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Subject: [NJSUSSEX] Wantage Recorder Obits 23 Nov 1934
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:41:09 -0400 (EDT)

Wantage Recorder, Sussex (Deckertown) NJ, Friday, Nov. 23, 1934
Many Deaths This Past Week
William H. LEEK, Sr.
William H. LEEK, Sr., 64, of 16 Clove avenue, died Saturday about 4:30 p.m. at his home, after an illness since June. During his last several years, he had been a house painter. He was previously a baker for seven years after coming to Sussex 20 years ago. Mr. LEEK also was a baker at Ogdensburg about eight years before he came to Sussex. He was a native of Dover, where he was born August 17, 1870, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Frank LEEK.
He was a member of Stanhope Methodist Church, excempt member of the Sussex Fire Dept. and a member of Wantage Council, No. 207, Jr. O.U.A.M. He belonged to the Excempt Firemen's Association.
Mr. LEEK married Lydia B. DAY, Sept. 9, 1894 at Rudeville. Besides his wife, he is survived by seven sons: Harry C. LEEK, of Sussex; Walter, Scott, Charles and Richard, all at home; Steven F. LEEK, of Franklin; William H. LEEK, Jr., of New York; five daughters: Mrs. Dolson BRINK, of Sussex; Miss Margaret LEEK, at home; Mrs. Harold HOTCHKIN, of Hampton; Mrs. Charles FENNER, of Butler; Mrs. Vernon SIPLEY, of Newton; two brothers: Eugene and Cleve LEEK, both of Dover, and his step-mother Mrs. William CHAMBERLAIN, of Dover.
Funeral services at Sussex M.E. with Rev. E. Glenn VanTILBURG officiating; service at home conducted by Rev. A.J.W. MOWATT, pastor of Sussex Presbyterian Church; interment was in the North Church Cemetery near Hamburg.

Mrs. Nelson WASHER
Mrs. Ida (SHAW) WASHER, aged 69 years, wife of Nelson WASHER, of Ogdensburg, died at their home there on Thursday night last week after a week's illness. Mrs. WASHER was born in Ohio and had lived nearly 40 years in Ogdensburg. Mr. and Mrs. WASHER were planning to observe their 50th wedding anniversary this Christmas. She was a member of the Pride of the Mountain Council; Sons and Daughters of Liberty, of Ogdensburg.
Surviving besides her husband, are a son, Rodman WASHER, of Ogdensburg; five daughters; Mrs. Edward WALLACE, Mrs. Richard BOLITHO, Mrs. Arthur WARDLE and Mrs. Albert SMITH, all of Ogdensburg and Mrs. Abraham SMITH, of Wharton; four brothers: Amos SHAW and Elmer SHAW, both of Ogdensburg; Anthony SHAW, of near Branchville; Ernest SHAW of Hawthorne, and a sister, Mrs. Alvah BEATTY, of Pompton Lakes.
Funeral services from the home on Passaic St., Ogdensburg, Rev. Arthur L. DeWIRE of Midvale. former pastor of Ogdensburg & Sparta M.E. churches, officiated. Burials was in Vaughan's cemetery neasr Lafayette.

James F. MINTURN
Former Supreme Court Justice James F. MINTURN died shortly before midnight Friday at his home, 630 Hudson street, Hoboken. The former Justice had been ill ten days from pneumonia. He was 74 years old. His son, Franklin, was at his bedside when he died.
In June 1907, Mr. MINTURN was appointed a Circuit Judge by Governor STOKES performing on the Sussex and Passaic circuits until transferred to the Hudson circuit where he served until 1929.
Funeral services Tuesday morning from the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Hoboken, interment was in Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City.

Mrs. George ROLESON
Mrs. Esther ROLESON, 64, wife of George ROLESON, of West Mountain road, near Ogdensburg, died Monday morning at 7:30 at her home after an illness of two months. She had lived there 30 years. A native of Sussex county, Mrs. ROLESON spent her entire life in the County. She was born Nov. 10, 1870, at Sparta.
Besides her husband, Mrs. ROLESON is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Raymond POLLISON, and Miss Delia ROLESON, both of Newton and Mrs. Lizzie GREEN, of Warwick, NY; two sons: Charles and John ROLESON, both of Warwick, NY and ten grandchildren.
Funeral services at Salvation Army Hall, 5 Water street, Newton conducted by the Newton unit of the Salvation Army. Burial was in Newton cemetery.

