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CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Thursday March 9, 1951
by: Ron Hanley
HOMER E. BARBER, RETIRED
BUSINESSMAN DIES AT 70
Homer E. Barber, 70, dies at his
home, 216 Center Street, yesterday, March 7, 1951, after a long illness.
He was a retired heating and plumbing contractor, in business
here over 40 years.
Son of Henry and Addie Shirley Barber,
he was born in Avon, July 27, 1880 and came to Canandaigua more than 50 years
ago. In 1911 he entered partnership with Simeon F. Orman
and conducted plumbing business under the name of Orman and Barber. The firm
later dissolved and became the present concern of H. E. Barber and Son. When Mr.
Barber retired in 1947, his son Ralph H. Barber
continued the business.
Mr. Barber was a member of
Canandaigua Lodge F and AM. He was married in 1898 to
Miss Ada Hotchkiss, they having celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary three years ago.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves four daughters, Mrs.
John D.Cotton, Mrs. John H. Brahm and Mrs. Edward C. McCarthy, all of Canandaigua,
and Mrs. Robert H. Foland, of Geneva, a sister
and two brothers, Mrs. Edward Baily, Avon, Henry
J. Barber, Canandaigua, and Harrison Barber,
Battle Creek, Mich., nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, also
several nieces and nephews. Interment will be in
Woodlawn, with Masonic rites.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Monday June 11, 1951
by: Ron Hanley
Meryl A. Hanley Gets BS
Degree
Miss Meryl Adele Hanley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. Milton Hanley, Chapin Street,
received her bachelor of science degree yesterday at Geneseo State Teacher's
College commencement exercises.
A graduate of Canandaigua Academy, 1946, Miss
Hanley has been identified with many college
activities. She has taken a position as third grade teacher in Ruben-Dake
school, Irondequoit, for the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanley, Mrs. R. C. VanDenbergh and
Albert F. Hanley Sr. attended
the exercises. Miss Hanley went on to Conecius
Lake for a
house party of her sorority, Alpha Clio.
Canandaigua Daily Messenger
August 6, 1951 by: Ron Hanley
GEORGE W. PIERCE, Nonagenarian, Dies at Home
George W. Pierce, 91, retired superintendent of
Brigham Hall farms, died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon, Aug 5, 1951, in the
home of his son, Irmin L. Pierce, 76 Perry Place,
with whom he resided. Although he had been in frail health, he had not
been ill.
Born in Bristol April 19,1860, he was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Pierce. He was married April 25, 1883 to Miss
Fannie Francis of Bristol, who died in 1947. They lived in that
town 10 years before moving to Canandaigua, where he served for 38 years as head
of the Brigham Hall farms. He retired about 16 years ago. Mr.
Pierce had been trustee of All Souls Universalist society for over 35
years and was always active in that denomination.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Louis B. Cartwright and
Mrs. Earl F. Case of Rochester, Mrs. George F.
Conyne of Canandaigua, and Mrs. Marion P. Cade
of Manchester. Two sons, Irmin L. and Howard S. Pierce
of Canandaigua. Also 19 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Private funeral services will be held Wednesday from the Curtice Funeral Home,
344 North Main Street, where friends may call Tuesday afternoon and evening.
The Rev. Donald B. F. Hoyt, pastor of the First
Universalist Church Rochester, will officiate.
The courtesy of no flowers has been requested by the family. Interment
will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Thursday December 6,
1951 by: Ron Hanley
MRS. ADA BARBER -
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada. A. Barber,
73, who died Tuesday, December 4, 1951, were held today at 2 p.m. from
the G. M. Kennedy and Son Funeral Home, with the Rev. David
W. Ayers, pastor of the Federated Church, officiating.
Bearers were Vernon Brahm, John Brahm
Jr., Kenneth Fletcher, Ellsworth Pool and George Pool, all of
Canandaigua, and Paul Hotchkiss of Rochester.
Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY NEWSPAPER Saturday June 21, 1952
by: Ron Hanley
DEATHS
George Leo Linehan, 62, of 17
Perry Place, died suddenly Friday night, June 20, 1952, in the Knights of
Columbus rooms.
He was born May 10, 1890, in Canandaigua, son of the late Thomas
and Nora Maley Linehan. He had been employed as a motorman for the
Rochester and Eastern Railway for many years and conducted a
trucking business until his retirement several years ago. He
was a member of the Knights of Columbus and a Veteran of World War I.
Survivors are one sister, Mrs. Clarence
Taylor of Canandaigua.
Friends may call at the F. H. McElwee and Son Funeral Home
today and tomorrow. Services will be held from the funeral home at 8:30 A.M.
