McKean-Elk County PA Archives News.....July-December 1931 Deaths in Newspaper ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ronald Reid rreid21@cox.net September 12, 2010, 3:34 pm McKean County Miner 1931 DEATHS IN MCKEAN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA JULY -DECEMBER 1931 FROM THE MCKEAN COUNTY MINER NEWSPAPER, (SMETHPORT) The following death notices appeared in the McKean County Miner from July through December during the year of 1931. The date of publication is shown prior to the item(s). There is no implication that this is all that may have been published in these editions since some editions may be missing and many of the pages or portions thereof are unreadable. Transcribed by Ronald J. Reid, 2010 July 2, 1931 Page 1. James Quirk prominent local philanthropist and business man, passed away suddenly Saturday morning at ?? from a heart attack. Mr. Quick had been in poor health for the past two years, but recently had been improving, so that his death was a great shock to his relatives and friends. James Quirk was born in Irish Hollow, November 8, 1865. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quirk. He was educated in the local schools where he showed much ability. He was always greatly interested in music and as a member of the Smethport Band as long as his health permitted. He was married to Anna Kleisath in ??? 3, 1890 at Rasselas, Pa., and to them were born three sons, Leo, who died when a child, and Elmer and Francis of Smethport, who with his widow, Mrs. Anna Quirk and four grandchildren survive to mourn the loss of a devoted relative. Mr. Quirk owned the Ford Garage for many years, building up one of the most flourishing concerns in the town. Due to poor health he sold this business to his son Francis, some time ago. The deceased was noted for his benefactions, not only to his church and his town, to which he made many fine gifts but also in other ways which were known to but few. His generous donations to the poor at Christmas time made many a desolate home glad; his contributions to worthy causes were many and generous. It is said of him that seeing scantily clad lads on the street he has many times, called them and outfitted them from head to toe. His was a great heart and his memory will always be tender one to those who knew of his many kind acts. He presented the Packard chassis to the Smethport Fire Department for a pumper which was named the “Jim Quirk Pumper” in his honor. Mr. Quirk was a member of St. Elizabeth’s Catholic church, the Knights of Columbus; the Elk Lodge and of the Conopus Club of Smethport. In all which he took an active part. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 9:00 o’clock at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic church, with requiem high mass, Rev. Urban S. Barrett, officiating; interment was in St. Elizabeth’s cemetery. The pall bearers were; J. Hayes, C.W. Shattuck, Frank Fay, and Duffy Earl Gallup and D.L. Calley. Out-of-town relatives present at the funeral were; Mr. and Mrs. William ?? and nephew, Jersey Shore, Pa.; ??? Quirk and daughters Mildred, Akron, O; Ed Quirk and daughter Ellie, (unreadable) Mr. and Mrs. Flynn (unreadable) Mrs. Louise P??ner, Mr. and Mrs. P. Reisner; Misses Madeline and Delores Selle; Robert Selle, and Mr. and Mrs. Bonner of Rasselas; Mr. and Mrs. Louie Thompson and Jack Thompson of Johnsonburg; Mrs. Louie Kle???, Erie; Mrs. B. Ryan and daughters Marian and Alice, St. Marys; Mrs. Josephine Meisel and Miss Lena Meisel, Hazelhurst. Page 1. Mrs. Louise H. Drown, former esteemed Smethport resident died in Buffalo Friday, June 26th after a short illness. Mrs. Drown was born in Ellicottville, April 21, 1850. She was the daughter of Emily Riggs and Peter Joseph Huenerfeld. Her girlhood was spent in Ellicottville, and she was married to Herman Drown in 1876. To them was born a daughter, Mae, now deceased and one son, Paul, now of Buffalo, who with two sisters, Mrs. C.V. Greene of Ellicottville and Mrs. R.V. Hixson of Shortsville, three nieces, seven nephews and two grandchildren, survive to mourn her loss. Mrs. Drown made her home in Smethport for several years and has many friends here who admired her many splendid qualities. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. C.B. Greene of Ellicottville, Rev. W.E. Van Dyke of St. Luke’s Church, Smethport, officiating; interment was in Ellicottville Cemetery. Page 1. Mrs. Mary Miner of Rixford, aged 91 years passed away Friday, June 26th at the McKean County Home from the ills incident to old age. Mrs. Minor was well known in Rixford and vicinity where she had many old friends. She is survived by her brother Washington Brite and a number of grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Rixford Sunday with interment in that cemetery. Page 1. Emil Larson, highly esteemed resident of Clarion, aged 38 years, passed away Saturday evening, June 27th at 6:37 o’clock. At the Brookville Hospital, where he had been taken the Thursday preceding in a very serious condition. Mr. Larson was born in Port Allegany the son of August and Caroline Larson. The most of his boyhood was spent in Smethport where he made his home with his brother John Larson and learned the trade of bottle blower. At the time of our entrance into the World War he enlisted and served until the end of the struggle, returning home he went to Detroit where he worked in the Durant Motor Works, where he became a skilled mechanic. For a number of years he has been employed in a Clarion plant, where he held a fine position and was highly respected by all who knew him. The deceased is survived by his wife, and three children of Clarion, one brother, John Larson of Smethport and one sister, Mrs. Richard Byork of Richmond, Va. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Clarion under the Auspices of the John Fleming Post, American Legion, Rev. Riser officiating at the services. Interment was in Clarion Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. John Larson of Smethport attended the funeral. Page 1. Mrs. Frank Denning, highly respected resident of Fulton Street passed away Thursday morning, June 25th at 8:33 o’clock following a stroke which occurred about 6:30 that morning. Mrs. Denning had been in failing health for the past two years, but her family had no idea of the seriousness of her condition or that the death angel hovered so near until the fatal morning on which she was stricken. Early that morning she felt quite ill and her husband called a physician, when he reached her bedside it was found that she had suffered a stroke of paralysis, and in a little over two hours had passed away. Annie Blanch Worden was born August 29, 1887 in Sheffield, Pa., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Worden. She was married to Frank Denning, August 10, 1906 and had lived in Smethport for about twenty years, where she had been greatly beloved in her home and highly esteemed by all who knew her. Eleven years ago she took up the duties of a foster mother to six motherless nieces and nephews; the youngest an infant two weeks old. This family she carefully reared giving them all the tenderness and devotion of a real mother and the best of home training. It seems very sad that she should be taken from the home she has made and her husband and family who care so much for her, but it is the will of an all merciful Father who cannot fail to reward his servant for her many years of splendid work. Mrs. Denning was a devout member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, and much interested in its activities. She is survived by her husband, Frank Denning, two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Dickerson of Olean and Mrs. Wesley Cunningham of Eldred; two sons William of Washington, Pa., and Theodore of Olean; and three sisters, Mrs. U.B. Blakes of Steubenville, O.; Mrs. E.D. Barry of Texia, Texas; Mrs. C. Dennon of Charleston, W.Va.; also six nephews and nieces. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Rev. W.E. Van Dyke officiating; interment was in the family lot in Rose Hill Cemetery. Page 4. Daniel W. Dean, Associate Editor Of Bradford Era, Dies. Daniel W. Dean, 67, associate editor of The Bradford Era, died at his home on Kennedy Street, Bradford, Thursday morning at 2:45 o’clock following an illness of 10 months. Born at Randolph, Cattaraugus county, New York, on the 12th day of September 1864, Mr. Dean resided there with his parents until he was about 16 years of age, when, having completed an apprenticeship in the office of the Randolph Register, which with the exception of a few years in the (unreadable) school, and a single term at Chamberlin Institute and Female College, constituted his educational equipment, he started out seeking employment and a career in the world of his boyish dreams. Mr. Dean’s career as a journeyman printer took him to many points in the Eastern part of the country from Wisconsin to Florida. Always however his thoughts kept turning to his favorite section of the country, southwestern New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. Later his footsteps followed his thoughts and Mr. Dean returned to spend the remainder of his days never far from his boyhood home of Randolph. Funeral Service for the deceased were held in the home Saturday morning. The body was taken to Randolph, N.Y. where final services were held. Interment was in a Randolph cemetery. City officials of Bradford, political leaders and newspapermen from this section attended the obsequies in Bradford. Page 8. Prominent Warren Merchant, Grandson Die In Auto Crash Warren June 29. – C.E. Metzger, prominent merchant and his grandson Charles Metzger , 12, were fatally hurt here today when an automobile driven by the grandfather went into a ditch and struck a telephone pole. Metzger died almost instantly, while the boy died several hours later at a hospital. A second grandson Alan Metzger also was injured but he is expected to recover. The boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. Emerson Metzger of Cleveland and were visiting here. County officials have been unable to learn why the large sedan in which the three were riding left the highway. Metzger was proprietor of the Metzger-Wright department store here. July 9, 1931 Page 1. Bernadine Gillon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gillon of Bush Hill passed away Friday, July 3rd at 1:45 p.m. after an illness of about three years duration, the past year of which she had been confined to her bed. The deceased was born November 5th, 1903 at Bush Hill. She graduated from Smethport High School, class of 1923. She taught three successful terms of school studying three summers at Lock (unreadable) Normal. For a time she was employed at Dr. A.H. Livermore’s office then took in training in the Buffalo City Hospital, where she had worked six months before her health failed. She was a fine young woman, greatly respected for her ability and attainments and beloved by her family and friends. She was a patient sufferer during her long illness. She is survived by her parents and the following brothers and sisters; Ann, Katharine, Margaret, John, Joe, Frank and Tom all at home. Funeral services were held Monday morning at 8:30 o’clock at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church of which she was a member with solemn requiem high mass, Rev. Fr. Urban S. Barrett officiating; interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery. The bereaved family has the sympathy of the entire community in the loss of their beloved daughter and sister. Page 1. Mrs. Cyrus Oviatt passed away very suddenly at her home in Jacksonville, Florida, Monday, June 22, of heart failure. Mrs. Oviatt had been in poor health for the past few years although she had been up and about the house as usual. She went for a ride Sunday previous to her death and it was a shock to her family on going to her bedside Monday to find she had peacefully passed away. Mrs. Oviatt was formerly Miss Susan Alexander of Cuba, N.Y. She was united in marriage to Cyrus W. Oviatt and they moved to Marion, O., where Mr. Oviatt was employed in an ice plant. Later the ice company transferred him to Jacksonville, Florida to take charge of the Federal Ice Plant and the family made their home there. Mrs. Oviatt is survived by her husband and five children and a number of grandchildren. Funeral service was held on Wednesday, June 24 in Jacksonville with interment in a cemetery in that city. Page 1. Youth Drowns In Kushequa Lake. Bradford, July 5. – Howard Wallace, 21, of Kane, was drowned last evening at 7 o’clock in Kushequa lake, Kushequa. It is believed that the young man suffered a heart attack while swimming. Wallace, who was accompanied to the bathing resort by his brother-in-law Charles Thomas and Charles Mohr, both of Kane, had attended a ball game in Mt. Jewett in the afternoon and then gone to Kushequa. It was some time after the young man had gone in the water to swim that he was missed. A search was made immediately for him. E. Kent Kane of Bradford, who was also in swimming at the place, unlocked the gates of the dam and in 20 minutes the water was drained from the lake and the body of the young man was recovered. Artificial respiration was administered, with the result that very little water came from his body. Dr. H.M. Cleveland of Mt. Jewett, was called and he arrived ten minutes after the body was recovered. It was his belief that Wallace died of a heart attack. A call was sent to the Bradford fire department for a pullmotor and one was sent within half an hour. It was of no use as Wallace was beyond aid. District Attorney Charles Hubbard was notified in the absence of the coroner and he ordered the removal of the body. It was taken to the Vollmer undertaking rooms in Kane. It is reported that the father of the dead youth said that Wallace was nearly drowned in Erie, Pa., two years ago. Page 1. Gust Anderson, long a resident of this section, died yesterday afternoon at three o’clock at Smethport. Death was attributed to a stroke of apoplexy. Gust Anderson was born in Svansko, Sokken, Varmland, Sweden, in 1886. He lived in and around Kane since that time. He was a member of the Tabor Lutheran church in Kane for many years. One sister, Mrs. Anna C. Anderson, of Kane, and one brother, Andrew Anderson, located near Edmonton, Canada are the only surviving relatives. Funeral services were held from the Brown funeral home on Fraley Street, Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock with the Rev. J.V. Benson of the Tabor Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial was made in the Tabor Lutheran cemetery. Page 3. 1 Dies Of Injuries Incurred In Wreck. Bradford. July 5. – John Bennett, aged 19 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bennett of Tuna, Pa., died at 7:10 o’clock Friday evening in the Community Hospital in Kane, following injuries sustained in a collision at Kanesholm switch, near Kane, when a motorcycle he and Clifford Johnson, 18, of Warren, Pa., were riding, failed to make a turn and crashed into a Chevrolet car driven by Dr. Wm. J. Jones of Franklin, Pa. Bennett was pinned under the car, suffering a fractured spine and internal injuries. Paul (unreadable), Kane and Henry Dahl of Mt. Jewett who were following them rushed the two injured men to hospitals. Bennett was taken to the Community Hospital at 6:30 o’clock, expiring 40 minutes later. Johnson was taken to the Kane Summit Hospital where he is confined with several bad cuts about the forehead, arms and knee was well as a bad fracture between the knee and hip. According to an investigation made by state police stationed at Kane, Bennett and Johnson were driving from Bradford to Kane while Dr. Jones was coming toward Bradford. Upon approaching the curve near Kanesholm switch, the motorcycle slipped from under Bennett crashing into the Chevrolet overturning it and pinning the Bradford boy under the car. Another car, directly behind the Dr. Jones automobile, ran off into a ditch to avoid crashing into the vehicle. State police notified Dr. S.A. McCutcheon, deputy coroner of this county, of the accident. Bennett’s body was taken in charge by Undertaker J.A. Still of this city and prepared for burial. Page 3. Woman Born In Bradford 105 Years Ago Is Heat Wave Victim Bradford, July 7. – Infirmities of age added to the heat prostration caused the death of Mrs. Sarah Ann Walker, aged 105, of rock Islands, Ill., last Thursday. Mrs. Walker was the oldest resident of Rock Island County. Mrs. Walker was born in Bradford, June 5, 1825. She is survived by a son-in-law, J.H. Park, Rock Island. All of her sons and daughters are dead. July 16, 1931 Page 1. Clermont Man Dead, Result Of Shot Gun Wounds Bradford, July 13 – The victim of a (unreadable) shot-gun which he had taken home with him from Hazelhurst Friday evening, Carl Swanson, aged 51, was discovered dead in the dining room of his home near Clermont last (unreadable), by three Bradford friends who had gone to visit him. Swanson who lived alone on the Swanson homestead on the Kasson-Clermont road evidently had been [fum]bling with the gun when it discharged sending the load into his body near the heart some of the shot de[par]ting from his ribs into the ceiling [and] had been dead 18 to 24 hours when discovered. Swanson, the son of the late S.J. and Josephine Swanson was a bachelor. He had gone to Hazelhurst Friday for supplies for the week-end and was accompanied home by a brother (unreadable) to who lives at Hazelhurst. It is believed he shot himself accidentally [not] long after he had arrived home. Ernest Nelson, R.B. Swanson and (unreadable) Nelson all of Bradford who discovered the body immediately notified [cou]nty Detective J.J. Allison who [we]nt to the scene. Mr. Allison ordered [the] body removed to the Lantz funeral [home] in Mt. Jewett. Swanson is survived by two brothers, (unreadable) and Elmer of Smethport R.F.D. and three sisters. