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- Frederick Tanner, 88, a lifelong resident of Stanwix and former operator of a dance hall and roller skating rink in that village died early today in a Rome hospital where he had been a patient two weeks. He had been in ill health for seven years. Until some six years ago, Mr. Tanner resided in the building which was the original Rome County Club, located next to the Stanwix elementary school. There he operated a dance hall and later a roller skating rink. The use of the hall was discontinued around 1940. For the past six years Mr. Tanner had resided on the Carter Rd., off the Westmoreland Rd. He was born in Stanwix on March 4, 1873, son of William Henry & Huldah Miller Tanner, and at the age of 16 became a boatman on the Erie Canal. He was last employed by the New England Box Co., retiring in 1943. On Dec. 5, 1935 he married the former Emma Zimmerman Ammann in Rome with the ceremony having been performed by the Rev. Harley Hill. Mr. Tanner was the last of nine children. Surviving are his wife, 13 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 Monday at the Griffin & Aldridge Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul A. Boriak, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiating.
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1872 - 1961 (88 years)
d. 31 Mar 1912, Rome, Onieda Co., New York