Mary C. Rudebush

Mary

C. Rudebush, 98, of Holly Hill,

passed away on Sunday, Octo­

ber 5, 2008. Mary was born in

Cohoes, N.Y. on July 7, 1910 to

Charles and Katherine Carter.

She was a retired Dietician for

the Cohoes city school system

and moved to this area in 1990

from Cohoes, N.Y. Mary at­

tended the New York School of

Art and Design. She was a mem­

ber at Prince of Peace Catholic

Church. She was also a member

of the Ormond Beach Garden

Club, the Abigail Bartholomew

Chapter of the Daughters of the

American Revolution for 65

years, past president of the Co­

hoes, N.Y. Red Cross Chapter

and the Civil Defense of Cohoes

during World War II. She was in­

strumental in the restoration of

the Cohoes Music Hall. She

swam Lake George in N.Y. in

1927 and was a member of the

U.S.A. Olympic Swim Team in

1927, she was also a swim in­

structor for over 50 years. Mary

was a direct decendent of Vin­

cent Carter who arrived at the

Plymouth Plantation in 1623,

coming from England on the

ship the "Goodspeed". Survivors

include her son, Theodore Russell of Holly Hill; and two

grandsons, Mathew and Ted

Russell of California. Arrange­

ments are under the careful di­

rection of Baggett Summers

Funeral Home, 736 S. Beach

Street, Daytona Beach, FL 32114.

Condolences may be shared

with the family online at

www.lohmanfuneralhomes.com.