Walter Scott Sleght

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Canandaigua, N. Y. - Walter S. Sleght, 45, well-known in and around Canandaigua, died suddenly at Clifton Springs Sanitarium last night after an illness of less than two days. Mr. Sleght had been identified with banking at Canandaigua nearly all his lifetime and was assistant cashier of the Ontario County Trust Company when he died. Mr. Sleght was born at Allen's Hill, this county, and was a son of the late Mortimer and Louise Scott Sleght. He came to Canandaigua to reside when he was a child and received his education in the Canandaigua public schools. In 1890 he entered the bank of Williams and Barnes and had been in the banking business for the past thirty-seven years. He leaves his wife, Lina Hudson Sleght; a son, Walter S. Sleght, Jr. of this city; and a daughter, Miss Mabel Sleght of New York city. He also leaves two brothers, Francis J. Sleght of Buffalo, and Carlton M. Sleght of Batavia. Funeral from the undertaking rooms in North Main street Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. Herbert L. Gaylord, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Published: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
November 12, 1927

Walter married Lina Hudson about 1890. Lina was born in 1869; died on 14 Apr 1934 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of her father's death in 1927, Mabel was living in Richmond Hills, Queens Co.,NY. She is the Mabel Sleght, born 07May1894 and died August 1962(SSN 066-09-2473)

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At the time of his father's death in 1927, Walter was living in
Canandaigua.