OBITS: Times Herald-Record 5 Mar 2005; Middletown, Orange co., New York text-formatted by W. David Samuelsen for USGenWeb Archives *********************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm *********************************************************************** Source: Times Herald-Record http://www.recordonline.com Bush, Peter Marvin Peter Bush, 65, died peacefully surrounded by his family at the family home in Kenai on March 1, 2005. He died after a gallant and long struggling fight from cancer. Memorial services will be held 2 p.m . Saturday at Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai. Pastor Charles Pribbenow will officiate at the service. Mr. Bush was born July 31, 1939, in Goshen, N.Y. to J. Marvin Bush and Audrey (Decker) Bush. He was raised in his early years in Chester, N.Y., later moving to Monroe, N.Y. Mr. Bush married Catherine Atkin on October 15, 1960 at First Presbyterian Church in Monroe, N.Y. He and Cathy had grown up together losing touch with each other and meeting up again in 1959, a year later they married. He and his family drove to Alaska in 1976. It had always been his dream to move to Alaska to hunt and fish. He worked as a carpenter for many years in New York and after moving to Alaska he worked for over 20 years in Anchorage and Soldotna for United Lumber Company. After the company closed, he worked for Qwick Construction until his medical retirement in 1993 due to illness. As an accomplished carpenter, he built his and Cathy's "dream log home" in Kenai in 1983, when they moved to Kenai from Anchorage. His family wrote: "His love for his family was his first priority. He enjoyed his work shop where he spent many happy hours making sawdust. Dad was a very quiet person and enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren." He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his beloved wife of 44 years Cathy; his children; son, Peter "Skip" Bush, Jr. and fianc‚e Kristen Baldenegro of Kenai; his daughter and son-in law Michele and David Smulick of Anchorage; son James Bush of Anchorage; grandchildren, Dane Smulick and Chelsea Smulick, both of Anchorage; sister and brother-in-law, Holly and Michael Trittipo of Minnesota; brother and sister-in-law Paul and Maureen Bush of Florida; and numerous nieces and nephews; and his dogs Cricket and Precious. Family suggests memorial donations to Hospice of the Central Peninsula in Soldotna, Alaska or the Lance Armstrong Foundation "LIVESTRONG" at www.laf.org for cancer patients and their families. Arrangements are with Peninsula Memorial Chapel. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Conklin, Sarah Alice (Elston) Sarah Alice (Elston) Conklin of Livingston Manor, a lifelong resident, died February 28, 2005, in Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, N.Y. She was 59. The daughter of Melvin and Sarah Towne Conklin, she was born November 1, 1945 in Ellenville, N.Y. Survivors include her former husband, Floyd Elston, Sr. and his wife, Justine, and their two children, Lori and David; two sons, Robert Allen Elston of White Sulpher Springs and Michael Lee Elston and his fianc‚e, Christine Parken, of White Sulpher Springs; two daughters, Roseann Joy Mason of North Creek, N.Y. and Tina Hazel Smith and her husband, Philip, of Liberty, N.Y.; her brother, Harry Conklin and his wife, Beatrice, of Accord, N.Y.; her two sisters, Elizabeth Startup and Susan Conklin, both of Accord, N.Y.; 22 grandchildren, with one on the way; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son, Floyd Elston, Jr. Friends may call at Loucks Funeral Home, Inc., 79 N. Main St., Ellenville, N.Y. on Friday March 4, 2005 from 9-11 AM with funeral services to be held at 11:00 AM with the Rev. Jeff Golliher officiating. Burial will be in the Fantinekill Cemetery, Ellenville, N.Y. Arrangements were made by Loucks Funeral Home, Inc. Published in the Times Herald-Record from 3/3/2005 - 3/5/2005. Early, Maxine Maxine Early, a retired nurse from Castle Point, Va. Hospital, Beacon, N.Y., passed away Thursday, March 3, 2005. She was 83. She was born to the late Robert King and Hazel Wright-King on August 23, 1921 in Douglas, WY. She is survived by her four children, Karen Swenson of Long Island, N.Y., Richard Early of Maryland, Dennis Early of Plattekill, N.Y. and Dawn Olds of North Carolina. The family will be present of receive friends on Sunday, March 6, 2005 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Coloni Funeral Home, 3001 Rt 9W, New Windsor, N.Y. A funeral service will be celebrated