Memory Tree
Each year the Branchport United Methodist Church displays a "Memory Tree" on the south lawn of the church. This tree is decorated with lights representing the memory of loved ones and friends no longer with us. For a donation of $2.00 per light your friend or family member's memory will shine brightly throughout the Christmas season. A list of those remembered will be printed and available at the Christmas Eve service and on this web page.

Make your check payable to: Branchport United Methodist Church
Send your list and check to:
David Thorn
3988 Belknap Hill Road
Branchport, NY 14418
2015 List
In Memory of: | Remembered by: |
Wesley Ackerman | |
Joan Kaiser | Richard & Jean Ackerman |
Phyllis Ackerman | |
Clarence and Estella Ackerman | |
William and Cora Tears | |
Clifford and Luva Ackerman | |
Clarence and Clara Fitzwater | |
Raymond and Marguerite Tears | |
Edward and Doris Tears | |
Roy and Stella Tears | |
Carl Tears | |
Oscar Tears | |
Bill, Jim & Ronald Tears | |
Nancy Morris | |
James and Frances Seymour | |
Charlie Roberts | |
Howard Fox | |
Clara Stone | |
Jessie Lewis | |
Harley and Dora Hunter | |
Bruce Owen | |
Louis and Pauline Owen | |
Jean Charles | |
Donald Fernandez | |
Howard and Elsie Aumick | |
Ernest and Catherine Sutherland | |
Bob & Minnie Dinehart | |
Francis Bercume | |
Asher Wood | |
Richard Sharman | |
Sister Theresa McNulty | |
Irving "Bud" Hubbard | |
James F. Adams | Jim & Laurie Adams & Family |
Warren & Peggy Hubbard | |
Linda Sadd | |
Ronald, Sr. & Carrie Gifford | |
Karl & Velda Mortensen | |
Evelyn Doty | |
Ethel Hubbard | |
Firefighters & Victims of 9/11 | |
Margie Mayson | |
Forrest Adams | |
Timothy Gifford | |
Tammy Smith | |
Irene Amato | |
George Hubbard | |
Barbara Mortensen | |
Richard Sharman | |
Otto & Madge Edwards | |
James F. Adams | |
Irving "Bud" Hubbard | Janet Adams |
Warren Hubbard | |
George Hubbard | |
Linda Sadd | |
Karl, Sr. & Velda Mortensen | |
Nicole Wright | Kay Albert |
Kayden Wright-Partridge | |
Murray & Pauline Snyder | |
Cloyse A. Snyder | |
Barbara Mortensen | |
Dick Sharman | |
Elden & Mary Paddock | |
Philip & Ella Paddock | Bert, Donna & Heather Alexander |
Charles & Anna Ansley | |
Robert & Mary Alexander | |
William & Nicholas McKie | |
Tom & Helen Alexander | |
Wilson & Peggy McMinn | |
Robert & Cathy Beedle | |
Louis, Pauline & Bruce Owen | |
Lynn & Ethel Brink | |
Howard, Barb & Alan Robeson | |
Modeste Bedient | |
Kaye Trimmingham | |
Don Fernandez | |
Sam Passalacqua | |
Carol Frank | |
Elizabeth Bay | |
Bob & Minnie Dinehart | |
Norm & Mary Louise Wilber | |
Ethel Paddock Shaffer | |
Barbara Mortensen | |
Bill Hurd | |
Bob Lamphier | |
Burt Fingar | |
Charlie Guthrie | |
Dr. Joseph Paddock | |
Marcella Lynn | |
Betty Lamphier Cougevan | |
John Hoban | |
Dottie Ennis | |
Oneal Thomas | |
Norma Thomas | Robert & Polly Armstrong |
Rolard Armstrong | |
Ruth Armstrong | |
Vincent G. & Ella Mae Bedient | |
Modeste M. Bedient | Vincent Bedient & Family |
Robert & Gladys Holley | (Sue, Jim, Diana) |
Franklin & Roberta Botsford | |
Ed & Sue Worden | |
Margaret Moss Ingram | |
Earl "Huck" Donaldson | |
Mike Tietjen | |
Pat Morrow | |
Bruce Owen | |
Louis & Pauline Owen | |
Frank "Bud" & Lucia Wheeler | |
Van & Lyle Disbrow | |
Dale Curtis | |
Jim Burke | |
Wilma Burke | |
