Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Abbot Lucy
10/26/1917 10/30/1917
Died at Spencer. Burial at Evergreen Cemetery.
(p.7, Spencer News)
1917 Abbott Sam 75
12/22/1917 12/26/1917
Died at Detroit while visiting son; was a merchant
on W. State St., native of Syria. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
1917 Abel Jarvis S. 76
4/24/1917 4/25/1917 Died at Abel's Corners.
1917
Mrs. Acker Corry 9/6/1917
(notice)
9/6/1917 (p. 7, Covert News)
1917
Mrs. Ackley Permella 9/3/1917 9/4/1917 Died at Elmira Heights; burial Trumansburg.
1917 Adams Edward
2/6/1917 2/8/1917
Died at Harford; was well-known phone operator;
crippled with rheumatism.
1917 Adams Mark
8/4/1917 8/4/1917
Died of injuries from June 17 auto accident. Had
lived in Groton;employed at Corona Typewriter
Co. See story on p. 5 of 8/4/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Akenstine Charles D. 67
4/8/1917 4/9/1917 Husband of Ida Akenstine.
1917 Alexander Isaac 72
1/10/1917 1/16/1917
Died at Soldier's Home;Dayton, OH. Had lived in
Newfield; Civil War veteran.
1917 Allen Edith Abbott 29
1/4/1917 1/4/1917
Typhoid
Fever and
Pneumonia
Married only 7 months to Kenneth Allen.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Abbott. Burial at
Interlaken.
1917 Allen Edna Strong
4/15/1917 4/16/1917
Died in New York City; formerly of Locke. Wife of
H. Ralph Allen. Funeral in Elmira; burial
Woodlawn Cemetery.
1917 Allick Delia Briggs 87
1/5/1917 1/10/1917
Life long West Danby resident. Wife of DeWitt
Allick.
1917 Anderson Julia 44
11/1/1917 11/2/1917 Wife of Jesse Anderson. Burial at Newburgh.
1917 Andrus William 80
12/18/1917 12/18/1917
Senior member of bookseller and printer firm:
Andrus and Church; one of Ithaca's most
prominent merchants. Survived by daughter,
Florence S. Burial City Cemetery. See story p. 3,
Ithaca Journal, 12/18/1917, also 1/9/1918, p. 3,
regarding his will.
1917 Anten George 28
12/4/1917 12/7/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Hayt's Corners. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Anten. (p.7, Interlaken News)
Page 1 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Arden Mary A. 85
11/29/1917 12/1/1917 Stroke
Died from complications. Widow of Robert
Arden. Had lived at Trumansburg. Burial Grove
Cemetery.
1917 Ashdown James 80
3/9/1917 3/9/1917
Volunteer member of Ithaca Fire Dept. for 64
years. Also a machinist for Delaware and
Lackawanna and Western Railroad when their
machine shops were located in Ithaca. Last of 10
children, survived by one son, Fred J. Burial Lake
View Cemetery. See story p.3 of 3/9/1917 Ithaca
Journal.
1917 Ashton George 81
2/18/1917 2/20/1917 Died at Groton; burial at Groton Rural Cemetery.
1917 Attenborough Ada
5/3/1917 5/7/1917
Died at Elmira. Wife of George Attenborough.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Atwater Fred 74
3/24/1917 3/26/1917
Stroke
Complication
s
Was a well-known grocer and charter member of
Tornado Hook and Ladder Co. No. 3. See story
p.3 of 3/26 & 28/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Lake
View Cemetery. See also story p.6 of 4/5/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917 Augenblick Joseph 18
6/19/1917 6/20/1917 Drowned
Canoe capsized in Cayuga Lake. Cornell
freshman; son of Mr./Mrs. M. Augenblick of
Newark, NJ. See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 6/20
&25/1917 and p. 5, 6/27/1917.
1917 Ayers Molancy 77
2/1/1917 2/2/1917
Died at Etna. Widow of Job Ayers of Harford.
Burial at family plot Lapeer, Cortland County.
1917 Ayers Nelson 93
1/31/1917 2/5/1917
Died at Hornell. Formerly of Jacksonville area.
Widower of Maria VanKirk and Sarah Francis.
Related to Treman family of Ithaca. See p.3 of
2/5/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Ayres Daniel H. 69
2/3/1917 2/6/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Samaritan Hospital at Troy where he had
gone on a business trip. Had operated Cayuga
Lake Orchards at Trumansburg. Son of Daniel B.
and Harriet Holister Ayres; husband of Sarah
Gregg Ayres.
Page 2 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Babcock George 88
7/3/1917 7/5/1917
Well-known pioneer railroad man, former
superintendent of Lehigh Valley Railroad shops;
active in municipal affairs. Father of Mrs. Mary E.
Johnson. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Backus
2/21/1917
(notice)
2/21/1917
Died at NY City. Son of Mrs. D.H. Backus of
Groton.
1917 Baker Mary
12/24/1917 12/26/1917
Died at Chicago in home of her sister, Mrs. W.I.
Baucus. Burial Dryden.
1917 Baker Mary
12/24/1917 1/2/1918
Died at Chicago. Buried at Dryden. (p.9, Dryden
News)
1917 Baker Oscar C. 71
11/10/1917 11/12/1917 Burial Caroline Cemetery.
1917 Baldini Ottavia 3
9/13/1917 9/14/1917 Pneumonia
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Baldini. Burial
Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Baldwin Eliza E. 70
11/11/1917 11/12/1917
Died at Richmond Hill, L.I. Wife of George D.
Baldwin. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Merrill of
Ithaca. She spent most of her life in Caroline
Township. Burial at Brooktondale. See also
"Personals," p.3, Ithaca Journal, 11/15/1917.
1917
Mrs. Ball George 79 11/12/1917 11/14/1917
Died at Searsburg. Burial at Valois. (p.7,
Trumansburg News)
1917 Ballard Stacey 10
4/24/1917 4/26/1917
Died at the home of his brother, Edward, at
Dryden. Burial Green Hill Cemetery.
1917 Banks Stephen B. 89
8/13/1917 8/14/1917
Died at Fredericksburg, VA. Formerly of Ithaca.
Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
1917 Barger Harriet J. 80
10/25/1917
(notice)
10/25/1917
Had lived at King Ferry. Burial King Ferry
Cemetery. (p.9, King Ferry News)
1917 Barkee Albert 50
9/24/1917 9/25/1917 Died and buried at Slaterville.
1917 Barnes Kenneth O. infant
10/8/1917 10/9/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Barnes.
1917 Barnes Oscar
7/13/1917
(notice)
7/13/1917
Died at Sanitaria Springs. Father of Harry L.
Barnes.
1917 Bates Lydia H.
6/18/1917 6/18/1917 Wife of Dr. E.S. Bates.
1917 Bates Stephen S. 98
1/18/1917 1/19/1917 Died at Dryden; husband of Nora Bates.
Page 3 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Bays John 86
5/18/1917 5/23/1917
Died in Virgil, at home of daughter, Mrs. F. L.
Stillman. Burial Virgil Cemetery. (p.7, Virgil
News)
1917 Beach Fannie
1/31/1917 1/31/1917
Died at Newfield; widow of John Beach. Burial
Ennis Cemetery at Swartwood.
1917
Dr. Beach Judson 3/16/1917 3/16/1917
Civil War veteran; died at Etna. Burial Willow
Glen Cemetery. See p.6 of 3/27/1917 Ithaca
Journal.
1917 Beach Sarah Adelia
11/8/1917 11/8/1917 Burial Green Hills Cemetery.
1917 Beardsley Hannah 74
10/22/1917 10/23/1917 Had lived at Odessa.
1917 Beardsley Harriet Ham 69
11/12/1917 11/13/1917
Died and was buried at Montour. She was born at
Newfield.
1917 Bedell Charles 50
10/6/1917 10/6/1917 Was an engineer at Cornell University.
1917 Beebe John C. 77
3/24/1917 3/24/1917
Died near Ludlowville. Born in Groton; burial Pine
Grove Cemetery.
1917 Bennett George 70
2/28/1917 2/28/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Berti Vittorio 25
3/6/1917 3/9/1917
Died following surgery at Bellevue Hospital. Had
lived in Ithaca. Husband of Anita; father of
Alberto.
1917 Besemer Emma W. 72
12/19/1917 12/20/1917
Widow of Dr. Martin Besemer. Survived by son,
Dr. Howard B. Besemer. Burial W. Slaterville.
1917 Bidwell David M. 2 mos
12/31/1917 1/2/1918
Son of Prof. and Mrs. Charles Bidwell. Burial
Lake View Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Bishop Truman 57 2/25/1917 2/27/1917
Died at Willard State Hospital; burial Hayt's
Cemetery.
1917 Bissel Albert 70
3/26/1917 3/27/1917 Died at Lake Ridge.
1917 Blackman Juliett E. 49
7/19/1917 7/20/1917
Mother of Hobart and Hazel. Burial City
Cemetery.
1917 Blauvelt Ernest 62
12/31/1917 1/4/1918 Asphyxiation
From coal gas at home of Richard Matthews near
Interlaken. Was a trapper and laborer; lived with
his mother on the lake road. Burial Interlaken
Cemetery. Story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 1/4/1918.
Page 4 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Blauvelt Levina 77
11/14/1917 11/14/1917
had lived at Newfield. Burial Woodlawn
Cemetery.
1917 Boda Irving infant
1/13/1917 1/17/1917 Pneumonia Child of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boda of Danby.
1917 Bognar Charles 48
4/8/1917 4/10/1917 Pneumonia Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Boice David 80
2/24/1917 2/27/1917 Buried at Mecklenburg.
1917 Bolden Carrie
5/9/1917
(notice)
5/9/1917
Died at Cortland; had lived in Ithaca for several
years. Wife of Samuel Bolden.
1917 Bonezzi Florence Bower
9/6/1917 9/11/1917
Wife of Peter Bonezzi; died at home of her
mother at South Owego. Burial at Kline next to
grave of her father, Charles Bower.
1917 Boorom Eugene 68
9/22/1917 9/25/1917
Died following surgery. Was one of Interlaken's
most prominent businessmen.
1917 Booth Richard T.
9/2/1917 9/27/1917
Died of disease complications at Yorks, England.
Well-known, famous temperance campaigner
who had lived in Ithaca at one time. See story
p.3, 9/27/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917
Mrs. Bott Arthur 3/5/1917 3/6/1917 Burial at Middlebury, VT.
1917 Bowen Augusta A.
2/13/1917 2/20/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Joliet, IL. Widow of Lt. James Rumsey
Bowen. Sister of Mrs. A.K. Warner of Ithaca.
1917 Bower Adaline 73
10/10/1917 10/12/1917
Died at Horseheads; formerly of Newfield. Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery, Newfield.
1917 Bower Marshall C. 58
10/19/1917 10/20/1917
Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ludlowville. Burial
Pine Grove Cemetery, Ludlowville.
1917 Bower Thomas 81
6/27/1917 6/28/1917 Died at Jacksonville.
1917 Boyce William 81 5/15/1917 5/15/1917
Suicide
Slashed throat; despondent over ill health. Had
lived at Dryden. Husband of Cynthia Boyce. Story
p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 5/15/1917. ***Newspaper
masthead has 1917 year for May 15 and 16. This
appears to be a misprint since both dates are
included on the May 1918 Ithaca Journal
microfilm.
1917 Boyles Charlotte M. 74
12/30/1917 12/31/1917 Burial North Lansing.
1917 Bradford Arthur
9/5/1917
(notice)
9/5/1917 Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
Page 5 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Bradley Mary 91
9/30/1917 10/1/1917
Died at Willard, formerly of Ludlowville, a well-
known milliner. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery.
1917 Bradt Henry F. 67
6/25/1917 6/26/1917
Had lived at Groton; burial Groton Rural
Cemetery.
1917 Breakey Abigail A. 92
1/7/1917 1/8/1917
Life long Ithaca resident. Burial at Inlet Valley
Cemetery.
1917 Brearley Allie 70
4/18/1917
(notice)
4/18/1917
Had lived in Jacksonville. Burial at Caroline
Center. (Caroline Center, p. 7 )
1917 Breckenridge Edward E. 45 5/16/1917 5/17/1917
Drowned
In Six Mile Creek near Potter's Falls Resevoir
while fishing. Burial near former home in
Hopewell, IL. Story on p. 3.
1917
Mrs. Brewer Fred 5/7/1917 5/7/1917
Died at Trumansburg. Daughter of Mrs. A.F.
Spencer of Ithaca. Burial Grove Cemetery. Death
notice in 5/7/1917 and 5/10/1917.
1917 Briggs William 15
3/14/1917 3/15/1917 Had lived and was buried at Interlaken.
1917 Brink Robert E. 66
5/29/1917 5/31/1917
Died at Caroline Center where he conducted a
general store for 43 years. Well-known
throughout Tompkins County. Burial East Lawn
Cemetery. Story p.7 of 5/31/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Bronson Myron P.
5/6/1917 5/8/1917
Died at Syracuse. Father of Mrs. Herman Apgar
of Ithaca.
1917 Brooks Charles E. 68
2/6/1917 2/6/1917
Suicide by
Gunshot
Died at Waverly. He was police chief, suffering
from an illness for a year.
1917 Brotherton Merritt G. 25
7/25/1917 7/26/1917
Died from injuries in salt mine explosion at
Portland Point on 7/9/1917. Story p. 3 of
7/26/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Hayt's
Cemetery. See also: Krum's Corners News, p. 7,
Ithaca Journal, 7/30/1917.
1917 Brown Anna C. 82
12/21/1917 12/22/1917
Widow of Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart Brown, at
Fond du Lac, WI. See obituary on p. 3.
1917 Brown Annie
6/18/1917 7/17/1917
Had lived in Trumansburg. Details of her will are
on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 7/17/1917.
1917
Mrs. Brown E.E. 82 3/21/1917 3/22/1917 Pneumonia Died at Groton. Burial North Lansing.
Page 6 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Brown Emma Louise 77
10/4/1917 10/6/1917
Wife of Richard Brown. Her first husband was
Luther Roper of Danby. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
1917 Brown H.B.
3/23/1917 3/23/1917 Accident
Died in train collision. Was an employee of
Lehigh Valley R.R. See story p. 3 of 3/23/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917 Brown Melissa A. 86
11/5/1917 11/7/1917
(See also, p. 9, Taughannock Falls News,
11/16/1917) Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
1917 Brown Minnie McArthur
5/19/1917 5/22/1917
Pleural
Pneumonia
Died at Cortland. Wife of Wells D. Brown. Burial
Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden.
1917 Brown Alvah 67
1/2/1917 1/2/1917 Died at Newfield.
1917 Brown Madge A. 19
5/10/1917 5/10/1917 Septicimia
Grandaughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Potter. Was
stenographer of Sibley Journal. Sister of E.L.
Brown. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
1917 Browning Cecilia 38
2/6/1917 2/7/1917
Wife of James Browning. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
1917 Bruce Robert Francis infant
8/20/1917 8/21/1917
Son of Harry S. and Mabel Bruce of Danby.
Burial Curtis Cemetery.
1917 Bruton Rose
10/25/1917
(notice)
10/25/1917
Daughter of Commissioner John Bruton of
Venice. (p.9, King Ferry News)
1917 Buckingham Asa T. 37
5/15/1917 5/15/1917
Died at Lodi. Formerly of Lansing. Burial at
Lansingville.
1917 Buckley Emma R. 70
11/12/1917 11/13/1917 Died at Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.
1917 Bull
Erma Besemer 43 3/31/1917 4/2/1917
Died after brief illness near Slaterville Springs.
Wife of J. Roy Bull. Burial West Stalerville.
1917 Bundy Warren W. 50
11/5/1917 11/12/1917
Died at Elmira; formerly of Ithaca. Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery.
1917 Bura John 40
3/24/1917 3/24/1917 Accident
Killed when struck by train near Newfield. Was a
Lehigh Valley R.R. employee and lived at
Newfield. See story p. 5 of 3/24/1917 Ithaca
Journal.
Page 7 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Burdick Isabella A. 83
2/17/1917 2/17/1917 Stroke
Widow of Welcome S. Burdick. Active in
women's organizations.
1917 Burger Charity M. 82
2/9/1917 2/9/1917
Died at Ludlowville. Widow of William N. Burger.
Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Burnett E.M. 43 10/27/1917 10/27/1917 Rheumatism Survived by husband and four children.
1917 Burns Mary E. 32
7/10/1917 7/10/1917
Died following one year illness. Daughter of
Sarah Burns; burial Cavalry Cemetery.