Clarence J. DECKER
Death of Clarence Jacob DECKER, 52, laborer and lifelong resident of Sussex, was caused Tuesday about noon, by strangulation due to an epileptic fit, Coroner Clarence DeHART of Newton, announced. DECKER was subject to epileptic strokes and had many during the last several years. He died along the tracks of the Lehigh and New England Railroad between Sussex junction and Lewisburg. He was noticed by two workmen at the Sussex-Martin Airport, William NORMAN and Winfield JOHNSON, both of Sussex.
DECKER had been talking to them shortly before his death and had gone from the field to the tracks, evidently to "spot squirrel trees" it is said. DECKER had been hunting the previous day in that section. Signals of the crew on a passing train attracted the attention of the two workmen at the airport. They notified Lewis SLIKER, section foreman of the L & N E R R who came here to call Police Chief Thomas R. TRUDGEN.
Coroner DeHART, who was called, had the body removed to the morgue of John O. WESTBROOK in Main street where Dr. August H. GROESCHEL, of Sussex, made an examination.
DECKER was a active excempt fireman, member of the Sussex Fire Dept. He was a member of the Wallkill Hose Company for a number of years. He was one of the first firemen in Sussex, and was often the first fireman to report at the firehouse when an alarm sounded. He also was a member of the Hamburg Camp of the P.O.S. of A. For the last few years he had been a janitor at the Elks Club on Main street where he had a room and also worked on the Borough streets under Street Commissioner TRUDGEN. At one time DECKER was employed as a lineman by the L & N E R R.
He was born November 25, 1881 at Colesville, a son of the late Arthur A. and Marietta (CONKLIN) DECKER. Mrs. DECKER died in 1930. Surviving the deceased are a neice, Mrs. Mary BOYD, of Port Morris and three nephews, Clarence J. BELL of Brooklyn, Arthur A. BELL, of Dover and William BELL, of Newton.
Funeral services at the home of Police Chief TRUDGEN on Unionville avenue. Rev. E. Glenn VanTILBURG, pastor of the Sussex Methodist church. Interment in Fairview cemetery.

Albert D. CORNELL, Sr.
Died early Monday at the home of his son, Albert D. Jr., in Newton at the age of 83 years. Mr. CORNELL was born in Cambridge, Vermont but had lived nearly all his life in New Jersey. He conducted grist mills in Belvidere, Hainesburg and Stillwater, and retired 20 years ago, making his home with his son in Newton in recent years.
Mr. CORNELL served as a Jury Commissioner for seven years until 1929. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, also a gentleman of intergrity held in high esteem by all who knew him.
Three sons survive: Albert Jr. and John R., both of Newton and Stephen of Franklin.
Funeral services at his late home, 10 Foster street, Newton, by Rev. Dr. James R. DALLING, of Stillwater. Burial in the Newton cemetery.

Gabriel BARRETT
Gabriel BARRETT of Vernon died Friday morning, November 16, 1934 in Linn Hospital, Sussex, where he had been a patient for several weeks. He was one of eleven children born to Gilbert and Jane WILLIAMS BARRETT, who soon after their marriage went to what was then the far West. Going by the Erie Railroad to Erie, Pa., then by boat to Cleveland, Ohio and then by stage to near Columbus, Ohio where Gabriel was born Dec. 8, 1858. "Gabe" as he was known to everybody, was a good, honest man always working hard and made a nice sum for his older years.
About 40 years ago he bought a farm on the Break Neck Mountain and lived there until nearly seven years ago when he sold his mountain property amounting to several hundred acres. He then bought the OSBORNE place of E. C. BURROWS and lived there until his death.
Over thirty years ago he joined the P.O.S. of A. Camp 65 at Vernon of which he was a member at the time of his death, and whose members acted as pall bearers at his funeral.
He is survived by two brothers, James, of Sugar Loaf, NY and Jesse, of Vernon; five sisters: Mrs. Mary WHITE, of Washingtonville, NY; Mrs. Sarah MARQUETTE of Yonkers, NY; Mrs. Martha PADDOCK, of Florida, NY; Mrs. Emma LITTLE, of Middletown, NY and Mrs. Minnie SMITH, of Chester, NJ.
The funeral was held at Warwick NY Chapel and interment at Warwick with the Rev. John ADAMSON of Vernon officiating.

