Cora M. House

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Mrs. Cora M. Russell, age 98, died at the New Paltz Nursing Home on January 23rd after a long illness. She was the daughter of Ansel and Miranda White House and was born at Howard, New York on January 11, 1868. She had been a resident of New Paltz since 1917. She was active in the Grange and a member of the Ladies Aid of the Reformed Church. Her husband, Harmon Russell, died in 1923.
She was the last surviving member of her own or her husband's family. Besides nieces and nephews she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William Freeman Morris. Private funeral services were held at Pine's Funeral Home. Rev. Wullschleger officiated and burial was in New Paltz Rural Cemetery.
New Paltz News January 1, 1966


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108804526/cora_m-russell

Cora married Harmon Russell about 1885. Harmon (son of Harrison Russell and Huldah Nicholson) was born on 17 Feb 1864 in Fremont, Steuben County, New York; died on 24 Dec 1923 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York; was buried in Rural Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to the 1917 Steuben County directory, Ethel was living with her parents, as a student, and owner of her father's farm of 165 acres, in the Big Creek area. 1920 Ethel is a Physician at the Belleview Hospital in Manhattan,NY. In 1930 Ethel is living in Philadephia, working as the Resident Physician in the Friends Hospital.

GWYNEDD PA: Ethel Morris, MD, 98, of Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, formerly of New Paltz died Jan. 26. She was a physician for over 50 years. Dr. Morris was on the medical staff at SUNY New Paltz Infirmary as well as a house physician for Lake Mohonk and Lake Minnewaska. Born Nov. 15, 1885, she was the daughter of Harmon Russell and Cora House. She was married to William F. Morris, who died in 1952. Dr. Morris was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and belonged to the AMA and many other professional organizations. Survivors include four grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
New Paltz News February 8, 1984


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109554076/ethel-morris

Ethel married William Freeman Morris on 04 Apr 1936 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. William (son of George D. Morris) was born on 03 Jun 1876 in West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; died on 3 Feb 1952 in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York; was buried in Rural Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]