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Corp Emery Potter

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Corp Emery Potter

Birth
Jerusalem, Yates County, New York, USA
Death
16 Aug 1956 (aged 60)
Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, USA
Burial
New Milford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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2nd Husband of Florence VanCott Frink, m 1 Nov 1930
Parents: Edgar Potter & Sarah

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Geneva NY Daily Times, Friday August 17, 1956

PENN YAN—Funeral services for Emery Potter, 60, Penn Yan RD 4, will be held at 2 pm Monday at the Thayer Funeral Chapel. The Rev Sheldon Stephenson, pastor, of the Penn Yan Methodist Church, and the Rev H W Thomas, Binghamton, will officiate. Interment will be in NeW Millford Cemetery, near Binghamton.

Mr Potter died Thursday in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Friends may call at the funeral Chapel from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Saturday and Sunday.

Mr Potter was born in the town of Jerusalem, Yates County, son of Edgar and Sarah Prosser Potter. He attended local schools and had lived in Yates County all his life. He served overseas in World War I and was a member of the Johnson-Costello Post, American Legion, Penn Yan. Mr Potter was an operating engineer in contracting work. Survivors include his widow, Frances VanCott Potter; and a brother, Edgar, of Penn Yan.
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2nd Husband of Florence VanCott Frink, m 1 Nov 1930
Parents: Edgar Potter & Sarah

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Geneva NY Daily Times, Friday August 17, 1956

PENN YAN—Funeral services for Emery Potter, 60, Penn Yan RD 4, will be held at 2 pm Monday at the Thayer Funeral Chapel. The Rev Sheldon Stephenson, pastor, of the Penn Yan Methodist Church, and the Rev H W Thomas, Binghamton, will officiate. Interment will be in NeW Millford Cemetery, near Binghamton.

Mr Potter died Thursday in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Friends may call at the funeral Chapel from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Saturday and Sunday.

Mr Potter was born in the town of Jerusalem, Yates County, son of Edgar and Sarah Prosser Potter. He attended local schools and had lived in Yates County all his life. He served overseas in World War I and was a member of the Johnson-Costello Post, American Legion, Penn Yan. Mr Potter was an operating engineer in contracting work. Survivors include his widow, Frances VanCott Potter; and a brother, Edgar, of Penn Yan.
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  • Created by: snyder_nepa
  • Added: Aug 2, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74315190/emery-potter: accessed ), memorial page for Corp Emery Potter (10 Apr 1896–16 Aug 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74315190, citing New Milford Cemetery, New Milford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by snyder_nepa (contributor 46994719).