burial Trumbull's Corners
Cemetery.
Was Cornell student from Bethlehem, PA.
Died at McLean.
Co. F, 129th Inf., 33d Div. Next of kin, Mrs.
Jennie S. Horton, Forest Home.
Killed in action in France. Member of 309th
Infantry, Cayuga Hose Co. No. 1, and Fraternal
Order of Eagles. Son of Mr./Mrs. Thomas J.
Henighen. Story on p. 5. Also see 8/27/1921, P.
5, and 8/29/1921, p. 5.
Born in Enfield. Had lived in Ithaca for 65 years.
10/17/1918
76
Page 55 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whited.
Died at Randolph. Husband of former Maude
Birdsall of Ithaca.
Wife of Julius Sobol; burial Calvary Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Spaulding of Etna. Story
on p. 3.
Co. E, 809th Inf., 78th Div. A. E. F Next of kin,
Charles L. Spaulding, Etna.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whited.
Cornell student from Soo Chow, China.
Wife of Fred J. Countryman; had lived at Danby.
Burial Curtiss Cemetery.
Died at Cornell Infirmary; was Cornell student.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918 Mrs.
1918
Lewis
Mallory
Chester A.
W.G.
1918
1918
Merrill
Poor
Mary
Philip M.
1918 Lt.
Roberts
1918
1918
Age
66
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
10/19/1918 Grip
10/23/1918
28
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
10/19/1918
10/19/1918
A. Meredith
28
10/18/1918
11/14/1918
Shaefer
Shaw
Sydney
Mary
22
10/18/1918 (notice)
10/18/1918 (notice)
10/19/1918 Pneumonia
10/18/1918
1918
1918
Sherwood
Sherwood
Bernice
Judson
2
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
10/19/1918
10/19/1918 Grip
1918
1918
Taylor
Terry
Beatrice
Addie Lucile
20
6
10/18/1918
10/18/1918
10/19/1918 Grip
10/19/1918 Pneumonia
1918
English
Gracie May
18
10/19/1918
10/21/1918
1918
Estes
Kate P.
79
10/19/1918
10/21/1918
1918
Morton
Sarah Ethel
20
10/19/1918
10/21/1918
1918
Randolph
Luretta M.
80
10/19/1918
10/21/1918
1918
1918 Lt.
Whited
Blanchard
George
Merrill
3
10/19/1918
10/20/1918
10/19/1918 Pneumonia
11/15/1918
1918
Brooks
Laura Day
15
10/20/1918
10/24/1918
Page 56 of 77
Notes
Had lived at Danby.
Died at Oberlin, OH. Former instructor and
graduate of Cornell University.
Former chef at Ithaca Hotel. Son of Mary A. Poor.
Died in air collision in France. Cornell 1911
graduate. Well-known in Ithaca. Story on p. 5.
At Cornell Infirmary; was from New York City.
Died at War Workers Hospital in Washington
where she worked for the government. Daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Shaw. Burial West Genoa
Cemetery.
Former treasurer of Cole Garage Co. Burial East
Lawn Cemetery. See also 10/21/1918.
Had lived and was buried at Interlaken.
Daughter of Mrs. Lena Dawson; burial Canton,
PA.
Died at Caroline.Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
English. Burial Snyder Hill Cemetery.
Widow of Thomas Estes. Burial Lansingville
Cemetery.
Wife of Charles Morton; daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Martin.
Wife of Charles R. Randolph; burial City
Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whited.
Killed in action in France. Cornell senior, left to
join service. Home was Evanston, IL. See p. 6.
Died at sister's home, Mrs. Claude Ballard of
East Steamburg.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1918
Clark
James G.
27
10/20/1918
1918 Sgt.
Clark
Walter
25
10/20/1918
1918
Esty
Charles G.
20
10/20/1918
1918
Miller
Laura
10/20/1918
1918 Capt.
Mills
Adelbert P.
10/20/1918
1918
Mills
Adelbert P.
10/20/1918
1918 Lt.
O'Conner
Timothy
10/20/1918
11/21/1918 Killed in
Action
Member of 108th Infantry. Former resident at
George Jr. Republic. Brother of former football
player at Cornell, "Paddy" O'Conner. Story p. 5.
1918
Pope
William Henry
18
10/20/1918
10/21/1918
1918
1918
Skiff
Trevell
John M.
Roger W.
19
10/20/1918
10/20/1918 M
10/21/1918 Pneumonia
10/21/1918 Pneumonia
1918 Mrs.
Vaughan
Albert
10/20/1918
10/25/1918 Peritonitis
1918
Willcox
Abel Comstock
10/20/1918
10/25/1918
1918
Williams
Oliver B.
20
10/20/1918
10/21/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Butts
Ethel Ruth
25
10/21/1918
10/26/1918 Grip
1918
House
Velma
68
10/21/1918
10/22/1918
Cornell student. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Cornwall, Patterson, NY.
Died at Gainesville, NY.
Cornell student, home and burial in New York
City.
Died at Weedsport. Mother of Mrs. Clinton Lewis
of Ithaca.
Died at Smyrna, NY. Graduate of Cornell Law
School, 1906. Widower of Marion E. Smith, who
died 7 months previously.
Cornell student; son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Williams of Waverly.
Died at Auburn. Wife of Arthur Butts, daughter of
Mrs. William Bobbitt of Fleming. Died one day
before death of her brother, Harold R. Penird.
Burial Fort Hill Cemetery. See p. 3.
Had lived and was buried at Newfield.
Page 57 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
11/29/1918 Pneumonia
Died at Geneva. 1913 Cornell graduate. Father of
Carl and Harold.
10/21/1918
Cornell student. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Clark of Brooklyn.
10/21/1918
Cornell student; son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman T.
Esty of Bellville, NY. Burial at Bellville.
10/21/1918
Died at Presbyterian Hospital in New York; burial
Fisher's Cemetery.
11/29/1918 Cerebrospinal Died in hospital in France. Former assistant
Meningitis
professor at Cornell. See also 11/30/1918.
11/11/1919
Captain Engineer Corps. Died at Brest, France.
Next of kin, Mrs. Grace C. Mills, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
House
1918 Pvt.
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Zelman
10/21/1918
10/23/1918
Johnson
Claude Winfield
10/21/1918
1918
Johnson
Claude Winfield
10/21/1918
1918
1918 Lt.
Little
Little
Edwin C., Jr.
E.C., Jr.
10/21/1918
10/21/1918
11/22/1918 Killed in
Action
11/11/1919 Killed in
Action
11/11/1919
10/22/1918 Plane Crash
1918
Pete
Francis
2
10/21/1918
10/22/1918
1918
Purdy
Rhoda L.
