Helen T. Schulte Bova, age 82, of New Paltz/Rosendale, passed away on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 at Golden Hill Health Care Facilities, Kingston.
She was born on March 13, 1928 in Harlem. She was the daughter of Gerald and Anna (Pallus) Connolly. She was predeceased by two husbands. She married Gerhard (Hank) Schulte in New Paltz. He died in 1988. She later married Willard Bova, who predeceased her.
She was a member of the VFW, Ladies Auxiliary, Brannen Vanden Berg Post #8645, New Paltz. She was a Gold Star Mother -- her son, Henry (known to many as Hennie or Hank) Schulte, died in Vietnam in 1969 in the line of duty.
She held various positions over the years. She worked at Rotron in Kingston, Benedictine Hospital, the Mother Cabrini Home in West Park and the Golden Hill Health Care Facility.
She was an avid Yankee fan. She collected Tweety Birds and angels.
She is survived by four daughters, Mary and husband Richard Thompson, Ann and husband Carl Lundell, Betty and husband John Ruger of New Paltz, Bernadette and husband James Williams of Mount Holly, NJ; three sons, Gary and wife Lisa Schulte of High Falls, John and wife Lenore Schulte of Rosendale, Rich and wife Cathi Schulte of Kingston; granddaughter, Kimberly Thompson of New Paltz; grandson, Richard and wife Alison Thompson of Clifton Park; grandson, John and wife Chris Ruger; granddaughters, Jennie and Kelly Ruger, all of New Paltz; grandsons, Hans and Gerhard Schulte of High Falls; granddaughter, Crystal and husband Craig Miller of Stone Ridge; grandsons, Jeremy and wife Trina and Sean Turner of New Paltz; granddaughters, Lakisha, Sheena and Amber Williams of Mt. Holly, NJ; granddaughter, Laura and Kerri Schulte of Rosendale; 8 great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and other family members whom she loved very much. She was predeceased by son, Henry (Hank) Schulte; sister, Mary Kerkam Esposito; three brothers, William, Gerald and Thomas Connolly.
Donations may be made to the Henry Schulte Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o VFW, Brannen Vanden Berg Post #8645, 101 Route 208, New Paltz, NY 12561.
Funeral arrangements were by Copeland Funeral Home, Inc.
Samuel W. Watson Jr.
Samuel W. Watson Jr., age 64, of East Kingston died Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 at Kingston Hospital. Mr. Watson was born June 2, 1946 in New Paltz, the son of the late Samuel W. Watson Sr. and the late Emma (Bevier) Watson.
He was a self-employed carpenter and an Army veteran.
He is survived by one daughter, Lorie A. Watson of Kingston; one son, Samuel W. Watson III of Kingston; two sisters, Mary Emma Pottinger of New Paltz, Delois Watson of Kingston; two brothers, Richard “Dick” Watson of Gardiner and Furman Watson of Kingston; granddaughter, Ashley S. Watson of Kingston; grandson, Anre X. Watson of Fayetteville, NC; many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his former wife, Lauren E. Watson of Kingston; and former daughter-in-law, Ella Scott of NC.
Mr. Watson was predeceased by his sisters, Pearline Dixon, Bernice Watson, Betty Mae Watson and Julia Stallworth-Watson.
Funeral arrangements were by Copeland Funeral Home, Inc.
Margaret J. Van Valkenburgh
Margaret J. Van Valkenburgh, age 94, a resident of New Paltz since 1921, died on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, at Mountainview Nursing & Rehab Center, New Paltz.
She was born on July 22, 1916, in Mount Vernon. She was the daughter of the late George and Henriette Tetaz Wicks Sr., and the niece of Senator and Mrs. Arthur H. Wicks of Kingston.
A graduate of Linden Hall Academy for Girls, Lititz, PA, in 1937, and the Kingston Hospital School of Nursing in 1940, she was a devoted staff nurse at Blue’s Nursing Home, New Paltz, and later at SUNY College at New Paltz, retiring in 1978.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Herbert Charles and Priscilla Keeler Van Valkenburgh; two grandsons, Clifford S. Van Valkenburgh III and Craig Leonard Van Valkenburgh; and four great grandsons, Collin Stewart, Liam Grant, Craig Leonard Jr., and Ledger Charles Van Valkenburgh. She was predeceased by her sisters, Florence and Henriette Wicks, and brother George Wicks, Jr.
Donations may be made to the Ulster County SPCA, 20 Weidy Road, Kingston, NY 12401.
Funeral arrangements were by Copeland Funeral Home, Inc.
Joy Bryan Bacon
Joy Bryan Bacon, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and author, passed away peacefully to music on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 in her hometown of New Paltz, with her family by her side.
Joy was one of seven children, born to Hazel and James Bryan of Mill Neck, Long Island on May 3, 1928. She attended Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and Bennington College in Vermont, and later completed a liberal arts degree at Empire State College. Between 1949 and 1952 she lived in England, traveled in Europe and worked with children on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. She married Maurice Warder Bacon Jr., an architect/engineer in 1953 and later settled in Westchester County. Together they raised six children, along with a multitude of animals and welcomed friends from around the world.
She wrote articles for Yankee Magazine, Readers Digest and the popular Oliver Bean series for children. She taught piano and guitar and nurtured the talents and creativity in her children and grandchildren.
From the 1970s to the 1990s she was the principal organist at the Episcopal Churches of St. John and St. Paul and the Methodist Church in Lewisboro. She both loved and was inspired by the family’s summer home at Tunk Lake, Maine and lived in Hancock, Maine with husband Maurice in the 1990s.
Though she asked to be remembered simply as a “maker of tunes and a maker of rhymes,” she will be remembered for her limitless wellspring of always seeing and believing in the best in everyone and everything in all of life. Her family and many friends’ devotion towards her was of great comfort in maintaining her humor, good spirits and courage in coping with cancer.
Services will be held at the Dutch Reformed Church on Huguenot Street in New Paltz at 2 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 5.
She is survived by sisters Ruth Colgrove and Hazel Tracy and her brother the Venerable Robert Bryan. Her children are Elizabeth Stubbert, Sandra, John, James, Arthur and Nicholas Bacon. She has 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Joy’s spark of life will be sorely missed but will live on in all of her family and friends who loved her so dearly for being Joy.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to the American Cancer Society.
Funeral arrangements made under the direction of Copeland Funeral Home, Inc.
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