Obituary from newspaper of 22 Oct. 1951: DEPAUVILLE--Mrs. Lillian Lingenfelter, 70, died Sunday afternoon at 4 at her home here, one week to the hour after the death of her husband, Perl J. Lingenfelter. She had been in poor health for some
time.Funeral service for Mrs. Lingenfelter will be held at the family home Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. A. Daniel Evans, pastor of the Stone church, and Rev. A. Roberts Mallabar, pastor of the Depauville Methodist church, officiating. Burial
will be in the Depauville cemetery.Survivors include a grandson, Donald Lingenfelter of Clayton; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Lola) Lingenfelter, Depauville, and Mrs. Ethel Course, Brownville; and several nieces. A son, Claude E. Alton, died March 11, 1947, in Clayton.
She was born in the town of Alexandria on Feb. 8, 1881, daughter of Elmer F. and Amy Blanchard Sherman. Mrs. Lingenfelter was married Oct. 24, 1900, at the home of her parents by Rev. B. G. Blaisdell.
Mr. Lingenfelter, a resident of Depauville for more than 60 years prior to his death, was a farmer for a number of years, but for the past 43 years had lived in this community.
Mrs. Lingenfelter was a former member of the Depauville rebekah lodge, and a member of the local grange and of the golden key class of the Methodist church.
The couple would have celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary Wednesday.
Obituary from Watertown Daily Times of 8 May 1916: DEPAUVILLE--Nelson H. Lingenfelter, aged 72, a prominent retired farmer, committed suicide early Sunday morning by drowning in the river at this place.
He made his home with his son, Perl Lingenfelter, in this village, and had retired as usual Saturday evening. Sunday morning members of the family discovered that he was not is his room. Meanwhile N.H. Brown and Alfred Collins, passing
the bridge over Depauville creek about 6:30 in the morning, discovered his coat, vest and shoes on the iron bridge.Suspecting trouble, they instituted a search. They grappled from a boat and found the body in about 15 feet of water. The water is very muddy and the body was not visible until secured by the irons.
It is believed that the drowning occurred at 4 in the morning, as the clothes were dry when found by the men. A very heavy dew fell during the night, and had Mr. Lingenfelter gone to the bridge earlier his clothes would have been very
damp.Mr. Lingenfelter had been despondent since his health failed last fall. To those who knew him he had seemed melancholy for some time. He was a sufferer from heart trouble.
Coroner Harlow G. Farmer was summoned from Watertown and acquainted with the circumstances. He deemed an inquest unnecessary.
Mr. Lingenfelter was born at Port Jackson, Montgomery county, June 21, 1844. At the time of his death he possessed considerable property, including a farm near Depauville and a house and lot in the village. His wife died here about nine
years ago.He leaves surviving him two sons, Perl J., of this place, and Bernard, of Buffalo; one daughter, Mrs. Ross Fox, of Syracuse; three brothers, Charles C. Lingenfelter, of Brownville; John Lingenfelter, Depauville; Myron Lingenfelter, Three
Mile Bay; two sisters, Mrs. Myron Daniels and Mrs. Alden Osborne, both of Chaumont.The funeral will be held from the house Wednesday at 10:30, and from the Depauville Methodist Episcopal church at 11. Rev. J.S. Eldridge of LaFargeville will officiate. Depauville Lodge, No. 688, F. & A. M., of which the deceased was an
active member, will conduct the services at the grave in Depauville cemetery.
Obituary from newspaper of 30 March 1970: EVANS MILLS--Fred A. Lingenfelter, 87, died 11:25 a.m. Monday in an Ogdensburg hospital, where he had been a patient since Oct. 25, 1969.
The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Frederick Brothers Funeral Home, Evans Mills, with Rev. Bert Stoddard, pastor of Randolph Presbyterian Church, former local pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Evans Mills Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home today and Wednesday afternoons and evenings.
Surviving are two sons, Vilas and Gerald, Evans Mills; four daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Ruth) Morin, Dexter, Mrs. H. Foster (Eleanor) Shimel, LaFargeville, Mrs. Roswell (Dorothy) Flath and Mrs. Florence Brown, Evans Mills; 11 grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildren; two nieces and two nephews.Born Nov. 6, 1882 on Wolfe Island, Canada, a son of Myron C. and Nellie Dillenback Lingenfelter, he moved with his parents to Macomb Settlement in the Town of Clayton, then to Brownville, where he attended school, before coming to Evans
Mills in 1893. He married Miss Bertha Lortscher of this town. She died Sept. 2, 1947.Mr. Lingenfelter was a member of the Presbyterian Church, an active charter member of the local fire department and a 50-year member of Pamelia Grange 63.
Obituary from Watertown Daily Times of 2 Sept. 1947: EVANS MILLS--Mrs. Bertha M. Lingenfelter, 63, wife of Fred A. Lingenfelter, died this morning at 12 :40 in the House of the Good Samaritan, Watertown. She had been a patient at the hospital
for ten days and had been in poor health for a month.Funeral services will be held from the home Thursday afternoon at 2, Rev. John D. Flikkema, pastor of the Evans Mills Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be made in the Evans Mills cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Lingenfelter besides her husband are four daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Ruth) Morin of Chaumont, Mrs. Roswell (Dorothy) Flath of Evans Mills, Mrs. Florence Wilson, Evans Mills, and Mrs. Foster (Eleanor) Shimel, Theresa; two sons,
Vilas E. and Gerald A. Lingenfelter, both of Evans Mills; seven grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Anna Lohr, Binghamton, and an aunt, Miss Carrie Walrath, Sandy Creek.Mrs. Lingenfelter was born in the town of LeRay, Oct. 27, 1883, a daughter of the late Godfrey and Alice Walrath Lortscher.
