This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6011 Message Board Post: DR. CRYSTAL L. RORK Dr. Crystal L. RORK of Houghton, N.Y., passed away in Cuba Hospital, Wednesday, September 3, after a prolonged illness. Dr. RORK was Professor of Botany at Houghton College, on the faculty since 1923. She was born February 16th, 1894. She graduated from Houghton Academy in 1911; received her A.B. from the University of Michigan, 1930, and her Ph.D. from Cornell, 1945. She was a member of the Board, Western New York Chapter, of Nature Conservancy, a national organization, and the American Scientific Affiliation. Dr. RORK was Curator of Moss Lake, a bog near Rushford, N. Y. and was largely responsible for the conservation of this sanctuary. She was also a consultant at Letchworth State Park. She is survived by two brothers Thomas RORK of Wiscoy, New York, and Roy RORK of Seffner, Florida, and several nieces and one nephew. Funeral services were held in the Houghton Wesleyan Methodist Church, Saturday, September 6, at 2:00 p.m., the Rev. Martin COX officiating, assisted by Rev. Royal WOODHEAD, Syracuse, former pastor of the Fillmore Wesleyan Methodist Church. Burial was in Pine Grove Cemetery in Fillmore. [Transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from obituary collection of Lenora Mills, Wiscoy, NY]