(date penned in: Feb. 19, 1976)

Redwood -- Mrs. Leona Cuppernoll Tubbs, 82, of Route 1, Old County Route 3, Fulton, formerly of Redwood and Canastota, widow of C. Hubert Tubbs, died Sunday afternoon after being in poor health several years.

The funeral was Wednesday at the J. Homer Ball Funeral Home, Canastota, with burial in Lenox Rural Cemetery.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. George (Thelma) Finck of Fulton with whom she had resided; a sister, Mrs. Viola Bohrnsen, Port Angeles, Wash.; three grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces.

Born April 24, 1893, at Canastota, a daughter of Frank and Sarah Burdo Cuppernoll, she was married to C. Hubert Tubbs Oct. 25, 1911. The couple lived in the South Bay section several years.

For 28 years prior to Mr. Tubbs death June 22, 1971, the couple owned and operated Tubbs Motor Court and Restaurant at Browns Corners, Alexandria Bay-Redwood road.

Mrs. Tubbs had resided with her daughter since Mr. Tubbs� death.

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Redwood -- Everett A. Thornton, 68, died at his home at 3 a.m., Monday.

The funeral will e at 9:30 a.m. today (Thursday) at the family home and at 10 at St. Francis Xavier church with Rev. Robert L. Cotter, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Redwood cemetery. The Rosary was recited Tuesday night.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Julia H. Thornton; two sons, Stanley, Philadelphia; Donald, Watertown; three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Jarvis, Mrs. Marjorie Slate, both of Redwood; Mrs. Virginia Hepfer, Plessis; a brother, Stanley, Theresa; and 23 grandchildren.

Mr. Thornton was born in the town of Macomb, May 27, 1896, a son of Royal and Mary Cleland Thornton. The family moved to the Theresa area when he was a youth and he was educated in rural schools in the Redwood area. He married Julia Harris Oct. 10, 1921, in St. Patrick�s church, Rossie. They moved to Redwood in 1934.

He was a mason for Stebbins Engineering Co., Watertown, for 35 years, retiring eight years ago due to ill health. He was a member of St. Xavier church, Hunter Suits Post American Legion. A member of the Redwood Fire Department from 1937 to 1960 and since then an honorary member of the dept.

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(date penciled in: January 5, 2000)

Alexandria Bay -- John C. Thomson, 55, of 359 West Second Street, Corning, formerly of Alexandria Bay, died Dec. 17 at his home.

A funeral was to be held at the convenience of the family.

Memorial donations may be made to the Corning SPCA.

Mr. Thomson was born Feb. 3, 1944, in Watertown, son of John Y. and Marion Murphy Thomson. He graduated from Alexandria Central School in 1963 and attended Corning Community College.

He was employed by Corning Glass Works as a draftsman for nine years and prior to that at Dresser Rand in the 1960�s, �70s and �80s.

He is survived by his mother, Marion Thomson, Corning; a sister, Marcia and brother-in-law, John Browning, Winter Garden, Fla.; his aunt and uncle, Marjorie and Donald Fasano, Ocoee, Fla., and Alexandria Bay.

His father died Oct. 17, 1996.

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Malone, March 31. -- Miss Elizabeth S. Thwing, 81, died shortly before noon Saturday at the home of her sister, Mrs. R. N. Porter, 10 Wheeler avenue.

She was born in Leonidas, Mich., on March 17, 1866. At the age of three the family moved to Theresa, N. Y., and she resided there until 1916 when she came to Malone to live with her sister.

Miss Thwing is survived by her sister, Mrs. Porter, a nephew, Norman S. Porter, Malone; a niece, Mrs. Gordon Roberts, Malone; a grandniece, Pamela Porter, Malone; a niece and nephew, Henry and Lenore Spalsbury, Kalamazoo, Mich., and two cousins, Mrs. Winfield Bacon and Mrs. Edith Norris, Philadelphia.

She was affiliated with the Presbyterian church and a member of the First Congregational church. She was a member of the Elm City Chapter O. E. S. and the Tuesday Club.

The body was at the Cargill funeral parlors and was taken today to Theresa where funeral services and burial were held.