She was a member of the Pamelia Grange, and a former member of the Evans Mills Rebekah Lodge.
Obituary: Bert A. Lingenfelter, 55, of 418 Arsenal street, for more than 32 years a locomotive engineman on the St. Lawrence division of the New York Central railroad, died at 9:30 Sunday morning in the A. Barton Hepburn hospital, Ogdensburg,
where he had been a patient since April 4.Mr. Lingenfelter, who was widely known in railroad circles, underwent an operation April 6 for a gall bladder disease and ulcers and tumor of the stomach.
Although in poor health for about two years, he continued his usual duties on the railroad until March 26. At that time he ceased to work, but he had not been confined to his bed until he entered the hospital.
Funeral services will be held at the family home Wednesday afternoon at 2. Rev. Dr. George H. McClung, pastor of the Asbury Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be made at Chaumont. There will be Masonic rites in connection
with the funeral.Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Edith M. Lingenfelter; his father, Myron C. Lingenfelter, 413 Arsenal street; four children, Mrs. Harold S. (Carmen A.) Powell, 129 North Pearl avenue, Mrs. Howard J. (Doris E.) Jones, 351 Arsenal street,
and Carl C. and L. Spencer Lingenfelter, 418 Arsenal street, and two brothers, Claude A. Lingenfelter, Niagara Falls, and Fred A. Lingenfelter, Evans Mills. Another brother, Spencer L. Lingenfelter, died July 19, 1913.Long active in the affairs of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Mr. Lingenfelter was chairman of the local chapter, Empire Lodge, No. 212, and had attended many national and state conventions of the organization as local
representative. He had attended sessions held in San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Columbus, Milwaukee and other distant points. At one time he was recording secretary of the local lodge.Mr. Lingenfelter was also a member of the following Masonic lodges: Chaumont lodge, F.& A.M.; Watertown Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M.; Watertown Commandery, No. 11, K. T., and Media Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
Mr. Lingenfelter began his service with the railroad Feb. 13, 1904, as a fireman. He was promoted to engineman Sept. 17, 1907, and had since served in that capacity. He had served on various runs and for a long period was engineman of
the Watertown-to-Utica passenger run.He was born on Wolfe Island, Ont., Oct. 31, 1884, a son of Myron C. and the late Nellie E. Dillenbeck Lingenfelter. His mother died here Nov. 29, 1937. He came to this county with his parents as an infant.
Prior to moving to his city in 1904 Mr. Lingenfelter resided at various places, including Evans Mills, Alexandria Bay and the town of Lyme, near Three Mile Bay. Before entering the employ of the railroad, he was a paper mill employe at
Glen Park.On Dec. 30, 1908, he married Miss Edith Mae Wiley of Fisher's Landing at Three Mile Bay. She survives him.
Obituary: Mrs. Edith M. Wiley Lingenfelter, 65, of 418 Arsenal street, widow of Bert A. Lingenfelter, died this morning at 12:40 in the House of the Good Samaritan after a long illness. Death resulted from a stomach ailment. Mrs.
Lingenfelter entered the hospital Oct. 28 and underwent an operation two days later.Surviving her are four children, Mrs. Howard J. (Doris E.) Jones, 619 Bronson street; Carl C. Lingenfelter, 418 Arsenal street, recently discharged from the army; Mrs. Harold S. (Carmen A.) Powell, 1535 State street, and L. Spencer
Lingenfelter, 327 South Massey street; seven grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Mary Ida Wiley, 88, near Fisher's Landing; a brother, Leland Wiley, near Fisher's Landing on the Clayton-Alexandria Bay road, and a sister, Mrs. Lottie Shaw, Fisher's
Landing.Her husband, Bert A. Lingenfelter, who was for more than 32 years a locomotive engineman on the St. Lawrence division of the New York Central railroad, died April 14, 1940.
Mrs. Lingenfelter was born June 12, 1880 on the Clayton-Alexandria Bay road, near Fisher's Landing, a daughter of Mrs. Mary Ida Shields Wiley and the late Fred T. Wiley. She was educated in the schools of that section and spent the early
part of her life there.She was married to Bert A. Lingenfelter of this city on Dec. 30, 1908 at Three Mile Bay. She had resided here since her marriage.
Mrs. Lingenfelter was a member of the Trinity Episcopal church and of Jefferson Chapter No. 406, Order of Eastern Star.
Obituary: Claude A. Lingenfelter, 81, Niagara Falls, former resident of the Three Mile Bay and Limerick sectors, died early Thursday morning in the Mountain View Hospital, Lockport, where he had been since September.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday at Cleveland-McCallen Funeral Home, with Rev. John R. Scarlett, pastoral assistant at Trinity Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in North Watertown Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
A brother, Fred A. Lingenfelter, Evans Mills; nephews and nieces survive.
His wife, Mrs. Maude E. Brimmer Lingenfelter, a former school teacher, died Feb. 11, 1964, at 79.
Mr. Lingenfelter was born at Macomb Settlement, near Three Mile Bay, Sept. 5, 1887, a son of Myron C. and Nellie E. Dillenbeck Lingenfelter. In early life, he moved to Niagara Falls.
A swimming instructor at one time, he served for 12 years in early life as a member of the coast guard at Fort Niagara. He was serving in that capacity when he married Miss Maude E. Brimmer, then a teacher at the Boon Street School, on
March 27, 1915, in this city.Mr. Lingenfelter later was employed by the Carborundum Co. He afterward was employed by the Kimberly-Clark Corp., and retired as a security guard there years ago.
For a time in the 1930's Mr. Lingenfelter lived with his parents on their farm on the Limerick-Gunns Corners Road.