U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-CurrentShirley Seleznow
Ret. Manicurist, 83
Shirley Seleznow of Woodridge, a retired manicurist at Renee's Beauty Shop in Woodridge and a longtime area resident, died Thursday, January 4, 2001, at the Seelig Division of Community General Hospital in Harris. She was 83 years of age.
The daughter of Samuel and Dora Mazlin Kirson, she was born August 12, 1917, in Brooklyn. She was the widow of Isidore Seleznow.
Mrs. Seleznow was a member of the Sisterhood of the Woodridge Synagogue and the Fallsburg/ Woodridge Senior Citizens.
She is survived by two daughters, Diane Kruk of Walden and Nancy Barnett of Camillus; a brother, Leonard Kirson of the state of Florida; five grandchildren, Merri Walls, Sherri Stephan, Beth Godlin and Scott and Randy Barnett; two great-grandchildren, Naomi and Aliza Barnett; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Evelyn Kreisberg, and two brothers, Dave and Julius Kirson.
Services were held Friday at the Joseph N. Garlick Funeral Home in Monticello with Rabbi Irving Goodman officiating.
Burial was made in the Workmen's Circle #281 Cemetery in Glen Wild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Family Council of the Adult Care Center, Infirmary Rd., Liberty, N.Y. 12754 or the American Cancer Society, 6725 Lyons St., Box 7E, East Syracuse, N.Y. 13057.
Myrna L. Clark, 85
Ret. Cafeteria Super
Myrna L. Clark of Grahamsville, a retired cafeteria supervisor/cook at the Tri-Valley Central School and a longtime area resident, died Friday, January 5, 2001 at the Sullivan County Adult Care Center in Liberty. She was 85 years of age.
The daughter of the late Jesse and Lena Ballard Lloyd, she was born February 23, 1915, in Columbus, N.Y. She was the widow of Edward A. Clark.
In a family statement, it was said, "She was a loving wife, a wonderful Mom, Grandma and Grammy who will be missed very much. May her memory live on in the lives she touched throughout her life."
Mrs. Clark is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Gayle and Robert Irving of Grahamsville; a brother, Edward Elliott of Morris; two granddaughters, Tracy Irving and Jessica Irving, both of Grahamsville; a great-granddaughter, Breona Paige Irving; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by four brothers and four sisters.
Services and burial were private.
Cremation was made at the Cedar Hill Crematory in Middle Hope.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charitry of one's choice.
Arrangements were made by the Colonial Memorial Funeral Home in Woodbourne.
Helen H. Aldrich
Ret. Teacher, 87
Helen H. Aldrich of Grahamsville, a retired school teacher and a lifelong area resident, died January 6, 2001, at the Sullivan County Adult Care Center in Liberty. She was 87 years of age.
The daughter of the late Benjamin and Mable Fuller Hill DeWitt, she was born September 25, 1913, in Eureka. She was the widow of Zophar Aldrich.
Mrs. Aldrich was a member of the Grahamsville United Methodist Church, a former editor of The Townsman, and a member and former secretary of Revonah-Lincoln Chapter No. 433, Order of the Eastern Star, in Liberty. She taught school in the Salt Point one-room schoolhouse that is now a dedicated community park named the Aldrich Park.
She is survived by a step-daughter, Marie Patten of Schenectady; a sister, Evelyn Huntsberger of Grahamsville; eight grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by three brothers and a sister.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Loucks Funeral Home, Route 209, Ellenville, with the Rev. Lorraine Coscia Ackerman officiating.
Burial will be made in the spring at the Grahamsville Rural Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Grahamsville First Aid Squad, Grahamsville, N.Y. 12740.
Alfred Minckler
Ret. Janitor, 65
Alfred Minckler of Long Eddy, a retired janitor at the Delaware Valley School in Callicoon and a lifelong area resident, died Saturday, January 6, 2001, at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. He was 65 years of age.
The son of the late Sanford B. and Irma Williams Minckler, he was born May 20, 1935, in Abrahamsville, Pa.