(A second obit from another newspaper):

Theresa, March 31. -- News was received here Saturday of the death at Malone of Miss Lizzie Twing, 81, formerly residing here and a native of this section. The funeral services were held today at 2 at the Giltz funeral home here and burial will be made here at Theresa in the family plot. Miss Twing died early Saturday morning. She had been making her home for a term of years with her relatives, Dr. and Mrs. Roy Porter, Malone.

Miss Twing was very active here in her youth and later years in church and social events. She was brought up by the late Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Twing, near relatives, being taken as a child at the death of her mother. She attended the schools of Theresa and took an active part in the work of the Presbyterian church. She was by nature very helpful and had many friends here.

When the old quilting society was organized here in 1886 she became a member, there being 21 in the club. The rules were that when each member was married there would be a quilt ready for them. It is stated that Mrs. Ida Walradt of this village was the first to receive a quilt and Mrs. May Vock the second member, receiving them some 61 years ago. There are eight members still living who were members of this society.

The nearest relative is Mrs. Roy Fuller (sic), who is a half sister to Mrs. Twing.

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(date penned in: December 5, 1992)

Alexandria Bay -- Roswell P. Trickey, 67, of 150 Clinton Street, Watertown, formerly of Alexandria Bay, died Dec. 5 at his home.

The funeral was scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Cyril�s Church, Alexandria Bay, with the Rev. Thomas Driscoll, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in St. Cyril�s Cemetery.

Survivors include a son, Roswell P. Trickey Jr., Malone; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Mary Lou) Jones, Auburn, and three grandchildren.

Born in Alexandria Bay on March 11, 1925, a son of Ross and Louise Patterson Trickey, he was a graduate of Alexandria Bay High School and Paul Smith�s College and attended Syracuse University. He married Helen Escridge on Sept. 18, 1948. She died in 1968.

Mr. Trickey served with the Marine Corps from FEb. 26, 1944, to June 28, 1945, in Guam from July 21, 1944, to Aug. 15, 1944, and in Okinawa from Apr. 1, 1945, to June 8, 1945. He was employed with General Electric Corp., Syracuse, as a technical writer in Germany and Turkey.

He was a member of American Legion Colon-Couch Post 821, Clayton, and the Disabled Veterans. He served as a volunteer at Mercy Hospital and Veterans Administration Hospital, Syracuse.

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(year penned in: 1993)

Alexandria Bay -- The funeral for Bert E. Tibbles, 83, of 34 Briarwood Apartments, retired owner and operator of the former Tibbles Lumber Co., Redwood, was held Tuesday at the Reformed Church of the Thousand Isles with the Rev. William Hunter, retired pastor, officiating. Burial was in Redwood Cemetery.

Mr. Tibbles was found dead Sept. 11 at his apartment.

Surviving are a son, Bert E., Jr., Wurtsboro; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Lula Burnham, Virginia, and Dorothy, Waterbury, Conn., and nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Gary (Sandra Honeywell) Hicks, Oxbow.

Born Jan. 23, 1910, in Plessis, son of Alvin and Grace Wagoner Tibbles, he attended Plessis schools and married Hattie Davis of Morristown on Feb. 20, 1930, in the Methodist parsonage in Alexandria Bay. Mrs. Tibbles died Oct. 22, 1990.

Mr. Tibbles was owner of the former Tibbles Lumber Co. and the Redwood Laundromat. He was a contractor and builder most of his life and built many houses and motels in the area.

He was an Army veteran of World War II, stationed at Camp Hood, Tex., with the Armored Division.

Mr. Tibbles was a member and past master of Alexandria Bay Masonic Lodge 297, and a member of the Alexandria Bay Odd Fellows and the Reformed Church of the Thousand Isles.

(Oct. 22, 1990)

Alexandria Bay -- Hattie L. Tibbles, 79, of 34 Briarwood Apartments, Alexandria Bay, formerly of Redwood, died Oct. 22 in E. J. Noble Hospital, Alexandria Bay, where she had been a patient for two weeks. She had been in failing health for the past year.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24 in the Reformed Church of the 1000 Isles, with the Rev. Robert Vrooman, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Redwood Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, Bert E. Tibbles, Sr.; a son, Bert E. Tibbles, Jr., Middletown; a foster daughter, Sandra Honeywell, Oxbow; five grandchildren; three foster grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. John (Audrey) Lawrence and Mrs. Freida Dodge, both of Alexandria Bay, and Mrs. Lillian Engquist, Tryon, N. C.; two brothers, Curtis Davis, Redwood and Duncan Davis, Charlottesville, Va. A sister, Elmira Parker, and two brothers, Glen Davis and Alfred Davis, died before her.

