Mrs. Frank Ryther
Mrs. Nellie Rice Ryther, 75, totally
blind for 35 years, died last Friday
morning at 3:05 in the House of the
Good Samaritan, Watertown
where she had been a patient since
2:30 p. m. Thursday. Widow of
Frank Ryther and long-time resident
of Barnes Corners and Lowville, she had been in ill health for three years.
Funeral services were held at 4
p. m. Saturday from the Ryther
funeral home, Copenhagen, with
Rev. James N. Polney, pastor of the
Copenhagen Methodist church, officiating
The body was placed in a
vault for burial at a later date by
the side of her husband at Barnes
Corners cemetery.
Closest survivors are three nephews
and a niece. They are Dr. Arthur
C. Peckham, 221 Paddock St.,
Watertown; Dr. Floyd F Peckham
Chicago, Ill, Dr. Fred Peckham,
Oswego; and Mrs Delavan H. Lyman,
Alexandria Bay.
Mrs. Ryther was born in June,
1874, at Harrisburg, daughter of
John and Emma Newton Rice. She
was a school teacher for 15 years
in the public schools of Lewis county
and spent most of her life in Lowville.
In 1915 her sight, which had been
weakening for a number of years,
failed completely and she was forced
to give up teaching. She moved
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Newton, Barnes Corners, and lived
there until her marriage on Feb. 23,
1925.
Long interested in church welfare
and civic work, Mrs. Ryther sewed
and knitted garments for the servicemen
in World War I, despite her
handicap.
She began the study of reading
methods used by schools for the
blind. She learned to read New
York print and in 1922 she mastered
revised Braille and was able to read
through her sense of touch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryther had been acquainted
for many years, and renewed
their friendship when he returned
to Barnes Corners from
Seattle, Wash., where he had owned
and operated a mill for sawing timber. He was also a patent holder
and maker in the United States and
Canada of a type of mailbox that
was generally used.
The wedding ceremony was performed
by Rev. Arthur Morton,
pastor of the Methodist church at
Barnes Corners. Because of the almost
impassable condition of the
roads that time of year, there was
no wedding trip and the couple went
following the ceremony, to their
farm home a mile east of Barnes
Corners, where they resided.
Mr. Ryther died in 1930, and his
wife continued to live at Barnes
Corners.
Mrs. Nellie Rice Ryther, 75, totally
blind for 35 years, died last Friday
morning at 3:05 in the House of the
Good Samaritan, Watertown
where she had been a patient since
2:30 p. m. Thursday. Widow of
Frank Ryther and long-time resident
of Barnes Corners and Lowville, she had been in ill health for three years.
Funeral services were held at 4
p. m. Saturday from the Ryther
funeral home, Copenhagen, with
Rev. James N. Polney, pastor of the
Copenhagen Methodist church, officiating
The body was placed in a
vault for burial at a later date by
the side of her husband at Barnes
Corners cemetery.
Closest survivors are three nephews
and a niece. They are Dr. Arthur
C. Peckham, 221 Paddock St.,
Watertown; Dr. Floyd F Peckham
Chicago, Ill, Dr. Fred Peckham,
Oswego; and Mrs Delavan H. Lyman,
Alexandria Bay.
Mrs. Ryther was born in June,
1874, at Harrisburg, daughter of
John and Emma Newton Rice. She
was a school teacher for 15 years
in the public schools of Lewis county
and spent most of her life in Lowville.
In 1915 her sight, which had been
weakening for a number of years,
failed completely and she was forced
to give up teaching. She moved
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Newton, Barnes Corners, and lived
there until her marriage on Feb. 23,
1925.
Long interested in church welfare
and civic work, Mrs. Ryther sewed
and knitted garments for the servicemen
in World War I, despite her
handicap.
She began the study of reading
methods used by schools for the
blind. She learned to read New
York print and in 1922 she mastered
revised Braille and was able to read
through her sense of touch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryther had been acquainted
for many years, and renewed
their friendship when he returned
to Barnes Corners from
Seattle, Wash., where he had owned
and operated a mill for sawing timber. He was also a patent holder
and maker in the United States and
Canada of a type of mailbox that
was generally used.
The wedding ceremony was performed
by Rev. Arthur Morton,
pastor of the Methodist church at
Barnes Corners. Because of the almost
impassable condition of the
roads that time of year, there was
no wedding trip and the couple went
following the ceremony, to their
farm home a mile east of Barnes
Corners, where they resided.
Mr. Ryther died in 1930, and his
wife continued to live at Barnes
Corners.