1917 Burr Charles
10/25/1917 10/27/1917
Spinal
Meningitis
Young son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Burr of
Geneva. Burial at Trumansburg. (p.7,
Trumansburg News 10/27/1917)
1917 Burritt Edwin J.
11/22/1917 12/1/1917
Died at Freeport, IL. Was a jeweler in Ithaca at
one time.
1917 Burrows Jesse 54
5/24/1917 5/26/1917 Died at Five Corners; burial North Lansing.
1917 Bush Eliza Catherine 93
10/29/1917 10/30/1917 Widow of Abram Bush. Burial at Slaterville.
1917 Cady Bridget 62
2/24/1917 2/26/1917 Wife of A.B. Cady; burial St. Louis, MO.
1917 Cain Mary E.
2/15/1917 2/15/1917
Died at Willard State Hospital. Wife of J.B. Cain.
Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Campbell Beatrice 15
3/18/1917 3/19/1917 Appendicitis
Died from complications following surgery. Had
lived at Lake Ridge. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Campbell. Burial at Ludlowville.
1917 Campbell Mary J.
1/9/1917 1/171917
Died in LaHabra, CA where she had lived since
1902.
1917 Cannon Grant 52
4/20/1917 4/20/1917
Was a chef at Bandhu Fraternity House;
previously a janitor at Ithaca Trust Co.
1917 Card Mary A. 91
8/8/1917 8/9/1917
One of Ithaca's oldest residents. Had come to
Ithaca by wagon train from Connecticut with her
father. Story on p.3 of 8/9/1917 Ithaca Journal.
Burial in Candor.
1917 Card Parthema 77
3/9/1917 3/10/1917
Survived by son, C.B. Card, and sister, Mrs. A.
Hiles. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917 Carlton Donald 2 mos
10/29/1917 10/30/1917
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Carlton. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
1917 Carmer Walter 11
1/29/1917 1/31/1917 Died at Dryden; burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
Page 8 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Carpenter Louis 70
5/27/1917 5/28/1917 Pneumonia
Had lived near Enfield Falls; burial Trumbulls
Corners. Death notice in 5/28/1917 and
5/29/1917.
1917
Mrs. Carrington F.B. 55 10/7/1917 10/91917
Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural
Cemetery.
1917 Carson J. S.
11/1/1917 11/1/1917
Died at Shortsville; father of Henry Carson of N.
Lansing. (p.11, N. Lansing News)
1917 Cavanaugh David 65
5/17/1917 5/18/1917 Heart Attack
Body found in neighbor's field near Newfield. See
story on p. 3 of 5/18/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Caveney Mary 64
4/21/1917 4/21/1917 Complication
s
Died of complications. Had lived at Brooktondale;
burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notice in
4/21/1917 and 4/24/1917.
1917 Chacona James P.
10/17/1917 10/18/1917
Had been in confectionary and real estate
business in Milwaukee, WI. Burial in Ithaca.
1917 Chaddock Jared 76
4/13/1917 4/14/1917
Veteran, Co. D, 67th NY Volunteers. Burial at
Rose in Wayne County.
1917
Mrs. Chaddock Jared 83 7/21/1917 7/21/1917
Widow of Jared, who died three months
previously. Mother of Mrs. C.E. Head. Burial at
Rose, NY.
1917 Charles Andrew J. 84
5/1/1917 5/3/1917
Died at Odessa. Was Civil War veteran, 161st
Reg. NY Volunteers. Burial Danby Rural
Cemetery.
1917 Charles Andrew Jackson
5/9/1917
(notice)
5/9/1917
Veteran of the Civil War. (See Danby news, p.9
of 5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal.)
1917 Childs Nancy
9/1/1917 9/6/1917
Had lived in Binghamton; formerly of Ithaca.
Widow of Civil War veteran, David Childs, who
was killed several years ago at an Elmira railroad
crossing. Burial at Candor.
1917 Chilson Charles O. 53
3/13/1917 3/14/1917
1917
Mrs. Christman W. Clark 9/29/1917 10/2/1917 Died at East Bethany, NY. Formerly of Ithaca.
1917 Clapp Lewis A. 65
1/11/1917 1/12/1917
Bright's
Disease
Publisher of The Weekly Ithacan. Born in Dryden.
Husband of Lillian. See story on p. 5 of 1/12/1917
Ithaca Journal. Burial in Fisher's Cemetery.
Page 9 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Clark Bernard A.
12/4/1917 12/4/1917
Died following abdominal surgery. Husband of
Carrie. Had been employed by Lehigh Valley
Railroad and, later, by Williams Brothers
Foundry. Burial at Waverly.
1917 Clark M. Etta
11/26/1917 11/27/1917 Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Clark Newton 24
5/3/1917 5/5/1917
Measles,
Scarlet Fever
and
Pneumonia
Complication
s
Died at Buffalo. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Clark of Danby. Burial at North Spencer.
1917 Clark Newton
5/9/1917 5/9/1917
Died at Buffalo, formerly of Danby. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Clark.
1917 Clark Robert C. 21
5/7/1917 5/7/1917
Stomach
Ulcer
Son of Mrs. F.W. Head; brother of Donald G.
Clark. Employed at Morse Chain. Burial at
Trumansburg.
1917
Dr. Clawson C.D. 79 7/6/1917 7/7/1917
Died at Montour Falls. Well-known physician and
director for 40 years of Montour Falls Sanitarium.
1917 Clawson Jane Louise 30
7/2/1917 7/2/1917
Daughter of Mr./Mrs. J.W. Clawson. Was an
assistant in office of Prof. George Cavanaugh,
College of Agriculture at Cornell. Burial Calvary
Cemetery. Death notices in 7/2/1917 and
7/5/1917.
1917 Cleveland Elbert 13
6/21/1917 6/21/1917
Died from accidental gunshot wound. Son of
Mr./Mrs. Clarence Cleveland. Story on p. 2,
Ithaca Journal, 6/21/1917. Also p. 7, Ithaca
Journal, 6/25/1917, Interlaken News. Burial Lake
View Cemetery, Interlaken.
1917
Mrs. Cleveland John 53 7/30/1917 8/7/1917
Died at Tioga County almshouse. Formerly of
Caroline Center. (p.7, Caroline Center News)
1917 Cole David 80
4/10/1917 4/11/1917 Had lived in and was buried at Ovid.
Page 10 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Coleman George 65
11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Heart Trouble
Died at Trumansburg. Well-known merchant;
owned Stover Hardware Co. Son of Mahlon B.
Cohen and Elizabeth Townsend Coleman. Burial
Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg. See story p. 7,
Ithaca Journal, 11/26/1917.
1917 Collins Nettie 43
5/19/1917 5/21/1917
Had lived at Peruville. Wife of Walter Collins.
Burial Kline Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Collins Walter 48 5/19/1917 5/25/1917 (p. 9, Peruville)
1917 Colton Edwin Hall 51
3/9/1917 3/10/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Dryden. Husband of Nellie Colton. Burial
Green Hills Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Comber John 11/10/1917 11/15/1917 Burial at Poplar Ridge. (p. 9, King Ferry News)
1917 Conklin Henry 18
2/9/1917 2/10/1917 Pneumonia
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Conklin of Groton.
Burial in Groton Rural Cemetery.
1917 Conrad Adda L. 63
3/17/1917 3/19/1917
1917 Conway Elizabeth
7/27/1917 7/28/1917 Accident
Killed in auto accident in Auburn. Wife of Dr.
M.P. Conway, well-known in Ithaca. Burial at
Auburn.
1917 Cook Ann M. 77
10/7/1917 10/9/1917
Wife of Zachariah; had lived at Caroline Depot.
Burial Quick Cemetery.
1917 Cook James
4/4/1917 4/5/1917
Died at Auburn; formerly of Ithaca. Was Civil
War veteran.
1917 Cook John W. 42
2/20/1917 2/21/1917
Died at Willard State Hospital. Son of Mrs.
Catherine Spicer of Ithaca.
1917 Coon Joel
4/3/1917 4/5/1917 Stroke
Burial North Lansing Cemetery. (p. 9, East
Genoa)
1917 Cooper Caroline
6/21/1917 6/28/1917 Burial at Groton. (p.11, Groton News)
1917 Cooper Jennie 45
10/13/1917 10/18/1917 Had lived at Groton.
1917 Copp Phillip
8/25/1917
(notice)
8/25/1917
Had been a night watchman at salt plant. Burial
at Auburn. (Myers News, p. 7)
1917 Cornelius Henry 63
1/7/1917 1/8/1917 Pneumonia Died at Dryden.
1917 Cornell Frank 6 mos
1/9/1917 1/11/1917
Youngest of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Cornell of
Slaterville.
1917 Cornell Ira 69
4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Died at West Danby.
Page 11 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Mrs. Cornell William 7/3/1917
(notice)
7/3/1917
Had lived in Groton; burial Groton Rural
Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News)
1917 Covert Allen G. 51
7/4/1917 7/5/1917 Died at Danby. Buried at Horseheads, NY.
1917 Cox Frances 57
2/3/1917 2/5/1917
Died at Newfield; widow of George Cox. Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery.
1917 Crain Margaret 88
3/24/1917 3/27/1917
Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
(Groton, p.7)
1917 Crance Stephen . 85
2/28/1917 3/2/1917 Died at West Danby.
1917 Crandall Charles Lee 67
8/25/1917 8/25/1917 Pneumonia
Was an Emeritus Professor, College of
Engineering, Cornell University. Husband of Myra
G. Robbins. See story p. 5 of 8/25/1917 and p.
3 of 8/29/17 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Crans John Sr. 74
4/12/1917 4/13/1917
Died and buried at West Slaterville. Was a
veteran and member of David Ireland Post of
Brooktondale.
1917 Craver William H. 72
3/24/1917 3/23/1917 Heart Trouble
Well-known resident of Ovid Center. See story
p.3 of 3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Crawford
Jane Elizabeth 81 1/16/1917 1/16/1917 Burial in Fisher's Cemetery.
1917 Cronin John 60
11/20/1917
(notice)
11/20/1917 Heart Disease
Died at County Home at Waterloo. Former
Interlaken resident. (p.7, Interlaken News,
11/20/1917)
1917 Cross J.W. 74
12/5/1917 12/6/1917 Burial Davis Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Cross Oria 66 5/26/1917 5/28/1917 Died at Groton.
1917 Crozier Charles C.
4/6/1917 4/6/1917
Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Husband of
Susan Crozier. Brother of James and William of
Ithaca.
1917 Cuffman Catherine 76
4/16/1917 4/17/1917 Wife of D.A. Cuffman. Burial at Ellis.
1917 Cummings Frank G. 43
7/2/1917 7/2/1917 Died at Enfield Center. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
1917 Cushing John 50
2/24/1917 2/26/1917
Fell into an Interlaken creek and died of
exposure. Had worked at Lehigh Valley Railroad,
Interlaken. See story on p. 3 of 2/26/1917 Ithaca
Journal.
Page 12 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Lt. Cuthbert Stuart Ross 12/28/1917 12/29/1917
Died in aviation accident in Texas. Son of Mrs. A.
Ross Cuthbert. See p. 3, Ithaca Journal,
12/29/1917.
1917 Darling Mary Elizabeth 2
12/26/1917 12/26/1917
Burned when she fell into a pail of hot feed. See
story p. 5, Ithaca Journal, 12/26/1917. Daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Darling of Freeville.
1917
Mrs. Darling O.L. 71 3/23/1917 3/24/1917 Died at Lansing, MI; well-known in Ithaca area.
1917 Darragh Amelia
5/31/1917 5/31/1917
Wife of George Darragh; burial Rolfe Cemetery,
Enfield.
1917 Davenport Edwin 83
10/9/1917 10/10/1917
Retired farmer; had always lived at the
homestead of his father, Benjamin Davenport.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Davidsen Robert 89
1/4/1917 1/9/1917 Pneumonia
Was oldest survivor of the famous Seventy-Sixth
Regiment. Had lived in McLean.
1917 Davis Anna M. 79 5/15/1917 5/16/1917
Died from complications from recent fall, when
she broke her arm and hip, while celebrating her
79th birthday. Widow of Joshua B. Davis,
formerly of Lake Ridge. Burial Lansingville
Cemetery. Story on p. 3. ***Newspaper masthead
has 1917 year for May 15 and 16. This appears
to be a misprint since both dates are included on
the May 1918 microfilm.
1917 Davis Benjamin J. 70
12/20/1917 12/22/1917
Survived by brother, Albert, of Watkins. Burial
Davis Cemetery.
1917 Davis Charles L. 84
4/4/1917 4/5/1917
Prominent resident and undertaker at Slaterville
Springs; well-known Democrat and notary public.
Was said to be the third man to join Caroline
Lodge of Masons.
Page 13 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Davis Floyd
8/27/1917 9/5/1917
Died at St. Louis; formerly of Ithaca, husband of
Elizabeth Edwards. He was one of the early
graduates of Cornell. (p. 7, Forest Home News)
1917 De Veber William J. 84
10/30/1917 10/30/1917
1917 Dean Mary DuBoise
6/13/1917
(notice)
6/13/1917
Died at Macktown. Lifelong resident of Ulysses.
(p.7, Krums Corners News)
1917
Mrs. DeBiajio Angelo 20 1/2/1917 1/2/1917
Was ill for several months. Former Mary C.
McGrade. Burial in Cavalry Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. DeGraw John 64 10/31/1917 11/2/1917
Had lived at Interlaken. Survived by husband and
daughter, Mrs. W.A. Rogers. Burial Grove
Cemetery.
1917 DeLong Paul R. 3 mos
8/12/1917 8/13/1917
Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Grant DeLong of
Slaterville. Burial at Slaterville.
1917 DeMun John L. 89
2/1/1917 2/5/1917
Died at Covert. At one time the leading dealer for
lumber, coal and grain at Kidders and Morehouse
areas. Husband of Emeline DeMun. Burial at
Interlaken's Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Denk Joseph 30
9/20/1917 9/21/1917 Died in Lansing; burial Asbury Cemetery.
1917 Denman John F. 83
6/24/1917 6/27/1917
Was an undertaker for 60 years. Burial at
Moravia. (p.7, Locke News)
1917 Denniston William W.
8/13/1917 8/15/1917
Died at Newark, NJ; former railroad conductor
and farmer in Tompkins County.
1917
Mrs. Depew Frank 52 2/6/1917 2/8/1917
Had lived near Caroline at Union Valley. Burial
Maple Grove Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. DeWein George 12/18/1917 12/31/1917
Died at her home in Milwaukee, WI. Former Anna
Elizabeth Haworth; born in Enfield, Cornell grad.
Wife of George, a patent attorney for Allis
Chalmers Mfg.Co. (E.E. Cornell '97); mother of
Mary DeWein.
1917 DeWitt Catherine Brown
6/9/1917
(notice)
6/9/1917
Died at Portland, OR. Mother of George B.DeWitt
of Ithaca.
Page 14 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Dimick Melissa
9/26/1917
(notice)
9/26/1917
Widow of William Dimick; burial in Grove
Cemetery, Trumansburg.
1917 Dimmick Alton M. 47
2/18/1917 2/19/1917 Burial at Interlaken.
1917 Dimon Prudence 87
10/26/1917 10/27/1917
Widow of Daniel Dimon,Civil War veteran. Had
lived at Groton. Burial Rural Cemetery.
1917 Dodd Emily
9/15/1917 9/17/1917
Died at Enfield while visiting her son, General
George A. Dodd, Retired. She had lived at
Williamsport, PA. Burial at Rose Valley, PA. See
p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/17/1917.
1917 Doetch Irving H. 23
7/18/1917 7/18/1917 Drowned
Drowned in Lake Erie at Woodlawn Beach near
Buffalo. Had lived in Hamburg, NY. Graduate of
Cornell Ag. College in June 1917.
1917 Donnelly Peter
12/6/1917 12/8/1917
Well-known Interlaken farmer. Burial at
Trumansburg. (p.7, Interlaken News)
1917 Donohue Bridget
3/4/1917 3/5/1917 Stroke
Died of complications from stroke. Widow of
Timothy Donohue; burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Donovan Catherine 75
2/7/1917 2/8/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Donovan Jerry 75
10/21/1917 10/22/1917 Died at Muscatine, IA while on a business trip.
1917 Donovan Jerry
10/30/1917
(notice)
10/30/1917 (p.7, Krum's Corners News)
1917
Mrs. Dougherty John 27 4/10/1917 4/11/1917 Died near Groton.
