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Mary McRorie
COOPERSTOWN — Mrs. Mary Elisabeth "Betty" McRorie, 81, formerly of 12 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, died Sunday evening, April 1, 2001, at The Meadows.
She was born on July 12, 1919, in Utica, a daughter of Harold Willard and Helen Mae (Lambert) Shafer.
She married Guy Leslie McRorie on Aug. 8, 1941, in Cooperstown. Mr. McRorie died on May 31, 1965.
Raised in Utica, Betty moved to Cooperstown in 1931 and graduated from Cooperstown High School with the class of 1937. She then attended the Knox School for Girls in Cooperstown and, upon graduation, went on to attend the Stratford Graduate School in Buffalo. When she graduated from there, she became employed as a secretary for various companies.
For many years, Betty owned and operated Stage Coach Lane Antiques Shop in Cooperstown, which had been owned and operated by her mother, Helen.
Betty was also employed as a receptionist in the emergency room at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown and served as a tour guide for the New York State Historical Association at the Farmers' Museum and the former Fenimore House Museum.
On Feb. 19, 1996, a pre-dawn fire destroyed her rambling colonial home at 12 Chestnut St., causing her to take up residence at The Meadows that same month.
She was a member of the Cooperstown Garden Club, the Cooperstown Women's Club and the Cooperstown Country Club, where she enjoyed playing tennis and golf.
For many years she attended the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown.
She greatly enjoyed children and always seemed to be surrounded by them.
Betty is survived by her daughter, Holly Ann Van Buren of Oneonta; three grandchildren; and her loyal friends, Thoranne and Tony Winkler of Franklin.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2001, in the chapel at The Meadows, with the Rev. Don Phillie officiating.
A graveside service will be held at a later date in Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial gifts may be made to Susquehanna SPCA, 4841 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
Russell M. Hanson
UNADILLA — Russell M. Hanson, 32, of Unadilla, died on Monday, April 2, 2001, at M.I. Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, of complications from AIDS.
He was born on Dec. 26, 1968, in Oneonta, the beloved son of Russell and Ramona Durham Hanso.
He was predeceased by his maternal grandmother, Martha McGuire, in 1997; his paternal grandfather, Arnold Hanson, in 1976; and special friends, Gregory Raymond in 2000 and Tony Vallarino in 1998.
He is survived by his parents, Russell Sr. and Ramona Hanson of Unadilla; his maternal grandfather, Charles McGuire, and his companion, Elizabeth Atzenback, of Unadilla; his paternal grandmother, Marian Hanson, of Schenevus; three sisters, Deborah Fairchild and her husband, Ed, of Harpursville, Kim Hanson of Unadilla and Martina Roseboom of Unadilla; two brothers, Jerry Hanson and his wife, Irma, of El Paso, Texas, and James Hanson and his wife, Diane, of Big Rock, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
He is also survived by his dog, Blitz, and his many cats.
Russell was a lifetime resident of the area. He had been employed with the Otesaga Inn of Cooperstown as a waiter.
He was a United States Army veteran who enjoyed gardening and cooking.
Russell spoke at Colgate University, State University College at Oneonta and Oneonta High School about living with AIDS.
He will be remembered as a man who saw the good in everyone he met.
Memorial services will be 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2001, at the United Methodist Church, Main Street, Unadilla, with the Rev. Donna Joy Schmid officiating. Interment will be at a future date.
There will be no calling hours.
At the request of the family, expressions of sympathy may be made to Wells Bridge First Responders, the Unadilla Emergency Squad or Catskill Rural AIDS Services, Chestnut Street, Oneonta, N.Y. 13820, in Russell's memory.
Arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Homes of Oneonta and Otego.
Ruth V. Walker
UTICA — Mrs. Ruth V. Walker, 91, of the Masonic Home in Utica and formerly of Bayside, Long Island, died Saturday morning, March 31, 2001, at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital in New Hartford.
She was born on Dec. 22, 1909, in Manhattan, daughter of William and Katherine L. (Rehahn) King.
For over 25 years she was employed in the mortgage department at Queens County Savings Bank.
