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Gladys C. Horner
ONEONTA — Gladys C. Horner, 101, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2004, at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta.
A lifelong resident of Cicero, she was born Sept. 10, 1902, in Cicero, the daughter of Matthew and Josephine (Gross) Horner.
She graduated from Valley High School and then attended secretarial school in Syracuse.
She married Oscar W. Horner, who predeceased her in 1958.
In her younger years she worked in a law office in Syracuse for a short time. As well as being a homemaker, she worked for many years as the deputy town clerk for the town of Cicero. She was a lifetime communicant of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cicero.
Survivors include two sons, Robert Horner and his wife, Nancy, of Cicero, and Dr. Carl Horner of Oneonta; a granddaughter, Martha Gonzales of Arizona; grandsons, Robert Horner of Ballston Spa and Thomas Horner of Clay; six great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, at St. Mary's Church in Oneonta. Entombment followed in St. Mary's Cemetery Mausoleum in Dewitt.
Arrangements by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.
Edna D. Pierce
COOPERSTOWN — A graveside committal service for Edna D. Pierce, 87, who died Nov. 10, 2003, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 13, 2004, in Springfield Cemetery, with the Rev. Ronald Fralick, pastor of the Roseboom United Methodist Church, officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
Herbert Blanchard
ONEONTA — The committal service for Herbert W. Blanchard, who passed away on Jan. 15, 2004, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 15, 2004, at the Glenwood Cemetery in Oneonta with the Rev. Thomas Clemow officiating. Military honors will be presented by the Oneonta American Legion Post 259.
Arrangements are by the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.
Harry A. Green
COOPERSTOWN — A graveside committal service for Harry A. Green, 87, who died March 28, 2004, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 14, 2004, in Fly Creek Valley Cemetery, with Thomas E. Pullyblank, pastor of the Fly Creek United Methodist Church, officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Connell Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
Frank Birdsall
SIDNEY — Graveside services for Frank Birdsall, 96, of Sidney, who passed away on Jan. 30, 2004, will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2004, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. David Masland, pastor of the United Methodist Church in Sidney, officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers, Inc. Funeral Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney.
Helen A. Canner
ONEONTA — A graveside committal service for Helen A. Canner, who died on Jan. 31, 2004, will be held on Friday, May 14, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in the Evergreen Cemetery in Otego.
Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.
Joan B. Page
ONEONTA — Joan B. "Joanie" Page, 65, who passed away Friday, May 7, 2004, is also survived by her sister-in-law, Virginia "Ginny" Whispell of Laurens.
Beatrice Fancher
CONESVILLE — Beatrice A. Fancher, 93 years old, of Conesville passed away on May 10, 2004, at Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville.
She was born Feb. 26, 1911, in Conesville, daughter of the late Elmer and Margaret (Fredenburgh) Merwin.
Beatrice was a homemaker and was the tax collector for the town of Conesville for more than 20 years, retiring in 1979.
She was a former member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Conesville Volunteer Fire Company and a member of the Conesville United Methodist Church.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Chauncey Ballard, and second husband, Leland R. Fancher, and a sister, Mabel Fancher.
Surviving are her two sons, Forrest Ballard and his wife, June, and Lawrence L. Fancher and his wife, Sandy, all of Conesville. She is also survived by six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be Wednesday, at 2 p.m. at the Cunningham Funeral Home, 4898 SR 81, Greenville, NY 12083. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. prior to the service.
Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Prattsville.
Those who wish may contribute in Beatrice's memory to the Conesville Rescue Squad.
Harry P. Ille
DENVER — Harry P. Ille Jr., 55, of Denver died Sunday, May 9, 2004, at Margaretville Memorial Hospital, Margaretville.
Harry was born on Aug. 20, 1948, in Passaic, N.J., the son of Harry P. Ille Sr. and Esther Lindstrom.
He served in the United States Army. Harry worked as an accountant for Pollina & Pollina Accounting Firm in Hawthorne, N.J. When he moved to Denver in 1989, he became a self-employed accountant.
He lived in Clifton, N.J., and Monroe before moving to Denver.
He was a member of the NRA and was an avid sportsman and hunter.
Harry is survived by two sons, Paul Ille, Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., and Bryan and daughter-in-law, Liz Ille, Budd Lake, N.J.; his fiancee, Linda Latham, North Haledon, N.J.; and her two grandchildren, Kenneth and Jessica.
