Annette C. Courtright

Age 86, of North Chemung, NY, died Monday morning, February 22, 2010 at the Chemung County Nursing Facility in Elmira after an illness. Born Annette Clara Hicks in Asheville, North Carolina February 2, 1924, Mrs. Courtright moved to the Elmira area with her family while a teenager and graduated from Breesport High School. During World War II, she worked at Bendix Corporation and married Tracey Laverne Courtright after the war on February 16, 1946, moving to nearby North Chemung and living on the Courtright family farm for nearly 60 years. A beautician, she ran Annette's Beauty Shop and later worked as a unit clerk at St. Joseph's Hospital Emergency Room. She also served as an election inspector for the town of Baldwin. Mrs. Courtright had a deep and unflagging love for her husband Tracey, who died November 25, 2007 and for her family and many friends throughout the Elmira area. She loved her children, their spouses and grandchildren, and enjoyed traveling frequently to visit family members around the country. She enjoyed collecting during her travels, which took her as far as Hawaii, acquiring things as whimsical as canes and matchbooks or as significant as a display case packed full of small porcelain objects gathered over the years. She had a warm, social presence which made her a sought after conversationalist and encouraged a near life-long association with the Order of the Eastern Star and with the North Chemung United Methodist Church. She had an effortless ability to turn acquaintances into friends from an early age, and her gift of friendship continued to flourish when she moved to Appleridge at Bethany Village in Horseheads and finally to the Chemung Country Nursing Facility. Mrs. Courtright is survived by siblings, John Hicks, Carolyn Haller, and Cynthia Luce; four children and their spouses: Kathleen Yorkis (Paul), Anson Courtright (Mary Beth), Suzanne Woodruff (Jay), and Hans Courtright (Mary); nine grandchildren: Maria Charnigo (Brian), Jacob Yorkis (Carrie), Laura Mullen (Ron), Katie and Sarah Woodruff, Megan and Julie Courtright, Aidan and Michael Courtright; great grandchildren Claire and Owen Mullen; nephew Douglas Courtright; and numerous nieces, nephews and other extended family. Memorial donations may be directed to the North Chemung Food Pantry Fund at 677 Breesport-North Chemung Rd, Lowman, NY 14861. Family and friends are invited to call at the Olthof Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 Pennsylvania Ave. Elmira/Southport, NY 14904 on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM and on Thursday, February 25th from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. A Memorial Service honoring Annette's life will be held on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 2:00 PM in the North Chemung United Methodist Church 677 Breesport/North Chemung Road Lowman, NY. The Reverend Ann Mowrey will celebrate Annette's services. Interment will take place privately at the convenience of her family in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park where she will be laid to rest with her beloved Tracey. A 'Candle of Remembrance' may be left for her family in obituaries atwww.olthof.com A Life Tribute video celebrating Annette's life can be viewed atvideos.lifetributes.com/121914. THANK YOUHer family wishes to express their sincere thanks and gratitude to the staff at Appleridge and the Chemung County Nursing Facility family for the outstanding love and care given to our mother. LODGE NOTICEOfficers and members of the Order of the Eastern Star, Breesport Chapter, will meet at the funeral home, Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM to conduct a service for our dearly departed sister.Signed,Carol Masin