Lester Philenzo Bliss

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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)

Lester married Ada Esther Fisher in 1898. Ada (daughter of Harlan Morton Fisher and Helen Louise Phillips) was born on 17 Sep 1878 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 13 Mar 1962 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married John Johnson Purdy on 15 Jun 1927. John was born on 20 Apr 1894 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; died on 15 Sep 1981 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]