1917 Dougherty Mary J.
7/19/1917
(notice)
7/19/1917
Died at Binghamton. Sister of Mrs. Ella Leonard
of Ithaca. Burial Nicholson, PA.
1917 Douglass James U. 78
4/12/1917 4/13/1917
Died at Trumbull's Corners where he had a
grocery store for 35 years. Burial Trumbull's
Corners Cemetery.
1917 Dowd John Edmund infant
9/8/1917 9/8/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Dowd
1917 Drake Charles 79
2/24/1917 2/24/1917 Died at Danby; burial Danby Rural Cemetery.
1917 Drake Edna Green 31
9/26/1917
(notice)
9/26/1917 Typhoid
Fever
Died in Delaware County; wife of Henry Drake.
Formerly of Danby. Burial Curtis Cemetery.
Page 15 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Drake Ella Barnes 63
5/30/1917 5/31/1917
Died at Lansing Station at home of her daughter,
Mrs. Charles Swayze.
1917 Drake Esther 5
10/25/1917
(notice)
10/25/1917 Typhoid
Fever
Daughter of Henry Drake. Mother, Edna Drake,
died in Sept. of typhoid fever. Burial at Danby
Rural (Curtis) Cemetery. (p.9, Danby News)
1917 Drake Mary L. 86
3/10/1917 3/12/1917 Survived by four nieces.
1917 Drake Myron 55
10/29/1917 10/30/1917
Died at Newfield, son of Mrs. Aaron Drake. Burial
at Trumbull's Corners.
1917 Dunn John D. 60
3/14/1917 3/15/1917 Complication
s
Died of complications. Husband of Pauline Dunn.
Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Durnin Mary A. 59
6/1/1917 6/2/1917
Had lived in Auburn. Sister of P.J. Herron of
Ithaca.
1917 Dutton
Phoebe Steenburgh 72 9/19/1917 9/20/1917
Wife of C. Seymour Dutton. Burial East Lawn
Cemetery.
1917 Dwyer James 40
1/7/1917 1/9/1917
Died at Groton; burial at Catholic Cemetery in
Groton.
1917 Earsley Phebe 79
6/29/1917 7/6/1917 Died at Caroline. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery.
1917 Eastman Cyrus 73
3/28/1917 3/29/1917
Died at Central Chapel. Was a prominent farmer
and Civil War veteran, 16th New York Artillery.
1917 Edgerton Josephine 63
2/21/1917 2/23/1917
Wife of George Edgerton; daughter of Betsey and
James Chase. Formerly of and burial at Rock
Stream, NY.
1917 Edwards Irving 67
9/19/1917 9/20/1917
worked at Ithaca Gun for 20 years. No known
survivors. Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Elliott Jeanette 89
5/14/1917 5/16/1917 Mother of Dr. G.L. Rood; burial at Center Lisle.
1917 Ellis John S. 74
5/19/1917 5/19/1917 Had lived at Jacksonville.
1917 Ellis Orien 80
3/23/1917 3/23/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Varna where he had been postmaster for
30 years. Known as "O.T." See story p.7 of
3/23/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
Page 16 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Elmendorf Earl Bruce 24
3/3/1917 3/5/1917 Pneumonia
Son of Mrs. J.C. Elmendorf. He was well known
draftsman at Thomas Aeroplane Co. See story
p.5 of 3/5/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial at Candor.
1917 Elston Harriet H. 79
6/23/1917 6/23/1917 Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Emery Burton 27
3/5/1917 3/5/1917 Pneumonia
Had injured his ankle while cutting wood at
Newfield. Husband of former Mabel Blauvelt of
Newfield. Son of Minnie Emery.
1917 Emmons Melissa 78
11/21/1917 11/22/1917 Burial at Trumansburg.
1917 English Jeffe U. 69
10/23/1917 10/24/1917 Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
1917 Epps Melissa 44
9/13/1917 9/14/1917
Died at Meany Sanitorium. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
1917 Eray Adelia 65
2/21/1917 2/22/1917
Wife of Charles Eray. Burial East Lawn
Cemetery.
1917 Eshelman Myrtle 5 mos
5/15/1917 5/16/1917
Died and buried at Lake Ridge. (p.7, Lake Ridge
news)
1917 Esty Clarence H.
10/19/1917 10/20/1917
Died and buried at Brookline, MA. Formerly of
Ithaca. Son of late Senator Edward S. Esty,
husband of Rosamond F. Esty.
1917 Evans William 57
8/15/1917 8/18/1917 Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
1917 Fallon John 80
5/9/1917 5/11/1917
Died at King Ferry. He was one of their oldest
residents; a Civil War veteran, Co. F., Angel's
Battery, Heavy Artillery. Survived by his widow, 4
daughters, 3 sons. Burial at King Ferry.
1917 Farrington Charlotte
1/19/1917 1/22/1917
Died at Syracuse; formerly of Jacksonville.
Widow of Warren Farrington. Burial at Grove
Cemetery in Trumansburg.
1917
Dr. Farrington J.M. 4/19/1917 4/20/1917
Died at Binghamton; formerly of and buried at
Trumansburg.
1917 Ferrell Clara 10
11/28/1917 12/1/1917
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ferrell of
Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News)
1917 Ferris Lewis 79
1/20/1917 1/22/1917 Burial at Newfield.
Page 17 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Field Nettie
4/8/1917 4/10/1917 Gastritis
Died at Detroit, MI. Former Ithaca resident. Her
first husband was the late Myron VanOrman.
1917 Finch Elizabeth 94
2/17/1917 2/19/1917 Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Fippin Robert Allen 13
8/22/1917 8/22/1917
Died following appendectomy. Son of Prof. and
Mrs. E.O. Fippin.
1917 Fisher Charlotte
4/8/1917 4/10/1917
Former Charlotte Ann Marshall. Died at Enfield
Center; widow of William M. Fisher. Death
notices in 4/10/1917 and 4/12/1917.
1917 Fisher Marvin D.
12/7/1917 12/12/1917
Died at Spencer. Burial Evergreen Cemetery.
(p.7, Spencer News)
1917 Fitzgerald Alice 70
4/30/1917 4/30/1917
Died in Ithaca. Formerly of and burial at
Towanda, PA.
1917 Ford Margaret H. 52
2/17/1917 2/17/1917
Died of complications after year long illness. Wife
of Philip Ford; burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
1917 Foster George Everett 67
4/23/1917 4/27/1917
Died at Hampton, VA. Former member of the
Journal editorial staff and editor of the The Ithaca
Democrat. See p. 3 of 4/27/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Fournier George 63
1/24/1917 1/24/1917 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
1917 Fowler William 72
9/29/1917 10/1/1917 Broken Neck
Fell downstairs at home in Enfield where he was
a farmhand. Burial at Grove Cemetery. See story
p. 5, 10/1/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917
Miss Freeman Lou 5/23/1917 5/23/1917
Died at Van Nooy Sanitarium in Cortland. Owned
millinery shops in Ithaca and Cortland. Burial at
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Story on p.3 of
5/23/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Freeman Lucy E.
5/23/1917 5/31/1917
1917 Frieburg Nelson 45
7/9/1917 7/11/1917 Accident
Died in explosion in salt mine shaft at Portland
Point. Story on p. 3, 7/11/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Frister Mary 5
4/5/1917 4/6/1917
Page 18 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Fulkerson Ella 49
10/27/1917 10/2/1917
Died at Meany Sanitorium. Burial Hayt's
Cemetery.
1917 Funderburg Lydia
5/16/1917 5/19/1917
Died at Lansingville. Burial at Missouri, her
former home. (p. 7, Lansingville)
1917 Gardner Alexander 76
3/6/1917 3/6/1917 Civil War veteran. Burial at Lyndonville, NY.
1917
Gardner Marion B. 60 3/18/1917 3/19/1917
Widow of Edward T. Gardner. Remains taken to
Rochester for cremation.
1917 Gardner Minnie
3/18/1917 3/24/1917
Died at Ithaca; formerly of Krum's Corners.
(Krum's Corners p. 7)
1917 Garling Mary 76
1/3/1917
(notice)
1/3/1917
Formerly of Seneca Falls; resided in Ithaca for 4
years. Burial in Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Garrity Julia M. 22
4/10/1917 4/11/1917
Died of illness complications. Daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Garrity. Burial Calvary
Cemetery. Death notices in 4/11/1917 and
4/13/1917.
1917 Gaskell Burr
3/14/1917 3/21/1917
Died at Willard. (p.7, Mecklenburg, 3/21/1917
Ithaca Journal)
1917 Gaskell Lois
3/21/1917
(notice)
3/21/1917
Had lived near Krum's Corners. (p.7,
Mecklenburg, 3/21/1917 Ithaca Journal)
1917 Gay Charles W. 68
8/19/1917 8/20/1917 Heart Disease
Prominent in business and financial circles;
affiliated with First National Bank for 47 years.
See Ithaca Journal: p. 3 on 8/20/1917 and p. 5
on 8/22/1917.
1917 Gelatt Roland B. 61
5/12/1917 5/17/1917
Died at LaCrosse, WI. Newspaper publisher.
Cornell grad of 1879. First wife, former Alice
Blakeslee, who died in 1883, was from Ithaca. He
was well-known here. See story on p.5 of
5/17/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Genung Daniel 58
12/19/1917 12/19/1917 Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
1917 Genung Homer Calvin 9 weeks
12/16/1917 12/18/1917
Died at Freeville. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.B.
Genung. Burial Willow Glen.
Page 19 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 George William F., Jr. 27
6/7/1917 6/9/1917 Appendicitis
Died following surgery at Albany, Georgia.
Husband of Mabel; son of Mr. and Mrs. William
F. George of Lansing. He had left this area to
accept the position of steward at a Georgia
plantation.
1917
Mrs. Gibson Frank 12/11/1917
(notice)
12/11/1917
Died at Groton; former Ethel Davenport of Ellis.
(p.7, Groton News and p. 7, Hibbard's Corners)
1917 Gibson Gilbert Sage 21
12/19/1917 1/3/1918
Died at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Was a
Cornell student who had enlisted in the Army.
Member of Co. B, 306th Field Signal Battalion.
Had lived at Norwich, NY.
1917 Giles John 77
12/2/1917 12/4/1917 Had lived at Freeville.
1917 Giltner Richard D. 71
6/20/1917 6/20/1917 Burial Fisher's Cemetery.
1917 Gluck Bessie 47
1/4/1917 1/4/1917
Formerly of Niagara Falls; widow of Alvah Hector
Gluck who conducted the Ithaca Hotel for 4
years. Burial at Niagara Falls.
1917 Goewey John E. 74
7/27/1917 7/28/1917
Was a former Ithaca seed merchant;resident of
Lyons, Civil War veteran; salesman for David
Landreth and Sons, Seedmen, of Philadelphia for
35 years.
1917 Goldsmith Oliver 48
6/13/1917 6/14/1917
Died at Seneca Falls Hospital. Formerly of
Newfield.
1917 Goodwin Edward W. 3
6/17/1917 6/19/1917
Died at Chicago. Mother is former Ithacan,
Maude Tree. Father is graduate of Cornell, 1900.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
1917 Gould Edwin B. 61
1/9/1917 2/6/1917
Died at Dresserville, at home of sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Jones. Born in Candor; had lived in
Newark Valley. Long time member of the Newark
Valley Band.
1917 Grace William
3/23/1917 3/23/1917 Accident
Died in train collision. Was an employee of
Lehigh Valley R.R. See story p. 3 of 3/23/1917
Ithaca Journal.
Page 20 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Grady Michael 65
8/14/1917 8/15/1917 Accident
Killed when Lehigh Valley motor car he was
operating, while employed at the railroad, was
struck by a train near Swartwood. Resident of
Breesport.
1917 Grant Josephine
11/16/1917 11/16/1917
1917 Green Ida
3/11/1917 3/12/1917
Died at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA.
Wife of Harry Green; sister of W.J. Troy.
1917 Green Rufus 63
1/24/1917 1/24/1917 Died at Danby; burial in Danby Rural Cemetery.
1917 Greenfield Perl M. 47
12/1/1917 12/3/1917
Fractured
Skull
Died after hit by delivery truck. He was a
carpenter by trade, formerly of Auburn. Story on
p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/3/1917.
1917 Gregg James G. 39
2/27/1917 3/2/1917 Pneumonia
Died at NY City. Husband of Florence Alexander
Gregg. Burial Grove Cemetery. See story p.5 of
3/2/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Griffen Charles B.
1/24/1917 1/25/1917 Died at Hayt's Corners; burial Hayt's Cemetery.
1917 Griffin Julia 88
6/28/1917
(notice)
6/28/1917
Died at Trumansburg. Burial Center Cemetery.
(p.11, Enfield Center News)
1917 Griffith E. A. 51
6/13/1917 6/14/1917
Died at Geneva. Graduate of Cornell Law School,
1893. Well-known here. See story on p. 6, Ithaca
Journal, 6/14/1917.
1917
Mrs. Griswold John 49 8/27/1917 8/29/1917 Died at Groton.
1917 Griswold Laura 85
4/4/1917 4/5/1917 Died at McLean; burial at Green Hill.
1917 Grover Cora Drake 40
4/26/1917 4/27/1917
Died at Napanoch. Wife of Seymour Grover;
sister of Leon and Earl of Newfield. Burial at
Newfield.
1917 Grover Florence E. 56
11/12/1917 11/13/1917
Bright's
Disease
Was born and was buried at Trumbull's Corners.
1917 Grover Maryett E. 78
1/21/1917 1/22/1917 Stroke Widow of Peter Grover. Burial at City Cemetery.
1917 Grover William 37
3/21/1917 3/21/1917
Survived by brother, John, and sister, Dolly.
Burial Fisher's Cemetery.
Page 21 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Hadley Henry 73
4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Fall
Was a carpenter working on a home in
Sheldrake. See story p.3 of 4/13/1917 Ithaca
Journal.
1917 Hageman Herman 65
7/20/1917 7/20/1917 (p. 9, Interlaken News)
1917 Hakes L.A. 66
3/6/1917 3/7/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Lake Ridge. Born at Herkimer. Was in
real estate business in Syracuse for many years.
Burial at King Ferry.
1917 Hakes Mary
11/8/1917 11/13/1917
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p. 7, Groton
News)
1917 Haley James 62
10/14/1917 10/15/1917
Died at Meaney Sanitorium. Formerly of Ithaca;
was employed by Lehigh Valley Railroad. No
near relatives. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Hall Miller 69
4/29/1917 4/30/1917 Pneumonia Had lived near Alpine.
1917 Halliday Catherine 84
3/6/1917 3/6/1917 Pneumonia Died at Groton; burial Groton Rural Cemetery.
1917 Hammond Anna 60
10/12/1917 10/15/1917
Died at Rockville Centre, L.I., formerly of and
buried at Interlaken. (See p. 7, Interlaken News)
1917 Hammond Susie A. 52
4/5/1917 4/6/1917
Wife of William Hammond. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
1917 Hanford Samantha M. 84
5/24/1917 5/25/1917
Widow of Warren Hanford. Burial Mandeville
Cemetery, Danby.
1917 Haring Cornelia B. 65
1/26/1917 1/27/1917 Burial East Lansing.
1917 Harker Charles W. 61
1/8/1917 1/8/1917 Died following surgery; had lived in Lansing.
1917 Harker Charles Wesley 62
1/8/1917 1/9/1917 Burial in Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Harris George Williams 67
10/11/1917 10/12/1917
Husband of Anna Smith. First wife, Lucy D.
Howard, is deceased. He was born in Nova
Scotia. Was Librarian Emeritus, Cornell
University. See story, p. 3, Ithaca Journal,
10/12/1917.
Page 22 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Harris Lena
9/4/1917 9/5/1917
Died following long illness in New York City.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Harris. Mr.
Harris was a well-known Ithaca merchant for
many years.
1917 Harris Thomas 76
1/23/1917 1/24/1917
Heart
Problem
Collapsed and died on the street. Was a painter;
burial Hayts Cemetery. He was at first mistaken
for E. M. Weed. Story on p.3 of 1/24/1917 Ithaca
Journal.
1917 Hart Burt
8/6/1917 8/8/1917 Accident
Killed when train hit his car in Iowa. Had lived in
McLean. (p.7, McLean News)
1917 Hart Charles, Sr. 82
6/12/1917 6/13/1917 Died at Freeville. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917 Hart Royal C. 21
4/16/1917 4/16/1917
Suicide by
Poison
Was a junior at Cornell. Had lived in Wyoming,
OH. Story p. 3 of 4/16/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Hassan George G. 67
8/1/1917 8/1/1917
Heat and
Heart Trouble
Overcome while walking home from railroad job.
Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Hatch Mary McNerney 51
9/5/1917 9/6/1917
Had lived at Groton. Wife of Frank Hatch. Burial
at Groton.
1917
Mrs. Hatch T.L. 35 11/6/1917 11/7/1917
Died at Auburn Hospital. Had lived at King Ferry.
See also: King Ferry News, p. 9, 11/15/1917.
1917 Havens Mary M.
7/30/1917
(notice)
7/30/1917
Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Burial City
Cemetery.
1917 Hawley Lena Gilkey 34
10/19/1917 10/20/1917
Wife of Ralph Hawley. Had lived at Moravia;
burial North Lansing.
1917 Hazen Fred Eugene 60
4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
1917 Heffron Leroy 55
3/21/1917 3/23/1917
Died at Johnson City. Formerly of Slaterville
Springs. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Hemingway O.G. 48 9/11/1917 9/12/1917
Died at Dryden; burial at McLean. (See also
McLean News, p. 7, 9/20/1917)
Page 23 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Herrick Hiram R. 93
12/15/1917 12/17/1917
Died at South Lansing. One of Tompkins
County's oldest residents. Veteran of Civil War,
Co. G., 15th NY Engineers. Burial Pleasant
Grove Cemetery.
1917 Herrington William H. 78
12/4/1917 12/4/1917
Long-time member, Ithaca Fire Dept. (p.5,
12/4/1917) also p. 3, 12/5/1917. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
1917 Herron Ann
2/4/1917 2/6/1917
Died at King Ferry at home of daughter, Mrs.
Henry Murray.
1917 Herson John
7/11/1917 7/11/1917
Had been an engineer at the city of Ithaca
pumping station. Husband of Kathryn.
1917 Herson Lawrence 84
11/12/1917 11/13/1917
Was one of Ithaca's early Catholic settlers; had
operated a store in Ithaca for many years.
Survived by two daughters, Margaret and
Hannah. Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery.
1917 Hewlett D.C. 82
11/28/1917 12/1/1917
Was a well-known farmer in Interlaken where he
was buried in Lake View Cemetery. (p.7,
Interlaken News)
1917 Higgins Ellen 65
3/16/1917 3/16/1917
Died from burns suffered in kitchen fire. Story p.3
of 3/16/1917 Ithaca Journal. Death notices in
3/16/1917 and 3/19/1917.
1917 Hilliard Judith Barrows 87
8/10/1917 8/21/1917
Died at Atwater home of her son, R. Maurice
Hilliard. Burial at King Ferry Cemetery. See
lengthy obituary on p. 7 of 8/21/1917 Ithaca
Journal.
1917 Hilliker Alma
5/9/1917 5/9/1917
Died in Detroit, MI where family had moved 7
months previously. Formerly of Newfield,
daughter of Floyd A. Hilliker. See story on p. 3 of
5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Hilliker Maude Sebring 34
5/5/1917 5/9/1917 Diptheria
Died in Detroit, MI where family had moved 7
months previously. Formerly of Newfield, wife of
Floyd A. Hilliker. See story on p. 3 of 5/9/1917
Ithaca Journal.
Page 24 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Hilliker Max 5
4/28/1917 5/9/1917 Diptheria
Died in Detroit, MI where family had moved 7
months previously. Formerly of Newfield, son of
Floyd A. Hilliker. See story on p. 3 of 5/9/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917 Hine
Bessie Tupper 29 3/28/1917 3/29/1917
Died following appendectomy. Had lived at
Newfield. Wife of Wilbur Hine. Member of West
Danby Baptist Church and a teacher at Newfield
High School.
1917 Hines Andrew
9/11/1917 9/12/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Syracuse; formerly of Ithaca. Burial Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
1917 Hitchcock Albert H. 39
3/8/1917 3/12/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Flushing, L.I. Brother of Jessica
Hitchcock. Burial at Flushing.
1917 Hitchcock Alphonso 71
10/3/1917 10/5/1917
Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural
Cemetery.
1917 Hitchcock Harry Alton 41
10/17/1917 10/18/1917
Died following surgery. Was secretary of Cornell
University and a Cornell grad. See story p. 7,
Ithaca Journal, 10/18/1917; obituary p. 2,
10/19/1917.
1917 Hixson Amos
9/19/1917
(notice)
9/19/1917 Died at El Paso, Texas; formerly of Ithaca.
1917 Hoagland George 57
2/7/1917 2/8/1917 Pneumonia
1917 Hoagland Walter 91
1/18/1917 1/19/1917 Died at Brooktondale; burial at Richford.
1917
Dr. Hodson J.P.F. 11/22/1917
(notice)
11/22/1917
Died at New York City. Son of the late Horatio
Hodson. Was native of Ithaca.
1917 Hoffman Florence 15
12/9/1917 12/10/1917 Typhoid
Fever
Died at Detroit, MI; daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Hoffman, formerly of Ithaca.
1917 Hollenbeck Fred 54
5/6/1917 5/8/1917
Died at Lansingville. Survived by wife and nine
children.
1917
Dr. Hollister Eugene 2/28/1917
(notice)
2/28/1917 Died at Newark, NJ; formerly of Danby.
1917 Hollister Lewis 81
4/26/1917 4/26/1917
Father of Eugene, George, John, Frank; burial at
King's Cemetery. Death notice in 4/26/1917 and
4/30/1917.
1917 Holmes Martha 61
2/8/1917 2/8/1917 Widow of Wesley S. Holmes.
Page 25 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Homolka Joseph 31
6/17/1917 6/18/1917 Accident
Died in auto crash in Varna. Had lived at Groton;
employee of Corona Typewriter Co. See story on
p. 3 of 6/18/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Hooper Mary L. 71
8/9/1917 8/10/1917 Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Hornbeck Julia
10/30/1917 10/31/1917
Widow of Lewis Hornbeck. Had lived and was
buried at Slaterville.
1917
Hoskins or
Haskins
William 56 10/7/1917 10/8/1917
Had lived at Forks of the Creek (Town of
Lansing). Burial North Lansing. Also p. 7,
10/9/1917, Lansingville News. Death notices in
10/8/1917 and 10/9/1917.
1917 Houde Mabel 37
7/18/1917 7/19/1917
Had lived in Syracuse; came to Ithaca for
surgery. Wife of Dr. W.C. Houde of Syracuse.
Burial at Syracuse.
1917 Houk George W. 52
10/7/1917 10/8/1917
Died at Los Angeles. Was a millionaire
manufacturer of wire wheels and one of the most
prominent auto accessory manufacturers in the
country. He formerly had a small bicycle repair
shop in Ithaca. Story on p. 2, Ithaca Journal,
10/8/1917.
1917
Col. Houtz George H. 81 2/26/1917 2/26/1917
Died at Etna. Former colonel of the 5th Batallion,
NY National Guard. Later proprietor of an Etna
feed mill and organizer and director of the
Tompkins Cooperative Fire Ins. Co. See lengthy
obituary p.6 of 3/9/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917
Mrs. Hover Olin 5/24/1917 5/26/1917
Typhoid
Fever
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Middaugh.
Burial at Speedsville. Death notice in 5/26/1917
and 5/31/1917.
1917 Howard
William Burr 85 1/13/1917 1/15/1917
Former state dairy head. See story p.3 of
1/15/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Howell Charles D. 65
11/23/1917 11/24/1917
Died at Ludlowville. Member of school board,
Justice of thePeace and Postmaster. See
obituary p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 11/24/1917. Also p.
9 Ludlowville News on 11/27/1917.
Page 26 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Hoyt Leon 75
4/30/1917 5/1/1917 Was a well-known tinsmith. Burial at Athens, PA.
1917 Hubble Susie Z. 59
7/29/1917 7/30/1917
Wife of W.D. Hubble. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery.
1917 Hurlbut Fred H. 60
11/25/1917 11/27/1917
Died following surgery at Newark, NJ. Former
depot agent at Groton. Burial at Groton.
1917 Hurlbut Millard P. 21
2/25/1917 2/26/1917
Typhoid
Fever
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Hurlbut. Burial
Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg.
1917 Hurley William 62
10/3/1917 10/4/1917 Pneumonia Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Hutchings William 40
9/20/1917 9/21/1917 Accident
Killed in auto accident in St. Paul, MN. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hutchings of W. Danby. Burial at
W. Danby. Story on p. 2 of 9/21 and p. 7 of
10/4/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Hyde J.M. 67
1/7/1917 1/9/1917
Died near Groton; burial in Groton Rural
Cemetery.
1917 Hyland Richard 65
3/29/1917 3/29/1917 Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
1917 Illston John Newman
66
11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Pneumonia Born in Liverpool, England. Husband of Mary E.
1917 Irey Ann J. 79
5/28/1917 5/29/1917 Died at Brooktondale; burial Quick Cemetery.
1917 Jackson
Sarah Van Orman 80 10/1/1917 10/2/1917
Died at New York City; widow of Thomas
Jackson. Formerly of Danby. Burial Kings
Cemetery.
1917 Jacox Leroy C. 84
5/30/1917 5/31/1917 Civil War veteran; burial in Sommerville, PA.
1917 Jacquish Walter 35
5/14/1917 5/16/1917 Burial at Mainsburg, PA.
1917 Jarvis Nora A. 74
6/8/1917 6/9/1917 Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Jeffers Raymond S. 30
11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington,
D.C. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Jeffers of
Trumansburg. Burial Jones Cemetery. Death
notices in 11/26/1917 and 11/27/1917, also p. 6,
12/8/1917.
1917 Jeffers Raymond S. 11/25/1917 11/11/1919
Training Camp, American University,
Washington. Died in Base Hospital. Next of kin,
Miss Emma T. Jeffers, Trumansburg.
Page 27 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Miss Jessup Sophronia 81 2/16/1917 2/17/1917
Died at Dundee home of her niece, Miss Jessie
Bower. Jessup family resided in Newfield many
years ago. Miss Jessup to be buried in Newfield.
1917 Johnson Adelbert B. 73
11/22/1917 11/22/1917 Heart Failure Died at Dryden.
1917
Mrs. Johnson Adelbert G. 72 12/11/1917 12/12/1917
Died following long illness. Her husband died on
11/22/1917.
1917 Johnson Byron 65
3/6/1917 3/7/1917 Apoplexy Died at Cortland. Formerly of Groton.
1917 Johnson Clara
4/6/1917 4/7/1917
Died at Monrovia, CA. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C.B. Johnson, formerly of Ithaca.
1917 Johnson Emma Louise 52
10/10/1917 10/11/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Johnson Jesse 94
9/24/1917 9/24/1917
One of Ithaca's earliest settlers. Pioneer in oil
discoveries in Titusville and Oil City, PA; and
employed by the government during Civil War as
superintendent of transportation. Also had
businesses in Ithaca. See story on p. 2 of 9/24 &
25/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Johnson William W.
6/20/1917 6/20/1917
Died after 4 months illness. Had been employed
at hardware firms. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Johnston John J.
3/17/1917 3/23/1917
Died at Endicott; formerly of Danby. Was a
deacon at Endicott Baptist Church.
1917 Joiner Matthew
3/11/1917 3/12/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Joiner Parley 61
7/20/1917 7/20/1917
Farmer in Dryden. Struck by lightning. Story on
p.3 of 7/20/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Jones Madelin E. 16
6/17/1917 6/18/1917
Daughter of Mr./Mrs. R.P. Jones; sister of Cecil
J. Jones. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Jones Mary 76
2/27/1917 2/27/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Jones none given infant
12/19/1917 12/21/1917
Whooping
Cough
(p. 9, Etna News)
1917 Judge Emma 88
1/24/1917 1/29/1917
Died at Locke. Born in County of Kent, England.
Came to America in 1900. Burial Bird Cemetery,
West Groton.
Page 28 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Kazmeier
Ethel Benjamin 32 2/17/1917 2/21/1917
Died at Bryan, Texas. Wife of Prof. Fred
Kazmeier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olney T.
Benjamin. Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Keegan Lorinda M. 70
5/20/1917 5/21/1917
Died at Endicott; formerly of Ithaca. Funeral at
Ithaca Unitarian Church.
1917 Kellogg Augusta Fleming
9/11/1917 9/12/1917 Died at West Danby; wife of D.M. Kellogg.
1917 Kellogg Frances
3/5/1917 3/7/1917
Died of disease complications at Interlaken. Wife
of Supervisor Dan Kellogg. Burial Lake View
Cemetery, Interlaken.
1917 Kelly John 40
12/15/1917 12/17/1917 Peritonitis
Had been employed by Fred Briggs,
Trumansburg cattle raiser. Burial at
Trumansburg. See story p. 7, 12/17/1917.
1917
Mrs. Kelly John B. 61 4/16/1917 4/16/1917
Died of a protracted illness. Wife of John Kelly.
Burial Cortland Catholic Cemetery. See p. 7 of
4/19/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Kelly Mary 83
2/8/1917 2/9/1917
Died at Slaterville. Widow of Luthern Kelley.
Formerly of and burial at Waverly.
1917 Kelsey Ernest W.
9/7/1917 9/11/1917
Died at Colorado Springs. Grad of Cornell Law
School, 1905.
1917 Kelsey William 45
11/7/1917
(notice)
11/7/1917 Had lived at Moravia. (p.7, Locke News)
1917 Kennedy E.W. 62
6/19/1917 6/20/1917
Died at Ver Nooy Sanitarium, Cortland. Had lived
at Groton.
1917 Kenney Morgan J.
5/31/1917 6/2/1917
Died in Binghamton. Well-known railroad
employee; resided in Ithaca many years.
1917 Kenyon Elizabeth
7/23/1917 7/25/1917
Died at Buffalo. Formerly of Ithaca. Burial
Buffalo, NY.
1917
Mrs. Keyes C.R. 1/12/1917 1/12/1917
Died while undergoing treatment at Clifton
Springs. Burial at Lodi.
1917 King Ada
7/14/1917 7/19/1917
Funeral at Enfield Center. (p.7, Black Oak
Corners News)
1917 King Mahala
9/1/1917 9/6/1917 (p. 7, Trumansburg News)
1917 King Sylvester 90
1/16/1917 1/17/1917
Had lived in Trumansburg. Burial at Grove
Cemetery.
Page 29 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Mrs. Kittrick William 84 3/11/1917 3/13/1917
Blood
Poisoning
Died at home of son, H.J. Kittrick, at Camden,
NJ. Widow of William; former Ithaca residents.
Burial at Camden, NJ.
1917 Klinko Edward J. 38
10/22/1917 10/23/1917
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Klinko. Burial
Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Knapp Catherine 79
6/11/1917 6/12/1917
Survived by 4 sons and 4 daughters; burial
Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
1917 Knapp Zoe
8/11/1917 8/16/1917
Bright's
Disease
Died at Cortland Hospital; burial at Marcellus.
Formerly of Etna.
1917 Knettles Emily Gardner 66
1/24/1917 1/24/1917 Pneumonia Died at VanEtten; formerly of Ithaca.
1917
Knickerbocker James R. 80 1/23/1917 1/25/1917
Died at Newfield home of Mrs. A.J. Decker, his
sister. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery.
1917 Knight Rose
4/12/1917 4/14/1917
Died of illness complications in Miami, FL where
she had gone for her health. Was a well-known
milliner in Ithaca. See p.5 of 4/14/17 and p.3 of
4/18/17 Ithaca Journal. Burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
1917 Knuntila not given 3 mos
2/7/1917 2/9/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Newfield; child of Mr. and Mrs. Alick
Knuntila.
1917 Koenig Paul 5 mos
4/27/1917 4/27/1917
Son of Dr. and Mrs. F.F. Koenig. Burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
1917 Korts William S. 48
5/23/1917 5/23/1917
Died at Genoa. Was a resident of Buffalo,
formerly of Ithaca.
1917 Lacey Ann
7/31/1917 8/1/1917
Died at Cortland Sanitorium. Former resident of
Slaterville. (p.7, Slaterville Springs)
1917 Landon Priscilla 74
8/18/1917 8/18/1917 Wife of Daniel Robinson; burial City Cemetery.
1917 Lane Elizabeth 63
2/4/1917 2/5/1917 Died near Ludlowville. Wife of Calvin Lane.
1917 Lane Mary E. 67
2/4/1917 2/6/1917 Died at Lansingville.
1917 Lanterman Clara 68
7/7/1917
(notice)
7/7/1917
Burial West Genoa Cemetery. (p.7, King Ferry
News)
1917 Leary Cornelius 70
4/30/1917 4/30/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Legg Dora 84
1/22/1917 1/25/1917 Died at Speedsville; burial Speedsville Cemetery.
