Horner, Geraldine (Brown) Sargent 1918-2006 Ballston Spa NY Obituary

H. Geraldine Sargent Horner BALLSTON SPA — H. Geraldine Sargent Horner passed away Feb. 1, 2006, at Maplewood Manor, Ballston Spa.
She was born April 5, 1918, in Milford.
She married William Sargent on Nov. 9, 1934. After his death Nov. 7, 1959, she moved to Oneonta, where she cared for her three youngest children, working as a housekeeper and actively involved with Cub Scouting and other youth activities.
In 1961, she returned to the Glenville area. While in Glenville she worked at Aucompaugh’s and KAPL in food service.
Active in the Burnt Hills Baptist Church before ill health forced her to move to assisted care with her son, Douglas, and in 2003, to Maplewood Manor.
Special thanks to grandson Tim Fake and great-granddaughters Briana and Heather King for their caring visits to the nursing home.
She was predeceased by her second husband, Thomas Horner, whom she married in 1986; and daughter Jackie Fake.
Survivors include brother, William Brown and wife Lorraine of Shippenburg, Pa.; sister, Betty Gennerino and husband, Ralph of Brockport; children, Douglas A. Sargent and wife Barbara of Charlton, Ronald Sargent of Oneonta, Olive Loubier and husband Norman of Florida, Marvin Sargent and wife, Joanne of Oneonta, Lawrence Sargent and wife Maria of Florida; and son-in-law, Thomas Fake of Galway; 15 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
Funeral arrangements for cremation are under the direction of Townley and Wheeler Funeral Home of Ballston Lake.
Memorial service and interment will be in the spring.
Because of her love for dogs, Missy and Abby, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Saratoga County Animal Shelter, 6010 County Farm Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020.

Published in The Daily Star on Feb. 3, 2006.

Find A Grave Memorial for Geraldine Sargent Horner

Sargent, William wed to Harriet Geraldine Brown 1934 Morris, NY

Miss Harriet Brown Bride

of William Sargent, Morris

Young Oneonta Woman Married in Quiet Ceremony

Morris, Nov. 11---Willam Marvin Sargent, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sargent, of Morris township, and Miss Harriet Geraldene Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, of Oneonta, were united in marriage by Rev. F. G. Leonard at the Universalist parsonage in Morris Friday evening at 8 o'clock.

The couple was attended by Gordon W. Cooke and Mrs. Marion Brown.

Mr. and Mrs. Sargent will reside with the groom's parents above town for the present, where the best wishes of their many friends will attend them.


"Marvin William Sargent, aged 44, of Delanson, died November 7 in Buffalo. He was born September 10, 1915, in Morris, the son of Harold and Eleanor (Allen) Sargent. He married Harriet Brown on November 9, 1934, in Morris. Surviving are his wife; four sons, Douglas, Ronald, Marvin and Larry, all of Delanson; two daughters, Olive and Billie of Delanson; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Frank Cobb of Morris, and his mother of Morris. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in Sloan's Funeral Home in Morris, and burial was in Hillington Cemetery in Morris." ["The Otsego Farmer & Republican" (Cooperstown, NY), Thurs., Nov. 12, 1959, Page Two]

So far, I can't find this couple on any census. They lived next to my family on East Street, in Edmeston, NY for awhile. Their children were Douglas, Ronald, Olive, Marvin, Larry, and Billie (a girl).

Olive and I were best friends and we wrote to each other a few years after they moved elsewhere. Delanson, NY was one of the last places they lived.

The kids and I spent many summer days playing and swimming in Wharton Creek and evenings playing hide and seek and softball.

Doug had an old navy raft that we hauled up the creek and floated downstream on many a time. Unfortunately, it washed away with high water.

Douglas would have been born around 1932 or so. The rest were born around 1938 or after.

Their father, William,  died in his 40s of a heart attack. My mother and I attended the funeral at Morris, NY.  He and Geraldine are buried at Hillington Cemetery in Morris, Otsego Co., NY.  Geraldine died in 2006.  I have a photo of their headstone when I locate it.