Phil S. Place, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Place, was born in Alfred, N. Y., in 1865 and died at Bethesda Hospital, Hornell, N. Y., on September 5, 1949, at the age of 84 years.
He was a member of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Alfred joining by baptism February 20, 1886.
Mr. Place had served more than sixty years as a funeral director in Alfred and vicinity being a life member of Allegany County Funeral Directors Association.
His wife, the late Grace Coon Place, preceded him in death October 25, 1946.
Surviving is a son, Tom Place of Salem, Ohio; five grandsons, five granddaughters, and eight great-grandchildren.
Farewell services were held at the First Alfred Church, conducted by his pastor, Rev. Everett T. Harris. Burial was in Alfred Rural Cemetery.
E. T. H.
