Edna Hayner

QUEENSBURY Edna (Rogers) Hayner, 90, of Barber Avenue, passed away Friday, May 30, 2008, at her home, following a long illness. Born on Oct. 17, 1917, in Bemis Heights, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Pearl (McBride) Rogers. She was a graduate of Stillwater High School and Cortland Normal School in Cortland, N.Y. On March 12, 1944, she married Frederick A. Hayner in Stillwater. Together, they enjoyed 48 years of marriage. He died in 1992. Mrs. Hayner taught school for 23 years, including her last 16 years as a third-grade teacher in Queensbury. Two brothers, Everet Lloyd Rogers and Ashbel Samuel Rogers, both predeceased her. Survivors include two daughters, Joyce Mintz of Glens Falls and Joan Nicholson and her husband, Clyde, of Concord, N.C.; four grandchildren: Daniel Mintz of Glens Falls and Rachel Mintz of San Francisco, Calif., Scott Nicholson and his wife, Debra, of Archdale, N.C. and Timothy Nicholson and his wife, Debra, of Mt. Olive, N.C.; a sister, Dorothy Rogers Wilkinson of Florida; and several great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 1, 2008, at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main St., in Hudson Falls. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 2, 2008, at the funeral home with the Rev. Flossie Gage-Bates, chaplain of High Peaks Hospice, officiating. Burial will follow at Stillwater Union Cemetery in Stillwater. Online condolences may be made by visiting the funeral home's Web site at www.carletonfuneralhome.com. Her family suggests memorials in the form of contributions to High Peaks Hospice, 286 Glen St., Glens Falls, NY 12801.