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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 Belle Kinner Hunt, she was 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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