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Florence <I>Ferris</I> Straight

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Florence Ferris Straight

Birth
South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont, USA
Death
6 Mar 1960 (aged 82)
Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, USA
Burial
Jay, Essex County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.3675321, Longitude: -73.7243163
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Mrs. Florence Straight of Jay, New York passed away at the Stoneleigh Nursing Home in Elizabethtown, New York, Sunday, March 6th, 1960, at 6 o'clock p.m., after having been ill for a long time. She was 82 years old.

She was born on June 5, 1877, at Grand Isle, Vermont, the daughter of David and Sylvia Ferris. On May 6, 1893, she was united in marriage to Adonirum Straight of Jay, and of this union, there were three children, LeRoy, Elnora and Archie, all of Jay, who survived her.

Funeral services were held on March 8th, 1960, at 2 p.m., at the home of her son, LeRoy Straight, with the Rev. Elder Martin of Canton, New York officiating. Burial was in the Central Cemetery at Jay.

Pall bearers were Gordon Clark, Spencer Hall, Ralph Otis, Wally Pulsifer, Carl Torrance and Roland Smith.

[The Adirondack Record - Elizabethtown Post, Au Sable Forks, New York, Thursday, March 17, 1960]

There appears to be errors in this obituary. Vermont birth records give Florence's birthdate as July 6, 1960, and her place of birth as South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont.
Mrs. Florence Straight of Jay, New York passed away at the Stoneleigh Nursing Home in Elizabethtown, New York, Sunday, March 6th, 1960, at 6 o'clock p.m., after having been ill for a long time. She was 82 years old.

She was born on June 5, 1877, at Grand Isle, Vermont, the daughter of David and Sylvia Ferris. On May 6, 1893, she was united in marriage to Adonirum Straight of Jay, and of this union, there were three children, LeRoy, Elnora and Archie, all of Jay, who survived her.

Funeral services were held on March 8th, 1960, at 2 p.m., at the home of her son, LeRoy Straight, with the Rev. Elder Martin of Canton, New York officiating. Burial was in the Central Cemetery at Jay.

Pall bearers were Gordon Clark, Spencer Hall, Ralph Otis, Wally Pulsifer, Carl Torrance and Roland Smith.

[The Adirondack Record - Elizabethtown Post, Au Sable Forks, New York, Thursday, March 17, 1960]

There appears to be errors in this obituary. Vermont birth records give Florence's birthdate as July 6, 1960, and her place of birth as South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont.

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STRAIGHT
ADONIRAM
1872 – 1946
FLORENCE
1877 – 19__



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