Page 30 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Mrs. Leland H.E.P. 74 10/5/1917 10/5/1917
Mother of Major O.M. Leland. Burial Lake View
Cemetery. Death notices in 10/5/1917 and
10/6/1917.
1917 Leonard Emma J. 65
1/24/1917 1/24/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Leonard Jacob 58
2/11/1917 2/12/1917
1917 Leonard Margaret 85
9/2/1917 9/5/1917 Had lived in Trumansburg.
1917 Leonard Sarah A. 64
9/1/1917 9/4/1917
Died following surgery. Wife of J.N. Leonard.
Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Lester Ann 87
3/27/1917 3/28/1917 Died at Lansing; burial East Venice.
1917 Lewis Kate F.
5/26/1917 5/28/1917
See also, "Additional Personals," on p. 7 of
5/31/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Lewis Mary 87
1/21/1917 1/22/1917 Had lived in Newfield.
1917 Linderman Thomas
5/17/1917 5/17/1917 Burial at West Danby.
1917 Lindow Edward L. 52
10/16/1917 10/26/1917
Had lived at Enfield Center. Survived by widow, 6
sons and 2 daughters. (See p. 9, Enfield Center
News)
1917 Line Sarah Sears 73
3/31/1917 4/4/1917 Died at Mecklenburg; burial Laurel Hill.
1917 Lobdell Fannie C. 76
1/5/1917 1/5/1917 Died at Ludlowville. Wife of Thomas Lobdell.
1917 Locke Alice Banfield
10/30/1917 10/31/1917
Wife of Albert Locke. See also Etna News, p. 9,
Ithaca Journal, 11/8/1917. Burial Willow Glen
Cemetery.
1917 Loucks Charles 80
5/27/1917 5/28/1917
Valvular
Heart Trouble
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Louis Mary Briggs 86
1/21/1917 1/24/1917
Died at West Danby; widow of Alfred Lewis.
Burial at Baptist Cemetery.
1917 Loveless Jesse 46
9/11/1917 9/11/1917
Well-known café proprietor and athlete. See p. 3,
Ithaca Journal, 9/11/1917. Death notices in
9/11/1917 and 9/12/1917.
1917 Lovell William Henry 72
1/22/1917 1/23/1917 Pneumonia
Was Elmira postmaster and a pioneer in the
tobacco raising industry. Was a member of many
organizations and well-known to Ithacans. Story
p.3 of 1/23/1917 Ithaca Journal.
Page 31 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Lucas Theressa B.
3/19/1917 3/21/1917
Wife of Horace Lucas; burial in Lake View
Cemetery.
1917 Ludford J.E. 19
9/25/1917
(notice)
9/25/1917
Died when his plane and another plane collided
in Canada. Was a Cornell student, a British
citizen and was registered with the Royal Flying
Corps, training in Canada. Was to be sent to
France for active service. See p. 2, Ithaca
Journal, 9/25/1917.
1917 Ludlow Leona
3/24/1917 3/28/1917
Died at Lansing Station; burial Pine Grove
Cemetery.
1917 Lynch Hazel M. 21
6/24/1917 6/25/1917
Died at Central Chapel. Wife of H. L. Lynch;
daughter of Mr./Mrs. Orson Snow. Burial Quick
Cemetery, Brooktondale.
1917 Mabee Fannie
12/24/1917 12/27/1917
Died at Cortland Sanitarium. She had been
employed as a housekeeper for 23 years by
F.D.Gunderman, Danby. (p.7, Danby News)
1917
Mrs. Mabee Wealthy 73 9/2/1917 9/4/1917 Burial Grove Cemetery.
1917 Machen Glenola May infant
10/10/1917 10/10/1917
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Machen; burial
City Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Mahoney Martin 27 6/5/1917 6/6/1917
Survived by husband, Martin, and parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Breen. Had lived in
Trumansburg. Burial St. James Cemetery.
1917 Main Nelson
4/22/1917 5/9/1917
Died at Greenwood Springs, CO. Formerly of
Locke. (See p. 9, Locke news, Ithaca Journal)
1917 Malone Bridget 75
1/17/1917 1/17/1917
Widow of James Malone. Ithaca resident for 50
years; burial Mr. Olivet Cemetery.
1917 Manning Ferris B. 66
8/15/1917 8/16/1917
Died at Cortland Hospital; burial Asbury
Cemetery.
1917 Mapes Marian J. 59
7/25/1917 7/26/1917
1917 Marion Carrie M. 50
6/22/1917 6/23/1917
Wife of DeWitt Marion. Mother of 9 sons and one
daughter. Burial Hayts Cemetery.
1917 Markell Melinda 81
5/21/1917 5/21/1917
Page 32 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Marsh Harriet 69
4/1/1917 4/4/1917
Died at Colton, CO. Widow of Edward C. Marsh;
mother of Mrs. F.D. Deuel of Ithaca.
1917 Marsh Jane 81
10/12/1917 10/15/1917
Widow of George Marsh. Died at Black Oak
Corners. Burial at Trumbull's Corners.
1917 Marsh Jane 81
10/19/1917 10/20/1917 (p.9, Black Oak Corners News)
1917 Martin Mary 53
4/23/1917 4/24/1917 Heart Trouble Died at Spencer. Wife of Frank A. Martin.
1917
Mrs. Martin T.R. 58 8/14/1917 8/14/1917
Wife of Theodore R. Martin. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
1917 Marvin Harrison 91
11/25/1917 11/27/1917 Pneumonia
Died in St. Petersburg, FL. Burial at Dryden, his
former home. (p.9, Dryden News)
1917 Mastin Harriet E. 90
2/11/1917 2/12/1917
Wife of Lucius Mastin. Burial Danby Rural
Cemetery.
1917 Matson Dora 70
3/9/1917 3/10/1917
Died at Slaterville; burial in Caroline, Maple
Grove Cemetery.
1917
Prof. Mauxion George R. 5/15/1917 6/13/1917
Killed in the war in Europe. He was a lieutenant
in the French army and former professor of
architecture at Cornell University. See story, p. 3,
Ithaca Journal, 6/13/1917
1917 McArthur Amy J. 83
7/12/1917 7/13/1917 Heart Disease
Died at Etna. Former Amy Jane Stuart, widow of
Benjamin. Lived on family farm over 50 years.
Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917 McClellan Frederick 6 mos
2/6/1917 2/10/1917 Pneumonia
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George McClellan; brother
Ida. Burial Catholic Cemetery, Groton.
1917
Mrs. McClintock William 10/11/1917 10/13/1917 Had lived near Dryden.
1917
McDowell
Abraham "Abe
Galusha"
70
6/4/1917 6/4/1917
Died at Hawthorne, NY. Was well-known peddler
in Ithaca, often lived as hermit, was placed in the
County Home near Jacksonville. Burial at
Hawthorne. See story on p.3, Ithaca Journal,
6/4/1917.
Page 33 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 McGhan Hugh
7/12/1917 7/14/1917
Died at Ovid. Well-known, served on Board of
Supervisors, was a county clerk and served as
sheriff for one term. (p.11, Interlaken News)
1917 McGowen Marion W. 80
1/31/1917 1/3/1917
Sister of Andrew Stevenson; burial in Pleasant
Grove Cemetery.
1917 McKean Clara 32
3/11/1917 3/13/1917 Burial at Auburn.
1917 McLinden Charles Francis
7/7/1917
(notice)
7/7/1917
Prominent Lawyer at Troy, NY. Cornell graduate,
1893. Well-known in Ithaca.
1917 McMahon John 75
2/10/1917 2/10/1917
Died of complications after illness of several
months. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 McWhorter Charles S. 63
7/15/1917 7/16/1917 Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Mead Susan E. 79
10/1/1917 10/2/1917
Had one sister, Catherine Mead. Burial Pleasant
Grove Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Mead Winslow M. 3/15/1917 3/16/1917 Complication
s
Died of complications at home in Albany. Former
Miss Hattie Barnes of Ithaca.
1917 Merical William 95
11/19/1917 11/23/1917
Civil War veteran. Burial at West Slaterville. See
p. 9,Caroline Center News, 11/23/1917.
1917 Merrill Eunice M. 66 5/12/1917 5/16/1917
Died at Roulette, PA. Formerly of Ithaca and
Caroline. Died one week after her sister, Jennie
Merrill Smiley, who was brought to Brookton for
burial. ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for
May 15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint
since both dates are included on the May 1918
microfilm.
1917 Merritt
Ransom Hayward 23 5/7/1917 5/7/1917 Accident
Killed in plane crash at Mineola, L.I. Was a
Cornell Student 1913-14. Story on p. 5 of
5/7/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917
Mrs. Messer William 3/8/1917 3/9/1917 Lived near Trumansburg; burial Grove Cemetery.
1917 Messpell William P.
1/2/1917
(notice)
1/2/1917 Had lived near Dryden. Burial at Willow Glen.
1917 Metzgar Almeah 68
9/10/1917 9/12/1917
Died at West Groton. Was one of 11 children.
Burial at Groton.
Page 34 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Metzler Caroline 77
10/13/1917 10/15/1917
Died at Saratoga Springs, formerly of Ithaca.
Widow of Joseph Metzler. Burial family plot at
City Cemetery.
1917 Miller
Emma Linderman 59 1/12/1917 1/12/1917 Shock
Died at Lansing; burial North Lansing Cemetery.
Wife of Orin Miller.
1917 Miller John 80
8/2/1917 8/11/1917
Had lived at North Danby. Burial Mandeville
Cemetery. (p.7, N. Danby News)
1917 Miller Joshua
3/1/1917 3/8/1917
Died after suffering a shock; lived at Krum's
Corners. Burial at Trumansburg.
1917 Miller Polly 87
8/21/1917 8/21/1917
Died at Ludlowville. Widow of Alpheris Miller. See
also Ludlowville News, 8/25/1917.
1917
Mrs. Miller Warren 77 7/25/1917 7/27/1917
Died at Interlaken. Wife of Warren Miller. Burial
Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken
News)
1917 Miller Warren L. 77
11/21/1917 11/22/1917
Died at Interlaken. Widower of Johanna, who
died 7/25/1917. Well-known businessman. See
Interlaken News, p.9, 11/22/1917. Burial Lake
View Cemetery, Interlaken.
1917 Milligan Marvin J. 61
4/1/1917 4/2/1917 Stroke Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
1917 Mills Hannah 92
2/25/1917 2/26/1917
Died at Brooktondale; burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
1917 Miney William
7/2/1917 7/2/1917 Drowned
Canoe overturned. Had been a painter; husband
of former Charlotte English of Ithaca. Burial at
Buffalo, his former residence. See p.3 of
7/2/1917 and p. 2 of 7/3/1917 Ithaca Journal.
Death notice in 7/2/1917 and 7/3/1917.
1917 Minier David L. 60
12/23/1917 12/27/1917
Died at home in Toronto, where he moved to 10
years ago. Had worked at Ithaca Gun and
opened a movie picture business.
1917 Minor Hally
3/4/1917 3/7/1917 Died at Interlaken.
1917 Mintz Louis 65
9/9/1917 9/10/1917
Died at Newark, NJ, formerly of Ithaca; brother of
Ben Mintz.
Page 35 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Moe Frank 69
7/1/1917 7/2/1917
Had been employed for 40 years by D.B. Stewart
Co. , for many years foreman of their cigar
making shop. Worked daily although he was
crippled and unable to walk. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
1917 Moffat John L. 63
2/18/1917 2/19/1917
Prominent retired physician who moved to Ithaca
from Brooklyn. Will be buried in Brooklyn
1917 Monell Kate H. 83
9/24/1917 9/25/1917 Widow of A.H. Monell. Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Morehouse Violet 4
5/21/1917 5/22/1917 Drowned
In Cayuga Lake. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Morehouse. See story on p. 3 of
5/22/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Morgan Delbert
10/31/1917 11/2/1917
Paralytic
Stroke
Lived at Enfield Center. Survived by wife and six
small children.
1917 Morgan Helen 83
12/21/1917 12/22/1917 Died at Trumansburg. Burial Sheldrake.
1917 Morris Cinderella 84 5/9/1917 5/15/1917
Burial McIntyre Cemetery. (p. 7, Mecklenburg
News) ***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for
May 15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint
since both dates are included on the May 1918
microfilm.
1917 Morris Susan M. 82
7/10/1917
(notice)
7/10/1917
Died at Evansville, IN. Mother of Mrs. William R.
Satterlee of Ithaca.
1917 Morton Luther 91
1/1/1917 1/4/1917
Died at Cheektowaga, NY. Widower of Elizabeth,
father of Willis Morton.
1917
Mrs. Mosher Stephen 12/5/1917
(notice)
12/5/1917 Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Groton News)
1917 Mount Robert S. 10
4/10/1917 4/11/1917 Accident
Died after being hit by auto at Saltville, VA. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mount; grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. R.G.H. Speed of Ithaca. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
1917 Mowry Henry F. 92
9/20/1917 9/21/1917
Ithaca resident for 60 years. Well-known grocer;
known as "Judge Mowry." Burial City Cemetery.
Story on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/21/1917.
Page 36 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Mowry Sarah M.
3/4/1917 3/5/1917
Died of old age health problems. Wife of H.F.
Mowry. Daughter of late Ephraim LaBarre of
Lansing, former Tompkins County sheriff. Burial
City Cemetery.
1917 Moxley James 19
12/11/1917 12/11/1917
Died of injuries in fire at Lehigh Valley Railroad
Station. He was a boiler maker assistant from
Sayre, PA., working to repair a boiler. See story,
p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 12/11/1917.
1917 Muckey William 81
4/15/1917 4/17/1917 Heart Trouble Had lived at and was buried at Etna.
1917 Muir Della L. 91
11/10/1917 11/12/1917 Burial at Speedsville.
1917
Mullady (Malady) Dennis 11/17/1917 11/19/1917
Civil War veteran; had lived at Brooktondale.
Burial Calvary Cemetery. Death notices in
11/19/1917 and 11/20/1917. Also see Brookton
News, p. 7, 11/20/1917.
1917 Murphy Timothy J. 42
2/27/1917 2/28/1917
Husband of Mary Murphy; formerly of Danbury,
CT. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Myers Herman 65
1/11/1917 1/11/1917 Apoplexy
Was a veteran cigar maker born in Germany.
Story on p. 3 of 1/11/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial
in Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Myers John R.
9/29/1917 10/1/1917 Accident
Killed when auto overturned. Was a prominent
Cayuga County farmer. See story p. 5, Ithaca
Journal, 10/1/1917.
1917 Myers Leroy F. 65
10/10/1917 10/11/1917
Was a member of Carpenter's Union; burial at
North Lansing.
1917 Naughton Mary
3/5/1917 3/6/1917
Died at Boston, MA; formerly of Ithaca. Burial
Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Nelson Mary 73
1/25/1917 1/25/1917 Stroke
Widow of George H. Nelson; burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery. Death notices in 1/25/1917 and
1/27/1917.
1917 Newberry Elmer 22
7/22/1917 7/23/1917
Struck by lightning at a farm near Mecklenburg.
See story, p. 3, 7/23/1917 Ithaca Journal.
Page 37 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Newport Arlula C. 46
1/25/1917 1/26/1917
Wife of Theodore Newport; burial Fort Hill
Cemetery, Auburn.
1917 Newton Burdette 77
7/6/1917 7/7/1917 Suicide
Self-inflicted gunshot; despondent over ill health.
Died at Homer; formerly of Groton; was a Civil
War veteran.
1917 Newton John W.
3/10/1917 3/12/1917 Died at Willard State Hospital.
1917 Nixon Frank 48
1/23/1917 1/29/1917 Heart Trouble
Died at New Woodstock. Born in and buried at
Speedsville. Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Nixon.
1917 Nixon William D. 43
1/4/1917 1/10/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Minneapolis, MN. Well-known muscian of
Patrick Conway's Ithaca Band. Burial in East
Lawn Cemetery. Story on p. 5 of 1/10/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917 Nolan Helen Slocum
5/25/1917
(notice)
5/25/1917 Had lived at King Ferry. (p.9, King Ferry)
1917 Norris Jennie 49
1/17/1917 4/17/1917
Rheumitism
of the Heart
Was a bookkeeper at grocery firm: Wanzer &
Howell. Funeral and burial at Sayre, PA.
1917 Northrup Anna Slater 70
12/30/1917 12/31/1917 Died from a shock at her Slaterville home.