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at his late home; interment was in Kasson Cemetery. Page 1. Thomas Smith aged about 77 years passed away Tuesday evening, July 7th, at about 7:00 o’clock at the McKean County Home in Smethport where he had removed that afternoon from his home in Larabee. He had been in ill health for a number of years suffering from dropsy. Deceased was a bachelor and he and his brother Richard Smith had resided together for a number of years at Larabee. Another brother James Smith of Bolivar also survives. The remains were taken from the County Home Friday afternoon to the Lamphier Cemetery at Eldred where a short prayer service was held, Rev. H. Thomas of the Eldred Free Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Lamphier Cemetery. Page 1. Takes Poison June 13, Dies Port Allegany, July 9 – Doris Shaylor who swallowed two bichforide tablets in an attempt to end her life at Bradford on June 13th, died yesterday at 4:30 p.m. in the Bradford Hospital of the effects of the poison. Miss Shaylor who had been making her home at Keating Summit with her grandmother, Mrs. Tompkins until she went to Bradford in January became despondent and swallowed the poison tablets at a railroad station there. She then walked out East Main Street where she became violently ill in the street. Mrs. Jennie Peck who noticed her administered an emetic and had her sent to the hospital where she died almost a month later. Miss Shaylor is survived by her father Willard Shaylor of Burlington, Pa., her grandmother and a sister Mrs. Mable Nellis of, Liberty Pa. Page 3. Carried Out His Suicide Threat Coudersport, July 9. – The body of George Leon Shelly, 21, known to his family as Bill was found Thursday just after noon by his father, brother Charles and Edwin Williams in a barn owned by E.E. bunker a short distance from the Shelly home at Oswayo. The young man had told his father quite early in the morning that he was going to kill himself. Soon after he told his mother of his intentions. She attempted to dissuade him and as he left the house he stated he would shoot some woodchucks. A short period after he left the family home a shot was heard and after an interval estimated at 15 minutes a second report of a rifle was heard. When Mr. Shelly returned at noon from his work he was informed that Bill had not returned. In company with his son and Mr. Williams, Mr. Shelly found the body. Dr. A.W. Cummings was called who pronounced the man dead. Page 5. Funeral For Child Smothered In Bed, Held On Monday The body of Robert Doris Nelson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Nelson of Bradford who was found smothered in his bed Saturday morning was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford, Monday afternoon, following services at 2 o’clock at the parent’s home, 56 Rochester Street. The child’s lifeless body was discovered at 10:30 o’clock Saturday morning by his mother who had put him in bed an hour previously for a nap. The infant is believed to have wriggled around until it got its head caught between the head of the bed and the mattress, either choking or smothering to death. The child was taken to the Bradford Hospital, but efforts at resuscitation proved unavailing. Surviving in addition to the parents are one sister, Bonnie and two brothers, James and Jack. Page 6. Young Child Dies from Burns. Eldred, July 10. – Donald Foster aged three years and six months passed away Tuesday evening at 9:30 at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Foster of Mechanic Street a victim of fatal burns received Sunday, June 28. The little lad was at the Peasley home next door to his fathers and was riding a small wagon about the house. IT is thought that as he fell from his wagon he upset a kettle of boiling water which had been left on the floor for a minute and the liquid poured over the child’s body inflicting painful and fatal burns. Besides his parents he leaves to survive him two sisters, Helen and Joan, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Peasley of Dufftown and Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell of Eldred. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Pentecostal Church on Mechanic Street, Rev. Blotte of Bradford officiating. Burial will be made in Oak Hill Cemetery. Page 7. Victim Of Hit-Run Driver Identified As McKean County Man Washington Pa., July 12. – Sergeant George Hames of the Washington police today identified the body of a man killed by a hit-run driver near here last week as that of William Sherman, 65, a boyhood friend of Mount Alton, McKean County. For many years Sherman was employed in the oil fields of Pennsylvania and nearby states. Page 8. The many friends of Orlo Cory of Kane were saddened to learn of his death which occurred Saturday evening, July 4th at 10:00 o’clock at this home in Kane, where he sustained a stroke on Saturday afternoon, having been overcome by the heat the Wednesday preceding. Mr. Cory was born at Pierce Brook, near Farmer Valley, July 12, 1878, his parents were Mr. and Mrs. Asa Cory. He was married to Carrie A. Washburn of Coryville on December 25, 1899. The family moved to Kane 12 years ago. Mr. Cory was well known and liked here where he had belonged to the I.O.O.F. lodge for the past twenty-five years. A large delegation from that lodge attended his funeral. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Esther, Onalee, Ernest, Franklin, Alvin Daphne, and Wayne of Kane; Mrs. Francis Cleveland of Richburg, N.Y. and Mrs. Edith Thomas of Bradford and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held at his late home in Kane, Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock with Rev Arthur J. Marbet, officiating. Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane. July 23, 1931 Page 3. Death Claims E.C. Tanner, Prominent Bradford Oil Man. Bradford, July 21. – Private funeral services for Ernest C. Tanner, (unreadable) Street, prominent oil producer and resident of Bradford for the past 32 years, who died suddenly yesterday morning, will be held at the home tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Mr. Tanner was stricken fatally yesterday morning at 11 o’clock in the Kramer and V??? barber shop, Mechanic Street, where he had gone to be shaved. He complained of being ill and Dr. G.E. Beninghoff and Dr. L.R. Carson were summoned. His death occurred before medical aid could be given. He was 59 years of age. The Koch ambulance was summoned and he was removed to his home and later to the Koch mortuary. The body was then taken to the home. He was engaged in extensive oil operations both in the local and other fields, starting in the oil business when he secured an interest in Indian Creek in 1912. His holdings included property in the vicinity of Rock City, Rew, Pa., in the old Titusville field and producing areas in the Kentucky field. He secured controlling interest in the Tanner Oil Company recently after he disposed of his holdings at Rock City. The Tanner Oil Company operates a large territory at South Bradford. Mr. Tanner was one of the organizers of the McKean County Refining Company at Farmers Valley which was sold to the Quaker State Oil Company two years ago. Since his health began to fail he has spent the severe winter months in Texas. He was a member of all the Masonic bodies of Bradford, the Coudersport Consistory and the Zem Zem Shrine of Erie. