Hugh Merle Bundy

b. 7 August 1894, d. 26 April 1971
  • Hugh Merle Bundy was born on 7 August 1894.
  • He married Flora M. Lodge.
  • The following appeared on 8 September 1969 in the Watertown Daily Times: (Clayton) Mrs. Luella M. Bundy Blanchard, 84, widow of Charles Ranney Blanchard, died 1:10 a.m. Sunday in the Edward John Noble Hospital, Alexandria Bay, where she had been a patient two weeks. In failing health three years, she had lived two years at the Coutt Adult Home, Cape Vincent.
         The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Cummings Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Mowatt, pastor of Clayton Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Clayton Cemetery.
         Friends may call at the funeral home today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
         Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary B. Hartman and a granddaughter, Miss Hallie Hartman, both of 519 Riverside Drive; three brothers, Allen J. Bundy, Utica, Edward Bundy, Tennessee and Merle Bundy, Blasdell.
         Mrs. Blanchard was born Sept. 2, 1885 in Angola, a daughter of Milon and Ida Allen Bundy. She was a resident of Buffalo when she was married Dec. 31, 1919 to Mr. Blanchard, a native of Clayton, in Angola.
         Mr. Blanchard, a marine engineer, retired in 1930 and later operated his farm on the Clayton-Alexandria Bay Road. In 1951, he retired from farming and the couple moved to 214 State St., in the village. Mr. Blanchard died Nov. 3, 1954, aged 75.
         Mrs. Blanchard was a member of the Clayton Baptist Church and its 3-G class, Order of the Eastern Star and the Rebekah Lodge.
  • The following appeared on 23 October 1969 in the Evans Journal: Word has been received here of the death in late September of Allen J. Bundy in the Masonic Home, Utica, N. Y. A former proprietor of a garage and auto agency on Mill St., Angola, many years ago, and more recently a resident of Cortland, N. Y., he was 90 years of age.
         Son of the late Milon J. and Ida Allen Bundy, Mr. Bundy was a member of Evans Lodge No. 261, F.&A.M., Angola, member and former deacon of the First Congregational Church of Cortland, and a former member of the First Congregational Church of Angola.
         Survivors include one son, Milon J. Bundy of Oneonta; a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Esther) Peck; two brothers, Edward Bundy of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Merle Bundy of Blasdell; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
         Funeral and Masonic services were conducted in the Wright Beard Funeral Home, Cortland. Burial was in the Cortland Rural Cemetery.
  • Hugh Merle Bundy died on 26 April 1971 at age 76 in Lackawanna, Erie County, New York, at Our Lady of Victory Hospital.
  • Flora M. Lodge became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Forest Avenue Cemetery, Angola, Erie County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 29 April 1971 in the Evans Journal: Hugh Merle Bundy, 76, of 165 Wabash Ave., Blasdell, a long-time resident of Angola, died Monday (April 26, 1971) in Our Lady of Victory Hospital after a long illness. Husband of Flora M. Bundy (nee Lodge), he was the brother of Edward Bundy and the late Allen J., Mrs. Florence Eggelston, Mrs. Clarabel Guild, Mrs. Luella Blanchard, Burton, and Mrs. Francelia Clothier. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews. The Rev. Raymond L. Morris Jr. and the Rev. Hudson B. Phillips officiated at services at Froehley's Funeral Home yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. Burial was in Forest Avenue Cemetery, Angola. Mr. Bundy was a member of Evans Lodge No. 261, F.&A.M., and Angola Chapter No. 304, R.A.M.
  • The following appeared on 8 March 1979 in the Evans Journal: The Reverend Raymond L. Morris Jr. conducted funeral services at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 1, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ for Flora M. Bundy (nee Lodge), a former resident of angola. Mrs. Bundy, 79, died Monday, Feb. 26, 1979, at Our Lady of Victory Hospital, Lackawanna. She was the wife of the late Hugh Merle; sister of George Lodge of Kenmore, Mrs. Arnold (Dorothy) Sheffler of Hamburg and the late John James, Angus, Keith and Kathryn Alice. Burial was in Forst Ave. Cemetery, Angola.
  • Last Edited: 8 Jan 2014

Family: Flora M. Lodge b. 28 January 1900, d. 26 February 1979