1917 Northrup Fred
9/12/1917
(notice)
9/12/1917
Died at the County Farm. Burial at McLean. (p. 7,
Groton News)
1917 Norton Augustus 50
5/6/1917 5/7/1917
Illness
Complication
s
Husband of Ellen Norton. Was Assistant
Superintendent of Dept. of Public Works,
popularly known as "Gus." Burial Mr. Olivet
Cemetery. See p.5 of 5/7/1917 and p. 3 of
5/9/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Nourse Francis L. 59
3/20/1917 3/21/1917
Prominent resident of Danby.Husband of
Charlotte. Burial Danby Rural Cemetery.
1917 Noxon Lawren F. 75
4/2/1917 4/2/1917 Heart Disease
Well-known seed and grain merchant. Husband
of Bertha Haight Noxon. Burial Lake View
Cemetery. See story p. 2 of 4/2/1917 and p. 3 of
4/4/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 O'Grady Arthur 13 mos.
12/22/1917 12/24/1917
Burned to death in fire at home. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur O'Grady. See story p. 3, Ithaca
Journal, 12/24/1917.
Page 38 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Mrs. Olfield Jesse 12/22/1917
(notice)
12/22/1917
Died at Newark Valley; burial Dryden. (p.9,
Dryden News)
1917 Olney Theodore 75
7/8/1917 7/9/1917 Died at Caroline Center; burial at Caroline.
1917 Osborn William
5/13/1917 5/15/1917 (p. 7, Mecklenburg news, Ithaca Journal)
1917 Osgood David
11/20/1917 11/24/1917
Died at Minetto. Son of L.P. Osgood of Kingtown.
Burial Grove Cemetery (p.7, Trumansburg News)
1917
Mrs. Osman William 70 4/17/1917 4/18/1917 Died at Newfield; burial at Cayuta.
1917 Osmun Janette 87
1/19/1917 1/20/1917 Fall
Died from injuries. Widow of Rev. John D.
Osmun. See lengthy obituary on p. 3 of
1/29/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Overacker Bert 30
6/3/1917 6/4/1917 Accident
Struck by train near Freeville. Was a farmhand
who had lived near Etna. See p. 3 of 6/4/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917
Mrs. Overacker Cleoma Rachael 65 1/21/1917 1/22/1917 Burial at Snyder Hill Cemetery.
1917 Owen Lydia A. 79
9/16/1917 9/17/1917 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
1917 Paine James 43
5/23/1917 5/24/1917 Died at Binghamton.
1917 Palmer Harold J.
1/8/1917 1/9/1917 Pneumonia
Died at his home in Poughkeepsie. Was head of
English Dept. at Cascadilla School in Ithaca.
1915 Cornell grad.
1917
Mr. Palmer M.M. 75 10/13/1917 10/15/1917
Died at North Lansing. Formerly of Genoa; burial
N. Lansing.
1917 Paquetti Carrie
9/2/1917 9/18/1917
Died at Dover, NJ. Wife of D. Paquetti, formerly
of Ithaca.
1917 Park Charles R. 60
12/14/1917 12/14/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Parker Charles W. 84
1/30/1917 2/1/1917 Died at Willow Glen; formerly of Freeville.
1917 Parker Edward M. 23
10/27/1917 10/27/1917
Died of disease complications. Son of W. H.
Parker. Burial Fishers Cemetery.
Page 39 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Parker Clifford J. 4 5/15/1917 5/16/1917
Drowned
Drowned in spring near Lansing home. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Parker. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery. Story on p. 3. ***Newspaper masthead
has 1917 year for May15 and 16. This appears to
be a misprint since both dates are included on
the May 1918 microfilm.
1917 Parks William 68
9/13/1917 9/15/1917 Died at Dryden.
1917 Patterson Fannie
5/12/1917 5/17/1917
Died at Rosedale, KS. Widow of William
Patterson. Formerly of Ithaca.
1917
Dr. Payne C.S. 12/14/1917
(notice)
12/14/1917 Died at Liberty. Brother of D.A. Payne of Ithaca.
1917
Col. Payne Oliver Hazard 78 6/27/1917 6/28/1917
Died at New York City. Was benefactor of Cornell
University, prominent in steel, oil, mining and
railroad industries. See p. 7, Ithaca Journal,
6/28/1917.
1917 Payne
William Edward 49 4/30/1917 4/30/1917
Illness
Complication
s
Was former waiter at Ithaca Hotel, known as
"Willis" Payne. Burial at Harper's Ferry, WV.
1917
Dr. Peck F. H. 93 9/4/1917
(notice)
9/4/1917
Died at Oneonta at home of his sister. Burial at
Trumansburg.
1917 Peck Lydia 80
2/2/1917 2/2/1917
Sister of Theron Primrose. Widow of William
Grover, Freeville, and William Peck, Groton.
1917 Pemberton James F. 26
4/3/1917 4/3/1917 Fall
Fell 540 feet at Rock Salt Corp. at Portland Point.
Was a blacksmith and tool sharpener. Previously
lived at Virginia, MN. See story p. 3 of 4/3 &
4/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Lake View
Cemetery.
1917
Corp. Pendelton Alfred 10/17/1917
(notice)
10/17/1917
Killed in action in France. Was in the British
Army. Brother of William Pendelton, employee at
Ithaca Gun Co.
1917 Perigo Daniel 70
1/25/1917 1/25/1917
Died and burial at Trumbull's Corners. Civil War
veteran.
Page 40 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Mrs. Perkins Willis 5/15/1917 (notice) 5/15/1917
(p. 7, Groton News) ***Newspaper masthead has
1917 year for May 15 and 16. This appears to be
a misprint since both dates are included on the
May 1918 microfilm.
1917 Perrin Alexander 69
10/10/1917 10/10/1917 Father of Bert; brother William. Burial at
Spencer.
1917 Perry Herman 68
1/19/1917 1/20/1917 Burial at Wilseyville.
1917 Personius Carrie L. 53
3/15/1917 3/16/1917
Died at Newfield; wife of David Personius. Burial
Caroline Center.
1917 Personius James 90
1/15/1917 1/20/1917 Had lived at Caroline Center where buried.
1917 Personius Leonard 81
1/3/1917 1/4/1917
Retired farmer; burial in Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
1917 Persons George R. 63
3/21/1917 3/21/1917
Burial at Inlet Valley Cemetery. Death notices in
3/21/1917 and 3/22/1917.
1917
Mrs. Peterson A.G. 31 8/18/1917 8/20/1917
Died at Buffalo. Former Grace Stanford of Ithaca;
daughter of O.R. Stanford. Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Pew William
5/21/1917 5/22/1917
Had lived at Snyder Hill. Burial at Snyder Hill
Cemetery.
1917 Phelps Adelia D.
3/26/1917 3/28/1917
Died at Athens, PA. Widow of Harmon A. Phelps
who once owned a jewelry store on State St. in
Ithaca with his brother-in-law, Eugene W. Davies.
1917 Phillips Amelia 81
7/31/1917 8/1/1917
Died at Danby; burial Willow Glen Cemetery,
Dryden.
1917
Mrs. Phillips J.D. 12/31/1917 1/7/1918
Died at N. Lansing; burial Pennsylvania. (p.7, N.
Lansing News)
1917 Phinney Phoebe 80
8/26/1917 8/27/1917
Widow of Alben Phinney. Burial Asbury
Cemetery.
1917 Pickney Marenos W. 84
8/6/1917 8/13/1917 Died at Fort Smith, AR; formerly of Enfield.
Page 41 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Pierce Andrew M. 75
5/29/1917 5/29/1917
Had been in the building trades. Husband of
Clara Louise Skeels. Was member of Masonic
Order for 50 years. Burial in Skeels Cemetery,
Niagara County. See story p.3 of 5/29/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917 Pierce William 81
5/7/1917 5/7/1917 Well-known resident of North Lansing.
1917 Pierson Antoinette C. 82
12/21/1917 12/22/1917
Widow of William Pierson. Had lived at
Trumansburg. Burial Grove Cemetery.
1917 Piper Emeline 51
1/19/1917 1/19/1917
Had lived at Newfield. Daughter of Mrs. Henry
Piper. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Playford E. 2/4/1917 2/6/1917 Mother of Mrs. J. M. Hoefflin.
1917 Porter
Albert Augustus 4/28/1917
(notice)
4/28/1917
Died at Paris, France. Was a sophomore at
Cornell University. Member of the Ithaca-Cornell
unit of the American Ambulance Field Service.
Nephew of Mrs. VanRensselaer Thayer, brother
of A.L. Porter, Cornell feshman. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander Porter of buffalo. See p. 7 of
4/28/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Porter Fred 24
9/24/1917
(notice)
9/24/1917
Killed in war, somewhere in France. Had been
employed in bakery at Atwater's Grocery Store.
See story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 9/24/1917.
1917 Powers Patsey
3/20/1917 3/22/1917
Died at Spencer; was Civil War veteran. (p. 7,
Spencer, Ithaca Journal)
1917 Pressey William J. 74
12/19/1917 12/26/1917
Died at Canandaigua; formerly of Ludlowville.
(p. 7, Ludlowville News)
1917 Primrose John T. 76
10/18/1917 10/20/1917 Apoplexy
Died at Cortland. Had lived at Dryden. Burial
Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917 Prosser George 79
12/20/1917 1/14/1918
Died at Oakland, CA. Formerly of Dryden. (p.7,
Dryden News)
1917
Mrs. Purdy John 61 11/18/1917 11/20/1917 Died at Newfield; burial Trumbull's Corners.
1917 Quinn F.M.
12/25/1917 1/7/1918
Died at his home in Reno, NV; formerly of
Interlaken. (p.7, Interlaken News)
Page 42 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Raab Agnes
10/31/1917
(notice)
10/31/1917
Had lived at Groton. Burial at Garretsville, Ohio.
(p.7, Groton News)
1917 Randolph George Lewellyn 20
7/7/1917 7/7/1917
Died following a long illness. Son of Mrs. Frances
E. Randolph. Was an accomplished cartoonist;
contributed short stories to magazines;
participated in minstrels and was employed by
Central NY Southern Railroad Co. Burial Lake
View Cemetery.
1917
Randolph William C. 87 3/9/1917 4/2/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Highland Springs, CA. Formerly of
Ithaca. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Randolph. He
was a jeweler by trade. See story p. 2 of 4/2/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917
Mrs. Rappleye Judson 70 12/8/1917 12/12/1917
Died at Interlaken, widow of Judson. Burial Lake
View Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News)
1917 Rappleye Peter W. 79
4/3/1917 4/4/1917
Acute
Indigestion
Died at Interlaken. Was a Civil War veteran.
1917 Rappleyea Wirt 62
5/10/1917 5/10/1917
Retired farmer; had lived at Interlaken where
burial took place.
1917 Raub Samuel 76
7/20/1917 7/27/1917 Dropsy
Died at Indianapolis. Formerly of Ithaca; Forest
Home area. Burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. (p.7,
Forest Home News)
1917 Rawley Orrin C.
4/16/1917 4/18/1917
Died at Richford; was a carpenter. Resided in
Ithaca for 3 years. Burial Newark Valley.
1917 Reed Charles D. 22
2/5/1917 2/8/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Cortland. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Reed.
Burial in Dryden Green Hill Cemetery.
1917 Reed Mary 54
2/22/1917 2/22/1917
Wife of William Reed. Daughter of Charles
Loucks. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Reeves John W. 84
1/3/1917 1/3/1917 Burial at Pine Valley.
1917 Rehn John F. 36
1/1/1917 1/2/1917 Pneumonia
Was superintendent of Cayuga Cement Corp. in
Ludlowville. Husband of Adele Niggli Rehn. Burial
in Lake View Cemetery. See story p. 5 of
1/2/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Reilly J. Furnie 20
2/28/1917 2/28/1917
Acute
Meningitis
Son of Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Reilly. Burial Calvary
Cemetery.
Page 43 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Rice Patrick H.
8/20/1917
(notice)
8/20/1917
See lengthy obituary p. 3, Ithaca Journal,
8/20/1917. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Rightmeyer Earl 9/18/1917 9/21/1917 Peritonitis
Died at Syracuse. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A.B.
Chase of Jacksonville.
1917 Riley Louisa Lord 81
7/19/1917 7/21/1917
Died at Plainfield, NJ, widow of William H. Riley.
Mother of Howard W. Riley.
1917
Mrs. Rinker Frank 45 10/6/1917 10/9/1917
Had lived near Black Oak Corners. Survived by
husband and mother, Mrs. Lucinda Bement.
1917 Rivenberg H. E.
2/3/1917 2/8/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Sunbury, PA. Had lived in Groton; was a
salesman. Burial in Preston Hollow, NY.
1917 Robins Julia A. 75
7/6/1917 7/7/1917 Stroke Died at Groton; widow of Henry Robins.
1917 Robinson Fanny
2/23/1917 2/27/1917
Widow of Daniel Robinson, formerly of Ithaca.
Died at Providence, R.I. burial Lake View
Cemetery.
1917 Robinson Mary L. 61
2/23/1917 2/23/1917 Pneumonia Burial at Breeseport.
1917 Robinson Minnie
12/19/1917
(notice)
12/19/1917
Former Minnie Jewett of Ransom Hollow and
Owego. Burial at Berkshire. (p. 9, Ransom
Hollow News)
1917 Robinson Susan 83
12/9/1917 12/12/1917
Had been ill with dropsy. Had lived at Locke. (p.
7, Locke News)
1917 Rocker none given
11/1/1917
(notice)
11/1/1917
Died at Cbaraz, Austria. Mother of I. Rocker, of
Ithaca, who was notified by Russian government
and by his father in Cbaraz. Letter was censored
and no details given.See story on p. 3, Ithaca
Journal, 11/1/1917.
1917
Mrs. Rockwell Charry R. 54 5/10/1917 5/16/1917
Died at Enfield Center. Wife of Hiram Rockwell.
Burial at Millport. ***Newspaper masthead has
1917 year for May15 and 16. This appears to be
a misprint since both dates are included on the
May 1918 microfilm.
Page 44 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Rockwell Dwight 45
12/4/1917 12/6/1917
Died at New York City. Formerly of Dryden. Son
of Saunders and Mary D. Rockwell. Had been an
invalid for many years.
1917 Rogers P.C. 73
8/17/1917 8/22/1917
Father of E.A. Rogers of Ithaca. (McLean News,
p.7. Ithaca Journal, 8/22/1917)
1917 Rogers Pembroke 73
8/17/1917 8/18/1917 Died at McLean.
1917 Root Fred 87
12/20/1917 12/21/1917
Had lived in Brooktondale. Survived by daughter,
Flora. Burial: Quick's Cemetery.
1917 Rosencrans not given 9 mos
1/22/1917 1/25/1917
Died at Bostwick's Corners. Child of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Rosencrans. Burial Enfield Center
Cemetery.
1917 Ross Martha Graves 64
11/4/1917 11/7/1917
Died at Hornell, formerly of Groton. Widow of
Alson Ross. Burial at Groton.
1917 Ross Martha S. 73
7/8/1917 7/9/1917 Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Rotata not given infant
4/8/1917 4/12/1917
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rotata of Myers. (p.7,
Myers)
1917
Mrs. Rulison Charles 76 1/9/1917 1/10/1917 Died at Freeville. Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Rumsey Jefferson 44 10/31/1917 11/1/1917
Died near Newfield. Survived by husband and
seven children. Burial Trumbull's Cemetery.
1917 Rumsey Oscar 75
7/3/1917 7/5/1917
Lifelong resident of Enfield; was an invalid for
many years. Burial Trumbull Cemetery.
1917 Rundle Charles
11/3/1917 11/5/1917
Civil War veteran; had lived at Odessa. Burial
Mitchell Cemetery.
1917 Rynelle Oscar
3/23/1917 3/23/1917 Accident
Died in train collision. Was an employee of
Lehigh Valley R.R. See story p. 3 of 3/23/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917 Sabin Jefferson L. 78
1/5/1917 1/8/1917 Died at Danby; burial in South Hill Cemetery.
1917 Sabin LaVerne 38
6/3/1917 6/5/1917 Son of E.M. Sabin. Burial City Cemetery.
Page 45 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Sackett Charles W. 72
12/8/1917 12/11/1917 Heart Trouble
Died at Addison. Born at Enfield Center; had
lived in Ithaca at one time. Was partner in drug
firm of Sackett and Taber at Addison. Husband of
Ida Cowles, formerly of Ithaca. See story, p. 3,
Ithaca Journal, 12/11/1917.
