ALBANY — M. Edith Vincent, 86, passed away on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at Good Samaritan Lutheran Health Care Center in Delmar.
Edith was born on April 28, 1926, in Plattsburgh, and the daughter of the late Charles F. and Margaret E. (Herrick) Vincent.
She was a graduate of Mildred Elley School. She worked as a stenographer for Williams Press and then for the N.Y.S. Thruway Authority until her retirement.
She was an avid reader and enjoyed word find puzzles.
Edith is survived by her sister, Alice A. Vincent of Albany; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers, Clarence, Roswell, Ralph and Robert Vincent; her sisters, Doris and Evelyn Vincent, Thelma Del Belso, and Helen Polinsky; and two nieces.
A funeral service will be 7 p.m. Thursday, at New Comer Cannon Funeral Home, 343 New Karner Road, Colonie, N.Y. A calling hour will precede the service from 6 to 7 p.m.
A graveside committal service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Mooers. Local arrangements being handled by the Hamilton Funeral Home in Mooers.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the Association of Marian Helpers, Eden Hill, Stockbridge Mass. 01263 or to a charity of one's choice in memory of M. Edith Vincent.
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