Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-13
OBITUARY.
Mrs. William Kirby.

Mrs. Johanna Hartnett Kirby, wife of the late William Kirby, of this city died shortly before noon on Wednesday at St. Vincen.'s hospital in Worcester, fol- lowing an operation which she underwent about two weeks ago. Mrs. Kirby had been i'll only a short time and was about her home up to two weeks ago when she was taken to the hospital for serious operation. There was a mo- tieeable5 improvement after the operation but she suffered relapse from which she failed to recover.
 She was born in Ireland County Linn erick) 7S years ago and just before com ing to America was united in marriage with William Kirby. About fifty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Kirby with their fam fly came to America locating in Norwich where the family has since resided. With the exception of short period spent in Greeneville most of her life has s-been spent in the Falls section of the city where she is we'll known and has a host of friends. She was a member of St. PatriolSs church in which she took an active interest until her illness Mrs Kirby was a woman of charming per- sonality, kindly in disposition and benev- olent always ready to do any act of kindness that would relieve the suffer- ing of others. Mrs. Kirby leaves three SoHS' HuHdTu, JeTeInlan ana WllIlaIl. three daughters, Mrs. Dennis J. Hayes of Broadway. Katherine and Annie, with whom she lived at, 55 Lincoln avenue, one brother in Ireland; three grandchie- dren and one great-grandchild
 Mrs. Mary G. DoIbeara. Mrs. Ja{nRs4G. DoIbeare for maHy years resident of Norwich died on Wednesday morning at the home Of l her son, Guy: B. lDe,beaTe, at 69 Warren | street. Mrs. 5Dolbeare, who was -tor- mer!y Miss Mary 7. Burrows was borr: in Pike, Pa, in ls3?. She was.a 1 dlrc3l descendant of. Nehemiah Smith, | one Of the founders of Norwich. A large part of her early fife was spent | in Middietown, where she was tea ch- | CT ia the. schools there.
 l Shortly after her marriage many years ago with James G. Dolbeare, who was at that time a printer in 1 Norwich and New London, sile with | her husband moved to Brooklyn, She
 remained in Brooklyn until her hus- bands death in 1881 after which she l with her: three sons returned to Nor | wich where she has since male her l home. Mrs. Dolbeare was a member 1 of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church l being actively associated with all it's
 interests.
 She is survived by two sons. Guy B
 Dolbeare of this city and James l. | Dolbeare of Middletown.
 John A. Lotter.
 Following long period of i'll health kJohn A. Letter of this city died on Tues
 day evening. MT. Lotter was born ir
 Norwich 64 years ago, the son of thu
 late Andrew and Amelia Conrad Lotter
 Mir Lotter was one of the pioneer bal T performers of the theatrical profession
 starting out about 1878 as a partner O.
 Al Mcclellan of this city and touring tn,
 country. For fourteen years he wa
 with Haywood's Mastodon Minstrels
 travelling in the south and west Afte
 McClellan's death, Lotter became a part
 ner in his bar act with John H. (sig
 Clary of this city, travelling with hin 1 for six or eight years. After retirin,
 from the professional field he had beel
 employed here in various capacities.
 He was unmarried and has no nea
 relatives, 8 sister, Mrs. Andrew J. Youn, of s4 Fourth street having passed ava, on May 4, 1919.
 Mrs. Maud L. Davison. The death of Maud L., wife of Cliffor
 N Davison, occurred early Tuesda l morning at her home, No. 74s Nortf 7 Main street, after an illness of abou l three months.
 Mrs. Davson was born in Putney, Ve1 mont, October 8, 1865, the daughter o George w. Sleeper and Jennie NJ (Cur : rier) Sleeper. She was married to Cht
 ford N. Davison SepternAcer CT 5, 1894, wh , survives her with three children, Ea1
 N. Davson, of Springfield, Mass Haze 2 M. Southwick, of White River Junction : Vt, and Donald w. D,vison of thi
 city. There are two grandchildren, Fred erick c. and Evelyn M. Southwick C White River Junction, V;;, and four sis
 ters, Mrs. Mary L. Scott of SprinsfieIC
 Mass, Mrs. Minnie. E. Corser of Put hey, Vt, Mrs. Grace N Vancor of Sax tons River, Vt, and Mrs. Laura B. Brit ton of Concord, N. H.
 The body wif+be taken to Putney, Vt this (Thursday) morning where the fl , neral services will De held.
 Mrs. Davis1n had been a resident (
 Norwich for the past three years an : had endeared herself to all who kne 8 her, For to know her was to love her