Rome Man, 87, Passes Away at his home
Welcome E. Carpenter, 87, passed away at his home, Keittown (RD 4 Rome) at 10 a.m. today. He had been ailing for some time and bedridden the past week.
He was born in Rome on Feb. 22, 1868, son of the David and Lavina Lawrence Carpenter, and was had always lived in the Town of Rome. On April 1, 1888, in Stittville, he married Alida Chesebro who died June 23, 1920.
For 26 years after his marriage, he was employed by the Rome Brass & Copper Co., after which he worked at the carpentry trade. For the later years of his life, he operated the small farm on which he lived.
He is survived by the following sons and daughters,, Mrs. Fred Eychner, Oriskany Falls; Archibald Carpenter, Sherrill, Welcome Howard Carpenter, Marcy; Mrs. Vern S. Pomeroy, Bradenton, Fla., Mrs. Ervin Eychner, Augusta Center; and Bird Ralph Carpenter, Milton John Carpenter and Mrs. Raymond Myers, all of Rome. There are several grandchildren and great- grandchildren and one great great-grandchild. Mr. Carpenter was of the Methodist faith and a member of Rome Lodge, IOOF.
Funeral services will be held at the Waldo Wiggins Prince Home for Funerals on Monday at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Alvin C. Goddard D.D., officiating. Interment will be made in the Wright Settlement Cemetery.
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Rome Man, 87, Passes Away at his home
Welcome E. Carpenter, 87, passed away at his home, Keittown (RD 4 Rome) at 10 a.m. today. He had been ailing for some time and bedridden the past week.
He was born in Rome on Feb. 22, 1868, son of the David and Lavina Lawrence Carpenter, and was had always lived in the Town of Rome. On April 1, 1888, in Stittville, he married Alida Chesebro who died June 23, 1920.
For 26 years after his marriage, he was employed by the Rome Brass & Copper Co., after which he worked at the carpentry trade. For the later years of his life, he operated the small farm on which he lived.
He is survived by the following sons and daughters,, Mrs. Fred Eychner, Oriskany Falls; Archibald Carpenter, Sherrill, Welcome Howard Carpenter, Marcy; Mrs. Vern S. Pomeroy, Bradenton, Fla., Mrs. Ervin Eychner, Augusta Center; and Bird Ralph Carpenter, Milton John Carpenter and Mrs. Raymond Myers, all of Rome. There are several grandchildren and great- grandchildren and one great great-grandchild. Mr. Carpenter was of the Methodist faith and a member of Rome Lodge, IOOF.
Funeral services will be held at the Waldo Wiggins Prince Home for Funerals on Monday at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Alvin C. Goddard D.D., officiating. Interment will be made in the Wright Settlement Cemetery.
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