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Esther Colegrove Obituary
Esther L. Colegrove of Walden, and a former Mail Clerk & Telephone Operator at the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center, New Hampton, NY, died Sunday, July 13, 2008 at Columbia Cottage in Palmyra, PA. She was 90.
The daughter of Isaiah and Ada Belle Kinner Hunt, she was born October 28, 1917 in Athens, PA. Esther was the wife of the late Marvin P. Colegrove. She was a member of the Walden Senior Citizens.
She is survived by two sons, Marvin H. Colegrove and his wife, Linda of Newburgh and James E. Colegrove and his wife, Carol of Greenville; two daughters, Valerie Ramsay and her husband, Dean of Palmyra, PA and Lauren Rockafellow and her husband, Thomas of Montgomery; nine grandchildren: Jason, Seth, Scott, Jennifer, Dana, Devin, Emma, Leslie, and Mark; six great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by sister, Elizabeth Hunt and brothers, Charles and Donald Hunt.
Visitation will be held on Friday, July 18, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Gridley-Horan Funeral Home, 39 Orchard St., Walden, NY.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 19, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Wallkill Valley Cemetery, Walden.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice or the American Cancer Society.
Arrangements were by the Gridley-Horan Funeral Home, Inc., 845-778-3811.
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Memories and Condolences
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Gary Ciesla
July 16, 2008
To my friend Marty and his wife Linda, and family: I am very sorry to read of your mom's passing.
Diane Newell
July 16, 2008
To all the family my condolences for your loss especially to my dear friend Lauren I am here for you if you need to talk or just cry I know how you feel all my love
Mari Chandler
July 15, 2008
I have many fond memories of visiting Aunt Esther and Uncle Marty when they lived in Elmira Heights many, many yrs ago. They ran a small restaurant which we kids just loved to visit... Usually we were there on Sunday afternoons so they were closed but it was just a very neat place to be. We kept up on what our cousins were doing in these later years through our moms talking and then passing the news on... I will miss Aunt Esther and the whole 'era' when we had aunts and uncles instead of being the aunts and uncles... God Bless... rest in peace...
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