at the funeral home on Monday, March 7, 2005 at 10 a.m. The burial will follow in the family plot at Calvary Cemetery. For guestbook and directions, visit colonifuneralhome.com Published in the Times Herald-Record from 3/4/2005 - 3/5/2005. Johnson, Jay Roy Jay Roy Johnson, 34, of Warwick, died on March 2, 2005 at home. Born on October 27, 1970 in Suffern, N.Y., he was the son of Joyce Mathies Johnson and the late Jay Albert Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a self-employed carpenter in Warwick. He was a member of the Warwick Valley Church of the Nazarene, Warwick. He is survived by his mother, Joyce Johnson of Warwick; two sisters: Donna Edge and her husband Gerard, and Kathryn Rivera and her husband Alberto; nephews: Ryan, Shane and Zachary; niece, Alexis. Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, March 6th, at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Warwick Cemetery. Memorial donations may be sent to Camp Taconic, c/o Warwick Valley Church of the Nazarene, 601 Route 94N, Warwick, NY 10990. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Keenan Sr., David W. Formerly of Newburgh, N.Y. David W. Keenan, Sr., a longtime resident of Newburgh, N.Y., died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at his home in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He was 65 years old. The son of the late Marie Dickson and Edward Keenan, he was born on February 11, 1940 in Camden, New Jersey. Dave was retired from the Ford Motor Company where he worked many years at the Mahwah, N.J. Plant and was a volunteer with the fire brigade. He also worked as the Town of Newburgh Fire Inspector and as a Crash-Fire-Rescue Specialist for both Lockheed and the State of New York at Stewart Airport. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Army in the late 1950s. Dave was an active member in his community of Coldenham, most prominently with the Coldenham Fire Company in the Town of Montgomery. He was a life member, holding many firematic positions to include Chief, Assistant Chief, Deputy Chief, Captain, Lieutenant, and Fire Police Captain. In the 1970s and 1980s he helped bring this small hamlet state of the art firefighting equipment and apparatus. He was a member of the Orange County Fire Chief's Association, the Orange County Volunteer Firemen's Association, and a member of the original Orange County Hazmat Team. He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Dolores, at home in Florida; five sons and one daughter; Joseph Keenan and his wife, Mary of Montgomery, David Keenan Jr. of Newburgh, Glenn Keenan and his wife, Enza, of Wallkill, Alison Miller and her husband, Duane, of Plattekill; Michael Keenan and his wife, Michell, of Coldenham, John Keenan and his wife, Sharon, of Montgomery; 11 grandchildren; Joseph, Jennifer, Catherine, Jessica, Michael, Alison, Erik, Samantha, Nicholas, Alessandra, and Lara; his brother Bill and his wife, Kathy, his brother Richard, and his wife, Joann, his sister Donna and her husband, Edwin, all of New Jersey. Dave was predeceased by his brother Edward. Florida Services will be held Saturday March 5, and Sunday March 6 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida at the Baldwin Funeral Home. A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, March 7th at Sacred Heart Church in New Symrna Beach, Florida. Entombment of Dave's cremains will be at the Volusia Memorial Park in Ormond Beach, Fla. A local memorial service for family and friends will be held Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 2 p.m. at the Brick Reformed Church in Montgomery, N.Y. with the Reverend Brian Randazzo officiating. A statement from the family reads "Dave was dedicated to the fire service and his community of Coldenham. His commitment and spirit of volunteerism has been passed on and lives within his children who are all volunteers in the fire service or auxiliaries. He has made an impact on our lives and those who he touched. May he rest in peace." Memorial contributions may be made to the Coldenham Fire Company, 511 Coldenham Road, Walden, NY 12586. Local arrangements by Millspaugh Funeral Directors, 22 Bank St., Walden, NY. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Kemnitz, Milton Early Civil-Rights Leader and popular Michigan artist. Milton Neumann Kemnitz died peacefully in his sleep on 26 February 2005. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 31, 1911 to William Hermann and Amanda Neumann Kemnitz. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1933 and immediately took a job as a social worker in Washtenaw County. He was fired from that position in 1935 for his activities in organizing the welfare recipients. Although he was rehired, he was launched on a career of social, political, and union activism. He took part in the sit-down strike at the General Motors facility in Flint, shared a house with Walter and Victor Reuther and Norman Thomas when they founded the UAW, and became secretary of the Detroit-based Conference for the Protection of Civil Rights [CPCR]. Milton Kemnitz remained secretary when the CPCR grew into the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties [NFCL]. In June of 1941, he moved the NFCL to Washington, D.C. While many of the causes they took up were futile, all had to be fought, and they had many successes. Among them was getting an unconditional pardon in January of 1939 for Thomas J. Mooney who had been sentenced to death for bombings of the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day parade. A grateful Mooney sent the pardon to Milt Kemnitz with an inscription thanking him. In Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, they won the freedom of an African-American farm labor union organizer named Clinton Clark. Their modus operandi was to win a case, and with each victory they put authorities throughout the country on notice to cease and desist practices that were as clearly unconstitutional as they were widespread. In April of 1942, the NFCL held a National Action Conference for Civil Rights in Washington to protest Jim Crow, the poll tax, the internment of the Japanese, the suspension of the rights of labor to strike, and many other war-time measures. As secretary, Milton Kemnitz voiced from the podium his protest against the attempts to create a national unity at the expense of the constitutional liberties of all Americans. Time has endorsed the vision of the delegates to this conference. Every law that they said was wrong in 1942 has been repealed. Every action they protested in 1942 the country now regrets. Every right they said should be guaranteed in 1942 has been established as a right. In 1942, the sources of support of the NFCL shifted, and Milt Kemnitz moved to New York City to continue to run the NFCL. He spent much of World War II as a merchant seaman on Liberty ships in the European theatre. During his time on board ship, he aided the National Maritime Union and was a delegate to its congress in 1945. The National Maritime Union had a program to teach seamen to paint, and Milt took advantage of the opportunity. After the war, he returned to New York to the NFCL, but now he had his eye set on a return to Ann Arbor and a career as an artist. His great friend Dashiell Hammett took him to Ben Shahn's studio where they discussed how he might make a living as an artist in southeastern Michigan. In October of 1947, Milt moved his family back to Ann Arbor determined to spend as much of his life as possible making art. Through the rest of his life, Milton Kemnitz painted the buildings, old homes and street scenes of Ann Arbor and University of Michigan; he did many paintings of ships-particularly the Great Lakes ships-and of birds and landscapes of Georgian Bay, and of trains and automobiles. Repeatedly, he painted, drew and made prints of the buildings he thought should be preserved, and he played a great part in efforts to preserve the character of Ann Arbor. He was always interested in learning and using new media: watercolors, oils, pen and ink, silk screen, collage, stained glass. By a variety of means, Kemnitz managed to make his art widely owned. Among the books he produced are Michigan Memories, Ann Arbor Now and Then, and London and Back. His car drawings were collected in Cars That Caught My Eye, and lately his paintings have been extensively used in a series of grammar books called Grammar Island, Grammar Town, and Grammar Voyage. He married Esther Lichtenstein on August 18, 1939, and she was the central focus of his life until her death in May of 2000. Thereafter, he moved to Monroe, New York where he lived in the house of his son. He is survived by his son Dr. Thomas Milton Kemnitz and his grandson Thomas Jr. