Daughter of Elbert Chauncey Luce(1882-1952)and Mary Jane (Ford)Luce(1885-1923)
Married to Donald Leach Martin (1914-2004)* .
Louise's half-sister, Beverly, recorded some memories of her older sister:
"Occupation: Proof Reader for Remlic Printing. Memories of Louise and Don, as remembered by her younger half sister, Beverly My earliest memories of Louise were at the time we were living at Etna in a very small house and Louise either was living with us or was visiting for an extended period of time. She had the most beautiful crocheted borders on her handkerchiefs and I coveted them. She kept them in a box and more than once I sneaked upstairs and took one but she always knew one was missing and I had to give it back. I was about 5 at the time. After I got in school I spent at least one Easter and one summer vacation with Louise and Don. They bought Jerry and me small fuzzy chicks and rabbits and colored balloons. Don knew how to rub the balloons and stick them on the wall.They would stay there for awhile. We thought that was magical. I slept on the sofa and was facinated by the carlights on the wall as they drove by, having lived in the country, had never seen that. I would guess to be about 7. I rollar skated on the broken slate sidewalks that Berkshire had during that period. It was fun. Don always had a good sense of humor. At lunch Don told me to look at the bird outside the window and out of the corner of my eye I saw him drinking his soup out of the bowl. I reminded him more than once about that after I became grown. As a teenager Dad would take me with him to see Don and Louise . They were living in the house on Glen St at this time. Then I grew up and moved away and lost touch with them until about 1980 when I went back and looked them up, still in the house on Glen St. They fixed a beautiful meal and we had some of Don's home made wine, very expertly made. It is Louise that I can thank for getting me interested in family history, she gave me a copy of an old will and that got me started and today there is over 6,000 names in my database. [Note from daughter: there are now over 37,000 names.] Wish I could have shared it with her. The next time I saw them Louise was in a care facility. Don and I went to see her and we spent a lovely day together. Must have been October as we went to see a huge pumpkin display. By that time Louise's memory was not like it used to be but when shown an old 1920 picture, smiled real big and said "Looks like Gramps". Don had just bought a new car of which he was most proud -it was beautiful. We kept in touch by mail for several years, after that his daughter Donna kept me informed of him when he could no longer write."
Binghamton Press February 9,1916, page 11 (photo of Bill in chair & Louise standing)
" Children in the Parish of The Binghamton Press - William and Louise Luce, children
of Mr. and Mrs. Elbdert Luce, 180 Chapin Street, City"
Binghamton Press April 20,1922" Berkshire - Miss Louise Luce of Newark Valley is spending the week with her" (Mrs.Flora Ford)
Binghamton Press February 1923' William and Louise Luce attended a Valentine party at 33 Schiller(?), given byHenrietta Wooster'
Binghamton Press April 5,1924
' Louise visited her grandother, Flora Ford'
Cortland Standard Sept 28,1951
"Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rice and daughter Barbara of Newark Valley called on
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martin and Ed Mason, Saturday"
Married to Donald Leach Martin (1914-2004)* .
