Mrs. Bushnell was a resident of the Home for the Friendless (now known as the Bristol Home), 1500 Main Street, Buffalo NY.
In the 1910 Federal Census she was listed as 64 years of age, single, and born in NYS.
In the 1920 Federal Census, she was listed as 72 years of age, born in 1848 in NYS.
In the 1925 Census she was listed as 78 years of age.
Lucretia was the widow of Steadman Bushnell. She was still a resident of the home in 1934.
In February 1935 at the Home's Valentine party, Mrs. Bushnell who has the greatest number of years in the Home, led the march with the Superintendent and a "House Blessing", followed by the Doxology.
In the May 1936 newsletter, it was reported that Mrs. Bushnell had lived 25 years in the Home.
BUFFALO COURIER EXPRESS
SUNDAY, FEB. 14, 1937 PAGE 4
"Live to be Ninety," Advises Happy Quartet: This is the season of nonogenarian birthdays at the Home for the Friendless in Main Street. Standing are Mrs. Fannie B. Williams (left), who will be 93 on Washington's birthday anniversary, and Mrs. Lucretia Bushnell, whose 91st birthday on Tuesday was marked by a tea party for the four pictured. Seated are, left, Miss La Vancha Duncan, who will round out 90 on Tuesday, and Mrs. Charlotte Seymour who is looking forward to a triumphant anniversary in April.
To Enjoy Life Fully,You Really Should be Ninety: This surely will be agreed upon by four celebrating residents of Main Street home: Life is very good and chock full of interest. Friends are everywhere. Did you ever doubt it? Tut tut! Also stuff and nonsense! You should be 90. Four brisk-minded people at the Home for the Friendless can tell you a thing or two.
Mrs. Lucretia Bushnell, Miss La Vancha Duncan, and Mrs. Fannie B. Williams are progressing in the nonogenarian field this month, and Mrs. Charlotte Seymour will be 97 in April. They had a party on Tuesday – and they have decided that to really enjoy life you must be 90.
Incidentally, they also decided that there is no place in the world quite like the Home for the Friendless. People have tried awfully hard to change the name of the home, as well they might, for it is entirely inaccurate. But the four in their nineties can't be bothered with details. Mrs. Seymour and Mrs. Bushnell have lived with that name quite comfortably for approximately 25 years, thank you – and Mrs. Williams and Miss Duncan, who practically are newcomers, having been there in the neighborhood of a dozen years, also have their minds on more important matters.
Felicitated by Board Members: The party was an ice cream and cake, with orange juice affair, very quiet, with members of the board dropping in to offer congratulations and Mrs. Charles B. Wheeler giving readings. It really took place on Mrs. Bushnell's birthday. She was 91 Tuesday. Of course, there were flowers, with a delightful pot of golden crocuses for each honor guest. This was especially satisfactory, because the springtime glory of the crocuses will be radiant on the other birthdays when they come around. Miss Duncan will be 90 on Tuesday, and Mrs. Williams will be 93 on Washington's birthday. Then in April will come Mrs. Seymour's day. It is the firm determination of all members of the home family to keep Mrs. Seymour exceedingly comfortable. Because they are determined that she, their very oldest, shall live to be 100. Think of the prestige for their beloved home if this can be achieved!
"Other homes have people living to be 100 and why can't we?" they demand. And indeed it seems that all four of them might arrive at that grand age. Strolling into their rooms, with the superintendent, Mrs Grace W. Cooper, one sees them reading a current events magazine, listening with much interest to a radio program, fussing over their clothes or their hair.
"How does it look in the back? I don't think she got the curl just right this time," enquired one of them, when Mrs. Cooper knocked and entered the other day. "It's lovely," said Mrs. Cooper, and it was. This may be a clue for a lot of you dissatisfied young things who are hovering about a mere 70.
Not Just Age of Reminiscences: Therefore think not that old age means sitting with folded hands, contemplating the happy past, thinking with bitterness of the days that are gone. Mrs. Bushnell gaily recalls her early days in Sardinia, where her father, Charles Sears, owned four farms. But all the time her eyes linger lovingly on a charming room which was endowed for her by Mrs. James Lee. Apparently her friends give her a very good time, and there is no question that they get a very good time in return.
Miss Duncan also was born to prosperity, but she doesn't talk about what she has lost. She tells her visitors about the good programs she gets on the radio which a friend gave her, and adds with satisfaction, "you can always turn to something else, if you don't like what you get in one place."
