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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1956
Page
19
A ledger of obituaries and funeral notices listing Edwin Bell, George Catalano, George C Cool, Hazel LaRobardiere, Jessie Gertrude Mace, Marion Riccardo, William N Sherman, Albert E Tedd, and related survivors, service times, venues, and burial plans across Syracuse area churches and cemeteries. Names, addresses, families, and interment sites noted with calling hours and funeral home details.
Ithaca county plans to use part of Biggs Memorial Hospital for limited nursing care starting Jan 1. The hospital board will advertise for bids early in the year for renovations, with architect estimates from 1,078,669 to 1,590,307 depending on improvements. A special fund of 664,645 exists, and the joint hospital survey could provide 315,000. The county aims to recover one third of 152,000 spent on heating plant renovations at Memorial Hospital. The goal is completion before moving from Memorial to Biggs, possibly by next October.
John Edward Moy 70 a retired American Woolen Co worker died at home 215 S Third St Fulton after a brief illness He was born in Worth and moved to Fulton in 1920 He was a communicant of the Church of the Immaculate Conception Surviving wife Alice Moy son Edward W Moy daughter Doris E Moy sister Cora LaTant and five grandchildren Funeral services 9 am Monday from home then 9 30 am at church Burial at St Marys Cemetery Friends may call at their convenience.
Ray J. Morse former farmer aged resident of Scipio Venice and Locke died after a several week illness in a Moravia nursing home. Survived by widow Emma Morse of Locke and daughter Mrs Richard Fawcett of Rochester. Services at 2 pm Monday at Irving Parker home Locke with Rev Fred Whiting officiating. Burial in East Venice Cemetery. Friends may call at Parker Home tomorrow.
Mrs Mettie Cummings 84 widow of Frank Cummings died yesterday afternoon at her nephew Lee Wilbur’s Bowens Corners home. A Granby native she leaves daughter Evelyn Peterson of Fulton eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday at 1 p.m. Springer Funeral Home with Rev L A Shoemaker officiating. Burial in Merritt Cemetery in Granby.
Jay William Gardner 79 a Richville native and retired laundryman was found dead at his Watertown home from a heart attack. The funeral is today at 2 p.m. from Hart Funeral Home with burial in Richville. Survived by sister Mrs Clark A Johnson Carthage. wife Mary A LaQuier died in 1948. He previously operated a laundry in St Lawrence County and later at Adams.
A holy hour devotion for high school boys and girls in Auburn and Cayuga County is set for tomorrow night at Holy Family Church. Announced yesterday, the service runs from 7 to 8 p.m. as part of a monthly series by the Catholic Youth Adoration Society. Rev. Robert Metzger, assistant pastor of St. Marys Church, will lead, with talks by Rev. Frederick Eisemann, assistant pastor of St Alphonsus Church.
The ad lists MONUMENTS WALLER GRANITE CO and KARL LUTZ MONUMENT CO offering grave markers and monuments. It references UM Grant Blvd Estate 1897 and 38-2075 73-0691 with open evenings noted, and mentions Hayes & Sons with Rock. It presents contact points for monument work and related services.
Kenneth Smith and his wife Leah Smith of Marathon were sentenced to six months in Cortland County jail with suspended terms and three years probation after pleading guilty to endangering the morals of their 13 year old daughter. They must not take their children to places where liquor is sold or to migrant labor camps.
Leo J. Malek, 49, of 145 Cottage St, Auburn, died yesterday in St. Luke's hospital Utica. Born April 18 1907 in Nova Scotia, he came to Auburn as a child and worked 16 years for the city. He leaves his mother Mary Malek, two adopted daughters, five sisters and four brothers among others. The body will be brought from Utica to Kowalczyk Funeral Home tomorrow morning. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Services will be at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and 9:15 a.m. at Holy Family church for a high Mass of requiem. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery Whitesboro.
In Cortland County, Stanley Chapman, 26, of McGraw Route 1, received a 12 month sentence in the Onondaga County penitentiary after pleading guilty to dealing with distributing indecent pictures. Justice Floyd Colegrove ordered the term following his arrest days earlier by Undersheriff Martin Caufield. Authorities say Chapman hid indecent drawings in company boxes and customers reported the material.
ITNACA Memorial Hospital officials report Charles Emig of Auburn in apparently good condition after a fall on the Cornell campus Thursday. Emig, a steel worker for Witacre Engineering Co, suffered a fractured wrist from the steel load incident.
John Andrew Basko, 38, of Clifton Springs, is jailed in Ontario County awaiting Grand Jury action after arrest on a statutory charge involving a 16 year old Geneva girl. Basko waived examination and was arraigned before Judge Arthur Barger.
