Robert Pantley

Robert G. Pantley died peacefully at the home of his daughter, with his family at his side on Saturday October 31, 2009 in Glen Spey, N.Y. after a long courageous battle with cancer.  He was 67.  He was born in Port Jervis, N.Y., the son of the late Gessner and Elsie Culver Pantley.  He graduated from Port Jervis High School and continued his education, graduating from Leland powers in Boston, Mass.  He retired from Wilder Manufacturing. in Port Jervis.  He was a Member of Port Jervis Lodge of Masons 328 F& AM.

He had a passion for storytelling and was widely known as the “Old Canaler” for the Neversink Valley Area Museum.  He enjoyed acting and participated in quite a number of Presby Player productions for the First Presbyterian Church as well singing baritone for many choral groups and entertaining for numerous charity events.  In his retirement, he enjoyed history, painting, his grandchildren and the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry.

Bob is survived by his former wife, who was his 50-year companion, Susan Fleming of Exeter, N.H.; his sister Gail Anglin and her husband  David of Ottawa, Canada; his son Gessner Pantley and his wife Jodi of Vero Beach, Florida; his two daughters, Ellen Gulla and her husband Tony of Glen Spey, N.Y., and Maureen Pantley and fiancé Keith Kizer of Sparrowbush, N.Y.; eight  grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

The family would like to extend a heartfelt “thank you” for the never failing work, faith and compassion to Dr. Pinos and his staff of the Upper Delaware Valley Cancer Center in Milford, the exemplary third floor nurses at Bon Secours Hospital and the nursing staff of the Orange and Sullivan Hospice.

Friends may call Friday  November 6, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY.  Memorial services will follow at 2 p.m. at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Cassidy officiating. Interment will immediately follow at Westbrookville Cemetery, Westbrookville, N.Y.  In lieu of flowers,  please send memorial donations in Bob’s name to Orange and Sullivan Hospice, 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, N.Y.  Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. For information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com