Louise's half-sister, Beverly, recorded some memories of her older sister:
"Occupation: Proof Reader for Remlic Printing. Memories of Louise and Don, as remembered by her younger half sister, Beverly My earliest memories of Louise were at the time we were living at Etna in a very small house and Louise either was living with us or was visiting for an extended period of time. She had the most beautiful crocheted borders on her handkerchiefs and I coveted them. She kept them in a box and more than once I sneaked upstairs and took one but she always knew one was missing and I had to give it back. I was about 5 at the time. After I got in school I spent at least one Easter and one summer vacation with Louise and Don. They bought Jerry and me small fuzzy chicks and rabbits and colored balloons. Don knew how to rub the balloons and stick them on the wall.They would stay there for awhile. We thought that was magical. I slept on the sofa and was facinated by the carlights on the wall as they drove by, having lived in the country, had never seen that. I would guess to be about 7. I rollar skated on the broken slate sidewalks that Berkshire had during that period. It was fun. Don always had a good sense of humor. At lunch Don told me to look at the bird outside the window and out of the corner of my eye I saw him drinking his soup out of the bowl. I reminded him more than once about that after I became grown. As a teenager Dad would take me with him to see Don and Louise . They were living in the house on Glen St at this time. Then I grew up and moved away and lost touch with them until about 1980 when I went back and looked them up, still in the house on Glen St. They fixed a beautiful meal and we had some of Don's home made wine, very expertly made. It is Louise that I can thank for getting me interested in family history, she gave me a copy of an old will and that got me started and today there is over 6,000 names in my database. [Note from daughter: there are now over 37,000 names.] Wish I could have shared it with her. The next time I saw them Louise was in a care facility. Don and I went to see her and we spent a lovely day together. Must have been October as we went to see a huge pumpkin display. By that time Louise's memory was not like it used to be but when shown an old 1920 picture, smiled real big and said "Looks like Gramps". Don had just bought a new car of which he was most proud -it was beautiful. We kept in touch by mail for several years, after that his daughter Donna kept me informed of him when he could no longer write."
Binghamton Press February 9,1916, page 11 (photo of Bill in chair & Louise standing)
" Children in the Parish of The Binghamton Press - William and Louise Luce, children
of Mr. and Mrs. Elbdert Luce, 180 Chapin Street, City"
Binghamton Press April 20,1922" Berkshire - Miss Louise Luce of Newark Valley is spending the week with her" (Mrs.Flora Ford)
Binghamton Press February 1923' William and Louise Luce attended a Valentine party at 33 Schiller(?), given byHenrietta Wooster'
Binghamton Press April 5,1924
' Louise visited her grandother, Flora Ford'
Cortland Standard Sept 28,1951
"Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rice and daughter Barbara of Newark Valley called on
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martin and Ed Mason, Saturday"
Daughter of Elbert Chauncey Luce(1882-1952)and Mary Jane (Ford)Luce(1885-1923)
Married to Donald Leach Martin (1914-2004)* .
Louise's half-sister, Beverly, recorded some memories of her older sister:
"Occupation: Proof Reader for Remlic Printing. Memories of Louise and Don, as remembered by her younger half sister, Beverly My earliest memories of Louise were at the time we were living at Etna in a very small house and Louise either was living with us or was visiting for an extended period of time. She had the most beautiful crocheted borders on her handkerchiefs and I coveted them. She kept them in a box and more than once I sneaked upstairs and took one but she always knew one was missing and I had to give it back. I was about 5 at the time. After I got in school I spent at least one Easter and one summer vacation with Louise and Don. They bought Jerry and me small fuzzy chicks and rabbits and colored balloons. Don knew how to rub the balloons and stick them on the wall.They would stay there for awhile. We thought that was magical. I slept on the sofa and was facinated by the carlights on the wall as they drove by, having lived in the country, had never seen that. I would guess to be about 7. I rollar skated on the broken slate sidewalks that Berkshire had during that period. It was fun. Don always had a good sense of humor. At lunch Don told me to look at the bird outside the window and out of the corner of my eye I saw him drinking his soup out of the bowl. I reminded him more than once about that after I became grown. As a teenager Dad would take me with him to see Don and Louise . They were living in the house on Glen St at this time. Then I grew up and moved away and lost touch with them until about 1980 when I went back and looked them up, still in the house on Glen St. They fixed a beautiful meal and we had some of Don's home made wine, very expertly made. It is Louise that I can thank for getting me interested in family history, she gave me a copy of an old will and that got me started and today there is over 6,000 names in my database. [Note from daughter: there are now over 37,000 names.] Wish I could have shared it with her. The next time I saw them Louise was in a care facility. Don and I went to see her and we spent a lovely day together. Must have been October as we went to see a huge pumpkin display. By that time Louise's memory was not like it used to be but when shown an old 1920 picture, smiled real big and said "Looks like Gramps". Don had just bought a new car of which he was most proud -it was beautiful. We kept in touch by mail for several years, after that his daughter Donna kept me informed of him when he could no longer write."