27
10/21/1918
1918
Tarbell
Lottie
10/21/1918
10/21/1918 Bronchial
Pneumonia
10/22/1918
1918
1918
Waltermire
White
Albert L.
Esther Sincair
10/21/1918
10/21/1918
10/22/1918 Pneumonia
10/25/1918
1918
Willsey
Jacob C.
10/21/1918
10/21/1918 Heart Disease
1918
Dresser
John F.
10/22/1918
10/22/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Hill
Minnie
10/22/1918 (notice)
10/22/1918
1918
1918
Morris
Penird
Eliza Jane
Harold Raymond
10/22/1918
10/22/1918
10/23/1918
10/26/1918 Grip
1918
1918
Stearns
Bartholomew
Eugene A.
Marcy
10/22/1918 (notice)
10/23/1918 (notice)
10/22/1918
10/23/1918
78
80
19
Page 58 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at daughter's home in Elmira. Burial at
Newfield.
Served with the 11th Infantry, 28th Division. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Johnson.
Co. G, 111th Inf., A. E. F. Next of kin, Herbert L.
Johnson, 111 Auburn St.
Died of injuries suffered a week ago in crash. See
p. 3.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Pete, Sr. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Wife of Dorman S. Purdy. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Died at Willard; wife of Fred Tarbell. Health failed
after her home burned down a year ago. Had
lived and was buried at Groton.
Had lived and was buried at Philmont, NY.
Died at Albany. Graduate of Ithaca Conservatory
of Music, 1917. Was a pianist.
Cornell student. Had lived and was buried at
Watertown.
Wife of Dr. O.H. Hill of Mifflinburg, PA. Sister of
Mrs. W.H. Tarrell of Ithaca.
Died at Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
Died at Fleming. Son of Mrs. William H. Bobbitt;
brother of Ethel R. Butts, who died 10/21/1918.
Burial Fort Hill Cemetery. See p. 3.
Died at Willard. (p. 7, Groton News)
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bartholomew of
Waverly. (p.9, Etna News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
1918 Lt.
Carrington
Frank E.
10/23/1918
10/24/1918 Pneumonia
Died at Little Rock, AR. Son of Fred Carrington of
Groton. Burial at Groton. See story p. 3. Also,
Groton News, p. 7, 10/29/1918.
1918
Carrington
Frank E.
10/23/1918
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
1918
Juracka
Elizabeth
33
10/23/1918
1918
Kerchner
Kenneth
18
10/23/1918
10/24/1918 Bronchial
Pneumonia
10/23/1918 Pneumonia
Co. B, 19th Inf. Instructor Little Rock Camp. Died
Little Rock, Ark. Next of kin F.B. Carrington,
Groton.
Wife of Paul Juracka. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1918
1918
Lozano
McDaniels
Maria
Martha
3
76
10/23/1918
10/23/1918
10/23/1918 Grip
10/24/1918
1918
Mott
Mildred
17
10/23/1918
10/23/1918
1918
Piper
Karl
10/23/1918 (notice)
10/23/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Steele
Dewey Day
10/23/1918
1918
Bishop
Robert H.
10/24/1918 (notice)
10/24/1918
1918
Breese
Frank
10/24/1918 (notice)
10/24/1918
1918 Cpl.
Chadbourne
Ernest C.
10/24/1918
1918
Gates
Laura Jeanette
1918
Robinson
1918
Curry
11/2/1918 Pneumonia
infant
10/24/1918
11/22/1918 Killed in
Action
10/25/1918
Ralph
32
10/24/1918
10/25/1918 Pneumonia
Deborah
90
10/25/1918
10/25/1918
Page 59 of 77
Notes
Was a mail clerk for Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Burial at White Haven, PA.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Lazano.
Had lived at Newfield; burial Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Wife of Charles Mott; mother of Beatrice;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gunn. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Died at home at Straight's Corners. (p.9, Newfield
News)
Died at Fort Monroe; was First Class Gunner on
U.S.S. Delaware. Burial McLean Cemetery.
Died at Binghamton. Brother-in-law to Mrs. E.R.
Osterhout of Ithaca.
Died at Columbus, GA. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E.A.
Breese. (p. 7, Freeville News) See also
10/25/1918.
Died in France. 1917 Cornell graduate. Son of Dr.
O.T. Chadbourne of Syracuse.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Gates of Lake
Ridge. Burial Lansingville Cemetery.
Had lived at South Lansing. Burial Asbury
Cemetery.
Burial at Cayuga.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1918
1918
Emery
Rice
Arza L.
Edna E.
38
24
10/25/1918
10/25/1918
10/25/1918 Grip
10/26/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Stanton
Frank M.
32
10/25/1918
10/28/1918
1918
Brown
Emerson Grant
51
10/26/1918
10/28/1918
1918
1918
Davis
Foote
Henry
May
28
37
10/26/1918
10/26/1918
10/28/1918
10/26/1918
1918
Hines
Helen
18
10/26/1918
10/28/1918
1918 Mrs.
LaDue
Eva May
10/26/1918
10/26/1918
1918
Loughnan
Francis
10/26/1918 (notice)
10/26/1918
1918
Names
Clara
10/26/1918
10/28/1918
1918
1918
Tierney
Williams
John F.
no name given
18
4
10/26/1918
10/26/1918
10/26/1918
10/30/1918
1918
Willison
Margery
18
10/26/1918
10/26/1918
1918 Mrs.
1918
Carmer
Darlin
Abraham
Preston
83
10/27/1918
10/27/1918
10/29/1918
10/28/1918
Page 60 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Thompson.
Burial Trumbull's Corners.
Flu
Died at home at Portsmouth, NH. Formerly of
Ithaca. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Smith, Sr.
Burial at Ithaca.
Heart Trouble Died at Lansing. Formerly of Ithaca. Owned
restaurant for several years, on Stewat Ave.,
known as "Brownie's Dog." Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Flu
Was an instructor at Cornell.
Pneumonia
Wife of Bert Foote. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Baylor of VanEtten. Burial Hayt's
Cemetery.
Pneumonia
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hines. Was a
nursing student at Ithaca Hospital. Burial Willow
Glen Cemetery.
Pneumonia
Wife of Martin LaDue. Burial Lake View
Cemetery. See also 10/28/1918.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Loughnan. Burial
Calvary Cemetery.
Accident
Killed when struck by car in Rochester. Mother of
Carl Names of Ithaca.
Pneumonia
Cornell student. Burial at Middletown, NJ.
