(July 2, 1890-March 21, 1949)

Ord L. Cotey, 58, Norwood, died Monday in a hospital at Ogdensburg of burns suffered in an accident in the boiler room of the institution. He had been at the hospital for 21 years.

Born on July 2, 1890 in Dickinson Center, he was a son of Laban and Clara Chambers Cotey. For several years he was employed as a clothing salesman in this area.

(From the Wednesday, March 23, 1949 edition of the Potsdam Herald-Recorder, page 6, courtesy of the Northern New York Library Network @ news.nnyln.net).

(Thanks to Leon Burnap, the Town of Norfolk historian, for pointing out that even though the original article spelled the last name CODY, the correct spelling should be COTEY).