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    1. [NY-Old-News] >> Monroe Co., NY July 17, 1925 # 5
    2. Rochester, Monroe, NY Times Union July 17, 1925 SPENCERPORT NEWS Spencerport, July 17 - Mr. and Mrs. Earl AUSTIN and family are spending some time at their cottage at Willow Beach. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. FOWLER and daughter spent the week-end in Angelica. Winifred O'GRADY, Esther JENKINS and Mollie BRECKWORTH of Buffalo were week-end guests of Hannah E. CASHMAN. Dr. and Mrs. C. G. LENHART and children are on a motor trip to Battle Creek, Mich., and Canada. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. SNAVELY spent Saturday and Sunday at the FOWLER cottage at Willow Beach. Constance ARNOLD of Rochester is spending the week with her grandmother, Mrs. John UPTON. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Ingraham and children have left for Kalamazoo, Mich., where they will remain for several months. Ruth AUSTIN of Buffalo is spending a month with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. AUSTIN. Mrs. Elmer SMITH and daughter, Mary Jane, were recent guests of Mrs. Elizabeth UPTON HERRICK and Mrs. John Latta SNIDER at their summer home at Shore Acres, Lake Ontario. Wendell CURTIS spent the week-end in Medina. Mabel STOCK of Wayland is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles MERZ. Mr. and Mrs. Harry ASHTON and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence STATT and family, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas COOK and Mrs. Clara LEARY and daughter, Esther, spent Saturday at Island Cottage. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. AUSTIN and Ruth AUSTIN are spending two weeks at Willow Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton FRYER and daughter, Jean of Warsaw, spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. Alice LAWSON. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. GOFF and daughter of Rochester, spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mrs. S. H. CURTIS. Mr. and Mrs. Charles ROLLIN are taking a motor trip to Canada. **** VETERAN CENTRAL ENGINEER BURIED FROM HIS HOME (Photo of James F. Hyland) Funeral services for James F. HYLAND, aged 44, engineer on the New York Central Railroad, who died Tuesday from a stroke at Medina , were held from home, 132 Ontario street, this morning at 8:30 o'clock and from Corpus Christi Church at 9 o'clock. The Rev. J. F. DISSETT officiated at high requiem mass. Apparently in good health, Mr. HYLAND was eastbound on Train S R 2, Falls branch. While the train was detained a few minutes at Medina he was taken ill, dying shortly afterward. At Medina he complained of feeling ill and died within a few minutes. He entered the services of the new York Central as a fireman in February, 1897. In 1905 he was promoted to the position of engineer. He had worked most of the time on the Rochester division and numbered many railroad men among his friends. He was a member of the Rochester Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Active bearers all associates of Mr. HYLAND on the railroad were: James CLEARY, John SULLIVAN, George KING, Michael CLEARY, Nicholas KEHOE and John NEEDHAM. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lawrence HYLAND of Rochester; two sons, James and Raymond HYLAND of Rochester; two brothers, John and William of Buffalo; four sisters, Mrs. Ellis J. WURME, Mrs. Avery ANDREWS, miss Catherine HYLAND, all of Rochester and Mrs. Joseph LYNCH of Carleton. **** A. J. GROH, SR., JEWELER, DIES AT HIS HOME Was a Life-Long Resident of Rochester and a Member of the Klee & Groh Co. Since 1895 - Funeral Tomorrow (Photo of Albert J. Groh, Sr.) Albert J. GROH, Sr., of the Klee & Groh Jewelry Company, died yesterday afternoon at his home at 102 Averill avenue, aged 68 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine BURCHARD GROH; one daughter, Mrs. Frederick MESSERSCHMIDT; one son, Albert J. jr., one sister, Mrs. Eliza SCHNEIDER; one brother, Charles, of St. Augustine, Fla., and two grandchildren. Mr. GROH was born in 1857 in the house in which he died and was one of the early residents of the Averill avenue section of Rochester. At an early age he entered the business world with the Hatch Crimping Shoe Machinery Company, where he remained for 20 years, rising to the position of superintendent of the factory. In 1895 he became the partner of George KLEE in the jewelry business which at that time, and for seven years subsequent, was located in Clinton avenue north at Gorham street. They later moved to the present Main street address where they have been in business for 22 years. He was a member of St. Boniface Church, Rochester Lodge of Elks, the Chamber of Commerce and the Rochester and New York State Jeweler's Association. Funeral services will take place at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning from the home and at 10 o'clock from St. Boniface Church. The Rev. John F. BOPPEL will officiate. Burial will be made in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. **** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS

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