WILTON — Arthur R. Petrie, 81, of Gailor Road, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family and friends. Born on January 4, 1934 in Tientsin, China, he was the son of the late Robert J. Petrie and the late Anna Ada (Rose) Petrie Ingraham. Art graduated in 1950 from Good Will High School in Hinkley, Maine. He joined the United States Navy in 1951, serving on the USS Destroyer Snowden, until his discharge in 1955.
Art was employed in various occupations in the area for several years and in 1964, was then employed at the Wilton Developmental Center, working there for 30 years in the grounds department, retiring as supervisor of grounds in 1995. He married Marie A. Potter on Dec. 7, 1963 in Hudson Falls. The couple resided in Wilton for almost 50 years. Art was a member of many golf leagues at Airway Meadows Golf Club in Northumberland, and the Glens Falls Senior Golf League at Sunnyside in Queensbury. He was an avid golfer, had a great sense of humor, playing cards, his cat, “Ernie,” making new friends, and being with his family.
A family friend said this when Art passed away, “To anyone that wasn’t there tonight and did not hear…… Art passed away at home today leaving a hole that cannot be filled. I am personally so grateful to have known him even if just for a few years. What a jokester, mentor, arbitrator, and friend to all of us at Club 40.”
Besides his parents, he was also predeceased by one daughter, Dawn Marie Petrie and by one brother, Thomas Ingraham. Survivors besides his loving wife of 51 years include two children, Ron Petrie (Amy Jane) of Phoenixville, Pa., and Colline Woollacott (Geoff) of Epping, NH; five grandchildren, Kayla, Alison and Matthew Dreyfuss and Tessa and Paige Cadieux-Petrie; one sister, Roberta “Bobbie” Converse of Queensbury; two sisters-in-law, Gwen Eastman (Lester) of Gansevoort and Carole Cochran (Joel) of Gansevoort; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the Corinth Free Methodist Church, 20 Hamilton Avenue, Corinth, with the Rev. Rich Hoffman, officiating. A private committal will be held at Pineview Cemetery at the convenience of the family. The family wishes to thank the nurses and aides at Saratoga Hospital and the staff at Community Hospice of Saratoga and his doctors for the care, kindness and compassion shown to Art during his illness. The family suggests that memorials take the form of donations to Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866. Arrangements are under the direction of Densmore Funeral Home Inc., 7 Sherman Avenue, Corinth, NY 12822.