1917 Saltsman Henry 58
11/21/1917 11/27/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Elizabeth, NJ, formerly of Dryden. (p.9,
Dryden News)
1917 Savercool Uri 94
5/3/1917 5/4/1917
Died at Alpine, formerly of Newfield. Burial
Eastbrook Cemetery at Pony Hollow.
1917 Sawyer Warren
12/20/1917
(notice)
12/20/1917 (p. 9, Caroline Depot News)
1917 Sawyer Warren 83
12/22/1917 12/27/1917
Died at Caroline Depot. Burial at Green Mount
Cemetery.
1917 Saxton Charles H. 58
5/16/1917 5/18/1917
Formerly of Ithaca, had lived recently at Cortland.
Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Saylor Emma A. 90
1/28/1917 1/30/1917 Burial Bethlehem, PA.
1917 Schwartz Emily
1/14/1917 1/17/1917
Had lived in Trumansburg. Burial at former
Schwartz residence in Ulysses, PA.
1917 Scott Geary C. 40
7/23/1917 7/23/1917
Suicide by
Hanging
Despondent over ill health. Well-known salesman
at Rothschilds Dept. Store for 19 years. Story on
p.5, 7/23-25/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917
Mrs. Scott A.C. 12/8/1917 12/11/1917
Had lived at Dryden. (See Dryden News, p.7,
12/13/1917)
1917 Seaman Caroline J.B.
1/30/1917 1/30/1917
Wife of Luther W. Seaman. Burial Coddington
Cemetery.
1917 Searles Daniel M.
10/8/1917 10/17/1917
Died at Bath Hospital. Buried at Mecklenburg
Cemetery. (p.7, Cayutaville News)
1917 Searles John 83
1/2/1917 1/10/1917
Died north of Cayutaville. Lived most of his life
on farm where he died. Brother, Howard, died at
Harrisburg, PA only one week before. Burial at
Newfield.
1917 Sears Fred 60
3/28/1917 3/29/1917 Died near Groton.
1917 Sears Minnie K.
9/23/1917 9/25/1917
Died at Hartford, CT; wife of Dr. Blake Sears.
Former Ithacan. Burial in Trumansburg.
Page 46 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Seeley Bertha I. 34
3/14/1917 3/14/1917
Wife of Meaker Seeley; daughter of Adelbert Van
Burger of Syracuse. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Shaw Mary 93
5/28/1917 5/29/1917
Died at Locke. Survived by six children. Burial
Groton Rural Cemetery.
1917 Sheffield Alice E. 4 mos
1/17/1917 1/17/1917
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sheffield.
Burial in Hayt's Cemetery.
1917 Sheldon Adelaide Ralph 65
12/4/1917 12/6/1917
Wife of Frank Sheldon. Had lived near Etna. (See
Etna News, p. 7, 12/12/1917)
1917 Sherman Hiram Almon 67
3/7/1917 3/7/1917 Burial Ellis Cemetery.
1917 Sherman Laura C. 61
4/14/1917 4/16/1917 Heart Trouble
Died at Moravia; burial Indian Mound Cemetery
in Moravia.
1917 Sherman Lisette Jones
1/20/1917 1/23/1917 Appendicitis
Died following surgery at Kansas City. Wife of
Merritt Sherman. She was an 1878 graduate of
Cornell. They lived on Sherman Ranch,
Crawford, KS.
1917 Sill Henry Augustus
8/13/1917 8/15/1917 Heart Trouble
Died in New York City; was a professor of history
at Cornell. Husband of Alfreda Payson Sill. See
story p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 8/15/1917.
1917 Simpson George E. 46
4/5/1917 4/5/1917 Son of Ella M. Simpson.
1917 Simpson Letha 7
11/23/1917 11/23/1917 Burns
Burned when poured kerosene on a fire.
Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Simpson of Freeville.
Story p. 3, 11/23/1917, Ithaca Journal.
1917 Simpson Robert 84
7/28/1917 7/31/1917
Died at Norman, OK; born in Newfield. Had lived
in Iowa and Washington, D.C.
1917 Sincebaugh Eva L. 48
3/8/1917 3/9/1917
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sincebaugh.
Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Sincepaugh Lydia Ann 89
4/19/1917 4/20/1917
Died at Danby. Resident of Newfield for many
years. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery.
1917 Sisson Addie E. 27
1/12/1917 1/13/1917
Had lived on Slaterville Rd. Wife of Leonard
Sisson. Burial in Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Sisson Addie McFall
1/18/1917
(notice)
1/18/1917 Had lived near Slaterville, formerly of Danby.
Page 47 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Mrs. Skiff John 7/5/1917
(notice)
7/5/1917 Burial Gainesville, NY.
1917
Dr. Skillman George 9/8/1917
(notice)
9/8/1917 Accident
Died in an auto accident in Ransomville. Had
lived at Buffalo. (p. 7, Brookton News) See story
p. 3, 9/17/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Slaght Emeline 92
11/4/1917 11/7/1917 (p.7, Trumansburg News)
1917
Mrs. Slater not given 86 1/27/1917 2/2/1917
Had lived in Danby with daughter, Mrs. Frank
Eastman.
1917 Small Mary A. 71
1/11/1917 1/13/1917
Died and burial at North Lansing. Was North
Lansing correspondent for the Ithaca Journal.
1917 Smiley Harvey 86
10/19/1917 10/19/1917
Died at Roulette, PA. Formerly of Dryden. Burial
at Dryden.
1917 Smiley Jennie Merrill 5/16/1917 (notice) 5/16/1917
Died at Roulette, PA; burial at Brookton.
***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for
May15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint
since both dates are included on the May 1918
microfilm.
1917 Smith Alonzo F. 76
2/18/1917 2/19/1917 Burial at Trumansburg.
1917 Smith Barbara E. 21
6/8/1917 6/8/1917
Daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H.D. Smith of Ovid;
1914 graduate of Ithaca High School. Burial at
Binghamton.
1917 Smith Clarence Merritt
7/27/1917 7/28/1917
Resided in Rochester. Husband of Alice Emery
Smith. (p.7, Trumansburg News)
1917 Smith Gerald 20
8/8/1917 8/8/1917 Suicide
Was a Cornell student. Despondent over war and
college. Had lived in Pennsylvania. Story on p.3,
8/8/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Smith Irene F. 22
3/2/1917 3/3/1917 Accident
Died of injuries after struck by car. Was a Cornell
student from Gloversville. See story p.3 of
3/3/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Smith Laurence W. infant
5/15/1917
(notice)
5/15/1917
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Smith; burial at
Trumbull's Corners. (p.7, Enfield Falls)
Page 48 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Dr. Smith Lavelle 6/2/1917
(notice)
6/2/1917
Died at Detroit, MI following surgery for
mostoiditis. Son of Mr/Mrs. Willis Smith. (See
Black Oak Corners News, p. 7, Ithaca Journal,
6/2/1917)
1917 Smith M. Treman 80
1/27/1917 1/29/1917 Lived entire life in Trumansburg.
1917 Smith Mary Ellen
12/5/1917 12/10/1917
Died at VanEttenville; burial Trumbull's Corners.
(p.7, Enfield Falls News)
1917 Smith Mary Ellen 65
12/6/1917 12/13/1917 Stroke
Died at Van Etten. Born in Enfield. Daughter of
John and Theresa Smith. Had recently lived in
Trumbull's Corners, active in W.C.T.U.
1917 Smith Rufus 74
3/20/1917 3/23/1917 Died at Ludlowville.
1917 Smith Sara 76
5/19/1917 5/19/1917 Heart Trouble
Had lived at Newfield; past grand of Newfield
Rebekah Lodge. She had gone to Utica to attend
the Rebekah State Assembly. See also Newfield
News, p. 9, 5/22/1917)
1917 Smith Reuben
12/1/1917 12/3/1917
Died from injuries sustained several months ago
when hit by an auto. Died at Lansing Station at
the home of his daughter, Salina Smith.
1917 Sniffen William A. 67
3/10/1917 3/12/1917
Had owned a parcel delivery service and
conducted a printing establishment at his home.
Burial at VanEtten.
1917 Snook Moses 82
11/19/1917 11/21/1917
Died at Auburn. Former well-to-do farmer on
West Hill, Ithaca. Never married. Burial Hayt's
Cemetery.
1917 Snow George 28
4/18/1917
(notice)
4/18/1917
Died at Meany Sanitorium. Son of William Snow
of Caroline. Burial Caroline Center.
1917 Snyder Arthur 9
1/22/1917 1/22/1917
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Snyder of Groton.
Burial at Owego.
1917 Snyder Fannie 90
3/1/1917 3/2/1917 Died at Newfield; burial at Snyder Cemetery.
1917 Snyder Mary Ann 76
11/8/1917 11/9/1917
Life-long Etna resident; wife of Milo Snyder.
Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917 Snyder Theodore 82
9/9/1917 9/10/1917 Burial Coddington Rd. Cemetery.
Page 49 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Prof. Somes Albert 63 8/22/1917 8/23/1917
Died following surgery. For 17 years he was the
head of the Somes School at Aurora. See story
on p. 3, Ithaca Journal, 8/23/1917.
1917 Space Thomas 65
3/31/1917 4/2/1917
Husband of Anna Tyler Space. Died at Dryden.
Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917 Spafford Louis Orlo 24
6/7/1917 6/7/1917
Died at Saranac Lake. Son of Mr. and Mrs. L.L.
Spafford of Tampa, FL. Nephew of Mrs. F.H.
Warner of Ithaca. Attended Ithaca High School.
1917
Mrs. Spaine James 7/14/1917 7/14/1917 Pneumonia
Died at New York City. Mother of Mrs. Leonard
Reulein and James Spaine of Ithaca. Burial in
New York City.
1917
Mrs. Spear Fred. W. 5/7/1917 5/7/1917 Had lived at Ovid.
1917 Speer Freeman F. 74
1/6/1917 1/8/1917
Intestinal
Problem
Veteran cigar maker. Story p. 3 of 1/8/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917
Mrs. Spencer Charles 12/5/1917
(notice)
12/5/1917 Died at Eugene, OR. Formerly of Ithaca.
1917 Sprouls Rebecca 80
1/22/1917 1/25/1917 Died near Groton; burial at West Homer.
1917 St. Croix Philip 77
11/18/1917 11/22/1917
Died at Lake Ridge; Civil War veteran. Burial
Auburn Cemetery - Soldiers' plot.
1917 Stafford Cassius M. 54
2/9/1917 2/10/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Stanley
Charles Matthew 74 2/16/1917 2/17/1917 Heart Attack
Civil War veteran. Had owned a shoe store for
over 50 years on E. State St. Husband of
Catherine. See story and photo on p.3 of
2/17/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Stanton Ray 28
4/9/1917 4/9/1917
Died following appendectomy. Had been
employed at Ithaca Gun Co.
1917 Starkins John 78
4/5/1917 4/5/1917
Civil War veteran, 137th Regiment, NY
Volunteers. Was a carpenter by trade and
employed by Cornell for 30 years. Burial
Coddington Cemetery.
1917 Starkweather Mary A.
7/19/1917 7/20/1917 Burial at Candor.
1917 Starr Susie
2/1/1917 2/2/1917 Had lived at Newfield.
1917 Stevens Ida M. 49
11/25/1917 11/26/1917 Widow of Dumont Stevens. Burial City Cemetery.
Page 50 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Stewart Harriet Theresa
1/4/1917 1/4/1917
Died following surgery. Wife of James H.
Stewart. Burial in City Cemetery.
1917 Stoddard E. Schuyler
7/2/1917
(notice)
7/2/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Stout Arthur 60
7/30/1917 8/1/1917
Died at Batavia. Formerly of Interlaken. Burial
Lake View Cemetery. (p.7, Interlaken News)
1917 Stout Michael 84
10/24/1917 10/25/1917
Had and was buried at Interlaken. Civil War
veteran; had a saw mill and basket factory
business at one time. (See p. 9, Interlaken News)
1917 Straight Caroline 76
2/3/1917 2/5/1917 Died at Slaterville.
1917
Mrs. Strang J.W. 2/22/1917 2/23/1917
Died at Trumansburg at home of daughter, Mrs.
Howard K. Aiken. Burial at Waterloo.
1917 Streeter N.R.
11/21/1917
(notice)
11/21/1917
Died at Syracuse; burial Groton. (p.7, Groton
News, 11/21/1917)
1917 Sullivan Daniel
11/18/1917 11/19/1917 Pneumonia
Was employed by Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western Railroad for 45 years. Burial Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
1917 Sullivan Martina infant
6/5/1917 6/5/1917
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan. Burial
Cavalry Cemetery.
1917 Sundstrom Pierre A.
10/19/1917 10/19/1917 Pneumonia Was a Cornell freshman from Middletown.
1917 Sutfin Charity 85
2/8/1917 2/10/1917 Pneumonia Died at Freeville.
1917 Sutfin Isaac Lanning
4/10/1917 4/13/1917
Died and buried at Wilmington, DE; formerly of
Ithaca.
1917 Sutton Charles 92
3/19/1917 3/22/1917
Died at Spencer; was Civil War veteran. Father of
William Sutton. (p. 7, Spencer, Ithaca Journal)
1917 Sutton Electa 32
3/10/1917 3/12/1917
Wife of C.A. Sutton; daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Ayers.
1917 Swansbrough Edward 69
7/13/1917 7/14/1917 Burial King Cemetery.
1917 Swarthout Charles H.
12/3/1917 12/8/1917
Well-known in Seneca County. Died at Ovid.
Was sheriff at one time; also Town
Commissioner of Highways and Justice of the
Peace. (p.7, Interlaken News)
Page 51 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Swartout not given 5 mos
5/30/1917 6/1/1917
Died at Trumansburg; son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Swartout.
1917 Sweet Glen A. 25
5/16/1917 5/16/1917
Son of Mrs. D.T. Sweet; burial East Lawn
Cemetery.
1917 Sweetland George 87
4/17/1917 4/19/1917
Died at Dryden. Retired farmer. Oldest member
of Dryden Masonic Lodge. Burial Green Hills
Cemetery.
1917 Swick Chermont
3/11/1917 3/13/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Searsburg. Husband of former Martha
Parker. Burial Jones Cemetery.
1917 Swick George 43
12/17/1917 12/18/1917 Pneumonia Burial at Mecklenburg.
1917 Taber Carrie Laura 71
11/12/1917 11/12/1917
Wife of Charles Taber. Was secretary of
Tompkins County W.C.T.U. for 26 years. See
story p.3, Ithaca Journal, 11/12/1917.
1917 Taber Lucinda 79
7/13/1917 7/14/1917 Widow of Henry Taber. Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Talmadge Vianna King 89
5/21/1917 5/22/1917
Died at Podunk; mother of Mrs. A.F. Allen of
Trumansburg.
1917 Taylor Frances P. 62
12/29/1917 12/31/1917
Died at home of her son, William Taylor. Born at
Hopetown, British Guinea. Burial Watertown.
1917 Taylor Helen Pierce 30
7/14/1917 7/16/1917 Heart Attack
Died at bathing beach at Amagansett, L.I. Wife of
William Winthrop Taylor; granddaughter of
Willard B. Pierce of Ithaca. Formerly of Ithaca,
she met her husband while he was attending
Cornell law school. See story on p.3, Ithaca
Journal, 7/16/1917.
1917 Taylor Mina
1/26/1917
(notice)
1/26/1917 Pneumonia Burial in Spencer.
1917
Mrs. Teeter A.J. 81 10/14/1917 10/15/1917
Had suffered a shock recently; died at Enfield
Falls. Buried at Teeter Farm Family Plot. Death
notices in 10/15/1917 and 10/16/1917.
1917 Teeter Truman M. 61
2/15/1917 2/16/1917 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
1917 Tetly J. Frank 59
8/10/1917 8/14/1917
Died at Elks National Home at Bedford, VA.
Former Ithaca businessman; owned a steam and
dry cleaning business.
Page 52 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Thayer Louise 65
11/17/1917 11/21/1917 Heart Trouble Widow of James Thayer. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
1917 Thayer Margaret A. 83
7/11/1917 7/12/1917
Died at Binghamton, formerly of Ludlowville.
Widow of D.H. Thayer. Burial at Ludlowville.
1917 Thomas Albert 67
9/17/1917 9/17/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Thomas David J. 78
2/16/1917 2/17/1917
Died following 5 year illness. Veteran of Civil
War, Co. G, 109th Regiment, NY Volunteers.
Burial in Burdette where he had previously lived.
