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C Fremont Cornell Obituary May 1,1962Entry/Object ID
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C Fremont CornellScope and Content
Fremont Cornell Dies at 64 C. Fremont Cornell, highway superintendent of the Town of Hamptonburgh for the past 18 1years, died May 1, 1962 in the Goshen Hospital after a short illness. He was 64. Mr. Cornell was born in Washingtonville April 2, 1898 to Charles H. and Elizabeth Fairchild Cornell. He was a veteran of WW I, having served in the AEF. He was a member of the Washingtonville Board of Trade, past president of the Otterkill Engine Company, a member of the Grange and of the New York State Association of Superintendents of Highways. He was chairman of the Hamptonburgh Republican Committee. His widow, the former Eula Cortwright survives him. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Jane Gerling of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Mrs. Ada Lainhart of West Palm Beach, Fla. and Mrs. Alida Rowe of Burnside; one brother Harry F. Cornell of Pompano Beach Fla. and several nieces and nephews. Rev. Howard P. West will conduct funeral services at the Maybrook Methodist Church Friday, May 4 at 2 p.m. Friends are invited to call at his late residence on Station road, in Burnside this evening, May 3.