Putnam patriot., 1911-04-28
Obituary
HUBER D. CARD.

11ADeI I3s AatQ LII ttts NlNN Ated dt the home of his mother in Willimantie Sunday afternoon at 4.l5 o'clock from tuberculosis, He was l. years of age. He was taken from Putnam to Wilii- mantle last Thursday afternoon.
 NIT. Card was born in Nillimantic in the house in which he died, in July 1868, the son of the late Dr. David C.. and Hannah Thurber Card. He was educated in the Willimantie schools and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1892. He was then employed by the Missouri Worlds Fair commission in preparing a geological exhibit at Jefferson City, Mo, and installing the exhibit In Chi eago He returned to Willimantie and opened an office as civil engineer and was appointed superintendent of sewer construction. In 1896 he receiv- ed the appointment of civil engineer of the city of Putnam and removed here. He served in this capacity until 1904. In the meanwhile he had studied law under the instruction of Attorney Charles l.. Torrey and was admitted to practice August 3lst, 1906. He was elected prosecuting attorney of the city of Putnam shortly after he was admit ted to practice and served a term of two years. Before the expiration of his term he was forced to give up his duties on account of ill health and spent the winter at Saranac Lake, N. '. He returned to the city about a year ago and has been at his office ever since doing as much as his failing health would permit.
 MT. Card was geologist and consid. cred an authority on many technical points pertaining to that study. He had one of the finest individual collec- tions of any one in the state. Many of his specimens had been catalogued. This line of study was hobby, but he also collected antiques of various sorts and had a fine assortment. He trav- eled extensively at times in the quest of geological specimens. Attorney Card was 32d degree Mason and an Elk. Besides his mother, no near rel. atives survive.
 Funeral services were held at the house Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock, Rev. l.. M. Flocken of the Methodist church, officiating. FRANCIS L. tooRBIN Deacon Francis l.. Corbin of West Woodstock, representative of one of the oldest families in the state and one of the most respected citizens of Wind ham county, died at his home Monday at the age of 73.
 Death was caused by heart trouble and was very sudden, coming while his home.
 He was born in West Woodstock on the old homestead May 13, 1888 and was educated in the district schools and at Nichols academy Dudley, Mass. When "A years of age he returned to the old home, purchasing his fathers farm of 155 acres which he conducted until June, 1880. He then removed to the S5-acre farm owned by George Bradford, his father-in-law, near Wood stock.
 Deacon Corbin was staunch Re publican and served as selectman of the town nine years, In 1875 he rep resented Woodstock in the state leg islature and was chairman of the com- mittee on roads and bridges. He had also been justice of the peace number of years and has been assessor and a member of the board of relief. He was member of the Woodstock Agricult- ural society and deacon of the First Baptist church of West Woodstock and had been uperintendent of the Sunday school,
 He was married December l, 1863, to Mary Bradford and three children were born to them. George Herman, who died May ?, 1895; Susie May, wife of Dr. Charles Child Gildersleeve of East Woodstock and William Brad ford, deceased.
 Besides his wife and daughter, a brother, Anson Corbin of Monson, Mass, and a sister, Mrs. William Al derman of Worcester, survive. The funeral was held this Thursday at 1 o'clock at the home, Rev. Asa Wilcox of Uncasvile, officiating. Blu rial was in the Bradford-Marcy ceme- tery.
 WALCoTT E. DAY.
 Wacott E. Day, aged 79, died at the home of his brother John of 151 Wal nut street Springfield, last Thursday after an illness of several weeks. He was born in Pomfret the son of Col Calvin and Merinda Day and his early
 life was spent in that town. He en- gagged in farming at Dayville for 4c years but for the past IS years had lived in Springfield. He was mem Der of Putnam lodge of Masons. The l funeral was held at the home of his brother in Springfield, Sunday at 3 p m., and burial was in Putnam Heights Monday.