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- Mabel Irene Barber Sheley - 1888 - June 19, 1955. Daughter of Henry D. and Carrie E. Seamans Barber. Wife of George Arthur Sheley.
Newspaper Obituary - June 23, 1955 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - Mrs. Mabel Sheley, Formerly of Ontario Bay, Dies in Utica -Sandy Pond - Mrs. Mabel Irene Sheley, 67, widow of George A. Sheley, died Sunday, June 19, 1955, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Martha Peckham of Utica. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Richland Methodist Church with burial in Richland Cemetery. She was born at New Centerville, the daughter of Henry D. and Caroline Seaman Barber. She attended local schools and graduated from the Pulaski Teachers Training Class. She taught school several years in Pulaski and on May 3, 1916 was married to George A. Sheley who preceded her in death. Mr. Sheley, at the time of their marriage, was a conductor on the Ontario division of the New York Central and the couple began housekeeping in Oswego. She was a member of the Richland Methodist Church and Rebecca lodge of Richland. Mrs. Sheley is well-known in the Sandy Pond area, having occupied Camp Happy at Ontario Bay in former years. She had lived in Utica the past three months and five years previous, she had resided in New Lebanon Center, spending the summers for many years at New Centerville. Survivors, besides her sister, are a step-son, Harold Sheley, Oswego, and a niece and nephew.
Newspaper Article - Friday, October 14, 1955 Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Sheley Will Disposed of More Than $30,000 - Utica - Mabel I. Sheley, who died June 19, 1955, a resident of Utica, left personal property valued at more than $20,000 and real property valued at more than $10,000, according to a petition filed with her will in Surrogate's Court here yesterday. A farm at Centerville is left to a nephew, Robert A. Peckham, New Hartford. The sum of $100 is left to Richland Cemetery Association. Other beneficiaries are Irene Servatius, niece, Utica; Paul Sheley, son; Merle Sheley, son, Oswego. Paul Sheley receives the cottage at Sandy Pond.
Mrs. Mabel Sheley, Formerly of Ontario Bay, Dies in Utica
SANDY POND - Mrs. Mabel Irene Barber Sheley, 67, widow of George A. Sheley, died Sunday, June 19, 1955, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Martha Peckham of Utica. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Richland Methodist church with burial in Richland cemetery.
She was born at New Centerville, the daughter of Henry D. and Caroline Seaman Barter. She attended local schools and graduated from the Pulaski teachers Training Class. She taught school several years in Pulaski and on May 3, 1916 was married to George A. Sheley who preceded her in death. Mr. Sheley, at the time of their marriage, was a conductor on the Ontario division of the New York Central and the couple began housekeeping in Oswego. She was a member of the Richland Methodist church and Rebecca lodge of Richland.
Well-Known at Sandy Pond
Mrs. Sheley is well-known in the Sandy Pond area, having occupied Camp Happy at Ontario Bay in former years. She had lived in Utica the past three months and five years previous she had resided in New Lebanon Center, spending the summers for many years at New Centerville.
Survivors besides her sister are a stepson, Harold Sheley, Oswego and a niece and nephew
Source: Sandy Creek News, June 25, 1955
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1888 - 1955 (67 years)