Tuesday and from St. Mary's Church at 9 A.M. Burial will be in
Calvary Cemetery.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Friday November
14, 1952 by: Ron Hanley
DEATHS - MRS. ANNA KENNEDY
Funeral services were held today from the F. H. McElwee and Son
Funeral Home and from St. Mary's Church for Mrs. Anna
Broughall Kennedy,
85, who died Wednesday, November 12, 1952, after a long
illness. The Rev. William J. Gaynor officiated.
Bearers were Fred Hauber, William Hanovan,
Wendell Toomey, Raymond Tanea,
Francis Welch and George Doyle, all of Canandaigua. Interment was in
Calvary Cemetery.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Wednesday Nov
12, & Nov 14, 1952
DEATHS - MRS. ANNA KENNEDY
Mrs. Anna Broughall Kennedy, 85,
widow of Thomas J. Kennedy, former police
commissioner of Canandaigua, died this morning, November 12, 1952, at the
Canandaigua Health Home after a long illness.
Formerly making her home at 36 Brooks Street, she had been a
resident at the health home for the past year and one half.
She is survived by one son, Victor T.
Kennedy, Canandaigua, two grandchildren, John
Kennedy, of Canandaigua, and Miss Marion Kennedy,
of Geneva.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Friday from the F.
H. McElwee and Son Funeral Home and at 9 a.m. from St. Mary's Church.
Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENER Wednesday January
7, 1953 by: Ron Hanley
FIRM HONORS A. F. HANLEY, JR.
A young Canandaigua life insurance agent has been honored for
an outstanding sales record during 1952. Albert
F. Hanley Jr., broker for the J. B. Patterson and
Son agency, representing the Rochester district office of the Penn Mutual Life
Insurance Company, will take his wife for a one week stay at the Vasper Park
Lodge in the Canadian Rockies as a guest of Penn Mutual.
Hanley is one of the three members of the Rochester district
agency who qualified for the "400 Club", their
sales having topped the $400,000
mark during 1952. The district includes most of Central and
Western New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanley will stay at
the lodge with others who are being honored by the firm
during the week of June 24. The 500 mile round trip and their sojourn there
will take about three weeks.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Monday February
9, 1953 by: Ron Hanley
DEATHS - Charles J. Cowan
Charles J. Cowan, 53, died of a
heart attack at his home, 151 Chapin Street, Canandaigua, Sunday February 8,
1953.
Born September 3, 1899, he was the son of the late James
F. and Delia Long Cowan. He was a charter member of the Canandaigua
Elks Lodge,
and present chaplain of the lodge, also a member of the Knights
of Columbus, St. Mary's Church and of the Holy Name Society of which he was
a past treasurer.
For more than 25 years he had been employed in Canandaigua as a
clerk in the Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation.
Services will be held Wednesday at the home on Chapin Street at
9 a.m. with services from St. Mary's at 9:30 a.m. Burial
will be in Calvary Cemetery.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Saturday
Sept 5, 1953
by: Ron Hanley
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gehres
and children, John, Mickey, Wesley and Charlene,
Kings Park, L.I., are guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs.
Arthur Andrews, North Road, for
the wedding today of her nephew, William A. Andrews,
and Miss Donna Hanley. Also house guests are Mrs.
Andrews niece, Mrs. Jay Hillman Bottger
and daughter, Mrs. Arthur Shaupeter and children,
Linda, Arthur, Ronnie and Susan Delraid.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Robinson,
Lyons, were overnite guests at the Arthur
Andrews cottage, East Lake Road, to attend the Hanley-Andrews
wedding today.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Monday October
19, 1953 by: Ron Hanley
DEATHS - MRS.
NETTIE BREEN
Mrs. Nettie E. Breen, wife of Maurice
Breen, 173 Mulberry Street, Rochester, died
Sunday October 18, 1953 at her home in Rochester.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son,
Robert B., of Utica, two sisters, Mrs.
Laurie Smith and Mrs. Minnie Madden, both of
Rochester, and two grandchildren, Thomas
and Lynn, of Utica.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday from the
home and 9 a.m. from St. Boniface's Church, Rochester.
Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Canandaigua.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Saturday May 1, 1954
by: Ron Hanley
DEATHS - MISS BESSIE KANE
Miss Bessie Kane, 360 Gorham
Street, died this morning, May 1, 1954, in Thompson Hospital after a short
illness.
She was born in the town of Hopewell, the daughter of the late
James and Anna Herbert Kane, and had been a lifelong resident of
Canandaigua and vicinity. She was a member of St. Mary's Church.
She is survived by one sister, Miss Anna
Kane, of Canandaigua, and several cousins.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 8:30 from the Funeral
Home and at 9 a.m. from St. Mary's Church. Interment will be in Calvary.