Dr. E. P. UPTEGROVE
Dr. Edward Pierson UPTEGROVE, 59, of Vernon, died this Thursday about 2:45 a.m. at Alexander Linn Hospital. He had been failing for the last two years, although he continued to practice until a few months ago. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1899; and spent a year's internship at the Brooklyn Hospital. He came to Hamburg in 1900 where he first begam to practice and went to Vernon in the Spring of 1913.
He was a lover of dogs and owned "Vernon Bill" a pointer, which was a winner in several countries.
Dr. UPTEGROVE was born at Edenville, NY, June 20, 1875, a son of William Pierson and Cornelia Ann (SLAUGHTER) UPTEGROVE. Besides his wife, Mrs. Edith Boyce (DENTON) UPTEGROVE; he is survived by a son, William Denton UPTEGROVE, student at Rider Business College at Trenton, and a daughter, Dorothy Denton UPTEGROVE, at home.
He was a member of Samaritan Lodge, No. 98, F. & A. M. at Sussex and other fraternal organizations, also fo the Sussex County Medical Society. He was a medical examiner for several schools in this section of the county. During the World War, he was one of the most active physicians in the County. He was noted during his years of practice for his active services day and night.

Thomas E. SMITH
Died at his home at Monroe, Sussex County, early Tuesday morning, aged about 86 years. Mr. SMITH had been ill a week. He was born at Hamburg, Nov. 18, 1848, a son of Dr. Franklin SMITH and Mary (NORTHRUP) SMITH, of Newton. He married three times, his first wife being Flora GREEN, his second wife Fannie WINANS and his present wife Mrs. Delia B. COLE to whom he was married about 19 years.
Besides his wife he is survived by two sons, George W. SMITH, of Clifton and Heith SMITH of California.
Mr. SMITH was an ardent sportsman and dog fancier. He had widely divergent views from the State Fish and Games Commission concerning the methods of furnishing hunting and fishing to sportsmen. In his earlier years he lived in Newton and Stockholm, moving to Monroe after marrying the second time.
Funeral service from his late home, Rev. E. E. HOFFMAN of Baleville, will officiate. Burial will be in the North Hardyston cemetery.

George W. SMITH
George W. SMITH, who conducted a general store at Johnsons, NY for 30 years and was a brother of James H. SMITH, president of the Orange County Trust Company, at Middletown, NY died Friday at his home. Mr. SMITH was born in the town of Wawayanda. He married Miss Hannah Mary BUSH, of Middletown, NY in November 1895.
His wife survives with a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth YOUNG, of Middletown and two brothers, Charles J. SMITH, who lives at the Smith Homestead near Johnsons, NY and James H. SMITH of Middletown, NY.
Funeral service held at his home with Rev. F. M. LINE of Westtown, NY conducting the service. Interment was in Ridgebury, NY cemetery.

David N. CHIDESTER
David N. Chidester, 89, Civil War veteran, died Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Aaron YOUNG, a cousin in Newton. He had been ill several months.
Mr. CHIDESTER was born in Sparta. He enlisted with Company I, Second Regiment of New Jersey in Feb., 1865. He was honorably discharged in July of the same year. He had been a farmer all his life, retiring 20 years ago. His wife, Mrs. Mary SHAY CHIDESTER, died fifteen years.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. David T. STEPHENSON, pastor of the M.E. Church at Iliff Funeral Home, burial at Newton cemetery.

Mrs. Andrew BENE
Mrs. Erma BENE, 45, wife of Andrew BENE, of 338 Rutherford Avenus, Franklin, died Wednesday last week at her home. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at the Presbyterian Hungarian Church, Franklin by Rev. Paul FERENCZY. Burial was in North Church cemetery. Mrs. BENE leaves her husband and seven children.

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