Donald L. McIntyre

WESTPORT — Mr. Donald L. McIntyre, 80, of Washington Street, Westport, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, at the Elizabethtown Community Hospital. He was born in Crown Point, N.Y., Feb. 16, 1928, the son of Simeon and Ruth McIntyre. He graduated from Crown Point Central School, Class of 1946.

He was a telegraph operator on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, from 1948 to 1958. He received a Bachelor of Science from SUNY Plattsburgh, Class of 1958. He completed graduate work at SUNY Plattsburgh and Ithaca College.

He was an elementary school teacher at Westport Central School from 1958 to 1966. He served as the executive secretary of the Crary Education Fund from 1966 to 1970. He served as the Assistant Director of Continuing Education at SUNY Plattsburgh from 1970 to 1972. He was project director for Albany Medical Regional Program, 1972 to 1973. He was an agent for Prudential Insurance Company and real estate agent for Bradamant and Adirondack Lake Realty.

He was an avid outdoorsman his whole life. He was an owner and partner of the Westport Marina from 1963 to 1982. He served as director of Essex County YMCA and director of YMCA Camp Gibson. He initiated and directed the Westport Ski Program. In his early years, he and others in Crown Point built and established the Bald Mountain Ski Center.

He was elected and served as a trustee on the Westport Village Board from 1962 to 1967 and was elected mayor of the Village of Westport and served from 1967 to 1979. He was elected supervisor for the Town of Westport and served as a member of the Essex County Board of Supervisors from 1979 to 1998 and as chairman of the Essex County Board of Supervisors from 1988 to 1989. Subsequently, he was elected as a member of the Westport Town Council.

He was appointed by Governor Cuomo in 1991 as a member of the Lake Champlain Management Conference. He was appointed by Governor Pataki as a member of the Board of Trustees of the North Country Community College in 1999 and served until 2007. He was a member of the Standing Committee for Rural Affairs for New York State Association of Counties; served as president of the County Legislators and Supervisors Association of New York State, 1995 to1996; vice president of Public Employers Risk Management Association; a member of the Westport Chamber of Commerce, Shriners, Westport Masonic Lodge and the Westport Federated Church.

He was instrumetal in helping to establish the Westport/Allen Health Center in 1993 and contributed to the establishment of the renewed Westport Boat Launch Site and Wastewater Treatment facility.

Donald was a loving husband, father and grandfather and is survived by his wife, Beverley McIntyre of Westport. They were married June 16, 1951. He is also survived by three daughters, Donna Beal and her husband, Dr. Allan Beal of Westport, two grandchildren, A1ison Beal and Major Andrew Beal and his wife Courtney, two great-grandchildren, Kyle Humphrey and Grace Beal; Melanie Zarabi and her husband Ali Zarabi of Brooklyn, two grandchildren, Hilary Zarabi and Tiffany Zarabi; and Marcy Phippen and her husband Charles of Ellsworth, Maine, two grandchildren, Alec Phippen and Stephanie Phippen; and cousin Karen Brown and her husband George Sweat. Known as "Mac" to many, he will be remembered for his love of family, friends, community and life.

Calling hours will be Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Westport Marvin Funeral Home, 32 Champlain Ave., Westport, N.Y. A funeral service will be celebrated Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the Westport Federated Church, Main Street, Westport, N.Y.

Donations in Donald's memory may be made to the Healthy Community Campaign for Elizabethtown Community Hospital, PO Box 277, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 or the Westport Federated Church, PO Box 386, Westport, NY 12993.