Catherine Tyler Brody

JACKSON CORNERS, N.Y. — Catherine Tyler Brody, 81, a resident of Jackson Corners and New York City since 1953, died on Sept. 4, 2009, at Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck.   

She was the widow of Stanley J. Brody, who predeceased her in 1997.

She was born on Sept. 7, 1927, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of the late Catherine (O’Connell) and Albert Tyler.

She graduated from Rosary College, Pratt Institute and Hunter College.

For 30 years, she was a professor and administrator with the City University of New York. She also served as chief librarian and college archivist of New York City Technical College.

  Catherine was the author of several books on the history of printing, and a contributor to many publications. She was past president and founding member of the American Printing History Association. She served many years as secretary and treasurer of The Typophiles (an organization devoted to fine typography and bookmaking). She also was a member of the Grolier Club and the Princeton Club.   

She took great interest in the history of the Hudson Valley. She served for several years as Gallatin town historian and secretary of the Jackson Corners Vigilant Association.

She is survived by her son, Laurence, and his wife, Christina; her granddaughter, Leah of Jackson Corners; a brother, William Tyler of Chicago; a sister, Margaret Cozzone of Chicago; a niece, Kristi Meyer of Chicago; and a nephew, Ken Cozzone of Chicago.

Arrangements are under the care of the Peck & Peck Funeral Home in Pine Plains.

 A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Sept. 9 at St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church in Pine Plains, the Rev. William A. White officiating. Interment was in the Evergreen Cemetery in Pine Plains.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Friends of the Pine Plains Free Library, PO Box 325, Pine Plains, NY 12567.

 To sign the online register, go to peckandpeck.net.

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