Mrs. Williams has had a very full life. She worked until she was 80, starting her various jobs when her husband died. First, she was an expert shirt maker. Then she went in for cooking. Then she took up nursing, didn't like it and went back to cooking, at which she was very successful. She begs for odd jobs to do, because keeping her room in order and doing her washing and mending simply takes no time at all. As for Mrs. Seymour, who likes to chat as well as anybody – she is not encouraged to do anything except to rest – and live to be 100.
Mary Lucretia Bushnell: Born Feb. 9, 1846, died July 28, 1939. She entered the Home on March 5, 1909 under the endowment of Mrs. Israel Pardee in the Lucretia Lee room, when Mrs. Gridley was the examiner and Mrs. Brainard was the superintendent. Mrs. Bushnell was a faithful attendant at the Christian Science Church as long as she was able to go out and she was a strong advocate for the Home.
After 30 years of living in a room endowed for her by Mrs. Israel Pardee, Mrs. Mary Lucretia Bushnell passed away on July 28, 1939 at the age of 92. Her funeral service was held on July 31, with a Christian Science reader, Mr. James K. Westover, in charge. Johnson & Wilkins was in charge of her burial in the Home Lot at Forest Lawn. The men who had known Mrs. Bushnell in the church volunteered to act as pallbearers.
In the 1910 Federal Census she was listed as 64 years of age, single, and born in NYS.
In the 1920 Federal Census, she was listed as 72 years of age, born in 1848 in NYS.
In the 1925 Census she was listed as 78 years of age.
Lucretia was the widow of Steadman Bushnell. She was still a resident of the home in 1934.
In February 1935 at the Home's Valentine party, Mrs. Bushnell who has the greatest number of years in the Home, led the march with the Superintendent and a "House Blessing", followed by the Doxology.
In the May 1936 newsletter, it was reported that Mrs. Bushnell had lived 25 years in the Home.
BUFFALO COURIER EXPRESS
SUNDAY, FEB. 14, 1937 PAGE 4
"Live to be Ninety," Advises Happy Quartet: This is the season of nonogenarian birthdays at the Home for the Friendless in Main Street. Standing are Mrs. Fannie B. Williams (left), who will be 93 on Washington's birthday anniversary, and Mrs. Lucretia Bushnell, whose 91st birthday on Tuesday was marked by a tea party for the four pictured. Seated are, left, Miss La Vancha Duncan, who will round out 90 on Tuesday, and Mrs. Charlotte Seymour who is looking forward to a triumphant anniversary in April.
To Enjoy Life Fully,You Really Should be Ninety: This surely will be agreed upon by four celebrating residents of Main Street home: Life is very good and chock full of interest. Friends are everywhere. Did you ever doubt it? Tut tut! Also stuff and nonsense! You should be 90. Four brisk-minded people at the Home for the Friendless can tell you a thing or two.
Mrs. Lucretia Bushnell, Miss La Vancha Duncan, and Mrs. Fannie B. Williams are progressing in the nonogenarian field this month, and Mrs. Charlotte Seymour will be 97 in April. They had a party on Tuesday – and they have decided that to really enjoy life you must be 90.
Incidentally, they also decided that there is no place in the world quite like the Home for the Friendless. People have tried awfully hard to change the name of the home, as well they might, for it is entirely inaccurate. But the four in their nineties can't be bothered with details. Mrs. Seymour and Mrs. Bushnell have lived with that name quite comfortably for approximately 25 years, thank you – and Mrs. Williams and Miss Duncan, who practically are newcomers, having been there in the neighborhood of a dozen years, also have their minds on more important matters.
Felicitated by Board Members: The party was an ice cream and cake, with orange juice affair, very quiet, with members of the board dropping in to offer congratulations and Mrs. Charles B. Wheeler giving readings. It really took place on Mrs. Bushnell's birthday. She was 91 Tuesday. Of course, there were flowers, with a delightful pot of golden crocuses for each honor guest. This was especially satisfactory, because the springtime glory of the crocuses will be radiant on the other birthdays when they come around. Miss Duncan will be 90 on Tuesday, and Mrs. Williams will be 93 on Washington's birthday. Then in April will come Mrs. Seymour's day. It is the firm determination of all members of the home family to keep Mrs. Seymour exceedingly comfortable. Because they are determined that she, their very oldest, shall live to be 100. Think of the prestige for their beloved home if this can be achieved!
"Other homes have people living to be 100 and why can't we?" they demand. And indeed it seems that all four of them might arrive at that grand age. Strolling into their rooms, with the superintendent, Mrs Grace W. Cooper, one sees them reading a current events magazine, listening with much interest to a radio program, fussing over their clothes or their hair.
