Lester Philenzo Bliss
1875 - 1951 (76 years)-
Name Lester Philenzo Bliss Birth 14 Feb 1875 Audrain County, Missouri, USA Gender Male Death 31 Jul 1951 Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, USA Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario Co., New York, USA Notes - Lester P Bliss, 76, of Bliss Road, retired Canandaigua farmer, died in Thompson Hospital this morning, July 31, 1951, of a heart ailment following an operation. He had been hospitalized since July 18. Son of Philenzo P and Kate Totman Bliss, he was born February 4, 1875, in Audrain County, Missouri, then unsettled country, but returned to Ontario County with his parents when a year old. 52 years ago in December he was married to Miss Ada Fisher, and they have resided in the town of Canandaigua 45 years. Mr. Bliss served as a Canandaigua tax collector for 12 years, was a Canandaigua Grange representative on soil conservation board at the time of his death and was a member of the Congregational Church of Bristol Valley. Besides his wife he leaves three sons and two daughters, L. Kenneth Bliss, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Elton G. Bliss, Peoria, Il, Harlan P Bliss, Mrs. John Purdy, and Mrs. Stuart Purdy, all Canandaigua, two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Mabel Henish, Bristol, Mrs. Alice Wilder, Cleveland, Oh, and Gooding Bliss, Naples, 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
(The Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, New York, Tuesday July 31, 1951, Page 3)
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Family Ada Esther Fisher, b. 17 Sep 1878, Bristol, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 13 Mar 1962, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA (Age 83 years) Marriage 1898 Children + 1. Helen Louise Bliss, b. 22 Nov 1902, Bristol, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 6 Nov 1977, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, USA (Age 74 years) 2. Ruth Catherine Bliss, b. 1904 d. 1988 (Age 84 years) 3. Elton Gooding Bliss, b. 5 Sep 1920, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, USA d. 28 Mar 2002, Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA (Age 81 years) Family ID F18981 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Sep 2024
- Lester P Bliss, 76, of Bliss Road, retired Canandaigua farmer, died in Thompson Hospital this morning, July 31, 1951, of a heart ailment following an operation. He had been hospitalized since July 18. Son of Philenzo P and Kate Totman Bliss, he was born February 4, 1875, in Audrain County, Missouri, then unsettled country, but returned to Ontario County with his parents when a year old. 52 years ago in December he was married to Miss Ada Fisher, and they have resided in the town of Canandaigua 45 years. Mr. Bliss served as a Canandaigua tax collector for 12 years, was a Canandaigua Grange representative on soil conservation board at the time of his death and was a member of the Congregational Church of Bristol Valley. Besides his wife he leaves three sons and two daughters, L. Kenneth Bliss, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Elton G. Bliss, Peoria, Il, Harlan P Bliss, Mrs. John Purdy, and Mrs. Stuart Purdy, all Canandaigua, two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Mabel Henish, Bristol, Mrs. Alice Wilder, Cleveland, Oh, and Gooding Bliss, Naples, 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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