OBITS: Post-Star 27 Apr 2005; Glen Falls, Warren 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: Post-Star http://www.post-star.com Piper, Louise Emma (Cushman) BENNINGTON, Vt. -- Louise Emma (Cushman) Piper, 94, a resident of 515 Gage St., died Sunday evening, April 24, 2005, at Crescent Manor Care Centers following a lengthy illness. Born in Irasburg on Feb. 28,1911, she was the daughter of the late David Elsworth and Laura (Comstock) Cushman. She grew up in Irasburg where she attended local schools. She was married to Vernard J. Piper in Keene, N.H., on Sept. 9,1935, he predeceased her in 1947. She and her husband had lived in Bennington since 1935, coming from Morgan, she had assisted her husband in the operation of his Jeep Agency, she had worked in the office at the former Happy Cookin Gas Company for 18 years and then in the office and as a teller at Chittenden Bank from which she retired. She was a volunteer with the American Red Cross, she enjoyed tending to her vegetable and flowers gardens, especially her pansies which she took great pride in. She and her husband built a camp in Peru where many of the family summered and made many fond memories, she enjoyed deer hunting at the camp and hunting with her nephew Floyd Perkins' family in New York. She enjoyed music and her favorite saying was "Oh what a great big beautiful world, oh it's beautiful." She leaves her niece, Mrs. (Floyd) Ardell Perkins of North Creek; great nieces, and nephews, Anna and Phillip Goodman of Johnsburg, Donna and Robert Gross of North Augusta, S.C., Terry and Cynthia Perkins of Chestertown, Kathleen and Richard TenEyck of Olmstedville, Keith Perkins of North Creek, and Tamara and Brian Sponable of North Creek, the Kenneth Piper family, 15 great-great-nieces and nephews, three great-great-great-nephews and cousins. In addition to her husband she was predeceased by a sister, Anna Perkins; and a stepson, Kenneth Piper. A service of remembrance will be held on Saturday, April 30, at 2 p.m. at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home, 213 West Main St., Bennington. Burial will take place at a later date in the Piper family lot at Park Lawn Cemetery. Should friends desire memorial gifts may be made to either the Bennington Rescue Squad or the Bennington Fire Department in care of the Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home, P.O. Box 957, Bennington, VT 05201. To send condolences to the family of Louise Emma Piper please visit www.sheafuneralhomes.com. Published in the Post-Star on 4/27/2005. Rothblatt, Edythe (Lax) LINWOOD, N.J. -- Edythe (Lax) Rothblatt passed away in the early hours of Friday, April 22, 2005. Edythe was the 9th of 10 children born to Alter and Leah Lax of Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada. At the age of 14 she moved with her family to Montreal, Quebec. In 1947, Edythe married Benjamin Rothblatt, of Philadelphia and, together, they began married life in Atlantic City. From 1955 to 1978 they resided in Margate. In 1979 they left the seashore for the Adirondack Mountains, residing in Lake George and Queensbury. After Ben's death, in November, 1997, Edythe returned to live in Linwood. At the time of her death Edythe was a resident of Seashore Gardens Living Center, recovering from hip replacement surgery. She is survived by her two sons, Lee, and his wife, Christine Ken, of Egg Harbor Township, and Jonathan and his wife, Doris Scharte, of Boston; two grandchildren, Aaron, and his wife, Katja Dillmann, of Portland, Ore., and Evan, of Egg Harbor Township. Graveside services and interment will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 28, 2005, at Beth Kehillah Cemetery. Contributions in Edythe's memory may be made to Seashore Gardens Living Center, Galloway Township, N.J. 08205. Arrangements are by George H. Wimberg Funeral Home. Published in the Post-Star on 4/27/2005.