Born July 21, 1911 in Morristown, daughter of Fred and Bertha McIntyre Davis, she attended school in Brier Hill. She was a waitress for many years in Alexandria Bay and owned and operated with her husband Tibbles Hardware, Laundromat and Lumber Company in Redwood. The couple moved from Redwood to Alexandria Bay after retirement in 1985.

She married Bert E. Tibbles Sr., on Feb. 20, 1930 in the Alexandria Bay Methodist Church with the Rev. Scott officiating.

She was a past Noble Grand of Alexandria Bay Rebekah Lodge, and was a member of the Plessis United Methodist Church.

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The funeral for Mrs. Lena Theobold, 90, was held Monday at St. Francis Xavier Church, Redwood, with Rev. Rolland Hart, pastor, officiating. Spring burial will be in Redwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Theobold, widow of Carl L. Theobold, died Saturday morning, Dec. 22, 1979, at the Harwood Nursing Home, Oswego, where she had lived for five years.

Frederick Brothers Funeral Home, Redwood, was in charge of arrangements.

She is survived by a son, Francis, Alexandria Bay; a daughter, Mrs. Gus (Loretta) Mullholland, Ocean City, N. J.; a sister, Mrs. Elroy (Arvilla) Wormell, Watertown; seven grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.

Born Jan. 13, 1889, she was one of four children of George and Ida Youngs Ritter.

She was married in 1908 to Carl L. Theobold, who worked at the Holmes Feed Mill. The couple lived in Redwood.

Mr. Theobold died at age 68 in 1951 from injuries he received in a fall.

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Redwood: Ora Deforest Thomas, 68, retired farmer of this region died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Maurice Farrell, this village on Saturday afternoon, March 29th, after a serious illness since March 11 when he suffered a stroke followed by a second one on March 14. He had been ill for a year previous with a heart condition.

Ora D. Thomas was born in Jan. 28, 1873, at Pierrepont Manor, son of Eldridge and DeEtta O�Neil Thomas. He attended the public schools of that place and as a young man he moved to Carthage with his parents where he worked in a pulp mill. Later the family moved to North Wilna where he pursued farming with his father.

On June 17, 1896 he married Miss May Barker daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barker of North Wilna in a ceremony performed in the Baptist parsonage of Philadelphia, by the Rev. C. Jeffers.

Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Thomas resided for a year in North Wilna and then moved to Alexandria Bay where Mr. Thomas was employed and where they resided for four years. They then took up farming and from that time on until his retirement in June 1940, they lived on various farms in the Town of Alexandria, having been on their own for the past fifteen years.

Mr. Thomas was very active in church and civic organization(s) up until three weeks ago. He was a member of the Redwood Methodist church and an earnest worker in all its departments. At the time of his death he was a member of the church board and a trustee of the church. He was also a teacher of the adult bible class for many years. He sang in the church choir and always gave willingly of his talent in music for any affair held in the village. At one time he was a member of the Jefferson county Men�s chorus which participated in many musical competitions in the county.

Mr. Thomas was the first president of the Alexandria local unit of the Dairymen�s League and served in that capacity for over twenty years with the exception of one year in the interim, and until 1940. He served for a number of years as master of the Kirkland Subordinate grange and also as its chaplain. Mr. Thomas was also an honorary member of the Kirkland Juvenile Grange and took a great interest in its progress. Last December he addressed the members of that organization on faith and loyalty to church and grange.

He leaves to mourn his loss, his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Mamie Wheeler of Wilmington, Delaware; Mrs. Maurice Farrell of Redwood; two sons, Earl and Leo of Redwood; one sister, Mrs. Edward Plimpton, of Alexandria Bay; three granddaughters; three grandsons; three nieces and one nephew.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, April 1st, with prayer services at his home at one o�clock, and from the Methodist church at 1:30 o�clock, with the Rev. Kenneth D. Jones pastor of the church officiating. Burial was made in the Redwood cemetery.