ITHACA The total amount of checks allegedly forged by Virginia Powers 21 of 612 W Court St tops 2400 dollars police say She is held in Tompkins County Jail on second degree forgery charges for forging and cashing checks of Alby and Son Construction Co where she was employed She told police she spent the money for clothes and other things and had planned to remarry yesterday
Charles R Stever a retired industrialist died yesterday at his Sennett home where he had lived most of his life He was born in Oneida Castle Madison County and earlier worked as an accountant for New Process Gear Co in Syracuse He helped found the Syracuse Industrial Club and belonged to Sennett Federated Church Danforth Lodge FE A M Syracuse Masonic Temple Club Surviving are Louise Ferrel Stever two daughters Mrs Harry Chambers of Weedsport and Mrs Bruce Devitt of Sennett and son Donald B Stever of Auburn Funeral services will be at 230 pm Monday from the Sennett home with the Rev Carlton N Fausett officiating Burial will be in Sennett Rural Cemetery.
Albert G. Brown 76 retired was found dead yesterday in a barn on the Haskins farm in King Ferry by Ernest Swartwood who operates the farm He shot himself with a shotgun according to Coroner Dr N L Woodford who called it death by own action Sheriff Willard Wilcox Deputy Charles W Elser investigated Brown reportedly worried about failing eyesight His sister Mrs Dudley Lyall of Lancaster Pa is the sole survivor The body was moved to Redman Funeral Home Genoa pending arrangements for services and burial
General Alfred Gruenther, former NATO supreme commander, urged greater West German military contributions at the National Association of Manufacturers meeting. He called for about 12 divisions, 1,300 tactical aircraft, and a small naval force to strengthen Western Europe’s defense, contingent on possible use of atomic weapons. Gruenther will retire at year end and become American Red Cross president.
A Charleston citizen, Harry H. F. Hutson Jr., has repurposed a World War I submarine chaser into a seafood restaurant in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The project converts a historic vessel into a dining venue with a maritime theme and local appeal. Public interest centers on preservation and repurposing of military craft for civilian use.
Geneva Ontario County officials discuss abandoning the Hopewell farm as a cost saving measure amid a 1957 budget of 2,726,309.25 and a tax rate near 9.50 per thousand. Welfare Commissioner Ellis H. Dewey will weigh the idea with agricultural and welfare committee heads as 1956 farm operations cited at 15,320. Chairman George McG Hayes called the budget size distressed but said costs rise limit options.
Albert Rossiter 69 of Cayuga RD 1 a retired prison guard dies Thursday night. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Monday at Glenn F Mosher Funeral Home Auburn with burial at Solue Cemetery. Rev Bernard De Graw to officiate. Survived by widow Marcia and children Edith Adams Shir ley Rossiter Harry and Albert Rossiter. He served 21 years as a guard including Sing Sing before transfer to Auburn in 1928.
Police hunted three bandits who overpowered a post office employee and escaped with sacks of banknotes totaling 92,424 dollars on the Riviera. The robbery recalled a 1935 hit at the same post office when Pierre Loutrel took 95,281 dollars.
Cortland State Police hunt a hit run driver after a Cortland serviceman on leave reported his car struck on the wrong side of the road near South Cortland. Alan B. Shattuck, 9 Halbert St, said he swerved to avoid the other vehicle but his car was badly damaged and towed. the other driver did not stop and Shattuck was uninjured.
A teen-age dance is planned for tonight at the War Memorial building in Recreation Park. City recreation director John Muscalino will oversee the event with games for all attendees and an orchestra providing music funded by the recording fund.
City Recorder Ray Cuddy dismissed charges of driving without a license and public intoxication against Richard A. Nolan, 17, of 38 Maple St, after finding the information unsupported. Police said Nolan’s car crashed a tree in North Park with no injuries. he was later released on 350 bail after being booked at headquarters.
Mostly cloudy and colder tonight with a low of 25. Snow mixed with sleet tomorrow as winds turn northeast at 10 to 15 mph following a 59 degree high yesterday and 38 low. Record highs and lows are noted with precipitation totals and regional forecasts for the northern Appalachians to the eastern Texas area.
Clarence A. Scanlon 75 of 142 Central St Sackets Harbor died yesterday at Jefferson County Sanatorium after a stroke in April He is survived by son Albert J Scanlon with whom he lived He did landscaping gardening and was custodian for Sackets Harbor High School Funeral tomorrow at 2 PM Poli Funeral Home with burial at Sackets Harbor.
Auburn Auburn County Judge Ger ald S Hewitt ordered one year to five years in Attica prison for Thomas J Geersten 27 of Aurora after he surrendered to probation officers for violating probation. Geersten was indicted in March 1955 for second degree grand larceny tied to a check transaction and had pleaded guilty and been placed on probation by Hewitt. He had been sought by state police, returning to Auburn from Chicago to surrender to the probation officer.
Ten year old Terry Shaffer rode a power mower through downtown Tampa at eight mph until Deputy Sheriff Doyle Waters stopped him. The boy had left Gibsonton en route to Alabama after a family spat and was redirected back home by the deputy.
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