Mrs. Walker was a member of the Bayside United Methodist Church and a 52-year member of Bayside Pleiades Chapter No. 737, Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Walker is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Betty Lou and Brian F. Carso Sr. of Richfield Springs; three grandchildren, Brian F. Carso Jr. and his wife, Kerry, of Oneonta, Brad C. Carso of Fly Creek and Barrett S. Carso of Richfield Springs.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 7, 2001, in the Daniel D. Tompkins Memorial Chapel, located on the campus of the Masonic Home, 2150 Bleeker Street, Utica, with the Rev. David Kirkpatrick, Masonic Home chaplain, officiating.
Burial will take place, at a later date, in the Nassau Knolls Cemetery and Memorial Park, Port Washington.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial gifts may be made to the Masonic Home Memorial Fund, 2150 Bleeker St., Utica, N.Y. 13501.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
Doris Demarest
SARASOTA, Fla. — Doris Elaine Demarest, age 86, of Sarasota, Fla., died Saturday, March 24, 2001.
She was born on Jan. 8, 1915, in Jersey City, N.J., and came to Sarasota in 1969, from Delhi, N.Y.
She was a Presbyterian.
Mrs. Demarest worked with her husband, a golf pro, at the Stamford Golf Club, Stamford, N.Y., from 1960 to 1964; the College Golf Club, Delhi, from 1964 to 1968; and the Sara Bay Golf Club, Sarasota, Fla., from 1969 to 1977.
She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Stamford.
She was predeceased by her husband, Richard S. Demarest, and a son, Peter A. Demarest.
She is survived by a son, David M. Demarest and his wife, Marjorie, of Sarasota; cousins, Donald Demarest of Bradenton, Fla., and Dey Demarest of Ellenton, Fla.; four grandchildren, Robert D. Zinn of Valrico, Fla., Barbara Z. Simmons of Sarasota, Cynthia Z. Norman of Sarasota and Angela Z. Smith of Bradenton; six great-grand-children; and one great-great-grandchild.
No flowers, please. By her request, there will be no services.
If so desired, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1750 17th Street, Suite A., Sarasota, Fla. 34234, or the American Lung Association of Gulfcoast Florida, 2201 Cantu Ct., Sarasota, Fla. 34232.
Toale Brothers Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.
David O. Bell
DELAND, Fla. — David O. Bell, age 71, of Elmwood Avenue, DeLand, Fla., a native of Oneonta, N.Y., born on Oct. 12, 1929, went to be with the Lord on March 24, 2001.
After his enlistment in the Army Airborne in 1952, he worked for Frank Fatta in Oneonta.
He moved his family to Seattle, Wash., where he worked for Boeing, then for TRW in California and settled in Bowie, Md., working at NASA as a quality-control engineer in space exploration until taking a medical retirement in 1989.
David and Lois returned to Oneonta for a few years but moved to DeLand, Fla., their permanent destination.
He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Lois; his children, Linda Hackley of Odenton, Md., Sharon Hackley of Palm Bay, Fla., David C. Bell of Stuart, Fla., Judy Hayslip of Unadilla, N.Y., Patricia Cook of Palm Bay, Fla., and Nancy Reese of DeLand, Fla. He had 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, James and William Bell, both of Oneonta; three sisters, Dorothy Winn of Oxford, N.Y., Barbara Winn of Oneonta; and Laura Haney of Franklin, N.Y.
No flowers in his memory, but a donation to your local medivac, cancer or heart association would be appreciated.
Allen-Summerhill Funeral Home, DeLand, is in charge of arrangements.
Frederick Rath Jr.
COOPERSTOWN — Frederick Louis Rath Jr. died peacefully in his sleep on April 1, 2001.
He was born May 19, 1913, to Frederick L. Rath Sr. and Adeline Kolkebeck in Brooklyn, where he graduated from Manual High School. He went on to graduate from Dartmouth in 1934 and Harvard University in 1936 with degrees in American history.
History became for him not only a profession but a lifelong passion, and he was one of the first in this country to specialize in the emerging field of historic preservation. His earliest experience in this arena began with the National Park Service, where he served at various historic sites, including Morristown, N.J., Fort Pulaski, S.C., and Vicksburg, Miss. After service in World War II, he held a joint appointment as historian at the home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park.
He served four years with the American Field Service in Syria and North Africa (2nd New Zealand Division and British 8th Army) and with the United States Army in Europe (Military Intelligence-Order of Battle, 21st and 8th Airborne Corps).
