Posted on: Tioga Co. NY Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/TiogaObits/53 Surname: Van Gorden, Danforth, Keefe, Crandall, Riffle ------------------------- Howard Edward VanGorden, who had been employed as a railway postal clerk for a few years, died at his home in Talcott Street (Owego) on Friday afternoon, March 16 of pneumonia following an illness of six days, aged 27 years. His funeral was held at the house Monday afternoon, Rev. Warren C. Taylor, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiating. He was born in Owego (Tioga County) and was the son of the late Edward VanGorden. He entered the employ of the goverment's mail service and first had a run of the New York Central railroad. While alighting from a mail car at Utica he slipped and his right foot was injured under the wheels of the car. After his recovery he was transferred to the Erie railroad, his run being on trains Nos. 1 and 2 between New York and Salamonca. He was very popular with a large cirlce of friends and was one of the government's most efficient railway postal clerks. He was a member of Susquehanna hose company, No. 1, and of Ahwaga tribe No. 40, I. O. R. M. A delegation from each of these organizations attended the funeral. He leaves a wife, who was formerly Miss Minnie L. Danforth, of this village, and one daughter, Helen VanGorden, aged two years, his mother, Mrs. Mary VanGorden, of this village, and four sisters, Mrs. Eugene (Ethel) Keefe, of this village; Mrs. Jefferson H. (Reva) Crandall, of Deposit, and Mrs. Lena Riffle and Miss Nina VanGorden of Stella, NY (now part of Binghamton). Note: At the time of his death, his wife, Minnie, was pregnant with his second daughter, Harriet VanGorden.