Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Corning NY Evening Leader - 10/25/1930

HAMMONDSPORT, Oct. 25.--
Mrs. Henry Bergstresser died at
her home on the middle road, one
mile from here Wednesday afternoon
at 5:30 o'clock. She had
been ill since the preceding Saturday,
Mrs. Margaret Bergstresser
was the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Herman, of Yates
county. She was married to Henry
Bergstresser 63 years ago. For
the past 30 years she bad lived
at the farm where she died. Mr.
Bergstresser died four years ago.
Mrs. Bergstresser was of a quiet,
retiring disposition and by her
kind acts won the esteem of many
friends. The deceased was for
many years a member of the Lutheran
Church at Gorham.
She is survived by seven children,
Mrs. Reuben Cook, Penn
Yan; Mrs, Fred Hammond, Benton.
Jacob Bergstresser, Mrs.
William Latter, Pulteney. Mrs.
Bertha Sheehan of this village;
Mrs. George Lehman of the town
of Urbana, and Albert Bergstresser
at home; three sisters.
Mrs. Fred Keohler. Benton, Miss
Lena Herman, Potter, and Mrs.
Dell Fisher, Rushville; one brother,
Michael Herman of Potter.
She also leaves several grandchildren.
The funeral was held Friday
afternoon with a prayer at the
house at 12:30 o'clock by the
Rev. p. F. Asher and at the Lutheran
Church at Gorham at 2
o'clock. Burial was in Schuman
Cemetery, near Gorham

Margaret married BERGSTRESSER, Henry about 1867. Henry was born in May 1843 in Yates County, New York; died on 22 Feb 1927 in Hammondsport, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Geneva NY Daily Times - 5/17/1929

Gorham, May 17-Funeral services
were held today for George
Herman who died at his home here
Tuesday afternoon after an illness
Of one week from a paralytic stroke.
He Is survived by his wife, two
daughters, Mrs. Claude Bellis and
Mrs. Frank Whitbeck and one son,
Clarence A. Herman, all of Gorham.
One brother, Michael Herman
of Potter and four sisters, Mrs.
Louise Koehler of Benton; Mrs.
Margaret Bergstresser of Hammondspbrt,
Mrs. Mary Fisher of
Rushville and Miss Lena of Ovid.
Mr. Herman was a member of St.
John's Lutheran Church of Potter.
Burial was made in Scrmman Cemetery,
Rev. Charles A. Smith, pastor
of Gorham Methodist church officiating.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FISHER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KOEHLER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Geneva NY Daily Times - 10/17/1940

Penn Yan. Oct. 17-Mrs. Alice J.
Cook, 74. died at her home. 138
Lake street, Wednesday, Oct. 16th.
She leaves one son, Charles Cook,
Penn Yan; two brothers, Jacob
Bergstresser, of Pulteney; Albert
Bergstresser, Hammondsport; four
sisters, Mrs. Bertha Shean, and
Mrs. George Lehman,both of
Hammonsdport; Mrs. Fred Ham-
mond, Benton.
Funeral services will be held at
Thayer funeral chapel, Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Earl W.
Chapin, of Batavia. officiating.
Burial in Second Milo.

Alice married COOK, Reuben F about 1891 in New York. Reuben was born about 1868 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lena married HAMMOND, Fred about 1889. Fred was born in Feb 1865 in New York; died on 11 Sep 1935 in Voak, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Geneva NY Daily Times - 8/29/1959

PENN YAN - Funeral services
for Jacob A. Bergstresser, 88, of
Perm Yan RD., will be held st
2 p.m. Monday, at the Wade Logan
Funeral Home in Pulteney.
The Rev. Bruce Burke, pastor of
Pulteney Presbyterian C h u r ch
will officiate. Burial will be in Glen
View Cemetery, Pulteney.
Friends may call at the Funeral
Home from 7 to 9 p.m. today from
2 and 4 p.m. and 7 to I p.m.
tomorrow.
Mr. Bergstresser, a prominent
Yates County farmer, died in Seneca
County on Friday. He was
born Feb. 20, 1870 to the Town of
Potter, Yates County, son of Henry
and Marguerite Hermans Bergstresser.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Lela Tyler of Prattsburg; a
son Henry of Pulteney; a brother,
Albert, and two sisters. Mrs.
George Lahman and Mrs. Bertha
Sheehan, all of Hammondsport;
three grandchildren and t h r e e
great-grandchildren.