Paul Doran, Raymond Rodney, Robert
Haight, Henry LeGrett, Robert Tripodi, Roger Guille, Richard Personale and
Robert Reed, will serve on
the altar at Masses tomorrow in St. Mary's Church.
Boys who will serve during the week are: Paul
Doran, Raymond Rodney, Robert Haight, Henry LeGrett, David McWilliams,
Thomas Pierce
and Ronald Hanley.
30 YEARS AGO
May 14, 1924
Miss Esther G. Gerrould of
Canandaigua became the bride of A. Morris
Gifford also of this community, in an early Spring ceremony held last
Saturday.
THE CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER
May 27, 1954 Pg 3
by: Ron Hanley
Mr. and Mrs. R. Milton Hanley and son Ronald, 180
Gibson Street, moved yesterday to the home of Mrs. Mabel
P. Davis, 114 Granger Street, which the recently purchased.
Mrs. Davis and daughter Miss
Nancy Davis are occupying the apartment vacated by the Hanley's. Miss
Meryl Adele Hanley, Rochester, will spend the weekend holidays with her
parents.
SHORTSVILLE ENTERPRISE
June 3, 1954 by: Ron Hanley
40 YEARS AGO
June 3, 1914
At the session of the board of supervisors this morning, an oil
portrait of the late William T. Schley, Esq, of
New York City, was
presented to the county and will be hung in the courtroom as
part of the valuable collection there. The painting was obtained and
presented by Mr. Schley's children, Reeves
Schley, and Mrs. William M. Shackford, both of New York City.
William T. Schley was born in
Canandaigua on August 19, 1840. He was educated at Canandaigua Academy, and practiced
law in the office of Hon. Elbridge G. Lapham,
afterward United States Senator. He died July 1, 1912 after a distinguished
career in Rochester and New York City.
THE CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Monday August 9, 1954 Pg
7, col 6 by: Ron Hanley
DEATHS - Miss Margaret C. Farrell
Miss Margaret C. Farrell, 73
W. Gibson St., died Saturday, August 7, 1954,
following a long illness.
A lifelong resident of Canandaigua, she was the daughter of
James and
Ellen McGarry Farrell, and was well known in Canandaigua, where she
served as a nurse for many years.
She was a graduate of St. Mary's School, and Canandaigua
Academy, and a member of St. Mary's Church, and the
Rosary Society of that church.
Survivors include six sisters, Misses
Alice and Kathryn Farrell, Mrs.
Hugh Smith, Mrs. Gerald Lynch and Mrs. Howard Lynch, all of
Canandaigua, and Mrs. George Law of
Rochester. Interment in Calvary.
THE CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Wednesday, August 11,
1954 Pg 3, col
3
DEATHS - MISS MARGARET FARRELL
Funeral services for Miss Margaret C.
Farrell, who died Saturday, August 7, 1954,
were held at 8:30 A. M. today from her home, 73 W. Gibson Street, and at 9
A. M. from St. Mary's Church.
The Rev. Paul Lynch, Fort Siocum
celebrated the Solemn High Mass, the Rev.
Robert Keleher, Rochester, was Deacon, and the Rev.
William J. Gaynor,
assistant pastor of St. Mary's, was sub Deacon. Students at St. Andrews
Seminary, Rochester, filled the minor offices.
Bearers were Robert Law, Richard Law,
and Hugh Smith, all of Rochester, Donald
Smith, Washington, D. C., John Hurley,
Schenectady, and James Hurley, Geneva.
Interment in Calvary Cemetery.
THE CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER August 31, 1954 Wednesday Pg
3, col 3 by: Ron Hanley
DEATHS - Mrs. Jesse O.
Knapp
Mrs. Elizabeth Knapp, 76, 14 and one half Atwater Place, died
Monday, August 30, 1954, in Thompson Hospital after a
long illness. The widow of Jessie O. Knapp, she was born March 7,
1868, in Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Babcock, and
had lived in Canandaigua for the past 72 years. Mrs. Knapp was active
in the community affairs, a member and past
President of American Legion Auxiliary, a member of
Canandaigua Grange, and of the Home Bureau.
Survivors include one son, James F.
Knapp, Canandaigua, one daughter,
Mrs. Frank Roy Lord, Wilmington, Delaware, one grandson, Edward H. Knapp,
Canandaigua, two Great Grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Charles Aylesworth,
Godfrey, Ont., Canada. Two brothers, George A.
Babcock, Verona, Ont.,
Canada, Fred Babcock, Spencerport, and several nieces and
nephews. Interment
at Woodlawn.
THE DAILY MESSENGER
Thursday October 21, 1954
Pg 3, col 6 by: Ron Hanley
William B. Dannahe, 87, died last
night, October 20, 1954, in the Canandaigua Health Home
following a long illness.
