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- Lena Pierce - 1881 - July 20, 1939. Daughter of Winslow N. and Harriet Walworth Pierce. Wife of Walter Nicholson. Married June 3, 1904.
Newspaper Obituary - Friday, July 21, 1939 Oswego Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Pulaski Woman Falls From Boat And Loses Life - Mrs. Walter Nicholson Believed Victim of Heart Attack Near Alexandria Bay - Pulaski, July 21 - The entire community was shocked Thursday evening on receipt of the news of the sudden death of Mrs. Lena Pierce Nicholson, 59, widow of the late Walter Nicholson, of Lake street, Pulaski, while she was enjoying a few days vacation with Mrs. F. E. MacCallum at the Waggoner cottage on Wellesley Island near Alexandria Bay. Mrs. Nicholson had apparently fallen from a motor boat in which she with Mrs. MacCallum driving it, her daughter, Thelma Nicholson, and Jack David, all of Pulaski, were taking a ride from the vicinity of the Boldt Castle to the International Bridge. They were making the turn at the Kepler blinker buoy, when the daughter suddenly called out, "Where's mother," and when Mrs. MacCallum did not hear her, called out a second time. Mrs. MacCallum turned around and saw Mrs. Nicholson's body floating about 150 feet astern. With the aid of the daughter and Jack Davis, she succeeded in getting the body into the boat and headed back for the bay, in the meantime asking residents of Cherry Island to phone to have Dr. Harold L. Gokey at the dock to meet them. Dr. Gokey was at the dock but Mrs. Nicholson was dead when brought ashore. His examination showed that there was no water in her lungs, and it is believed that she must have suffered a heart attack and stood up, falling out of the boat. Dr. Gokey reported to Undersheriff Ray Johndrow of Jefferson county who investigated the accident, that it was his belief that Mrs. Nicholson must have suffered a heart attack or stroke before falling into the water. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winslow Pierce and was born and brought up near Fernwood. She was married to Walter Nicholson in 1902 and for a time they lived at Barnard's Corners, later moving to Pulaski. He had been a farmer and RFD carrier up to the time of his death eight years ago. Mrs. Nicholson is survived by her daughter, Miss Thelma Nicholson; a brother, Ben Pierce of Hastings; a sister, Mrs. Theodore Shaul of Buffalo, and several nieces and nephews.
Newspaper Obituary - Saturday, July 22, 1939 Oswego Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Pulaski, July 22 - Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Pierce Nicholson, who died suddenly while boating at Alexandria Bay Thursday, will be held at the family home in Lake street Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. W. A. Gardner of the Methodist church. Burial will be in Willis cemetery.Lena Pierce - 1881 - July 20, 1939. Daughter of Winslow N. and Harriet Walworth Pierce. Wife of Walter Nicholson. Married June 3, 1904.
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