Parker, Alva 1870-1936 New Lisbon Obituary

Parker, Alva 1870-1936 New Lisbon Obituary

Lifelong New Lisbon Man

Dies After Long Illness

New Lisbon, April 15---Alva George Parker, a life-long resident of the town of New Lisbon, and one of the most highly esteemed men in the community, died at his home near Garrattsville at 11:45 Monday. Death was due to arthritis, from which he had been a great sufferer for the past eight years.

The funeral will be held at the family home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in the family plot in Union cemetery at Edmeston.

Mr. Parker was born on the Parker homestead where he passed his entire life, April 18, 1870, a son of Elijah and Marion (Gross) Parker. He married Miss Jennie Harris November 25, 1891. To them was born two sons, Albert and Lee. The latter was killed in an automobile accident January 5, 1936.

Mr. Parker was superintendent of highways for a number of years. A member of Zion Episcopal church of Morris, he was a man well liked by his fellows. His passing brings deep sorrow not alone to the grief stricken family, who have been so deeply affected in their double bereavement, but to a wide circle of friends.

Surviving beside his wife and one son, Albert Parker, of Burlington Flats, are two grandchildren, Janice and Victor Parker, who with their mother, Mrs. Eva Parker, reside at the Parker home; five brothers, Eugene Parker of Ilion, Elisha Parker of Hartwick, Fred Parker of Wingdale, Elijah Parker, residing near the Parker home and David Parker of New Lisbon; two sisters, Mrs. B. A. Bailey of Binghamton, and Mrs. William Clark of Milford; several nephews, nieces and cousins.

Parker, Elijah 1881-1936 Commits Suicide Garrattsville Obituary

Parker, Elijah 1881-1936 Garrattsville Obituary

Elijah Parker, 55, Commits Suicide

New Lisbon Farmer, Who Accidentally Shot Wife,

Ends Life With Shotgun

Melancholy since he accidentally shot and fatally wounded his wife two weeks ago, Elijah Parker, 55, committed suicide in the barn on his farm at New Lisbon yesterday morning at 7 o'clock.

Mr. Parker shot himself with a double-barrelled shotgun. He evidently placed the gun near the right side of his head and pulled the trigger with his foot. The charge blew off the right side of his head.

Dr. B. F. Bishop of Garrattsville, coroner of Otsego county, investigated. Dr. Bishop said it was a case of suicide. No notes were left by the victim.

Mr. Parker had been depressed since he accidentally shot his wife Sunday, November 8. She was struck in the abdomen by a bullet from a .22 calibre rifle, which her husband was about to use to fell a hen for Sunday dinner. The bullet pierced the intestines and she died the following day in the Bassett hospital at Cooperstown.

Mr. Parker's housekeeper, Mrs. Crandall, discovered the body when he did not return to breakfast. He arose as usual and went to the barn to do the morning chores, but when she received no answer to several calls, Mrs. Crandall investigated and found his body, slumped down in the hay in front of the cows.

The body was removed to the Houk funeral home at Edmeston, where funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. R. E. Snethens, pastor of the Edmeston Baptist church, will officiate, and interment will be in the family plot of Union cemetery at Edmeston.

Mr. Parker was born August 28, 1881, on the Parker homestead, near Garrattsville, the youngest son of Elisha and Marion (Grouse) Parker. He married Irene D. Pudney of Pittsfield August 25, 1907. Most of their married life had been spent in the vicinity of New Lisbon. He was a man widely known and highly esteemed.

Surviving are three brothers, Elisha Parker of Hartwick, Fred Parker of Wingdale and David Parker of New Lisbon; two sisters, Mrs. William Clark of Milford and Mrs. Bert Bailey of Binghamton; and several nieces and nephews.