Marie Potts | |
Alma Goodman | |
Ames Purdy | |
Paul Sutherland | |
Charlie Roberts | |
Doug Smart | |
Don Fernandez | |
Edwin Nesbitt | |
Phil & Doris Hunt | |
Zane Bedient | |
Marion Miller | |
Don Frarey | |
Joan Frarey Fossen | |
Charlie Gelder | |
Bob & Minnie Dinehart | |
John Coryell | |
Jon Baldwin | |
Howard Milliman | |
Jack Tietjen | |
Barb Mortensen | |
Dick Sharman | |
Mary Paddock | |
Bill Hurd | |
Steve Hulse | |
Amanda Morrison | |
Bud Niver | |
Donald Burton | Ed & Lorna Burton |
Deborah Burton | |
Clarence Tallman | |
Glenn & Nellie Owen | |
Louis & Pauline Owen | Lynn & Norma Cayward |
Bruce Owen | |
Lynn & Ethel Brink | |
Jean Davis Charles | |
Gordon Davis | Ellen & Michael Chirco |
Carleton Davis | |
Carol Davis Nielsen | |
Howard & Harriet Davis | |
Janet R. Crosier | |
Bradley Fullager | |
Pauline Culver | |
Chet Culver | Bill & Hilary Culver |
Robert H. Dinehart | Bob & Winnie Dinehart |
Minnie L. Dinehart | |
James Evans | |
Kathrine Evans | Robert & Norma Evans |
William Miner | Norma Evans |
Marian Dixon | |
Richard Dixon | Donna Evershed & Mark McCobin |
Michael McCobin | |
Mildred Tones | |
Angela Hoaglin | Rev. Barb Gifford |
Edna Fox | |
Judy (Lynn) Smith | |
Marcella Lynn | |
June VanBuren | |
Peggy (Brown) Cole | |
Meghan Applebee | |
Barbara (Frarey) Coons | |
Betty (Lamphier) Cougevan | |
Steve Hulse | |
John Hoban | |
Amanda Morrison | |
Betty Dinehart | |
Bonnie Passino | |
George Havens | |
Steven Webster | |
Harry Bartz | |
Rev. Maxine Peek | |
Oppie Donaldson | |
Karl A., Sr. & Velda Mortensen | |
Ronald & Carrie Gifford | Ed & Barb Gifford |
Timothy Gifford | |
Earl Daggett | |
Vangie (Daggett) Laursen | |
John & Nellie Edwards | |
Shirley Gifford | |
Eleanor Gifford | |
Loren Smith | |
Tammy Smith | |
Ray & Lois Mehlenbacher | |
Charles J. Spiker | |
Gladys Knoblauch | |
Barney & Edna Robbins | |
James F. Adams | |
Uncle Bud Hubbard | |
Alma Grosch | |
Mary McDermott | |
Barbara Mortensen | |
Richard Sharman | |
Mary Jo Butch | |
Otto & Madge Edwards | |
Denise Gifford | |
Helen Wrobbel | |
Lawrence & Doris Wraight | |
Pat Wraight | Jeffrey & Wendy Gifford & Family |
Cecil & Pat Davis | |
Ann Smith | |
Ronald & Carrie Gifford | |
Karl A. & Velda Mortensen, Sr. | |
Raymond & Lois Mehlenbacher | |
Loren Smith | |
Gladys Knoblauch | |
Charlie Hicks | |
Wayne Hicks | |
Dennis Morga | |
Bob Putnam | |
Bud & Mimi Ashbrook | |
Tammy Smith | |
Keith Wraight | |
Shirley Gifford | |
Bud Hubbard | |
Lamar Jones | |
Bill Fitzwater | |
Barbara Mortensen | |
Richard Sharman | |
Otto & Madge Edwards | |
Mary Jo Butch | |
Denise Gifford | |
Karl & Velda Mortensen, Sr. | |
Ronald & Carrie Gifford | Mark, Alexa, Eric & Sydney Gifford |
Timothy Gifford | |
Otto & Madge Edwards | |
William & Alma Grosch | |
Raymond & Lois Mehlenbacher | |
Barbar Mortensen | |
Richard Sharman | |
William ("Billy") Fitzwater | |
Tammy Smith | |
Loren Smith | |
Shirley Gifford | |
Stacy Mortensen | |
Keith Wraight | |
Bud Hubbard | |
Dorothy Knewasser | |
Karl & Velda Mortensen | |
Ronald D. & Carrie Gifford, Sr. | Rod & Pat Gifford |
Otto & Madge Edwards | |
Evelyn Doty | |
Nola Carroll | |
Kathy Tyler | |
Sheldon King | |
Bill Schmidt | |
Roy & Lois Melanbacher | |
Barb Mortensen | |
Dick Sharman | |
Ruth & John Long | |
Ron Edwards | |
Loren Smith | |
