Abner A. Van Valkenburgh (Br 1), 86, of Saratoga Springs, NY, died 10/23/00. Born in Lexington, Greene County, Mr. Van Valkenburgh lived most of his life in the local area.

He was a truck driver for more than 45 years for Ashton Ready Mix Concrete Co. Survivors include his wife, Viola Wilson Van Valkenburgh.

Evelyn Pate Van Valkenburg (Br U), 78, died May 16, 2000. She was born June 6, 1921, in Sage, Wyoming, the 13th child of Ada Rosella Sharp Pate and Ezra Greenwood Pate. She attended schools in Draper and Midvale, Utah, graduating from Jordan High School. She attended the University of Utah and worked as a secretary. She married MacElwyn Van Valkenburg on August 27, 1943, in the Salt Lake Temple.

His academic career took them to Cambridge, Mass; Palo Alto, Calif.; Tucson, Ariz; and Honolulu, Hawaii. She assisted Mac greatly with preparation of his papers and text books, often staying up all night to have the project ready first thing the next morning. She was a lifelong Morman who was especially mindful of those in need. She was preceded in death by her husband on March 19, 1997 in Orem, Utah, and all her brothers and sisters.

Evelyn and Mac were active members of the NAVVF, and she typed the genealogical books THE VAN VALKENBURG FAMILY IN AMERICA, VOLS. I and II, published by the NAVVF and written by Paul I. VV in1976. This was a major undertaking, and greatly appreciated by all. See page xii in Vol. I stating that Mrs. Mac E. (Evelyn Pate) Van Valkenburg has been of inestimable help - she made arrangements for micofilming VV records, typed draft copies, and voluntarily typed the camera-ready master copy of these entire books (Vol. I and II) of VV genealogy for photo-offset printing.

Nancy L. Van Valkenburgh , 88, of Batesbuerg, SC, died Jan 19, 2000. She was a supervisor for the New York Sate Liquor Authority for 30 years before she retired.

George Benjamin Van Valkenburg (Br 1) of Monticello, NY, a retired truck driver, died Friday, Oct. 13, 2000. He was 74.

The son of George Benjamin and Ida Bauchmann Van Valkenburg, he was born Sept. 18, 1926, in Branford, Conn. Mr. Van Valkenburg was in the U. S. Naval Reserve until he was called into active duty during WWII where he reached the rank of Seaman First Class. Survivors include his friend, Rachel Tefft.

Gladys VV Cook Deyoe. Charter Member #92-C (Br 1 & 7), age 92, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2000 in Catskill, NY. Born May 18, 1907 to the late James G. and Sarah Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh in Westkill, NY. She was predeceased in 1965 by her husband, Erwin "Tom" Cook, and the husband of her second marriage, George C. Deyoe.

She was a long time member of the Kaaterskill United Methodist Church and the Tannersville Area Public Health and Mt. Top Golden Age. She had been employed with the Tannersville Dress Factory for over 10 years.

Pierre Van Valkenburgh (Br 5) died on 29 May 2000 in the New York apartment where he had lived for more than 40 years. He was a long-time member of the NAVVF, and with his wife Mildred had attended reunions almost from the beginning of the organization.

He was born Richard Peter Van Valkenburgh in Berkeley, California, on 14 October 1911. His father, Peter, named him Richard because for at least six generations in this line of the Van Valkenburgh family the name of the first-born son alternated between Peter and Richard. However, as a child he was known as Little Pete and later his mother, who was French, called him Pierre.

Pierre attended University High School in Berkeley, spent a year traveling and working in France and Germany, and then graduated from Cornell University in 1934 with a degree in Chemistry. After Cornell he worked for a company named North Electric, and one of his early jobs was installing rotary dial telephone systems in places where the phone system was the old-fashioned switchboard. He enjoyed this work very much, as it gave him a chance to seethe country and meet people, and he felt that he did a great service to small communities when he was able to bring them into the modern world. When World War II broke out Pierre worked for the Navy, installing telephone systems on battleships, and in the early 50s he started a electronics business of his own which, with Mildred's invaluable help, he maintained until a few years ago.

When Pierre was still a student he applied for patents on several inventions, and he always

enjoyed figuring out how to do things more efficiently. One of his great successes was the solar system he developed to provide electricity for their Connecticut summer house in the Thimble Islands. He was very proud of this system and showed it off to all visitors, telling them that it ran everything, even the refrigerator and the vacuum cleaner, and that he couldn't understand why everyone didn't build one.

He and Mildred had no children of their own, but their apartment in Greenwich Village was a hospitable and welcoming spot for the whole family, and all of us have happy memories of summer vacations spent with them. Pierre was a kind and generous brother and uncle, a good and faithful friend, and a great story-teller. He will be missed by all who knew him