Parker, Irene (Pudney) 1875-1936 Accidently Shot By Husband

Parker, Irene (Pudney) 1875-1936 New Lisbon Obituary

Accidentally shot by Her Husband

Mrs. Elijah Parker in Critical Condition

From .22 Rifle Bullet in Abdomen

New Lisbon, Nov. 8—Mrs. Elijah Parker, 51, of near here, was in a critical condition at the Bassett hospital, Cooperstown, tonight as the result of the accidental discharge of a .22 rifle in the hands of her husband at their farm home this morning.

Mrs. Parker was struck in the abdomen when the gun accidentally discharged as she and her husband went to the yard to get a chicken for Sunday dinner. They had planned to use the rifle instead of the customary axe.

Mr. Parker, who was nearly prostrated by the accident, said that he was unable to explain how the gun had happened to fire. He said that he was carrying it loaded, ready to shoot a chicken, when it suddenly went off.

Dr. Bancroft F. Bishop of Garrattsville arose from his sick bed in answer to call, and after giving first aid, ordered the victim's removal to the Bassett hospital. An operation was performed to remove the bullet, but it was not found.

The .22 pellet entered the lower right side of the abdomen, punctured the intestine and severed an artery. Doctors at the hospital tonight concede her a bare chance for recovery.

Mr. and Mrs. Parker live alone on their farm on the Morris-Garrattsville road near the latter community.

Funeral of Mrs. Parker

Will Be Held Thursday

Edmeston Minister to Officiate at Services

For Garrattsville Woman, Victim of

Accidental Gunshot Wound

New Lisbon, Nov. 10---Funeral services for Mrs. Elijah Parker of Garrattsville, victim of an accidental gunshot wound, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Houk Funeral home at Edmeston. Rev. R. E. Snethen, pastor of the Edmeston Baptist church, will officiate, and interment will be in the Union cemetery at Edmeston.

Mrs. Parker died Monday afternoon in the Bassett hospital at Cooperstown, where she was taken for treatment of a bullet wound in the upper right abdomen. The shot lacerated the intestines. She was struck by a bullet from a .22-calibre rifle, which her husband was using to fell a hen for their Sunday dinner.

Irene Diana Pudney was born September 7, 1875, in the town of Pittsfield, daughter of Andrew and Emmie (Matteson) Pudney. Her early life was spent in the vicinity of her birth. She united with the Morris Baptist church when a young girl, and her marriage to Mr. Parker occurred at New Lisbon August 25, 1907. A woman of quiet nature and possessing a pleasing personality, her death will bring sorrow to many friends.

Surviving are her husband; one sister, Mrs. David Parker of New Lisbon; three nephews, Earl and Stanley Parker of New Lisbon, and Lyle Parker of Gilbertsville; one niece, Mrs. Ray Prindle of New Lisbon; and several cousins. The sympathy of many will be extended to them in their bereavement.

Parker, Jennie Harris 1874-1940 Garrattsville, NY

Parker, Jennie Harris 1874-1940 Garrattsville, NY

Mrs. Jennie H. Parker, 66,

Dies at Garrattsville Home

New Lisbon, May 14---Mrs. Jennie H. Parker, 66, widow of Alvah Parker, of Garrattsville, died at the family home at 4 this morning. She had been ill since March 1.

Funeral services will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at 3. Rev. L. Curtis Denny, rector of the Epoiscopal church at Morris, of which Mrs. Parker was a member, will officiate, and burial will be made in Union cemetery at Edmeston.

Mrs. Parker was born in New Lisbon, a daughter of Albert and Mary (Newton) Harris. She was member of the Edmeston Eastern Star, the Wharton Valley Grange at Edmeston, and the Home Betterment club, Garrattsville.

Survivors, to whom friends will extend sympathy, are a son Albert, Burlington Flats; a sister, Mrs. Edith Coman, Herkimer; two grandchildren, Janice and Victor, Garrattsville; a brother, Edwin Harris, Athol, Mass. A son, Lee died the same year as Mrs. Parker's husband, 1936.

