Cause of Death: Intracerbral Hemmorhage due to Hypertension
_DEG: 16 Aug1947BS., Ed. from Boston University
Research and source notes: Deborah Sweet-
1) NYS Dept. of Health Cert. of Birth - Reg.#3146 County of Otsego,
Village of Oneonta [number stamped at top of form - 27355 this is the
doc.# used bythe State] - Helen Southworth Wright, b. July 14, 1904, at
297 Main St., County of Otsego, Village of Oneonta, Julian D. Smith,
attended the birth; father, William G. Wright, Age 24, Laborer,
b.Meredith, NY; mother Madaline Mae (Southworth) Wright, Age 22,
b.Milford, NY, both living at 297 Main St.; #of prev.children-0,
#living-1; Given name added from Supplemental Report filed[? hard to read
copy] Mar.7, 1905 CL w/ ER
[the latter is probably the initialsof the clerks who added the
information]
The place where she was born is right in town, opposite the Presbyterian
Church. If it was at one time a privatehome, it is no more. Now it is a
typical downtown building made of brick, newer than 1904, with stores on
street level and apartments above.
2)NYS Dept.of Health Cert. of Death - State file #0000034703
Recorded district #5932 Register #132
Helen S. Sweet, female, dod: 4/21/1988, 5:27 p.m. at Phelps Memorial
Hospital Center, Village of North Tarrytown, Westchester Co., NY,
admitted on 4/20/1988, Medical Record #000353459
dob: 7/14/1904 in NY, Age 83, white,Served in Armed Forces? NO, Hispanic
origin? NO, Education - 17+ years, Soc.Sec.#109-36-5271, Marital Status:
Widowed is checked [this must be wrong. Asfar as I know, she and Grandpa
Sweet were divorced. I must try to get the divorce records]. Usual occup:
Housewife [this is not REALLY true as she was div., and hadn't owned a
home in over 50 yrs.], Name & locality of Company/Firm:Own Home [this is
not really true either - she lived in hotels for the past50 years],
Residence: NY, Westchester, Village of Tarrytown (within village limits),
455 So. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591 [this is the address of the Hilton
Inn, where she lived], Father: William Wright, Mother: Madeline [sic,
Madaline] Mae [sic, May] Southworth. Informant: William Sweet [son] 34
Van Houten Fields, West Nyack, NY 10994.
Burial, etc.: Cremation, 4/26/1988, Cedar Lawn Crematory, Paterson, NJ
Funeral Home: Higgins Funeral Service, Inc. 321 S.Main St., New City, NY
10956, Registration #01143
Director: Joseph P. Damond, Registration #09039
Cause of death: Intracerebral Hemmorhage due to Hypertension
[note: there was a wake at Higgins and then after cremation there was a
one day wake in Oneonta preceding burial]
3) Oneonta Plains Cem. visit 5/5/2001 - photos taken of grave. Grandma is
buried in the WRIGHT family plot, NOTthe Sweet family plot.
Also visited the home she had built at 428 Main St. Itis still there,
2001, owned by George Monser, who tells me that he had purchased it from
the estate of Dr. Leroy House in 1968. Dr. House bought the house from
Judge Grant, who had bought it from Grandma and Grandpa. Dad had stopped
up several years ago and visited, at which time Mr. Monser gave him the
photo of the house taken in the 50's(?)/ He stated that the oak tree Dad
hadplanted by the garage as a child is now huge. I took new photos.
Deborah Sweet info:
Helen is buried in the WRIGHT family plot, in the same grave as her
beloved grandparents, Sophia Gibson and William Wright. Her parents
Madaline Southworth and William Gibson Wright, and her brother W. Clyde
Wright andhis wife Mildred E. Williams are on the other side of the
stone. It is easilylocated, as it is in the second 'section', right on
the main cem. road, on the right, after the entrance. There are two large
shrubs on either side. I was personally there when she was buried. As a
side note, for anyone who knew Helen, she was cremated, per her own
request. She had wanted Dad (William Gilbert Sweet, her son), Uncle Clyde
Wright (her br

1. 2. William Gilbert SWEET   b. 8 Apr 1925, Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York; d. 27 Sep 1990, J.F.K.Airport/Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica, Queens Co., New York; bur. 1 Oct 1990, Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, Rockland Co., Ny.

Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Research and notes - Deborah Sweet:
A certified copy of the Marriage registration for Dad & Rose, which she
obtained inAugust of 1988 (this having had something to do with Grandma
Sweet's estateand Dad having to prove that they were legally divorced?)
gives his birthyearas 1926 - this is incorrect:
1. Death Certificate shows dob 1925. see below.
2. Birth Certificate shows dob 1925. see below (additionally, what
little Military records I have also show 1925)
Marriage to Donna Houston - source: Naurashaun Presbyterian Church
Newsletter, Banns
See my FTM book on William Sweet for details on his WWII military
service, a brief synopsis of which is given below.
Birth Documentation: Uncertified - Genealogical Research Only: fromAlbany
NYS Dept. of Health #32674
Dist.No. 3081 Registered No. 67
Place of birth: County: Otsego; City: Oneonta; Place: Parshall Hospital
Full name: William Gilbert Sweet, boy, legitimate
DOB: April 8, 1925, 4:50 p.m.
Father: Steven [sic, actually, Stephen] Gilbert Sweet
Residence: Portlandville, NY
White,Age 25, b.Sioux City, Iowa
Occup: Clerk, General Store [in Portlandville - worked at that store
for many years, was later a butcher there]
Mother: Helen Southworth Wright
Residence: Portlandville, NY
White, Age 20, b. Oneonta, NY
Occup: Housewife
#children born: one; #children living: one
Attending Physician: Norman W. Gutman?
Filed April 11, 1925
[note: it was unusual at the timefor women to give birth in hospitals,
they generally did so at home. However,because of Grandma's polio when
she was younger, she had to deliver in hospital, as it was thought she
was high risk due to the polio.]
Death Documentation: Certified Copy-
City of New York, Death Cert. #56-90-054549
Filed 9/28/1990, Vital Records, Dept of Health, Bourough of Bronx
William Sweet; Place ofDeath: NYC, Borough of Queens; Jamaica Hospital,
Emergency Room; Date and hour: Sept. 27, 1990, 10:16 pm; Male, approx age
65; Certified by Glorioso T. Flores, M.D., 9/27/1990, Jamaica Hospital;
Cause of death: Natural Causes
Usual Residence: NY, Rockland Co., 34 Van Houten Fields, 10994, inside
city limits; Veteran; WWII; Married, Spouse: Patricia Lovatt; DOB:
4/8/1925; Soc.Sec. #076-18-6805; Occupation: Teacher, North Rockland
School; Birthplace: Oneonta,NY; Education: 16 is checked off (this is
wrong, as it would give him only aBachelor's degree - He did, however,
have his Masters degree]; Other namesby which known: William G. Sweet;
Father: Stephen G. Sweet, Mother: Helen S.Wright; Informant: Patricia
Sweet, wife, 34 Van Houten Fields, West Nyack, NY10994 [this address for
Patricia is wrong as she and Bill were separated atthe time, living
apart - she was living in Piermont, NY]; Name of Cemetery: Oak Hill
Cemetery, Nyack, NY; Date of Burial: Oct. 1, 1990; Funeral Director:
Michael J. Higgins Funeral Services, Inc. 24 So. Middletown Rd. Nanuet,
NY10954 [this is a business address, as Dad's wake was held at the
Higgins Funeral Home on South Main St., New City, NY 10956]; Date [my
copy] issued: 3/19/2001; Document #E075342
Family Photos give places of residence for William:
Age 0-2 yrs - Portlandville, Town of Milford, Otsego Co., NY
Age 3 yrs - Otego
Age 3-6 yrs - 8 Murdock Ave., Oneonta - visited this house May 2001-took
photo. Left note for owner if they would like copy of 1940's photo.
Age 7-14 yrs- 428 Main St., Oneonta
Age 14-18 - 14 Miller St., Plattsburgh
MILITARY SERVICE, WWII
Dad was inducted into the Army on Sept. 22,1943 at Plattsburgh, NY.,and
given the Service Number 32-943-870. He was first placed in Co.I, 3rd
Battalion of the 6th Armoured Infantry. His group were to be replacements
forthe exhausted North Africa troops. They were sent to Casablanca,
North Africa immediately, and placed on a train to Oran, in Algeria.
According to some of the men who were on the train, it was 'a little

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1. 7. John Joseph MAYO   b. 16 Feb 1980, Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, Rockland Co., New York; d. 16 Feb 1980, Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, Rockland Co., New York; bur. Gethsemane Cemetery, Rockland Lake, Rockland Co., Ny.
2. 8. Zachary Iron MAYO   b. 16 Feb 1980, Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, Rockland Co., New York; d. 16 Feb 1980, Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, Rockland Co., New York; bur. Gethsemane Cemetery, Rockland Lake, Rockland Co., Ny.
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