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- Syracuse Herald Journal
December 4, 1951
New Berlin - Funeral services for Robert Forrester Talbot will be from St. Andrew's Church today at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. Bradford T. Tite officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery here.
Mr. Talbot died at his home early Thursday from a heart attack brought on from shoveling snow. He was born Dec. 8, 1881, in the town of Edmeston, son of Arba Talbot and Amanda Talbot. He married Mina Pugh, who passed away in 1910.
He is survived by his wife, the former Lillian Hill whom he married in 1911; two brothers, Wayne Talbot of Burlington Flats and Leon Talbot of Edmeston, and a sister, Mrs. Neva Gilson.
He came to New Berlin in 1903, where he conducted a photograph studio until 1915. Appointed as postmaster under President Wilson on May 4, 1914, he served two terms. In 1914 he conducted the garage and automobile salesrooms occupied by Bertrand Ackerman. He was appointed acting postmaster by President Roosevelt on April 1 and recieved his permanent appointment on Aug. 1, 1935. He was active in the organization of the Chenango-Broome Postmasters' Association and was serving on its executive committee. His main hobby was raising flowers, and he has won numerous prizes and medals. At the Pennsylvania flower show held recently in Scranton, Pa., he was awarded grand championship for the largest and most perfect bloom in the show.
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1881 - 1950 (68 years)
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