DEWEY SPONBURGH (1898- 1964)

DEWEY SPONBURGH (1898- 1964)

Dewey Sponburgh, aged 65, of Richfield Springs, died Sunday, December 6, in Sunmount Hospital, Tupper Lake, following a long illness.

He was born on July 4, 1899, in Richfield Springs, the son of George And Mary (Humphrey) Sponburgh. He attended Richfield Springs, High School. He married Josephine Rolling of Oneonta. She died in 1941. Mr. Sponburgh was employed by the former Utica Knitting Company in Richfield Springs and by Reminton Rand Company in Ilion.

A veteran of World war One and a memeber of the Richfield Springs American League Post, he also belonged to the 40 and 8 of herkimer County, World War One Veterans of Canajoharie and the Mountainweers of Ostego County. He was also a member of St. Joseph's Church and it's Holy Name Society, the Exempt Fireman's Association, Richfield Springs Sportsman's Club, Ohio- Norway- Russia and Game Club, Richfield Grnage and the Otsego County Pomona Grange.

Surviving are a son, W. Reed Sponburgh of Richfield Springs; a daughter, Mrs. William McGee of West Palm Beach, Fla; a brother, Frank Sponburgh of Oneonta; four sisters, Mrs. Flossie Galbreath of Oneida, Mrs. Myra Ogden and Mrs. Helen Bennet, both of Fullerton, Calif; eight grandchildren and one great grand child.

Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, December 9, from the McGrath Funeral Home in Richfield Springs. Solemn High Mass was celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Joseph's Roman catholic Church in Richfield Springs, with the Reve. Leonard A. Hicks, pastor as celebrant. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Oneonta where the Richfield Springs Amercian Legion post conducted graveside military services.

Transcribed by Genie T.
Source: The Ostego Farmer Newspaper, Cooperstown, NY, Thursday December 10, 1964 (Old Fulton NY Post Cards By Tom Tryniski)