Art McNamara of Brooklyn and Mountaindale died Thursday, October 21, 2005 from cancer. He was 52 years of age.
The son of Thomas F. and Gertrude Michaelman McNamara, he was born November 16, 1952 in Little Neck, Queens.
Art’s passions included gardening, reading, bird watching, and most of all laughing with others.
He is survived by his wife, Beth Knowlton; two sisters, Clare Majorrossy and Eleanor McNamara; two brothers, George and Thomas McNamara; and 14 nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Ann Nelson.
A private memorial service will take place in the spring.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sullivan County Audubon Society, P.O. Box 30, Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. 12759 or the National Audubon Society, 700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10003.
Funeral arrangements were made by the Colonial Memorial Funeral Home.

Graveside services and burial of Singne E. Amback of Denver, N.C., a former resident of Callicoon Center who died Friday, November 11, 2005 in Mooresville, N.C., will be held at the Callicoon Center Cemetery on Friday, November 18 at 11 a.m.
Arrangements were made by the Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home in Jeffersonville.