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(date penciled in: October 20, 1981)

The funeral for Mrs. Louise Timerman, 83, was held Wednesday at the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Orleans Four Corners, with Rev. James Slater, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery, Theresa.

Mrs. Timerman, formerly of LaFargeville, widow of Percy E. Timerman, died Sunday evening, Oct. 18, 1981, at the Samaritan Keep Home, Watertown, where she had been a patient since Aug. 28, 1977.

Frederick Brothers Funeral Home, LaFargeville was in charge of arrangements.

Donations may be made in her name to the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

She is survived by a brother, Adam Hartman, Massena; a twin sister, Mrs. Charles (Lotha) Snell, Alexandria Bay, nieces and nephews.

Born May &, 1898 in the LaFargeville section, a daughter of George and Sophia Vogt Hartman, she moved to the Town of Alexandria with her family as a child and attended Plessis and Alexandria Bay section schools.

She married Percy Timerman of Orleans Four Corners, Jan. 7, 1920. The couple purchased and operated the Byron Timerman farm.

Mr. Timerman, former Town of Orleans highway superintendent and past president of the Jefferson County Highway Superintendents Association, died Sept. 29, 1978. at the age of 80.

She was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid Society of the Church and was a volunteer air raid warden in World War II.

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(year penciled in: 1993)

Philadelphia -- Carl N. Thibault, 85, of 5 Sand Street, died Dec. 31 at the House of the Good Samaritan, Watertown, where he was admitted Dec. 26.

A memorial service was held Monday at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church with the Rev. Liam O�Doherty officiating. Spring burial will be in St. Lawrence Union Cemetery, Cape Vincent.

Surviving are his wife, Nellie; two sons, Freeman, Washington, D. C. and David, Garden Grove, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Patricia) Knowles, Philadelphia; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Lewis (Julia) Bevens, Clayton.

A sister, Marguerite Margery, died before him.

Born in Clayton, Dec. 18, 1908, son of Henry and Helen Carpenter Thibault, he graduated from St. Mary�s Catholic School in Clayton. He married Nellie Condon of Clayton on Oct. 31, 1933, in the chapel of St. Mary�s convent, Clayton.

For 24 years he managed Grand Union stores in Clayton, Watertown and Theresa. In 1946, he moved to Philadelphia to manage the Red and White store. He was also employed by New York Air Brake Co., Watertown, and St. Regis Paper Co., Deferiet, retiring in 1973.

Mr. Thibault was a communicant of St. Joseph�s Catholic Church and a member of Knights of Columbus Council 7471 of Evans Mills, the Civic League of Philadelphia and the Indian River senior citizens group.

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(year penned in: 1994)

Orleans -- Ruth E. Timmerman, 104, formerly of Orleans-Four Corners, died at 4 a.m. Nov. 15 at the Samaritan-Keep Nursing Home, Watertown, where she had been a resident since Jan. 13, 1889.

A memorial service will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in the family plot in Orleans Four Corners Cemetery.

Arrangements are with Frederick Brothers Funeral Home, Theresa.

Donations may be made to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Orleans-Four Corners.

Surviving are a cousin, Geraldine Huddleston, Carthage.

Born on May 12, 1890, the only child of Grandison and Maria Hilliker Timmerman, she attended rural schools.

A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, she was organist at the church from 1902 until 1986 and was caretaker of the church for many years. She also cared for the elderly in the Orleans-Four Corners area.

In 1971, Miss Timmerman moved to the Shimel Road and in 1986 she moved to Watertown. In 1990, at the age of 100, she attended and played the organ for the church�s 150th anniversary celebration.

Miss Timmerman was a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Redwood, the Thousand Islands Grange, the Home Bureau and the Ladies Aid Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

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(date penciled in: 6/01/2000)

Former Welder

DEXTER -- Charles J. Townsend, Sr., 94, Foster Park Road, died at 6:40 p.m. Friday at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, where he had been a patient for two days.

Mr. Townsend was a government welder for 36 years and retired from Hall Ski Lift Co., Watertown, in 1970.

Born Oct. 9, 1905, in Watertown, son of Charles and Jessie Mae Landon Townsend, he graduated from Watertown High School.

