Genesee County NyArchives Obituaries.....Baxter, Robert Vincent October 23, 1933
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The Daily News, Batavia, New York, October 25, 1933
Robert V. Baxter Died on Monday

Well-Known Florist Had Been Ill Ten Days

Condition Became Serious Sunday Afternoon When He Was Removed to Hospital

  Robert V. Baxter, well-known LeRoy business man and proprietor of the Lake 
Street Greenhouses died at 3:50 o'clock Monday morning at St. Jerome's Hospital 
in Batavia.  While he had been ill for the past ten days with ulcers of the 
stomach, his condtion did not become serious until Sunday afternoon when he was 
removed to the hospital.  A transfusion of blood failed to improve his 
condition and he failed steadily.
  Mr. Baxter was born in LeRoy on June 2, 1873, a son of the late Alexander and 
Mary Ellwerd Baxter, and had passed his entire life here.  He had been a 
florist for many years, being connected with the Baxter Greenhouses on Wolcott 
Street.  Later he was florist for Edward H. Butler, Ernest L. Woodward and 
Donald Woodward.  He established the Lake Street Greenhouses in 1928.
  Mr. Baxter was a member of St. Peter's church and for many years was a member 
of its choir.  He was a member of the Batavia Council, Knights of Columbus, the 
Holy Name Society and the LeRoy Business Association.  He was also an exempt 
member of the Chemical Hose Company.
  On August 26, 1920, he was married to Miss Margaret Sweeney of LeRoy, who 
survives him with three sisters, Mrs. Samuel W. Morgan of LeRoy, Mrs. Charles 
Sylvester of Sinclairville, and Mrs. Henderson Smith of Broughty Ferry, 
Scotland.
  Funeral services for Mr. Baxter will be held from St. Peter's church at 9 
o'clock tomorrow morning.  Internment will be in St. Francis cemetery.

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