- The death of Anna Josephine Gruby, wife of Frederick William Gruby, took place at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, at Otsego Hall, as the result of influenza, following an illness of ten days. Mrs. Gruby was forty-six years of age and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Crossway of Cullen, N. Y. At the age of sixteen she was married to Mr. Gruby, and to them were born seventeen children, fifteen of whom are living, the oldest being twenty-eight and the youngest eight months. They are Geo. William and Roland Baker, who are with the American Expeditionary Forces in France; Hyde Stanley, stationed at Camp Jackson, North Carolina; Angeline Devida, who married Richard Thornton and now resides at Marlboro, Mass., and the following who are residing at home: Constance Louise, Francis Henry, Dorothy Rebecca, Doris Elma, Carlton Audrey, Floyd Wilson, Robert Charles, Arthur August, Theodore Ross, Marjorie Mathele and Richard Harry. Frederick William died about six years ago and Christine Josephine five years ago. Marjorie Mathele, the three-year-old daughter died at the Hall on Wednesday. Also surviving are the mother, Mrs. Crossway of Cullen, and three brothers, George Crossway, of Detroit, Jacob Crossway of Deansboro and Frank Crossway of Herkimer. The funeral was held from Boden's undertaking parlors at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. M. L. Yates officiating with interment in Lakewood Cemetery.
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