Vivian V. Beatty

Gardiner - Vivian V. Beatty, age 83, of Gardiner was called home by God on Monday, November 7, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Mrs. Beatty was born August 4, 1924 in Newburgh, N.Y., the daughter of the late John and the late Laura (Peck) Van Duzer. She married Joseph G. Beatty. They moved to Gardiner from Goshen In 1951. Vivian's husband died March 30, 1995. Vivian did and accomplished many things in her lifetime. She was a retired Farmer. She started the Gangahole Campsite. For many years she prepared Tax returns for thousands of people, currently taking care of her families returns. She belonged to the Spinners Association. She taught Religious instruction at Wallkill High School in 1959-1960. She taught reading at the Wallkill prison. She was very active member of the Reformed Churches of Gardiner and Shawangunk including: being superintendent and teacher of Sunday school in Gardiner and a teacher in Shawangunk. She was also involved in The Samaritan's Purse, Boone N.C., through which she traveled to Ghana, where she followed shoe box distribution. Through church she traveled to Honduras where she helped build a children's hospital; Mexico where she brought sewing machines and taught sewing; and Walker Kentucky where she worked with Lend a Hand. She was a Huguenot Street tour guide. Recently, she is a member of the Gardiner Rescue Squad working as an EMT; she volunteered at the Gardiner Library; belonged to the Red Hat Society; and she is a Spanish student at SUNY New Paltz. She had a passion for travel and she loved to hunt. She is survived by six daughters: Judy Depuy of Gardiner, Martha Wilson of Hurley, Trudy Simms of Morris Plains, Barbara Ruud of Newburgh, Irene Ostrander of Thiels, and Myrna Foncree of Napanoch; three sons: George Watts of Cobleskill, John Ruger of New Paltz, and Tom Gillespie of Utica; 13 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one sister, Margaret Decker of Middletown; one brother, William Van Duzer of Seabridge, Fla., and many nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be Friday, November 9, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Copeland Funeral Home, Inc., 162 South Putt Corner Rd., New Paltz, N.Y. The funeral service will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. at Reformed Church of Shawangunk in Wallkill with the Rev. Gary Sissel officiating. Burial will follow immediately in Bruynswick Rural Cemetery, Wallkill. Memorials may be made to Gardiner Fire Dept., PO Box 271, Gardiner, NY 12525-5614, or Samaritan's Purse, c/o Reformed Church of Gardiner, Gardiner, NY 12525 or online at: http://www.samaritanspurse.org. Arrangements by Copeland Funeral Home, Inc.; 845-255-1212. If anyone wishes to express condolences, please visit www.copelandfhnp.com.