Hope this will be of some help to a researcher. = = = = = = = = = = = = Pat C., BHCD Quakertown, PA US BLUROC1@worldnet.att.net -------- Esselman, Florence, 86, of Damascus, Pa., died Wednesday, October 27, 2004 at home. Rasmussen Funeral Home. 845-252-3901 No full obit for Esselman today. -------- Briggs, Dorothy Mead, 100, of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mt. Marion, died Saturday, October 9, 2004. Ramsay's Funeral Homes Inc. 845-292-7160 -------- MISS DOROTHY MEAD BRIGGS Philadelphia, Pa./ Mt. Marion, N.Y. Miss Dorothy Mead Briggs, daughter of the Rev. Henry Clay Briggs and Mabel Foland Briggs, born June 14, 1904 entered peacefully into eternal rest on Saturday, October 9, 2004 at the age of 100. Miss Briggs lived most of her life in the community of Mount Marion, NY. She was the final owner/operator of the family business, Briggs Bungalow Colony in Mount Marion, until the mid 1970's. A founding member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Catskills, Miss Briggs lived out the remainder of her life at the Unitarian Universalist House in Phila. PA. She was predeceased by her sister, Evelyn Briggs Lynker, in 1971 an by her nephew, John Paul Lynker, in 2002. "Aunt Dot" was a loving, hard-working woman with strong convictions. She was diligent in passing a rich family history along to her great nieces and nephews. She is survived by those great nieces and nephews, Roger John Lynker of Roscoe, NY, Denise Lynker Hess of Valatie, NY, Whitney Lynker Trifiletti of Schenectady, John P. Lynker Jr. of Seattle WA and Laura Lynker Johnson of Paso Robles, CA; six great-grandnieces and nephews and her U.U. House family especially her long-time friends and guardians in Philadelphia, Robert and Doris Holtzman. An internment service was held on Monday, October 25, 2004 at the Foland-Whitaker family plot in the Mount Marion Cemetery with the Rev. Linda Anderson of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston, NY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ = = = = = = = = = = = = = Incoming/outgoing mail scanned by Norton 2004 = = = = = = = = = = = = = =