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Komonieski, Estelle L. (Mershon) Estelle L. (Mershon) Komonieski, of Roscoe, N.Y., a retired housekeeper at the Roscoe Community Nursing Home and a longtime area resident, died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at the Roscoe Community Nursing Home, Roscoe. She was 74. The daughter of the late Stanley and Lottie Komonieski, she was born October 27, 1930 in Harrison, N.J. Estelle was a communicant of Gate of Heaven Church, Roscoe, N.Y. She is survived by three sons, Steve Komonieski and his wife Carol of Spotswood, N.J., Craig D. Mershon and his wife Eileen of Roscoe, N.Y. and John Mershon of Greene, N.Y.; six grandchildren, Lisa, Cheryl, Jennifer, Kristopher, Patrick and Michael; four great-grandchildren, Robin, Jessie, Casandra and Lydia; and several nieces and nephews. Private funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Harris Funeral Home, Railroad Ave., Roscoe, N.Y. Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery, Roscoe, N.Y. in the spring. Memorial contributions may be made to the Roscoe Community Nursing Home-Patients Activity Fund, 420 Rockland Road, Roscoe, NY 12776. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. O'Dell, George E. "Gene" George E. "Gene" O'Dell, a retired rural letter carrier-United States Post Office, Highland Falls, NY and a lifelong area resident, died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY. He was 55. The son of the late George T. O'Dell and the late Margaret V. Byrd O'Dell, he was born August 21, 1949 in Cornwall, NY. He was married to Nancy M. Harding O'Dell. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and served during Vietnam. Survivors include his wife, Nancy M. O'Dell of Highland Falls, NY; son, George T. O'Dell and his wife Cheryl of Saugerties, NY; daughter, Kelly L. Chadwick and her husband Brett of Walden, NY; brother, William E. O'Dell and his wife Wendy of Highland Falls, NY; sister, Janice V. Romano and her husband Frank of Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY; three grandchildren: Jessica O'Dell, Rebecca O'Dell, Abigail O'Dell and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call Sunday, March 6, 2005 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at William F. Hogan Funeral Home, 135 Main St., Highland Falls, NY. Funeral will be Monday, March 7, 2005 at 11 a.m. at Lighthouse Christian Assembly, 134 Old State Road, Highland Falls. Pastor Ren Wallen officiating. Burial will be in Eagle Valley Cemetery, Town of Highlands, NY. Contributions may be made to Lighthouse Christian Assembly, Highland Falls, NY. Funeral arrangements by William F. Hogan Funeral Home, Highland Falls, NY. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Pettine, Sarah F. Sarah F. Pettine, a longtime area resident, died Friday, March 4, 2005 at Montgomery Nursing Home. She was 86. The daughter of the late Giuseppe and Rose Silesi Cangelosi, she was born March 15, 1918 in New York City. Survivors include her husband Augustus Pettine at home; daughter, Mary Gibbs and her husband Howie of Newburgh; brothers, Peter Congelosi of St. Petersburg, Fla., Andrew Congelosi of Micco, Fla., Gasper Cangelosi of New Windsor; sister, Jennie Sorbello of New Windsor, Rose Palmerone of Largo, Fla., Mildred Morales of Dunnelan, Fla.; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son Richard Pettine who died in 1990 and her sister Mary Bianchi. Visitation will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 7 at White and Venuto Funeral Home, 188 N. Plank Rd. (Rt 32), Newburgh. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Church, Robinson Ave., Newburgh. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements are by White and Venuto Funeral Home. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Schmick Sr., Robert Donald "Sonny" Robert "Sonny" Donald Schmick Sr., 66, died suddenly at Bon Secours Hospital, Port Jervis, NY on Thursday, March 3, 2005. Born to Philip and Clara Schmick in Westtown, NY, he had been a lifelong resident of Unionville, NY. Mr. Schmick was a self employed farmer and plumber for most of his life, he was also an avid baseball player during his youth and an excellent papa, grandfather and brother. Mr. Schmick is predeceased by four sisters: Elsie Hipe, Loretta Williams, Ruth Kirchner and Virginia Poloniak and three brothers: Samuel, Harold and John Schmick. He is survived by two sons: Robert D. Schmick Jr. and his fiancee Michelle Byrne of Unionville, NY and Shane R. Schmick of Unionville; two grandsons: Joshua and Scott Schmick; four brothers: Ruben and his wife Joyce Schmick of Bloomsburg, PA, George and his wife Shirley Schmick of Topeka, KS, Eugene and his wife Susan Schmick of Westtown, NY and Craig and his wife Robin Schmick of Huguenot, NY; six sisters: Emma Craig of Sarasota, FL, Rose Kerr of Lotta, SC, Jane and her husband Edwin Sobiech of Warwick, NY, Marylou