New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-21
OBITUARY NOTES

THOMAS GAY, the once well known
'Tom" Gay, of the old Fifth Avenue
Hotel, died Wednesday at the home of
his son-in-law, f. c. Goodyear, SO
North Avenue, Norwalk, Conn, at the
age of seventy-three years. He is sur
vived by wife, one daughter, Mrs.
Goodyear, and two sisters. Mrs. F. G..
Young, of San Francisco, and Mrs. c.
Holcomb. OF Seattle.
SERGEANT WILLIAM G. GROVE.
son of Mr. and Mrs William Grove, of
81 Ward Street, Orange, n. j., died
from pneumonia in France Saturday,
February g. according to word received
day from the War Department. He
enlisted in December, 1917, and went
overseas in June with the signal corps.
Two brothers also are in service. He
was twenty-nine years old.
MRS. BERTHA CATHERINE POR-
TER REIFSCHNEIDER wife Of Felix
Reifschneider, jr., died Tuesday at her
home, 81 Fulton Avenue, Hampstead,
Long Island. She was born in Brook
Ign forty-four years ago. She is sur
vived by her husband, son, who is at
Cornell, and q daughter.
WILLIAM F. MOORE, for more than
twenty years a wholesale and retail to-
bacconist in Forty-eighth Street, Brook
Ign, died Tuesday at his residence, 245
Forty-siXth Street, Brooklyn. His
widow, son and five daughters sur
vive him.
JOHN E. FERLING, retired mer
chant, of 81 Sherman Avenue, Jersey
City, died in a Third Avenue elevated
train yesterday at the 106th Street sta
ton. He was seventy-tive years old.
GEORGE KINNE GARVIN died yes
terday at his home, 81 Nassau Boule-
ward, Garden City, Long Island. He
was the husband of Dorothea Mahon
Garvin The body Will be inferred at
Woodlawn after funeral services at his
late residence tomorrow at / p. m.
Train for Nassau leaves the Pennsyl-
vania Station at 1920 p. IN.
DAVID JONES died at Railway, n. j..
Wednesday, in his seventy third year
Funeral services will be held to-mor-
row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
residence Of his son, 1853 Elm Avenue
Railway.
ALEC PRENTi5S SMITH, genera
manager of "The Rutherford IN. J.
Republican," is dead, after three days
| illness with pneumonia. He was {
member of Boiling Springs Lodge, f
and A. NJ; Rutherford Lodge of Moose
Rutherford Lodge, Knights of Pythias
the Rutherford Republican Club, Com
panv A, State Militia, and was Roya
Arch Mason.
WALTER j. SEABROOK, of 169 Eas
Twentv-first Street, Paterson, \. j., Il
dead at his home, following an attacl
of pneumonia Mr. Soabrook was al
accountant in New York He leaves
wife and two children. His sister, Mis-
Eva T. Seabrook. is Supervisor 0
Schools at Cleveland. Ohio. MIR. Sea
brook formerly lived in Passaic.
MRS. EMMA LOUISE JEWEssON
BRISTOL, wife of George H. Bristol
vice-president Of the Giant Auto Truck
ing Company, died Tuesday at he
home, 1928 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn
Her father, c. T. Jewesson, for man,
wears was associated in business witt
Governor Samuel j. Tilden.
MRS. MARY c. BRIERs, of Clinton
Avenue. Clifton. n j., died there yes
terday of bronchitis. She was born il
Burford, Ont. seventy-eight years age
One son. Charles Briers, of Clifton
survives her
MRS. CORA L. M'ADAMS, wife o
Charles H. McAdams, wholesale groce
Of New Brunswick, n. j., died yester
day at her home in Metuchen after
long illness. Besides her husband Sh
leaves son, Harold, who is a membe
Of the crew of transport due to sal
Friday for France.
MRS. SOPHIE CHRISTIANSEN. wifi
of Hans Christensen, retired contrac
tor died yesterday At her home in Bon
hantown, N. J., aged seventy years. Sh
leaves husband and two sons.
THE REV. JAMES A. KELLY, G
Rosebank. Staten Island, died at Neu
burg yesterday, after being taken i
on the train
CHARLES BORCHART. father of tn
Rev Walter Borchart, of Willimanti,
Conn, died at Newburg yesterday.