Keith Elliott Ormiston

b. 1880, d. 11 October 1973
  • Keith Elliott Ormiston was born in 1880 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York.
  • He married Lulu Dunson in 1907.
  • Keith Elliott Ormiston became a widower at the 23 October 1953 death of his wife Lulu Dunson.
  • The following appeared on 26 October 1953 in The Morning Herald: Mrs. Lulu Dunson Ormiston, wife of Keith E. Ormiston, formerly of Gloversville, died Friday night at 9:30 in her home in Oneonta, following a few hours illness.
         Mrs. Ormiston was born in Gloversville but she and her husband left the city about 25 years ago.
         Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Milo[n] J. Bundy and two grandsons of Oneonta.
         The funeral will be held today at 2 in Oneonta.
  • Keith Elliott Ormiston died on 11 October 1973 in Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, at the Oneonta Nursing Home.
  • He was interred at Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, Otsego County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 12 October 1973 in the Gloversville-Johnstown Leader-Herald: Keith E. Ormiston, 93, of Oneonta, a former Gloversville resident and a retired railroad engineer, died last night at the Oneonta Nursing Home where he had been residing for some time.
         Mr. Ormiston was the recipient of a rare 70-year honor badge by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He had been employed in railroading for more than 75 years.
         He was born In Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, and spent his boyhood in Gloversville. His first job with railroads was as an office clerk for the F J and G Railroad when he was 16 years old.
         As a youth he operated the miniature locomotive that hauled several cars of passengers to Sport Island at Sacandaga Park.
         In 1898, Mr. Ormiston went west, working as a fireman on the Great Northern Railroad in North Dakota. He returned east in 1907 and was hired as a fireman by the Delaware and Hudson railroad at Oneonta.
         Mr. Ormiston worked for the D and H railroad for 46 years, retiring as engineer in 1953. At the time he was running the diesel yard at Oneonta.
         Mr. Ormiston married the former Lulu Dunson of Gloversville in 1907. Dhe died in 1953.
         He was a 58-year member of the Masonic Lodge and before his retirement was president of the Oneonta YMCA.
         He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Helen Bundy of Oneonta, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
  • Last Edited: 9 Jan 2014

Family: Lulu Dunson b. 1880, d. 23 October 1953