Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-05
OBITUARY.
(Contributed.) Mrs. Sarah E. Rogers.

The many friends of Mrs. Sarah E. Rogers will be pained to know of her death, which occurred Monday aft ernoon, May 2nd, at her home, No 20 Sherman street. Mrs. Rogers had been in poor health for some time and in her weakened condition was unable to rally from a severe cold from which she recently suffered. A woman of kindly sympathy and thoughtfulness for all in sorrow or distress, she leaves the kindest memories in the hearts of hosts of those who have best known her. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Lucia R. Carr, Mrs. Marcus F. Grady of Norwich and Mrs. William H. Cox of Providence, and by her daughters, Mrs. Frank H. Lester of Atlanta, Ga.
 George F. Tinker. Ex-Mayor George Frederick Tinker of New London passed away Tuesday morning at 7.45 at his home there as the result of an illness that followed the taking of a severe cold few days ago. No man in New London was more widely known or more highly esteemed than George F. Tinker.
 MT. Tinker was a native of Marlow. Vt. He was born Feb. 13, 1884, the son of Nathan and Mary Ann (Stone)
 Tinker. In his early life he devoted
 several years to school teaching, and
  Tinker's parents moved to New London in 1855 and in company with his father he engaged in the meat business under
 the firm name of N. Tinker & Son. That business was continued for 57 years.
 After selling out his market a few years ago. MT. Tinker continued the business of making brooms, being the proprietor of the New England Broom company. trustee of the Savings Bank
 .f 1ka1 s-. official capacity with the management of the Memorial Hospital association, Bulkeley school, Smith Memorial home, Y. M. c. A., and other institutions.
 Always a republican, for IS years he
 served the city as a member of the council. He was elected to the council in 1871 and in 1874 was chosen alder man, being reelected in 1875, '81 and 'S4. In 1882 he ran for mayor, but was defeated by George B. Starr. In 1888 he was again a candidate for the may or's chair and he was elected by good sized majority. MT Tinker also served as representative in the legislature, having been member of the commits sion that erected the new state capitol. For many years a member of the First Congregational church, he was for 30 years superintendent of the Sunday school and held the office of superintendent emeritus at the time of his death.
 Probably no New Londoner, in pro- portion to his means, ever gave as much of his means to philanthropic objects as MT. Tinker. No worthy call was ever rejected by him, and while he was never an extremely rich man, his financial aid has been a won derful assistance to many institutions. MT. Tinker was married nearly 50 years ago to Miss Augusta R. Coombs of Winchester, N. H., who survives him. He also leaves a son, Rev. c. Perley Tinker, of New York. and a daughter, Mrs. c. E. Stone, of St. Paul, Minn.
 Alanson ToWnes ..
 Alanson Towne died Tuesday in his eighty-n ninth year at the residence of his son Principal Walter A. Towne of New London. MT. Towne was born in Dana, Mass, June 8, 1926, and spent his early days on a farm. He then turned his attention to mercantile en- terprises and was in business in Mon- son Enfield, Springfield and Philadel- phia.
 For the past ten years MT. Towne made his home with his son in New London.