Binghamton Press February 9,1916, page 11 (photo of Bill in chair & Louise standing)
" Children in the Parish of The Binghamton Press - William and Louise Luce, children
of Mr. and Mrs. Elbdert Luce, 180 Chapin Street, City"
Binghamton Press April 20,1922" Berkshire - Miss Louise Luce of Newark Valley is spending the week with her" (Mrs.Flora Ford)
Binghamton Press February 1923' William and Louise Luce attended a Valentine party at 33 Schiller(?), given byHenrietta Wooster'
Binghamton Press April 5,1924
' Louise visited her grandother, Flora Ford'
Cortland Standard Sept 28,1951
"Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rice and daughter Barbara of Newark Valley called on
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martin and Ed Mason, Saturday"
Married to Donald Leach Martin (1914-2004)* .
Louise's half-sister, Beverly, recorded some memories of her older sister:
"Occupation: Proof Reader for Remlic Printing. Memories of Louise and Don, as remembered by her younger half sister, Beverly My earliest memories of Louise were at the time we were living at Etna in a very small house and Louise either was living with us or was visiting for an extended period of time. She had the most beautiful crocheted borders on her handkerchiefs and I coveted them. She kept them in a box and more than once I sneaked upstairs and took one but she always knew one was missing and I had to give it back. I was about 5 at the time. After I got in school I spent at least one Easter and one summer vacation with Louise and Don. They bought Jerry and me small fuzzy chicks and rabbits and colored balloons. Don knew how to rub the balloons and stick them on the wall.They would stay there for awhile. We thought that was magical. I slept on the sofa and was facinated by the carlights on the wall as they drove by, having lived in the country, had never seen that. I would guess to be about 7. I rollar skated on the broken slate sidewalks that Berkshire had during that period. It was fun. Don always had a good sense of humor. At lunch Don told me to look at the bird outside the window and out of the corner of my eye I saw him drinking his soup out of the bowl. I reminded him more than once about that after I became grown. As a teenager Dad would take me with him to see Don and Louise . They were living in the house on Glen St at this time. Then I grew up and moved away and lost touch with them until about 1980 when I went back and looked them up, still in the house on Glen St. They fixed a beautiful meal and we had some of Don's home made wine, very expertly made. It is Louise that I can thank for getting me interested in family history, she gave me a copy of an old will and that got me started and today there is over 6,000 names in my database. [Note from daughter: there are now over 37,000 names.] Wish I could have shared it with her. The next time I saw them Louise was in a care facility. Don and I went to see her and we spent a lovely day together. Must have been October as we went to see a huge pumpkin display. By that time Louise's memory was not like it used to be but when shown an old 1920 picture, smiled real big and said "Looks like Gramps". Don had just bought a new car of which he was most proud -it was beautiful. We kept in touch by mail for several years, after that his daughter Donna kept me informed of him when he could no longer write."
Binghamton Press February 9,1916, page 11 (photo of Bill in chair & Louise standing)
" Children in the Parish of The Binghamton Press - William and Louise Luce, children
of Mr. and Mrs. Elbdert Luce, 180 Chapin Street, City"
Binghamton Press April 20,1922" Berkshire - Miss Louise Luce of Newark Valley is spending the week with her" (Mrs.Flora Ford)
Binghamton Press February 1923' William and Louise Luce attended a Valentine party at 33 Schiller(?), given byHenrietta Wooster'
Binghamton Press April 5,1924
' Louise visited her grandother, Flora Ford'
Cortland Standard Sept 28,1951
"Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rice and daughter Barbara of Newark Valley called on
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martin and Ed Mason, Saturday"
