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Edward Tracy Killam

Edward Tracy Killam

Male 1923 - 2003  (79 years)


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  • Name Edward Tracy Killam 
    Birth 16 Sep 1923  Pulaski, Richalnd Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 May 2003 
    Person ID I57254  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Ralph Pruyne Killam,   b. 24 Apr 1888, Mexico, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1954, Pulaski, Richalnd Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Florence J. Fitch,   b. 19 Sep 1894   d. 1973 (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1915  [1] 
    Family ID F18932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bethyl White,   b. 28 Dec 1922, Lacona, Oswego County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1989, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Children 
     1. Judith Killam   d. 2015  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Bruce E Killam,   b. 7 Nov 1946   d. 19 Jul 2021 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F18918  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • EDWARD T. KILLAM - TRUCK DRIVER, FIRE CHIEF
      May 14, 2003 | Watertown Daily Times (NY)
      Page: D7 | Section: Obituaries
      210 Words | Readability: Lexile: 900, grade level(s): 5 6
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      Edward T. Killam, 79, of 56 Salina St., died Monday in Oswego Hospital.

      Mr. Killam was a truck driver for 30 years at the former Blount Lumber Co., retiring in 1987.

      Born Sept. 16, 1923, in Pulaski, son of Ralph and Florence Fitch Killam, he graduated from Pulaski High School and served in the Army during World War II.

      He married Bethyl O. White on Jan. 10, 1942, at Sandy Creek. She died Oct. 7, 1989.

      He was a retired member and former chief of the Lacona Fire Department and a charter member and past commander of Cable Trail Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8534 in Lacona.

      Surviving are two daughters, Judy Cummings, Pulaski, and Wendy Goodberry, Redfield; two sons, Tim, Lacona, and Bruce, Pulaski; two brothers, Fred, Pulaski, and Jim, Tacoma, Wash.; 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

      Two brothers, Robert and Ralph, died before him.

      The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Summerville Funeral Home, Sandy Creek, with the Rev. Brian Snyder, pastor of Boylston Wesleyan Church, officiating. Burial with military honors will be in Wesleyan Cemetery.

      Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

      Donations may be made to the Lacona Fire Department or Northern Oswego County Ambulance, Pulaski, N.Y. Edward Tracy Killam, born in the village of Pulaski, September 16, 1923. Sex, male; legitimate, yes; born alive at 3 PM. Signed by F. E. MacCallum, M.D.
      Father: Ralph P. Killam, age 35, born in Mexico, New York; residence, Pulaski; occupation, photographer.
      Mother: Florence J. Fitch, age 29, born in Pulaski; residence, Pulaski; occupation, housewife.
      Number of children born to this mother, 3; number of children of this mother now living, 3.

  • Sources 
    1. [S675] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;).
      Record for Florence Fitch
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=380093917036&indiv=try