Flu
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams. (p.7,
Spencer News)
Pneumonia
Died at her dorm at the Conservatory of Music
where she was a junior. Burial at Huntington,
WVA.
Died at Willow Glen near Dryden.
Was a Civil War veteran; lived at Caroline. Burial
Grove Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1918
Eagan
Jane J.
57
10/27/1918
1918
1918
1918
Egan
Lormore
Sager
Jane J.
Carrie Hubbard
Henry A.
64
79
10/27/1918
10/27/1918
10/27/1918
10/28/1918 Disease
Complication
s
10/30/1918
10/29/1918
10/28/1918
1918
Vergason
Charles Lynn
30
10/27/1918
10/28/1918 Flu
1918
Cesari
Henry
21
10/28/1918
10/29/1918 Tuberculosis
1918
McClellan
Harry G.
27
10/28/1918
10/29/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Zimmer
Nellie Legg
25
10/28/1918
10/31/1918 Grip
1918
1918
1918
1918
Brooks
Dans
Eldred
McCoy
Phillip O.E.
Caroline
Gerald
Mandy
29
35
10/29/1918
10/29/1918
10/29/1918
10/29/1918
10/29/1918
10/29/1918
10/29/1918
10/31/1918
1918 Mrs.
Robinson
Samuel
66
10/29/1918
11/4/1918
1918
1918
Smith
Beach
Amasa
Mary
32
23
10/29/1918
10/30/1918
Page 61 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia
11/1/1918 Pneumonia
10/31/1918 Pneumonia
Notes
Widow of Michael Eagan. Burial Calvary
Cemetery.
Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Widow of Henry Lormore. Died at Dryden.
Died at home of daughter, Mrs. William Apgar of
Freeville.
Husband of Mabel Brown of Danby. Employed by
Treman, King and Co. Had been caring for his
brother who died 14 days earlier from the flu.
Died at Meny Sanitarium at Taughannock Falls.
Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George McClellan. Burial at
Spencer.
Wife of Harry Zimmer of Richford. Burial Richford
Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Brooks.
Wife of Frank Dans; burial Calvary Cemetery.
Was Cornell student. Burial New York City.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.C. McCoy of
Interlaken.
Died at Lansing; burial at Asbury Cemetery.
Mother of Ralph who died of pneumonia on
10/24/1918.
Died at Peruville and was buried there.
Died at sister's home at Saltville, VA. Was a
teacher at Martha Washington College,
Abbington, VA. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.G.
Beach of Groton. Burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918 Pvt.
Carpenter
Delmar D.
10/30/1918
1918
Carpenter
Delmer D.
10/30/1918
11/11/1919
1918
1918
Caslin
Coon
Jane
William W.
76
10/30/1918
10/30/1918 (notice)
11/6/1918 Shock
10/30/1918
1918
Havens
Ira
55
10/30/1918
1918 Capt.
Mead
Theodore F.
1918 Mrs.
Oltz
Orville
1918
Steele
Dewey Dey
10/30/1918
1918
Corey
Thaddeus
10/31/1918 (notice)
1918
1918
Harris
Lockwood
Rena May
Alice A.
16
67
10/31/1918
10/31/1918
1918 Lt.
McGrain
Edward O.
27
10/31/1918 (notice)
1918
Slater
Charles
51
10/31/1918
62
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
2/7/1919 Shot
11/1/1918
Notes
Shot after escaping a German prison camp. Son
of Mrs. Carpenter of Ulysses, formerly of
Newfield. Brother of Floyd and Bert; also Mrs.
Charles Jackson of Elmira. Story on p. 5.
Co. 102d Field Signal Battalion, 27th Div. A. E. F.
Reported prisoner in Germany 9/25/1918.
Wounded by German sentry while trying to obtain
food. Died of wounds. Next of kin, Mrs. Phoebe L.
Carpenter, Ulysses.
(p. 7, McLean News)
Cousin of Mrs. Fred Nichols of Ludlowville. (p.9,
Ludlowville News)
Father of Clarence and Leonard. Burial City
Cemetery.
Died in France. Cornell graduate 1908; Cornell
Medical School 1912. Husband of former Ruth
Fahnestock, father of Elizabeth of Ithaca. Also p.
3, 11/25/1918.
Died at Enfield.
10/30/1918
11/23/1918 Killed in
Action
10/30/1918
10/30/1918 Stroke
Complication
s
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
At Fort Monroe. First class gunner U. S.S.
Delaware. Next of kin, I. M. Steele, R.D. 17,
Freeville.
10/31/1918
Had lived at Ledyard. Burial King Ferry. (p.9,
King Ferry News)
11/1/1918 Grip
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Harris.
10/31/1918
Wife of Walter C. Lockwood, Sr. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
10/31/1918
Member of Company C, 69th Engineers.
Engaged to Carolyn Fowler of Auburn; formerly of
Ithaca. Story p. 3.
11/1/1918
Died at Slaterville Springs. Burial at Slaterville.
Page 62 of 77
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Kastenhuber
Henry C.
1918
Batterson
Marjorie C.
1918 Cpl.
Conway
1918 Mrs.
1918 Cpl.
Age
4
Death Date
Notice Date
11/?/1918
11/11/1919
Cause of
Death
11/1/1918
11/1/1918 Grip
Michael F.
11/1/1918
12/6/1918 Killed in
Action
Dolloway
Landon
Charles
Richard Gage
11/1/1918
11/1/1918
11/6/1918
12/4/1918 Killed in
Action
1918
Landon
Richard Gage
11/1/1918
11/11/1919 Killed in
Action
1918
Mineah
Edwin Van Hord
11/1/1918
11/9/1918
1918
1918
Baldini
Curkendall
Louis
Margaret Hendrix
11/2/1918
11/2/1918
11/2/1918 Pneumonia
11/4/1918 Pneumonia
1918
MacGillivray
Charles C.
11/2/1918
11/6/1918
6
34
Page 63 of 77
Notes
Corporal Co. M, 311th Inf., 77th Div., A.E. F.
Died of wounds received in action November
1918. Next of kin, George I. Kastenhuber, 420
First St. Member of Co. M, 311th Infantry, 78th
Div. See p. 5. 7/16/1921.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Batterson.
Served in Co. G, 311th Infantry. Prominent Ithaca
businessman. Son of Mrs. Catherine Conway.
Story on p. 3, also p. 3, 12/9/1918 and p. 6,
12/23/1918. Remains returned to Ithaca for
burial. See story on p. 5; also p. 5, 7/27/1921,
and p. 5, 7/28/1921.
Died at Mecklenburg.
