Obituary: Everett D. Balcom, 79, former resident of Redfield village, died Tuesday morning, February 21, 1956 in Oneida City Hospital where he had been a patient since Thursday.
A native of Redfield, Mr. Balcom resided with his daughter, Mrs. Donald Smith, at Altmar for 11 years.
In 1898 he married the former Lula Scott who died in 1910. The former Viola Simpson became his wife in 1923 at Camden.
Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Harold Harlan, Chittenango Falls; three sons, Gertell of Passaic, N.J.; Gerald of Rome and Gustave of Redfield; a sister, 10 grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday at the B. A. Sanborn and Son Funeral Home, Camden, with the Rev. Charles Rowley officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Williamstown.
Obituary: Everett D. Balcom, 79, former resident of Redfield village, died Tuesday morning, February 21, 1956 in Oneida City Hospital where he had been a patient since Thursday.
A native of Redfield, Mr. Balcom resided with his daughter, Mrs. Donald Smith, at Altmar for 11 years.
In 1898 he married the former Lula Scott who died in 1910. The former Viola Simpson became his wife in 1923 at Camden.
Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Harold Harlan, Chittenango Falls; three sons, Gertell of Passaic, N.J.; Gerald of Rome and Gustave of Redfield; a sister, 10 grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday at the B. A. Sanborn and Son Funeral Home, Camden, with the Rev. Charles Rowley officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Williamstown.
Obituary: REDFIELD---Funeral services for Bert Balcom, aged 68 years, were held from Redfield Community Church at 2 o'clock, Monday, April 28, 1941, Rev. Charles Rowley, officiating. Burial in Redfield Cemetery. Mr. Balcom's death occurred
at the family home Friday morning, April 25, 1941, after a two months' illness.A lifelong resident of Redfield, Mr. Balcom was the oldest son of Samuel and Sarah (Foster) Balcom. He married Miss Rose Elmer on February 16, 1898, who survives him, also two daughters, Mrs. Rena Adsit and Mrs. Alma Adsit, and one son,
Leland, all of Redfield; five grandchildren, one brother, M. Grant Balcom of Norwich; and three sisters, Mrs. Dora Galvin, Mrs. Maude Christian and Mrs. Sadie Baer, all of Norwich, and several nieces and nephews.
Obituary: Wilbur J. Balcom, 79, died May 11, 1969, at Maple Manor Nursing Home, Richland. The funeral was held yesterday at the Sanborn Funeral Home, Camden. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, Williamstown.
Born in Redfield, Mr. Balcom was a farmer and a member of the Methodist Church and the Redfield Grange. He attended school in South Redfield.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Cecil (Marie) Loomis of Rome, Mrs. Wallace M. Pappa and Mrs. James (Myrtle) Gillespie, both of Williamstown, and Mrs. John (Millicent) Houck of Vernon Center, six sons, Alfred and Lloyd, both of Camden,
Elias (Bud) of Boonville, Earl of Vernon, Wilber Jr. of Fulton and Harold of Cassville; 38 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; a brother, Leslie of South Redfield.
Obituary (from newspaper of 21 Aug. 1959): By coincidence, Richard W. Bond and Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox Rowell of Sandy Creek played key parts in two separate searches for elderly men missing in the heavily wooded Redfield-Osceola section last
week. One of the men, John Balcom, 63, was found dead at 2 p.m. Friday, his body hanging from a tree. The other, Garrett S. Jones, 74, of the Ridge Road, Oswego, made his way to safety Thursday afternoon after wandering through the North
Osceola woods all night and the following forenoon.Mr. Bond, who was enroute to Camden and stopped to see how the search was progressing, was in the party which came upon the body of Mr. Balcom. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox Rowell, also of Sandy Creek, were the ones who found Mr. Jones walking
along the West Leyden-Osceola road. He had been trout fishing in the area with Kenneth A. Sheldon of Scriba and became lost. He spent the night in the open, but appeared to be in good condition when found. State Police with a bloodhound and
many volunteers took part in the search.Mr. Bond, in company with Fred Anken, Redfield, and Thomas Ryan of Camden, found the body of Mr. Balcom. it was hanging from a tree in a clump of evergreens fairly near the Balcom home but was at a height which made it not readily seen.
Actions of Mr. Anken's dog led to the discovery, Mr. Bond stated.Oneida County Coroner Thomas Cox of Rome issued a verdict of death by suicide.
Mr. Balcom was born at Redfield Sept. 17, 1895, son of Franklin and Esther Douggleby Balcom.
He worked as a trolley conductor in Utica for a few years, and has been in partnership with his brother Leslie at their farm for many years.
Mr. Balcom was an overseas veteran of World War I.
He leaves a brother, Leslie, of Redfield; a half-brother, Wilbur Balcom of Redfield; a daughter, Miss Zona Balcom of Redfield.
The funeral was held Saturday from the B. A. Sanborn & Son Funeral Home, Camden. Burial was in Redfield Cemetery.
A telephone call was received about 12:30 a.m. Friday from a person claiming to be the missing man to Leslie Balcom. but proved to be the work of a crank. State police are attempting to trace the call, believed to have been made from
Syracuse.