LeRoy "Mac" MacArthur

Hobart businessman LeRoy "Mac" MacArthur, 87, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2007, at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta after a short illness.
He was born May 20, 1920, in the town of Kortright, the son of Robert LeRoy and Inez (Johnson) MacArthur.
LeRoy married Erma Hendry on July 5, 1944, at the North Kortright Presbyterian Church.
He graduated from Davenport High School, salutatorian of the class of 1938. After graduation, Mac enlisted in the United States Army Air Force, serving at Rome Air Force Base, Rome, during World War II. Upon his discharge, he graduated from Simmons School of Mortuary Science in Syracuse. He worked in the funeral business for Leo F. Kearns, Ozone Park, and Bond Funeral Home, Schenectady, before purchasing his funeral home in Hobart and Davenport, which he operated from 1956 until his "retirement" in 1985.
Always community-minded, Mac served the community with the ambulance service for a number of years until the volunteer squad was formed but continued to dispatch for the rescue squad and fire department for more than 20 years.
An avid bottle and antique collector, he also had a special expertise in furniture refinishing.
He was an elder and trustee of the Hobart Presbyterian Church; member of the Hobart Fire Department; a former Hobart Rotarian and past president; served on the Board of Directors of the Locust Hill Cemetery and North Kortright Cemetery; served on the town of Stamford Planning Board; member of the Hobart Community Foundation; and was an active member of the Leatherstocking and New York State Funeral Directors Associations.
He is survived by his wife, Erma, at home; three daughters, Lynda and Arthur Turner, Hobart, MaryAlyce and Andrew Peterson, Sidney, and JoAnn and Gary Rockefeller, Bloomville. Known to his grandchildren as Papa, he has four granddaughters, Audra Peterson Tripp, Erica Peterson Espaillat, Alysha Turner Sickles and Katelin Turner DeSilva; a grandson, Garrett Rockefeller; two great-grandchildren, Madalyn Jane Sickles and Jose Andres Espaillat; two sisters, Harriet Keith and Wilma Youker, both of Schenectady; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, William and Wylma Peters, Fort Myers, Fla.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Two brothers predeceased him, John and Robert MacArthur.
Funeral services will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at the Hobart United Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Bert More officiating.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, 2007, and the family will be in attendance from 7 to 9 p.m. at the MacArthur Funeral Home, Hobart. Burial will follow the service in Locust Hill Cemetery, Hobart.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Hobart Historical Society or the Hobart Presbyterian Church.
Arrangements are with the MacArthur Funeral Home, Hobart.