William R. Carpenter Obituary

The death of William R. Carpenter, who had been ill at his home at North Chittenango for several months, took place at his home Monday of this week. The funeral was Wednesday afternoon from the home, with Rev. A. L. Bates of the Free Methodist Church at Chittenango Station officiating. Burial was at Fyler.

Mr. Carpenter was born in this town May 28, 1887. He was the son of William and Caroline Carpenter. He attended school at the Station and thirty years ago married Oretta Keenly of the Station. The ceremony took place at the Presbyterian parsonage in this village. Mr. Carpenter was a member of the Free Methodist Church. He was an esteemed citizen of the town and community where he lived. He was a brother of the late Leroy Carpenter, who was killed last summer in the performance of his duty as town superintendent of highway, by a train at the crossing at Bolivar, west of this village.

William Carpenter is survived by his wife, also by two daughters, Mrs. Raymond Sawyer and Miss Noama Carpenter, and one son, Jerold Carpenter; also by four brothers, Chester of this village, Fred and Walter of the Station and Clifford of Canastota, and by two sisters, Mrs. John Centner and Mrs. Howard Bender, both of the Station. His mother, Mrs. Caroline Carpenter, also survives.