JOHN H LEHR
On the death of John H Lehr on July 11, South Harbor Lane knew that it had lost a well-loved neighbor; and Southold grieved that one its long respected and oldest friends and citizens has passed on. Mr Lehr's life span in this community covered a period of eighty-four years, much of which was spent on the Lane, once called "Lane leading to the South Arbour".
John Lehr's parents were Martin and Anna Leicht Lehr, both from Germany who had met and married in Southold and settled in a little home on the North Road. This was where John was born on November 1, 1874. Very soon thereafter, when he was six months old, his mother and father moved to South Harbor Lane into the house which had been Aunt Debbie Hallock's and Aunt Mary Wells'. We remember that house which no longer exists as the old Lehr farmhouse. The larger Martin Lehr home was built years later in 1897 northerly to it.
On this South Harbor Lane farm John Lehr was reared. Those were the days when the Goldsmiths, the Hutchinsons, Overtons, Howells, Richmonds, Griswolds, Freemans, Coreys, and Glovers were of the Lane neighborhood. John and the children of these families grew up together and went to the little Sodom Schoolhouse for education, progressing from "Reader" to "Reader". Mr Lehr held, to the close of his life, many recollections of these early years. His memory of Miss Susan Wells of Peconic, a favorite teacher, was encircled with a halo. The mint-flavored water in what was once Capt Seth Overton's well on South Harbor Lane was enjoyed in his day.
From the Sodom, or Locust Grove School he went to the Southold Academy and from there to the New London Business College where he graduated. For a period of time he worked in New York for a Commission House; then returned to Southold, joining his father on the farm.
In 1903 Mr Lehr married Mary Louise Conklin, daughter of David Tuthill Conklin and Julia Wells Conklin of Southold; and brought the Theodore Wood farm at the eastern end of the village (now the Poliwoda home). Their three sons were born there, Eugene, and the twins, John Martin and David, and in 1910, he moved his family to his home lane, South Harbor, taking over the S Bailey Corey place on the corner. Mrs Lehr passed away in this home in 1921.
Mr Lehr carried on the Lehr farm with his father and in 1925 he married Florence Halsey of Bridgehampton, daughter of C Edwin and Isabella Haynes Halsey. During these years a great interest gradually increased in his mind concerning horticulture and the growing of all kinds of flowers.
We think of John Lehr now and associate him with a very great love of flowers and a rare talent in handling them. Mrs Lehr joined him with her interest and help. He took courses in New York in flower arrangements. For many years as we recall his greenhouses produced flowers under care of the "Green Thumb" and an artistry produced exquisite arrangements. He discovered that this creative work of a florist gave him unusual happiness and it also gave, we might add, much to others as well.
Even after Mr Lehr retired and had moved to a home down the lane a bit, he can be pictured at work in his newly made gardens. We recall stopping by to see his garden and remember the warm cheering smile, the merry laugh, and unassuming quiet clear way with which he described a certain flower or plant of especial interest.
John Lehr was a home-loving man. He also loved his church and his community, leaving the imprint of his loyalty and wisdom upon both. He was a charter member of the Southold Grange; master of it for three years, and Pomona master for two. He held a Trusteeship in the Presbyterian Church, was an active elder for forty-eight years, and superintendent of the Sunday school during his younger days. He was long a member of the church choir. Not only in church but at many a community event, family party, Sound picnic or South Harbor get-together, John's baritone was heard. The memory of it taps the chords of other memories and forms a resonant song of yesterday.
Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church on the afternoon of July 14th. Rev Richard DeMott conducted an impressive service in tribute to John Lehr before a large congregation of friends. He was laid to rest in the family plot of the cemetery near the Church where he had worshiped for so many years.
The immediate family surviving Mr Lehr are his widow, Mrs Lehr; his three sons, Eugene Lehr of Kensington, Maryland, John Martin and David Lehr of Southold; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The sincere sympathy is offered by the community to all in Mr Lehr's family.