He married Alyettia M. Beaumont on June 9, 1930, at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Watertown, with the Rev. Peter A. Lesperance, former pastor, officiating. The couple lived in Watertown until 1947, when they moved to their present home.

Surviving besides his wife are three sons, Robert L., Central Square, Charles J., Jr., Philadelphia, and Paul H., Dexter; a daughter, Dolores M. Allison, Dexter; 15 grandchildren and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren.

Two brothers, Harold and Landon, and two sisters, Elizabeth Tenney and Mary Kissel, died before him.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Joseph Elliot, pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton Church, officiating. Burial will be in North Watertown Cemetery.

Calling hours will e from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Donations may be made to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society or the Eye Tissue Donation Bank.

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The funeral for Ralph Walter Timerman, 65, Orleans Four Corners, Town of Orleans supervisor and former chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors, will e 2 p.m. Friday at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Orleans Four Corners with Rev. James Slater, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Orleans Four Corners Cemetery.

Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Frederick Brothers Funeral Home, LaFargeville.

A Masonic service will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday t the funeral home.

Donations may be made in his name to the LaFargeville Rescue Squad. Evangelical Lutheran Church or the Jefferson Community College fund for student aid.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital at 12:16 p.m. Tuesday after being stricken at home.

In public service nearly 30 years, at the time of his death, he was chairman of the supervisors� personnel committee and a member of the ways and means and Thousand Islands Bridge committees and chairman of the Jefferson County Planning Board. He was also chairman of the Town of Orleans Republican Committee.

He was formerly chairman of the highway and ways and means committees.

Mr. Timerman was unanimously elected chairman of the board of supervisors Jan. 6, 1976, and held that post through December 31, 1977.

He is survived by his wife, I. Elizabeth Timerman; a son, Ralph William, LaFargeville, a teacher at Indian River Central School, Philadelphia; two daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Barbara) Manchin, West Monroe and Miss Susan Timerman, Syracuse; seven grandchildre; two sisters, Mrs. Roy (Hazel) Fulkerson, Adams, and Mrs. Donald (Mary) Hughton, Dexter, several nieces and nephews.

Born Dec. 27, 1915, at the farm home where he spent his entire life, he was one of three children of Claude and Jeannette Fleming Timerman.

His father, a town of Orleans farmer, died Sept. 6, 1934, at the age of 44 of injuries received in an automobile accident in Indianapolis, Ind. He was returning home after attending the Chicago World�s Fair. Mrs. Jeannette Timerman died Nov. 21, 1933, at the age of 45.

Ralph W. Timerman attended LaFargeville High School and was graduated from Theresa High School in 1936. He was graduated from Canton ATI in 1938.

He served with the Army Corps of Engineers at Pine Camp (Fort Drum) in 1941 and 1942, as a civilian employe.

He married Ida Elizabeth Tenney June 27, 1940, at the home of the bride in Theresa, with Rev. Charles G. Cady, officiating.

He had operated a beef and dairy farm all his adult life.

An eight-year member of the LaFargeville Central School Board, he served as Town of Orleans Assessor from 1952 to 1967 and had served as chairman of the local board of assessors.

He was elected to the county board of supervisors in November 1966 by a vote of 495 to 274, defeating Anthony J. Seme. Mr. Timerman succeeded Mrs. Dorothy Parker who had taken the supervisor post following the death of her husband, B. Douglas Parker, former board chairman.

Mr. Timerman relinquished his positions on the school board and as an assessor at the time of his election to the board and assumed the supervisor office Jan. 1, 1967.

He was elected chairman of the Jefferson County Planning Committee in October 1971, succeeding the late Alvie M. Edwards. Mr. Timerman became a member of the committee when it was formed in 1966.

He had been vice chairman of the board of the Black River-St. Lawrence Regional Planning Board.

He was presented a citation in 1972 in recognition of his years service as a director of the Land Bank and Production Credit Associations and had served as president of the Federal Land Bank Association.

He represented Jefferson County at a May 1978 conference to establish the Adirondack-North County Economic Council.

A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Orleans Four Corners, he was a member of Masonic Lodge 171, La Fargeville, the La Fargeville Volunteer Fire Department several years serving as a firepoliceman and was a former member of the Odd Fellows.

He was a member of the New York Beef Cattlemen�s Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.