Died in France. Member Co. I, 310th Infantry, 78
Division. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville H. Landon
of Brookton. See p. 3. Killed in action in France
the same day Cpl. Michael F. Conway died in
action. Born in Danby. Parents have decided to
allow Cpl. Landon's body to remain in France.
See p. 5. 8/6/1921.
In France. Co. I, 810th Infantry, 78th Div., A. E.
F. Corporal. Next of kin, Orville H. Landon,
Brookton.
Died at Fort Worden Hospital near Puget Sound,
WA. Nephew of Albina Mineah of Dryden.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Baldini.
Wife of William Curkendall, mother of Addie and
Elsie. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hendrix of
Newfield.
Died at Unadilla. Son of late George MacGillivray
of Coddington Rd.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Huff
Alethe Bernice
1918
1918
Neill
Savercool
1918 Dr.
Age
7
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
11/3/1918
11/6/1918 Pneumonia
Martha
Jay
11/3/1918
11/3/1918
11/4/1918
11/9/1918 Pneumonia
Barr
Frank H.
11/4/1918
11/5/1918 Pneumonia
1918 Lt.
Carr
Joseph A.
27
11/4/1918 (notice)
11/4/1918 Killed in
Action
1918
1918
1918
Egbert
Watros
White
W. Grant
Paul K.
Andrew Dickson
85
11/4/1918 (notice)
11/4/1918
11/4/1918
11/4/1918
11/4/1918 Pneumonia
11/4/1918 Stroke
1918
1918
Allen
Hulbert
Boice
Caroline A.
85
11/5/1918 (notice)
11/5/1918
11/5/1918 Pneumonia
11/6/1918
1918
Metzgar
Leni G.
39
11/5/1918
11/7/1918 Flu
1918 Lt.
West
Karl G.
11/5/1918
8/28/1919 Killed in
Action
1918
Andrus
William
11/6/1918 (notice)
1918 Pvt.
Auchter
Fred
24
11/6/1918
1918
Mattison
Helen
16
11/6/1918
11/6/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Sammons
James
20
11/6/1918
11/7/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Satterly
Ray
11/6/1918 (notice)
11/6/1918
Page 64 of 77
11/6/1918 Sawmill
Accident
11/26/1918 Grip
Notes
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Huff. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Died at parent's home near Freeville.
Died at Odessa. Was in the meat business.
Formerly of Newfield. (p. 7, Newfield News)
Died at his home in Cleveland. Nephew of David
T. and F.C. Barr of Ithaca. Had summer home at
Lansing.
Member of 364th Infantry. 1913 Cornell graduate.
Reporter for Cornell Daily Sun and Ithaca
Journal. Native of Auburn. Story p.3.
Burial Danby Rural Cemetery.
Died at Cornell Infirmary.
First president of Cornell University. Story on p.
3. Also p. 3, 11/5/1918.
Died in Maine. (p.7, Dryden News)
Widow of Edward E. Hulbert. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Died near Etna. Was a farmer. Burial Willow
Glen Cemetery.
In France. Well-known athlete in Ithaca when
attended Cascadilla School and Cornell
University. Son of Mr./Mrs. I.D. West of Dansville,
PA. Story p. 5.
Died of injuries. Brother-in-law of George
Stevens. (p. 7, McLean News)
Died at Camp Mickelson, New Orleans. Son of
J.G. Auchter of Brookton.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isak Mattison of
Newfield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Sammons. Burial
Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Had lived in Richford. Brother of Mrs. Woods of
McLean. (p.7, McLean News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1918
Cole
Percy
11/7/1918 (notice)
11/7/1918 Flu
1918
Parella
Domenico
11/7/1918 (notice)
11/7/1918 Flu
1918
1918
Preston
Warner
Ann Deuel
Gifford
82
32
11/7/1918
11/7/1918 (notice)
11/8/1918
11/7/1918 Pneumonia
1918
1918
Wyckoff
Allen
Sylvester
Hattie
71
58
11/7/1918
11/9/1918
11/8/1918
11/16/1918
1918 Mrs.
Robinson
William
24
11/9/1918
11/11/1918
1918
Schlobohm
Adolph
1918
Lindsay
Edward F.
1918
1918 Dr.
Willey
Boyce
Dewitt
Charles A.
1918
Hanford
Leonora
1918 Maj.
Bouton
1918 Capt.
11/9/1918 (notice)
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
11/9/1918
11/10/1918
11/11/1918 Pneumonia
70
64
11/10/1918
11/12/1918
11/11/1918
11/13/1918 Heart Attack
83
11/12/1918
11/13/1918
Arthur
11/13/1918 (notice)
11/13/1918
Gallagher
C.H.
11/13/1918 (notice)
11/13/1918
1918
Myers
Milton
11/13/1918 (notice)
11/13/1918 Pneumonia
1918
Ward
Margaret
11/14/1918
11/15/1918 Pneumonia
Page 65 of 77
Notes
Died at Detroit. Son of Mrs. Harvey Cole of
Interlaken. (p. 9, Interlaken News)
Died at Candor. Was foreman for D. L. & W.
Railroad. (p. 9, Caroline Depot News)
Had lived and died at Slaterville.
Died at New York City. Formerly of Ithaca.
Nephew of Mrs. Arvilla Warner.
Had lived and was buried at Groton.
Died at New Berlin. Wife of Adelbert Allen.
Former Hattie Sweetland of Dryden. Burial at
Cortland.
Died following surgery. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Adelbert Chessman of Groton.
Died at Detroit. Husband of former Ruth Wismar
of Ithaca. Father of Arthur and William.
Died at Scarborough, NY. Cornell Law School
graduate, 1909. See p. 3.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Well-known physician at McLean. Burial McLean
Cemetery. Story p. 3.
Had lived at Danby; burial Danby Rural
Cemetery.
Killed in war in France in August. Had lived in
Tompkins County. Buried in France. See p. 7.
Killed in war in France in August. Formerly of
Tompkins County. Buried in France. See p. 7.
Died at Camp Hancock, GA. Burial McLean.
(McLean News, p. 7)
Died in Binghamton. Formerly of Ithaca. Wife of
James Ward who was a clerk at the Clinton
House. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Golway of Ovid. Burial at Ovid.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918 Prof.
Atkinson
George F.
1918
Brown
1918 Mrs.
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
64
11/15/1918
11/16/1918
Ruth Westgate
9
11/15/1918
11/16/1918
Ink
LaVerne
29
11/15/1918
11/16/1918
1918
Schutt
Horace
11/15/1918 (notice)
11/15/1918
1918
Terry
Willet
11/16/1918
11/16/1918
1918 Mrs.
Tucker
J.M.