Obit was written by Ann Hallock Currie-Bell and published in The Long Island Traveler- Mattituck Watchman on July 30, 1959 pp1 & 3
On the death of John H Lehr on July 11, South Harbor Lane knew that it had lost a well-loved neighbor; and Southold grieved that one its long respected and oldest friends and citizens has passed on. Mr Lehr's life span in this community covered a period of eighty-four years, much of which was spent on the Lane, once called "Lane leading to the South Arbour".
John Lehr's parents were Martin and Anna Leicht Lehr, both from Germany who had met and married in Southold and settled in a little home on the North Road. This was where John was born on November 1, 1874. Very soon thereafter, when he was six months old, his mother and father moved to South Harbor Lane into the house which had been Aunt Debbie Hallock's and Aunt Mary Wells'. We remember that house which no longer exists as the old Lehr farmhouse. The larger Martin Lehr home was built years later in 1897 northerly to it.
On this South Harbor Lane farm John Lehr was reared. Those were the days when the Goldsmiths, the Hutchinsons, Overtons, Howells, Richmonds, Griswolds, Freemans, Coreys, and Glovers were of the Lane neighborhood. John and the children of these families grew up together and went to the little Sodom Schoolhouse for education, progressing from "Reader" to "Reader". Mr Lehr held, to the close of his life, many recollections of these early years. His memory of Miss Susan Wells of Peconic, a favorite teacher, was encircled with a halo. The mint-flavored water in what was once Capt Seth Overton's well on South Harbor Lane was enjoyed in his day.
From the Sodom, or Locust Grove School he went to the Southold Academy and from there to the New London Business College where he graduated. For a period of time he worked in New York for a Commission House; then returned to Southold, joining his father on the farm.
In 1903 Mr Lehr married Mary Louise Conklin, daughter of David Tuthill Conklin and Julia Wells Conklin of Southold; and brought the Theodore Wood farm at the eastern end of the village (now the Poliwoda home). Their three sons were born there, Eugene, and the twins, John Martin and David, and in 1910, he moved his family to his home lane, South Harbor, taking over the S Bailey Corey place on the corner. Mrs Lehr passed away in this home in 1921.
Mr Lehr carried on the Lehr farm with his father and in 1925 he married Florence Halsey of Bridgehampton, daughter of C Edwin and Isabella Haynes Halsey. During these years a great interest gradually increased in his mind concerning horticulture and the growing of all kinds of flowers.
We think of John Lehr now and associate him with a very great love of flowers and a rare talent in handling them. Mrs Lehr joined him with her interest and help. He took courses in New York in flower arrangements. For many years as we recall his greenhouses produced flowers under care of the "Green Thumb" and an artistry produced exquisite arrangements. He discovered that this creative work of a florist gave him unusual happiness and it also gave, we might add, much to others as well.
Even after Mr Lehr retired and had moved to a home down the lane a bit, he can be pictured at work in his newly made gardens. We recall stopping by to see his garden and remember the warm cheering smile, the merry laugh, and unassuming quiet clear way with which he described a certain flower or plant of especial interest.
John Lehr was a home-loving man. He also loved his church and his community, leaving the imprint of his loyalty and wisdom upon both. He was a charter member of the Southold Grange; master of it for three years, and Pomona master for two. He held a Trusteeship in the Presbyterian Church, was an active elder for forty-eight years, and superintendent of the Sunday school during his younger days. He was long a member of the church choir. Not only in church but at many a community event, family party, Sound picnic or South Harbor get-together, John's baritone was heard. The memory of it taps the chords of other memories and forms a resonant song of yesterday.
Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church on the afternoon of July 14th. Rev Richard DeMott conducted an impressive service in tribute to John Lehr before a large congregation of friends. He was laid to rest in the family plot of the cemetery near the Church where he had worshiped for so many years.
The immediate family surviving Mr Lehr are his widow, Mrs Lehr; his three sons, Eugene Lehr of Kensington, Maryland, John Martin and David Lehr of Southold; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The sincere sympathy is offered by the community to all in Mr Lehr's family.