Mr. Minckler was a member of the Long Eddy Hose Company.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Juanita Brush Minckler, at home; two daughters, Brenda Long of Callicoon and Carmela Minckler of Long Eddy; a son, Al Minckler of Beach Lake, Pa.; nine grandchildren; three sisters, Alice Johnston of Long Eddy, Bertha Swendsen of Milanville, Pa., and Wanda Sutton of North Carolina; four brothers, twins Allan and Alvin Minckler, both of the state of Florida, Gerald Minckler of Long Eddy and David Minckler of Jeffersonville; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home in Callicoon on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Robert Paquet officiating.
Burial will be made in the Halsey Cemetery in Long Eddy.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Long Eddy Hose Co., P.O. Box 75, Long Eddy, N.Y. 12760.
Walter R. Jensen
Ret. Engineer, 93
Walter R. Jensen of Monticello, a retired engineer and artist and a longtime area resident, died Friday, January 5, 2001, at the Seelig Division of Community General Hospital in Harris. He was 93 years of age.
The son of the late Frederick and Elizabeth Jensen, he was born October 24, 1907. He was the widower of Bernadette Jensen.
Mr. Jensen was a member of St. Peter's Church and a Third Degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council #550, both in Monticello.
In a family statement, it was said, "He was the best dad in the world."
He is survived by two sons, Walter R. Jensen of Orlando, Fla., and Richard B. Jensen of State Island; a daughter, Barbara Muldoon of Monticello; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Jack Jensen.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Monday at St. Peter's Church in Monticello.
Cremation was made at the Cedar Hill Crematory in Middle Hope. Burial of the cremains was private.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter's Building Fund, 10 Liberty St., Monticello, N.Y. 12701.
Funeral arrangements were made by the VanInwegen-Kenny Funeral Home in Monticello.
James Hughes Jr.
Ret. Foreman, 61
James Hughes Jr. of Wurtsboro, a retired foreman for New York State Department of Transportation and a lifelong area resident, died Saturday, January 6, 2001. He was 61 years of age.
The son of the late James and Margaret Hughes, he was born June 11, 1939, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Mr. Hughes was a charter member of the Mamakating Moose Lodge and a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Bloomingburg.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Harriet Hummel Hughes, at home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Mark Smithem of Wurtsboro and True and Russell Johnson of Bloomingburg; two sons, and a daughter-in-law, James III and Nancy Hughes, and Timothy Hughes and his girlfriend, Michele Morley, all of Wurtsboro; seven grandchildren, Marissa, Kaila and Cassi Smithem, Michael and Meghan Hughes and Susan and Tyler Johnson; three sisters, Rose Korpita of Bristol, Conn., and Ella Litzenberger and Phyllis Feddock, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; and two brothers, Robert Hughes of White Haven, Pa., and Ralph Sharp of Sweet Valley, Pa.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Bloomingburg.
Cremation will be made at the Cedar Hill Crematory in Middle Hope.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wurtsboro Fire Department, P.O. Box 457, or to the Mamakating First Aid Squad, P.O. Box 525, both at Wurtsboro, N.Y. 12790.
Elizabeth Fowler
Homemaker, 89
Elizabeth "Queenie" Mickens Fowler of Monticello, a longtime area resident, died Friday, June 4, 2004, at the Achieve Rehab Facility in Liberty. She was 89 years of age.
The daughter of the late Annie and John Mickens, she was born October 18, 1914, in Sumter, S.C. She was the widow of James Spencer Fowler who died in May of 1989 after 55 years of marriage.
She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Anna Mae J. and Freddie L. Redman of Orange County; two granddaughters, Denee J. Taylor and Bridget Jacobs, both of Orange County; a grandson, Clifton Jacobs III of Sullivan County; 11 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; an adoptive and spiritual daughter, Arlene Jacobs Merritt of New York City; a former grandson-in-law of the state of Florida and a former granddaughter-in-law of Sullivan County; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins and lifelong friends. She was predeceased by a son, John Fowler Jr.; sister, Josephine Canty; a son-in-law, Clifton Jacobs Jr. who died in 1982; a granddaughter and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the VanInwegen-Kenny Funeral Home in Monticello with Elder James R. Ray officiating.
Burial was made in the Rock Ridge Cemetery in Monticello.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Achieve Rehab Facility, 170 Lake St., Liberty, N.Y 12754.
