MILLARD C. LOOMIS

MILLARD C. LOOMIS, VILLAGE ATTORNEY FOR OVER 20 YEARS SUCCUMBS TO HEART DISEASE

Suffers Attack in Day Drug Store Wednesday Morning and Passes Away 20 Minutes Later.  Funeral to Be Held This Afternoon

(Apr. 9, 1930)

   Millard C. Loomis, aged 58, a former district attorney of Chenango County and village attorney of Oxford for over 20 years, died suddenly in the L. E. Day Drug Store Wednesday morning at 9:45 o'clock following a heart attack.

   He had come from his home on the Washington avenue about half an hour before and, as was his custom, had stopped into the drug store to visit with friends before proceeding to his office in the bank building.

   Evidently feeling rather poorly he procured a stomach settler and after taking it at the rear of the store, was proceeding to the front when he fell to the floor.  Mr. Day made him as comfortable as possible and called both Dr. B. A. Hall and Dr. M. G. Boname.  The latter physician arrived in about fifteen minutes and proceeded to give Mr. Loomis a heart stimulant.

   This proved ineffective, however, and he ceased to breath about five minutes later.  He had been a sufferer from a heart ailment for several years and the past winter was confined to his bed for several months.  Although he had been attending to his law duties since recovering from his last attack, he complained of ill health and was forced to follow a rigid regime in his daily life.

   The body was removed to Seymour's undertaking parlors and later taken to the home where funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. H. C. Wheden officiating.  Burial will be made in Riverview cemetery and the Masonic ritual will be given at the grave.

   BORN IN SMITHVILLE

   Mr. Loomis was born at Smithville January 17, 1871, the son of Henry and Caroline Landers Loomis.  The days of his youth were spent in that vicinity and when he became prepared for a higher education than he could secure there, he entered Oxford Academy, graduating with the class of 1891.

   He enter Hamilton college the following term and graduated in 1895.  For a year thereafter, he taught Latin the school at Canandaigua.  He entered the law office of Samuel S. Stafford in 1897 and prepared to make law his life's work.

   He was admitted to the bar in November 1899 and upon the death of Mr. Stafford purchased the business and continued his office in the same location in the bank building.

   He was united in marriage with Orla Grace Brown September 20, 1904, and has resided in this village since that time.  To them were born two sons, Lynn and Edwin, who survive and are students at Oxford Academy; also a daughter, Dorothy, who died at the age of six years.

WAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN 1914

   Mr. Loomis served the county as district attorney for one term, taking office in 1914.  He was a prominent member of the County Bar Association and as outstanding Republican in the county organization.  He had served the village of Oxford as corporation counsel for over twenty years and was probably the best versed man on village affairs in the community.

   He united with St. Paul's Episcopal church when the Rev. Charles D. Broughton was rector and was a communicant and vestrymen in that church at the time of his death.  He was also a supporter of St. Paul's Men's Club.

ACTIVE IN MASONIC WORK

   Mr. Loomis was a post master of Oxford Lodge, No. 175, F. & A. M., and his knowledge of Masonic ritual enabled him to take a prominent place in the meetings of that organization.  He was also a member of the Sappho Hose Company and a trustee of the Oxford Memorial Library.

   For the past year or more, he had become interested in the Boy Scout movement and was not only a member of the council, but vice chairman of the Oxford-Greene district court of honor.  He was also a merit badge examiner in several subjects.

   Besides his wife and two sons, there survive a sister, Mrs. Fred Dibble, and a brother, Burdette, both of this village.

NOTE:  DATE WAS HAND-WRITTEN ON THE ARTICLE.