Born January 31, 1867, in Geneva, he made his home in Canandaigua
for the past 20 years with his daughter, Mrs. Michael
DeLea, superintendent of Thompson Hospital.
He was a retired blacksmith, and a member of St. Mary's Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs.
DeLea, Mrs William F. Steinbugler, Garden City, L. I., Mrs.
Frederick Burke, Geneva, Mrs. William F. Regan, Brooklyn,
8 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. Interment in Calvary
Cemetery.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER October 22, 1954
by: Ron Hanley
October 21, 1954 Confirmed at St. Mary's Church 134
individuals.
Most Rev. Lawrence B. Casey, DD,
Auxilliary Bishop of the Rochester Catholic Diocese
administered the Rite.
Children of the Parochial School who received the rite, marched
to the procession from the school to the church, the
girls in white gowns
with white veils, the boys in white shirts, red ties, and dark
trousers.
There are 134 names which followed in this article and some of
them are as follows:
Margaret Strom, Meta Strom, Joanne
Gullace, Dolores Placito, Nancy Beaton, Lois Griffin,
Jane Powers, Mary Ann Case, Linda Markes, Carmela
Marafioti, Darlene Coleates, Diane Cuddeback,
Eileen McKay, Dominica Tripodi, Robert Lenzi, Richard Maina, Francis Muscato,
Thomas Pierce,
Bernard Lillis, Thomas Furey, Peter Moore,
Morris Erdle, Brien Colgrove, Ronald Clement, Lowell Dunlap, Gary Pierce,
Roger Merritt, Michael
Doran, David McWilliams, Robert Morrice,
Richard Personale, Edward Kidman, James Newell, Ronald Hanley, Richard Malone,
James Hurley,
Thomas Walsh, Peter Schwartz, Edward Ryan, and
Stephen Smith.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Tuesday October 26, 1954
by: Ron Hanley
OBITUARY - Maurice Breen
Maurice Breen, a former
Canandaiguan, died Monday at the home of his son, Robert
B. Breen, Utica.
Mr. Breen was the brother of the
late Cornelius Breen, of the firm Ahrens and
Breen, and had worked most of his life at the State Hospital at Willard and at
Industry.
Survivors include the son, two grandchildren, Thomas
and Lynn Breen,
Utica, and two sisters, Miss Mollie Breen,
Canandaigua, and Mrs. Frank J. Gillespie,
Rochester, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 8:30 a.m. from the
Murphy Mortuary, Rochester, and at 9 a.m. from Blessed
Sacrament Church,
Rochester. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Canandaigua.
THE CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER
September 1, 1954 Pg 3, col 6
by: Ron Hanley
Miss Hanley Enjoys Unique European
Tour
Miss Meryl Adele Hanley, Daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. Milton Hanley,
Granger St., has returned from a two months' hitch-hiking trip in Europe with
an associate Miss Mary Nash.
Starting out with bicycles, the young women found the pedaling too
tiring, so stored their machines and started hitch-hiking. They
reported courteous treatment in all but one country, with no
laws against this method of travel, "We made some wonderful acquaintances
and were entertained overnight."
Sailing from Montreal Miss Hanley and
Miss Nash visited the English lakes country,
spent a week in London, crossed the Channel to Calais, visited Belgium,
Holland, and followed the Rhine Valley to Switzerland and the Alps. From the
Black Forest of Germany, they went to Milan and Venice. While in a gondola on
the Grand Canal there, they met a classmate from Geneseo State Teachers
College, on the Isle of Capri saw Gary Moore of TV fame, and in Rome had a
glimpse of the Pope. Following the Italian and French Riviera, they
spent two days in Paris where they viewed the famous Eiffel Tower soon to be
dismantled. They sailed from Belfast, Ireland, August 21, on the SS
Roonagh Head, a flagship of a fleet of 62 freighters,
arriving August 28. Miss Hanley will
resume her duties next week as a teacher in the Reuben
Dake School, Rochester.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Friday November 26, 1954
by: Ron Hanley
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Andrews
and son, Tommy, Ithaca, are guests of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Milton Hanley, 114
Granger Street. Also
guests for Thanksgiving were Mrs. Hanley's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. VanDenbergh, and Miss
Meryl Hanley, Rochester.
THE DAILY MESSENGER Canandaigua,
NY March 30, 1955
by: Ron Hanley
RAY E. DOUGLASS' CELEBRATE 50th ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Douglass, 104
Park Ave., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary
with a quiet family dinner at the home of Mrs. Douglass sister, Mrs.
Sherman Haberg, Country Club Rd., East Rochester, Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Douglass, the former Miss
Florence Perkins, Batavia and Canandaigua, and Mr.