Calling hours will be held 1 p.m. to funeral service at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at the Miller Funeral Home, Roxbury, with the Rev. Richard Dykstra officiating. Burial will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa, N.J.
Memorial gifts may be made in Harry P. Ille Jr., memory to the American Heart Association or the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund, 204 Squaw Brook Road, North Haledon, NJ 07508.
Funeral arrangements are by the Miller Funeral Home, Roxbury.
John C. Burroughs
ROXBURY — John Curtis Burroughs, 41, of Roxbury passed away Sunday, May 9, 2004, at St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pa.
He was born on Dec. 3, 1962, in Roxbury, the son of John C. Burroughs and Jeanetta Erway.
John graduated from Roxbury Central School in 1982.
John was a well driller working for Carson and Son Well Drilling Company in Wilmington, Pa.
He enjoyed restoring old cars and riding motorcycles.
John is survived by one daughter, Amanda Burroughs, Pattersonville; his mother and father, John C. and Jeanetta Burroughs, Roxbury; one sister, Deborah and brother-in-law, Larry Kimball; one nephew, Larry Mathew; two nieces, Ashley and Rachel; and several aunts and uncles.
Calling hours are from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at the Miller Funeral Home, Roxbury.
Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, at the Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church, Roxbury, with the Rev. Richard Dykstra officiating. Burial will be in Roxbury Cemetery, Roxbury.
Contributions may be made in John's memory to the Memorial Fund of the Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church, Roxbury, NY 12474.
Funeral arrangements are by the Miller Funeral Home, Roxbury.
Daniel J. Horton
WALTON — Daniel J. Horton, 69, of Walton passed away at home suddenly Saturday evening, May 8, 2004.
Dan was born in Great Neck, Long Island, on March 28, 1935.
He was a heavy equipment operator, employed by the Village of Kings Point, Long Island.
In 1991, he moved to the Walton area. He attended Trout Creek Community Church. He was a former member of the Alert's Fire Department, Great Neck, the Fire Department Benevolent Association and a member of the Alert's Fire Department race team.
On Aug. 22, 2003, he married the former Barbara Francisco Rosa in Trout Creek.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara Horton; a son, Brian and Terry Horton of Great Neck; a daughter, Laura and Gary Fraraccio of Maspeth, Long Island; a stepson, Duane and Kelly Rosa, Summit Point, W.Va.; a stepdaughter, Kristie and Scott Polomcean of Trout Creek; the mother of his children, Genevieve Munnelly, of Long Island; four grandchildren, Alexandra Horton, Abigail Rosa, Justin and Kolby Polomcean; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Jackie and Linda Sulla, Great Neck, Cecelia and Richard Northrup, Walton, and Gloria and Tim McGrath; stepmother-in-law, Beulah Francisco, Delhi; stepfather-in-law, Howard Robinson, Franklin.
Calling hours will be held Tuesday, May 11, 2004, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Clark, Winter & Courtney Funeral Home, 25 Townsend St., Walton, where services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Memorial contributions in Dan's memory may be made to the Walton EMS or the Trout Creek Fire Department. Memorial contribution envelopes are available at the funeral home.
Condolences to the family may be made on-line by visiting our website at www.clarkwintercourtney.com.
Merton Gladstone
WALTON — Merton J. "Butch" Gladstone, 62, of Walton passed away Sunday, May 9, 2004, in Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, after a short illness.
Butch was born in Walton, on Nov. 11, 1941, the son of Kenneth and Margaret Jackson Gladstone.
He was a graduate of Walton Central School and Williamsport Tech, Williamsport, Pa. He served his country in the United States Army in Vietnam. He was a machinist, employed by Amphenol Corp., Sidney, retiring two months ago.
He was of the Protestant faith, attending the Northfield Community Church.
He married the former Barbara Ander. She died on Oct. 8, 2000.
He is survived by his mother, Margaret Bailey, Walton; four sons, Mark, Michael, Matthew and Ward; six grandchildren; one brother, Martin K. "Mike" Gladstone of Walton; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his father, Kenneth, on Oct. 20, 1975.
There are no calling hours.
A graveside service will be held on Friday, May 14, 2004, at 1 p.m. in Walton Cemetery, with the Rev. James F. Martin officiating.
