(year penned in: 1949)

Theresa Resident Succumbs Suddenly at Home of a Heart Attack

Theresa, Dec. 15. -- Ernest Ward West, 60, fur buyer and dealer, this village, died suddenly this morning at 8 at his home from a heart attack.

Mr. West, was stricken ill about two hours before his death. He complained that he was suffering from what he thought were gas pains. He was in bed at the time and had planned to get up at 8. His wife, Mrs. West, summoned Dr. Howard Drayer. Mr. West was dead before the physician arrived.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 from the Giltz funeral home. Rev. John A. Flikkema, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will officiate. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.

Surviving him are his wife and a brother, Eldred, of Antwerp.

Mr. West was born in Theresa Jan. 15, 1889, a son of Charles Henry and Mary A. Parkhurst West. He had lived here all his life. In 1926, he married Ethel Perkins in Theresa.

Mr. West owned a farm but had not actively operated it recently. He had been a fur buyer and dealer for many years. He was a retired village fireman.

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Utica, June 4. -- Mrs. Jennie Angela Collis Wager, 83, native of Theresa and wife of Edmund J. Wager, formerly a prominent Utica attorney, died at her home, 1125 Summit Place, Utica, last night.

Funeral services will be held Friday at her home. Burial will be made in the family plot at Theresa.

Mrs. Wager was born in Theresa, Jan. 20, 1864, the daughter of Rosell C. and Angela Strong Collis, residents of that village. Mr. Wager is a native of Philadelphia the son of David J. and Sophronia Bodman Wager. He was an attorney in Philadelphia and his wife was a school teacher.

Mrs. Wager received her early education in the Theresa grade schools, followed by a course in Houghton Seminary in Clinton, where she was graduated in the class of June, 1883.

In 1889 Mrs. Wager removed with her parents from Theresa to Utica, and Nov. 11, 1891, she was married to Edmund J. Wager, then a young attorney practicing in his home town of Philadelphia. In the spring of 1892 Mr. and Mrs. Wager moved to Utica and resided here since that time, where Mr. Wager practiced law until his retirement. With the exception of the first year after coming to this city, Mr. and Mrs. Wager have resided at 1125 Summit Place.

She was a member of the New Century club of Utica and for many years a trustee and director of the institution. She also held a membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. While residing in Theresa she became a member of the Presbyterian church of that village. After removing to Utica she attended the Plymouth Congregational church.

Surviving are her husband, Edmund J. Wager, and a son, David Collis Wager, an attorney in this city; also a daughter, Mrs. Mary Angela Burt, wife of Philip H. Burt, of Arlington, Mass., and a grandson, Lawrence Wager Burt, a junior in Amherst college.

Her husband was a graduate of the Watertown High School, Class of 1878, and of Hamilton college, class of 1885.

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REDWOOD -- Mrs. Sarah Wingerath, 77, Main St., Redwood, widow of Charles Wingerath, died Sunday night at Edward John Noble Hospital, Alexandria Bay, where she was admitted Oct. 11.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter�s Episcopal Church, Redwood, Rev. Richmond Hutchins, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Redwood Cemetery.

Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Frederick Brothers Funeral Home, Redwood,. Donations may be made to St. Peter�s Church, or the American Cancer Society.

Mrs. Wingerath is survived by two sons, Charles and Donald, both of Clayton; a daughter, Mrs. Benton (June) Cook, Redwood; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was born July 30, 1901, in Theresa, a daughter of Fred and Sarah Holmes Yost, and was educated in Theresa and Redwood High Schools. She also attended Wellesley College and William Smith College. She was married to Long Island contractor, Charles Wingerath, April 18, 1921. He died Nov. 11, 1966, at the age of 70 in Redwood.

Mrs. Wingerath was a member of the Bond Drive during World War I and II, St. Peter�s Church, the American Red Cross, and the Women�s Republican Club.

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Theresa, Nov. 27. -- Fred J. Williams, 71, retired jeweler of this village, died at the Theresa hospital Friday morning after an illness of several months. He was a patient in the hospital for only a short time. Death came as a result of a weakened condition of the heart.

He was born at Knoxboro, Sept. 8, 1866, son of George and Sarah Hinman Williams. When a youth, he became interested in the repair of clocks and watches and was apprenticed to a watch repair shop when only 17. Soon after he came to Theresa to enter the employe of the late W. D. Chapman, inventor and jeweler, and was employed here until 1889 when he began business at Franklin.

While here, he became acquainted with Miss May Nichols and they were married May 20, 1889 at the Nichols home here in Pine street. Later he accepted a position in Clinton and after that in Lowell, Mass. It was while employed at Lowell that he had an opportunity to be associated with one of the largest jewelry firms of the south and he was in Columbia, S. C., for over ten years. When in the south, he was appointed watch inspector for several railroad lines. At one time he was employed by W. C. Morgan at Fulton, who now has a store in Watertown. Mr. and Mrs. Williams returned to Theresa to reside.

They had one son, Paul, who was employed by a railroad in the south and who met an accidental death when a young man. Mr. Williams was a member of the Methodist church in his native village, and was also a member of the lodge, F. & A. M. in Athens, Ga., where he always kept his membership.

He is survived by his wife, and one brother, Ernest G. Williams of Montpelier, Vt. The funeral services will be held from the home in Pine street on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., Rev. Paul Worden of the St. James Episcopal church here, officiating. Burial will be made in Oakwood cemetery here.

