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- Mrs. Grace [Amelia] COON PLACE,
for many years a resident of Milton and Milton
- Junction, died in Bethesda hospital,
Hornell, N.Y., on October 25, 1946, after an illness of six weeks.
Funeral services were held from the Milton Junction Seventh Day
Baptist church on October 29.
- Born near Owego, N.Y., January 26,
1865, she was the daughter of Albert and
- Alvira GREEN CLARKE and moved
to this vicinity as a girl with the family. She had a brother
Charles CLARKE who was principal of the Albion academy,
and two sisters, Dr. Ella CRANDALL SMART, and Kate who
was a graduate nurse near New York City, all of whom are deceased.
- She was married to George W. COON
on June 22, 1898, and to them were born
- three children, Marion, Mrs. Merle
DEARDORFF, LaGrange, Ill.; Charles Clarence and Lawrence
Loraine, both of whom reside in the East. She is survived also
by four step- children, Ross C. COON, Milton; Dr. Wallace
W. COON, Walworth; Lillian, Mrs. Albert WEBSTER,
LaGrange, and Carroll COON, Madison.
- She was a member of the Milton Seventh
Day Baptist church, and upon her marriage
- transferred to the Milton Junction
church where her membership remained until her death.
- Services were conducted by Dr. Edwin
Ben Shaw and the Rev. Willard D. Babcock.
- Burial was in the Milton Junction cemetery.
[Thursday edition, p. 7]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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