The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-05
NCRTHFIELD
Mrs. John B. Gokey Died Sunday After
Being Ill Nearly Three Months.


Mrs. John B. Gokey passed away al
| 4;30 O'clock Sunday morning at hel
home, on Cross street, after an Hines.
4 of nearly three months. Since coming
To Mortified last October, she has
been in poor health hut her condition
became serious about three months ago
and She gradually failed. the cause 81
death being dropsy and complications
1 The deceased, whose maiden name was
Ida Il. Ainswerth, was born in Crafts
bury Jan. 10, 1858. She married John
B. Gokey and to this union were born
eight children, FIVE OF whom survive:
Bessie, wife Of Edgar Akey Of Bur
lington, Ruth Gokey Of Burlington,
who was with her mother constantly
| during her last illness, Roy NJ. Gokey
of Bridgeport, Conn, Ralph Gokey OF
Chelsea and Myers A. Gokey, who live,
at home and il freshman in The
| Mortified high school. Two sons, Ar
thur and Forest, died in infancy, and
Bernie lived until he was 10 years
old, For some years Mr., and Mrs.
Gokcy lived in Mortified. Seventeen
| years ago they moved to Chelsea,
where they lived until last October,
when they purchased the Eastman
house on Cross street and returned to
| Mortified to live. Mrs. Gokey was a
very quiet woman, who devoted her
whole time and life to her home and
family, and even to the very last her
thoughts were constantly on her fam
ily and their welfare. She was kind
neighbor and friend and during her
short time in the neighborhood she mad
endeared herself TO many. The SYM
pathy of the friends and acquaintance
in Mortified are extended the family
at this time, in the loss of a kind and
devoted wife and mother. Aside from
her husband and the children men
toned, Mrs. Gokey is survived by three
grandchildren. Katherine. Dorothy and
John Akey; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Toll
man Of Morrisville, Mrs. Abbie Healy
Of Orleans. and one brother, Allen
Ainsworth of Craftsbury. Burial serv
ices will be held from the home Tues
day afternoon at o'clock, Rev. 4. NJ.
DeForest of St Mary's church officiat
ing. Interment will be in Elmwood
cemetery.
Roy Gokey OF Bridgeport, Conn.
Ralph Gokey OF Chelsea, Edgar Akey
and daughter. Miss Katherine Of Bur
lington were called here Sunday morn.
ing BY the death Of their mother, Mrs.
John Gokey, which occurred early Sun
day morning at her home on Cross
street
Miss RosamoHd Sargent. who has
been spending her vacation with ner
parents, Rev. and Mrs. James B. Sar
gent, went Saturday to spend short
time with her sister, Miss Alice Sar-
gent, who is in Middlebury college.
From there she will return to New
York City.
Samuel Demasi is quite i'll with
pneumonia. He was taken i'll soon aft
Ell the death Of his l6 year old son,
which occurred at Heaton hospital,
Montpelier, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Cross have mossd
from Neal w. Richardson's house on
Washington street. to their new home,
which they purchased some few
months ago of Mrs. F. n. Whitney,
on the corner Of Washington and Cen
trail street.
Mrs. H. E. Pope returned SUNDAY
from Orleans, where she has BEEN
spending two weeks with her grant
daughter. Mrs. Dean Mathews. Mr. and
Mrs. Mathews came down with her
and visited her for short time.
Charles Gokey of Montpelier visited
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles q.
Gokey, Sunday.