In 1946, he married Ann Richardson in Jeffersonville, Ind., thus beginning a 54-year partnership that would see the issue of two sons and a career he was always proud to declare would not have been possible without the love and support of his wife.
In 1948, he became executive secretary of the National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings, which sought to reorganize under Congressional charter as the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Upon presidential approval of that charter in 1949, he become the first director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and served in that capacity until 1956.
He then became vice director of the New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown and adjunct professor for the Cooperstown Graduate Program in History Museum Training. In 1972, he assumed responsibility for the historic preservation program in New York state as a deputy commissioner in the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, setting up a comprehensive program for all state historic sites and landmarks.
Between 1979 and 1987, be became chief executive officer of the Eastern National Park and Monument Association, a nonprofit educational organization he helped found, which, in cooperation with the Park Service, was dedicated to the development, publication and dissemination of interpretive materials throughout the park system.
In addition to the Eastern National Park and Monument Association, he was a founding member of the American Association for State and Local History and subsequently served on the board of directors of both organizations. In 1968, he was appointed to the Governor's Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation in New York State and was chairman from 1971 to 1972. He also served on the New York State Board for Historic Preservation, 1979-85, and was a trustee emeritus for both the Hancock Shaker Community and the Planting Fields Foundation.
He was editor of the New York State Historical Association and its Museums: An Informal Guide and co-editor of the six-volume Bibliography of Historical Organization Practices (1975-1984). In addition to many other reports and publications, he also authored Franklin D. Roosevelt's Hyde Park.
His awards include a Bronze Star medal, the Conservation Service Award of the U.S. Department of the Interior, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the State University of New York, the National Trust's Crowninshield Award and the Honor Award of the New York Parks and Conservation Association. But he was perhaps most proud of his record of community service in Cooperstown, which included chairing the Cooperstown Planning Commission and helping to develop the first comprehensive plan for the village he came to love so well.
He is survived by his wife, Ann Richardson Rath of Cooperstown; his son William Rath of Cooperstown; his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, David, Michelle and Mikaela Rath of Williston, Vt.; his sister-in-law, Ruth Frederick of Carmel, Ind.; his nephew David Frederick of Indianapolis, Ind.; his nephew John Skeats of Woodstock; his niece, Suzanne Graupner of Wilton, Conn.; and several grandnieces and nephews.
There will be a memorial service at the Church at The Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, on May 12, 2001.
Memorial contributions can be made to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1758 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, or to the Cooperstown Graduate Programs, Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown and Milford.
William D. Buys
COLUMBUS — A memorial service for William D. Buys, formerly of Columbus, will be held on Saturday, April 7, 2001, at the Columbus Community Church in Columbus, with the Rev. Stephen L. Reese, pastor, officiating.
Mr. Buys passed away on Dec. 13, 2000, in Waldron, Ark.
Martin Funeral Home in Waldron, was in charge of the arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Columbus Community Church.
Richard Moore
ONEONTA — Richard Moore, 75, of Oneonta, died March 7, 2001, at Peninsula Memorial Hospital, Ormond Beach, Fla.
He was born Oct. 1, 1925, in Roxbury, the son of John H. Moore and Emma Misner.
He married Elizabeth "Betty" O'Hara on March 3, 1950, in Roxbury.
He was in the United States Army. He was employed by local contractors.
He graduated from Grand Gorge Central School in 1943, and enlisted in the Army. He attended Fern College in Cleveland, Ohio, AAF Technical College in Sioux City, S.D., and AAT Technical College in Yuma, Ariz.
He was discharged April 6, 1946, as a sergeant and administrative specialist in the 308th AAF Unit.
Richard had a passion for horses, sports, geneology and history, particularly of World War II.
He reminisced often of his first pony at age 10.
He played third base and shortstop for Grand Gorge and Roxbury town teams in the Delaware-Sullivan League in the late '40s and '50s.
He was a member of Earl B. Dudley Post 686, Grand Gorge, Grand Gorge Fire Department, having served as assistant chief and remained as exempt member. He served as institutional rep. for Boy Scouts of America.
