Evening Recorder, Amsterdam, NY, Wednesday, May 4, 1938
Jesse H. Fonda
The funeral of Jesse H. Fonda
70, former city clerk of Schenec-
tady and a member of the Board
of Assessors In that city for 16
years, will be held Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at his
home, 1087 Glenwood Boulevard,
and interment will be in Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady.
Mr. Fonda died Monday afternoon
after a short illness. Born in
Schoharie County in 1868, a son of
Jacob Fonda and Eunice Lansing,
he went to Schenectady County
with his parents in boyhood and
the family settled in the section
known as "Fonda's Basin". As a
young man he was employed in
the carpet mills of Stephen Sanford
A Sons, this city. He was
appointed city clerk of Schenectady
in 1916. In 1919 he was elected
assessor and served continuously
until the close of 1935.
The survivors are his wife, who
before her marriage, was Jane A.
Williams; two daughters by a
previous marriage, Miss Myrtle
Fonda and Mrs. Hazel F. Northrup,
both of Schenectady, and two
grandchildren.
Note: other source is Fonda.org. Jesse's mother was Eunice Shafer who married 2nd, Abraham Lansing.
Jesse H. Fonda
The funeral of Jesse H. Fonda
70, former city clerk of Schenec-
tady and a member of the Board
of Assessors In that city for 16
years, will be held Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at his
home, 1087 Glenwood Boulevard,
and interment will be in Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady.
Mr. Fonda died Monday afternoon
after a short illness. Born in
Schoharie County in 1868, a son of
Jacob Fonda and Eunice Lansing,
he went to Schenectady County
with his parents in boyhood and
the family settled in the section
known as "Fonda's Basin". As a
young man he was employed in
the carpet mills of Stephen Sanford
A Sons, this city. He was
appointed city clerk of Schenectady
in 1916. In 1919 he was elected
assessor and served continuously
until the close of 1935.
The survivors are his wife, who
before her marriage, was Jane A.
Williams; two daughters by a
previous marriage, Miss Myrtle
Fonda and Mrs. Hazel F. Northrup,
both of Schenectady, and two
grandchildren.
Note: other source is Fonda.org. Jesse's mother was Eunice Shafer who married 2nd, Abraham Lansing.
Evening Recorder, Amsterdam, NY, Wednesday, May 4, 1938
Jesse H. Fonda
The funeral of Jesse H. Fonda
70, former city clerk of Schenec-
tady and a member of the Board
of Assessors In that city for 16
years, will be held Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at his
home, 1087 Glenwood Boulevard,
and interment will be in Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady.
Mr. Fonda died Monday afternoon
after a short illness. Born in
Schoharie County in 1868, a son of
Jacob Fonda and Eunice Lansing,
he went to Schenectady County
with his parents in boyhood and
the family settled in the section
known as "Fonda's Basin". As a
young man he was employed in
the carpet mills of Stephen Sanford
A Sons, this city. He was
appointed city clerk of Schenectady
in 1916. In 1919 he was elected
assessor and served continuously
until the close of 1935.
The survivors are his wife, who
before her marriage, was Jane A.
Williams; two daughters by a
previous marriage, Miss Myrtle
Fonda and Mrs. Hazel F. Northrup,
both of Schenectady, and two
grandchildren.
Note: other source is Fonda.org. Jesse's mother was Eunice Shafer who married 2nd, Abraham Lansing.
Jesse H. Fonda
The funeral of Jesse H. Fonda
70, former city clerk of Schenec-
tady and a member of the Board
of Assessors In that city for 16
years, will be held Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at his
home, 1087 Glenwood Boulevard,
and interment will be in Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady.
Mr. Fonda died Monday afternoon
after a short illness. Born in
Schoharie County in 1868, a son of
Jacob Fonda and Eunice Lansing,
he went to Schenectady County
with his parents in boyhood and
the family settled in the section
known as "Fonda's Basin". As a
young man he was employed in
the carpet mills of Stephen Sanford
A Sons, this city. He was
appointed city clerk of Schenectady
in 1916. In 1919 he was elected
assessor and served continuously
until the close of 1935.
The survivors are his wife, who
before her marriage, was Jane A.
Williams; two daughters by a
previous marriage, Miss Myrtle
Fonda and Mrs. Hazel F. Northrup,
both of Schenectady, and two
grandchildren.
Note: other source is Fonda.org. Jesse's mother was Eunice Shafer who married 2nd, Abraham Lansing.
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