BIOGRAPHY
John Tanner was born in Germantown, Columbia County, NY, which is where the Plass family (his maternal grandparents) lived. Otherwise, he lived his entire life in Rensselaerville, NY. He was the eldest child of three and the only son of Wilson G. Tanner and Mary Plass.
He attended school through just 6th grade before pursuing employment. By June 1915, he was working as a chauffeurs’ helper, driving for the Rensselaerville to Albany Autobus service that his uncle Charles B. Tanner had established with his cousin, Stanton Shufelt. John continued to drive the autobus after his uncle’s untimely death at age 29 from influenza in December 1918. According to the 1925 NY State Census, he was still employed as a truck chauffeur.
John married Lena Mae Wood on September 28, 1919 in Rensselaerville, NY. They had 10 children, seven of which were born at home. They family lived on Albany Hill Road on a small farm. By 1930 (at age 32), John began working as a caretaker for the Huyck estate in Rensselerville, where he was still working in 1940 and was earning an annual wage of about $1,092.
Son Gardiner noted that his father enjoyed a particular brand of chewing tobacco called “Yum Yum”.
John was only 53 years old when he succumbed to kidney disease at Albany Hospital on March 27, 1950. His eldest son Charles would also die very young (age 47) from the same affliction. He is buried in the Tanner plot at the bottom of a very large hill in Rensselaerville Cemetery.
-Rob Dwyer (April 12, 2015)
OBITUARY (From Greene Country Recorder-Examiner - April 6, 1950, pg. #8)
Funeral services were held last Thursday afternoon at two o'clock from Trinity Episcopal Church in Rensselaerville for Raymond W. Tanner of that place who passed away on March 27 at the Albany Hospital. Rev. John R. Ramsey of Greenville officiated. Burial was in Rensselaer Cemetery.
Mr. Tanner was born at Germantown on February 12, 1897, the son of William and Mary Plass Tanner. He is survived by his wife, the former Lena Wood, nine children, Charles, Niles, Raymond, Gardner, Robert and William, and Mrs. Howard Waldron, Janet and Eleanor Tanner, five grandchildren, and two sisters, Mr.s Charles Gifford and Mrs. Clinton Wood.
FUNERAL REVIEW (From Greene County Examiner-Recorder, Catskill, NY - April 6, 1950, pg. #3 - from RENSSELAERVILLE section)
The funeral of Raymond (John) Tanner was largely attended at Trinity Church on Thursday afternoon. Rev. Ramsey, rector, officiated. Mr. Tanner, who was 52 years old, passed away at the Albany Hospital on Monday. He had been in failing health for the past year. He is survived by his wife, nine children, several grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. C. Wood and Mrs. C. Gifford. A. C. Cunningham of Greenville was in charge of arrangements. Sympathy is extended to the family.
1950 NYS Death Index supports March 27 death in Albany for Raymond Tanner. 53 yrs. of age. Cert #: 12884. Soundex 560.
John Tanner was born in Germantown, Columbia County, NY, which is where the Plass family (his maternal grandparents) lived. Otherwise, he lived his entire life in Rensselaerville, NY. He was the eldest child of three and the only son of Wilson G. Tanner and Mary Plass.
He attended school through just 6th grade before pursuing employment. By June 1915, he was working as a chauffeurs’ helper, driving for the Rensselaerville to Albany Autobus service that his uncle Charles B. Tanner had established with his cousin, Stanton Shufelt. John continued to drive the autobus after his uncle’s untimely death at age 29 from influenza in December 1918. According to the 1925 NY State Census, he was still employed as a truck chauffeur.
John married Lena Mae Wood on September 28, 1919 in Rensselaerville, NY. They had 10 children, seven of which were born at home. They family lived on Albany Hill Road on a small farm. By 1930 (at age 32), John began working as a caretaker for the Huyck estate in Rensselerville, where he was still working in 1940 and was earning an annual wage of about $1,092.
Son Gardiner noted that his father enjoyed a particular brand of chewing tobacco called “Yum Yum”.