"How does it look in the back? I don't think she got the curl just right this time," enquired one of them, when Mrs. Cooper knocked and entered the other day. "It's lovely," said Mrs. Cooper, and it was. This may be a clue for a lot of you dissatisfied young things who are hovering about a mere 70.
Not Just Age of Reminiscences: Therefore think not that old age means sitting with folded hands, contemplating the happy past, thinking with bitterness of the days that are gone. Mrs. Bushnell gaily recalls her early days in Sardinia, where her father, Charles Sears, owned four farms. But all the time her eyes linger lovingly on a charming room which was endowed for her by Mrs. James Lee. Apparently her friends give her a very good time, and there is no question that they get a very good time in return.
Miss Duncan also was born to prosperity, but she doesn't talk about what she has lost. She tells her visitors about the good programs she gets on the radio which a friend gave her, and adds with satisfaction, "you can always turn to something else, if you don't like what you get in one place."
Mrs. Williams has had a very full life. She worked until she was 80, starting her various jobs when her husband died. First, she was an expert shirt maker. Then she went in for cooking. Then she took up nursing, didn't like it and went back to cooking, at which she was very successful. She begs for odd jobs to do, because keeping her room in order and doing her washing and mending simply takes no time at all. As for Mrs. Seymour, who likes to chat as well as anybody – she is not encouraged to do anything except to rest – and live to be 100.
Mary Lucretia Bushnell: Born Feb. 9, 1846, died July 28, 1939. She entered the Home on March 5, 1909 under the endowment of Mrs. Israel Pardee in the Lucretia Lee room, when Mrs. Gridley was the examiner and Mrs. Brainard was the superintendent. Mrs. Bushnell was a faithful attendant at the Christian Science Church as long as she was able to go out and she was a strong advocate for the Home.
After 30 years of living in a room endowed for her by Mrs. Israel Pardee, Mrs. Mary Lucretia Bushnell passed away on July 28, 1939 at the age of 92. Her funeral service was held on July 31, with a Christian Science reader, Mr. James K. Westover, in charge. Johnson & Wilkins was in charge of her burial in the Home Lot at Forest Lawn. The men who had known Mrs. Bushnell in the church volunteered to act as pallbearers.
Mrs. Bushnell was a resident of the Home for the Friendless (now known as the Bristol Home), 1500 Main Street, Buffalo NY.
In the 1910 Federal Census she was listed as 64 years of age, single, and born in NYS.
In the 1920 Federal Census, she was listed as 72 years of age, born in 1848 in NYS.
In the 1925 Census she was listed as 78 years of age.
Lucretia was the widow of Steadman Bushnell. She was still a resident of the home in 1934.
In February 1935 at the Home's Valentine party, Mrs. Bushnell who has the greatest number of years in the Home, led the march with the Superintendent and a "House Blessing", followed by the Doxology.
In the May 1936 newsletter, it was reported that Mrs. Bushnell had lived 25 years in the Home.
BUFFALO COURIER EXPRESS
SUNDAY, FEB. 14, 1937 PAGE 4
"Live to be Ninety," Advises Happy Quartet: This is the season of nonogenarian birthdays at the Home for the Friendless in Main Street. Standing are Mrs. Fannie B. Williams (left), who will be 93 on Washington's birthday anniversary, and Mrs. Lucretia Bushnell, whose 91st birthday on Tuesday was marked by a tea party for the four pictured. Seated are, left, Miss La Vancha Duncan, who will round out 90 on Tuesday, and Mrs. Charlotte Seymour who is looking forward to a triumphant anniversary in April.
To Enjoy Life Fully,You Really Should be Ninety: This surely will be agreed upon by four celebrating residents of Main Street home: Life is very good and chock full of interest. Friends are everywhere. Did you ever doubt it? Tut tut! Also stuff and nonsense! You should be 90. Four brisk-minded people at the Home for the Friendless can tell you a thing or two.
Mrs. Lucretia Bushnell, Miss La Vancha Duncan, and Mrs. Fannie B. Williams are progressing in the nonogenarian field this month, and Mrs. Charlotte Seymour will be 97 in April. They had a party on Tuesday – and they have decided that to really enjoy life you must be 90.
Incidentally, they also decided that there is no place in the world quite like the Home for the Friendless. People have tried awfully hard to change the name of the home, as well they might, for it is entirely inaccurate. But the four in their nineties can't be bothered with details. Mrs. Seymour and Mrs. Bushnell have lived with that name quite comfortably for approximately 25 years, thank you – and Mrs. Williams and Miss Duncan, who practically are newcomers, having been there in the neighborhood of a dozen years, also have their minds on more important matters.
