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Marcia Mumford, 1907–2007 (aged 100 years)
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- Marcia /Mumford/
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- Marcia
- Surname
- Mumford
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- Marcia /Park/
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1905–1952
Birth: 9 July 1905
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— Manhattan, New York, USA Death: 26 April 1952 — Nyack, Rockland, New York, USA |
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1907–2007
Birth: 18 June 1907
— Nyack, Rockland, New York, USA Death: 16 November 2007 — Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA |
| Marriage | Marriage — 18 January 1928 — Kings, New York, USA |
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1930–1991
Birth: 9 November 1930
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— Brooklyn, New York, USA Death: 31 August 1991 — Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
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1934–2013
Birth: 29 October 1934
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— Nyack, Rockland, New York, USA Death: 27 October 2013 |
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Marcia was delivered by Doc Leitner of Piermont. She was the youngest of four children born to Corolyn Currier Tanner and John Kimberly Mumford. In 1915 the N.Y. State Census recorded Marcia residing in Coxsackie, A.D. 01, E.D. 04, Greene County, New York. According to the 1920 U.S. Census the family was registered between entries for numbers 15 and 17 Lansing Avenue, Troy City, Ward 5, 1st District, in Rensselaer County, N.Y., where Corolyn had been a house mother at the Emma Willard School. Marcia and her siblings spent a good deal of their youth on a farm owned until 1922 by their father in Lime Street, a settlement in Athens Township, Upstate New York. Marcia graduated from Miss Beard's School in Orange, New Jersey, in 1926. Among the faculty at the time were Lucie C. Beard, Alice Rumph, Maud Thompson and Katherine Binney Shippen. On January 18th, 1928, Marcia married George Colton Park in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Rev. Stanley Brown Serman, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church of Nyack, New York, performed the service held at the home of Marcia's sister, Harriet Mumford Small located at 92 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. Harriet's husband, George Sumner Small, gave the bride away and Harriet's son, George, was page. The couple was to reside at 2255 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. County News - Nyack The couple had 2 sons and a daughter and eventually settled in Rockland County, New York. Their youngest son was given the middle name Kenneth after Dr. Theis. Society and Clubs in Rockland County Society News Personal Mention Marcia attended activities at Nyack Hospital and the Cub Scouts, was a choir mother at Grace Episcopal Church and a member of the Women's Civic League of Nyack. During WWII, Marcia worked as a Red Cross nurse's aide at Nyack Hospital, an experience which led to her becoming a licensed practical nurse. She was a team captain for the 1945 Nyack Y(MCA) Drive. In 1940 the family resided at 219 Piermont Avenue in South Nyack. At home her children remembered her playing the piano and banging out songs from Tin Pan Alley and the Roaring Twenties. Marcia became a widow at the age of 44. Marcia Park worked for many years as a nurse at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York, before she transferred to Summit Park Hospital, where she was in charge of the night shift until her retirement. Marcia lived on Old Haverstraw Road in Congers. Her beloved dogs, Mr. Dugan (named after the delivery man of the bakery by the same name) and Arnold, and her dear neighbors, the Heath family, kept an eye on her! Mrs. Park wrote poetry and quoted her favorite writers regularly: Marty must certainly have been proud of her son, John Kenneth, when he received his M.A. in Music from UVM in 1963: After retiring Mrs. Park moved to Croton-on-Hudson and was a neighbor to her cousin, Dr. Cynthia Westcott (see NY Times obituary from March 24th 1983), enjoying and helping Dr. Westcott to care for the beautiful roses she kept in the garden. Marty was a fan of Lou Piniella, Carl Yastrzemski and a huge Ted Williams fan. In later years she followed the NY Mets. When she moved south, the Braves became her favorite baseball team with Smoltzie, Maddux and Glavine. Marcia, also referred to as "Nana" by her children's descendants, had many hobbies, and she will certainly be remembered for the countless ceramics and egg and Christmas decorations she distributed among her family members and friends. She also enjoyed needlework, crocheting blankets, sewing clothes and finishing a cross stich tapestry. Mrs. Park removed to Simpsonville, South Carolina, in 1989, where she lived with her daughter for many years. She made friends quickly at the Forest Lake community. In her late 90's Marcia resided at Greenville Place, an assisted living facility. From time to time Marcia recalled what her mother, Corolyn, had said, "there comes a time when we all have to take our little trip and it will be alright." Mrs. Park reached the ripe old age of 100, becoming a centenarian. Five months later she passed away at St. Frances Hospital in Greenville. She was survived by her daughter, her son and daughter-in-law, 7 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. The gravesites of Marcia's mother, Corolyn Tanner Mumford (1866-1949), and Marcia's aunts, Harriet Anne Mumford (1858-1947) and Harriet Mary Tanner Bulley (d. January 14th 1938 - NYTimes 15Jan1938 Obituary) have not yet been located. Marcia's maternal grandparents were Orphena Currier and DeWitt Clinton Tanner. |
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