11/16/1918
11/16/1918
1918
1918
1918
Clapp
Gilday
Clark
Harriett
Bridget
Ruth H.
85
28
11/17/1918
11/17/1918
11/18/1918
11/19/1918
11/18/1918
11/18/1918
1918 Mrs.
Conger
W.M.
60
11/18/1918
11/22/1918
1918
Frazier
Daniel
79
11/18/1918
11/19/1918
1918
McCann
William Irvine
30
11/18/1918
11/18/1918 Pneumonia
1918 Mrs.
1918
Stone
Hodder
Samuel
Lena L.
39
11/18/1918
11/19/1918
11/19/1918
11/20/1918
64
Page 66 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died in hospital in Tacoma, WA. Was head of
Cornell's Botany Dept. and Experiment Station.
Husband of former Lizzie Kerr of Durham, NC.
Burial at South Haven, MI. Story p. 3.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Brown. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Flu
Mother of Dora; daughter of Mrs. Rosetta
Kellogg. Had lived at Newfield.
Had been living in Waverly. Formerly of
Dusenbury. Burial at Willow Glen Cemetery. (p.7,
Dusenbury News)
Fall
Died from injuries after falling off a farm wagon
near Trumansburg. Story on p. 2. Burial Grove
Cemetery. See also 11/18/1918.
Heart Failure Died at Newfield. Mother of Dr. E. Tucker of
Newfield.
Died at Interlaken.
Burial at Owego Cemetery.
Pneumonia
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin W. Clark. Burial
at Adams, NY.
Died at Dallas, TX. Wife of William M. Conger.
Former Groton resident. Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Perrigo. Burial Groton Rural
Cemetery. See also 11/27/1918.
Died at Krum's Corners; burial Grove Cemetery.
Was pomology instructor at Cornell. Son of
Orville McCann. Burial at Frazeysburg, OH.
Died at Interlaken.
Wife of William Hodder; mother of William, Jr.
Burial at Gloversville.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Knickerbocker
Louis B.
1918 Dr.
Millard
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
11/20/1918
11/21/1918
H.R.
11/20/1918
11/22/1918 Pneumonia
Harris
F.B.
11/21/1918
11/25/1918 Pneumonia
1918 Cpl.
Mead
Clyde S.
11/21/1918 (notice)
1918 Pvt.
Morgan
Harvey L.
11/21/1918 (notice)
1918
Whited
Mabel M.
23
11/21/1918
11/21/1918 Killed in
Action
11/21/1918 Killed in
Action
11/22/1918 Flu
1918
Whitely
William H.
72
11/21/1918
11/21/1918
1918
Williamson
John H.
41
11/21/1918
11/22/1918
1918
1918
Calkins
Leary
Stella
James T.
34
11/22/1918
11/22/1918
11/23/1918
11/23/1918
1918
Stack
Albert L.
11/22/1918
11/23/1918
1918
Van Order
Mary E.
11/22/1918
11/23/1918
7
85
Page 67 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Knickerbocker. Brother of
Frank, Charles and Thelma. Burial Fisher's
Cemetery. See also 11/23/1918.
Died at Cheyenne, WY. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Millard of Dundee. Dr. Millard had lived in
Ithaca for many years before moving west. Burial
at Dundee.
Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural
Cemetery.
Had lived at Atwater's. See p. 2.
Had lived at Locke. See p. 2.
Wife of Fred Whited. Lost 3 children in Oct. 1918
from the flu epidemic. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Manley of Willseyville. Burial Curtiss
Cemetery, Danby. See p. 5 (11/22/1918) and
11/23/1918.
Heart Trouble Died at Caroline. Was Civil War veteran, 179th
Regiment, NY Volunteers. Burial Slaterville
Springs Cemetery.
Well-known barber in Freeville. Burial Willow
Glen Cemetery.
Burial Quick Cemetery.
Died at Baltimore. Was comptroller for Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. Son of late Cornelius Leary.
Formerly of Ithaca. Cornell graduate 1880. Burial
at Baltimore.
Died at Denver, CO. Formerly of Ithaca. Son of
the late Mrs. S.A. Renney. Was head of the
engraving dept. of V.H. Kistler Stationary and
Engraving Co. Active in Denver's Boys Camp.
Brother of Mrs. George Tuthill of Ithaca.
Wife of Frank Van Order; burial City Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Whitead
Thomas R.
1918
Brown
Charlotte G.
1918
Clinton
Mary
1918
Clinton
1918 Dr.
Age
19
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
11/22/1918
11/23/1918 Pneumonia
11/23/1918
11/25/1918
33
11/23/1918
11/23/1918
Maud Inman
33
11/23/1918
12/2/1918
Montgomery
John J.
75
11/23/1918
11/25/1918
1918
English
Thomas
73
11/24/1918
11/25/1918
1918
Hulslander
Marion
36
11/24/1918
11/27/1918
1918
Wright
Jane Beach
58
11/24/1918
11/25/1918
1918
1918
Bell
Coleman
Charlotte .
Bridget
11/25/1918
11/25/1918
11/29/1918
11/25/1918
1918
Seabring
Lena Sibley
43
11/25/1918
11/26/1918 Pneumonia
1918
True
Caroline
69
11/25/1918
11/26/1918
Page 68 of 77
Notes
Cornell student from LaGrange, IL where funeral
held.
Died at East Lansing. Widow of James W.
Brown. Daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. John Vicars
of Canajoharie. Burial North Lansing Cemetery.
Died at Lake Ridge; wife of John Clinton.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Inman.
Wife of John C. Clinton. Died at Lake Ridge.
Burial at Lansingville Cemetery.
Died at Dryden where he was a physician for 50
years. Brother of Mary Montgomery. Burial Green
Hills Cemetery.
Heart Disease Died while walking near his home on Slaterville
Rd. Was a Civil War veteran, 21st NY Cavalry.
Burial Snyder Hill Cemetery.
Died at Meany Sanitarium. Mother of Lena,
Sophia, Enza, Rodney, Clifford and Howard.
Burial Maple Grove Cemetery.
Bronchial
Died at Trumansburg. Wife of Thomas Wright,
Pneumonia
superintendent of Trumansburg Silk Mill. Burial at
Reading, PA.
Burial Trumbull's Corners Cemetery.
Died after short illness. Sister of John Coleman.
Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. See also 11/30/1918.
Died at Spencer. Wife of attorney C.O. Seabring.
Former school teacher and leader of Tioga
assembly district of NYS Women's Suffrage
Party. Burial Evergreen Cemetery. See lengthy
obituary p. 5.
