Basic information taken from grave stone. Additional information found on Ancestry.com.
Exact birth date & birth location taken from WW I Draft Reg.
Son of Martin Erastus Willsey & Emma Katherine Mead
Husband of #1 Marion Fessenden
Husband of #2 Josephine Lee
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Scrapbook newspaper clipping, hand written note Press Sat 7/18/1981:
WILLSEY, A LAWYER, DIES
G. Mead Willsey, a Binghamton lawyer, died yesterday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. He was 91.
Willsey, 17 Crary Ave., was the senior member in the Binghamton law firm of Willsey, Meagher, Buckley and Hester. He had retired, but regularly came into the office up until a month ago. "He was a grand old gentleman," said Joseph P. Hester, a member of the law firm.
Born Aug. 10, 1889, in the Tioga County community of Candor, Willsey graduated from Candor High School in 1908 and Cornell University Law School in 1913. After working a short time with his uncle, former Tioga County Judge Howard J. Mead, Willsey came to Binghamton to go into private practice in 1914. While in Binghamton he served as president of the Broome County Bar Association and was active in forming the Federation Bar Association of the Sixth Judicial District, which includes Broome County.
Willsey was a deacon and trustee at the First Congregational Church, 30 Main St., Binghamton. He was a member of the church since 1915, and was elected lay moderator of the New York State Congregational Conference in 1937.
He is a former president of the local and New York state YMCAs, served as a member of the National Council of YMCAs of North America, was active in organizing the United Fund and served on the Rationing Board in World War II. Willsey was a former member of the American and New York state bar associations, the Community Chest, the Family and Children's Society, Council of Social Agencies and Kiwanis Club. He was a member of St. Mark's Lodge 1001.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Ernest H. Parsons Funeral Home; burial will be in Candor.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine Lee Willsey; a nephew, Robert Willsey Moree of Kalamazoo, Mich.; two grandnephews, a grand niece, and several great grand nieces and grand nephews.
Exact birth date & birth location taken from WW I Draft Reg.
Son of Martin Erastus Willsey & Emma Katherine Mead
Husband of #1 Marion Fessenden
Husband of #2 Josephine Lee
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Scrapbook newspaper clipping, hand written note Press Sat 7/18/1981:
WILLSEY, A LAWYER, DIES
G. Mead Willsey, a Binghamton lawyer, died yesterday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. He was 91.
Willsey, 17 Crary Ave., was the senior member in the Binghamton law firm of Willsey, Meagher, Buckley and Hester. He had retired, but regularly came into the office up until a month ago. "He was a grand old gentleman," said Joseph P. Hester, a member of the law firm.
Born Aug. 10, 1889, in the Tioga County community of Candor, Willsey graduated from Candor High School in 1908 and Cornell University Law School in 1913. After working a short time with his uncle, former Tioga County Judge Howard J. Mead, Willsey came to Binghamton to go into private practice in 1914. While in Binghamton he served as president of the Broome County Bar Association and was active in forming the Federation Bar Association of the Sixth Judicial District, which includes Broome County.
Willsey was a deacon and trustee at the First Congregational Church, 30 Main St., Binghamton. He was a member of the church since 1915, and was elected lay moderator of the New York State Congregational Conference in 1937.
He is a former president of the local and New York state YMCAs, served as a member of the National Council of YMCAs of North America, was active in organizing the United Fund and served on the Rationing Board in World War II. Willsey was a former member of the American and New York state bar associations, the Community Chest, the Family and Children's Society, Council of Social Agencies and Kiwanis Club. He was a member of St. Mark's Lodge 1001.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Ernest H. Parsons Funeral Home; burial will be in Candor.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine Lee Willsey; a nephew, Robert Willsey Moree of Kalamazoo, Mich.; two grandnephews, a grand niece, and several great grand nieces and grand nephews.
Basic information taken from grave stone. Additional information found on Ancestry.com.
Exact birth date & birth location taken from WW I Draft Reg.
Son of Martin Erastus Willsey & Emma Katherine Mead
Husband of #1 Marion Fessenden
Husband of #2 Josephine Lee
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Scrapbook newspaper clipping, hand written note Press Sat 7/18/1981:
WILLSEY, A LAWYER, DIES
G. Mead Willsey, a Binghamton lawyer, died yesterday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. He was 91.
Willsey, 17 Crary Ave., was the senior member in the Binghamton law firm of Willsey, Meagher, Buckley and Hester. He had retired, but regularly came into the office up until a month ago. "He was a grand old gentleman," said Joseph P. Hester, a member of the law firm.
Born Aug. 10, 1889, in the Tioga County community of Candor, Willsey graduated from Candor High School in 1908 and Cornell University Law School in 1913. After working a short time with his uncle, former Tioga County Judge Howard J. Mead, Willsey came to Binghamton to go into private practice in 1914. While in Binghamton he served as president of the Broome County Bar Association and was active in forming the Federation Bar Association of the Sixth Judicial District, which includes Broome County.
Willsey was a deacon and trustee at the First Congregational Church, 30 Main St., Binghamton. He was a member of the church since 1915, and was elected lay moderator of the New York State Congregational Conference in 1937.
He is a former president of the local and New York state YMCAs, served as a member of the National Council of YMCAs of North America, was active in organizing the United Fund and served on the Rationing Board in World War II. Willsey was a former member of the American and New York state bar associations, the Community Chest, the Family and Children's Society, Council of Social Agencies and Kiwanis Club. He was a member of St. Mark's Lodge 1001.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Ernest H. Parsons Funeral Home; burial will be in Candor.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine Lee Willsey; a nephew, Robert Willsey Moree of Kalamazoo, Mich.; two grandnephews, a grand niece, and several great grand nieces and grand nephews.
Exact birth date & birth location taken from WW I Draft Reg.
Son of Martin Erastus Willsey & Emma Katherine Mead
Husband of #1 Marion Fessenden
Husband of #2 Josephine Lee
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Scrapbook newspaper clipping, hand written note Press Sat 7/18/1981:
WILLSEY, A LAWYER, DIES
G. Mead Willsey, a Binghamton lawyer, died yesterday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. He was 91.
Willsey, 17 Crary Ave., was the senior member in the Binghamton law firm of Willsey, Meagher, Buckley and Hester. He had retired, but regularly came into the office up until a month ago. "He was a grand old gentleman," said Joseph P. Hester, a member of the law firm.
Born Aug. 10, 1889, in the Tioga County community of Candor, Willsey graduated from Candor High School in 1908 and Cornell University Law School in 1913. After working a short time with his uncle, former Tioga County Judge Howard J. Mead, Willsey came to Binghamton to go into private practice in 1914. While in Binghamton he served as president of the Broome County Bar Association and was active in forming the Federation Bar Association of the Sixth Judicial District, which includes Broome County.
Willsey was a deacon and trustee at the First Congregational Church, 30 Main St., Binghamton. He was a member of the church since 1915, and was elected lay moderator of the New York State Congregational Conference in 1937.
He is a former president of the local and New York state YMCAs, served as a member of the National Council of YMCAs of North America, was active in organizing the United Fund and served on the Rationing Board in World War II. Willsey was a former member of the American and New York state bar associations, the Community Chest, the Family and Children's Society, Council of Social Agencies and Kiwanis Club. He was a member of St. Mark's Lodge 1001.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Ernest H. Parsons Funeral Home; burial will be in Candor.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine Lee Willsey; a nephew, Robert Willsey Moree of Kalamazoo, Mich.; two grandnephews, a grand niece, and several great grand nieces and grand nephews.
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