Bertha E. (Clair) Ormsby 1869-1946  
Categories: Alfred, New York, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 141, No 6, p 107, Aug. 5, 1946.
Bertha E. Ormsby, widow of Walter G. Ormsby, died July 1, 1946, following a lingering illness. She was 77 years old.
She was born in Alfred, N. Y., and was for 50 years a member of the Second Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church. She was active in the Berea Bible Class and the Ladies' Industrial Society.
She is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Ivanna O. Lewis of Alfred Station and Miss Elizabeth Ormsby of Bayport, L. I.; four sons: Elwood W. of Almond, Robert W. and Roland K. of Alfred Station, and Walter M. of Bayport; sixteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held in the Second Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church with Rev. A. N. Rogers officiating. Burial was in Alfred Rural Cemetery. A. L. R.

Walter Gilett Ormsby 1860-1939  
Categories: Alfred, New York, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 126, No 24, p 408, June 12, 1939.
Walter G. Ormsby, son of Orson S. and Sarah Satterlee Ormsby, was born in the town of Ward, Allegany County, N. Y., June 17, 1860, and died at his home in Alfred Station, April 14, 1939.
At the age of eighteen he was baptized by Rev. A. H. Lewis and united with the Second Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, where he continued a loyal and loved member to the time of his death.
In 1887 he was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Clair, and to them were born seven children: Mrs. Ivanna Lewis; Arthur, who died in 1936; Elwood of Almond, N. Y.; Robert and Rowland of Alfred Station; and Walter M. and Elizabeth of Bayport, L. I.
Farewell services were conducted by his former pastor, Rev. E. D. Van Horn, assisted by Pastor Randolph, and the body was laid to rest in the Alfred Rural Cemetery. E. D. V. H.