Marion E. Berntson

NIVERVILLE Marion E. Berntson, 73, of Knollwood Drive, Niverville, N.Y. died Monday, July 5, 2004 at Barnwell Health Facilities in Valatie after a five-year battle with ovarian cancer. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., January 24, 1931, she was the daughter of the late G. Al and Marion (Green) Finke. She was a supervisory park ranger for the National Park Service at Lindenwald for 16 years, retiring in 2000, and a summer resident of Diamond Point on Lake George for over 50 years. Marion was a docents of the Columbia County Historical Society and a member of Friends of Lindenwald, the Kinderhook Garden Club, queen mother of the Local Red Hat Society, Caring Together, an ovarian cancer support group, the Scandinavian Forum, a longtime curator of the DAR museum in Hudson, the Ghent Playhouse and St. Luke's Lutheran Church. She is survived by her husband, Dana Berntson; two sons, Rex M. Berntsson and his wife, Mary Kay Millier, of Dryden, N.Y. and Neal R. Berntson of Albany, N.Y.; one daughter, Karla B. Dulic and her husband, Charles, of East Lansing, Mich.; a brother, G. Albert Finke and his wife, Norma, of Niskayuna, N.Y.; three grandchildren, Laura, Melissa and Kevin Dulic; and a sister-in-law, Marcia Anderson of Rockport, Maine. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. from St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Route 9, Valatie with the service conducted by Rev. James Slater. Friends may call Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Rt. 9, Valatie, N.Y. The family requests that contributions be made to St. Luke's Lutheran Church Memorial Fund.