1917 Thomas John
12/29/1917 1/2/1918
Husband of Lillian Pratt Thomas. Had lived near
Dryden.
1917 Thomas John 53
12/29/1917 1/5/1918 Heart Failure
While working on ice at Dryden Lake. Son of
Walter and Caroline Leet Thomas. Husband of
Lillian Pratt. Burial at Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917 Thomas William M. 83
4/20/1917 4/21/1917 Burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Thompson James H. 65
4/2/1917 4/3/1917
Typhoid
Fever and
Pneumonia
Had lived and was buried at Trumansburg.
1917 Thorpe Frank
10/11/1917
(notice)
10/11/1917
Husband of Helen Johnson. Had lived in
Burdette. (p.7, Krum's Corners News)
1917 Tichenor Wilbur
7/21/1917
(notice)
7/21/1917
Died at Big Pine, CA. Brother of Mrs. Josephine
Manning of Myers.
1917 Tillotson
Almira Gere 76 1/16/1917 1/17/1917 Heart Attack
Daughter of Donald T. Tillotson and Jane Ann
Gere; member of one of Ithaca's oldest families.
Burial in City Cemetery.
1917 Tillotson Henry N. 80
2/18/1917 2/19/1917 Brother of Anna L. Tillotson; burial City
Cemetery.
1917 Tillton Elisha 92
4/7/1917 4/7/1917 Died at Kennedy's Corners.
1917 Todd Mary N. 70
1/18/1917 1/19/1917 Burial at Odessa, Laurel Hill Cemetery.
1917 Tompkins Alonzo 73
11/9/1917 11/10/1917 Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
1917 Tompkins Louisa 79
3/24/1917 3/24/1917 Pneumonia Burial Woodlawn Cemetery in Newfield.
Page 53 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Townley Fred A. 58
2/16/1917 2/16/1917
Died after several strokes. Was a well-known
contractor. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery,
Ludlowville.
1917 Townley Mary R. 69
3/1/1917 3/2/1917
Died at Groton. Wife of L.J. Townley. Daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dodd of Ithaca. Burial
Groton Rural Cemetery. See obituary on p.5 of
3/2/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Townsend Mabel E.
5/4/1917 5/5/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Poughkeepsie where she had taken a job
only one week prior to death. Born in Cortland;
had recently been employed at Rothschilds Dept.
Store. See story p. 7 of 5/5/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Trautman Myron J.
5/8/1917
(notice)
5/8/1917
Died at home of brother, Fred, at Winnipeg,
Manitoba. Formerly of Interlaken, was a master
of Farmerville Lodge F and A.M. in 1875-76. He
had edited a newspaper in the West. Burial Lake
View Cemetery in Interlaken.
1917 Tree J. Wesley 65
12/31/1917 1/2/1918 Apoplexy
Was foreman of the printing department at
Andrus and Church. See p. 2, Ithaca Journal,
1/2/1918.
1917 Tribe John 76
12/4/1917 12/6/1917
Died at his home in Barton, Tioga County. Well-
known in Ithaca area. Burial at Halsey Valley.
1917 Troy Ellen 40
3/9/1917 3/9/1917
Suicide by
Hanging
Daughter of Mrs. Bridget Troy. Burial Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
1917 Truesdale Ann 87
10/26/1917 10/26/1917
Widow of George Truesdale; daughter of Colonel
and Mrs. Bowen Sweetland; had lived at Dryden.
Born in house known as Grove Hotel. Burial
Green Hills Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Trumble Philander 6/27/1917
(notice)
6/27/1917
Died at South Dakota; former Locke resident.
Burial Groton Rural Cemetery. (p.7, Locke News)
Page 54 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Mrs. Tucker S.J. 7/24/1917 8/2/1917
Died following surgery. Had lived at Buffalo,
formerly of Ithaca.
1917 Turley Hazel
4/15/1917 4/17/1917
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Turley of
Trumansburg.
1917 Tuttle Thomas G.
5/19/1917 5/21/1917
Nephew of Ida Cheesebrough of Ithaca; burial at
Millport.
1917 Tyler C.M. 5/15/1917 5/16/1917
Cornell trustee, noted scholar. See story p. 3.
***Newspaper masthead has 1917 year for
May15 and 16. This appears to be a misprint
since both dates are included on the May 1918
microfilm.
1917 Tyler Mae Mary 46
1/22/1917 1/23/1917 Wife of Locey Tyler, local druggist.
1917
Mrs. Tyler Moses Colt 3/22/1917 3/23/1917
Died at Coconut Grove, FL. Widow of Cornell
professor, Moses Colt Tyler. Burial Pleasant
Grove Cemetery. See story p. 7 of 3/23/1917
Ithaca Journal.
1917 Uhl Charles D. 65
9/30/1917 10/1/1917
Prominent Searsburg farmer. Husband of Edna
Uhl.
1917 Updike Ada 45
8/1/1917 8/2/1917 Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
1917 Van Court Jason 65
7/3/1917 7/3/1917 Accident
Auto hit by train at Interlaken. He was a rural
mail carrier. See p. 2, Ithaca Journal, 7/3/1917.
1917 Van Dine Mary 78
10/26/1917 10/26/1917
Widow of Charles Van Dine; burial Hayts
Cemetery.
1917
Rev. Van Dusen Henry 80 5/13/1917 5/28/1917
Died at Milford, NY. Former pastor of M.E.
church at Slaterville.
1917 Van Kuren
William "Jack" 40 3/3/1917 3/5/1917 Murdered
Died of stab wounds during an argument. Had
lived in Brooktondale. See story on p.3 of 3/3 &
7/1917 Ithaca Journal. Burial Quick Cemetery.
See Ithaca Journal: 4/23-27/1917.
1917 Van Orman Kate 60
8/2/1917 8/3/1917
Wife of Jacob Van Orman; mother of Dr. Ray
Van Orman. Burial Inlet Valley Cemetery.
Page 55 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Van Valkenburg Willie 11/14/1917 11/22/1917
Died at New York City. Had lived at Forest Home.
See also p.3, 11/23/1917, Ithaca Journal
1917
Van Valken-burg Eugene 75 5/17/1917 5/26/1917
Died at Flatbush, formerly of Ithaca. Son of
William and Harriet Van Valkenburg. Civil War
veteran, 109th Regiment, NY Volunteers,
commanded by General Benjamin F. Tracy. He
had met President Abraham Lincoln. See story
on p. 7 of 5/26/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Van Woert Smith 81
11/11/1917 11/15/1917 (p. 9, Willseyville News)
1917 VanDemark Arnold L. 2 mos
10/4/1917 10/5/1917
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. VanDemark of
Brooktondale. Burial Quick Cemetery.
1917 Vandenburg Henry 76
2/10/1917 2/10/1917 Exposure
Strayed from home of his daughter, Mrs. May
Gaul, and died from effects of bitter cold. Burial
Newton, PA.
1917 Vandermark Herman 81
1/7/1917 1/8/1917 Died at Newfield; burial at Asbury.
1917
Miss VanDine Theodosia 80 1/15/1917 1/15/1917 Died at Jacksonville.
1917 VanMarter Martha 74
2/4/1917 2/5/1917
Wife of Rev. Estus VanMarter; sister of William
Pew. Burial Snyder Hill Cemetery.
1917 Vant John, Jr. 65
8/15/1917 8/16/1917
Was clerk at Post Office for many years. Burial
City Cemetery. See story p.3, Ithaca Journal,
8/16/1917.
1917 VanTine
Amanda Shevalier 78 1/11/1917 1/16/1917 Pneumonia
Had lived in Dryden. Widow of Isaac VanTine.
Burial in Willow Glen Cemetery. Death notices in
1/16/1917 and 1/20/1917.
1917 Vorhis Esther C.
1/23/1917 1/24/1917
Widow of Andrew C. Vorhis. Died at Spencer;
formerly of Brooktondale.
1917 Waite Hattie J. 53
5/8/1917 5/9/1917 Wife of Arthur Waite; burial Lake View Cemetery.
1917 Walker Ada Hall
7/26/1917 7/30/1917
Died at Scranton, PA. Formerly of Interlaken.
Burial Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken. (p.7,
Interlaken News)
Page 56 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Walker
William W. "Daddy" 70 3/7/1917 3/8/1917 Heart Trouble
Was caretaker at Odd Fellows Temple. Born in
NYC, lived and is buried at Binghamton. See
story p. 3 of 3/8/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Walsh Gladys E. 27
5/29/1917 5/31/1917
Died at Cortland; wife of Thomas F. Walsh.
Member of Lane-Walsh Millinery Concern.
1917 Walter Helen 22
1/27/1917 1/29/1917
Died in NY City; daughter of F.E. Walter of NYC.
Granddaughter of Helen Freer of Ithaca.
1917 Ward Sarah Beers
3/7/1917
(notice)
3/7/1917 Died at Gloversville; formerly of Danby.
1917 Ward Thomas
2/14/1917 2/14/1917 Died at Groton; formerly of Peruville.
1917 Warren Amelia B. 75
4/24/1917 4/25/1917
Died at Jacksonville. Widow of John Warren.
Burial Grove Cemetery.
1917 Warren Charles 73
1/7/1917 1/8/1917
Died at Buffalo; formerly of Ithaca. Burial in City
Cemetery.
1917 Warren James
11/26/1917 12/1/1917 Pneumonia (p.7, Mecklenburg News)
1917 Waters Minnie Marie 49
6/13/1917 6/14/1917
Mother of Isaphine and Aliene. Burial City
Cemetery.
1917 Webster 78
9/7/1917 9/11/1917
Died and buried at Crawford, IL. Formerly
resident of King Ferry. Husband of former
Phoebe J. Mack. Civil War veteran. See lengthy
obituary on p. 5 of 9/11/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Welch Catherine 80
12/18/1917 12/19/1917 Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
1917 Westcott Franklin 76
12/17/1917 12/17/1917 Died at Newfield. Burial Wood Lawn Cemetery.
1917 Western Belle Daniels 34
12/17/1917 12/17/1917
Died at Endicott. Niece of William R. Daniels of
Varna.
1917 Westervelt Phillip 69
1/22/1917 1/23/1917 Died at Newfield; burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
1917 Wheeler Belle
8/31/1917 9/6/1917 (p. 7, Mecklenburg News) Burial Jones Cemetery.
1917 Whipple Olive
5/19/1917 5/21/1917
Died at Pine City. Mother of Mrs. Jay Morey of
Ludlowville.
1917 White Daniel M. 77
4/30/1917 5/1/1917 Pneumonia Died at the Grove Hotel in Dryden.
Page 57 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917
Mrs. White Frank 5/6/1917 5/9/1917
Died at Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Had lived at
Jenksville. Burial at Windham.
1917 Whitlock Bert E. 45
11/15/1917 11/15/1917
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edison Whitlock. Burial East
Lawn Cemetery.
1917 Whitlock Lorenzo R. 79
3/15/1917 3/16/1917
Farmer, always lived in Town of Ithaca. Burial in
City Cemetery.
1917 Whitlock William 75
10/26/1917 11/1/1917 Apoplexy
Died at Toledo, OH, formerly of Ithaca. Was a
well-known painter who did portraits of Pres.
Lincoln, federal judges and Ezra Cornell,among
others. See obituary on p. 2, Ithaca Journal,
11/17/1917.
1917 Whittaker Eddie
3/17/1917
(notice)
3/17/1917 Pneumonia
Died at Great Lakes Camp in IL. Member of US
Army. Had lived at Enfield Center. See also
Enfield Falls, p. 7 of 3/22/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Wilcox Dorothy 79
7/9/1917 7/9/1917
Died at North Lansing. Burial North Lansing
Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Wilcox John 5/5/1917 5/16/1917
Born and lived at Richford. ***Newspaper
masthead has 1917 year for May15 and 16. This
appears to be a misprint since both dates are
included on the May 1918 microfilm.
1917 Wilcox William 73
12/4/1917 12/5/1917
Died at Genoa. Owned two farms. Was a
prominent horse breeder. At one time he and his
brother, George, conducted the Clinton House.
Burial North Lansing.
1917 Wiley Elder
8/25/1917
(notice)
8/25/1917 Liver Cancer
Had been pastor at Christian Church at
Trumbulls. (See p. 7, Enfield Falls News)
1917 Wilgus Sarah Esty 86
4/7/1917 4/9/1917
Widow of Henry Wilgus, one of Ithaca's foremost
merchants. See obituary p. 3 of 4/9/1917 and p.
5 of 4/10/17 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Willey Herbert
9/29/1917 10/1/1917
Died at Syracuse; son of DeWitt Willey of
Ulysses. Burial Lake View Cemetery.
Page 58 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Williams Charles Hill 61
6/26/1917 6/26/1917
Burial Lake View Cemetery. Death notices in
6/26/1917 and 6/28/1917.
1917 Williams Elizabeth
2/16/1917 2/17/1917
Pleuro-
pneumonia
Wife of Frank Williams. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917
Mrs. Williams Orpha C. 66 7/24/1917 7/25/1917 Died at West Slaterville. Burial Westona, PA.
1917 Williamson James M. 65
12/28/1917 12/29/1917
Killed in explosion at Remington Power Plant.
See story p. 1, Ithaca Journal, 12/29/1917.
1917 Willson William H. 77
4/27/1917 4/28/1917
Hardening of
Arteries
Was a well-known merchant who once had a
business near the Ithaca Hotel. Burial City
Cemetery. See p. 3 of 4/28/1917 Ithaca Journal.
1917 Winans Emma E. 84
11/24/1917 11/26/1917 Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
1917 Wise (Wyse) Louisa 90
7/7/1917 7/10/1917 (p.7, Danby News)
1917 Wiser Frank F. 55
2/12/1917 2/12/1917 Husband of Agnes.
1917 Wixom Georgiana 53
11/8/1917 11/8/1917 Wife of Charles M. Wixom.
1917 Wood Almerian T. 88
1/12/1917
(notice)
1/12/1917
Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred
Doolittle of Interlaken. Burial at Cayuta.
1917 Wood Bertha 48
8/1/1917 8/2/1917
Died at Enfield Falls. Daughter of late Orson
Wood. She was an invalid.
1917 Wood Jane 71
3/28/1917 3/28/1917 Died at Ludlowville.
1917 Wood Lavinia M. 73
3/12/1917 5/28/1917
Died at Larned, KS; born in Ithaca, daughter of
K.S. and Maria D. Van Voorhees. Widow of
William V. Wood.
1917 Woodson Jasper 80
3/17/1917 3/17/1917
Born in slavery. Came north from Virginia after
Civil War. Resident of Ithaca for 60 years.
Worked for Treman, King and Co. for 40 years.
Well-known in Ithaca.
1917 Woodworth Peter Covert
12/27/1917 1/2/1918
Had lived at Interlaken. Burial Lake View
Cemetery in Interlaken. (p.9, Interlaken News)
1917 Woolley Bertha 35
11/20/1917 11/22/1917
Wife of Arthur Woolley; died near Lansing
Station. See Ludlowville News, 11/23/1917.
Page 59 of 60
Ithaca Journal
Obituaries and Death Notices
sorted by last name
Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917
Year
Title Surname Name Age Death Date Notice Date
Cause of
Death
Notes
1917 Wright
George Robert 51 1/24/1917 1/29/1917
Husband of Katherine Batty Wright; father of
Paul. Burial Hayt's Cemetery.
1917 Wright Harriet 74
11/20/1917 11/21/1917 Burial Calvary Cemetery.
1917 Wright Luther H. 77
10/7/1917 10/9/1917
Had lived at Groton. Burial Groton Rural
Cemetery.
1917 Wright Mildred 10
5/21/1917 5/23/1917
Bright's
Disease
Died at Lansingville where the family had recently
moved from Moravia. Funeral held at Moravia.
1917 Yates John James
9/20/1917 9/21/1917
Husband of Mary Yates. Well-known Freeville
resident for 40 years. Born at Dorsetshire,
England. Burial Willow Glen Cemetery.
1917 Yeates John 78
9/20/1917 9/22/1917 Heart Trouble
Died at Freeville. Born in England; burial Willow
Glen.
1917 Young Charles H.
3/1/1917 3/2/1917 Burial City Cemetery.
1917 Young Daniel E. 65
6/12/1917 6/13/1917
Died at Ledyard. Burial Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
1917 Youngs Margaret 82
2/3/1917 2/3/1917
1917 Zeliff Phebe 77
4/12/1917 4/13/1917 Burial at Salamanca.
1917 Zinberg (boy) 2 days
7/24/1917 7/25/1917
Page 60 of 60
