Sullivan County Democrat on-line in an issue dated Jan 4 2005
Pauline B. Nearing of Long Eddy, a retired elementary school teacher at the Delaware Valley Central School in Callicoon, died Sunday, January 2, 2005, at the Seelig Division of the Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris. She was 88 years of age.
The daughter of the late Andrew and Stella Bylypshyn Butremuk, she was born September 2, 1916, in New York City. She was the widow of Gerald Nearing.
A 1937 graduate of New Paltz Normal School, she took extension courses to earn her BS in education. Her first teaching position was in Thunder Hill, then in the fall of 1938, she taught in Long Eddy, followed by a position in the Delaware Valley Central School for 28 years. Mrs. Nearing was a member and Past Grand Regent of Court Raphael #1542, Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She was a member of the New York State Retired Teachers Association, a member of the Altar Rosary Society, a member of AARP and the Sullivan County Retired Senior Volunteer Program. Mrs. Nearing was also a member of the Farm Bureau, a former Scout Den Mother and worked on the election boards.
A very active member of St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy, she was a past president of the Parish Council. She was also secretary to the Long Eddy Fire District commissioners. Mrs. Nearing had many friends from the local area, many who attended New Paltz, and she still attended yearly meetings with these girls. They were a close group.
She is survived by a daughter, Maureen Nearing, at home; a sister, Mary Butremuk of Long Eddy; a niece, Joan O'Leary of Eastchester; a nephew, Thomas Lantry of Washington, D.C.; and many other nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by two children.
Friends may call at the Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home in Callicoon on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. on Thursday at St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy with the Rev. Ignatius Smith, O.F.M., officiating.
Burial will be made in St. Patrick's Cemetery in Long Eddy.
Pauline B. Nearing of Long Eddy, a retired elementary school teacher at the Delaware Valley Central School in Callicoon, died Sunday, January 2, 2005, at the Seelig Division of the Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris. She was 88 years of age.
The daughter of the late Andrew and Stella Bylypshyn Butremuk, she was born September 2, 1916, in New York City. She was the widow of Gerald Nearing.
A 1937 graduate of New Paltz Normal School, she took extension courses to earn her BS in education. Her first teaching position was in Thunder Hill, then in the fall of 1938, she taught in Long Eddy, followed by a position in the Delaware Valley Central School for 28 years. Mrs. Nearing was a member and Past Grand Regent of Court Raphael #1542, Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She was a member of the New York State Retired Teachers Association, a member of the Altar Rosary Society, a member of AARP and the Sullivan County Retired Senior Volunteer Program. Mrs. Nearing was also a member of the Farm Bureau, a former Scout Den Mother and worked on the election boards.
A very active member of St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy, she was a past president of the Parish Council. She was also secretary to the Long Eddy Fire District commissioners. Mrs. Nearing had many friends from the local area, many who attended New Paltz, and she still attended yearly meetings with these girls. They were a close group.
She is survived by a daughter, Maureen Nearing, at home; a sister, Mary Butremuk of Long Eddy; a niece, Joan O'Leary of Eastchester; a nephew, Thomas Lantry of Washington, D.C.; and many other nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by two children.
Friends may call at the Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home in Callicoon on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. on Thursday at St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy with the Rev. Ignatius Smith, O.F.M., officiating.
Burial will be made in St. Patrick's Cemetery in Long Eddy.
Sullivan County Democrat on-line in an issue dated Jan 4 2005
Pauline B. Nearing of Long Eddy, a retired elementary school teacher at the Delaware Valley Central School in Callicoon, died Sunday, January 2, 2005, at the Seelig Division of the Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris. She was 88 years of age.
The daughter of the late Andrew and Stella Bylypshyn Butremuk, she was born September 2, 1916, in New York City. She was the widow of Gerald Nearing.
A 1937 graduate of New Paltz Normal School, she took extension courses to earn her BS in education. Her first teaching position was in Thunder Hill, then in the fall of 1938, she taught in Long Eddy, followed by a position in the Delaware Valley Central School for 28 years. Mrs. Nearing was a member and Past Grand Regent of Court Raphael #1542, Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She was a member of the New York State Retired Teachers Association, a member of the Altar Rosary Society, a member of AARP and the Sullivan County Retired Senior Volunteer Program. Mrs. Nearing was also a member of the Farm Bureau, a former Scout Den Mother and worked on the election boards.
A very active member of St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy, she was a past president of the Parish Council. She was also secretary to the Long Eddy Fire District commissioners. Mrs. Nearing had many friends from the local area, many who attended New Paltz, and she still attended yearly meetings with these girls. They were a close group.
She is survived by a daughter, Maureen Nearing, at home; a sister, Mary Butremuk of Long Eddy; a niece, Joan O'Leary of Eastchester; a nephew, Thomas Lantry of Washington, D.C.; and many other nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by two children.
Friends may call at the Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home in Callicoon on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. on Thursday at St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy with the Rev. Ignatius Smith, O.F.M., officiating.
Burial will be made in St. Patrick's Cemetery in Long Eddy.
Pauline B. Nearing of Long Eddy, a retired elementary school teacher at the Delaware Valley Central School in Callicoon, died Sunday, January 2, 2005, at the Seelig Division of the Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris. She was 88 years of age.
The daughter of the late Andrew and Stella Bylypshyn Butremuk, she was born September 2, 1916, in New York City. She was the widow of Gerald Nearing.
A 1937 graduate of New Paltz Normal School, she took extension courses to earn her BS in education. Her first teaching position was in Thunder Hill, then in the fall of 1938, she taught in Long Eddy, followed by a position in the Delaware Valley Central School for 28 years. Mrs. Nearing was a member and Past Grand Regent of Court Raphael #1542, Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She was a member of the New York State Retired Teachers Association, a member of the Altar Rosary Society, a member of AARP and the Sullivan County Retired Senior Volunteer Program. Mrs. Nearing was also a member of the Farm Bureau, a former Scout Den Mother and worked on the election boards.
A very active member of St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy, she was a past president of the Parish Council. She was also secretary to the Long Eddy Fire District commissioners. Mrs. Nearing had many friends from the local area, many who attended New Paltz, and she still attended yearly meetings with these girls. They were a close group.
She is survived by a daughter, Maureen Nearing, at home; a sister, Mary Butremuk of Long Eddy; a niece, Joan O'Leary of Eastchester; a nephew, Thomas Lantry of Washington, D.C.; and many other nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by two children.
Friends may call at the Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home in Callicoon on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. on Thursday at St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy with the Rev. Ignatius Smith, O.F.M., officiating.
Burial will be made in St. Patrick's Cemetery in Long Eddy.
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