Emma Winifred Colvin

Emma Winifred Colvin

Female 1909 - 1987  (78 years)


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  • Name Emma Winifred Colvin 
    Birth 10 Jun 1909  Waterville, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 7 Dec 1987  Oneida, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I67751  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Charles Fayette Colvin,   b. 22 Jun 1868, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1923, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Emma Luella Melissa Eddy,   b. 20 Feb 1872, Richland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1961, Oneida, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1890  Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Howard James Cross,   b. 15 Jun 1907, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1981, Chittenango, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Children 
     1. Carol Cross  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F20436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - December 10, 1987 Post Standard - EMMA W. CROSS - Services for Emma Winifred Cross, 78, 238 Allen Park Avenue, who died Monday in Oneida City Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Campbell-Dean Funeral Home, Inc., 260 Main St., Oneida. The Rev. Bruce S. Barden, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Madison County ARC. Born in Waterville, she was a lifelong resident of this area. She resided in Chittenango for many years until moving to Oneida in 1982. Mrs. Cross retired from the Rome Development Center. Mrs. Cross, with her sisters, Irene Hubbard and Nellie De Vaul, formed the singing group, ``The Singing Grandmothers,'' in 1958. The group first appeared on the television program, ``Name That Tune'' and performed on national and regional television and radio shows. She was a member of the Civil Sevice Employees Association. Surviving is one son, Michael Carney of Upper Marlboro, Md.; two daughters, Emma Becker of Canastota and Carol Smith of Durhamville; one stepdaughter, Jane Griffin of Verona; three sisters, Laura Miller, Irene Hubbard and Nellie De Vaul of Oneida; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.