Obit was written by Ann Hallock Currie-Bell and published in The Long Island Traveler- Mattituck Watchman on July 30, 1959 pp1 & 3
JOHN H LEHR
On the death of John H Lehr on July 11, South Harbor Lane knew that it had lost a well-loved neighbor; and Southold grieved that one its long respected and oldest friends and citizens has passed on. Mr Lehr's life span in this community covered a period of eighty-four years, much of which was spent on the Lane, once called "Lane leading to the South Arbour".
John Lehr's parents were Martin and Anna Leicht Lehr, both from Germany who had met and married in Southold and settled in a little home on the North Road. This was where John was born on November 1, 1874. Very soon thereafter, when he was six months old, his mother and father moved to South Harbor Lane into the house which had been Aunt Debbie Hallock's and Aunt Mary Wells'. We remember that house which no longer exists as the old Lehr farmhouse. The larger Martin Lehr home was built years later in 1897 northerly to it.
On this South Harbor Lane farm John Lehr was reared. Those were the days when the Goldsmiths, the Hutchinsons, Overtons, Howells, Richmonds, Griswolds, Freemans, Coreys, and Glovers were of the Lane neighborhood. John and the children of these families grew up together and went to the little Sodom Schoolhouse for education, progressing from "Reader" to "Reader". Mr Lehr held, to the close of his life, many recollections of these early years. His memory of Miss Susan Wells of Peconic, a favorite teacher, was encircled with a halo. The mint-flavored water in what was once Capt Seth Overton's well on South Harbor Lane was enjoyed in his day.
From the Sodom, or Locust Grove School he went to the Southold Academy and from there to the New London Business College where he graduated. For a period of time he worked in New York for a Commission House; then returned to Southold, joining his father on the farm.
In 1903 Mr Lehr married Mary Louise Conklin, daughter of David Tuthill Conklin and Julia Wells Conklin of Southold; and brought the Theodore Wood farm at the eastern end of the village (now the Poliwoda home). Their three sons were born there, Eugene, and the twins, John Martin and David, and in 1910, he moved his family to his home lane, South Harbor, taking over the S Bailey Corey place on the corner. Mrs Lehr passed away in this home in 1921.
Mr Lehr carried on the Lehr farm with his father and in 1925 he married Florence Halsey of Bridgehampton, daughter of C Edwin and Isabella Haynes Halsey. During these years a great interest gradually increased in his mind concerning horticulture and the growing of all kinds of flowers.
We think of John Lehr now and associate him with a very great love of flowers and a rare talent in handling them. Mrs Lehr joined him with her interest and help. He took courses in New York in flower arrangements. For many years as we recall his greenhouses produced flowers under care of the "Green Thumb" and an artistry produced exquisite arrangements. He discovered that this creative work of a florist gave him unusual happiness and it also gave, we might add, much to others as well.
Even after Mr Lehr retired and had moved to a home down the lane a bit, he can be pictured at work in his newly made gardens. We recall stopping by to see his garden and remember the warm cheering smile, the merry laugh, and unassuming quiet clear way with which he described a certain flower or plant of especial interest.
John Lehr was a home-loving man. He also loved his church and his community, leaving the imprint of his loyalty and wisdom upon both. He was a charter member of the Southold Grange; master of it for three years, and Pomona master for two. He held a Trusteeship in the Presbyterian Church, was an active elder for forty-eight years, and superintendent of the Sunday school during his younger days. He was long a member of the church choir. Not only in church but at many a community event, family party, Sound picnic or South Harbor get-together, John's baritone was heard. The memory of it taps the chords of other memories and forms a resonant song of yesterday.
Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church on the afternoon of July 14th. Rev Richard DeMott conducted an impressive service in tribute to John Lehr before a large congregation of friends. He was laid to rest in the family plot of the cemetery near the Church where he had worshiped for so many years.
The immediate family surviving Mr Lehr are his widow, Mrs Lehr; his three sons, Eugene Lehr of Kensington, Maryland, John Martin and David Lehr of Southold; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The sincere sympathy is offered by the community to all in Mr Lehr's family.
