Emma Jane Weale

Port Jervis, NY

Ms. Emma Jane Weale of Port Jervis, NY, passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at St. Joseph's Place. She was 75.

She was born March 26, 1933 in Port Jervis, NY, the daughter of the late Frederick E. and Agnes L. Van Noy Weale, Jr.

She worked as an accountant for ten years for the Orange County Treasurer's Office in Goshen. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church, Port Jervis, where she was a Trustee and Elder. She was the Port Jervis High School valedictorian for the Class of 1951. She graduated in 1955 with honors from Vassar College with a Bachelors of Art Degree. She wrote columns for the Union Gazette. She covered the court proceedings in Port Jervis for 12 years. She also worked for a real estate developer in Pike County.

She is survived by her brother-in-law, Dr. Paul Horsman of Port Jervis; five nieces: Helen Godvin of Vancouver, WA, Barbara Riney of Vancouver, WA, Janet Ridder of Grosse Points, MI, Susan Dapolito of Clyde, NY, and Virginia Murphy of East Hempstead, NH; one nephew, Paul Godvin of Tampa, FL; two cousins, Fred Startup of Middletown, NY and Margaret Close of Clifton Park, NY; also several great nieces and great nephews. She was predeceased by three sisters, Mary Ann Weale, Elizabeth Godvin, and Agnes Horsman.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 12, at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church, 8 Broome St., Port Jervis, NY, with the Rev. Stephen Huston officiating. Cremation will be at H.G. Smith Crematory, Stoudsburg, PA.

Funeral arrangements are by the Gray-Parker Funeral Home, 100 E. Main St., Port Jervis. For information, directions or to send condolences, please visit www.grayparkerfuneralhome.com or 845-856-5191.