Wife of George True. Burial City Cemetery. See
also 11/29/1918.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
1918
Fletcher
Sydney
31
11/26/1918
11/26/1918 Septic
Pneumonia
1918 Pvt.
Nourse
George
17
11/26/1918
11/27/1918 Pneumonia
1918
McCormick
Walter
64
11/27/1918
11/27/1918
1918
1918
Smith
Van Rensselaer
Monroe
Minnie
61
58
11/27/1918
11/27/1918
11/29/1918
12/3/1918
1918
Myers
Benjamin C.
73
11/28/1918
11/29/1918
1918
Higgins
Frederick
1918
DeCamp
Harvey
11/29/1918
96
11/30/1918
Page 69 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
12/2/1918 Pneumonia
11/30/1918
Notes
Was a salesman and stockhoder at Treman, King
and Co. Son of Charles Fletcher. Burial Grove
Cemetery.
Died at Newburgh Hospital. Member of
Trumansburg Platoon, Co. D, NYS Guards. Son
of Arthur W. Nourse of Perry City. Story p. 3.
Well-known Ithaca burinessman and first ward
alderman. Also associated with his son, Walter J.
McCormick, as coal and wood dealer. Interred in
family vault at Calvary Cemetery. See story p. 5;
also 11/29/1918.
Burial Ludlowville Cemetery.
Wife of Leland D. VanRensselaer. Daughter of
late George Emory and Ruth C.Seager. Former
teacher, prominent in social life at Randolph, NY
before moving to Ithaca. See lengthy obituary on
p. 5. Burial Randolph, NY.
Died at home at Harford Mills on Thanksgiving
Day after a long illness. Last of 12 children of
Andrew and Mandane Myers, for whom the Town
of Myers is named. Burial at Ludlowville.
Died at Olive Bridge near NYC - member of
Trumansburg platoon, Co. D, New York State
Guards. Son of Morris Higgins of Groton,
formerly of Willow Creek. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Story p. 2. Also p. 9, 12/5/1918 Taughannock
Falls News.
Died at home at Snyder Hill.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Gee
Raymond
18
11/30/1918
1918
1918
1918
Grey
McMillen
Pierson
Rachel
Sarah
Nettie S.
96
50
11/30/1918
11/30/1918
11/30/1918
12/5/1918
12/2/1918
11/30/1918
1918
Cannavan
Mary Baker
78
12/1/1918
12/2/1918
1918 Maj.
Murtaugh
John M.
12/1/1918
12/2/1918
1918
1918
1918 Maj.
Queal
Rumsey
Straight
Squire M.
Charles D.
Willard
12/1/1918
12/1/1918
12/1/1918
12/2/1918
12/2/1918
12/2/1918 Pneumonia
1918
1918 Mrs.
Trapp
Bailey
Frank
Clifford
12/1/1918
12/2/1918
12/5/1918
12/6/1918
1918
Brown
Marian P.
12/2/1918
12/6/1918 Blood
Poisoning
1918
Hutt
James
12/2/1918
12/5/1918
1918
Pringle
Margaret
12/2/1918
12/2/1918
1918
Babcock
Samuel
12/3/1918
12/5/1918
74
70
38
85
Death Date
Page 70 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
12/2/1918 Pneumonia
Notes
Died at Olive Bridge near NYC - member of
Trumansburg platoon, Co. D, New York State
Guards. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gee,
Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. Story p. 2.
Burial at Groton.
Burial at VanEtten.
Died at West Groton. Wife of Frank Pierson.
Burial W. Groton Rural Cemetery.
Wife of David B. Cannavan. Burial City
Cemetery.
Died after taking poison accidentally. Prominent
lawyer, 1899 Cornell graduate, state senator, wellknown in Ithaca. Burial in Elmira. Story p. 3. See
also 12/6/1918.
Burial Grove Cemetery.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died in Paris, France. Financier, diplomat,
Cornell alumnus and trustee. Husband of Dorothy
Payne Whitney, one of America's wealthiest
women. See story p. 5.
Died at McLean. See also 12/17/1918.
Died at Smith Valley; burial in Hector Union
Cemetery. (p. 9, Mecklenburg News)
Died at Muskogee, OK. Formerly of Ithaca,
daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Brown.
Was Muskogee Public Schools Physical Drector.
Burial Angelica, NY.
Veteran of the Civil War. Died at Albany. Buried
in Groton.
Mother of William J. Pringle. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
Burial at Sayre, PA. (p. 9, Pleasant Valley News)
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Rose
Leonard A.
1918
Sammons
1918 Dr.
Age
4
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
12/3/1918
12/4/1918 Pneumonia
Patrick
12/3/1918
12/3/1918
Stewart
V.B.
12/3/1918
12/5/1918
1918
1918
1918
Burr
Hyde
Wager
Eliza J.
Venie
Elias O.
1918 Pvt.
Baker
Frank
1918
Sisson
P. Frank
1918
Stevens
1918
78
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rose. Brother of
Ernest, Jr., George, Hilda, Ivy and Elsie. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
Former contractor; husband of Mary A.
Sammons. Burial Calvary Cemetery. See also
12/5/1918.
Died at Newark, NJ. Former assistant professor
in the plant pathology department, Cornell. Burial
at Elmira.
Died at Interlaken. Widow of Walter D. Burr.
Buried at Dryden. (p. 7, Dryden News)
Died at West Genoa. Burial at West Genoa
Cemetery.
Burial Maple Grove Cemetery. (p. 9, Candor
News)
Died at Jerome, ID where he planned to spend
the winter. In 1831, he was elected president of
the Village of Ithaca. Was a prominent
businessman. See story on p. 2. Burial City
Cemetery.
Died at Dryden. Wife of Horace Stevens; was a
musician and singer. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Morgan Mix. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
12/4/1918
12/4/1918 (notice)
12/4/1918
12/12/1918
12/4/1918
12/5/1918
12/5/1918 (notice)
12/5/1918
79
12/5/1918
12/9/1918
Ina
35
12/5/1918
Conklin
Jacob
66
12/6/1918
12/7/1918 Heart Disease Died at Newfield; burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
1918
Hildebrant
H.A.
67
12/6/1918
12/6/1918 Heart Disease Died at Caroline; burial Caroline Grove Cemetery.
1918
Morgan
John
12/6/1918
1918 Mrs.
Starkins
Fred
12/6/1918 (notice)
85
Page 71 of 77
12/11/1918 Blood
Poisoning
12/12/1918
12/6/1918
Died at Burdett; was former resident and was
buried at Mecklenburg.
