PINE PLAINS — Roy E. Camburn, 93, passed away Feb. 15, 2011, at Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He was born March 24, 1917, in Gallatin, N.Y., to the late Ethel (Shook) and Frank Camburn. He was the eldest of seven children.
He grew up in northern Dutchess County and attended Red Hook and Pine Plains schools. He was a talented athlete, playing baseball and running cross-country. As a runner, he participated with 350 others in the largest race of the time, held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.