Susan Keiser
Attorney, 59
Always a fighter, always a giver, Susan Keiser left this world peacefully on Monday, January 29, 2007 following a long fight with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. She was 59.
The disease, which can manifest itself in a variety of ways, attacked Keiser’s brain in the form of a tumor.
But, according to her daughter, Jennifer, “She lived much longer than anyone thought she would. They gave her eight months and she lived three years.”
Susan never gave up doing what she loved, but her fight with the deadly brain tumor eventually precluded her from practicing law or serving on the board of trustees at Sullivan County Community College, two of her passions.
After beating it once, the disease came back in the fall of 2004. Keiser took an aggressive medical approach, which included radiation to the brain.
“After that, she became less and less capable,” her daughter said. “We were fortunate to be able to keep her at home. She remained aware up until the end.
“When I would call, she would say, ‘Hi kiddo, what are you doin?’ and then sometimes say ‘Goodbye,’” Jennifer recalled yesterday from her parents’ Livingston Manor law office.
Keiser was the daughter of Harold and Beatrice Loren, former owners of Lincoln Farm Camp in Roscoe, and the daughter-in-law of Jack and Betty Keiser, former owners of Keiser Equipment in Livingston Manor.
The wife of Michael S. Keiser, she was an attorney in the law firm of Keiser & Keiser of Livingston Manor and Ardsley, since 1978.
“They were law partners but had different hobbies, which I worried about as a kid,” Jennifer recalled. “But they were very tight, very much in love.”
Keiser was a member of the Sullivan County Charter Commission and a Trustee of Sullivan County Community College from 1996 until 2004.
“I am deeply sorry to hear of the death of Dr. Sue Keiser. She served on the Sullivan County Community College Board of Trustees and the SCCC Foundation where she gave unselfishly of her time and financial resources to assist the college, especially the students,” Dr. Mamie Howard Golladay, president of SCCC, said. “She was most concerned that students have every opportunity to be successful in their college education. She will certainly be missed.”
She was also a founder and past president of the Orange-Sullivan Women’s Bar Association, a State Treasurer of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, a founder of the Sullivan County Youth Council and Planned Parenthood of Sullivan County, a member of the board of Congregation Agudas Achim of Livingston Manor, and a founder of both the Sullivan County Scenic Coalition and Project Manor.
She was a candidate for Family Court Judge of Sullivan County in 1992, losing the election by just 76 votes of 29,000 cast.
Sullivan County Democratic Party Chair Timothy Hill remembered Keiser as a go-getter.
“She ran a valiant campaign,” he said. “She was very bright and a real worker. She was one of those people [who] if you called her after 9 a.m. she was up and already gone.
“We are very sorry to hear of her passing, it’s just terrible,” Hill said.
Keiser became a lawyer through apprenticeship in her husband Michael’s law office and took and passed the NYS Bar Examination in 1977 without having attended law school. She received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, an M.A. from NYU and a Ph.D. from the Fielding Graduate Institute. Before becoming a lawyer, she was a teacher in the Monticello Middle School. She was also the program director of Lincoln Farm Camp for 16 years and, in her youth, a choreographer’s assistant to Martha Graham and Jerome Robbins in New York City. She taught Conflict Resolution courses at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for several years. In fact, her course became a required course for promotion to detective at one police precinct in NYC! She was an adjunct professor in the Sociology Department.
And in a fitting tribute, both her children were trained as lawyers.
She is survived by her husband; her mother; two children, Jennifer Keiser Gordon of Brooklyn and Jonathan Keiser of Austin, Texas; and three grandchildren, Jacob Keiser, Suzannah Keiser, and Benjamin Keiser Gordon.
A memorial gathering will be held at 3 Farm Road, Ardsley on Saturday, February 3 at 2 p.m.
An additional memorial service may later be conducted in Livingston Manor.
As per her wishes, her body has been donated for medical and scientific purposes to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
In lieu of flowers, her family requests that memorial contributions be made to Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley, 178 Church Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601; to the Sullivan County Community College Foundation in Loch Sheldrake; or to My Sister’s Place Shelter, 2 Lyon Pl., White Plains, NY 10601.
