Obituary
for Mrs. Emory W. Hardenbrook
The death of Mrs. Emory W. Hardenbrook, 78,
occurred Tuesday afternoon [Aug 1933] following an illness of several months.
Mrs. Hardenbrook always lived in Bath, her maiden name being Delia Gay. A
daughter of the late Dolsen and Sarah
Gay, early local residents, she was born June 8, 1855. On March 4, 1884 she
became the wife of Mr. Hardenbrook, whom she survived nearly 20 years.
Mrs. Hardenbrook leaves a son, E. Ray Hardenbrook, a granddaughter, Miss Lenora Hardenbrook and a sister, Mrs. E. H. Barton, all of Bath.
Mrs. Hardenbrook was a member of the Centenary
Methodist Episcopal Church, membered in the Sunshine Class of the Church school
and was long active in the Bath Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
The Rev. John Adams of Batavia, a former Bath
pastor, will conduct the funeral at her late home in Howell Street at 2:30
o’clock Thursday afternoon and burial will be in the family plot in Grove
Cemetery.
Mrs. Hardenbrook merited and commanded the high
esteem of the people of this community, her life characterized by industry and
usefulness. She was devoted to her home and the member of her home circle. She
was devotedly loyal to her church, kind and sympathetic as a friend and
neighbor. Of Mrs. Hardenbrook it may be truly said a useful life is closed.[1]
[1] “Mrs. Emory
W. Hardenbrook,” obituary, The Evening
Leader, Corning, NY, 9 Aug. 1933, p.10, col. 5. [www.Fultonhistory.com – 21
May 2012]
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