John was only 53 years old when he succumbed to kidney disease at Albany Hospital on March 27, 1950. His eldest son Charles would also die very young (age 47) from the same affliction. He is buried in the Tanner plot at the bottom of a very large hill in Rensselaerville Cemetery.
-Rob Dwyer (April 12, 2015)
OBITUARY (From Greene Country Recorder-Examiner - April 6, 1950, pg. #8)
Funeral services were held last Thursday afternoon at two o'clock from Trinity Episcopal Church in Rensselaerville for Raymond W. Tanner of that place who passed away on March 27 at the Albany Hospital. Rev. John R. Ramsey of Greenville officiated. Burial was in Rensselaer Cemetery.
Mr. Tanner was born at Germantown on February 12, 1897, the son of William and Mary Plass Tanner. He is survived by his wife, the former Lena Wood, nine children, Charles, Niles, Raymond, Gardner, Robert and William, and Mrs. Howard Waldron, Janet and Eleanor Tanner, five grandchildren, and two sisters, Mr.s Charles Gifford and Mrs. Clinton Wood.
FUNERAL REVIEW (From Greene County Examiner-Recorder, Catskill, NY - April 6, 1950, pg. #3 - from RENSSELAERVILLE section)
The funeral of Raymond (John) Tanner was largely attended at Trinity Church on Thursday afternoon. Rev. Ramsey, rector, officiated. Mr. Tanner, who was 52 years old, passed away at the Albany Hospital on Monday. He had been in failing health for the past year. He is survived by his wife, nine children, several grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. C. Wood and Mrs. C. Gifford. A. C. Cunningham of Greenville was in charge of arrangements. Sympathy is extended to the family.
1950 NYS Death Index supports March 27 death in Albany for Raymond Tanner. 53 yrs. of age. Cert #: 12884. Soundex 560.
BIOGRAPHY
John Tanner was born in Germantown, Columbia County, NY, which is where the Plass family (his maternal grandparents) lived. Otherwise, he lived his entire life in Rensselaerville, NY. He was the eldest child of three and the only son of Wilson G. Tanner and Mary Plass.
He attended school through just 6th grade before pursuing employment. By June 1915, he was working as a chauffeurs’ helper, driving for the Rensselaerville to Albany Autobus service that his uncle Charles B. Tanner had established with his cousin, Stanton Shufelt. John continued to drive the autobus after his uncle’s untimely death at age 29 from influenza in December 1918. According to the 1925 NY State Census, he was still employed as a truck chauffeur.
John married Lena Mae Wood on September 28, 1919 in Rensselaerville, NY. They had 10 children, seven of which were born at home. They family lived on Albany Hill Road on a small farm. By 1930 (at age 32), John began working as a caretaker for the Huyck estate in Rensselerville, where he was still working in 1940 and was earning an annual wage of about $1,092.
Son Gardiner noted that his father enjoyed a particular brand of chewing tobacco called “Yum Yum”.
John was only 53 years old when he succumbed to kidney disease at Albany Hospital on March 27, 1950. His eldest son Charles would also die very young (age 47) from the same affliction. He is buried in the Tanner plot at the bottom of a very large hill in Rensselaerville Cemetery.
-Rob Dwyer (April 12, 2015)
OBITUARY (From Greene Country Recorder-Examiner - April 6, 1950, pg. #8)
Funeral services were held last Thursday afternoon at two o'clock from Trinity Episcopal Church in Rensselaerville for Raymond W. Tanner of that place who passed away on March 27 at the Albany Hospital. Rev. John R. Ramsey of Greenville officiated. Burial was in Rensselaer Cemetery.
Mr. Tanner was born at Germantown on February 12, 1897, the son of William and Mary Plass Tanner. He is survived by his wife, the former Lena Wood, nine children, Charles, Niles, Raymond, Gardner, Robert and William, and Mrs. Howard Waldron, Janet and Eleanor Tanner, five grandchildren, and two sisters, Mr.s Charles Gifford and Mrs. Clinton Wood.
