Obituary of Dennis Lounsbury

WESTERLO - Dennis Lounsbury, age 65, passed away on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Albany Medical Center Hospital. He was born in Albany on Sept. 23, 1946, son of the late Theodore and Lena Beulah (Fisher) Lounsbury. Dennis was raised in Dormansville in a family of 17 children: 11 boys and 6 girls. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps and served two tours in Vietnam, receiving two Purple Hearts and numerous other commendations, and was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant. He went to work for CSX, and installed commercial gunite swimming pools. Dennis worked for the Town of Westerlo Highway Department, then as a corrections officer at Camp Cass for 20 years before retirement. Dennis was a member of Disabled American Veterans and Dormansville United Methodist Church, where he assisted with many church suppers. Dennis is survived by his son Jody; daughter Leslie and grandson Seth; former wife Joanne; brothers Patrick (Helen Marie), John (Diane), Terrance Lee (Eva); sisters Janice, Bettejean (William) Mueller, and Sandra Jane Ross; many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. In addition to his parents, Dennis is predeceased by seven brothers, Theodore Seward, Harold Fisher, Clifton Lloyd, Clyde, Roger Wesely, Thomas Paul and William Craig Lounsbury; and three sisters, Harriet Mae Peck, Marjorie Gloria White and Janet Berkhoffer. A calling hour will begin at 12 noon on Saturday, May 19 at A.J. Cunningham Funeral Home, 4898 SR 81, Greenville, followed by a memorial service at 1 p.m. with Pastor Paul R. Meador officiating. Burial of his ashes, with military honors, will follow in Onesquethaw Cemetery, Clarksville. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Town of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company, P. O. Box 87, or the Westerlo Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 12, both in Westerlo, NY 12193 will be appreciated. Light a candle at ajcunninghamfh.com.