M. S. Fonda Dies in Chicago - Funeral services for Marvin Snell Fonda, who died Jan. 18 at a Chicago Hospital, were held Wednesday afternoon at his home in Chicago. He was born July 9, 1887, the son of Albert and Eliza J. Dockstader Fonda of this village. He attended the White School, District Seven, Fonda High School and Eastman Business College. For several years he operated the homestead farm with his father. He married Marguerite Sloane, daughter of Richard and Ella Sloane of Canajoharie, on Dee. 21, 1910, and the following year moved to Canajoharie where for almost 40 years he was an employee of the Beech-Nut Packing Company from which he resigned In 1941. In July 1949 he moved to California and from there to Chicago. He is survived by his wife; one son, Richard Douw Fonda of Chicago and Bernadino, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. John Heile, Chicago, and Mrs. Steward Melvin, Schenectady; five grandchildren; a brother, Albert Douw Fonda, Fonda; two sisters, Mrs. Earl Schuyler, Sammonsville, and Miss Cornellia Fonda, this village; several nieces, nephews and grandnephews. The Morning Herald, Gloversville and Johnstown, Monday, January 26, 1953.
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M. S. Fonda Dies in Chicago - Funeral services for Marvin Snell Fonda, who died Jan. 18 at a Chicago Hospital, were held Wednesday afternoon at his home in Chicago. He was born July 9, 1887, the son of Albert and Eliza J. Dockstader Fonda of this village. He attended the White School, District Seven, Fonda High School and Eastman Business College. For several years he operated the homestead farm with his father. He married Marguerite Sloane, daughter of Richard and Ella Sloane of Canajoharie, on Dee. 21, 1910, and the following year moved to Canajoharie where for almost 40 years he was an employee of the Beech-Nut Packing Company from which he resigned In 1941. In July 1949 he moved to California and from there to Chicago. He is survived by his wife; one son, Richard Douw Fonda of Chicago and Bernadino, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. John Heile, Chicago, and Mrs. Steward Melvin, Schenectady; five grandchildren; a brother, Albert Douw Fonda, Fonda; two sisters, Mrs. Earl Schuyler, Sammonsville, and Miss Cornellia Fonda, this village; several nieces, nephews and grandnephews. The Morning Herald, Gloversville and Johnstown, Monday, January 26, 1953.
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