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annabelle Tanner; two sons, Donald B. of Bradford and Paul E. of Rochester; one daughter, Miss Margaret Tanner of Bradford; one grandson, Donald B. Tanner, Jr. of Bradford; one brother, Edward R. Tanner of Warren Pa., and one sister, Mrs. Freda Ogilvie, of Washington, D.C. July 30, 1931 Page 1. David L. Bills, 81 years, well known and respected resident of Hazlehurst passed away at his home Saturday afternoon at 2:20 o’clock following an illness of four months duration. Mr. Bills was born in Binghamton, N.Y., April 23rd, 1850, and had been a resident of Hazelhurst for the past 30 years. He was a man of high character and was respected by all who knew him. Deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank Dragoone and Hazel Bills of Smethport, and six sons, Earl, Kenneth, Ray and Everett of Hazelhurst; Herbert of Port Huron, Mich., and Ernest of California. Nineteen grandchildren also survive. Funeral services in his memory were held from the residence Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, Rev. Louis E. Elbel, officiating; interment was made in the family plot in Eldred Cemetery. Page 1. Daughter Of Woman For Whom Rixford Was Named Is Dead Olean, July 27. – Mrs. Abner Miller, a native of Rixford for half a century, and daughter of the woman for whom the village of Rixford was named, died at the home of her son, E.E. Miller of Portville, Thursday morning following a few hours illness. Mrs. Miller made her home with her daughter, Lillian Fairbanks of Knapp Creek since the death of her husband nine months ago, and was visiting at the home of her son when taken ill. Although an invalid she maintained a cheerful disposition and had many friends. In addition to her son and daughter, she leaves two other daughters, Mattie Mead, buffalo, and Nellie Coon, St. Petersburg, Fla; a brother, William Barden, Rixford; two sisters, Myra Ziel, Robinson, Ill., and Sadie Huston, St. Petersburg, Fla; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Page 3. Warren, July 25. – Warren and McKean County officials have launched an investigation into the death of George Ness at the Ridgway Hospital from a fractured skull received while on a fishing trip to Garland, this county, July 1. He received the injury when he fell from the rear of a coupe driven by a companion named Dilliker. No action has been taken. August 13, 1931 Page 1. Mrs. Emily Mayo Called by Death. (The obit is very difficult to read) Page 1. John Breneman Succumbs In Kane. (The obit is very difficult to read) Page 1. Taylor Hanson of Marvindale Ends Life By Hanging. Taylor Hanson of Marvindale, aged 45 years, an employe of the United Natural Gas Company, was found hanging from a rafter in the barn at the rear of his home Wednesday. Life had been extinct for some time. His wife had heard him arise at 5:00 o’clock and go to the barn. When he had not returned at 8:00 o’clock she went to call him, and was horrified upon entering the barn to see his body hanging from a rope fastened to a beam in the barn. The man had apparently climbed a ladder, fastened the rope to the beam and placed a red handkerchief around his neck, then placed his head in the noose, and jumped off the ladder into eternity. Justice R.C. Gleason acted as coroner in the absence of Dr. McCutcheon and gave a verdict of death by suicide, as all evidence confirmed that verdict. No reason is assigned for the unfortunate man’s act. He is said to have worried over financial troubles but as he held a good position, these hardly seemed serious. He was a genial, friendly man who was highly thought of by all who knew him. The tragedy has cast a feeling of gloom over the entire neighborhood. The deceased is survived by his widow and four children, Siegfried, Thurston, Tillie and Laverne. Funeral services have not yet been arranged. Page 3. Bride of 3 Months Watches Mate Drown. Coudersport Aug. 7. – Tragedy stalked along Pine Creek Sunday afternoon and Ray Wilcox, 22, is dead. Only three months ago Wilcox married a Watrous young lady. Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox and Mr. and Mrs. Basil McCracken took a picnic dinner and journeying to the stream where they banqueted in the shade. The men of the party then donned bathing suits and plunged into a deep hole in the stream; Mr. McCracken swam across and when he reached the shore looked back, but Wilcox was not in sight. McCracken is not an expert swimmer but he made a dive and located his friend in the deep water but was unable to bring him out. After striving frantically and futilely he was forced to give up and call for help. When the man was taken from the water efforts were made to resuscitate him but life was extinct. With the young bride witnessing the drowning it was particularly tragic. Page 3. Port Allegany Man’s Death Investigated. Port Allegany, Aug. 7. – Owen Davis, 41, was found dead at the foot of a tree near the home of his father-in-law, Edward Emerson, near Pine Grove, late Thursday afternoon by Everett Card and Dell Baker, who were wandering about the woods near the Emerson home. Davis is believed to have taken his life. The body had been suspended from the limbs of the tree but a rope about his neck had broken under his weight. An inquest will determine the cause of his death. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Emerson Davis, whom he married in March of this year also relatives in Olean and Bolivar. He was a member of the Moose lodge in Olean. The body was taken to G??? undertaking house in Port Allegany. His family declared that he had been suffering from a physical and mental ailment for some time. Page 7. Frewsburg Woman Is Killed As She Causes Crash On Highway. Wellsboro. Aug. 3. – Mrs. Robert Cameron aged 32 years of Frewsburg, N.Y., was instantly killed yesterday when the car driven by her husband careened from the road and struck a tree at the junction of the Roosevelt highway and the Charleston road, about five miles south of here. Besides Mrs. Cameron and the driver, Mr. Cameron, the car was occupied by their six-year-old son, John, and Mrs. Cameron’s sister Miss Esther Els. The accident (Unreadable) Mr. Cameron was (unreadable) by a (unreadable) which flew into the car and (unreadable) stab or pain caused him to lose control of the machine which (unreadable) the road (unreadable) of the highway. Mr. Cameron suffered a severe cut on the chin which required seven stitches to close and three lacerations on the hand and leg. He was given attention by Dr. F.H. Kennedy here. Miss Els and the child were uninjured. The car was demolished. The body of Mrs. Cameron was brought to the undertaking establishment of the Evans brothers here. August 20, 1931 Page 1. Final Rites Held For John C. Breneman. Final rites for John C. Breneman, who died Tuesday evening August 11th following a long illness, were held at the home at Kane Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. The Rev. W.E. Bartlett, of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Kane officiated at the service, which was attended by many friends and relatives. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. J. Ray McDade, W.L. Dykes, Carl Byham, J.R. Hoffer, William Ludwig and Harold Christy, old friends and neighbors of the deceased acted as pall bearers. Miss Helen Breneman sang two beautiful solos during the services. They were “Still, Still With Thee” and “Across the Bar.” Among those from out of town who attended the services were: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Breneman and son Robert, E.T. Daly, Dr. and Mrs. W.A. Ostrander of Smethport, Daniel Cooper of Bradford, Misses Katherine and Mame Flynn of Bradford. Page 1. H.L. Burlingame Called To Rest. H.L. Burlingame, aged and revered resident of Kasson, passed away Friday, August 14th at 10:30 p.m. at the Safstrom Nursing Home in East Smethport, where he had been taken a few days previous. He had been in failing health for the past year. Mr. Burlingame was born June 10, 1842 in Hamlin Township. He was the son of Hiram W. and Sally Rifle Burlingame, pioneer residents of this section. He married Alice Stark, August 18?, 1862 at Smethport, who died three years ago. To them were born five children of whom only one, Miss Lydia Burlingame survives. She has been her father’s constant attendant for a number of years. The deceased was the oldest member of the local G.A.R. (unreadable) His war record is one of which he had every reason to be proud. He enlisted August 18, 1862, mustered into the United States Service, September 2, 1862 as a private of Company C., 1?0th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry under Captain Horatio Bill, Colonel Longhorne Wister the duration of the war (ureadable) Army of the Potomac. He took part in the battles of (readable) Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Pa., Wilderness Va. (unreadable), North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Va. Weldon R.R. Va., (unreadable) was wounded at Gettysburg, July 1863 and transferred October 1, 1863 to Veteran’s Reserve Corps and discharged by general orders July 9, 1866. He is survived by one daughter, Lydia of Kasson, two sisters; Mrs. ??? Wilson of Smethport and Mrs. ?? Olmstead of Portville, N.Y.; one brother Ernest Burlingame of Indianapolis, Ind., five grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the family residence in Kasson. Rev. W.E. Van dyke, officiating. Services were in charge of Bucktail Post; American Legion; interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were; Merle Dickenson, Dr. W.A. Ostrander, E.G. Potter, W.A. Ross and Charles McKean. Page 1. Mrs. Almony third Victim of East Smethport Crash Mrs. Lula Renyon Almony of Smethport died very suddenly Friday morning at the Olean Mountain Clinic Hospital following an operation for removal of tonsils. Mrs. Almony failed to rally following the operation, ??? never became conscious after taking the anaesthetic. Death was said to be due to heart dilation, her heart having no doubt been weakened by the tragic accident on March 5th when the car in which she was riding collided with a freight train at the East Smethport crossing. IN the car at the time besides Mrs. Almony were her husband, R.H. Almony, 40, who died shortly after the accident; Guy Weir, 35, who died the day following, and Miss Genevieve McElhney who with Mrs. Almony suffered minor injuries. The accident occurred when the car was following the ambulance which was taking Marjory Almony, a daughter, who was very ill to the Olean Hospital. The father worn with many nights of watching at his daughter’s bedside failed to see or hear the approaching train and drove directly onto the tracks in front of it. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Almony had carried on his dairy farm and milk route very successfully and had made a brave struggle to care for her family. It seems very sad that she should be taken when she is so much needed. (Unreadable Section) Funeral services were held Monday ???? o’clock at the family residence, Rev. A.W. MacDougald officiating. (unreadable) Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery. Page 1. Charles E. Larson Called To Beyond. Charles Emil Larson, highly respected resident of Rose Hill Avenue, passed away Sunday August 16th at 2:30 a.m. at his residence of uremic poisoning (unreadable) born in Sweden November 5, 1871 and came to America (unreadable) He is survived by his wife Hannah Larson, the daughter of (unreadable) Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock with a short prayer service at the Swedish Lutheran church, Rev. Larson of Port Allegany officiating; interment was in Mt. Nebo Cemetery, Mt. Jewett. August 27, 1931 Page 8. Mrs. Frank Tuttle died at her home in Coryville Sunday noon following a heart attack. She was preceded in death by her husband some years ago. Mrs. Tuttle was well known in Coryville having been a resident of that place for many years. She resided at Olean before going to that place. Surviving her are two sons, Orvil of Coryville, John of Olean; four daughters, Mildred of Newark, N.J.; Gladys of Highland Springs, Va.; Nina of Buffalo, N.Y., and Twila of Olean; four brothers, William Rees of Costello, Alfred Rees of Philadelphia; Alvin Rees of Olean and B. Rees of Costello, and one sister, Vina VanWegan of Philadelphia. Funeral services were held from the Trinity Church in Olean Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial was in the Pleasant Valley cemetery. Page 8. Dayton Hitchcock, a well known and respected resident of Black Hollow, passed away Thursday evening, August 20th, at the home of his son, Eugene Hitchcock, of a complication of diseases. Mr. Hitchcock was born at Franklinville, N.Y., August 23rd, 1859. In 1881 he married Miss Clara Harris of Slack Hollow, who preceded him in death two years ago. The deceased is survived by one son, Eugene Hitchcock and two granddaughters, Misses Bernadine and Jane Ida Hitchcock of Slack Hollow; and grandson, Stuart Hitchcock of Wellsboro, Pa; two nieces, Mrs. Earl Gandill, and Mrs. Charles Remore of Los Angeles, Calif.; two nephews, Dr. H.A. True, Los Angeles, Calif.; Dr. Frank True of Des Moines, Iowa; besides many friends who extend heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved relatives. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the home of his son, Eugene Hitchcock. Rev. Prosper Miller of Port Allegany officiating; interment was in the Lamphier cemetery, Eldred. The floral offerings were very beautiful. September 3, 1931 Page 1. Mrs. Carlton H. Holcomb passed away Tuesday evening, August 25th at her home in Pearl Street, Shinglehouse following quite a long illness. The funeral will be held at the house at two o’clock Friday afternoon. The burial will be made in the Maple Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Holcomb is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Rice and one son Lester Norton both of Coryville. Page 1. Aunt Of H.J. Rice Laid To Rest At Jersey Shore Mrs. Barbara Strong, aged 54 years passed away Wednesday, August 26th at Detroit, Michigan, following an operation. The deceased was brought to Jersey Shore Sunday, where she was laid to rest. The remains were accompanied by Charles Strong and daughter Dorabelle of Detroit who spent Monday night at the home of H.J. Rice who is a nephew of the deceased. Page 7. Salamanca Youth is Instantly Killed in Mishap at Vandalia. Bradford, Aug. 31. – Joseph Philarski 19, of 236 Clinton Street, Salamanca, was instantly killed early yesterday morning when the machine in which he was riding with two other youths, collided head-on with another machine driven by Dominic Pandl, of Olean. Pandl and his brother Robert both of Olean, N.Y., were seriously hurt and were taken to the Mountain Clinic hospital in Olean. According to a report made to State police at Allegany, N.Y., Philarski met death from a broken neck. David Helene and Henry Abren, other occupants of the car, escaped serious injury. Frank Duransky, Olean, the third occupant the Olean automobile, also escaped serious injury. The accident occurred on the main road from Allegany, three miles from the place on what is known as Rattlesnake Hille at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. How the automobiles came to crash head-on was not given in the report to the police. September 10, 1931 Page 1. Youth Killed, Mother Hurt in Auto Crash. Bradford, Sept. 8. – An 11-year-old boy was instantly killed and his mother seriously injured when the car in which they were riding sideswiped another on Jenkins Hill, about five miles from Coudersport on the Coudersport-Austin road at 7:15 p.m. yesterday. The dead: Gordon Young, 11, DuBois, Fractured skull and broken neck. The injured: Mrs. Mathilda Young, DuBois. Chest crushed an suffering from shock. In the Coudersport Hospital. The drivers of the two cars, B.F. Kaufmann, Altoona and Alfred Salade, R.F.D. 4, Coudersport, escaped unhurt. According to report of the State Highway patrol at Coudersport, the Kauffman car, I which Mrs. Young and her son were passengers, and that of Salade sideswiped on Jenkins Hill. The Kauffman car turned over, pinning the boy under. The cars were traveling in opposite directions. September 17, 1931 Page 1. John Clark Wirt, highly respected Smethport resident passed away at his home on East Main Street, Friday, September 11, 1931 of a lingering illness. He was born at Norwich, on June 3, 1888, a son of Joseph and Cora White Wirt. “J.C.” as he was commonly known received his education in the Smethport schools and had spent most of his life here. On Nov. 29, 1911 he was united in marriage to Miss Arlle E. Howe at Great Valley, N.Y. For years he was an employee at the plant of the Backus Novelty Co., and was a member of the Smethport fire department. Being naturally of a sunny disposition even in the face of his great suffering his courage never failed and he bore his suffering with patience and fortitude. He was a kind husband and a loving father and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Besides his wife he is survived by four children, Joyce 19, Lavern, 12, Aletha, 8, and Joseph, 6, all at home; his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wirt of Rose Hill Avenue and one sister, Mrs. Elias Smith of East Smethport. Funeral services were held at his father’s home on Rose Hill Avenue, Tuesday afternoon t 1 o’clock, Rev. Franklin Carr of Swains, N.Y. assisted by Rev. MacDougald, officiating; interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery. (List of pall bearers and people attending the funeral is largely unreadable) Page 1. Philip Drake Buried At Shinglehouse. The remains of the late Philip Drake, superintendent of the Texas Refinery of Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived in Smethport Friday noon accompanied by his widow, numerous relatives and a special representative of the Texas Company also a representative from the San Francisco Railroad and was taken to the home of his brother, E.E. Drake of West Main Street, where a prayer service was conducted by Rev. A.W. MacDougald, Sunday afternoon at 1:00 o’clock the funeral cortege then drove to Shinglehouse the old home of the deceased where funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. in the Methodist Church, Rev. ??? officiating; interment was in Shinglehouse cemetery. (Next section largely unreadable) Those from out-of-town who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Drake were; Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Drake, Mr. and Mrs. G.O. Drake and Robert Drake of Cleveland, o.