Robert B. Partridge

1923 - 2017

Robert B. Partridge 1923 - 2017
NEW HARTFORD - Robert B. Partridge, 94, of New Hartford, died Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at the Siegenthaler Center.
Born December 31, 1923, in Old Forge, NY, son of the late William and Ethel (Wetmore) Partridge, he grew up in the isolated Adirondack hamlet of Beaver River Station. He attended Beaver River's one-room schoolhouse, high school in Old Forge, and graduated from Holland Patent High School in 1942.
A World War II veteran, Bob served in the Army's 517th Field Artillery Battalion in the Pacific, participating in the liberation of Manila. Discharged in 1946, he first worked as a brakeman for the New York Central Railroad, then Vick's Printing and GE in Utica. He married his beloved Edith (Edee) on May 30, 1953. Bob was a postal clerk in New Hartford for many years, retiring in 1985.
Bob expressed his love of the Adirondacks in his oil and acrylic paintings which hang in many private collections. His work focused on mountain landscapes and the steam locomotives that ran through the Adirondacks of his youth. He designed and, with his family, built their camp in Beaver River. He and Edee were also long-time Adirondack Scenic Railroad volunteers.
Bob is survived by his daughter, Kathleen, of Clinton; two sisters, Margaret Reinert and June Partridge; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, Edee, in 2016, and siblings, William, James, Dorothy Somers, Ruth McKelvey, Joyce Vohnoutka and Shirley Otty.
The funeral will be at the Dimbleby, Friedel, Williams & Edmunds Funeral Home, 13 Oxford Road, New Hartford on Monday at 11 AM. There will be no calling hours. Interment will be private.
The family wishes to extend their sincere gratitude to the wonderful nurses and staff of Hospice and the Siegenthaler Center for Bob's care in his final weeks.
Those so wishing may consider a donation to Hospice & Palliative Care, 4277 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, NY 13413, in Bob's memory.
For online expressions of sympathy, go to www.dfwefh.com.