Emily Josephine Spencer

Emily Josephine Mattice Spencer July 11, 1916 - Jan. 22, 2011 Emily Josephine Spencer, was a teacher, pilot, Head Start director, Peace Corps member, Girl Scout leader, world traveler, writer, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She taught school in Canandaigua until her retirement in 1974 and then joined the Peace Corps in Malaysia from 1974 to 1976. Josephine was the director of Canandaigua's first Head Start Program; sponsor and guide at Sonnenberg Gardens and Museum; lifetime member of Ontario Historical Society; and volunteer at Canandaigua VA Medical Center, as well as F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua. Josephine served as secretary and treasurer for the Daughters of the American Revolution; was a member of the Civil Air Patrol from 1959 to 1960; belonged to the Traveler's Club of Canandaigua in 1976, visited every continent, except Antarctica; and was an active participant in an intellectual exchange with China of teachers and doctors. The world is a better place for her time here and we are blessed to have shared so much of this time with her. She is survived by her sons, Terrence (Mary) and Timothy (Joanne); three grandchildren, Lori Ketcham (David), Curt Spencer (Anna) and Christopher Spencer; and two great-grandchildren, Spencer and Miles Ketcham. She was predeceased by her husband, Rev. Harold Spencer, in 1985, after 43 years of marriage; brother, Theodore; father, Lloyd Byron Mattice; and mother, Grace Iredere Jurden Mattice. Friends may call on Tuesday, January 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Fuller Funeral Home, 190 Buffalo St., Canandaigua. A funeral service will immediately follow at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made in Josephine's name to American Cancer Society, 1400 Winton Road North, Rochester, NY 14609; or Hospeace House, 7824 W. Hollow Road, Naples, NY, 14512. To share a memory or express condolences online, please visit www.fullerfh.com.