Friday, 1 June 2018

VanAvery Girls


Edna Alice VanAvery & Florence Eleanor VanAvery were daughters of Theodore C VanAvery & Ella Roberts.  

Edna married Edward John Eschler Jr - son of Edward J Eschler & Mary E Andregg - and they had 2 children - Roy & Pauline. Florence married Ivan Lee Wemple - son of Horatio L Wemple & Sarah M Veeder - they had 5 children - Helen, Ruth, June, Mildred, Richard
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Mrs Eschler Dies; Rites at Gloversville
Gloversville - Funeral services for Mrs Edna A Eschler, 77, of Riceville, who died late Tuesday night at her home after an illness of several months, will be conducted at 2 pm tomorrow at the Hollenbeck Funeral Home by the Rev Larry Winkler of the Mayfield United Methodist Church.  Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today.  Burial will be in Mayfield Cemetery.  Mrs Eschler was born May 15, 1892 in the town of Mayfield and was a lifelong resident of the area.  She was a member of the Mayfield United Methodist Church and its royal eight class.  She was a life member of the Mayfield grange.  Survivors are her husband, Edward Eschler, a son, Roy Eschler of Cooperstown, a daughter, Mrs Melvin Bell of Mayfield, a sister, Mrs Ivan Wemple of Gloversville, three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.

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courtesy of Ben & Diane - Find A Grave
Schenectady Gazette, 9 Mar 1985
Mrs Wemple, Glove Seamtree
Mayfield - A service for Mrs Florence Wemple, 89, a former resident of Mayfield, will be held tomorrow.  Mrs Wemple, a resident of the Broadalbin Home for Adults, died Thursday night at Nathan Littauer Hospital after a long illness.  Born in Mayfield, she graduated from Gloversville High School in 1914 and resided in the area of her life.  She was a sewing machine operator at several glove companies, retiring in 1960 from the Alvord Glove Shop.  She was a member of the Mayfield United Methodist Church and its former Kan-Du Class.  Her husband Ivan L Wemple, died in 1959.  Survivors include a son, Richard L Wemple of Mayfield; four daughters, Mrs Helen Barker and Mrs Mildred Argotsinger, both of Gloversville, Mrs Ruth Boyle of Ocala, Fla, and Mrs June Wadsworth of Naples, Fla; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.  The service will be conducted at 2 pm tomorrow at the Mayfield United Methodist Church.  Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today at the Hollenbeck Funeral Home, 4 Second Ave, Gloversville.  Burial will be in Mayfield Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the church.

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courtesy of Ben & Diane - Find A Grave
Schenectady Gazette, Mon, 16 Mar 1959
Wemple Dies at Riceville; On Mayfield School Board
Gloversville - Ivan Lee Wemple, 63, of Riceville, Town of Mayfield, a member of the Mayfield School Board, died yesterday afternoon at his home after a two-month illness.  A town of Mayfield native and lifelong area resident, he managed a Fultonville feed store until his illness.  He had previously operated a store in Riceville.  Mr Wemple was a member of the Mayfield Methodist Church, the Mayfield bowling league and grange and was a past district deputy of the Lone Star Lodge 39, IOOF.  Survivors are his wife, Mrs Florence Wemple; four daughters, Mrs George Barker Jr and Mrs John Ellithorpe of Mayfield; Mrs Woodrow Boyle of Miami, Fla and Mrs Richard Wandsworth of Dolgeville; and a son, Richard Wemple of Canajoharie.  Services arranged by the Kennedy Funeral Home, will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at the Mayfield Methodist Church.  Rev Kenneth Wait, pastor, will officiate.  Interment will be in Mayfield Cemetery.


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