From the Bennington Evening Banner (Bennington, Vermont) January 11, 1958
W.M. Fonda Dies At 82
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Monday for William Marshall Fonda, who died Friday morning at his home on the Pownal road.
Mr. Fonda had operated Fonda's Antique Shop with his wife since 1920.
The Rev. Robert F. Spencer, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate at the service to be held at Mr. Fonda's home. Entombment will be at Park Lawn vault.
Born in Hudson, N.Y., June 11, 1875, he was the son of the late Norman A. and Carrie (Marshall) Fonda. Dow Fonda, his great great grandfather, was a fighter in the Revolutionary War, and actor Henry Fonda is a second cousin to Mr. Fonda.
After attending schools in Hudson, he was employed in New York City and for 15 years was manager for stage celebrity Billie Burke, accompanying her and her mother on European tours.
After Miss Burke's marriage to stage producer Flo Ziegfeld in 1915, Mr. Fonda left the theater and entered the garage business in Yonkers, N.Y., where he operated for five years.
One of the first men in New York state to secure a driving permit, Mr. Fonda took the first Packard car to Europe and returned with the first Rolls Royce for his firm.
On Sept 18, 1916, he married Ethel Kastenbein in Yonkers, and they made their home there until moving to Vermont to establish the antique business.
A member of Mt. Anthony Lodge, F and A.M., he received his 25 year pin two years ago.
Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. David (Grace) Smith of Troy, N.Y. and Mrs. Kenneth (Ruth) Bump of Williamstown, Mass.; a son by a previous marriage, Norman Fonda of New York City; and four grandchildren, Susan, Thomas, William and Richard.
W.M. Fonda Dies At 82
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Monday for William Marshall Fonda, who died Friday morning at his home on the Pownal road.
Mr. Fonda had operated Fonda's Antique Shop with his wife since 1920.
The Rev. Robert F. Spencer, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate at the service to be held at Mr. Fonda's home. Entombment will be at Park Lawn vault.
Born in Hudson, N.Y., June 11, 1875, he was the son of the late Norman A. and Carrie (Marshall) Fonda. Dow Fonda, his great great grandfather, was a fighter in the Revolutionary War, and actor Henry Fonda is a second cousin to Mr. Fonda.
After attending schools in Hudson, he was employed in New York City and for 15 years was manager for stage celebrity Billie Burke, accompanying her and her mother on European tours.
After Miss Burke's marriage to stage producer Flo Ziegfeld in 1915, Mr. Fonda left the theater and entered the garage business in Yonkers, N.Y., where he operated for five years.
One of the first men in New York state to secure a driving permit, Mr. Fonda took the first Packard car to Europe and returned with the first Rolls Royce for his firm.
On Sept 18, 1916, he married Ethel Kastenbein in Yonkers, and they made their home there until moving to Vermont to establish the antique business.
A member of Mt. Anthony Lodge, F and A.M., he received his 25 year pin two years ago.
Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. David (Grace) Smith of Troy, N.Y. and Mrs. Kenneth (Ruth) Bump of Williamstown, Mass.; a son by a previous marriage, Norman Fonda of New York City; and four grandchildren, Susan, Thomas, William and Richard.
From the Bennington Evening Banner (Bennington, Vermont) January 11, 1958
W.M. Fonda Dies At 82
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Monday for William Marshall Fonda, who died Friday morning at his home on the Pownal road.
Mr. Fonda had operated Fonda's Antique Shop with his wife since 1920.
The Rev. Robert F. Spencer, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate at the service to be held at Mr. Fonda's home. Entombment will be at Park Lawn vault.
Born in Hudson, N.Y., June 11, 1875, he was the son of the late Norman A. and Carrie (Marshall) Fonda. Dow Fonda, his great great grandfather, was a fighter in the Revolutionary War, and actor Henry Fonda is a second cousin to Mr. Fonda.
After attending schools in Hudson, he was employed in New York City and for 15 years was manager for stage celebrity Billie Burke, accompanying her and her mother on European tours.
After Miss Burke's marriage to stage producer Flo Ziegfeld in 1915, Mr. Fonda left the theater and entered the garage business in Yonkers, N.Y., where he operated for five years.
One of the first men in New York state to secure a driving permit, Mr. Fonda took the first Packard car to Europe and returned with the first Rolls Royce for his firm.
On Sept 18, 1916, he married Ethel Kastenbein in Yonkers, and they made their home there until moving to Vermont to establish the antique business.
A member of Mt. Anthony Lodge, F and A.M., he received his 25 year pin two years ago.
Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. David (Grace) Smith of Troy, N.Y. and Mrs. Kenneth (Ruth) Bump of Williamstown, Mass.; a son by a previous marriage, Norman Fonda of New York City; and four grandchildren, Susan, Thomas, William and Richard.
W.M. Fonda Dies At 82
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Monday for William Marshall Fonda, who died Friday morning at his home on the Pownal road.
Mr. Fonda had operated Fonda's Antique Shop with his wife since 1920.
The Rev. Robert F. Spencer, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate at the service to be held at Mr. Fonda's home. Entombment will be at Park Lawn vault.
Born in Hudson, N.Y., June 11, 1875, he was the son of the late Norman A. and Carrie (Marshall) Fonda. Dow Fonda, his great great grandfather, was a fighter in the Revolutionary War, and actor Henry Fonda is a second cousin to Mr. Fonda.
After attending schools in Hudson, he was employed in New York City and for 15 years was manager for stage celebrity Billie Burke, accompanying her and her mother on European tours.
After Miss Burke's marriage to stage producer Flo Ziegfeld in 1915, Mr. Fonda left the theater and entered the garage business in Yonkers, N.Y., where he operated for five years.
One of the first men in New York state to secure a driving permit, Mr. Fonda took the first Packard car to Europe and returned with the first Rolls Royce for his firm.
On Sept 18, 1916, he married Ethel Kastenbein in Yonkers, and they made their home there until moving to Vermont to establish the antique business.
A member of Mt. Anthony Lodge, F and A.M., he received his 25 year pin two years ago.
Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. David (Grace) Smith of Troy, N.Y. and Mrs. Kenneth (Ruth) Bump of Williamstown, Mass.; a son by a previous marriage, Norman Fonda of New York City; and four grandchildren, Susan, Thomas, William and Richard.
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