Obit was written by Ann Hallock Currie-Bell and published in The Long Island Traveler- Mattituck Watchman on July 30, 1959 pp1 & 3
On the death of John H Lehr on July 11, South Harbor Lane knew that it had lost a well-loved neighbor; and Southold grieved that one its long respected and oldest friends and citizens has passed on. Mr Lehr's life span in this community covered a period of eighty-four years, much of which was spent on the Lane, once called "Lane leading to the South Arbour".
John Lehr's parents were Martin and Anna Leicht Lehr, both from Germany who had met and married in Southold and settled in a little home on the North Road. This was where John was born on November 1, 1874. Very soon thereafter, when he was six months old, his mother and father moved to South Harbor Lane into the house which had been Aunt Debbie Hallock's and Aunt Mary Wells'. We remember that house which no longer exists as the old Lehr farmhouse. The larger Martin Lehr home was built years later in 1897 northerly to it.
On this South Harbor Lane farm John Lehr was reared. Those were the days when the Goldsmiths, the Hutchinsons, Overtons, Howells, Richmonds, Griswolds, Freemans, Coreys, and Glovers were of the Lane neighborhood. John and the children of these families grew up together and went to the little Sodom Schoolhouse for education, progressing from "Reader" to "Reader". Mr Lehr held, to the close of his life, many recollections of these early years. His memory of Miss Susan Wells of Peconic, a favorite teacher, was encircled with a halo. The mint-flavored water in what was once Capt Seth Overton's well on South Harbor Lane was enjoyed in his day.
From the Sodom, or Locust Grove School he went to the Southold Academy and from there to the New London Business College where he graduated. For a period of time he worked in New York for a Commission House; then returned to Southold, joining his father on the farm.
In 1903 Mr Lehr married Mary Louise Conklin, daughter of David Tuthill Conklin and Julia Wells Conklin of Southold; and brought the Theodore Wood farm at the eastern end of the village (now the Poliwoda home). Their three sons were born there, Eugene, and the twins, John Martin and David, and in 1910, he moved his family to his home lane, South Harbor, taking over the S Bailey Corey place on the corner. Mrs Lehr passed away in this home in 1921.
Mr Lehr carried on the Lehr farm with his father and in 1925 he married Florence Halsey of Bridgehampton, daughter of C Edwin and Isabella Haynes Halsey. During these years a great interest gradually increased in his mind concerning horticulture and the growing of all kinds of flowers.
We think of John Lehr now and associate him with a very great love of flowers and a rare talent in handling them. Mrs Lehr joined him with her interest and help. He took courses in New York in flower arrangements. For many years as we recall his greenhouses produced flowers under care of the "Green Thumb" and an artistry produced exquisite arrangements. He discovered that this creative work of a florist gave him unusual happiness and it also gave, we might add, much to others as well.
Even after Mr Lehr retired and had moved to a home down the lane a bit, he can be pictured at work in his newly made gardens. We recall stopping by to see his garden and remember the warm cheering smile, the merry laugh, and unassuming quiet clear way with which he described a certain flower or plant of especial interest.
John Lehr was a home-loving man. He also loved his church and his community, leaving the imprint of his loyalty and wisdom upon both. He was a charter member of the Southold Grange; master of it for three years, and Pomona master for two. He held a Trusteeship in the Presbyterian Church, was an active elder for forty-eight years, and superintendent of the Sunday school during his younger days. He was long a member of the church choir. Not only in church but at many a community event, family party, Sound picnic or South Harbor get-together, John's baritone was heard. The memory of it taps the chords of other memories and forms a resonant song of yesterday.
Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church on the afternoon of July 14th. Rev Richard DeMott conducted an impressive service in tribute to John Lehr before a large congregation of friends. He was laid to rest in the family plot of the cemetery near the Church where he had worshiped for so many years.
The immediate family surviving Mr Lehr are his widow, Mrs Lehr; his three sons, Eugene Lehr of Kensington, Maryland, John Martin and David Lehr of Southold; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The sincere sympathy is offered by the community to all in Mr Lehr's family.
Obit was written by Ann Hallock Currie-Bell and published in The Long Island Traveler- Mattituck Watchman on July 30, 1959 pp1 & 3
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