Obituary (from Watertown Daily Times of 13 Dec. 1988): CLAYTON---Leonard F. Blanchard, 80, of Route 1, May Irwin Road, retired insurance representative and well-known local pianist, died at 10:15 p.m. Monday in Edward John Noble Hospital,
Alexandria Bay, where he had been admitted earlier that afternoon. Mr. Blanchard had been in failing health for several years.Arrangements with the Fox Funeral Home, Ogdensburg, are incomplete.
Surviving are his wife, Mildred, and two cousins, Mrs. Harriet Natali, Clayton, and Mrs. Mary Hartman, Watertown.
Born on Grindstone Island in the Town of Clayton, on April 1, 1908, a son of H. Frederick and Jennie Mae Sherman Blanchard, he was graduated from Clayton High School and Clayton Teachers' Training Class.
He married Mildred E. Cross Aug. 16, 1945, at the home of the bride's sister, Florence Cross Wood, in Canton, with Rev. William O. Thomas officiating.
Mr. Blanchard taught at schools on Spicer Bay Hill and at Omar for two years and later served as an international correspondent school representative for St. Lawrence and Franklin counties. He then worked as a store clerk at the
Montgomery Ward Co. in Watertown, prior to obtaining his insurance license in 1949. Mr. Blanchard was employed as an insurance representative by the Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. for 25 years, retiring in 1974.Mr. Blanchard was also an accomplished organist and pianist, having played the piano at the Haff-Way Chalet, Cape Vincent, and at the Golden Medallion Restaurant and Mayflower Restaurant, both of Alexandria Bay.
He was a member of the Clayton United Methodist Church and the Kingston (Ont.) Theatre Organ Society.
Obituary (from Watertown Daily TImes of 25 Jan. 1965): CLAYTON---Merritt Ross Burgess, sr., 63, vice president of the National Bank of Northern New York, died unexpectedly at 4:30 a.m. Sunday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. James F. George, Massena-Winthrop Road. Death was attributed to a heart attack.Mr. and Mrs. Burgess had driven from Clayton Friday evening to spend the weekend in Massena.
Mr. Burgess was in his usual good health until about 4 a.m. when he complained of indigestion and within minutes he died of the heart attack.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Clayton Baptist Church with Rev. James O. Bell, Theresa, officiating. Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery, Cape Vincent.
Friends may call tonight from 7 to 9 and Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cummings Funeral Home.
The family requests that those desiring may make donations to a fund of their choice.
Surviving Mr. Burgess are his wife, Mrs. Doris Blanchard Burgess; a son, Ross J. Burgess, jr., Clayton; five daughters, Mrs. Theodore (Grace) Buckly, Waddington; Mrs. Glenn A. (Esther) Delaney, Clayton; Mrs. Arthur (Betty) Painter, Garden
City, Mich.; Mrs. V.P. (Marcia) Toufis, Sumter, S.C., and Mrs. James F. (Patricia) George, Massena; a sister, Miss Beulah K. Burgess, Clayton; a brother, George D. Burgess, Gouverneur, and 34 grandchildren.Mr. Burgess was born Oct. 22, 1901, at Grindstone Island, the son of George and Harriet Garnsey Burgess. He was graduated from Clayton High School. He married Miss Doris Blanchard on Sept. 2, 1921, at the parsonage of the Theresa
Methodist Church with Rev. Albert E. Budd officiating.Mr. Burgess began his career with the old First National Bank of Clayton and continued when that institution merged with the National Exchange Bank of Clayton. He later became vice president and assistant trust officer of the First
National Exchange Bank until its merger with the National Bank of Northern New York.Mr. Burgess was a deacon in the Clayton Baptist Church and a member of the Clayton Grange.
Obituary: CLAYTON---Mrs. Doris P. Blanchard Burgess, 67, long-time resident of the Clayton section and widow of M. Ross Burgess, died early Thursday afternoon in Massena Memorial Hospital. She had lived in Waddington the past two years.
Stricken ill on Oct. 26 while visiting a brother in West Palm Beach, Fla., she entered the hospital Monday upon her return north.
The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p.m., at the Clayton Baptist Church, with Rev. Robert A. Taylor, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Massena, officiating. Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Cummings Funeral Home Saturday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Surviving are a son, Ross J., Clayton; five daughters, Mrs. Theodore C. (Grace) Buckley Waddington, Mrs. Glenn A. (Esther) Delaney, Clayton; Mrs. Arthur (Betty) Painter, Garden City, Mich.; Mrs. V.P. (Marcia)Tsufis, in Germany; and Mrs.
James F. (Patricia) George, Massena; three sisters, Mrs. Harriet Natali, Clayton, Mrs. Clive (Ruth) Spalsbury, Watertown, R.D. 3, and Mrs. Robert (Avis) Ducolon, Sackets Harbor; a brother, Carl Blanchard, West Palm Beach; grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.Mrs. Burgess was born May 28, 1901, daughter of Harry and Grace Riley Blanchard. She attended Clayton schools. On Sept. 2, 1921, she was married to Merritt Ross Burgess, a native of Grindstone Island, in the parsonage of the Theresa
Methodist Church by Rev. Albert E. Budd, then pastor.After their marriage, they lived in this section. Mr. Burgess was first with the old First National Bank of Clayton. After the merger with the National Exchange Bank of Clayton, he was vice president and assistant trust officer. He was
a vice president of the National Bank of Northern New York after merger of that bank and the Exchange Bank.Mr. Burgess died of a heart attack at the age of 63, on Jan. 24, 1965 while he and Mrs. Burgess were spending the weekend at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George, Massena-Winthrop road.
