Buffalo Courier-Express

"Obituary — David J. Morris — The Erie County Advertiser (Aurora) says:
The death of David J. Morris, Esq., which occurred on the 17th Inst., has cast a feeling of deep sorrow over the village of Spring Brook and a large portion of the county. Mr. Morris settled in Spring Brook about the year 1840(?), and resided in that place up to the time of his death. At one time he owned almost the entire property which comprises the village. He was in easy pecuniary circumstances and was continually contributing to the comfort and advancement of his fellow citizens. His long life has been exemplary for its morality, generosity and unwavering fidelity to the right. The needy could always look to him as a parent. He was always liberal, in his donations for church, educational and charitable purposes. For the past few years of his life he has been a great sufferer, but whenever cheerful through the consolation that he had lived a life useful to both himself and fellow man. He leaves a wife and a large family of children."

"Events at Attica... The body of V. C. Taylor, who has been missing since Friday, was found in Tonawanda creek at three o'clock this afternoon. He was last seen going home at 9 o'clock Friday evening. Two or more strangers inquired for his residence at a neighbor's at twelve. The body was found a quarter of a mile from his residence, in a standing position. Taylor was village constable, aged seventy of inteniperate habits. It is the prevailing opinion that he was killed by tramps and his body thrown into the creek."

"Wyoming County. Warsaw.
Mrs. Betsy Bingham, widow of the late Colonel William, died March 10, aged 82 years. She was the daughter of Mr. William Knapp, one of the pioneers of the county. She was married October 14, 1828, to Col. Bingham who, from 1844 to 1866, was proprietor of Bingham House, except for an interval of two years when they lived in Buffalo.
Mr. Bingham died in June, 1869, and the son, Lucien, in May, 1885. The surviving members of the family are William Bingham, Mrs. James O. McClure, and Miss Mettie Bingham, all residents of Warsaw. Mrs. Bingham also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Atherton of Moscow, Mrs. Cross of Perry, and Mrs. Smead of Buffalo. The funeral will be held from Trinity Church, March 12, at 3 p.m."

"ALMOST A CENTENARIAN.
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Death of Mrs. Emily Doolittle of Warsaw at the Age of Ninety.
WARSAW, May 2. — (Special) — Mrs. Emily Doolittle died this morning at the residence of her son-in-law, Noble Morris, aged 90 years.
The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The remains will be taken to Wethersfield Springs for interment."

"Miss Ethel Childs of Attica, formerly of Akron, died at the home of her parents Thursday night. The deceased was twenty-two years of age and besides her parents leaves two brothers and four sisters."

"Fall from Wagon Results Fatally
Hiram R. Hall Returning Home From Akron When Accident Happens.
(by special Wire to the Courier.)
Akron, Jan. 4 — (Special)— Hiram P. Hall, seventy years old, who resided north of this village, was killed last night as the result of a fall from his wagon.
Mr. Hall had driven to the village with his son Clarence Hall and wife, who were to return to their home at River Rouge, Mich., after spending the holidays with his parents. Mrs. H.P. Hall also returned with them.
Mr. Hall was on his way home when he was jolted from the wagon, striking his head. He died shortly after."

"DIMOND — In Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1936. Helen J. Hall, aged 79 years wife of Harry J. Dimond; mother of Joseph H. and the late Seward W. Dimond. The funeral will take place from the family residence, 330 Connecticut Street, Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. Interment at Forest Lawn."

