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- Perry NY Record - 7/21/1949
Death of Mrs. Lillian Calkins
Edington, 75, occurred on Satur-
day, July 16, in a Jamestown hos-
pital where she had been a pa-
tient since May 27. She had been
making her home with a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Howard Furlow of Sin-
clairville.
Mrs. Calkins was born on Sept.
22, 1874, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Emory Brotherton of Bliss.
She was united in marriage to
Eugene Calkins and lived for
many years on a farm north of
Perry. After his death she was
united in marriage to Fred Dav-
idson of Perry, who died suddenly
about two years ago, and early
this year she was married to
George Edington of Sinclairville.
Mrs. Edington retained active in-
terest in life up to the time of her
final illness, enjoying travel and
spending several winters in Cali-
fornia.
Survivors beside her husband in-
clude five sons and four daughters
by her first marriage: Oscar Cal-
kins of Perry, Harry and Quentin
Calkins and Mrs. Howard Furlow
(Angie) of Sinclairville; Mrs. Jo-
seph Pelow (May) of Sheffield,
Pa; Ernest of Belmont, Kenneth
of LaGrange, Mrs. Ralph Steblein
(Dorothy) of Lockport, Mrs. Rob-
ert Westley (Hazel) of Niagara
Falls. There are 37 grandchildren
and 7 great-grandchildren.
Services were held in Sinclair-
ville on Monday, with burial in
Glenwood Cemetery, Perry.
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