FUNERAL REVIEW (From Greene County Examiner-Recorder, Catskill, NY - April 6, 1950, pg. #3 - from RENSSELAERVILLE section)
The funeral of Raymond (John) Tanner was largely attended at Trinity Church on Thursday afternoon. Rev. Ramsey, rector, officiated. Mr. Tanner, who was 52 years old, passed away at the Albany Hospital on Monday. He had been in failing health for the past year. He is survived by his wife, nine children, several grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. C. Wood and Mrs. C. Gifford. A. C. Cunningham of Greenville was in charge of arrangements. Sympathy is extended to the family.
1950 NYS Death Index supports March 27 death in Albany for Raymond Tanner. 53 yrs. of age. Cert #: 12884. Soundex 560.
John Tanner was born in Germantown, Columbia County, NY, which is where the Plass family (his maternal grandparents) lived. Otherwise, he lived his entire life in Rensselaerville, NY. He was the eldest child of three and the only son of Wilson G. Tanner and Mary Plass.
He attended school through just 6th grade before pursuing employment. By June 1915, he was working as a chauffeurs’ helper, driving for the Rensselaerville to Albany Autobus service that his uncle Charles B. Tanner had established with his cousin, Stanton Shufelt. John continued to drive the autobus after his uncle’s untimely death at age 29 from influenza in December 1918. According to the 1925 NY State Census, he was still employed as a truck chauffeur.
John married Lena Mae Wood on September 28, 1919 in Rensselaerville, NY. They had 10 children, seven of which were born at home. They family lived on Albany Hill Road on a small farm. By 1930 (at age 32), John began working as a caretaker for the Huyck estate in Rensselerville, where he was still working in 1940 and was earning an annual wage of about $1,092.
Son Gardiner noted that his father enjoyed a particular brand of chewing tobacco called “Yum Yum”.
John was only 53 years old when he succumbed to kidney disease at Albany Hospital on March 27, 1950. His eldest son Charles would also die very young (age 47) from the same affliction. He is buried in the Tanner plot at the bottom of a very large hill in Rensselaerville Cemetery.
-Rob Dwyer (April 12, 2015)
OBITUARY (From Greene Country Recorder-Examiner - April 6, 1950, pg. #8)
Funeral services were held last Thursday afternoon at two o'clock from Trinity Episcopal Church in Rensselaerville for Raymond W. Tanner of that place who passed away on March 27 at the Albany Hospital. Rev. John R. Ramsey of Greenville officiated. Burial was in Rensselaer Cemetery.
Mr. Tanner was born at Germantown on February 12, 1897, the son of William and Mary Plass Tanner. He is survived by his wife, the former Lena Wood, nine children, Charles, Niles, Raymond, Gardner, Robert and William, and Mrs. Howard Waldron, Janet and Eleanor Tanner, five grandchildren, and two sisters, Mr.s Charles Gifford and Mrs. Clinton Wood.
FUNERAL REVIEW (From Greene County Examiner-Recorder, Catskill, NY - April 6, 1950, pg. #3 - from RENSSELAERVILLE section)
The funeral of Raymond (John) Tanner was largely attended at Trinity Church on Thursday afternoon. Rev. Ramsey, rector, officiated. Mr. Tanner, who was 52 years old, passed away at the Albany Hospital on Monday. He had been in failing health for the past year. He is survived by his wife, nine children, several grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. C. Wood and Mrs. C. Gifford. A. C. Cunningham of Greenville was in charge of arrangements. Sympathy is extended to the family.
1950 NYS Death Index supports March 27 death in Albany for Raymond Tanner. 53 yrs. of age. Cert #: 12884. Soundex 560.
Family Members
Children
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Charles Baker "Charley" Tanner Sr
1920–1967
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Niles Clinton "Niley" Tanner
1922–1998
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Roland W. Tanner
1925–1928
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Raymond Wood Tanner Jr
1925–2001
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Bernice Jennie Tanner Waldron
1927–2000
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Gardiner Wilson Tanner
1929–2012
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Janet Mae Tanner Furman
1932–2011
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Robert Jerome Tanner Sr
1934–1996
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Eleanor Loretta Tanner Layman
1936–2004
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