Died at Washington. Had lived at Besemer for
many years. Daughter of late Benjamin Golden of
Ludlowville; adopted daughter of late Prentis
Golden of Varna.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Robinson
William
4
12/7/1918
1918
1918
1918
Brown
Gifford
Ingalls
James H.
Fee N.
George
52
75
12/8/1918
12/8/1918
12/8/1918
1918
Burchell
George
79
12/9/1918
1918
Knettles
Francis M.
80
12/9/1918
1918
Almy
Samuel
89
12/10/1918
1918
1918
Hoose
Howell
Louise
Percy
71
19
12/10/1918
12/10/1918 (notice)
1918
Osborn
Frank
69
12/10/1918
Died at Trumansburg; burial Lake View
Cemetery, Interlaken.
12/10/1918
Wife of William Hoose; burial City Cemetery.
12/10/1918 Pneumonia
Had lived at North Lansing. Was a member of
Trumansburg Platoon, NYS Guard. Fourth
platoon member to die of pneumonia at Olive
Bridge, NY. See story on p. 3.
12/10/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Besemer; burial Snyder Hill Cemetery.
1918 Mrs.
Beach
J.R.
12/11/1918
12/12/1918
1918
1918 Mrs.
1918
1918
Rummer
Dean
Mead
Merrill
Richard
Frank
John G.
Alvin
12/11/1918
12/12/1918
12/12/1918
12/12/1918
12/18/1918
12/16/1918
12/13/1918
12/13/1918
92
Death Date
Page 72 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
12/9/1918 Pneumonia
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson; brother of
Charles, Earl, Lillian and Ruth. Burial City
Cemetery.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Wife of John C. Gifford.
Died at McLean.
12/9/1918
12/9/1918
12/11/1918 Stroke
Complication
s
12/10/1918 Accident
Struck by train near Dryden; was a retired lawyer.
Story on p. 5.
12/10/1918 Suicide by
Died at Lansing where he lived with his sister,
Shooting
Mrs. Harry Head. Was a well-known musician.
Burial at Asbury Cemetery. Story on p. 3.
12/14/1918
Died at former Oneonta home. Had been living at
Davis, CA.
Died at Dryden. (p. 7, Dryden News)
Died at home near Interlaken.
Died and was buried at Binghamton.
Died at Roulette, PA. Born in Candor; had lived at
Caroline. Was oldest employee of Lackawanna
Railroad where he went to work at age 10. His
late wife was Augusta Haskin of Union Springs.
See story p. 5.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Sturdevant
Judson
1918
Grant
1918
1918
66
12/12/1918
12/13/1918
Francis Eugene
70
12/13/1918
12/17/1918
Grimm
Hull
Louisa
Grace
65
35
12/13/1918
12/13/1918
12/13/1918
12/16/1918
1918
Frith
Isaac
84
12/14/1918
12/19/1918
1918
Weaver
Mosher
84
12/14/1918
12/17/1918
1918
Durling
Charles F.
12/15/1918
12/16/1918
1918
Smith
William A.
12/16/1918
12/17/1918
1918 1st Lt.
Splane
Alvin
12/16/1918
12/18/1918
1918
Acton
Helen
12/17/1918
12/17/1918
1918
Lamb
Sapper W. F.
12/18/1918
1/2/1919 Pneumonia
1918
Pickerill
Horace Mann
12/18/1918
12/31/1918 Pneumonia
1918 Maj.
Gass
Daly R.
12/19/1918 (notice)
12/19/1918 Pneumonia
1918 Pvt.
Potter
Lemuel J.
12/19/1918
12/23/1918 Pneumonia
35
30
Page 73 of 77
Cause of
Death
Notes
Died at Owego; formerly of Brookton and
Freeville. Father of Frank, Willis and Charles.
Burial Anderson Hill Cemetery.
Died and was buried in NYC. Former Ithacan.
See story p. 3.
Widow of Carl Grimm. Burial City Cemetery.
Heart Disease Died at Syracuse. Wife of Lewis Hull; daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Whitley of Ithaca. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
Born in England; spent most of his life in Ithaca.
Married 64 years. Wife survives.
Civil War veteran. Died at Soldier's Home at
Bath. Had been a Mason and lived at Ludlowville.
Burial North Lansing.
Prominent businessman and city alderman.
Burial Lake View Cemetery. See story p. 3. See
also 12/19/1918.
Died at West Dryden.Brother of Horatio and
Susie. Burial Pleasant Grove.
Accident
Killed in aerial collision at West Point, MS. Class
of '21 at Cornell. From Oil City, PA. Story on p. 5.
Sister of Winifred, Katherine, Michael and
Edmund. Burial Mt. Olivet.
Died in France. Member of Canadian Forces,
Royal Engineers; was former Ithaca resident,
born in England. See story p. 6.
Died at Indianapolis, IN. Former student and
instructor at Cornell. See lengthy obituary.
Died at Camp Pike. Was at Cornell Law School
for 3 years. Had lived in Pittsburgh. Well-known
in Ithaca. See story p. 3.
Died at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Brother of
Irwin; burial Grove Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Potter
Lemuel J.
1918
1918
Tracey
Beardsly
Adolphus
Herbert
1918
1918
Bogardus
Dodd
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
12/19/1918
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
66
12/19/1918
12/20/1918
12/21/1918
12/26/1918
Jacob E.
George Allen, Jr.
57
30
12/20/1918
12/20/1918
12/21/1918
12/20/1918
Carpenter
Dana L.
34
12/21/1918
12/28/1918
1918
Neale
Harold E.
12/21/1918
12/21/1918
1918
Pratt
Everett Norton
12/21/1918
12/23/1918
1918
Townsend
Orville
58
12/21/1918
12/23/1918
1918
Krist
Charles A.
33
12/22/1918
12/23/1918
1918
Frear
William H.
12/23/1918
1/8/1919
1918
Lane
George C.
40
12/23/1918
12/24/1918
1918
Annis
Vida M.
47
12/24/1918
12/26/1918
1918
Nickerson
Lawrence
18
12/24/1918 (notice)
12/24/1918
1918
Warner
Elizabeth Boyd
67
12/24/1918
12/26/1918
Page 74 of 77
Notes
Died Fort McClellan, Alabama. Next of kin, Mrs.
Lemuel Potter, Trumansburg.
Died at Dryden; burial Kline's Cemetery.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Beardsly. (p. 7,
Mecklenburg News)
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Pneumonia
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Dodd. See p. 3.
Burial Williamsport, PA. See also 12/21/1918.
Died at Camp Crook Hospital in Capitol,
Montana. Formerly of Newfield. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. George D.Carpenter.
Grip
Cornell student. Son of Mrs. Mabel Plant. Burial
at Brooklyn.