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Drake of Kansas City, MO; Mrs. Margaret Drake, Billy Pratt and Mrs. Olizina of Tulsa, Okla. Dana Pratt of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Viva Wingate, L.R. Holmes, Richard Amundson, Mrs. F.E. Manley of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. M.M. Holmes of Olean, N.Y., Mrs. Isuman of Butler, Pa; A. M. Johnson of Sharon, Pa., and A.E. Manley of Bayenne, N.J. Page 1. Mrs. Anna Melville Eldred, Sept. 11. – Mrs. Anna Melville aged 80 years passed away Wednesday afternoon t 3:39 o’clock at the home of her nephew Mevin Cotter of Edson Street after a long illness resulting from arthritis. Deceased had been partially blind for three years and her death came as a blessed relief from her sufferings. Mrs. Melville was born at Cohoes, near Troy, N.Y., in 1851. Her husband was a pioneer oil operator on Oil Creek and his death occurred about ten years ago and since that time she has resided at the Cotter home. She held the respect and esteem of many local friends and well liked by all who knew her. Surviving are two brothers, William Conerry of Troy, N.Y. and Thomas Residing in New York State; two nieces, Mrs. Anna Quinn of Duboise, Pa., and Mrs. Claude Shattuck of Smethport, two nephews John and Kevin Cotter of Eldred. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at St. Raphael’s Church, Rev. M.E. Bailey, officiating. Page 7. Franklinville Girl Killed By Driverless Automobile. Portville, Sept. 10. – When a car left in gear at the curb was cranked, it started off driverless crashed into two children, killing one. The dead child, Virginia Frost, four years old was crushed against a parked car. She died four hours after the accident at the Olean General Hospital. The other child was Jeanette Stearns, aged 7, who suffered a sprained back, facial lacerations and body bruises. Adelbert Williams of Humphrey is the owner of the car, which was parked in gear as the brakes were not working. A passenger was seated in the car when Williams cranked it but when the car started off out of control the passenger did not know how to stop it and was forced to sit helpless while the car wreaked havoc. September 24, 1931 Page 1. Marvin J. Norris, fifty seven years of age passed away at three o’clock Thursday morning Sept 17, at his residence in Olean. Mr. Norris was born June 22, 1871 at Hinsdale. He was a resident of Olean for forty years. He was one of the leading barbers of this city for many years and operated his shop at 321 West State Street. He had been ill for three months but had not been bedfast until August 8. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary J. Norris, three sons Leroy of New York Harold of Buffalo, and Albert of Buffalo, three daughters, Mrs. Ruth McPeak of Buffalo, Mrs. Marian Stewart of New York and Dorothy of Olean, also three brothers, three sisters, and two grandchildren. The funeral services were held at 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at his home and at 2 o’clock in Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial was made in Smethport with Rev. S.B. Reed officiating. The Norris funeral was one of the largest ever held in Olean. Friends and relatives where present from Olean, Bradford, Salamanca, Ellicottville, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Oil City, Titusville, Kane, Coudersport, Washington and New York. Mr. Norris was a former Smethport resident having operated a barber shop here about 26 years ago and he also worked in E.O. Caskies barber shop here on numerous occasions. He had many friends in this vicinity. Page 4. Ridgway, Sept. 21. – One man was dead and two others were in a serious condition today at St. Marys Hospital from injuries received when their car overturned on the highway while they were en route from St. Marys to this city yesterday morning. Ferdinand Burgess of St. Marys was said to have been driving the car when it went out of control. He was instantly killed. Anthony Piper and Joseph Herbest, both of St. Marys were in St. Marys Hospital with severe injuries. An inquest into the accident resulted in a verdict of accidental death. October 1, 1931 Page 2. Mt. Jewett Sept 24. – Phillip Hotton of Hazelhurst well known throughout this vicinity passed away at his home Sunday evening at 11:20 o’clock following an illness of about two years duration. Phillip Andrew Hotton was born in Salamanca, N.Y., December 18, 1864. He had been a resident of Hazelhurst for about thirty years. He was employed by the (unreadable) Glass Co. when his health began to fail. He was a member of the O.O.O.F. Lodge No. 881, Mt. Jewett. Deceased is survived by his wife , one daughter Mrs. Hazel Zetler of Duke Center and one son Carl Hotton of New York City. Funeral services in his memory were held at the home in Hazelhurst yesterday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, Rev. C.J. Ze?? Of Clarendon, assisted by Rev. L.E. Elbel of Mt. Jewett officiated. Burial was made in the family plot in the Portville N.Y. cemetery. The pallbearers were George Zetler and George Benson of Duke Center, (unreadable). A large number of out-of-town relatives and friends attended the service. Page 7. Bradford, Sept 28. – Carl G. Cronwell, aged 49, of Bent Texas was almost instantly killed when the car he was driving crashed into a concrete abutment of the bridge over Two Mile Creek at Sheffield shortly after 10 p.m. yesterday. (remainder of obit is unreadable.) October 15, 1931 Page 1. Scratch Fatal To Clermont Child Kane, October 8. – A tiny scratch on the little toe of the right foot of Shirley Henry, aged six, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Henry of Clermont, resulted in her death Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. George Washburn, of 201 Hill Street, Ridgway. The scratch developed three weeks ago and the child was given medical attention. Last week her condition became worse and she was taken to Ridgway. Tuesday afternoon the little girl became unconscious and a physician was called but the patient was dead on his arrival. The funeral services will be held Friday at 10 o’clock at the Washburn residence. Burial will be made in Penfield. The survivors; the parents; five sisters, Mrs. Merle Duttrey, Clermont; Mrs. Earl Walters, Shaffer Siding, Pa.; Mrs. W. Hoyt, Buffalo; Mrs. K. Leach, Reynoldsville; Anna May, at home; and a brother Harry at home. Page 7. Bradford, Oct. 12. – Bewildered by lights of approaching cars, Archie W. Davis, 45, of 48 North Kendall Avenue, stepped in front of the car driven by Walter S Mack of 45 Elm Street, near Limestone at 10 o’clock last night and was fatally injured. Mr. Davis died before he was admitted to the Bradford Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Mack were returning here from Mrs. Mack’s home in Gowanda. Witnesses said MR. Davis attempted to cross the road and was almost struck by a car moving toward Limestone. He apparently stepped back in front of the Mack car. A call was sent for the McAllister ambulance but Joseph Colosimo, Ed Price and William Butler, who were returning from Buffalo, rushed him to the hospital. Dr. J.K. ??? pronounced him dead. Police Captain Michael Perko, here and New York State Police from Allegany investigated. Coroner Dr. Bourne, of Salamanca, will come here today to complete the investigation. Mr. Davis was a machinist employed by the Bradford Motor works. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Bertha Davis; three daughters, Gertrude, Evelyn and Dorothy; two sons, Russell and Donald, all of Bradford; his father, Lee Davis of Tionesta; one sister, Mrs. Chas. Curtis of Tionesta; two brothers, Harry of Chicago; and George of Meadville. He was a member of the Asbury Methodist Church here and the Odd Fellows of Derrick City. October 22, 1931 Page 3. Olean Business Man Poisoned By Gas Olean, Oct. 16. – Carbon monoxide poisoning resulted in the death of William F. Sayre Olean business man who was found overcome in his garage late Wednesday. Mr. Sayre had been repairing his automobile and when he was found the garage doors were closed and the engine of the car running. Mr. Sayre, manager of the Olean Steel and Iron company had lived here 28 years. He was chairman of the dinner committee of the Shrine ceremonial to [be] held today. He was a member of Olean Lodge, F.