Warrensburg, NY
Barbara A. Spencer, 86, formerly of Oak Street, passed away peacefully, Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Elderwood at North Creek following a long illness.
She was born March 11, 1934, in Ogdensburg, the daughter of Dan Tupper (dentist) and Olive (Rykert) Spencer.
She graduated from Canton High School and attended Potsdam State Teachers College, taking post-graduate courses at Potsdam and St. Lawrence University. She taught school in Irondequoit, NY for two years and then came to Warrensburg in 1959, where she taught 5th grade for 35 years, retiring in 1994.
Barbara spent 22 wonderful summers teaching horseback riding at private girl’s camps in Maine and Michigan. She enjoyed working out¬side and making regular trips up through the mountains to visit family in the Canton area.
She was a member of the Assembly of God of Warrensburg.
Barbara was predeceased by her parents and her sister, Jean Taft, of Fredonia.
She is survived by her brother Dan T. Spencer, Jr., and his wife, Sally, of Savannah, GA, and their daughters, Sarah Spencer of Rochester, and Laura Powers, her husband John, and their 3 children of Pittsford, and her brother-in-law, Ted Taft, and his children, Ted Jr., and Lynda, all of Fredonia.
Burial in the East DeKalb Cemetery in St. Lawrence County.
Source: Alexander Funeral Home, Warrensburg, NY
Barbara A. Spencer, 86, formerly of Oak Street, passed away peacefully, Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Elderwood at North Creek following a long illness.
She was born March 11, 1934, in Ogdensburg, the daughter of Dan Tupper (dentist) and Olive (Rykert) Spencer.
She graduated from Canton High School and attended Potsdam State Teachers College, taking post-graduate courses at Potsdam and St. Lawrence University. She taught school in Irondequoit, NY for two years and then came to Warrensburg in 1959, where she taught 5th grade for 35 years, retiring in 1994.
Barbara spent 22 wonderful summers teaching horseback riding at private girl’s camps in Maine and Michigan. She enjoyed working out¬side and making regular trips up through the mountains to visit family in the Canton area.
She was a member of the Assembly of God of Warrensburg.
Barbara was predeceased by her parents and her sister, Jean Taft, of Fredonia.
She is survived by her brother Dan T. Spencer, Jr., and his wife, Sally, of Savannah, GA, and their daughters, Sarah Spencer of Rochester, and Laura Powers, her husband John, and their 3 children of Pittsford, and her brother-in-law, Ted Taft, and his children, Ted Jr., and Lynda, all of Fredonia.
Burial in the East DeKalb Cemetery in St. Lawrence County.
Source: Alexander Funeral Home, Warrensburg, NY
Warrensburg, NY
Barbara A. Spencer, 86, formerly of Oak Street, passed away peacefully, Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Elderwood at North Creek following a long illness.
She was born March 11, 1934, in Ogdensburg, the daughter of Dan Tupper (dentist) and Olive (Rykert) Spencer.
She graduated from Canton High School and attended Potsdam State Teachers College, taking post-graduate courses at Potsdam and St. Lawrence University. She taught school in Irondequoit, NY for two years and then came to Warrensburg in 1959, where she taught 5th grade for 35 years, retiring in 1994.
Barbara spent 22 wonderful summers teaching horseback riding at private girl’s camps in Maine and Michigan. She enjoyed working out¬side and making regular trips up through the mountains to visit family in the Canton area.
She was a member of the Assembly of God of Warrensburg.
Barbara was predeceased by her parents and her sister, Jean Taft, of Fredonia.
She is survived by her brother Dan T. Spencer, Jr., and his wife, Sally, of Savannah, GA, and their daughters, Sarah Spencer of Rochester, and Laura Powers, her husband John, and their 3 children of Pittsford, and her brother-in-law, Ted Taft, and his children, Ted Jr., and Lynda, all of Fredonia.
Burial in the East DeKalb Cemetery in St. Lawrence County.
Source: Alexander Funeral Home, Warrensburg, NY
Barbara A. Spencer, 86, formerly of Oak Street, passed away peacefully, Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Elderwood at North Creek following a long illness.
She was born March 11, 1934, in Ogdensburg, the daughter of Dan Tupper (dentist) and Olive (Rykert) Spencer.
She graduated from Canton High School and attended Potsdam State Teachers College, taking post-graduate courses at Potsdam and St. Lawrence University. She taught school in Irondequoit, NY for two years and then came to Warrensburg in 1959, where she taught 5th grade for 35 years, retiring in 1994.
Barbara spent 22 wonderful summers teaching horseback riding at private girl’s camps in Maine and Michigan. She enjoyed working out¬side and making regular trips up through the mountains to visit family in the Canton area.
She was a member of the Assembly of God of Warrensburg.
Barbara was predeceased by her parents and her sister, Jean Taft, of Fredonia.
She is survived by her brother Dan T. Spencer, Jr., and his wife, Sally, of Savannah, GA, and their daughters, Sarah Spencer of Rochester, and Laura Powers, her husband John, and their 3 children of Pittsford, and her brother-in-law, Ted Taft, and his children, Ted Jr., and Lynda, all of Fredonia.
Burial in the East DeKalb Cemetery in St. Lawrence County.
Source: Alexander Funeral Home, Warrensburg, NY
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