Alice Chandler Spooner

1893 - 1944  (51 years)

• Name	Alice Chandler Spooner
  Birth	6 Jul 1893	Richville, St Lawrence County, New York, United States
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	27117058
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27117058
  _UID	C98E33ABB0E8438FA08872A8353F4E9D40AE
  Death	25 Dec 1944	Richville, St Lawrence County, New York, United States
  	"Mrs. Walter Best. Gouverneur -- Alice Spooner Best, 51, wife of Walter Best, died Monday afternoon at her home in Richville. Mrs. Best was the daughter of Frederick and Lettie Chandler Best." [Ogdensburg, NY, Journal, 12/28/1944] Her obituary appeared on 27 Dec 1944 in the Tribune Press in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, as follows: "Mrs. Walter C. Best. Mrs. Alice Best wife of Walter C. Best, died at the home on Main Street the afternoon of Christmas day following many years of ill health and for several years was confined to a wheel chair by partial paralysis. She was born in Richville, July 6, 1893 the only child of A. Frederick Spooner and Lottie Chandler Spooner. "On September 16, 1919, she was married to Walter C. Best of Cape Vincent in a home wedding. Three children were born to this union: Ensign Frederick A. Best, U. S. N. R. stationed in the Aleutians, Mrs. Robert S. (Georgiana) Butterworth, Mrs. Reginald (Betty) Smith who survive with her husband and two grandchildren, Robert S. Butterworth, junior and Chandler Smith. "Mrs. Best was a graduate of the Lowville Academy, Class of 1912, and of Elmira College in 1916. "Although Mrs. Best had been badly afflicted for so many years she was always cheerful and took a keen interest in her home life and thoughtfulness of others, even to the last. She was a member of the Richville United Church, Order of Eastern Star and Richville Grange. "Funeral services will be held from the home Thursday afternoon at 2, with Rev. Edward J. W. Burston officiating. Burial will be at Maple Grove Cemetery." [http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031312/1944-12-27/ed-1/seq-6/]
  Burial	Maple Grove Cemetery, Richville, St. Lawrence County, New York, United States
  Person ID	I6902	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Archibald Fredrick "Fred" Spooner,   b. 4 Jan 1858, DeKalb, St Lawrence County, New York, United States d. 31 Oct 1934, Richville, St Lawrence County, New York, United States (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Lettie E. Chandler,   b. 25 Jan 1866   d. 6 Jul 1897 (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1892	Richville, St Lawrence County, New York, United States
  Family ID	F2179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walter Courtland Best,   b. 20 Jul 1894, Ogdensburg, St Lawrence County, New York, United States d. 11 Oct 1978, Potsdam, St Lawrence County, New York, United States (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1919	Richville, St Lawrence County, New York, United States
  Children	+ 1. Fredrick A. Best,   b. 6 Jun 1921, Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, United States d. 7 Apr 2011, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, United States (Age 89 years) + 2. Georgiana Marjorie Best,   b. 13 Sep 1922, New Castle, , Pennsylvania, United States d. 1 Jan 2011, Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina, United States (Age 88 years) + 3. Living
  Family ID	F2180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 6 Jul 1893 - Richville, St Lawrence County, New York, United States Marriage - 16 Sep 1919 - Richville, St Lawrence County, New York, United States Death - 25 Dec 1944 - Richville, St Lawrence County, New York, United States Burial - - Maple Grove Cemetery, Richville, St. Lawrence County, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth