My Great Grandparents (plus one)

Arguably the biggest perk of being the eldest child of a generation, especially when your parent is also the eldest and if your family has good longevity, you get to know not only your grandparents quite well but also your great grandparents.  In my case I was 12 years old when the first of my four great grandparents passed away and roughly 30 years old when the last of them passed (which as an aside, it created the opportunity to have five living generations -- I'll have to try to find that photo and add it later.)
The point of this piece though was to share the obituaries of all four of them that I found in this amazing tin box that Grammy (Geneva) had, as well as a bonus older one.  Going through this box motivates me to share and preserve (at least digitally) some of this stuff while it's still around.  And I'm thinking some of you have never seen these and would appreciate it.  The bonus one I'll leave as a surprise until you see it.

When I look at this file on my computer, I'm able to zoom in and see and read it quite clearly.  If you're unable to see it well enough and want a copy of the file, just let me know and I can email it.

 

UPDATE:  Reviewing this again, I'm not getting a better look at this when you click on the picture of these obits.  So I'm going to write here what the top obit says because it's very hard to read:  "The entire community at North Troy were saddened Sunday morning on learning of the sudden death of  Fernando Basford at the home of his sister, Mrs Ernest Young, Saturday night.  Mr. Basford was in his usual health but expired shortly after retiring for the night.  He leaves a widow and son, Stanley, two brothers and two sisters to mourn their great loss.  They have the heartfelt sympathy of a large circle of friends."  Since this is a clipping, there is no date or indication of which paper it was in.