Douglass, a native Canandaiguan, were married March 22, 1905. The Rev.
Ward Mosher, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated at the bride's home.
The couple have one daughter, Mrs. Karl
Camp, Arlington, Texas, two grandchildren, Edward
and Sharon.
Mr. Douglass is with the Arthur L.
Young Realty Company. Both are in excellent health, and Mrs.
Douglass replied to a question concerning hobbies, "I am enjoying
old age by taking life easy.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER
Monday April 25,
1955
by: Ron Hanley
WILLIAM E. DOUGLASS
Funeral services were conducted Saturday from Kennedy Funeral Chapel
by Rev. Elroy D. VanDyke DD, pastor of the
Methodist Church, and the Rev. Robert Ketchum,
pastor of the Cheshire Community church, for William
Everett Douglass, 73, of Canandaigua RD 5, who died Thursday, April 21,
1955, after a long illness. Bearers were Alfred H. Dewey Jr., Robert
D. Dewey, Richard J. Dewey,
Ward E. Dewey, Donald C. Read, and Martin Barnim. Interment in
Woodlawn.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Friday July
1, 1955 by: Ron Hanley
Locals - Miss Meryl Adele Hanley, 114
Granger Street, and Miss Irene Porrey, Newark, teachers
in the Rochester city school system, expect to leave Tuesday
for a four weeks major trip through the West.
They will be accompanied to Cleveland by Miss
Hanley's mother, Mrs. R.
Milton Hanley, and Mrs. Josephine Deck, Victor, who will visit Mrs.
Deck's sister,
Mrs. Alan J. Donovan, and Mr. Donovan, a former Canandaiguan.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Tuesday August 2, 1955
Locals:
+ Mr. and Mrs. Meade Pennybacker
have returned to their home in Wynnewood, Pa., after a week's visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas D.
Kennedy, 124 West Gibson Street,
and Mrs. Arthur Watts, 16 Greig Terrace.
+ Edward T. Hanley Jr., 24
Scotland Road, yesterday became affiliated with the law firm, Liebschutz,
Sutton and DeLeew. A graduate of Cornell
Law School. Mr. Hanley was
sworn in July 14 as a member of the New York State Bar Association.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Thursday October
6, 1955 by: Ron Hanley
Obituary - Louis
H. Brown
Louis H. Brown, 68, of 253 Mason
Street, died in Thompson Hospital after an illness of
three years. He was the husband of the late Mrs.
Mayne Fogarty Brown, who died in 1938.
Born May 6, 1896, Mr. Brown was
the son of Charles E. and Elizabeth Little
Brown, West Bloomfield. He had been a retired employee of the
Johncox Dairy Products Company. He was a member of St. Mary's
Church.
Surviving are two sons, Vincent E. Brown
and LaVerne L. Brown, one brother, Harry
Brown, all of Canandaigua, one sister, Mrs.
George
Thompson, Clifton Springs, six
grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at Kennedy Funeral Home Thursday and Friday
from where funeral services will be held Saturday at
8:30 a.m. and followed
by a Mass at 9 a.m. at St. Mary's Church. Interment will be in
Calvary Cemetery.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Friday October
7, 1955 by: Ron Hanley
FRANKLIN GRAY JOINS LOBDELL
Announcement was made today by Robert L.
Lobdell, local insurance agency, that he had
secured the part time services of Franklin J. Gray,
former Secretary of the Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Gray who has been inactive
since illness forced him to resign from the Chamber of
Commerce post, will be on duty in the office every
afternoon of the week. This will free Mr.
Lobdell, who acquired the office June 1, for
outside work.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Thursday May
17, 1956 by: Ron Hanley
Obituary - Mrs. John J. Long
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Barry
Long, 78, wife of John J.Long, of 205
Prospect Street, were held this morning from McElwee
Funeral Home and from St. Mary's Church. Mrs. Long had died at
her home on Monday May 11, 1956.
Bearers were Ray Tanea, Ethelbert Seiler,
East Bloomfield, William Kirkmire
and Lyle Kirkmire and John Long, all of Rochester, and Gene
Brown, Alcott.
The Rev. John V. Rossi, assistant
pastor of St. Mary's Church officiated at Mass and the
Rev. Alphonse P. Crimmons, pastor, officiated
at Calvary Cemetery.
Victor Herald, Victor, NY
Wednesday June 13,
1956 by:
Dianne
Thomas
+ Rites for Mrs.
