In Memory Of
Doris Vater Ward
1930
2018
Doris Vater Ward
December 29, 1930 — December 16, 2018
Albany – Doris Vater Ward age 87 passed away on Sunday 16 December 2018, after a long illness.
Born December 29, 1930 in the Town of Gallatin, Columbia County. Doris was the daughter of the late Ernest Carl and Margaret Kruse Vater. She was pre-deceased by her sister, Margaret Vater Grant and brother, Ernest Claus Vater.
Doris grew up in Mt. Ross, Duchess County. After attending five years at the one room Mt. Ross School, she graduated Salutatorian from the Pine Plains Central School in 1948. After receiving her BA and MA degrees from New York State College for Teachers (UA) where she met her future husband, John Paul Ward. Doris taught science and mathematics at schools in New York and Massachusetts as well as the Lagos Anglican Grammar (secondary) School in Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa.
After retirement Doris & her husband attended many Elderhostel programs both in the United States and abroad. An avid reader of historical fiction & mysteries she also become competent in oil painting. As a knitter since the age of 7, Doris formed a knitter's group at the Avila Independent Retirement Center in Albany where she and her husband moved to in 2004. Friends and relatives greatly appreciated the knitted items made by Doris. She was always available to assist residents with their knitting problems. One project dear to her heart was the knitting of dozens of "Teddy Bear" sweaters for the Double H ranch for seriously ill children near Warrensburg founded by Paul Newman and Charles Woods. Doris and Paul enjoyed many years at their second home, a restored maple sugar house in East Grafton, NY. Doris was also an active member of the Friends of the Guilderland Library and the Grafton Historical Society.
Doris is survived by her husband, a brother, John Brandt (Marigo)
Pine Plains NY; nieces Glenda Brandt Brown (Peter) Tivoli ; Cindy Vater Koch (Rich) Altamont, NY; Susan Brandt Boston MA; grand-nieces; Melissa Brown, Port Ewen, NY, Hannah Brown Sayward, (Dustin) Peru, NY.
Calling hours will take place on Friday, December 21, 2018 at the New Comer Cremations & Funerals, 343 New Karner Road, Colonie, NY,
from 10:00am – 12:00pm with a service to immediate follow. Burial will be held at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to: New York Oncology Hematology Foundation, 400 Patroon Creek Blvd., Albany, NY 12206
Born December 29, 1930 in the Town of Gallatin, Columbia County. Doris was the daughter of the late Ernest Carl and Margaret Kruse Vater. She was pre-deceased by her sister, Margaret Vater Grant and brother, Ernest Claus Vater.
Doris grew up in Mt. Ross, Duchess County. After attending five years at the one room Mt. Ross School, she graduated Salutatorian from the Pine Plains Central School in 1948. After receiving her BA and MA degrees from New York State College for Teachers (UA) where she met her future husband, John Paul Ward. Doris taught science and mathematics at schools in New York and Massachusetts as well as the Lagos Anglican Grammar (secondary) School in Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa.
After retirement Doris & her husband attended many Elderhostel programs both in the United States and abroad. An avid reader of historical fiction & mysteries she also become competent in oil painting. As a knitter since the age of 7, Doris formed a knitter's group at the Avila Independent Retirement Center in Albany where she and her husband moved to in 2004. Friends and relatives greatly appreciated the knitted items made by Doris. She was always available to assist residents with their knitting problems. One project dear to her heart was the knitting of dozens of "Teddy Bear" sweaters for the Double H ranch for seriously ill children near Warrensburg founded by Paul Newman and Charles Woods. Doris and Paul enjoyed many years at their second home, a restored maple sugar house in East Grafton, NY. Doris was also an active member of the Friends of the Guilderland Library and the Grafton Historical Society.
Doris is survived by her husband, a brother, John Brandt (Marigo)
Pine Plains NY; nieces Glenda Brandt Brown (Peter) Tivoli ; Cindy Vater Koch (Rich) Altamont, NY; Susan Brandt Boston MA; grand-nieces; Melissa Brown, Port Ewen, NY, Hannah Brown Sayward, (Dustin) Peru, NY.
Calling hours will take place on Friday, December 21, 2018 at the New Comer Cremations & Funerals, 343 New Karner Road, Colonie, NY,
from 10:00am – 12:00pm with a service to immediate follow. Burial will be held at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to: New York Oncology Hematology Foundation, 400 Patroon Creek Blvd., Albany, NY 12206
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