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 |