Pneumonia
Died at Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital. Former
Cornell student.
Tuberculosis Died at Willard Hospital. Had lived near
Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery. See p. 5
story.
Pneumonia
Son of Mrs. Nelson Montgomery. Burial Calvary
Cemetery. See also 12/24/1918.
Grip
Died at Rochester. Son of Mrs. Helen Frear,
brother of Arthur.
Pneumonia
Died at Sheldrake Springs. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery. See also 12/28/1918.
Died at Brookton. Wife of Fred Annis. Burial
Cooper Cemetery.
Pneumonia
Died at Rochester. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Nickerson, formerly of Besemer.
Bronchial and Wife of William W. Warner of VanEtten. Burial
Heart
Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Infection
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
1918
Murray
Elva L.
1918
Shaw
Martha Skinner
1918
1918
Teeter
Ballard
1918
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
12/25/1918
12/26/1918 Cerebral
Hemorrhage
88
12/25/1918
12/26/1918
Andrew J.
Ettie
75
48
12/25/1918
12/26/1918
12/30/1918
12/26/1918 Flu
Brown
Herman G.
55
12/27/1918
12/27/1918
1918 Pvt.
Carey
John B.
35
12/27/1918
12/28/1918 Pneumonia
1918
1918
Carey
Maloney
John B.
John
50
12/27/1918
12/27/1918
11/11/1919 Pneumonia
12/27/1918 Accident
1918 Pvt.
Sears
John D.
12/27/1918 (notice)
12/27/1918
1918
1918
1918
1918
Stebbins
Thomas
Atwater
Comings
Lottie
George
Manning
John R.
68
74
77
12/27/1918
12/27/1918
12/28/1918
12/28/1918
12/27/1918
12/27/1918 Flu
12/28/1918
12/28/1918
1918
Hrivnak
Annie
24
12/28/1918
12/28/1918
Page 75 of 77
Notes
Daughter of Mrs. Mary Murray. Was a former
teacher in Ithaca schools and most recently in
NYC schools. Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery. See
also 12/28/1918.
Widow of E. Clinton Shaw. Burial at Towanda,
PA, her former home.
Died near Asbury. Burial at N. Lansing.
Died at Slaterville. Wife of J.M. Ballard. Daughter
of Mrs. Alice Robinson. Mother of Joseph,
Frederick, Rexford, Argyle, Roger, Deborah and
Florence.
Died at Dryden in house he was born in and
where he had always lived. See also p. 3,
1/4/1919.
Died near Wilkes Barre, PA. Had been employed
by NYS Gas and Electric Corp. and was awaiting
Army discharge to begin job in Norwich. See p. 5
and 1/4/1919.
Ordnance Dept., Aberdeen, Md.
Killed when struck by work car at Ithaca Traction
Co. where he worked. Story on p. 5, also
12/28/1918. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
Died in German prison camp. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eli Sears of Swartwood. Story on p. 3. See
related story 1/21/1919. Death may have been
reported in error. Officials investigating.
Wife of Ira N. Stebbins. Burial at Albion, NY.
Died at Pony Hollow. Burial at Cayuta.
Died at Trumansburg.
Was a former undertaker; also Commissioner of
Charities.
Died at Myers. Wife of Vencel. Burial Calvary
Cemetery.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
1918
Allen
Cara Abel
1918
Davenport
Frances
12/29/1918
1918
Hoyt
George
12/29/1918
Died at Omaha, NE. Formerly of Dryden. Burial
Willow Glen Cemetery.
12/30/1918 Heart Trouble Died at Moravia. Former Ithaca resident.
1918
Satterly
boy
8 wks.
12/29/1918
12/31/1918 Flu
1918
Snyder
David Arthur
11 mos.
12/29/1918
12/31/1918 Flu
1918
Snyder
Edith
6
12/29/1918
12/31/1918 Flu
1918
Waite
Emma W.
69
12/29/1918
1/3/1919
1918
Davis
Lucy Gorton
12/30/1918
12/30/1918
1918 Mr.
Howell
Marion
12/30/1918
1/3/1919
1918
1918
1918
Hunt
LaMott
Taber
Annabel
L.P.
Judson M.
58
12/30/1918
12/30/1918
12/30/1918 (notice)
12/311918
1/2/1919 Pneumonia
12/30/1918
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Died at McLean.
Died at Bethlehem, PA. Former Ithaca resident.
Cornell graduate. Nephew of Mrs. Edgar Gregory.
1918
1918
1918
Widmer
Woodbury
Carey
Rudolph Adolph
Sarah
William L.
75
12/30/1918
12/30/1918
12/31/1918
12/31/1918
12/5/1918
1/10/1919
Burial at Waverly.
Burial at McLean.
Died at Montrose, PA. Husband of former Emma
V. Vaughn. Former railroad employee, trustee of
the Village of Ithaca. See lengthy obituary on p.
5.
40
76
Death Date
12/29/1918
Page 76 of 77
Notice Date
Cause of
Death
12/30/1918 Suicide by
Gunshot
Notes
Had been despondent. Wife of Alfred W., mother
of Robert and Edwin and daughter of Mary Abel.
Burial Grove Cemetery. Story on p. 3.
1/2/1919
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Satterly of West
Danby. Burial at Richford. See also p. 5,
1/6/1919.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Snyder of West
Danby. Double funeral. Story p. 5.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Snyder of West
Danby. Double funeral. Story p. 5.
Died at Etna. Widow of William H. Waite. Burial
at Speedsville.
Former resident of Buffalo and Rochester. Mother
of Prof. E. Gorton Davis. Burial Mt. Hope
Cemetery in Rochester.
Died at NY City. Formerly of Ludlowville. Burial
Pine Grove Cemetery. See also 1/4/1919.
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by death date
Jan. 1, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918
Year
Title
Surname
Name
Age
Death Date
Notice Date
1918
Cron
Jacob
76
12/31/1918
1/2/1919
1918 Mrs.
McKean
Adelbert
68
12/31/1918
1918
Rice
George Randall
98
12/31/1918
1918
Young
Marietta Willis
76
12/31/1918
Page 77 of 77
Cause of
Death
12/31/1918 Accident
1/2/1919 Stroke
Complication
s
1/8/1919
Notes
Died at Elmira home. Burial at Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Died of injuries after being struck by a car near
her Trumansburg home. Burial Grove Cemetery.
Believed to be oldest Tompkins Co. resident.
Died at Caroline. Burial Caroline Cemetery. Story
on p. 3.
Died at Miami, FL. Formerly of Trumansburg;
widow of Ezra Young. Burial Trumansburg.