Mrs. Mabel Bourke Fonda, 69, 840 Glebe street, died at 2:30 Monday afternoon at the Nathan Littauer Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past three weeks. She was born in Ballston Spa, June 24, 1862, the daughter of John and Mary (Davis) Bourke. She moved to Gloversville while still a young girl and resided there until her marriage to Emmett B. Fonda in 1907. Since that time she had made her home in Johnstown. Surviving, besides her husband, are three sons, Dr. Gerald Fonda of Mlllburn, N. J., Percy Fonda of this city, and Dr. Donald Fonda of Ridgewood, N. J.; one brother, Dr. P. A. Bourke of Paterson, N. J.; one grandson; three nieces and one nephew. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the Palmer & Benjamin funeral home with the Rev. Desmond C. Hunt, rector of St. John's, officiating. Interment will be in the family plot at Fern Dale cemetery. Gloversville NY Morning Herald, Wednesday, January 2, 1952.
Mrs. Mabel Bourke Fonda, 69, 840 Glebe street, died at 2:30 Monday afternoon at the Nathan Littauer Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past three weeks. She was born in Ballston Spa, June 24, 1862, the daughter of John and Mary (Davis) Bourke. She moved to Gloversville while still a young girl and resided there until her marriage to Emmett B. Fonda in 1907. Since that time she had made her home in Johnstown. Surviving, besides her husband, are three sons, Dr. Gerald Fonda of Mlllburn, N. J., Percy Fonda of this city, and Dr. Donald Fonda of Ridgewood, N. J.; one brother, Dr. P. A. Bourke of Paterson, N. J.; one grandson; three nieces and one nephew. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the Palmer & Benjamin funeral home with the Rev. Desmond C. Hunt, rector of St. John's, officiating. Interment will be in the family plot at Fern Dale cemetery. Gloversville NY Morning Herald, Wednesday, January 2, 1952.
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