Kathleen A. Spenard

Wingdale — Kathleen A. Spenard, 85, a lifelong resident of Dover, died Dec. 11, 2009, at home in a fire. She was the wife of John H. Spenard, who also died in the fire. They were married on June 11, 1950, in Amenia.  

Mrs. Spenard was the executive secretary to the Dover Union Free School District superintendent for more than 30 years before retiring in 1999.  

She was born Jan. 1, 1924, in Dover Plains, the daughter of the late Mary and James E. Yeno.  

She was a graduate of the Kressler Business Institute and attended Dutchess Community College, both in Poughkeepsie.  Following her graduation from Krissler Business Institute, she worked at the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center in Wingdale where she met her husband, John.  

Mrs. Spenard was a past president of the Dutchess County Educational Secretaries Association. She had been a school tax collector and taught typing and sewing.

She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 1949 in Wingdale and had been a 4-H leader, a secretary of the South Dover Rural Cemetery Association in Wingdale, and a parishioner of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Dover Plains, N.Y.

She is survived by a son, James Spenard of New York City; two daughters, Kathleen Ingerson of Portland, Ore., and Elizabeth Hobby of Ashley Falls, Mass.; five grandchildren; three brothers, James and Joseph Yeno of Van Nuys, Calif., and John Yeno of Wolcott, Conn.; and two sisters, Ann Pruner of Dover Plains and Dorothy Butts of LaGrange.  

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by two sisters, Mary Yeno Webb and Veronica Pultz.  

Calling hours will be held on Thursday, Dec. 17, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hufcut Funeral Home in Dover Plains.  

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Friday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church.  

Burial will follow at South Dover Rural Cemetery in Wingdale.  

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY  12601.  To send the family an online condolence, go to hufcutfuneralhome.com.

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