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EILEEN STOCKER Obituary
As a 66-year resident of Wappingers Falls, Eileen was an active leader of the Girl Scouts and neighborhood chairman. She was a 62-year member of the First Presbyterian Church of Wappingers Falls, serving more than 50 years with the International Order of King's Daughters and Sons.
She was a member of Ruth Heald Cragin Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, North Anson, Maine, and an avid genealogist and member of the Dutchess County Genealogical Society, Maine Genealogical Society and other historical societies of Maine.
She enjoyed many summers at her cottage on Embden Pond in Maine, where she was a member of the Embden Pond Lake Association and served as secretary for many years.
Eileen is survived by her husband of 66 years, Russell Stocker Jr.; her five children, Sandra R. Ferguson and husband Donald, of Torrington, Conn., Russell S. Stocker III and wife Kathleen, of Lexington, S.C., Mary E. Stephenson and husband Mark, of Jericho, Vt., Laura J. Stocker, of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and Janet L. Bartow and husband John, of Adams Center, N.Y.; her sister, Beverly Peck, of Embden, Maine; and brother Charles Piper, of Sarasota, Fla. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church of Wappingers Falls, 2568 South Ave., Wappingers Falls, with the Rev. Lindsay Borden officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Wappingers Falls, 2568 South Ave., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590.
For driving directions, online condolences and memorial donations, please visit Eileen's Book of Memories at www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Linda Miller
May 18, 2013
Sincere condolences to Eileen's family from the members of Eunice Farnsworth-Ruth Heald Cragin Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Paul Vaillancourt
May 15, 2013
I remember Eileen Stocker from the Embden Historical Society. I would like to offer my condolences to her family.
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