Obituary: Mrs.Charlotte Frances Paddock, 79 years of age, widow of the late Oscar Paddock, passed away at the family home at 216 Washington street this morning at 5, following an illness due to her advanced age. For the past six years she had
been a semi-invalid. Her death was not unexpected.Mrs. Paddock was born in this city on March 14, 1837, and was a life long resident of Watertown. She was the daughter of Dr. Ithemer B. Crawe and Charlotte F. (Mortimer) Crawe. Her father was a famous physician, who was born in Enfield,
Connecticut, in 1792, and who located in Watertown in 1822. He was a noted pathologist and physiologist, as well as a student of botany and mineraology. He discovered several new plants, one of which was named for him "Carex Crawei" or
Crawe's Sedge." He was one of the organizers of the Masonic order in this city. He was drowned in Perch lake in 1847, while returning from gathering some rare plants.Mrs. Paddock's mother was a member of the Mortimer family, which had come to this country from England.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Paddock took place in Trinity church on Oct. 12, 1857, and Rev. Dr. Andrew Olney officiated. She was a lifelong attendant at this church and for many years taught a Sunday school class there.
Her husband died in October, 1884. He was a prominent banker of this city. Mr. Paddock's father was Loveland Paddock, a pioneer settler here, and he conducted a store near the American House on the present American corner. The store was
burned in the fire of the forties. His father established a bank in 1844. Oscar Paddock, with his brothers, George and Edwin L. Paddock, later founded a bank near the Paddock Arcade, known as the O. Paddock bank. He was an owner of valuable
real estate in the city.Mrs. Paddock maintained the family home at 216 Washington street after the death of her husband and lived in this city most of the time, although she traveled extensively. She was a collector of works of art and at the home there are many
valuable vases, paintings and other objects which she had acquired.She is survived by two sons, Loveland and Frank S., and by one daughter, Mrs. E. P. Martin. One son, Oscar, died a number of years ago.
Obituary (from Watertown Daily Times of 8 April 1991): CLAYTON---Belva E. Lember, 88, United Helpers Cedars Nursing Home, Ogdensburg, a native of Grindstone Island, died at 2:50 p.m. Sunday at A. Barton Hepburn Hospital, Ogdensburg, where she
had been a patient since April 1.Mrs. Lember had been a resident of the nursing home for two years.
A prayer service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Cummings Funeral Home with the Rev. John Joslyn, pastor of Clayton United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be on Grindstone Island.
Calling hours will be 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Grindstone Island Methodist Church.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Raymond, Wolcott, and Mrs. Anna Couch, Grindstone Island and Arlington, Texas, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was born June 25, 1902, on Grindstone Island, a daughter of William and Alzina Slate Graham.
She married Alexei Lember April 15, 1931, at the Methodist parsonage, Clayton.
The couple resided on Grindstone Island after their marriage. Mr. Lember was a farmer and a carpenter by trade. He also sailed on the Great Lakes for several years. A native of Estonia, Mr. Lember died June 21, 1952, at the age of 67.
1 CMNT Came To Clayton In 1838