Obituary (from newspaper of 27 Sept. 1945): THOUSAND ISLANDS PARK---John Elmer Lindsey, 76, a marine engineer and boat builder here since 1921, died at 11:15 Wednesday morning at the home of his son, John Garland Lindsey, with whom he resided
following an illness which began Nov. 6, 1944. Since that time he had been a patient at the Noble Foundation Hospital at Alexandria Bay for three months, but had returned to his home.He was born Dec. 20, 1868, in Portland, Me., a son of Henry Wooster and Elizabeth Anne Cotton Lindsey. He attended Portland schools and was graduated from Portland Business College in 1887. He served his apprenticeship and finished his
trade at the Locomotive Works of Portland before turning to the sea for his occupation.He was engineer on the Maine Steamship Company boats for a number of years and then became guarantee engineer for the Luckenback Steamship Company. He was engineer for the Herreschoff Yacht Builders, Bristol, R.I., before moving to Grand
Rapids, Mich., where he served as draftsman for the Perkins Company. He then went into the business of building motors and boats of his own and moved from Michigan to Clayton, where he opened the Lindsey Machine and Motor business in the
Brooks Mill.When his wife died at Clayton, he sold his business to Marvin Mattie and moved to Boston, Mass., where he worked for the Fall River Ship Yard as foreman. He went to Gananoque, Ont., in 1906, and again entered the machine and motor
business, which he operated there until 1921.In April, 1921, he moved the business to Thousand Islands Park, where it has since been located. It has operated under the firm name of the J.E. and J.G. Lindsey Boat Company, of which he was chief engineer.
Mr. Lindsey was head of the election board at Thousand Islands Park. He was a member of St. Albans Masonic Lodge, Bristol, R.I.; the Clayton Royal Arch chapter and Media Temple of the Shrine, Watertown.
He married Miss Cecelia Mae Stevens on Oct. 28, 1896, in Portland, Me. She died April 28, 1903, at the family home on Webb St., Clayton.
He is survived by three sons, one of whom was adopted. They are: John Garland, with whom he made his home; Henry Albert, New Jersey, and Richard Lindsey, Holley, California. Also surviving are two grandsons in the service, Charles
Douglas Lindsey, with the Army in Manila, and John Wesley Lindsey, with the Navy in the Pacific.Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 at the home of his son at Thousand Islands Park and at 2:30 at the Thousand Islands Park Chapel, with Rev. Albert Abbott, now pastor of the Fulton Methodist Church, was formerly pastor
of the First Methodist Church, Watertown.Burial will be in Wellesley Island Cemetery. Masonic services will be conducted at the grave by Clayton Masonic Lodge.
The body was taken to the Butts-Cummings Funeral Home where friends may call this evening. It will be returned to the family home Friday morning.
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Obituary (from Watertown Daily Times of 19 April 1990): The funeral for Earl J. Garnsey Sr., 67, of 318 S. Rutland St., will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Reed & Benoit Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date in Dexter Cemetery.Mr. Garnsey died at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the House of the Good Samaritan, where he had been a patient since April 12.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Cancer Treatment Center at the House of the Good Samaritan.
He is survived by his wife, Helen; four sons, Earl Jr., Schenectady, Fred and Timothy, both of Watertown, and Richard, Arizona; four daughters, Judith, Cynthia, and Kristen Garnsey, all of Watertown, and Deborah Garnsey, Seattle, Wash.;
six grandchildren; two brothers, James and Clyde Garnsey, both of Clayton; four sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Grace) Wright, Clayton, Mrs. Donald (Leota) Wood, Cape Vincent, Mrs. Milton (Polly) Rusho, Lynn Haven, Fla., and Mrs. Edward (Sally) Faegin,
Americus, Ga.; several nieces and nephews.Two sons, Dale and Joseph Garnsey, two borthers, Harold and Francis Garnsey, and a sister, Norma Dodge, all died before him.
Born on Grindstone Island Dec. 3, 1922, the son of Earl M. and Ina Lindsey Garnsey, he attended Grindstone Island and Clayton schools and was employed by the New York Air Brake from 1946 to 1955.
He then became a truck driver for several freight companies in the area, and was last employed by Harold A. Parks and Sons. Mr. Garnsey retired in January 1987.
He married Helen C. Heise in 1946. She died March 6, 1958.
He then married Helen M. Wetsig of Carthage April 23, 1960.
Mr. Garnsey was a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union Local 687 and a past member of the Grindstone Island United Methodist Church.