Eleanor Gifford | |
Marie Gifford | |
Shirley Gifford | |
Stephen & Lucille Underwood | |
Elwin & Margrete Henderson | Edward & Anne Hall |
Richard Henderson | |
Howard & Madeline Henderson | |
Charles & Daisy Hall | |
Jon Hall | |
Joel & Louise Hall | |
Charles & Dora Howell | |
Marian Pulver | |
Glenn Fosling | |
Howard DeMay | |
Mary Ann Henderson | |
Andrew Henderson | |
Gordon Andersen | |
Steve Webster | |
Stella Hall | |
Ralph Hall | Ted & Becky & Peter Hall |
George W. Hall | |
Joe Hall | |
Bill Hall | |
Ida Hall | |
Bob Hall | |
Jack Hall | |
Harry H. Hall | |
Bernice Cameron | |
Nick Cable | |
Ernie Sutherland | |
Kate Sutherland | |
Don Powell | |
Earl McNutt | |
Harry E. & Laura Hall | |
Bertha Theis | |
Don Fernandez | |
John Lloyd | |
Tracie Hall-DiRamio | |
Barb McNutt Cape | |
Violet Ink | |
Joe & Agatha Reiserer | |
Judy Hall | |
Mona Heselton | Rob, Cindy, Hunter, Monica & Abby Heselton |
Leslie Dinehart | |
Edna Fox | |
Minnie Dinehart | |
Bob Dinehart | |
John Hoban | Nell Hoban |
John P. Hullings (Husband) | Sandy Hullings |
Joshua Callaghan (Grandson) | |
Wilfred Northrup (Dad) | |
Katherine Linkoski (Mom) | |
William Northrup (Brother) | |
Jackie Pryll (Sister) | |
Bonnie Passino (sister) | |
May Hullings (Mother-in-law) | |
Harry Hullings SR. (Father-in-law) | |
Sara & Tip Brislin (Sister-in-law) | |
Millie Kepeck (Sister-in-law) | |
William (Bill) Hullings (Brother-in-law) | |
Robert (Bobby) Hullings (Brother-in-law) | |
Arthur (Shorty) Hullings (Brother-in-law) | |
Harry Hullings JR (Brother-in-law) | |
Ralph (Sonny) and Barb Hullings (Brother-in-law) | |
Ted Hullings (Brother-in-law) | |
Richard Hullings (Brother-in-law) | |
Walter Hullings (Brother-in-law) | |
Bill Hurd | |
Robert & Elizabeth Hurd | Jean Hurd & Family |
William & Edith Hurd | |
Frederick & Lena VanEpps | |
James & Margaret Moss Ingram | |
Donald & Joyce Ingram | |
Robert & Flossie Moss | |
Charles & Orra Dinehart | |
Shirley A. Keeney | Philip C. Keeney |
Gladys & Conrad Knoblauch | |
Theodore & Anna Grimmelbein | Valerie & Kurt Knoblauch & Family |
Ronald & Carrie Gifford | |
Karl Sr. & Velda Mortensen | |
Lois & Raymond Menlenbacher | |
Lisa Calkins | |
Loren Smith | |
Carolyn Eckert | |
Tammy Smith | |
Keith Wraight | |
Shirley Gifford | |
Bud Hubbard | |
Otto & Madge Edwards | |
Dick Sharman | |
Barbara Mortensen | |
Rudy & Hilda Albrecht | |
Other loved ones | |
Florence Buholtz Kopp | Charles Kopp, husband & Buholtz children |
Joseph Muio | |
Dawn Buholtz | Charles Kopp |
Alton & Bertha Mae Kopp Plumt | |
Wm. Lane | |
Wilma Kopp Angelo | |
Brenda Buholtz | Robert Buholtz (husband) & Charles Kopp |
Bob & Minnie Dinehart | Keith & Roma Lafler |
In honor of Jesus | |
Debbie Phalen | |
Harold & Winifred Payne | Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce LeClaire |
Debbie Phalen | The LeClaire Girls |
Barbara Mortensen | |
Richard Sharman | Karl Mortensen |
Karl A. Sr. & Velda Mortensen | |
Albert Sharman | |
Mabel & Calvin Rowe | |
Earl Daggett | |
Minerva Parton | |
George Parton | Nancy & Jim Parton |
Wayne Parton | |
Clifford Parton | |
Patricia Markham | |
Dr. Harold Brown | |
Ruth Brown | |
Donna Steele | |
Donna Wright | |
Douglas Hunt | |
Deborah Phalen | |
Jane Blaisdell | John & Louise Payne |
Alilian & Gerald Russell | |
