Nelson Trombley

Saranac Lake Band. Probably on Decoration Day c. 1910. The men of the Saranac Lake Band posed at Pine Ridge Cemetery, in uniform jackets decorated with braid, for a photo by Kollecker & Co. In 1980, George Ford Towner identified his father and some other members of the band. Seated at left: Nelson Trombley (bass tuba). First row, from left: Roy Lobdell (snare drum); Earl Lobdell (bass drum); 2 others unknown. Second row (L to R): Phillip L. Steneri (baritone), 4 others unknown. Third row (L to R): Archie Nimmo (leader and No. 1 cornet). Pop Duso (cornet), H. Ford Towner (trombone), one other unknown. In 1970 Towner also wrote that several of these men from the Saranac Lake Business Men's Band which he said had been in existence for many years, taught members of the Saranac Lake Boys Band. Nimmo taught the trumpets, Towner the trombones, the Lobdell brothers the drums, and Mr. Trombley the basses. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, May 28, 2011

Born: 1873

Died: January 26, 1947

Married: Harriet L. Lesperance

Children: Willard Trombley, Wesley Trombley, Francis Trombley, Marie Trombley

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Plattsburgh Press-Republican, January 27, 1947

Man Fatally Hurt In Car-Bus Crash Near Lake Placid

Nelson Trombley, Saranac Lake, Victim; His Wife Seriously Injured

A head-on collision of an Adirondack Trailways bus and a passenger car a half mile north of Lake Placid on Route 86 at 10:20 o'clock' yesterday morning caused the death of one man, serious Injuries to his wife and lesser injuries to the driver of the car. None of the bus passengers was hurt seriously.

Nelson Trombley, 74, of 33 James Street, Saranac Lake, died as he was about to be admitted to Lake Placid General Hospital after a Buick sedan operated by Frederick J. Trombley, 63, of 21 Pontiac Street, Saranac Lake, skidded into the path of the north-bound bus.

Mrs. Nelson Trombley, age unknown, was suffering from a possible broken back and lacerations to her head. Her condition was regarded by the hospital as serious. Frederick Trombley was cut about one hand, but was discharged from the hospital following treatment. His wife, Mamie, age also unknown, escaped injury.

Trooper Arthur Neakm of the Troop B state police substation at Saranac Lake, a passenger on the bus at the time of the accident, scjid that the passenger car, south- bound, skidded on the icy road as it neared the bus.

The skid threw the smaller vehicle directly into the path of the bus.

Nealon, enroute to the Saranac Lake substation after a four-day pass which he spent at his home in New York City, said that there were "17 or 18" passengers aboard the bus. One complained of a "bumped" knee, he said, and another of an injury as minor.

The driver of the bus was Stanley Van Wagener, 33, of 41 Hoffman Street, Kingston