Obituary (from newspaper of 6 March 1958): DEXTER---Mrs. Helen C. Heise Garnsey, 30, wife of Earl J. Garnsey of Glen Park and formerly of Dexter, died at 2:50 this morning in the House of the Good Samaritan, Watertown, of complications in
childbirth. A son was born dead.The funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home here with Rev. Kenneth L. Combs, pastor of the Brownville Methodist Church, officiating. The body will be placed in the vault to await burial in Dexter Cemetery in the
spring. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Surviving, besides her husband, are four sons, Earl J., jr., Frederick C., Dale E, and Richard J.; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heise of Brownville; two sisters, Mrs. Arnold (Jean) Cean, Dexter, and Mrs. James (Lorraine) Langford,
Brownville; two brothers, Sgt. Richard Heise in the air force in Japan, and Glenn Heise, Star Lake.Mrs. Garnsey was born at Dexter, a daughter of Fred and Pearl Catherman Heise. She attended Dexter High School. She was married to Mr. Garnsey Aug. 31, 1946 at the home of her parents at Dexter, by Rev. N.J. Polney, then pastor of the
Methodist church. They lived here until two years ago when they moved to Glen Park. At the time of her marriage she was employed at Newberry's store in Watertown. Until September she had been employed about a year at Loblaw's in Watertown.
Mr. Garnsey is a driver of tractor trailers for DeLuxe Lines, Watertown.She was a member of the Dexter Methodist Church and had been a member of the auxiliary of the Dexter Fire Department.
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Obituary (from Watertown Daily Times of 19 April 1990): The funeral for Earl J. Garnsey Sr., 67, of 318 S. Rutland St., will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Reed & Benoit Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date in Dexter Cemetery.Mr. Garnsey died at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the House of the Good Samaritan, where he had been a patient since April 12.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Cancer Treatment Center at the House of the Good Samaritan.
He is survived by his wife, Helen; four sons, Earl Jr., Schenectady, Fred and Timothy, both of Watertown, and Richard, Arizona; four daughters, Judith, Cynthia, and Kristen Garnsey, all of Watertown, and Deborah Garnsey, Seattle, Wash.;
six grandchildren; two brothers, James and Clyde Garnsey, both of Clayton; four sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Grace) Wright, Clayton, Mrs. Donald (Leota) Wood, Cape Vincent, Mrs. Milton (Polly) Rusho, Lynn Haven, Fla., and Mrs. Edward (Sally) Faegin,
Americus, Ga.; several nieces and nephews.Two sons, Dale and Joseph Garnsey, two borthers, Harold and Francis Garnsey, and a sister, Norma Dodge, all died before him.
Born on Grindstone Island Dec. 3, 1922, the son of Earl M. and Ina Lindsey Garnsey, he attended Grindstone Island and Clayton schools and was employed by the New York Air Brake from 1946 to 1955.
He then became a truck driver for several freight companies in the area, and was last employed by Harold A. Parks and Sons. Mr. Garnsey retired in January 1987.
He married Helen C. Heise in 1946. She died March 6, 1958.
He then married Helen M. Wetsig of Carthage April 23, 1960.
Mr. Garnsey was a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union Local 687 and a past member of the Grindstone Island United Methodist Church.
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Obituary from newspaper of 6 Aug. 1981: CLAYTON--The funeral for Harold L. Garnsey, 55, Steele's Point, will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Nay, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Clayton Cemetery.Calling hours at the Cummings Funeral Home will be from noon until 3 p.m. Friday.
Mr. Garnsey, manager of Spicer Marine Basin, Cape Vincent Road, a self-employed mechanic, died Wednesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Lou, Clayton; three sons, H. Lloyd, jr., with the Navy, James and Donald, both of Clayton; two daughters, Mrs. Douglas (Rosemary) Ada and Mrs. Robert (Bonnie) Jeffers, both of Clayton; four brothers, Francis,
Grindstone Island, Clyde and James, both of Clayton, and Jack, Watertown; five sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Grace) Wright, Mrs. James (Norma) Dodge, Mrs. Sally Rogers and Mrs. Milton (Polly) Rusho, all of Florida, and Mrs. Donald (Leona) Wood, Cape
Vincent; eight grandchildren, nieces and nephews.Born Nov. 26, 1925 on Grindstone Island, son of Earl and Ina Garnsey, he attended island and Clayton schools and married the former Mary Lou Brown Sept. 11, 1946 at Depauville.
Mr. Garnsey was [a] World War II veteran and was a self-employed mechanic for many years. He managed the Spicer Marine Basin for several years.
