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Orvetta Parks Palmer - Class of 1949
Visitation will be from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at the First Congregational Church, 44 Liberty Street (Washington Heights), Newburgh, NY 12550. A Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 pm, at the Church, with Pastor Rich Letts officiating. Burial will follow at the Gardnertown Cemetery, Newburgh, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations in Orvetta’s memory can be made to the First Congregational Church at the above address. |
Orvetta Palmer, of the Town of Newburgh, entered into rest
on Thursday, March 23, 2023. She was 91. Daughter of the
late Harvey and Sadie (Pursell) Parks, she was born on
October 2, 1931, in the Town of Newburgh. She was a retired
cook for the Newburgh Enlarged School District, Newburgh.
Orvetta was a member and 1st Lady of the First
Congregational Church in Newburgh, where she also taught
Sunday School for many years. She loved spending time with
her grandchildren and great grandchildren and enjoyed
cooking, especially baking. Survivors include a daughter,
Alice and her husband, Pastor Glenn Looney of the Town of
Newburgh; three grandchildren, Jennipher Looney, Christina,
and her husband Kris Stein, and James Looney; four great
grandchildren, Christian Landrum, Hunter Storminger,
Izabella Storminger and Thorin Stein; and one nephew,
William and his wife Donna Stein and his children. In
addition to her parents Orvetta was predeceased by her
husband, The Reverend George Palmer in 2014, and two
sisters, Louise Lewis and Beatrice Parks.
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