Memorial contributions in Butch's memory may be made to the Walton EMS, 61 West St., Walton, NY 13856. Memorial contribution envelopes are available at the funeral home.
Condolences to the family may be made online by visiting our website at www.clarkwintercourtney.com.
Selden Ward
OGDENSBURG — The Rev. Selden H. Ward, 93, formerly of South Colton, passed away on May 5, 2004, at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, surrounded by loving family members.
He was born on April 26, 1911, in Oswegatchie, son of Charles and Lillian (Lansing) Ward. After graduation from high school, he attended Wheaton College in Illinois. He graduated in 1938 with a degree in theology and entered the ministry soon afterwards. He was later ordained as a Baptist minister in the American Baptist Convention. His ordination ceremony was held at the Canton Baptist Church where he was the pastor.
He married Naomi Drury on June 21, 1939, at the famous Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They were married for nearly 50 years until her death on Dec. 1, 1988. His love for New York State, especially the rural areas, was exceeded only by his love for his family. He dedicated much of his ministry to serving smaller parishes throughout central and upstate New York. His parishes included Parishville, South Colton, Colton, Canton, Hannawa Falls, Sandy Creek, Vorea, Watkins Glen, Altay, Lancaster, Clayton, Lisbon, and Madrid. He served in Methodist and Presbyterian, as well as Baptist churches. He was beloved by his parishioners. He always spoke fondly of the Oswegatchie Baptist Church which he called his "home church." After his retirement from active ministry he continued to minister to area people, performing baptisms, weddings and funerals until he was well into his 80s.
In addition to his churches, he worked second jobs at times, including truck driving, as an iron-ore underground miner and a school bus driver. He drove an Euclid dump truck for several years during the construction of the hydro-electric dams on the Raquette River.
He was always an avid sportsman. He loved to hunt and fish. He could swap hunting and fishing stories with the "best of them," including non-sportsmen sometimes. Diners were his favorite place to eat.
He is survived by his five children and their spouses: Donald and Arleen (Goodale) Edwards, of Canton, Bruce and Anne (Frey) Ward of Oneonta, Shirley and Paul Drury of Aurora, Ill., Stephen and Jane Ward, of South Colton, and Linda and James Caster of Ogdensburg; 16 grandchildren: Darlene and Robert Bowker of Port Crane, Denise and David Smart of Plano, Texas, Dawn and Philip Wolcott of Marathon, Dwayne Edwards of Jacksonville, Fla., Donalda and Thomas Goehring of Endicott, Mark and Marsha Ward of Sidney, Scott and Daphne Ward of Unadilla, Aimee and Thomas Vogel of Oneonta, Michelle Ward of Davenport Center, David and Tammy Dreves of Plano, Ill., Cheri and Eddie Campos of Texas, Sarah and Rodney Johnson of Texas, Debbie Frates of S.C., Brian and Julie Ward of Binghamton, Tina Caster of Fultonham, Jan Caster of Ogdensburg; as well as 26 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; a number of nieces; nephews; stepgrandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Mildred Ward of Oswegatchie.
He was predeceased by five brothers, Vincent, Leon, Dennis, Rupert, and Winston, as well as four sisters: Alma Marsh, Ethel Hubbard, and infant twin sisters, Vera and Verda.
It is impossible to know how many lives he touched in a positive way during his ministry, but he was always there in good times and bad for those who needed him. He will live on in countless memories.
Calling hours were held Sunday, May 9, at the Hawley Funeral Home in Star Lake.
The funeral service was Monday, May 10, at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Oswegatchie, with Pastor John Fetterhoff and guest Pastor Nora Jerzak officiating.
Burial followed in the Oswegatchie Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of St. Lawrence Valley, the Alzheimer's Association, the First Baptist Church of Oswegatchie, the Nevin Memorial Church of Madrid, or any charity of choice.
Lois Simmerman
COOPERSTOWN — Mrs. Lois Marie Simmerman, 93, of Cooperstown, died Sunday evening, May 9, 2004, at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.
She was born on July 31, 1910, in Vineland, N.J., a daughter of August and Marie (Laubsch) Fiege. Raised and educated in Vineland, Lois was a 1929 graduate of the Vineland High School, and wrote the class song, as did her sister, Ella, before her.
