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OBITUARY – ALYCE M. CRESAP

GERMANTOWN, N.Y.—Alyce M. Cresap, 70, County Route 8, died May 8, 2003, at her home.

Born April 27, 1933, in Evergreen Park, Ill., to Robert S. and Lavinia Henry Cresap, she attended high school in Hinsdale, Ill., where she was also active in summer stock theater. She graduated with a degree in theater from Northwestern University in 1955. She was a co-founder of Argonaut, Inc., a Chicago publishing company specializing in Greek antiquities, and later owned her own typesetting business in New York City.

After her retirement in 1988 she moved to Germantown, where she was a bookseller, treasurer of the Germantown Library Board, president of the Germantown Garden Club, and a master gardener for 10 years with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia County. She was also secretary-treasurer of the Cresap Society, a national genealogical organization.

Survivors include twin sons, Douglas (Tammy) and Jeffrey (Terri) Rankin, both of Monmouth, Ill.; a sister, Roberta (Neil) Jones, of St. Louis, Mo.; step-grandchildren, Tony Cox and Amanda Cox; three nieces—Robin Taber, Kristin Tegethoff, and Carrie Arnold—nine grandnieces and nephews; and two special friends, Kenneth Klammer of Panorama City, Calif., and Jack Bates of Tavares, Fla.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Germantown Library or the Columbia-Greene Humane Society in Hudson, NY. Private burial will be in Chicago and a memorial service to celebrate Alyce's life will be held in Germantown at a later date.

(Written by Jeffrey Rankin.)