Bronson Family Obituary Extractions

by Leatrice Doolen

The following are extractions from the obituaries of some of Bronson family members of the town of Ohio.  The entire obituary is not provided herein, as these are all copyrighted by the Herkimer Evening Telegram.  Also, survivors are typically not listed here to protect their privacy.

WILLIAM A. BRONSON
Thursday April 21, 1951 Herkimer & April 26, 1951
The Evening Telegram:
Born 24 March 1874 in the town of Remson.
Son of Anthony and Rosallia Ferguson Bronson.
Married Emma Ferguson on 14 Apr 1897 at Prospect.
Died Saturday, age 77 at home in Middleville.
Burial in Middleville cemetery.
Member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors listed.

MRS. EMMA BRONSON
Wednesday April 20, 1955 pg 5   The Evening Telegram:
Born 24 Jul 1879 in the town of Ohio.
Daughter of Luezen and Jeanette Ferguson.
Married 1897 to William A. Bronson at Grant (he died Apr 1951).
Died yesterday age 75 at Herkimer Memorial Hospital, resident of Middleville.
Burial in Middleville cemetery.
Survivors listed, includes two sisters:  Mrs. May Conkling & Mrs. Una Christman both of Cold Brook.

MORRIS A. BRONSON
Utica, Sat., February 22, 1964
Born in the town of Russia.
Married Rita La Combe in 1940.
Died yesterday age 62, resident of Poland.
Burial in Prospect Cemetery.
Member of St. John's Church, Newport.
survivors include: sister Mrs. Leona Lincourt, Hinckley and 4 brothers, Myles, Middleville; Duane, Grant; Cecil and Gerald, of Little Falls.

MRS. LEONA LINCOURT
April 3, 1964   The Evening Telegram:
Born in Hinckley
Daughter of William and Emma Ferguson Bronson
Married Dolphus Lincourt in 1920 at Middleville.
Died yesterday age 64 at Oneida City Hospital, resident of Cold Brook former resident of Richfield Springs.
Member of St. Joseph's Church
Survivors include: 4 brothers, Myles, Middleville; Duane, Cold Brook; Cecil and Gerald, of Little Falls.

DOLTHUS LINCOURT
October 17, 1982
Died Friday at Herkimer Memorial Hospital, resident of Richfield Springs.
Buried in St. Joseph's Church

CECIL BRONSON SR
The Evening Telegram:
Born in Hinckley
Married Ethel Hannay in 1910 at Prospect
Died yesterday age 66, resident of Little Falls.
Burial in Middleville cemetery.
Survivors include 3 brothers: Duane, Cold Brook; Gerald, Little Falls; Miles, Middleville.

DUANE BRONSON
The Evening Telegram  Herkimer  pg 3,  October 30, 1978
Born 24 Jul 1903 in the town of Remsen.
Son of William and Emma Ferguson Bronson.
Married Mary Roby in 1922.
Died age 75 on Saturday at Herkimer Memorial Hospital, resident of Cold Brook.
Burial in Woodin Corners cemetery.
Survivors include 2 brothers: Gerald, Ilion and Miles, Middleville

MRS MARY E. BRONSON
The Evening Telegram  Herkimer ,  April 12, 1994
Born 29 Aug 1904 in the town of Russia.
Daughter of Fred and Estelle Roby.
Married Duane O. Bronson in 1922.  He died 28 Oct 1978.
Died 11 Apr 1994 at St. Luke's Hospital, New Hartford, age 89, resident of Cold Brook.
Burial in Wooden Corner cemetery, town of Russia.

DUANE J. BRONSON
1958, paper unknown
(ARTICLE : from a collection given to Newport Historical Center)
Born 1 Jun 1925 in Cold Brook.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Bronson.
Married.  WWII vet.
Died Saturday in Utica Hospital.
Member of Remsen Methodist Church.

MORRIS I. BRONSON
Born 30 Dec 1930 in Cold Brook.
Son of Duane and Mary Roby Bronson.
Married Irene Grimshaw 4 Jun 1955 in Poland. US Navy vet.
Died 5 May 1995 in Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown age 67, resident of Richfield Springs.

MRS. MARY BRONSON
Born 3 Dec 1903 in Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
Daughter of Albert and Laura DuValle Harper.
Married Gerald Bronson on 30 Jun 1934 in Middleville.
Died yesterday at Little Falls Hospital, age 55, resident of Little Falls.
Burial in St. Mary's cemetery, town of Herkimer (to be done in the spring).
Survivors include 5 brothers: Russell Harper, Utica; Roland and Walter, Little Falls; Gordon, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Alfre, Ilion; and 2 sisters: Mrs Hazel Lewery of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Mrs Luella Murray, Smith Falls, Canada.
Member of St. Mary's Church.

GERALD BRONSON
The Evening Telegram:
Born 22 Dec 1908 in Northwood, NY.
Son of William and Emma Ferguson Bronson.
Married to Mary Smith (deceased) and later to Edith Johnson Metz on 18 Nov 1967 at Inghams Mills.
Died 14 Mar 1986 in Mohawk Valley General Hospital, age 77, resident of town of Fairfield.
Buried in Middleville cemetery (to be done in the spring).
Member of the First United Methodist Church of Ilion.
Survivors include one brother: miels Bronson of Middleville.

MYLES I. BRONSON
The Evening Telegram:
Born 1 May 1918 in Hinckley, NY.
Son of William and Emma Ferguson Bronson.
Married to Catherine H. Chomial, 28 Aug 1940 in Newport.
Died 18 Aug 1987, at Mohawk Valley General Hospital, Ilion, age 69, resident of Middleville.
Member of Trinity St. Michaels Episcopal Church, Middleville.
Creamation and interment in the Middleville cemetery.

RAYMOND L. BRONSON
(unknown what paper or exact date of this article - he died in 1949)
Born 26 Dec 1885 in the town of Remsen.
Son of Anthony and Rosella Ferguson Bronson.
Died yesterday in St. Lukes Hospital (where taken after a fall on Feb 23rd), Utica, age 63, resident of Prospect.
Burial in the Prospect cemetery.
Survivors includ William Bronson, Middleville.
 

NOTES:

If any one has any information on these Bronson, Ferguson, Families please contact me: Leatrice.   Anthony Bronson was the son of Anthony and Elizabeth Wall Bronson, from the Remsen area.  Rosella Ferguson was the daughter of Chauncey and Ruth Barto Curtis Ferguson, of the town of Ohio.
 

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