Parker, Lee 1901-1936 Garrattsville Obituary

Parker, Lee 1901-1936 Garrattsville Obituary

Garrattsville Man Dies of Injuries

Lee Parker Succumbs in Cooperstown Hospital

Following West Burlington Crash

Cooperstown, Jan. 6—Lee Parker, 35, of Garrattsville, suffereing from fractured cervical vertebra, a fracture at the base of the skull, and fractured lower jaw, besides cuts and abrasions, died in the Bassett hospital at 2:15 this morning. He never recovered consciousness after an automobile accident on the main throughfare through the village of West Burlington late Saturday afternoon.

It will probably never be known what caused Mr. Parker's Oldsmobile sedan to leave the highway, crash into a tree. He had been in Edmeston during the afternoon overseeing repairs to one of his farm trucks at an Edmeston garage. The truck was being driven by a farm hand, Clyde Goodier, a short distance ahead of the Parker sedan. Goodier did not learn of the accident until he reached home. Neighbors near the scene, heard the crash, and left their homes to discover Mr. Parker gravely injured. He was taken to the office of Dr. E. C. Granger in Edmeston, who advised his immediate transfer to the Bassett hospital in the Houk ambulance.

The body was taken to Houk's Funeral parlors today and the funeral will be held from the family home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Dr. C. E. Vermilya, the pastor of the Methodist church will officiate, and interment will be in the Edmeston Union cemetery.

Mr. Parker was born in the town of New Lisbon, 35 years ago, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Parker. He attended Edmeston High school, and during the World war he enlisted and was encamped in this country, ready to go overseas when the armistice was declared.

About 15 years ago he was married to Miss Eva Holt of Edmeston, and for several years they conducted the Eva-Lee Ice Cream parlor in Edmeston, and also the Edmeston moving picture theatre.

Due to the condition of his father's health, who has been an invalid for some time, Mr. Parker returned to Garrattsville about seven years ago to operate his father's farm.

Surviving are his parents, his wife, a daughter, Janice 11, a son, Victor, 7, all of Garrattsville; and one brother, Albert Parker of Burlington Flats.

He was a member of Farmers' lodge, R. & A. M., in Edmeston, and of the Morris chapter, Royal Arch Masons.

Parker, Victor Jr. 1949-1953, 3 yr. old Plunges Through Ice Into River

Parker, Victor Jr. 1949-1953, 3 yr. old Plunges Through Ice Into River

Victor Parker Jr. Plunges

Into River As Ice Breaks

State Police, Oneonta firemen, an emergency crew of the New York State Electric and Gas Corp., and scores of volunteers searched futilly last night for the body of Victor Parker Jr., three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Parker Sr. of Portlandville, who crashed through the thin ice on the Susquehanna River in that hamlet about 4:30 p. m.

As closely as could be learned from the boy's companion, Burrill Bell, about 3, the Parker boy ventured out on the ice while they were playing behind the Bell home, out of sight of the house behind an outbuilding.

Water there is deep and with a current of at least five miles an hour leading into the upper reaches of Goodyear Lake. There is a considerable stretch of semi-open water, but most of the surface is covered with ice, making it difficult for the searchers.

Also hampering the search was the fact that the bottom is covered with stumps and snags remaining from trees and brush felled when the river waters were backed up by the construction of the Goodyear Lake dam many years ago. This makes dragging operations extremely difficult.

In charge of the search was Cpl. John F. Taylor. Bureau of Criminal Investigation aided by Troopers Bernard G. Belofsy, Stanley Rudnicki and J. H. Millage of Oneonta substation , members of Oneonta Fire Department and the power company emergency crew.

The child was born March 18, 1949

Search for Body of Drowning Victim

Suspended for Night

Search for the body of Victor Parker Jr., the three-year-old Portlandville boy who Monday afternoon fell through the ice of the Susquehanna River, was temporarily suspended about 5:15 p. m. yesterday.

Volunteers to resume the search this morning have been called for by police and fire department authorities in charge.

Milford Fire Department was first on the scene, and department members worked through-out Monday night and until late yesterday afternoon in a futile effort to find the boy's body.

