Cause of death was a cerebral Hemorrhage

OBITUARY - MRS. THOMAS FISKE - Services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the late home, 170 Delevan avenue, for Mrs. Martha Towner Hayt Fiske, 79, widow of Thomas Perry Fiske. The Rev. Paul H. Hazlett, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial in the family plot at Hope Cemetery will be at the convenience of the family.

Mrs. Fiske. who died at her home Saturday evening, was born in Corning on June 5, 1863, the daughter of Stephen T. and Margaret Townsend Hayt. Her marriage to Thomas P. Fiske was solemnized here on March 16, 1892.

Mrs. Fiske, who spent her married life In New York City, returned to Corning after her husband's death, May 30, 1926, and built the home on Delevan avenue where she later spent her Winters. For the past 45 years, she had been spending the warmer months at her Summer home in Westbrook. Conn.

Mrs. Fiske was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Corning, the Republican Club in New York City and one of the first members of the Corning Business and Professional Women's Club. She was regarded as a gracious woman, admired by those who knew her for her many fine qualities. She always took a deep interest in the Business and Professional Woman's Club, following with enthusiasm its progress throughout the years since its founding here. In December, 1941, she entertained the group at a Christmas tea at her home. She had been particularly active in the Bundles For Britani movement in this city.

She is survived by a sister, Miss Jessie K. Hayt, Corning; four nieces Mrs. Isabel Calderari, Corning, Mrs. James L. Polhemus of Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Milton Thomas and Miss Elizabeth Hayt, Corning; four grandnephews, Thomas and Donald Calderari, Peter Polhemus and Milton Thomas, Jr.; a grandniece, Elizabeth Thomas.

Mrs. Fiske was a member of the Hayt family which for many years was prominently identified with the industrial prosperity of Steuben County, and the members of this family were numbered among the useful and valued citizens of Corning.

John C. Hayt, Mrs. Fiske's grandfather, came to Corning 1833 and for a number of years was actively engaged in his profession as a physician. Later he retired from practice and was in the lumber business here.

Her father, Stephen Thurston Hayt, who had lived here from the time he was 10 years old, embarked in mercantile pursuits after finishing his schooling. Later he became a junior member of the lumber firm of Towner & Hayt which continued until 1868 when associated with Alexander Olcott, father of the of the late Marvin Olcott, he built the Southern Tier Roller Mills in Corning. He finally became sole owner and conducted the flour mill until 1879 when it was destroyed by fire. The buildings were replaced by a large brick building which still stands at the corner of Walnut and West Market streets and which now houses the Corning Glass Works Memorial clubhouse. Mr. Hayt managed this mill successfully until his death in 1907, after which it was continued by his son, J. Towner Hayt. There were 11 children in this family.

Stephen T. Hayt was one of the Republican leaders in this section and in 1860 was a delegate to the national convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln. In 1863 he was elected to the State Senate but resigned three years later to take a position as canal commissioner for the State. – The EVENING LEADER, CORNING, N.Y., TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1943.