Wife of James Botswick


Ella (Baldwin) Bostwick

Mrs. James Bostwick of
Elk Creek Dies; Long Ill
Elk Creek, April 23-Mrs. Ella (Baldwin) Bostwick died in her sleep early Saturday
morning. Death was due to cancer, from which she had suffered for several years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday from the Bostwick home. Rev.
William E. Webster of Schenectady will officiate. Burial will be in the family plot
in the Elk Creek cemetery.

Ella Baldwin was born in Westford in 1875, and January 23, 1900, she and James
Bostwick united in marriage. He survives, as do six children, Mrs. Lee Roberts,
Middlefield; Mrs. Alton Sperry, Laurens; Lee Bostwick, Westville; Mrs. Joseph
Ritchey, Ralph Bostwick, and Percy Bostwick, who riside at home; three sisters, Mrs.
John Magee, Elk Creek; Mrs. R.C. Chase, Chase; Mrs. William Cattell; two brothers,
Perlia Baldwin and Lee Baldwin, both of Worcester; 16 grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Bostwick was an earnest, hard working woman, one devoted to her home and family,
and was a kind and helpful neighbor and friend. The family will have the sympathy of
all who knew Mrs. Bostwick.
(1933)

Bostwick Funeral Rites
Are Held at Elk Creek
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Services for Well Known Resident
Largely Attended-Other Items
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Elk Creek, April 26-Friends from out of town who attended the funeral of Mrs. James
Bostwick Monday afgernoon were: L.R. Baldwin, Binghamton; Mr. and Mrs. P.D. Baldwin,
Clair Person, Mrs. Ida Baldwin, Ralph Bostwick, Worcester; Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Chase,
L.H. Chase, Mr. and Mrs. G. Ritchey, Mrs. Bertha Hill and Miss Dorothy Hill, Schenevus;
Mrs. Bertha Tice, West Edmeston; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sherman, Foster Tice, Mrs. Daisy
Ritchey, Clayville; Mrs. Nora Ketell and Miss Rachel Ketell, Mohawk; C. McAdams,
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Sperry and children, Laurens; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roberts and children,
Middlefield; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bostwick and children, Hiram Bostwick, Mrs. Arthur Wood
and Neil Prat, Westville; Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Eaton, Mrs. James Clint, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Bostwick, Oneonta; Mrs. Cecil Magee, Mineral Springs; Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Stevens,
Fred and Millard Weldon, Westford; and Miss Mary Palmeter, Schenevus.

Several beautiful floral pieces testified to the high esteem in which she was held in
the community. Her three sons and three sons-in-law acted as bearers.
Rev. William E. Webster of the Methodist Episcopal church at Schenevus officiated.
Two hymns, "Abide With Me," and "Jesus Lover of My Soul" were sung by Mrs. Dykeman
and Mrs. Flora Chase of Schenevus. Interment was made in the Elk Creek cemetery.