He is survived by his mother, Emma L. Moore of Cooperstown Junction; his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Moore of Oneonta; one son, Allen, and daughter-in-law, Beth Moore, of Avon, Colo.; two daughters, Anne Butler of Saratoga Springs and Janis Rowe of Stamford; a son-in-law, Bruce Rowe of Halcottsville; four grandchildren, Seth and Amanda Butler and Matthew Rowe and Dana (Rowe) Glisson; two great-granddaughters, Brittany and Bailey Rowe; sisters and brothers-in-law, Theresa and Albert Vamosy of Stamford and Patricia and Frank MacCracken of Cooperstown Junction; a brother-in-law, Robert White of New Hartford, husband of a predeceased sister, Shirley; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral Mass will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7, 2001, at St. Philip Neri Church, Grand Gorge, with the Rev. Anthony Ligato officiating. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Stamford, at a later date.
Calling hours will be held at the Miller Funeral Home, Roxbury, from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 6, 2001, with family in attendance; friends may call at their convenience after 1 p.m.
Contributions may be made in memory of Richard Moore to the Roxbury Athletic Association, in care of Tom Faraci, Roxbury Central School, Roxbury, N.Y. 12474.
Funeral arrangements are by the Miller Funeral Home, Roxbury.
Mary Campbell
CRANBERRY, Pa. — Mary Eliza Maxted Campbell, born Jan. 18, 1904, in Springfield Center, N.Y., passed away of natural causes on March 30, 2001, at the Sherwood Oaks Retirement Community, located in Cranberry, Pa.
Maryo, as she preferred to be called, was the wife of noted research scientist Dr. Wilfred E. Campbell, a native of South Africa, who predeceased her in 1987.
Her sisters, Katherine Maxted Quaif of Springfield Center and Eugenia Maxted Vandall of Morristown, N.J., are also deceased.
Maryo lived in Springfield Center, New York City, Summit and Lavellette, N.J., Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Brunswick Hills, N.Y., Marco Island, Fla., and Cranberry, Pa. She and her husband, "Bill," traveled all over the world.
Maryo was an active and intelligent woman with many interests and strong traditional values.
She was a certified Montessori teacher and taught in many places, including the Short Hills Country Day School in Short Hills, N.J., from 1942 to 1954.
She was an avid gardener, bird watcher and traveler, tireless New York Times crossword puzzler and a passionate supporter of social causes. She was known for taking a strong position on almost any topic.
Mrs. Campbell is survived by her sons, Keith (Lindsay) of Denver, Colo., Alan (Marlene) of Mentor, Ohio, and Bruce (Gail) of Squirrel Hill, Pa.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held for Maryo at the Sherwood Oaks Chapel on Sunday, April 1, 2001, which was followed by a reception for family and friends.
Memorial donations may be made to The Holden Arboretum, 9500 Sperry Rd., Kirtland Hills, Ohio 44094.
Harold W. Potter
COMMERCE, Ga. — Harold W. Potter, 80, of Commerce, Ga., and formerly of Ilion, N.Y., and Sauquoit, N.Y., died Sunday, April 1, 2001, at Athens Regional Hospital, Athens, Ga.
He was born March 2, 1921, in Cooperstown, N.Y., the son of William and Florence (Smith) Potter.
He graduated from Cooperstown Central School and served his country in the United States Army during World War II.
He was employed by Remington Arms in Ilion for 41 years and retired in 1982.
He loved to fish, hunt, bowl, read, collect stamps and play cards, but his favorite pastime was watching movies and television. He was a quiet, gentle man.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly (Potts), whom he married on Nov. 28, 1970. Other survivors include his children, a son and daughter-in-law, Terry and Susan Potter of Mohawk, N.Y., a daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and David Wilkinson of Otego, N.Y., a daughter, Wendy Ruffles of Otego; and three stepchildren, Harold, Debra and Shari and their families. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Bonnie Allen of Ilion, Melissa Fischer of Mohawk, Kari Potter of Herkimer, N.Y., and Cory Ruffles of Otego; three great-grandchildren, Kenneth Allen and Devin and Alexandra Fischer; two sisters, Virginia Gracey of Cooperstown and Connie Potter of Albany, N.Y.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his parents and two brothers, Earl Potter and Ralph Potter.
Graveside services took place Tuesday, April 3, 2001, near Gordon Baptist Church, Royston, Ga.
Funeral arrangements were handled by Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce.
