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- Rome NY Daily Sentinel - 12/18/1959
FORESTPORT — Mrs. Alice G.
Denslow, 71, wife of L. Gould Denslow,
died unexpectedly yesterday
at her home here.
The daughter of Benjamin and
Fannie Bates Briggs, she was
born in Boonville, Aug. 16, 1888.
She attended Boonville schools
and was a member of the Methodist
Church.
On April 5, 1907, in Boonville.
she was married to L. G. Denslow,
and from 1910 to 1922 they operated
a canal boat on the B l a ck
River and Erie Canals. Six years
ago they built a gas station, restaurant
and cabins on Route 28
here.
Surviving besides her husband,
are four sons, Floyd, Syracuse;
Lea foe and Cecil, Forestport, and
Thomas Denslow, Westmoreland;
four daughters, Mrs. D a n i el
Brown, Yorkville; Mrs. 'Alfred
Knowles, Mrs. John Majczak and
Mrs. Stanley Starzyk, all of Utica;
two brothers, Charles and Ervin
Briggs, Rome; one sister, Mrs.
Ervin Johnson, Rome; 25 grandchildren
and 12 great - grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Monday at the Trainor Funeral
Home, Boonville, with the
Rev. Alton A. Parker, pastor of
the Boonville Methodist Church officiating.
Burial will be in the Alder
Creek Cemetery.
Friends may can at the funeral
home at their convenience.
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