Felicitated by Board Members: The party was an ice cream and cake, with orange juice affair, very quiet, with members of the board dropping in to offer congratulations and Mrs. Charles B. Wheeler giving readings. It really took place on Mrs. Bushnell's birthday. She was 91 Tuesday. Of course, there were flowers, with a delightful pot of golden crocuses for each honor guest. This was especially satisfactory, because the springtime glory of the crocuses will be radiant on the other birthdays when they come around. Miss Duncan will be 90 on Tuesday, and Mrs. Williams will be 93 on Washington's birthday. Then in April will come Mrs. Seymour's day. It is the firm determination of all members of the home family to keep Mrs. Seymour exceedingly comfortable. Because they are determined that she, their very oldest, shall live to be 100. Think of the prestige for their beloved home if this can be achieved!
"Other homes have people living to be 100 and why can't we?" they demand. And indeed it seems that all four of them might arrive at that grand age. Strolling into their rooms, with the superintendent, Mrs Grace W. Cooper, one sees them reading a current events magazine, listening with much interest to a radio program, fussing over their clothes or their hair.
"How does it look in the back? I don't think she got the curl just right this time," enquired one of them, when Mrs. Cooper knocked and entered the other day. "It's lovely," said Mrs. Cooper, and it was. This may be a clue for a lot of you dissatisfied young things who are hovering about a mere 70.
Not Just Age of Reminiscences: Therefore think not that old age means sitting with folded hands, contemplating the happy past, thinking with bitterness of the days that are gone. Mrs. Bushnell gaily recalls her early days in Sardinia, where her father, Charles Sears, owned four farms. But all the time her eyes linger lovingly on a charming room which was endowed for her by Mrs. James Lee. Apparently her friends give her a very good time, and there is no question that they get a very good time in return.
Miss Duncan also was born to prosperity, but she doesn't talk about what she has lost. She tells her visitors about the good programs she gets on the radio which a friend gave her, and adds with satisfaction, "you can always turn to something else, if you don't like what you get in one place."
Mrs. Williams has had a very full life. She worked until she was 80, starting her various jobs when her husband died. First, she was an expert shirt maker. Then she went in for cooking. Then she took up nursing, didn't like it and went back to cooking, at which she was very successful. She begs for odd jobs to do, because keeping her room in order and doing her washing and mending simply takes no time at all. As for Mrs. Seymour, who likes to chat as well as anybody – she is not encouraged to do anything except to rest – and live to be 100.
Mary Lucretia Bushnell: Born Feb. 9, 1846, died July 28, 1939. She entered the Home on March 5, 1909 under the endowment of Mrs. Israel Pardee in the Lucretia Lee room, when Mrs. Gridley was the examiner and Mrs. Brainard was the superintendent. Mrs. Bushnell was a faithful attendant at the Christian Science Church as long as she was able to go out and she was a strong advocate for the Home.
After 30 years of living in a room endowed for her by Mrs. Israel Pardee, Mrs. Mary Lucretia Bushnell passed away on July 28, 1939 at the age of 92. Her funeral service was held on July 31, with a Christian Science reader, Mr. James K. Westover, in charge. Johnson & Wilkins was in charge of her burial in the Home Lot at Forest Lawn. The men who had known Mrs. Bushnell in the church volunteered to act as pallbearers.
In the 1910 Federal Census she was listed as 64 years of age, single, and born in NYS.
In the 1920 Federal Census, she was listed as 72 years of age, born in 1848 in NYS.
In the 1925 Census she was listed as 78 years of age.
Lucretia was the widow of Steadman Bushnell. She was still a resident of the home in 1934.
In February 1935 at the Home's Valentine party, Mrs. Bushnell who has the greatest number of years in the Home, led the march with the Superintendent and a "House Blessing", followed by the Doxology.
In the May 1936 newsletter, it was reported that Mrs. Bushnell had lived 25 years in the Home.
BUFFALO COURIER EXPRESS
SUNDAY, FEB. 14, 1937 PAGE 4
"Live to be Ninety," Advises Happy Quartet: This is the season of nonogenarian birthdays at the Home for the Friendless in Main Street. Standing are Mrs. Fannie B. Williams (left), who will be 93 on Washington's birthday anniversary, and Mrs. Lucretia Bushnell, whose 91st birthday on Tuesday was marked by a tea party for the four pictured. Seated are, left, Miss La Vancha Duncan, who will round out 90 on Tuesday, and Mrs. Charlotte Seymour who is looking forward to a triumphant anniversary in April.
