Past President Marilyn C Sternitzke passed away on April 29th.

Marilyn C Sternitzke, aged 94, passed away on April 29th.

This photo was taken on Sunday, May 21 1972. The day it didn’t rain at the excavation of Sugar!
Photo provided by Joyce D. Sternitzke.

She was the Chapter's President (1977-1978). She also served as Vice President.

She was also involved in numerous digs including the Sugar Loaf Mastodon, Rockelein Site, Roosa Gap and Ten Mile River Rockshelters. Marilyn was a dedicated volunteer who devoted time and enthusiastic energy to chapter and state association activities. Her name appears in the Bulletin of the NYSAA, the ESAF Bulletin, and she is acknowledged also the article about the Ten Mile River Rockshelter dig in Man in the Northeast (now Northeast Anthropology.

Her contributions were acknowledged by the NYSAA for Meritorious Service (1976) and the Orange County Chapter: Digger of the Year (1969), Most Active Member (1973), and Achievement Award (1978).

Thanks to Joyce D. Sternitzke and Edward L. Bell for the above.