Carol Casper

CANANDAIGUA < Carol (Lessig) Casper, 85, passed away Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at MM Ewing Continuing Care Center in Canandaigua. She is survived by two daughters, Susan (Edward) Pevear, of Canandaigua, Nancy (Mark) Bruland, of Viroqua, Wis.; four grandchildren, Chloe and Emma Bruland, Brett (Disa) Pevear and Brooke Pevear; three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Donald M. Casper in 2007. Mrs. Casper was born and raised in Auburn and was the daughter of Lester and Beatrice (Robitow) Lessig. She graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in music education, and she went on to Columbia University to work on her master"s degree. She and Don were married in Auburn in 1948. Mrs. Casper was the director of all vocal music for the Weedsport Central School District. In 1953, she and her family moved to Penfield where she became a substitute music teacher with the Penfield school district. Mrs. Casper also taught piano lessons in her home. Over the years Mrs. Casper was a Girl Scout leader and served on the Girl Scout Council. She was a 50-year plus member of the Penfield United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher, performed in their vocal and bell choirs and served on the stained glass window committee. She was a lifetime member of the Rochester Area Alpha Omicron Pi Alumni Chapter and the Mary Fellows Penfield Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Casper loved to travel and spend time at their summer home on Owasco Lake. Throughout her life she served her family, faith and fellow Americans with a strong heart and spirit. There will be no calling hours. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17, in the First United Methodist Church, 100 N. Main St., Canandaigua. Interment will be in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rochester Area Omicrom Pi Alumni Chapter or the Mary Fellows Penfield Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, c/o Mrs. James Bruno, 501 Plank Road, Webster, NY 14580-2223 for either organization"s scholarship programs. Arrangements are by Johnson-Kennedy Funeral Home Inc., in Canandaigua. To send a message to the family, sign our guest book at www.auburnpub.com and click on obituaries.