Craig, Marjorie Elizabeth Bates
Marjorie Elizabeth Bates Craig died peacefully in her sleep, of natural causes, at 7:45am. on May 31, 2010, Memorial Day, at The Baptist Home in Rhinebeck, New York. She was 96 years old.
A native of Glens Falls, New York and graduate of the then New Paltz State Teachers College, she taught in the Baltimore Maryland School District before residing in Poughkeepsie, New York from 1956 to 1972 when she taught 2nd grade at the Martha W. Lawrence Elementary School in the Spackenkill School District. She retired to Ocala, Florida before returning to Dutchess County in 1984 to reside in Rhinebeck, New York.
She chose cremation without funeral or memorial services, preferring that tax-deductible donations be made to UNICEF.
She is survived by her son, Michael Wakely of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