Mrs. Burgess was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Massena, and formerly a member of the Clayton Baptist Church, where she was secretary of the cradle roll.
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Obituary (from newspaper of 7 Aug. 1962): CLAYTON---Mrs. Harriet I. Garnsey Burgess, 84, widow of George Burgess, 615 Merrick St., died at the House of the Good Samaritan in Watertown Monday evening at 8:20 where she had been a patient one
day. Death was attributed to a coronary attack. She had been in failing health five years.The funeral will be Thursday morning at 11 at the First Baptist Church, with Rev. Lawrence A. Wheaton, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Clayton Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cummings Funeral Home, here, tonight from 7 to 9
and Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.Surviving is a daughter, Miss Beulah K. Burgess, Clayton; two sons, M. Ross Burgess, Clayton; George D. Burgess, Gouverneur; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Consaul, Clayton; 11 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
She was born Oct. 30, 1877 on Grindstone Island, daughter of Merritt Alphanzo and Elizabeth Kendall Garnsey. She lived most of her early life and attended school on Grindstone Island.
She was married to George Burgess, Dec. 16, 1897, at the home of her parents, Rev. H.S. Baldwin, Clayton Baptist minister, officiating. He was a stone cutter and a caretaker of Clayton High School. The couple moved to Clayton in January,
1902. Mrs. Burgess had lived at 615 Merrick St. since then. Mr. Burgess died Jan. 23, 1930, at the age of 60.A member of the Clayton Baptist Church, she was a Sunday School teacher, a church trustee, and a member of the We Serve class, the Ladies' Aid Society, and the Missionary Society.
Obituary (from Watertown Daily Times of 12 Dec. 1983): CLAYTON---Miss Beulah K. Burgess, 85, of 615 Merrick St., a native of Grindstone Island and longtime organist for the First Baptist Church of Clayton, died Sunday morning in the Kinney
Nursing Home, Gouverneur.The funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Clayton, with Pastor G. Kent Walmsley officiating. Burial will be in Clayton Cemetery.
There will be no calling hours. Arrangements are with the Cummings Funeral Home, Clayton. Donations may be made to the First Baptist Church.
Miss Burgess is survived by a brother, George D., Gouverneur, nieces and nephews.
She was born Oct. 8, 1898, the daughter of George and Harriet Garnsey Burgess.
She graduated from Clayton High School and the Binghamton School of Business, and was employed as a part-time secretary for the Edward J. Noble Hospital, Alexandria Bay, and as a fulltime secretary for the Caulkins and Farmer Clinic in
Watertown.She was a member of the First Baptist Chirch of Clayton, and was an organist for the church for many years.
Obituary (from newspaper of 20 Jan. 1954): CLAYTON---Elgin V. Consaul, 69, of this village, a retired rural delivery mail carrier of more than 42 years service, died Tuesday night at 7:10 at his home, 639 John St. Death was caused by a
stroke, suffered about a week ago.The body was taken to the Hoyt Funeral Home, LaFargeville, and was returned to the family home here late this afternoon.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Garnsey Consaul; a son, Floyd Consaul, Ogdensburg; a grandson, Roger Consaul, a student at Syracuse University; a sister, Mrs. Paul (Vida) Potter, Clayton; nieces and nephews.
Mr. Consaul was born at Clayton Jan. 27, 1884, son of the late Enos and Lucinda Schell Consaul. He grew up on a farm in the Clayton area and attended Clayton schools.
For two years, he was a sailor on the St. Lawrence and in the Great Lakes.
After working for the railway express office here Mr. Consaul became employed as a rural mail carrier. He held this position for 42 years retiring in December, 1951. He covered what is known as times, all the rural routes out of Clayton.
In April 22, 1909 he married Miss Bertha Garnsey in the First Baptist Church here with Rev. Berton Lehigh, pastor, officiating.
Mr. Consaul was active in church work here being a deacon and trustee of the First Baptist Church at the time of his death. He was a member of the Republican town committee and also of the Clayton I.O.O.F.
Services will be held Saturday at the home and at the First Baptist Church.
Obituary (from newspaper of 23 Feb. 1984): CLAYTON---Bertha G. Consaul, 97, formerly of 639 John St., died Wednesday evening at Cedars Nursing Home, Ogdensburg, where she had been a patient since March 2, 1979.
The funeral is tentatively set for Saturday afternoon at the Clayton Baptist Church, Rev. G. Kent Walmsley, pastor, officiating. Spring burial will be in Clayton Cemetery.
There are no calling hours. Arrangements are with the Cummings Funeral Home, here.
Donations may be made to the Clayton Baptist Church.
Surviving are a grandson, Roger Consaul, Skaneateles; two great-granchildren, Russ and Sheila Consaul; a great-great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews. A son, Floyd M. Consaul, operator of Consaul's Grocery Store, died Feb. 17,
1933.Born Oct. 14, 1886 on Grindstone Island, a daughter of Merritt and Elizabeth Kendall Garnsey, she was graduated from Clayton High School in 1904 and from Clayton Teachers' Training Class in 1905.
She taught at the McCarn and Spicer Bay Schools and married Elgin V. Consaul April 22, 1909.
The couple ran a tourist home and cabins in Clayton on the present site of the Clayton Big M. Mr. Consaul, a retired rural mail carrier, died in January, 1954.
She was a member of the Clayton Baptist Church and Clayton Home Bureau.