This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: France, Frink, Phelps Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/5882 Message Board Post: SIDNEY O. FRANCE BELFAST - Sidney O. FRANCE of 9 Merton Ave. died today (Monday, Feb. 1, 1971) in the Cuba Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since Jan. He was born Nov. 11, 1898, at Red House, a son of Ernest and Nellie FRINK FRANCE. On March 31, 1918, at Belfast, he married the former Charlotte PHELPS, who survives. He had resided in Belfast since 1930 and previously had been a resident of Allegany State Park. Mr. FRANCE owned and operated France Motors Inc. from 1930 until 1955. He was a member of the Belfast United Methodist Church and the church administrative board; Belfast Fire Dept.; and the Allegany County Automobile Dealers Association. Surviving, in addition to his widow, are several nieces and nephews. Friends are being received at the Wolcott Funeral Home, 65 Main Street, Belfast, Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held there Thursday (Feb. 4, 1971) at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Donald L. FOLEY, pastor of the Belfast United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery at Belfast. Memorials may be made to the Belfast Rescue Squad. [Transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from obituary collection of Lenora Mills, Wiscoy, NY]