Obituary (from newspaper of 6 Feb. 1950): CAPE VINCENT---William J. Pilon, 72, a native of Rosiere, died Sunday afternoon at 5 at the family home on the Fox Creek Road. He had been forced to retire from farming two years ago because of ill
health.Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 8:30 from his home and at 9 from the St. Vincent de Paul Church in Rosiere, with Rev. Walter Charbonneau, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Rosiere Cemetery.
Mr. Pilon is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Aubertine Pilon; a son, William Pilon of Cape Vincent; five daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Blanche) Snell, of Clayton; Mrs. Weldon (Coletta) Daily of Watertown; Mrs. Margaret LaLonde of Syracuse;
Mrs. Claude (Constance) Handley and Mrs. Charles (Wava Jean) Bourquin of Cape Vincent; four sisters, Mrs. George (May) Brigham, and Mrs. Joseph (Celchine) Cole, of Watertown, Mrs. Fred (Gertrude) Percy of LaFargeville, and Mrs. Stanley (Rhoda)
Nicholson of Brownville, and 18 grandchildren.Mr. Pilon was born in Rosiere Feb. 8, 1877, a son of Onezime and Hannah Huck Pilon. He was married at Rosiere on Nov. 14, 1900 to the former Miss Cornelia Aubertine. He had operated farms near Cape Vincent and LaFargeville during his
lifetime.
Obituary (from newspaper of 17 June 1965): CAPE VINCENT---Mrs. Cornelia E. Aubertine Pilon, 83, Rosiere, widow of William J. Pilon, died this morning at 8:20 in the Mercy Hospital, Watertown, where she had been a patient a day.
Arrangements are with the Mannigan Funeral Home.
Among the survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Wava Jean) Bourquin, Mrs. Coletta Dailey, and Mrs. Claude (Constance) Handley, all of Cape Vincent.
Mrs. Pilon was born Feb. 6, 1882. She was married to William H. Pilon in Rosiere on Nov. 14, 1900. The couple operated farms near Cape Vincent and LaFargeville. Mr. Pilon died Feb. 5, 1950.
Obituary from newpaper of 13 Feb. 1936: Onesiam Pilon, 88, died at noon Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stanley Nicholson, Brownville, with whom he resided. Death was due to an embolism. He had been in poor heapth for about two
years.Mr. Pilon was born May 22, 1847, at Cotta Landing, Ont., a son of the late Xavier and Amelia Souva Pilon. He came to this country at the age of 18 and worked at what was known as the Ashland farm, near Three Mile Bay.
He followed the occupation of a farmer for many years and then was employed as a papermaker in the mill of the Harmon Paper company at Brownville.
His parents lived for years at St. Isadore, Ont.
On Oct. 1, 1869, he married Miss Johanna Huck of Rosiere. She died in 1915 at the Nicholson home in Brownville.
Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Pilon. One died in infancy. A son, Fred E. Pilon, died at the age of 21. The six surviving children are: Mary P. Brigham and Claude Pilon, Watertown; Mrs. Gertrude Percy, LaFargeville; William
Pilon, Cape Vincent; Mrs. Delphine Cole and Mrs. Rhoda Nicholson, Brownville.Two sisters, Mrs. Lanah Dennis of Cornwall, Ont., and Mrs. Delphine Compeau of Montreal, a brother, Arsen Pilon of St. Isadore, Ont., and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren also survive.
He was a member of the Church of Immaculate Conception at Brownville.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9 from the Nicholson home at Brownville and at 10 in St. Vincent de Paul's church at Rosiere. Burial was made at Rosiere.
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Obituary: ROSIERE---Charles A. Aubertine, 80, died at home this morning.
The funeral will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul's Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the King Funeral Home, Cape Vincent, Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Surviving, besides his widow, Mrs. Estelle Gosier Aubertine, are a son, Thomas, Cape Vincent, and a sister, Mrs. Norris (Myrtle) Wetterhahn, Clayton.
Born Sept. 22, 1892 in Cape Vincent, son of Louis and Elizabeth Constance Aubertine, he was graduated from Dexter High School and married Estelle Gosier in 1923.
Mr. Aubertine owned and operated an electrical appliance store in Cape Vincent for 40 years.
He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul's Church and had been a member of the school board at Cape Vincent 18 years.