This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILMARTH, FARRAR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12096 Message Board Post: Jay Edwin Wilmarth b 6 May 1922 Jay Edwin Wilmarth PINE PLAINS - Jay Edwin Wilmarth, 82, of Pine Plains, died at home on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004. He was the son of the late Harold O. and Susan Farrar Wilmarth of Portland, N.Y. In 1949, he married Betsy Ann Gray of Pittsfield, Mass. His wife predeceased him. Mr. Wilmarth received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his Master of Arts in business management from Western New England College. During World War II, he served as an engineer on the U.S.S. Keyes, a destroyer escort in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. A customer engineer with IBM until his retirement in 1984, he and his family resided in Hazardville, Conn., Pittsfield, Mass. and the Town of LaGrange during the course of his employment with IBM. After retiring, Mr. Wilmarth built a log home on the Roeliff-Jansenkill in Pine Plains, opening a portion of the river for other fishermen. He became an active participant in the Pine Plains CAC, Friends of S! tissing Landmarks (FOSIL), Little Nine Partners Historical Society and the United Methodist Church. He was actively involved in mapping wetlands for the Dutchess County EMC. Mr. Wilmarth is survived by his sonin-law and daughter, Ted and Lou Ann Wilmarth Mallozzi and their three children, Michael, Gabriel and Angelina Mallozzi, all of Pine Plains; his son and daughter-in-law, James and Donna McMullen Wilmarth of Pierce, Idaho and their two sons, Anthony McMullen Wilmarth of Chittenango, N.Y. and Alexander Jay Wilmarth of Orofino, Idaho; and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service is planned for next spring. The family requests that in lieu of cards or flowers, donations be made to Hospice Foundation, Inc., 374 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12603. Arrangements are under the direction of the Peck and Peck Funeral Homes, Inc., South Main Street, Pine Plains. NOTE; Harold O. and Susan Farrar Wilmarth of Portland, CHAUTAUQUA CO N.Y.are buried in Portland Evergreen Cemetery Harold the son of SELAH WILMARTH and 2nd wife Matilda ANDERSON WILMARTH, Louis O 7 Jan 1915 d 20 Jan 1993 Fredonia Lot old 537 son of Harold and Susie WILMARTH, Marion Louise d Dec 11, 1979 ae 58 lot 537 WILMARTH, Harold “Harry”20 Aug 1884 d Jan 1 1975 ae 90 lot 537 son of Selah and 2nd wife Matilda Anderson WILMARTH WILMARTH Susan J “Susie“ nee FARRAR . 9-30-1969, age 82 wife of Harold WILMARTH, Isabel MELHALSKI 9-5-1942, age 30 WILMARTH, Marion Louise, 12-15-1979, age 58