QUICK Thursday - A funeral service will be held at 9, Thursday morning at
St. Mary's church, for Mrs. Frances Wade QUICK, 56,
well known Canandaigua resident, who died Monday evening at Thompson hospital,
after a long illness. She was a lifelong resident of Canandaigua.
she was born Sept 24, 1899, a daughter of John and Nellie
Clancy WADE. She was a member of St. Mary's church and had been
active in the Rosary society of the church. She is survived by her
husband, Cecil F. QUICK; two daughters, Mrs.
Jesse R. SAUNDERS and Mrs. James H. LYNAUGH, both of Canandaigua; a
sister, Miss Madeline WADE, Canandaigua, and three
brothers, Edward, Charles and George WADE, all of
Canandaigua.
+ Mrs. Merton O.
PRATT and Wallace REED, Canandaigua, were Thursday callers of their
cousin, Mrs. Grace CORSER.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Monday June
18, 1956 by: Ron Hanley
Obituary - John Long
John J. Long, 76, of 205 Prospect
Street, died Friday June 15, 1956, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. John Dawson, Canandaigua RD 2,
following a long illness.
A life long resident of Canandaigua, he served as chauffeur for
the Willis M. Tuttle
family. His wife, the former Miss Jessie Barry,
died
last month.
Besides Mrs. Dawson, he is
survived by two other daughters, Miss Jessie Long and
Mrs. William Doane, all of Canandaigua, one son John
A.
Long, Marcellus, 12 grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the McElwee Funeral Home tonight from where
funeral services will be held Tuesday 8:30 a.m. and St.
Mary's Church at
9 a.m. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Victor Herald, Victor, NY
Wednesday June 27,
1956 by:
Dianne
Thomas
Miss
MULHERON Is June Bride
Miss
Mary Joanne MULHERON, daughter of Mrs. W. H. MILES and
the late William F. MULHERON, 156 Telyea street,
became the bride to Vincent Parker MURPHY, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter MURPHY of Canandaigua,
in a pretty summer ceremony held Saturday morning at St. Mary's church, in
Canandaigua. The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev. Alphonsus
P. CUMMENS, pastor of the church, followed by a nuptial high mass
celebrated by Rev. William GAYBOR, assistant pastor
of the church.
The
bride, given in marriage by her brother, William F.
MULHERON, chose a gown of white silk fastened with a portrait
neckline. she carried a bouquet of white roses. Mrs.
Harry JONES III of Rochester was matron of honor and wore a ballerina
length gown of yellow crystallette with a headpiece of matching flowers and
carried a cascade bouquet of yellow and white carnations. The two
bridesmaids, Mrs. Mark STERNIN of Brockport and Mrs.
Mary L. MOWITZ of Tonawanda, wore similar gowns of lilac crystalette with
lilac headpieces and carried matching bouquets. James
MURPHY was best man for his brother and the ushers were the bride's
brother, Robert E. MULHERON, and James ROTH, both
of Canandaigua.
The bride
is a graduate of Canandaigua Academy and of Brockport State Teachers
College. She will teach in the Syracuse public school system in the
Fall. Mr. MURPHY is studying at LeMoyne
college in Syracuse. He served for four years in the United States Marine
Corps.
Centerfield
News:
+ Mr.
and Mrs. Howard APPLETON, Centerfield Rd., attend the golden wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Earl HOLCOMB at South
Butler, Tuesday.
+ Mr.
and Mrs. Walter BRINKERHOFF and son, Liberty, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Roy BROCKELBANK, Marsh road, and attend the golden wedding
anniversary of Mr. BRINKERHOFF'S parents at
Canandaigua.
+ Mrs.
Reid NIXON and sons, Billy and Walter,
Centerfield road, attend a shower for Mrs. NIXON'S
niece, Miss Eleanor BIXBY at Geneseo. Miss
BIXBY'S marriage takes place soon, to Francis
KOSAKOWSKI of Livonia. the wedding will be in Geneseo.
+ Mr.
and Mrs. William HOFFMAN, Mr. and Mrs. Edward HOFFMAN and sons, Edward
and Ellis, of the Wheeler's Station road, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Milo V. GILLAM, Seneca Castle.
+ Mr.
and Mrs. Donald BROOKS and daughters of Churchville, spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence MC MAHON, Centerfield
road.
+ Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur ALLEN and children of Sodus, Mr.
and Mrs. Seth HODGE and daughter, Victor, Mr. and
Mrs. Cameron HODGE and sons, Gorham, were guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. HODGE, Wheeler's Station road.
+ Mr.
and Mrs. Howard SEAMAN, Mrs. Clara FINAGAN, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett FINAGAN and
family, Hopewell, were callers of Miss Emma FINAGAN and
William FINAGAN, Centerfield road.
+
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip KUHN and children, Yerkes road, have returned home
after being with relatives in Ohio and Michigan.