and her husband Grant Charles of New Hampton, NY, Patricia Wilson of Otisville, NY, Shirley Schmick of Unionville, NY; two former wives: Dawn McNerney of Kansas City, MO and Nancy Klecha of Long Branch, NJ. Funeral service at Unionville Presbyterian Church, Unionville, NY on Monday, March 7, 2005 at 11 a.m. Interment to follow at Unionville Cemetery. The family will receive their friends at the Ferguson Funeral Home, 27 Third St., Sussex, NJ on Sunday, March 6, 2005 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial gifts to the Unionville Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 563, Unionville, NY 10988 would be appreciated. Funeral arrangements are by Ferguson Funeral Home, 27 Third St., Sussex, NJ. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Thorne, Virginia "Ginny" Virginia "Ginny" Thorne of Walden, a homemaker and lifelong resident of the area, died Friday, March 4, 2005 at St. Luke's Hospital, Newburgh. She was 83. The daughter of Gustaf and Alice Hohenstern Pfalzer, she was born October 24, 1921 in New York City, NY. She is the widow of Charles A. Thorne. Survivors include her companion, Donald Fries of Walden and nieces and nephews. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 8, 2005 from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Gridley-Horan Funeral Home, 39 Orchard St., Walden, NY. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 8th at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Wallkill Valley Cemetery, Walden. Memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Newburgh Volunteer Ambulance Corps. or the American Heart Association. Arrangements were made by the Gridley-Horan Funeral Home, Inc., 39 Orchard St., Walden, NY. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Volpe, Anthony F. Anthony F. Volpe, a retired independent businessman, who also worked with his sons in the family business Greenwood Excavating, Monroe, NY and a twelve year resident of the area, died March 4, 2005 at home. He was 73. The son of the late James Volpe and Mary Guidice Volpe, he was born March 29, 1931 in Brooklyn, NY. He was married to Mary Ann Znojemsky Volpe. He was a member of St. Anastasia Church, Harriman, NY. A family statement read: "Anthony was a devoted family man, loving husband, supportive father and a wonderful grandfather 'Baba'. He was an avid hunter, outdoorsman, carpenter and craftsman. He always enjoyed a 'cup of tea and a good piece of cake' from his backyard-- "What a view!" Daddy's family was the most important thing in his life. He will live on in our hearts and memories forever." Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Volpe at home; sons: Joseph Volpe at home and his two children Adam and Vanessa, James Volpe of Phoenix, AZ, Anthony Volpe of Monroe, NY; daughters, Cathy Volpe-Wasserman, Maria Volpe-Endrizzi and Andrea Volpe-Snitofsky, all of Monroe, NY; sister, Angela Giangiobbie and Theresa "Dee" Fornito, both of Staten Island; 11 grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Friends may call Sunday, March 6, 2005 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 515 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY. Funeral mass will be Monday, March 7, 2005, 11 a.m. at St. Anastasia Church, Route 17M, Harriman, NY. Burial will be in St. Anastasia Cemetery, Harriman, NY. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties, 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550 or American Cancer Society, 419 East Main St., Middletown, NY 10940. Funeral arrangements by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, Highland Mills, NY. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Washer, Denise Denise Washer, a deli clerk for Price Chopper in New Windsor, NY and a ten year resident of Newburgh, previously of New Paltz, died February 25, 2005 in Newburgh. She was 52. The son of Donald Francis Lacy and Florence Young, she was born April 27, 1952 in Bayshore, NY. She was predeceased by her husband, Russell Washer. Survivors include her mother, Florence Lacy of West Palm Beach, Fla; two sons: Joseph Wagner of West Palm Beach, Fla and Patrick Washer of Newburgh, NY; two brothers: Matthew Lacy of Saratoga Springs, NY and Donald Lacy of Florida, also several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by one sister, Claudia Lacy. There are no calling hours. A memorial service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Michael Torsone Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., 218 Main St., Poughkeepsie. Handicap entrance is located in the rear of funeral home on Vassar St. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Williams, Mary Elizabeth Mary Elizabeth Williams, a nine-year resident of Canton, Kansas, and former New York resident, died Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at Harry Hynes Hospice at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, in Wichita, Kansas. She was 69 years old. The daughter of the late Thomas and Gertrude McGrady Kyles, Mary was born October 24, 1935 in Southfields, New York. She is survived by three sons, Richard Memmelaar and his wife Joyce of Newburgh, Michael Memmelaar of Bullville, Kevin Schock of Bloomingburg; five daughters, Valerie Vineski and her husband Michael of Hillsboro, KA, Ruth Santiago and her husband Rafael of Middletown, Joanne Okolo and her husband Joe Goldstein of Tarrytown, NY, Jennifer Sterbenz and her husband Timothy of Round Lake IL; one daughter-in-law Pam Memelaar of Bullville; three brothers, Thomas Kyles of Chester, Thomas D. Kyles of Goshen, Michael Conklin of Chester; four sisters, Joan Edwards of Monroe, Virginia Smith of Chester, Carol Doremus of Chester, Diane Decker of Highland Falls; 18 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was predeceased by two husbands, Phillip Williams in 1987 and Bernard P. Memmelaar, Sr. in 1992; two sons, Bernard Peter Jr. and Andrew Memmelaar, one brother, Butch Conklin, and four sisters, Grace Conklin, Berniece Payne, Joyce Kyles, and Agnes Edwards. Cremation was private and at the convenience of the family. A memorial service was held on Friday, March 4, 2005 at Shiloh Manor Nursing Home Chapel in Canton, KA. Pastor Charles Priddy officiated. A graveside memorial service with the burial of cremains in Modena Cemetery will take place in the spring. Local arrangements are under the direction of Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc. www.applebee-mcphillips.com Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005. Zurawski, Frank J. Frank J. Zurawski of Liberty, NY, retired owner of Zuro-Jetcrete Corp., builder of Gunite Swimming Pools of Liberty, NY and a fifty-five year resident, died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at the Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, NY. He was 80. The son of the late Walter and Agnes Bartichuk Zurawski, he was born September 30, 1924 in Jersey City, N.J. Frank served our Country during World War II in the U.S. Navy Air Corp; he was a life member, a four year Past Commander and a member for over fifty years of the Russell Sprague American Legion Post # 109, Liberty, NY; he was a life member and a member for over fifty years of the Clarence Hoyt VFW Post # 9217, Liberty, NY; he had been active in reviving the Little Big Horn American Legion Drum and Bugle Corp.; he was a 35-year member of the Liberty Elk's Lodge #1545; he was a Charter member of the Town of Liberty Volunteer Ambulance Corp.; he was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Liberty, NY, where he had served as President and Church Council Board member for thirteen years; he was a former twenty year member of the Liberty Rotary Club and he is a former member of the Town of Liberty Planning Board. Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Sager Zurawski at home; two sons: Glenn F. Zurawski MD (retired) of Palm Springs, CA, John E. Zurawski of Liberty, NY; one daughter, Karen D. Zurawski of Albany, NY; one brother, Walter Zurawski of Manville, NJ; one sister-in-law, Kathy Sager of Liberty, NY; many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be on Monday, March 7, 2005 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Harris Funeral Home, West Street at Buckley, Liberty, NY. Liberty Elk's Lodge will conduct services Monday evening at 7 p.m. in the funeral home. Clarence Hoyt VFW Post will conduct services on Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral home. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 11 a.m. in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Chestnut Street, Liberty, NY. The Rev. Audrey Pedersen will officiate. Burial with military honors will be in the Veteran's section of the Liberty Cemetery, Cold Spring Rd., Liberty, NY. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church Restoration Fund, 26 Chestnut St., Liberty, NY 12754 or the Town of Liberty Vol. Ambulance Corp., P.O. Box 105, Liberty, NY 12754. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Harris Funeral Home, West St. at Buckley, Liberty, N.Y. Published in the Times Herald-Record on 3/5/2005.