Grace Anne Plusch , S&F
Plusch, Grace Anne CATSKILL Grace Anne Plusch, a lifetime resident of Catskill, went to be with her Lord on July 30, 2014 at The Pines. She was 87. Grace was born in Saugerties to the late John E. and Merle Craft Plusch and was raised on the family farm. She attended Grandview School and graduated from Catskill High School, class of 1944. Grace then graduated SUNY Cobleskill and accepted a position with the Rensselaer School District as supervisor of the lunch program. She remained there for 40 years until retirement in 1986. In 1968 she became the state president of the New York State School Lunch Assoc. after holding many offices in the local area and became a life member. Helping people was her passion: driving friends to doctors, preparing meals for the sick, preserving pickles, jams and jellies for organizational fund raising. She traveled extensively, enjoyed the performances at the Mac-Haydn Theatre and enjoyed volunteering for events at the Pines and the Bronk House. Yearly, Grace donated between 80-120 pairs of hand-made mittens to the Elmendorf Reformed Church in Harlem. A 72-year member of the First Reformed Church of Catskill, Grace involved herself in all church events. She was a life member of the NYS O.E.S. and served, in 2000, as a NYS grand officer. Grace was initiated in the O.E.S. Catskill Chapter in 1959, for many years she served as matron, and then became a life member of the Mountain Star Oasis Chapter, No. 237, O.E.S. in Windham after merging with the Catskill Chapter. Prior to her illness she held offices with the committee to Preserve the Lighthouse, Greene County Historical Society, Young Republican Women and On-Ti-Ora Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Grace loved her family dearly. Surviving are her sister, Leila Plusch (June) Wachowicz of Catskill; her nieces, Carolyn June (husband, Jeffrey Stevens) of Delhi, Cynthia Weiss (husband, Donald) of Valatie, Cheryl Steinmann (husband, Thomas) of Merrick and Donald June of Palenville; great-nieces, Michella Weiss and Alexandra Steinmann; great-nephews, Justin Steinmann and Sean Weiss, cousins and friends. Calling hours will be held on Sunday, August 3, 2014 from 3 - 6 p.m. at Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Home, 139 Jefferson Hgts., Catskill. A service by the Eastern Star will be conducted on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted at the First Reformed Church, 310 Main St., Catskill on Monday at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Town of Catskill Cemetery.