&A.M. Jamestown Consistory, Ismalla Temple, Buffalo, and director of the Masonic Club. Page 8. Dr. G.G. Ash Passes Away At Bradford. Dr. Garrett Gus Ash (unreadable) East Main Street, one of Bradford’s most prominent medical men and one of its most popular citizens passed away at the Bradford Hospital Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock, following a three weeks illness of liver trouble. Dr. Ash had been practically in a dying condition for days and it was known that he could not recover. He was admitted to the Bradford Hospital on Tuesday October 6. Deceased was born at Dallas City Pa., on June 23, 1883, the son of the late Dr and Mrs. D.G. Ash. He had resided in Bradford practically all of his life. (Most of obit is unreadable). Dr. Ash is survived by his wife Mrs. Helen Ash and one daughter Carolyn of this city. October 29, 1931 Page 6. Resident of Kane A Half Century Dies Kane, Oct. 26. – Mrs. Lottie Knapp, aged 57, a resident of East Kane for almost a half century, died at her home this morning from complications after an illness of several weeks duration. She was the wife of Edward Delos Knapp. Surviving her are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Dodds and Miss Ada Knapp of East Kane and two sons, Francis of Bradford, and Burt of East Kane. The deceased was a member of the First Methodist Church. Private funeral services will be held from the home Wednesday afternoon. November 5, 1931 Page 1 Mrs. Frances Yardley Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Yardley pasted away at her home in Sterling Run, Pa., Friday evening, October 23, 1931. She is survived by her husband James Yardley, Sterling Run, Five daughter, Mrs. Alen ???; Mrs. A.B. Todd, Smethport; Mrs. Charles Anchee, Watsontown; Mrs. Frank Armstrong, Emporium; Mrs. Edgar Sanders, Ishpening, Mich; two sons, Jay D. Haines, Sterling Run; John W. Haines, Olean; two brothers One sister, eighteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren. Mrs. Yardley was born at Warton, Pa., September 23, 1856. Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church of Emporium. Burial was made in the Warton Cemetery. Page 1 Larry Scanlan, 21, Killed Tuesday in Hunting Accident Larry Scanlan, aged 21 years, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Scanlan of Colegrove, was fatally injured late Tuesday afternoon when he and John McKeirnan, Natale Fice and Cecil Grinolds were hunting rabbits in the vicinity of Colegrove. The fatality occurred when the boys chased a rabbit in under an old shack and while Scanlan was routing the rabbit the gun of John McKeirnan discharged, the shot entering the Scanlan lad’s back. Horror stricken at this occurrence the boys brought the injured youth to Smethport as soon as possible but he died before they reached the office of Dr. Hamilton. The dead youth was a junior at St. Bonaventure’s College, Allegany, N.Y. and he and the McKeirnan lad had been the closest of friends since childhood. The latter attended Westbrook’s Academy at Olean and he and Natale Fice had left there at noon to come home and enjoy an afternoon of hunting. The victim of the tragic accident was a youth of much promise. He was a graduate of Colgrove High School and a Junior at St. Bonavantures College. He had a ??? circle of friends in this section. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Scanlan, four sisters and two brothers; Mary, Anne, Agnes, Eugenia, Nicholas and James. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9:00 o’clock at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic church, Rev Urban S. Barrett, officiating. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the community at their great loss. November 12, 1931 Page 3 Olean Man Killed At R.R. Crossing Olean Nov 5 – John Charles Cradduck, one of the junior members of the firm of the Cradduck & Sons Transportation Company, met a tragic death shortly after 8 o’clock Tuesday night when the ?? coupe which he was driving was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at a crossing about three miles north of Olean on what is known as the Woodchuck Hollow road. Apparently due to a pouring rain Mr. Cradduck failed to see the headlight of the approaching northbound train and was directly upon the tracks when struck. Train 571 travels at a great speed at this point and the coupe was carried nearly 300 feet before rolling down into a field. Samuel L. Burt of Olean a Pennsylvania Railroad Conductor was the first off the train. Cradduck was found alive with his hands still clutching the steering wheel. He was put in the baggage car and a little later transferred to a southbound Rochester bound train, from which the Ha??? ambulance took him at Union Valley Crossing where he had been struck. Cradduck was dead when he was taken from the train. An examination made later by Coroner William M. Smith showed that the victim had a broken neck; broken left ??, four broken ribs and internal injuries. Page 1. Louis Steinhauer Called Home Louis Steinhauer, aged and revered resident of Farmer’s Valley passed away Tuesday, morning, November 10th at 8:15 o’clock at his home. Mr. Steinhauer’s death was very sudden as he was in his usual good health up to the Sunday evening previous to his death, performing his usual duties about the house and barn. He was stricken with paralysis during the night and only lived a short time before passing into the everlasting sleep, which he welcomed with sublime faith and trust in the maker of all things. The deceased was born in Clermont, October 5th, 1848. He was married to Fanny Beckwith, February 28, 1876 and they resided at Clermont until 1895 when they moved to Farmers Valley, where they have since made their home. He is survived by his wife and the following children; T.L. Steinhauer, of LaJunta, Colorado; L.S. Steinhauer, of Derrick City; J.E. Steinhauer, of New York City; Mrs. L.A. Moody, of State Line, N.Y.; Mrs. W.B. Hopper, of Buffalo, N.Y. Mrs. Guy L. Moore, of Rew, Pa.; and twelve grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Josephine Meisel, of Hazelhurst; and several nephews and nieces. Mr. Steinhauer’s death is the first one in the family in over fifty-five years. Deceased was the oldest living member of the Smethport Masonic lodge, F.& A.M. He was a man of the highest integrity, admired and respected by a host of friends and beloved by his family. He leaves a record of a life well spent. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 o’clock at the family residence. Interment will be in Smith Hill Cemetery at Farmers Valley. Page 1 65 Classmates of Larry Scanlan Attend Funeral On Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock funeral services for Lawrence Scanlan, Jr. who was killed in a hunting accident last week, were held at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church and Solemn Requiem High Mass was offered for the repose of the soul of the deceased, with Father Urban S. Barrett as celebrant, Father Bertram, O.F.M., deacon, Father Benedict, O.F.M., sub-deacon. Joseph Allegretti of Bradford was Master of Ceremonies. Hobert Herzog was Thurifer and Masters Paul Griffin and Roy O’loughlin were Acolytes. Father Bertram and Father Benedict are prefects at St. Bonaventures College, where the youth had been a student. Father Gerald McMinn, O.F.M., Dean of studies at St. Bonaventures and Father P.J. Donahue of Kane, occupied places in the sanctuary during the service. Sixty-five college students, classmates of the deceased attended the funeral. During mass they were lined in double file in the middle aisle at attention and received communion at the altar. The youths preceded the funeral cortege to the cemetery and there the line divided and the boys stood on each side as the mourners marched between them to the grave, where the deceased was laid to rest. The ceremony was an unusually touching and beautiful one. Among the out-of-town relatives and friends who attended the funeral were; Mrs. M.F. Scanlon of Franklin, Pa; Messrs. Oscar and Guilford? Potter of Whitesville, N.Y.; Mrs. Wm. Lombard and daughter Johanna and Mrs. E.J. Morris of Corry, Pa.; Mrs. Joseph Sluga and daughters Josephine Antonia and Julia of Red House, N.Y., besides many from Bradford and Olean. Page 1 Sister of Mrs. F.A. Green Dies Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Green were in Frewsburg, Monday to attend the funeral of the latter’s sister, Mrs. Liza Gibbs who passed away last Thursday evening. Page 1 Mother of Mrs. R.F. Brownell Passes Away The said news was received here the latter part of the week of the death of Mrs. Mary Barinard of Baltimore who passed away Saturday at her home in Catonesville, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Brainard had been in poor health for some time. Deceased is survived by five daughters and eight grandchildren. Mrs. R.F. Brownell and two other daughters of the deceased were at her bedside when the end came. Mr. Brownell and daughter, Mary Elise left Sunday to attend the funeral which was held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00. Mrs. Brainard