OBITUARY:
Avon,N.Y.,The Avon Herald-News,Thursday,Nov.19,1953
MICHAEL T.TUBBS
Michael T.Tubbs died Sunday, Nov. 15, at his home, 137 North Ave.,Avon.
He leaves his wife, Bridget; a daughter, Mrs. Paul LaHaye of Lakeville; two sons, Francis of Rochester and Arthur of Avon; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday morning, Nov. 18, in his home and in St. Agnes Church. Burial was in St. Agnes Cemetery, Avon.
He was the son of Timothy Tubbs and Nora Broden Tubbs, and was born in Lima, June 16,1872. He came to Lima at the age of 16 years, working for different employers. On Feb. 21,1906, he was united in marriage to Bridget McGrath, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McGrath, in St. Agnes Church, and they have since resided in Avon.
Shortly after his marriage, he established the trucking business, and became the first truckman from up valley to make daily freight deliveries to and from Rochester. He conducted this business until the outbreak of World War II, when scarcity of labor in Rochester induced him to dispose of the business, and engage in work in a defense plant in that city, retiring shortly after the close of the conflict. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Agnes Church.
OBITUARY:
Avon,N.Y.,The Avon Herald-News,Thursday,Nov.19,1953
MICHAEL T.TUBBS
Michael T.Tubbs died Sunday, Nov. 15, at his home, 137 North Ave.,Avon.
He leaves his wife, Bridget; a daughter, Mrs. Paul LaHaye of Lakeville; two sons, Francis of Rochester and Arthur of Avon; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday morning, Nov. 18, in his home and in St. Agnes Church. Burial was in St. Agnes Cemetery, Avon.
He was the son of Timothy Tubbs and Nora Broden Tubbs, and was born in Lima, June 16,1872. He came to Lima at the age of 16 years, working for different employers. On Feb. 21,1906, he was united in marriage to Bridget McGrath, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McGrath, in St. Agnes Church, and they have since resided in Avon.
Shortly after his marriage, he established the trucking business, and became the first truckman from up valley to make daily freight deliveries to and from Rochester. He conducted this business until the outbreak of World War II, when scarcity of labor in Rochester induced him to dispose of the business, and engage in work in a defense plant in that city, retiring shortly after the close of the conflict. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Agnes Church.
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