To Enjoy Life Fully,You Really Should be Ninety: This surely will be agreed upon by four celebrating residents of Main Street home: Life is very good and chock full of interest. Friends are everywhere. Did you ever doubt it? Tut tut! Also stuff and nonsense! You should be 90. Four brisk-minded people at the Home for the Friendless can tell you a thing or two.
Mrs. Lucretia Bushnell, Miss La Vancha Duncan, and Mrs. Fannie B. Williams are progressing in the nonogenarian field this month, and Mrs. Charlotte Seymour will be 97 in April. They had a party on Tuesday – and they have decided that to really enjoy life you must be 90.
Incidentally, they also decided that there is no place in the world quite like the Home for the Friendless. People have tried awfully hard to change the name of the home, as well they might, for it is entirely inaccurate. But the four in their nineties can't be bothered with details. Mrs. Seymour and Mrs. Bushnell have lived with that name quite comfortably for approximately 25 years, thank you – and Mrs. Williams and Miss Duncan, who practically are newcomers, having been there in the neighborhood of a dozen years, also have their minds on more important matters.
Felicitated by Board Members: The party was an ice cream and cake, with orange juice affair, very quiet, with members of the board dropping in to offer congratulations and Mrs. Charles B. Wheeler giving readings. It really took place on Mrs. Bushnell's birthday. She was 91 Tuesday. Of course, there were flowers, with a delightful pot of golden crocuses for each honor guest. This was especially satisfactory, because the springtime glory of the crocuses will be radiant on the other birthdays when they come around. Miss Duncan will be 90 on Tuesday, and Mrs. Williams will be 93 on Washington's birthday. Then in April will come Mrs. Seymour's day. It is the firm determination of all members of the home family to keep Mrs. Seymour exceedingly comfortable. Because they are determined that she, their very oldest, shall live to be 100. Think of the prestige for their beloved home if this can be achieved!
"Other homes have people living to be 100 and why can't we?" they demand. And indeed it seems that all four of them might arrive at that grand age. Strolling into their rooms, with the superintendent, Mrs Grace W. Cooper, one sees them reading a current events magazine, listening with much interest to a radio program, fussing over their clothes or their hair.
"How does it look in the back? I don't think she got the curl just right this time," enquired one of them, when Mrs. Cooper knocked and entered the other day. "It's lovely," said Mrs. Cooper, and it was. This may be a clue for a lot of you dissatisfied young things who are hovering about a mere 70.
Not Just Age of Reminiscences: Therefore think not that old age means sitting with folded hands, contemplating the happy past, thinking with bitterness of the days that are gone. Mrs. Bushnell gaily recalls her early days in Sardinia, where her father, Charles Sears, owned four farms. But all the time her eyes linger lovingly on a charming room which was endowed for her by Mrs. James Lee. Apparently her friends give her a very good time, and there is no question that they get a very good time in return.
Miss Duncan also was born to prosperity, but she doesn't talk about what she has lost. She tells her visitors about the good programs she gets on the radio which a friend gave her, and adds with satisfaction, "you can always turn to something else, if you don't like what you get in one place."
Mrs. Williams has had a very full life. She worked until she was 80, starting her various jobs when her husband died. First, she was an expert shirt maker. Then she went in for cooking. Then she took up nursing, didn't like it and went back to cooking, at which she was very successful. She begs for odd jobs to do, because keeping her room in order and doing her washing and mending simply takes no time at all. As for Mrs. Seymour, who likes to chat as well as anybody – she is not encouraged to do anything except to rest – and live to be 100.
Mary Lucretia Bushnell: Born Feb. 9, 1846, died July 28, 1939. She entered the Home on March 5, 1909 under the endowment of Mrs. Israel Pardee in the Lucretia Lee room, when Mrs. Gridley was the examiner and Mrs. Brainard was the superintendent. Mrs. Bushnell was a faithful attendant at the Christian Science Church as long as she was able to go out and she was a strong advocate for the Home.
After 30 years of living in a room endowed for her by Mrs. Israel Pardee, Mrs. Mary Lucretia Bushnell passed away on July 28, 1939 at the age of 92. Her funeral service was held on July 31, with a Christian Science reader, Mr. James K. Westover, in charge. Johnson & Wilkins was in charge of her burial in the Home Lot at Forest Lawn. The men who had known Mrs. Bushnell in the church volunteered to act as pallbearers.
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