H.C. WATROUS, 71, DIES IN CORTLAND
--One of City's First Milk Dealers Who Introduced Bottles
--MOTHER, 93, STILL LIVING
--He Celebrated 45th Wedding Anniversary in April
Howard Chauncey Watrous, 71, of 16 Blaine Street, one of the first milk dealers in Cortland and the first dealer to introduce and distribute bottled milk in this city, died last night in Cortland County Hospital after an extended period of illness.
Until failing health forced Mr. Watrous to retire in recent years from active work, he was engaged in market gardening and greenhouse culture. He was born January 19, 1879, in the town of Groton, the son of Austin A. and Emma Tuttle Watrous. Among the survivors is his mother, who at the age of 93 is residing with her daughter, Mrs. Florence Mae Harman in Moravia.
All but a few months of Mr. Watrous (sic) life was spent in Cortland County and the past 48 years were spent in this city where he engaged in business. On April 22, 1896, he married Miss Emmagene Smith and the couple celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary last April.
In addition to his mother, Mrs. Emma Tuttle Watrous, and his widow, Mrs. Emmagene Smith Watrous, the deceased is survived by two sons, Leon A. Watrous of Cortland and Charles M. Watrous of Groton; one sister, Mrs. Harman of Moravia; two brothers, George R. Watrous of Dryden and Austin A. Watrous of Washington, D.C.; five grandchildren; one great grand-daughter and several nieces and nephews of Cortland.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday, from the Wright Funeral Home here with Rev. L.B. Kintner of the Independent Baptist Church in Blodgett Mills officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home at their convenience Thursday with members of the family to be present from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be made in Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Published in the Cortland Standard, Cortland, NY, Wednesday, 11 Jun 1941, pg. 7
--One of City's First Milk Dealers Who Introduced Bottles
--MOTHER, 93, STILL LIVING
--He Celebrated 45th Wedding Anniversary in April
Howard Chauncey Watrous, 71, of 16 Blaine Street, one of the first milk dealers in Cortland and the first dealer to introduce and distribute bottled milk in this city, died last night in Cortland County Hospital after an extended period of illness.
Until failing health forced Mr. Watrous to retire in recent years from active work, he was engaged in market gardening and greenhouse culture. He was born January 19, 1879, in the town of Groton, the son of Austin A. and Emma Tuttle Watrous. Among the survivors is his mother, who at the age of 93 is residing with her daughter, Mrs. Florence Mae Harman in Moravia.
All but a few months of Mr. Watrous (sic) life was spent in Cortland County and the past 48 years were spent in this city where he engaged in business. On April 22, 1896, he married Miss Emmagene Smith and the couple celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary last April.
In addition to his mother, Mrs. Emma Tuttle Watrous, and his widow, Mrs. Emmagene Smith Watrous, the deceased is survived by two sons, Leon A. Watrous of Cortland and Charles M. Watrous of Groton; one sister, Mrs. Harman of Moravia; two brothers, George R. Watrous of Dryden and Austin A. Watrous of Washington, D.C.; five grandchildren; one great grand-daughter and several nieces and nephews of Cortland.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday, from the Wright Funeral Home here with Rev. L.B. Kintner of the Independent Baptist Church in Blodgett Mills officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home at their convenience Thursday with members of the family to be present from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be made in Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Published in the Cortland Standard, Cortland, NY, Wednesday, 11 Jun 1941, pg. 7
H.C. WATROUS, 71, DIES IN CORTLAND
--One of City's First Milk Dealers Who Introduced Bottles
--MOTHER, 93, STILL LIVING
--He Celebrated 45th Wedding Anniversary in April
Howard Chauncey Watrous, 71, of 16 Blaine Street, one of the first milk dealers in Cortland and the first dealer to introduce and distribute bottled milk in this city, died last night in Cortland County Hospital after an extended period of illness.
Until failing health forced Mr. Watrous to retire in recent years from active work, he was engaged in market gardening and greenhouse culture. He was born January 19, 1879, in the town of Groton, the son of Austin A. and Emma Tuttle Watrous. Among the survivors is his mother, who at the age of 93 is residing with her daughter, Mrs. Florence Mae Harman in Moravia.
All but a few months of Mr. Watrous (sic) life was spent in Cortland County and the past 48 years were spent in this city where he engaged in business. On April 22, 1896, he married Miss Emmagene Smith and the couple celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary last April.
In addition to his mother, Mrs. Emma Tuttle Watrous, and his widow, Mrs. Emmagene Smith Watrous, the deceased is survived by two sons, Leon A. Watrous of Cortland and Charles M. Watrous of Groton; one sister, Mrs. Harman of Moravia; two brothers, George R. Watrous of Dryden and Austin A. Watrous of Washington, D.C.; five grandchildren; one great grand-daughter and several nieces and nephews of Cortland.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday, from the Wright Funeral Home here with Rev. L.B. Kintner of the Independent Baptist Church in Blodgett Mills officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home at their convenience Thursday with members of the family to be present from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be made in Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Published in the Cortland Standard, Cortland, NY, Wednesday, 11 Jun 1941, pg. 7
--One of City's First Milk Dealers Who Introduced Bottles
--MOTHER, 93, STILL LIVING
--He Celebrated 45th Wedding Anniversary in April
Howard Chauncey Watrous, 71, of 16 Blaine Street, one of the first milk dealers in Cortland and the first dealer to introduce and distribute bottled milk in this city, died last night in Cortland County Hospital after an extended period of illness.
Until failing health forced Mr. Watrous to retire in recent years from active work, he was engaged in market gardening and greenhouse culture. He was born January 19, 1879, in the town of Groton, the son of Austin A. and Emma Tuttle Watrous. Among the survivors is his mother, who at the age of 93 is residing with her daughter, Mrs. Florence Mae Harman in Moravia.
All but a few months of Mr. Watrous (sic) life was spent in Cortland County and the past 48 years were spent in this city where he engaged in business. On April 22, 1896, he married Miss Emmagene Smith and the couple celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary last April.
In addition to his mother, Mrs. Emma Tuttle Watrous, and his widow, Mrs. Emmagene Smith Watrous, the deceased is survived by two sons, Leon A. Watrous of Cortland and Charles M. Watrous of Groton; one sister, Mrs. Harman of Moravia; two brothers, George R. Watrous of Dryden and Austin A. Watrous of Washington, D.C.; five grandchildren; one great grand-daughter and several nieces and nephews of Cortland.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday, from the Wright Funeral Home here with Rev. L.B. Kintner of the Independent Baptist Church in Blodgett Mills officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home at their convenience Thursday with members of the family to be present from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be made in Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Published in the Cortland Standard, Cortland, NY, Wednesday, 11 Jun 1941, pg. 7
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