John Henry Fonda

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John Henry Fonda

Birth
Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Death
6 Feb 1965 (aged 78)
Johnstown, Fulton County, New York, USA
Burial
Johnstown, Fulton County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section I (Single Grave 39)
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February 6, 1965 - John H Fonda, 78, lifelong area resident, died at 3 Saturday afternoon at the Johnstown Nursing Home, where he had been a patient since last September. He had been seriously ill one month. He was born May 19, 1886 in the Town of Mohawk, Montgomery County, son of Winfield Scott and Emma Jane Copp Fonda. He was engaged in farming most of his life and also was employed for 10 years at Littauer Hospital, Gloversville, retiring in 1952. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Caroline (Lawyer) Fonda of Yuma, AZ; four daughters, Mrs. Howard (Geraldine) Ayers of Rockwood; Mrs James (Margaret) Holley of Walton, Delaware County; Mrs James (Beverly) Ursuery of Somerton, AZ; and Mrs. Kenneth (Dorothy) Schroeder of Madarysville, IN. Four sons, Otis Fonda of Louisville, KY, William Fonda of Johnstown, Eldon Fonda of Phoenix, AZ, and Kenneth Fonda of Yuma, AZ; two brothers, Nathan Fonda of Tarzana, CA and Edgar Fonda of Switzer Hill: a sister, Mrs. Ida Gifford of Johnstown, 23 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews. Services were held at 2 this afternoon at the Brown and Ehle Funeral Home. Rev. Clair E. Carpenter, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiated. The body was placed in the Fern Dale cemetery vault for burial in the Spring.

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February 6, 1965 - John H Fonda, 78, lifelong area resident, died at 3 Saturday afternoon at the Johnstown Nursing Home, where he had been a patient since last September. He had been seriously ill one month. He was born May 19, 1886 in the Town of Mohawk, Montgomery County, son of Winfield Scott and Emma Jane Copp Fonda. He was engaged in farming most of his life and also was employed for 10 years at Littauer Hospital, Gloversville, retiring in 1952. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Caroline (Lawyer) Fonda of Yuma, AZ; four daughters, Mrs. Howard (Geraldine) Ayers of Rockwood; Mrs James (Margaret) Holley of Walton, Delaware County; Mrs James (Beverly) Ursuery of Somerton, AZ; and Mrs. Kenneth (Dorothy) Schroeder of Madarysville, IN. Four sons, Otis Fonda of Louisville, KY, William Fonda of Johnstown, Eldon Fonda of Phoenix, AZ, and Kenneth Fonda of Yuma, AZ; two brothers, Nathan Fonda of Tarzana, CA and Edgar Fonda of Switzer Hill: a sister, Mrs. Ida Gifford of Johnstown, 23 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews. Services were held at 2 this afternoon at the Brown and Ehle Funeral Home. Rev. Clair E. Carpenter, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiated. The body was placed in the Fern Dale cemetery vault for burial in the Spring.

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