Katherine Anne Wickham

Anne was born on March 22, 1925 in Ossining, New York, the daughter of the late Harry and Madeline (Croke) Rowe. She married Robert A. Wickham on September 30, 1950.

Anne served her country during WW II in the US Navy. She worked as a secretary for the A.L. Kellogg School in Treadwell and for Amenzo Merrill, Superintendant of District Schools. Following that, she worked in the Admissions Office at SUNY Delhi, from which she retired.

She is a member of St. Peter’s Church in Delhi, a former member of the Treadwell Community Club.

Anne was a great animal lover and enjoyed adopting all of the wild life she encountered. She was also an avid Bingo player.

Anne is survived by her husband of 62 years, Robert A. Wickham of Treadwell; her daughters, Barbara Menke and her husband, Herman of Treadwell, Margaret “Peggy” Regular and her husband, Timothy of Yuma, Arizona, Roberta Hudson and her husband, Scott of Treadwell and Virginia “Ginny” Bell and her husband, Daved of Delancey.

She is also survived by her grandchildren, Robert, Sarah, Lance, Amanda, Meredith, Lorelle, Melinda, Meg, Bill, John and Nick; 13 great grandchildren; her sister, Virginia Weir of Plattsburgh and several nieces, nephews and her faithful dog, Scooter.

She was predeceased by her parents and a sister, Ellen Dorn.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at St. Peter’s Church, 8 Franklin Street, Delhi. Interment will follow in the Croton Union Cemetery in Treadwell.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012 at the Kenneth L. Bennett Funeral Home, 425 Main Street, Franklin at which time the family will be in attendance.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Condolences to the family may be made online by visiting our website: www.bennettfh.com.

Arrangements are by the Kenneth L. Bennett Funeral Home, Franklin.