Claude Gates

Family/Spouse: Lottie Rawleigh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dorothy May Hamsher, 68, of 8365 Reeds Corners Rd. in Sparta died Monday (Aug. 1, 1988) in Noyes Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in South Dansville, a daughter of Claude and Lottie Rawleigh Gates. She and her husband, Charles W. Hamsher Sr. celebrated 50 years of marriage on July 10 this year. She was a member of the Sparta Center Methodist Church and was a founder of the Sparta Fire Department. Surviving in addition to her husband, is a son, Charles W. Hamsher Jr. of Sparta; two daughters, Carol Carberry and Janice Jarvis, both of Dansville; two brothers, Clifford Gates of Little Genesee and Charles Gates of Hornell; a sister, LeAnna Tripp of Hornell; 10 grand-children and four great-grandchildren. A service was conducted Wednesday afternoon in the Hindle Funeral Home of Dansville with the Rev. G. Calvin Sheasley Officiating. Interment was in Kiehle Cemetery, Sparta. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dansville Ambulance Fund or the Sparta Center Methodist Church.
(GCE, August 4, 1988, p14)

Dorothy married Charles William Hamsher on 10 Jul 1938. Charles (son of Charles Albert Hamsher and Flora H. Wagner) was born on 11 Jan 1919 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; died on 20 Jul 1995 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Kiehle Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles W. "Charlie" Hamsher Jr. age 80, passed away Wednesday morning November 13, 2019, at the Livingston County Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Mt. Morris. He was born in Wayland on April 13, 1939, a son of the late Charles W. and Dorothy Mae (Gates) Hamsher Sr. He was also predeceased by his brother James Hamsher, and a grandson Joshua Griffith. Charles was a farmer like his father, on the family farm in Sparta NY. In the 1990's Charles sold the farm and went to work for the Livingston County Highway Dept. based in Groveland NY as a Truck Driver. He was a Charter Member of the Sparta Center Volunteer Fire Department. He loved spending his time, farming, and hunting and taking rides through the country in his pickup truck. He was a founding member of the Hamsher Rangers in the late 1960's. He is survived by his daughters, Colleen (Jeff) Drake, Darlene (Sam) Bozzette, Tammy (Darrell) Lemen, Pam (Mike) Van Scooter, his sisters, Carol Carberry, and Janice (Malcolm) Jarvis, eight grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, Interment Kiehle Cemetery, Sparta, New York.
In lieu of flowers please make memorials to Alzheimer's Association or St. Jude's Children's Hospital. [Any obituary information in full or part, Respectfully credited: "Hindle Funeral Home Inc."]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A funeral service was held in the Chamberlin Funeral Home Saturday afternoon for James M. Hamsher, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamsher of RD 1 who died unexpectedly Wednesday (Sept. 30, 1959) in Dansville Memorial Hospital. Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Carol and Janice; a brother, Charles Jr. and his parternal grandmother, Mrs. Flora Hamsher. The Rev. Bertram Croop officiated and burial was in Kiehle Cemetery, Sparta.
(Dansville Breeze, October 1959

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]