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Alan Lehigh Obituary
Crystal River Florida - Alan C. Lehigh, age 82, of Crystal River, FL and of Sylvia Lake, NY passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Crystal River Rehab in Crystal River, FL.
There will be calling hours for Alan on Friday, January 6, 2017 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at French Funeral Home in Gouverneur. His funeral service will be on Saturday, January 7th at 10:00 a.m. at the Fowler Baptist Church with Pastor Howard Maxson officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Gouverneur.
Mr. Lehigh was born to Helen and Glen W Lehigh on January 22, 1934 in Gouverneur, NY. He graduated from Dean Highs School in 1953 and then was drafted into the US Army in 1954, where he served in Germany as communication specialist. In 1956 he married Shirley McEwing. Alan worked for the telephone company for 40 years as a Telephone Repairman.
Mr. Lehigh was President of The New Hackensack Fire Department, in Wappingers Falls N.Y.; was president of the Mid-Hudson Harlem Valley Chief's Association; a member of Dutchess County Fire Advisory Board, and the Dutchess's Chief's Counsel. Alan Lehigh was Chief of New Hackensack Fire Department. After being Chief, he was a commissioner and Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners for The New Hackensack Fire Department. Alan was a life member after 40 years of service. He was on the Town of Wappingers Zoning Board of Appeals for 22 years and Chairman for ten years. He was President of the New York Pioneers. Alan was also member of the First Baptist Church of Fowler Church.
Survivors include daughters Blen Darrah and her husband Stephen, April Weiss and her Husband Robert, Chanda Palcher and her husband John, Kendra Close and her husband Kelly. One Son Alan Lehigh and his wife Peggy. He has fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Calling Hours will be held Monday January 2, 2016 from 5pm to 8pm at the Timothy P. Doyle Funeral Home 371 Hooker Ave. Poughkeepsie, New York 12603.
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Patricia Schink
December 31, 2016
I extend my condolences to all the Lehighs, I am so sorry you have lost first your mother and matriarch and now your father/grandfather,/great Grandfather.
What I remember best about Mr. Lehigh (as he will always be known to me) is a slightly crabby Fire Chief and Dad who always made his girls come in at night before it got dark (though they came out to play in pajamas) and he would drive us to get ice cream (Joe's Dairy? Brenden's?) in the BACK of his truck. NO seatbelts but boy that was fun. The wind in our hair as we drove down Old Hopewell Rd blanketed by the shade of ancient trees. That is how I remember your father. He will never be old and never grey in my memories!
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