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Obituary
Charlotte House dead at age 79
Mrs. Charlotte Lunn Wyckoff House, age 79, formerly of 428 Main St., b
ut a resident for the past several years of the Fox Hospital Nursing Unit, died at the Fox Hospital on Monday, May 19, 1975 after a long illness. A life long resident of Oneonta, Mrs. House was prominent for years in the business and social life of the community.
Mrs. House was born in Oneonta on July 7, 1895 and was the daughter of Joseph S. and Minnie (Westcott) Lunn. She was married to Ralph S. Wyckoff, a member of the Oneonta Star Staff until he entered service in World War I, on Aug. 31, 1918. Following his release from active duty, they purchased the Grove Street Greenhouses from Carr W. Peck and conducted the business as Wyckoff's Florist until his death on Dec. 24, 1939. She then conducted the business alone until her marriage to Dr. LeRoy S. House on October 4, 1958. He died on January 29, 1971. She was a former member of the Fox Hospital Womens Guild, the Oneonta Garden Club, the Oneonta Womens Club and the American Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by a stepson, LeRoy S. House, Jr. of 17 College Park Drive; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Albert S. (Alice) Nader, 95 River St., Mrs. Herbert B. (Susan) Plants, 2 Handsome Ave., and Mrs. Raymond (Jean) Salva, North Brunswick, N.J.; one niece, Mrs. James (Charlotte) Georgeson, 21 Union St., and two nephews, William H. Lunn, 138 East St. and Dr. Joseph S. Lunn, Cooperstown; several grandchildren, cousins, grandnieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at the Bookhout Funeral Home Wednesday at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Henry J. Postel, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the Bookhout Funeral
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