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Jane McGraw “Jennie” <I>Curtiss</I> Breed

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Jane McGraw “Jennie” Curtiss Breed

Birth
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, USA
Death
18 Jun 1945 (aged 62)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
sec. h, grave 101, grave 5
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(The Harlem Valley Times; Amenia, NY. June 21, 1945, page 1.)

MRS. JAMES McV. BREED

Mrs. Jane Curtiss Breed of New York City and Heathcote Farm, Amenia, wife of James McVickar Breed of the law firm of Breed & Morgan, died Monday after a long illness, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

Born in Bay City, Mich., she was a daughter of Charles B. and Georgianna McGraw Curtiss. A former trustee of the Stony Wold Sanitorium, and founder of its No. 5 Auxiliary, Mrs. Breed had been active in the social service work of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. Besides her husband she leaves a brother, Charles B. Curtiss of Bay City.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday at Madison Avenue Presbyterian church, Madison Avenue and 73rd street, New York city, with interment at Ithaca, N.Y. on Thursday.
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(The Ithaca Journal; Ithaca, NY. Tuesday, June 19, 1945, page 5.)

Former Ithacan Dies in New York

Mrs. Jane Curtiss Breed of 2 E. 67th St., New York City, died Monday, June 18, 1945, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, after a long illness.

She was the daughter of the late Charles B. Curtiss and Georgianna McGraw Curtiss of Ithaca. Her family was long associated with Cornell. She recently presented a 17th Century Flemish tapestry to Cornell as a memorial to Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske, for whose father McGraw Hall was named. The tapestry, which once belonged to Mrs. Fiske, will be placed in Goldwin Smith Hall.

Besides her husband, James McVicker Breed, who is with the law firm of Breed, Abbott and Morgan of New York City, she leaves a brother, Charles B. Curtiss of Bay City, Mich., and many cousins, among whom are Mrs. Gauntlett Whitcomb and Charles E. Curtis of Ithaca.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City. Committal services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the family plot in City Cemetery, by the Rev. R.E. Charles, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church.
(The Harlem Valley Times; Amenia, NY. June 21, 1945, page 1.)

MRS. JAMES McV. BREED

Mrs. Jane Curtiss Breed of New York City and Heathcote Farm, Amenia, wife of James McVickar Breed of the law firm of Breed & Morgan, died Monday after a long illness, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

Born in Bay City, Mich., she was a daughter of Charles B. and Georgianna McGraw Curtiss. A former trustee of the Stony Wold Sanitorium, and founder of its No. 5 Auxiliary, Mrs. Breed had been active in the social service work of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. Besides her husband she leaves a brother, Charles B. Curtiss of Bay City.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday at Madison Avenue Presbyterian church, Madison Avenue and 73rd street, New York city, with interment at Ithaca, N.Y. on Thursday.
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(The Ithaca Journal; Ithaca, NY. Tuesday, June 19, 1945, page 5.)

Former Ithacan Dies in New York

Mrs. Jane Curtiss Breed of 2 E. 67th St., New York City, died Monday, June 18, 1945, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, after a long illness.

She was the daughter of the late Charles B. Curtiss and Georgianna McGraw Curtiss of Ithaca. Her family was long associated with Cornell. She recently presented a 17th Century Flemish tapestry to Cornell as a memorial to Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske, for whose father McGraw Hall was named. The tapestry, which once belonged to Mrs. Fiske, will be placed in Goldwin Smith Hall.

Besides her husband, James McVicker Breed, who is with the law firm of Breed, Abbott and Morgan of New York City, she leaves a brother, Charles B. Curtiss of Bay City, Mich., and many cousins, among whom are Mrs. Gauntlett Whitcomb and Charles E. Curtis of Ithaca.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City. Committal services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the family plot in City Cemetery, by the Rev. R.E. Charles, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church.


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  • Created by: S.J.
  • Added: Sep 8, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41722784/jane_mcgraw-breed: accessed ), memorial page for Jane McGraw “Jennie” Curtiss Breed (5 Dec 1882–18 Jun 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41722784, citing Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA; Maintained by S.J. (contributor 46931676).