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EHLE, Melissa (Carpenter). - FUNERAL FOR MRS. EHLE CIVIL WAR WIDOW -
[has the year 1937 in handwriting written on the obit] Funeral services were held at
the Wisconsin Veterans Home yesterday, for Mrs. Melissa Ehle, who died Sunday,
one of the last of Civil War widows at the local home, and also one of the last
of Wisconsin's pioneer women. Melissa Ann Carpenter was born in Rensselaer Co.,
New York, Nov. 11, 1841, which would have made her 96 years old had she lived
another month. In 1867 with her parents she came to Wisconsin, the long trip
through the Erie Canal, through the Great Lakes to Chicago and thence by rail
to Milwaukee taking a week. And then began the long, arduous trip by ox team
from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac. Locating at Dodgeville, Fond du Lac County,
the family established a home in the country so recently wrested from Black Hawk
and his warriors. When Edward A. Ehle was mustered out of Abraham Lincoln's
army of the north, he returned to Wisconsin and wooed and won Melissa Carpenter,
their marriage being Nov. 30, 1868. The young couple lived in familiar Fond du Lac
County for a few years, but again the urge to move farther into the wilds, to
homestead free land, to establish a new home among the white pine stumps left
by the early timber barons - this urge prompted a move to Marathon County
where the couple homesteaded a farm, built a home, raised their family. Expert
with butter paddle or deer rifle, at helping "boil off" the maple sugar harvest
and in spinning the wool from their little flock of sheep, at making [-?-] soap or
teaching her little brood before the one-room log schoolhouse came to their
community, Melissa Ehle lived the life of the pioneer wife and mother, a busy
life but withal a happy one. Two sons and two daughters were born to the couple;
the sons, Marshall and Edward both deceased. The daughters are Mrs. Matt Fisher
of Iron Mountain, Mich. and Mrs. Edna Kaudy of Waupaca. A sister,
Mrs. Adabelle Carpenter, still survives at Stevens Point [Wisconsin]. The aged
lady also had nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Living in this
city is one of the grandchildren Mrs. Miles Loberg. In 191[-?-] Edward [and]
Mrs. Ehle celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with all their children
and grandchildren present. Shortly after, on Dec. [could be 9], 1918,
Mr. Ehle died. Both Mr. And Mrs. Ehle have been members of the home since 1904
and Mrs. Ehle was a past president of the Wisconsin Veterans Home chapter of the
W. R. C. She was a helpful neighbor, eager to be of service in times of need,
stimulating to others because of a mind which was constantly, keenly interested
in all about her. From the time the family first subscribed to the old weekly
Milwaukee Sentinel, upon their arrival in Wisconsin, until the past
few months of Mrs. Ehle's illness, she followed state, national and foreign
affairs in the newspaper, took an active interest in public affairs, voted
at each election from the time women were given the franchise until this last fall.
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Veterans Home, Rev. E. [-?-] B. Earle
conducting the rites. Burial in the Home Cemetery. (name and date of newspaper not
noted; unable to determine who the submitter was)
EHRLICH, Lee. - TROY - Lee Ehrlich of Brunswick Road died
Saturday at his residence after a long illness. Born in Manhattan, he was the
son of the late Max and Freida Ehrlich. He received a degree in electrical
engineering from the University of Southern California, and attended New York
University School of Retailing. Mr. Ehrlich was a real estate investor since 1973.
Prior to that he was sales manager for WTRY and WTEN in the 1960s. He also founded
and was president of the Champlain Cablevision Systems in the 1960s, establishing
cable systems in the north country. He owned and operated the Jane Hewitt Shop
in Troy in the 1950s. In the 1940s he worked for the General Electric Co. with
radar testing equipment in Bridgeport, Conn., and in Dayton, Ohio, as a radar
inspector. He was a longtime member of Temple Berith Sholom in Troy and was a
member of the Troy Kiwanis and the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Troy. He also
was a 32nd Degree Mason. He enjoyed skiing, traveling, reading, history,
geography, and doing magic shows for charities. Survivors include his wife of
48 years, Doris Rafferty Ehrlich; two daughters, Cynthia Ehrlich of New York City
and Dorleen Ehrlich-Johnson of Troy; and two grandchildren. The funeral will be
at 2:15 p. m. Tuesday at Temple Berith Sholom. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery
in Troy. Following the service persons may call at the Ehrlich residence,
39 Brunswick Road. Arrangements are under the direction of the Levine Memorial
Chapel in Albany. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association,
440 New Karner Rd., Albany 12205, or Hospice of Rensselaer County,
295 Valley View Blvd., Rensselaer 12144. (from the Troy Record of Troy, NY,
Monday, February 14, 2000; unable to determine who the submitter was)
ELMER, Bruce A.
ELWOOD, Mary Christina. - Mary Christina, wife of Moses Elwood, and
daughter of Jacob L. and Mary Springer, was born in Rensselaer County,
New York, December 24, 1822. She joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in
1861, and was suddenly transferred to the Church triumphant, at her home
in Stark, Herkimer County, New York, November 18, 1887. She was reared in
the nurture and admonition of the Lord by Lutheran parents who, when she was
a child, moved to Herkimer County, where she has since resided. She was an
ideal wife and mother, and her bereaved husband with six of their eight
children remain to mourn their loss, which is to them irreparable.
Possessed of a remarkable kindness of disposition and beauty of character,
the Christian graces shone in her life with an uncommon lustre. Her children
rise up and call her blessed. She never spoke an unkind word, but commanded
their affection and obedience by a mother's love. The late Rev. Isaac Newton Elwood,
of the Detroit Conference, was her son, and he attributed much of the success he
achieved in his heroic labors to the molding influence of his early training under
the parental roof. His death, which occurred a few months before her departure,
was the crushing grief under which she steadily declined in health until she
went to meet the loved ones gone before, where God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes. Her noble Christian womanhood, her humble fidelity in the
sphere of life to which under the providence of God she was called, her
self-sacrificing devotion have left their indelible impression upon all
who were members of her household, and these together with other Christ-like
traits of character are today stars in the crown of her rejoicing. T. WEED.
(from the Northern Christian Advocate, January 5, 1888; submitted
by Mary Jane Haight-Eckert)
- SCHAGHTICOKE, NY - Bruce A. ELMER, 70, of East Street, Schaghticoke, died Saturday, January 17, 2009. Formerly of Ft. Covington, NY, he was born in Bombay, [Franklin County] NY, a son of the late Herman ELMER and Evelyn COLLETT. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958 and a member and past commander of the Charles F. Waldron Post # 721, Schaghticoke. He was also a member of the Troy Eagles Aerie. He was retired from the G. E. Silicone Plant in Waterford, retiring in 1999. He also worked many years in the construction field. He enjoyed classic cars and traveling. Survivors include his living companion, Rose MITCHELL; two sons, Curtis (Margaret) ELMER of Cohoes and Scott ELMER of New York City; one daughter, Wanda (Santo) DERICO of Canton, Mich.; one brother, David ELMER of Ballston Spa; one sister, Patricia MONICA of Constable, NY; four grandchildren, Joshua ELMER, Maria ELMER, Philip ELMER and Evelyn DERICO. Predeceased by siblings Phillip ELMER and Carol MILLERE; also survived by several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call at the Chase Funeral Home Monday, January 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. A funeral service will be held at 7:30 p. m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. George Fleming officiating. Interment will be in the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice of Rensselaer, 295 Valley View Blvd., Rensselaer, NY 12144. (published 18 January 2009 in the Times Union newspaper of Albany, Albany County, NY; contributed to this website by Edie Emmi)
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