"William J. Fralick, 66, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home on the Pony Hollow road, five miles southwest of Newfield on the Ithaca-Elmira road at noon Saturday, Aug. 24, 1940. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Flossie Fralick; a son, Clifford, aged 12 years; a daughter Catherine, aged 10 years; five sisters, Mrs. A.L. Tatum of Milwaukee, Wis., Mrs. Earl Schutt of Slaterville, Mrs. Carrie Countryman, Mrs. Earl Black, Mrs. Frances Sutherland, all of Ithaca."
Ithaca Journal, Aug. 26, 1940, page 3.