Robert S. Carpenter

ROBERT STEPHEN CARPENTER , age 95, of Dryden, NY passed away Thursday, November 25, 2010 with family present at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Evan and Brenda. A son of the late Archie and Ida Taylor Carpenter, Bob served in the US Army from 1941 to 1945 at Ascension Island, Africa and Europe with the Army Corps of Engineers. On August 16, 1952 he married Jean Elizabeth Albright in Newfield. A lifelong dairy farmer, Bob was a member of the Leonard T. Spaulding Post #1134, American Legion, The Dryden Township Post #8158, Veterans of Foreign Wars, The First Presbyterian Church of Dryden. He was a member and past Master of the Grange, a member of the Dryden Senior Citizens and the Farm Bureau. Bob was a wonderful steward of the land and was involved with the family farm until the time of his death in the farmhouse where he lived as a youth. He will be greatly missed by his family and a wide circle of friends.

Survivors include his children, Terry and Linda Carpenter of Auburn Hills, MI, Evan and Brenda Carpenter of Dryden, Beth and Paul Thorp of Trumansburg and Martin and Karen Carpenter of Baldwinsville; grandchildren, Adam, Joel, Gabriel (Penelope), Joshua (Katie), Daniel (Natalie), Jason (Laura) Carpenter, Sgt. Christopher Thorp, USMC, Sharon (Phillip) Bligh, Andrew & Leah Carpenter; great-grandchildren, Josiah, Alexandra, Kyle and Gavin Carpenter; his sister, Marjorie Freeborn of New Woodstock, NY and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his wife, Jean E. Carpenter and siblings, Harland Carpenter and Doris Marion.

Memorial services will be held at 10 AM, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 at The First Presbyterian Church of Dryden with Rev. David C. Robinson officiating. Bob’s family will receive friends and family in the fellowship hall following the church service. Interment, with military honors provided by members of the Dryden Veterans Memorial Home Ritual Team, will be in Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden. Those wishing to remember Bob are asked to consider a memorial, in lieu of flowers, to the Dryden Veterans Memorial Home Ritual Team, 2272 Dryden Road, Dryden, NY 13053 or to Hospicare, 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. Perkins Funeral Home is assisting the family . www.perkinsfuneralhome.com