Pennysaver, Gowanda
January 1985Lynn H. Wright, 93, of Gowanda died December 31.
He was the husband of the late Blanche Wright, son of the late Harlow and Nellie Wright; father of the late Glenn W. Wright; survived by several nieces and grandchildren.nterment was in Pine Grove Cemetery.
52704. Mabel Elizabeth Hascall
Pennysaver, Gowanda
December 2, 1981Mabel E. Brumfield died November 30 at Helmuth after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Effie (Shaw) Haskell, and made her home in the Gowanda area before moving to South Mills.
She is survived by a son, Charles Mumford of Collins; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a brother, George Haskell and a sister, Mrs. Florence Dailey.
Gowanda News & Observer
June 11, 1964Roy E. Brumfield, King Road Forestville, passed away at Brooks Hospital, Dunkirk, June, 9, 1964.
He is survived by his wife, Mabel Hascall Brumfield, a son, Charles Mumford; four brothers, Oza, Perrysburg; Lionel, Silver Creek; Floyd, Cottage; William, Gowanda, and two grandchildren. He was a member of the Gowanda Odd Fellows No. 511.
Obituary Hamburg SunFuneral services were held Sunday afternoon in the W.L. Froehley Funeral Home in Lake St. for Mrs. Clara R. DeGraff of Pleasant Ave. who died last Thursday. The Rev. Gilbert W. Whiting, minister of Hamburg Methodist Church officiated with burial in Prospect Lawn cemetery.
Mrs. DeGraff was the wife of the late Elton DeGraff, longtime watchmaker here who serviced the instruments for the 1925 South Pole Byrd expedition. She leaves two sons, Clifton H. of Monroe, Mich., Lee M. of Lancaster and a daughter Miss Myra DeGraff of Hamburg.
Obituary Hamburg SunOne of the nation's foremost watch and precision instrument repair men, Elton D. DeGraff of Pleasant Ave., died Sunday in his 84th year.
Burial was in Prospect Lawn cwmetery.
Mr. DeGraff who operated his own jewelry store in Main St. from 1892 to 1953 serviced the precision instruments of the first Antartic Expedition of Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1926. His shop was in the building now occupied by the Growing Up Shop.
Mr. DeGraff was a member of the Methodist Church an was a Sunday School teacher there for 55 years. Born in North Boston he was educated in local schools and opened his own business here as a youth.
Mr. DeGraff leaves his wife, the former Clara Hascall, a daughter, Miss Myra DeGraff and two sons, Lee M. of Lancaster and Clifton H. of Monroe Mich.
Hamburg Sun
March 28, 1974Funeral sevices were held from the W.L. Froehley Funeral Home in Lake St. on March 15 for Miss Myra DeGraff, a former Hamburg resident, who died Mar. 13 in her 76th year.
Miss DeGraff was the daughter of the late Elton and Clara Hascall DeGraff. The family, for many years operated a watch repair and jewelry business here. She was also the sister of the late Clifton and Lee Degraff.
52716. Lawrence Washington Bruce Chandler
Served in the Army during the Spanish American War. Apparently contract
ed an illness (malaria?) in Tampa, FL, and was discharged there after the war. Later returned to live in St Petersburg, Florida for a few years, probably before 1927. Returned to Ohio, became a grocery wholesaler whose business went broke on egg futures, then became a farmer in Darby Township, Union County, on a share of the Marshall Guy property.
The Franklin Evening Star (Franklin, Indiana)
9 May 1923Mrs. Una Mae Chandler, age 42 years, of Mansfield, O., was killed when the touring car in which she was riding with her husband, Homer P. Chandler and her son, James Lee Chandler, capsized into the ditch just to the south of a culvert, just north of Amity, at 10 o'clock last night.
The Chandlers had gone to Louisville to get their son, James, who had run away from home. After finding him they immediately started back to their home in Mansfield and intended reaching there some time today.
Mr. Chandler said this morning that he was just approaching the culvert when the lights of an approaching car blinded him. He brought his automobile almost to the dead halt and the car slowly rolled over on its top into the ditch. Mr. Chandler said it felt as though the side of the road, which had been built up, gave way under his car. Motorist in another car which was passing hurriedly took the news to Amity and villagers rushed to their aid. The car was lifted and Mr. Chandler and the son taken out and then Mrs. Chandler was removed. She was unconscious but it was thought that she was still alive. Hurried calls were made for doctors. She was take to the home of Deroy Harrison in Amity.
Mr. Harrison said this morning that they were unable to locate any doctors in Franklin and finally got Dr. David Phipps. He made a hurried trip to Amity but upon his arrival the woman was dead. Dr. Phipps said this morning that he believed she died about a half hour after the accident. Dr. Phipps arrived only a few minutes after 10:30 o'clock. Dr. J. T. Bice of Edinburg, arrived at the Harrison home shortly after Dr. Phipps came.
The car which the Chandlers were driving was a big Haynes twelve cylinder touring car. Mr. Chandler said this morning that they were all riding in the front seat and when the car turned over he was crowded over the son who was in the center and Mrs. Chandler was caught and pinned under the back of the front seat. The car continued to sink deep due to the giving away of the auto top and Mr. Chandler said that he though he would smother before the car was lifted from him. He estimated the time they were pinned underneath as about fifteen minutes.
Dr. Phipps gave a coroner's verdict this morning as "accidental death due to internal injuries." He said that his examination disclosed no fractures or cuts but that death came from injuries which were not determinable after the death.
The Vandivier ambulance of this city was called and the body brought to Franklin. It will be taken to Mansfield, O., this evening where the funeral will be held tomorrow. Mr. Chandler and the son left for Mansfield at noon today.
The Chandlers had been to Louisville on a short visit and were returning to Mansfield.
Mrs. Chandler was born in Columbus, O. She was a member and faithful worker in the Central Methodist Church of Mansfield.
She is survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Ella McWhirt of Columbus, O., and four sons and four daughters, Homer of Detroit, William, Dorothy, James, Audrey, Anne, Esther and Charles Edward, all of the Mansfield home.
Mr. Chandler and the son suffered only slight bruises and bad shaking up in the accident.
Mr. Chandler is a developing engineer of the Ohio Bridge Company of Mansfield, O. He is a member of the Mystic Shrine and a very prominent business man of Mansfield.
Farmers who lifted the car and removed the Chandlers are Victor Barrow, Deroy Harrison, A. J. Fishback and Clyde McKinney.
The car was brought to the Kerlin garage in this city. The top was torn and the body dented in a few places but otherwise the automobile was not badly damaged.