On Nov. 12, 1930, she married John Porter Weeks Huntress in Vineland, and they had one daughter, Martha-Louise (Marti). Lois was then married to Larry Dias on Nov. 8, 1946, and moved to Lake Worth, Fla., where he died on Dec. 6, 1978. She then married Matthew Alfonso Simmerman on Jan. 26, 1985, and moved to Juno Beach, Fla.
Matt and Lois were active in the Palm Beach Power Squadron, and from 1986-1987, she served as president of their auxiliary (The Dolphins). They devoted many happy hours to boating. Mr. Simmerman died in August of 1994.
Lois spent more than 50 years as a florist in Vineland and Lake Worth, and retired while in the employ of Johnson's florist shop in West Palm Beach, Florida. Throughout her life, Lois was actively involved with many organizations in Florida, Virginia, New Jersey and New York. She was a past president of the Vineland Junior Women's Club, a past president of the Lantana, Fla., Women's Club and was a member of the Cooperstown Women's Club. She also served as president of the Vineland Soroptimist Club, was a member of the Glimmerglass Opera Guild and was a co-leader in Girl Scouts for many years, serving at one time as the finance chairman of Cumberland County, N. J.. She also enjoyed playing bridge at the Clark Sports Center and at the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home.
Of the Presbyterian faith, Lois had been a member of the Presbyterian Church of Elkton, Va., where she and Matt had a summer home. Following his death, she moved into the Cooper Lane Apartments in Cooperstown on Mother's Day 1995 and joined the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown.
Among her interests were traveling, oil painting and arranging flowers. She was an avid reader, and when moving to Cooperstown from Florida she brought her books with her as she could not bear to leave "her friends."
Lois leaves her daughter, Marti and son-in-law, Ron Jex of Cooperstown; one stepson, Barry Simmerman and his wife, Elaine, of Virginia and Delaware; two granddaughters, Dr. Sandra Jex and her husband, Doug Warner, and their three children, Lauren, age 7, Alexander, age 4, and Catherine, age 2 1/2, all of Springfield, Vt., and Lynn Jex Joyce and her husband, John Joyce, and their son, Ryan, age 2, of Clifton Park, and an expected great-granddaughter to arrive in June of 2004; one niece, Lois Jean Boring of Indianapolis, Ind.; and one nephew, Donald Fiege of Florida.
She was predeceased by her brother, Ferdinand Fiege, and her sister, Ella Nora Wade.
Funeral service arrangements are pending and will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown at a time and date to be announced.
Interment will be private in Lake Worth Memory Gardens, Lake Worth.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial gifts may be made to Catskill Area Hospice Hope Foundation, 542 Main St., Oneonta, NY 13820 or an animal shelter of your choice.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
Eileen DeGraw
OTEGO — Eileen "Hogie" DeGraw, 89, formerly of Otego, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2004, at the Nyack Manor Nursing Home in Valley Cottage, surrounded by her family.
She was born Dec. 5, 1914, in Bronx, the daughter of William and Anna (Whitewick) Hogan.
On April 4, 1942, Eileen married Jonathan DeGraw in Bronx. Mr. DeGraw predeceased her on June 12, 1999.
Eileen graduated from New York University and received a degree in teaching. She was a home economics teacher for 20 years. For 13 of those years she taught at Ramapo District No. 2.
She was an avid quilter and crafter. She held a patent on how to install a zipper.
Eileen was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Oneonta.
She is survived by her children and their spouses, Noel and Edward Waldo of Pamona, JoAnne Conklin of Suffern, Claire and Lawrence Raymond of Charlotte, N.C., and John and Eleanor DeGraw of Hillburn; five grandchildren, Matthew DeGraw of Ft. Meade, Md., Jonathan DeGraw of Suffern, Michael Conklin of Pine Bush, Kimberly Mann of Pine Bush, and Thomas Jones of Charlotte, N.C.; 10 great-grandchildren, Thomas, David, Claire, McKinzie, Maggie, Brenan, Michael, Patrick, Brandon and Connor; one sister, Claire Saydah of Tinton Falls, N.J.; and one brother, Frank Hogan of Cranford, N.J.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, May 14, 2004, at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta, with the Rev. Thomas Babiuch officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Emmons.
Calling hours will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2004, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. in the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oneonta.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Heart Gifts Processing Center, PO Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13220-3049 in loving memory of Eileen "Hogie" DeGraw.
Funeral arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home of Oneonta.