had visited here frequently and had made many friends in this place. Page 1 Brother of P.S. Curran Dies in New York P.S. Curran, local Prudential Agent, was called to New York City Tuesday by the death of his brother, William Curran, aged 68 years, which occurred on that day. November 19, 1931 Page 3. Emporium, Nov 13. – Stanley Sharp 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sharp of Austin was instantly killed Tuesday night about eleven o’clock in the Cowley Run about half way between Emporium and Austin when his car went over the edge of a narrow concrete bridge which had no railing. His neck was broken. Sharp was accompanied by his nephew, aged about fourteen years. The boy suffered bruises but was not seriously injured. They were on a coon hunting trip at the time. Stanley Sharp was well known in Emporium and vicinity. He was born and raised in Austin and spent his entire life there. A sister, Mrs. R.H. Drake resided here until two years ago and he was a first cousin of Mrs. A.R. Mitcheltree of Pine Street this city. The funeral will be held this afternoon at his home in Austin. Interment will be in Forest Hill Cemetery that place. He leaves his wife, parents, one brother and four sisters. Page 4. Bradford, Nov. 18. – Christopher Miller, aged 57, a pumper on the B.M. Johnston and sons lease at Harrisburg Run, committed suicide while at work early yesterday morning by inhaling gas. His body was found at 7 a.m. by L. Neal, another pumper who was reporting for work. It was lying on the floor of the pump house. Mr. Miller was last seen at midnight by the night engineer. Sometime after that he disconnected a gas line from the stove at the pump house and holding the end close to his face wrapped a coat about his head. Two other coats he had wrapped into a bundle and used as a pillow. Acting Coroner Dr. S.A. McCutcheon who was notified of the death by Harold Johnston, said Mr. Miller died from asphyxiation. He had been dead three or four hours when found. Mr. Miller came here eight years ago from Oil City to work on the Johnston lease. He was regarded as a reliable and trustworthy employe. No reason for the act could be given. A sister residing at Custer City was notified and had the body removed to an Olean mortuary. Mr. Miller was single. Page 8. Mrs. R.H. Dumgley, aged 70 years, died at her home in Corydon, Pa., Thursday afternoon, November 12th. Funeral services for the deceased were held at the Corydon M.E. Church at 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Her husband and three children survive. December 3, 1931 Page 1. Mrs. Orson D. Nourse, one of Smethport’s finest and most highly esteemed women, passed away Sunday, November 29th at 4:00 o’clock at her home near East Smethport after an illness of about eight months’ duration. The last five weeks of which she was confined to her bed. Mrs. Nourse had been a patient a the Bradford Hospital, but was brought home shortly before the death angel called and she passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her loved ones. Phoebe Murle Hyde was born March 22, 1878 in Smethport, the daughter of Ellen and Newton Hyde. She was married October 28, 1900 to Orson D. Nourse and has spent all of her life on their farm near East Smethport, except for a few years when the family resided in the house owned by them on East Main Street. Mrs. Nourse was a communicant of the Episcopal Church and a member of Fidelity Grange. She was a splendid wife and mother and was loved and respected by a large circle of friends. Her death leaves a sorrowing group of friends and relatives. She is survived by her husband, Orson D. Nourse, a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Washburn of Bradford, and a son Paul Nourse at Kane; three brothers, William and Beaman Hyde of Smethport and All Hyde of Port Allegany also survive. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at the home, Rev. W.E. Van Dyke officiating. The pallbearers were William, Allan and Beaman Hyde and W.I. Burdick; interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery. Page 2. Bradford, Nov. 28. – Mrs. Ruth Ursoy Fish, 34, of Riverside Junction was instantly killed Thursday afternoon at 1:16 o’clock when she was struck by an automobile driven by Ralph emery Wilson, R.F.D. 1, Limestone. The accident occurred about one mile south of the village of Limestone on the Olean- Bradford highway. Coroner Phillip C. Heurne issued a certificate of accidental death. Mrs. Fish walked directly into the path of the Wilson car. She suffered a fracture of the skull. Witnesses to the accident said Mrs. Fish had just left a machine driven by George Mouser of Quaker Bridge. Admonished by Mr. Mouser to be careful in crossing the road, Mrs. Fish replied that she could make it and walked around in front of the Mouser car and into the path of Wilson’ machine. Mouser was accompanied by his wife and two daughters. He had picked Mrs. Fish up at Riverside Junction and offered her a ride to Limestone where she was going to the home of Mrs. Cora Fargo, who is ill and whom she, a nurse, had been caring for. Surviving are her husband, Charles, a son, Thomas McLoughlin, Olean; a daughter, Mrs. Emmett L. Cramer,, Bradford; four brothers, Joseph J., James E., Everett C., and John J. Ursoy, all of Olean; a sister, Mrs. Frank Marke, riverside Junction. Funeral services will be held at the home of her brother, John J. Ursoy of Olean, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The Rev. A. Frank Houser will officiate and burial will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery. December 17, 1931 Page 1. Delbert Knickerbocker, 37, of ?? Brook dropped dead Friday afternoon at four o’clock while on his way to his home from work. Mr. Knickerbocker was employed on a lease owned by the Elmira Gas & Oil Company. Shortly before 4 o’clock he complained of being ill and started for his home a short distance away and succumbed before he reached there. Death was caused from a heart ailment. Surviving the deceased are his wife, six children, his mother and one brother and one sister. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the late home. Burial was made in the Portville cemetery. Page 3. Bradford, Dec. 14. – Two persons were instantly killed and their car completely demolished in a ahead-on collision with a New York bound Erie passenger train at the North Kendall Avenue crossing here Saturday night. The dead: Charles M. Cross, 63 of East Main Street Mrs. Daisy Howard, 50 of Niagara Falls, N.Y. The accident occurred at about 8:55 o’clock Saturday night when Mr. Cross, driving a small coupe and with Mrs. Howard as passenger either did not notice the approaching train or the brakes of the car failed. They were driving from Jackson Avenue to North Kendall, the crossing being at the foot of a sharp decline. Both Mr. Cross and Mrs. Howard were badly mangled in the wreck. Mrs. Howard was not identified until almost four hours after the accident when police Captain Michael Perko found a nephew of the dead woman, George Spignard. Immediatley after the accident Koch’s ambulances were summoned, but the victims were dead before they arrived. The bodies were removed to the Koch mortuary. Acting Coroner Dr. S.R. McCutcheon who investigated the wreck, held the engine crew blameless. The train was in charge of A.J. Koehl. December 31, 1931 Page 1 Rixford Woman Dies Suddenly At Her Home Bradford Dec. 30 – Mrs. Blanche E. Dibble aged 48 of Rixford died yesterday morning at 7 o’clock at her home two hours after she had been taken ill. She died before Dr. Wormer of Fortville, N.Y. who was summoned could reach her bedside. Mrs. Dibble was born in Rixford and had been a resident there her entire life. She was a member of the United Brethren church of Rixford and had been active in church work. She is survived by her husband W. J. Dibble, four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Bennett of Kane, Mrs. Esther Scalforo, Mrs. Mary Bacha and Mildred Irene Dibble of Rixford, five sons William G., Keith M., Donald J., Glenn W., and David Dibble all of Rixford; two sisters Mrs. J.W. Lilley of Cyclone and Mrs. James Parr of Buffalo; three brothers Charles and Harry Miller of Tampico, Mexico and James Miller of Selmsgrove?, Pa. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home. Rev. J.F. Barber pastor of the United Brethren church of Rixford will officiate. Burial will be in the Family plot in Rose Hill Cemetery in Smethport. Page 4. Card of Thanks We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindess during our recent bereavement in the death of our beloved wife and mother, also for the beautiful floral tributes and the use of cars. A.P. Olson and Family. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 70.4 Kb