+ Mr.
and Mrs. William WHITTAKER, Easton, Pa., spent the weekend with Albert
ROOD, Buffalo St. Ext.
+ Mr.
and Mrs. Harold BUSBY and daughters, Caryl and
Virginia and son, Howard, Cooley road, spent
Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Willard REYNOLDS,
Franklinville.
+ Mrs.
Frank WILKINSON, Canandaigua, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Lorenzo PURDY and Mr. PURDY, Purdy road.
+
Mrs. H. H. BROCKELBANK, North Bloomfield road and Mrs.
Clifford PURDY, Purdy road, attend the wedding of Miss
Jean JACKSON, Albion and Melvin A. BUDDEN,
Syracuse at Albion on Saturday. Mrs. Carrie PRATT
and granddaughter, Miss JACKSON were frequent
visitors of friends here.
+ Mrs.
Arthur ROOD has been spending 10 days with her son, Rev.
J. Henry ROOD and family of Groton.
+ Mr.
and Mrs. James SHEPARD and son, James, of
Clifton Springs spent Sunday with Mrs. SHEPARD'S
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold BUSBY of the Cooley
road.
+ Mr.
and Mrs.. Fred RUSSELL, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard RUSSELL, Mrs. Della COOLMAN,
Rochester, Mrs. Alice CAVEN, Mrs. William CAVEN and
son, Billy and William FINNERTY, Canandaigua, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward FINNERTY,
Sunday.
Victor Herald, Victor, NY
Wednesday July 18,
1956 by:
Dianne
Thomas
Mrs. Jennie S. DURAND
Dies - Mrs. Jennie Supplee DURAND, 169 Gibson
street, died Tuesday night at Thompson hospital after a long period of failing
health. Mrs. DURAND suffered a hip fracture
in a fall at her home Sunday night and was brought to the hospital. She
was the widow of Seymour E. DURAND and was a member
of one of Canandaigua's old families. She had spent her entire life in
this area and was widely known in musical circles in the community. She
was organist at the First Methodist church for many years. She is survived
by two daughters, Miss Katharine L. DURRAND and Miss
Margaret J. DURAND, and one sister, Mrs. Harriet
LATTER, who resides on the west coast.
Victor Herald, Victor, NY
Wednesday July 25,
1956 by:
Dianne
Thomas
Miss
RUSSELL Is Pretty Bride - (picture) Miss
Laura Jane RUSSELL, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. RUSSELL, 110 North Main street, Canandaigua, became the bride
of Dr. Norman R. LOOMIS, Ontario, son of Mrs.
Leon C. LOOMIS, Forest Hills, L.I., and the late Mr.
LOOMIS, Saturday afternoon (July 21) in the Methodist church. Rev.
Dr. Elroy D. VAN DYKE, pastor, performed the double ring ceremony before
an altar of palms, gladioli and candelabras.
Given in
marriage by her father, the bride wore a ballerina length gown of white nylon
tulle fashioned with a fitted bodice of Chantilly lace, decorated with satin
rosettes. She wore matching mitts and an elbow length veil and carried a
bouquet of white albium lilies. Miss
Barbara RUSSELL, sister of the bride, as maid of honor, wore a white
organdy ballerina length gown embroidered with yellow flowers and having a
cummerbund of yellow taffeta. She carried a colonial bouquet of Pinocchio
roses.
Bridesmaids
were Miss Marjorie LOOMIS of Forest Hills, sister
of the bridegroom; Mrs. Robert DUGAN of Syracuse
and Miss Linda CROSS of Canandaigua. They
wore similar gowns embroidered in blue with blue cummerbunds and carried
colonial bouquets of Demure and Garnett roses. Mary
GLERUM, Canandaigua, was flower girl and carried a white basket of Demure
and Garretn roses. Lloyd VAN HOOVER,
Ontario, was (cut off)
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Thursday September
6, 1956 by: Ron Hanley
John Joseph Long III,
Rochester, grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Long,
Canandaigua, has enrolled at the University of Detroit to
continue his electrical engineering studies after completing
two years at St. John Fisher College.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER
January 21, 1957
by: Ron Hanley
Scott
L. Gerould, 83, 172 N. Main Street, died this morning January 21, 1957
in the Thompson Hospital following a long illness. He was
the husband of Gertrude G. Potter Gerould. He
was born in the town of Gorham, March 13, 1873. He was the son
of the late Horace and Olive Griswold Gerould. He
was a retired cattle dealer and farmer, a member of the Methodist Church and
Canandaigua Grange, and past Supervisor of the Town of Canandaigua.
Survivors besides his wife are a daughter, Mrs.
