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Myrtle Balcom

Myrtle Balcom

Female 1915 - 2010  (94 years)


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  • Name Myrtle Balcom 
    Birth 15 Nov 1915 
    Gender Female 
    Death Apr 2010 
    Person ID I52083  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Wilbur Joel Balcom,   b. 19 Jun 1889, Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1969, Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Effie May Kinney,   b. 27 Sep 1891, Oneida, Weston, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1961, Rome, Oneida, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 4 Jul 1909  [1] 
    Family ID F9881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James A. Gillespie   d. 29 Apr 1991 
    Family ID F17080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • GILLESPIE
      Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) - April 13, 2010Browse Issues
      Myrtle B. Gillespie

      April 6, 2010

      Myrtle B. Gillespie, 94, of Lake Placid and formerly of Masonic Ave., passed away April 6, 2010 at the Adirondack Medical Center, Saranac Lake, NY.

      She was born November 15, 1915, a daughter of Wilbur and Effie Kinney Balcom. On May 22, 1936, she was married to James A. Gillespie in Little Falls, NY. He passed away April 29, 1991. Myrtle was a member of the Williamstown Union Church, she was a charter member of the Williamstown Senior Citizens and officer for 17 years, she was also a member of the Camden Villagers and Camden Senior Citizens. Myrtle lived in Williamstown for 60 years before moving to Camden in 1996.

      Surviving are a son, Theodore Gillespie, Lake Placid, NY; a daughter, Barbara and John Gorman, West Monroe, NY; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Millicent Houke, Vernon Center; two brothers, Lloyd Balcom, Camden and Wilbur Balcom, Pennellville, NY. She was predeceased by three brothers, Alfred, Elias and Earl Balcom and two sisters, Marie Loomis and Mildred Pappa.

      Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 1 p.m. from LaRobardiere Funeral Home, Inc., Camden, NY. Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Williamstown. Calling hours will be held on Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m., at the funeral home, 109 Main St.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Wilbur Joel Balcom