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- Nellie Gertrude Shear Franklin - June 24, 1877 - July 5, 1939. Plot X-54-A. Daughter of Clark A. and Lucretia Greenfield Shear. Wife of Harrison R. Franklin.
Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, July 12, 1939 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Mourned - Community Saddened by Passing of Mrs. H. R. Franklin - This community was greatly shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of Nellie Shear Franklin, wife of Mayor Franklin, at her home on Jefferson Street early last Wednesday morning. Friends had greeted Mrs. Franklin with her husband on the street during the evening before, and the news of her death stunned all. Tuesday evening, with her husband, she had witnessed the fireworks display at Selkirk and called at the home of friends who had just lost a loved member of the family. They then returned to their home where they sat for a while on their porch. As Mrs. Franklin was preparing to retire for the night, about 11 o'clock, she was suddenly stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and died about eight o'clock the next morning without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Franklin was born in Westdale, Oneida County, June 24, 1877, a daughter of Clark and Lucretia Greenfield Shear. Forty-four years ago she married Mr. Franklin and most of her life since that time has been spent in this village. She was a woman of quiet dignity and gracious manners, and her noble Christian character had won for her an ever growing circle of friends and the sincere respect of the whole community. She was an active member of the Methodist church and its societies; Pulaski chapter No. 159 Order of the Eastern Star; J. B. Butler Post W.R.C.; Pulaski W.C.T.U., and through these organizations she found opportunity to express her attitude toward life and work for the betterment of the community. Her bereaved husband. son and daughters have the sympathy of all. Left to mourn her besides her husband, are one son, Harold L. Franklin, two daughters, Irene and Genevieve Franklin; one sister, Mrs. Charles Wood of Parish, and three grandchildren, Charlotte, Judith and Robert Franklin. The funeral was held at the home Friday afternoon with the Rev. W. A. Gardner officiating. The great number of floral tributes testified to her popularity and the esteem in which she was held. Bearers were members of the Village and Water Boards, W. H. Bonner, C. H. Brooks, Claude L. Bonney, Frank Brundage, Tracy Burch and William A. Prescott, and she was laid to rest in the family plot in Pulaski Cemetery. Friends and relatives attending the funeral from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Franklin, Springfield Gardens, Long Island; Mr. B. C. Franklin and daughter, Dorothy of Rochester; Mrs. Verne Williamson and Leewood Williamson of Boonville; Mrs. Charles Wood of Parish., Mrs. B. D. Shear of Syracuse; Mrs. Frank Hewitt of Camden; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Grisham of Orwell; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Coming of Redfield; also members of the Genbutt and Redner families of Belleville, Ontario, Canada, and friends from Red Creek and McConnellsville.
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1877 - 1939 (62 years)
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