Harold & Winifred Payne | |
Janice Martin | |
Edwin & Ethel Evans | Jane Pearson |
Wesley Ackerman | |
Laurence Peck | Jane Peck |
Phyllis Ackerman | |
Edwin & Cora Tears | |
Raymond & Marguerite Tears | |
Edward & Doris Tears | |
Roy & Stella Tears | |
Carl Tears | |
Oscar Tears | |
Nancy Tears Morris | |
Edward "Bucky" Tears | |
James Tears | |
William Tears | |
Ronald Tears | |
Joan Kaiser | |
Robert & Vera Kenville | |
Hilda Welker | |
John Hoban | Rev. Sandi Perl |
Marcella Lynn | |
Sidney Frarey | |
Lois Frarey | Bob & Martha Phillips |
Robert Frarey | |
Douglas Frarey | |
Jane Conley | |
Bob Conley | |
Donald Frarey | |
Eleanor Frarey | |
Arthur Phillips | |
Matilda Phillips | |
Donald Lovejoy | |
Jack Tietjen | |
Mary Jean Phillips | |
Ann Phillips-Hill | |
Yvonne Murphy | |
Barbara Frarey Coon | |
Gary Van Housen | |
Toby - Abby - Maddie | |
Jeff Lamphier | Karin Potts |
Ruth Lamphier | |
Marie Potts | |
Wescott Potts | |
Eleanor Goodman | |
Perry Goodman | |
Clara Fitzwater | |
Patrick Marciniak | |
Larry Stickney | |
Jim Goodman | |
Perry & Eleanor Goodman | |
Alma & Harold Sutherland | Marvin & Pat Potts & Family |
James Goodman | |
Marie & Wescott Potts | |
Mallory Potts | |
June Van Buren | |
Patrick Marciniak | |
Janice, Fred, & Charlene McAllister | |
Larry Snyder | |
Ivan McKissock | |
Harold Chidsey | |
Dolores & Donald Porter | |
Abby & Toby | |
Hazel S. Hansen | |
Virgil Sutherland | Eleanor Sutherland Reynolds |
Paul Sutherland | |
Helen Reynolds | |
Margaret Weed | |
Chuck Reynolds | |
Jean R. Whitaker | |
August Hansen | |
Bill, Viola & Kaye Trimmingham | |
Ernie & Catherine Sutherland & sons | |
Ron & Nina Sutherland | |
Kirk Crosier | |
Barbara Snyder Wilder | |
Barbara Pulver | |
Norm & Mary Wilber | |
Oppie Donaldson | |
Shirley Trombley | |
Bob & Alice Waters | |
Bill Daniels | |
Karl & Velda Mortensen, Sr. | Ruth & George Robbins |
Barney & Edna Robbins | |
Barbara Mortensen | |
Richard Sharman | |
Howard & Barb Robeson | |
Alan Robeson | Gordon & Barb Robeson |
Bob Lamphier | |
Burt Fingar | |
John Tietjen | |
Jack Tietjen | Gean Serefine |
Mike Tietjen | Susan Serefine |
John Coryell | |
Grace Payne | |
Betty Thomas | |
Everett Thomas | |
Gennie Moss | |
Steve Moss | |
Bobby Moss | |
Pauline Greenfield | |
Silver Moore | |
Glenn R. Forsling | |
Larry (Archie) Snyder | Roger & Sue Snyder |
Sidney & Lois Frarey | |
Harold (Bill) & Clara Snyder | |
Leon & Cora Woodard Sr. | |
Donald & Eleanor Frarey | |
Robert Frarey | |
Robert & Jane Conley | |
Barbara Coon | |
Don Lovejoy | |
Jack Tietjen | |
Eugene (Dale) Snyder | |
Leon (Chub) & Bernice Woodard, Jr. | |
L. Paul Dailey | |
Earl Schroo | |
Paul S. Sutherland | |
Robert B. Pinckney | April Sutherland & Bill Pinckney |
Jane H. Pinckney | |
Bill & Muriel Garrison | |
Mary Lynn Reinhard | Dave & Jan Thorn |
Lynn Thorn | |
Henri Breton | |
Loved ones | |
Elwood & Marcella Lynn - parents | |
Arthur & Grace Lynn - grandparents | Joyce & Don Tyler |
Judy Lynn Smith | |
Geraldine Lynn, MD | |
Barbara Mortensen | |
Barbara Coon | |
William Volt | Grace & David Volt |
Debbie Phalen | |
Jane Blaisdell | |
Donald Blaisdell | |
Kitty Blaisdell | |
Gerald Russell | |
Alilian Russell | |
Harold Payne | |
Winifred Payne | |
Janice Martin | |
Mabel L. Burtch | Bob & Donna Walwork |
Kirk R. Burtch |