He was a member of the Clayton American Legion.
Obituary from Watertown Daily Times of Sunday, 17 April 1988: CLAYTON--Francis E. Garnsey, 60, Grindstone Island's well-known mail carrier, school bus driver and riverboat pilot, died early Saturday morning at the Veterans Administration
Hospital, Syracuse, where he had been a patient since March 21.He had been ill with cancer for more than a year.
His funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Clayton United Methodist Church, with Rev. Elaine Cleeton, summer pastor of Grindstone Island Methodist Church, officiating.
His remains will be cremated.
Friends may call at the T. R. Jetty Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Donations may be made to the Grindstone Island Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Marjorie; a son, Francis (Salty) Jr.; five daughters, Mrs. Debbie Hayes, Englewood, Fla., Genie and Aleata Garnsey, both of Rochester, Mrs. Randy (Imogen) Honeyman, Clayton, and Cindy Garnsey, a senior at Clarkson
University; three brothers, James and Clyde, both of Clayton, and Jack, Watertown; four sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Grace) Wright, Clayton, Mrs. Donald (Leoda) Wood, Cape Vincent, Mrs. Milton (Polly) Rusho, Panama City, Fla., and Mrs. Edwin (Sally)
Faegin, in Georgia; three grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.A brother, Harold, a sister, Mrs. James (Norma) Dodge, Panama City, Fla., and a grandson, Toby Honeyman, died before him.
Born in Gananoque, Ont., Aug. 19, 1927, he was a son of Earl and Ina Lindsey Garnsey. His parents moved to Grindstone Island when he was three days old.
He attended the Grindstone Island School. During World War II, he served in the navy.
Mr. Garnsey was the mail carrier from Clayton to Grindstone Island for more than 30 years. For most of that time, he used a 33-foot ex-Navy captain's gig boat that he rebuilt, and in winter, he crossed the river in an ice skiff or a
snowmobile.He operated a school bus on the island and a school river shuttle for the Thousand Islands Central School District for at least 27 years. His threat in November 1981 to stop driving the island bus route because of the poor road conditions
prompted repair work the following summer by the Town of Clayton Highway Department.He was a licensed river captain, and served funeral homes many years in shuttling burials to the islands.
During the early stages of the Blizzard of '77, Mr. Garnsey led to safety a group of adults and school children who were caught in a white-out on the ice between Clayton and Grindstone Island. The group abandoned their snowmobiles, linked
arms, and walked behind Mr. Garnsey, who judged his direction by removing his snowmobile helmet. By keeping the wind on the left side of his face, he was able to find the island.Mr. Garnsey also raised beef and was a beekeeper. He was a member of Colon Couch American Legion Post 821, Clayton, the Northern New York Beef Co-op., Hol-Field Rod and Gun Club, Holcomb, the National Rifle Association, and Grindstone
Island Methodist Church.
Obituary (from Watertown Daily Times of 6 Oct, 1987): CLAYTON---Mary C. Garnsey, 65, of 327 James St., died this morning at Edward John Noble Hospital, Alexandria Bay, where she had been a patient since Friday. She had been ill for a short
time.The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the T. R. Jetty Funeral Home Inc., with Rev. Dale Austin, pastor of Clayton United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Clayton Cemetery.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Clayton Volunteer Ambulance Fund.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Philip (Agnes) Hart, Kingston, Ont.; two brothers, Edmond and James Dickson, both of Gananoque, Ont.; two sisters, Mrs. Charles (Jessie) Boulton and Mrs. Walter (Annie) Randall, both of Gananoque, and several
nieces and nephews. She is also survived by a close friend, Lloyd Fassett, with whom she lived.Two brothers, Kenneth and John Dickson, died before her.
Born March 1, 1922 in Gananoque, a daughter of Thomas Edward and Agnes Cunningham Dickson, she attended Gananoque schools.
She married Francis Garnsey on Nov. 14, 1947. The marriage ended in divorce.
Mrs. Gransey had been employed by Townsend, formerly P & B, of Gananoque. After moving to Clayton, she worked for many years at the Hawns Knitting Mill. She retired from Bomax Manufacturing, Watertown.
Obituary from Watertown Daily Times of Sunday, 17 April 1988: CLAYTON--Francis E. Garnsey, 60, Grindstone Island's well-known mail carrier, school bus driver and riverboat pilot, died early Saturday morning at the Veterans Administration
Hospital, Syracuse, where he had been a patient since March 21.He had been ill with cancer for more than a year.
His funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Clayton United Methodist Church, with Rev. Elaine Cleeton, summer pastor of Grindstone Island Methodist Church, officiating.
His remains will be cremated.
Friends may call at the T. R. Jetty Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Donations may be made to the Grindstone Island Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Marjorie; a son, Francis (Salty) Jr.; five daughters, Mrs. Debbie Hayes, Englewood, Fla., Genie and Aleata Garnsey, both of Rochester, Mrs. Randy (Imogen) Honeyman, Clayton, and Cindy Garnsey, a senior at Clarkson
University; three brothers, James and Clyde, both of Clayton, and Jack, Watertown; four sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Grace) Wright, Clayton, Mrs. Donald (Leoda) Wood, Cape Vincent, Mrs. Milton (Polly) Rusho, Panama City, Fla., and Mrs. Edwin (Sally)
Faegin, in Georgia; three grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.A brother, Harold, a sister, Mrs. James (Norma) Dodge, Panama City, Fla., and a grandson, Toby Honeyman, died before him.
Born in Gananoque, Ont., Aug. 19, 1927, he was a son of Earl and Ina Lindsey Garnsey. His parents moved to Grindstone Island when he was three days old.
He attended the Grindstone Island School. During World War II, he served in the navy.
Mr. Garnsey was the mail carrier from Clayton to Grindstone Island for more than 30 years. For most of that time, he used a 33-foot ex-Navy captain's gig boat that he rebuilt, and in winter, he crossed the river in an ice skiff or a
snowmobile.He operated a school bus on the island and a school river shuttle for the Thousand Islands Central School District for at least 27 years. His threat in November 1981 to stop driving the island bus route because of the poor road conditions
prompted repair work the following summer by the Town of Clayton Highway Department.He was a licensed river captain, and served funeral homes many years in shuttling burials to the islands.
During the early stages of the Blizzard of '77, Mr. Garnsey led to safety a group of adults and school children who were caught in a white-out on the ice between Clayton and Grindstone Island. The group abandoned their snowmobiles, linked
arms, and walked behind Mr. Garnsey, who judged his direction by removing his snowmobile helmet. By keeping the wind on the left side of his face, he was able to find the island.Mr. Garnsey also raised beef and was a beekeeper. He was a member of Colon Couch American Legion Post 821, Clayton, the Northern New York Beef Co-op., Hol-Field Rod and Gun Club, Holcomb, the National Rifle Association, and Grindstone
Island Methodist Church.
Obituary (from Watertown Daily Times of Saturday, 11 Dec. 1993): CLAYTON---Joseph A. Wright Jr., 72, Crystal Springs Road, former supervisor for the town of Clayton, died at 10 a.m. Friday at the House of the Good Samaritan, Watertown, where
he had been a patient since Nov. 29.The funeral will be Monday at a time to be announced at Clayton United Methodist Church with theRev. Jospeh DeGroote, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Grindstone Island Cemetery.
Calling hours will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Cummings Funeral Home. Donations may be made to the Disabled Persons Action Organization, 617 Davidson St.
Surviving are his wife, Grace E.; two sons, Joseph A., Salt Springs, Fla., and Lindsay R., Clayton; a grandson; a brother, Robert G., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Walter C. (J. Althea) Blankenship, Tazewell, Va., and Mrs.
Eunice I. Smith, Jacksonville, Fla., and several nieces, nephews and cousins.A daughter, Virginia E. Wright, died in 1957. A brother, William C., also died before him.
Born April 26, 1921, in Troutdale, Va., a son of Joseph A. and Virginia Greer Wright, he was educated in Troutdale schools and attended Big Creek High School in War, W. Va.
He served in the U.S. Army from June 27, 1941, to Oct. 16, 1945, as a technician fifth grade with the 135th Armored Signal Company seeing duty in Ardennes, Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France and the Rhineland. He was also stationed
at Pine Camp in 1943.Following his military service, he attended McDowell Vocational Institute in West Virginia, where he studied to become a machinist.
He married Grace E. Garnsey on July 9, 1944, in the Army base at Indiantown Gap, Pa., with Chaplain R.K. Bamberg officiating.
Mr. Wright was a machinist and mechanic for George W. Mercer and later was a mechanic for H. Chalk & Son Inc. he also was a supervisor for the Town of Clayton for five years, retiring in 1976. During that time, he worked on building the
Clayton Recreation Center. He also worked at the museums in Clayton.He was a member of the Clayton United Methodist Church, a past member of the American Legion, Colon-Couch Post 821, and a past member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in West Virginia.