Mrs. Frank Ryther
Mrs. Nellie Rice Ryther, 75, totally
blind for 35 years, died last Friday
morning at 3:05 in the House of the
Good Samaritan, Watertown
where she had been a patient since
2:30 p. m. Thursday. Widow of
Frank Ryther and long-time resident
of Barnes Corners and Lowville, she had been in ill health for three years.
Funeral services were held at 4
p. m. Saturday from the Ryther
funeral home, Copenhagen, with
Rev. James N. Polney, pastor of the
Copenhagen Methodist church, officiating
The body was placed in a
vault for burial at a later date by
the side of her husband at Barnes
Corners cemetery.
Closest survivors are three nephews
and a niece. They are Dr. Arthur
C. Peckham, 221 Paddock St.,
Watertown; Dr. Floyd F Peckham
Chicago, Ill, Dr. Fred Peckham,
Oswego; and Mrs Delavan H. Lyman,
Alexandria Bay.
Mrs. Ryther was born in June,
1874, at Harrisburg, daughter of
John and Emma Newton Rice. She
was a school teacher for 15 years
in the public schools of Lewis county
and spent most of her life in Lowville.
In 1915 her sight, which had been
weakening for a number of years,
failed completely and she was forced
to give up teaching. She moved
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Newton, Barnes Corners, and lived
there until her marriage on Feb. 23,
1925.
Long interested in church welfare
and civic work, Mrs. Ryther sewed
and knitted garments for the servicemen
in World War I, despite her
handicap.
She began the study of reading
methods used by schools for the
blind. She learned to read New
York print and in 1922 she mastered
revised Braille and was able to read
through her sense of touch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryther had been acquainted
for many years, and renewed
their friendship when he returned
to Barnes Corners from
Seattle, Wash., where he had owned
and operated a mill for sawing timber. He was also a patent holder
and maker in the United States and
Canada of a type of mailbox that
was generally used.
The wedding ceremony was performed
by Rev. Arthur Morton,
pastor of the Methodist church at
Barnes Corners. Because of the almost
impassable condition of the
roads that time of year, there was
no wedding trip and the couple went
following the ceremony, to their
farm home a mile east of Barnes
Corners, where they resided.
Mr. Ryther died in 1930, and his
wife continued to live at Barnes
Corners.
Mrs. Nellie Rice Ryther, 75, totally
blind for 35 years, died last Friday
morning at 3:05 in the House of the
Good Samaritan, Watertown
where she had been a patient since
2:30 p. m. Thursday. Widow of
Frank Ryther and long-time resident
of Barnes Corners and Lowville, she had been in ill health for three years.
Funeral services were held at 4
p. m. Saturday from the Ryther
funeral home, Copenhagen, with
Rev. James N. Polney, pastor of the
Copenhagen Methodist church, officiating
The body was placed in a
vault for burial at a later date by
the side of her husband at Barnes
Corners cemetery.
Closest survivors are three nephews
and a niece. They are Dr. Arthur
C. Peckham, 221 Paddock St.,
Watertown; Dr. Floyd F Peckham
Chicago, Ill, Dr. Fred Peckham,
Oswego; and Mrs Delavan H. Lyman,
Alexandria Bay.
Mrs. Ryther was born in June,
1874, at Harrisburg, daughter of
John and Emma Newton Rice. She
was a school teacher for 15 years
in the public schools of Lewis county
and spent most of her life in Lowville.
In 1915 her sight, which had been
weakening for a number of years,
failed completely and she was forced
to give up teaching. She moved
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Newton, Barnes Corners, and lived
there until her marriage on Feb. 23,
1925.
Long interested in church welfare
and civic work, Mrs. Ryther sewed
and knitted garments for the servicemen
in World War I, despite her
handicap.
She began the study of reading
methods used by schools for the
blind. She learned to read New
York print and in 1922 she mastered
revised Braille and was able to read
through her sense of touch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryther had been acquainted
for many years, and renewed
their friendship when he returned
to Barnes Corners from
Seattle, Wash., where he had owned
and operated a mill for sawing timber. He was also a patent holder
and maker in the United States and
Canada of a type of mailbox that
was generally used.
The wedding ceremony was performed
by Rev. Arthur Morton,
pastor of the Methodist church at
Barnes Corners. Because of the almost
impassable condition of the
roads that time of year, there was
no wedding trip and the couple went
following the ceremony, to their
farm home a mile east of Barnes
Corners, where they resided.
Mr. Ryther died in 1930, and his
wife continued to live at Barnes
Corners.
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