Nancy Ellen Stringham Tarkington

Batavia - Nancy Ellen Stringham Tarkington, 95, passed into Glory on January 5, 2017 at the New York State Veteran's Home.
She was born January 17, 1921 in New Edinburg, Arkansas, daughter of the late Roy Edgar and Mable Roberson Roebuck.
She is predeceased by her husbands, Lamar Reaves, Morse R. Stringham and Dean Tarkington; her children, Lamar Ann (Reaves) Hubbard, Ramond Danial Stringham and Alan Morse Stringham; siblings, Siebel, Roy, Rob and Edward Roebuck and Helen Baker.
She is survived by her children, MAJ (ret.) Roy D. (Diane Siebert) Stringham of Batavia, Sally (Gary) Harloff of North Olmsted, Ohio and Richard A. (Barbara Priddy) Stringham of Toledo, Ohio; daughters-in-law, Sheri Burns Stringham of Leicester and Nancy Lonnen Stringham of Florida; two sisters, Nell Denton of Arkansas and Ruth Kelso of Oregon; her sister-in-law, Betty (Roy) Roebuck of Arkansas; 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, 12 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was a Christian and member of the Batavia First United Methodist Church for many decades. She served as a Sunday school teacher (teaching her future son-in-law Gary when he was 5) and was a member of the Ingraham Class and Women's Aglow. She met 1st Lieutenant Morse R. Stringham at a USO function in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1943 and married soon after. She worked at the former C.L. Carr's in Batavia in the bridal alteration department and the New York State School for the Blind in Batavia. She lived at 32 Franklin Street in Batavia for 54 years and will be missed by all who knew her.
Friends may call on Saturday from 10 to 12 p.m. at the H.E. Turner & Co. Funeral Home, 403 East Main St., Batavia, where services will immediately follow at 12 p.m. She will be laid to rest in East Oakfield Cemetery. Please consider memorials to Batavia First United Methodist Church, 8221 Lewiston Road, Batavia, New York 14020.