Cause of Death: Myocardial Infarction
Research notes - Deborah Sweet:
Portlandville is in Otsego Co. Pine Grove Cemetery is there.
Grandpa Sweet's line is descended from the Alt family, in the US since
abt. 1740, and the Sweetand Keast families of St. Neot, Cornwall,
England, since abt. 1540, in the US since 1888. If not included in this
packet, this line may be furnished uponrequest of the interested
researcher.
NYS Dept of Health Cert. of Death, State file #00000053803; datestamp
11/30/1979
Recorded District: 3827, Register Number: 1
Error: 1)on first name. Should read Stephen, not Steven.
2)on dob. Should read 3/16/1900 - per birth record.
DECEDENT: Steven Gilbert Sweet, male, dod 3/7/1979 at 6:00 pm. Age 78,
born March 17, 1900. Veteran? No. Social Sec.# 079 05 1036. County of
Death: Otsego. Locality: Town of Otego (annoted by hand, starred with
note reading: *ah(?) I think this means death occurred at home, which it
did]. Hospital or other Institution/address: Flax IslandRd. State of
Birth: Iowa. Country: USA. Divorced, white, non-spanish origin.
Education: 8th grade
Occupation: Contractor, Kind of business/industry: Building,
Self-Employed.
RESIDENCE: New York, Otsego Co., Town of Otego, FlaxIsland Rd., Otego,
NY; Name of Father: Stephen Sweet; Name of Mother, MinnieAlt; Name of
Informant: William G. Sweet, 34 Van Houten Fields, West Nyack,NY 10994
DISPOSITION: Burial, 3/12/1979, Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, NY.;
Bookhout Funeral Home, Inc., 30 River St., Otego, NY.; Registration
#03186; Name of Funeral Director, Ronald R. Redden; Registration #04593;
Signed byhim, 3/10/1979; Burial/Removal Permit Issued, 3/10/1979 by Mary
?
CERTIFIER: James L. Hurley, Coroner, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta, NY 13820.
Attending Physician: Hans Wilk, M.D.; Pronounced dead: 3/8/1979, 7:40 pm;
Date signed 3/10/1979
CAUSE: Immediate: Myocardial Infarction; Approx. interval between onset
and death: Immediate [no secondary causes are given]. No autopsy. Case
was referred to coroner. Specify if accident, etc.: Natural; Date of
injury: 3/7/1979; Hour of injury: 6:00 pm; Describe how injury occurred:
Collapsed in Kitchen at Home, Flax Island Rd., Otego, NY

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.
3. 9. MAYO  
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5. 11. MAYO  

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