Albert D. Fonda Dies at Age 68 - Fonda - A long-time member of the Fonda-Fultonville Board of Education, Albert D. Fonda, 68, of Fonda R.D., died yesterday afternoon in a Buffalo hospital following a long illness. He had served on the school board since 1951. Born in the Fonda area on March 8, 1893, he graduated from Fonda High School and Cornell University. He served as a secretary in the YMCA service and later as gunnery sergeant with the Marines in World War I and was a member of the Fonda Reformed Church where he was on the Consistory for several years and superintendent of the Sunday School. He was a member of the Men's Brotherhood of the Church, Mohawk Grange, Montgomery County Farm Rureau, the County Extension Service Association, County Historical Society, State Forest Practice Board, GLF Service Inc., the Eastern Milk Producers Association and Fonda Community Club. He is survived by his wife, the former Helen S. Clark; one son, Albert G. Fonda, King of Prussia. Pa.; two daughters, Mrs. Elmer D. Calsbeek, Sparks, Nev., and Miss Sybil Fonda, of Fonda; two sisters. Miss Cornelia D. Fonda of Fonda, and Mrs. Earl Schuyler of Fonda: two grandsons, two granddaughters and nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Fonda Reformed Church. The Rev. John F. Egy, pastor, officiating, and burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Fonda. The Jackson funeral home, Fonda, is in charge of arrangements, and friends may call after 7 p.m. tomorrow. Amsterdam Evening Recorder, Saturday, January 20, 1962.
Albert D. Fonda Dies at Age 68 - Fonda - A long-time member of the Fonda-Fultonville Board of Education, Albert D. Fonda, 68, of Fonda R.D., died yesterday afternoon in a Buffalo hospital following a long illness. He had served on the school board since 1951. Born in the Fonda area on March 8, 1893, he graduated from Fonda High School and Cornell University. He served as a secretary in the YMCA service and later as gunnery sergeant with the Marines in World War I and was a member of the Fonda Reformed Church where he was on the Consistory for several years and superintendent of the Sunday School. He was a member of the Men's Brotherhood of the Church, Mohawk Grange, Montgomery County Farm Rureau, the County Extension Service Association, County Historical Society, State Forest Practice Board, GLF Service Inc., the Eastern Milk Producers Association and Fonda Community Club. He is survived by his wife, the former Helen S. Clark; one son, Albert G. Fonda, King of Prussia. Pa.; two daughters, Mrs. Elmer D. Calsbeek, Sparks, Nev., and Miss Sybil Fonda, of Fonda; two sisters. Miss Cornelia D. Fonda of Fonda, and Mrs. Earl Schuyler of Fonda: two grandsons, two granddaughters and nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Fonda Reformed Church. The Rev. John F. Egy, pastor, officiating, and burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Fonda. The Jackson funeral home, Fonda, is in charge of arrangements, and friends may call after 7 p.m. tomorrow. Amsterdam Evening Recorder, Saturday, January 20, 1962.
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