Cooperstown Fire Department also sent its emergency lighting truck to supplement the semi-portable and portable lights set up by the Milford department and State Police. Oneonta Fire Department also provided some equipment and aid.

Chester Elwell of Cliffside Grove loaned the use of his boats, and yesterday there were 12 boats utilized in the dragging operations, each manned by a crew of two or three. In addition to State Police of Oneonta, Richfield Springs, Margaretville, Deposit, and Norwich and firemen, there was a large number of other volunteers, including the members of Sea Scout Ship 57, senior scout unit sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, many of whom worked until 4 a. m. yesterday in the search, and resumed later in the day.

Mr. Elwell last night said that the river channel has been cleared of ice nearly to the main body of Goodyear Lake to facilitate dragging operations. This required removal of many tons of ice. Approximately 50 workers, official and volunteer, aided in manning the boats, cutting ice and searching the banks.

Dragging operations are seriously hampered by not only the stumps and snags remaining from the trees and brush felled when Goodyear Lake dam was constructed, but by the old Elwell's Mills dam, now under the surface of the water. Depth on one side is estimated at six feet, on the other, 30 feet.

Victor was born march 18, 1949, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Parker Sr., who survive. His mother was the former Pauline Fuller of Edmeston.

He also is survived by a brother, Richard, 14 months old, and a sister, Deborah, six weeks old; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fuller of Edmeston; and two maternal great-grandmothers, Mrs. Vesta Fuller and Mrs. Sadie Campbell of Edmeston. Mr. Parker is an employe of the Dairymen's League Cooperative plant at Milford.

Comment: I'm not positive, but it would seem that Victor Parker Sr. was the son of Lee (1901-1936) and Eva (Holt) Parker, and grandson of Alva George Parker 1870-1936 and his wife Jennie (Harris) Parker 1874-1940. See the surname list for several related Parkers.  If you have different information, please let me know.  There are a number of heart breaking tragedies in this family.

Patrick, Alida Card 1844-1930 New Lisbon Obituary

Patrick, Alida Card 1844-1930 New Lisbon Obituary

Funeral of Mrs. Alida Patrick

Is Held at New Lisbon Home

Many Friends and Relatives Attend

Services Held at Home of Son, Charles Card

---Rev. J. C. Calhoun Officiates

New Lisbon, June 9 --- Funeral services for Mrs. Alida Card Patrick, whose death was briefly mentioned in Saturday's Star, were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of her son, Charles Card.

Rev. J. C. Calhoun, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiated, assisted by Rev. E. E. Hutchinson of Morris.

The house was filled with relatives and friends. Many beautiful flowers covered the coffin. The bearers were Arthur Harrington, Howard Tillson, Harper Steele, Herman Harrington and interment was in Hillington cemetery. Relatives were present from Binghamton, Norwich, Oxford and Morris.

Mrs. Patrick was a daughter of German and Philathea (Hunter) Wickham and was born at Starkville, August 8, 1844.

Just before the Civil war broke out she married Stephen Card, who served his country during the war. To them were born two sons, Ruben, who died several years ago, and Charles, with whom she had lived for the past few years.

Mrs. Patrick separated from Mr.. Card many years ago. Later she married Albert Patrick and for a number of years they resided at Oxford. Shortly after his death she gave up her home and for a year lived in Binghamtohn with her grandson, Linn C. Card. About 10 years ago she came to New Lisbon, where she has since resided with her son. During her residence here she made many loyal friends who cherished her memory.

Mrs. Patrick was a very active, industrious woman, never allowing herself to be idle and although nearly 86 years of age, she was remarkably smart for one of her years, being able to attend to her household duties till the day of her death. Her passing was simply falling asleep.

Surviving besides the son above mentioned, is one brother, Justus Wickham of Morris, two grandsons, Linn Card of Binghamton and Lewis Card of Morris, an adopted granddaughter, Mrs. Scott Rogers of Norwich, two great-grand-daughters, and several nieces and nephews.