Wahneta C. Bookhout

She was born January 2, 1926 in Franklin Depot, NY, the daughter of the late Lee and Ethel (Cook) Crawford.

At the age of 15, Wahneta graduated from Sidney High School, the class of 1941, as the Valedictorian. After graduating, she attended Hartwick College for one year and then left to help the war effort by working at Scintilla. During the war, she also became a licensed pilot.

On March 2, 1947, Wahneta married Robert M. Bookhout at the First United Methodist Church, Oneonta. Robert predeceased her on October 29, 2004.

Wahneta was an accomplished landscape painter, a world traveller, a lover of all animals, and a doting grandparent. She was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church, Oneonta

Wahneta is survived by, son David( and Lynne) Bookhout, Chapel Hill NC, son Bruce Bookhout, Sidney Center, daughter Allison Jay Bookhout (and Bruce Von Holtz), Sidney Center, daughters-in-law Susan Bookhout, Norwalk CT, Patricia Bookhout, Oneonta NY, and Debra Bookhout, Freeville, NY. Grandchildren Robert (and Megan) Bookhout of Seal Beach, CA, Catherine Bookhout Middlebrooks (and Paul) of Nashville TN, David Bookhout of Miami FL, Dr. Christine Bookhout of Chapel Hill NC, Megan Bookhout of Newark DE, Rachel Bookhout , Boston MA, and Rebecca Bookhout and her fiance Mark Theophel of Worcester MA. Also surviving are two great grandchildren, Hudson and Sheldon Bookhout, Seal Beach CA. Also her sister Phyllis Crawford Schmidt of Saunderstown RI, and many nieces, nephews, cousins (including one special cousin Lenore Modon) and friends. She was predeceased by her son Robert D. Bookhout, and two brothers, Wesley Butts and Walter "Jack" Crawford.

Calling hours will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2012 in the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main Street, Oneonta from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. Funeral services will immediately follow at 11:00 AM with the Reverend Teressa M. Sivers, Pastor, and Rev. Emily Huyge, Associate Pastor, both of the First United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will follow in the Highland Cemetery, Sidney Center. Memorial donations in Wahneta’s name may be made to either the Delaware Valley Humane Society, PO Box 182, Sidney, New York 13838, or to the First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street, Oneonta, New York 13820.

The family wishes to express much gratitude to the staff of the Plains at Parish Homestead, 2 North unit of A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, and the staff of Butternut Creek neighborhood at Otsego Manor for all their kindnesses to our mother.

To light a candle or send an online condolence please visit www.bookhoutfuneralhome.com

Funeral arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home of Oneonta.