A. Morrise Gifford
of Canandaigua, two grandsons, Robert G. Gifford,
of Smithtown, LI, and Wesley A. Gifford,
Canandaigua, and two granddaughters. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
THE VICTOR HERALD June 11, 1958
Pg 4, col 5
by: Ron Hanley
FARRELL -
Mr. and Mrs. William Farrell Plan 50th Anniversary Gathering
East Bloomfield - Mr.
and Mrs. William P. Farrell will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary
with an open house Sunday, June 15, from 2 to 5 p. m. in the home of their
niece and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Webb, in Maple Avenue.
At St. Bridget's church in East Bloomfield, June 17, 1908, took
place the marriage of Miss Jane Mahoney, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy
Mahoney of East Bloomfield, and William P.
Farrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Farrell
of Victor. The marriage vows were heard by Rev. Patrick
A. Neville, and attendants were Miss Carolyn
Mahoney, a sister of the bride, and Joseph
Farrell, brother of the bridegroom.
Most of their married life has been spent in East Bloomfield township.
For three years they resided with Frank Cannan, a
brother-in-law, in the northwestern part of town and assisted
in the care of his six small children. They have been residents of Maple
Avenue for the past 35 years.
Both have been active in civic and community affairs. Mr.
Farrell
has served as constable and dog warden. He was a house painter
and decorator for several years. Mrs.
Farrell is a member of the cafeteria staff at Bloomfield Central school
and this season is employed week-ends in a similar capacity at the 4-H club
camp in the Bristol Hills. She is a member of Court Isabella, CDA, and the T
Bridge club. She has one brother, Frank Mahoney,
Rochester, and Mr. Farrell has a sister, Mrs.
Eugene Wilkinson of Victor.
They will be honored at an anniversary mass at 7:30 Tuesday morning,
June 17, at St. Bridget's church, East Bloomfield.
THE DAILY MESSENGER Monday
July 14, 1958 Pg 3
by: Ron Hanley
Howard D. Herendeen, 71, 15 Howell
St., died Saturday, July 12, 1958, at Thompson Hospital
following a brief illness. A lifelong resident of this city,
Mr. Herendeen was born July 29, 1886, the son of the late Lewis
D. and Minnie Power Herendeen. He attended schools in Canandaigua and
Victor, and received business training at the Rochester Business Institute.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Canandaigua Lodge,
and Odd Fellows. He was also a member of the board of trustees,
Woodlawn Cemetery Association.
For twenty five years he conducted a confectionary and news store
at 65 S. Main St. being associated with Walton G. Lapham
until 1928 when Mr. Lapham died. In 1933 Mr.
Herendeen sold the business and purchased the
Lewis W. Johncox store at170 South Main St., which he operated for two
years. For 20 years he operated a summer store at Cottage City on East Lake
Shore, where he made his home during these years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen G.
Spangle Herendeen, a son, Edward
L. Herendeen, Johnson City, and 2 grandsons and a granddaughter. Interment
was made in Woodlawn Cemetery.
DAILY MESSENGER
June 11, 1959 Pg 2, col
5
by: Ron Hanley
McKechnies Mark 25th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. McKechnie Jr.,
152 Howell Street, entertained 90 guests at a buffet
supper Wednesday evening at their summer home, Glenburn, Seneca Point Rd. The
occasion marked their 25th wedding anniversary.
Mr. McKechnie and Miss Mary C. Kirkham,
both of this city were married in the Congregational
Church, June 9, 1934. They have two children, Frederick
A. McKechnie III of Brooklyn, and Miss Mary
McKechnie, a student at Hood College.
Guests were from Albany, Elmira, Rochester and Canandaigua.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Tuesday June
30, 1959
by: Ron Hanley
Obituary - Arthur Andrews
Funeral service for Arthur Andrews
of the North Road, who died Friday, June 26, 1959, was
held this afternoon in the Kennedy and Son Funeral Home, the Rev. Ross
Whetstone, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiating. Interment was
in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Bearers were Leslie Gifford, Arthur
Middlebrook, Canandaigua, Paul Wlaker
and Lloyd Kotteker, Chapin, Paul Camp,
Rochester, and John A.
VanGelder, Stanley.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY MESSENGER Friday November
20, 1959 by: Ron Hanley
Obituary -
Arthur James Flood, 54, former
Canandaigua resident, died at his San Francisco home
yesterday, Nov. 19, 1959, after a long illness.
He was a native of Canandaigua, a son of John
and Clara Engert Flood,
and lived here during his youth and young manhood. He had been a
San Francisco resident for the past 18 years. He had been
engaged in the restaurant business on the West Coast.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Roland Hughey, Waterloo, and Mrs.
Gray Skutt, North Rose, two brothers, Gilbert,
Pueblo, Col., and
John, Canandaigua.
Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Ward
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