Jacob married CHAMBERS, Anna about 1902. Anna (daughter of CHAMBERS, William) was born about 1866 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH; died on 18 May 1935 in Pulteney, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Corning NY Evening Leader - 2/20/1936

PULTENEY - Mrs. William
Lafler, 61, died early Tuesday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Austin Davis. She leaves her hus-
band; a daughter, Mrs. Austin Da-
vis, and two brothers, Jacob Bug-
stresser of Pulteney; Albert of
Hammondsport; four sister, Mrs.
Bertha Sheehan and Mrs. George
Legman of Hammondsport; Mrs.
Alice Cook of Penn Yan; and Mrs.
Adeline Hammond of Ovid.
The funeral will beheld Fri-
day at 2 p.m. at Logen's Fu-
neral Home, the Rev. Swales of-
ficiating. Burial will be in Glen
View Cemetery at Pulteney.

Family/Spouse: LAFLER, William. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Geneva NY Daily Times - 1/7/1972

PENN YAN - Funeral services for
Mrs. Bertha I. Sheehan, 86, of 151 Stark
Ave., who died today at Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial Hospital, will be at
2:30 Sunday at the Weldon Funeral
Home. The Rev. Clair Stathal, pastor of
the First United Methodist Church of
Hammondsport, will officiate.
Burial will be in Pleasant Valley
Cemetery, Hammondsport.
Friends may call at the funeral home
Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Mrs. Sheehan had spent most of her
life in the Hammondsport area, and had
resided in Penn Yan since 1967. She was
a supervisor for Mercury Aircraft, Inc.,
Hammondsport.
She is survived by one son, John R. of
Penn Yan; one sister, Mrs. Luella Lehman
of Hammondsport; two grandchildren;
and two nieces.

Family/Spouse: SHEEHAN, John L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luella married LEHMAN, George L about 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married BELLIS, Claude D about 1910. Claude (son of BELLIS, Albert and HOTCHKISS, Lucena) was born about 1877 in New York; died on 26 Oct 1951 in Penn Yan, Yates County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WHITBECK, Frank. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Florence. Florence was born on 12 Mar 1909 in New York; died in Jun 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lela married TYLER, Harry on 2 Jan 1930 in Prattsburg, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DAVIS, Austin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Geneva NY Finger Lake Times - 7/10/1987

PENN YAN - John R. Sheehan,
76, of 151 Stark Ave., died Thursday
(July 9) at Soldiers and Sailors
Memorial Hospital.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m.
today at the Weldon Funeral
Home.
A prayer service will be at 9:30
a.m. Saturday at the funeral home
followed by a Mass of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Michael's
Church. Burial will be in St.
Michael's Cemetery.
Mr. Sheehan was born April 30,
J1911, son of John L. and Bertha
Bergstresser Sheehan. He was a life
member of the BPOE 1722 of Penn
Yan.
J Surviving are his wife, Ellen; one
son, John of Penn Yan; one
daughter, Mrs. David (Patricia)
Cermak of Fairport; three grandchildren;
and several nieces and
nephews.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Penn Yan Area Ambulance
Corps or the Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial Hospital Foundation.

Family/Spouse: Ellen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married PECK, Edna Louise on 28 Jun 1941 in Benton, NY. Edna (daughter of PECK, Howard and CRAIG, Lizzie) was born about 1917 in Town of Benton, Yates County, NY; died on 26 Dec 1971 in Penn Yan, Yates County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herman married NEALLY, Mae Waneta on 1 Sep 1936 in Bellona, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarence married ASPELL, Helen Rebecca on 21 Jun 1947 in Penn Yan, Yates County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gordon married DEAL, Patricia Jeane on 3 Sep 1949 in Middlesex, Yates County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CERMAK, David. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BENSON, Stephan T. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PRICE, William. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Geneva NY Daily Times - 8/19/1955

STANLEY - Funeral services
for Dawn Marie Bellis, 2, Stanley
RD 1, will be held at Hobart
Funeral Chapel, Rushville at 2
p. m. Saturday.
The child died at Geneva Gen
era! Hospital Thursday after be
lng rushed there from her home
after a peanut had lodged in her
lung during a coughing spell.
X-rays revealed the peanut to
be in the light lung. It was removed
about 7:30 p. m. Wednesday
at the hospital by her attend-
ing physician. However, the lung
had already been damaged.
She was the youngest daugh-
ter of three daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Bellis, Stanley RD 1.
The Rev. George King, pastor
of the Middlesex Baptist Church
will officiate. Interment will be
In Overa*!kers Cemetery. Friends
may call at the Hobart Funeral
Chapel,
Survivors are her parents; two
sisters, Kathleen and Diana, at
home, her maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Vera Deal, Middlesex; and
her paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Sarah Bellis, Penn Yan.