Abstract of Obit of Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Phleger Bullard
Unidentified newsclipping: July 12, 1944

Place of Death: Pottstown, Pa.
Date of Birth: January 13, 1868, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Marriage: George Bullard of Theresa - married in New York City
Survivors: Sons, George Percival Bullard, John Flower Bullard; two nephews, M. C. Bullard, and P. D. Purdey; nieces.

Religious affiliation: Presbyterian Church
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery

Abstract of Obit of Betty M. Burns
Unidentified newspaper - 1999

Place of death: Watertown, N. Y.
Date of Birth: September 9, 1923, Watertown, N. Y.
Parents� Names: Milton and Elizabeth Beach Sweet
Marriage: Arthur J. Burns on Sept. 10, 1941
Survivors: Daughters: Mrs. Daniel (Dianne) Davis, Mrs. Thomas (Linda) Berkman, Dona Burns; a sister, Mrs. Robert (Rosalyn) McIntyre; two brothers, Francis Sweet, Jerry Sweet; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Burial Site: Glenwood Cemetery

Obit of Rene Joseph Beaudin
Unidentified newspaper - April 4, 1963

Redwood Youth Drowns In Jewett's Creek Pond

Redwood -- Rene Joseph Beaudin, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alcid Beaudin, of Redwood, R. D. 1, drowned at 5:45 Monday afternoon while he was checking muskrat traps in a narrow 10-foot punt which overturned on the Jewett's Creek pond, two miles north of this village.

Mrs. Beaudin, watching her son from the front window of her home as he was nearing the edge of the pond which was 50 feet wide in that spot, saw him topple from the boat as he was standing alone using a long pole pushing the punt forward. He fell head first into about 10 feet of water and sank immediately from view.

The mother and another son, Alcid, 16, ran to the pond but were unable to find him. Firemen from Redwood, Theresa and Plessis responded to Mrs. Beaudin's call and with the help of flood lights began dragging the pond. Kenneth Hartman, a skin diver from Alexandria Bay, also assisted in the search. Howard Haggart and Harvey Savage, both of this village, and Deputy Elsworth recovered the body at 10:50 Monday evening across from where the punt overturned. Dr. Orin L. Rogers, coroner's physician, Alexandria Bay, pronounced the youth dead at the scene.

A prayer service was held at 9:30 a.m. today at the Quincer Funeral Home with a solemn high mass at 10 a.m. in St. Francis Xavier church, here, with Rev. Emile G. LaLonde of Madrid, former priest in charge here, officiating. Burial was in St. Francis Xavier cemetery, this village.

Rene is survived by his parents; two brothers, Leo, 29, Plessis, and Alcid, 16, at home; two sisters, Alaine, 14, and Alice, 9, both at home with her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Beaudin, this village.

Rene Joseph Beaudin was born August 13, 1944, at Alexandria Bay the son of Alfred and Janet Amyot Beaudin. He was a senior at Hammond Central school and expected to leave April 11 on the senior trip to New York city. He was on the staff of the senior yearbook, was a member of the Future Frmers of America and of St. Francis Xavier church.

Obit for Alcid Beaudin
Unidentified newsclipping - date not available
Obit

Name: Alcid Beaudin
Born: Jan. 29, 1904, in Embrum, Ont.
Parents: John and Salomnie Belisle Beaudin
Spouse: Jeanette Amyot - married Dec. 14, 1931 at St. Patrick�s Roman Catholic Church, Rossie, N. Y.
Survivors: Wife, Jeanette; two sons, Leo and Alcid, Jr.,; two daughters, Mrs. Dean (Aline) Hunneyman and Mrs. Charles (Alice) Felder; eight grandchildren; a sister, Josephiine Cloutier.

Predeceased by a son, Rene Joseph (1963) and six brothers.
Burial: Parish cemetery - St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Redwood.

Abstract of obit for Mrs. George L. Heins, age 84
Watertown Daily Times - November 14, 1938



Age at Death: 84
Mrs. George L. Heins (no given name given) was the daughter of Jefferson County�s early pioneer landholder, John LaFarge. She died in Peekskill, N. Y.

Born: 1854, Glen Cover, L. I.
Parents� Names: John and Louisa Binsse LaFarge
No burial information given.

Note: This lady�s father, John LaFarge (the first), founded the village of LaFargeville. He purchased from Joseph Bonaparte, once king of Spain and Naples and brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, practically his entire land holdings in northern New York. He built the La Farge mansion near LaFargeville in 1830. It was occupied by her father, her mother, and her brother, John, until 1840 when the family moved to New York where Mrs. Heins was born.

Mrs. Heins� husband, George, was the architect who designed the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. Her nephew was Grant La Farge, also an architect. Her brother, John, was a famous American mural painter, whose murals reportedly adorn many important buildings.

Abstract of the Obit for Laura Helmer
The Standard - May 21, 1928

Age at Death: 28

Cause of Death: Ended Her Life at Alexandria Bay
Born: February 17, 1900 in the Swan Hollow District near Redwood, N. Y.
Parents� Names: Only mother�s name was stated: Mrs. Carrie Helmer (her maiden name was probably Van Dresar.)

Unmarried, but engaged to be married to George Pierce -- a Goose Bay farmer
Survivors: Mother, Carrie; two brothers, Floyd and Frank; a sister, Mrs. Lena Keller

Note: Laura was living with her uncle, Capt. John Van Dresar (sic)

Transcriber�s Commentary: This obit went into much detail about Laura�s tragic death. This was a well-planned suicide of a young woman who for some time believed herself undeserving of life.