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"Harry Dimond, Druggist for 63 year, Dies
Known as Dean of His Profession in State
Buffalo's most colorful pharmacist, Harry J. Dimond, 85, a druggist for more than 63 years, died yesterday at his home, 330 Connecticut Street.
Mr. Dimond, who was known as the dean of New York State pharmacists, closed his store in Connecticut Street on Saturday and gave instructions for his funeral to his son, Joseph H. Dimond. He fell into a coma Sunday morning.
Old School Practitioner
The Dimond store, his joy and pride, might have stepped, just as it was at the closing, from the mists of the pasts. The proprietor would have nothing to do with latter day vending contrivances in a store that was meant for a pharmacy.
He was strictly a pharmacists of the old school and his store was direct reflection of his personality.
He would have nothing to do with so-called improvements, probably because over the shelves of bottles, the show cases filled with medicines and soaps and simple cosmetics, hovered a spirit of friendliness and neighborliness which the proprietor had developed and which no modern furnishings supplied.
Served Four Generations
In the back of his store, where supplies of chemicals were kept, hung rows of prescriptions, filed on long wires. These represented the joys and sorrows of four generations of customers.
Although the neighborhood in which the veteran druggist had practiced had changed, although most of the old settlers had moved away and new ones taken their places, Dimond, the neighborhood pharmacists, found time to help and advice all comers.
"I believe in live and help live," he used to say, and his reputation bore strictly to this policy. People brought their wills to him for safekeeping, they came to him with their domestic problems and with the trials and difficulties of their lives.
In 1938 he was awarded the Gregory Memorial Medal at the University of Buffalo for his services to the pharmacy. He was president of the Veteran's Drug Association and a life member of the Greater Buffalo drug Club.
...Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at 429 Fargo Avenue at the home of his son, Joseph, his only survivor. Burial will be in the Forest Lawn Cemetery."

"DIMOND - Charlotte M. Dimond (nee Newton), in Buffalo. N. Y., March 20, 1946, beloved wife of Joseph H. Dimond. Funeral will take place from her late residence, 429 Fargo Ave., Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. Deceased was a member of Naomi Chapter No. 102 O.E.S. and Vesta Rebekah Lodge No. 134" (Buffalo Courier-Express)

"ROBERTS — Cynthia Korleen, February 25th, beloved wife of Charles D. Roberts, Friends may call at the John E. Roberta Funeral Home, 762 Elmwood."

"G. H. Widler Dies In Williamsville
George H. Widler, 79, of 5557 Main St, Williamsville, retired wire chief for the New York Telephone Company, died yesterday at a nursing home in Buffalo. He fractured his hip nearly two years ago.
He was born in Akron, November 18, 1870, where he attended grade school and high school. He began his telephone career with the old Federal Telephone Co. and before his retirement in 1936 he worked 19 years for the New York Telephone Co. in Williamsville.
He was a member of Amherst Lodge 981, F&AM, and the Akron Exempt Firemen.
Surviving are his wife, Frances Childs Widler, two sons, Virgil L. and Theodore G. Widler, and two daughters, Miss Iris L. Widler and Mrs. John Soragge.
The Rev. John E. Greening, minister of the Williamsville Baptist Church, will officiate at funeral services... Burial will be in Bloomingdale Cemetery, Akron."

"George H. Widler. In Williamsville, N. Y., February 25, 1950, beloved husband of Frances Childs Widler; father of Virgil I., Theodore G., Iris L. Widler and Mrs. John Spragge. Funeral from the L. Stanley Beach Funeral Home, 5541 Main St., corner Cayuga Rd., Williamsville, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends are invited. Internment in Blooingdale Cemetery, Akron, N.Y."

"OBITUARIES
Miss Lottie J. Childs
Miss Lottie J. Childs, 59, of 5557 Main St., Williamsville, who learned the printing trade in her father's weekly newspaper as a girl of 15, died yesterday in Millard Fillmore Hospital.
Although in failing health for nearly three years, Miss Childs continued work as a composing room foreman at the Amherst Bee, weekly newspaper, on a curtailed schedule until three months ago.
Miss Childs became a printer's devil in the Akron News while she was attending Akron High School. Her father, the late James G. Childs, was founder and publisher of the weekly.
A year before his death in 1924, she joined the Amherst Bee as a linotype operator, later becoming an all-around printer. About 10 years ago, she became composing room foreman.
Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Fannie Widler with who, she lived at the Williamsville address, and a brother, Harry J. Childs of Painted Post.
The Rev. Stanley Lewis, pastor of Randall Memorial Baptist Church, will conduct funeral services at 2 tomorrow in the Beach-Tuyn Funeral Home, 5541 Main St., Williamsville. Burial will be in Bloomingdale Cemetery, Akron."

"CHILDS — Lottie J. Childs, in Williamsville, June 30, 1955, daughter of the late James G. and Lottie Hall Childs; sister of Mrs. Fanny Widler, Harry J. Childs of Painted Post, N.Y., the late Mrs. Lila Harrington, Ethel A., Allen H. Childs and Mrs. S.J. Welker. Funeral from Beach-Tuyn Funeral Home, 5541 Main St., corner Cayuga Rd., Williamsville, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends are invited."