Besse married FUNKE, Frank on 25 Nov 1909 in Stafford, Genesee County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Batavia NY Daily News - 11/23/1909

Miss Bessie Peard,
whose marriage to Frank Funke will
take place on Thursday, was given a
kitchen shower at the home of Mrs.
H. William Dyer on Saturday after-
noon by the members of her Presby-
terian Sunday school class. She was
presented many useful articles. A
lunch was served.

ALSO

Buffalo NY Morning Express - 11/16/1909

Mr. and Mrs. Millard Allen have
issued Invitation to the marriage of
Mrs. Allen a slster, Miss Bessie Peard,
and Frank J. Funke. at their home in
Stafford on Thursday. November 25th.

1. FUNKE, Bessie
2. FUNKE, Robert Charles

Notes:

Batavia NY Daily News - 12/31/1913

Objections have been made
to the admission to probate of the
will of Robert Peaard, late of Pem-
broke. According to the petition the
estate is valued at ?????. Mr.
Peard's will and was written in his own
hand and witnessed by Emma Cleve-
land and gladys Mayhew of East
Pembroke.
Objections are filed by J o s e p h H.
P e a r d and Mrs. Olive Allen, a son
and daughter of the deceased, who
a r e represented by Frank J. Robinson.
Only the usual statutory obj
e c t i o n s are made, Including t h a t the
paper Is not the last will and testament
and not the voluntary act of
t h e decedent; that he was not of
sound mind and memory; that the
will w a s not subscribed and published in
conformity with the ' s t a t u t e and
t h a t It Is Invalid and void.
Specific legacies mentioned in the
w i l l , all to grandchildren, are as fol-
l o w s : Robert Charles Funke; John
Robert Peard and Robert Carney
Peard, $100 each, in trust, until they
are of age; Bessie Funke, Leslie
Peard and Lucile Peard, $50 each,
in trust until they are of age. The
remainder of the estate is to be di-
vided equally between Henry Peard,
George Peard, Mrs. Hattie Huber,
Joseph Peard, Mrs. Olive Allen, Mrs.
May Weil, Robert K. Peard, Miss
Lucile K. Peard and Mrs. Bessie
Funke, all children of the deceased.
Miss Lucile K. Peard is named as
executrix and James A. Le Seur is
her attorney.

ALSO

Batavia NY Times - 11/5/1913

At 3:40 o'clock, on Saturday morning,
occurred the death , of Robert
Peard at his home in Pembroke, from
heart trouble. Mr. Peard,.who was 73
years of ago, had been. a. resident of
Genesee county for a number of years,
and had lived In the.house where he
died. for the past 44 years. He was
born In County Cork; Ireland, coming
to this country when.nine years of a g e ,
On April 13, 1861 Mr, Peard enlist
ed in the Civil.War and after serving
three months in Captain, R.S, Roak's
Company was discharged by reason
of disability. On A u g u s t 20, 1862, Mr.
Peard re-enlisted In Company . G,
Eighth New -York Heavy Artillery,
Colonel Peter A. Eottdffs regiment in
which he Served until the close of the
war beihg-discharged on June 6, 1865,
at Bailey's Cross Roads. He was a
prominent member of the East Pem-
broke Lodge No. 194, I.O.O.F. and
ot the D. W. Kinne P o s t No. 635, G.
A. R. of Corfu. For the past twenty
five years Mr. Peard had been engaged
in the produce business.
He is survived byy four sons, Robert
K. Peard of East Pembroke,
George l., Joseph H. and Hariry R
Peard of. Batavia and five daughters;
Miss L u c i l e K; Peard o f Brighton
Mrs. William Huber, and Mrs. Harry
Weil of,Buffalo; Mrs. Frank Funke;of
East Pembroke, and Mrs. Millard F.
Allen of Batavia and, ten. grandchil-
dren. His funeral will be held at 2
o'clock on Monday afternoon, from
the late home. The burial will be in
the Hillside cemetery at East Pem-
broke.

Notes:

Batavia NY Daily News - 9/12/1893

Mrs Kittie Peard, aged 88 years, mother
of Robert Peard of East Pembroke, was
struck by Central engine No 210, pulling a
gravel train on the Tonawanda branch at
the crossing near the Catholic church in
that village about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
and received irjuries which are
likely to prove fatal.
When the engineer of tbe train, which
was coming east, came in sight of the
crossing he saw Mrs. Peard standing in
the center of the track, looking in the opposite
direction As she did not move as
the train neared the crossing be blew his
whistle repeatedly. No attention being
paid to the signal he then whistled for
brakes and slackened the speed of the
engine and the train was running very
slowly when it struck tbe aged lady. She
was thrown a distance of about eight feet
to the side of the track. When the trainmen
reached her she was conscious and
was carried to the house of Mrs. Kennedy
near by. Dr. Richardson, who was summoned,
found that her left hip and elbow
were broken and she was suffering from in
ternal injuries. She was taken to her son's
house about one quarter of a mile south of
the tracks. She was alive at 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon, but it is thought she can
not recover.
Mrs. Peard has not been right mentally
for some time. The family was not aware
that she had left the house yesterday afternoon
until the news of the accident was
taken to them.